Naruto Shippuden Episode 420: The Eight Inner Gates Formation
Naruto Shippuden Episode 420 turns Guy’s Eight Inner Gates Formation into a team operation against Six Paths Madara rather than a solo miracle.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 419: Papa’s Youth
Naruto Shippuden Episode 419 shows how Might Duy’s ordinary years and self-rules prepared Guy to understand the Eighth Gate as protection, not proof.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 418: The Blue Beast vs. Six Paths Madara
Naruto Shippuden Episode 418 places Kabuto’s repaired identity beside Might Guy’s decision to risk the Eighth Gate against Six Paths Madara.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 417: You’ll Be My Backup
Naruto Shippuden Episode 417 turns backup into life-saving work as Obito transfers chakra to Naruto and Guy reinforces Kakashi against Madara.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 416: The Formation of Team Minato
Naruto Shippuden Episode 416 returns to the uneasy formation of Team Minato and the trust Kakashi, Obito and Rin did not begin with automatically.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 415: The Two Mangekyō
Naruto Shippuden Episode 415 lets Obito reclaim his name before he and Kakashi combine their Mangekyō Sharingan to create Naruto’s rescue space.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 414: On the Brink of Death
Naruto Shippuden Episode 414 makes survival depend on Sakura and Gaara preserving seconds before Black Zetsu steals Minato’s Kurama transfer.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 413: Hopes Entrusted to the Future
Naruto Shippuden Episode 413 closes the second Chūnin Exam by treating promotion as a forecast of judgment, responsibility and future leadership.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 412: Neji’s Judgment
Naruto Shippuden Episode 412 makes Neji’s real judgment the choice to save Hōichi after precisely dismantling the extraction seal.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 411: The Targeted Tailed Beast
Naruto Shippuden Episode 411 brings Gaara and Fū together through rescue and friendship before Hōichi’s sealing chain targets both tailed beasts.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 410: The Hidden Plot Set Into Motion
Naruto Shippuden Episode 410 turns Gaara’s duty to rescue candidates into the opening Fūgi and Hōichi need for their hidden assassination plot.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 409: Their Backs
Naruto Shippuden Episode 409 turns Sakura’s old memory of watching teammates’ backs into a mature lesson about reciprocal protection.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 408: The Cursed Puppet
Naruto Shippuden Episode 408 traps Sakura between Saya’s human puppets and the chakra limit that has defined her entire Chūnin Exams journey.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 407: The Yamanaka Clan: Secret Ninjutsu
Naruto Shippuden Episode 407 proves Ino’s medical training strengthens Yamanaka Mind Transmission as she becomes Team 10’s information network.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 406: The Place Where I Belong
Naruto Shippuden Episode 406 lets Ino join medical ninjutsu with Yamanaka inheritance and define a place that is not borrowed from Sakura.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 405: The Imprisoned Pair
Naruto Shippuden Episode 405 gives Tenten and Ajisai a temporary truce built from sealing expertise, stored water and mutual recognition.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 404: Tenten’s Troubles
Naruto Shippuden Episode 404 centers Tenten’s sealing mastery, logistical labor and fear that being useful does not make her visible.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 403: Unwavering Gutsiness
Naruto Shippuden Episode 403 turns Kiba’s refusal to quit into evidence-led teamwork as Team 8 recovers both exam scrolls.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 402: Escape vs. Pursuit
Naruto Shippuden Episode 402 tests Team 8’s tracking reputation against Hidden Grass counter-scouting, false certainty and layered sensory traps.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 401: The Ultimate
Naruto Shippuden Episode 401 puts Lee’s Eight Gates against Shira’s Seven Heavens Breathing Method and asks whether mastery can include restraint.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 400: As a Taijutsu User
Naruto Shippuden Episode 400 pairs Lee and Shira to examine taijutsu gatekeeping, policy repair and the limits of outraged solidarity.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 399: Demon Desert Survival
Naruto Shippuden Episode 399 tests Team Guy’s strategy when compassion requires them to turn back and rescue rivals from desert quicksand.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 398: The Night Before the Second Exam
Naruto Shippuden Episode 398 centers Fuu’s fearless friendliness against candidate suspicion and the concealed violence surrounding Gaara.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 397: One Worthy as a Leader
Naruto Shippuden Episode 397 gives Neji leadership through collective reasoning and refusal to treat a teammate as disposable bait.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 396: The Three Questions
Naruto Shippuden Episode 396 turns a written test into a field problem about communication, inference and leadership under separation.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 395: The Chunin Exams Begin!
Naruto Shippuden Episode 395 turns exam paperwork into pressure on Sakura’s grief and Kakashi’s diplomatic mission into intelligence work.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 394: The New Chunin Exams
Naruto Shippuden Episode 394 reframes promotion as village diplomacy and shows Naruto’s peers continuing their own development while he trains away.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 393: A True Ending
Naruto Shippuden Episode 393 gives Madara the exchange while Kurama, Gyuki and Gaara preserve the relationships needed to contest his ending.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 392: The Hidden Heart
Naruto Shippuden Episode 392 briefly centers the tailed beasts as a free coalition before Madara rebuilds the machinery of capture.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 391: Madara Uchiha Rises
Naruto Shippuden Episode 391 turns Obito’s attempted atonement into Madara’s final theft, exposing control as the plan’s governing principle.