Chapter Summaries

Sakura and Sasuke witnessed the bizarre rules and unstoppable chaos of Sakura’s inner world as its inhabitants turned against them for refusing to praise a police officer. Meanwhile, Hiruzen and Tsunade fought Inner Sakura, whose cryptic answers left Hiruzen considering the origins of the Tailed Beasts; the chapter ended with armed Sakura helicopters arriving to attack the fleeing pair.

• Sakura and Sasuke watched Driver Sakuras brawl, then saw one lose her head and lift a skyscraper before Police Sakuras fired water guns at her.
• Hiruzen and Tsunade fought Inner Sakura, who taunted them and said she acted simply because she felt like it.
• Hiruzen wondered whether Yin and Yang Release could create life and whether the Sage of Six Paths had created the Tailed Beasts.
• Police Sakura’s dramatic arrest of Driver Sakura moved the bystanders, but Sakura’s refusal to feel moved enraged the crowd and sent her and Sasuke running.
• The Sakuras chased Sakura and Sasuke through the city, captured Sasuke, and summoned military helicopters armed with Gatling guns to attack Sakura.

After Sasuke and Sakura failed to suppress Inner Sakura, Sakura and Tsunade turned to Yang Release and began seeking Karin’s help. While studying, Sakura discovered an old record about Uchiha Hikari, leaving that mystery for later as Karin continued learning sealing techniques for her.

• Sasuke escaped Sakura’s chaotic inner world, and he and Sakura reported that his Yin Release had been rapidly drained there.
• Sakura, Tsunade, and Hiruzen Sarutobi concluded that Yang Release might help suppress Inner Sakura, and Sakura considered Karin’s vitality as a possible source.
• Tsunade gave Karin Uzumaki sealing materials so she could learn Adamantine Sealing Chains and help Sakura.
• Sakura encountered Rock Lee, Might Guy, Tenten, and Neji, then hurried away after Lee and Guy loudly urged her to accept Lee’s love.
• Sakura, Tsunade, and Hiruzen Sarutobi studied Yang Release, and Sakura found an old Tobirama Senju record mentioning Uchiha’s Ultimate Weapon being sealed with Yang Release.
• Karin brought Sakura porridge after studying sealing techniques late into the night and told her she was willing to work hard to help.

Kakuzu survived Aburame Torune’s poison insects by sacrificing three hearts, then took Torune’s heart as the insects ran rampant and devastated the battlefield. Meanwhile, Sakura confronted Inner Sakura in her inner world, where Inner Sakura declared that she would take Sakura’s body.

• Kakuzu killed Aburame Torune and took his heart, while Torune’s uncontrolled Nanoscale Poison Insects spread across the battlefield and devoured thousands of Konoha and Sunagakure ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Aburame Shibi and Aburame Shikuroo to seek a way to counter the insects, then stripped Shimura Danzō of frontline command and ordered him back to Konoha.
• Pain questioned Kakuzu about controlling the insects, accepted that Sunagakure would remain dependent on Akatsuki, and stopped Kisame Hoshigaki, Deidara, and Sasori from escalating their dispute.
• Tsunade and Karin used the Adamantine Sealing Chains to restrain Sakura while Sasuke entered her inner world, but Inner Sakura did not appear before him and he was thrown out.
• Sakura entered her inner world alone and faced Inner Sakura, who argued that a King differed from a Mount through an instinctive thirst for battle and declared that she would take Sakura’s body.

Sakura defeated Inner Sakura in her inner world with help from Karin’s Yang Release Chakra and Sasuke’s genjutsu trigger, but Inner Sakura only fell asleep rather than disappearing. After waking, Sakura learned that Kakuzu had used Aburame Torune’s heart to control Nano Poison Insects and wipe out four thousand Konoha ninja, leaving the village to decide how to respond.

• Sakura and Inner Sakura fought through a building until Inner Sakura summoned a pink-furred Enma and used its staff to demolish the structure.
• Sakura revealed that Sasuke had planted a genjutsu trigger and Karin had supplied Yang Release Chakra, then used a Golden Staff made from Adamantine Sealing Chains to overpower Inner Sakura.
• Sakura bound and defeated Inner Sakura, who dissolved into pink motes and flowed back into Sakura; Sakura later explained that Inner Sakura was merely sleeping.
• Karin embraced the awakened Sakura, and Sakura thanked both Karin and Sasuke before asking Hiruzen Sarutobi to let her return to the field.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Sakura and Tsunade that Kakuzu had controlled Aburame Torune’s Nano Poison Insects and killed four thousand ninja, while Shimura Danzō was being escorted back to Konoha.
• Tsunade demanded Shimura Danzō’s execution, but Hiruzen Sarutobi said execution was impossible because Danzō was an elder and war veteran; Sakura then asked how they would deal with Kakuzu.

Sakura and the Konoha convoy arrived at the Land of Frost, where Karin detected a Kumogakure ambush. Sakura helped defeat the attackers and left the battle facing a Jonin she had sent flying.

• Sakura, Sasuke, Karin, and Asuma's team departed for the Land of Frost to support Jiraiya and counter Kumogakure's guerrilla tactics.
• Might Guy assigned Naruto and Team Guy to escort a prince to the Land of the Moon, then tried to sell Naruto his green jumpsuit.
• Karin sensed twenty-four approaching Kumogakure Ninja and tracked them as they divided into groups to surround the convoy.
• Konoha's ninja blocked the attackers' explosive Kunai, and Sakura shattered an Earth Release attack threatening the supply wagons.
• Sakura killed a Kumogakure Jonin hiding underground with one punch, then charged another concealed in the snow.
• Sakura broke the second Jonin's Lightning Release attack with Fierce Tiger Roar and kicked him flying through the snow.

Sakura reached Konoha’s front lines and presented a plan that used Karin’s sensory abilities and Ino’s mind-link technique to counter Kumogakure’s guerrilla attacks. As the Raikage prepared to send Killer B against Konoha, Mei Terumi fled Kirigakure’s purge and headed for the Land of Fire.

• Sasuke and the others defeated a Cloud Village squad, while Sakura treated the wounded and Ino failed to extract intelligence from the Jonin she had kicked.
• Sakura reunited with Jiraiya and Kakashi, then proposed linking Karin’s Mind’s Eye of the Kagura with Ino’s secret technique to locate and encircle Kumogakure squads.
• Karin and Ino connected Konoha’s forces, allowing Jiraiya to identify hidden Cloud squads as Kakashi and Asuma went to intercept them.
• Black Zetsu told the Raikage and Dodai that Karin’s Uzumaki sensing threatened their guerrilla tactics, then urged them to deploy Killer B; the Raikage ordered Killer B to come.
• Mei Terumi escaped Kirigakure after her rebellion failed and fled toward the Land of Fire.

Sakura planned to force Kumogakure out of hiding, but Jiraiya rejected her proposal because the Raikage might invade the Land of Fire and create political trouble with the Daimyo. Meanwhile, Mei Terumi escaped across the sea to the Land of Iron and reached a Konoha camp seeking its leader with urgent intelligence.

• Sakura woke with her arms trapped beneath Karin and Ino, accidentally knocked a water jug onto Karin, and watched their quarrel erupt again.
• After half a month of dwindling Kumogakure raids, Sakura resolved to advance toward the Land of Lightning and force the enemy into battle.
• Mei Terumi swam ashore after evading her pursuers, encountered a Konoha patrol, and asked to meet its leader with important intelligence.
• Kakashi warned that Kumogakure could bypass the advancing army and attack the Land of Fire, and Jiraiya rejected Sakura's plan because of the political risk.
• A Konoha ninja interrupted Sakura, Kakashi, and Jiraiya to report that a Kirigakure rogue ninja had arrived seeking Jiraiya.

Mei Terumi told Jiraiya that a hidden force controlled Kirigakure and planned to join the Wind-Lightning Alliance, while Sakura urged Konoha to strike Kumogakure before the war spread further. Jiraiya ordered Tsunade to defend the Land of Fire’s border, and Hiruzen summoned her to the Hokage’s office.

• Mei Terumi revealed that she led a failed uprising against Karatachi Yagura and asked Konoha to help remove the force controlling Kirigakure.
• Sakura advised Jiraiya to verify Mei Terumi’s claims, reinforce defenses near the Land of Water, and alert Iwagakure to the danger.
• Sakura connected the threats involving Kakuzu, Kisame Hoshigaki, a hidden sensor ninja, and Kirigakure to a single organization manipulating the war.
• Sakura urged Jiraiya to attack Kumogakure before Konoha became trapped in a three-front war, and Jiraiya agreed to send Tsunade to defend the Land of Fire’s border.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read the report about Kirigakure and summoned Tsunade to the Hokage’s office.

The Raikage ordered Orochimaru to join the final assault while Dodai quietly warned Killer B about a Zetsu near the Raikage. At camp, Sakura treated Mei Terumi’s fever with a foul-tasting Military Rations Pill and left her stunned by revealing that Sakura was a man.

• The Raikage questioned Killer B about whether the war was worth it, then ordered him to tell Orochimaru to appear for the final assault the next day.
• Dodai privately warned Killer B to watch the Zetsu beside the Raikage, while a black-and-white Zetsu spied on them and called the Raikage clever.
• Sakura visited Mei Terumi, who had a high fever, and used Medical Ninjutsu to cool her down.
• Sakura forced her enhanced Military Rations Pill into Mei Terumi’s mouth, and Mei Terumi’s condition improved despite the pill’s awful taste.
• Sakura teased Mei Terumi by offering another pill, then told her she was a man before leaving the tent.

Black Zetsu killed Dodai and impersonated him to push Kumogakure into a full-scale attack on Konoha. As Jiraiya and the Raikage faced off, Sakura argued that the world needed to be united, and the Raikage demanded her execution to end the war.

• Dodai and Orochimaru confirmed their plan to attack Konoha at noon the next day alongside the Sand Ninja.
• Black Zetsu killed Dodai, took his appearance, and used his position to urge the Raikage to launch a full-scale assault.
• Jiraiya prepared to face Kumogakure’s forces, while Sakura told him that someone needed to unite the world into one country.
• The Raikage accused Konoha of hoarding resources and called on Jiraiya to surrender, while Jiraiya mocked his justification for war.
• The Raikage offered to withdraw his troops if Jiraiya beheaded Sakura, prompting the assembled fighters to turn their attention toward her.

Konoha and Kumogakure's armies clashed, with Sakura forcing back the Fourth Raikage and boosting Konoha's morale. Orochimaru then attacked Konoha with giant snakes, prompting Jiraiya to summon Gamabunta and swear to kill his former companion.

• Jiraiya rallied Konoha by mocking the Raikage, and Sakura urged the army to advance as the signal officer ordered the attack.
• Kakashi fought Darui, briefly caught him in a genjutsu, and watched a young Cloud Ninja die while saving Darui.
• Jiraiya sent three Akimichi ninja into Kumogakure's rear line as giants, but the Raikage killed them and charged the command platform.
• Sakura struck the Raikage with a powerful punch that forced him back, and Konoha's troops chanted for the Third Raikage.
• Orochimaru summoned giant snakes that devoured Konoha Ninja, so Jiraiya confronted him and summoned a giant toad that crushed the snakes.

Sasuke and his allies fought off Cloud Ninja while Jiraiya coordinated Konoha’s forces and struggled to escape Orochimaru. Killer B attacked Konoha’s rear to reach Karin, but Mei Terumi intervened and confronted him.

• Sasuke, Shikamaru, Kiba, Shino, and Choji protected one another from Cloud Ninja ambushes as Jiraiya issued battlefield orders while fighting Orochimaru.
• Killer B used White Zetsu’s Spore Technique to infiltrate Konoha’s rear, then attacked the formation to eliminate its Sensor Ninja.
• Karin sensed Killer B approaching and warned Jiraiya, who recognized him as the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki but could not break free from Orochimaru.
• Killer B cut through Konoha’s defenders and closed in on Karin while she and Ino continued the Whirlwind Mountain Technique.
• Mei Terumi blocked Killer B with Water Style, ordered Karin and Ino to leave, and faced him alone before using Boiling Release.

Sakura fought the Raikage, then diverted to help Jiraiya hold off Orochimaru after Killer B appeared at the central army. She returned to face the Raikage and recognized that he was injured, leaving their clash poised to intensify.

• Sakura tracked the Raikage's attacks and knocked him away with a powerful kick.
• Jiraiya warned Sakura that Killer B had appeared in the central army, so she agreed to help him hold off Orochimaru before heading to the rear.
• Sakura summoned Enma, who helped her smash Manda into the ground, and she then attacked Orochimaru.
• The Raikage interrupted Sakura's fight with Orochimaru and collided with her in a direct attack.
• Sakura sensed the Raikage's injuries, taunted him for being weak, and launched Heavenly Foot.

Sakura fought the Raikage and Orochimaru, overpowering Orochimaru before Jiraiya arrived and drove back the Raikage. Jiraiya sent Kakashi to support Sakura against Killer B, while Mei Terumi continued battling the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki in the flooded central army.

• The Raikage and Orochimaru attacked Sakura together, but Sakura struck Orochimaru with the Rashomon and kept fighting both enemies.
• Jiraiya arrived, drove back the Raikage, and supported Sakura as she punched Orochimaru so hard that his arm was torn off.
• Sakura rushed toward the central army to face Killer B, while Jiraiya ordered Kakashi to return and support her.
• Hayama and Asuma took over Kakashi's fight against Darui, allowing Kakashi to withdraw toward the central army.
• Mei Terumi struggled to hold off Killer B in his Six-Tails state and reflected that he was a Perfect Jinchuriki.

Sakura, Mei, and Kakashi confronted Killer B after he targeted Karin and Ino, who were maintaining the Whirlwind Mountain Technique. Sakura rescued them and engaged Killer B directly, but his Tailed Beast Chakra threatened her as Kakashi and Mei joined the fight.

• Sakura gave Kakashi Special Military Rations Pills, then hurried toward the battle as Killer B outmaneuvered Mei and charged at Karin and Ino.
• Killer B broke through Konoha's defenders and prepared to strike Karin and Ino, but Sakura intercepted his attack and knocked him into the lake.
• Sakura ordered Ino to evacuate nearby ninja, gave Mei Special Military Rations Pills, and joined Mei and Kakashi against Killer B.
• Killer B sent a Tailed Beast Chakra tentacle toward the group, and Sakura grabbed it and dragged him out of the water despite the burns to her hand.
• Sakura pulled Killer B toward her and prepared to strike, but his tails threatened to pierce her, prompting Kakashi and Mei to attack with Lightning Cutter Shuriken and Water Sever.

Sakura, Mei Terumi, and Kakashi overwhelmed Killer B until he unleashed the Eight-Tails, forcing both armies to retreat. Sakura and Enma drove the Eight-Tails away from the battlefield as the Raikage rushed to intervene, while Jiraiya confronted Orochimaru, whose true interest in Kumogakure was its chakra-powered machinery.

• Sakura fought Killer B at close range while Mei Terumi struck him with her Water Whip and Kakashi prepared an ambush from underwater.
• Sakura disrupted Killer B's balance and landed a punch, allowing Mei Terumi to lash his back and Sakura to smash him into the lake; Kakashi charged in for a potentially fatal attack.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and blasted Kakashi away, prompting Sakura to contact Jiraiya and both commanders to order their forces to retreat.
• Sakura summoned Enma and used his Golden Staff to pin the Eight-Tails and push him away from the battlefield.
• The Raikage abandoned Jiraiya to rush toward the Eight-Tails, while Jiraiya left Orochimaru behind and Orochimaru reflected on Kumogakure's chakra-mechanics technology and his ambition to build an eternal body.

Sakura and her allies battled the Eight-Tails and the Raikage while Orochimaru intervened to save Jiraiya. Obito impaled Sakura, but she revealed she had survived and shattered his mask, exposing his face as Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Sakura, Mei Terumi, Kakashi, and Jiraiya attacked the Eight-Tails and the Raikage, while Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon to help shield Jiraiya from the Tailed Beast Ball.
• Mei Terumi and Kakashi combined Water and Lightning Release to knock the Eight-Tails down, but Orochimaru interrupted Sakura's attempt to use another Water Style jutsu.
• Madara and Zetsu watched the battle, and Madara decided that the Eight-Tails could not fall into Konoha's hands and that Sakura should become a Konoha hero.
• Obito appeared behind Sakura and pierced her chest with a Black Rod, prompting Sasuke to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan as his friends restrained him.
• Sakura pulled the Black Rod from her chest and punched Obito, shattering his mask and exposing his face to everyone.

Sasuke believed Sakura had been fatally impaled, but she healed and exposed Uchiha Obito’s attack. As Kakashi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and joined the battle, Sakura confronted Obito while the other fighters took on their opponents; Obito then attempted to trap her with a chain and Kamui.

• Sasuke watched a Black Rod pierce Sakura and broke down, but saw her wound rapidly heal after she punched Obito away.
• Kakashi recognized the masked man as Uchiha Obito, who admitted he had turned against Konoha and blamed Kakashi for Rin’s death.
• Obito attacked Sakura as the Raikage fought Jiraiya, and Kakashi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan before Sakura sent him to help Mei Terumi against the Eight-Tails.
• Sakura fought Obito with attacks that passed through his phasing body, questioned his motives, and rejected his offer to join him.
• Obito used a chain in an attempt to bind Sakura and pull her into the Kamui Dimension, but he realized her immense strength could complicate his plan.

Sakura overpowered Uchiha Obito and rushed to Jiraiya’s battlefield, where she killed the exhausted Raikage with a combination of restraints, ninjutsu, and a direct strike. The Eight-Tails cried out for its brother as Obito hesitated to intervene.

• Sakura used Uchiha Obito’s chains to slam him into the ground repeatedly, then taunted him about Rin Nohara and evaded his attempt to grab her.
• Sakura ignored Uchiha Obito and charged toward the Raikage, while Obito hurried after her to stop the Raikage from dying.
• Sakura bound the Raikage with the Adamantine Sealing Technique and Enma’s staffs as the Eight-Tails rushed to protect him.
• Sakura blocked the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bombs and struck the Raikage with Water Style: Water Dragon Bite Explosion.
• Obito hesitated to save the Raikage, and Sakura killed him with a tiger-headed punch as the Eight-Tails cried, “Big brother!”

Sakura killed the Raikage and forced Kumogakure to retreat and negotiate, then returned to a jubilant Konoha camp. Hiruzen ordered celebrations and negotiations, but Danzo arrived with a request that Hiruzen immediately refused.

• The Raikage reflected on his life before dying from Sakura's punch and signaled his forces to retreat.
• Sakura used the Raikage's corpse to force Killer B and Dodai to agree to withdraw, pay compensation, and negotiate over Konoha's resource routes.
• Sakura sealed the Raikage's body in a scroll and left with her allies as Killer B returned to human form.
• Karin rushed into Sakura's embrace, and Jiraiya announced victory to the welcoming Konoha shinobi.
• Hiruzen ordered three days of celebration and sent negotiators to the Land of Frost.
• Danzo entered Hiruzen's office and began making a request, but Hiruzen cut him off with a refusal.