Naruto Shippūden - Past Arc: The Locus of Konoha

After Pain's attack, the Leaf Ninja set about rebuilding their village. Naruto and Sakura are thrilled to be reunited with Tazuna and his grandson Inari from the Land of Waves, who have come to help. While the restoration proceeds, the Leaf Ninja and their friends reflect on past events that influenced the village and helped gain allies like the Sand. Plus, we get a glimpse back into Naruto's training journey with Jiraiya, and join the original Team 7 on a mission when Sasuke was still with them!

21 Episodes

Rookie Instructor Iruka

Season 9 - Episode 176

In the aftermath of the destruction of the Leaf Village, Iruka thinks back to the time when the Third Hokage first gave him the task of bein...

Iruka's Ordeal

Season 9 - Episode 177

Iruka struggles to deal with his hate for the Nine-Tailed Fox inside Naruto as he tries to connect with Naruto after seeing him shunned by h...

Iruka's Decision

Season 9 - Episode 178

After discovering a kunai knife with a secret message on it, Naruto winds up being pursued by three kunoichi from the Hidden Waterfall Villa...

Kakashi Hatake, The Jonin in Charge

Season 9 - Episode 179

Kakashi has a flashback back when he was assigned to be the sensei of Team 7. In a bid to know his students, Naruto, Sasuke & Sakura, better...

Inari's Courage Put to the Test

Season 9 - Episode 180

As the ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village work on repairing their village in the aftermath of Pain's invasion, Naruto and Sakura come across a...

Naruto's School of Revenge

Season 9 - Episode 181

In a flashback of Naruto and Sakura's, Team 7 is on a mission to take an ostrich called Mr. Ostrich to his home. They arrive at a village wh...

Gaara's Bond

Season 9 - Episode 182

After hearing the news about Akatsuki's attack on the Hidden Leaf Village, Gaara worries about Naruto's well-being. He remembers a time in t...

Naruto: Outbreak

Season 9 - Episode 183

Sakura reflects upon a time when she was infected with a strange disease by Naruto. In order to find a cure, an order was issued for Naruto ...

Deploy! Team Tenten

Season 9 - Episode 184

While she and Neji prepare to visit an old man who makes ninja weapons, Tenten remembers the first time she visited him alongside Naruto and...

Animal District

Season 9 - Episode 185

An ostrich tells a story of when Naruto, Rock Lee, and Shino, all led by Kotetsu, entered the Leaf Village's animal district in an effort to...

Ah, the Medicine of Youth

Season 9 - Episode 186

Back before Rock Lee had his surgery, Naruto, after donning the suit given to him by Guy, set out on a mission with Sakura and Ino to obtain...

Gutsy Master and Student: The Training

Season 9 - Episode 187

During the two-and-a-half-year time period in which Naruto was training under Jiraiya, the latter decided that it was time for Naruto to lea...

Record of the Ninja Gutsy Master and Student

Season 9 - Episode 188

After having discovered that the village was under the control of rebels from the Hidden Rain Village, led by Hanzo, Naruto and Jiraiya deci...

Sasuke's Paw Encyclopedia

Season 9 - Episode 189

In the past, Naruto and Sakura joined Sasuke on a mission to collect the paw print of Nekomata, a large and powerful two-tailed ninja cat th...

Naruto and the Old Soldier

Season 9 - Episode 190

Naruto, two jonin and an elder known as "the Eternal Genin" set off to a mission to patrol the border of the Land of Fire following Orochima...

Kakashi Love Song

Season 9 - Episode 191

A female spy, Hanare, from the Hidden Lock Village (Land of Key) is caught by ANBU pretending to be a musician. She is interrogated. However...

Neji Chronicles

Season 9 - Episode 192

Konohamaru's team asks Neji to talk about Naruto's heroism. Instead, Neji tells them about an incident during the Chunin exams three years p...

The Man Who Died Twice

Season 9 - Episode 193

Naruto thinks back to the time when he encountered the soul of a man named Kisuke. Kisuke didn't recall anything about who he was, but a vis...

The Worst Three-Legged Race

Season 9 - Episode 194

Naruto thinks back to the time when Team 7 was on a mission to capture a group of thieves who stole a golden statue. When making a move on t...

Team 10's Teamwork

Season 9 - Episode 195

Shikamaru remembers the time when Teams 7 and 10 joined together to flush out a band of bandits who were terrorizing a nearby village and ha...

Drive Towards Darkness

Season 9 - Episode 196

Sasuke has a flashback while traveling to Konoha with his team, Taka. He once saved a girl named Naho not knowing that she's a relative of t...