Naruto Shippuuden (dub) Episode 446 May 2026

: Critics describe the episode as "ambitiously bad" with a community score of 1.0/10 on Anime News Network .

: Itachi's role is relegated to a "decoy," and his death is viewed by fans as anticlimactic and "shitty". Naruto Shippuuden (Dub) Episode 446

Naruto Shippūden (Dub) Episode 446, titled "Collision," is widely criticized as a rushed and poorly written filler episode that compresses years of character development into 20 minutes . Part of the "Jiraiya's Ninja Scrolls" arc, it presents an alternate-reality retelling where characters act out of character and major plot points—like Itachi's death—are handled with little emotional weight. Key Plot Points : Critics describe the episode as "ambitiously bad"

: Naruto briefly enters a Four-Tails state and later utilizes a short-lived Sage Mode. Part of the "Jiraiya's Ninja Scrolls" arc, it

: Reviewers on Reddit noted that while the original canon took dozens of episodes for these developments, this filler arc forces them into a single, disjointed episode.

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