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Naruto Shippuden Episode 248
The Fourth Hokage's Death Match
Manga Canon
9.6
- Japanese Air
- Feb 9, 2012
- English Air
- Jun 28, 2014
- Runtime
- 21 min
- Manga
- Ch. 500, 501, 502, 503
Description Spoiler-Free
As the night of Naruto’s birth grows more desperate, the mysterious masked ninja puts Konoha on edge and forces Minato to confront the escalating crisis head-on. Meanwhile, the village’s protectors scramble to keep the situation from spiraling any further as the danger tightens around them.
Anime-Manga Differences Spoiler
Plot and Content Changes
- Hiruzen drives the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox out of Konohagakure with his old team-mates — Homura, Koharu, even Torifu — present in the manga. The anime rewrites the scene wholesale. (Manga: chapter 503, page 7)
Animation Changes
- Carrying on from episode 247, the binding chains and stakes that held Kurama inside Kushina Uzumaki appear liquid on the page but solid in the previous episode. This follow-up episode shifts the look once more into something resembling lava. (Manga: chapter 501, pages 8-9)
- Infant Sasuke wears short spiky black hair in the manga and in episode 247 — but this episode redesigns him with bangs on each side and no fringe. (Manga: chapter 500, page 11)
Source: https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Anime-Manga_Differences