But Naruto overcomes his fear to prove that true strength doesn't lie in solitude, but in protecting what's important to you. In order to protect his friends, Naruto faces off against Gaara, the Sand's cold blooded killer who has up to this point instilled nothing but undying fear in our hero.
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It features one of the best fights, and includes what is still my favorite moment in the whole series when Naruto summons Gamabunta. This is one of the flagship episodes in the whole series, and would go on to be a huge inspiration for my top pick in this list. This is one of the first major times where the anime has taken some creative liberties to add to the fight and change things around, and they worked wonders with their creativity. The fluid animation is especially gorgeous in this episode, and the water effects during this fight is a spectacle to behold. In this episode, these rivals finally admit their true feelings of friendship to one another, which is why, for both of them, this fight means everything. The big encounter we've been waiting for is underway, as Naruto clashes with Sasuke in his fight to prevent his friend from succumbing to darkness. The anime team managed to take the death of one of the most easily hateable characters in the series and turn it into a beautiful, emotionally heart wrenching event. This is also the same episode where Sasuke's descent to evil is finalized, sacrificing his loyal comrade Karin with a psychotic grin on his face, just for the chance to see Danzo's demise.
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But in his final moments, he's determined to go out doing the right thing, protecting his village from the threat of Madara and the now full blown villain Sasuke. This is a one-off episode, so it's not a part of any big story arc, but it's just a nice, fun little diversion before Part 1 jumps into its big finale.ĭanzo's always had the right intentions, he's just always gone about doing things in vile, oftentimes despicable manners. This is the first time in the series we get to see Sasuke acting as silly as his teammates, something we wouldn't see again for about 300 episodes. What really makes this episode especially wonderful to watch is Sasuke's reactions. Team 7 decides that they're tired of not knowing what their sensei's face looks like, so they come up with a series of plans to try and unmask Kakashi. This one is mostly just really silly filler, though it's based on a canon special. #5 - Naruto 101: Gotta See! Gotta Know! Kakashi Sensei's True Face! This episode was great, though not quite up to the same quality as the top five on my list. And just like the characters in the show, it grabbed my attention as well. This was the episode where Naruto officially ceased to be the underdog, and the villagers finally started to acknowledge him as a person. In this episode, Naruto defeated Neji in front of the entire village using his brilliantly unpredictable tactics. But even when you get right down to specific individual episodes, Part 1's got Shippuden beat for the most part, though Shippuden's certainly had its fair share of surprises as well.īefore getting started on my list, I'd like to give an honorable mention to Naruto 62, the episode that got me completely hooked onto this series. But Part 1 had the advantage of being able to completely get through its entire story with little to no filler (about a year or two of non-stop filler was placed on the tail end of the series, but is easily skippable), while Shippuden has been forced to include filler almost every other canon arc. Unlike the openings, Part 1 probably has the better overall quality, in the anime at least (the manga is debatable). While I was compiling my list of the best Naruto openings last week, it got me thinking about the best overall episodes in the series as well.