{"id":"persecucion-de-itachi","summary":"Sasuke breaks free of Orochimaru and forms Team Hebi with Suigetsu, Karin and Jūgo to hunt Itachi. Konoha deploys all its trackers to reach him first, but arrives too late for what matters.","episodes":[{"title":"The Serpent's Pupil","summary":"Orochimaru's body reaches its limit. Sasuke, who has nothing left to learn from him, attacks him, and Orochimaru reveals his true form as a white serpent to take over his body.","n":113,"romaji":"Daija no dōkō","en":"The Serpent's Pupil","aired":"2009-06-11","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-343","naruto-344"],"id":"shippuden-113","pos":347},{"title":"Eye of the Hawk","summary":"Orochimaru remembers how he became obsessed with immortality. He tries to take Sasuke's body inside his own dimension, but Sasuke reverses the technique and absorbs him.","n":114,"romaji":"Taka no hitomi","en":"Eye of the Hawk","aired":"2009-06-18","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-344","naruto-345","naruto-346"],"id":"shippuden-114","pos":347},{"title":"Zabuza's Blade","summary":"Sasuke frees Suigetsu, who asks for help recovering Zabuza's sword. They find it in Tenzen Daikoku's fortress, and Suigetsu retrieves it easily before joining Sasuke.","n":115,"romaji":"Zabuza no daitō","en":"Zabuza's Blade","aired":"2009-06-25","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-346","naruto-347"],"id":"shippuden-115","pos":347},{"title":"Guardian of the Iron Wall","summary":"Sasuke and Suigetsu go to the southern hideout to find Karin, who agrees to join after remembering how she met Sasuke. They free the prisoners and set out to recruit Jūgo.","n":116,"romaji":"Teppeki no bannin","en":"Guardian of the Iron Wall","aired":"2009-07-02","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-348"],"id":"shippuden-116","pos":348},{"title":"Jugo of the North Hideout","summary":"Karin explains that Jūgo has murderous urges and that the curse mark came from him. The group contains the unleashed prisoners and Sasuke faces Jūgo, while Naruto learns of Orochimaru's death.","n":117,"romaji":"Kita ajito no Jūgo","en":"Jugo of the North Hideout","aired":"2009-07-09","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-349","naruto-350","naruto-351"],"id":"shippuden-117","pos":351},{"title":"Formation!","summary":"Jūgo remembers Kimimaro and, on learning he died to bring Sasuke to Orochimaru, decides to follow him. Sasuke names the group Hebi with a single goal: to kill Itachi.","n":118,"romaji":"Kessei!","en":"Formation!","aired":"2009-07-23","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-351","naruto-352"],"id":"shippuden-118","pos":352},{"title":"Assemble","summary":"Itachi and Kisame capture the Four-Tails and learn of Orochimaru's death. Hebi stocks up at an Uchiha storehouse and Konoha forms a team of trackers to find Itachi.","n":121,"romaji":"Ugokidasumono-tachi","en":"Assemble","aired":"2009-08-06","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-353","naruto-354"],"id":"shippuden-121","pos":354},{"title":"The Hunt","summary":"The Konoha group sets out and Hebi splits up to search for Itachi. Kabuto hands Naruto and his team information on the Akatsuki and reveals he absorbed Orochimaru's remains, while Deidara and Tobi find Sasuke.","n":122,"romaji":"Tansaku","en":"The Hunt","aired":"2009-08-13","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-355","naruto-356","naruto-357"],"id":"shippuden-122","pos":357},{"title":"Clash!","summary":"Sasuke slices Tobi in two to no effect and Deidara harasses him with his explosives, including a clay dragon. Sasuke turns to the curse mark and Deidara pulls out the card he kept for Itachi: C4.","n":123,"romaji":"Gekitotsu!","en":"Clash!","aired":"2009-08-20","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-356","naruto-357","naruto-358","naruto-359"],"id":"shippuden-123","pos":359},{"title":"Art","summary":"Sasuke withstands C4 and reveals Deidara fell into a genjutsu. Humiliated, Deidara remembers how Itachi forced him to join the Akatsuki and turns himself into a living bomb to take Sasuke with him.","n":124,"romaji":"Geijutsu","en":"Art","aired":"2009-08-27","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-360","naruto-361","naruto-362"],"id":"shippuden-124","pos":362},{"title":"Disappearance","summary":"Sasuke escapes the explosion thanks to Manda, who dies. Itachi senses his brother is still alive, Konoha finds his trail and Tobi, presenting himself as Madara Uchiha, orders Pain to capture the Nine-Tails.","n":125,"romaji":"Shōshitsu","en":"Disappearance","aired":"2009-09-03","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-363","naruto-364"],"id":"shippuden-125","pos":364},{"title":"Twilight","summary":"Jiraiya returns to Konoha and tells Tsunade that Pain, the Akatsuki's leader, might be in the Village Hidden by Rain. While Hebi throws off its pursuers and Naruto crosses paths with Itachi, Jiraiya sets out alone on a very dangerous mission.","n":126,"romaji":"Tasogare","en":"Twilight","aired":"2009-09-10","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-365","naruto-366","naruto-367"],"id":"shippuden-126","pos":367}],"chapters":[{"title":"Merciless...","summary":"Sasuke defeats hundreds of opponents without killing any, because he only wants to kill Itachi. At Ichiraku, Naruto cannot eat because of the wound to his arm. When Orochimaru falls ill and Kabuto is away, Sasuke attacks him.","n":343,"en":"Merciless...","volume":38,"id":"naruto-343","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":343,"episodes":["shippuden-90","shippuden-92","shippuden-113"],"cast":[["sasuke","Sasuke"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"],["itachi","Itachi"],["naruto","Naruto"],["sakura","Sakura"],["sai","Sai"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["kabuto","Kabuto"]]},{"title":"The Snake...","summary":"Sasuke tells Orochimaru he has nothing left to learn from him and will not give him his body. Orochimaru abandons his body, reveals his true form as a great white serpent and Sasuke activates the curse mark's second level.","n":344,"en":"The Snake...","volume":38,"id":"naruto-344","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":344,"episodes":["shippuden-113","shippuden-114"],"cast":[["sasuke","Sasuke"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"]]},{"title":"The Ritual...!!","summary":"Sasuke thinks he has won, but Orochimaru's blood paralyzes him and the serpent devours him to begin the body transfer. Inside that mental space, Sasuke activates the Sharingan, and afterward Kabuto does not know who controls the body.","n":345,"en":"The Ritual...!!","volume":38,"id":"naruto-345","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":345,"episodes":["shippuden-114"],"cast":[["sasuke","Sasuke"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"],["kabuto","Kabuto"]]},{"title":"The Secret of the New Jutsu!!","summary":"Sasuke shows Kabuto how he absorbed Orochimaru with his Sharingan and frees Suigetsu from a lab. In Konoha, Kakashi passes on Tsunade's warning: the Rasenshuriken damages Naruto and he must not use it again.","n":346,"en":"The Secret of the New Jutsu!!","volume":38,"id":"naruto-346","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":346,"episodes":["shippuden-89","shippuden-90","shippuden-114","shippuden-115"],"cast":[["sasuke","Sasuke"],["kabuto","Kabuto"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"],["suigetsu","Suigetsu"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["tsunade","Tsunade"],["naruto","Naruto"]]},{"title":"A Detour!!","summary":"Konohamaru shows Naruto a new sexy technique that Sakura ends up liking. Sasuke announces to Suigetsu that he will form a team with Karin and Jūgo, and first they stop in the Land of Waves to get Zabuza's sword.","n":347,"en":"A Detour!!","volume":38,"id":"naruto-347","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":347,"episodes":["shippuden-90","shippuden-115"],"cast":[["konohamaru","Konohamaru"],["naruto","Naruto"],["sakura","Sakura"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["suigetsu","Suigetsu"],["karin","Karin"],["jugo","Jūgo"],["zabuza","Zabuza"]]},{"title":"And One Makes Three!!","summary":"Sasuke finds Karin at the prison she guarded for Orochimaru and invites her to join, but she refuses while Suigetsu frees the prisoners. Alone with Sasuke, Karin changes her tune and agrees to go with them to find Jūgo.","n":348,"en":"And One Makes Three!!","volume":38,"id":"naruto-348","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":348,"episodes":["shippuden-116"],"cast":[["suigetsu","Suigetsu"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["karin","Karin"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"],["jugo","Jūgo"]]},{"title":"The Northern Hideout","summary":"Karin explains that Jūgo gave himself up to Orochimaru to cure his murderous urges and that the curse marks came from him. With Orochimaru gone, the marked prisoners rebel in the northern hideout, and Sasuke defeats one who attacks him.","n":349,"en":"The Northern Hideout","volume":38,"id":"naruto-349","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":349,"episodes":["shippuden-117"],"cast":[["karin","Karin"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["jugo","Jūgo"],["suigetsu","Suigetsu"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"]]},{"title":"News of the Clash...!!","summary":"Tsunade informs Naruto and Sakura that Sasuke killed Orochimaru. Sasuke and Suigetsu beat a horde of prisoners with curse marks, enter the hideout and open Jūgo's cell, and he attacks them at once.","n":350,"en":"News of the Clash...!!","volume":39,"id":"naruto-350","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":350,"episodes":["shippuden-117"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["sakura","Sakura"],["tsunade","Tsunade"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"],["jugo","Jūgo"],["suigetsu","Suigetsu"]]},{"title":"The Man-to-Man Talk!!","summary":"Sasuke shields himself from Jūgo's attack with his curse mark, and Suigetsu and Jūgo clash until Sasuke's killing intent stops them. Jūgo calms down, returns to his cell and asks them to leave so he will not kill anyone.","n":351,"en":"The Man-to-Man Talk!!","volume":39,"id":"naruto-351","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":351,"episodes":["shippuden-117","shippuden-118"],"cast":[["sasuke","Sasuke"],["jugo","Jūgo"],["suigetsu","Suigetsu"]]},{"title":"His Plan...!!","summary":"Jūgo says only Kimimaro could calm him, and on learning he died for Sasuke he decides to follow Sasuke. Sasuke names the group Hebi, with the goal of killing Itachi, and Naruto decides to look for Itachi to find Sasuke.","n":352,"en":"His Plan...!!","volume":39,"id":"naruto-352","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":352,"episodes":["shippuden-118"],"cast":[["sasuke","Sasuke"],["jugo","Jūgo"],["kimimaro","Kimimaro"],["itachi","Itachi"],["naruto","Naruto"]]},{"title":"The Akatsuki Assembles...!!","summary":"Kisame has captured the Four-Tails and Itachi remembers that the Nine-Tails must be last. At a meeting, the Akatsuki learns of Hidan's and Kakuzu's deaths and Orochimaru's defeat, and the leader warns Itachi that Sasuke is coming for him.","n":353,"en":"The Akatsuki Assembles...!!","volume":39,"id":"naruto-353","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":353,"episodes":["shippuden-121"],"cast":[["itachi","Itachi"],["kisame","Kisame"],["son-goku","Cuatro Colas"],["kurama-biju","Zorro de Nueve Colas"],["hidan","Hidan"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["roshi","Rōshi"]]},{"title":"On the Move","summary":"Kakashi adds Team 8 to the search for Itachi. Hebi stocks up in a ruined town, the Akatsuki finishes sealing the Four-Tails and Deidara decides to take revenge on Team 7 or on Sasuke.","n":354,"en":"On the Move","volume":39,"id":"naruto-354","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":354,"episodes":["shippuden-121"],"cast":[["itachi","Itachi"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["son-goku","Cuatro Colas"],["deidara","Deidara"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"]]},{"title":"Where to...?!","summary":"The Konoha teams split up with Kakashi's ninja hounds to track Itachi, and Hebi also splits up to check Akatsuki hideouts. Deidara, his arms now restored, and Tobi set out in search of Naruto or Sasuke.","n":355,"en":"Where to...?!","volume":39,"id":"naruto-355","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":355,"episodes":["shippuden-122"],"cast":[["kakashi","Kakashi"],["itachi","Itachi"],["deidara","Deidara"],["naruto","Naruto"]]},{"title":"Collision...!!","summary":"Tobi and Deidara intercept Sasuke. Kabuto appears before Naruto, hands him a book with information on the Akatsuki and explains that, inspired by Naruto, he grafted Orochimaru's remains onto his own body.","n":356,"en":"Collision...!!","volume":39,"id":"naruto-356","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":356,"episodes":["shippuden-122","shippuden-123"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["deidara","Deidara"],["kabuto","Kabuto"],["kurama-biju","Zorro de Nueve Colas"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"]]},{"title":"Deidara vs. Sasuke!!","summary":"Kabuto says he is fighting Orochimaru within himself and flees, promising to kill Sasuke. Sasuke runs Tobi through to no effect, deflects Deidara's bombs with Chidori needles and Deidara brings out his C2.","n":357,"en":"Deidara vs. Sasuke!!","volume":39,"id":"naruto-357","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":357,"episodes":["shippuden-122","shippuden-123"],"cast":[["kabuto","Kabuto"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"],["naruto","Naruto"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["deidara","Deidara"]]},{"title":"Chasing C2!!","summary":"The C2 dragon attacks from range and forces Sasuke to activate the mark's second level. Tobi sows mines on the ground, but Sasuke cuts the dragon's wing, and it falls onto the minefield and explodes.","n":358,"en":"Chasing C2!!","volume":39,"id":"naruto-358","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":358,"episodes":["shippuden-123"],"cast":[["deidara","Deidara"],["sasuke","Sasuke"]]},{"title":"Those Eyes...!!","summary":"Seeing Sasuke's Sharingan, Deidara remembers how Itachi humiliated him when recruiting him to the Akatsuki. Determined never again to lose to those eyes, he sends Tobi away and readies his C4.","n":359,"en":"Those Eyes...!!","volume":39,"id":"naruto-359","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":359,"episodes":["shippuden-123"],"cast":[["sasuke","Sasuke"],["deidara","Deidara"],["itachi","Itachi"]]},{"title":"The C4 Karura","summary":"Deidara creates a clay giant that releases microscopic bombs able to disintegrate whoever breathes them in. Sasuke fakes his death with a genjutsu, but the Deidara he attacks is a clone: Deidara had trained to resist the Sharingan.","n":360,"en":"The C4 Karura","volume":40,"id":"naruto-360","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":360,"episodes":["shippuden-124"],"cast":[["deidara","Deidara"],["sasuke","Sasuke"]]},{"title":"Achilles' Heel...!!","summary":"Sasuke appears to disintegrate inside a sphere of C4, but it is another genjutsu. He explains that lightning neutralizes Deidara's clay and that he applied Chidori to himself to neutralize the bombs he had inhaled.","n":361,"en":"Achilles' Heel...!!","volume":40,"id":"naruto-361","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":361,"episodes":["shippuden-124"],"cast":[["sasuke","Sasuke"],["deidara","Deidara"]]},{"title":"The Ultimate Art!!","summary":"Defeated, Deidara refuses to reveal where Itachi is. When Sasuke contemptuously deactivates his Sharingan, Deidara apologizes to Tobi and uses C0 to blow himself up and level everything within ten kilometers.","n":362,"en":"The Ultimate Art!!","volume":40,"id":"naruto-362","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":362,"episodes":["shippuden-124"],"cast":[["deidara","Deidara"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["itachi","Itachi"]]},{"title":"Sasuke's Death...!!","summary":"The explosion is seen from afar and Zetsu reports the deaths of Deidara, Tobi and Sasuke. But Sasuke saved himself by summoning the snake Manda as a shield, and the Akatsuki's leader, Pain, is ordered to capture the Nine-Tails.","n":363,"en":"Sasuke's Death...!!","volume":40,"id":"naruto-363","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":363,"episodes":["shippuden-125"],"cast":[["deidara","Deidara"],["zetsu-negro","Hombre planta · mitad negra"],["zetsu-blanco","Hombre planta · mitad blanca"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["suigetsu","Suigetsu"],["manda","Manda"],["kurama-biju","Zorro de Nueve Colas"],["konan","Konan"]]},{"title":"The Target...!!","summary":"Itachi insists Sasuke is still alive. Hebi rests while the Konoha teams follow its trail, and a figure in the shadows warns Pain about Naruto and promises him he will soon get his Sharingan back.","n":364,"en":"The Target...!!","volume":40,"id":"naruto-364","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":364,"episodes":["shippuden-125"],"cast":[["kisame","Kisame"],["itachi","Itachi"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["deidara","Deidara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kurama-biju","Zorro de Nueve Colas"],["madara","Madara"]]},{"title":"Pursue Itachi!","summary":"Karin detects the Konoha ninja and Hebi moves on; Jūgo hands out Sasuke's shirt to birds to confuse the trail. Naruto sends clones after every lead, and one of them finds Itachi, who wants to talk.","n":365,"en":"Pursue Itachi!","volume":40,"id":"naruto-365","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":365,"episodes":["shippuden-126"],"cast":[["sasuke","Sasuke"],["karin","Karin"],["jugo","Jūgo"],["naruto","Naruto"],["itachi","Itachi"]]},{"title":"Brothers","summary":"Itachi stops one of Naruto's clones and traps it in a genjutsu just to talk. In Konoha, Jiraiya tells Tsunade he followed the Akatsuki's leader to Amegakure, and then Itachi, through a clone, presents himself to Sasuke.","n":366,"en":"Brothers","volume":40,"id":"naruto-366","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":366,"episodes":["shippuden-126","shippuden-134"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["itachi","Itachi"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["jiraiya","Jiraiya"],["tsunade","Tsunade"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"]]},{"title":"Itachi and Sasuke","summary":"Sasuke attacks Itachi's clone, which summons him to a real meeting. Jiraiya sets out for Amegakure after talking with Tsunade about Naruto and his parents, Minato and Kushina, and Pain senses his arrival.","n":367,"en":"Itachi and Sasuke","volume":40,"id":"naruto-367","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":367,"episodes":["shippuden-126","shippuden-129","shippuden-134"],"cast":[["itachi","Itachi"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["jiraiya","Jiraiya"],["tsunade","Tsunade"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kushina","Kushina"],["minato","Minato"],["danzo","Danzō"]]}]}