Episode 426: Madara reflects his Rinne Sharingan on the red moon and activates the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The bright light interrupts the ongoing fight between Tobi and the Allied Shinobi Forces, and traps everyone on the planet into the irresistible genjutsu, except Team 7 protected by Sasuke's Susanoo, Black Zetsu and the reincarnated Hokages. The trapped shinobi on the battlefield get caught into the roots of the Shinju one by one, despite Hiruzen's intervention. As Tobi releases the traumatized host, Hiruzen fails to free Yamato from being trapped in the genjutsu. He envisions himself becoming the new leader of Team 7 and considers it the place he belongs to, unaware of it being merely a dream. Minato awakes in Konohagakure and witness that all citizens were caught by the roots.
Episode 427: As Madara uses the Rinne Sharingan at the sky behind the red moon to immobilize and trap Tenten with the Shinju's roots, she fails to seal Madara with the Treasured Tools. Tenten wakes up and finds herself at home about the alternate timeline, and sees her friends with different personalities she remembers. Learning that the Minato's statue face is changed into Sakura's father under Madara's genjutsu, Tenten researches the genjutsu and ostracizes her friends and being concerned. Hinata takes Tenten's scroll with the weapons and demands an explanation for behaviour. Before Menma intervenes and gives the scroll back to Tenten, who denounces to the villagers about the wrong timeline and the merchant is intrigued by her actions.
Episode 428: Thinking about her friendship, Tenten asks Kurenai to learn more about the genjutsu, but in her dream world, Kurenai refuses, and they discuss various methods about failed attempts. Later, Tenten sees the man disguised as a merchant, who asks and gives a map to Tenten about the Rain Village that can break the genjutsu. That night, the guards capture and arrest Tenten for attempting to leave the village. They reveal the intel about the Rain ninja attack, checking the map, which secretly revealed as a letter. While in jail, Tenten sees Lee and Neji calling outside. While Tenten recalls her friendship, the Leaf Village is invaded by intruders of the Rain ninja that uses the summoning formula. Menma brings the man in jail and asks her Tenten to help everyone. As Menma with the Tailed Beast mode distracts Hanzō and his giant salamander, Tenten uses her Treasured Tools scroll to defeat Hanzō to thwart the attack of the Rain ninja. As Menma and friends congratulate Tenten, she apparently smiles that she belongs in the dream world.
Episode 429: Yugito, Killer Bee and their respective tailed beasts, Matatabi and Gyūki in chibi forms, infiltrate the Sand Village to rescue Gaara and Shukaku, and Gyuki restrains to defeat the gigantic Karasu. Bee frees Gaara and tells him that their mission is unite all Jinchūriki with tailed beasts, while Yugito retrieves and gives Gaara his sand gourd. As Yugito and Bee free Naruto and Kurama from being locked up in the mouth of Tsunade's statue from the Leaf Village, they trigger a fail-safe trap and being sucked there and detained underground by Tsunade, Shizune and the Anbu Black Ops. Gaara challenges Tsunade to a dice game with Shukaku transforming into a replica and temporary holds the form shortly while Tsunade shakes the dice, before Gyūki spews a dust cloud of ink and the group of Jinchuriki escapes. They use clones to distract Yamato, Yūgao and the Anbu for arriving at the ramen shop. The group of Jinchūriki arrive on the outskirts of the Waterfall Village and confronts to battle Itachi, Sasori and Deidara of the Akatsuki .
Episode 430: As Naruto asks about Sasuke to Itachi who leaves organization to join with Nagato, Fū arrives before Sasori and Deidara flees. Gaara asks Fū to give a fist bump and asks her to join them. Bee tells Fū about the information of the Ten-Tails and their objective to protect the princess who sealed it. The group arrives in the village and asks Roku and Son Gokū to join them, before noticing a hawk spying on them and Chōmei uses Scale Powder to knock it out which reveals to be Sasuke, who leaves before Orochimaru summons a giant snake, which the five Tailed Beasts defeat it, forcing Orochimaru and Kabuto to retreat. While Naruto, Gaara, Fū, Yugito and Utakata plan to protect the castle, Killer Bee and Han find Yagura and asks him to join with them. Soon after protecting the castle from the clones of White Zetsu, the nine Jinchiriki combined powers with the Tailed Beast Bomb to counter against the Gedo Statue's. As the nine triumph at the castle in Bee's dream, he apparently chuckles while being trapped in Madara's genjutsu.
Episode 431: Being caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Karin's past memories revealed ten years ago in the Grass Village that Karin's mother suffers with critical condition helping the injured ninjas. That night as Zōsui brings Karin to the hospital, she gets her healing bite abilities that treats anyone who are wounded. Mourning for her mother and being horrified from the bite marks on her body, Karin is assigned to the medical team, while she stays at home. Later, she heals the group of grass ninjas at the battlefield, before she collapses from exhaustion. Assigning to the Chūnin Exams, Karin keeps the earth scroll at the Forest of Death and being saved by Sasuke who defeats a large bear. Zōsui becomes disappointed and sends her to the "North Fortress", where their allies are fighting against the Kaguya Clan. Fearing that she will die from biting injuries, Karin arrives and heals them. Orochimaru saves Karin from two thugs and she joins him. At the Sannin's hideout, Kabuto asks Karin to show medical abilities to Orochimaru, and at the Northern Hideout Kabuto informs Karin to help out with the experiments about Jūgo. Soon after Orochimaru recollects information with Karin, she sees Sasuke again strolling through the room. As Sasuke establishes "Taka", Zōsui and his men betray Karin and she brutally kills them, before collapsing. Sasuke recovers Karin who asks him to smile.
Episode 432: Being caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Tsunade dreams about changing the past that she sits near a lake and hears Jiraiya telling her that he finished his latest work before leaving. She looks at the papers, which are titled "Jiraiya's Ninja Scrolls" and recalls when he was still in the middle of writing it and he asked her to be the first one to read it, even though she declined. As she reads it, the story begins with the tale of a nine tailed fox spirit, which can smash mountains and create tidal waves and a band of ninja arose to defend their village when it attacked until a lone shinobi staked his life to seal the beast away. The hero who fought the Nine Tails is revealed to be Minato, who survived the battle. One morning, he greets Kushina, who also survives and asks him how his meeting with the Third Hokage went. Minato remembers him and the Third meeting with the Uchiha clan to insure their allegiance with them will continue forever. Naruto wakes up and goes outside for the mission. The villagers are aware of Naruto being the Jinchūriki of the Nine Tails, but respects for him due to being the Hokage's son. He arrives at the Uchiha compound to pick up Sasuke and greets Itachi. Sasuke is displeased to have to be picked up Naruto every morning and denies Naruto's insistence they are friends before running off to meet up with their team. At the village's gates, two guards find a passed out ninja, who only says "Ageha" when they ask him what's wrong. Team 7 goes to the cemetery to visit the grave and monument of the ninjas who died in combat and tells them a story of a shinobi captain who committed suicide after being condemned for saving his comrades rather than completing the mission. He reminds them the importance of teamwork and asks them to go train. Sasuke privately asks why was he placed on the same team with Naruto, even though he says he is not against it. Kakashi assumes Sasuke, the best student of his class, is frustrated that the team is getting S-rank missions and blames Naruto, the last of their class, for this. As Naruto and Sakura walk, he shows excitement for their mission and when asked by Sakura for this, he replies he is going to be Hokage one day. Sasuke agrees but adds due to Naruto being the Fourth Hokage's son, he is shown favoritism. Angry, Naruto and Sasuke fight but Sakura stops them. Naruto challenges Sasuke to race with him to the top of a rock and takes off without warning. Sasuke and Sakura see a signal fired into the sky, and Kakashi tells them the Hokage is calling for them to assemble. As Naruto races to the rock, he vows to himself to never give up, and doesn't notice the crack in the ground and falls. As he panics, he remembers Jiraiya telling him it would be interesting to see if the power that was given to him is truly for him and Naruto has to figure a way out if he lives. Naruto enters into his consciousness and encounters Kurama. Naruto is fully aware of Kurama being inside his body and demands Kurama lend him its chakra, to which Kurama replies he is mistaken and envelopes him with its chakra, saying that if Naruto dies so does Kurama. Naruto snaps back into reality and remembers when Jiraiya taught him the Summoning Jutsu, and Naruto successfully summons Gamabunta, saving himself. Kakashi, Sasuke and Sakura later arrive to find Naruto unharmed. In his office, Minato remembers the day the Nine Tails attacked the village and Kushina was about to reseal the beast back into her body, at the cost of her life. Minato convinced her to instead seal half of Kurama's chakra in her and the other half in Naruto. In an earlier talk, Jiraiya told Minato that Naruto will learn how to control Kurama's chakra in no time. Minato wonders that if Naruto is the "Child of the Prophecy" but has not fully controlled the Nine Tails' chakra, was he too soon to give Naruto his mission. Team Kakashi, Guy, Asuma and Kurenai gather together and are informed they will be searching for missing shinobi, and they scatter to different routes.
Episode 433: Inside the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Tsunade carries on reading Jiraiya's latest work. A concerned Minato interviews the injured genin, who can only remember Ageha butterflies, and discusses this finding with Tsunade. Minato provides the details of the mission to the four Leaf teams, instructing them not to attempt to rescue the missing shinobi should they be found, and instead contact Konoha immediately. Shikamaru instantly understands that as they are being given this mission because more experienced shinobi seem to be the ones targeted. Team 7 stops for a moment, noticing the Ageha butterflies, Naruto goes off chasing them, followed by Sasuke, intent on bringing him back. Elsewhere, a mystery man performs a jutsu that targets the jōnin leaders, dragging them underground. At the sites of their disappearances, the Flying Raijin Kunai given to them by Minato. Just before Guy's disappearance, Neji detects an underground chakra flow, that vanishes after Guy is taken. Shikamaru deduces that what happened to their team also happened to others, and decides to wait for Team 8 to reach them, as they are the best trackers, before deciding on a plan. Team 7 is intercepted by Hidan while looking for Team 8. Hidan wounds Naruto, managing to acquire his blood, and proceeds to curse and injure him. Team 10 is attacked by Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato.
Episode 434: Tsunade continues to read Jiraiya's novel. The Naruto that Hidan cursed is revealed to be a shadow clone, and the real Naruto reveals himself with more clones and defeats Hidan. Yahiko introduces himself, Nagato, and Konan as Team Jiraiya to Team Asuma, and the two teams begin to fight. Black tendrils rise behind Team Kakashi and Hidan uses the distraction to defeat Naruto's shadow clones. The tendrils try to capture Sakura, but Naruto and Sasuke intervene. Team Jiraiya pushes Team Asuma in certain direction, and stops attacking. Hidan escapes and meets up with Kakuzu who is carrying Kakashi. Kakuzu leaves Kakashi with Hidan, and goes retrieve the other captured team captains. Team Kurenai finds signs of Team Asuma's fight, and follows them. Team Asuma finds an abandoned village. Team Guy meets up with Team Kakashi, and the two catch each other up on what happened. Team Asuma spots two children in the village and decides to follow them. Team Jiraiya observes the children, and when Team Asuma arrives, Yahiko attacks them. Shikamaru strikes back, which riles Nagato up, causing his powers to flare up and collapse the house. The crumbling attracts the attention of the other teams. Team Jiraiya goes into the sinkhole to save the children. Ino and Chōji want to jump in to save the children as well, but Shikamaru tells them not to.
Episode 435: Tsunade continues reading Jiraiya's novel. In it, Shikamaru advises his team not to go into the sinkhole. Teams Kakashi and Guy arrive in the village, and notice a commotion. From outside the village, Team Kurenai also notices the sinkhole. Team Jiraiya look for the children, and Nagato worries about his Rinnegan. Shikamaru explains to his team why they should prioritise meeting up with the other teams. Team Jiraiya finds an underground tunnel, and Konan finds a teddy bear belonging to the children. They head down the tunnel. Team Asuma comes across with a praying woman, who explains strangers told the villagers the village could become a battlefield, and to evacuate it, as well as telling them about the village's protector, Mashima. Team Jiraiya is attacked by a creature in the tunnels, but Nagato protects them. Teams Guy and Kakashi witness their team captains inside a sphere. The one responsible berates the genin for sacrificing their comrades to follow rules. Naruto and Neji jump into the sphere after the kidnapped shinobi, and the spheres disappears with them. Konan saves the two children from the creature in an underground lair. Team Asuma investigates a shrine to Mashima and find a trapdoor. During a fight, Team Jiraiya discovers there is a second creature. Chōji falls from the ceiling and saves Konan and the children, while Shikamaru immobilises one of the creatures. Teams Kakashi and Guy wonder where Naruto and Neji vanished to. Naruto and Neji wake up in a strange location, and are met by a masked individual, who Neji notices to have a Byakugan. The masked individual berates them for putting rules ahead of the lives of children, and invites Neji to discover the secrets Konohagakure has in that village.
Episode 436: Team Asuma aids Team Jiraiya in rescuing the children from the underground creatures. Chōji is attacked by one of them, and is saved by Nagato. The two teams return the children to their mother. Team Jiraiya thanks Team Asuma for coming to their aid, and surmises they also share some of Jiraiya's values. Team Jiraiya asks them to join, but Team Asuma refuses, wanting to find Asuma. Shikamaru deduces Team Jiraiya does not want them dead, and is following orders from someone else. They prepare to fight again, but Team Jiraiya leaves just before they're joined by Team Kurenai. Shikamaru does not tell them about Team Jiraiya, and decides they need to both report to Konohagakure and regroup with Teams Kakashi and Guy. Lee and Sasuke discuss about returning to the village or keep looking from their vanished team-mates and sensei. The masked man takes Naruto and Neji through a gate, who are shown images from the Hyūga Affair. The three discuss the events witnessed, and the masked man asks Neji to join him and force change in Konohagakure. Elsewhere, Jiraiya finds one of Orochimaru's compounds.
Episode 437: Shizune approaches Tsunade, concerned she hasn't eaten all day. Tsunade attributes it to not being able to put down Jiraiya's novel about the younger generation of Konohagakure. Shizune offers to bring her dinner, and Tsunade resumes reading. In the novel, Neji question the masked man's motives. He says that by changing how a village such as Konohagakure operates, the other hidden villages will follow, changing the world for the better. The masked man requests Neji to see what he means. Neji agrees to hear him out, and when Naruto tries to interfere, the masked man paralyses him. Neji promises to return to Naruto once he has seen what the masked man wants, and the two depart. Jiraiya ventures into Orochimaru's hideout, and comes across a bandaged individual. Team Jiraiya reports to the masked man about the incident with the children, including how the Konoha genin eventually helped them, despite the directives of their mission. The masked man ponders about it, and instructs them to resume surveillance. Neji asks with the Konoha genin are his team-mates, which the masked man confirms, and asks Neji if he wants to see if they can change the future of shinobi. Naruto tries in vain to access the Nine-Tails' chakra. Sasuke and Sakura discuss the mission's situation. Lee and Tenten search for Neji and Guy, which Kiba smells from a distance. Hinata spots Neji and the masked man observing Sasuke and Sakura, as well as Sasori. Sasuke detects Sasori's presence and attacks, Sasori begins to fight the two. Teams Asuma and Kurenai head out towards Sasuke and Sakura. Lee and Tenten are attacked with explosive tags, directing them towards the same location. Sasori lands a hit on Sasuke, poisoning him. The Nine-Tails tries to convince Naruto to open the seal so it can use its chakra to aid Naruto. Jiraiya suddenly appears to Naruto.
Episode 438: Shizune brings Tsunade dinner, and is startled by Tsunade's outburst over Jiraiya's depiction of Sakura. Her dinner is too salty, and her beverage is too hot, so Tsunade resumes reading. The masked man prevents Neji from coming to Sasuke and Sakura's aid, assuring him he won't let them be killed, insisting Neji watch the battle to witness their true selves. The masked man reminds Sasori of the mission and Sasori begins attacking Sakura, who manages to dodge and land one of her own, causing him to retreat. She proceeds to treat Sasuke, removing the poison in his system. The masked man tells Neji there is more to come. Jiraiya clears Naruto's blocked tenketsu and Naruto asks him why he's there. He explains he's searching for someone and when he heard of what was happening, he had Minato transport him there using the sealing formula incorporated in Naruto's seal. Jiraiya tells Naruto to try summoning a toad, but it fails. Jiraiya recalls Naruto's training and Naruto recalls training with Minato. Jiraiya offers to weaken the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style a bit. Lee and Tenten stop running after noticing they're no longer under attack. They're met by Teams Asuma and Kurenai and update them on what has happened with Neji and Naruto. Kiba smells Sasuke and Sakura nearby, and Hinata spots Sasori near them. While Sakura heals him, Sasuke thinks back to his childhood. Sasuke looked forward spending time with Itachi, but Itachi was summoned by Minato, so he suggests Sasuke spend time with their father, who compares him unfavourably to Itachi when he tries the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu for the first time. Sasuke detects Sasori, who approaches them again. Sasori brings out his hundred puppets. The other genin reach the two, and the masked man retreats with Neji. Sasuke intends on getting reinforcements from Konoha. Team Jiraiya watches from afar, discussing the situation. Jiraiya weakens Naruto's seal, causing him to develop four tails.
Rating: 9/10(Average)
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