{"id":"rescate-del-kazekage","summary":"Two and a half years later, Naruto returns to Konoha taller and stronger. Almost immediately, the Akatsuki abducts Gaara, now Kazekage, to extract his tailed beast.\n\nNaruto, Sakura and Kakashi race to Suna. Sakura and Granny Chiyo face Sasori, Naruto and Kakashi chase Deidara, and the rescue ends with a sacrifice that changes Gaara forever.","episodes":[{"title":"Homecoming","summary":"After two and a half years of training with Jiraiya, Naruto returns to Konoha and reunites with Sakura and Konohamaru. Tsunade gives him his first mission, but first he has to show how much he has grown.","n":1,"romaji":"Kikyō","en":"Homecoming","aired":"2007-02-15","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-245"],"id":"shippuden-1","pos":245},{"title":"The Akatsuki Makes Its Move","summary":"Naruto learns that his friends have been promoted and that Gaara is the Fifth Kazekage. Kakashi challenges them to repeat the bell test, while Deidara and Sasori approach the Village Hidden in the Sand.","n":2,"romaji":"Akatsuki, Shidō","en":"The Akatsuki Makes Its Move","aired":"2007-02-15","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-245","naruto-246","naruto-247"],"id":"shippuden-2","pos":247},{"title":"The Results of Training","summary":"Naruto and Sakura show what they have learned: shadow clones used with strategy and colossal strength. Kakashi resorts to the Sharingan, and that night Deidara infiltrates the Sand from the air until Gaara confronts him.","n":3,"romaji":"Shugyō no Seika","en":"The Results of Training","aired":"2007-02-22","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-246","naruto-247","naruto-248"],"id":"shippuden-3","pos":248},{"title":"The Jinchuriki of the Sand","summary":"Gaara chases Deidara with his sand and covers himself completely to defend. In Konoha, Kakashi chains elemental techniques together, and Naruto disarms him by threatening to spoil the ending of Jiraiya's new book.","n":4,"romaji":"Suna no Jinchūriki","en":"The Jinchuriki of the Sand","aired":"2007-03-01","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-248"],"id":"shippuden-4","pos":248},{"title":"The Kazekage Stands Tall","summary":"Tsunade officially forms Team Kakashi. Over the Sand, Gaara wounds Deidara, who responds by dropping an enormous clay bomb on the village while Kankurō trusts in his brother's self-control.","n":5,"romaji":"Kazekage to shite...!","en":"The Kazekage Stands Tall","aired":"2007-03-15","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-249"],"id":"shippuden-5","pos":249},{"title":"Mission Cleared","summary":"Gaara shields the whole village from the explosion with a wall of sand, but is left exhausted and Deidara captures him. In Konoha, over bowls of ramen, Naruto tells Iruka that he too will fulfill his dream.","n":6,"romaji":"Norumakuriā","en":"Mission Cleared","aired":"2007-03-29","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-248","naruto-249"],"id":"shippuden-6","pos":249},{"title":"Run, Kankuro","summary":"Sasori leaves traps that decimate the ninja pursuing Deidara. Kankurō saves two of them, catches up with the Akatsuki pair and is left alone facing Sasori with his puppets.","n":7,"romaji":"Hashire Kankurō","en":"Run, Kankuro","aired":"2007-03-29","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-250","naruto-251"],"id":"shippuden-7","pos":251},{"title":"Team Kakashi, Deployed","summary":"Sasori destroys Kankurō's puppets, poisons him and reveals he made those puppets himself. The Sand's urgent message reaches Konoha and Tsunade sends Team Kakashi to rescue Gaara.","n":8,"romaji":"Shutsugeki, Kakashi-han","en":"Team Kakashi, Deployed","aired":"2007-04-12","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-250"],"id":"shippuden-8","pos":251},{"title":"The Jinchuriki's Tears","summary":"Temari joins Team Kakashi and, on the way, everyone remembers Gaara's past. In the Sand no one can cure Kankurō, and the elders Chiyo and Ebizō learn of the Akatsuki's attack.","n":9,"romaji":"Jinchūriki no Namida","en":"The Jinchuriki's Tears","aired":"2007-04-12","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-251","naruto-252"],"id":"shippuden-9","pos":252},{"title":"Sealing Technique: Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals","summary":"The Akatsuki gathers in a cave to extract Shukaku from Gaara, a three-day process. Tsunade sends Team Guy as backup, and when they reach the Sand, Chiyo attacks Kakashi, mistaking him for his father.","n":10,"romaji":"Fūin Jutsu: Genryū Kyū Fūjin","en":"Sealing Technique: Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals","aired":"2007-04-19","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-252","naruto-253","naruto-254","naruto-255"],"id":"shippuden-10","pos":255},{"title":"The Medical Ninja's Student","summary":"Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, Sakura draws the poison out of Kankurō and prepares an antidote with what she learned from Tsunade. Pakkun memorizes Sasori's scent, and Kankurō asks Naruto to save his brother.","n":11,"romaji":"Iryō Ninja no Deshi","en":"The Medical Ninja's Student","aired":"2007-04-26","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-253","naruto-254","naruto-255"],"id":"shippuden-11","pos":255},{"title":"The Retired Granny's Determination","summary":"Chiyo decides to go with Team Kakashi and explains to them what the tailed beasts are. To buy time, the Akatsuki sends Itachi and Kisame to intercept the two Konoha teams.","n":12,"romaji":"Inkyo Babā no Ketsui","en":"The Retired Granny's Determination","aired":"2007-05-03","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-254","naruto-255","naruto-256"],"id":"shippuden-12","pos":256},{"title":"A Meeting With Destiny","summary":"Kisame traps Guy's students in water prisons and fights their teacher. Itachi wraps Naruto in illusions, and Naruto responds with a giant Rasengan without managing to beat him.","n":13,"romaji":"Innen Aimamieru","en":"A Meeting With Destiny","aired":"2007-05-10","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-256","naruto-257"],"id":"shippuden-13","pos":257},{"title":"Naruto's Growth","summary":"Naruto breaks Itachi's genjutsu thanks to his training with Jiraiya. Guy, cornered by Kisame and his chakra sharks, opens the Sixth Gate and defeats him with Morning Peacock.","n":14,"romaji":"Naruto no Seichō","en":"Naruto's Growth","aired":"2007-05-17","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-258","naruto-259"],"id":"shippuden-14","pos":259},{"title":"The Secret Weapon is Called....","summary":"Chiyo and Sakura help Naruto get free, and with Kakashi they defeat “Itachi”, who turns out to be Yura of the Sand. The same happens with “Kisame”: both were borrowed bodies used to delay them.","n":15,"romaji":"Kakushidama Nazukete","en":"The Secret Weapon is Called....","aired":"2007-05-24","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-260"],"id":"shippuden-15","pos":260},{"title":"The Secret of Jinchuriki","summary":"Chiyo explains that a jinchūriki dies when their tailed beast is extracted, and Naruto grows desperate to arrive in time. In the Sand, the council discusses replacing the Kazekage and Kankurō explodes.","n":16,"romaji":"Jinchūriki no Himitsu","en":"The Secret of Jinchuriki","aired":"2007-05-31","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-261"],"id":"shippuden-16","pos":261},{"title":"The Death of Gaara!","summary":"Chiyo confesses that she sealed Shukaku inside Gaara. The two teams reach the hideout as the Akatsuki finishes the extraction, and in the Sand, Gaara's photo cracks.","n":17,"romaji":"Gaara Shisu!","en":"The Death of Gaara!","aired":"2007-06-07","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-261","naruto-262"],"id":"shippuden-17","pos":262},{"title":"Charge Tactic! Button Hook Entry!!","summary":"Neji sees what is happening inside the cave with the Byakugan. The teams remove the barrier seals at the same time, Sakura smashes the rock at the entrance and they come face to face with Deidara and Sasori.","n":18,"romaji":"Totsunyū! Botan Fukku Entorī","en":"Charge Tactic! Button Hook Entry!!","aired":"2007-06-21","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-262","naruto-263"],"id":"shippuden-18","pos":263},{"title":"Traps Activate! Team Guy's Enemy","summary":"On removing the seals, Team Guy has to face copies of themselves. Deidara flees with Gaara's body, pursued by Naruto and Kakashi, and Sakura and Chiyo stay to face Sasori, the old woman's grandson.","n":19,"romaji":"Torappu Sadō! Gai-han no Teki","en":"Traps Activate! Team Guy's Enemy","aired":"2007-07-05","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-263","naruto-264"],"id":"shippuden-19","pos":264},{"title":"Hiruko vs. Two Kunoichi!","summary":"Chiyo guides Sakura to dodge the poisoned stingers of Hiruko, the puppet Sasori hides in. Sakura smashes it with a single punch and forces the real Sasori to show himself.","n":20,"romaji":"Hiruko vs. Futari no Kunoichi","en":"Hiruko vs. Two Kunoichi!","aired":"2007-07-19","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-264","naruto-265"],"id":"shippuden-20","pos":265},{"title":"Sasori's Real Face","summary":"Sasori reveals his youthful appearance and brings out the puppet of the Third Kazekage, whom he murdered years ago. Its hundreds of arms and poison gas push Sakura and Chiyo to the ropes.","n":21,"romaji":"Sasori no Sugao","en":"Sasori's Real Face","aired":"2007-07-26","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-266","naruto-267"],"id":"shippuden-21","pos":267},{"title":"Chiyo's Secret Skills","summary":"Sakura escapes the gas with an explosive tag and Chiyo summons “Father” and “Mother”, puppets of Sasori's parents. Her grandson answers with the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand.","n":22,"romaji":"Chiyo no Oku no Te","en":"Chiyo's Secret Skills","aired":"2007-08-02","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-267","naruto-268"],"id":"shippuden-22","pos":268},{"title":"Father and Mother","summary":"Chiyo protects Sakura with the parents' puppets and reproaches Sasori for creating them to fake a lost affection. Sakura understands that the Kazekage is a real and dangerous body.","n":23,"romaji":"Chichi\" to \"Haha","en":"Father and Mother","aired":"2007-08-02","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-268","naruto-269"],"id":"shippuden-23","pos":269},{"title":"The Third Kazekage","summary":"Sakura offers herself as Chiyo's puppet and, with the strength she learned from Tsunade, withstands the Iron Sand attacks until she smashes the Third Kazekage. Deidara starts running out of clay.","n":24,"romaji":"Sandaime Kazekage","en":"The Third Kazekage","aired":"2007-08-09","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-269","naruto-270"],"id":"shippuden-24","pos":270},{"title":"Three Minutes Between Life and Death","summary":"Sakura reveals that they carry an antidote that protects them for three minutes. Sasori shows that he turned his own body into a puppet, while Kakashi holds Naruto back and explains his plan against Deidara.","n":25,"romaji":"Sei to Shi no Sanpunkan","en":"Three Minutes Between Life and Death","aired":"2007-08-16","type":"mixto","chapters":["naruto-270","naruto-271"],"id":"shippuden-25","pos":271},{"title":"Puppet Fight: 10 vs. 100!","summary":"Sasori unleashes a hundred puppets and Chiyo answers with her ten best. In the chaos, Sakura pins him down, but he moves his core into another puppet and wounds her with a poisoned blade.","n":26,"romaji":"Jukki vs Hyakki","en":"Puppet Fight: 10 vs. 100!","aired":"2007-08-23","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-272","naruto-273"],"id":"shippuden-26","pos":273},{"title":"Impossible Dream","summary":"Chiyo tends to Sakura, and the parents' puppets pierce Sasori's heart. Before dying, he reveals that he has a spy close to Orochimaru and was due to meet him at the Tenchi Bridge.","n":27,"romaji":"Kanawanu Yume","en":"Impossible Dream","aired":"2007-08-30","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-274","naruto-275"],"id":"shippuden-27","pos":275},{"title":"Beasts: Alive Again!","summary":"Team Guy cannot beat their copies until they improvise new techniques the copies do not know. Chiyo, poisoned, refuses to return to the Sand because she still has something important to do.","n":28,"romaji":"Yomigaeru Kemono-tachi","en":"Beasts: Alive Again!","aired":"2007-09-13","type":"canon","chapters":[],"id":"shippuden-28","pos":275},{"title":"Kakashi Enlightened!","summary":"Kakashi tears off Deidara's arm with Kamui and Naruto brings down the clay bird. On seeing Gaara's lifeless body, rage overwhelms him and the Nine-Tails' chakra wraps him in two tails.","n":29,"romaji":"Kakashi Kaigan!","en":"Kakashi Enlightened!","aired":"2007-09-27","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-276","naruto-277"],"id":"shippuden-29","pos":277},{"title":"Aesthetics of an Instant","summary":"Kakashi calms Naruto with Jiraiya's seal and saves everyone from Deidara's self-destruction with Kamui. As they mourn Gaara, Chiyo begins a technique that trades her life for his.","n":30,"romaji":"Shunkan no Bigaku","en":"Aesthetics of an Instant","aired":"2007-09-27","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-277","naruto-278"],"id":"shippuden-30","pos":278},{"title":"The Legacy","summary":"Chiyo dies after bringing Gaara back to life, though not before leaving him a message about the future of the villages. Gaara wakes surrounded by Sand and Konoha ninja celebrating his return.","n":31,"romaji":"Tsugareyukumono","en":"The Legacy","aired":"2007-10-18","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-279","naruto-280"],"id":"shippuden-31","pos":280},{"title":"Return of the Kazekage","summary":"Deidara survives and meets Tobi, a masked man who joins the Akatsuki with Sasori's ring. The Sand bids farewell to Chiyo and the teams return to Konoha, where an elder assigns Sai to Team Kakashi.","n":32,"romaji":"Kazekage no Kikan","en":"Return of the Kazekage","aired":"2007-10-25","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-280","naruto-281"],"id":"shippuden-32","pos":281}],"chapters":[{"title":"Homecoming!!","summary":"Two and a half years later, Naruto returns to Konoha. He reunites with Kakashi, Sakura and Konohamaru, and Kakashi proposes repeating the bell test with Team 7.","n":245,"en":"Homecoming!!","volume":28,"id":"naruto-245","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":245,"episodes":["shippuden-1","shippuden-2"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["jiraiya","Jiraiya"],["sakura","Sakura"],["konohamaru","Konohamaru"],["tsunade","Tsunade"]]},{"title":"My, How They've Grown!!","summary":"Kakashi repeats the bell test with Naruto and Sakura, this time with his Sharingan uncovered from the start. After hours of fighting, Naruto threatens to spoil his book's ending, and that is how they get the bells.","n":246,"en":"My, How They've Grown!!","volume":28,"id":"naruto-246","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":246,"episodes":["shippuden-2","shippuden-3"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["sakura","Sakura"],["kakashi","Kakashi"]]},{"title":"Intruders in the Sand","summary":"Naruto tours Konoha with Sakura and discovers that all his classmates are now chūnin and that Gaara is the Fifth Kazekage. In Suna, Yūra, a sleeper agent, opens the way for Sasori and Deidara.","n":247,"en":"Intruders in the Sand","volume":28,"id":"naruto-247","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":247,"episodes":["shippuden-2","shippuden-3"],"cast":[["sakura","Sakura"],["naruto","Naruto"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["temari","Temari"],["gaara","Gaara"],["yura","Yura"],["sasori","Sasori"],["deidara","Deidara"]]},{"title":"The Sand Strike Back...!!","summary":"Deidara enters Suna riding a clay bird and Gaara meets him in the air at once. The Kazekage's sand blocks all his attacks and ends up crushing his left arm.","n":248,"en":"The Sand Strike Back...!!","volume":28,"id":"naruto-248","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":248,"episodes":["shippuden-3","shippuden-4","shippuden-6"],"cast":[["deidara","Deidara"],["gaara","Gaara"]]},{"title":"The Kazekage Stands Tall...!!","summary":"Deidara drops a huge bomb on the village and Gaara stops it with his sand while the villagers, who once feared him, cheer him on. Exhausted from protecting everyone, Gaara falls into Deidara's hands.","n":249,"en":"The Kazekage Stands Tall...!!","volume":28,"id":"naruto-249","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":249,"episodes":["shippuden-5","shippuden-6"],"cast":[["gaara","Gaara"],["deidara","Deidara"],["kankuro","Kankurō"]]},{"title":"New Squad, First Mission!!","summary":"Deidara carries off the unconscious Gaara and Kankurō goes after him until he faces Sasori. In Konoha, Tsunade gives the new Team Kakashi its first mission: go to Suna to help rescue the Kazekage.","n":250,"en":"New Squad, First Mission!!","volume":28,"id":"naruto-250","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":250,"episodes":["shippuden-7","shippuden-8"],"cast":[["deidara","Deidara"],["gaara","Gaara"],["kankuro","Kankurō"],["sasori","Sasori"],["naruto","Naruto"],["tsunade","Tsunade"]]},{"title":"To the Sand...!!","summary":"Sasori wrecks Kankurō's puppets and leaves him poisoned, with three days to live. Jiraiya warns Naruto before he leaves and, on the way, the team runs into Temari.","n":251,"en":"To the Sand...!!","volume":28,"id":"naruto-251","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":251,"episodes":["shippuden-7","shippuden-9"],"cast":[["kankuro","Kankurō"],["sasori","Sasori"],["deidara","Deidara"],["jiraiya","Jiraiya"],["naruto","Naruto"],["temari","Temari"]]},{"title":"Feelings Run Wild...!!","summary":"Temari joins the team on hearing of the abduction, and Naruto is outraged that the Akatsuki hunts jinchūriki. In Suna, Granny Chiyo agrees to treat Kankurō when she learns the culprit is her grandson Sasori.","n":252,"en":"Feelings Run Wild...!!","volume":28,"id":"naruto-252","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":252,"episodes":["shippuden-9","shippuden-10"],"cast":[["temari","Temari"],["gaara","Gaara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["sakura","Sakura"],["itachi","Itachi"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"],["baki","Baki"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["kankuro","Kankurō"],["sasori","Sasori"],["ebizo","Ebizō"]]},{"title":"Reinforcements...!!","summary":"Chiyo cannot cure Kankurō, but Sakura, Tsunade's student, draws the poison out of his body and starts preparing antidotes. From Konoha, Tsunade sends Guy's team as backup.","n":253,"en":"Reinforcements...!!","volume":28,"id":"naruto-253","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":253,"episodes":["shippuden-10","shippuden-11"],"cast":[["chiyo","Chiyo"],["kankuro","Kankurō"],["tsunade","Tsunade"],["sasori","Sasori"],["temari","Temari"],["sakura","Sakura"],["gaara","Gaara"]]},{"title":"Siblings...!!","summary":"Sakura prepares three antidotes, and Kankurō, now recovered, gives the team a scrap of Sasori's clothing to track him. Chiyo decides to go with them, and the Akatsuki gathers to extract Shukaku from Gaara.","n":254,"en":"Siblings...!!","volume":29,"id":"naruto-254","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":254,"episodes":["shippuden-10","shippuden-11","shippuden-12"],"cast":[["kankuro","Kankurō"],["sakura","Sakura"],["sasori","Sasori"],["gaara","Gaara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["temari","Temari"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["deidara","Deidara"],["shukaku","Shukaku"]]},{"title":"Approach...!!","summary":"The Akatsuki begins extracting Shukaku, which will take three days. Pakkun guides Guy's team toward the Land of Rivers, but Kisame blocks their way and is offended that Guy does not remember him.","n":255,"en":"Approach...!!","volume":29,"id":"naruto-255","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":255,"episodes":["shippuden-10","shippuden-11","shippuden-12"],"cast":[["shukaku","Shukaku"],["gaara","Gaara"],["pakkun","Pakkun"],["zetsu-negro","Hombre planta · mitad negra"],["zetsu-blanco","Hombre planta · mitad blanca"],["kisame","Kisame"]]},{"title":"Enemies!!","summary":"Kisame floods the terrain with water and attacks Guy's team. Meanwhile, Chiyo explains to Sakura that the Akatsuki is after the tailed beasts, and Itachi is sent to stop Team Kakashi.","n":256,"en":"Enemies!!","volume":29,"id":"naruto-256","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":256,"episodes":["shippuden-12","shippuden-13"],"cast":[["kisame","Kisame"],["guy","Might Guy"],["gaara","Gaara"],["sakura","Sakura"],["naruto","Naruto"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["zetsu-negro","Hombre planta · mitad negra"],["zetsu-blanco","Hombre planta · mitad blanca"],["itachi","Itachi"]]},{"title":"Kakashi Comes Through","summary":"Kakashi warns everyone not to look Itachi in the eyes and asks him how much his sight has deteriorated. On the other front, Kisame traps Guy's students in water prisons.","n":257,"en":"Kakashi Comes Through","volume":29,"id":"naruto-257","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":257,"episodes":["shippuden-13"],"cast":[["itachi","Itachi"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["kisame","Kisame"],["guy","Might Guy"]]},{"title":"Guy vs. Kisame!!","summary":"Naruto falls into one of Itachi's genjutsu despite his precautions. Guy opens the sixth of the Eight Gates and defeats Kisame with Morning Peacock, but the fallen body puzzles his team.","n":258,"en":"Guy vs. Kisame!!","volume":29,"id":"naruto-258","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":258,"episodes":["shippuden-14"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["itachi","Itachi"],["guy","Might Guy"],["kisame","Kisame"],["neji","Neji"]]},{"title":"The Power of Itachi...!!","summary":"Itachi traps Naruto in an illusion where he tortures him with images of Sasuke, Sakura and Gaara, whom he cannot save. Sakura and Chiyo free him and Kakashi asks for his help with the attack.","n":259,"en":"The Power of Itachi...!!","volume":29,"id":"naruto-259","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":259,"episodes":["shippuden-14"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["itachi","Itachi"],["jiraiya","Jiraiya"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["sakura","Sakura"],["gaara","Gaara"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["kakashi","Kakashi"]]},{"title":"Kakashi vs. Itachi!!","summary":"Kakashi distracts Itachi with a shadow clone and Naruto hits him with a giant Rasengan. The corpse turns out to be a borrowed body, like Kisame's, and both teams press on toward the hideout.","n":260,"en":"Kakashi vs. Itachi!!","volume":29,"id":"naruto-260","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":260,"episodes":["shippuden-15"],"cast":[["itachi","Itachi"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kisame","Kisame"],["shukaku","Shukaku"],["gaara","Gaara"]]},{"title":"Jinchûriki Host...!!","summary":"Chiyo explains what jinchūriki are and that they die if their tailed beast is extracted. Sakura worries about Naruto, while the Akatsuki finishes pulling out Shukaku just as Guy's team reaches the entrance.","n":261,"en":"Jinchûriki Host...!!","volume":29,"id":"naruto-261","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":261,"episodes":["shippuden-16","shippuden-17"],"cast":[["sakura","Sakura"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["gaara","Gaara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["shukaku","Shukaku"]]},{"title":"Naruto Charges On...!!","summary":"Naruto speeds up to arrive in time, and Kakashi explains to Chiyo that Naruto shares Gaara's condition as a jinchūriki. Moved, Chiyo confesses that she sealed Shukaku into Gaara and doubts she did the right thing.","n":262,"en":"Naruto Charges On...!!","volume":29,"id":"naruto-262","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":262,"episodes":["shippuden-17","shippuden-18"],"cast":[["gaara","Gaara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["shukaku","Shukaku"],["kurama-biju","Zorro de Nueve Colas"]]},{"title":"Rage...!!","summary":"To break the hideout's barrier, Guy's team removes five seals at once, but each member ends up facing a copy of themselves. Team Kakashi goes in and finds Sasori and Deidara next to Gaara.","n":263,"en":"Rage...!!","volume":30,"id":"naruto-263","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":263,"episodes":["shippuden-18","shippuden-19"],"cast":[["sasori","Sasori"],["deidara","Deidara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kurama-biju","Zorro de Nueve Colas"],["gaara","Gaara"]]},{"title":"Sasori's Masterpiece...!!","summary":"Deidara announces that Gaara is already dead and flees with his body; Naruto and Kakashi give chase. Chiyo and Sakura stay to face Sasori, who sheds his cloak to reveal a body with a scorpion tail.","n":264,"en":"Sasori's Masterpiece...!!","volume":30,"id":"naruto-264","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":264,"episodes":["shippuden-19","shippuden-20"],"cast":[["deidara","Deidara"],["gaara","Gaara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["sakura","Sakura"],["sasori","Sasori"]]},{"title":"Granny Chiyo & Sakura","summary":"Chiyo reveals that Sasori hides inside Hiruko, a puppet he uses as armor, and that his weapons are poisoned. Secretly guided by Chiyo, Sakura dodges the attacks and destroys Hiruko.","n":265,"en":"Granny Chiyo & Sakura","volume":30,"id":"naruto-265","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":265,"episodes":["shippuden-20"],"cast":[["chiyo","Chiyo"],["sakura","Sakura"],["sasori","Sasori"],["deidara","Deidara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kakashi","Kakashi"]]},{"title":"Sasori Revealed...!!","summary":"Suna's council debates whether rescuing Gaara is worth it. Sasori discovers that Chiyo is guiding Sakura with chakra threads, emerges from the wreckage looking like a boy and brings out his Third Kazekage puppet.","n":266,"en":"Sasori Revealed...!!","volume":30,"id":"naruto-266","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":266,"episodes":["shippuden-21"],"cast":[["gaara","Gaara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["deidara","Deidara"],["sasori","Sasori"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["sakura","Sakura"]]},{"title":"Fierce Determination...!!","summary":"Chiyo realizes that Sasori was behind the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, now turned into a puppet. Overwhelmed by his poisoned attacks, she brings out Mother and Father, her grandson's first puppets.","n":267,"en":"Fierce Determination...!!","volume":30,"id":"naruto-267","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":267,"episodes":["shippuden-21","shippuden-22"],"cast":[["chiyo","Chiyo"],["sasori","Sasori"],["sakura","Sakura"]]},{"title":"Puppet Masters!!","summary":"The Mother and Father puppets, created by Sasori in the image of his dead parents, outmatch the Third Kazekage in close combat. But the puppet keeps its Iron Sand and uses it to neutralize them.","n":268,"en":"Puppet Masters!!","volume":30,"id":"naruto-268","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":268,"episodes":["shippuden-22","shippuden-23"],"cast":[["sasori","Sasori"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["sakura","Sakura"]]},{"title":"What Can I Do...?!","summary":"Chiyo stops the Iron Sand with a shield on her arm, which is left useless. Sakura offers to be her puppet, and with Chiyo's guidance and her own strength she manages to counter the Third Kazekage.","n":269,"en":"What Can I Do...?!","volume":30,"id":"naruto-269","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":269,"episodes":["shippuden-23","shippuden-24"],"cast":[["chiyo","Chiyo"],["sakura","Sakura"],["sasori","Sasori"]]},{"title":"Miscalculation...!!","summary":"Temari and Kankurō set out to help with the rescue. Sasori fills the place with poisoned Iron Sand and wounds Sakura, who gets up and destroys the Kazekage: she had injected herself with the antidote and is immune for three minutes.","n":270,"en":"Miscalculation...!!","volume":30,"id":"naruto-270","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":270,"episodes":["shippuden-24","shippuden-25"],"cast":[["temari","Temari"],["kankuro","Kankurō"],["gaara","Gaara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["deidara","Deidara"],["sasori","Sasori"],["sakura","Sakura"],["chiyo","Chiyo"]]},{"title":"Unknown Power...!!","summary":"Kakashi calms Naruto so they can attack Deidara together. Sasori discovers that Sakura is a medical ninja, sheds his robe to show that his own body is a puppet and goes straight for Chiyo.","n":271,"en":"Unknown Power...!!","volume":30,"id":"naruto-271","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":271,"episodes":["shippuden-25"],"cast":[["kakashi","Kakashi"],["naruto","Naruto"],["deidara","Deidara"],["sasori","Sasori"],["sakura","Sakura"],["chiyo","Chiyo"]]},{"title":"Granny Chiyo vs. Sasori...!!","summary":"Sakura smashes Sasori with one punch, but he pulls himself back together. Chiyo brings out ten legendary puppets and Sasori answers with the hundred-puppet technique he used to conquer a country.","n":272,"en":"Granny Chiyo vs. Sasori...!!","volume":31,"id":"naruto-272","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":272,"episodes":["shippuden-26"],"cast":[["sakura","Sakura"],["sasori","Sasori"],["chiyo","Chiyo"]]},{"title":"Final Battle...!!","summary":"Chiyo's ten puppets are overwhelmed by numbers. Sakura pins Sasori's body with a chakra-blocking seal, but another Sasori rises behind Chiyo and Sakura steps in front of his sword.","n":273,"en":"Final Battle...!!","volume":31,"id":"naruto-273","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":273,"episodes":["shippuden-26"],"cast":[["chiyo","Chiyo"],["sasori","Sasori"],["sakura","Sakura"]]},{"title":"Impossible Dream","summary":"Poisoned, Sakura holds Sasori's sword; Chiyo injects her with the last antidote and pierces her grandson's core with Mother and Father. Then she begins transferring her own life energy to Sakura.","n":274,"en":"Impossible Dream","volume":31,"id":"naruto-274","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":274,"episodes":["shippuden-27"],"cast":[["sakura","Sakura"],["sasori","Sasori"],["chiyo","Chiyo"]]},{"title":"Reward...!!","summary":"Before dying in the embrace of Mother and Father, Sasori reveals to Sakura that he has a spy close to Orochimaru and a meeting with him at the Tenchi Bridge. 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Naruto takes the chance to destroy the clay bird, recovers Gaara's body and a clone ambushes Deidara on the ground.","n":276,"en":"New Sharingan!!","volume":31,"id":"naruto-276","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":276,"episodes":["shippuden-29"],"cast":[["kakashi","Kakashi"],["naruto","Naruto"],["deidara","Deidara"],["gaara","Gaara"]]},{"title":"The Ultimate Art...!!","summary":"The Deidara Naruto punches turns out to be a clay clone, and Kakashi holds back the Nine-Tails' chakra cloak with a seal of Jiraiya's. Cornered by everyone, Deidara swallows clay to blow himself up.","n":277,"en":"The Ultimate Art...!!","volume":31,"id":"naruto-277","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":277,"episodes":["shippuden-29","shippuden-30"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["deidara","Deidara"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["jiraiya","Jiraiya"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["sakura","Sakura"],["sasori","Sasori"]]},{"title":"The Death of Gaara","summary":"Kakashi sends Deidara's explosion to another dimension with Kamui and collapses, exhausted. Sakura tries to revive Gaara without success, Naruto weeps and lashes out at Chiyo, and she decides to use her life transfer technique.","n":278,"en":"The Death of Gaara","volume":31,"id":"naruto-278","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":278,"episodes":["shippuden-30"],"cast":[["kakashi","Kakashi"],["deidara","Deidara"],["sakura","Sakura"],["gaara","Gaara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["shukaku","Shukaku"]]},{"title":"Power & Miracles...!!","summary":"Chiyo's chakra is not enough and Naruto lends her his, unaware of what it costs her. Before finishing, the old woman asks him to keep bringing the villages together, and Gaara wakes surrounded by Suna's ninja.","n":279,"en":"Power & Miracles...!!","volume":31,"id":"naruto-279","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":279,"episodes":["shippuden-31"],"cast":[["chiyo","Chiyo"],["gaara","Gaara"],["naruto","Naruto"],["sakura","Sakura"]]},{"title":"Trust!!","summary":"Suna celebrates Gaara's return, but Naruto discovers that Chiyo gave her life for him and everyone observes a minute of silence. Deidara looks for his arm, and Tobi picks up Sasori's ring to join the Akatsuki.","n":280,"en":"Trust!!","volume":31,"id":"naruto-280","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":280,"episodes":["shippuden-31","shippuden-32"],"cast":[["gaara","Gaara"],["temari","Temari"],["kankuro","Kankurō"],["naruto","Naruto"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["hiruzen","Hiruzen"],["deidara","Deidara"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["zetsu-negro","Hombre planta · mitad negra"],["zetsu-blanco","Hombre planta · mitad blanca"],["sasori","Sasori"]]},{"title":"The Search for Sasuke!!","summary":"After Chiyo's funeral, Naruto and Gaara say goodbye with a handshake, and Guy carries Kakashi back to Konoha. Tobi recovers Deidara's arm, and a young man named Sai is assigned to Team 7.","n":281,"en":"The Search for Sasuke!!","volume":32,"id":"naruto-281","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":281,"episodes":["shippuden-32"],"cast":[["gaara","Gaara"],["shizune","Shizune"],["tsunade","Tsunade"],["naruto","Naruto"],["chiyo","Chiyo"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["guy","Might Guy"],["deidara","Deidara"],["sai","Sai"],["danzo","Danzō"]]}]}