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Naruto Season 4

Name: Naruto Season 4 review: BollyAI verdict
Item: Naruto Season 4
Rating: 5.5
Author: BollyAI

Naruto Season 4 is a SKIP, BollyMeter 5.5/10. 55 episodes on Crunchyroll from 29 September 2004.

SKIP

BollyMeter5.5/10Predominantly filler following the Sasuke Retrieval arc's conclusion. Widely acknowledged as the series' least essential stretch - most watch guides direct viewers to skip directly to Shippuden.

Updated 8 June 2026

What BollyAI Thinks

The original Naruto's closing seasons are the franchise's honest admission that it had run ahead of the manga. Seasons 4 and 5 are approximately 85% filler - original anime content designed to buy time for Masashi Kishimoto's pen. There are isolated episodes with appeal (the Kakashi Anbu backstory content, some comedy pieces), but the dramatic momentum built through the Chunin Exams and Sasuke Retrieval dissipates almost entirely. The fandom consensus since Shippuden's completion has been firm: watch through episode 135 (the Sasuke Retrieval conclusion), then start Shippuden. BollyAI reads no credible critical case for otherwise.

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The Room

8.4/10IMDb audience

Season Over Season

A hard drop from Season 3's emotional finale into a filler plateau - skip without guilt.