Naruto Anime Episode 197-201: Gennou the Trap Maker

This filler arc involves master trap maker Gennou taking revenge against Konoha. The Konoha Genin are tasked with hunting him down before he destroys the village.

In the following summaries, Orange = Filler.





Episode 197: "Daipinchi! Konoha no 11 nin zen'in shuugou ~ Great Crisis! The Konoha 11 All Assemble"

Airdate: 08/16/2006

Naruto introduces Sakura to Gennou, an old carpenter who is now his friend. Gennou is actually "Trap Maker" Gennou. He flees Konoha after stealing village blueprints and disappears in an explosion. Most Konoha Jounin are sent to the northern border as a precaution. The Genin are gathered to search Konoha for the blueprints. ANBU later arrive to talk to Naruto about his relationship with Gennou.

Episode 198: "Anbu mo oteage Naruto no kioku ~ The ANBU Also Gave Up, Naruto's Recollection"

Airdate: 08/23/2006

The ANBU perform a hypnosis jutsu on Naruto but come up empty handed. Tsunade tells Shikamaru the Hidden Waterfall is holding training exercises which may hide an invasion. He tells Tsunade that Gennou was better than he let on. The Genin determine Gennou didn't actually die in the explosion. The Jounin learn Waterfall has no ill intentions. Shikamaru is then surprised to see a bird fly over head releasing coded blueprints for him.

Episode 199: "Matohazure Mietekita hyouteki ~ Missing the Mark, The Visible Target"

Airdate: 08/30/2006

The Genin head to the Ninja Academy because its blueprints are missing. They examine the Academy but find little. Naruto, Chouji and Lee find a strange targeting post. The Genin find exploding notes hidden throughout the building which connect to the ignition point post. Neji and Hinata then use their Byakugan and reveal that notes are hidden all throughout the village.

Episode 200: "Gen'eki baribari Saikyou no suketto ~ Working Hard on Active Duty, The Strongest Helper"

Airdate: 09/13/2006

The Genin set about removing the remaining tags. With the help of Homura and Koharu they determine the tags were placed over 30 years ago. Leaf had fought Hidden Heat Haze which Gennou hailed from. They planned for him to sabotage Leaf but their village was destroyed before the trap could be executed. Naruto finds Gennou inside the Hokage mountain and learns he has further plans.

Episode 201: "Tajuu torappu Houkai no kauntodaun ~ Multiple Traps, Countdown to Collapse"

Airdate: 09/20/2006

Gennou plans to collapse the Hokage Mountain and Naruto moves to stop him. The Leaf ninja deactivate the tags but Gennou activates another and the mountain explodes. Sakura tells them it's Genjutsu and Gennou flees on a summoned bird. They learn he's deathly ill and the bird moves to blow up the mountain. Naruto stops it and Gennou states he had fun and dies. They learn he originally wanted to destroy Konoha, but saw his dead son in Naruto and decided to give them all a challenging hunt instead.