Chapter Summaries

Ino defeated Naruto in a one-sided sword match, while the spectators were stunned by the destructive power she had developed under Lord Yuu’s tutelage. The chapter ended with Ino celebrating and clan heads paying renewed attention to Inoichi Yamanaka.

• Ino objected that Naruto still had a sword after losing, and Sasuke shoved him into the arena for their match.
• Iruka announced Ino as the winner after she overwhelmed Naruto with sword strikes.
• Naruto and Sasuke argued over their defeats, then started brawling while the spectators ignored them.
• The spectators marveled that Ino’s swordsmanship had left deep cuts in the reinforced arena and judged her destructive power to be at jonin level.
• Clan heads gathered more eagerly around Inoichi Yamanaka as Ino celebrated her victory.

Yuu set Hinata and Ino’s class assignments, appointing Yugao as their jonin instructor, while the Akatsuki sealed the Seven-Tails and prepared to wage war against Konoha for the remaining Tailed Beasts. The chapter left the Akatsuki poised to confront Saiki Yuu and Konoha.

• Yuu explained that Hinata and Ino’s near-jonin-level strength came from exceptional training resources, then let Yugao collect the stakes from the rooftop.
• Yuu assigned Hinata and Ino to the same group and made Yugao their jonin instructor, leaving her to choose the remaining members.
• Yuu ordered Jiraiya and Orochimaru to clean the rooftop before leaving with Tsunade and the others.
• The Akatsuki sealed the Seven-Tails in the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, leaving its jinchuriki dead.
• The Akatsuki members discussed Saiki Yuu and decided to begin their final war with Konoha to capture the remaining Tailed Beasts.

Pain and Konan prepared Akatsuki’s plan to overthrow Saiki Yuu, whose power had kept the Shinobi World under Konoha’s rule for more than a decade. As Pain resolved to attack, Konan questioned whether the throne truly needed to be overturned, since Saiki Yuu’s rule had ended open wars and improved ordinary people’s lives.

• Pain’s Rinnegan opened as all members of Akatsuki assembled for their planned assault on Konoha and Saiki Yuu, codenamed Throne Overthrow.
• Pain stood above Amegakure and admitted to Konan that he was worried about facing Saiki Yuu, whose strength had gone unchallenged for years.
• Konan recalled how Saiki Yuu’s wealth and power had eclipsed Akatsuki’s ambitions, while Pain grew furious over the resources and tailed beasts under his control.
• Pain declared that Akatsuki would overturn Saiki Yuu’s throne and spread their vision of peace across the Shinobi World.
• Konan reflected that Saiki Yuu’s rule had ended open warfare and improved life for ordinary people, leaving her unsure whether the throne truly needed to fall.

Konan doubted whether the Akatsuki could topple Saiki Yuu’s throne, while Uchiha Obito explained that they needed more forces to challenge Konoha and its allies. Obito proposed using Impure World Reincarnation to build an army, and Pain agreed to face Saiki Yuu while that army held back his forces.

• Konan worried that overthrowing Saiki Yuu’s throne might plunge the world into war and questioned whether the Akatsuki could truly defeat him.
• Uchiha Obito appeared before Pain and said the Akatsuki needed to recruit more forces, including Sasori’s spy in Konoha, before challenging Saiki Yuu.
• Uchiha Obito pointed out that Konoha and other hidden villages had many powerful fighters and would overwhelm the Akatsuki if they attacked without preparation.
• Pain asked whether Uchiha Obito planned to use Impure World Reincarnation to create an army, and Obito confirmed it was the fastest way to gather forces.
• Pain declared that the Impure World Reincarnation army would hold back Saiki Yuu’s subordinates while he fought Saiki Yuu in the final battle.

In Year 60 of Konoha, Saiki Yuu’s influence dominated the Shinobi World, and Konoha investigated the Akatsuki Organization through its village garrisons. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki reacted angrily to Deidara joining Akatsuki as Kitsuchi asked how to respond to Kakashi Hatake’s demand for information.

• The chapter described Saiki Yuu’s worldwide influence and Konoha’s presence in the other major shinobi villages.
• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that Konoha’s people had returned to demand information about Akatsuki.
• Ōnoki blamed Deidara for joining Akatsuki and feared that his actions would draw Konoha’s attention onto Iwagakure.
• Kurotsuchi questioned Ōnoki’s fear of Saiki Yuu, while Kitsuchi anxiously warned her not to use his name.
• Kitsuchi asked Ōnoki how to answer Kakashi Hatake, whom he said would be difficult to deceive.

Ōnoki pledged Iwagakure’s support to Konoha against the Akatsuki, while weighing the organization’s threat against Saiki Yuu’s overwhelming power. In Konoha, leaders discovered Orochimaru’s laboratory had been robbed of the First Hokage’s cells and suspected Kabuto Yakushi of spying for the enemy.

• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to deny any connection to the Akatsuki and said he would kill Deidara himself if found.
• Ōnoki concluded that Iwagakure should help Konoha investigate the Akatsuki and hunt rogue ninjas from their villages.
• Danzō, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru, Minato, and Jiraiya discovered that Orochimaru’s laboratory had been robbed of the sealed First Hokage’s cells.
• An Anbu reported deliberate damage at the Second Lord’s grave, and Orochimaru and Danzō accepted responsibility for the breach.
• Orochimaru realized that Kabuto Yakushi, the researcher he had trusted, had betrayed him.

After Orochimaru and Danzo reported that Kabuto Yakushi had robbed Orochimaru’s laboratory and stolen research, Minato brought the alarming discovery to Yuu. Yuu dismissed the theft as trivial and instead scolded the pair over research progress and Konoha’s income.

• Minato and Konoha’s leaders decided to report the stolen Impure World Reincarnation scroll, research materials, and First Hokage cells to Yuu.
• Tsunade woke Yuu and told him that Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Minato, and the others had gathered.
• Yuu arrived at the reception hall, where Orochimaru and Danzo described the laboratory robbery and Kabuto Yakushi’s defection.
• Yuu treated the theft as a minor matter, then scolded Orochimaru over research results and Danzo over Konoha’s declining income.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato warned Yuu that Kabuto Yakushi had stolen the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and Hashirama Senju’s cells, likely for Akatsuki. Yuu ordered a deadly manhunt, while Tsunade noticed that Jiraiya was hiding something.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that the stolen jutsu could revive powerful dead shinobi, including the First and Second Hokages.
• Minato reported that Akatsuki likely directed Kabuto Yakushi and had taken the Three-Tails, Six-Tails, and Seven-Tails’ jinchuriki.
• Jiraiya reacted uneasily to the report, but he claimed he was only angry about the theft of Hashirama Senju’s cells.
• Yuu ordered the Saiki Manhunt Order against Kabuto Yakushi and Akatsuki, commanding Konoha to kill them all.
• After the others left, Tsunade told Yuu that Jiraiya seemed to be concealing something.

Yuu realized Jiraiya intended to confront the Akatsuki alone and ordered him to leave the matter to him. The chapter then described the overwhelming force Konoha had used once before to destroy a village that defied Yuu’s rule.

• Yuu sensed that Jiraiya had uncovered clues about the Akatsuki and planned to investigate Amegakure alone.
• Yuu told Jiraiya to leave the matter to him after recognizing that Jiraiya might be seeking a self-sacrificial end.
• The chapter explained that Konoha used three levels of manhunt orders, with the Konoha Manhunt Order reserved for those who challenged Yuu’s supremacy.
• Minato Namikaze once issued a Konoha Manhunt Order against a small village that defied Yuu.
• Konoha and its allies sent a vast force, including powerful ninja and Tailed Beasts, and erased the village and its land.

Rasa and Sunagakure’s leaders reacted with fear after Saiki Yuu issued the unprecedented Saiki Manhunt Order against the Akatsuki Organization and Kabuto Yakushi. They feared Konoha’s full military force would be mobilized, potentially strong enough to destroy Sunagakure.

• Rasa was shocked to learn that Saiki Yuu had issued the Saiki Manhunt Order and wondered what the Akatsuki Organization had done to provoke him.
• Rasa recognized that Konoha had revealed only its intent to destroy its targets and had no obligation to explain the order to other villages.
• Pakura recalled taking part in an earlier Konoha Manhunt Order, which had completely erased a small ninja village.
• Baki, who had also witnessed that destruction, feared that the Saiki Manhunt Order would be far more terrifying.
• Rasa warned that Konoha’s high-level combat forces might all mobilize and wondered what such a deployment would look like.

After the Saiki Manhunt Order targeted the Akatsuki Organization, villages and nations across the Shinobi World moved to erase all traces of their dealings with it. Hidan and Kakuzu faced relentless attacks and found themselves unable to take missions or exchange bounty heads for money.

• Pakura ordered Sunagakure to mobilize its Jonin and above to eliminate every trace of the Akatsuki Organization from the Land of Wind.
• Villages and nations across the Shinobi World terminated their contracts with the Akatsuki Organization and began covert operations against it.
• Hidan killed a group of Takigakure ninjas who had attacked him and Kakuzu.
• Kakuzu complained that the black market had shut down and crushed a Takigakure ninja’s head in frustration.

Kakuzu and Hidan discussed how Saiki Yuu’s manhunt order had destroyed Akatsuki Organization’s sources of income. At Pain’s meeting, Zetsu reported the enormous forces Konoha had deployed, leaving Akatsuki Organization members to face the scale of the threat.

• Kakuzu cursed Saiki Yuu and his manhunt order for making Akatsuki Organization a target and ruining its bounty work.
• Pain summoned the Akatsuki Organization members to a meeting, where Deidara appeared after fighting off a hunting squad.
• Kisame said he and Itachi Uchiha had already faced at least fifteen waves of pursuers.
• Zetsu reported that Yugao Saiki, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Fugaku Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, and other elite ninja led Konoha’s manhunt forces.
• Zetsu said the order had already erased three shinobi villages and four small countries, while more than half of Konoha’s strength remained at home.
• The Akatsuki Organization members fell silent after hearing the report.

Nagato ordered the Akatsuki members to hide from Saiki Yuu’s pursuit forces while he defended Amegakure and prepared the Throne of Desolation plan. In Konoha, Naruto got caught drinking and faced Kushina’s furious lecture.

• Nagato told the Akatsuki members to hide in their current locations if Saiki Yuu’s forces found them, while he took responsibility for Amegakure.
• Pain revealed his confidence in the Rinnegan’s power and instructed the Akatsuki to prepare for the approaching Throne of Desolation plan.
• Itachi Uchiha considered dealing with Kisame Hoshigaki and presenting him to Lord Yuu.
• Naruto drunkenly mocked Jiraiya after getting caught with alcohol, and Kushina scolded him and forbade him from drinking until he turned twenty.

Jiraiya left Konoha for Amegakure to investigate whether the powerful Akatsuki was connected to his former students, Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan. He suspected the organization’s name and headquarters were no coincidence, but the chapter ended before he reached Amegakure.

• Minato returned to work, while Jiraiya reflected that Yuu and Minato had Naruto and Sasuke’s training in hand.
• Jiraiya declined Kushina’s offer of a meal, encouraged Naruto to work toward becoming Yuu’s disciple, and promised to attend Naruto’s apprenticeship banquet.
• Jiraiya returned to his residence, packed, and quietly surveyed Konoha before setting off for Amegakure.
• Jiraiya recalled how he had trained Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan, then learned that Hanzō had destroyed their Akatsuki organization.
• Jiraiya remembered investigating the current Akatsuki and discovered that its headquarters was likely in Amegakure, making him question whether his former students had survived.

Jiraiya infiltrated Amegakure to investigate whether his former disciples led the Akatsuki Organization, but Konan discovered him and confronted him. The chapter ended as Jiraiya and Konan began fighting, while Pain prepared to kill Jiraiya.

• Jiraiya decided to investigate Amegakure alone because he feared a clash between Konoha and his former disciples, including Nagato with the Rinnegan.
• Peisi sensed an unfamiliar, powerful chakra in Amegakure and used the Rain Tiger at Will Technique to track the intruder.
• Konan followed the disturbance and identified Jiraiya, while Animal Path Pain ordered that he be killed.
• Jiraiya infiltrated the village by controlling a Rain Ninja with the Toad Shadow Manipulation Technique, but Konan attacked his shadow with a storm of paper.
• Jiraiya revealed himself and burned Konan's paper with a Flame Bullet, then remarked that her techniques had improved and that she had become more feminine.

Jiraiya confronted Konan and the Animal Path, discovering that his former students led the Akatsuki and challenging them over their actions. The Animal Path denounced Saiki Yuu’s rule and proclaimed that the world needed one god, leaving Jiraiya facing the group’s purpose.

• Jiraiya recognized Konan as his former student, and she attacked him with paper blades before he soaked her in Toad Oil and bound her with his hair.
• Jiraiya asked Konan about Yahiko and Nagato, while Saiki Yuu asked who Pain was; Konan refused to explain what had happened to the Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya urged Konan to abandon the Akatsuki, but the Animal Path arrived and addressed him as his former teacher.
• Jiraiya recognized the Animal Path’s Rinnegan and asked Nagato what had happened to him.
• The Animal Path accused Jiraiya of serving Saiki Yuu’s oppressive rule and declared that the world needed only one god.

Jiraiya fought Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain, but was overwhelmed by their shared vision and unfamiliar abilities. After recognizing the Animal Path as a ninja he had encountered before, Jiraiya connected the clues and resolved to confirm his theory about Pain.

• Jiraiya fought the Six Paths of Pain and was immobilized by a Black Rod until Sage Fukasaku removed it.
• Jiraiya recounted how the six bodies shared their vision and used different abilities, while Nagato himself remained missing.
• Sage Fukasaku questioned why Jiraiya had come alone instead of bringing Yuu, and Jiraiya insisted he could handle the mission.
• The Animal Path’s forehead protector slipped, and Jiraiya recognized the body as a ninja he had met during his search for the Child of Prophecy.
• Jiraiya connected the clues from Mount Myōboku and decided he had a theory about Pain that he needed to confirm.

Jiraiya returned to battle despite his exhaustion, determined to uncover Pain’s identity and deliver his intelligence. Just as the Deva Path ambushed him, Yuu arrived with a colossal slash and a giant nine-tailed fox.

• Jiraiya refused to retreat and asked Shima and Fukasaku to take his body and intelligence back to Konoha if he died.
• Shima returned to Mount Myōboku while Fukasaku stayed with Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya emerged from the Toad Gourd Prison and attacked the Pains with Needle Jizo.
• Jiraiya recognized the Pains and realized he knew what Pain was.
• The Deva Path attacked Jiraiya with a Black Rod, but a massive slash cut through the lake and forced it to retreat.
• A colossal nine-tailed fox crashed down from the sky as Jiraiya looked on in surprise and delight.

Saiki Yuu arrived in Amegakure atop the Nine-Tails and rescued Jiraiya from Pain, then suddenly pierced Jiraiya through with the Black Blade. Pain and Konan were left shocked, believing Yuu had killed him.

• Yuu rode the Nine-Tails into Amegakure, interrupting Pain's attempt to kill Jiraiya.
• Pain and Konan confronted the Nine-Tails' arrival, while Pain declared that Yuu's appearance saved him a trip to Konoha.
• Yuu reunited with Jiraiya, who boasted that he had nearly defeated Pain before apologizing and kneeling to him.
• Yuu told Jiraiya to raise his head, then drove the Black Blade through a wound in his chest.
• Pain and Konan saw the blade pierce Jiraiya and believed Saiki Yuu had killed him.

Konan concluded that Yuu’s rule had become tyrannical after he appeared to kill Jiraiya, but Jiraiya thanked Yuu instead. Pain discovered that Yuu’s Black Blade had absorbed the residual Power of Reincarnation, and Yuu healed Jiraiya, leaving Konan and Pain to confront the limits of their understanding.

• Konan judged Yuu a tyrant for killing Jiraiya and decided the Eye of the Moon was still necessary.
• Jiraiya thanked Yuu, leaving Konan and Pain confused by his reaction.
• Pain sensed that Yuu’s Black Blade had absorbed the Power of Reincarnation left inside Jiraiya.
• Yuu mocked Pain’s ignorance and pulled the Black Blade from Jiraiya.
• White light healed Jiraiya completely, and he thanked Yuu while Sage Fukasaku marveled at the recovery.