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31 Episodes 2009 - 2010
Episode 1
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 30 mins
Orochimaru agonizes in pain at his hideout, now requiring level-ten medications just to sustain his body. Even with excruciating pain Orochimaru is preparing for his transference ritual, and Kabuto can feel Orochimaru's further potential.
Episode 2
Thu, Jun 18, 2009 30 mins
Orochimaru sheds his old body and transforms into a white serpent. As he attacks Sasuke to obtain his body, Orochimaru remembers the time he found the slough of a white snake in front of his parents' grave.
Episode 3
Thu, Jun 25, 2009 30 mins
Sasuke has defeated Orochimaru. He then frees Suigetsu, a man trapped inside a water tank, and tells the man to join him. But Suigetsu does not immediately take up Sasuke's offer…
Episode 4
Thu, Jul 2, 2009 30 mins
Sasuke and Suigetsu visit the southern hideout to recruit their next member, Karin. Suigetsu's surprised at the hideout's low security level but is told that no prisoners can escape thanks to Karin's abilities.
Episode 5
Thu, Jul 9, 2009 30 mins
Sasuke and his team head for the northern hideout to recruit their next member, Jugo. A ninja with abnormal homicidal impulses, Jugo is the sole carrier of the enzyme necessary to create Orochimaru's curse mark...
Episode 6
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 30 mins
Slipping past the riot, Sasuke arrives at Jugo's cell. But Jugo refuses to be released, even going as far as to say he rather die a lonely death than to leave the hideout.
Episode 7
Thu, Jul 30, 2009 30 mins
Over ten years ago, the Five Great Nations' were in the midst of the Third Great Ninja War. Future Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze assigns young Kakashi, Obito of the Uchiha clan, and Rin, on a mission to Kannabi Bridge...
Episode 8
Mon, Jul 20, 2009 30 mins
Obito ignores Kakashi's order to continue with the mission and leaves to save Rin, who was kidnapped by the Rock ninja. But the enemies detect Obito's arrival and defeat him. Kakashi arrives at the last minute and saves Obito…
Episode 9
Thu, Aug 6, 2009 30 mins
After hunting down the Four Tails, Itachi and Kisame are summoned by the leader of Akatsuki. The leader announces the death of Orochimaru to the members and the possibility of his killer, Sasuke, setting his sights on Akatsuki.
Episode 10
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 30 mins
Under Kakashi's command, the Leaf ninja set off to find Itachi. Using Kakashi's ninja hounds, they gather as much information as they can on Itachi. Meanwhile, the members of the Hebi also scatter to look for information on Itachi.
Episode 11
Thu, Aug 20, 2009 30 mins
Upon encountering one another, Sasuke and Deidara engage in battle. After exchanging a few blows to test Sasuke's strength, Deidara conjures up his specialty clay dragon and wages long-range attacks against Sasuke from high above.
Episode 12
Thu, Aug 27, 2009 30 mins
Determined to destroy the Sharingan to rid himself of the taste of defeat he received from Itachi, Deidara unleashes his biggest attack, the C4 Karura.
Episode 13
Thu, Sep 3, 2009 30 mins
Sasuke goes missing after being caught by Deidara's suicidal bombing. Sensing his disappearance, Jugo, Karin, and Suigetsu race to Sasuke's last location, where the three Hebi members discover...?
Episode 14
Thu, Sep 10, 2009 30 mins
Leaf ninja, she notifies the others and the Hebi members quickly leave the inn. To allow Sasuke to focus on his coming battle with Itachi, Karin comes up with a plan to keep the Leaf ninja occupied.
Episode 15
Thu, Sep 24, 2009 30 mins
During the reign of the Second Hokage, the young Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade are assigned to Hiruzen Sarutobi's platoon as Genins. While training, Jiraiya accidentally transports himself to Mount Myoboku, opening the path to fulfill his destiny.
Episode 16
Thu, Sep 24, 2009 30 mins
Jiraiya's journey to seek out a student is postponed due to the outbreak of the Third Great Ninja War. Jiraiya joins Tsunade and Orochimaru to battle the Village Hidden in the Rain.
Episode 17
Thu, Oct 8, 2009 30 mins
Jiraiya successfully infiltrates the Hidden Rain Village by hiding inside the toad Gamagoro. He sets out to gather information but finds no indications of a civil war occurring within the village.
Episode 18
Thu, Oct 8, 2009 30 mins
Foreseeing a possible battle, Jiraiya takes precautionary measures by storage releasing the scroll toad that commands the key to Naruto's Eight-Signed Seal.
Episode 19
Thu, Oct 15, 2009 30 mins
Jiraiya battles to defeat his former student Pain, who is now driven by his twisted ideals as an Akatsuki member.
Episode 20
Thu, Oct 22, 2009 30 mins
Jiraiya completes his Sage Mode transformation to battle the three Pains.
Episode 21
Thu, Oct 29, 2009 30 mins
Having lost his arm, Jiraiya is outmatched by the six Pains now appearing before him. Of the six, the one called Tendo is revealed to be Jiraiya's former student Yahiko.
Episode 22
Thu, Nov 5, 2009 30 mins
Sasuke arrives at one of the Akatsuki hideouts, having followed in Itachi's footsteps. When Sasuke is about to enter the hideout alone, his older brother Itachi finally appears before him…
Episode 23
Thu, Nov 19, 2009 30 mins
While Itachi waits for Sasuke in the Uchiha hideout, he recalls the past incident that led to his defection from the Leaf Village. When Sasuke arrives, the fated battle begins between the two brothers.
Episode 24
Thu, Nov 19, 2009 30 mins
Following their fierce genjutsu battle with the Sharingan, Itachi explains the secret behind the most powerful ocular jutsu, the Mangekyo Sharingan, and the history of the Uchiha clan…
Episode 25
Thu, Nov 26, 2009 30 mins
Sasuke loses his left eye to Itachi, but it turns out to be a genjutsu created by the Mangekyo Sharingan. Breaking free of the Tsukuyomi by force, Sasuke makes a furious comeback against the injured Itachi.
Episode 26
Thu, Dec 3, 2009 30 mins
At the climax of the battle, both Itachi and Sasuke run out of chakra. However, Sasuke reveals that his actions up until now were only a preparation for his final jutsu.
Episode 27
Thu, Dec 10, 2009 30 mins
Naruto and his comrades find themselves held up by Tobi, whose strange jutsu is more than just a simple genjutsu.
Episode 28
Thu, Dec 17, 2009 30 mins
In the Akatsuki hideout Sasuke comes face to face with Madara. Announcing himself as Itachi's accomplice from that fateful night, Madara goes on to tell Sasuke the truth about Itachi that he could never have known.
Episode 29
Thu, Dec 24, 2009 30 mins
The Uchiha clan was plotting a coup d'etat. The story as told by Madara leaves Sasuke at a loss for words. Because of his gifted talent, Itachi was forced to suffer, torn between his loyalties to the Leaf Village and the Uchiha clan.
Episode 30
Thu, Jan 7, 2010 30 mins
Flame from the Amaterasu still remains on the battlefield as Naruto and his teammates continue to search for Sasuke. But despite the search team's best efforts, they cannot find any trace of him.
Episode 31
Thu, Jan 14, 2010 30 mins
The Taka split up with the Akatsuki to hunt down the remaining Tailed Beast. At the Land of Lightning they go up against Killer Bee, whose attack utilizing Lightning Style and seven blades proves to be more than a match for them.