Season 3
🎬 18 Episodes 📅 2008 ⏱ 25 min
A warrior's journey transcends time itself when he returns home transformed by experience and hardened by sacrifice. Naruto Shippūden captures the raw intensity of reunion paired with the weight of impossible choices, as childhood bonds are tested against the emergence of shadowy threats. Stunning animation brings gravity to every clash, weaving action-packed sequences into a deeper meditation on loyalty, redemption, and the price of power. The series stands as a testament to how far one will go to save those who matter most.
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18
Episodes
2008
Year
25
min / ep
7.5
Watch Hours
3/20
Season No.
⭐ 6.9
Best Episode
Ep. 54 · Nightmare
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🎬 Episodes 18 episodes
54
⭐ 6.9
Nightmare
Naruto's been having nightmares about the release of the Nine-Tail's power. Afterward, Kakashi informs Naruto that he has special training for him that will make him strong quickly. They are cut off by Team 10, who have also come to visit. Sai lunches with them and, trying to make friends by using n…
🎬 Shigeharu Takahashi ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
55
⭐ 6.7
Wind
Kakashi is released from the hospital and begins Naruto's training program. Naruto learns that he has Wind-style chakra. Yamato helps by setting up the training field with his special jutsu. Naruto also learns that he can use his Multi Shadow Clone jutsu to speed up his training, since whatever the …
🎬 Masahiko Murata ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
56
⭐ 6.5
Writhe
Naruto and his clones continue to work on chakra nature manipulation by slicing leaves. After some struggling, Naruto approaches Asuma, who is also a wind type, for advice, after which Asuma gives Naruto's clone a few pointers. Naruto is subsequently able to slice a leaf in half. Asuma and Yamato he…
🎬 Hiroshi Kimura ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
57
⭐ 6.5
Deprived of Eternal Sleep
Naruto, Sakura, Sai and Yamato head out for a new mission near the Fire Temple. When the other party fails to show up at the rendezvous point, the team gets separated and Naruto stumbles upon one of the four hidden tombs they came to protect. Due to a misunderstanding, he fights one of the monks-in-…
🎬 Seiki Takuno ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
58
⭐ 5.8
Loneliness
The temple monks explain that the tombs hold the loyal bodyguards of Fire Country's feudal lord. Naruto observes Sora sparring with other monks and becomes offended upon realizing he is holding back. Naruto challenges Sora, but just as the matter is about to get serious, another monk stops him. Naru…
🎬 Akitaro Daichi ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
59
⭐ 6.5
A New Enemy
Tsunade suspects that Danzou is plotting something and orders an investigation of him. Team Kakashi, Chiriku and Sora notice the coffins moving on their own, but fail to intercept them. The coffins emerge on a cliff, where the leader of the enemy ninja orders his subordinates to deal with their foes…
🎬 Masaaki Kumagai ✍️ Junki Takegami
60
⭐ 6.0
Impermanence
Team Kakashi begins facing off against the enemy shinobi. Yamato eludes his opponent, Fudo, by faking his death. Sora, unwilling to look for Naruto, goes off on his own. Back in Konoha, Danzo reveals that he is aware that he is being watched by Tsunade's ANBU. Naruto fights Fūka, whose kiss is fatal…
🎬 Kiyomu Fukuda ✍️ Junki Takegami
61
⭐ 6.2
Contact
Furido taunts Sora until Sora unleashes his true powers, before informing Sora that he is planning to use the four corpses to save the Land of Fire. Naruto continues his fight with F?ka and learns that she can use all five elements. F?ka manages to kiss Naruto and begins draining his chakra. Realizi…
🎬 Atsushi Nigorikawa ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
62
⭐ 6.2
Teammate
Asuma's team returns from its mission. Team Kakashi returns to Konoha as well, with Sora replacing Sai on the team. Naruto tries to show Sora around Konoha but Sora goes his own way. Sora's insults precipitate a brawl with Kiba and Choji, with Naruto and Rock Lee joining in. Shikamaru and Asuma stop…
🎬 Shigeharu Takahashi ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
63
⭐ 6.2
The Two Kings
Asuma supervises Naruto and Sora's wind chakra training, and notices that Sora, like Naruto, has very powerful chakra. Tsunade and Yamato learn from Chiriku that Sora was inadvertently responsible for an incident in which the Temple of Fire was destroyed. Later, Asuma gives Sora a claw made from the…
🎬 Yuki Kinoshita ✍️ Masahiro Hikokubo
64
⭐ 6.2
Jet-Black Signal Fire
Danzou is brought in for questioning after being caught meeting with a young Rain ninja. Sora confronts Asuma, and Asuma admits to having killed Kazuma. He attacks Asuma, his arm once again assuming a demonic form. Afterward, Naruto gets injured while shielding Sora from the attacks of an unknown in…
🎬 Hiroshi Kimura ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
65
⭐ 6.2
Lockdown of Darkness
With Konoha in complete darkness, the village struggles to defend against the four attackers who have sealed the entire village behind a barrier. The entire village is in a state of emergency. Asuma, commanded by Tsunade to follow Sora and Naruto, finally catches up to them. Asuma realizes that the …
🎬 Shinji Satoh ✍️ Masahiro Hikokubo
66
⭐ 6.2
Revived Souls
Konoha's ninja fight off the revived zombie members of the Kohaku clan. The four Guardian Ninjas, Seito, Tōu, Nauma and Kitane, are also revived. Asuma realizes that they are planning to use Limelight, a jutsu in which the four create a lightning blast powerful enough to destroy Konoha. Asuma sends …
🎬 Akitaro Daichi ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
67
⭐ 6.5
Everyone's Struggle to the Death
Sora refuses to let Furido destroy the village despite his grudge against Asuma and the Hokage. He is beaten up by Furido, who claims that his father had a similar flaw. Asuma gets trapped by Kitane in a force field of lightning. Meanwhile, Yamato and Sakura kill their opponents, and Shikamaru heads…
🎬 Masaaki Kumagai ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
68
⭐ 6.2
Moment of Awakening
Naruto deduces that Fuuka's secret consists of switching bodies to use each corresponding element and that her hair preserves her youth and body. Naruto damages her hair and it takes a life of its own dispensing the body, but Naruto finally kills it with a Rasengan. Meanwhile, Asuma manages to break…
🎬 Kiyomu Fukuda ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
69
⭐ 6.0
Despair
Furido releases Sora's seal, and tells him the truth: Sora is a pseudo-Jinchuuriki. The chakra that had leaked from the Nine Tailed Fox when it attacked Konoha 15 and a half years ago was harvested and implanted into Sora. Just then, Asuma arrives at the scene with Naruto. Asuma recognizes Furido an…
🎬 Seiki Takuno ✍️ Masahiro Hikokubo
70
⭐ 6.0
Resonance
The chakra of the Nine-tails rages out of control within Sora, preventing Naruto and the others from subduing him. Asuma and Kazuma resume their old battle, while Kazuma justifies his actions with his duty as a pawn to the "King" of the Fire Country. Naruto is repeatedly knocked down in his attempts…
🎬 Shigeharu Takahashi ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki
71
⭐ 6.0
My Friend
The struggle between Naruto and Sora continues. Asuma and Kazuma fight. Sai arrives, having snuck out of hospital, and binds Kazuma with an ink snake. Kazuma breaks out of Sai's jutsu and charges Asuma, but is killed. Naruto eventually reaches Sora, who manages to release the Nine Tails's chakra. So…
🎬 Atsushi Nigorikawa ✍️ Yasuyuki Suzuki