10.0/101 votes#1 - Counterattack of the Curse Mark
Season 5 Episode 109 - Aired 5/14/2009
The Sealing Team prepared to start sealing the Three-Tails and tell Sai to take Yūkimaru somewhere safe, but he gets attacked by Kabuto's men. Kabuto meanwhile prepares his plans while Lee, Tenten, and Kiba are also attacked. Rinji finds his men and converts them back to his side, ordering them to attack the Sealing Team; they're stopped by Kakashi, Yamato and Shino. Rinji then makes Yūkimaru eat the pills to control the Three-Tails, which Naruto and Guren learn about.
Director: Shigeharu Takahashi
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#2 - Kakashi Hatake, The Jonin in Charge
Season 9 Episode 179 - Aired 9/30/2010
Kakashi has a flashback back when he was assigned to be the sensei of Team 7. In a bid to know his students, Naruto, Sasuke & Sakura, better, Kakashi spies on them and to see how they would all get along as a group. Angered by Sakura's talk about calling Naruto a brat and that he has no family to tell him right or wrong, Sasuke tells Sakura she is annoying. Realizing Sakura's sadness, Naruto goes to battle Sasuke, but gets defeated. It then goes back to the present and Kakashi claims that it is up to him to stop Sasuke.
Director: Hiroshi Kimura
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#3 - Gutsy Master and Student: The Training
Season 9 Episode 187 - Aired 11/25/2010
During the two-and-a-half-year time period in which Naruto was training under Jiraiya, the latter decided that it was time for Naruto to learn how to repel genjutsu. During this training session, the two traveled to a village which Jiraiya had previously been associated with, but they discovered that something dark was amidst.
Director: Atsushi Nigorikawa
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#4 - Record of the Ninja Gutsy Master and Student
Season 9 Episode 188 - Aired 11/25/2010
After having discovered that the village was under the control of rebels from the Hidden Rain Village, led by Hanzo, Naruto and Jiraiya decided to take action to help save the women and children taken hostage and free the village from the Rain's tyrannical control.
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#5 - The Young Man and the Sea
Season 11 Episode 223 - Aired 8/4/2011
Tsunade sends out Naruto under the guise of a top-secret mission to keep him hidden away from the Akatsuki. Unfortunately, Naruto, Yamato, Gai, and Aoba are stuck at the pier due to a report of a monster attacking ships.
Director: Mitsutoshi Sato
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#6 - The Closed Route
Season 11 Episode 231 - Aired 10/6/2011
Shikamaru begins to feel the pressure of shouldering the lives of his friends in the upcoming Fourth Shinobi World War. To help ease his mind, Shikaku sends his son along with Tenten on a mission to Mokuzu Island to replenish supplies.
Director: Kenichi Nishida
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#7 - Naruto's Favorite Pupil
Season 11 Episode 234 - Aired 10/27/2011
Konohamaru is eager to fight alongside his senior ninja in the coming war, but his young age prevents him from being assigned to the battlefield.
Director: Masaharu Watanabe
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#8 - Kakashi, My Eternal Rival!
Season 11 Episode 241 - Aired 12/22/2011
As the Leaf ninja’s ship heads toward their final stop for supplies before entering the Land of Lightning, Yamato warns the crew to stay alert for enemies who could mimic both the appearance and chakra of their closest allies.
Director: Yusuke Onoda
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/102 votes#9 - Target: Nine Tails
Season 12 Episode 247 - Aired 2/2/2012
Sixteen years ago, Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina are expecting their first child, much to the delight of the young couple.
Director: Hisashi Ishii
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/102 votes#10 - The Fourth Hokage's Death Match!
Season 12 Episode 248 - Aired 2/9/2012
Minato is forced to use his Flying Raijin jutsu and leave his wife Kushina behind to save their newborn son, Naruto, from a masked assailant.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/103 votes#11 - Thank You
Season 12 Episode 249 - Aired 2/9/2012
The Nine Tails, having been released from Madara's control, continues to wreck havoc in the city. The Third Hokage summons the Monkey King Enma and drives the Nine Tails away from the city. Minato then returns to the city and with the help of the toad Gamabunta is able to restrain the Nine Tails long enough for him to teleport it along with his family to the outskirts of the village. Kushina binds the Nine Tails and as Minato prepares to do the Reaper Death Seal to seal away half of the Nine Tails Chakra and seal the rest inside Naruto using the Eight Trigrams Seal. He also seals a bit of Kushina's chakra to help Naruto tame the Nine Tails. All of this is witnessed by the Third Hokage and a few other ninja.
Director: Chikara Sakurai
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#12 - Meeting
Season 12 Episode 257 - Aired 4/5/2012
Part One of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - A look back into the early years when Naruto and Sasuke first met.
Director: Shigeki Kawai
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#13 - Rivals
Season 12 Episode 258 - Aired 4/12/2012
Part Two of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - During the Chunin Exam, Sasuke witnesses Naruto’s growth as a shinobi.
Director: Kiyomu Fukuda
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#14 - Rift
Season 12 Episode 259 - Aired 4/19/2012
Part Three of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - Sasuke’s defeat to Gaara, and later Itachi, forces him to realize that he is not strong enough to get revenge against his older brother.
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#15 - The Helmet Splitter: Jinin Akebino!
Season 13 Episode 284 - Aired 10/18/2012
Kakashi assigns Sai to take over for the Sealing Corps, who are recovering from sealing the reanimated shinobi. But Sai is not sure if he can handle the responsibility. Soon afterwards, the Third Company is attacked by Jinin Akebino.
Director: Hiroyoshi Kishikawa
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#16 - Things You Can't Get Back
Season 13 Episode 286 - Aired 11/1/2012
Still coping with the loss of her loved ones, Tsunade indulges in gambling and drinking. Around the same time, the Raikage Ay and his men are on a mission to steal a scroll from a certain village.
Director: Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#17 - One Worth Betting On
Season 13 Episode 287 - Aired 11/1/2012
The Raikage Ay and his team suffer critical injuries during an enemy attack. Unwilling to sacrifice any more of his men, Ay seeks medical help from Tsunade, who just happens to be in the area.
Director: Sumito Sasaki
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#18 - A Mask that Hides the Heart
Season 16 Episode 349 - Aired 2/6/2014
After the end of the Third Great Ninja War, the Leaf Village is divided over who should become the next Hokage.
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#19 - Hashirama's Cells
Season 16 Episode 351 - Aired 2/20/2014
At the Foundation, Kakashi meets a boy who uses Wood Style, a jutsu that only First Hokage Hashirama was capable of using. Kakashi goes to Third Hokage Hiruzen’s library to seek answers and discovers records regarding Hashirama’s cells.
Director: Kazuya Iwata
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#20 - The New Chunin Exams
Season 19 Episode 394 - Aired 1/8/2015
The story travels back to the time after Sasuke's defection from the Leaf and before Naruto's return from his two-year training journey with Jiraiya.
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#21 - The Chunin Exams Begin!
Season 19 Episode 395 - Aired 1/15/2015
The Hidden Leaf begin preparing for the Chunin Exams. Ino and Choji ask Sakura to join their three-man team as a stand-in for Shikamaru, who is already a chunin.
Director: Taisuke Mamori
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#22 - The Hidden Plot Set Into Motion
Season 19 Episode 410 - Aired 4/30/2015
Sand Jonin Fugi sneaks into the Demon Desert and creates a massive sandstorm in order to assassinate Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage.
Director: Kentarou Fujita
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#23 - The Targeted Tailed Beast
Season 19 Episode 411 - Aired 5/7/2015
Gaara heads out to rescue Matsuri and the others but is attacked by a mysterious priest who binds him with a Chakra Chain to capture his Tailed Beast.
Director: Masayuki Yamada
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#24 - Neji's Judgement
Season 19 Episode 412 - Aired 5/14/2015
Neji and the team come across Matsuri collapsed in the desert and find out that Gaara is in danger. Meanwhile, the chains of a mysterious priest bind Gaara and Foo.
Director: Tsuneo Tominaga
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#25 - Hopes Entrusted to the Future
Season 19 Episode 413 - Aired 5/21/2015
Gaara meets with Fugi, the mastermind behind the assassination attempt on his life. He confides that perhaps, after all the fear and pain he has wrought upon the Sand, he has no right to be their leader.
Director: Kazunori Mizuno
Writer: Junki Takegami
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"Counterattack of the Curse Mark" is the best rated episode written by Junki Takegami. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Shigeharu Takahashi. It aired on 5/14/2009 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Kakashi Hatake, The Jonin in Charge".