Naruto: Shippuden season 9

The episodes for the ninth season of the anime series Naruto: Shippuden are based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto's manga series. The anime only season aired from September 2010 to January 2011, and contains past flashback episodes for Naruto Uzumaki and his friends and ending with the final past flashback episode for Sasuke Uchiha. The season is referred to by its DVDs as Past Arc: The Locus of Konoha (過去篇～木ノ葉の軌跡～, Kako Hen: Konoha no Kiseki) with the first volume released on April 6, 2011 by Aniplex.

The English dub of the season aired on Neon Alley from March 30 to July 6, 2013. The season would make its English television debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and premiere from October 8, 2017 to March 25, 2018.

The season contains five musical themes: two openings and three endings. The opening themes are "Tōmei Datta Sekai" (透明だった世界; "Formerly Transparent World") by Motohiro Hata (used for only the first four episodes of the season) and "Diver" by Nico Touches the Walls (used for episodes 180 to 196). The ending themes are "Utakata Hanabi" (うたかた花火; "Transient Fireworks") by Supercell (used for only the first four episodes of the season), "U Can Do It!" by Domino (used for episodes 180 to 192) and "Mayonaka no Orchestra" (真夜中のオーケストラ, Mayonaka Ōkesutora; "Midnight Orchestra") by Aqua Timez (used for the remaining episodes). This is the only season to have additional music material by the original series composer, Toshio Masuda.