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This article is about episode 248 of Naruto: Shippūden. For chapter 502, see The Fourth's Battle to the Death!!.

"The Fourth Hokage's Death Match" (四代目の死闘!!, Yondaime no Shitō!!) is episode 248 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis

Kushina successfully gives birth to Naruto, and Biwako takes the baby away, only for her and fellow midwife Taji to be killed by Tobi, the masked man. Tobi places explosive tags on the newborn Naruto and tosses him into the air, forcing Minato to catch him, remove the tags and use his Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport outside. Tobi uses the opportunity to use Kamui to teleport himself and Kushina elsewhere, where he extracts the Nine-Tails out of her and, controlling it with his Sharingan, decides to attack Konoha. Meanwhile, Minato teleports to one of his safehouses to keep his newborn son safe and manages to teleport back to Kushina, who had the Flying Thunder God seal marked on her Eight Trigrams Sealing Style, and saves her from being killed by the tailed beast. He brings her back to the safehouse, placing her next to Naruto and dresses in his Hokage attire.

In the village, Guy is pestering Kakashi to compete in another challenge while Tobi sneaks into the village. He summons the Nine-Tails right inside the village and allows it to wreak havoc. Sensing the tailed beast, the Third Hokage prepares to go into battle; Chōza, Shikaku, and Inoichi prepare to defend their village as well. Minato teleports to the village to defend it, and the fox fires a Tailed Beast Ball towards him. Using his Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder technique, Minato warps the Tailed Beast Ball to a safe distance away. He is immediately engaged in combat with Tobi, who attempts to use Kamui to send Minato elsewhere; however, Minato teleports to a safe location just in time. Tobi follows Minato there and praises his Flying Thunder God techniques, while Minato, realising that the masked man in front of him possesses a Sharingan strong enough to control the Nine-Tails while infiltrating the village undetected, suspects Tobi to be none other than Madara Uchiha, albeit immediately dismissing the thought since Madara was thought to be long dead.

Minato begins his assault on Tobi, who produces chains from his wrists, but is unable to land a successful hit due to Tobi's intangibility. Noting that Tobi would have to manifest physically in order to strike back, Minato throws one of his Flying Thunder God Kunai at Tobi's head while rushing towards him at the same time. Right as the kunai goes through Tobi's head, he materialises in order to grab a hold of Minato; however, Minato forms his Rasengan and teleports to the kunai's location behind Tobi, and manages to land a successful hit, marking him as well. Tobi is wounded from the attack, as his left arm begins to peel and fall off. Having branded Tobi, Minato is able to teleport to him right away and places a Contract Seal on him, wresting the Nine-Tails from his control.

Trivia

Team Tobirama as well as Torifu Akimichi were not present during the episode, in contrast with chapter 503.
In the manga, Minato glared at the Nine-Tails and Tobi, the masked man, after telling Kushina that Naruto was safe. In this episode, it happened when Kushina told him that Tobi's objective was to destroy Konoha.
Minato notices Tobi's Sharingan as the latter uses Kamui; however, it is a normal Sharingan eye and not the Mangekyō Sharingan. This goof also persists in the previous episodes up until the point where Tobi's true identity is revealed, at which point his Mangekyō Sharingan is shown whenever he uses Kamui.
After Tobi is struck with the Rasengan, his left arm peels off. This is apparently an error, as Tobi's left arm was his original and natural arm, while his right arm was the artificial arm.

Credits

Role	Seiyū			English Voice Actor
	English	Japanese	Rōmaji
Fourth Hokage: Minato Namikaze	Toshiyuki Morikawa	森川智之	Morikawa Toshiyuki	Tony Oliver
Kushina Uzumaki	Emi Shinohara	篠原恵美	Shinohara Emi	Laura Bailey
Nine-Tailed Fox	Tessho Genda	玄田哲章	Genda Tesshō	Paul St. Peter
Madara Uchiha	Naoya Uchida	内田直哉	Uchida Naoya	Neil Kaplan
Third Hokage: Hiruzen Sarutobi	Hidekatsu Shibata	柴田秀勝	Shibata Hidekatsu	Steve Kramer
Kakashi Hatake	Kazuhiko Inoue	井上和彦	Inoue Kazuhiko	Dave Wittenberg
Might Guy	Masashi Ebara	江原正士	Ebara Masashi	Skip Stellrecht
Shikaku Nara	Hiroshi Yanaka	家中宏	Yanaka Hiroshi	Jonathan Fahn
Chōza Akimichi	Nobuaki Fukuda	福田信昭	Fukuda Nobuaki	Michael Sorich
Kurenai's father	Hiromu Kondo	近藤広務	Kondō Hiromu	Todd Haberkorn
Itachi Uchiha	Hideo Ishikawa	石川英郎	Ishikawa Hideo	Crispin Freeman
Biwako Sarutobi	Ikuko Watanabe	渡辺育子	Watanabe Ikuko	Mona Marshall
Taji	Kayo Ishida	石田嘉代	Ishida Kayo	Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Konoha shinobi	Taira Kikumoto Toshiharu Nakanishi Shinobu Matsumoto Ryuichi Kijima Kengo Kawanishi	菊本平中西としはる松本忍木島隆一河西健吾	Kikumoto Taira Nakanishi Toshiharu Matsumoto Shinobu Kijima Ryūichi Kawanishi Kengo	Kyle Hebert Matthew Mercer Quinton Flynn

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-|arc=Confining the Jinchūriki Arc
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+|boruto=No
+|opening song=Newsong
+|ending song=By My Side
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+|english airdate=June 28, 2014
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+== Synopsis ==
-{{translation|'''The Fourth's Battle to the Death!!'''|四代目の死闘!!|Yondaime no Shitō!!}} is episode 248 of the ''[[Naruto: Shippūden]]'' anime.
+<section begin=summary />[[Kushina]] successfully gives birth to [[Naruto]], and [[Biwako]] takes the baby away, only for her and fellow midwife [[Taji]] to be killed by [[Tobi]], the masked man. Tobi places [[explosive tag]]s on the newborn Naruto and tosses him into the air, forcing [[Minato]] to catch him, remove the tags and use his [[Flying Thunder God Technique]] to teleport outside. Tobi uses the opportunity to use [[Kamui]] to teleport himself and [[Kushina]] elsewhere, where he [[Tail Releasing Method|extracts]] the [[Nine-Tails]] out of her and, controlling it with his [[Sharingan]], decides to attack [[Konoha]]. Meanwhile, Minato teleports to one of his [[Minato's Safe Houses|safehouses]] to keep his newborn son safe and manages to teleport back to Kushina, who had the Flying Thunder God seal marked on her [[Eight Trigrams Sealing Style]], and saves her from being killed by the [[tailed beast]]. He brings her back to the safehouse, placing her next to Naruto and dresses in his [[Hokage]] attire.<section end=summary />
+In the village, [[Guy]] is pestering [[Kakashi]] to compete in another challenge while Tobi sneaks into the village. He [[Summoning Technique|summons]] the Nine-Tails right inside the village and allows it to wreak havoc. Sensing the tailed beast, the [[Third Hokage]] prepares to go into battle; [[Chōza]], [[Shikaku]], and [[Inoichi]] prepare to defend their village as well. Minato teleports to the village to defend it, and the fox fires a [[Tailed Beast Ball]] towards him. Using his [[Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder]] technique, Minato warps the Tailed Beast Ball to a safe distance away. He is immediately engaged in combat with Tobi, who attempts to use Kamui to send Minato [[Kamui's Dimension|elsewhere]]; however, Minato teleports to a safe location just in time. Tobi follows Minato there and praises his Flying Thunder God techniques, while Minato, realising that the masked man in front of him possesses a Sharingan strong enough to control the Nine-Tails while infiltrating the village undetected, suspects Tobi to be none other than [[Madara Uchiha]], albeit immediately dismissing the thought since Madara was thought to be long dead.
-== Summary ==
-[[Kushina]] successfully delivers [[Naruto]], but their celebration comes short when [[Tobi]] suddenly appears and kills [[Taji]] and [[Biwako]]. Tobi attempts to kill Naruto, but [[Minato]] quickly saves Naruto from the explosion, and while Minato flees and puts Naruto to safety, Tobi manages to [[Tailed Beast Extraction Technique|release]] the [[Nine-Tails]] from Kushina. Tobi takes control of the Nine Tails by using his [[Sharingan]] and tries to eliminate Kushina, who is quickly saved by Minato and brought back to Naruto. Tobi summons the Nine-Tails to start the carnage over [[Konoha]] and Minato prepares himself to face Tobi. Minato arrives in Konoha and [[Space–Time Barrier|sends]] the Nine-Tails' [[Tailed Beast Ball]] away. Tobi appears behind Minato and tries to grab him, but Minato [[Flying Thunder God Technique|teleports]]. Tobi follows him. Minato and Tobi start their clash, and Minato lands a [[Rasengan]] on Tobi, using the opportunity to mark him and apply the [[Contract Seal]], releasing the Nine-Tails from his control.
+Minato begins his assault on Tobi, who produces chains from his wrists, but is unable to land a successful hit due to Tobi's intangibility. Noting that Tobi would have to manifest physically in order to strike back, Minato throws one of his [[Flying Thunder God Kunai]] at Tobi's head while rushing towards him at the same time. Right as the kunai goes through Tobi's head, he materialises in order to grab a hold of Minato; however, Minato forms his [[Rasengan]] and teleports to the kunai's location behind Tobi, and manages to land a successful hit, marking him as well. Tobi is wounded from the attack, as his left arm begins to peel and fall off. Having branded Tobi, Minato is able to teleport to him right away and places a [[Contract Seal]] on him, wresting the Nine-Tails from his control.
 == Trivia ==
-* [[Team Tobirama]] as well as [[Torifu Akimichi]] were not present during the episode, in contrast with [[Minato's Dead Demon Consuming Seal!!|chapter #503]].
+* [[Team Tobirama]] as well as [[Torifu Akimichi]] were not present during the episode, in contrast with [[Minato's Dead Demon Consuming Seal!!|chapter 503]].
+* In the manga, Minato glared at the Nine-Tails and Tobi, the masked man, after telling Kushina that Naruto was safe. In this episode, it happened when Kushina told him that Tobi's objective was to destroy Konoha.
+* Minato notices Tobi's [[Sharingan]] as the latter uses [[Kamui]]; however, it is a normal Sharingan eye and not the [[Mangekyō Sharingan]]. This goof also persists in the previous episodes up until the point where Tobi's true identity is revealed, at which point his Mangekyō Sharingan is shown whenever he uses Kamui.
+* After Tobi is struck with the [[Rasengan]], his left arm peels off. This is apparently an error, as Tobi's left arm was his original and natural arm, while his right arm was the [[White Zetsu Army|artificial arm]].
+== Credits ==
+{{CreditsTable|
+Minato Namikaze [Fourth Hokage: Minato Namikaze]
+ JA: Toshiyuki Morikawa
+ EN: Tony Oliver
+Kushina Uzumaki
+ JA: Emi Shinohara
+ EN: Laura Bailey
+Nine-Tailed Fox
+ JA: Tessho Genda
+ EN: Paul St. Peter
+Obito Uchiha [Madara Uchiha]
+ JA: Naoya Uchida
+ EN: Neil Kaplan
+Hiruzen Sarutobi [Third Hokage: Hiruzen Sarutobi]
+ JA: Hidekatsu Shibata
+ EN: Steve Kramer
+Kakashi Hatake
+ JA: Kazuhiko Inoue
+ EN: Dave Wittenberg
+Might Guy
+ JA: Masashi Ebara
+ EN: Skip Stellrecht
+Shikaku Nara
+ JA: Hiroshi Yanaka
+ EN: Jonathan Fahn
+Chōza Akimichi
+ JA: Nobuaki Fukuda
+ EN: Michael Sorich
+Shinku Yūhi [Kurenai's father]
+ JA: Hiromu Kondo
+ EN: Todd Haberkorn
+Itachi Uchiha
+ JA: Hideo Ishikawa
+ EN: Crispin Freeman
+Biwako Sarutobi
+ JA: Ikuko Watanabe
+ EN: Mona Marshall
+Taji
+ JA: Kayo Ishida
+ EN: Dorothy Elias-Fahn
+[Konoha shinobi]
+ JA: Taira Kikumoto
+ JA: Toshiharu Nakanishi
+ JA: Shinobu Matsumoto
+ JA: Ryuichi Kijima
+ JA: Kengo Kawanishi
+ EN: Kyle Hebert
+ EN: Matthew Mercer
+ EN: Quinton Flynn
+}}
+[[pl:Bitwa Czwartego na śmierć i życie!! (odcinek)]]
+[[fr:Le Dernier Combat du quatrième du nom !]]