Chapter Summaries

Kushina led Genma, Kurenai, and Dieyewasi through wilderness survival training before they joined Minato’s group at camp. Genma recognized the masked trainee as Kakashi and wondered why he was taking part under a concealed identity.

• Kushina taught her students practical survival skills and had Kurenai wear thigh-high socks to protect her legs from the undergrowth.
• Genma, Kurenai, and Dieyewasi navigated traps, beasts, and poisonous insects before reaching the camp.
• Obito, Rin, Minato, and a masked white-haired trainee joined them, and Genma suspected the trainee was Kakashi in Anbu disguise.
• Minato and Kushina shared an affectionate walk, while Genma and the other students trained instead of joining Obito’s proposed game.
• Kushina told Minato she wanted to lead students, and he comforted her by promising to change attitudes toward Jinchuriki if he became Hokage.
• Kushina asked about the masked trainee, and Minato said Kakashi’s identity had to remain confidential from Obito and Rin.

Genma developed a low-cost spiral-cone ninjutsu by repeatedly drilling holes in dirt, wood, and rock, while Hideyoshi recruited him for paid farm work. As the term ended, Kurenai helped name the technique Spiral Cone, and Genma continued planning to develop his own saber style.

• Genma chose a spiral cone shape for a chakra technique and trained by boring cone-shaped holes in his flowerbed.
• Hideyoshi offered Genma five hundred ryo a day to help clan farmers dig holes, while secretly enjoying the cheap labor.
• Genma learned to control the size of his spiral cone and gradually increased its power by drilling into wood and rocks.
• Genma planned to combine boxing and saber techniques into a personal style, while Kurenai refined her saber skills.
• Kurenai noticed Genma developing a ninjutsu and suggested names for it, and Genma enthusiastically accepted Spiral Cone.

Shiranui Genma, Kurenai, and six other students passed the early graduation exam and received their team assignments. Genma's team met their instructor, Kamise Yushi, who announced that they would begin missions after basic team training.

• Shiranui Genma and Kurenai passed the early graduation exam, along with six other students from their class.
• Genma learned that Kurenai and Namiashi Raidō were his teammates, while Rin was assigned to a team with Obito and Roku.
• Genma, Kurenai, and Namiashi Raidō stayed with Rin and shared a takeout meal with her while she waited for her missing teammates.
• Kamise Yushi introduced himself as Team 8's instructor and asked Namiashi Raidō, Kurenai Yuhi, and Shiranui Genma to introduce themselves.
• Kamise Yushi praised the team's ambition and said they would start missions after basic team training the next day.

Kamise Yushi assessed his students’ weaknesses and decided to prioritize swordsmanship training before taking them to accept their first mission. As Namiashi Raidō and Shiranui Genma weeded a wealthy woman’s field, Yushi disappeared with her, leaving Raidō feeling excluded by Genma and Kurenai.

• Kamise Yushi praised Shiranui Genma’s balanced Fire and Earth Release, offered to help him train Earth Style, and advised Namiashi Raidō to improve his defense and evasion.
• Yushi encouraged Kurenai to maintain her Taijutsu and discovered that she and Genma secretly practiced swordsmanship; he enthusiastically declared that he wanted to form a swordsmanship team.
• Yushi led the trio to the Mission Assignment Office, where they accepted their first D-rank mission to weed a wealthy woman’s field.
• The wealthy woman coaxed Yushi into helping with housework, and he left the three students to handle the weeding.
• Genma refused to help Raidō without payment while Kurenai worked with Genma’s Shadow Clone, leaving Raidō feeling like an outsider.

Genma and Team 8 traveled to Rainbow Mist Mountain to eliminate bandits and learned why their client urgently wanted the territory secured. While scouting the mountain, Genma gave Kurenai a telescope and ended up arranging a birthday celebration with Yushi; the team then resumed observing the mission site.

• Genma, Kurenai, Namiashi Raidō, and Kamise Yushi accepted a C-rank mission to eliminate the bandits of Rainbow Mist Mountain and traveled toward the Land of Grass border.
• Yushi explained that the client wanted the bandits removed because their villages fell under his jurisdiction and he needed the region stable ahead of a promotion.
• Genma gave Kurenai a telescope, refused Raidō’s request for one, and promised to give Raidō binoculars if he became a Chunin.
• Yushi overheard Genma and Raidō’s conversation, revealed his birthday was December 8th, and got the team to agree to celebrate it with him.
• Genma invited Kurenai to meet his parents, teased her about being his future wife, and then reminded her to keep watch over the mountain.
• Kurenai and the others resumed observing Rainbow Mist Mountain as sunlight made colorful bands appear through the mist.

Kamise Yushi’s team discovered signs that Rainbow Mist Mountain held more than ordinary bandits, then learned from the Town Chief that dangerous ninjas might be involved and the mission had been withdrawn. As Yushi prepared to leave, Raidō and Genma resisted returning without investigating.

• Namiashi Raidō proposed charging up the mountain or luring the bandits out, but Kamise Yushi warned him that the plans were risky.
• Genma reported rare fog-producing plants and mountain paths, while Kurenai spotted Ninja Relief Grass, leading Yushi to suspect the mission involved more than bandits.
• Yushi led the team to Rosy Glow and met the Town Chief, who revealed that samurai investigators had been killed or wounded and dangerous ninjas might occupy Rainbow Mist Mountain.
• The Town Chief said he feared escalating the conflict and declined to have Yushi’s team participate, so Yushi led them out of the mansion.
• Raidō and Genma questioned the decision to leave, but Yushi warned that investigating without reliable intelligence could expose them to enemy ninjas.

Genma and Kurenai spent time together in town and went to Kasumi Boutique Clothing Store to buy clothes for Kurenai’s father. The store’s unusual service and the waitress’s ability to recognize them as shinobi left Genma curious about its mysterious owner.

• Kamise Yushi told the team to report the unidentified ninja to the village and gave them the rest of the day off.
• Namiashi Raidō teased Genma and Kurenai about spending time together, then left them alone.
• Genma and Kurenai bought snacks, and Kurenai said she wanted to choose a gift for her father herself.
• After Kurenai fell silent when Genma asked about her mother, he suggested they shop for clothes for her father.
• Genma and Kurenai entered Kasumi Boutique Clothing Store, where the waitress warned them that its clothes were expensive.
• The waitress recognized them as young shinobi and explained the store’s policy for welcoming customers of all ages and means.

Shiranui Genma and Kurenai visited a high-end clothing store, where Genma bought Kurenai several outfits and nearly spent all the money he had brought. As they waited for the owner to consider his request for VIP status, Genma reflected on money and his uncertain relationship with Kurenai.

• Shiranui Genma agreed to buy clothes for Kurenai and her father, while Kurenai offered to pay him back later and left Genma wondering whether he had crossed a boundary.
• A waitress demonstrated that one outfit could resist shuriken thrown with Genin-level strength and priced it at one hundred thousand ryo.
• Shiranui Genma urged Kurenai to try on clothes and bought her six outfits, gradually bringing a smile to her face.
• Shiranui Genma realized their purchases had nearly used up the two million ryo he had brought and asked the waitress about a discount.
• Shiranui Genma requested VIP status for future discounts, and the waitress went to consult the boss while he and Kurenai waited with refreshments.

Genma met Tony, the former Merchant Ninja who owned Kasumi Boutique, and explained his Membership System proposal. Tony accepted the idea and named Genma the shop’s first VIP as Genma prepared to rejoin Kurenai.

• Genma went alone to meet the boutique’s owner while Kurenai secretly followed and waited outside the office.
• Genma met Tony, a book-loving former ninja, and cautiously introduced himself as Shiranui Genma.
• Genma explained how a Membership System could encourage VIP customers to return to the shop.
• Tony accepted Genma’s proposal and said he would tell Xiao Tao and the others that Genma was Kasumi Boutique’s first VIP.
• Tony offered to see Genma out so he could reunite with Kurenai.

Genma, Kurenai, and Namiashi Raidō learned that the village had ordered them to stay and help wipe out a bandit group, with reinforcements on the way. As they prepared for training and tried to leave for dinner, angry children confronted them and demanded that all ninja leave town.

• Genma and Kurenai returned to the inn with snacks and found Namiashi Raidō provoking local children by eating a pig trotter in front of them.
• Kamise Yushi told the team that they had to continue the mission and help wipe out a bandit group, while reinforcements would be sent.
• Yushi announced that he would train the team that night, and Genma and Kurenai urged Namiashi Raidō to take the danger seriously.
• The team encountered the children gathered outside the inn, and Genma approached their apparent leader to ask why they were angry.
• The children shouted that ninja were disasters and demanded that they get out of town.

Genma, Kurenai, and Namiashi Raidō learned that children in Kasumi Town had recently turned hostile toward outsiders after ninja attacked the town and threatened its Town Chief. Tony shared Xiao Tao’s detailed account of the suspected Rogue Ninja on Rainbow Mist Mountain, leaving the team with information about four opponents.

• After Namiashi Raidō accidentally sprayed rice, Tony offered to pay for replacement food, and Genma and Kurenai accepted his invitation to eat with them.
• Genma asked Tony why the town’s children disliked ninja, and Tony explained that ninja had recently threatened the Town Chief and killed several samurai.
• Tony speculated that sensory ninja had learned the town planned to act against Rainbow Mist Mountain by reading captured samurai’s memories.
• Genma and Kurenai blamed Namiashi Raidō for drawing attention to their ninja identities and told him to be more discreet.
• Tony relayed Xiao Tao’s descriptions of four suspected Rogue Ninja: two fast swordsmen and two others who used Water Release and Earth Release.

Kamise Yushi took his students to train and began teaching Genma the B-Rank Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet Technique after assessing Genma’s unusual skill with Earth Style. The chapter ended with Genma starting to learn the technique under Yushi’s instruction.

• Kamise Yushi led Kurenai, Genma, and Namiashi Raidō to a forest, where Kurenai and Genma demonstrated tree climbing while Kurenai taught Raidō the exercise.
• Kamise Yushi took Genma to a clearing and offered to teach him a B-Rank Earth Release technique, warning him not to pass it on freely.
• Genma demonstrated his carefully developed Earth Spear Jutsu, impressing Kamise Yushi with its spiral arrangement of hard minerals.
• Kamise Yushi demonstrated the Earth Dragon Bullet Technique, and Genma asked whether dragons existed before agreeing to focus on learning it.
• Kamise Yushi explained the technique’s key points, and Genma began training in the Earth Dragon Bullet.

Genma, Kurenai, and Raidō trained intensely while waiting for reinforcements, and Genma shared a tender meal with the injured Kurenai. Minato's team arrived, and Minato took command as the group prepared to scout the enemy.

• Genma and Raidō discussed their training and promised to celebrate if they all returned alive.
• Genma found Kurenai's hands injured from sword practice, helped her rest, and fed her lunch.
• Kamise Yushi's emergency signal summoned the three Genin, who met Minato, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin.
• Minato took command of the mission and proposed a scouting team with Kakashi, himself, Genma, and Yushi.
• Minato assigned Rin to treat Genma and Kurenai before the scouting party set out.

Minato’s team used summoned animals and Iwayado Toad to scout Rainbow Mist Mountain, where they discovered a camp guarded by Kirigakure rogue ninja. After interrogating two Mountain Bandits, Minato returned to Rin and the others to begin the battle ahead of schedule.

• Minato sent summoned toads and ninja hounds to scout the mountain, and the surviving scouts reported traps, fabric scraps, and signs of captives.
• Minato, Genma, Kakashi, and Kamise Yushi traveled up a stream inside Iwayado Toad and captured two Mountain Bandits.
• The two captives revealed that the camp held twenty-two women, fifteen Mountain Bandits, and six Kirigakure rogue ninja—two jonin and four Chunin.
• Minato and Kamise Yushi used Shadow Clones disguised as the captives to buy time, then Minato returned to Rin and announced that they would engage the enemy early.

Minato led Genma, Kakashi, and the others in a raid on a mountain stronghold, where they defeated the Kirigakure Rogue Ninja and rescued twenty-two women. The mission ended with the group escorting a pregnant woman named Kana to town, while the author hinted at future developments.

• Minato agreed to Genma’s strategy of having Kakashi and Genma stall a Jonin while the others fought the Chunin, then infiltrated the stronghold with a Shadow Clone and a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Minato’s team burst into the stronghold, killed the Chunin, and split up to battle the Kirigakure Jonin and rescue the captives.
• Genma and Kakashi faced a hidden Jonin in the Mist, and Minato appeared in Sage Mode to capture and seal the man’s Chakra.
• Minato went to assist Kamise Yushi, and the team defeated the remaining Rogue Ninja, caught the fleeing bandit with Kakashi’s dogs, and rescued twenty-two women.
• After the other women returned home, Rin discovered that Kana was several months pregnant, so she accompanied the group to town.

Genma suspected that Kana was hiding something about her arms and arranged for Tony to investigate her identity. After Kamise Yushi approved the plan, Genma returned to his team, still unsure who Kana really was.

• Grass-ninja arrived at Rainbow Mist Mountain, found signs that the Mountain Bandits had already been eliminated, and left without a fight.
• Kurenai grew jealous when Genma kept watching Kana, but Genma explained his suspicions and reconciled with her.
• Kurenai and Rin noticed Kana hiding her arms, while Genma persuaded them not to force an examination because she was pregnant.
• Genma proposed that Tony investigate Kana, and Kurenai agreed to involve their teachers and inform the village once they learned the truth.
• Kamise Yushi accepted Genma's plan, and Genma asked Tony to investigate Kana before returning to the team.

After returning to Konohagakure, Genma spent five days training Tai Chi Push Hands against waves of burly men, steadily improving before Str finally let him rest. He helped Hideyoshi prepare a hotpot restaurant and celebrated Teacher Yushi’s birthday with friends, leaving everyone sweating over their first hotpot meal.

• Genma went to Str’s Hotel during his week off and began fighting burly men inside a circle, restricted to using Tai Chi; he was pushed out and failed his first session.
• Genma returned the next day and adapted to the men’s palm attacks, gradually sharpening his Push Hands and learning to redirect their strength with greater efficiency.
• Str made the circle smaller and increased the number of opponents, and Genma trained against them for five days before earning two days of rest.
• Genma discussed new ways to make money with Hideyoshi, and they worked with Str to prepare a Hotpot Restaurant for winter.
• On December 8th, Genma invited Yushi, Kurenai, Raiton, Minato’s team, and other friends to celebrate Yushi’s birthday with hotpot; Kakashi declined, while Kushina attended.

Kamise Yushi’s team accepted a repeatable mission to capture Omba cubs and met Fifth Squad in Konoha Forest. The two teams camped together, where their appetizing food tempted Fifth Squad’s hungry students and embarrassed their stern leader, Baiyun Yano.

• Kamise Yushi explained that the team would capture Omba cubs as potential Summoning Beasts, and Kurenai’s worries eased after he described the usual taming process.
• Yushi learned that Fifth Squad, led by Baiyun Yano, had accepted the same mission, then left the village with Genma, Kurenai, and Raiton to find them.
• Genma’s team followed ninja tracks through Konoha Forest and met Baiyun Yano’s team—Might Guy, Ebisu, and Shii Iwashiro—around dusk.
• Yushi asked Baiyun Yano to provide a meal, but Baiyun refused, so Yushi’s team gathered supplies and cooked a fragrant meal beside Fifth Squad.
• Might Guy, Ebisu, and Shii Iwashiro wanted to eat with Yushi’s team, but Baiyun ordered them to finish their own food first and lectured them about ninja discipline.

Yushi’s squad joined Noma’s team to track Omba, following its trail through the forest and finding an adult Omba fighting a huge wild boar. They discovered a nest and encountered a smaller Omba guarding it, leaving Genma and Ebisu considering how to draw it away.

• Yushi persuaded Noma to share his tracking findings in exchange for Yushi’s team handling the cooking, and Ebisu led the squads to Omba’s trail.
• The two squads followed Ebisu’s tracking clues, split up to search across the river, and regrouped after finding fresh tracks.
• The squads used alternating bursts of speed to pursue the trail and found an adult Omba fighting a giant wild boar in the evening.
• Genma and Ebisu sent their teammates to scout, found a nest in a large tree, and cautiously approached it.
• A smaller Omba leaped from the tree and charged, so Genma and Ebisu scattered their squads and regrouped near the nest.
• Ebisu asked Genma to use Shadow Clones to lure the Omba away, and Genma said they could try if they found a way to anger it.

Genma and his team tried to capture the Omba cubs, but the parents’ fierce defense and the arrival of a second Omba forced them to abandon the operation. They retreated into the forest, where their jōnin teachers appeared.

• Genma, Ebisu, and the others agreed to attack Omba together, assigning Guy and Raiton to restrain it while Genma tried to reach the cubs.
• The team charged; Omba struck the ground, but Guy, Raiton, Washi, and Kurenai worked together to slow and bind it while Genma climbed toward the shelter.
• Omba broke free enough to threaten Guy, and Kurenai used Genjutsu to hold it while Guy and Raiton wrapped its legs with chains.
• Genma reached the shelter, but his Shadow Clone warned that another Omba was approaching as the first Omba began resisting Kurenai’s Genjutsu.
• The team threw shuriken at Omba, then Genma and Ebisu ordered everyone to retreat when the two Ombas’ cries left them shaken.
• The group escaped into the forest, and their two jōnin teachers appeared before them after the Ombas’ cries faded.