Chapter Summaries

Dōmeki trained Suigetsu, Karin, and Jūgo while considering Sage Mode, then intercepted a Root ninja sent by Danzo to deliver a letter to Orochimaru. He accepted the letter after disarming the messenger, who left threatening to report him to Danzo.

• Dōmeki made Suigetsu, Karin, and Jūgo plant rice as training, while Suigetsu complained and repeatedly got knocked into the mud.
• Dōmeki demonstrated his water and Magnet Release techniques, and his Shadow Clone hinted that the team might soon go on a mission.
• In his secret room, Dōmeki recovered from turning to stone as the Sage’s Blade drew out natural energy, then received Orochimaru’s order to welcome a guest.
• Dōmeki met a Konoha Anbu ninja in the forest and learned he was a Root messenger carrying a letter from Danzo for Orochimaru.
• Dōmeki took the ninja’s sword with Magnet Release, forced him to leave the letter, and watched him depart with a threat to report back to Danzo.

Orochimaru and Danzo prepared their plan to attack Konoha during the Chunin Exams, with Dōmeki tasked with helping and testing Sasuke. Baki secured Sunagakure’s participation, then returned to Rasa, who ordered more people to test Gaara.

• Orochimaru read Danzo’s letter and told Dōmeki that the date for their plan had been set.
• Orochimaru explained that he intended to kill his teacher, bring Sasuke back, and use Dōmeki to test Sasuke as a potential vessel.
• Dōmeki escorted Baki to Orochimaru, and Baki confirmed the Fourth Kazekage’s agreement to the plan.
• Baki arranged a meeting between Orochimaru and Rasa in three days to discuss dividing the spoils.
• Baki reported that Gaara still could not control the One-Tail, and Rasa ordered more people to test him.

Dōmeki and Kimimaro joined Orochimaru to meet Fourth Kazekage Rasa in the desert, where Orochimaru and Rasa agreed to attack Konoha during the Chunin Ninja Exams. After Rasa accepted Orochimaru’s request to take some children, Orochimaru revealed his final demand: Rasa’s head.

• Dōmeki and Kimimaro crossed the Land of Wind desert and met a Sunagakure Anbu group at the agreed location.
• Rasa unleashed a towering wave of sand, then appeared above it and demanded Orochimaru show himself.
• Orochimaru emerged from a swarm of snakes and discussed the plan to have Sunagakure and Otogakure attack Konoha during the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Rasa agreed to send Sunagakure’s Jinchūriki against Konoha, while Orochimaru promised to deal with the Third Hokage.
• Orochimaru asked to take some children from Konoha as spoils, then told Rasa that he wanted his head.

Orochimaru attacked Fourth Kazekage Rasa and revealed Dōmeki as a former Sunagakure ninja who had developed Magnet Release on his own. Rasa launched a Gold Dust assault against Dōmeki, who declared that his power was Super-Electromagnetic Release.

• Orochimaru sent snakes at Rasa while Dōmeki and Kimimaro were attacked by Sand ninja, and Kimimaro stayed behind to hold them off.
• Dōmeki flew into the sky, prompting Rasa to recognize his Magnet Release and suspect he was a red-haired son of his.
• Dōmeki joined Orochimaru and revealed that he had been driven out of Sunagakure despite being the child of a deceased Genin.
• Orochimaru provoked Rasa into challenging Dōmeki, then withdrew and left them to fight.
• Rasa unleashed Magnet Release: Gold Dust Wave at Dōmeki, who called his ability Super-Electromagnetic Release.

Dōmeki overpowered Rasa’s Gold Dust attacks and rejected the Fourth Kazekage’s offer to make him Sunagakure’s next Kazekage. Rasa escalated the battle by raising a gigantic Iron Sand Cube and bringing it down on Dōmeki.

• Dōmeki’s sand tsunami overwhelmed Rasa’s Gold Dust wave, and he questioned why Rasa had made Gaara the One-Tail’s Jinchūriki.
• Rasa offered to make Dōmeki his sole disciple and the next Kazekage, but Dōmeki refused.
• Rasa attacked with a barrage of Gold Dust needles, which Dōmeki deflected with his katana.
• Rasa formed steel spears with Magnet Release-Gold Dust World Order, but Dōmeki’s spinning blade cut through them and struck Rasa’s Gold Dust sphere.
• Rasa summoned a gigantic Iron Sand Cube and brought it crashing down toward Dōmeki.

Dōmeki summoned a towering electrified giant that caught Rasa’s falling Iron Sand cube and fought off his Gold Dust spears. Rasa then summoned Shukaku, bringing Sunagakure’s ultimate weapon into the battle.

• Rasa dropped a colossal Iron Sand cube toward Dōmeki while Kimimaro held off the Kazekage’s guards.
• Dōmeki formed the Giant God Soldier from Super Electromagnetic Release and stopped the falling cube.
• Dōmeki’s giant lifted the cube into the air and shaped it into a spear as he challenged Rasa to continue fighting.
• Rasa attacked with Gold Dust spears, but Dōmeki and the giant swept them aside in a clash.
• Rasa summoned Shukaku from a black tea kettle.

Dōmeki fought Rasa’s Chakra clone of Shukaku and defeated it with the Giant God Warrior, exhausting the chakra stored in Sunagakure’s tea kettle. Rasa retrieved the kettle and, resolved not to surrender, prepared to continue the fight.

• Shukaku emerged from Rasa’s tea kettle, and Dōmeki realized the One-Tail was a Chakra clone rather than the real beast.
• Shukaku attacked Dōmeki’s Giant God Warrior with a Drilling Air Bullet, but Dōmeki shattered it with his spinning, lightning-charged spear.
• Dōmeki and Shukaku clashed across the desert as Rasa withdrew and Orochimaru watched from a distant sand mound with Kimimaro.
• Shukaku fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Dōmeki pierced it and pinned Shukaku’s head to the desert with his spear.
• Shukaku’s body collapsed into sand and the tea kettle, but Rasa dismissed the Summoning Technique and reclaimed the vessel.
• Rasa resolved to keep fighting rather than surrender.

Dōmeki defeated and sealed Rasa, then stopped Orochimaru from killing him and asked his master to spare the Fourth Kazekage in return for an old favor. Orochimaru agreed, though he noted that losing Rasa’s face would complicate his plans.

• Rasa charged Dōmeki, but Dōmeki overpowered him in a close-range fight and slammed him into the sand.
• Dōmeki sealed Rasa before he could use Gold Dust Burial, leaving the Kazekage unable to move.
• Orochimaru arrived with Kimimaro and revealed that he planned to take the lead in carrying out his scheme as the Fourth Kazekage.
• Orochimaru attempted to kill Rasa with the Kusanagi Sword, but Dōmeki stopped the blade and asked him to spare Rasa to repay an old debt.
• Orochimaru agreed to Dōmeki’s request, and Rasa asked who Dōmeki had once owed a favor.

Dōmeki arrived in Konoha with Haku and Kimimaro for the Chunin Ninja Exams, treating the trip like a sightseeing tour. At Ichiraku Ramen, he ran into Kakashi and persuaded Haku and Kimimaro to thank him for dinner, leaving Kakashi fearing Dōmeki would empty his wallet again.

• Dōmeki, Haku, and Kimimaro reached Konoha late after sightseeing and passed the gate registration handled by Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane.
• Dōmeki announced that he would pay for everything in Konoha and chose Ichiraku Ramen as their first stop.
• Ayame welcomed the three boys and introduced Ichiraku's ramen specialties.
• Dōmeki spotted Kakashi eating ramen and greeted him, then told Haku and Kimimaro that Kakashi was treating them.
• Kakashi objected, but Dōmeki reminded him of their previous agreement, making Kakashi recall the danger of having his wallet controlled.

Dōmeki visited Konoha for the Chunin Ninja Exams with Haku and Kimimaro, drawing Kakashi’s suspicion as he explored the village. He encountered the exam’s young participants, and Temari recognized him as Dōmeki Shun.

• Dōmeki showed Kakashi his Otogakure Genin registration and teased him about taking care of his students during the exams.
• Kakashi followed Dōmeki, Haku, and Kimimaro around Konoha and confronted Dōmeki about Zabuza’s account of the Mizukage’s death.
• Dōmeki offered Kakashi one hundred million for Kubikiribōchō, but Kakashi refused to sell it.
• Dōmeki and Kakashi encountered Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and the Sunagakure trio in the street, where Kakashi introduced Dōmeki’s group.
• Temari recognized Dōmeki, who greeted her after a long time apart.

Dōmeki reunited with Temari in Konoha, but the meeting ended when tensions flared between their companions and Team 7. As Temari left, Gaara revealed his dislike of Dōmeki.

• Dōmeki greeted Temari as an old friend and declined her invitation to drink, privately thinking it was awkward because he had just beaten up her father.
• Kakashi told Team 7 that Dōmeki, Haku, and Kimimaro were Otogakure ninja and explained Dōmeki's connection to Zabuza.
• Naruto charged at Dōmeki, but Haku froze his feet; after Naruto learned Haku was a man, Sasuke attacked Haku and received a cut from Kimimaro.
• Kakashi intervened to separate Sasuke from Haku and Kimimaro, and Dōmeki apologized to Temari before ending their conversation.
• Temari recalled first meeting Dōmeki at her mother's grave and left with Gaara and Kankuro; Gaara said he disliked Dōmeki.

Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Kakashi about Dōmeki’s strength and loyalties as the Chunin Ninja Exams approached. At the exam venue, Dōmeki reunited with his teammates and confronted Kabuto Yakushi, who described him as powerful enough to kill everyone there.

• Kakashi told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Dōmeki had killed a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and could defeat Konoha’s young genin, though he could not judge Dōmeki’s loyalties.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided that the young generation needed to experience the cruelty of the Shinobi World, while Dōmeki told Kimimaro that a chance to treat his bloodline disease was coming soon.
• Dōmeki arrived at the Chunin Ninja Exams with Kimimaro and Haku, then reunited with Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo and promised Suigetsu a present if he performed well.
• Kabuto Yakushi told Sasuke and the other rookies that Dōmeki Shun, nicknamed 'Akainu,' was strong enough to kill everyone at the exam.
• Dōmeki came up behind Kabuto and asked whether he was the Akainu Kabuto had described, joking that he sounded vicious.

Dōmeki provoked the Konoha rookies before Ibiki Morino began the Chunin Ninja Exams’ written test, where he openly refused to study or answer questions. Naruto passed Ibiki’s final challenge with a declaration that he would never give up, and Dōmeki warned him that his words meant he would remain a Genin forever.

• Dōmeki confronted Kabuto over his Ninja Info Card, while Karin seized Naruto and Suigetsu blocked Sasuke from intervening.
• Dōmeki stopped his companions from escalating the dispute and warned Sasuke that he would be watching him.
• Ibiki Morino introduced the written test, which assessed candidates’ ability to gather intelligence, as most of the room began cheating.
• Naruto saw that Dōmeki’s paper was blank, and Dōmeki loudly declared that studying was pointless.
• Ibiki Morino tried to fail Dōmeki and Naruto for cheating, but Dōmeki argued that blank papers could not count as cheating.
• Naruto declared that he would not give up on the exam, and Dōmeki warned that he had doomed himself to be a Genin forever.

Mitarashi Anko arrived to announce the second Chunin Exam, while Dōmeki tricked Naruto Uzumaki into taking the blame for his loud declaration about huge breasts. At the Forest of Death, Dōmeki and Kabuto Yakushi discussed Orochimaru’s plans before Anko confronted them.

• Mitarashi Anko burst into the exam room, and Dōmeki loudly declared that men liking huge breasts was nothing to be ashamed of before shifting the blame onto Naruto Uzumaki.
• Mitarashi Anko mistook Naruto for the speaker and beat him, while Hinata offered him a handkerchief and Ino and Sakura pulled her away from him.
• Mitarashi Anko explained that the second exam required teams to battle for Heaven and Earth Scrolls in the Forest of Death, regardless of the danger.
• Kabuto Yakushi offered Dōmeki a Heaven Scroll and asked him to go easy on Orochimaru’s chosen vessel, but Dōmeki said he wanted to enjoy himself and help fulfill the Third Hokage’s wish.
• Mitarashi Anko interrupted Dōmeki and Kabuto Yakushi, threatened them for ignoring her, and then praised them as well-behaved, handsome boys.

Dōmeki entered the Forest of Death, challenged Sasuke to earn information about Itachi, and sent his allies to hunt for scrolls while he began tracking the other teams. Team 7 sought Dōmeki, but Orochimaru appeared and overwhelmed them with his killing intent.

• Dōmeki met Team 7 at the forest entrance, taunted Sasuke, and offered to provide information about Itachi if Sasuke could satisfy him.
• Dōmeki ordered Haku and Kimimaro to guard the central tower and sent Karin and the others to hunt for heaven and earth scrolls.
• Team 7 defeated an enemy team and obtained the scroll they needed, but Sasuke refused Sakura’s suggestion to go straight to the tower because he wanted to find Dōmeki.
• Naruto promised to help Sasuke, and a disguised Orochimaru emerged from the ground and approached Team 7.
• Naruto insulted Orochimaru’s appearance, and Orochimaru’s killing intent caused all three members of Team 7 to collapse.

Team 8 encountered the battered Ino-Shika-Cho trio as they fled from Gaara, whose overwhelming strength forced the Konoha teams to unite. Gaara stopped his attack at Temari’s plea, then announced he would not hold back against the man who annoyed him, only for Dōmeki to appear nearby and identify himself as that man.

• Kiba, Hinata, and Shino found the fleeing Ino-Shika-Cho trio after Shino sensed a powerful presence approaching.
• Kiba charged at Gaara but was swept away by a gust of wind, and Shino and Hinata warned the others that Gaara possessed an enormous amount of Chakra.
• Gaara attacked the gathered Konoha genin with sand, and Choji’s Human Bullet Tank shattered the giant sand hand before Shikamaru caught him.
• Temari pleaded with Gaara to stop, and Gaara sealed his sand back into the gourd while warning that he would not hold back when he met the man who annoyed him.
• Dōmeki appeared in a nearby tree and asked Gaara whether he meant him.

Dōmeki attacked Konoha’s rookies and took something from Hinata before Gaara challenged him with sand hands. The chapter ended with Dōmeki mocking Gaara’s claim that he was a monster.

• Dōmeki appeared beside Gaara and stopped him from attacking the rookies, then punched Shikamaru and knocked Choji down with a kick.
• Kiba and Shino attacked Dōmeki, but he spun Kiba into a windstorm that knocked both of them unconscious.
• Dōmeki approached Hinata, said he wanted to borrow something she had, and left her on the ground with her condition unknown.
• Dōmeki grabbed Akamaru and tossed him to Ino, unsettling Kankuro and Temari.
• Gaara summoned enormous sand hands to attack Dōmeki, who answered with a crude taunt about having a monster of his own.

Dōmeki defeated Gaara by breaking through his Absolute Defense and knocking him unconscious. When the One-Tail began to emerge, it recognized Dōmeki and stopped, leaving Gaara bewildered as Dōmeki offered to teach him.

• Gaara crushed Dōmeki beneath giant sand hands, but Dōmeki burst out and mocked him.
• Dōmeki drew Futsunomitama and used Wind Ninja Art-Azure Flood Dragon to destroy Gaara’s sand Shuriken and break through his sand barriers.
• Gaara survived the attack with his Absolute Defense, but Dōmeki shattered the shield with a rapid sword assault and punched him into a tree.
• Temari stood between Gaara and Dōmeki, but Gaara pushed her aside and tried to attack again.
• Dōmeki used Wind Release: Ripple Overdrive to make Gaara collapse, then knocked him unconscious with a knife-hand strike.
• The One-Tail began to emerge from Gaara, recognized Dōmeki, and stopped; Dōmeki offered to teach the confused Gaara.

Team 7 faced Orochimaru, who cursed Sasuke and overwhelmed Naruto before Dōmeki arrived to rescue them. Dōmeki challenged Orochimaru to a fight and faced the summoned Manda.

• Sasuke overcame his fear and attacked Orochimaru, who bit him and gave him the Cursed Seal of Heaven.
• Naruto broke free of his fear and charged Orochimaru with Shadow Clones, but Orochimaru trapped him with pythons while Sakura tended to Sasuke.
• Dōmeki appeared and cut Naruto free, then asked Orochimaru to spare Team 7.
• Orochimaru agreed to spare them if Dōmeki defeated his summon, and summoned Manda.
• Manda recognized Dōmeki and accused Orochimaru of setting him up again.

Dōmeki defeated Orochimaru’s enormous summon, Manda, then explained Orochimaru’s history to Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. He healed Sasuke’s injuries and began sealing the Cursed Seal, leaving Sasuke surprised by Dōmeki’s abilities.

• Manda tried to flee when Dōmeki began removing his coat, but Orochimaru’s Summoning Technique kept him there.
• Dōmeki fought Manda, overwhelming him with a kick and a barrage of punches until Manda was sent back to Ryūchi Cave.
• Dōmeki told Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke that Orochimaru was a former Konoha Sannin and a leading candidate for Fourth Hokage who had left the village.
• Sakura asked Dōmeki to help Sasuke, and he healed Sasuke’s injuries with Medical Ninjutsu before placing a seal on the Cursed Seal.