Naruto recaps with affectionate chaos.
The gist
Narushow is a Naruto and Boruto rewatch built around lively episode recaps and immediate, messy reactions. Plot details matter, but so do crickets, weather, anime work, hot rooms, weird family arcs, and any joke that derails the train.
PRESS PLAY
Find your next episode
About Narushow: A Podcast About Naruto
Narushow is a long-running Naruto and Boruto rewatch show built around recap, reaction, and rapid detour. It follows the episodes closely enough to remember the mission length, the family tensions, the spooky cave setup, and the toy that keeps turning into a running bit. Then it immediately starts poking at the loose threads. The speakers treat plot mechanics, character choices, and tiny visual details as excuses for jokes, but the jokes usually come from paying attention. A Mirai episode can become a conversation about cult imagery, dead relatives, robes, mist, and the risk of handing strangers too much information. A Guy and Kakashi hotel sequence can turn into delight over Guy fearing ghosts because Taijutsu has no obvious answer for them. That kind of overthinking is central to the show. It is not formal criticism, but it is not careless either. The pleasure is in watching the group take an episode seriously for exactly as long as it takes to notice something funny, strange, sweet, or wildly unnecessary. Naruto and Boruto both get that treatment. The show can be warm about Sakura getting a stronger arc, sharp about Sasuke’s failures as a father, charmed by Cho-Cho’s terrible plan to save her parents’ marriage through an eating contest, and delighted by Mirai being stuck among older legends. It also has a running awareness of its own history. The old anime noob, anime moderate, anime adept framing keeps resurfacing as one speaker becomes, by their own account, a literal anime professional. That gives the later episodes a funny extra layer: the show started as semi-naive Naruto viewing, then became a record of people who have watched too much, remembered too much, and still cannot fully stop being surprised. The digressions matter. Crickets in an office, Los Angeles heat, snow, bad airflow, holiday drinks, Patreon microphones, and closing-theme confusion all become part of the texture. The result is less a polished review panel than a recurring hangout with enough continuity to reward regular listening. Newcomers who want tidy summaries may find it chaotic. Fans who like affectionate irreverence will hear the point almost immediately. Narushow works because it lets Naruto be epic, dumb, moving, and very funny in the same breath.
Made for: Best for Naruto and Boruto fans who want detailed episode talk without stiff analysis. It also suits listeners who enjoy fast banter, lore nitpicks, character jokes, and personal tangents woven through the recap.
What sets it apart: Narushow stands out by making the recap feel like a living group conversation instead of a clean review segment. Its strongest moments come from the snap between sincere character investment and absurd side logic, especially around Boruto-era family drama and legacy characters.
In their own words
An anime noob, an anime moderate, and an anime adept watch Naruto every week and try to decide if they even like it. (Spoiler: they do. Except for some characters.)This is Narushow, a podcast about Naruto.
Why you'd press play
Kakashi's boyfriends, Guy's ghost problem, and your serious Naruto recap somehow share one appointment.
Press play if you want
- your Boruto plot recaps repeatedly ambushed by jokes the hosts cannot responsibly abandon
- to revisit character choices with plenty of affection and absolutely no diplomatic immunity
Talks about
Podcasts like Narushow: A Podcast About Naruto


Anime Addicts AnonymousAnime arguments with the guardrails mostly off.
Dragon Ball Super Dope - A Dragon Ball PodcastAnime takes at maximum velocity.
Jojo’s WorldAnime recap with steel-ball tangents.
I Married a WeebMarried life, basement banter, anime opinions.
Episodes
- 1
242: Uchiha Finds A Way
·1h 3m - 2
267: Whomst Amongst Us
·59m - 3
266: Deep State Shikamaru
·1h 8m - 4
265: Wyndstile
·47m - 5
264: Choji's Expansion Jutsu
·1h 13m - 6
263: Taylor's Editing Prowess
·1h 12m - 7
262: The Vibes are Off!
·58m - 8
225: Shadow Deadbeat Dad
·1h 3m - 9
224: Just Shino About It
·57m - 10
223: The Weasel of the Wind
·1h 12m - 11
222: Boruto: Dishonorable Son
·1h 9m - 12
221: Ultimaki
·1h 2m - 13
220: You Think You're Living, Bee Man?
·1h 7m - 14
219: Precious Moments Naruto
·1h 8m - 15
218: Import Some Chuds
·57m - 16
217: Narushow Goes to the Movies
·1h 12m - 17
216: Taylor Fell Down
·1h 12m - 18
261: Narushow Season 2 Premiere
·1h 5m - 19
260: Emily Did A Good Job
·54m - 20
259: The Late Night Ramblings
·59m - 21
257: The Ambrosia Salad Incident
·1h 4m - 22
256.5: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Yes, We Watched All of It)
·1h 2m - 23
256: Skeleton Full of Dust
·1h 13m - 24
255: Sasuke Trashcan Arc, Round 2
·52m - 25
254: Full Stack Jutsu
·1h 9m - 26
253.5: Justice for Tokyo Ghoul
·48m - 27
253: You Know, Boruto Could Always Be Like This
·1h 6m - 28
252: Tummy Juice
·1h 11m - 29
251: LFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
·1h 8m - 30
249: Cheating in Front of Your Mom
·1h 3m - 31
248: Momoco
·1h 13m - 32
247: The Rasengan Epiphany
·1h 3m - 33
246: I Hate It, Gross, Thank You
·1h 3m - 34
245: Bootlicky No Jutsu
·1h 22m - 35
244: The Radicalization of Boruto, Part 1
·1h 3m - 36
243: Green Hill Zone
·1h 10m - 37
258: Don't Tell a Snake What To Do
·1h 2m - 38
241: Distracted by the Lakers
·1h 3m - 39
240: And the Log of the Free
·58m - 40
239: Log: Log Next Generations
·54m - 41
238: Apple Car Tattoo
·1h 13m - 42
237: Breaking the Bad Anime Dad Cycle
·59m - 43
236.5 - The One about One Piece
·38m - 44
236: Kiba, but a Sword?
·59m - 45
235: It's a Wet Food to Share
·51m - 46
234: Finally, A Podcast
·1h 3m - 47
233.5.5: The Solo Pod
·42m - 48
233.5: GOTY 2022
·1h 10m - 49
233: Gaara's Bad Look
·1h 16m - 50
232: Karin and Suigetsu, in the Lab, with the Umbilical Cord
·1h 3m - 51
231: Boys in the House (with Sharingans)
·1h 6m - 52
230: Own Yer Dad
·1h 16m - 53
229: Two and a Half Minutes
·48m - 54
228: It's A-Me, Borutio
·1h 12m - 55
227.5: Chainsaw Man and Anime Brain Disease
·38m - 56
227: A Podcast about Narutoboruto
·57m - 57
226: Laptop & Strong
·53m - 58
225.5 - Would You Like to Play a Game?
·29m - 59
69.5: Shippuden Ahoy! Revisited
·1h - 60
1.5: Unomaki Revisited
·52m - 61
215: The Death of the Internet
·1h 7m - 62
214.5.5: Let's Talk About Videogames, Part 2
·34m - 63
214.5: Large Father, a Ranking of Kings Episode
·29m - 64
214: Bamboo Town
·1h 10m - 65
213: Chek's Definitely Not a Gun
·57m - 66
212: Eat the Rich, Sasuke
·57m - 67
211: BAD PARENTS
·50m - 68
210.5: The Doxxing of DeonX
·46m - 69
210: Bro
·1h 13m - 70
209: Rock Juice
·53m - 71
207: Kakashi Gets a Gundam
·56m - 72
206: The Vaporwave Dimension
·50m - 73
205: Boys in the House
·1h 2m - 74
204: What Do You Bean?
·53m - 75
203: A Shonen for Dale
·1h 5m - 76
202.5: Taylor Jumps Out of an Airplane
·39m - 77
202: The Final (?) Betrayal
·1h 9m - 78
201: Tobi Returns
·57m - 79
200: The Free Ride Ends Here
·59m - 80
199: Doot Doot Doot Bevvy
·1h 9m - 81
198: Give Kakashi a Gundam
·57m - 82
197: The Weed Episode
·1h 5m - 83
196: Actually, It's Pronounced Ibithu
·1h 16m - 84
195: The Stinky Latch
·56m - 85
194.5.5: The First AMA
·35m - 86
194.5: The Non-AMA Narushow Filler
·29m - 87
194: THIS IS MY BODY
·1h - 88
193: Just Like Sting
·53m - 89
192: Rock Lee's First Jutsu :')
·54m - 90
191: Orochimaru Dope AF
·1h 4m - 91
190.5: Videojames
·37m - 92
190: Could Piccolo Blow Up Two Moons
·59m - 93
189: A Pro-Tobirama Podcast
·1h 10m - 94
188: Sleepless in Seattle Fancast
·1h 3m - 95
187: Frogs Don't Smoke Tobacco, If Ya Know What I Mean
·1h 2m - 96
186: Hole
·1h - 97
185: Dads Above Replacement
·1h 5m - 98
208: M. Night Shippuden
·57m - 99
250: Canonically, He's Supposed to be Super Hot
The hosts banter about shirtless pod season and their recording environment before diving into a Naruto episode discussion.
·59m - 100
250.5: How We're Feeling About Boruto
Three friends with varying anime experience discuss their weekly watch of Naruto, sharing reactions and opinions on the show.
·40m - 101
267: Whomst Amongst Us
Hidden gemMirai exposes Ryuki’s “reanimation jutsu” scheme after he claims Asuma is waiting for her in the dead.
Mar 22, 2024·59m·2 clips - 102
266: Deep State Shikamaru
Hidden gem["Narushow: A Podcast About Naruto spends this episode moving between anime-industry banter and two recap segments, \"Steam Ninja Scrolls: The Haunted Inn!\" and \"Potato Chips and the Giant Boulder!\".", "Taylor, Tim, and Emma are the speakers, and Taylor repeatedly jokes that he is \"literally an anime professional\" because he gets paid for anime work.", "The episode's job is to react to the week's anime while turning the conversation into jokes about media training, Star Trek, and ska bands.", "The opening run-through of the anime awards says the event is in Japan, \"always in Japanese,\" and brings up Megan Thee Stallion as a surprising attendee.", "Taylor and the others describe media training as a two-hour session that teaches people not to \"say stupid shit\" and not to tweet.", "That tangent also turns into a side discussion of whether email can count as copyright, which the group leaves unresolved.", "The hosts spend a long stretch comparing the Aquabats, \"Fashion Zombies,\" and Travis Barker, then veer into Avenged Sevenfold and other bands.", "\"Steam Ninja Scrolls: The Haunted Inn!\" starts with Mirai in the spa, Tenten bringing her stuff, and Guy shouting that he saw a ghost.", "Kakashi admits that a stack of buns he bought earlier vanished, which shifts the mystery from one scare to a series of odd incidents.", "Tenten keeps pushing the ghost angle, telling Mirai that \"it's more fun if there are\" ghosts and suggesting there could be a corpse behind the wall.", "The innkeeper explains that the hot spring used to serve injured soldiers, then later became known for ghost sightings in armor.", "Mirai and Tenten question staff about stolen food, moved objects, and figures seen near the baths, and the report starts to look systematic rather than random.", "Mirai notices that the sightings line up with the inner wall and the area around the baths, so she starts treating the building itself like the clue.", "Guy keeps dodging the investigation with ping-pong and bath excuses, and Tenten immediately reads his fear as ghost anxiety.", "Mirai says she wants to prove ghosts are fake because they scare people, while Kakashi points out that the question matters to her because of her father.", "Steam, blood on Guy's neck, and a ceiling drop turn the haunted-inn mystery into the episode's biggest visual beat.", "\"Potato Chips and the Giant Boulder!\" opens with a flashback to Shikamaru and Asuma's shogi game, including Asuma's question about what the \"king\" is.", "Present-day Shikamaru watches Mirai reach the age where that answer matters, tying Asuma's lesson to her growth.", "The mountain hot-spring trip then hits a literal obstacle when a giant boulder blocks the baths, and the villagers say young women have been missing.", "Anyone who likes Naruto character banter, mystery setups, and long comic detours about anime culture will get the most out of this episode.", "Listeners who want a clean plot summary without ska jokes, media-training tangents, or side quests will probably skip it."]
Mar 1, 2024·1h 8m·4 clips - 103
265: Wyndstile
Hidden gemNarushow 265, Wyndstile, spends its opening on Taylor, Tim, and Em joking about one host landing a job in anime and becoming the show's internal success story.
Feb 23, 2024·47m·3 clips - 104
264: Choji's Expansion Jutsu
Naruto searches for Himawari's limited-edition Kurama toy while she treats the Hokage like an exhausted, unreliable dad.
Feb 1, 2024·1h 13m·2 clips - 105
263: Taylor's Editing Prowess
Jan 25, 2024·1h 12m - 106
262: The Vibes are Off!
Jan 18, 2024·58m - 107
261: Narushow Season 2 Premiere
Jan 11, 2024·1h 5m - 108
260: Emily Did A Good Job
Nov 10, 2023·54m - 109
259: The Late Night Ramblings
Oct 26, 2023·59m - 110
258: Don't Tell a Snake What To Do
Oct 19, 2023·1h 2m - 111
257: The Ambrosia Salad Incident
Oct 12, 2023·1h 4m - 112
256.5: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Yes, We Watched All of It)
Oct 5, 2023·1h 2m - 113
256: Skeleton Full of Dust
Sep 14, 2023·1h 13m - 114
255: Sasuke Trashcan Arc, Round 2
Sep 8, 2023·52m - 115
254: Full Stack Jutsu
Aug 24, 2023·1h 9m - 116
253.5: Justice for Tokyo Ghoul
Aug 17, 2023·48m - 117
253: You Know, Boruto Could Always Be Like This
Aug 3, 2023·1h 6m - 118
252: Tummy Juice
Jul 27, 2023·1h 11m - 119
251: LFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul 20, 2023·1h 8m - 120
250.5: How We're Feeling About Boruto
Jul 13, 2023·40m - 121
250: Canonically, He's Supposed to be Super Hot
Jul 6, 2023·59m - 122
249: Cheating in Front of Your Mom
Jun 22, 2023·1h 3m - 123
248: Momoco
Jun 15, 2023·1h 13m - 124
247: The Rasengan Epiphany
Jun 8, 2023·1h 3m - 125
246: I Hate It, Gross, Thank You
Jun 1, 2023·1h 3m - 126
245: Bootlicky No Jutsu
May 25, 2023·1h 22m - 127
244: The Radicalization of Boruto, Part 1
May 4, 2023·1h 3m - 128
243: Green Hill Zone
Apr 27, 2023·1h 10m - 129
242: Uchiha Finds A Way
Apr 20, 2023·1h 3m - 130
241: Distracted by the Lakers
Apr 13, 2023·1h 3m - 131
240: And the Log of the Free
Mar 31, 2023·58m - 132
239: Log: Log Next Generations
Mar 16, 2023·54m - 133
238: Apple Car Tattoo
Mar 9, 2023·1h 13m - 134
237: Breaking the Bad Anime Dad Cycle
Mar 2, 2023·59m - 135
236.5 - The One about One Piece
Feb 24, 2023·38m - 136
236: Kiba, but a Sword?
Feb 16, 2023·59m - 137
235: It's a Wet Food to Share
Jan 27, 2023·51m - 138
234: Finally, A Podcast
Jan 19, 2023·1h 3m - 139
233.5.5: The Solo Pod
Jan 5, 2023·42m - 140
233.5: GOTY 2022
Dec 29, 2022·1h 10m - 141
233: Gaara's Bad Look
Dec 15, 2022·1h 16m - 142
232: Karin and Suigetsu, in the Lab, with the Umbilical Cord
Hidden gemThe hosts introduce themselves and thank Patreon supporters for funding new microphones, then begin discussing recent Naruto episodes.
Dec 8, 2022·1h 3m·2 clips - 143
231: Boys in the House (with Sharingans)
Three hosts with varying anime experience watch and discuss Naruto episodes, blending analysis with casual banter.
Nov 24, 2022·1h 6m - 144
230: Own Yer Dad
Nov 17, 2022·1h 16m - 145
229: Two and a Half Minutes
Nov 10, 2022·48m - 146
228: It's A-Me, Borutio
Nov 4, 2022·1h 12m - 147
227.5: Chainsaw Man and Anime Brain Disease
Oct 28, 2022·38m - 148
227: A Podcast about Narutoboruto
Oct 20, 2022·57m - 149
226: Laptop & Strong
Oct 13, 2022·53m - 150
225.5 - Would You Like to Play a Game?
Sep 29, 2022·29m