Recaps

Naruto learned that Minato and the other Konoha ninja were in Rōran to protect Sara and investigate Anrokuzan, whom they believed was Mukade. As Naruto escorted Sara through a parade, Rōran’s impoverished original citizens abducted them and led them toward the stage to reveal the truth about her subjects.

• Minato revealed his identity to Naruto and concluded that Naruto had come from the future.
• Sara rejected Minato’s warning about Anrokuzan, whom she trusted to fulfill her mother’s wishes and improve Rōran.
• Minato split the group, gave Naruto a Flying Thunder God Kunai, and sent him with Sara while the others searched for Anrokuzan.
• Naruto followed Sara through the parade, where she took the cheering crowd as proof that her people were happy.
• Masked citizens dragged Sara into an alley, and Naruto realized that the cheering crowd was not Rōran’s original population.
• The impoverished citizens led Sara and Naruto beside the parade stage so she could see the people she believed were her subjects.

Naruto and Minato joined forces to defeat Anrokuzan and save Sara as Rōran’s castle collapsed. As the time-traveling visitors began returning to their own era, Minato prepared to erase their memories, leaving Naruto with unanswered questions about his identity and family.

• Naruto discovered that the people in the parade were puppets, and Anrokuzan attacked Sara with a giant centipede puppet.
• Minato arrived with Chōza and Shibi, then helped Naruto form a Taiji Rasengan that destroyed Anrokuzan’s puppet core.
• Naruto rescued Sara from the collapsing staircase, and Yamato used Wood Release to save Naruto, Minato, and Kakashi.
• Minato used Naruto’s Flying Thunder God kunai to evacuate everyone, and Naruto and Yamato began fading as time returned to normal.
• Yamato punched Kakashi, then bowed to Minato, while Sara said she would find Naruto in the future.
• Minato said he had arranged for everyone to forget their meeting, and Naruto tried to ask him questions before they parted.

At the Valley of the End, Naruto tried to stop Sasuke from defecting to Orochimaru, and the two fought over Sasuke’s pursuit of greater power. The battle left Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra surging as Sasuke faced the strange red chakra.

• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha recognized the Valley of the End as the site of their past battle, while Uchiha Fugaku identified Naruto and Sasuke standing atop their statues.
• Naruto confronted Sasuke as he prepared to leave Konoha, but Sasuke dismissed their comrades and insisted he needed Orochimaru’s power.
• Naruto and Sasuke fought, trading punches and clashing with Rasengan and Chidori as Sasuke’s Cursed Seal strengthened him.
• Naruto’s distress over Sasuke’s defection sent his chakra into chaos, causing the Nine-Tails’ red chakra to surge around him.

Naruto and Sasuke fought at the Valley of the End after Sasuke chose to seek power with Orochimaru. Sasuke narrowly won and left Naruto behind, continuing his path toward becoming strong enough to surpass Itachi.

• Naruto rapidly healed and overpowered Sasuke, trying to stop him from leaving for Orochimaru.
• Sasuke activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Cursed Seal, and he and Naruto agreed to settle their conflict at the Valley of the End.
• Naruto combined the Nine-Tails' power with his Rasengan, while Sasuke strengthened his Chidori with the Cursed Seal, and their attacks collided.
• Naruto collapsed after the clash, while Sasuke spat blood, knelt beside him, and then left the Valley of the End.
• Orochimaru declared Sasuke the victor and considered him a stronger vessel capable of surpassing Uchiha Itachi.

Kakashi and the Konoha 12 fought an apparently assembled Akatsuki, but the enemy was exposed as White Zetsu in disguise and fled. Obito realized he might have been the mastermind behind the attack, though he could not understand why he would have arranged it.

• Shikamaru ordered the Konoha 12 to capture the eight Akatsuki members, and Naruto exposed their ambush by using Rasengan.
• The Akatsuki surrounded Naruto, but Choji pulled him to safety before the Konoha 12 counterattacked.
• Rock Lee and his fellow ninja overwhelmed the Akatsuki members, while Tenten, Kakashi's Pakkun, and Sai also defeated their opponents.
• Kakuzu grabbed Naruto from underground, but Sai cut off Kakuzu's arm, and the Akatsuki escaped beneath the ground.
• Madara recognized the severed arm as White Zetsu's, and Kakashi concluded that White Zetsu had impersonated the Akatsuki.
• Rin suggested that Obito might have been the mastermind because he could command White Zetsu, leaving Obito wondering why he would have done it.

Naruto watched other young shinobi reunite with their parents and felt increasingly lonely, though those around him mistook his feelings for a desire to become a Jonin. He left Iruka without explaining what he truly wanted: a parent waiting for him at home.

• Kiba Inuzuka's mother and Inoichi Yamanaka praised their children, and the parents discussed submitting Jonin applications for the young shinobi.
• Naruto tried to intervene when Sakura argued with her parents, then walked away and spoke with Sai about getting promoted to Jonin.
• Naruto returned to his empty, messy home and asked Iruka to meet him at Ichiraku Ramen.
• Iruka refused Naruto's Jonin application request because he was still a Genin and lectured him about Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto said Minato had become a statue on Hokage Rock and challenged Iruka about his own parents, but Iruka's anger left Naruto unwilling to explain his loneliness.

Naruto and Sakura ran away from home together after clashing with their parents, and Sakura called their outing a date. Obito appeared while they were at the park, fought them with Kamui, and tried to activate a red orb over the moon, but nothing happened.

• Naruto left Ichiraku Ramen upset about his parents, while Iruka paid the bill.
• Sakura argued with her parents, ran away from home, and met Naruto; she grabbed him and declared they were going on a date.
• At the park, Sakura complained about her parents and wished Sasuke were there instead of Naruto.
• Obito appeared behind Naruto and Sakura, and they took fighting stances against him.
• Obito evaded their attacks with Kamui and raised a red orb toward the moon, but its apparent activation had no effect.

Naruto found Konoha’s people behaving like opposites after Madara appeared, while they failed to recognize the danger he posed. He and Sakura encountered more bizarre changes, including Sakura’s father replacing the Fourth Hokage’s face on Hokage Rock, and the chapter left Madara and Hashirama suspecting Obito was behind the phenomenon.

• Naruto ran into Hinata’s squad and warned them that Madara had appeared, but Kiba, Hinata, and Shino did not recognize the name.
• Kiba cursed at Akamaru after the dog bit him, while Hinata threatened Sakura over Naruto and grabbed Naruto by the collar when he defended her.
• Naruto and Sakura fled and met Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino behaving unlike themselves, with Shikamaru focused on food and Choji speaking like a hero’s child.
• Naruto and Sakura saw Sakura’s father’s face on Hokage Rock, then encountered Sasuke dressed like a delinquent and acting as though Konoha were his home.
• Hashirama suggested that everyone had become their opposite, and Madara suspected Obito was responsible.

Neji was caught acting suspiciously near the women’s bath, but Rock Lee’s arrival shifted the accusations to him. The group discovered Lee was wearing Tenten’s underwear, leaving Tenten horrified.

• Sasuke’s display and the Inventory System’s censorship gave the audience a glimpse of Hinata, Sakura, and the others bathing, while Hinata mocked Sakura’s chest.
• Neji sneaked through the men’s bath toward the women’s bath, and Hinata sensed someone spying before Rock Lee landed in the women’s changing room.
• Naruto and the others arrived, and Tenten accused Rock Lee of peeping while Neji berated him and secretly felt relieved.
• The group chased Rock Lee outside, where Sakura defended him and accidentally tore his bodysuit, revealing that he was wearing Tenten’s underwear.
• Tenten recognized her underwear and nearly collapsed in shock.

Naruto searched for answers in an alternate world where he had a home and parents, while a masked man pursued Tailed Beasts and Obito confronted him. Naruto learned that Minato and Kushina were alive, but their reunion began with Kushina punching him.

• Naruto found someone living in his old house and spent the night on a park bench.
• Obito confronted a masked man who had destroyed a ninja village and offered to lend him power.
• Naruto and Sakura learned from Tsunade that the Masked Man had captured a female Jinchūriki from Kumogakure and that Jiraiya had gone missing while gathering intelligence.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina returned from a mission, and Naruto stared at them in disbelief, saying that his parents were alive.
• Kushina punched Naruto after he reacted as though he had expected his parents to be dead.

Naruto joined Minato and Kushina’s team to retrieve the Crimson Book, but he resisted accepting their care in the Limited Tsukuyomi world. Meanwhile, the Masked Man and Obito captured Yugito Nii, and the team reached their destination with Kakashi already exhausted.

• Minato reported that Jiraiya had died while trying to obtain the Crimson Book, and Naruto insisted on joining the mission to retrieve it.
• Minato brought Naruto home, where Naruto rejected Kushina’s meal and resisted her attempts to discipline him, though he later studied an album of his parallel self’s childhood.
• The next day, Naruto continued to keep Kushina at a distance as the team prepared to leave with an unusually energetic Kakashi and a tired Might Guy.
• The Masked Man’s forces captured Yugito Nii, and Obito warned that their smooth Tailed Beast hunt would face trouble once Naruto appeared.
• Kakashi exhausted his Chakra on the way to the destination and collapsed before the fighting began.

Naruto rushed ahead to retrieve Jiraiya’s scroll but was caught in a trap guarded by Gamabunta and the other toads. Kushina saved Naruto from corrosive mucus, and Minato retrieved the scroll before scolding Naruto; Naruto began to feel the warmth of his parents’ care, while Madara promoted the Tsukuyomi.

• Naruto left the group behind and charged toward the scroll, where Jiraiya’s trap summoned Gamabunta and several other toads.
• Minato tried to explain that the group had come for Jiraiya’s scroll, but Gamabunta attacked, and Minato stopped Might Guy from hurting the toads.
• Naruto jumped onto Gamabunta’s head, but a toad’s corrosive mucus forced Kushina to shove him out of danger and injured her foot.
• Minato caught Kushina, then used the Flying Thunder God to reach Jiraiya’s scroll and end the confrontation without fighting Gamabunta.
• Sakura treated Kushina’s burn, and Minato slapped Naruto for acting recklessly before reminding him that Kushina had planned to help with his Jonin application.
• Naruto felt his parents’ unconditional care, while Rasa and Hiruzen commented on his growing attachment to the Tsukuyomi and Madara praised its perfect world.

Naruto and Sakura remained trapped in the Crimson Technique’s world, where Naruto embraced the family life he had wanted. As the Masked Man prepared to unleash his creation on Konoha, the Q&A identified him as the mastermind behind the invasion, though Minato worried Naruto might be involved.

• Naruto reunited with Kushina and Minato, while Sakura questioned whether this life was what she wanted.
• Naruto went home instead of discussing how to return, and the Masked Man prepared to begin his plan.
• The system asked who had caused Konoha’s greatest destruction, and Yahiko incorrectly named Nagato and Obito.
• Minato suspected the Masked Man was responsible and received the Uzumaki Clan’s bloodline and Ninjutsu as his reward.
• Minato wondered whether Naruto could be the Masked Man after all.

Sakura saw Naruto enjoying life with his family in Tsukuyomi and left without interrupting him, while Naruto showed little interest in returning to reality. A masked attacker devastated Konoha with a powerful Rasengan, and Minato concluded that the attacker was this world's Naruto.

• Sakura ran into Sasuke with two girls, then visited Naruto's home and left after seeing his family celebrate Kushina's birthday.
• Sakura urged Naruto to find a way back, but he seemed content to stay in Tsukuyomi longer.
• A masked man attacked the Hokage's office and defeated Minato and the others gathered there.
• The masked man captured Sakura and demanded the Crimson Book, but Minato refused to hand it over.
• Naruto rushed to save Sakura, and the masked man unleashed a Great Spiraling Ring that reduced much of Konoha to rubble.
• Minato recognized the masked man as this world's Naruto, prompting the others to question why Naruto had turned against Konoha.

Naruto revealed his identity to Minato and chose to rescue Sakura, inspired by his real parents’ heroism. At the Masked Man’s base, Naruto faced Madara and a masked opponent, while the mercenary Akatsuki joined the battle and Obito withdrew from Itachi.

• Naruto told Minato that he was not Menma and declared that he was the son of two heroes.
• Naruto put on Minato’s Hokage Cloak and set out to rescue Sakura, who was being held at the Masked Man’s base.
• A Masked Man kicked Naruto aside and summoned nine masked beasts to attack him.
• The Akatsuki arrived and explained that they had come at the Hokage’s request as a mercenary organization.
• Obito confronted Itachi, recognized that physical attacks would not work on him, and escaped with Kamui.

Naruto fought his parallel-world counterpart, Uzumaki Menma, whose hatred awakened a dark Nine-Tails. After Naruto gained Kurama’s power and defeated Menma, Obito possessed Menma and used the Sharingan to incapacitate Naruto, leaving him ready to take the Nine-Tails.

• Naruto and the Masked Man exchanged Rasenshuriken attacks until the blast destroyed the Masked Man’s mask and revealed that he looked just like Naruto.
• Kakashi and the others identified the Masked Man as Naruto Uzumaki from a parallel world, while Itachi stopped Sakura from joining the fight.
• Menma unleashed a dark Nine-Tails, and Naruto warned the others to retreat as the beast attacked him.
• Naruto accepted Kurama’s power, battled Menma’s Nine-Tails with his own, and sent Menma crashing into a house, where he lost consciousness.
• Obito possessed Menma and used the Sharingan to drain Naruto’s strength and erase his memories, then declared that the Nine-Tails was his.

Naruto recovered his memories, fought Obito alongside Sakura, and was reunited with Minato Namikaze and Kushina in the Tsukuyomi Space. As Limited Tsukuyomi ended, Naruto tearfully thanked the parallel-world couple before leaving.

• Naruto remembered his name and blocked Obito's attack to protect Sakura.
• Naruto struck Obito with a Rasengan when Obito became tangible, sending him flying.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina arrived, and Obito hesitated before leaving with Kamui.
• Minato explained that Naruto's Kunai had brought them there, and Naruto recognized their genuine care for him.
• Limited Tsukuyomi began to end, and Naruto thanked Minato Namikaze and Kushina for giving him a taste of family before saying goodbye.

The Shinobi World Q&A asked for the progenitor of Chakra, and Otsutsuki Toneri answered Otsutsuki Kaguya correctly, winning the Tenseigan. As the system showed footage of Kaguya, Black Zetsu’s fierce defense of her made Madara question his behavior.

• Orochimaru answered that the progenitor of Chakra was the Sage of Six Paths and lost one thousand gold coins for his incorrect answer.
• Otsutsuki Toneri gave the correct answer, Otsutsuki Kaguya, and received the Tenseigan.
• Toneri declared that the world created by the Sage of Six Paths was a failure and said he would destroy the earth.
• The system played footage of Team 7 facing a mature woman, and Toneri identified her as Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• Black Zetsu angrily defended Kaguya after Rasa mocked Toneri, prompting Madara to question why Zetsu was acting strangely.

Kaguya emerged from her seal and overwhelmed Naruto and Sasuke before transporting Team 7 and the unconscious Obito to a lava-filled dimension. Sasuke rescued Naruto and declared that their mission to seal Kaguya mattered more than anyone else’s survival.

• Kaguya broke free of the seal, recognized Naruto and Sasuke’s chakra, and attacked them with her hair.
• Kaguya identified Naruto and Sasuke as the reincarnations of Asura and Indra and declared that she would eliminate them.
• Kaguya transported Team 7 and the unconscious Obito from the battlefield into a dimension filled with lava.
• Sasuke summoned a giant eagle and rescued Naruto, while Kakashi secured Sakura and pinned Obito to a wall with kunai.
• Sakura’s Forehead Protector melted in the lava, confirming the danger was real, and Sasuke told Naruto that only the two of them could seal Kaguya.

Naruto and Sasuke battled Otsutsuki Kaguya, who overwhelmed their strongest attacks and immobilized them with her power. As Kaguya began absorbing their chakra and treated them as her sons, Black Zetsu fled to avoid being exposed to Madara.

• Naruto caught Kakashi and the others after their supporting rope began to snap, then rescued everyone when Kaguya shot down Sasuke's hawk.
• Naruto blocked Kaguya's attacks to give Sasuke an opening, but Kaguya stopped Sasuke's Perfect Susanoo and made it disintegrate.
• Kaguya appeared behind Naruto and Sasuke through Yomotsu Hirasaka, paralyzed them, and began absorbing their chakra while caressing their faces.
• Black Zetsu explained Kaguya's connection to the Sage of Six Paths, then fled when he feared Madara would discover his role.
• Madara realized Black Zetsu had betrayed him, while Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto objected to Kaguya treating Naruto and Sasuke as her sons.

Naruto used the Reverse Harem Technique to distract Kaguya, allowing him to punch her while Sasuke prepared to seal her. Kaguya escaped by shifting them into a glacier world, where Sasuke broke free and attacked her with Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi.

• Black Zetsu revealed that he had manipulated Madara Uchiha and claimed to know everything about him.
• Naruto told Sasuke he had a plan, then used the Reverse Harem Technique to briefly distract Kaguya and land a punch.
• Naruto and Sasuke tried to seal Kaguya, but she transported them from the lava world to a glacier world and froze them.
• Sasuke used Amaterasu to melt the ice and Kagutsuchi to drive Kaguya back.
• Madara Uchiha mocked Kaguya's fighting ability, while Black Zetsu worried that she had not mastered her power.

Kaguya sent Sasuke into one of her dimensions, leaving Naruto to face her while Obito and the others prepared to use Kamui to rescue him. Meanwhile, the people outside the battlefield saw Madara’s fallen body and realized the Infinite Tsukuyomi was still active.

• Black Zetsu advised Kaguya to separate Naruto and Sasuke, and she sent Sasuke into a vast desert dimension.
• Obito woke up, learned about Kaguya and Sasuke’s disappearance, and joined Naruto’s Shadow Clone, Kakashi, and Sakura in heading to the battlefield.
• Obito recognized Kaguya’s Yomotsu Hirasaka and agreed to use Kamui to enter her dimension, with Naruto’s Shadow Clone and Sakura supplying chakra.
• Obito told Naruto he was Kakashi’s friend, Minato’s subordinate, and Sasuke’s Uchiha senior, then vowed to risk his life to help them.
• In the real world, Minato and Tobirama saw Madara’s body and the still-active Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Tobirama suggested using Impure World Reincarnation to question him.
• Orochimaru said they could use someone caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi as the sacrifice for the technique.

The Sage of Six Paths revealed Black Zetsu’s origin and explained the history of the Tailed Beasts, Indra, and Asura. On the battlefield, Naruto broke free of Kaguya’s ice and followed her into the Origin Ball Space, where Black Zetsu warned Kaguya that he had entered a dangerous place.

• The Sage of Six Paths emerged from Madara and explained that Naruto and Sasuke were reincarnations of Asura and Indra, while Black Zetsu was his mother Kaguya’s third child.
• The Sage of Six Paths recounted how he released the Tailed Beasts and founded Ninshu, while the beasts recalled how humans had repeatedly misused their power.
• Kaguya attacked Naruto to absorb his Chakra, but Kokuō’s Chakra helped him break free and send her flying.
• Naruto created a multitude of Shadow Clones and pursued Kaguya through a portal, while Obito used Kamui to follow them into the space.
• Black Zetsu recognized Naruto’s arrival in the Origin Ball Space as a threat and warned Kaguya that Naruto and Sasuke could combine their powers to seal her again.

Obito and Sakura searched Kaguya’s dimensions for Sasuke while Kaguya mistakenly believed she had destroyed Naruto’s Shadow Clones. After Sakura’s Chakra ran out and Obito’s Kamui portal closed, Sasuke appeared beside them, having escaped with his space-swapping ability.

• Kaguya attacked Naruto with All-Killing Ash Bones and believed she had destroyed his Shadow Clones, while Obito and Sakura stayed hidden nearby.
• Sakura gave Obito Chakra as he opened Kamui portals to search Kaguya’s dimensions for Sasuke, but he could not sense Sasuke in the first two worlds.
• In the acidic dimension, Sakura was burned while protecting Obito, yet refused to waste Chakra on healing herself.
• Obito opened a portal to the desert where Sasuke was walking, but Sakura’s remaining Chakra ran out and the portal closed before Sasuke could cross.
• Sasuke appeared beside Sakura as she began to collapse and explained that he had used his space-swapping ability to reach them.

Kaguya trapped Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, and Obito in a supergravity dimension and attacked them with All-Killing Ash Bones. Obito saved Kakashi by redirecting a bone spike with Kamui, but was pierced himself and left Kakashi behind as he faced death.

• Kaguya killed a Shadow Clone after Black Zetsu identified it as Naruto, but Naruto revealed that he had hidden his Truth-Seeking Orbs behind the clone.
• Kaguya used Amenominaka to transport everyone into a supergravity dimension, where she and the others struggled to stand.
• Kaguya prepared to fire another pair of bone spikes at Naruto, and Obito and Kakashi rushed to protect him.
• Obito used Kamui to send the spike aimed at Kakashi into the Kamui Dimension, but another spike pierced Obito.
• Obito told Kakashi to stay behind and not come down too soon as he faced death.