Recaps

A mysterious Tomato Video Review System appeared over Konoha and pulled people from different eras into a livestream chat. After the system announced its rules, the first footage began showing Konoha shinobi, leaving the gathered viewers reacting and questioning the village’s state.

• A giant screen appeared above Konoha, and the system summoned people from across the world and different eras into its chat.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha to prepare for a possible attack while Orochimaru, disguised as the Kazekage, studied the screen.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju questioned how Konoha had developed, prompting awkward responses about the Uchiha Military Police Force.
• The system began its first livestream, showing several Konoha shinobi gathered in a wooded area.
• Naruto Uzumaki marveled at the many people commenting in the footage, while Sasuke Uchiha called him a dead last.

The chat group watched footage of Pain invading Konoha, while characters from different eras chatted with their relatives and tried to make sense of the attack. The chapter ended with Tobirama demanding to know why Konoha’s Military Police Force had not appeared.

• Naruto mistook Boruto for his father, and Minato privately thanked Hiruzen for taking care of Naruto.
• Fugaku warned Sasuke not to reveal the Uchiha Clan Massacre, and Sasuke greeted Madara and Izuna.
• The footage showed Pain killing Konoha patrol ninja, and Nagato told Jiraiya he would pursue peace in his own way.
• Pain split his forces, sent the Animal Path through Konoha’s barrier, and launched a destructive assault on the village.
• Tobirama asked why the Military Police Force had not shown up, while Itachi avoided explaining the Uchiha Clan’s situation to Shisui.

The footage showed Pain’s forces invading Konoha as its ninja struggled to defend the village, while Sakura and Shikamaru protected civilians. Tsunade ordered Naruto’s return, but Danzo plotted to keep him away and take the Hokage position; the viewers also learned that the Uchiha Clan had been wiped out.

• Pain’s paths searched Konoha ninja for information about Naruto while the invasion threw the village into chaos.
• Sakura destroyed a centipede, healed an injured girl, and was told by Iruka to help the wounded at the hospital.
• Tsunade learned that Akatsuki had invaded and ordered an emergency alert and Naruto’s return to the village.
• Danzo urged Konoha’s senior leaders to prevent Naruto from returning and argued that he should become Hokage instead of Tsunade.
• Shikamaru used his Shadow Imitation Technique to protect the pregnant Kurenai from centipedes.
• Shisui asked Sasuke about the Uchiha Clan, and Sasuke revealed that Itachi had killed the entire clan, shocking the viewers.

The video showed Tsunade organizing medical care during Pain’s attack and defending Naruto’s right to return and protect Konoha. Danzo sabotaged the messenger frog, while the village’s fight against Pain continued and the Deva Path threatened Iruka for Naruto’s location.

• Sakura triaged the wounded in Konoha’s chaotic hospital, earning praise from Tsunade.
• Tsunade rejected Mitokado Homura and Koharu’s demand to keep Naruto on Mount Myōboku, declaring that he was a ninja who protected Konoha.
• Shizune reported intelligence about Pain, and Tsunade decided to join the battlefield; Danzo then stabbed the messenger frog to prevent Naruto from returning.
• Pain’s forces devastated Konoha as Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to heal the village’s ninjas and civilians.
• The Deva Path confronted Iruka and demanded Naruto’s location, threatening to kill him.

Kakashi confronted Pain after rescuing Iruka, but the Deva Path’s repulsive power and the shared vision of the Paths made the fight difficult. As Kakashi identified how the Paths coordinated, Minato began to suspect that Boruto was his grandson.

• Pain threatened Iruka, but Kakashi arrived, caught the Black Rod, and told Iruka to retreat with an injured person.
• Kakashi fought the Deva Path, whose repulsive force sent him flying and dispersed Kakashi’s Lightning Blade attack.
• Akimichi Chōza arrived with his son to support Kakashi as he tried to understand Pain’s ability.
• The Asura Path attacked Kakashi with missiles, but Kakashi dodged and attempted a Lightning Blade strike from behind.
• Kakashi realized the Paths could share their fields of vision, and Minato wondered whether Boruto was his grandson.

Kakashi and the Konoha shinobi fought Pain, who overwhelmed their attacks with his attraction and repulsion abilities. Kakashi identified a brief interval between uses, but Pain’s strength left the defenders in despair.

• Kakashi was pulled toward the Asura Path’s steel weapon, but used a chain to resist until it snapped and the weapon pierced his chest.
• Kakashi’s lightning shadow clone exploded, and the Akimichi father and son crushed the Asura Path in a crater.
• Kakashi and the Konoha shinobi surrounded Pain, but Pain repelled their attacks with Shinra Tensei and incapacitated many of them.
• Kakashi explained that Pain could attract and repel objects and seemed to need a brief interval between uses.
• The chat group members debated Pain’s strength as Madara dismissed everyone except Hashirama as trash.

Kakashi and Choji fought Pain’s Paths, and Kakashi used Kamui to save Choji from a missile before collapsing from exhaustion. As Nagato watched the footage reveal his abilities, he dismissed Konan’s concern about the masked man.

• Kakashi coordinated a trap with Chōza and Choji, but Pain repelled their attack and Kakashi destroyed the Asura Path with Lightning Blade.
• Pain struck Kakashi with a nail, leaving Choji believing his sensei was dead, then left the battlefield.
• Kakashi revealed he had absorbed the nail with Kamui and urged Choji to report Pain’s abilities to Tsunade.
• The Asura Path fired a missile at Choji, and Kakashi used Kamui to make it vanish before both he and the Path collapsed.
• Nagato worried that the footage would expose his abilities, but told Konan he did not believe Madara Uchiha could defeat him.

Tsunade learned that Kakashi had died and directed Choji to save Chōza, while Konoha’s forces struggled against Pain’s destructive summons. As the village lay in ruins, Minato’s message led Hiruzen to suspect Danzo had leaked the location of Kushina’s childbirth before the Nine-Tails attack.

• Tsunade received news of Kakashi’s death, learned the enemy’s abilities from Choji, and sent him to take Chōza to the hospital.
• Danzo ordered Root to remain underground, calling casualties necessary sacrifices while insisting Tsunade’s slug technique would prevent everyone from dying.
• Anbu fought the Animal Path and its summons, but the creatures broke through their attacks and continued destroying Konoha.
• Ibiki trapped the Animal Path in a torture chamber, but it escaped and summoned more creatures as Nagato shifted control to the other Paths.
• Minato told Hiruzen that someone had leaked Kushina’s childbirth location, and Hiruzen considered the evidence implicating Danzo.

Konohamaru helped protect Konoha during Pain's attack and watched Naraka Path kill two ninja who refused to reveal Naruto's location. Ebisu also refused to betray Naruto, while the viewers learned that Danzo had spread rumors about Naruto and Hiruzen stripped him of his position.

• Konohamaru rallied Udon and Moegi to help protect Konoha and rescue injured villagers.
• Konohamaru saved an old woman from beneath a collapsed building and rushed toward another cry for help.
• Naraka Path killed two Konoha ninja after they refused to tell him whether Naruto was in the village.
• Ebisu urged Konohamaru to run, then confronted Naraka Path and refused to reveal Naruto's location.
• Konoha villagers told Minato that rumors had fueled their hatred of Naruto, and Hiruzen stripped Danzo of his position.

Konohamaru used Naruto’s teachings to defeat the Naraka Path with a Rasengan, while Pain confronted Tsunade and demanded the Nine-Tails. The footage revealed that nearly all the Jinchūriki had been captured, leaving Konoha as the last village still resisting.

• Ebisu refused to reveal Naruto’s location, and Konohamaru stepped in to fight the Naraka Path rather than run away.
• Konohamaru escaped the Naraka Path’s grasp with a Shadow Clone and struck him with a Rasengan, leaving him incapacitated.
• Pain landed before Tsunade and said he had something to discuss with her, prompting viewers to wonder whether Orochimaru had died.
• Pain asked Tsunade where the Nine-Tails was and said that almost all the Jinchūriki had been captured, shocking the major ninja villages.

Pain revealed his motive and philosophy to Tsunade before unleashing a massive Shinra Tensei on Konoha. Katsuyu shielded the survivors, but the village was left in ruins.

• Pain demanded that Tsunade reveal Naruto's location, while Tsunade refused and defended Naruto's strength.
• Nagato explained that Konoha's wartime actions had killed his family, prompting debate among those watching the footage.
• Pain recalled his Paths and rose into the sky as Konan worried that he was about to use the power of all six.
• Pain invoked Yahiko's pain and used Shinra Tensei to devastate Konoha, killing and injuring countless people.
• Katsuyu protected the survivors as Konoha's buildings collapsed and the surrounding land was reduced to level ground.

Naruto arrived in the devastated Konoha to confront Pain, carrying Jiraiya's will and the village's hopes. He destroyed the Asura Path with a Rasengan and faced Pain as the other Paths gathered.

• Sakura emerged from the rubble and desperately called for Naruto to return as Konoha burned.
• Naruto made a dramatic entrance with the giant toads, and the footage recalled Jiraiya's bond with Naruto and Nagato's tragic past.
• Naruto found Konoha reduced to ruins and faced Pain, while Tsunade prepared to defend the village despite her exhaustion.
• The Animal Path summoned the five other Paths back to the Deva Path as Tsunade declared she would fight Pain as Hokage.
• Naruto dropped from the sky and destroyed the Asura Path with a Rasengan, telling Pain that he was the one Pain had come to find.

Naruto battled Pain's Paths in Sage Mode, using Frog Kata and his toad allies to defeat the summons and send Demon Path flying. As Naruto prepared a Rasenshuriken and confronted Pain about peace, Pain argued that Naruto did not understand its meaning.

• Naruto asked Gamakichi to take Tsunade to safety and told the village to stay out of his fight with Pain.
• Animal Path summoned a rhinoceros, but Naruto caught it and threw it into the sky before summoning Shadow Clones to attack Pain's summons.
• The two sages used Frog Song to disable summons, while Naruto and the toads fought the remaining creatures.
• Naruto used Frog Kata to strike Demon Path with an invisible punch, and Gamabunta, Gamaken, and Hiro helped defeat Pain's summons.
• Pain recognized Naruto's Sage Mode as Jiraiya's training and tried to explain his vision of peace, but Naruto raised a Rasenshuriken and challenged him.

Naruto defeated the Animal Path by trapping her in Gamabunta’s mouth, but his Sage Mode wore off and the Deva Path pressed the attack. Naruto handed Sage Fukasaku a scroll and prepared to use another method to enter Sage Mode as the battle continued.

• Naruto threw a Rasenshuriken at Pain, and the Human Path took the attack while saving the Animal Path, leaving the Human Path sliced in two.
• Naruto fought the Animal Path as his Sage Mode weakened, while the toads struggled against the Hell Hound.
• Grandma Shima obscured the battlefield with a dust cloud, and Sage Fukasaku hurled Gamabunta toward Naruto.
• Naruto hid the Animal Path inside Gamabunta’s mouth, then knocked her out with a Rasengan, causing her summons to disappear.
• After Sage Mode wore off, Naruto handed Sage Fukasaku a scroll and fended off the Deva Path while preparing to enter Sage Mode again.

Naruto used stored Sage Chakra and clever transformations to take down the Preta and Naraka Paths, but the Deva Path repelled him and regained full power. Naruto was left on the ground as Pain prepared to continue the fight.

• Sage Fukasaku used reverse summoning to bring back Naruto’s Sage Mode Shadow Clone, and Naruto released it to restore his Senjutsu Chakra.
• Naruto attacked Pain, then threw a Rasenshuriken that the Preta Path absorbed while the Naraka Path revived the fallen Paths.
• Naruto disguised himself as a Rasenshuriken with the Transformation Technique, tackled the Preta Path, and struck down the Naraka Path with a Rasengan.
• The Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to repel both Narutos, leaving Naruto on the ground as Pain’s allies celebrated his regained strength.

While Pain overwhelmed Naruto and captured him with the Preta Path, Naruto used his knowledge of Sage Mode to turn the Path’s chakra absorption against it. The Preta Path petrified into a frog, leaving Pain confronted with Naruto’s counterattack.

• In the Pure Land, Madara dismissed Nagato as a pawn and told Obito to watch Kirigakure after Obito reported that Nagato suspected his identity.
• Naruto and the toads discussed Pain’s five-second gap between Ninjutsu, then Pain used Shinra Tensei to injure Gamabunta and the other toads.
• Naruto tried to buy time for the toads to prepare a Genjutsu, but Pain used Banshō Ten'in to pull him toward the Preta Path, which began absorbing his Chakra.
• As his Sage Mode markings faded, Naruto realized that the Preta Path was absorbing his Senjutsu Chakra and deliberately gathered more while being held.
• The Preta Path lost control of the Natural Energy and turned into a petrified frog, surprising Pain.

Pain defeated Naruto and explained that Konoha’s wars had destroyed his family and village, challenging Naruto’s ideas of peace and justice. The chapter left Naruto confronting the suffering caused by the great nations as viewers debated whether peace could be achieved.

• Pain used Banshō Ten'in to pull Sage Fukasaku toward him and impaled him with a Black Rod, interrupting the toads’ Genjutsu.
• Naruto charged Pain in anger, but Pain threw Fukasaku at him, pinned Naruto down, and pierced both his hands with Black Rods.
• Pain said he sought peace and justice by carrying out Jiraiya’s unfinished wishes, while Naruto vowed to defeat him and bring true peace.
• Pain recounted how Konoha’s ninja had killed his family and how wars between great nations had devastated his small country.
• Naruto and other viewers reacted to Pain’s account as Hiruzen proposed putting the past behind them and other leaders recalled their own losses.

Pain explained to Naruto that revenge perpetuated hatred, then revealed his plan to use a Tailed Beast Weapon to impose brief peace through fear. As Pain prepared to take the Nine-Tails, the video shifted to Hinata’s childhood and showed her witnessing Naruto’s injuries.

• Pain argued that he and Naruto were both ordinary people driven by justice and the pain of loss, while Naruto recalled Jiraiya entrusting him with finding a path to peace.
• Pain told Naruto he would use the Tailed Beasts to create a weapon capable of destroying a country, forcing people to experience pain and bringing temporary peace.
• Naruto rejected Pain’s violent idea of peace and defended Jiraiya’s hope that people could understand one another, but Pain prepared to take the Nine-Tails’ power.
• The video showed young Hinata being defeated by Hanabi, disappointing her father, and later being bullied by three children after running away from home.
• Hinata activated her Byakugan and saw Naruto’s injuries as Pain explained that he had avoided Naruto’s vital points and kept his wounds shallow.

Hinata risked her life to save Naruto from Pain, declaring her love before repeatedly attacking Pain to break the black rods restraining Naruto. After being struck down, she remembered how Naruto had once protected her as a child and began to rise again when she heard him call her name.

• Pain knocked Granny Shima away and reached for the immobilized Naruto, but Hinata arrived to confront him.
• Hinata told Naruto that he had changed her life and declared that she loved him before taking a fighting stance against Pain.
• Hinata broke a black rod in Naruto, but Pain repeatedly blasted her away as Naruto watched helplessly.
• Hinata used Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists to land a hit on Pain and break another rod before Pain sent her flying.
• Hinata remembered Naruto protecting her from bullies when they were children, then heard Naruto calling her name and struggled to stand.

Hinata sacrificed herself trying to free Naruto, and her death drove him to unleash the Nine-Tails against Pain. As the Nine-Tails grew stronger, Pain fought back and declared that his pain was far greater than Naruto’s.

• Hinata crawled to Naruto and tried to pull the black rod from him, but Pain struck her down and impaled her.
• Naruto watched Hinata die, became consumed by grief and anger, and transformed into a blood-red Nine-Tails beast.
• Naruto’s Nine-Tails form hurled stones at Pain, struck him, and buried him beneath rubble.
• Pain asked whether Naruto still believed people could understand one another, then unleashed a powerful attack that burst Konoha’s groundwater toward the Nine-Tails.

Pain fought the Nine-Tails across the sea and mountains, using his abilities to evade and restrain it while searching for a chance to seal it. After escaping toward a canyon, Pain surveyed the terrain from a tree branch.

• Pain dodged the Nine-Tails' attacks and used Shinra Tensei to repel its Tailed Beast Bullets, but the technique's cooldown left him vulnerable to further blasts.
• Pain collapsed rocks onto the Nine-Tails, but it broke free, while Naruto's necklace glowed and Naruto crushed it, breaking the seal.
• The Nine-Tails resisted Shinra Tensei, grabbed Pain, and hurled him into a mountainside before preparing a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Pain used Banshō Ten'in to drop a boulder onto the Nine-Tails, then escaped the ensuing blast and decided to seal it.
• Pain raced toward a canyon, leaped down from a cliff, and surveyed the surrounding terrain from a tree branch.

Nagato used Chibaku Tensei to capture the Nine-Tails, but Naruto’s despair let the beast break free and tempt him to remove the seal. Just as Naruto reached for it, Minato’s residual chakra appeared and pulled him away.

• Nagato unleashed Chibaku Tensei and trapped the Nine-Tails in a vast sphere of rock, transforming the surrounding terrain.
• The Nine-Tails broke out of the sphere as Naruto, overwhelmed by Pain’s questions about hatred and peace, approached the seal inside him.
• The Nine-Tails urged Naruto to tear off the seal, and Naruto reached for it as the seal began to loosen.
• Minato’s residual chakra appeared, grabbed Naruto, and took him away before he could remove the seal.

Minato revealed to Naruto that he was his father, and Naruto confronted him about the loneliness and suffering caused by having the Nine-Tails sealed inside him. Minato apologized and explained that he had sealed the beast because a powerful masked enemy might attack Konoha again, leaving Naruto questioning the enemy’s connection to Pain.

• Minato took Naruto to a warm room and revealed that he had named him and was his father.
• Naruto punched Minato and angrily described how the seal had led to years of isolation, hardship, and loss.
• Minato apologized for Naruto’s suffering, and Naruto said he could endure it as the Fourth Hokage’s son.
• Minato explained that he had sealed half of the Nine-Tails’ chakra in Naruto because he believed Naruto could master it and might need its power against a dangerous enemy.
• Minato told Naruto that a masked ninja had controlled the Nine-Tails’ attack and might threaten Konoha again, and he suspected Pain had been used by that enemy.
• Naruto questioned Minato’s claim because Pain held his own grudge against Konoha and had also lost his village.

Naruto gained confidence from Minato’s faith in him and resumed his battle with Pain after breaking free of Chibaku Tensei. He traced Pain’s chakra to Nagato’s distant location, preparing to confront his real body.

• Minato repaired Naruto’s seal and told him he believed Naruto would find an answer to hatred before fading away.
• Naruto’s resolve strengthened, and he emerged from the shattered Chibaku Tensei in Sage Mode after the Nine-Tails vanished from sight.
• Naruto checked on the survivors and faced Pain, asking to speak with his real body, but Pain refused and attacked.
• Naruto caught Pain’s Black Rod, kicked the Deva Path away, and used the rod in his shoulder to sense Nagato’s chakra.
• Nagato weakened as Naruto located him on a distant mountaintop and declared that he had found him.

Naruto defeated the Deva Path by exploiting Shinra Tensei’s cooldown and striking with a Rasengan. After sensing Konoha through Pain’s Black Rods, Naruto set out alone to find the real Pain and confront him.

• Naruto used transformed Shadow Clones and timed attacks to exhaust Pain’s Shinra Tensei, then hit him with a Rasengan.
• Nagato told Konan that the last Pain had been defeated.
• Naruto removed Pain’s Black Rods, then used one to sense Konoha and locate the real Pain’s chakra.
• Naruto told Katsuyu and the arriving Anbu that he would go alone to find the real Pain.