Chapter Summaries

Naruto told Sasuke and Sakura how their counterparts’ lives differed in his world, where he and Sasuke had become close friends and Sasuke had remained in Konoha. He revealed that he was a twelve-year-old Fifth Hokage, leaving Sasuke and Sakura astonished.

• Naruto explained that he had befriended Sasuke at the Ninja Academy and supported him after the Uchiha clan massacre, helping him grow strong without leaving Konoha.
• Naruto recounted how his Sasuke had faced Itachi and other events while staying in Konoha, and Sasuke reflected on how different his own lonely life had been.
• Sakura asked about Sai, and Naruto revealed that Sai was dead in his world.
• Naruto said Itachi had tasked his Sasuke with restoring the Uchiha clan by having more children, but Sasuke said his brother had never told him that.
• Sasuke asked why Naruto wore a Hokage robe despite looking young, and Naruto revealed that he was Konoha’s Fifth Hokage at twelve years old.

Naruto learned about Sasuke and Sakura's past in the other world, then obtained the Reanimation Jutsu from "Naruto Uzumaki" so he could try to revive his parents. He left the Hokage Building with the technique in hand.

• Naruto and Sasuke exchanged accounts of their pasts, and Naruto resolved to prevent the tragedies that had struck this world.
• Naruto learned that "Naruto Uzumaki" had kept the Reanimation Jutsu after Nagato died using it to revive the war dead.
• Naruto heard how Sakura had trained under Tsunade and planned to bring Tsunade back to teach her and temporarily serve as Hokage.
• Naruto asked Sasuke for his Ninjutsu and experience, and Sasuke gave them to him for Sasuke.
• Naruto went to the Hokage Building and asked "Naruto Uzumaki" for the Reanimation Jutsu to revive his parents.
• "Naruto Uzumaki" retrieved the sealed scroll and handed it to Naruto, who began reading it.

Naruto learned the Reanimation Jutsu and decided not to use it until he could overcome its cost without sacrificing Sasuke. After discussing immortality with the system, he returned home and introduced Himawari to Kurama, who was promptly beaten for knocking her over.

• 'Naruto Uzumaki' let Naruto read the Reanimation Jutsu, whose drawbacks included requiring the Rinnegan and the caster's life.
• Naruto asked the system about reviving his parents, and it explained that he should first pursue Eternal so he could give them immortal bodies.
• The system distinguished longevity from Eternal and refused to hand Naruto methods of longevity, telling him to seek them himself.
• Naruto returned the scroll to 'Naruto Uzumaki' and went home to Himawari.
• Naruto released Kurama for Himawari to meet, but Kurama kicked her onto the tatami, so Naruto beat him down to kitten size.

Naruto let Himawari play with Kurama, who endured her attention until Naruto Uzumaki returned and begged to be sealed back inside him. Naruto planned to pick up Boruto and reconnect with his friends in this world.

• Kurama remembered Himawari's uncontrolled Byakugan attack and resisted her attempts to hug him, but Naruto and Himawari beat him until he submitted.
• Naruto suggested that Kurama play with Himawari, and Himawari tried her toys before riding him across the tatami.
• Hinata returned from shopping and went to prepare lunch while Himawari played with Kurama.
• Naruto Uzumaki returned, and Kurama leaped into his arms and begged him to take it back inside his body.
• Naruto explained that he wanted Kurama to keep Himawari company, while planning to pick up Boruto and meet his friends in this world.

Naruto persuaded Kurama that the world would welcome it as a hero and that it could leave Naruto Uzumaki’s body to spend time with Himawari. The chapter ended with Kurama enthusiastically teaching Himawari to play a game on her brother’s handheld console.

• Naruto Uzumaki asked Kurama to play with Himawari, but Kurama resisted until Naruto brought it to the balcony for a talk.
• Naruto told Kurama that Konoha and the Ninja World would no longer hate Tailed Beasts, and Kurama agreed to come out and play with Himawari while fighting alongside Naruto Uzumaki when needed.
• Naruto returned Kurama to the living room, where Himawari excitedly took it and Kurama declared itself her guardian.
• After dinner, Naruto asked Himawari what had troubled her, and she admitted she wanted to borrow her brother’s handheld console for Kurama.
• Naruto told Himawari to get the console, and Kurama soon took over playing and won while teaching her game strategies.

Naruto left Kurama and Himawari playing games and disguised himself as the local Naruto before setting out to make friends with his friends in this world. After beating Choji, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Akamaru into agreeing to be friends, he continued toward his next target, Shino.

• Kurama stayed absorbed in his game while Naruto left Himawari with him and disguised himself to look like this world's Naruto Uzumaki.
• Naruto found Choji Akimichi, fought him, and declared them friends after Choji agreed.
• Naruto tracked down Shikamaru and beat him until he agreed to become friends.
• Naruto fought Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru with a shadow clone, then left them bruised and convinced their bond had grown stronger.
• Naruto continued his quest to find friends, with Shino Aburame as his next target.

Naruto befriended Konoha’s powerful shinobi through friendly spars while gathering intelligence about the world with thousands of Shadow Clones. As he spread across the village, the other Naruto remained unaware and appreciated how his arrival had helped him rediscover family life.

• Naruto challenged Shino to a friendly spar with tens of thousands of Shadow Clones, then left Shino mourning the loss of his undefeated record.
• Naruto befriended Ino, Tenten, Rock Lee, and others, then defeated Kakashi in a spar and left him bruised and battered.
• Naruto sparred with the disabled Might Guy, whose tears of joy turned to a heartfelt smile after their match.
• Naruto created tens of thousands of Shadow Clones to make friends and gather intelligence throughout Konoha.
• “Naruto Uzumaki” continued working in the Hokage Building, believed Naruto was at home with Himawari, and silently thanked him for helping him enjoy family life.

Naruto made friends with nearly every generation of Konoha ninja, though his friendliness left them battered and angry. After Naruto took Boruto home and put him through another test, the bruised crowd gathered outside the Hokage Building to confront the real Naruto Uzumaki, who walked out and found them waiting.

• Naruto befriended Konoha's older, same-age, and younger ninja, learned Karin was an Uzumaki, and planned to bring her to live with him after returning to his world.
• At the Academy gates, Boruto mistook Naruto for his father, and Naruto explained he was a clone while the real Naruto was working in the Hokage Building.
• Naruto asked Boruto to demonstrate his progress, beat him during another test, and praised his slight improvement.
• At home, Boruto joined Hinata and the family for dinner while nearly every ninja in Konoha gathered outside the Hokage Building to make friends with the real Naruto.
• Naruto Uzumaki left work and came face-to-face with the bruised crowd, and both sides stared at each other in shock.

Naruto Uzumaki faced a crowd of Konoha ninjas who blamed him for Naruto's violent attempts to make friends. After they beat him and left, he remained convinced that Naruto's presence would keep bringing him misery.

• Naruto Uzumaki tried to explain that he had spent the day working in the Hokage Building, but Kakashi and the Konoha ninjas insisted they had come to make friends.
• Kakashi started a friendly spar, and the Konoha ninjas attacked Naruto Uzumaki with Ninjutsu before charging him with Taijutsu.
• After half an hour, the ninjas stopped beating Naruto Uzumaki and withdrew, leaving him battered at the entrance to the Hokage Building.
• Choji tried to kick Naruto Uzumaki, but backed down when Naruto Uzumaki yelled at him.
• Naruto Uzumaki lay in the wind and fallen leaves, then shakily stood and walked away, thinking that Naruto had ruined him.

Naruto Uzumaki returned home bruised and despondent after Konoha’s ninjas blamed him for Naruto’s fights. Naruto comforted him by promising to leave that night, but revealed he had made nearly every ninja in Konoha Naruto Uzumaki’s friend, prompting another mouthful of blood.

• Hinata and the children worried when Naruto Uzumaki came home covered in bruises, footprints, and fallen leaves.
• Naruto Uzumaki blamed his misfortune on Naruto’s actions but kept quiet, then claimed he felt better after spitting out blood.
• Naruto Uzumaki ate dinner in silence and withdrew to his dark bedroom, worrying Hinata and the children.
• Naruto visited Naruto Uzumaki and reminded him to care for his family after Naruto left.
• Naruto Uzumaki brightened when Naruto said he would leave that night, then spat out blood again after hearing Naruto had made nearly every ninja in Konoha his friend.

Naruto returned from the Boruto world and shared Sasuke’s future techniques with him before visiting the Hyuga Clan. He left having proposed that Hyuga Hiashi treat him as a friend even as Naruto regarded him as a future father-in-law.

• Naruto returned to the Back Mountain Breeding Farm and resolved to protect his friends in this world from the tragedies he had witnessed elsewhere.
• Naruto visited Sasuke at his training ground and passed him future Ninjutsu, cultivation insights, and the Reanimation Jutsu, warning him not to use the latter recklessly.
• Naruto went to the Hyuga Clan, where Hanabi greeted him enthusiastically and Hinata arrived with Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hyuga Hiashi teased Naruto about visiting Hinata, and Naruto said he also wanted to be friends with him.
• Naruto suggested that he could treat Hyuga Hiashi as his father-in-law while Hyuga Hiashi treated Naruto as a friend.

Kakashi told Jiraiya how Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō had failed Naruto, prompting Jiraiya to regret misjudging Naruto and consider repairing their relationship. In the Boruto world, "Naruto Uzumaki" tried to bond with Boruto by beating him, then took his tearful agreement as proof of success.

• Kakashi visited the hospitalized Jiraiya, who complained about Naruto kicking him after he intruded at the hot spring hotel.
• Kakashi explained that Hiruzen Sarutobi had neglected Naruto and that Shimura Danzō had twisted and leaked Naruto's identity.
• Jiraiya realized he had misunderstood Naruto, regretted trusting Hiruzen Sarutobi, and thanked Kakashi for advising him to reach out to Naruto.
• After Naruto's departure, "Naruto Uzumaki" woke cheerful, while Himawari and Boruto grieved that their young father was gone.
• "Naruto Uzumaki" beat Boruto to make him feel fatherly love, and Boruto tearfully agreed to let him take him to school.

Naruto visited the Hyuga Clan, where he affirmed his intentions to marry Hinata but failed to befriend Hiashi. Back at the Breeding Farm, he confirmed Karin was under Orochimaru’s protection and left Orochimaru plotting to collect a urine sample from him.

• Naruto asked Hiashi to become friends, but Hiashi made him choose between friendship and marrying Hinata, so Naruto chose Hinata.
• Naruto teased Hinata about becoming family, while Hanabi insisted that she wanted to marry Naruto too.
• Naruto returned to the Breeding Farm and learned that Orochimaru had given Sasuke the Ninjutsu he brought over.
• Naruto asked Orochimaru to keep Karin safe, explaining that she was his family, and Orochimaru agreed.
• After Naruto invited Orochimaru to dinner, Orochimaru planned to inspect Naruto’s urine for traces of his DNA.

Naruto told Kurama that he had recovered his Yin-Attribute Chakra and discussed Kurama’s worries about fusing with it. After the system assured them that Kurama’s personality could be preserved, Naruto planned to fuse them after dinner, while Orochimaru left before he could carry out his plan.

• Kurama called Naruto away from waterfall training, and they headed back to dinner together.
• Naruto told Kurama that he had recovered his Yin-Attribute Chakra and could give it to him whenever he wanted.
• Kurama worried that fusing with his other half would alter his personality, so Naruto asked the system about the effects.
• The system said Kurama’s primary personality would remain and offered to strengthen his power without changing his personality, which persuaded Kurama to agree to fusion after dinner.
• Orochimaru arrived for dinner intending to get Naruto to drink tea afterward, but Naruto sent him home before he could bring it up.

Naruto helped Kurama absorb Yin-attribute Kurama, then continued his plan to befriend everyone in Konoha. Neji was repeatedly beaten by ninja who blamed him for reminding Naruto to include them, leaving Neji to realize Naruto's warning to take care had been justified.

• Sasuke washed the dishes before Naruto helped Kurama return to her original form and absorb Yin-attribute Kurama.
• Naruto checked on Neji, told him to take care of himself, and left Neji puzzled by the warning.
• Naruto met three Konoha ninja and insisted on becoming their friend, then left them bruised after they refused.
• The three ninja blamed Neji for prompting Naruto to befriend more people and decided to take their anger out on him.
• Neji was ambushed and beaten by several groups of ninja on his way home, then understood Naruto's warning and cried out in distress.

Neji returned to the Hyuga compound bruised and humiliated after trying to come home for a meal, while Orochimaru secretly collected a sample for an experiment. Naruto met with Mei Terumi to prepare for their planned fight against Karatachi Yagura, then Kurama sensed the same malice that had led to Naruto’s parents’ deaths, prompting Naruto to summon Kakashi for help.

• Neji returned to the Hyuga compound battered, but Hinata Izumi did not recognize him until he told her who he was.
• Orochimaru secured a sample in the restroom and left the Breeding Farm eager to begin an experiment.
• Zabuza told Naruto that Mei Terumi wanted to see him, and Naruto traveled to Kirigakure to meet her.
• Naruto and Mei Terumi discussed their coming fight against Karatachi Yagura and Naruto’s plans to leave Konoha afterward.
• Kakashi brought Jiraiya to Naruto’s Breeding Farm so Jiraiya could try to reconcile with Naruto.
• Kurama sensed malice like the force that had captured him and killed Naruto’s parents, and Naruto asked Kakashi to come with him.

Obito Uchiha came to Konoha to investigate Itachi’s death and take Sasuke, but Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi intercepted him on the mountain path. Obito denied his identity, then attacked them with a Great Fireball Technique.

• Obito Uchiha discussed investigating Itachi’s death and taking Sasuke while White Zetsu warned him about Naruto’s strength.
• Naruto told Sasuke that their enemy had arrived, then set out with Sasuke and Kakashi to intercept Obito.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi confronted Obito and Black Zetsu on the mountain path.
• Naruto identified the Masked Man as Obito Uchiha and accused him of killing his parents and helping Itachi slaughter the Uchiha clan.
• Obito denied being Obito and claimed to be Uchiha Madara, while Sasuke vowed that Obito would die.
• Obito launched a Great Fireball Technique at Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi, who dodged it.

Naruto overwhelmed Obito, tore away his mask, and struck him with a mysterious technique that left him unconscious and seemingly erased his memories of the encounter. Obito later believed he had only hallucinated and returned to the Akatsuki Organization, where seeing Itachi alive reassured him before he left.

• Kakashi extinguished the fires Obito started with his Great Fireball Techniques while Naruto attacked Obito and shattered his Hashirama-enhanced arm.
• Naruto tore off Obito's mask, revealed his identity to Kakashi, and struck again, but Obito escaped using intangibility.
• Obito tried to control Kurama, but Naruto used Netherworld Passage to incapacitate him and send him tumbling from the tree.
• Obito awoke with fragmented memories and believed he had gone to investigate Itachi's death, so Black Zetsu and White Zetsu told him Itachi was alive.
• Obito returned to the Akatsuki Organization, saw Itachi standing on a streetlamp, accepted that Itachi was alive, and left with Black Zetsu and White Zetsu.

Obito relived his life inside Naruto’s illusion and remembered that Naruto’s punch had trapped him there. After Naruto forced Black Zetsu out of hiding, Obito escaped into Kamui Space, but Naruto followed him inside and showed that Obito could not use it to get away.

• Obito’s memories resurfaced as he recalled his suspicions about Itachi’s death and realized Naruto had knocked him into an illusion with a punch.
• Naruto stomped the ground repeatedly, shaking Black Zetsu out from underground while Kakashi, Sasuke, and Obito jumped clear.
• Obito escaped into Kamui Space, but Naruto used the system to enter it after him.
• Naruto repeatedly appeared and vanished inside Kamui Space, leaving Obito stunned that his refuge was no longer safe.

Naruto captured Obito, revealed that Black Zetsu had manipulated him, and forced Black Zetsu to confess his plan to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki. Sasuke killed Obito, and Naruto destroyed his body and soul, leaving Black Zetsu in his custody.

• Naruto restrained Obito in the Kamui Space, gouged out his eyes, and told him about the parallel world and Black Zetsu's deception.
• Naruto brought Obito before Kakashi, Sasuke, and Black and White Zetsu, then tore the Zetsu apart and blasted White Zetsu into dust.
• Naruto threatened Black Zetsu into cooperating, and Black Zetsu confessed his scheme to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki as Obito learned he had been used.
• Kakashi asked Obito why he had pursued his plan, and Obito said he had wanted to revive Rin and create a world without war, death, or failure.
• Sasuke killed Obito with the Kusanagi Sword, and Naruto destroyed Obito's body and soul with Ascension and Netherworld Passage.