Recaps

Kakashi introduced Naruto to Jiraiya, who accepted him as a disciple and began teaching him about Mount Myōboku’s Summoning Technique. Dōmeki interrupted their training, questioning Jiraiya’s claim about the toads’ strength and hinting that he might eat them.

• Kakashi brought Naruto to meet Jiraiya and urged him to show the Sannin respect.
• Naruto insulted Jiraiya by recalling Konoha’s rumors about his peeping, but Jiraiya agreed to take him as a disciple.
• Naruto asked Jiraiya to teach him how to become Hokage and then requested a powerful Ninjutsu to surpass Sasuke and Dōmeki.
• Jiraiya revealed Mount Myōboku’s summoning contract and promised Naruto that its technique would make Sasuke and Dōmeki seem insignificant.
• Dōmeki appeared hanging from a tree branch and asked Jiraiya whether Mount Myōboku was truly impressive, wondering how its toads tasted.

Naruto struggled to learn Mount Myōboku’s Summoning Technique under Jiraiya while Dōmeki watched, and Jiraiya devised a risky shortcut. Elsewhere, Kakashi began teaching Sasuke his A-rank Lightning Release technique as the young ninja prepared for the Chunin Ninja Exams.

• Naruto declared that he would surpass Dōmeki, then asked Jiraiya to teach him Mount Myōboku’s Summoning Technique.
• Naruto repeatedly summoned tadpoles, and Dōmeki encouraged him while Jiraiya despaired at his progress.
• Jiraiya proposed a life-risking shortcut for Naruto’s training and invited Dōmeki to join them for grilled meat first.
• Kakashi warned Sasuke about the dangers of his Lightning Release technique and began teaching him after Sasuke vowed to use it to win the Chunin Ninja Exams.

Naruto, Jiraiya, and Dōmeki visited Konoha’s hot springs, where Jiraiya and Naruto were exposed and beaten for their lechery. Elsewhere, Gekko Hayate uncovered the Konoha Crush Plan but was killed before he could act.

• Naruto and Jiraiya lamented losing money after Dōmeki’s appetite left them with a large bill.
• Jiraiya took Naruto and Dōmeki to the hot springs, where girls confronted Jiraiya over peeping and publishing dirty books.
• Jiraiya escaped the beating with a clone and exposed Naruto as his student, so the girls beat Naruto too.
• Gekko Hayate followed Baki and overheard him discussing the Konoha Crush Plan with a white-haired man working with Orochimaru.
• The white-haired man detected Hayate, who appeared and attacked with Dance of the Crescent Moon but was left dying in a pool of blood.

After Gekko Hayate’s murder, Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared Konoha for an impending attack and ordered the village’s forces to stay alert. As the final Chunin Ninja Exams approached, Jiraiya pushed Naruto Uzumaki into summoning Gamabunta, Kakashi trained Sasuke in Chidori, and Gaara prepared to face his opponent.

• After learning that Gekko Hayate had been murdered, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s forces to prepare for danger and had Anbu monitor Root.
• As the thirty-day break ended, Naruto Uzumaki realized his final exam was the next day and worried that Jiraiya had not trained him enough.
• Jiraiya knocked Naruto off a cliff, forcing him to draw on the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and summon Gamabunta.
• Naruto said Gamabunta might not be enough to defeat the giant snake he had seen, angering the toad boss.
• During Kakashi’s training, Sasuke finally grasped the feeling needed for Chidori and vowed to surpass Dōmeki-senpai and Itachi.
• Gaara told Kankuro and Temari that he would show his opponent a real monster.

At the Chunin Ninja Exams, Dōmeki challenged the assembled young ninjas and revealed his ability to control metal. Gaara flooded the arena with sand, but Dōmeki answered with a technique that split the surging waves apart.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi greeted Rasa, while the leaders noted Konoha had many promising young competitors and Sasuke Uchiha had not appeared.
• Genma Shiranui announced Neji Hyuga and Naruto Uzumaki as the first match, but Dōmeki challenged everyone present to attack him together.
• Dōmeki stopped the incoming kunai with Magnet Release and reduced them to black dust.
• Gaara unleashed Quicksand Waterfall Flow and Sand Waterfall Funeral, burying the arena beneath towering waves of sand.
• Dōmeki used Heaven and Earth Split Apart: Star of Creation to divide the sand waves and scatter them across the arena.

Dōmeki overwhelmed the Konoha Genin during the Chunin Exams, while the Sound and Sand Ninja launched the Konoha Crush Plan. Orochimaru revealed himself as the Kazekage and confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi inside the Four Violet Flames Formation.

• Genma Shiranui ordered a barrier raised as Gaara's sand rampaged, but Dōmeki's blades cut through the barrier and stopped short of the spectators.
• Shino Aburame, Shikamaru Nara, Neji Hyuga, and Naruto attacked Dōmeki, but he broke free and defeated them.
• Sasuke Uchiha charged Dōmeki with Chidori, but Dōmeki cut off the lightning blade and knocked Sasuke down.
• A bespectacled Anbu used the Temple of Nirvana Technique as the Sound and Sand Ninja began their surprise attack, formally starting the Konoha Crush Plan.
• Orochimaru revealed himself after taking Hiruzen Sarutobi hostage, and his guards trapped them inside the Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Hiruzen escaped the hostage attempt with a substitution, and Orochimaru declared that he had conquered death.

Hiruzen Sarutobi battled Orochimaru, who summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to help destroy Konoha. As the invasion threw the village into chaos, Kakashi and Might Guy confronted Dōmeki and the Sound Ninja, and Dōmeki announced he had been waiting for Might Guy.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the Monkey King and destroyed one of Orochimaru’s three coffins, but Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju emerged from the other two.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had failed to revive the Fourth Hokage and ordered Hashirama and Tobirama to help him destroy Konoha.
• Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy broke free of the genjutsu as Sand Ninja and Sound Ninja attacked Konoha and giant pythons breached its walls.
• Kakashi organized the Konoha Ninja, sending teams to rescue people and counterattack while Anbu failed to break through the Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Kakashi and Might Guy rushed toward Dōmeki and the Sound Ninja, and Dōmeki told Might Guy he had been waiting for him.

As Konoha came under attack, Dōmeki sent his allies to delay its defenders while he fought Might Guy. Guy opened the first three of the Eight Gates, and their battle was poised to intensify.

• Sakura woke Naruto as enemies invaded Konoha, and Shikamaru warned him that the Sand and Sound Ninja were now their enemies.
• Dōmeki ordered Haku and Kimimaro to face Kakashi and sent Karin and the others to stall Sasuke’s group before retreating when the Four Violet Flames Formation fell.
• Haku and Kimimaro intercepted Kakashi while Dōmeki began a fierce Taijutsu battle with Might Guy.
• Dōmeki and Guy exchanged powerful blows that shattered the arena stones before pausing across a cloud of dust.
• Guy opened the first three gates and declared that he would unleash his youth as Konoha’s Proud Blue Beast.

Might Guy opened six of the Eight Gates and fought Dōmeki at full power in the examination arena. Their final clash left Guy with a hole through his shoulder and shattered Dōmeki’s fingers.

• Might Guy opened the first three gates, but Dōmeki met his attacks head-on and walked away from an elbow strike unharmed.
• Might Guy opened the Gate of Pain, Gate of Limit, and Gate of View, while Haku froze Kakashi’s foot during their fight.
• Dōmeki activated Super Electromagnetic Release Mode One and clashed with Might Guy at tremendous speed.
• Might Guy unleashed Morning Peacock as Dōmeki struck with Chirping Fang, and Dōmeki pierced Guy’s shoulder while breaking his own fingers.

Dōmeki defeated Might Guy in their Taijutsu battle and healed his shattered hand with Yang Release. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled against the reanimated First and Second Hokage and Orochimaru, and the chapter ended as Orochimaru prepared to finish him.

• Dōmeki and Might Guy ended their battle, with Guy exhausted and Dōmeki’s hand reduced to bare bone.
• Kakashi tried to reach Guy, but Haku trapped him behind a dome of ice crystals.
• Dōmeki regenerated his hand with Yang Release, and Guy prepared to open the Seventh Gate until Dōmeki told him the war was over.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi fought Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Orochimaru inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, but their attacks overwhelmed him.
• Orochimaru told Hiruzen he would send his former teacher on his final journey, as a glistening droplet fell to the ground.

Hiruzen Sarutobi fought Orochimaru and the reanimated Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, then chose to use the Reaper Death Seal. He summoned the Shinigami and prepared to sacrifice himself to take Orochimaru with him.

• Orochimaru, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju overwhelmed Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Hiruzen rallied and struck back, detonating Explosive Tags he had planted on the Hokage.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had taken over a female ninja's body through Living Corpse Reincarnation and admitted that he was targeting Sasuke Uchiha's Sharingan.
• Hashirama Senju trapped Hiruzen with Wood Release, and Hiruzen made two Shadow Clones while preparing a forbidden technique.
• Hiruzen summoned the Shinigami with the Reaper Death Seal, while Tobirama Senju plunged the battlefield into darkness with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• Hiruzen declared that Konoha's Will of Fire would endure and told Orochimaru to burn with him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Reaper Death Seal against Orochimaru, sacrificing his life to seal Orochimaru’s arms and Ninjutsu. With the Four Violet Flames Formation gone and the Senju brothers free from Orochimaru’s control, Shun-kun and Orochimaru faced the enraged Hokage.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ambushed Orochimaru and summoned the Shinigami, but Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword pierced Hiruzen as he protected his teacher.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sealed Orochimaru’s arms, taking away his ability to use Ninjutsu before dying.
• Shun-kun’s voice reached Orochimaru as the Four Violet Flames Formation collapsed and Konoha Ninja closed in.
• Orochimaru ordered a retreat, but Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju confronted him and Shun-kun.
• Tobirama Senju declared that both Orochimaru and the red-haired brat would die in Konoha.

Dōmeki escaped a confrontation with the reanimated Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, who intended to kill him alongside Orochimaru. He arrived at the forest where Naruto faced Shukaku, just as the battle was about to begin.

• Tobirama Senju threatened to kill Dōmeki, while Hashirama Senju recognized a resemblance between the boy and Mito.
• Tobirama Senju prepared to attack, but Orochimaru was carried away by a silver-haired man in glasses.
• Dōmeki used Super Electromagnetic Release: Lightning Serpent Escape to leave Konoha, and Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju vanished after him.
• Naruto Uzumaki prepared to protect his unconscious companions from Shukaku with Gamabunta's help.
• Dōmeki appeared between Naruto and Shukaku in a ring of electromagnetic energy.

Hashirama Senju avoided his younger brother’s piercing gaze and called out to the red-haired youth, asking whether his name was Dōmeki. Dōmeki confirmed it.

• Hashirama Senju turned away from his half-bodied younger brother without revealing his feelings.
• Hashirama laughed and called to the red-haired youth standing in the distance.
• Dōmeki answered that his name was Dōmeki.

Naruto held the weakened Gaara as he stared at the transformed landscape. A tremendous roar shook the area, and orange light pierced the sky.

• Naruto held the utterly weakened Gaara.
• Naruto looked across the landscape, which had been completely transformed.
• A tremendous roar shook heaven and earth.
• Orange light pierced the sky and outshone everything.

Naruto Uzumaki asked Shun who the beautiful woman was. Naruto’s nose bled as he stared at her.

• Naruto Uzumaki asked Shun who the beautiful big sister was.
• Naruto stared at her and covered his bleeding nose.
• The woman praised Naruto for having a good eye.

A boy hovering above the ghost army declared that he would stand above the heavens and dismissed the undead as controlled puppets. He challenged the idea of defeating Moryo by decapitation.

• The boy hovered in the air above the disordered ghost army.
• The boy declared that he would stand above the heavens.
• The boy called the undead army a group of puppets under control.
• The boy mocked the suggestion that Moryo could be defeated by decapitation.

News of the battle in the Land of Demons began spreading throughout the Shinobi World, reaching the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind first. The Third Tsuchikage reacted with shock to the intelligence report.

• Intelligence agents in the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind received news of the battle in the Land of Demons.
• The Third Tsuchikage read a brief intelligence report about the battle.
• The Third Tsuchikage was shocked by what he read.

A blow struck the Masked Man in the face before he could react, shattering his mask and sending him flying backward. The attacker declared that hesitation led to defeat.

• The Masked Man failed to react in time.
• A powerful blow shattered the Masked Man's mask and twisted his face.
• The Masked Man flew backward as blood and teeth sprayed from his mouth and nose.
• The attacker said that hesitation led to defeat.

Konan welcomed someone at Amegakure's entrance and offered to introduce them to the other members of the organization.

• Konan stood at the entrance to Amegakure.
• Passing ninjas and villagers bowed to Konan with admiration and reverence.
• Konan invited the newcomer to meet the other members of the organization.

Dōmeki offered to help a girl find information about someone after she called him Raiga. He agreed and complimented her.

• Dōmeki marveled at how easily he could make money from Iwagakure.
• A girl asked Raiga for help finding information on someone.
• Dōmeki narrowed his eyes as he realized something.
• Dōmeki said it would be his honor to serve the beautiful lady.

Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi were enraged at Deidara, but Kitsuchi stayed calm as the village prepared for the fighting ahead.

• Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi grew furious with Deidara.
• Kitsuchi calmly gave his daughter an order.
• Kitsuchi prioritized organizing the ninja to shelter civilians before the coming battle.

Ōnoki crashed down from the sky, shaking the ground and creating a huge crater. The chapter ended with the earth trembling beneath him.

• Ōnoki came crashing down from the sky.
• Air currents swept dust and fragments of stone through the area.
• An invisible force pressed down around Ōnoki's feet and shook the ground.
• Cracks spread in every direction, forming a huge, deep crater.

The gathered fighters faced the Masked Man, whose formidable presence left them wary. His near-destruction of Iwagakure in front of Lord Third and Lord Kitsuchi had demonstrated his immense strength.

• The gathered fighters surrounded the Masked Man and regarded him with grave expressions.
• The Masked Man’s intimidating aura weighed on everyone present.
• His near-destruction of Iwagakure in front of Lord Third and Lord Kitsuchi proved his immense strength.

A volcano-like eruption sent a thunderous shock through the battlefield, making the ground shake violently. Countless Rock ninja lost their footing and fell.

• A violent eruption burst forth with an earth-shattering roar.
• The thunderous reverberation shook the entire battlefield.
• Countless Rock ninja lost their footing and fell.