Chapter Summaries

Naruto defeated Sasuke repeatedly in a day of Taijutsu sparring, then explained how deliberate thinking and reflection could make training more efficient. Sasuke accepted Naruto’s advice to think more, and Naruto told him to read more books.

• Naruto defeated Sasuke in their Taijutsu sparring, and Sasuke kept challenging him until dusk.
• Naruto and Sasuke ate dinner by the campfire, where they agreed that Sasuke would teach Naruto Shuriken training in exchange for a training trick.
• Naruto explained that reviewing strengths and weaknesses during training could improve skill faster than relying on instinct alone.
• Naruto demonstrated Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to show how thinking through a technique’s principles helped him learn it quickly.
• Sasuke reflected on Itachi’s skill with Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu and began to accept Naruto’s advice to think and summarize more.
• When Sasuke asked how to put the advice into practice, Naruto told him to read more books.

Sasuke became friends with Naruto, and Mikoto secretly gave Naruto generous meals because she could not openly help him. After Naruto turned six, the Third Hokage gave him his Ninja Academy admission notice, opening the way to a new life.

• Itachi learned from Sasuke that Naruto Uzumaki had become his friend and was training with him.
• Mikoto gave Sasuke a large lunchbox to share with Naruto, while Fugaku explained that the clan could not openly approach the Jinchuriki.
• Naruto and Sasuke continued training together, and Naruto grew fond of Itachi through Sasuke’s stories and gifts.
• Naruto turned six with Sasuke as his friend and received birthday wishes and a gift.
• The Third Hokage gave Naruto his Ninja Academy admission notice and told him to report to school.

Naruto received his Ninja Academy admission notice and eagerly anticipated starting school with Sasuke. He persuaded Kurama to congratulate him and update the Video Library, then teased the fox about his favorite characters and ended up knocked unconscious.

• Naruto received his admission notice from Sarutobi Hiruzen and learned that Sasuke would also attend the Ninja Academy.
• Naruto told Kurama he hoped to travel the Shinobi World together after graduating, but Kurama barely reacted.
• Naruto pointed out that Kurama was nearly finished with the Video Library, prompting Kurama to congratulate him and let Naruto cuddle him.
• Naruto updated the Video Library with enough content for a month and brought Kurama a new game console.
• Naruto teased Kurama about favoring fox-themed female characters, then threw him aside and was knocked out by Kurama's furious kick.
• Kurama covered the unconscious Naruto with a blanket and wished him good night.

Naruto prepared for his first day at the Ninja Academy, dressing and styling his hair to resemble the Fourth Hokage. Despite the villagers’ hostility, he found a warmer welcome from his classmates, and the chapter ended as Iruka began their introductions.

• Naruto dressed carefully, styled his hair like the Fourth Hokage’s, and set off for the Ninja Academy with his lunchbox.
• Villagers and parents glared at Naruto and warned their children to stay away, but he ignored them and completed his registration.
• Naruto entered his classroom, where several girls admired his appearance, and greeted Sasuke before sitting beside him.
• Sasuke told Naruto that his family had wanted to meet him and invite him home.
• Iruka introduced himself as the class teacher and asked the students to give brief introductions; Naruto’s turn came after several classmates had spoken.

Naruto introduced himself as a boy who resented the villagers’ looks but hoped to travel the Shinobi World and make friends. After attending his first day at the Ninja Academy, he decided not to return to school.

• Naruto told his class he enjoyed training and cooking, disliked the adults’ resentful looks, and wanted to explore the world and make friends.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected Shimura Danzō’s demand to place Naruto in Root and insisted Naruto would live in Konoha as an ordinary ninja.
• Sasuke introduced himself, saying he liked training with his brother and wanted to defeat Naruto and become a powerful ninja.
• Iruka handed out textbooks, and the class began its first lessons with Chakra refinement.
• Naruto reviewed the first-year curriculum, realized he already knew most of it, and never returned to school after that day.

Naruto spent the afternoon talking with Hinata at his training grounds, then used Shadow Clones to train after she left. Sasuke discovered Naruto had secretly used a clone to attend school and later learned he was experimenting with Wind Release to fly.

• Naruto noticed Hinata following him to the woods, accepted her thanks, and invited her to sit and talk.
• Hinata told Naruto she had mastered the Gentle Fist, and the two chatted until dusk before she hurried home.
• Sasuke saw Naruto talking with Hinata and chose to train at the clan grounds instead of interrupting them.
• On the third day of school, Sasuke followed Naruto from the Academy and watched his Shadow Clone disappear, then angrily confronted the real Naruto at the training grounds.
• Naruto explained that he had been controlling Wind Release Chakra to manipulate air currents and hoped to use them to fly.

Naruto explained how Sasuke might use Fire Release or Lightning Release to develop flight, inspiring Sasuke to seek a scholar who understood electromagnetism. After Sasuke left, Kurama taught Naruto progressively harder exercises to improve Chakra control and advance his flight training.

• Sasuke sent a Shadow Clone to the library after Naruto teased him about not reading, then asked how he could fly without Wind Release.
• Naruto explained that Sasuke could try heating air with Fire Release or use Lightning Release to create magnetic forces, citing the Fourth Kazekage and Two Scales Onoki as examples of ninja who flew.
• Sasuke decided to pursue flight with Lightning Release, possibly developing Magnet Release, and hurried home to find help learning electromagnetism.
• Naruto asked Kurama how to improve Chakra control, and Kurama explained that Naruto's airflow control was inefficient and that stronger control was essential for flight.
• Kurama taught Naruto more than a dozen Chakra control exercises, from pruning branches and peeling fruit to cutting through trees and waterfalls with Wind Release.

Naruto advanced his Wind Release chakra-control training while Sasuke continued training alongside him and Hinata grew stronger under her father's guidance. As the three shared a meal at the training ground, Sasuke left Naruto and Hinata to talk and returned to training, determined to surpass Naruto.

• Naruto used Shadow Clones to trim the forest with Wind Release, steadily improving his precision and learning to stir up a powerful gale.
• Naruto began cutting waterfalls with one team of clones and carving a scale model of himself with another, while Sasuke practiced Lightning Fire Chakra nature transformation on Naruto's discarded scraps.
• Naruto sold the charcoal produced from their training through Sasuke, easing their food expenses as both boys continued their demanding routine.
• Hinata visited Naruto and Sasuke with rice balls, soup, and ramen, then told Naruto about her younger sister Hanabi.
• Sasuke finished eating, went back to training, and resolved to use Naruto's conversation with Hinata as a chance to catch up.

Naruto trained with Sasuke before stopping for ramen and remembering how Iruka first reached out to him as a teacher. The memory ended with Iruka inviting Naruto to Ichiraku, where Teuchi welcomed them warmly.

• Naruto left the training ground after Sasuke chose to keep practicing and stopped at Ichiraku Ramen for a late-night meal.
• Naruto recalled how prejudice from adults and classmates isolated him at the Ninja Academy, despite his skill and respectful behavior.
• Iruka offered to help Naruto with his studies, and the two gradually grew close through lessons and small gifts.
• Iruka invited Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen, and Naruto eagerly accepted, revealing that he had attended class through Shadow Clones.
• Teuchi welcomed Iruka and Naruto warmly, and Naruto grew fond of Ichiraku Ramen.

Naruto sensed the Masked Man’s Pupil Power near the Uchiha Clan Grounds and rushed to check on Sasuke. Anbu intercepted him and tried to keep him away, but Naruto vanished as they attacked.

• Sasuke finished training, returned to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, and went home while an unseen figure watched him.
• Kurama sensed the Masked Man’s Pupil Power near the Uchiha Clan Grounds and warned Naruto that the Uchiha were in danger.
• Naruto raced to his training ground, found Sasuke gone, and prepared to head for the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
• Anbu surrounded Naruto, claimed Sasuke was safe, and ordered him to go home because the village was under emergency lockdown.
• Naruto refused to be stopped, and when the Anbu attacked, he vanished from their sight.

Naruto fought off the Anbu and flew to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, where Kurama sensed Sasuke, Itachi, and the Masked Man. Naruto arrived to find Itachi tormenting Sasuke and threatening to kill Naruto to deepen Sasuke’s hatred.

• Naruto escaped the Anbu’s Earth and Water Release attacks with a Substitution Technique, then used hundreds of Shadow Clones and Wind Style: Great Breakthrough to blow most of them away.
• Naruto recovered some Chakra from Kurama and flew toward the Uchiha Clan Grounds, leaving the injured Anbu behind.
• Kurama sensed three living people at the grounds: Sasuke, Itachi, and the Masked Man, whose presence carried evil intent.
• Naruto reached the grounds and saw Itachi holding Sasuke by the throat and urging him to survive and seek revenge.
• Itachi recognized Naruto as Sasuke’s friend and threatened to kill him to make Sasuke’s pain and desire for strength grow.

Sasuke returned home to find Itachi had killed their parents, and Itachi used Tsukuyomi to torment him before Naruto and the Third Hokage arrived. Itachi escaped, leaving Naruto to carry the unconscious Sasuke to the hospital.

• Sasuke found Fugaku and Mikoto dead and attacked Itachi, awakening his three-tomoe Sharingan.
• Itachi struck Sasuke with Tsukuyomi and claimed he had killed the clan to gain power, while Naruto arrived and heard the truth.
• Naruto used a Substitution Log to protect Sasuke from Itachi's attack until the Third Hokage and Anbu intervened.
• Itachi escaped after telling Naruto to become Sasuke's motivation for revenge.
• The Third Hokage ordered Naruto to take Sasuke to the hospital, and Naruto flew there carrying him.

Naruto watched over the unconscious Sasuke at the hospital and tried to understand Itachi's role in the Uchiha massacre. He asked Kakashi what he thought of Itachi, hoping to learn the truth behind the killings.

• Kakashi completed Sasuke's hospital paperwork, then stayed with Naruto to guard him from further attacks.
• Naruto considered Itachi and the Masked Man's motives, the village lockdown, and the tensions between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha's leaders.
• Naruto asked Kurama whether his Evil Intent Sensing was completely accurate, and Kurama insisted that it was.
• Naruto concluded that Itachi's hostility toward him and Sasuke conflicted with Kurama's sensing, leaving him unsure whether Itachi had been forced or had acted for power.
• Kakashi realized Naruto was Minato and Kushina's son and remembered how guarding Naruto before his birth had once helped him feel connected to life.
• Naruto introduced himself to Kakashi and asked what he thought of Uchiha Itachi.

After Sasuke woke from his coma and returned to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, Naruto tried to comfort him, but Sasuke erupted in rage and attacked. Naruto removed his leg weights and beat Sasuke until his Sharingan faded and he calmed down.

• Kakashi recalled Itachi as a talented, careful, and taciturn former subordinate, then carried the exhausted Naruto to a hospital bed.
• Three days later, Sasuke woke, ran to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, and cried before his ruined home while Naruto followed.
• Naruto mentioned that two pieces of news concerned Itachi, prompting Sasuke to attack him and awaken a four-Magatama Sharingan.
• Sasuke used his Sharingan to predict Naruto's movements and overpower him, declaring that he would seek greater Pupil Power regardless of the consequences.
• Naruto removed his leg weights, used air currents to accelerate, and battered Sasuke until the Sharingan faded and Sasuke said he had calmed down.

Naruto comforted Sasuke after the Uchiha massacre by telling him the village would protect him and explaining why Itachi might have acted to keep him safe. Sasuke resolved to become stronger so he could either help Itachi or avenge his family, and Naruto agreed to help him.

• Naruto reset Sasuke's dislocated bones and told him the Third Hokage would protect him and let him live as a Konoha ninja.
• Naruto said Itachi had been blamed for the Uchiha massacre and suggested he had reasons for his actions, including protecting Sasuke from the masked man.
• Naruto shared the malice villagers felt toward him through a Chakra link, and Sasuke grew angry at how Naruto was treated.
• Naruto warned that Itachi might instead have spared Sasuke to gain stronger Pupil Power, putting Sasuke's life in danger.
• Sasuke vowed to become stronger so he could help Itachi or kill him and avenge his family, and Naruto accepted his request for help.

After recovering from his injuries, Sasuke trained intensely with Naruto for a year and three months while Konoha weathered the fallout from the Uchiha Clan’s destruction. Jiraiya watched Naruto’s progress and asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to let him take Naruto away for personal training, but Hiruzen refused.

• Sasuke left the hospital and asked Naruto to make him a training plan, then began rigorous physical and Chakra-control training alongside him.
• Naruto trained his physical strength, Wind Release Chakra control, and flight while using Shadow Clones.
• Over the next year and three months, Sasuke’s strength grew through daily high-intensity training with Naruto.
• The Uchiha Clan’s destruction stirred unrest across the Shinobi World, but Jiraiya’s appearance at the border helped avert a war.
• Jiraiya asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to let him take Naruto away and train him personally, but Sarutobi Hiruzen firmly refused.

Jiraiya discovered that Sarutobi Hiruzen had kept Naruto isolated and underfunded, but he left Konoha after failing to persuade the Hokage to let Naruto go. After Naruto passed the Learning Space’s comprehensive examination, its mysterious reward turned out to be a collection of books featuring a familiar character named Naruto.

• Jiraiya learned that Naruto’s orderly appearance concealed village-wide indifference and a life supported by selling charcoal and foraging.
• Jiraiya confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen about Naruto, but the Hokage refused to let him take or support Naruto before graduation.
• Jiraiya left Konoha disappointed, while Kakashi agreed to become squad leader for Naruto and Sasuke after they graduated.
• Shortly after his tenth birthday, Naruto took the Learning Space’s ten-thousand-question examination after a month of intensive review.
• Naruto passed the seven-day examination with an exceptional score and received a box of books, including one with the title Naruto.

Naruto discovered a manga that depicted his life and was appalled by its portrayal of him as a foolish, prank-playing boy. Comparing it with his own past, he suspected the Third Hokage had kept him in difficult circumstances and that Minato Namikaze was his father, then entered the Sealing Space to investigate further.

• Naruto recognized that the book was a manga titled Naruto Chronicles and read its introduction and first volume, which portrayed a version of him struggling for recognition through pranks.
• Naruto felt humiliated by the manga's depiction but realized that, without the Learning Space's guidance, he might have acted much like that boy.
• Naruto reconsidered his relationship with the Third Hokage and suspected that Sarutobi Hiruzen's hidden wariness had contributed to his hardships.
• Naruto inferred that Minato Namikaze might be his father and searched the box for more manga and anime about his life.
• Naruto found a manga promising to reveal his origins and entered the Sealing Space.

Naruto asked Kurama about the Fourth Hokage’s death, and Kurama showed him memories of the events that led to Minato Namikaze sealing Kurama’s Yang half inside Naruto. The memories ended with Minato’s hope that Naruto would become the village’s hero, though that hope had not come true.

• Kurama asked Naruto how he had done on the exams, and Naruto said he had passed with full marks.
• Naruto asked Kurama whether he had killed the Fourth Hokage, and Kurama offered to show him the truth through his memories.
• Kurama’s memories showed Uchiha Madara controlling him and forcing him to fight Hashirama Senju, who later sealed him inside Mito Uzumaki.
• Kurama was transferred from Mito Uzumaki to Kushina Uzumaki, then was extracted and controlled by a masked man on the day Naruto was born.
• Minato Namikaze used the Reaper Death Seal to split Kurama into Yin and Yang halves, sealing the Yang half inside Naruto and taking the Yin half with him into the Death God’s stomach.

After Kurama revealed the truth about Naruto’s parents and the village, Naruto’s anger overwhelmed him and he drew on Kurama’s power until the seal began to break. As Minato appeared to reinforce it, Naruto stopped him and insisted that he was calm and wanted to free his friend.

• Kurama told Naruto the truth about his role in Minato and Kushina’s deaths and how the village had treated Naruto.
• Naruto recalled the villagers’ hatred and Sarutobi Hiruzen’s failure to protect him, and his killing intent surged.
• Naruto drew on Kurama’s Chakra, grew a Red Nine-Tailed Chakra Cloak, and let it advance to eight tails.
• Naruto summoned clones to read the manga and watch all 720 episodes of the Anime as Kurama’s seal cracked.
• Minato appeared and tried to reinforce the seal, but Naruto caught his hand and said he wanted to let Kurama out because Kurama was his friend.