
Chapter 441 of the Naruto manga finds Nagato's giant sealing sphere crumbling apart, dropping Naruto back into a fight he barely remembers starting. Guided by Katsuyu and a stolen black rod, he closes on Nagato and swings a wind blade at the recharging Deva Path.
Unable to hold his Chibaku Tensei together any longer, Nagato loses the technique, and the massive body breaks apart. Naruto drops to the earth still in Sage Mode, disoriented about how the situation reached this point. Katsuyu fills in the gap, telling him that he had given in to the Nine-Tails and torn through the fight in a frenzy. To his relief, the slug reassures him that nobody was hurt and that Hinata came through unharmed. Spotting the Deva Path, Naruto demands it lead him to Nagato. When it turns him down, he pulls one of its black receivers free and uses it to lock onto Nagato's whereabouts. He then hurls a Rasenshuriken at the Deva Path, timing the strike for the window while its repulsion is still building back up.
Nagato's Chibaku Tensei collapses and frees Naruto. Katsuyu explains the earlier rampage and confirms Hinata's safety. Naruto seizes a black receiver to trace Nagato and launches a Rasenshuriken at the Deva Path during the gap in its Shinra Tensei recharge.

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Part of the Pain's Assault arc and gathered in volume 47, the chapter's title pits Naruto's signature wind release against the Deva Path's gravity technique, framing the exchange that headlines the confrontation.
In "Rasenshuriken vs. Shinra Tensei!!" (chapter 441), Nagato's Chibaku Tensei collapses, freeing Naruto, who learns from Katsuyu that he had lost control to the Nine-Tails during the fight. Naruto then tracks down Nagato through the Deva Path and launches a Rasenshuriken at it.
In "Rasenshuriken vs. Shinra Tensei!!," Katsuyu explains to a disoriented Naruto that he had given in to the Nine-Tails and torn through the battle in a frenzy, while also reassuring him that Hinata came through unharmed.
In "Rasenshuriken vs. Shinra Tensei!!," Naruto pulls one of the black receivers from the Deva Path after it refuses to lead him to Nagato, then uses it to trace Nagato's location.
In "Rasenshuriken vs. Shinra Tensei!!," Naruto times his Rasenshuriken throw at the Deva Path for the brief window while its Shinra Tensei repulsion is still recharging.
"Rasenshuriken vs. Shinra Tensei!!" is chapter 441 of the Naruto manga, collected in volume 47, and belongs to the Pain's Assault arc.
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