The Best Episodes Written By Yuka Miyata

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   9.6/10(5 votes)

   #1 - The Final Battle

   S20:E4769/29/2016

   Naruto and Sasuke have both become such high-level shinobi that each knows exactly what the other is thinking just by exchanging attacks. Despite knowing how Naruto feels, Sasuke is determined to cut him down.

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   #2 - Naruto and Sasuke

   S20:E4779/29/2016

   Naruto and Sasuke have both become such high-level shinobi that each knows exactly what the other is thinking just by exchanging attacks. Despite knowing how Naruto feels, Sasuke is determined to cut him down.

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   9.5/10(4 votes)

   #3 - The Sharingan Revived

   S20:E4738/25/2016

   Chakra—whose energy connects this world to those beyond—allows Obito to leave Rin's side for a moment and appear in Kakashi’s inner psyche. Obito gives him his Magekyo Sharingan and leaves with a parting wish that Kakashi become the Sixth Hokage.

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   9.5/10(2 votes)

   #4 - The Battle Over the Barrier

   S5:E1054/16/2009

   Kabuto plans on breaking Leaf’s The Four-Corner Sealing Barrier from the inside by using Yukimaru’s power and have the Three-Tailed Beast go on a rampage.

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   #5 - The Difference in Power

   S20:E44312/24/2015

   Three years have passed since Sasuke joined the Leaf Police Force, and he's now lieutenant. But his abusive Police Force has only increased anxiety within the village, and the Uchiha remain in poor regard. Now that his training with Jiraiya has ended, Naruto returns to Hidden Leaf Village and has an explosive encounter with Sasuke in the middle of town!

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   9.2/10(5 votes)

   #6 - Planetary Devastation

   S8:E1677/1/2010

   Naruto's rage pushes him to unleash six of the Kyubi's tails against Pain. In order to combat this menace, Pain is forced to rely upon his most powerful technique to stop Naruto. Will Pain succeed in defeating Naruto, or will the most unexpected of allies appear to calm Naruto down?

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   9.0/10(4 votes)

   #7 - The Two of Them...Always

   S20:E4718/11/2016

   Fearing that he will once again break a promise, Obito uses the last of his power to bring Sasuke and Sakura back, but the thought of his inability to protect Rin nags at him as he loses consciousness.

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   #8 - Something to Fill the Hole

   S17:E3728/14/2014

   Ten Tails is on the brink of its final transformation and begins to form a massive Tailed Beast Bomb.

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   #9 - You Better...

   S20:E4728/18/2016

   Recalling the time when he shared Naruto’s desire to become Hokage, Obito opens up to Naruto about his dreams.

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    #10 - The Mutual Path

    S20:E44212/17/2015

    Sasuke takes his frustrations out on Naruto and the two begin to fight, this time with their respective new jutsu. Minato steps in just before it turns into a disaster. From this encounter, Sasuke realizes that he is nowhere equal to Naruto in strength and joins the Leaf Police Force, determined to beat him one day.

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    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Returning Home

    S20:E44112/10/2015

    Naruto’s strength is recognized by his fellow genin, except Sasuke. But while Naruto enjoys a close relationship with his father, Sasuke’s father, Fugaku, constantly compares Sasuke with his older brother Itachi and barely pays attention to him…

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    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #12 - I Will Love You Always

    S15:E33911/21/2013

    Back at the front lines, the five Kage struggle to hold their own against Madara's Susanoo-clad wood clones.  As the lights surrounding the reincarnated shinobi begin to illuminate the battlefield as they faded into pillars of light, Itachi approaches Sasuke and uses his Sharingan to show Sasuke everything about the Uchiha clan massacre.

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    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Truth

    S6:E14112/24/2009

    After Madara finishes telling Sasuke about his past, he reveals the unfathomable truth about Itachi's massacre of the Uchiha Clan. What really happened on that night? Why did Itachi join Akatsuki? And for what reason did he really spare Sasuke's life?

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    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #14 - The Divine Tree

    S18:E38110/9/2014

    Naruto and Minato combine their powers to perform a Sage Jutsu attack on Obito.

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    #15 - Power of the Five Kage

    S10:E2043/24/2011

    Sasuke uses Susano'o to slip past Gaara and the Raikage and heads towards Danzo. Just as the latter is within Sasuke's grasp, however, the Mizukage stands in his way.

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    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Pain vs. Kakashi

    S8:E1595/6/2010

    Kakashi continues to fight against Pain. With the arrival of Chouji and Chouza, things start looking up, but Pain's not out of tricks just yet.

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    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #17 - The Eight Inner Gates Formation

    S20:E4207/23/2015

    Guy activates the Eight Inner Gates Formation and relentlessly attacks Six Paths Madara. Even Madara, who has attained power strong enough to create huge fissures in the ground, tries to dodge Guy's direct attacks.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #18 - The Masked Man

    S20:E43611/5/2015

    The Masked Man shows Neji and Naruto images of past incidents that occurred in the Leaf Village. Meanwhile, Shikamaru and friends join up with Team Jiraiya to rescue the children. After fighting side by side with the Leaf, Yahiko and the others seem to have a change of heart.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #19 - The Unseeing Enemy

    S5:E962/12/2009

    While Naruto continues practicing a combo attack with Gamatatsu, Kakashi, Kiba, Hinata, and Shino have a run-in with Guren's gang. Will Kakashi and Team 8 be able to defeat these strange foes?

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    8.3/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Road to Tenten ~The World of Dreams

    S20:E4279/3/2015

    Tenten falls under the Infinite Tsukuyomi and wakes up in the Hidden Leaf Village. When Lee and Guy Sensei appear, Tenten is relieved to see that she is not alone. But her joy is short-lived, as both men act oddly and are dressed stylishly—just where has she been transported to?

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    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #21 - Amaterasu!

    S6:E13711/26/2009

    After successfully breaking out of Itachi's Tsukiyomi, Sasuke gains the upper hand on his weakened brother. With no other alternative, Itachi activates his second Mangekyo ability, Amaterasu, a black flame said to burn forever.

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    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #22 - In Attendance, the Six Paths of Pain

    S6:E13210/22/2009

    Jiraiya is now confronted by two new Pains who both possess different abilities than the one he was fighting. Just who is Pain and how many Pains are there?

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    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #23 - The Five Kage Assemble

    S15:E3238/1/2013

    The power of the reanimated Madara Uchiha far exceeds what the Allied Forces expected. Despite the difference in power, the Third Tsuchikage, Ohnoki, along with Naruto and Gaara, refuses to give up.

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    #24 - Assemble

    S6:E1218/6/2009

    As Akatsuki seals yet another tailed beast, Itachi and Kisame are warned that Sasuke and his group are after them. Both Konoha and Team Hebi prepare to move out for their quests to find Itachi, but Sasuke makes a little trip to an old Uchiha storage house first.

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    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #25 - The Hero of the Hidden Leaf

    S8:E1758/26/2010

    Deciding to believe in Naruto, Nagato uses the Gedo Art: Rinne Rebirth jutsu, expending the last of his chakra, and thus giving his life, to revive every person in the village who died in the attack, saying that it's the least he can do. With Nagato dead, Konan leaves Akatsuki, taking Nagato and Pain's God Realm (who is actually the body of Yahiko) with her, parting with Naruto saying that since Nagato believed in him to achieve true peace, she will as well. As Naruto returns to the Leaf, he is astonished to find the entire village awaiting his return, hailing him as a true hero. After all these years, Naruto has finally received the acknowledgment he's always wanted.

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