Recaps

The Third explained that the Chunin Ninja Exams would become a joint contest among more than ten villages, with Konoha under pressure to prove its strength. He summoned Yemo to compete and asked him to win the championship.

• The Third praised Jiraiya's teaching ability and said Yemo had reached Jonin level after killing two Jonin during the Uzumaki Clan mission.
• The Third told Yemo he had called him to discuss the Chunin Ninja Exams, despite the new rule that only teams could register.
• Yemo read the exam plan and learned that more than ten ninja villages would send over four hundred Genin to the first joint exams.
• The Third explained that the exams would serve as a covert contest between the great ninja villages, with Konoha hosting under intense pressure.
• The Third asked Yemo to participate in the exams and win the championship.

After learning that he would enter the Chunin Ninja Exams in half a month, Yemo followed a familiar figure through alleys and ended up outside a women’s bathhouse. He searched for the figure and hoped to leave before anyone discovered him there.

• The Third told Yemo to prepare for the Chunin Ninja Exams, which would begin in half a month.
• Yemo left the Hokage's office and noticed a familiar figure disappear into a nearby alley.
• Yemo followed the figure through several alleys until he reached a stream behind Konoha's bathing street.
• Yemo realized the nearest bathhouse was for women and heard the bathers laughing inside.
• Yemo looked around for the figure who had led him there and tried to leave before anyone saw him.

Yemo followed Jiraiya and discovered him peeping through a hole in the women’s bathhouse wall. When Jiraiya accidentally knocked the wall down and was caught by the bathers, he fled, while Yemo slipped away through the woods.

• Yemo tracked a suspicious figure to the bathhouse and found Jiraiya peeping at the women inside.
• Jiraiya sensed Yemo behind him, startled, and knocked the bamboo wall into the hot pool.
• Yemo saw the bathers through the broken wall, then hid as the women screamed and accused Jiraiya of being a pervert.
• Jiraiya fled from the bathers and blamed Yemo for ruining his reputation.
• Yemo escaped in another direction, crossing the stream into the dense woods.

After Yemo fought off Jiraiya’s surprise attack, the two argued over Jiraiya’s spying and negotiated away their threats. Jiraiya then offered to teach Yemo a Ninjutsu, leaving Yemo poised to choose a technique.

• Yemo stopped in the forest after fleeing the girls and punched backward when he sensed someone attacking him.
• Yemo and Jiraiya exchanged powerful blows, and Jiraiya was shocked that the young boy could match his physical strength.
• Jiraiya accused Yemo of frightening him and defended his spying as gathering material for a future masterpiece.
• Yemo mocked Jiraiya’s reputation, then threatened to take the matter to the Hokage, prompting Jiraiya to back down.
• Jiraiya recognized that Yemo had used the threat to outmaneuver him and decided not to punish him.
• Jiraiya remembered his promise to teach Yemo one Ninjutsu and offered to do so that day.

Yemo asked Jiraiya to teach him the Summoning Technique because he disliked snakes and wanted to summon toads instead. After Jiraiya missed their morning lesson while spying on women bathing, Yemo caught up with him, and Jiraiya finally asked him to come learn.

• Jiraiya asked Yemo what Ninjutsu he wanted to learn, and Yemo chose the Summoning Technique because he disliked snakes.
• Jiraiya agreed to teach Yemo the next morning at their meeting spot.
• Yemo waited and trained in the forest for hours, then set off to find Jiraiya when he failed to appear.
• Yemo found Jiraiya hiding in bushes and spying on three women bathing in a stream.
• Yemo startled Jiraiya by calling out Tsunade's name, and the women soon left for lunch.
• Jiraiya went to the stream and told Yemo to stop standing around and learn the Summoning Technique.

Jiraiya taught Yemo the Summoning Technique and had him sign the toad contract. Yemo summoned three enormous toads at once, leaving Jiraiya alarmed and Yemo astonished.

• Jiraiya summoned a small toad carrying the Mount Myōboku contract scroll and instructed Yemo how to sign it.
• Yemo wrote his name after Minato Namikaze’s and left his bloody fingerprints on the scroll.
• Yemo’s bitten fingers healed almost immediately, astonishing Jiraiya and making Yemo worry about drawing blood for future summons.
• Jiraiya told Yemo that the size of a summon depended on the amount of Chakra used, and Yemo used half his Chakra to perform the technique.
• Yemo summoned three enormous toads at once, surprising him and leaving Jiraiya uneasy.

Yemo summoned Gamabunta, Gamaken, and Gamahiro, whose sudden appearance made Konoha believe the village was under attack. As the Third mobilized the Anbu, the Military Police Force, and Root, the three toads questioned Yemo’s claim that he had summoned them.

• Jiraiya’s three enormous summoned toads appeared above the forest, alarming Konoha’s ninja and prompting them to rush toward the scene.
• The Third ordered a level-one alert, combat readiness for the Anbu, and Root’s cooperation in finding the suspected infiltrators.
• Yemo admired the three toads while Jiraiya panicked about the commotion their arrival had caused.
• Gamabunta demanded to know why he had been summoned, and Jiraiya blamed Yemo.
• Yemo confirmed he had summoned all three, but Gamabunta disbelieved him until Jiraiya backed up his claim.

Yemo challenged Gamabunta to prove he could withstand one of the toad’s hands, and Gamabunta agreed after Yemo provoked his pride. The chapter ended with Gamabunta lifting his hand after a devastating strike, while Yemo’s Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld began.

• Gamabunta questioned how Yemo had summoned the toads, and Jiraiya explained that Yemo was Orochimaru’s disciple and a monstrous genius.
• Yemo said he had chosen Mount Myōboku because he disliked snakes, and Gamabunta warmed to him before refusing to accept him as master.
• Yemo challenged Gamabunta to become his summon beast if Yemo could withstand one of his hands, and Gamabunta agreed after Yemo taunted his reputation.
• Jiraiya sent Gamaken and Gamahiro back to Mount Myōboku, then watched from a treetop as Yemo faced Gamabunta.
• Yemo threw explosive-tagged kunai at Gamabunta, but Gamabunta blew them away and struck the ground with his hand, causing a powerful shock wave.
• Gamabunta raised his hand to inspect Yemo, while Yemo used Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld.

Yemo trapped Gamabunta with an enormous Swamp of the Underworld and won his recognition, securing the toad’s help in future battles. After Gamabunta departed, Anbu, Konoha Jonin, and the Third arrived, mistaking the devastation for an invasion and leaving Jiraiya struggling to explain.

• Yemo emerged from the swamp after trapping Gamabunta’s hand, and Gamabunta admitted defeat rather than break his promise by attacking with his other hand.
• Gamabunta refused to accept Yemo as his master, but Yemo explained that he had only wanted Gamabunta’s recognition and support in battle.
• Jiraiya arrived, and Gamabunta confirmed that he believed Yemo had summoned the toads and promised to help him in future battles.
• Gamabunta departed, praising Yemo, while Jiraiya congratulated him on winning the toad’s recognition.
• Anbu and Konoha Jonin gathered at the devastated site, and the Third asked Jiraiya which village had invaded Konoha.
• Jiraiya realized the destruction had been mistaken for an invasion and stammered that it was a misunderstanding.

Yemo and Jiraiya finished restoring the forest damaged by their summons, improving Yemo’s skills and growing closer through days of work and sparring. On his way home, Yemo met Shikaku Nara, Chōza, and Inoichi, who invited him to Ichiraku Ramen.

• Yemo erased a giant toad footprint with Earth Release while Jiraiya used Water Release to create a huge water dragon and accidentally drenched him.
• Yemo and Jiraiya recalled how the Third had ordered them to restore the forest, and they completed the work after six days of planting saplings and repairing the damage.
• Yemo reflected that the work and Jiraiya’s sparring had improved his Earth and Water Release and taught him a great deal, though Jiraiya had defeated him in every fight.
• Shikaku Nara, Chōza, and Inoichi approached the exhausted Yemo and teased him about the village-wide commotion he had caused.
• Shikaku invited Yemo to dinner, and the group chose Ichiraku Ramen after Yemo said he did not want barbecue.

Yemo ate ramen with Shikaku, Chōza, and Inoichi, who revealed that the Third planned to put him on a Chunin Ninja Exams squad with Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga. Shikaku deduced Yemo’s agreement with the Third involved winning the exams, and Yemo confirmed his guess before they left Ichiraku Ramen.

• Yemo joined Shikaku, Chōza, and Inoichi for ramen and discussed how the Third had allowed him to enter the Chunin Ninja Exams despite the squad registration rules.
• Shikaku revealed that the Third planned to team Yemo with Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga for the exams.
• Yemo expressed surprise at the assignment, while Chōza said the two Hyuga would be better teammates than ordinary Genin.
• Shikaku deduced that Yemo had made an agreement with the Third to win the exams, and Yemo confirmed that his guess was mostly right.
• Yemo and the others spent over an hour eating before leaving when Teuchi closed Ichiraku Ramen.

Minato told Yemo that he would train with Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga for six days before the Chunin Ninja Exams. Yemo met his new teammates and saw their surprise at the vast amount of Chakra inside him.

• Kushina warned Yemo not to follow Jiraiya's lecherous example as they ate breakfast.
• Minato arrived and said he would be Yemo's temporary Jonin instructor and train him for the Chunin Ninja Exams alongside Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga.
• Yemo gathered his ninja gear, grabbed a sandwich, and left with Minato's blessing from Kushina.
• Yemo sensed two people watching him and found Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga using their Byakugan to inspect him.
• Hiashi and Hizashi were shocked by Yemo's immense Chakra, then introduced themselves as his new teammates.

Minato explained that the Chunin Ninja Exams would be a contest among the villages and that Yemo and the Hyuga brothers were expected to win. He took them outside the village for a B-Rank Mission to build basic teamwork, though he admitted six days would not be enough to develop deep coordination.

• Hizashi asked Minato why the Hokage had teamed him and Hiashi with Yemo, and Minato explained the exam’s stakes and their goal of winning the championship.
• Hiashi and Hizashi became excited about competing, while Yemo cared more about passing and becoming a Chunin than winning a title.
• Minato led the three out of the village at a fast pace, and Yemo kept up easily while the Hyuga brothers struggled.
• Minato revealed that he had taken a B-Rank Mission for them and explained that their six days together were meant to develop teamwork rather than teach new techniques.
• Hiashi pointed out that strong teamwork took a long time to build, and Minato said they could still learn basic battle coordination.

Minato led Yemo, Hiashi, and Hizashi to Wolf Fang Mountain to eliminate the bandits terrorizing nearby villages. After Yemo brought down the bandits’ stone wall, the group attacked, and Minato worried that Yemo’s brutal slaughter might consume him.

• Minato’s team reached Wolf Fang Mountain and silently eliminated the bandit patrols they encountered on the way to the settlement.
• The bandits raised the alarm when the team reached the valley gate, and Minato ordered Yemo to remove the stone wall.
• Yemo used Earth Release: Moving Earth Core to sink the wall and the bandits standing on it into the ground.
• Yemo, Hiashi, and Hizashi charged into the crowd after a scar-faced bandit rallied the others to fight.
• Yemo killed dozens of bandits with brutal attacks while Hiashi and Hizashi also cut through the crowd.
• Minato watched Yemo’s bloody fighting and feared that the slaughter could consume his mind.

Yemo fought through the bandits at Wolf Fang Mountain and faced a masked warrior whose Chakra-infused sword revealed him to be a samurai. Yemo killed the samurai with an Earth Release trap and an explosive Lightning Release attack, leaving the slaughter ongoing.

• Yemo killed bandits attacking him and showed no mercy to the men responsible for massacring a village.
• A masked, armored man threw a short blade at Yemo, then charged him with a Chakra-enhanced sword.
• Yemo blocked the samurai’s strikes but was driven back when the warrior’s strength damaged his Kunai.
• Yemo identified the masked fighter as a samurai after recognizing his swordsmanship and the Chakra flowing through his blade.
• Yemo bound the samurai’s legs with Earth Release, then hit him with explosive Lightning Release senbon and killed him.

Yemo and his companions completed several missions before resting in the forest, where a Kirigakure team attacked them with a powerful Water Release. After Hizashi discovered the hidden ninja with his Byakugan, Nagahiro identified the group as travelers heading to Konoha for the Chunin Ninja Exams, and the teams lowered their weapons.

• Yemo, Hyuga Hiashi, and Hizashi Hyuga completed an A-Rank mission by killing a defected Konoha Jonin, while Minato did not participate.
• Yemo and Minato discussed Yemo's Summoning Technique, Gamabunta, and the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams beside a stream.
• An attacker sent a massive wave at Yemo and Minato, and Yemo raised an earthen wall that stopped it.
• Yemo told Hizashi to use his Byakugan, and Hizashi located eleven hidden enemies, including two with Jonin-level Chakra.
• Nagahiro introduced himself and his Kirigakure team as travelers bound for Konoha's Chunin Ninja Exams, and both groups lowered their weapons.

Yemo and his companions confronted a Kirigakure team after the Mist Ninja launched a sneak attack, and both sides sized up one another’s strongest young fighters. The exchange ended with Yemo Uzumaki and Hozuki Mangetsu introducing themselves as potential rivals.

• Nagahiro and Munashi Jinpachi approached Yemo, Minato Namikaze, and the Hyuga twins with Kirigakure’s exam team after the failed sneak attack.
• Nagahiro introduced himself and Munashi Jinpachi, while Yemo noticed a dangerous girl and a white-haired boy among the nine Genin.
• Minato introduced himself, and Nagahiro recognized Yemo’s powerful Earth Release as the work of a student before Minato clarified that Yemo was not his student.
• Yemo demanded an explanation for the sneak attack, and the white-haired boy admitted he had wanted to test Konoha’s Genin.
• Yemo taunted the Kirigakure team by declaring Konoha superior, prompting the white-haired boy to ask his name.
• Yemo introduced himself as Yemo Uzumaki, and the boy identified himself as Hozuki Mangetsu.

Yemo and Minato encountered a Kirigakure delegation led by Nagahiro, including the renowned young Hozuki Mangetsu, and sensed hostility beneath their polite exchange. After the group left for Konoha, Yemo and Minato discussed the threat of worsening village tensions before considering Mangetsu’s strength.

• Yemo recognized Hozuki Mangetsu as the Kirigakure genius who had made him feel threatened, while the Kirigakure Genin reacted with surprise to Yemo’s reputation for killing a Kumogakure Jonin.
• Nagahiro praised Yemo and suggested that the Kirigakure group travel with Minato and the others, but Minato declined because they still had a mission.
• Nagahiro led the Kirigakure delegation toward Konoha, while Hizashi noted that Anbu were secretly monitoring them.
• Minato and Yemo acknowledged the killing intent between the groups and discussed how the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams might worsen village conflicts.
• Minato asked Yemo about Hozuki Mangetsu’s strength, and Yemo said he could not judge it without fighting him.

Yemo returned to Konoha and learned that a fight between visiting ninja had led to tighter security at the village gate. As he waited with his companions, a lightning-wreathed attacker struck him, breaking his arm and sending him flying; Yemo recognized the attacker.

• Yemo returned to Konoha with Hizashi, Hiashi, Minato, and another companion, drawing attention when he celebrated beneath the village gate.
• Yemo saw the heavy security at the gate and learned from Uchiha Mikoto that two rival ninja teams had fought there earlier, injuring several people.
• Yemo and his companions waited in the registration line, where Yemo greeted Mikoto before leaving the desk.
• A figure surrounded by blue electricity charged at Yemo, and Minato watched without intervening.
• Yemo blocked the attack with his arm, but the attacker broke it with one punch and sent Yemo skidding backward.
• Yemo looked up and recognized his attacker.

Yemo clashed with Killer B at Konoha's gate, where their fight drew the attention of the village's ninja. Killer B surrendered to the Konoha Military Police Force, while he and Yemo vowed to settle their rivalry later.

• Killer B attacked Yemo with a Lariat, and Yemo blocked it despite breaking his right arm.
• Killer B blamed Yemo for his three-month confinement on an isolated island, and the two traded insults and challenges.
• Yemo reminded Killer B that he was in Konoha, prompting Killer B to notice the watching ninja.
• Anbu Jonin and the Konoha Military Police Force surrounded Killer B and ordered him to surrender.
• Killer B raised his hands and was shackled by the Konoha Military Police Force, then exchanged threats with Yemo as he was led away.

After Killer B injured Yemo at the village gate, Mikoto feared he would miss the Chunin Ninja Exams and suffer lasting damage. Yemo secretly used Yin-Yang Release to heal himself completely, leaving Mikoto amazed and curious about his recovery technique.

• Mikoto examined Yemo's badly burned, fractured arm and insisted he rest, while Sangaku worried that he would miss the exams.
• Yemo pointed to Minato to confirm that his injury could heal quickly, and Minato persuaded Mikoto to take him somewhere private.
• At a nearby training ground, Yemo used Yin-Yang Release: Revival Technique and regenerated his arm in seconds.
• Mikoto asked how Yemo had healed himself and suggested sharing the technique with Konoha ninja.
• Yemo explained that only people with a special bloodline could use the technique, and Mikoto abandoned the idea of teaching it to everyone.

Yemo and Konoha’s fifteen top Genin arrived at the Chunin Ninja Exams, drawing attention from the other villages. The exams began with the participants assembled in the academy auditorium, where rumors about Yemo’s strength spread.

• Soon-to-graduate students and visiting ninja watched as Yemo led Konoha’s fifteen strongest participants to the Ninja Academy.
• Killer B glared at Yemo from the crowd after A had beaten him for disgracing Kumogakure the previous night.
• The academy gates closed after the final teams arrived, and Konoha escorted the visiting Jonin to a separate viewing venue.
• Yemo and the Konoha Genin entered the auditorium and gathered in an unoccupied corner as the other villages watched them.
• Ninja from other villages discussed a report that Yemo had killed a Kumogakure Special Jōnin, and they stared at him in disbelief.

Shikaku briefed Konoha’s Genin on the strongest participants from Kirigakure and Kumogakure, including Hozuki Mangetsu, Mei Terumi, and Yugito Nii. The group learned that Yugito was a Perfect Jinchūriki, making her a formidable threat in the exams.

• A Kumogakure Genin insulted Yemo and questioned how he had killed Daruka, but Yugito Nii rebuked him and urged her team to defeat Yemo in the exams.
• Shikaku explained that the major villages had sent their strongest Genin and began outlining the opponents Konoha should watch.
• Shikaku named Hozuki Mangetsu as Kirigakure’s leading genius and said Mei Terumi had two Kekkei Genkai; Yemo recognized Mei as the kunoichi he had encountered with Mangetsu.
• Shikaku identified Yugito Nii, Samui, and Toroi as Kumogakure’s standout Genin, noting that Toroi had an unknown Kekkei Genkai.
• Shikaku revealed that Yugito was a Perfect Jinchūriki who had earned her Tailed Beast’s recognition, and the Konoha Genin reacted with alarm at her power.

Orochimaru appeared as the chief examiner for the joint Chunin Ninja Exams and announced a three-part format that surprised the assembled Genin. Yemo realized the final, optional tournament would determine the publicly acknowledged number one genius, and he looked forward to competing against the other villages’ young talents.

• Yemo surveyed the gathered Genin and recognized several future powerhouses, while lamenting that many others would die in the Third Shinobi World War.
• Orochimaru emerged as chief examiner, surprising Yemo and the assembled ninja.
• Orochimaru introduced deputy examiners Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Mite Seiun, whose positions showed Konoha’s high regard for the exams.
• Orochimaru announced that passing the first two exams would qualify participants to become Chunin, while a third optional exam would consist of one-on-one matches.
• Yemo explained that the third exam would determine which village had the strongest younger generation, then looked forward to competing for the title of number one genius.

Orochimaru framed the Chunin Ninja Exams as a contest to find the strongest genius, while Mite Seiun explained the first exam’s brutal elimination rules. Yemo recognized that the apparent race to a mountain was not really a test of speed.

• Sarutobi Shinnosuke questioned Orochimaru’s claim that the champion would be the number one genius, and Orochimaru argued that the title would make the competition more exciting.
• Mite Seiun led the first group of Genin to a square outside Konoha and announced that they had thirty minutes to reach a mountain about forty kilometers away.
• Mite Seiun revealed that half the group had to be eliminated and that a pursuit team of four Jonin and eight Chunin would chase them one minute after they started.
• Several Genin protested that the rules unfairly favored fast ninjas, but Mite Seiun told them they could withdraw if they refused to participate.
• Yemo dismissed the protesters and realized that the first exam was not truly a contest of speed.