Homecoming (episode)

is episode 1 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis
Team Ebisu was scampering out of a forest in Konoha, chasing a cat. Konohamaru ran into Teuchi, the owner of Ramen Ichiraku. The cat found himself in an alley and was subdued after a short bout with Konohamaru. They then reported to Ebisu, their commander. As Naruto had done in the past, Konohamaru demanded higher ranked missions. The genin promised that he would become the Seventh Hokage, because he was totally convinced that Naruto will be the Sixth.

Meanwhile, Naruto arrived back in Konoha, and found out that it hadn't changed much since he had left for training with Jiraiya, except that Tsunade's face had now been added to the Hokage monument. Sakura and the others soon spotted him, and while Sakura noted Naruto's physical change, Naruto blatantly told her that she hadn't changed one bit, making her slightly angry. Konohamaru met up with them, performing the Sexy Technique in front of all of them. Naruto said he would not do that again because he's no longer a kid. Sakura thought that Naruto had matured and started to miss the old Naruto, but when he revealed he had a better version, it caused Sakura to punch and verbally assaulted Naruto for almost not having changed one bit mentally (with Naruto thinking in his mind that Sakura also had not changed at all). Naruto later caught up with Tsunade, who wished to see how much he'd learned by putting him up against a certain opponent who hadn't been given missions in a while just for this purpose.

Trivia

 * It was first aired along with episode 2 as an hour-long premier special.
 * The episode begins with Naruto's first post-timeskip reunion with Sasuke, something that does not actually occur until Naruto: Shippūden episode 51.
 * Konohamaru and his team's capture of Tora is identical to a mission Team 7 went on in the first Naruto anime.

Credits
Vuelta a Casa