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Cover of Pain's Assault, Vols. 45–48
Part II (Shippuden) · Naruto at age 16

Pain's Assault, Vols. 45–48

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Konoha under siege while Naruto trains with the toads; collects chapters 413–453

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Quick recap

Naruto heads to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Mode from the toads. Meanwhile, Pain invades Konoha with his six bodies, hunting the Fox. Kakashi falls, the village is flattened by a single blast and Tsunade gives everything to protect the survivors. Naruto arrives and takes the bodies down one by one until he's pinned. Hinata throws herself in front of him and is struck down, and Naruto loses control and nearly frees the Fox, until his father, Minato, appears inside the seal and restores it. Naruto beats the last body and goes alone to talk to Nagato, the man behind Pain. Won over, Nagato gives his life to revive everyone he killed, and Konoha welcomes Naruto as a hero.

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Trivia

  1. Behind the scenesThe hardest arc

    Kishimoto said this was the hardest arc to write, because Naruto had to forgive his enemy.

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  2. Behind the scenesA victim of war

    Kishimoto created Nagato to show Naruto the tragedy of war, something he'd never lived through. The arc turns on one question: can pain teach peace?

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  3. ReferenceHinata's moment

    In chapter 437, volume 47, Hinata stands up to Pain alone to protect Naruto and tells him how she feels.

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  4. Behind the scenesThe sage's cloak

    For the fight with Pain, Kishimoto gave Naruto a red cloak with black flames.

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