Recaps

Nagato prepared Amegakure for an invasion while Naruto led his allies into the village and fought their way toward Akatsuki’s core territory. The chapter ended with Naruto effortlessly destroying a combined attack with a single punch, leaving the defenders stunned.

• Konan mobilized Amegakure’s ninjas and imposed martial law, while Nagato suspected Naruto was the invader and summoned four Paths of Pain to prepare for battle.
• Naruto led Jiraiya, Kakashi, Orochimaru, Sasuke, and Tsunade into Amegakure, where the village’s ninjas immediately attacked them.
• Sasuke used his new Explosive Heavenly God: Spiral Flying Wheel to kill several Amegakure ninjas, while Naruto’s companions fought through the defenders.
• The group advanced toward Akatsuki’s core territory, and the increasingly elite defenders focused their attacks on Naruto.
• Naruto erased the incoming ninjutsu and shuriken with one punch, stunning everyone who witnessed it.

Naruto and his allies confronted Nagato and the Akatsuki Organization’s core members beneath the tower. After Hidan challenged Naruto’s claim that they were surrounded, Naruto revealed that tens of thousands of Shadow Clones had encircled them.

• Naruto incapacitated the remaining Amegakure ninja with a step that sent Vibration Force through the ground.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru asked Sasuke, Kakashi, and Black Zetsu why they had jumped, and the three felt embarrassed.
• Naruto’s group entered the tower’s core area, where Nagato and the Akatsuki Organization’s core members gathered to face them.
• Nagato recognized Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Black Zetsu, while Orochimaru explained Nagato’s power to Naruto.
• Konan arrived as a paper butterfly, and Naruto told Nagato to surrender because he was surrounded.
• After Hidan challenged him, Naruto summoned more than twenty thousand Shadow Clones to encircle the Akatsuki Organization.

Naruto confronted Nagato and the Akatsuki in Amegakure, revealing that he knew Nagato controlled Deva Path Pain and urging him to surrender. When Hidan attacked, Naruto stood his ground, while Jiraiya and Tsunade were stopped from intervening.

• Naruto created more than twenty thousand Shadow Clones, astonishing Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the Akatsuki.
• Naruto identified Nagato as the true leader of Akatsuki and Deva Path Pain as his puppet, surprising the other members.
• Nagato dispelled the Rain Tiger at Will Technique, and Jiraiya greeted Nagato and Konan before urging them to surrender.
• Naruto told Nagato to disband Akatsuki and join his Breeding Farm, enraging Hidan.
• Hidan charged at Naruto and struck at him with his scythe, while Kakashi and Sasuke stopped Jiraiya and Tsunade from intervening.

Naruto easily defeated Hidan, Deidara, and Sasori while emerging unharmed from their attacks, then threw Kakuzu to the spectators to fight. Jiraiya, Tsunade, Sasuke, Orochimaru, Kakashi, Black Zetsu, and Kurama joined in attacking Kakuzu.

• Hidan's scythe failed to injure Naruto, who crushed it and punched Hidan into pieces, leaving him unable to fight.
• Deidara's clay explosives engulfed Naruto, but Naruto emerged unharmed and Sasori's puppets and Konan's explosive tags attacked him.
• Naruto destroyed Hiruko, pulled Sasori's puppet core from his chest, and sent Sasori flying.
• Naruto punched Deidara into his exploding clay spiders, then tossed Kakuzu toward the six spectators.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Sasuke, Orochimaru, Kakashi, and Black Zetsu attacked Kakuzu with Ninjutsu, and Kurama joined their assault.

Naruto defeated Hidan, Deidara, and Sasori with single punches, then confronted Nagato over Akatsuki and their conflicting dreams. Nagato prepared to fight Naruto seriously while Konan stayed behind him to protect him.

• Naruto defeated Hidan, Deidara, and Sasori with one punch each while Kakuzu was besieged by six people and a fox.
• Nagato stopped Konan from attacking and faced Naruto, while Konan remained ready to protect him.
• Naruto offered to disband Akatsuki and bring Nagato under his command, but Nagato rejected the offer and described his goal of achieving world peace by ending nations.
• Nagato mocked Naruto's dream of making friends, and Naruto angrily warned him that he would pay for it.
• Nagato admitted Naruto was powerful and moved to fight him seriously.

Naruto toyed with Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain before defeating Preta Path Pain and Animal Path Pain with single punches. Nagato then unleashed his strongest techniques, filling an area more than ten kilometers wide with a devastating repulsive force.

• Naruto threw off his Hokage robe for Sasuke to catch, then pretended that Deva Path Pain’s Banshō Ten’in was pulling him in.
• Naruto changed direction near Animal Path Pain, shattered Preta Path Pain’s shield with a punch, and sent Preta Path Pain flying.
• Hell Path Pain revived Preta Path Pain with King Yama, but Naruto pulverized Animal Path Pain with another punch.
• Naruto charged toward Hell Path Pain, prompting Nagato to use Super Universal Pull and Super Almighty Push.
• Konan escaped as Deva Path Pain unleashed a massive repulsive force, while Jiraiya and the others moved Kakuzu to safety.

Naruto defeated Nagato’s strongest attacks and persuaded him to join the Breeding Farm, while Nagato accepted defeat and abandoned his dream. The chapter ended with Naruto’s giant hand sweeping toward Konan as Nagato feared she would be killed.

• Jiraiya and the others worried about Naruto while they surrounded and beat the surrendered Kakuzu.
• Naruto grew to more than two hundred meters tall, smashed through Nagato’s Planetary Devastation, and captured the remaining Pain paths.
• Naruto confronted Nagato, who admitted defeat after realizing Naruto had overwhelmed him with Taijutsu alone.
• Naruto asked Nagato to join the Breeding Farm, and Nagato agreed partly because he feared for Konan’s safety.
• Konan attacked Naruto to protect Nagato, but Naruto’s hand kept descending toward her as Nagato feared she was doomed.

Naruto spared Konan and persuaded Nagato to surrender, though Nagato still clung to his plan for world peace. Naruto and Nagato went to stop the others from killing Kakuzu, while Konan searched the ruined headquarters and found most of Akatsuki dead.

• Naruto struck Konan with a feigned attack that left her unharmed but temporarily unable to control her body, then Nagato thanked him for sparing her and reconnecting Deva Path Pain.
• Nagato explained that he had not revived Yahiko because he believed their plan for world peace would bring Yahiko back, and Naruto revealed that he knew the plan involved Infinite Tsukuyomi but refused to join it.
• Naruto offered Nagato a handshake, and Konan told them that Jiraiya and the others were surrounding Kakuzu, so Naruto and Nagato hurried to intervene.
• Konan searched the ruins and found that Deidara, Sasori, and Hidan were dead, leaving only herself, Nagato, and Kakuzu among Akatsuki’s members.
• Naruto and Nagato arrived to find Jiraiya, Kakashi, Sasuke, Orochimaru, Black Zetsu, and Tsunade together; Naruto announced that Nagato had disbanded Akatsuki and joined his Breeding Farm, then asked where Kakuzu was.

Naruto brought Nagato back to Konoha after Akatsuki fell, where Black Zetsu revealed that the dream of world peace had been a lie. Nagato settled in to research the Reanimation Jutsu, and Naruto set out for Hidden Sand with Nagato, Sasuke, and Kurama.

• Jiraiya told Naruto that Kakuzu had died, and Konan confirmed that Deidara, Sasori, and Hidan were also dead.
• Nagato accepted Akatsuki's collapse, while he and Konan agreed to join Naruto's side; Naruto assigned Konan to gather Amegakure's remaining forces.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he had fabricated the world-peace plan to save his mother, leaving Nagato devastated; Naruto offered to help him revive Yahiko by researching the Reanimation Jutsu.
• Naruto arranged for Nagato and Sasuke to research the Reanimation Jutsu, then prepared to hand Konoha's work over to Tsunade before traveling.
• Hinata, Kakashi, and Jiraiya declined to travel with Naruto, while Konan was assigned to oversee Amegakure and run an explosive-tag factory.
• Naruto, Nagato, Sasuke, and Kurama left Konoha for Hidden Sand, with Naruto eager to meet more friends.

Naruto visited Hidden Sand and asked Gaara to help him make friends with its ninja, revealing that he planned to extend his friendship campaign to other villages. Gaara agreed, but after leaving Naruto, Baki stopped him in the Kazekage’s office to raise a concern.

• Naruto and his group visited Konan in Amegakure before continuing to Hidden Sand, where Gaara welcomed them and hosted a lavish meal.
• Naruto and Gaara caught up, and Gaara explained that Shukaku’s obedience had finally allowed him to sleep well.
• Naruto reunited with Temari, Kankuro, and Baki, then asked Gaara to introduce him to Hidden Sand’s ninja so he could make more friends.
• Gaara agreed to arrange introductions, while Baki worried that Naruto’s friendships could bring Hidden Sand under his influence.
• After Gaara left Naruto to rest, Baki asked Temari and Kankuro to leave the Kazekage’s office, then began speaking to Gaara privately.

Gaara arranged for Naruto to meet Hidden Sand ninja so Naruto could pursue his dream of becoming friends with everyone in the Ninja World. Naruto began explaining his reasons to the gathered crowd through a story about a lonely orphan.

• Baki warned Gaara that Naruto's friendship campaign might be a scheme to gain influence or unify the Ninja World, but Gaara dismissed his suspicions.
• Gaara gathered a portion of the Hidden Sand ninja and went to invite Naruto to meet them.
• Naruto agreed to go immediately, and Kurama fetched Sasuke so they could watch him make friends.
• Gaara introduced Naruto to the gathered ninja, and Naruto told them he sincerely wanted to become friends with all of them.
• When a Hidden Sand ninja asked why the Hokage wanted to befriend ordinary ninja, Naruto began telling a story about an orphan who grew up alone.

Naruto made friends with every shinobi in Hidden Sand and prepared to leave for the next village, while Gaara reluctantly bid him farewell. As Naruto’s group departed, Nagato realized Naruto’s friendship campaign might be connected to world peace and asked him directly.

• Naruto won over the gathered Hidden Sand shinobi through his unusual friendship-making process, then befriended Teacher Baki and Grandma Chiyo.
• Gaara arranged for Naruto to meet more Hidden Sand shinobi over several days until Naruto had become friends with everyone in the village.
• Gaara grew sad when he realized Naruto would leave, so Naruto promised to stay one more night and visit him again after pursuing his dream.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Nagato left Hidden Sand the next morning after saying goodbye to Gaara.
• Nagato saw the bruised but cheerful Hidden Sand shinobi greeting Naruto and asked Sasuke what had happened; Sasuke told him they were all Naruto’s friends.
• Nagato hurried to Naruto and asked whether he was making friends for world peace.

Naruto traveled through several small nations, making friends with their ninja villages while Nagato watched and interpreted his efforts as a path to world peace. After Naruto began treating Nagato’s legs, the group reached Iwagakure, where Ōnoki welcomed them and agreed to Naruto’s request to become friends.

• Naruto told Nagato that making friends was his personal dream, but Nagato remained convinced it would bring world peace and decided to follow Naruto’s progress.
• Naruto’s group visited the Land of Shadows, the Land of Bears, the Land of Demons, and the Land of Snow, where the villages accepted his request for friendship.
• In the Land of Snow, Naruto defeated Kazahana Dōtō in three friendly spars; Kazahana Koyuki then reclaimed the throne, and Naruto became her friend too.
• Sasuke suggested that Naruto heal Nagato’s legs, and Naruto used the system to obtain a treatment method and began treating him.
• Naruto and his group arrived at Iwagakure, where Ōnoki welcomed them, and Naruto asked to become friends with him and the village’s ninjas.
• Ōnoki agreed that Iwagakure wanted good relations with Konoha.

Naruto insisted on becoming friends with Iwagakure through friendly sparring, and Ōnoki reluctantly agreed, hoping to wear him down with successive opponents. After Naruto easily beat Akatsuchi, Kitsuchi, and Kurotsuchi without using Ninjutsu, Ōnoki realized how dangerous it would have been to fight him outright and watched as Fugai urged him to become friends with the Hokage.

• Naruto told Ōnoki that Iwagakure had to prove its sincerity through a friendly spar, and Ōnoki agreed while planning to exhaust Naruto with a series of opponents.
• Nagato warned Ōnoki that he had made the right choice by not attacking Naruto, then followed Naruto and the Iwagakure ninja to an open field.
• Naruto caught Akatsuchi's charge with one hand and beat him until he agreed that they were friends.
• Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi each sparred with Naruto and ended up bruised and swollen, while Naruto declared them his friends.
• Ōnoki realized Naruto had defeated Iwagakure's strongest fighters with ease and that attacking him would have been disastrous.
• Fugai called on Ōnoki to become friends with Naruto, and the Iwagakure ninja bowed and echoed his plea.

Naruto continued his journey to befriend every ninja village, defeating Ōnoki in a spar and making all of Stone Village his friends before traveling to Hidden Cloud. After Killer B performed a rap for him, Naruto told the Raikage that he had come to make friends with everyone in Hidden Cloud.

• Fugai and the Stone Village ninja urged Ōnoki to fight Naruto, and Ōnoki agreed to defend Stone Village's reputation.
• Naruto overwhelmed Ōnoki in their spar, chased him through the sky, and returned carrying him bruised and battered.
• Naruto spent more than ten days befriending everyone in Stone Village, then departed with Sasuke and Nagato for the Land of Lightning.
• Ōnoki asked Kitsuchi to investigate Naruto's journey after Naruto said he planned to become friends with the entire Ninja World.
• The Raikage welcomed Naruto's group to Hidden Cloud and asked Killer B to perform a rap for them.
• Naruto praised Killer B's rap and told the Raikage that he had come to make friends with everyone in Hidden Cloud.

Naruto returned to Konoha after making friends across the Ninja World and continued training while helping Nagato recover. In Stone Village, Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi interpreted Naruto’s travels as a plan to unify the Ninja World, though they mistook his wish to befriend everyone for a bid for power.

• Naruto trained beneath the waterfall while Sasuke trained nearby and Nagato rested, looking forward to life after Yahiko’s resurrection.
• Sasuke helped Kurama prepare lunch, and Naruto later treated Nagato and confirmed he would be able to walk normally the next day.
• Naruto hosted Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, Zabuza, and Haku for a meal to reward them for managing the Breeding Farm during his travels.
• Ōnoki scolded Kitsuchi for offering no analysis of a report about Naruto and called Kurotsuchi into his office.
• Kurotsuchi concluded that Naruto’s friendly sparring across the Ninja World was a show of force and suggested he intended to unify it.
• Ōnoki agreed with Kurotsuchi’s theory and recalled that Naruto had said, “We’ll meet again next time!” when leaving Stone Village.

Ōnoki interpreted Naruto’s casual farewell as a threat and persuaded the other Kage to form a Ninja Alliance Nation with Naruto as its ruler. Naruto accepted their proposal, named himself the Shadow Emperor, and left Ōnoki trembling at his explanation of an Emperor.

• Ōnoki told Kurotsuchi that Naruto’s strength and ambiguous farewell might threaten Stone Village, then summoned the Kazekage, Mizukage, and Raikage to discuss him.
• Ōnoki convinced A that Naruto might attack Hidden Cloud and proposed that the great nations preserve their positions and autonomy by forming a Ninja Alliance Nation under Naruto.
• Naruto healed Nagato’s legs, and Nagato reluctantly became Naruto’s friend after Sasuke and Kurama prepared to watch their sparring.
• Shikamaru told Naruto that the four other Kage had arrived in Konoha, and Ōnoki presented their alliance proposal to Naruto as a matter of world peace.
• Naruto accepted the proposal, rejected the title of Daimyo in favor of Shadow Emperor, and described an Emperor as one who decided eternity alone and remained beyond time and space.

Four years after founding the Ninja Alliance Nation, Naruto ruled from Kishimoto City while Kurama turned his exploits into wildly exaggerated bestsellers. Black Zetsu returned with a way to reach Kaguya, and Naruto agreed to help free her, but Otsutsuki Toneri confronted them as they arrived on the moon.

• Naruto complained that Kurama had invented legends about him, while Kurama defended the stories as bestsellers that paid for Naruto's meals.
• Nagato took Kurama to join Sasuke's experiment with the Reanimation Jutsu, and Naruto reflected on the peaceful Ninja Alliance Nation, his training, and Orochimaru's departure.
• Shikamaru announced that Black Zetsu had come to see Naruto, and Black Zetsu explained that he had failed to save his mother by other means.
• Naruto agreed that the time had come to save Kaguya, and he and Black Zetsu traveled through a secret passage to the moon.
• Otsutsuki Toneri confronted Naruto and Black Zetsu as they arrived on the moon.

Naruto defeated Otsutsuki Toneri and blasted through the moon to break Kaguya Otsutsuki’s seal. Kaguya escaped the moon, but froze Black Zetsu as he rushed to greet her, while Naruto asked her to be friends.

• Otsutsuki Toneri confronted Naruto and Black Zetsu, dismissing Naruto’s offer of friendship and attacking him.
• Naruto overwhelmed Toneri in close combat and shattered his body with a punch.
• Naruto and Black Zetsu went to the moon, where Naruto became a thousand-meter golden figure and punched through it, breaking Kaguya’s seal.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki awakened and escaped through a spatial passage as Naruto’s fist hurtled toward her.
• Black Zetsu rushed toward Kaguya, but she froze him in place; Naruto asked Kaguya to be friends.

Kaguya Otsutsuki escaped her seal, fought Naruto, and accepted his friendship before settling in Kishimoto City with Black Zetsu. After Sasuke, Nagato, and Kurama successfully tested a revival, Naruto chose to bring back Hashirama Senju, who awoke to Naruto asking to be friends.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki recalled why she had created Black Zetsu and the White Zetsu army to protect the world she loved.
• Naruto fought Kaguya Otsutsuki on the moon until she agreed to become his friend, then took her and Black Zetsu to Kishimoto City.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki told Black Zetsu she had made him in a hurry and transformed him to look like an Otsutsuki.
• Sasuke and Nagato told Naruto that they had revived someone using Kurama as a source of Chakra, and the group went to Pasture to test the technique.
• Naruto chose Hashirama Senju for the next revival, and Nagato summoned Hashirama Senju with the Reanimation Jutsu.
• Hashirama Senju awoke, and Naruto greeted him by asking to be friends.

Naruto revived Hashirama Senju and proved his strength in a brutal spar before telling him how the ninja world had changed. He then revived Uchiha Madara, defeated him in another spar, and gained Madara’s acknowledgment as the strongest.

• Hashirama Senju mistook Konoha’s former grounds for proof that the village had disappeared, and Naruto challenged him to a friendly spar before explaining the past.
• Naruto overwhelmed Hashirama for an hour and a half, then told him about the events since his death and took him to see Tsunade.
• Naruto asked Nagato and Kurama to revive Uchiha Madara, who was pleased to see Hashirama until Hashirama called Naruto his friend.
• Naruto warned Madara not to harm his friends, then defeated him in another hour-and-a-half spar.
• Naruto helped Madara out of the pit, and Madara declared Naruto the strongest.

Naruto revived his parents and, with their support, formally asked for Hinata’s hand before marrying her in a grand celebration in Kishimoto City. The story ended with Naruto and Hinata together in their bridal chamber.

• Hashirama and Madara left to see the peaceful world, while Nagato revived Yahiko and Naruto suggested that Sasuke consider reviving the Uchiha Clan.
• Naruto proposed to Hinata, told Hiashi he would bring his parents to formally ask for her hand, and became friends with Hiashi after mistaking his anxious agreement for a request to spar.
• Naruto revived Minato and Kushina, and the three of them visited the Hyuga Clan to ask Hiashi for Hinata’s hand.
• Three days later, Naruto and Hinata held a grand wedding attended by people from across the Ninja World.
• Naruto joined Hinata in their bridal chamber and drew the bed curtains.

The author reflected on finishing the book, discussed its shortcomings and unresolved plotlines, and thanked readers for their support. The author said side stories would follow in a few days and that a new book was planned for the beginning of the month.

• The author said the Hokage story was finished and mentioned unresolved questions about Orochihime, Hanabi, Longxue, Mei Terumi, and Kurama.
• The author described problems with the premise, pacing, writing, and readers' reactions to Naruto's friendships with Sasuke and Hinata.
• The author thanked patrons, supporters, and readers for accompanying the book through its run.
• The author said side stories would be updated in a few days and a new book would be released at the beginning of the month.