Recaps

Sawada Hagoromo confronted Otsutsuki Kaguya and demanded to know where Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was, offering to let her go if she stopped threatening the Shinobi World. After the Sage of Six Paths arrived and again called for her to be sealed, Sawada Hagoromo disabled Kaguya’s chakra and challenged the Sage’s claim that he had agreed.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki pulled Neji to him and Sawada Hagoromo confronted Otsutsuki Kaguya with a powerful strike.
• Sawada Hagoromo asked Otsutsuki Kaguya where Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was and offered to let her leave if she stopped throwing the Shinobi World into chaos.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya rejected Sawada Hagoromo’s offer and insisted that the Shinobi World belonged to her.
• The Sage of Six Paths appeared and told Sawada Hagoromo that he had failed to seal Otsutsuki Kaguya as instructed.
• Sawada Hagoromo stopped Otsutsuki Kaguya from using chakra and asked the Sage of Six Paths when he had agreed to seal her.

Hagoromo challenged the Sage of Six Paths’ reliance on Mount Myōboku’s prophecy and asked the leaders of the Shinobi World whether they wanted to leave future Ōtsutsuki threats for the next generation. After they chose to confront the danger, Hagoromo asked Otsutsuki Kaguya to place a Karma on him so he could use her concealment ability, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tobirama Senju to warn him against the risk.

• Hagoromo questioned the Sage of Six Paths’ decision to follow Gamamaru’s prophecy and argued that people should decide their own future.
• Hagoromo told the assembled leaders that stronger Ōtsutsuki enemies would arrive after more than a decade, and the Five Kage and Tobirama Senju voiced support for hunting them now.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya admitted that she had once intended to use human lives to produce Chakra Fruits faster.
• Hagoromo learned that Ōtsutsuki could conceal themselves from ordinary sensing and asked Otsutsuki Kaguya to place a Karma on him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tobirama Senju warned Hagoromo to be cautious, and Hagoromo offered to explain an idea.

Hagoromo made a pact with Otsutsuki Kaguya, allowing her to enter his body in exchange for release within a hundred years or when he developed a way to locate the Ōtsutsuki Clan. After she vanished, Hagoromo and the others found the Tailed Beasts and Madara Uchiha among the things she had left behind.

• Tobirama suggested confining Otsutsuki Kaguya in a vessel, but Hagoromo instead demanded that her entire being enter a pact.
• Hagoromo promised to release Otsutsuki Kaguya after he developed a technique to locate the Ōtsutsuki Clan, or within a hundred years if he failed.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya asked to take Black Zetsu with her, then entered Hagoromo and left a few objects behind.
• Hagoromo sealed the pact on his palm, and Mei Terumi recognized the young-looking figures among Kaguya's belongings as Tailed Beasts.
• Tobirama saw Madara Uchiha lying among the things Kaguya had tossed out, and Madara asked whether Hashirama had been summoned.

Madara Uchiha entrusted his Rinnegan to Hagoromo before Tobirama sent him to his death, and Hagoromo arranged the Tailed Beasts’ futures. Hiruzen made Hagoromo Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, and Hagoromo proposed a Five Great Nations organization under Konoha’s leadership to unite against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Madara Uchiha gave his Rinnegan to Hagoromo for him to pass on, then asked Tobirama to send him on his way; Tobirama burned and sealed his remains.
• Hagoromo asked the Tailed Beasts what they wanted, and they chose to return to their former hosts or leave the Shinobi World; the Seven-Tails also agreed to send Fū’s soul to the Pure Land.
• Hagoromo told Gaara that the One-Tail would be placed inside him and that Sunagakure could not prevent it from leaving after his death; Kitsuchi accepted the arrangement for the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi handed Hagoromo the Hokage mantle and declared him Konoha’s Fifth Hokage.
• Hagoromo proposed an organization led by Konoha to oversee disputes among nations and unite the Five Great Nations against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Hagoromo secured the other villages’ acceptance of Konoha’s leadership, then examined the dying Obito after Orochimaru brought him forward. Obito died before Naruto could kill him, and Kakashi asked Hagoromo to leave the body to him.

• Hagoromo rejected the other Kage’s proposals and demanded that they acknowledge Konoha’s leadership.
• Gaara, Mei Terumi, the Fourth Raikage, and Ōnoki accepted Konoha’s supremacy on behalf of their villages.
• Orochimaru led Hagoromo and the others to Kakashi and the dying Obito, whom Naruto identified as the Masked Man.
• Naruto moved to kill Obito, but Minato stopped him and Obito taunted the group before dying.
• Orochimaru asked about recreating Obito’s eyes, and Kakashi pleaded with Hagoromo to leave Obito’s body to him.

Naruto agreed to let Kakashi decide what happened to Obito’s body, and Hagoromo replaced Kakashi’s Sharingan with an ordinary eye. Hagoromo, Tobirama, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji found Isshiki hiding beneath a temple, where Hagoromo stopped his escape and caught his punch.

• Naruto agreed to Kakashi’s decision about Obito, and Minato thanked him for understanding.
• Kakashi removed his Sharingan, and Hagoromo gave him an ordinary eye that freed up his chakra.
• Hagoromo left Hiruzen to manage the battlefield and invited Tobirama to accompany him; Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji followed through a tear in space.
• Hagoromo found Isshiki possessing Jigen beneath a temple near the Land of Hot Water and confronted him.
• Isshiki tried to escape through a portal, but Hagoromo shattered it and caught Jigen’s punch with ease.

Hagoromo forced Isshiki out of Jigen and erased Isshiki’s attempt to trap him in a folded dimension. Isshiki completed his reincarnation into White Zetsu’s body, which began seeking chakra and life energy, and Hagoromo pierced his shoulder with a Black Receiver.

• Hagoromo overwrote Jigen’s Karma, sealed Jigen’s body, and forced Isshiki’s consciousness into White Zetsu’s body.
• Isshiki used Daikokuten: Infinite Sealing to surround Hagoromo with black cubes, but Hagoromo erased them with Zeroing.
• Isshiki activated Complete Reincarnation, transforming White Zetsu’s body into an Ōtsutsuki form while it repeatedly collapsed and regenerated.
• Newly reborn Isshiki attacked Hagoromo, driven by hunger for chakra and life energy.
• Hagoromo pierced Isshiki’s shoulder with a Black Receiver, while Naruto recognized his armament and Sasuke felt a longing toward Isshiki’s right eye.

Hagoromo trapped Isshiki after he fled and tried to absorb life, but could not fully erase the Ōtsutsuki's lingering data. Sasuke offered to intervene with his right eye and manifested a Susanoo that Hagoromo identified as the legendary Michikaeshi.

• Isshiki fled from Hagoromo and consumed the life energy of nearby animals as his body recovered.
• Hagoromo pursued Isshiki, enclosed him in a barrier, and stopped him after Isshiki scattered his body into black streaks.
• Hagoromo explained that Isshiki's body and will had perished, but his data remained as a dense ball of living flesh.
• Sasuke offered to use his right eye's Ne no Kuni Overturning ability on Isshiki's data.
• Sasuke formed a new Susanoo, and Hagoromo recognized its appearance as Michikaeshi, the guardian god of Yomotsu Hirasaka.

Sasuke sealed Isshiki inside a stone wedge using Yomotsu-no-Ōkami, then absorbed his data. Five years later, Hagoromo coordinated the hidden villages’ preparations to defend against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Sasuke used Underworld Gate Seal and Ne no Kuni Overturning to bind Isshiki’s silver core in a stone wedge that confined him beyond escape.
• Hagoromo confirmed that Sasuke had sealed Isshiki and explained that the stone wedge imposed a confinement at the level of rules.
• Hagoromo, Sasuke, and Tobirama returned to prepare the Shinobi World for the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Five years later, Darui, Mei Terumi, Deidara, and Gaara reported to Hagoromo that their villages had prepared equipment for deployment into outer space.
• Hagoromo asked the village leaders to stay alert, ended the meeting, and looked out over Konoha, now a vast city in a reshaped political order.

Hagoromo prepared to launch detection devices across the Shinobi World while discussing Konoha’s research and future needs. The devices rose into the sky that night, and Darui and Samui watched them deploy as they talked about Hagoromo’s overwhelming strength.

• Hagoromo told Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to prepare to split into separate squads as missions would increase once the village devices were deployed.
• Hagoromo inspected the research department’s cylindrical device, learned it could output up to five times the power of Naruto’s Rasenshuriken, and approved further improvements later.
• Hagoromo told Tobirama and Orochimaru that the villages’ detection devices were ready and that Konoha needed stronger ties between ninja and civilian life more than additional top-tier fighters.
• That night, Hagoromo unleashed his power and activated the devices as Shikamaru watched from a tall tower.
• Darui and Samui watched the devices rise over Kumogakure and discussed Hagoromo’s strength and Mei Terumi’s unsuccessful advances toward him.

At Naruto’s birthday party, his friends teased him about marrying Hinata, while Gaara and Temari discussed visiting Hagoromo in Konoha. The gathering turned into a celebration when Jiraiya and Tsunade revealed that Tsunade was pregnant, bringing the Senju clan a new heir.

• Samui said she was learning the Yin Seal, and Darui joked with her about keeping her looks as she aged.
• Gaara asked Temari about Shikamaru and suggested they visit Hagoromo in Konoha.
• Hagoromo arrived at Naruto’s birthday party, where Ino and Karin teased Naruto about asking Hinata to marry him.
• Naruto asked Jiraiya and Tsunade whether they planned to have a child, and Tsunade struck him for asking.
• Jiraiya confirmed that Tsunade was pregnant, prompting Tobirama to celebrate the news and declare that the Senju would welcome a new bloodline.

Hagoromo learned that Orochimaru was close to completing a one-of-a-kind artificial human, then sensed an unfamiliar space-time aura and went to investigate with Shisui. The Anbu had already been dispatched, but the source of the aura remained unknown.

• Tobirama told Tsunade she could no longer go on missions, and Karin and Kushina persuaded her to drink less and let them keep her company.
• Orochimaru told Hagoromo he had nearly completed an artificial human and had destroyed the research so there would only be one.
• Hagoromo warned Orochimaru not to repeat the experiment and approved Konan's request to help care for the orphanage children.
• Hagoromo spoke with Otsutsuki Kaguya and discovered she knew of Otsutsuki Shibai but refused to discuss him.
• Hagoromo sensed a space-time aura, and Shisui reported that the Anbu had already gone to investigate.
• Hagoromo and Shisui went to examine the space-time aura themselves.

Hagoromo captured Boruto Uzumaki and a one-armed Sasuke from what he suspected was a parallel world, then questioned them about how they arrived. Naruto and Sasuke joined them, and Sasuke confronted the unfamiliar Uchiha while Boruto recognized the danger.

• Kakashi and his men surrounded the one-armed Sasuke after he appeared in Konoha, while Itachi held Boruto.
• Hagoromo ordered Itachi to release Boruto, pulled Sasuke to him with a powerful technique, and took both to the Hokage's Office.
• Hagoromo identified the visitors as Boruto Uzumaki and Madara Uchiha Sasuke, revealed he was the Fifth Hokage, and asked how they had come to this world.
• Naruto and Sasuke entered the office and were startled by the visitors, while Sasuke focused his Chakra on the one-armed Sasuke and Boruto.

Hagoromo brought the one-armed Sasuke and Sasuke to Orochimaru’s research institute to study the Karasuki and investigate the Ōtsutsuki threat. The two Sasukes joined the research, while Orochimaru learned that in the one-armed Sasuke’s world he had trained Sasuke for three years before Sasuke killed him.

• Hagoromo sent Naruto to take Boruto to meet Minato and Kushina, then brought the two Sasukes to the research institute.
• Hagoromo gave Orochimaru the Karasuki and asked the one-armed Sasuke to help study it for the sake of both worlds.
• Sasuke chose to join the research, and Orochimaru began examining the Karasuki with both Sasukes.
• Orochimaru asked whether he had been the one-armed Sasuke’s master, and Sasuke explained that Orochimaru had trained him before trying to take his body and being killed by him.
• The one-armed Sasuke said he later summoned Orochimaru back, and Orochimaru returned to studying the sealed Karasuki.

Naruto told Boruto why he admired the Naruto from Boruto’s world, then brought him to the Uzumaki residence, where Boruto explained his origins and the threat posed by the Ōtsutsuki. As Minato and Kushina welcomed Boruto into their family, he realized how different his own lonely family life had been.

• Naruto said his other self was amazing for overcoming an isolated childhood, though he was foolish to miss Himawari’s birthday.
• Naruto brought Boruto to the Uzumaki residence, where everyone noticed their resemblance and Boruto introduced himself as Naruto and Hinata’s son from another world.
• Boruto recounted the Ōtsutsuki Clan and the events of his world, prompting Tobirama to go to the research institute and tell Naruto to keep watch over him.
• Kushina and Minato welcomed Boruto and offered him food, while he recognized the Fourth, Second, and Third Hokage.
• Boruto sat among the gathered family and compared their warmth with his own world, where he had little family support beyond his mother and Grandpa Iruka.

Boruto settled into life with Naruto, Minato, and Kushina while Orochimaru and Tobirama discovered that his and Sasuke’s presence was destabilizing the Shinobi World. Hagoromo revealed that Urashiki had appeared in the past and was now being pursued on the moon by Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji.

• Boruto complained about his comfortable life, and Naruto scolded him before Minato urged him to eat.
• Orochimaru and Tobirama found that the energy field across the Shinobi World was rising and that abnormal weather had appeared since Boruto and Sasuke arrived.
• Hagoromo said an explosive energy field had formed and explained that Urashiki had traveled through the spacetime tunnel into the past.
• Hagoromo revealed that Naruto and Sasuke had confronted Urashiki on the moon, where Urashiki had landed near Neji.
• Sasuke trapped Urashiki with black cubes created by Daikokuten, while Naruto challenged him over his claims about Ōtsutsuki blood.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji fought Urashiki on the moon after he transformed and revealed his ability to turn back time. Naruto unleashed the Nine Luminaries Rasengan, causing a massive explosion and tsunami, while Hagoromo erased the waves and left Mei Terumi to keep things stable.

• Urashiki swallowed his red-glowing fishing creel, transformed into a birdlike form, and attacked Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji.
• Naruto realized Urashiki could anticipate his movements by turning back time, and Neji and Sasuke recognized the ability.
• Urashiki used teleportation and powerful attacks, but Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji repeatedly cornered him.
• Urashiki summoned a giant black-and-purple oarfish and began forming a chakra sphere, so Naruto created the Nine Luminaries Rasengan from nine streams of chakra.
• Naruto's Rasengan collided with Urashiki's attack, triggering a destructive explosion and a tsunami in the Shinobi World.
• Hagoromo erased the tsunami and told Mei Terumi to keep things stable, then questioned her about the device in the sky.

Hagoromo interrogated Urashiki, learned little about the Ōtsutsuki headquarters, and discovered that Boruto’s Karma could not be removed without endangering him. Boruto and the one-armed Sasuke returned to their world with Urashiki, while Hagoromo prepared the Shinobi World for the Ōtsutsuki’s imminent arrival.

• Naruto and Sasuke captured Urashiki on the moon and brought him to Hagoromo, who used Soul Control to search his memories before handing him to Orochimaru.
• Hagoromo explained that Boruto’s Karma was linked to him like a Jinchūriki and Tailed Beast, then placed a seal on Boruto’s wrist to protect him.
• Boruto and the one-armed Sasuke said goodbye and returned to their world with Urashiki, carrying a thread Hagoromo had placed on them.
• Hagoromo and Orochimaru studied the broken thread and gathered data about travel between worlds.
• Hagoromo warned the Kage that the Ōtsutsuki might arrive sooner than expected and sent them detailed preparations for the coming threat.

After Sasuke and Boruto returned from another world with Urashiki captured, Naruto’s team began preparing their village for the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s arrival. Naruto ordered reforms and Sasuke’s return to training, while Kurama urged Naruto to gather some Chakra from all the Tailed Beasts as a safeguard.

• Kaguya warned Hagoromo that the Ōtsutsuki Clan could hunt across timelines, but Hagoromo said he expected the clan to descend on the Shinobi World.
• Sasuke and Boruto returned to their world with the unconscious Urashiki, and Sasuke told Boruto not to reveal what he had learned.
• Naruto, Shikamaru, Kakashi, and Sasuke discussed the Ōtsutsuki threat and planned elite training, changes to village governance, and action against Konoha’s Council of Elders.
• Naruto urged Sasuke to restore his left arm and train in Sage Mode, and Sasuke agreed to seek help from Orochimaru despite his concerns about Hashirama Cells.
• Orochimaru examined research from the other world on reducing Hashirama Cells’ effects, while Naruto warned Ryūchi Cave not to use Sasuke’s training to threaten Konoha.
• Kurama advised Naruto to collect a portion of Chakra from each Tailed Beast to strengthen himself and preserve a means for the beasts to revive.

Naruto, Sasuke, and the Kage confronted Momoshiki as he arrived in the Shinobi World, while Hagoromo entered an Ōtsutsuki stronghold and encountered Urashiki and a powerful stranger. The battle with Momoshiki left the plateau devastated, and Hagoromo prepared to face the stranger after discovering he could resist Sukunahikona.

• Naruto asked the Tailed Beasts for their power, and they transferred half their Chakra to him while Kurama promised to protect him.
• Momoshiki emerged from a vortex at the junction of the Five Great Nations, and Naruto, Sasuke, and the Kage assembled to confront him.
• Momoshiki absorbed Naruto's Chakra, but Naruto broke free with Yang Release Armament and struck him with Swimming Dragon.
• Sasuke warned the Kage not to attack Momoshiki with techniques, but Momoshiki absorbed their Ninjutsu and unleashed the combined power against Naruto and Sasuke.
• Naruto strengthened Sasuke's defense, and Sasuke's boulder reflected Momoshiki's attack, which Kinshiki took for his lord as the blast devastated the plateau.
• Hagoromo found Urashiki and another Ōtsutsuki in a barren stronghold, captured Urashiki, and discovered that the other Ōtsutsuki could resist his Sukunahikona.

Hagoromo defeated an Ōtsutsuki who transformed after consuming Urashiki, while Naruto and Sasuke joined forces to kill Momoshiki after he consumed Kinshiki and lost control. The surviving Kage regrouped, and Gaara realized Naruto and Sasuke had likely held back during the Chunin Ninja Exams.

• Hagoromo overwhelmed the Ōtsutsuki in close combat, and the Ōtsutsuki consumed Urashiki before transforming into a beastlike form.
• Naruto and Sasuke pressed Momoshiki, who consumed Kinshiki and transformed as his power surged.
• Naruto and Sasuke combined their chakra into a giant divine warrior and split Momoshiki's lava form apart.
• Hagoromo returned with the head of the other Ōtsutsuki, absorbed Momoshiki's remaining energy, and gave Naruto the sealed head to take to Orochimaru for study.
• Darui and Mei Terumi discussed the Ōtsutsuki threat, while Gaara wondered whether Naruto and Sasuke had already outclassed him during the Chunin Ninja Exams.

Hagoromo’s group prepared to cross into the other shinobi world after Kashin Koji offered to help Naruto and Sasuke confront Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Naruto reunited with his family, while Sasuke confirmed his Hashirama Cells arm worked; the chapter ended with five people using Orochimaru’s device to travel across worlds.

• Orochimaru reported that his solution could control Karma activation, and Sasuke finished training in Sage Mode at Ryūchi Cave before leaving.
• Naruto trained with Boruto, went home to spend the evening with his family, and learned that Sasuke’s Hashirama Cells prosthetic had no adverse effects.
• Kashin Koji met Naruto, Sasuke, and Shikamaru outside Konoha, revealed he had defected from Kara, and proposed they work together against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Naruto and Sasuke sent word to Hagoromo’s world, where Hagoromo, Orochimaru, and Tobirama agreed to travel through the passage with them.
• Orochimaru fitted Naruto and Sasuke with devices, Hagoromo added tracking formulas, and the five travelers vanished when the device activated.

Hagoromo learned that Naruto had been sent thirty-three years into the past, while Naruto discovered he had arrived in the era of the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha. Naruto intervened to save Kushina and confronted the rampaging Nine-Tails, whose memories began to reveal the truth as the chapter ended.

• Hagoromo sensed that Naruto had landed thirty-three years in the past and reassured the Seventh Naruto and Tobirama that he was safe.
• Naruto realized he was in an earlier timeline after spotting a young Kakashi and sensing Kushina's chakra within the other Kurama.
• Naruto confirmed that it was October 10 of Konoha year fifty-one and decided to prevent Minato and Kushina from dying during the Nine-Tails' attack.
• Hagoromo set out with Kashin Koji and others to deal with Isshiki and Kara, intending to take away the cyborgs' dangerous abilities.
• As the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, Naruto arrived, healed Kushina, and fought the beast until it returned to its senses.
• Naruto shared his memories with the Nine-Tails, who reacted with disbelief.

Naruto and Sasuke defeated Isshiki, while Hagoromo removed the Shinjutsu cores from Kara’s members and brought Naruto back from fighting Obito. After helping the alternate world’s leaders and reuniting Naruto with Minato and Kushina, Hagoromo returned to his own world and began teaching at the Ninja Academy.

• Naruto urged Minato and Kushina to go into hiding and gave Minato a scroll of training methods before leaving to confront a sensed enemy.
• Sasuke joined Seventh Naruto and Rinnegan Sasuke in fighting Isshiki, then defeated him with the Michikaeshi deity and strengthened his black-eye abilities.
• Hagoromo extracted the Shinjutsu cores from the sleeping Kara members, while Kashin Koji agreed to remain under his control.
• Hagoromo brought Naruto back after he had beaten Obito, and Naruto met his alternate self, Seventh Naruto.
• Hagoromo agreed to stay for several days to advise the alternate world on governance, then returned with his companions ten days later.
• Half a month after returning, Hagoromo introduced himself as homeroom teacher Sawada Hagoromo and asked his students to share their dreams.