Episode
Naruto Shippūden: Rivals
Overview
Part Two of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - During the Chunin Exam, Sasuke witnesses Naruto’s growth as a shinobi.
Details
- Series
- Naruto Shippūden
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 258
- Air date
- 2012-04-12
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Rivals is Episode 258 in S12 • Nine-Tails Taming and Karmic Encounters of Naruto Shippūden. It aired on 2012-04-12. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 257: Meeting
Part One of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - A look back into the early years when Naruto and Sasuke first met.
Episode 259: Rift
Part Three of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - Sasuke’s defeat to Gaara, and later Itachi, forces him to realize that he is not strong enough to get revenge against his older brother.
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