Why is the first episode of naruto shippuden so long??

Question

When I watch it on youtube there's like 5 parts to it??

Answer 1

there are 68+ TV episodes in the u.s but there are, 220 TV episodes, 4 movies, 4 OVA specials for Japanese.

This could have been a combination of episodes or one of the movies or specials from japan.

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