Chapter Summaries

Naruto crushed a breeding ram while showing off, then offered to train Sasuke with a body-tempering method involving a medicinal ointment and whipping. Sakura and Ino arrived and misunderstood what they saw, but Sasuke agreed to continue as Naruto prepared to apply the medicine.

• Naruto's shuriken cut down trees and trapped a breeding ram, so Nine-Tails condemned the injured goat to become lunch.
• Naruto explained that he could help improve Sasuke's body and spirit, and Sasuke agreed to endure the training.
• After lunch, Naruto made an herbal ointment and whipped Sasuke across most of his body without breaking his skin.
• Sakura and Ino caught Naruto whipping Sasuke and tried to defend him, but Sasuke explained that he had asked Naruto to do it.
• Naruto ignored the girls' confusion, took Sasuke aside, and prepared to apply the ointment.

Naruto treated Sasuke's wounds while Sakura and Ino asked to become his friends, then agreed to spar with them. Sakura and Ino secretly planned to attack him together, and Ino launched her Mind Transfer Jutsu as Naruto stood still before the incoming Shuriken.

• Naruto warned Sasuke that applying the medicine would hurt, then carefully rubbed it into his wounds as Sakura and Ino watched.
• Naruto asked Sakura and Ino why they had come, and they said they wanted to be friends with him.
• Naruto said they had to spar to prove their sincerity, and Sakura and Ino argued over who would go first.
• Naruto told Sakura and Ino to attack him together, matching the plan they had made to work as a team.
• Sakura threw Shuriken at Naruto while Ino hid nearby, then Naruto dodged the first volley and stood still before the next.
• Ino used the Mind Transfer Jutsu as the second volley of Shuriken flew toward Naruto.

Naruto defeated Sakura and Ino in a spar, then welcomed them as friends and invited them to watch the Summer Festival fireworks. After sharing a meal with his friends, Naruto agreed to meet Hinata at her house before the festival, leaving her delighted.

• Ino's spirit failed to enter Naruto, and his body deflected Sakura's shuriken without injury.
• Naruto knocked Sakura and Ino down, then helped them up and agreed to take them to the Summer Festival fireworks.
• Choji, Shikamaru, and Hinata arrived, and Naruto invited Sakura and Ino to join their group.
• Naruto cooked a Whole Lamb Feast, and everyone ate and chatted before leaving.
• Hinata asked Naruto to come wait for her at her house on the festival day, and Naruto agreed.

Naruto and Sasuke prepared to attend the Summer Festival, while Kurama eagerly chose a formal outfit to join them. Naruto picked up Hinata, accidentally punched her cousin Neji, and met Hinata dressed for the festival; the chapter ended with her offering Kurama some doll clothes.

• Kurama insisted on joining Naruto and the others for the fireworks and chose a white formal outfit with a small beret.
• Naruto sent Sasuke ahead to meet Choji and the others, then carried Kurama to Hinata's home.
• Naruto mistook Neji Hyuga for a girl and accidentally punched him when Neji approached from behind.
• Naruto complimented Hinata's festival kimono, and Hinata offered to apologize to Neji for him.
• Hinata returned with a lantern and a bag of her sister Hanabi's doll dresses for Kurama to wear.

Naruto took Hinata and their friends to the mountain to watch the Summer Festival fireworks while avoiding Kakashi, who had secretly watched him at the foot of the mountain. Hiruzen assigned Kakashi to take charge of Naruto after he graduated, leaving Kakashi conflicted about facing his teacher's son.

• Naruto accepted a bag of doll dresses from Hinata, while the Nine-Tails bristled in his arms.
• Sasuke waited at the shop and overheard Kakashi trying to buy an undisplayed magazine before reading Icha Icha Paradise.
• Shikamaru, Choji, Sakura, and Ino joined Sasuke, and Naruto and Hinata arrived after them.
• Naruto recognized Kakashi and mocked him for reading naughty books, embarrassing Kakashi before the group climbed the mountain.
• Kakashi returned to the Anbu and went to meet Hiruzen, who ordered him to leave the Anbu and take charge of Naruto after Naruto graduated.
• Kakashi accepted the assignment but felt surprised, hesitant, and confused about how to face Naruto.

Naruto and his friends watched fireworks together, and Naruto encouraged Hinata to stop suppressing her appetite. The next day, the friends gathered at the Breeding Farm for a feast, where Hinata ate freely and Naruto’s favorability toward her increased.

• Naruto and his friends watched the fireworks from the mountain, and Hinata quietly treasured the moment beside Naruto.
• Naruto escorted Hinata home and encouraged her to eat as much as she wanted and ignore other people’s judgments.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and the Nine-Tails prepared a feast at the Breeding Farm using three Goats.
• Hinata, Choji, Shikamaru, Sakura, and Ino arrived and feasted, with Hinata eating more than anyone except Naruto.
• Naruto’s favorability toward Hinata increased by 1 after seeing her eat freely.

Naruto brought Kurama to the Ninja Academy and continued making friends by asking Kiba Inuzuka to spar. Kiba agreed to fight alongside Akamaru, while Naruto named Kurama as his own partner.

• Naruto reviewed his sparring with Sakura, Choji, and the others, then decided to go to school to make friends while Sasuke sent a Shadow Clone.
• Naruto brought Kurama to the Ninja Academy, where Hinata, Sakura, Ino, Choji, and Shikamaru gathered around him.
• After class, Naruto learned that Kiba Inuzuka had gone into the forest with Shino Aburame, then waited for Kiba near the forest path.
• Kiba and Akamaru met Naruto, who asked Kiba to be friends, and Kiba agreed.
• Naruto proposed that they spar to prove their sincerity, and Kiba agreed to fight alongside Akamaru as Naruto pointed to Kurama as his partner.

Naruto and Kiba began a friendly spar while Kurama faced Akamaru, but both Kiba and Akamaru were quickly overpowered. Kiba and Akamaru ended the fight bruised but reunited, while Naruto and Kurama believed the battle had strengthened their bond.

• Kiba agreed to spar Naruto and Kurama, calling it a fair fight, and Naruto set Kurama down to face Akamaru.
• Kurama used King's Contempt to frighten Akamaru, who offered him a treasured bone and then tried to appease him.
• Kiba struggled against Naruto's iron-hard body and saw Akamaru wagging his rear at Kurama.
• Kurama grew angry at Naruto's teasing and beat Akamaru, while Naruto went through the motions and defeated Kiba.
• Kiba and Akamaru crawled toward each other and clasped hands and paws as Naruto and Kurama looked on approvingly.

Naruto befriended Kiba and Akamaru through a spar that left them injured, then trained Sasuke and set an ambitious goal of reaching Ten-Thousand-Jin Strength within two years. The next day, Naruto went to make friends with Iruka but encountered Shino, who claimed they were already friends to avoid being beaten.

• Naruto regretted that Kiba had to take Akamaru to Hana for treatment, while he and the Nine-Tails agreed their rough spar had strengthened Kiba and Akamaru's bond.
• Naruto returned to the Breeding Farm, told Sasuke he had befriended Kiba, and began tempering Sasuke's body with the Vine Whip.
• Naruto trained with the Indestructible Body and raised his goal to reach Ten-Thousand-Jin Strength within two years so he could challenge young Great Emperors.
• Naruto decided to befriend Iruka-sensei at school, but Shino Aburame met him at the gate and insisted they were already friends.
• Shino explained that he feared Naruto would beat him like Kiba, who was still recovering with Akamaru at Hana's veterinary clinic.

Naruto welcomed his classmates’ friendship and arranged to spar with Shino Aburame after school. Iruka asked Naruto to consider him a friend too, and Naruto insisted that becoming friends required a process.

• Naruto asked Shino Aburame to prove his sincerity by sparring after school, and Shino reluctantly agreed.
• Naruto’s classmates crowded around him, while Shino saw their bruised faces and dreaded joining their group.
• Iruka noticed the students’ injuries during class, then waited outside afterward to speak with Naruto.
• Iruka told Naruto he wanted to be his good friend, and Naruto replied that their friendship had to follow a process.

Naruto made Iruka and Shino spar with him as his way of making friends, defeating both and leaving them bruised and swollen. The next day, Iruka and his class saw that they all had matching bruised faces, creating an awkward moment in the classroom.

• Naruto sparred with Iruka, shrugged off his shuriken, and overpowered him.
• Naruto declared himself and Iruka friends, then got Iruka to treat him to ramen.
• Mizuki left school to visit Iruka, wondering how Iruka and his students had ended up bruised and swollen.
• Naruto faced Shino's parasitic insects, used Vibration Force to shake them off, and defeated Shino with an Iron Mountain Shoulder.
• The next day, Iruka entered class and found every student bruised and swollen, while they stared at his bruised face.

Iruka arranged to introduce Naruto to his friend Mizuki, while Sasuke’s Shadow Clone reported the plan to Naruto at the Breeding Farm. Hinata visited Naruto, recognized that Sasuke’s Shadow Clone had attended school in his place, and learned that both boys were training instead of attending class.

• Iruka ended class and told Naruto he would introduce him to a friend that afternoon.
• Mizuki asked Iruka about his injured face and the friend Iruka had promised to introduce.
• Sasuke’s Shadow Clone returned to the Breeding Farm and told Naruto about Iruka’s plan.
• Naruto decided to return to school that afternoon and meet Iruka’s friend.
• Hinata visited Naruto, accepted his invitation to lunch, and asked if the Naruto at school had been a Shadow Clone.
• Naruto told Hinata that Sasuke’s Shadow Clone had gone to school and explained that he and Sasuke were focused on training.

Hinata thanked Naruto for encouraging her to stop restricting her appetite, and Naruto learned that her enormous meals had helped her improve at Gentle Fist. After Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke went to school, Shino reminded Naruto that they had become friends the day before.

• Hinata told Naruto that his encouragement at the Summer Festival had led her to eat freely, and she recalled eating her parents’ dinner before they could start.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Hinata Izumi went hungry for five days as they struggled to keep up with Hinata’s appetite, then realized she could eat as much as fifty ordinary people and was improving rapidly at Gentle Fist.
• Naruto laughed at the thought of Hinata eating all of Hiashi’s food, and Hinata felt happy because he was happy.
• Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke’s Shadow Clone went to school, where Shino told Naruto they had already become friends the previous day.

Naruto reconnected with Shino and impressed his class with an unusual Substitution Technique. Iruka brought Mizuki to meet Naruto, but Mizuki recognized the burly student and angrily questioned Iruka.

• Naruto initially failed to recognize Shino, then remembered him after Shino showed the fist-shaped bruise around his eye.
• Shino decided to stop wearing sunglasses and become more noticeable so Naruto would not forget him again.
• Hinata offered Naruto her wooden practice prop, but Naruto declined and later performed the Substitution Technique perfectly with a scrap of paper.
• After school, Iruka found Mizuki flirting with female teachers and brought him to the plaza to meet Naruto.
• Mizuki saw Naruto waiting in the plaza, frowned, and accused Iruka of messing with him.

Naruto sparred with Mizuki, badly injuring him and leaving their friendship unresolved. Meanwhile, Sasuke activated his Sharingan while frying eggs and challenged Naruto to fight.

• Mizuki agreed to be friends with Naruto, who asked him to spar as part of his process for making friends.
• Naruto struck Mizuki with the Ascension Fist, breaking his palm and sending him flying unconscious.
• Iruka stopped Naruto from hitting the unconscious Mizuki and took him to the hospital, while Naruto refused to count Mizuki as a friend yet.
• Mizuki woke with his right hand bandaged and blamed Iruka for his injuries.
• Sasuke remembered Itachi while frying eggs, activated his Sharingan, and laughed as the Nine-Tails accidentally knocked him through a window.
• Sasuke called out Naruto and challenged him to a fight.

Sasuke awakened his Sharingan and challenged Naruto, but Naruto easily defeated him. Sasuke ended the fight apologizing and agreed to cook, while Naruto suggested they fight often so Sasuke could strengthen his Dojutsu.

• Sasuke told Naruto he planned to beat him up and revealed that his Sharingan had awakened.
• Sasuke used the Sharingan, Great Fireball Jutsu, and Incomplete Form Rasengan against Naruto, whose Ascension Fist destroyed Sasuke's attacks.
• With his Chakra nearly exhausted, Sasuke apologized just before Naruto's fist struck him, but Naruto still gave him a bump and beat him up.
• Sasuke explained that his Sharingan had awakened after he thought of Itachi Uchiha and had grown stronger during the fight.
• Naruto suggested that they fight often to strengthen Sasuke's Sharingan, but Sasuke objected because it drained his Chakra and mental energy.
• Sasuke got up and limped to the kitchen to cook while Naruto asked about the food.

Naruto reached Hundred-Thousand-Jin Strength after two years of training and mastered the three forms of the Ascension Fist. After Sasuke told him Hinata was looking for him, Naruto left to meet her, while Sasuke considered taking a break from training.

• Naruto pulverized a five-meter boulder with Ten Thousand Buddhas Ascension, then lifted and threw a boulder weighing about one hundred thousand jin.
• Naruto reflected that he had mastered the Ascension Fist, advanced his movement technique to Instant Movement, and eliminated his remaining bodily weaknesses.
• Sasuke arrived and told Naruto that Hinata was looking for him.
• Naruto advised Sasuke to rest and have fun, then used Instant Movement to leave.
• Sasuke considered accepting Sakura and Ino's invitations to go out and relax.

Naruto reunited with Hinata and his friends at the Breeding Farm, where they shared a meal and caught up. After everyone left, Naruto asked the system to take him to meet the young Great Emperors now that he had reached a hundred thousand jin of strength.

• Naruto used Instant Movement to appear before Hinata, then greeted her and his arriving friends, including Shino, Choji, Shikamaru, Sakura, Ino, and Sasuke.
• Sasuke appeared with Flying Thunder God, agreed to join Sakura and Ino's outing, and joined the others for lunch at Naruto's expanded Breeding Farm.
• Naruto reflected on how his friends had grown stronger and regretted that his earlier actions had driven Mizuki away and distanced Iruka and Mizuki.
• After the meal, the friends left, and Hinata returned home to train while Naruto encouraged her.
• Naruto asked the system to take him to meet the young Great Emperors because he had reached a hundred thousand jin of strength, and the system agreed.

Naruto Uzumaki met seven-year-old Shi Hao in his memories, and the two bonded over their painful childhoods before beginning a friendly spar. Shi Hao gained the upper hand with his greater strength, leaving Naruto facing a serious challenge.

• Shi Hao reached the mountaintop after climbing through the Chaotic Stone Waterfall Cluster while carrying a massive boulder.
• Naruto appeared before Shi Hao, shattered the boulder he threw, and introduced himself as a nine-year-old from the Ninja World.
• Naruto and Shi Hao shared stories about being rejected and mistreated, then encouraged each other to grow stronger and make friends.
• Naruto and Shi Hao sparred with divine abilities and martial techniques before switching to close-quarters combat.
• Shi Hao tried to strike Naruto's private parts, but Naruto's body was too hard to injure, so Shi Hao turned to overpowering him with strength.
• Shi Hao unleashed his full strength and struck Naruto with a force at least eight thousand jin greater than Naruto's.

Naruto lost a strength contest to Little Dot, then shared a meal with him before returning home bruised. After Sasuke and Kurama laughed at his appearance, Naruto and Sasuke set up a scheme involving dresses for Kurama, who ended the chapter wondering whether his taste in clothes was bad.

• Naruto and Little Dot fought for five hours, and Little Dot proved stronger, landing several punches on Naruto.
• Naruto and Little Dot raided a Fierce Flying Beast's nest, subdued the bird, and ate it and its eggs by the river.
• Naruto returned to the Back Mountain Breeding Farm, where Sasuke mocked his bruised face, so Naruto beat Sasuke until his face was swollen too.
• Naruto found the lace dresses Hinata had given him for Kurama and secretly discussed something with Sasuke.
• The next morning, Naruto and Sasuke watched Kurama try on clothes and criticized his taste until Kurama began doubting himself.