Summary :- An ANBU sends a message to Konoha moments before he dies, having discovered what may be Orochimaru’s current hideout. As Kakashi is ordered to go on a reconnaissance mission with Shino, Kiba and Hinata to find the hideout, Naruto is bothered over being warned not to use the Rasen Shuriken due to its … Read more
Summary :- Guren takes twenty-one survivors from the hideout and leaves to meet Orochimaru, Team Kurenai and Kakashi arrived minutes later to her lair and find the barely alive subjects before they are forced to escape when the hideout’s self destructs. Miles away, sixteen of the surviving subjects refuse to be experimented on by Orochimaru … Read more
Summary :- Naruto attacks Kakuzu with his Rasen Shuriken, but his attack dissipates before he can land a hit. Meanwhile, with Hidan’s dismembered remains in the trap hole, Shikamaru uses another explosive tag to fill in the hole over the remains of a dismembered yet living Hidan, ultimately avenging Asuma’s death. He is joined by … Read more
Summary :- Sakura and Sai leave to help Shikamaru. Hidan attempts to break out of Shikamaru’s weakened Shadow Possession Jutsu on him, but Shikamaru reveals he was pretending as he uses another jutsu to pull the explosive tags onto Hidan’s body. Shikamaru then opens a trap hole that he had prepared hours in advance while … Read more
Summary :- Shikamaru realizes Kakuzu has five hearts, each of which must be killed to defeat him. He also reasons that separating Kakuzu from Hidan is the only way to defeat them, and so, he uses Shadow Possession Jutsu to lead Hidan into a dense forest. Kakuzu combines two of his hearts into a single … Read more
Summary :- Hidan stabs himself in the chest, but instead of mortally wounding Shikamaru, he accidentally destroys another one of Kakuzu’s hearts. When Hidan demanded an explanation about why he still was alive, Shikamaru reveals to have poured Kakuzu’s blood (that Kakashi had retrieved earlier in a capsule) on Hidan’s spear, and so he had … Read more
Summary :- Tsunade tells Sakura that Team 7 will be Team 10’s backup, but only if Naruto finishes his training within 24 hours. Elsewhere, Shikamaru quickly adjusts the team’s strategy to include Kakashi, and Yugito dies after the Two-Tails is fully extracted from her and placed in the Gedo Statue. Hidan and Kakuzu resume their … Read more
Summary :- Choji’s spiked cannonball attack proves ineffective against Kakuzu’s special ability, which enables him to harden his skin. In Konoha, Naruto learns more about the five elemental chakra natures and their strengths and weaknesses in relation to each other. Kakuzu gets struck by Kakashi’s Lightning Blade right through his heart, but survives and produces … Read more
Summary :- A funeral is held for Asuma, but Shikamaru does not attend it, choosing instead to sulk at home. After a careful prodding by his father during a game of Shogi, Shikamaru works through his emotions and comes up with a strategy to defeat Hidan and Kakuzu. Team 10 visits Asuma’s grave before setting … Read more
Summary :- Naruto struggles to combine the shape and elemental manipulation in the Rasengan. Elsewhere, the Akatsuki begin sealing the Two-Tails, their “leader” revealing the organization’s plan to establish a war monopoly while obtaining all nine Tailed Beasts for their ultimate goal: world domination. Meanwhile, news of Asuma’s death reaches Konoha just as Naruto realizes … Read more