Recaps

Naruto and his allies faced new threats, trained for the Chunin Exams, and strengthened ties with other villages as conflicts with Obito and Orochimaru grew. The stretch ended with the Allied Forces’ Jinchuriki joining Naruto to pull the Tailed Beasts from a wounded Obito.

• Minato honored Konoha’s fallen, arranged aid for their families, and accepted Otogakure’s overtures while rejecting Chiyo’s attempt to negotiate favorable terms for Sunagakure.
• Naruto helped Sasuke reunite with Itachi, joined Jiraiya in dealing with Shizuka’s arrival, and supported his allies through missions and training.
• Naruto defeated Zero Tails and helped bring down Shinno, then encountered another world’s Naruto and explained the Tailed Beasts to the Five Kage.
• Minato and Naruto attended the Five Kage Summit, where Minato warned the Kage about threats to their Jinchuriki and Obito prepared an attack on the Mizukage.
• Obito confronted Minato’s group with reanimated fighters and demanded the Nine Tails, while Naruto and the others rejected his promise of an imagined peaceful world.
• Naruto trained as Konoha prepared for the Chunin Exams, while Sunagakure’s Rasa considered an attack and Orochimaru offered to help him take revenge on Konoha.
• Naruto’s team completed a mission in the Land of Snow, returned to Konoha, and received an A-Rank reward while Minato gave Tenten a scroll to begin studying advanced techniques.
• Naruto and Minato wounded Obito and began extracting the Tailed Beasts, joined by Kushina, Yagura, Gaara, Utakata, Kaede, and their partners.

Naruto and his allies exposed Danzo, fought the Allied Shinobi War, and sealed the Nine Tails between Naruto and Kushina. After the war, the friends resumed training and faced a difficult Chunin Exam, while Gaara and the other Kage fought reanimated predecessors.

• Sasuke used Kirin to destroy Fa Yi’s barrier, and Gaara arranged for Fa Yi to be taken for questioning as Kaede befriended Naruto’s group.
• Naruto trained in Sage Mode and spent time with Hinata, while Asuma and Kurenai postponed their marriage decision until after the war.
• Minato rallied the Allied Shinobi Forces and assigned their combat and support divisions, while Orochimaru tested a monster made with his improved Chimera Technique.
• Naruto warned Minato about Danzo, and Minato confronted Danzo over his crimes, and Danzo escaped with Izanagi before killing himself with the Reverse Four Symbols Seal.
• Kushina welcomed Karin into the family, while Naruto and his allies fought Mukade, Hidan, Kakuzu, Kisame, and Deidara across the battlefield.
• The Allied Forces defeated the White Zetsu after Naruto trapped Black Zetsu, and Minato declared the war won.
• Minato and Kushina split the Nine Tails between themselves and Naruto, sealing one half inside each of them so the family could return home together.
• Naruto trained with Sakura and Sasuke, helped Kakashi reach the hospital, and began the written Chunin Exam as Gaara fought the Third Kazekage.

Naruto and his allies faced threats across several missions while Minato’s family settled into a peaceful life and Naruto grew closer to Hinata. The stretch ended with Kimimaro defeating Shizuka in their match, then being paired with her for the Fireworks Festival.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura broke into Fa Yi’s cocoon to rescue Gaara and Kaede, but Fa Yi’s barrier held against their attacks.
• Minato examined Naruto’s seal and discovered chakra like his own alongside energy connected to a time-and-space technique.
• Team 7 continued the Land of Waves escort after Tazuna confessed to concealing the mission’s true rank, then fought Zabuza and Haku.
• Team 7 defeated Raiga and his Sensor Ninja, helping the villagers reclaim their property and giving Karako a chance to change.
• Naruto and his allies fought Kisame, while other battles unfolded in the Chunin Exams and the villages searched for missing Jinchuriki.
• Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke confronted Doto’s forces in the Land of Snow as Kakashi protected Sandayu’s charge.
• Naruto trained with Hinata and studied Sealing Arts, while Minato later brought Zabuza and Haku back to Konoha.
• Kimimaro defeated Shizuka in their match, and Kushina arranged for them to attend the Fireworks Festival together.

Minato and the other Kage prepared to unite against Akatsuki while Naruto faced missions, training, and family moments across different times. As attacks and battles spread, Naruto and his allies fought to protect Konoha and their fellow shinobi.

• Minato delayed the summit at Mabui’s urging, then agreed to lead the Allied Forces after the Kage learned Akatsuki’s plan and gained support from the Land of Iron and Hidden Waterfall Village.
• Minato took Naruto on a camping trip, while Guy’s training led Gan, Wen, and Cui to awaken their Sharingan and Naruto grew closer to Kiba and Hinata.
• Minato sealed the Dragon Vein and returned Naruto to his own time, then later entered Naruto’s Sealing Space with Kushina and spent months visiting their unborn son before Kushina’s due date.
• The allied fighters battled Pain and his summons, while Naruto and others helped injured Kirigakure shinobi return to Konoha and Minato revealed Akatsuki’s history to the Kage.
• Naruto and Shisui infiltrated Shinno’s fortress to rescue the imprisoned villagers, while Naruto trained in Flying Thunder God and Sakura began harsh medical-ninja training under Tsunade.
• Naruto and his allies confronted Hiruko’s followers, Mukade, and the revived Kage, while Ōnoki searched for missing Jinchuriki and Minato sent teams to investigate the Sky Ninja fortress.
• Konoha came under attack, and Naruto evacuated spectators before pursuing Gaara, teleporting him to the old sealing site and calling Shukaku out to fight.
• Tenten and Guy helped Ōnoki counter the Second Tsuchikage with a coordinated Flying Thunder God maneuver, while Fugaku urged the Uchiha to follow the Hokage during the war.