Naruto Shippuden Episode 150: The Forbidden Jutsu Released
Naruto and Utakata enter a cave saturated with chakra and find Shiranami turning Hotaru, her seal, and the surrounding terrain into one dangerous mechanism.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 149: Separation
Hotaru leaves after trusting Shiranami and writes Utakata goodbye, while Utakata’s rescue of Naruto reveals that his actions resist the distance he claims to want.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 148: Heir to Darkness
Naruto learns the forbidden jutsu is embedded in Hotaru, but Tonbei’s explanation reveals that carrying the dangerous legacy was her own complicated wish.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 147: Rogue Ninja’s Past
Hidden Mist trackers demand Utakata in exchange for Hotaru, revealing the rogue ninja label and master-trauma behind the wanderer’s refusal to stay.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 146: The Successor’s Wish
The Magaki Troops corner Hotaru at the village, Utakata returns to protect her, and Shiranami recognizes the wanderer as a Hidden Mist fugitive.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 145: Successor of the Forbidden Jutsu
Naruto listens as Hotaru explains her bond with Utakata during the escort to the Tsuchigumo village, where succession may not guarantee belonging.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 144: Wanderer
An old treaty redirects Naruto’s team to the Tsuchigumo fort, where Utakata escorts Hotaru through a secret route ahead of attackers seeking forbidden power.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 143: The Eight-Tails vs. Sasuke
Killer Bee’s seven blades and partnership with the Eight-Tails overwhelm Sasuke, forcing every member of Taka to save one another before Amaterasu.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 142: Battle of Unraikyo
Naruto finds only the ruined hideout as Sasuke redirects his grief toward Konoha, renames his team Taka, and accepts the Eight-Tails mission.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 141: Truth
Tobi reveals the Uchiha coup and the impossible mission imposed on Itachi, forcing Sasuke to reconsider loyalty, sacrifice, and the Leaf’s hidden violence.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 140: Fate
Tobi claims the name Madara and begins revealing Itachi’s hidden history while an implanted Amaterasu proves Itachi tried to protect Sasuke after death.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 139: The Mystery of Tobi
Naruto’s team tests Tobi with coordinated attacks, insects, and close observation, but his impossible intangibility delays them until Itachi’s death.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 138: The End
Sasuke unleashes Kirin, Itachi reveals Susanoo and seals Orochimaru, then ends their long duel with a final childhood gesture rather than stolen eyes.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 137: Amaterasu!
Sasuke breaks free of Tsukuyomi and drives back a visibly weakened Itachi, pushing their Fire Style duel toward the black flames of Amaterasu.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 136: The Light & Dark of the Mangekyo Sharingan
Itachi explains the Mangekyo Sharingan’s light and darkness, casting Uchiha history and his failing vision as a threat before Sasuke breaks the illusion.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 135: The Longest Moment
Sasuke confronts Itachi inside the Uchiha hideout, where physical attacks dissolve into genjutsu and the name Madara expands the massacre beyond two brothers.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 134: Banquet Invitation
Sasuke receives Itachi’s invitation to the Uchiha hideout as Tobi uses comedy and intangibility to stop Naruto’s team from reaching the brothers.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 133: The Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant
Jiraiya recognizes Yahiko and other dead faces among the Six Paths, confirms that the real Pain is elsewhere, and sends the answer forward to Naruto.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 132: In Attendance, the Six Paths of Pain
Jiraiya and the toad sages identify Pain’s shared field of vision, break its sight lines, and prepare a sound genjutsu against the linked bodies.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 131: Honored Sage Mode!
Jiraiya summons the two elder toad sages, enters imperfect Sage Mode, and studies the linked Pain bodies while enormous summons fill the Rain’s pipe maze.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 130: The Man Who Became God
Jiraiya releases Gerotora with Naruto’s seal key, resumes his disguise, and confronts Konan as Pain’s godlike identity begins resolving into personal history.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 129: Infiltrate! The Village Hidden in the Rain
Jiraiya infiltrates the Hidden Rain, interrogates two ninja about Pain’s takeover, and learns that the village’s constant rain also watches for intruders.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 128: Tales of a Gutsy Ninja — Part 2
Jiraiya survives Hanzo, receives the Sannin title, and chooses to teach Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato rather than leave them inside the ruins of war.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 127: Tales of a Gutsy Ninja — Part 1
Young Jiraiya trains beside Orochimaru and Tsunade, accidentally reaches Mount Myoboku, and receives a prophecy that will shape his life as a teacher.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 126: Twilight
Karin’s scent diversion sends the Leaf trackers after manufactured trails while Hebi separates so Sasuke can approach Itachi alone.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 125: Disappearance
Sasuke’s disappearance draws Hebi and Konoha to the same crater, where Manda’s condition reveals the ruthless cost of Sasuke’s escape.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 124: Art
Deidara unleashes C4 Karura and a final self-destructive artwork, while Sasuke combines Sharingan perception, lightning, genjutsu, and summoning to survive.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 123: Clash!
Sasuke battles Deidara’s clay dragon and hidden traps, turning a spectacular long-range assault into a patient investigation of elemental weakness.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 122: The Hunt
Kakashi’s hounds and Karin’s chakra sensing turn the search for Itachi into parallel intelligence operations that bring Sakura close to Sasuke’s trail.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 121: Assemble
Pain announces Orochimaru’s death to Akatsuki as Sasuke becomes a threat and competing Hebi and Konoha search networks begin converging on Itachi.