{"id":"supresion-de-akatsuki","summary":"Hidan and Kakuzu, the Akatsuki's hardest pair to kill, kill Asuma Sarutobi. Shikamaru leads the response with his team and Kakashi.\n\nNaruto debuts the Rasenshuriken, a new technique that damages his own arm, and Shikamaru settles the matter with Hidan his own way.","episodes":[{"title":"The Quietly Approaching Threat","summary":"Asuma visits the Third Hokage's grave and Tsunade receives news of new Akatsuki attacks. Yugito Nii, the Two-Tails' jinchūriki, releases her tailed beast, but Hidan and Kakuzu defeat her.","n":72,"romaji":"Shinobiyoru kyōi","en":"The Quietly Approaching Threat","aired":"2008-08-21","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-312","naruto-313","naruto-314"],"id":"shippuden-72","pos":318},{"title":"Akatsuki's Invasion","summary":"Hidan and Kakuzu attack the Fire Temple and Hidan kills Chiriku to collect his bounty. Naruto moves on to the next stage of his training: cutting a waterfall with wind chakra.","n":73,"romaji":"Akatsuki shinkō","en":"Akatsuki's Invasion","aired":"2008-08-28","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-314","naruto-318"],"id":"shippuden-73","pos":318},{"title":"Under the Starry Sky","summary":"Tsunade sends twenty squads to hunt the Akatsuki pair; Asuma sets out with Shikamaru, Izumo and Kotetsu. That night Sakura cries before Team 7's photo and Naruto clears the second stage.","n":74,"romaji":"Hoshizora no moto de","en":"Under the Starry Sky","aired":"2008-09-04","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-318","naruto-319"],"id":"shippuden-74","pos":319},{"title":"The Old Monk's Prayer","summary":"Asuma's team mourns Chiriku and deduces where his body will be taken. Hidan and Kakuzu argue about faith and money, and Kakashi surprises Naruto by showing him he can use the Rasengan too.","n":75,"romaji":"Rōsō no inori","en":"The Old Monk's Prayer","aired":"2008-09-11","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-320","naruto-321"],"id":"shippuden-75","pos":321},{"title":"The Next Step","summary":"Kakashi explains that no one, not even the Fourth Hokage, managed to add an elemental nature to the Rasengan. The effort nearly awakens the Nine-Tails in Naruto, and Kakuzu collects the bounty on Chiriku.","n":76,"romaji":"Tsuginaru Suteppu","en":"The Next Step","aired":"2008-09-25","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-320","naruto-321","naruto-322"],"id":"shippuden-76","pos":322},{"title":"Climbing Silver","summary":"Asuma's team ambushes Hidan, but not even mortal wounds stop him. Hidan tastes Asuma's blood, draws a circle on the ground and begins his ritual while Asuma engulfs him in flames.","n":77,"romaji":"Bōgin","en":"Climbing Silver","aired":"2008-09-25","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-322","naruto-323"],"id":"shippuden-77","pos":323},{"title":"The Judgment","summary":"Asuma discovers that any harm Hidan takes inside the circle, he suffers too. Shikamaru drags Hidan out of the circle with his shadow and Asuma seizes the chance to behead him.","n":78,"romaji":"Kudasareta sabaki","en":"The Judgment","aired":"2008-10-02","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-323","naruto-324","naruto-325"],"id":"shippuden-78","pos":325},{"title":"Unfulfilled Scream","summary":"Hidan is still alive without his body and Kakuzu sews him back together. Kakuzu catches Izumo and Kotetsu, and Hidan, back in the circle, stabs himself to mortally wound Asuma in front of Shikamaru.","n":79,"romaji":"Todokanu zekkyō","en":"Unfulfilled Scream","aired":"2008-10-02","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-325","naruto-326"],"id":"shippuden-79","pos":326},{"title":"Last Words","summary":"Reinforcements arrive, but Hidan and Kakuzu withdraw on their leader's orders. Ino cannot heal Asuma, who says goodbye to his students, tells Shikamaru who the “king” is and smokes his last cigarette.","n":80,"romaji":"Saigo no kotoba","en":"Last Words","aired":"2008-10-16","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-327","naruto-328"],"id":"shippuden-80","pos":328},{"title":"Sad News","summary":"Naruto grows frustrated with the wind Rasengan, and the Akatsuki seals the Two-Tails while its leader lays out his plans. News of Asuma's death reaches Konoha and Shikamaru goes to tell Kurenai.","n":81,"romaji":"Kanashiki shirase","en":"Sad News","aired":"2008-10-23","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-329","naruto-330"],"id":"shippuden-81","pos":330},{"title":"Team Ten","summary":"Konoha says goodbye to Asuma, but Shikamaru misses the funeral. Playing shōgi with his father, he sorts out his emotions and plans his revenge; Kakashi joins Team 10 as its leader.","n":82,"romaji":"Daijuppan","en":"Team Ten","aired":"2008-10-30","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-330","naruto-331"],"id":"shippuden-82","pos":331},{"title":"Target: Locked On","summary":"Tsunade promises to send Team 7 as backup if Naruto finishes his technique. Yugito dies after the extraction, and Team 10 ambushes Hidan and Kakuzu with Asuma's blades and Shikamaru's shadow.","n":83,"romaji":"Tāgetto Rokkuon","en":"Target: Locked On","aired":"2008-11-06","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-331","naruto-332","naruto-333"],"id":"shippuden-83","pos":333},{"title":"Kakuzu's Abilities","summary":"Kakuzu's hardened skin withstands Chōji's attack, and Kakashi's Chidori only destroys one of his hearts. Kakuzu unleashes masked creatures that fire wind, lightning and fire techniques.","n":84,"romaji":"Kakuzu no nōryoku","en":"Kakuzu's Abilities","aired":"2008-11-13","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-333","naruto-334"],"id":"shippuden-84","pos":334},{"title":"The Terrifying Secret","summary":"Shikamaru discovers that Kakuzu has five hearts and separates Hidan by dragging him with his shadow into a mined forest. There the technique runs out, and Hidan tastes Shikamaru's blood to begin the ritual.","n":85,"romaji":"Osorubeki himitsu","en":"The Terrifying Secret","aired":"2008-11-20","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-335","naruto-336"],"id":"shippuden-85","pos":336},{"title":"Shikamaru's Genius","summary":"Hidan's ritual destroys one of Kakuzu's hearts: Shikamaru had made him drink his partner's blood. Kakuzu corners Kakashi, Ino and Chōji until Naruto and Yamato arrive with a combined technique.","n":86,"romaji":"Shikamaru no Sai","en":"Shikamaru's Genius","aired":"2008-12-04","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-336","naruto-337"],"id":"shippuden-86","pos":337},{"title":"When You Curse Someone, You Dig Your Own Grave","summary":"Shikamaru blows Hidan up and buries him in the Nara clan forest to avenge Asuma. Meanwhile, Naruto prepares to debut the Rasenshuriken against Kakuzu.","n":87,"romaji":"Hito o norowaba ana futatsu","en":"When You Curse Someone, You Dig Your Own Grave","aired":"2008-12-04","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-338","naruto-339"],"id":"shippuden-87","pos":339},{"title":"Wind Style: Rasen Shuriken!","summary":"The first Rasenshuriken dissipates before impact, but the second, hidden behind clones, hits Kakuzu and destroys his hearts. Shikamaru seals Hidan's grave and everyone regroups.","n":88,"romaji":"Fūton: Rasenshuriken!","en":"Wind Style: Rasen Shuriken!","aired":"2008-12-11","type":"canon","chapters":["naruto-339","naruto-340","naruto-341","naruto-342"],"id":"shippuden-88","pos":342}],"chapters":[{"title":"Nicknames","summary":"Sai reads books about making friends and tries out nicknames, starting by calling Sakura “ugly”, which makes her furious. At the hospital, Kakashi hears the team's report and proposes training only Naruto can do.","n":311,"en":"Nicknames","volume":35,"id":"naruto-311","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":311,"episodes":["shippuden-54"],"cast":[["sai","Sai"],["sakura","Sakura"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["sasuke","Sasuke"]]},{"title":"The Impending Menace!!","summary":"Kakashi announces that Naruto will create a new technique, but Team 10 interrupts to invite them to lunch. Sai calls Ino “gorgeous” and infuriates Sakura, while Hidan and Kakuzu, of the Akatsuki, attack Yugito Nii.","n":312,"en":"The Impending Menace!!","volume":35,"id":"naruto-312","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":312,"episodes":["shippuden-54","shippuden-71","shippuden-72"],"cast":[["kakashi","Kakashi"],["naruto","Naruto"],["asuma","Asuma"],["sai","Sai"],["choji","Chōji"],["ino","Ino"],["sakura","Sakura"],["hidan","Hidan"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["yugito","Yugito"]]},{"title":"The New Two!!","summary":"Yugito traps Hidan and Kakuzu and transforms into the Two-Tails, but they defeat her. In Konoha, Asuma tries to tell Kakashi something and is interrupted by Kurenai, and the Akatsuki pair sets out for the Land of Fire.","n":313,"en":"The New Two!!","volume":35,"id":"naruto-313","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":313,"episodes":["shippuden-72"],"cast":[["yugito","Yugito"],["hidan","Hidan"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["matatabi","Dos Colas"],["asuma","Asuma"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["kurenai","Kurenai"]]},{"title":"The Akatsuki Strikes...!!","summary":"Hidan and Kakuzu destroy the Fire Temple and kill the monk Chiriku to collect his bounty. Meanwhile, Kakashi explains nature and shape transformation to Naruto, and Asuma visits his father's grave.","n":314,"en":"The Akatsuki Strikes...!!","volume":35,"id":"naruto-314","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":314,"episodes":["shippuden-55","shippuden-72","shippuden-73"],"cast":[["zetsu-negro","Hombre planta · mitad negra"],["zetsu-blanco","Hombre planta · mitad blanca"],["yugito","Yugito"],["hidan","Hidan"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["chiriku","Chiriku"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["naruto","Naruto"],["asuma","Asuma"],["hiruzen","Hiruzen"]]},{"title":"Special Drills!!","summary":"Kakashi reveals that shadow clones pass on what they learn to the original, which lets Naruto train hundreds of times faster thanks to the Nine-Tails' chakra. A paper test shows that his nature is wind.","n":315,"en":"Special Drills!!","volume":35,"id":"naruto-315","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":315,"episodes":["shippuden-55"],"cast":[["kakashi","Kakashi"],["kurama-biju","Zorro de Nueve Colas"],["yamato","Yamato"]]},{"title":"Let the Training Begin!!","summary":"Naruto and hundreds of clones try to cut leaves with wind chakra. Playing shōgi, Asuma sacrifices a knight to protect the king and tells Shikamaru he is wrong to think the king is the Hokage.","n":316,"en":"Let the Training Begin!!","volume":35,"id":"naruto-316","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":316,"episodes":["shippuden-55","shippuden-71"],"cast":[["kakashi","Kakashi"],["yamato","Yamato"],["naruto","Naruto"],["asuma","Asuma"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"]]},{"title":"Nightmares!!","summary":"Deidara and his new partner, Tobi, face the Three-Tails. Asuma explains wind's cutting power to one of Naruto's clones, and Tsunade, on learning of the attack on the Fire Temple, assembles the Twenty Platoons.","n":317,"en":"Nightmares!!","volume":35,"id":"naruto-317","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":317,"episodes":["shippuden-56","shippuden-112"],"cast":[["deidara","Deidara"],["isobu","Tres Colas"],["asuma","Asuma"],["tsunade","Tsunade"]]},{"title":"Smooth Training","summary":"Deidara and Tobi capture the Three-Tails and argue over the credit. Naruto manages to split a leaf and moves on to cutting a waterfall, while Asuma decides to take his team after Hidan and Kakuzu.","n":318,"en":"Smooth Training","volume":35,"id":"naruto-318","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":318,"episodes":["shippuden-56","shippuden-73","shippuden-74","shippuden-112"],"cast":[["deidara","Deidara"],["isobu","Tres Colas"],["naruto","Naruto"],["yamato","Yamato"],["tsunade","Tsunade"],["hidan","Hidan"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["asuma","Asuma"],["chiriku","Chiriku"]]},{"title":"Driving Force","summary":"Asuma leaves on his mission and Kurenai watches him go. Naruto cannot affect the waterfall and asks for a bigger one to use more clones; driven to catch up with Sasuke, he trains all night until he cuts it.","n":319,"en":"Driving Force","volume":35,"id":"naruto-319","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":319,"episodes":["shippuden-74"],"cast":[["asuma","Asuma"],["kurenai","Kurenai"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["yamato","Yamato"]]},{"title":"Bounties...!!","summary":"Asuma's platoon visits the Fire Temple and deduces that the Akatsuki took Chiriku's body to collect on it, so they head for the nearest bounty office. Kakashi takes an exhausted Naruto to Ichiraku.","n":320,"en":"Bounties...!!","volume":36,"id":"naruto-320","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":320,"episodes":["shippuden-75","shippuden-76"],"cast":[["asuma","Asuma"],["chiriku","Chiriku"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kakashi","Kakashi"]]},{"title":"Honey-Tongued...!!","summary":"Kakashi explains that Naruto must combine his wind with the Rasengan, something neither he nor the Fourth Hokage achieved, and trusts that he will do it. Shikamaru notices that Asuma has not smoked since Chiriku's death.","n":321,"en":"Honey-Tongued...!!","volume":36,"id":"naruto-321","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":321,"episodes":["shippuden-75","shippuden-76"],"cast":[["kakashi","Kakashi"],["naruto","Naruto"],["minato","Minato"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["asuma","Asuma"],["chiriku","Chiriku"]]},{"title":"Unkillable","summary":"Naruto's clones get so frustrated trying to combine wind and Rasengan that some lose control and Yamato has to calm them. Asuma, Shikamaru, Izumo and Kotetsu ambush Hidan, who shrugs off a mortal wound.","n":322,"en":"Unkillable","volume":36,"id":"naruto-322","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":322,"episodes":["shippuden-76","shippuden-77"],"cast":[["asuma","Asuma"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kurama-biju","Zorro de Nueve Colas"],["yamato","Yamato"],["hidan","Hidan"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["izumo","Izumo"],["kotetsu","Kotetsu"]]},{"title":"Judgment!!","summary":"Hidan turns out to be immortal and Kakuzu frees him from Shikamaru's shadow. Hidan draws a symbol in his blood, wounds Asuma with his three-bladed scythe, licks his blood and his body transforms.","n":323,"en":"Judgment!!","volume":36,"id":"naruto-323","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":323,"episodes":["shippuden-77","shippuden-78"],"cast":[["izumo","Izumo"],["kotetsu","Kotetsu"],["hidan","Hidan"],["asuma","Asuma"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"]]},{"title":"Shikamaru's Analysis!!","summary":"Asuma finds that every wound Hidan takes, even the ones he inflicts on himself, Asuma suffers too. Shikamaru catches Hidan with his shadow before he stabs his heart and analyzes how his ritual works.","n":324,"en":"Shikamaru's Analysis!!","volume":36,"id":"naruto-324","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":324,"episodes":["shippuden-78"],"cast":[["hidan","Hidan"],["asuma","Asuma"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"]]},{"title":"There Won't Be a Later...!","summary":"Shikamaru deduces that the link depends on the blood and on Hidan standing within the symbol, so he pulls him out of it. Asuma confirms the theory and beheads him, though Hidan's head keeps talking.","n":325,"en":"There Won't Be a Later...!","volume":36,"id":"naruto-325","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":325,"episodes":["shippuden-78","shippuden-79"],"cast":[["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["hidan","Hidan"],["asuma","Asuma"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"]]},{"title":"The Pain You Desire...!!","summary":"Kakuzu sews Hidan's head back onto his body and blocks the team's retreat. Asuma takes a scythe blow without noticing Hidan has returned to Jashin's symbol, and Hidan pierces his own heart.","n":326,"en":"The Pain You Desire...!!","volume":36,"id":"naruto-326","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":326,"episodes":["shippuden-79"],"cast":[["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["hidan","Hidan"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["asuma","Asuma"],["izumo","Izumo"],["kotetsu","Kotetsu"]]},{"title":"Amidst Despair...","summary":"Asuma falls while his students watch helplessly. Aoba and Raidō arrive to hold off Kakuzu, who wants to collect on Asuma's head, until the Akatsuki's leader calls the pair back.","n":327,"en":"Amidst Despair...","volume":36,"id":"naruto-327","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":327,"episodes":["shippuden-80"],"cast":[["asuma","Asuma"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["izumo","Izumo"],["kotetsu","Kotetsu"],["aoba","Aoba"],["raido","Raidō"],["choji","Chōji"],["ino","Ino"]]},{"title":"Cell Number 10","summary":"Ino cannot heal Asuma, who says goodbye to his students: he asks Ino to look after the others, Chōji to diet without losing his kindness, and secretly tells Shikamaru who the king is. Then he dies smoking.","n":328,"en":"Cell Number 10","volume":36,"id":"naruto-328","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":328,"episodes":["shippuden-80"],"cast":[["hidan","Hidan"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["asuma","Asuma"],["ino","Ino"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["choji","Chōji"],["sakura","Sakura"]]},{"title":"The Ultimate Goal...!!","summary":"Naruto thinks combining wind and Rasengan is impossible, and a joke of Kakashi's with a clone gives him an idea. The Akatsuki seals the Three-Tails and its leader explains he wants to use the tailed beasts to control wars and the world.","n":329,"en":"The Ultimate Goal...!!","volume":36,"id":"naruto-329","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":329,"episodes":["shippuden-81"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["isobu","Tres Colas"],["hidan","Hidan"]]},{"title":"The Heartbreaking Notice...!!","summary":"Naruto uses clones to divide up the tasks and makes progress on his technique, until he learns of Asuma's death. Shikamaru breaks the news to Kurenai, skips the funeral and sets out with Ino and Chōji for revenge.","n":330,"en":"The Heartbreaking Notice...!!","volume":37,"id":"naruto-330","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":330,"episodes":["shippuden-81","shippuden-82"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["asuma","Asuma"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["kurenai","Kurenai"],["ino","Ino"],["choji","Chōji"]]},{"title":"Cell Number 10 Sets Out...!!","summary":"Tsunade stops Team 10, but Kakashi offers to go with them and she agrees. Shikamaru works Kakashi into his plan, and Tsunade will only send Team 7 if Naruto finishes his technique within twenty-four hours.","n":331,"en":"Cell Number 10 Sets Out...!!","volume":37,"id":"naruto-331","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":331,"episodes":["shippuden-82","shippuden-83"],"cast":[["tsunade","Tsunade"],["asuma","Asuma"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["naruto","Naruto"],["isobu","Tres Colas"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"]]},{"title":"Shikamaru's Battle!!","summary":"Shikamaru explains his plan to the others. When Hidan and Kakuzu head for Konoha after extracting the Two-Tails, the team intercepts them and Shikamaru pins both down using Asuma's chakra blades.","n":332,"en":"Shikamaru's Battle!!","volume":37,"id":"naruto-332","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":332,"episodes":["shippuden-83"],"cast":[["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["ino","Ino"],["choji","Chōji"],["matatabi","Dos Colas"],["yugito","Yugito"],["hidan","Hidan"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["asuma","Asuma"]]},{"title":"Affinities...!!","summary":"Shikamaru controls Hidan to make him attack Kakuzu. Yamato explains the affinities between elements to Naruto, and Kakashi pierces Kakuzu's earth defense with Lightning Blade, which has the advantage over it.","n":333,"en":"Affinities...!!","volume":37,"id":"naruto-333","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":333,"episodes":["shippuden-83","shippuden-84"],"cast":[["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["hidan","Hidan"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["naruto","Naruto"],["yamato","Yamato"],["sasuke","Sasuke"]]},{"title":"The Black Metamorphoses...!!","summary":"Kakuzu gets up and reveals he keeps four more hearts in masks on his back. Free of the shadow, Hidan fights Kakashi hand to hand and Kakuzu fires elemental techniques from his masks.","n":334,"en":"The Black Metamorphoses...!!","volume":37,"id":"naruto-334","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":334,"episodes":["shippuden-84"],"cast":[["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["hidan","Hidan"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"]]},{"title":"The Fearsome Secret!!","summary":"Shikamaru takes charge of separating Hidan from Kakuzu after receiving something from Kakashi. Hidan dodges the shadow, but Shikamaru closes in, hits him and joins their shadows to catch him.","n":335,"en":"The Fearsome Secret!!","volume":37,"id":"naruto-335","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":335,"episodes":["shippuden-85"],"cast":[["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["hidan","Hidan"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["kakashi","Kakashi"]]},{"title":"Turnabout Dilemma...!!","summary":"Kakuzu fuses two masks to boost his attacks and recalls fighting the First Hokage. Shikamaru lures Hidan into a forest full of explosive tags, where Hidan wounds him, takes his blood and stabs his own heart.","n":336,"en":"Turnabout Dilemma...!!","volume":37,"id":"naruto-336","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":336,"episodes":["shippuden-85","shippuden-86"],"cast":[["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["hidan","Hidan"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["hashirama","Hashirama"]]},{"title":"Shikamaru's Genius!!","summary":"Shikamaru reveals that the blood Hidan used was Kakuzu's, kept by Kakashi in a capsule, so he destroyed one of his partner's hearts. Kakuzu absorbs his remaining masks and Team 7 arrives in time to stop his combined attack.","n":337,"en":"Shikamaru's Genius!!","volume":37,"id":"naruto-337","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":337,"episodes":["shippuden-86"],"cast":[["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["hidan","Hidan"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["choji","Chōji"]]},{"title":"Payback...","summary":"Naruto asks to face Kakuzu alone to test his new technique, while Sakura and Sai go to back up Shikamaru. In the forest, Shikamaru pins Hidan with his tags and, lighting a cigarette, sees Asuma's image before detonating them.","n":338,"en":"Payback...","volume":37,"id":"naruto-338","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":338,"episodes":["shippuden-87"],"cast":[["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["sakura","Sakura"],["sai","Sai"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["naruto","Naruto"],["hidan","Hidan"],["asuma","Asuma"]]},{"title":"The New Jutsu...!!","summary":"Shikamaru buries Hidan's remains in a pit prepared in advance. Kakuzu discovers that Naruto is the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, and Naruto charges him with his clones to unleash the Wind Style Rasenshuriken.","n":339,"en":"The New Jutsu...!!","volume":37,"id":"naruto-339","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":339,"episodes":["shippuden-87","shippuden-88"],"cast":[["hidan","Hidan"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kurama-biju","Zorro de Nueve Colas"],["kakashi","Kakashi"]]},{"title":"The Perilous Bridge","summary":"The first Rasenshuriken comes apart before reaching Kakuzu, and Kakashi and Yamato have to save Naruto. They propose fighting together, but Naruto asks for another chance: if he always relies on others, he will never catch up with Sasuke.","n":340,"en":"The Perilous Bridge","volume":38,"id":"naruto-340","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":340,"episodes":["shippuden-88"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["yamato","Yamato"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["sasuke","Sasuke"]]},{"title":"Practice Makes Perfect...!!","summary":"Kakuzu defends himself by keeping his distance and attacks the Naruto holding the technique, who turns out to be a clone. The real one, hidden among the other clones, hits him with the Rasenshuriken, whose countless wind blades destroy two of his hearts.","n":341,"en":"Practice Makes Perfect...!!","volume":38,"id":"naruto-341","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":341,"episodes":["shippuden-88"],"cast":[["naruto","Naruto"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"]]},{"title":"The Black King...!!","summary":"Sakura and Sai find Shikamaru, who has already beaten Hidan, and Kakashi finishes off Kakuzu. Shikamaru promises Kurenai to protect the child she is expecting with Asuma and explains to his father that Konoha's “king” is the new generation.","n":342,"en":"The Black King...!!","volume":38,"id":"naruto-342","manga":"naruto","lvl":1,"pos":342,"episodes":["shippuden-88","shippuden-89","shippuden-92"],"cast":[["sakura","Sakura"],["sai","Sai"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["hidan","Hidan"],["naruto","Naruto"],["kakuzu","Kakuzu"],["kakashi","Kakashi"],["kurenai","Kurenai"],["asuma","Asuma"],["shikaku","Shikaku"]]}]}