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.S.H.I.P.P.U.D.E.N. 168-175 (Patreon)

Published:
2025-04-12 05:04:56
Edited:
2025-05-19 20:09:44
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2026-06
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Content

End of the arc! We posted the last 6 episodes of the arc for you guys to finish it all out at once, so next week we will only post 2 episodes

Files

patreon shippuden 168-175 - HD 1080p

Comments

Zipzzty

W REUPLOAD

Vallll

W upload!

Melizé

Nothing happened

Shadow

Goatrutooo

Vixen

PEAKRUTO

Zipzzty

PEAKRUTOO

Bellaa

wait😵‍💫im so confused

Zipzzty

Peak Upload

Zipzzty

GOATRUTO

Nivek

Late night sesh, Taco Bell in hand and caught the gek drop 😮‍💨💨 lessssss gooooooooooooo

Melizé

🔥🔥🔥

Bellaa

im tripping out 🤣

Nivek

Yooo shadow been a while since the Game of thrones / house of dragons comments lmao

Patriicia

Am I seeing clearly?

Shadow

Minato the start of the goated yellow hair blue eyes boys

jemmy

First 👀

Zipzzty

Minato The Goat

Bellaa

damn i missed the stream…if u know what i mean🤣

Melizé

Bella experiencing genjutsu for the first time 🤭❤️

T.Yaseen

FINALLY BACK UP LET'S GOOO

jrnoodles

Thanks Geks! Will this reupload be known as the PGate? This is my favorite arc! There is so many good moments. I can't wait for you guys to react to the rest of the anime, there are many great moment coming! :)

Kite

😶‍🌫️

Shadow

Yea we need that a knight of the seven kingdoms asap. But those comment sections get a lil wild😂

Melizé

Same here 😂

zoldaic

Grew up watching Naruto from 7 and this arc happened when I was 14, highest peak of my life back then

Bellaa

💀omg

Nivek

Nothing like the late bell

Fujiie

First drop was a shadow clone huh 😭

DontFailArtSchoolEren

Boruto exists so we all know what that means. Hope is just a game of hot potato.

Merry

What I liked most was that when he met his father, he didn't go astray, he didn't hate him, he told him everything in his heart and he followed his father's advice. For me pain arc is best will be forever❤️ The theme the aura everything was🔥Btw nice prank earlier geks But we saw it🤣

Thomas

Fiction is fun, but if you want to know what it’s REALLY about (might have some hints at future so I’ll put a space to be safe, even though it’s not really revealing anything). I just think anyone who wants to really understand the philosophical aspect of Pain should read this: Izanagi is the will to decide, but it often becomes the lies we tell ourselves. Izanami is the truth of our nature, but often becomes the cycle of mistakes we repeat in our lives until we can be honest with ourselves. It’s human psychology. It’s also the Internalization of Shinto. Kishimoto has a knack for giving important life lessons in his writing. Naruto vs Pain is the most obvious example. Applying this to real life: if you’re inflexible, drop down and do yoga right now—the PAIN will tell you to give up, but if it’s really important to you and you’re strong like Naruto, you tell the pain to “give up on me giving up.” Continuing with this example, in yoga (the origin of chakras), you do not try to kill the pain. Rather, the tensions in your body are typically a result of psychosomatic stresses, so you try to understand the origin of the pain and relieve it (like Naruto listening to Pain’s story). Naruto vs Pain is a general philosophy for dealing with pain. Another note about Naruto and Pain, and Izanagi/Izanami: Naruto’s application of Izanagi (the will to Decide) was NOT in conflict with his Izanami (inner truth, nature), because he was not trying to change the past (like an Uchiha). Instead, the story of Naruto creates (the story of a hero), uses the will to be true to himself in the NOW, and the resolve to always continue to do so throughout the future. This is how he broke the CYCLE OF PAIN (an Izanami), and kept his will to Decide (Izanagi). This is how Naruto’s eyes work. They are the best eyes in the series, so do not waste your time on the Sharingan.

Cannon Andrus

Carter had to cut out my pee break 😭😭

brog.

peak i fear

Thomas

For me, Naruto is special because if I were in his situation, I wouldn’t be able to just forgive and protect the image of someone who has done me such harm, like Nagato. But Naruto is the one who sees the truth in both worlds, the fictional world of Naruto and also the real world: the true “villain” is no one in human shape or form. It’s a cycle of agony, sadness, and hatred. Dragon ball villains want power. One piece villains want treasure. Naruto Shippuden villains want peace 💔. That’s why Naruto’s villains are the best: they aren’t really villains.

Kite

some of us witnessed peak

kuza

MAN the pain arc along with aot return to shiganshina i cant handle this peak

Steve

Bleach and One Piece are partially to thank for lighting such a fire under the ass of Kishimoto. His pen is absolutely on fire when he is writing all this and he just keeps delivering going forward. The anime team might falter after this arc and become lazy, but the writing is elite. I wouldn't even be mad if someone's job was to skip unnecessary flashback filler from upcoming episodes, it wasn't in the manga, but the pacing becomes impacted

G

Day 52 asking for dub

Kiyoh

this arc is unreal, my thoughts are basically what cannon said at 2:03:00 rewatching naruto has been dope. i'm more aware now of the flaws the show has but the best moments are even better than i remember. so much peak yet to come, can't wait

Fatipapi (Byakuya’s Girl)

Yaaaaay finally the unboxing! 😂 im not even caught up to all the naruto drops (very busy w my thesis 🥲) but i had to quickly check hahaha. Can’t wait to get watching tho 😭 literal goat arc. Perfect timing for the Minato kunai too 👀 Happy you guys like it 🥰🥰 i hope the socks fit! Much love! 🫶🏼

hawa

omg i am so sat thank you for this big drop!!

NINJA SWORD

I love hxh but this is top 3 shonen arcs. Even chimera arc had cheaper moments like kite’s resurrection.

Patriicia

love you Geks. Thank you for this upload with more eps for the arc closure. Really appreciate it :))

Enma

Brig you should check out Road to Ninja: Naruto the movie. Basically Naruto gets transported to an alternate universe where he is a villain. I can’t remember if it was any good or not since I watched it only once a long time ago but I think you would enjoy the concept of it.

Enma

I love this arc but I’m taking Chimera Ant arc over this every day of the week 🤷‍♂️

JAN NARUTO

MY MAN KAKASHI IS BAAACK. sry he is late, he got lost on the path of life

JAN NARUTO

Naruto didn’t just grow up before my eyes -- we grew up side by side. Literally our birthdays are a day apart. he deserves all the flowers in the world

e riv

Carter, I'm happy you enjoy this arc from beginning to end, even if it has flaws. Cannon, I like how Naruto keeps being your goat and never changing. Jack, I love your wholesomeness in liking most characters, including Pa. McKay and Brig; I enjoyed watching Naruto with you two and seeing your reactions for the first time, even though you two have watched the show independently. I would love to hear your opinions more about what you felt on your first watch. My favorite parts from these episodes were Naruto and Minato meeting and how Naruto punched him lol, Shikaku believing in Naruto due to Shikamaru, getting to see Nagato's origin and learning a bit about Yahiko and Konan, Kakashi interacting with his father and letting him know he doesn't resent him, and how Kakashi was finally there for Naruto to catch him. It made it even better when Cannon wanted to see Kakashi and Naruto. We all agree that Pain is one of the best villains; Danzo is a rat, and the Leaf village is full of hypocrites. Thank you, Geks, for an incredible reaction, and onto the next arc now.

JAN NARUTO

Jiraiya was revived… but he was deep underwater, didn’t make it to the surface and died again. So sad

JAN NARUTO

spreading misinformation

JAN NARUTO

bro I just love how you shout out every gek in your comments

Merry

Now i'll wait for my favourite eps 245-249❤️

Lemonsqueeze

Man, the next 8 episodes pops off as well. Can't wait!

ggr

Not even close.Brig and Mkay choosing this over Chimera is crazy

Pepperoni Pony .

The issue with Naruto's upbringing, the villagers hating him and Sarutobi taking a hands off approach with protecting him has a lot of moving parts to it. Firstly, the nine tails devastated the village when it attacked. Many ninja and civilians died as a result. The villagers hate the nine tails and the nine tails is inside Naruto. He's a walking nuclear bomb. Secondly, Sarutobi had already lost Orochimaru and was not confident that he could raise Naruto any better. Lastly, for political reasons, Sarutobi really couldn't afford to be seen favoring Naruto, the nine tails jinchuriki. Danzo and others would have used it against him to depose him and seize power. As for why Naruto wasn't told about his parents; imagine growing up and finding out your parents died to save the village and in doing so they turned you into a living weapon that would be hated by everyone who lost someone to the nine tails during the attack. You'd be making another Orochimaru, Kabuto, or (from the villagers' perspective) Itachi. Sarutobi did the best he could, imo.

PST3

They should have ended the series after this arc, or at least taken a five year break. Everything came around to the first episode, with Naruto becoming the hero of the leaf. and being appreciated, it would have been a perfect finish. I am glad they didn't bring Jiraiya it would have cheapened his death.

Poragami

Chimera Ant arc was so much better, no comparison. They are just blinded by the few bad episodes and their love for Naruto

holyfuckingobito

Did I miss a pole or something? Are we getting some episodes next week or not?

Kesendo

Naruto has such goated senseis. Kakashi running straight to him the second he’s revived & Iruka supporting him from the side, overwhelmed with joy because of how much it means to him to see Naruto finally getting his flowers. Real 🐐🐐

Gyt

How is it a perfect finish , I get it for Naruto as a character it seems like it but there r so many shits going on still. He didn’t even save his friend or become hokage . It’s a perfect ending for an arc not the whole show . After this arc they didn’t make up some bullshit stories just for the sake of continuing, the storyline continues , so much shit still to be excited about

Gyt

Y’all have to watch some of 179 there r a bit of canon in there it’s very important ‼️‼️

Gyt

Maybe 181 too I’m not sure

Gyt

176-178 is Naruto’s backstory , u could say it’s episode 0 , those 3 eps take place before ep 1 OG , probably will answer some of y’all questions

Kai Hagemann

Mr information when he hears that:

Maj

MINATO IS 1 OF 1, THAT'S MY 🐐

Nana

I'm so glad the package arrived safely! I'm looking forward to more anime reactions from you guys!

PST3

His friend? they didn't even acknowledge their friendship until 130 episodes in. Friends move on that's life, Sasuke is an independent person on his own quest . Shikamaru is a closer and truer friend to Naruto than Sasuke ever was. All the characters we care about get shelved and are too weak to compete, and the writing becomes terrible. I don't want to post spoilers but from here on out Shippuden is best a 7/10, while episodes 75 to 175 were a 9/10.

JAN NARUTO

Naruto being a jinchuriki was leaked to everyone except him. When Mizuki revealed it, Naruto almost succumbed to hate if not for Iruka. It was Hiruzen who issued the decree that no one should tell Naruto he was a jinchuriki. Instead of explaining things to him properly Naruto had no idea why everyone despised him all these years. Hiruzen isn’t the only one to blame for not telling Naruto who his parents were, but he could’ve done much better with Naruto’s upbringing. "This milk is expired" sums it up

Matthew Valentine

Straight cinema ahead. The next few ep stretches have some of my fav moments in the entire series. This arc was amazing though, it always felt like a love letter to the series up to that point with so much stuff coming full circle. Even Konan getting captured and Nagato needing to kill Yahiko in the exact same way Kakashi described might happen if team 7 didn't work together during the bell exercise in like episode 4 where Kakashi told Sakura to kill Sasuke.

kuza

great conclusion to my 2nd or 3rd favorite villain in naruto 🧐

JayCnY

When you really think about it, Pain pulled off something insane. He infiltrated the Hidden Leaf, took down some of their top ranking shinobi like it was nothing, all while on a mission to find Naruto. Then, he obliterated the entire village. Flattened it all the way to the front gates. Right after that, he goes toe to toe with Sage Mode Naruto, the Sage Toads, Gamabunta, and the other summons and wins. Then he "fights" Hinata, which triggers Naruto to lose control and unleash the Nine Tails. Pain doesn't just survive; he holds his own against the 4th, 5th, and even the 6th tail, and nearly seals the beast with a jutsu strong enough to create the freaking moon. After all that, he fights Sage Naruto again, loses all his Six Paths bodies, and STILL was able to use Rinne Rebirth and revive the entire village. Pain wasn’t just strong.. He was on a whole different level.

Gyt

Doesn’t matter what ratings u give , the show literally just cannot end here , so let’s forget about Madara’s plan ? Sasuke wanting to kill the elders ? Killer bee? Akatsuki? Even if he just acknowledged him last ep , Sasuke still considers him his best friend . The mc didn’t even achieve his goals yet but u saying it should have ended , didn’t even know anything about his parents too . Yeah shika is definitely his best friend but Naruto think of Sasuke as a brother , after the next arc u should be able to understand the relationship of them both together

JAN NARUTO

176 very beginning - 5 sec canon
 178 closer to ed - two short dialogues spread over 1.5 min 
 179 very beginning - important canon moment around 3-4 min
 180 very beginning - cool canon moment and dialogues first 2 min
 181 before ed - last 3 min has canon content Roughly 1-2 chs of manga material spread out across these eps

Thomas

@PST3 To me the 100s are peak hype, and the pain arc is the best in the sense that it is the most concise arc while having great moments. But Naruto has not become divine yet, which is what makes it unique and in its own category. The middle of the 200s has a point where we get a taste of that divine nature and episodes 300+ is where that divine nature comes to fruition. I’ve watched this show many times and honestly, we have not seen at least 5 of the best episodes, and you could argue far more. Like I said, the arcs we just watched in the 100s are back to back action, which is what makes this stretch of the show great. But the real beauty of the show is yet to be conveyed. Naruto is unique because it is one continuous story, and that story is so divinely beautiful when it all comes together.

Gyt

Can someone show them this in the discord maybe

Nashi

A lot of the reasons eastern stories in media are just better is because spirituality is so embedded into the authors through culture

Patriicia

good luck with your thesis girl!

Kesendo

Geks 178–181 have a few minutes of canon content. I’ll list the details below: Canon content: Episode 178: 18:00 to the end Episode 179: 0:00 to 4:05 The last 2 aren't important tbh, but i'll include them in case you don't want to skip anything. Episode 180: 0:00 to 2:12 Episode 181: 18:15 to the end

Nivek

Knight of the seven is gonna be crazy. The old studio gek GoT trenches 🤣 it used to be like Helms Deep down there in the comments lmao

Nivek

Yooooo Nagatos mom looks like 👀👀👀

JAN NARUTO

just a little detail: In ep 176 there are only 2-3 frames from the manga, which lasts about 5 sec, the rest is anime-original content. the scene you might be referring to is in ep 197

Nivek

Damn good one

bearuber

recommenting coz other one got deleted: LEZGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

bondbond53

A hero and a villain have the same backstory. What's the difference? Their response to the pain they've been through

bondbond53

Guys you dislike the Leaf now? Let's fucking go Sasuke 😂

Richie Sour

This will always be my goat anime arc, glad you boys enjoyed the ride

Vallll

Jiraiya, Kakashi, Iruka. Naruto has the best senseis and mentors.

Richie Sour

In some ways this did feel like an ending to naruto’s story. Seeing him finally getting acknowledged and the show recap part with Iruka always gets me. There’s obviously still a lot left but this felt like a great conclusion up to this point I actually stopped watching the show here and didn’t finish it until a few years later because they released so much filler and I had the same feelings about it then as I do now

Vallll

The boys are so smart. They really knew Kakashi wasn’t dead.

Yugi

Good example for „it is never too late“

Yuion

Naruto was a great run. Good that it has ended here and nothing after happened *copes hard*

Kesendo

Cya next week

Kesendo

@jan oh ok, will remove 176 from my comment then

Michael H

Meruem over Pain, but Pain Arc over Chimera Ant Arc. All peak, though.

Richie Sour

Pain > Meruem ext high diff

Michael H

@Richie Sour Haha I respect it. They are both really close in my eyes. I think it’s Meruem’s unique circumstances of growing as a character that edges out Pain for me.

Kite

so when do we switch our pfps back to normal

Gyt

The king r the elders and children that have the will of fire to protect the village not exactly Naruto himself

Billie

ur killing me here

Billie

okay lads! we made it, we survived, we conquered. as the resident leader of the congregational pfp changes, I give you the go-ahead to change. I will miss this arc <3

Billie

not changing mine until a certain time iykyk

Billie

"screw you rats" is taking me outttttt

Gyt

Konan and Yahiko r not sib btw , all 3 r war orphans

idcjayyy

We're finally at my favorite arc 😌

Gyt

That’s a Naruto fish cake 🍥

Fernando

Cannon got the craziest Mohawk

Chosos Wife

I know it's not an anime but is there any way to get you guys to watch Bojack Horseman 😭😭😭 i know you'd love it. One of its episodes is the highest rated episode ever for an animated series with 25k votes giving it 9.9, with a vinland episode behind at number 2 and AOT episodes at number 5

JoLen

Well we had to gaslight you that Kakashi died, it needs to be more impactful

JoLen

Carter to answer your question at the end of the drop (if it hasn’t been answered yet), the 6th paths of pain each posses an ability of the rinnegan, one of which being the manipulation of souls (to take life and give it). Nagato used rinne-rebirth to restore the souls to every he killed in konoha. So whoever posses the rinnegan could use it, as long as they have the chakra for it

N P

This is an insane take

NINJA SWORD

are you a new anime watcher? Ask anyone they say the same

bondbond53

GUYS, please start Jojo's Bizzare Adventures!!! The new season has been announced and it is considered universally the best section of the manga by many fans. It's going to be so much fun for you to watch it live. Most probably it's going to be next year so consider putting this series on your calendar for this year! IT'S TIME

Hadi Almohammed

Bro chimera ant was a good arc but it has also downfalls. If you think it is better than Pain arc its up to you, but thinking that Pain arc is not at same level (btw its way better than chimera arc imo) is a wild thing that only kids like onepiece fans (most of them not all of them) would say.

Scarecrow

This is a crazy take, I understand, but for me personally I HATED the chimera ant arc. For me it was too drawn out, I didn’t care at all about the bugs and I just wanted to get back to the main plot of the show the whole time. I was fuming through that whole arc. It was sooooo long and boring and just pissed me off. Like ruined hunterxhunter for me.

Scarecrow

Probably my favorite NarutoxKakashi moment 🥹 I read the manga and the whole time I was in disbelief that kakashi had been killed. I was so pissed. I decided if he didn’t somehow make it back then I was done with the series. Then Masashi Kishimoto gave us that masterpiece. The waiting week to week was brutal to find out how things would end but it turned out so wholesome as the boys said. Naruto’s relief and just pure affection for Kakashi written all over his face while Kakashi carries him on his back is too adorable.

Scarecrow

My birthday is also in October. A week after Naruto’s. I was 12 when it started airing on Toonami and I also grew up with him. Even with the time skip we ended up the same age by the time Shippuden aired. There will never be another anime that beats it for me due to that fact alone. But even despite that it is one of the best ever based on majority opinion so I guess we were fortunate for that 😂

Scarecrow

Not only the fact that Kakashi was revived but that he immediately went to find Naruto. My favorite NarutoxKakashi moment. Reading the manga each week during this was so brutal. Not sure if or how Kakashi would come back and then the sweetest moment ever at the end. It was so wholesome indeed.

Shadow

We should let some of the people settle it with trial by combat😂 hopefully the vibes are good

Chrissy

I was thinking this the other day! It’s such a great show. It tackles mental health and substance abuse so goooood and it’s so funny. That show somehow validates my struggles, makes me happy and depressed at the same time 😂 I def think it’s one where they’d had to do multiple episodes at a time. I also don’t know how well it would be for a reaction channel but anyone who hasn’t seen it def should watch!

Chosos Wife

I've watched loads of reactions to it, seems to go down pretty well. It's one of my all time faves so good at getting you to feel stuff you didn't know you could feel

Chrissy

That’s good to hear! It’s hard for me to rate shows, like having a top 3 or something, but bojack is hands downs one of my favorites.

Bellaa

no 💀

Marcos

I second this!!! Jojo is legit a bizzare fun adventure lol. First season is bit a meh but after straight peak

Bellaa

how are people comparing the ant arc to this!!! i love hxh but it doesn’t compare to the emotional impact and the characters . like what the heckkk

itachi813

Tears at the end every time 😭

Murasaki

Geez Naruto fan. Hadi’s comment reminds me of a ‘mysterious’ Naruto fan who insulted HxH as a kid show under every HxH upload! I guess it’s a difficult mission for Naruto fans to not slander other fans as ‘kid’ and think Naruto is the most ‘matured’ anime oat.

Sassy

ok

Isaiah

I would absolutely love it if this happened. Such a good show

bondbond53

@Marcos nah I heavily dislike part 3 lol

Bellaa

wdym HUH? comparing these arcs is just stupid there is NO connection between these arcs they are completely different.

Julio cruz

Wait, oh yea Kakashi does survive, oops guess I forgot :P lol

Julio cruz

Loved that part! Especially when he says "he's gotten heavy." So much meaning behind that.

Neemz

Praying we get a large release for the end of Skypeia like this 🥹

Spoons

Plz!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

itachi813

Don't blaspheme the third bitches

Lydia

Pain arc best arc. Now....ITS SASUKE TIME 😏

Alec Raatz

I have pain arc over Chimera Ant. Chimera arc draggggged way too long

Alec Raatz

I hope they believe the show goes down from here so the next moments hit harder. It's more like the 2nd half of the shippueden story so it takes a while to build. Arguably better moments than the pain arc to come down the line

Tomato

@Scarecrow omg sameee!!! Especially the character design!! I would take Pain arc any day.

jessiefungirl

woah chill, i think part3 is a banger but I can't wait wait to see the geks' differing opinions

Richie Sour

Yeah it’s fair either way

Garreth

I think everyone has their preferences. I think HxH clears but I understand people being more emotionally invested in Naruto. Especially after hundreds of episodes.

Cannon Andrus

After thinking about it chimera ant is better to me

Nikki Pierre

I completely agree, and the more I think about it, the more upset i am they don’t recognize the greatness before them (except Brig & McKay) 😂

Chrissy

This takes me back! Such a good arc! Carter I agree about kinda wishing everyone stayed dead 😂😂 I can’t speak for you or anyone of course but I have that feeling alot when watching stuff. I like to know the stakes are real and high! And when I get like faked out on a massive tragedy it kinda irks me. But sometimes you just gotta accept it and just choose to be happy if you know what I mean. This is like peak Naruto imo. But there’s still so much more to come. So many bad ass moments that couldn’t happen without everything to lead up to it! Also pain was kinda right. Wrong but so valid. And I think that’s what makes a great antagonist.

Bellaa

why?

Chrissy

I agree with this! I think story wise the pain arc is better personally, but what’s coming has sooo many amazing moments and hype!

Vinny Deluca

Yeah this arc is great, my only real complaint is the conclusion. Not an issue with this arc specifically but more with Naruto in general but this arc just embodies the “Talk no Jutsu” idea to a tee. This guy feels so strongly about his ideals he’s willing to kill his sensei, then pretty much commit genocide of an entire country, yet after a single 2 min conversation with Naruto he turns on a dime 180 says “aight that’s my bad” and gives their life to bring back everyone in the village they just destroyed. EVERYONE, like not a single person died. I understand why they do it. These are people who had the potential and desire for good but got pushed in the wrong direction and Naruto gives them the push back they need. But it’s always made me feel like the villains are just shallow and shortsighted throwing temper tantrums.

Alien9

Man, the scene where Naruto, after just laying flowers on Jiraya's grave and is on the verge of collapse... then Kakashi catches him and says "Good Job" Makes me cry to this day. Naruto had HIS first true W and the entire story to this point was culminated in this Arc. I loved that Sakura, Konoha 11, and the village truly acknowledged him. With a few adjustments you could even make this a satisfying series finale but at the very least you could say it was a spiritual conclusion to "Naruto" and the Shippuden story really takes off from here.

NINJA SWORD

Buddy you need to relax most anime watchers agree with you but also don't disrespect hxh.

Bellaa

when did i disrespect it? i love hunter but i dont compare it to naruto, they are diff

Volt

I disagree because it's not simply the two minute conversation, it's that the two minute conversation was supported by his life experiences. Nagato couldn't disprove Naruto's ideals because Nagato always believed in them he simply could not have faith in himself in the way Naruto does. Nagato cannot believe in himself so he decides to believe in Naruto instead. This conversation is literally what the entire arc builds up to so the conclusion bothering you is strange to me

BeautyWillSaveTheWorld

Even though I think Pain arc is better overall, I do agree that this is definitely up to preference

eiden

You are downplaying the characters and emotional impact in hxh

JojoJack

I’m just waiting for that Sakura episode.

Kesendo

First itachi fan that likes the third 😂

GooberM

the 3rd is a bum

n Ferrante

There is no talk no jutsu in demon slayer

itachi813

I love hiruzen and tobirama. Come at Me

Bellaa

u clearly arent actually reading what ive said🤣. but okay!

Mahti

Chimera arc is clearly better but pain arc is still peak

Mahti

Meruem is the goat villain in all of anime

Mahti

Would have been a better ending to the series imo

Mahti

Chimera arc top 2 hahah

Synapse Surge

He's the goat. Every time I watch the episode "Naruto and Hinata" I uncontrollably cry a river full of tears because it reminds me of my grandpa. People who hate Hiruzen misunderstand the series.

MissJodles

IMO this is the end of Naruto’s self-development arc. But the rest of the story is very much a continuation of Sasuke’s arc, and Naruto’s journey of confronting that… peak character work with those two imo

PST3

Pain deep inside always had reservations, he tried to follow a good path but found the world too unjust to let him succeed. Even his ultimate goal on the wrong path was noble 'to end all wars'.Naruto just reminded him of who he was and it was him (Nagato) who had inspired Jiraya who in turn inspired Naruto.

Niko

Absolutely love this arc! its my favorite in all of naruto. very interested to see you guys react to the rest of the developing story, personally i thought it was downhill from here when i watched naruto but maybe a fresh rewatch with some new gek perspectives will change my opinion

Bellaa

i wish i could know specifically what made you feel it went downhill. i like the rest of the show better then the pain arc🤷🏽‍♀️

Niko

cant really elaborate because of spoilers, but what I will say is that I think the themes presented + the build up going into the final arc of the story (which happens to be a super LONG chunk of shippuden, so it carried a lot of weight on top of it being the conclusion) are phenomenal. i was sooo excited to get into it. but i was disappointed by a ton of bloat, bad pacing, 'emotional moments' that didn't really move me, and some things that overall were a great idea from the author but the execution was almost OVER done in a way (hard to elaborate without mentioning specifics) but yeah. ill also mention though, that the last like 3 episodes are amazing, and those really moved me. but the 150 before it i thought was a disservice to the rest of naruto. i really hope the geks enjoy it tho, different people have different emotional connections to different things!!

NINJA SWORD

Bro Hxh is my fav anime ever I read the manga 3 times, But I know its faults. Manga chimera is better but anime they didn't execute better than others like AOT/naruto...

e riv

They deserved their flowers individually, just like Naruto.

Marcus D

They’ve got way too much on their plate, I’m sure they will some day

Unlucky Trandon

I don't think the anime is coming out next year but in like 3 years since the production just started 4 months ago but regardless I still hope they watch jojos

Marcus D

Nice to see that you’re also representing one piece in your pfp 😊

Marcus D

They will be dropping 2 instead of the usual 4 next week as they gave us an extra two this drop, as said in this post’s description

Ordinary Guy

I can't believe it's almost Friday

Shockbile Gaming

its because naruto was gonna kill him as well. He was stronger still when he talked with nagato

Billie

I beg your pardon

Umar Baig

Nah you can't say Hiruzen wasn't a bum when he didn't even tell Naruto about his parents + letting him live in such a garbage place while knowing he has no friends and even making Naruto pay bills. Besides that he was a coward for not doing anything about Danzo making Itachi choose wether to slaughter his clan or get killed with his clan

Umar Baig

That's not true poragami it's probably on opinion

Umar Baig

bro is a One Piece glazer so don't mind him

Marques 🗡️

I’d really like to see you guys rank your top 5 villains in anime you’ve seen, but then again it’s probably better to wait until after you finish the big 3 lmaoo

roachie

“would you like to dance” is top 3

Uu

Hxh has the best narrator in all of anmie. in my opinion of course

Bellaa

that was a great way of not spoiling hahah. i will say the rest of the show hits me so hard emotionally i love it, but i do get what ur saying. even if it hurts that you felt it was over done🥹 i hope on the rewatch maybe ur mind changes

Bellaa

i fully agree w u hehe

Niko

me too, i also really hope it hits different. would love to be an enjoyer cause i do love the series as a whole, and its been a good 2 years since i last watched! heres hoping

holyfuckingobito

I have read the description but I was wondering if there was a pole that I missed, if people agreed to this or that they did it on their own

Uu

Where aot at?

Uu

Not that crazy of a take alot of people either love the chimera ant arc or hate it. Your criticisms with the ant arc are understandable it was very drawn out and almost all of the ant characters are very hateable and just a pretty wierd idea for an arc but personally I loved it and is my second favorite arc in HxH

Andy tee

Nagato bringing everyone back to life feels like an ass pull but don't forget, we did see Orochimaru bring the 1st and 2nd hokage back to life in OG Naruto.

Gyt

That’s completelyyyyyyy different to this

Andy tee

It is but I'm talking about it from a power scaling perspective. It feels like nagato is almost world-breakingly powerful compared to previous abilities. I'm just pointing out that he isn't.

Brig Andrus

Who’s ready for the 5 Kage Summit arc? 😈

Osvaldo

End of pain arc is ass but still loved it nonetheless

Brig Andrus

Bro just doesn’t understand the ending I guess 🥲

Osvaldo

Fuck no.

Matt Haloostock

The peak of the show imo. There are still good things to come but so much builds up to the Pain Arc. We get to see Naruto finally become the savior of the village

Nami Swannn

Love the third Hokage hate across the couch keep it going 🫂 I have some issues with the talk no jutsu but overall I still enjoyed it as a conclusion for this arc. Like there’s smth truly poetic about Nagato, who Jiraya initially thought was the child of the prophecy and was the inspiration of the hero in book, having his words used against him by Naruto, who is the actual child of the prophecy and named after the book hero who’s based off Nagato 😭

Ari

that's what i've been telling before that as you go watching the series, everything will unfold and the whole story will come into place. it will all make sense

sweety

It's basically what Chiyo did but with the scale of the rinnegan - it's not surprising considering the message and meaning. It also isn't focused on audience reaction, 'hurting' the audience, or catharsis - in terms of authorial intention

Jc

Why does cannon always slams the chunin exams like it wasn’t one of the best arcs

sweety

Carter speaking so confidently as though he and the others didn't gaslight ME with the death of you-know-who in AOT season 1 in their rewatch xD I was shook! So maybe you deserved to have the power to believe lol

adabooo

Danzo the GOAT scheming in the background❤️

Lydia

😈😈😈

Osvaldo

The undoing of the stakes because Pain talked about his feelings that he killed so many people for and turns into dragon balls for a massive ass pull. Unsatisfying ending to the arc but that’s a regular thing for Kishimoto

Bellaa

💀🤣

Domo

These episodes so much better in dub imo.

ether

can barely keep it together

Bellaa

completely agree, so is a lot coming up imo. if u know u know

Bellaa

the rest of the show is better then the pain arc in my opinion. im so excited to see you guys watch it all 🙌🏼

JAN NARUTO

Can’t wait for the Sasuke Kokuten moment 🎸

Patriicia

are we not getting those2 eps today? :(

Ayaulym🇰🇿

I love this arc but I actually would love it more for them to take a darker route like with JJK's shibuya arc. See Hinata, Kakashi, etc actually die and Naruto deal with all of it even after not killing Nagato. It's really sad that Kishimoto chose this route by reviving literally EVERYONE instead of letting the characters deal with consequences

Patriicia

oh man I thought its already Saturday xdddd my bad

G

SHIPPUDEN DAY

G

Been saying this 💀

JAN NARUTO

yo sobaki 🤟 imo if Nagato hadn't revived everyone, there would be no chance for Naruto to return home as a hero. Everyone would despise him once again blaming him for Pain's attack. Im glad Kishimoto didnt do that

Ayaulym🇰🇿

Я наруто узумаки, да и кстати я будущий хокаге😎 That’s the thing though. I think dealing with that and steal trying to maintain peace would be more of a challenge for Naruto than everything going well😭 if he dealt with that then he wouldn’t get talk no jutsu accusations. But now since everyone is revived it’s kinda too easy for him ig

JAN NARUTO

❤️😎 If Kishi had gone through this, it would be totally different from other shonens. The future arcs would change massively. One thing I know for sure is that Guy sensei would go wild knowing Kakashi is dead😆

Bellaa

i dont think it makes it too easy…theres a reason that happened it is important to how the rest of the show goes aswell. not every anime needs to just nerf everyone to be interesting

Juan Avila

Can’t wait for the next arc

Claudio Righi

how ironic is Jack complainin abt pains yappin yet he's the only one who cant stand still for 2s even if hes life wan in danger

Christoffer Jensen

That little white thing in the ramen during the scene where Jiraya comes up with the name for the main character of his book is called "narutomaki". The funny thing is that this was also the way Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto came up with the name for his main character. In a way he wrote a part of himself into the story here.

Uros Vesic

IMO reviving everyone is such asspull. I can see how he would change his mind, but it is so stupid

Riya

Shed tears so many times :')

Ritik Handa

15:04 The pot calling the kettle black