However, Shippuden’s Power Arc, would prove this wrong. With the Fourth Shinobi World War looming in the distance, one would think to have a filler arc take-up time before this monumental event wouldn’t be any good. There’s also a funny small B-plot about a trio of bumbling ninja trying and failing to get revenge on Kakashi too, but that’s the icing on the cake when compared to the gut bustlingly funny ending to this one. Gags are thrown left and right this time around as Team 7 tries desperately to see Kakashi’s face, Sasuke even goes along with Naruto’s hair-brained ideas for a change too. RELATED: 10 Quotes That Made Us Question Kakashi’s Authority (But Left Us Loving Him, Nonetheless) In this episode, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are keen on finding out the answer for themselves, to hilarious results. The enigmatic mentor of Team 7, Kakashi Hatake, has kept a lot of secrets over the years, including what the lower half of his face looks like. 3GOTTA SEE! GOTTA KNOW! KAKASHI-SENSEI’S TRUE FACE! At its core, this arc is a heartfelt finale and definitely a must-watch for NaruHina fans. While it’s sending the anime off on a lighter note, it’s also a nice look into how these characters have grown from when they started. With Boruto not far behind it, this wasn’t exactly a “goodbye” so much as a nice “till we meet again”. As filler-only characters go, Sora is also a good addition, as someone Naruto can relate to given their backgrounds and as someone who fears losing control of himself, just like Naruto.ĤTHE KONOHA HIDEN: THE PERFECT DAY FOR A WEDDING ARCĭespite the big final battle with Kaguya ending with a bang, Naruto Shippuden’s last few episodes of the anime are actually pretty mellowed out, focusing on Naruto and Hinata’s wedding. Naruto’s friends and allies spend most of these episodes trying to find the right gifts and wedding messages for the couple in their own unique methods This action-filled arc sets up major plot points such as Naruto’s “Rasenshuriken” technique and the buildup to Danzo’s true nature, while also making for a pretty entertaining original story. Later he meets a monk in-training named Sora who turns out to have a portion of the Nin-Tailed Fox’s chakra in him too. In this batch of episodes, Naruto is haunted by nightmares of when he went berserk with the Nine-Tail’s power and undergoes training to use a wind-style chakra technique. While there is a lot of comedy focused fillers in Naruto’s vast episode count, there are filler arcs that can be just as meaningful as the main story.
It also puts Shino outside of his comfort zone, who’s forced to swallow his pride towards the end to save the day. This episode has a heavy focus on comedy, especially during the funeral scene where the guests make many attempts to get Naruto to laugh and each attempt getting more ridiculous than the last. RELATED: Naruto: 10 Best Filler Episodes, Ranked (According To IMDb) However, Shino is poisoned by the client’s greedy sister which sends him into a big laughing fit and forces Naruto to go it alone. While on yet another mission, Naruto and Shino have to stand in for a man during a funeral to make sure he doesn’t laugh during it, losing his inheritance. However, the episode “Laughing Shino” put him in an unfamiliar situation. Shino has always been known as one of Naruto’s stoic characters, almost losing his composure and perpetually being quiet and standoffish. If you can believe it, there’s even a Mecha-Kurama towards the end and a reference to Iron Man of all things. While the words “Mech-Naruto” sound absolutely ridiculous, these episodes combine comedy and insane action for an entertaining one-two punch.
Orochimaru creates a robotic replica of Naruto in order to steal the Nine-tails’ chakra. Robots aren’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions the Naruto franchise, but this two-part episode embraces it with reckless abandon. Seeing these two one-off characters being put through hell at every turn is funny enough to make viewing this one worth it. From fighting off blood-sucking leeches to caring for Tsunade’s giant slug, the fake ninjas are pushed to their absolute limit while Naruto gleefully tackles every task as training, all the while blind to the obvious.