10.0/101 votes#1 - Parting
Season 7 Episode 149 - Aired 2/25/2010
Naruto manages to find Shiranami's location but he discovers that the Shiranami he found was actually the ninja bandits disguised as him. Hotaru finds the real Shiranami where the latter convinces Hotaru not to have the forbidden jutsu removed, and takes her back to the Tsuchigumo Village. After Naruto is saved by Utakata from the ninja bandits, the two return to the Tsuchigumo Village, where they find that Shiranami has everyone in the village under his control.
Director: Shu Watanabe
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/102 votes#2 - Assault on the Leaf Village!
Season 8 Episode 157 - Aired 4/22/2010
The Akatsuki Leader, Pain, begins his invasion of the Hidden Leaf Village. The Leaf ninja assemble to protect Naruto's whereabouts, but when Pain targets Iruka, Kakashi must face off against him.
Director: Hideyuki Yoshida
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/102 votes#3 - The Fourth Hokage
Season 8 Episode 168 - Aired 7/15/2010
The Fourth Hokage appears in Naruto's mind and prevents him from foolishly setting the Kyubi free. Will this confrontation between father and son give Naruto the confidence he needs to stop Pain once and for all?
Director: Kiyomu Fukuda
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#4 - Gaara's Bond
Season 9 Episode 182 - Aired 10/21/2010
After hearing the news about Akatsuki's attack on the Hidden Leaf Village, Gaara worries about Naruto's well-being. He remembers a time in the past where Team 7 was assigned to help him out with a problem, and how nobody, especially Naruto, was eager to trust him. Yet, when his life was put in danger by people he had wronged, Naruto was the first to come to his rescue.
Director: Hiroyoshi Kishikawa
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#5 - Sasuke's Paw Encyclopedia
Season 9 Episode 189 - Aired 12/2/2010
In the past, Naruto and Sakura joined Sasuke on a mission to collect the paw print of Nekomata, a large and powerful two-tailed ninja cat that ruled over all of the ninja cats.
Director: Hiroshi Kimura
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#6 - Team 10's Teamwork
Season 9 Episode 195 - Aired 1/20/2011
Shikamaru remembers the time when Teams 7 and 10 joined together to flush out a band of bandits who were terrorizing a nearby village and had kidnapped the headman's granddaughter. With no assistance available from Kakashi or Asuma, Shikamaru was forced to lead the team of genin to the bandits' fort and come up with a plan to rescue the headman's granddaughter.
Director: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#7 - Declaration of War
Season 10 Episode 205 - Aired 3/31/2011
The four Kage are startled by the sudden appearance of Madara Uchiha. Having sent Sasuke away to safety using the Transportation Technique, Madara unveils to the Kage his “Project Tsuki no Me.”
Director: N/A
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#8 - The Cursed Ghost Ship
Season 11 Episode 225 - Aired 8/18/2011
As they continue their voyage towards the Land of Lightning, Naruto, Aoba, Guy and Yamato sail through a thick fog. To pass the time, Yamato tells Aoba and Naruto some ghost stories (much to Naruto's dislike).
Director: Yutaka Kagawa
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#9 - Fight! Rock Lee!
Season 11 Episode 228 - Aired 9/9/2011
Might Guy recalls their "visualization" training with Lee in order to avoid learning the Drunken Fist and forgetting an incident which Might Guy apologizes to the restaurant owner with humiliation. Lee, who is determined to train to be stronger than Naruto, follows Might Guy's orders and resemble animal fighting styles which represent on a restaurant menu. However they failed, until they tried on training on a moving boat. Like Guy who has seasickness, Lee also suffers from seasickness but he uses it to balance the boat which resembles exactly as the Drunken Fist fighting style. Guy lately realizes that Lee is also aware of the restaurant incident and Lee was only protecting Guy from a drunk man which causes the restaurant to be totally damaged.
Director: Hiroyoshi Kishikawa
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#10 - The Legendary Ino-Shika-Cho
Season 11 Episode 239 - Aired 12/8/2011
As Team Asuma considers the impending war, they encounter Kosuke Maruboshi who reminds them of the time that they rescued him while they were still genin. With this, Kosuke retells the tale of the time their fathers saved him during the Invasion of Konoha with their Formation Ino–Shika–Chō. Somewhat rattled by this story, Kosuke reminds them that great shinobi weren't made in a day. As the team contemplates everything, they decide to perfect their own formation, insisting that they'd be fine because they were not alone.
Director: N/A
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/102 votes#11 - For My Friend
Season 12 Episode 261 - Aired 5/3/2012
The Allied Shinobi Forces are on standby, ready to confront Madara’s army of reanimated shinobi and 100,000 White Zetsu. But distrust still exists among the Allied Shinobi Forces, who were once sworn enemies until recently.
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/102 votes#12 - Forbidden Words
Season 12 Episode 269 - Aired 7/5/2012
Atsui, Samui, and Darui face off against Kinkaku and Ginkaku, the legendary brothers from the Hidden Cloud, feared even by the Raikage.
Director: Katsumi Ono
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#13 - Danger: Jinpachi and Kushimaru!
Season 13 Episode 288 - Aired 11/8/2012
Kakashi races to the scene where the Seven Ninja Swordsmen Kushimaru Kuriarare and Jinpachi Munashi were last sighted. Enraged by the carnage they’ve left behind, Kakashi teams up with Might Guy.
Director: N/A
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#14 - Ghosts from the Past
Season 14 Episode 303 - Aired 3/7/2013
Shikamaru, Choji, Neji, and Kiba find themselves up against some familiar faces from the past. The Sound Ninja Four have been brought back by Kabuto’s Reanimation Jutsu, and they are ready to seek vengeance.
Director: Kazunori Mizuno
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#15 - The Underworld Transfer Jutsu
Season 14 Episode 304 - Aired 3/14/2013
Shikamaru, Neji, Choji, and Kiba succeed in defeating the Sound Ninja Four. But the enemy uses the Underworld Transfer Jutsu to trap the Leaf shinobi’s souls inside a barrier.
Director: Yoshihide Ibata
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#16 - The Vengeful
Season 14 Episode 305 - Aired 3/21/2013
Time is running out for the Leaf shinobi whose souls are trapped inside the Sound Four’s barrier. Ino and Shino exhaust their own chakra to keep their friends alive.
Director: Atsushi Nakagawa
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#17 - The Soul Living Inside the Puppet
Season 14 Episode 319 - Aired 6/27/2013
A reanimated Granny Chiyo attacks Kankuro and Mifune’s team. Kankuro fights back by using the human puppet of Sasori. The sight of Sasori causes Granny Chiyo to recall the painful memories that led her grandson to create his human puppets.
Director: Kazunori Mizuno
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/102 votes#18 - Who Are You?
Season 15 Episode 343 - Aired 12/19/2013
Kakashi discovers a strange connection between the masked man’s Transportation Technique and his own Kamui Jutsu. Naruto throws everything he’s got against the masked man and breaks his mask, finally revealing his identity!
Director: Kazuya Iwata
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#19 - Jonin Leader
Season 16 Episode 360 - Aired 4/24/2014
Hiruzen relieves Kakashi of his ANBU duties and assigns him a new position as a Jonin Leader. Reflecting on his past mistakes, Kakashi decides to use the same test that Minato once used to measure one’s teamwork.
Director: Daisuke Kurose
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#20 - Squad Seven
Season 16 Episode 361 - Aired 5/8/2014
Hiruzen assigns Kakashi to be in charge of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, three genin that bear a striking resemblance to the former Team Minato.
Director: Masayuki Yamada
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#21 - The Yamanaka Clan's Secret Ninjutsu
Season 19 Episode 407 - Aired 4/9/2015
As Ino and her team head toward an oasis, they are attacked by a team of Sand Shinobi comprised of Ameno, Shishio, and Kouji.
Director: Tokuji Kaneko
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#22 - Itachi's Story - Light and Darkness: The Pain of Living
Season 20 Episode 453 - Aired 3/17/2016
Upon graduating from the Academy, Itachi becomes a genin and joins a team that includes Tenma, Shinko, and their Jonin Leader, Minazuki Sensei. They accept a mission from Granny Cat to look for a missing feline who's a skilled Ninja Cat!
Director: Maki Kodaira
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#23 - Itachi's Story - Light and Darkness: Shisui's Request
Season 20 Episode 454 - Aired 3/24/2016
Itachi accompanies his friend Shisui on a three-part training exercise. The two come across a battle between the Hokage’s ANBU and the Foundation. Itachi is confused by their motives and can't discern which side is right or wrong. But Shisui is unwavering in his determination to stop the fighting.
Director: Yusuke Onoda
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#24 - Congratulations
Season 20 Episode 474 - Aired 9/1/2016
Team 7 joins forces and succeeds in sealing away Kaguya, and the Tailed Beasts that Kaguya absorbed are also freed. Black Zetsu escapes the seal to lie in wait for another time to resurrect his mother, but Naruto is not about to let him go!
Director: Masahiko Murata
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
9.5/101 votes#25 - Assemble! Allied Shinobi Forces!
Season 12 Episode 256 - Aired 3/29/2012
Fourth Great Ninja War is about to begin, ninjas are going through their formations, medical supplies are being checked and restocked. The title of this Naruto Episode is "Assemble Allied Shinobi Forces". The headbands are done. Let's go! Tsuchinage saves Nine Tails and Eight Tails, but Yamato gets captured.
Director: Hisashi Ishii
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
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"Parting" is the best rated episode written by Masahiro Hikokubo. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Shu Watanabe. It aired on 2/25/2010 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Assault on the Leaf Village!".