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"The Darkness of the Akatsuki" (暁の闇, Akatsuki no Yami) is episode 456 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Summary[]

Jūzō asks Itachi about Duy, and tells him how he single-handedly defeated four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Jūzō and Itachi briefly discuss their specialties before the two carry out an assassination. Akatsuki gathers, and Pain fills the others in on Akatsuki's progress and growing reputation. He informs them about the plan to gather the Tailed Beasts. Jūzō is given a mission in the Land of Water, much to his displeasure. To prevent being taken by hunter-nin, Jūzō instructs Itachi to kill him if he is captured. The two complete their mission, but are pursued by Yagura and Kiri Anbu. Jūzō and Itachi fight them, taking out the Anbu, but Yagura channels Isobu's power. Yagura paralyses Itachi, but Jūzō frees him. Yagura aims a Tailed Beast Ball at them, which Jūzō blocks at the cost of his sword, part of which impales him. Itachi awakens Amaterasu, leaving Yagura at the brink of death. Jūzō dies from his injury. At the next Akatsuki gathering, Kakuzu's partner is also revealed to have been killed, by Kakuzu himself. Orochimaru tries to attack Itachi to take over his body, but is defeated. Pain assigns Kisame to be Itachi's new partner.

Credits[]

RoleSeiyūEnglish Voice Actor
EnglishJapaneseRōmaji
Itachi UchihaHideo Ishikawa石川 英郎Ishikawa HideoCrispin Freeman
Fourth Mizukage: YaguraMiyu Irino入野 自由Irino MiyuNicolas Roye
Jūzō Biwa‎Kosuke Goto後藤 光祐Gotō KōsukeSteve Blum
PainKenyu Horiuchi堀内 賢雄Horiuchi Ken'yūMatthew Mercer
Sasori (Hiruko)Yutaka Aoyama青山 穣Aoyama YutakaJB Blanc
KakuzuTakaya Hashi土師 孝也Hashi TakayaFred Tatasciore
ZetsuNobuo Tobita飛田 展男Tobita NobuoTravis Willingham
TobiWataru Takagi高木 渉Takagi WataruMichael Yurchak
OrochimaruKujiraくじらKujiraSteve Blum
Kabuto YakushiNobutoshi Kanna神奈 延年Kanna NobutoshiHenry Dittman
SamuraiRyuichi Kijima
Minoru Kawai
木島 隆一
河合 みのる
Kijima Ryūichi
Kawai Minoru
Vic Mignogna
Steve Kramer
KisameTomoyuki Dan檀 臣幸Dan TomoyukiKirk Thornton
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