Naruto Shippuden

## Naruto: Shippuden *Naruto: Shippuden* is the second act of the Naruto saga — darker, larger in scale, and culminating in one of anime's most ambitious final arcs. Two and a half years after leaving the Hidden Leaf Village for intensive training, Naruto Uzumaki returns, older and stronger but still chasing his goal of becoming Hokage. The criminal organization Akatsuki — each member a legendary rogue ninja — is hunting the Tailed Beasts to unlock an apocalyptic power. With friends falling and enemies becoming allies, Naruto must face the truth about the Nine-Tails inside him and the history of hatred that created the ninja world's endless cycle of war. The series climaxes in the Fourth Great Ninja War, a conflict that reveals the origins of the entire shinobi system.