Naruto Shippūden: Season 6

2009 · 31 episodes · ★ 8.1

S6 • Master's Prophecy and Vengeance

What Season 6 of Naruto Shippūden

Three years have passed since Sasuke left the Hidden Leaf Village in search of the power Orochimaru promised him. The season opens as his former teacher prepares for the ceremony that will restore his life in a new body, and Sasuke knows he will have to face him. Meanwhile, he is building his own team with Suigetsu, Karin and Jugo. When the Leaf learns of his movements, it starts tracking Itachi. The series also flashes back to show Kakashi's youth alongside Obito and Rin, under the guidance of the Fourth Hokage.

31episodes

Jun 10, 2009released

Jan 14, 2010Latest episode

11.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 6 Episodes

6x113 The Serpent's Pupil
Jun 11, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 7.8
Orochimaru's body has reached its limit and the time for the ritual has come. Sasuke has other plans, however, and seeks to target a bedridden Orochimaru.
Directing: Masayuki Matsumoto · Writing: Masahiro Hikokubo
6x114 The Eye of the Hawk
Jun 18, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
Orochimaru reveals the true, hideous form his body has taken from years of experimenting on his body. Can Sasuke defeat this menacing form, or does Orochimaru still have a few tricks up his sleeves?
Directing: Hiroshi Kimura · Writing: Masahiro Hikokubo
6x115 Zabuza's Blade
Jun 25, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
After Sasuke reverses Orochimaru's body-switch with his Sharingan, he releases one of Orochimaru's test subjects, Suigetsu. Determined to put together a team to achieve his goals, he decides to request Suigetsu's assistance. Suigetsu agrees, but only if he's willing make a detour to the Land of Waves first.
Directing: Shu Watanabe · Writing: Shin Yoshida
6x116 Guardian of the Iron Wall
Jul 2, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
The second member of Sasuke's team is revealed to be a woman named Karin. After Sasuke and Suigetsu arrive at the Southern Hideout, Sasuke requests that Karin comes with them. Despite her hesitations and quarrels with Suigetsu, Karin ultimately accepts after remembering her very first encounter with Sasuke. Sasuke orders Suigetsu to release the prisoners, and after that, they set off to recruit the final member of the team - Jugo.
Directing: Kunitoshi Okajima · Writing: Yasuyuki Suzuki
6x117 Jugo of the Northern Hideout
Jul 9, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Having successfully recruited Karin, Sasuke seeks out the final member for his platoon, Jugo. Karin warns Sasuke and Suigetsu of Jugo's uncontrollable murderous instincts, but as they arrive at the northern hideout, they find another matter they must attend to first. Elsewhere, shocking news reaches the ninja of Konoha.
Directing: Yuuki Arie · Writing: Shin Yoshida
6x118 Formation!
Jul 23, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
After successfully convincing Jugo to join his team, Sasuke finally has everyone he needs for his platoon. He names his platoon Team Hebi, and explains the true reason as to why he gathered them all together. Back in Konoha, Naruto takes a guess on what Sasuke is planning and proposes a new plan to everyone: they must find and capture Itachi Uchiha.
Directing: Kiyomu Fukuda · Writing: Shin Yoshida
6x119 Kakashi Chronicles ~ Boys' Life on the Battlefield ~ Part 1
Jul 30, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
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...
Directing: Yasumi Mikamoto · Writing: Junki Takegami
6x120 Kakashi Chronicles ~ Boys' Life on the Battlefield ~ Part 2
Jul 30, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 9.2
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…
Directing: Masahiro Takada · Writing: Junki Takegami
6x121 Assemble
Aug 6, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 7.8
As Akatsuki seals yet another tailed beast, Itachi and Kisame are warned that Sasuke and his group are after them. Both Konoha and Team Hebi prepare to move out for their quests to find Itachi, but Sasuke makes a little trip to an old Uchiha storage house first.
Directing: Masayuki Matsumoto · Writing: Yuka Miyata
6x122 The Hunt
Aug 13, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
Kakashi splits the two teams into five separate groups, each aided by a couple of his ninja dogs, in order to locate clues about Itachi and Sasuke's whereabouts. Unbeknownst to everyone, familiar foes have set their eyes upon both Naruto's group and Sasuke.
Directing: Hiroshi Kimura · Writing: Yuka Miyata
6x123 Clash!
Aug 20, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
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. With Tobi’s backup support, the battle seems to be going to Deidara.
Directing: Toshiyuki Tsuru · Writing: Toshiyuki Tsuru
6x124 Art
Aug 27, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
Sasuke's Sharingan proves to be superior against Deidara's explosives. Deidara creates one of his finest works, the C4 Karura, in order to take him down. What will Sasuke do now?
Directing: Kunitoshi Okajima · Writing: Junki Takegami
6x125 Disappearance
Sep 3, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
By using himself as an explosive, Deidara creates an explosion ten kilometers in diameter, something not even Sasuke will be able to escape from. Is this the end of Sasuke? Elsewhere, someone approaches the Akatsuki leader and gives him orders to catch Naruto himself. Who is this true mastermind of the Akatsuki plot lurking in the shadows?
Directing: Yuki Kinoshita · Writing: Yasuyuki Suzuki
6x126 Twilight
Sep 10, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
As Sasuke rests from his battle with Deidara, the Leaf ninja pick up on his trail. Noticing that they're being followed, Karin tries to send them in the wrong direction while the members of Team Hebi head to the nearest Akatsuki hideout in hopes of finding Itachi. What will happen when Naruto and Sasuke have separate encounters with Itachi?
Directing: Kiyomu Fukuda · Writing: Masahiro Hikokubo
6x127 Tales of a Gutsy Ninja ~Jiraiya Ninja Scroll ~ Part 1
Sep 24, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
Having become genin, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru are assigned to the future Third Hokage's platoon. Watching Sarutobi's space/time ninjutsu, Jiraiya becomes absorbed into learning it. One day, Jiraiya loses his way and stumbles upon Myouboku Mountain. There he meets the Great Toad Sage who predicted his arrival. See the origins of the Toad Sage Jiraiya!
Directing: Shu Watanabe · Writing: Junki Takegami
6x128 Tales of a Gutsy Ninja ~ Jiraiya Ninja Scroll ~ Part 2
Sep 24, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.4
In the Rain Country, Jiraiya decides to take care of three young orphans for a while. Yahiko, a spunky young boy, wants Jiraiya to train him, Konan, and Nagato to be shinobi, but it's not until he sees a strange phenomenon in Nagato that he decides to do so. What is the secret behind Nagato's Rinnengan eyes? What will become of these three children?
Directing: Shigeharu Takahashi · Writing: Junki Takegami
6x129 Infiltrate! The Village Hidden in the Rain
Oct 8, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
While the members of Team Hebi head towards Itachi's location, Jiraiya infiltrates the Hidden Rain Village in hopes of gathering information on the Akatsuki leader. Jiraiya captures two Rain ninja and interrogates them about Pain, but what he learns shocks even him.
Directing: Yusuke Onoda · Writing: Shin Yoshida
6x130 The Man Who Became God
Oct 8, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
Having suspicions about the Nine-Tails' attack on the Hidden Leaf Village years ago, Jiraiya tells one of his frogs that the time may come when Naruto will need to access the fox's full power. His interrogations finished, Jiraiya sets out in search for Pain, but winds up encountering Konan instead. Is there a connection between Jiraiya, Konan, and the mysterious Pain? Elsewhere, one of Naruto's shadow clones runs into Team Hebi.
Directing: Hiroshi Kimura · Writing: Shin Yoshida
6x131 Honored Sage Mode!
Oct 15, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
Having no other choice against Pain's powerful and strange summonings, Jiraiya undergoes a powerful transformation to go up against Pain with the help of the Toad Sages. Will this Sage Mode be enough for Jiraiya to take on not only the Pain he's been fighting, but two more as well?
Directing: Akitoshi Yokoyama · Writing: Yasuyuki Suzuki
6x132 In Attendance, the Six Paths of Pain
Oct 22, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.7
Jiraiya is now confronted by two new Pains who both possess different abilities than the one he was fighting. Just who is Pain and how many Pains are there?
Directing: Fujiaki Asari · Writing: Yuka Miyata
6x133 The Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant
Oct 29, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 9.6
Jiraiya realizes that the six Pains are all ninja he's met before. Putting various pieces of information together, Jiraiya figures out Pain's true identity, but Pain doesn't intend to allow Jiraiya to leave with that information alive. Elsewhere, the fated meeting between Itachi and Sasuke arrives, and Sasuke foresees Itachi's death.
Directing: Masaaki Kumagai · Writing: Junki Takegami
6x134 Banquet Invitation
Nov 5, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
Sasuke's long awaited battle with Itachi begins with the Uchiha brothers throwing genjutsu after genjutsu at each other. Sasuke seems to have Itachi cornered and asks him a few questions of the Uchiha massacre. Is Itachi not the only one involved in the Uchiha massacre? And does Sasuke still not possess enough hatred to defeat Itachi?
Directing: Kiyomu Fukuda · Writing: Masahiro Hikokubo
6x135 The Longest Moment
Nov 19, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
Sasuke's long awaited battle with Itachi begins with the Uchiha brothers throwing genjutsu after genjutsu at each other. Sasuke seems to have Itachi cornered and asks him a few questions of the Uchiha massacre. Is Itachi not the only one involved in the Uchiha massacre? And does Sasuke still not possess enough hatred to defeat Itachi?
Directed by Atsushi Nigorikawa · Written by Shin Yoshida
6x136 The Light & Dark of the Mangekyo Sharingan
Nov 19, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.1
Itachi reveals to Sasuke that Madara is the second culprit behind the Uchiha massacre, as well as the history of the Mangekyo Sharingan and the first two Uchiha to obtain it: Madara and his brother. One question still remains: Why did Itachi really spare Sasuke's life?
Directing: Shigeharu Takahashi · Writing: Yasuyuki Suzuki
6x137 Amaterasu!
Nov 26, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.5
After successfully breaking out of Itachi's Tsukiyomi, Sasuke gains the upper hand on his weakened brother. With no other alternative, Itachi activates his second Mangekyo ability, Amaterasu, a black flame said to burn forever.
Directing: Yusuke Onoda · Writing: Yuka Miyata
6x138 The End
Dec 3, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.6
Sasuke thinks that he's finally killed Itachi with the help of his most powerful technique, Kirin, but Itachi still has one final trick up his sleeve. Having used both Tsukiyomi and Amaterasu, Itachi calls upon the power of his third and final Mangekyo ability, Susano'o. Itachi has turned the tide of the battle against Sasuke, but the latter receives aid from an unexpected source. The battle between the Uchiha brothers is nearing its shocking conclusion!
Directing: Masahiko Murata · Writing: Masahiro Hikokubo
6x139 The Mystery of Tobi
Dec 10, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.4
As Sasuke has finally fulfilled his goal in killing Itachi and avenging his clan, he collapses from exhaustion. The news of his victory reaches the Leaf ninja and Tobi, who both race towards Sasuke's location. What does Tobi plan to do with him and who will reach Sasuke first?
Directing: Hiroshi Kimura · Writing: Shin Yoshida
6x140 Fate
Dec 17, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 8.7
Seeking to gain Sasuke's trust, Madara reveals to him the origins of Konoha. Madara and the future First Hokage founded the village long ago, but a rivalry between them would one day stem a chain of events leading to THAT night, the night that Itachi Uchiha annihilated the Uchiha Clan.
Directing: Minoru Yamaoka · Writing: Yasuyuki Suzuki
6x141 Truth
Dec 24, 2009 · 23 min · ★ 9.0
After Madara finishes telling Sasuke about his past, he reveals the unfathomable truth about Itachi's massacre of the Uchiha Clan. What really happened on that night? Why did Itachi join Akatsuki? And for what reason did he really spare Sasuke's life?
Directing: Shu Watanabe · Writing: Yuka Miyata
6x142 Battle of Unraikyo
Jan 7, 2010 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
The Konoha teams decide to head back home as Sasuke remembers that he saw Itachi crying after the massacre. He then states that he cannot rebuild the Uchiha clan in the same way that Itachi had envisioned. Madara, happy that he can use Sasuke for himself, assigns Taka the task of capturing the Eight-Tails while Akatsuki hunts the last two. Taka tracks down the host, Killer Bee, to the Land of Lightning and engages him in battle. Bee manages to overpower Jugo and Suigetsu before Sasuke steps up to fight him one-on-one.
Directing: Kiyomu Fukuda · Writing: Yasuyuki Suzuki
6x143 The Eight-Tails vs. Sasuke Season Finale
Jan 14, 2010 · 23 min · ★ 8.6
Sasuke fights Killer Bee and is injured by his swords. Karin heals him, and Sasuke, Suigetsu, and Jugo then begin a combined assault on Bee until he decides to use the Eight-Tails' power. Sasuke is injured and revived again by Jugo, who regresses in age as a result. All healed, Sasuke unleashes Amaterasu on Bee, finally able to subdue him. Meanwhile, two Cloud ninja watch the fight from a cliff, and they notice the Uchiha crest on Sasuke. They rush the news to Bee's big brother, the Raikage.
Directed by Atsushi Nigorikawa · Written by Shin Yoshida