Recaps

Naruto endured Konoha’s hatred while studying and training through his Learning Space, eventually befriending Kurama and Sasuke. After entering the Ninja Academy, he decided its lessons offered little he had not already learned and stopped attending after the first day.

• Naruto resisted the Nine-Tails’ attempt to provoke him and began studying and training while managing the fox’s interference with his Chakra.
• Naruto gradually befriended the Nine-Tails, learned its name was Kurama, and trained with its guidance and healing power.
• Naruto intervened when children bullied Hinata, and his encouragement inspired her to train harder.
• Naruto learned Shadow Clone Jutsu and Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, then met Sasuke and began training with him.
• Naruto shared meals and training advice with Sasuke, while Sasuke taught him shuriken techniques and told him about Itachi.
• Naruto turned six, received his Ninja Academy admission notice, and told Kurama he hoped they would travel the Shinobi World together after graduation.
• Naruto registered at the Ninja Academy, introduced himself as someone who wanted to explore the world and make friends, and sat beside Sasuke.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected Shimura Danzō’s demand to put Naruto in Root, but Naruto stopped attending the Academy after its first day because he already knew most of the curriculum.

Naruto learned the truth about Kurama, his parents, and the Uchiha massacre, then weighed revenge against the people who cared about him. He chose to keep growing, revealed his power to Konoha, and moved into his parents’ former home while Danzo was forced to apologize.

• Naruto tried to reach Sasuke during the Uchiha massacre, but Itachi attacked him before the Third Hokage and Anbu intervened.
• After Sasuke awoke, Naruto helped him confront his grief and agreed to train him, while Kakashi became their future squad leader.
• Naruto passed the Learning Space examination and discovered manga and anime recounting his future, including his parents’ identities and the history behind the Uchiha massacre.
• Kurama showed Naruto memories revealing that Madara and a masked man had controlled him, and that Minato had sealed Kurama’s Yang half inside Naruto before dying.
• Naruto’s anger surged, but he befriended Kurama and met Minato and Kushina, who taught him the Flying Thunder God Technique, the Rasengan, and sealing knowledge.
• Naruto reviewed the future story, condemned Itachi’s massacre and the village leaders’ choices, and decided to pursue justice without harming those who cared about him.
• Naruto set goals with Kurama and emerged in Nine-Tailed Chakra Mode, then demonstrated its power by blasting a huge crater into the forest.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arranged for Naruto to live in his parents’ former home with Kakashi as caretaker and teacher, while Danzo agreed to send Naruto a written apology.

Naruto and Sasuke advanced through intensive training, Jiraiya’s arrival, and an unusual League of Legends path to Sasuke’s Mangekyo Sharingan. After discovering their ties as reincarnations of Asura and Indra, they resumed training and headed to team assignment day, where Sakura seemed likely to join them.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed Naruto’s parentage to the village, and Naruto moved into his parents’ home before finding a letter and Wind Release technique from Shimura Danzō.
• Naruto and Sasuke trained under Kakashi and Might Guy as Naruto mastered the Rasenshuriken and Sage Mode, while Sasuke developed Kirin and improved his taijutsu.
• Naruto kicked Jiraiya away from the women’s bath, then accepted him as his teacher while refusing to leave Konoha and maintaining his decision to destroy it.
• Naruto brought Sasuke into his inner world and used League of Legends matches to provoke Sasuke’s Sharingan evolution, leading him to awaken the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and then the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Naruto and Sasuke fought at the Valley of the End, where Naruto countered Sasuke’s attacks and learned about his Mangekyo abilities, including Izanagi and a remote curse-killing technique.
• Naruto explained that Sasuke was Indra’s reincarnation and he was Asura’s, then exchanged chakra with Sasuke as their eyes and abilities began to change.
• Naruto named Sasuke’s dojutsu Sebun'arōbukku and Infinite Izanagi, while Sasuke read the Uchiha Stone Tablet and decided to wait before acting on his doubts about Itachi.
• Naruto and Sasuke went to team assignment day and concluded that Sakura was the most likely candidate to join their team after considering the village’s other probable team arrangements.

Naruto formed Team 7 around his plan to pursue world peace, then used a mission in the Land of Waves to confront Zabuza and explain his ambitions. Later, he challenged Gaara and Shukaku, befriending Gaara and gaining Magnet Release before the story left them together.

• Umino Iruka assigned Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to Team 7, while Hinata joined Shino and Kiba.
• Naruto and Sasuke trained alongside Sakura, and Kakashi helped her master basic chakra-control techniques and begin Medical Ninjutsu training.
• Sasuke helped Naruto release Minato Namikaze’s soul from the Reaper Death Seal, and Minato transferred his power to Naruto before departing to find Kushina.
• Naruto and Sasuke joined Kakashi and Sakura in escorting Tazuna to the Land of Waves, but they abandoned the mission after learning Tazuna had concealed its danger.
• Naruto defeated Zabuza and Haku, charged them for their release, and explained to Team 7 that he wanted to unite the world and end war.
• Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi pledged to help Naruto pursue peace, and Naruto began preparing Team 7 through training and long-term planning.
• Naruto identified Yakushi Kabuto as a spy at the hot spring hotel and arranged for the Hyuga to monitor him.
• Naruto ambushed Gaara’s group, fought Shukaku, and forced the tailed beast to surrender its chakra before offering Gaara his friendship.