Kakashi Hatake is one of the most loved anime characters, even people who don’t watch Naruto admire this amazing character. He is known as the “Kakashi of the Sharingan” in the anime because him having a Sharingan in his left eye with which he can copy the moves of his opponents. He trained with the Anbu during his young years, as he was clearly not fit for the normal training because of him being too strong for other kids. He is a very smart, fast, and ruthless shinobi who would do anything to protect the young buds, being the sensei of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, he has seen them go through everything.
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But does Kakashi Die? Yes, he dies during the Pain Arc, where one of the six paths of pain battles him. Our Copy Ninja gives the Pain a tough fight and also tells choji important information on how to defeat the Pain before he dies. Despite being one of the best characters in the series, taking on someone like Pain was a difficult task.
If you want to know “What Episode Does Kakashi Die?” then the answer is, Episode 159 which is titled Pain vs Kakashi! Kakashi makes sure that he would make a difference before his death, he promises the tendo pain that he wouldn’t let anyone touch his students. During the fight Kakashi gets trapped in the rubble, then the pain decides to kill him off before chasing Choji and the other ninjas. He releases a nail at the speed of sound to end Kakashi, but our sensei deceives him by using his Kamui to warp it inside his domain.
When he uses the Kamui for the second time to suck in the Missile released to kill Choji, he successfully saves Choji but he is almost out of chakra by now. Using all of his chakra decreases his life force, which leads to one of the saddest moments of anime till now which was Kakashi’s death! You see him transferring into a new world where he meets his old friends Rin, Obito, and his sensei Minato. While wandering around in the afterlife’s limbo, he comes across his father Sakumo Hatake who was been waiting for him, and asks Kakashi to explain his life story.
Sakumoto was known as a shinobi who was more powerful than all the 3 Legendary Sanin, but he was stained by the village for saving his friends and abandoning a mission. He took his own life due to shame, but Kakashi tells him that he understands the decision he took and he is proud to be his son. As those who betray their friends are worse than scum, that’s when you see Kakashi being lightened up by energy and this was a sign of his revival.
The revival happened when Nagato agreed to bring back everyone to life, Naruto was the sole reason his sensei came back. So, yes Kakashi Hatake did die in episode 159, but he was brought back by the efforts of his student.