(9/10 if you skip the filler).
The series picks up two and a half years after the original left off. The "Part 1" silliness is largely toned down (though not entirely absent) to make way for a darker narrative. The stakes are immediately higher, dealing with the criminal organization Akatsuki, the ethics of war, and the cycle of hatred. total episodes in naruto shippuden
Episode 500 is titled "The Message" . It adapts the final chapter of the manga (Chapter 700) plus additional epilogue content showing: (9/10 if you skip the filler)
| Series | Total Episodes | Filler % | |--------|----------------|-----------| | Naruto (2002–2007) | 220 | ~41% (90 filler eps) | | Naruto Shippuden (2007–2017) | 500 | ~41% (~205 filler eps) | | | 720 | ~41% | The stakes are immediately higher, dealing with the
Approximately 297 (varies slightly by definition of "mixed" content)
However, many canon episodes contain small filler scenes. The purest breakdown:
These episodes originally aired from February 2007 to March 2017. If you are looking to watch the main story without the filler (non-canon) content, many fans choose to skip roughly 200 episodes of filler, bringing the "canonical" episode count closer to 300.