Chapter Summaries

Danzo argued that Madara was behind Akatsuki and pushed for a Five Kage alliance under the Hokage, but Ao exposed Danzo’s stolen Sharingan and his manipulation of Mifune. As the summit erupted, Naruto asked the Raikage to forgive Sasuke, and the furious Raikage slammed him into the floor.

• Danzo claimed Madara was directing Akatsuki and collecting tailed beasts to regain his strength, prompting Mifune to propose a Five Kage alliance commanded by the Hokage.
• Ao exposed Danzo’s use of Shisui’s eye to control Mifune, and Naruto confronted Danzo about taking Shisui’s eye.
• The Raikage charged Danzo, but Minato blocked him and revealed that he was Naruto’s father.
• Naruto unmasked himself and pleaded with the Raikage to forgive Sasuke.
• The Raikage seized Naruto and smashed him into the floor, enraged that Naruto had asked him to forgive Yugito and B’s killer.

Naruto pleaded with the Raikage to spare Sasuke, warning that killing him could set off a cycle of revenge between Konoha and Kumogakure. Killer B arrived unharmed, but the Raikage still refused to forgive Sasuke until Sasuke appeared beside Naruto.

• Naruto told the Raikage that Sasuke had captured only Killer B's clone and warned that punishing Sasuke could lead to escalating hatred and war.
• Killer B broke into the conference room, and he and the Raikage celebrated their reunion by fighting and wrecking the room.
• Killer B asked the Raikage to listen to Naruto, but the Raikage insisted that Sasuke had to be punished for joining Akatsuki and attacking him.
• Naruto knelt and begged the Raikage to spare Sasuke, explaining to Gaara that Sasuke had been his first and best friend.
• Sasuke appeared, pulled Naruto to his feet, and told him not to beg forgiveness on his behalf.

Sasuke confronted the Kage and declared his intention to kill Danzo, but discovered Danzo had fled. Tobi stopped the Raikage and began explaining the threat of Madara Uchiha, while Minato stayed to protect Naruto.

• The Raikage attacked Sasuke, but Sasuke and Naruto instinctively combined Susanoo and the Nine-Tails' Chakra to block him before Sasuke knocked Naruto unconscious and entrusted him to Minato.
• Sasuke announced that he had left Akatsuki and intended to kill Danzo, while Gaara urged him to abandon revenge for Naruto's sake.
• Sasuke rejected Gaara's plea and declared that revenge was his Ninja Way, but Tobi revealed that Danzo's apparent presence was only a Shadow Clone and directed Sasuke to follow Zetsu.
• Tobi blocked the Raikage from pursuing Sasuke and warned that Naruto's safety depended on Minato staying.
• Tobi revealed Minato's identity as Naruto's father and began telling the assembled Kage about the Sage of Six Paths and Madara Uchiha.

Tobi declared the Fourth Great Ninja War after explaining his plan to revive the Ten-Tails and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, while the Kage agreed to unite and protect the Jinchuriki. Naruto then confronted Sasuke after Sasuke killed Danzo, and the chapter left Naruto offering to endure Sasuke’s anger if he would return to Konoha.

• Tobi explained the Ten-Tails, the origin of the Tailed Beasts, and his plan to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, then declared war on the Five Great Nations.
• The Raikage supported forming a Shinobi Alliance, and Ōnoki proposed protecting the two Jinchuriki.
• Naruto woke from pretending to be unconscious and vowed to find Sasuke and beat Tobi.
• Tobi found Sasuke exhausted after Danzo’s death, and Naruto arrived using Sage Mode to sense the area.
• Sasuke told Naruto he would destroy Konoha to avenge Itachi, while Naruto argued that Itachi had wanted to protect Sasuke and give him a home.
• Naruto refused to fight Sasuke and offered to accept any punishment if Sasuke would return to his side and Konoha.

Tobi took Sasuke away from Naruto and used the Time-Space Rift to throw Naruto into a chaotic realm of time and space. Sasuke doubted Naruto was dead, while Tobi believed he had removed the last obstacle to controlling him.

• Naruto failed to bring Sasuke back as Tobi reignited Sasuke’s hatred of Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Naruto summoned hundreds of Shadow Clones and attacked, but Tobi used Kamui to take Sasuke into the Space-Time Dimension.
• Tobi explained the Time-Space Rift to Sasuke and revealed that the dimension was connected to him.
• Naruto pursued them, but Tobi kicked him into the Rift and claimed its turbulence and shifting time would make Naruto of this era nonexistent.
• Sasuke rejected Tobi’s claim that Naruto was dead and insisted that Naruto would not die so easily.

Naruto fell through a time-space rift and arrived in the Land of Ancestors, where he met Kaguya after accidentally killing the Emperor. After Kaguya said she had nowhere to go, Naruto offered to give her a home.

• Tsunade’s necklace protected Naruto as he drifted through the rift, and he eventually fell out into the Land of Ancestors.
• The guards brought Kaguya before the Emperor, but Naruto fell from the sky and landed on the Emperor, killing him.
• Kaguya introduced herself, and Naruto gave his name while the guards accused them of murdering the Emperor.
• Naruto stopped the guards’ attacks with a Rasengan and learned they had mistaken him for the Emperor’s killer.
• Naruto buried the Emperor and prepared to leave, but Kaguya followed him and said she had nowhere to go.
• Naruto offered Kaguya a home.

Naruto helped Kaguya build a house after eating all her food, then tried to summon a toad to return home. His summoning reached Gamamaru from an era when the Toad Clan had never met humans.

• Naruto told Kaguya that her Byakugan reminded him of the Hyuga Clan and invited her to the Land of Fire.
• Naruto ate all of Kaguya’s food pellets, leaving her without supplies, and promised to make up for it by building her a house.
• Naruto used a thousand Shadow Clones to gather information and build a wooden house, while Kaguya stopped him from approaching the Divine Tree.
• Naruto tried to use a toad summon and reverse summoning to get home, but summoned Gamamaru, who was confused by Naruto’s claim to be the Toad Clan’s fifth-generation contractor.

Naruto learned that he had been stranded in a different world after a Time-Space Rift brought him there, with no known way back to Hinata and his family. After grieving his situation, he resolved to search for a rift and keep trying until he could return home.

• Naruto followed Gamamaru to Mount Myōboku, where he demonstrated his Sage Mode and Gamamaru called him his brother.
• Naruto found that the Great Toad Sage and the toads he remembered were absent, and Gamamaru said the Land of Fire did not exist in this world.
• Gamamaru explained that Naruto could not return through the Time-Space Rift that Tobi had used to send him there.
• Naruto mourned being separated from Hinata, his parents, and Sasuke while Kaguya watched him beneath the night sky.
• Naruto caught and cooked fish for the hungry Kaguya, then vowed to search for a Time-Space Rift until he could return to Hinata.

Naruto heard Kaguya’s story and promised to protect her from her pursuers, then agreed to help the Land of Ancestors repel an invasion. He defeated the Land of Others’ small force with Shadow Clones, leaving the battle over before it could become a real fight.

• Kaguya told Naruto that she had fled her clan’s duty to guard the Divine Tree because its fruit led to her people being sacrificed.
• Naruto shared his life story with Kaguya and promised to protect her, prompting her to abandon her plan to turn the locals into soldiers and fight alongside them.
• Ooguma asked Naruto to save the Land of Ancestors from an invasion by the neighboring Land of Others, and Naruto agreed.
• Naruto saw the opposing force was only about a hundred people and created around a hundred Shadow Clones to disarm them and talk them down.
• The frightened invaders dropped their weapons and fled, while some fainted when Naruto’s Shadow Clones vanished.

After Naruto ended the war in the Land of Ancestors, the villagers worshipped him as a god while he, Kaguya, and Gamamaru searched for the Time-Space Rift. Two months later, a Byakugan-bearing stranger arrived and greeted Naruto as an uncivilized monkey.

• The villagers led by Ooguma knelt before Naruto and began bringing him offerings, even building a shrine at his home.
• Gamamaru joined Naruto and Kaguya in their daily search for the Time-Space Rift, and Naruto joked with Kaguya about her age until she blasted him away.
• Naruto and Kaguya continued searching for two months, with Naruto cooking for them each day.
• A stranger descended in a translucent green sphere and appeared beside Kaguya.
• Naruto returned with wild chickens and rabbits, and the stranger warmly took his hand and called him an uncivilized monkey.

Naruto met Tsukimi, an imperial family member who dismissed his dream of becoming Hokage and defeated him after Naruto attacked. After waking up tied to a strange tree, Naruto refused Gamamaru’s offer to help him escape because he had promised to protect Kaguya.

• Tsukimi told Naruto he was more interested in the power inside him than in capturing Kaguya, and Naruto explained chakra, ninjas, and his dream of becoming Hokage and bringing peace.
• Tsukimi mocked Naruto’s dream and the Hokage, so Naruto attacked him with a Rasengan, but Tsukimi vanished and knocked Naruto unconscious.
• Naruto woke tied to a strange tree, and Kaguya warned him that defying Tsukimi would get him killed.
• Gamamaru appeared and began petrifying the branches with Natural Energy, urging Naruto to flee and stay away from Kaguya.
• Naruto refused to run because he had promised to protect Kaguya, leaving her bewildered by his willingness to risk himself for her.

Naruto broke free from Tsukimi’s restraints and fought back, while Kaguya defied Tsukimi to protect him. Tsukimi defeated Naruto and began draining his Chakra, but the Nine-Tails pulled Naruto into the Sealing Space and held out its fist.

• Kaguya refused to turn Naruto into a fruit and shielded him from Tsukimi, admitting she did not want to see him hurt.
• Naruto escaped his restraints with Sage Mode and attacked Tsukimi with two thousand Shadow Clones.
• Tsukimi absorbed Naruto’s Sage Art: Spiral Shuriken and transformed into a monstrous form.
• Tsukimi wiped out Naruto’s Shadow Clones, captured Naruto after Sage Mode ended, and pinned him down with bone spikes.
• The Nine-Tails dragged Naruto into the Sealing Space and raised its fist toward him.

Naruto joined forces with Kurama and combined Nine-Tails Link Mode with Sage Mode to fight Tsukimi. After countering Tsukimi's attacks, Naruto prepared a massive combined technique to stop his Planet Destroying Sphere.

• Kurama revealed his name and linked his Chakra with Naruto, who agreed to fight alongside him.
• Naruto transformed into Nine-Tails Link Mode, dispelled his Natural Energy-absorbing Shadow Clone, and combined the power with Sage Mode.
• Naruto used the Flying Thunder God and a Wind Release blade to sever Tsukimi's right arm, then struck him with a Super Mini Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Naruto dodged Tsukimi's spatial attack and kicked him away, prompting Tsukimi to launch his Planet Destroying Sphere.
• Naruto merged with Kurama and formed a Sage Art: Tailed Planet Spiral Shuriken to oppose Tsukimi's attack.

Naruto defeated Tsukimi by exploiting the limits of his space-jumping ability and destroying the eye in his palm, with Kaguya helping land the final attack. As Tsukimi died, he struck Naruto with a bone projectile, leaving Kaguya screaming over Naruto’s fallen body.

• Naruto split Tsukimi’s Planet Destroying Sphere with a Spiral Shuriken, then sent its halves to a distant desert to detonate.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones and miniature Tailed Beast Bombs to distract Tsukimi while he prepared a trap.
• Naruto disguised a Shadow Clone as the Spiral Shuriken and used it to destroy the eye in Tsukimi’s palm.
• Naruto predicted where Tsukimi would reappear after his space jump and attacked, while Kaguya used the Byakugan to push Tsukimi into the Spiral Shuriken.
• Naruto blasted Tsukimi into Twin Peaks Mountain, where Tsukimi fired a bone projectile that struck Naruto before he died.
• Kaguya cried out as Naruto fell.

After Naruto survived Tsukimi’s poison, he mistook Kaguya for Hinata while recovering and became intimate with her. He woke to discover what had happened, while Kaguya admitted she had initiated everything and recognized that Naruto still loved Hinata.

• Tsukimi’s poison weakened Naruto, and the Nine-Tails fought to save him while Kaguya watched over him for three days.
• Naruto mistook Kaguya for Hinata as he woke and kissed her, and Kaguya responded; Gamamaru arrived with a healing talisman, saw them, and left.
• Naruto woke naked beside Kaguya and found the Nine-Tails severely weakened from healing him.
• The Nine-Tails told Naruto that he and Kaguya had mated, leaving Naruto distressed because he remembered nothing and loved Hinata.
• Kaguya told Naruto that she had initiated everything after he kissed her, and admitted she was unhappy that he kept calling Hinata’s name.

Naruto and Kaguya struggled to mend their relationship after Kaguya explained why she had chosen him, and Naruto eventually cared for her despite his anger. They took in Kinai, a starving orphan whose red hair appeared after she ate bark from the Divine Tree.

• Kaguya told Naruto she had chosen to trust humanity because of him, but said anyone could have fathered the next generation; she apologized and admitted his pain and happiness affected her.
• Naruto left, but returned when Kaguya hurt herself trying to catch fish, then treated her wound and cooked lunch for them.
• Kaguya persistently moved closer to Naruto as they ate, and Naruto protected her when he sensed someone hiding nearby.
• A starving girl named Kinai emerged and told Naruto her parents had died after giving her their last steamed bun; he fed her and invited her to stay.
• Kinai explained that she had eaten bark from the Divine Tree and later woke with red hair, leaving Kaguya wondering how she had survived its power.

Naruto took in Kinai and grew closer to Kaguya, promising to care for her even as he remained uncertain about returning her feelings. The next morning, Kinai tried to repay Naruto by finding food and returned with Gamamaru, whom she planned to eat.

• Naruto told Kinai she could stay with him, and she tearfully accepted his kindness.
• Kaguya joined Naruto beneath a blanket outside, then persuaded him to sleep beside her.
• Naruto apologized to Kaguya and promised to do his best to take care of her, though he was unsure whether he could return her feelings.
• Naruto found Kinai gathering bird eggs and learned she wanted to repay him by finding food.
• Kinai caught Gamamaru and brought him back, announcing that they could eat the large frog.

Naruto adopted Kinai and traveled with her and Kaguya while searching for the Time-Space Rift. Gamamaru gave Naruto a single-use Sage Power Talisman, and the trio continued their journey together.

• Naruto stopped Gamamaru from eating Kinai, and Gamamaru gave Naruto a Sage Power Talisman as a wedding gift.
• Naruto taught Kinai to catch fish with kunai, and Gamamaru suggested her talent came from eating a tree’s bark before Kaguya interrupted him.
• Naruto cooked a meal for Kinai, and Kaguya’s jealous stare made Kinai abandon her attempt to say she wanted to marry Naruto.
• Naruto resumed his search for the Time-Space Rift with Kinai and Kaguya, teaching Kinai Taijutsu as she got into trouble along the way.

Six months after Naruto arrived in Kaguya’s era, he searched for a way home while living with Kaguya and Kinai. After realizing how deeply Naruto missed his family, Kaguya ate the Divine Tree’s fruit and used her new powers to find the Time-Space Rift, bringing Naruto to it so she could help him return.

• Naruto returned home with a wild boar, and Kaguya angrily beat him after he mistook her growing stomach for weight gain.
• Unable to sleep, Kaguya found Naruto crying and learned that he feared never seeing his family again.
• Kaguya took Naruto beneath the Divine Tree and ate its fruit, gaining horns and a red Rinnegan with nine tomoe.
• Kaguya opened a portal to her Outer Dimension and sensed the location of the Time-Space Rift.
• Kaguya brought Naruto to the rift above a lava lake and said she would help him open its exit and find his way home.

Minato confronted Tobi while searching for Naruto, but Tobi escaped into his Space-Time Dimension again. Back in Konoha, Hinata comforted Hanabi over an unwanted marriage arrangement, and the sisters began knitting a scarf for Naruto together.

• Minato tracked Tobi in the Land of Iron and demanded that he return Naruto, but Tobi claimed Naruto was dead.
• Tobi attacked Minato, who struck him with a Rasengan using the revived spatial mark he had placed on Tobi sixteen years earlier.
• Tobi withdrew into the Space-Time Dimension, while Minato continued searching for Naruto.
• Hinata told Hanabi that she and Hokuto opposed forcing her into a marriage alliance, though Hiashi had seemed inclined to accept it.
• Hinata persuaded Hanabi to help knit a scarf for Naruto, and the sisters began knitting together.