The Pain arc was major for the Naruto series. Kishimoto reveals a huge difficulty he experienced after this arc.

Naruto's Fourth Great Ninja War arc was one of the most challenging for Kishimoto due to the need for Naruto to experience war. After the Pain Arc, Kishimoto found the Chunin Exam ...

The Pain Arc is Naruto at its absolute peak. It starts with the villain Pain attacking the Hidden Leaf Village in search of the Nine-Tails power and the villagers refusing to reveal Naruto’s ...