S1 • Kazekage Rescue
500 episodes · 2007
Naruto Uzumaki is back! After two and a half years of training on the road with Jiraiya of the Sannin, Naruto is back in the Village Hidden in the Leaves and he's ready to show off his new skills. He and Sakura team up to take on their old master Kakashi, who's pretty impressed with their progress. They'll have plenty of opportunity to put it into action when news arrives from the Sand Village that Gaara, Naruto's former rival and now Kazekage of the Sand, has been kidnapped! And the culprits are the very same group who are after Naruto - the Akatsuki!
1Homecoming
A figure passes through the gates. It's an older Naruto, who has returned from a long training journey with Jiraiya. Naruto Uzumaki is back!
2The Akatsuki Makes Its Move
Naruto and Sakura team up and challenge Kakashi to a survival challenge to show off their progress.
3The Results of Training
Naruto’s and Sakura’s combined skills force Kakashi to use his Sharingan right off the bat. Naruto masterfully unleashes his jutsu one after another.
4The Jinchuriki of the Sand
Gaara is quick to detect Deidara’s presence, and an aerial battle ensues with Deidara on his giant bird and Gaara atop sand.
5The Kazekage Stands Tall
Naruto and Sakura defeat Kakashi in the survival challenge. Tsunade assigns them to a three-man squad led by Kakashi, who tells them they are now his equals.
6Mission Cleared
In order to protect his village from Deidara’s explosive clay, Gaara uses his chakra to create a giant sand shield.
7Run, Kankuro
Gaara, his strength completely exhausted, is whisked away by Deidara. Kankuro ignores Baki’s efforts to stop him and immediately sets out in pursuit with a platoon to rescue Gaara.
8Team Kakashi, Deployed
An urgent message from the Sand Village detailing the Akatsuki’s kidnapping of the Kazekage reaches the Hidden Leaf Village. Tsunade wastes no time in ordering Team Kakashi to the Sand Village.
9The Jinchuriki's Tears
On her way to the Sand Village, Temari encounters Kakashi and his team. Kakashi admonishes Naruto when he tries to rush ahead…
10Sealing Jutsu: Nine Phantom Dragons
The Sand ninja fight against time to treat Kankuro. Even the Sand’s poison expert, Granny Chiyo, is baffled. The only hope lies with the reinforcements sent by Tsunade.
11The Medical Ninja's Student
Sakura treats a critically ill Kankuro. After extensive training she’s now a full-fledged Medic Ninja, and Sakura amazes everyone with her sure, steady hands.
12The Retired Granny's Determination
Pakkun finds the hideout of the Akatsuki. Team Kakashi and Temari prepare to set out to get Gaara back, but Temari is ordered to stay behind and help guard the village.
13A Meeting With Destiny
Guy prepares to use a forbidden secret jutsu. Meanwhile, Naruto falls under Itachi’s genjutsu, and all the anti-genjutsu training he underwent with Jiraiya races through Naruto’s mind.
14Naruto's Growth
Guy prepares to use a forbidden secret jutsu. Meanwhile, Naruto falls under Itachi’s genjutsu, and all the anti-genjutsu training he underwent with Jiraiya races through Naruto’s mind.
15The Secret Weapon is Called...
Granny Chiyo and Sakura rescue Naruto from Itachi’s genjutsu. Without a moment’s delay, Kakashi begins a counterattack.
16The Secret of Jinchuriki
Chiyo and Kakashi realize that the attack was just a diversion, and that the Akatsuki have already begun the process of extracting the Tailed Beast from Gaara.
17The Death of Gaara!
Teams Kakashi and Guy take a short rest. Granny Chiyo watches Naruto dozing off and is reminded of Sasori as a child. The pursuit resumes, and when Chiyo wonders why Naruto puts such effort into...
18Charge Tactic! Button Hook Entry!!
Teams Kakashi and Guy reach the Akatsuki hideout. They hurry to infiltrate but are thwarted by a five-seal barrier. The only way to break the barrier is to remove all five seals at once.
19Traps Activate! Team Guy's Enemy
Breaking the five-seal barrier set off a trap, which now has Team Guy battling amazingly accurate copies of themselves. Back at the Akatsuki hideout, Deidara and Sasori struggle to take the Nine-Tail Jinchûriki.
20Hiruko Vs. Two Kunoichi!
At last, the showdown between the old woman and her grandson begins. Sakura is confused by Sasori’s strange appearance, and Granny Chiyo explains that this is Hiruko…
21Sasori's Real Face
Granny Chiyo and Sakura manage to expose Sasori, who amazingly looks no older than he did twenty years earlier.
22Chiyo's Secret Skills
Sakura is caught by Sasori’s tactic and surrounded by a poison cloud.
23Father and Mother
Chiyo and Sakura take cover, and Sasori wastes no time unleashing a ruthless attack.
24The Third Kazekage
Sakura counters the Iron Sand attack of the Third Kazekage puppet with superhuman strength.
25Three Minutes Between Life and Death
Sakura destroys the Third Kazekage puppet thanks to a secret antidote she had taken.
26Puppet Fight: 10 vs. 100!
Sakura and Granny Chiyo are engaged in a fierce battle with Sasori, who is able turn himself into a human puppet. They somehow bring Sasori down within the time limit, but he ends up reviving.
27Impossible Dream
Although stung with poison herself, Granny Chiyo uses the last of the antidote on Sakura. Mocking the tender scene between Granny Chiyo and Sakura, Sasori attempts to end Granny Chiyo's life.
28Revival of the Beasts
Team Guy senses the result of the Sakura and Granny Chiyo’s desperate struggle while still in battle with his deadly copy. Although Guy’s team members are showing fatigue, their copies remain strong!
29Kakashi's Enlightened!
Sakura hurries to get to Naruto with Granny Chiyo, who is suffering from the poison. The members of Team Guy rush to assist Team Kakashi. Meanwhile, with all preparations complete, Kakashi reveals his Mangekyo Sharingan.
30Aesthetics of an Instant
Naruto loses all reason to anger and is gradually taken over by the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit. Having been forewarned by Jiraiya, Kakashi narrowly manages to suppress the Nine-Tailed Fox.
31The Legacy
Relying on Naruto's power, Granny Chiyo performs the Transmigration Jutsu on Gaara.
32Return of the Kazekage
Gaara and his rescuers make a triumphant return to the Hidden Sand Village.
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The New Target
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Kessei! Shin Kakashi han
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Gadatensoku
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Itsuwari no egao
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Mudai
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Shimyurêshon
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Tenchikyô
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Kyûbi kaihô!!
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Gokuhi ninmu sutâto
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Orochimaru vs Jinchûriki
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Sakura no namida
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Tatakai no tenmatsu
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Uragiri no hate
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Mikan no pêji
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Sennyû! Dokuhebi no ajito
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Tsunagari
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Taisetsu na mono
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Ehon ga kataru sutôrî
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Saikai
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Uchiha no chikara
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Taitoru
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Akumu
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Kaze
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Ugomeku
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Ubawareta nemuri
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Kodoku
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Aratana teki
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Uitenpen
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Sesshoku
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Chîmumeito
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Futatsu no gyoku
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Shikkoku no noroshi
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Ankoku no sejô
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Yomigaeru tamashi
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Sorezore no shitô
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Mezame no toki
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Zetsubô
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Kyômei
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Tomo yo
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Shinobi yoru kyôi
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"Akatuski" shinkô
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Hoshizora no shita de
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Rôsô no inori
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Tsuginaru suteppu
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Bôgin
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Kudasareta sabaki
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Todokanu zekkyô
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Saigo no kotoba
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Kanashiki shirase
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Daijûppan
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Tâgetto rokkuon
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Kakuzu's Abilities
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The Terrifying Secret
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Shikamaru's Genius
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When You Curse Someone, You Dig Your Own Grave
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Wind Element: Rasen Shuriken!
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The Price of Power
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A Shinobi's Decision
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Discovery: Orochimaru's Hideout
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Deai
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Kayoiau kokoro
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Ame hito yo
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Futatsu no omamori
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Miezaru teki
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Ran hansha no meikyû
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Arawareta hyôteki
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Arekurû Bijû
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Kiri no naka de
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Sorezore no omoi
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Saihensei
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Kekkai shihô fûjin
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Shôton kuzushi
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Kekkai kôbô-sen
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Akai tsubaki
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Goetsu dôshû
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Tsubaki no michishirube
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Juin no gyakushû
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Tsumi no kioku
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Kudakareta yakusoku
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Kaerubeki basho
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Daija no dôkô
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Taka no hitomi
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Zabuza no daitô
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Teppeki no ban'nin
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Kita ajito no Jûgo
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Kessei!
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Kakashi gaiden ~ Senjô no bôizu raifu ~ Zenpen
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Kakashi gaiden ~ Senjô no bôizu raifu ~ Kôhen
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Ugokidasu monotachi
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Tansaku
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Gekitotsu!
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Geijutsu
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Shôshitsu
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Tasogare
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Dokonjô ninden ~ Jiraiya ninpôchô ~ Zenpen
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Dokonjô ninden ~ Jiraiya ninpôchô ~ Kôhen
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Sen'nyû! Amegakure no sato
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Kami to natta otoko
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Hatsudô! Sen'nin modô
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Pein rokudô, kenzan
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The Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant
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Utage e no sasoi
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Nagaki toki no naka de...
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Mangekyô Sharingan no hikari to yami
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Amaterasu
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Shûen
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Tobi no nazo
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In'nen
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Shinjitsu
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Unraikyô no tatakai
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"Hachibi" tai "Sasuke"
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Fûraibô
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Kinjutsu no keishôsha
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Keishôsha no omoi
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Nukenin no kako
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Yami no kôkeisha
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Betsuri
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Kinjutsu hatsudô
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Shitei
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Hihô
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Shi no kage o ote
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Angô kaidoku
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Daiichi no kadai
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Shi o koeru toki
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Konoha shûgeki!
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Shinjiru chikara
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Pain vs. Kakashi
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Pain no nazo
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Sei wa Sarutobi, na wa Konohamaru!
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Sekai ni itami o
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Bakuhatsu! Sen'nin modô
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Pinchi! Kieta sen'nin môdo
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Kyûbi hokaku kanryô
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Kokuhaku
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Chibaku Tensei
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Yondaime Hokage
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Futari no deshi
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Daibôken! Yondaime no isan o sagase - Zenpen
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Daibôken! Yondaime no isan o sagase - Kôhen
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Deai
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Pein tanjô
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Uzumaki Naruto monogatari
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Konoha no eiyû
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Kako-hen ~Konoha no kiseki~ Shinmai kyôshi Iruka
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Kako-hen ~Konoha no kiseki~ Iruka no shiren
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Kako-hen ~Konoha no kiseki~ Iruka no ketsui
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Kako-hen ~Konoha no kiseki~ Tantô Jônin Hatake Kakashi
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Kako-hen ~Konoha no kiseki~ Inari, tamesureru yûki
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Kako-hen ~Konoha no kiseki~ Naruto, adauchi shinanjuku
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Gaara "kizuna"
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Naruto: Autobureiko
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Shutsugeki! Tenten-han
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Animaru bangaichi
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Aa, seishun no kanpôgan
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Dokonjô shitei shûgyô-hen
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Dokonjô shitei ninpû-roku
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Sasuke no nikukyû taizen
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Naruto to rôhei
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Kakashi koi-uta
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Neji gaiden
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Nida shinda otoko
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Saiaku no nininsankyaku
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Renkei, daijûppan
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Yami e no shissô
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Rokudaime Hokage Danzô
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Gokage kaidan zen'ya
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Gokage tojô!
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Naruto no tangan
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Kujû no ketsudan
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Hashiru ikazuchi
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Sasuke no nindô
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Gokage no chikara
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Sensen fukoku
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Sakura no omoi
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Bijû VS o no nai Bijû
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Tomo to shite
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Danzô no migiude
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Kinjirareta dôjutsu
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Shimura Danzô
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Sakura no kakugo
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Ushinawareta kizuna
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Seoubeki omoni
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Shukumei no futari
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Ichiryû no shinobi
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Sen'nyûsha
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Ugokidasu taikoku
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Hokage Hatake Kakashi
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Ôgama sen'nin no yogen
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Kurairi
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Gokage no ketsudan
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Seinen to umi
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Benisu no shônin
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Norowareta no yûreisen
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Senkan no shima
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Bôkyaku no shima
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Tatakae Rokku Rî!
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Kuu ka kuwaweru ka! Odoru kinoko jigoku
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Kage no gyakushû
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Tozasareta kôro
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Konoha no joshikai
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Sanjô, nise? Naruto
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Naruto no manadeshi
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Nadeshiko no Kunoichi
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Nakama no senaka
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Aa, Akogare no Tsunade-Sama
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Sai no kyûsoku
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Densetsu no Ino-Shika-Chô
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Kiba no ketsui
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Kakashi, waga eien no raibaru yo
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Naruto no chikai
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Jôriku! Rakuen no shima?
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Kirâ Bî to Motoi
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Saranaru shiren! Naruto VS Kyûbi!!
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Orenji-iro no kagayaki
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Nerawareta Kyûbi
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Yondaime no shitô!!
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Arigatô
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Chinjû VS Kaijin! Rakuen no tatakai!
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Kisame to iu otoko
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Shi e izanu tenshi
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Heiwa e no kakehashi
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Do S-kyû gokuhi ninmu
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Geijutsuka futatabi
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Shûketsu! Shinobi rengô-gun!
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Deai
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Raibaru
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Kiretsu
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Ribetsu
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Tomo no tame ni
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Kaisen!
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Sai to Shin
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Edo Tensei no himitsu
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Shukuteki to no saikai
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Saisho no teki, saigo no teki
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Konoha no tensai gunshi
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Sorezore no gekisen!!
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NG wâdo
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Konjiki no kizuna
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ROAD to SAKURA
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Mifune VS Hanzô
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Hontô no yasashisa
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Kanpeki na Ino-Shika-Chô
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Kokoro no naka no tegami
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Gedô mazô no shûrai
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Wakai no In
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Nerawareta iryô ninja
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Shiro Zetsu no torappu
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Geijutsu ka no bigaku
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Kâ-chan rengô-gun!!
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Hiwa: Saikyô taggu!!
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Futatsu no taiyô!!
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Kabuto wari! Akebino jinin
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Shakuton tsukai! Sunagakure no Pakura
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Torimodosenai mono
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Kakeru ni ataisuru mono
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Kyôi, Jinpachi - Kushimaru konbi!!
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Raiken!! Ringo Ameyuri
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"Chikara" Episode 1
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"Chikara" Episode 2
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"Chikara" Episode 3
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"Chikara" Episode 4
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"Chikara" Episode 5
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"Chikara" Episode Final
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Naruto, sansen!!
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Chichi no omoi, haha no ai
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Tsuini sesshoku!! Naruto VS Itachi
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Mitomi rareshi mono
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Mizukage to Ôhamaguri to Shinkirô
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Mujun
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Kyôfu joukibôi
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Kako no bôrei
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Yomi Tenshin no jutsu
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Fukushûsha
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Kokoro no me
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Gekkô ni keyu
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Mikazuki no yoru
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A-kûy ninmu: Gozen-jiai
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Rakujô
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Prologue of Road to Ninja
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Rôjin to ryû no me
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Ame nochi yuki, tokidoki kaminari
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Kanashî tenki ame
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Nagori yuki
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Edo Tensei rengô-gun!!
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Shino VS Torune!!
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Kokoro no ana môhitori no Jinchûriki
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Kugutsu ni yadoru tamashî
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Hashire Omoi
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Zôen tôchaku
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Uchiha Madara
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Gokage shûketsu...!!
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Warenai Kamen: Wareta Shabondama
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Jinchûriki VS Jinchûriki!!
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Yonbi: Sen'nen no Ô
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Kyûbi
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Kurama
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Tsû man seru
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Shôri e no yogen
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Yami o miru me
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Ishi no ishi
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Edo Tensei no risuku
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Kyôdai taggu!!
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Tagai no Konoha
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Yakushi Kabuto
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Hatzudô: Izanami
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Izanagi to Izanami
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Imao o zutto aishiteru
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Edo Tensei: Kai
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Fukkatsu!! Orochimaru
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Jikûkan ninjutsu no himitsu
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Temê wa dare da!!
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Obito to Madara
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I'm In Hell
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Yume no sekai
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Shinobiyoru kage
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Shinsei: "Akatsuki"
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Kokoro o kakusu men
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Minato no shi
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Hashirama saibô
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Nukenin: Orochimaru
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Orochimaru no jikkentai
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Sorezore no michi
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Nerawareta Sharingan
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Konoha no Shinobi
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ANBU no Uchiha
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Kûdetâ
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Sangeki no yoru
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Tantô Jônin
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Dai nana han
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Kakashi no ketsui
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Shinobi rengô-gun no jutsu!
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Tsunagareru mono
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Shinobimau mono-tachi
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Subete o shiru mono-tachi
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Hashirama to Madara
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Sengoku jidai
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Hontô no yume
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Sasuke no kotae
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Kazaana
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Umeru mono
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Dai nana han, shûketsu!!
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Aratanaru sansukumi
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Kakashi VS Obito
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Kyûbi gôdatsu shirei
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Naruto tai Meka Naruto
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Jûbi no Jinchûriki
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Toppakô
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Naruto ga umareta hi
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Shinju
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Shinobi no yume
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Saki o ou
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Nakama de michita kokoro
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Uchiha Obito
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Chanto miteru
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Mamorareta yakusoku
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Saisho no tomo
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Akogare no Nê-Sama
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Hanabi no ketsui
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Uchiha Madara, tatsu
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Ura no kokoro
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Hontô no owari
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Aratanaru Chûnin shiken
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Chûnin shiken, kaishi!
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Mittsu no mondai
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Rîdâ ni fusawashî mono
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Niji shiken, zen'ya
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Ma no sabaku no sabaibaru
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Taijutsu tsukai to shite...
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Kimaweshi mono
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Tôsô VS tsuiseki
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Akiramenai dokonjô
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Tenten no nayami
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Tokijomerareta futari
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Jibun no ibasho
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Yamanaka Ichizoku: Hiden Ninjutsu
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Noroi no ningyô
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Futari no senaka
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Ugokidashita inbô
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Nerawareta Bijû
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Neji no handan
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Mirai ni takusu omoi
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Shi no kiwa
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Futatsu no Mangekyô
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Kessei: Minato han
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Omae wa bakkuappuda
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Aoki Môjû VS Rikudô Madara
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Papa no seishun
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Hachimon tonkô no jin
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Rikudô Sen'nin
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Uketsugareru mono
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Naruto no raibaru
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Tatsu
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Mugen no yume
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Mugen Tsukuyomi
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Yume no sekai e
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Tenten no ibasho
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Kirâ Bî rappûden: Ten no maki
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Kirâ Bî rappûden: Chi no maki
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Ano egao o môichido
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Ochikobore ninja
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Shutsugeki: Tansaku ninmu
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Chîmuru Jiraiya
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Yûsen jun'i
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Kamen no otoko
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Fûin sareshi chikara
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Okite ka, nakama ka
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Yogen no ko
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Kago no tori
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Kikan
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Tagai no michi
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Chikara no sa
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Sato nuke
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Otte
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Shôtotsu
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Môhitotsu no tsuki
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Nakama
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Shinobi-tachi no kyôen
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Raibaru
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Umareru inochi, shinu inochi
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Isai
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Inochi no itami
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Shisui no irai
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Tsukiyo
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Akatsuki no yami
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Aibô
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Makoto
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Hajimari no mono
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Ôtsutsuki Kaguya
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Hagoromo to Hamura
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Tsukurareta kako
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Iga-sei nanbâwan!
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Ninshû
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Ashura to Indora
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Shiren no tabi
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Ashura no ketsui
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Kôkeisha
- 469
Tokubetsu ninmu
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Tsunagaru omoi
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Futari o chanto
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Omae wa kanarazu
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Sharingan, futatabi
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Omedetô
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Shûmatsu no tani
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Saigo no tatakai
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Naruto to Sasuke
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Wakai no shirushi
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Uzumaki Naruto!! "Saishûkai"
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Naruto to Hinata
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Sasuke to Sakura
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Gaara to Shikamaru
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Jiraiya to Kakashi
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Kibaku ningen
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Koroshiamu
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Fûshin
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Ketsuryûgan
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Saigo no hitori
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Fûun
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An'un
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Yamikumo
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Giun
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Shinonome
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Naruto no kekkon
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Furupawâ kekkon iwai
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Yukemuri to hyôrôgan
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Kazekage no oiwai
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Saigo no ninmu
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Gokuhi ninmu no yukue
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Iwai no kotoba