Naruto Shippuden Episode 180: Inari’s Courage Put to the Test
Inari and Tazuna return to help rebuild the Leaf, prompting a memory of the day Inari risked himself to protect other children from Gatō’s former thugs.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 179: Kakashi Hatake, the Jonin in Charge
As the Leaf council debates a replacement for Tsunade, Kakashi remembers being assigned the unruly young Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura as Team 7.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 178: Iruka’s Decision
Iruka follows Naruto into a dangerous forest, where a reckless Academy dare and a stolen intelligence report force teacher and student to trust each other.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 177: Iruka’s Ordeal
Naruto’s rivalry with Sasuke exposes his Academy loneliness while rookie Iruka confronts the grief that makes teaching him painfully difficult.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 176: Rookie Instructor Iruka
While clearing the ruined Ninja Academy, Iruka finds Naruto’s old training pillar and remembers his first difficult days teaching the lonely child.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 175: Hero of the Hidden Leaf
Nagato entrusts hope to Naruto and restores the lives lost in the assault before Kakashi carries Naruto home to a village ready to welcome him.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 174: Tale of Naruto Uzumaki
Naruto answers Nagato with Jiraiya’s first novel, the origin of his name, and a concrete refusal to continue the cycle by killing him.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 173: Origin of Pain
Nagato recounts Jiraiya’s training, Yahiko’s peaceful Akatsuki, and the Hanzo-Danzo betrayal that transformed shared hope into Pain’s doctrine.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 172: Meeting
Naruto restrains his anger and asks Nagato to explain his path, beginning with war, the loss of his parents, and his first meeting with Yahiko and Konan.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 171: Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage’s Legacy, Part 2
Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke face the last traps in the Fourth Hokage’s challenge and discover that the promised legacy demands teamwork.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 170: Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage’s Legacy, Part 1
A pre-Chunin-Exam flashback sends Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and their rookie rivals searching for the Fourth Hokage’s mysterious legacy.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 169: The Two Students
After defeating Tendo Pain, Naruto traces Nagato’s chakra and enters the hidden chamber where two of Jiraiya’s students finally meet.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 168: Fourth Hokage
Minato Namikaze appears inside Naruto’s seal, reveals that he is Naruto’s father, and restores the boundary before the Nine-Tails can escape.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 167: Planetary Devastation
Naruto loses himself to the Nine-Tails after Hinata falls, forcing Pain to answer the six-tailed chakra form with Planetary Devastation.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 166: Confessions
Hinata enters the crater to protect restrained Naruto, speaks the feelings she has carried for years, and faces Pain by her own deliberate choice.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 165: Nine Tails, Captured!
Pain separates Naruto from the great toads and absorbs his Sage chakra, forcing Naruto to turn natural energy’s dangerous imbalance against the Preta Path.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 164: Danger! Sage Mode Limit Reached
Naruto defeats the Human Path with a perfected Rasen Shuriken, but Pain adapts as Sage Mode’s finite reserve begins to run out.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 163: Explosion! Sage Mode
Naruto returns from Mount Myoboku to find Konoha leveled, then enters Sage Mode with the great toads to confront Pain and protect the survivors.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 162: Pain to the World
Tsunade refuses to surrender Naruto before Tendo Pain rises over Konoha and releases a catastrophic Almighty Push against the entire village.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 161: Surname is Sarutobi! Given Name, Konohamaru!
Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon help evacuate villagers before Konohamaru confronts the Naraka Path and proves the Sarutobi name belongs to him.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 160: Mystery of Pain
Inoichi searches a captured Rain shinobi’s memories for Pain’s hidden structure while Danzo turns Konoha’s crisis into a political opportunity.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 159: Pain vs. Kakashi
Kakashi confronts Tendo Pain’s mysterious repulsive force, then must survive a coordinated two-on-one battle when Shurado joins the fight.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 158: Power to Believe
As Pain and Konan attack Konoha, Tsunade contacts Fukasaku and treats belief in Naruto as a risky responsibility rather than passive hope.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 157: Assault on the Leaf Village!
Pain attacks Konoha before Jiraiya’s evidence is fully understood, forcing Shikamaru and the village to turn partial intelligence into a live defense.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 156: Surpassing the Master
Slow Sage progress pushes Naruto to reorganize the training around shadow-clone experience, honoring Jiraiya by adapting the path instead of copying it.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 155: The First Challenge
Naruto begins Sage training with the challenge least suited to his instincts: becoming still enough to sense nature energy without trying to overpower it.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 154: Decryption
Naruto helps decipher Jiraiya’s last code through personal knowledge, turning grief into intelligence while the resulting message leaves Pain’s mystery unresolved.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 153: Following the Master’s Shadow
Naruto wanders Konoha inside memories of Jiraiya until Iruka sits beside him and makes grief shareable through presence, love, and one split ice pop.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 152: Somber News
Naruto returns with unanswered questions about Itachi when Kakashi arrives with the fact Naruto cannot fight or change: Jiraiya died investigating Pain.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 151: Master and Student
Shiranami celebrates the forbidden jutsu while Hotaru mourns its forced use, and Utakata proves that a true master protects a student’s agency rather than owning it.