PERFECT OUTCOME! | Naruto Shippuden Reaction Ep 174-175

[@noahschultz9031]

Naruto finally got what he had always wanted, the love and respect of the entire Leaf Village! And you know what else? He didn’t even have to become the Hokage to achieve that.

[@Barbaresantana]

Why did you want this that i fucking hate konoha 😹

[@yaagovmesraym]

Just like Itachi said: becoming hokage doesn't mean people will acknowledge you. But when people acknowledge you, you become a Hokage

[@madara1091]

​@@yaagovmesraym Exactly.

[@kanieloutis5604]

@@yaagovmesraymCan’t be Hokage without the 📕📗📘📙

[@punanie8262]

I’ve always loved this moment but man the leaf village ppl are so fkn fake lmao

[@Zesar42]

Two facts: 1. Sakumo (Kakashi's father) spent all this time in limbo waiting for his son's forgiveness. 😭 2. A student in Peru presented a thesis at the university for graduation about Pain's arc, and she approved.👌

[@Bernie398]

bruh that Peru thing wild!!! yeah I need to read the whole thesis 🤣

[@brianjohnson5272]

To think a teacher had the good sense to let a student wrote a thesis on a personal passion. Too bad the US doesnt have teachers like that.

[@epikh1gh536]

@@brianjohnson5272 US teaches their student how to be 100+ genders lol

[@victormon7eiro]

This sequence of arcs is so crazy, but Pain is by far one of the greatest anime villains from powers, to backstory, to actually having a point

[@ScrivoQualcosa]

yes

[@bradleyatom]

Bro has not watched One Piece.

[@victormon7eiro]

@@bradleyatom have not indeed, bro

[@Gee-bg2rv]

​@@bradleyatom pain clears all of one piece antagonists, and I'm up to date with the series

[@aoitodo3301]

Nah I love one piece but Naruto villains are just goated ​@@bradleyatom

[@DiES3L24]

That shot at the end of Naruto in the air will always be so iconic. The Hero of the Hidden Leaf.

[@awesomeness1227]

W comment fr, the goat

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

@@awesomeness1227 With comment, French, an animal? o.o

[@eXponentia]

2 of the top 5 most iconic naruto moments in the last few episodes. Naruto arriving, and Naruto being celebrated.

[@VuDude17]

Iruka sensei was the first person ever to acknowledge naruto. Everytime hes on screen theres so much emotion. Hes the reason why naruto didnt turn evil.

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

Even then. He didn't acknowledge Naruto until the very end of Naruto's academy days. Naruto wasn't treated well nor taught well all the way up until that point. He was also failing at techniques like the Clone Jutsu because he wasn't suited to it. He proved he was a mega genius by mastering Shadow Clones entirely all on his own. If Naruto had been brought up by people properly, he would have been pretty advanced from a young age. Iruka believed in him because of the Third Hokage. People forget that the Third Hokage also believed in Naruto but wasn't there for him.

[@salsa3142]

@@Unethical.FandubsGames bro we know.

[@kevinlengkoan8534]

What? No. It was the 3rd hokage that convinced him and changed his mind towards naruto. Did you miss everyhting in Naruto first episodes? He hates naruto like the rest of the villagers. The first person to acknowledge Naruto was always the 3rd hokage. No matter how much the fans think of him. It is the truth.

[@natsu_kaze006_official]

No, it has the Ramen guy 😂

[@lucapixel3047]

Iruka❤

[@YashamaruSensei]

i love the detail that depending on who reads the book, the enemy has a different uniform. When Nagato read it, it was a Konoha ninja, When Minato read it, it was a stone ninja, and when Naruto read it, it was an Akatsuki member

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

Enemies are always relative :)

[@kaioken1482]

1 of my favourite moment is when they show us what the villagers actually think about him. when naruto still think people hates him, they actually started to care long before, not just after he save them from pain. if people said pains arc is peak doesnt mean that the arcs after this went downhill. its like if pains arc is rated 9.8/10, the others might be 9.0 to 9.7. they are still amazing.

[@meatisrawwww928]

Pain was orginally suppose to be the final villain of Naruto series. Publishers basically forced the series to continue to alien invasion to milk the series as much as they could.

[@konnor2588]

@@meatisrawwww928 the story wouldn't have made sense. I'm glad that the people who think the story is perfect it it ended here was not in any way involved in the writing of this series 😂 it would've been so garbage

[@banshotenin1178]

@@konnor2588 Agreed. From the time we heard about the sage of 6 paths with his god powers, all of the Madara foreshadowing since OG Naruto and Episode 1 of Naruto where seemingly human Ninja had all these mutant/alien powers with ninjutsu, genjutsu and kekkei genkais...the show had to go to it's actual roots...which is the aliens those powers came from. A lot of the fandom that watched Naruto didn't understand the show at all...which shows a lot especially when it comes to Sasuke.

[@mastaballa86]

@@meatisrawwww928 I doubt that pain was meant to be the last villain. At this point in the story you already know Tobi his the leader of the akatsuki and hes way to involve to end the series. Also from the very beginning there the story about friendship and the promess of Naruto to bring back Sasuke. Maybe your right about alien stuff, but for sure , the reincarnation of Ashura and Indra was planned from the very beginning.

[@hgirjiofebunsjbk]

@@konnor2588 Aliens tho???? i should go on but why aliens? just go thru with madara

[@derekcook8201]

Shizune waking up and Ron going "She's working for orochimaru" had me dying

[@VelvetAura]

That killed me LOL

[@Saigyoku22]

The fact that Rinne Rebirth worked on Kakashi and Shizune should be undeniable proof that both were dead before this. I admit I had my doubts on Kakashi being dead when I first watched this

[@FiFilzen]

technically pain didnt kill kakashi, he died out of chakra. i like kakashi, but i don't think his ressurection is fair

[@ewmul]

@@FiFilzeneveryone get resurrected tho

[@nemx2472]

⁠@@FiFilzenrinne rebirth doesn’t work like that

[@Astro2024]

​@FiFilzen you don't die by running out of Chakra. That's like saying if you get hit by a car and die later, the car didn't kill you

[@aelere7702]

@@Astro2024 well if he didn't use kamui one last time to save choji he wouldn't have died so...

[@deviladvoc]

kakashi fr came back from the dead and went straight for naruto

[@devinhossenlopp1910]

I just find it funny how back when team 7 had their first meeting (back in part 1) Sasuke and Naruto had two goals in life to complete. Sasuke wanted to kill itachi and restore his clan while Naruto wanted to be acknowledged by everyone and become Hokage. Even when both have completed half of their goals in life I just find it crazy how in this point in this story sasuke fell into deeper despair while Naruto raised out of it. Both characters got what they wanted but ended up in different outcomes. Interesting… til next time fam!

[@ZexDuh]

Pain arc is still undefeated as one of the best arcs in Anime. So Happy yall get to experience it for the first time.

[@fearmaiden.21]

The title "Shippuuden" came from Jiraiya's fist novel, Naruto Shippuuden means "The Hurricane Cronicles of Naruto". I think you might be underestimating what Naruto has gone through. Have a look at the first episode again.

[@Hover113]

Naruto 175 will always be one of my fav episode of all time, your reactions are awesome, thank you so much!!

[@rayk36]

Naruto would have been a master piece if it ended here.

[@ddelrosario430]

As cheesy as it is, him hurting Sakura is probably a bigger deal to him than many can understand. He grew up alone and shunned by everyone. His first friends are probably so precious and cherished to him. Especially, his first love. Finding out you hurt your first love while not being in control would be devastating.

[@nirnoyroy340]

Kakashi is my favourite character and 2nd favourite is Naruto......they had every rights to turn evil....but they didn't When kakashi lifted Naruto.....I get emotional as hell

[@banshotenin1178]

Also no one in this entire show has experience even close to the amount of pain Sasuke has. If anyone in the entire show had a reason to become a villian...it's Sasuke. Baffles me how so many people hate his character despite his character making more sense than anyone else in the show. Naruto's dream was validation, Sasuke's dream was Retribution through balance.

[@de.n30]

I'm pretty sure Kakashi, Nagato and Itachi experienced a bunch of pain in their lives too. Of all the characters, I'd say Itachi got the shorter straw. Killing your own parentes and girlfriend, watching your bff jumping of a cliff, then commiting genocide on every uchiha and being absolutely hated by the 7 year old brother you were forced to abandon while hunted by your own village and slowly dying of an incurable disease at the same time you're trying not to go blind.

[@ChemiiOneLegacy]

The example of Naruto's pain is pretty bad but it shows that he doesn't pity himself and what he's been through. Of all the shit he's dealt with as a young child & as a teenager his largest regret was hurting one of his closest friends.

[@JGoonzalo]

Naruto coming back to the village was the first episode that made me cry

[@aisukage1990]

The best thing for me is when Ebisu is talking about how naruto started off as a nuisance to him. The flash backs started by referring to Naruto as the 9 tails kid. Not even saying his name. But then as the flashbacks continued everyone started to acknowledge and respect him. They began to call him by his name Naruto and actually worry about him rather than fear him. Being hokage may be his dream but it is only part of it. The other part was making everyone acknowledge him and over time with his hard work and never give up attitude he did just that. Such an emotional scene.

[@CrazyWork25]

The Uzamakis really are powerful

[@trepabeard]

Michelle's bangs finally got caught up to present day in the Naruto reactions now, lol. Kinda funny watching reactions from before it was cut still when it's been cut for months now. Feels like we're going forward and backwards in time, lol.

[@hawyang]

The pain is over. But its time to learn how to dance.

[@celeschan90]

This may or may not be obvious, but Nagato's words to Naruto were similar to the villain's words to the hero in the book. He realized he became the villain of the story.

[@nicospill8355]

Man this shit made me tear up again. Seeing naruto getting the love he was seeking for since he was a kid is just pure gold

[@vivaraulito]

I just wanted to let yall know that I love your reactions this channel is amazing and truly genuine the reactions are pure it actually feels like you both are truly invested and the commentary just makes it all the more entertaining, you two are an amazing couple, keep doing what you’re doing hopefully the channel continues to grow you two honestly deserve it, I may not comment on every video and stuff but I’ll always be here watching these video uploads always know one of those views will always be mine 💯👍🏽

[@ronjaxn]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@ajjuff591]

1st thing shizune is not with any bad people at all like what you are thinking as per my knowledge 2nd is Kakashi died because his chakra got exhausted

[@Subha95]

he is joking about shizune

[@JGMortalKnight95]

​@@Subha95He mistook Shizune for Anko since she has curse mark from Orochimaru, but either way he will find out later in this series!?

[@foreighteen7797]

​@@JGMortalKnight95 I don't think he mistook Shizune for Anko. It's been his running gag that Shizune must somehow be associated with villains or evil schemes. It started with her secretly approaching Danzo about Tsunade's decision to keep sending Naruto out for missions, causing Ron to be highly suspicious of her every time she appeared on screen.

[@ivegyattocomment]

this episode was a milestone hit, seeing naruto being recognized and appreciated like that was something else

[@welingtondas.c.guimaraes6336]

Huh, imagine never having parents or a family. Imagine having a demon living inside you (And you don't even know why or how). Imagine all the people around you being afraid and avoiding you, talking bad about you behind your back, hating you and wanting to kill you within your own village (9 tails killed many people and ninjas when summoned to attack Konoha). Imagine that you are a child who has lived alone since birth. Imagine people telling you that your dream is impossible and laughing at you. Jiraiya dead, Kakashi dead, and Naruto facing the guy who killed them (And so many others from Konoha who also died in that battle) decides to forgive him, as he saw it was the right thing to do, believing in his master's teachings, after of having to deal with knowing who his father really was and why he sealed the 9 tails in his own newborn son. In parallel we have Sasuke, he grew up being loved by his clan, brother and mother, and although his father was demanding of him he still loved him. His brother killed his parents and his entire clan, who were planning a coup d'état in the village. After that, as the Uchiha clan's betrayal was covered up by Konoha's superiors, Sasuke, being the last of a renowned clan like the Uchiha, has always been admired by everyone, but he betrays his friends and the village in exchange for power, going to the Orochimaru's side, trusting the words of one of the most dangerous ninjas in the world. So he “killed” his own brother and decided to destroy the village he betrayed, trusting again the words of one of the most dangerous ninjas in the world after discovering the truth behind his brother's actions. 🤔

[@shubhammishra7770]

Dude they dont really read comments but i felt the same way u did when they said naruto dint feel any pain. U explained it a lot better i hope they read this comment but i m positive the dont.

[@shoobadoo123]

It hurts more to lose all of that in terrible way than to not have any of it to begin with. Sasuke's pain is far greater than Naruto's

[@andrewodinson3726]

Most biased take I've seen in a while. Also one key detail you conveniently left out about Sasuke and Orochimaru, he was essentially groomed by Orochimaru ever since he got the Curse Mark.

[@welingtondas.c.guimaraes6336]

@@andrewodinson3726 Anko and there are also others who have the cursed mark and don't obey Orochimaru and he has to keep them trapped...? Wasn't Kakashi helping Sasuke deal with the curse mark? For example, only in the fight against Pain did Naruto give in to despair and embrace the "evil" thirsting for the 9 tails, after years of living with it inside him, trying to corrupt him... Even Gaara corrected his course when he realized it was the wrong path. With each revelation, Sasuke's path became even more cloudy. The way you say it, it even seems like it wasn't Sasuke's choice, just like in the situation of destroying Konoha. Someone who doesn't know the story would think so.

[@PH_05]

Ngl since the long ahh gara rescue ark which was also great btw Naruto was just straight peak up until the early war ark and the random reanimations😂. No filler ofc. Also Pain the greatest villain imo at least my fav villain.

[@amarnathcr7335]

Gaara arc was so boring though. But Granny Chiyo and Sakura vs Sasori

[@Ciffer-1998]

he was a great vilian untill the end but his end it self was pretty lame i mean dude just give up like all of the sudden changing his mind that just makes him an asshole but anyway imagine if Ichigo was able to talk out Aizen to switch sides

[@PH_05]

@@Ciffer-1998 if ichigo did use talk no jutsu it would have just been a part of aizens plan 😂. But yeah I agree with you partly it was kinda lame but he was already defeated at that point and Naruto reminded him of yahiko and his younger self so I guess it is what it is

[@PH_05]

@@amarnathcr7335 Imo it was just paced kinda bad and the team guy vs themselfs part was sum random bs

[@amarnathcr7335]

@@PH_05 Also episodes of them running towards the sand village lmao

[@vintage_hart6392]

That part when the whole Village just cheered on for Naruto and his friends hurling him up in the air is truly one of the most iconic scenes in all of Anime😢🧡❤

[@jinthao00]

The messed up thing with Danzo is that he and the Foundation stayed in the shadows during Pain's attack. When you find out about him and think about this moment, you'll see just how messed up it is. He could have turned the tides and prevented the village's destruction.

[@harshvardhanjha4611]

Avatar’s creators took so much inspiration from Naruto

[@rbat115]

The one good thing about all the flashbacks is that they really hammer home how much pain and sadness Naruto had. This episode hits so hard after watching from the beginning.

[@manny97174]

The feels always hit when I watch this no matter how many times I watch it

[@razkable]

It's a little weak cause he doesn't thank hinata...sakura getting the moment instead is cringe...

[@izzatazim]

_Naruto is like our childhood friends, because when i was 7 everyday i always waiting naruto to pop up on television every 7pm to watch every episode._

[@bradspitt3896]

Just a heads up you'll probably get people saying the story goes downhill from here. IMO it does start getting more complicated but by no means does the quality suffer. Naruto is one of the greatest stories ever told. Edit: I guess you talk about it in the intro lol.

[@perrywinkle5000]

Yeaaaaaah, it kinda does start to suffer

[@zachanderson806]

There’s definitely a cult following of the “Pain elitist” it’s a great arc but far from the best. The next few arcs are incredible all the way to the end except for couple

[@bradspitt3896]

@@perrywinkle5000 The fourth war arc starts getting into more philosophical themes. I'm not going to spoil it here but it gets more metaphysical rather than ethical in the pain arc.

[@Possividz]

The fact that naruto still saying PERVY sage even in this serious situation.😊

[@thalunizz21]

I remember when this chapter first came out - people were MAD that everyone came back to life because it made everything that came before it "pointless."

[@RyoHazuki224]

Its not though. Yes its much more dramatic when a series like this is not afraid to kill off characters, but in this particular instance it wasn't pointless. He was able to change the mind of the person who holds the power of life and death, who's sole goal was to bring pain to the world, but no longer feels that need to bring pain but to trust in Naruto.

[@mgawsmestevan23]

I remember when Kakashi died, people refused to keep reading the manga. It wasn’t until they heard he lived that they came back. So everyone MAD were a small group coining the now infamous phrase of ‘talk-no-jutsu’. Everyone else was happy with this ending. Still ranked the best arc overall.

[@thalunizz21]

@mgawsmestevan23 I was in the trenches, man. I remember two events that pissed readers off. This was one, and the Tobi reveal]/reason.

[@RyoHazuki224]

@@thalunizz21 ahh i remember the days that people were talking about Tobi and who he might be, I was adamant that everyone was wrong in their predictions, and that it made no sense to me. Turned out I was wrong. And it did make sense. Haha

[@kleatise52]

I think looking back they were right. The series would have been better, besides kakashi.

[@tarunupadhyay2821]

Personally, I think Nagato dying while believing Naruto is the only thing I disliked about the pain arc. The reason is that Nagato understood his way wasn't right and now can hope for Naruto to achieve his goal, but what about the people he killed all this time? What about his atonement? Dying is the easiest way out of this. He should remain alive and atone for all the things he did. Unfortunately, Kishimoto rushed it by reviving everyone and killing Nagato in the process.

[@GCbfan]

Reviving as many people as possible is literally the best act of atonement achievable on his part

[@tarunupadhyay2821]

@@GCbfan completely wrong. He revived few people and dies. That's basically running away. All he did was to give lives he stole back to konoha. What about the rest?? Nagato need to see what he has done to people until now, he need to live with the guilt that his action are irreversible. He need to face the people who lost their families because of him. He need to live to see how wrong he was.

[@GCbfan]

@@tarunupadhyay2821 The positive outcome of him restoring the lives of hundreds, if not thousands (not just a few as you seem to claim) supersedes any guilt he would or should go through. Facing the people who lost their families in guilt isn't as redeeming as actually giving those people their families back. If someone came and killed your parents, would your rather them come and apologise to you or bring them back to life?

[@tarunupadhyay2821]

@@GCbfan It is few compared to the lives he has taken. You seem to think that Nagato has killed only people from Konoha, but in reality, Konoha's destruction is just a smaller part of it. As I said, Nagato simply giving lives back to people around Naruto while choosing to die as an atonement is the easiest way out. He basically ignored almost every other person he caused pain in the name of believing "Naruto will achieve true peace". Your question also makes 0 sense here as Nagato didn't bring everybody back to life, but a select few.

[@GCbfan]

@@tarunupadhyay2821 He brought everyone that he possible could back to life so I don't understand how what I said doesn't make sense, it was the greatest service he could have performed given the circumstances. Also, what he did in the leaf village was most probably the biggest atrocity he ever committed. How do you know what he did in the leaf is "few compared to the lives he has taken" in totality? All we know is Nagato killed Hanzo and his people (which was justified), the Jinchuriki that were captured, Jiraiya and those in his attack against the leaf. You're going to have to substantiate the claim that the leaf death toll is small in comparison with the others he has killed

[@Proj3ctX1]

When an Uzamaki exerts all of their chakra their hair turns white. Not only do they have crazy chakra reserves they also have a long life expectancy most like to be well over 100. 1st hokages wife was an Uzamaki which makes Tsunade like 25% Uzamaki. Naruto is 50% Uzamaki. Nagato may be 100% Uzamaki and so is Karin in Saskues group.

[@Nukerunin]

It's "Uzumaki". Also I don't know if the series has covered that all of those people are from the same clan as Naruto yet. You might've dropped some minor spoilers. If I recall, people didn't put it together until around the end of Naruto's next training arc.

[@raigerivan]

Many people don't understand the Naruto speech and see it like a facility

[@atton1085]

@gaaabiii2971 Broo you are cooking🤣🤣

[@mk9beatz]

6:56 “You see I was on this swing…”

[@Mushruums]

If Jiraiya tried to take the kids with them, the village would just see them as prisoners of war and the hidden rain could use it to fuel more war by saying the leaf is kidnapping our children even though they don’t care about the children. It’s all the politics of the ninja world.

[@REACTSHINOBI]

the greatest anime of all time

[@iricotengu3319]

Nagato has a lot of chakra, thats why he can use a lot of techniques because the rinnegan is not so useful if you dont have a lot of chakra like nagato has

[@rogerluiz2479]

THE BEST EPISODE FOR ME! Hero's recognition!

[@curtmc]

This was a culmination of Naruto’s journey so far. That’s what makes it such a good arc. It wasn’t an arc on its own. Naruto finally pulled a One Piece where you get an actual flashback of the events up to this point. In other words, this was the equivalent of a One Piece bounty reveal where they show everybody’s reaction to each step of his journey. Probably the best arc in all of Naruto. Not to take anything away from any of the later arcs though.

[@UncannyAura]

7:03 I laughed too. Sakura went flying like a ragdoll lmao

[@aronsmith2688]

And the sad music on the background 💀😂

[@guy2006]

Nagato at this stage was on his last legs and would not have been able to beat Naruto if they decided to fight one last time. In Nagatos' attempt to capture Naruto/9 tails he used planetary devastation and made it huge, which konan advised him against as he was going to shorten his life in doing so. He also started bleeding, which showed more damageto his already weakened state. So although he might recover a bit, since he still planned on fulfilling his goals after using planetary devesation, he at that moment for sure was way to weak to beat Naruto, even with Konans help.

[@Hihiolb]

People who say the show should have ended there have no idea :D

[@godsplannn]

I had goosebumps watching this on my middle school days when Shippuden was weekly episodes

[@LordItachi651]

Departure of the front line is the most epic ost

[@sadchimp8567]

I’ve only just discovered you’re channel guys and it’s great to relive watching Naruto with you both and yes the best is yet to come!! You have no idea!!! Love from Australia ♥️😉

[@hoochfroosch6281]

One of the best arc in Naruto... the conversation between Naruto & Nagato is so moving & always one of my all time favorites in anime!

[@Cowabungas]

Kakashi saving his dad in the afterlife is so poetic

[@jeffjeff2955]

many people think Naruto as a series could've ended right here, but the rest of the series is Naruto making good on his promise to achieve peace

[@tannerb1527]

Naruto could've ended right here and I wouldn't have minded one bit.. Love seeing the flashbacks go from doubting Naruto to fully supporting him. Best arc in the show for sure

[@ahmedchaikhoun5004]

And with that, we have closed arguably one of the peak, if not THE peak, Naruto Arcs! Rewatching it always brings a whirlwind of emotions and intensity!! Congratulations!

[@barbarapereira7790]

When I watched this for the first time, I was sure Kakashi and Shizune didn't die, there was a catch somewhere, but when Nagato resurrect them it was when I understood that they did indeed die, for a brief moment, but they did. And we've seen that resurrection isn't abnormal in this show, Orochimaru brought back the 1st and the 2nd in his fight against the 3rd. It was a different jutsu, but still a resurrection.

[@pasit_strength]

Nagato should’ve gave Naruto his rinnegan right here 😮 That would be insane!!!

[@kanieloutis5604]

The show would be over 😂

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

If you ever want Naruto to be completely broken and have pretty much no hardship ever from that point on: Give him Rinnegan.

[@kevinlengkoan8534]

That would ruin the story where Naruto is a reincarnation of Ashura who have the power of chakra and Sasuke, the reincarnation of Indra who has the power of the Eyes.

[@CtrlSinclair]

The pain arc is the best arc.

[@mermorg9044]

what a nostalgia to watch these episodes with you again, to listen to these posts. I remember my childhood, and now I'm watching this with a machine gun in my hands and it gets warm

[@markcruz7238]

To me the highlight of this arc is the progression of how the village started to respect and care for naruto. if you notice, at first they dont even call him by his name until later on.

[@muhamadouceesay2272]

Naruto finally released his strongest Jutsu “the talk no jutsu” it’s too op!!!

[@drakainen4555]

Yep, everyone loves to meme on it but really, think how many anime have ya seen where the entire problem/conflict could be stopped or prevented by the characters sitting down and talking for 5 minutes..

[@TizOnly1]

I couldn't stand this ending. Nagato was dropping bars on Naruto's headtop, and Naruto had zero answers for the main contradictions that drove Nagato for decades. The fact that he just decided to believe in Naruto, bc he kept saying the same thing that didn't actually answer anything was always trash to me.

[@Galaron1000]

This!

[@foreighteen7797]

Except he did have an answer--an answer that was repeated ad nauseam throughout the entire arc: believing in people's ability to understand each other, which was Nagato's original belief and the fundamental premise of all truthful negotiations and human relationships. Without this basic precept, the ways of the world inevitably default to deception, manipulation, and coercion. Nagato didn't decide to change his mind just because Naruto "kept saying the same thing." That "thing" was his true conviction, which he cast aside after suffering so much and being influenced by Tobi's ideology. As soon as he saw that there was someone fighting the fight he himself had given up on, the persona of Pain--an identity and mindset he invented to compensate for his loss of conviction and cope with the trauma of war--lost its perceived value. Naruto made him remember his real conviction by actually embodying it, as if to restore Nagato's faith in humanity. Criticize Naruto's answer or the way it was written as much as you want, but to say that he had "zero answers" is simply a lie.

[@TizOnly1]

@@foreighteen7797 that's not an answer at all to how ninja can coexist peacefully in a world in which they *must* kill each other, and trample on ancillary villages. It's not an answer at all to why Nagato should be fine with Konoha killing his parents... not an answer at all to why his village has to suffer every time the major nations decide they need to fight. Naruto had zero answers to the MAIN points Nagato was making. Naruto just said the same dumb shit he said all series, which was not an answer at all to the many issues that came up in the series. Nagato breaking to the sentimentality of Naruto's words being like Yahiko's words, when Yahiko being killed in a completely fucked situation brought about by the very realities of the ninja world that Naruto had zero answers for was the reason Nagato switched from that idealistic naive bullshit to begin with. It was narratively trash.

[@foreighteen7797]

​@@TizOnly1 Nagato's main point was that humans cannot possibly understand each other. Every single issue you cited, including Nagato's peace-through-terror solution, stems from that premise. Naruto's answer was to prove it wrong by listening to his mortal enemy, appealing to their shared principles and sentiments, and living out his own convictions--which apparently worked as far as Nagato and Konan were concerned. While it is true that this response doesn't constitute a treaty, declaration, legislative proposal, edict, a new set of standard operating procedures, or any sort of concrete formula for peace, it constitutes a return to fundamental principles, which Nagato had cast aside in favor of a band-aid solution. There isn't a single instance in the entirety of the series that implies Nagato "should be fine with" the crimes of Konoha, nor did Naruto ever show or claim that he would ever be "fine with" the Akatsuki's crimes against the world, so that's neither here nor there. The point is that understanding can be achieved in spite of all that, and if you don't put your faith in it, you end up on a slippery slope to the creation of a menace like Pain and the Akatsuki. One could call Naruto's worldview incomplete, naive, and/or even arrogant, but to say that it fails to address anything is simply a lie; and repeating that lie out of sheer dislike and dismissiveness is not a valid argument.

[@TizOnly1]

@@foreighteen7797 It's a bogus "fundamental principle" in a story entirely about warring military factions. And it's not "neither here nor there" whether or not these ninja could be ok with the "crimes" of the other... that's the ENTIRE thing! How do these ninja villages and individual ninja interact with each other, and what does that realistically engender in the other. When a main village fights another, and decimates a smaller village in between them, what does that ACTUALLY do to those villagers? That's the CORE of it.. not something that's "neither here nor there". When the contradictions inherent to ninja villages' existence leads to a clan wanting to rise up against the village, and the village responds by massacring that clan.. why did that happen? What happens next? What does it mean to have to live through that? Those are CORE questions to the story. Not some ancillary shit. Naruto's answer didn't even address the main issues. He just showed conviction... but no ability to actually deal with the core issues. It wasn't an answer. To me, it was really bad writing, and a complete copout.. but that's what I think about basically the entire story after Naruto meets Nagato face to face. Kishi was setting up all sorts of interesting dilemmas, and it all fell apart to a "conviction without substance" copout answer.

[@DoubleGaming9]

The power of talk no jutsu

[@rabaaquest5787]

If Pain can take souls, with the Rinnegan he can surely bring them back. That's how this is happening.

[@jamourigeorge5088]

And with that, we’ve reached the end of the Storm 2 era of Naruto Shippuden

[@ChrisIanThompson]

Jiraiya's story is beautiful. His decision not to give up and to figure out Pain's secret, to sacrifice his life for the future, despite the proof in front of him that is essentially mocking his destiny and hope for a student to bring about a great change.

[@SpooNinAcupX]

No character at this point has suffered more than itachi. Other than Sasuke seeing his family get killed, everything he has done has been self inflicted up to this point. Been lovin your reactions. Excited to see much more! Ive rewatched this show more times than i can remember.

[@thypanzer]

Dont think ill ever get over this scene ever in my life my eyes started raining

[@DarkVoid9274]

Pain has the best ending to an arc. Some people don't like it because of the revival but I liked it because it shows the whole point of what Naruto the show is, it all about hope and entrusting the future with the next generation. Nagato entrusted Naruto with his dream and Jiraya's and shows this by bringing back people who he hated because he knows Naruto needs this and he wants to help Naruto. The revival scene encapsulates one of the main point of what Naruto the show is about.

[@icrystal1231]

Pain Arc was (in my opinion) peak Naruto. Everything was perfect. We had a badass villain group with Akatsuki, well written stories with Pain and some other members of Akatsuki and much drama with Jiraya etc. This arc completely destroyed me personally, but it's still the one I can't forget because it was that good. We also mustn't forget that Naruto finally got everything he wished for and that was him being respected and loved by the people of the Leaf Village!

[@TheWorldThatOnceWas]

I'm glad you enjoyed the Pain arc! If you'd like, there is more to Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan and the Akatsuki in ep 346-348, but you gotta wait until you get there😂

[@A_Brit]

When Naruto gets accepted by the village it brings me to tears.

[@FroYo1305]

Naruto just entered like a boss and solo'd Akatsuki's leader and in total 7 pains where even kakashi couldn't take on 2 of them together. And resolved everything in a way where Hidden Rain village are their allies now and everyone who died were revived just shows how insanely strong and reliable he has become. This arc is one of the best arcs for naruto's growth

[@TheLoyalShinobi.]

Shizune comes back to life Ron: "SNAKE!" 💀

[@cupholder189]

Genuinely sick and tired of how every girl reacting to the Pain arc only cares about Kakashi. Like I understand he's one of the best characters, but you're witnessing the ending of one of the greatest arcs of the entire series. The main character is getting the recognition he deserves after saving the entire village, effectively achieving his dreams, but all they care about is the revival of one fucking character. I just can't believe she just watched one of the most emotional conclusions to a set of insanely well-written arcs, tying up so many loose ends in an incredibly satisfying way, but KAKASHI NO DEAD NO MORE. Like look beyond the character and appreciate the story. My fucking God. Really can't criticize Sakura's terrible character when you have pretty much every female reactor worshipping Kakashi in the same fucking way.

[@Luis_1605]

"the story is just getting started" isnt even beginning to describe how crazy it will get. Hope yall enjoy ♥

[@JudzCuevas]

The lesson of this ep is about your DREAMS!!! Naruto just dreamt to be acknowledge with the people around him, even though there's a lot things happen "He never gives up!" and now dream come true!!

[@925bayareatycoon]

10:51 the pain of loneliness kills the tuffest of people over time. The fact that Naruto can still feel the way he does through all his trauma is why nagato understood Naruto

[@Nicaveli]

Ginger had to zone out to stop from being emotional at the end lol

[@sanamn8543]

I cried like a baby end of episode 175.my poor naruto finally loved by village... He came a long way..

[@luminthant6506]

I didn’t realize how much i loved Naruto until that episode

[@devonm042690]

Rinnegan translates to Samsara Eye. Samsara is the name for the reincarnation cycle buddhists believe in. Samsara has multiple realms, stacked on each other like floors in a building, or layers. From lowest to highest these realms are called the Naraka Realm, the Preta Realm, the Animal Realm, the Human Realm, the Asura Realm, and the Deva Realm. According to buddhist teachings, when someone dies they reincarnate, and in each life they accumulate karma from both their actions and inaction. Upon death in any given life, enough good karma can allow them to ascend to a higher realm, but enough bad karma will push them into a lower realm. In the buddhist idea of reincarnation, the ideal objective is not actually tied to the Samsara system at all. Instead, they strive to let go of worldly attachments and thus escape the cycle. Those who do so enter a place known in buddhism as the Outer Realm. The Paths of Pain are different abilities exclusive to the Rinnegan. When Nagato or Konan referred to one of the Pain corpse puppets by a word ending in '-do', that's actually the name of an ability or subset of abilities of the Rinnegan, which is also used as the name of said corpse puppet. The six Paths of Pain are Jigokudo, Gakido, Chikushodo, Ningendo, Shurado, and Tendo. 'Jikogudo' translates to 'Naraka Path', 'Gakido' to 'Preta Path', 'Chikushodo' to 'Animal Path', 'Ningendo' to 'Human Path', 'Shurado' to 'Asura Path', and 'Tendo' to 'Deva Path'. If you refer to the Rinnegan and its wielder by the names of the Paths of Pain, then while a Rinnegan user has corpse puppets wielding the six aforementioned paths, the wielder himself continues to wield a seventh subset of abilities called 'Gedo', which translates to 'Outer Path'. That's why Konan referred to Nagato as the 'Seventh Pain'. It's also why those who possess the Rinnegan are said to exist outside the realm of life and death, and why the Rinnegan is said to be a jutsu that presides over life and death.

[@omnomnomnomm]

you guys just finished the best arc in Shippuden! congrats!

[@meikisaragi1445]

I love Naruto. It's one of my favourite animes of all time. And this particular pain arc is still my favourite, but don't worry because there's still a lot of stuff to look forward to so enjoy the rest of the series.

[@nileshag9217]

Seemed like Michelle was so much concerned about kakashi, I was too.. but I was expecting more overwhelmed reaction on Naruto being acknowledged by everyone as the hero. It was so emotional 😢

[@asianck]

Welp, that was peak Naruto. What an arc that was.

[@Animeabe]

To be honest, as much as I like the pain arc, I think this show just gets better as it goes on. I'm sure you'll enjoy it a lot. 👍

[@terrorsanity]

You know what could be The Most Epic plotline ever? If Rinnegan indeed was passed down to the next generation and we saw it only in Boruto ten~ years later, when MC would suddenly encounter a kid of same age as him with these eyes - they played Pain theme and then cut it to black with the cliffhanger.

[@Kyubone]

You definitely had good reason not believing Kakashi was truly gone, it was the same for me when I watched the episode :) These episodes, and this whole arc, is amazing and one of my faves.

[@RyoHazuki224]

12:20 Well, if we want to quantify the level of pain endured based on the number of lives lost, I mean Naruto literally lost well over half his village just before he got summoned back. So that's like thousands of lives. Sure he didn't know everybody but what else would you feel when you see your village literally wiped off the map like that? Pain. Yes you'll feel a TON of pain. Thats in addition to losing TWO of his precious teachers, losing his best friend and rival, not being in control of his powers and hurting the girl he loves Sakura, seeing Hinata stabbed, and plus all the pain of being snubbed and ignored his whole life and never knowing his parents, growing up alone. Naruto has a TON of pain. At this moment at least. You'll eventually learn more about the Rinnegan, not spoiling it but that story is coming.

[@LordofPotatos]

Spoiler free expectation setting: Ok just so the plot armor thing wouldnt bug you. Rinne Rebirth is a jutsu exclusive to a Rinnegan user with both in their eyes. So you dont have to worry that the Rinne rebirth would be spammed to save everyone each time.

[@shawnpatterson6614]

Finally. So glad you both kept going to see Kakashi is back.

[@brentparris7537]

I was literally telling my friend this episode was my favorite and made me cry

[@lyrics9830]

Ep 175. Bro still sussing shizune working with orochi 🤣🤣

[@Danny_Inflames]

And the claps ???????👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀😸😸😸 BEST ENDING EVER❤️❤️❤️

[@andrewodinson3726]

Of all the people in Naruto, I think I'd least want to be Gaara. Everyone hated him for his entire childhood, his father ordered his uncle to try to kill him, he was tormented by Shukaku every night and could hardly sleep. Then shortly after becoming Kazekage, a terrorist invades his village and he has to sacrifice himself to prevent it from being nuked.