Naruto's Rival

Naruto's rival brings the bond with Sasuke to the battlefield as the two converge against the war's ultimate threat. The episode threads the series' central relationship into the climax — Naruto and Sasuke, rivals and friends, their paths crossing again as the Ten-Tails looms. The rivalry that defined the series shapes the war's endgame. It's a canon war beat of immense weight, the two boys from the Academy fighting toward the same enemy at last, the rivalry that began in Part 1 carried into the conflict's apocalyptic climax.