The battle with Seimei concludes with Gaara killing Seimei. Everyone returns to Konoha and resume their training. Ino makes a request to also become Tsunade’s student; Tenten is enraged by the fact that she was left out; and everyone says goodbye to Naruto, who is about to head off for his 2+1/2 years of training [...]

Although his comrades are defeated, Jin puts his final plan in motion by using Gaara to revive the “ultimate weapon” of Takumi Village, Seimei. To do this, he traps Gaara in a metal sphere that starts draining his chakra. Gaara partially transforms into the One-Tailed Shukaku–which is what Jin wanted all along.

The members of Shitenshonin create a triangular formation, using the waterways to stop Gaara from using his sand powers. Meanwhile, Shikamaru and Kiba are having trouble backing up Temari and Kankurou. Before the third member of the rogue ninjas can kill Gaara, Lee and Naruto arrive to save him. At this point, Sakura’s task is [...]

The rogue ninjas continue running as Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro chase. At the same time, Shino, Hinata, and Neji are using their abilities to find the location of the Shitenshounnin. Temari encounters the first of the members (a woman that uses swords to produce wind) and leaves Gaara and Kankuro to chase after the other [...]

A group of rogue ninjas from the Takumi Village invades the Sand Village and kidnaps a Ninja Academy student. They seek Gaara’s powers to revive their village’s ultimate weapon. Gaara, Kankuro & Temari pursue them with no other help from the Sand Village. Meanwhile, Shikamaru assembles the Konoha 11 (excluding Tenten), and splits up into [...]

Episode 214: Naruto and Menma are sent on a mission with Neji and Tenten. Tsunade begins suspecting that Menma was a Sound ninja due to his abilities, and Neji begins suspecting the same thing when Menma moves even faster than he does. The group enters a town that was largely destroyed by bandits, and Menma [...]

While on his way to collect a bamboo shoots for a special type of ramen Naruto finds a man close to a river bank and helps him out. The man is unable to remember even his name, so Naruto calls him “Menma”. As Naruto tries to help him recover his memories, he learns that Menma [...]

Naruto, Todoroki and Gantetsu enter the Shinobazu mansion, leaving Sakura to care for the children and Lee to fight off the Shinobazu members outside. While Gantetsu and Todoroki go to rescue Akio, Naruto fights the Shinobazu leader and defeats him. The mansion catches fire in the fight, and Gantetsu saves Akio before escaping with him [...]

When another member of the Shinobazu attacks Naruto and Todoroki, capturing Gantetsu, it is revealed that the other members want to capture Gantetsu to find the money he stole with them. Naruto’s group learns that Akio, Todoroki’s brother, is alive, and he and his other orphans have been cared for by Gantetsu, who is seeking [...]

The boat that Naruto’s group is on washes over a waterfall, allowing Naruto, Gantetsu and Todoroki to escape into the forest. Naruto learns from Gantetsu that the forest is the Shinobazu hideout, and that only a Shinobazu like him can find the way through. Naruto’s group defeats one of the Shinobazu members, who attacks with [...]