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Type: Animated series
Watch Naruto Episode 338
Introduction to the plot of Naruto Episode 338:
This is a world of ninjas. In Naruto's world, being a ninja, like the hunters in Hunter X Hunter and pirates in One Piece, is the dream of young people! However, this time the protagonist Naruto is different from Gon who is self-taught and Luffy; he graduated from the Ninja Academy of Konoha Leaf Village (even if it was barely). Although he was called "the eternal dead-last" and considered a "bad student," since childhood, the evil Nine-Tailed Fox has been sealed within him, and without parents, Naruto has been neglected by the villagers. He doesn't know the reason, but he tries hard with various pranks to attract everyone's attention, and instead, people distance themselves from him even more. Fortunately, there is Iruka-sensei who cares for him, which prevents Naruto's personality from becoming distorted. He is always full of energy, cheerful, and extremely optimistic. To gain recognition from more people, Naruto's goal is - to become the Hokage! This is quite a high goal, as Hokage is one of the five strongest ninja titles in the world and also the leader of the Konoha Leaf Village. Naruto doesn't care; he is super confident that he will become the Hokage someday. Go for it, Naruto! Naruto's companions are classmates assigned by the teacher. At first, they didn't get along, but through shared battles, while still having surface conflicts, they eventually became good partners who recognize and trust each other. Among them are the cool handsome Sasuke (who bears the mission of revenge) and the smart and cute girl Sakura.
Kakashi leads the seventh team composed of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura on missions and training. Their first C-level mission actually faced Zabuza, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Then a mysterious boy named Haku appeared... Later, Naruto and others participated in the Chunin exams. During the second round, they met Orochimaru, who left a cursed seal on Sasuke. Before the third round exam, Naruto trained under Jiraiya and benefited greatly. During the third round exam, Orochimaru led the Sound and Sand ninjas to initiate the destruction of Konoha. Orochimaru summoned the First and Second Hokages to battle the Third Hokage, while Naruto met Gaara, the container of the One-Tail...
The Third Hokage made a glorious sacrifice, and Jiraiya went to find Tsunade, another of the Three Great Sannins, to serve as the Fifth Hokage. Naruto learned Rasengan, and ultimately, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru engaged in a fierce battle... Sasuke, in order to kill Itachi, turned to Orochimaru, and despite Naruto and others' efforts, they ultimately failed... Naruto trained under Jiraiya...
The three years of training passed quickly, and a brand-new Naruto returned to Konoha Village. The charming Sakura also learned formidable ninja techniques from her mentor Tsunade. But behind this joyous reunion, an ultra S-rank mission awaited them... In the Sand Hidden Village, Gaara had become the new Kazekage. However, the organization Akatsuki extended their reach towards Gaara first. Members of Akatsuki took away the One-Tail inside Gaara, plunging the Sand Village into crisis, and Konoha sent out a rescue team... In the end, with the help of the Konoha members, Akatsuki's Sand rebel ninja Deidara died, Chiyo sacrificed herself to revive Gaara who had died after losing the One-Tail inside him...
After completing the mission, Naruto and Sakura were forced to bring back Sasuke, thus Kakashi Team reactivated - but with Yamato, Kakashi's junior, replacing Kakashi as captain (Kakashi was hospitalized due to overusing his eye), and Sai from the Root organization replacing Sasuke. The mission was to extract information about Sasuke from Orochimaru's spies. However, the discord between Sai and Naruto, meeting Orochimaru, Naruto's transformation into the Nine-Tails, and the conversation with Sasuke...
Due to Sasuke's escape, the mission ended in failure. Determined to retrieve Sasuke, Naruto began new jutsu training under Kakashi. Just as he started mastering the control of wind-natured chakra, he received a mission to capture grave robbers at the Fire Temple. There, he met Ku, who possessed mysterious powers. Ku is a pseudo-jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails but also possesses strength comparable to the original. His father collected the chakra released by the Nine-Tails when it attacked Konoha 5 years ago, cultivated it, and sealed it within Ku after 5 years, so Ku and Naruto have a telepathic connection. Later, Houma released Ku's Five Elements Seal, causing the locked power to immediately surge forth, Ku burst out with four Nine-Tails tails, lost consciousness, and because Ku did not have the necklace of the First Hokage, Yamato could not control his power...
At this time, Akatsuki members Hidan and Kakuzu successfully captured the Two-Tails jinchuriki and destroyed the Fire Temple. Asuma, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Raido fought against Hidan and Kakuzu, and currently, Asuma is in critical condition. The terror of Akatsuki's immortal duo was fully displayed. Hidan killed Asuma with a curse technique, but because they had to seal the Two-Tails, the others managed to escape safely, and Shikamaru discovered the secret of Hidan's curse technique. Shikamaru, along with Choji and Ino, decided to set out to seek revenge against Hidan and Kakuzu, and Kakashi followed them. After battling, the group found that Kakuzu originally had five hearts... With his new jutsu completed at about 50%, Naruto set out to support them, ultimately defeating Kakuzu with his new jutsu - Rasenshuriken, and Hidan was blown up and buried in the family graveyard by Shikamaru's plan.
Naruto's new jutsu was classified as a forbidden technique because it would damage his own meridians, and Naruto began training with Jiraiya on new combination ninjutsu; meanwhile, Kakashi secretly headed to Orochimaru's lair with three members of the Asuma Squad, and Orochimaru was actively preparing for his upcoming reincarnation. On the other hand, Red Lotus, who could use Crystal Release, dispatched subordinates to fight against Kakashi and others, among whom Ruroshi was not afraid of Hinata's Gentle Fist and injured Hinata. Then they retreated, and Red Lotus created three clones to fight the four, but his target was Hinata. Hinata used "Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms," but unexpectedly hit the transformed Crystal Release Red Lotus and was trapped by the Crystal Release. Yamato, Sakura, Sai, and Naruto came to reinforce, but the battlefield was surrounded by Crystal Release. Naruto used the still immature combination ninjutsu "Toad Cannon" with Gamabunta to break through the Crystal Release and saved Hinata. The Three-Tails emerged from the other dimension! Red Lotus' jutsu was ineffective against the Three-Tails, and Yuki controlled the Three-Tails to save Red Lotus; Kifune released smoke intending to sneak attack, but Hinata, Sakura, and Sai arrived just in time, preventing the sneak attack.
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