Recaps

Naruto secretly developed the Woods-Woods Fruit and his chakra abilities while navigating Konoha’s hostility, then harvested the Uchiha clan’s power and wealth during the massacre. After graduating and forming Team Seven, he openly challenged Kakashi’s suitability as their teacher.

• Naruto ate the Woods-Woods Fruit, endured the villagers’ hostility, and began secretly training while Sarutobi Hiruzen kept Root away from him.
• Naruto gained chakra control, learned the basic jutsu, absorbed Uchiha Shisui’s corpse, and awakened the Sharingan and Shisui’s fighting skills.
• Naruto befriended Tenten, Ino, Hinata, and other classmates while secretly training clones, mastering Sage Mode, and developing the Rasenshuriken.
• During the Uchiha massacre, Naruto’s clones collected the clan’s valuables, Sharingan, and bodies, while his Sage Mode clone revived Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Izumi.
• Naruto absorbed the Sharingan and Fugaku’s eyes, awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and hid Mikoto and Izumi while Sarutobi Hiruzen visited him.
• Naruto graduated alongside Sasuke and Sakura, then was assigned to Team Seven with them under Kakashi.
• Naruto challenged Kakashi’s fitness to lead Team Seven, and Kakashi reviewed Naruto’s records before questioning his assigned role.

Naruto led Team Seven through their bell test and the Land of Waves mission while training his teammates and building ties with Kurama. After returning to Konoha, Naruto revived Kushina and Eternal Sister, and Sakura and Sasuke tested their growing strength as Tsunade’s return was reported.

• Naruto and his teammates used teamwork to pass Kakashi’s bell test, and Hiruzen sent Naruto the Scroll of Seals to learn the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Naruto trained Team Seven and their friends, formed an alliance with Kurama, and took Team Seven on Tazuna’s mission to the Land of Waves.
• Naruto defeated Zabuza and Haku, recruited them with Nine-Tails Chakra Seeds, and had them investigate Gato’s wealth while Kurama dealt with Gato.
• After Gato’s death and the completion of Naruto Bridge, Naruto trained Sasuke and Sakura, awakened the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura, and bound Kurama with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Naruto restored Kushina and Eternal Sister in new bodies and showed them his painful memories through Tsukuyomi, prompting them to support him and plan against Hiruzen’s control.
• Naruto mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Scroll of Seals’ ninjutsu while Kushina, Eternal Sister, and Kurama gained influence among Konoha’s ninja.
• Sakura and Sasuke fought at the old bell-test ground, and Naruto exposed their weaknesses before trapping Sasuke with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• An Anbu ninja told Hiruzen that Tsunade had been spotted near Konoha and seemed to be returning.

Naruto gathered allies, exposed Konoha’s buried wrongs, and prepared Tsunade and the clans for Orochimaru’s attack during the Chunin Exams. The Konoha Collapse Plan became an uprising, and Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju emerged as the conflict continued.

• Naruto trained Sakura and Sasuke, revealed more of Konoha’s secrets to his companions, and planned to strip Sarutobi Hiruzen of power while preparing for Orochimaru’s attack.
• Naruto’s team passed the Chunin Exams’ first stages, and Naruto rescued Karin and brought her back to her Uzumaki family.
• Naruto defeated Temari and later Neji, while Tsunade agreed to become Fifth Hokage and the Hyūga Clan pledged its support for the uprising.
• Orochimaru launched the Konoha Collapse Plan during Sasuke and Gaara’s match, and Sasuke’s Kirin marked the start of the operation.
• Tsunade’s allies attacked Root and the Sarutobi and Shimura clans, while Gaara declared himself Fifth Kazekage and joined Konoha’s forces.
• Naruto’s clones and allies fought across Konoha as Naruto restored Eternal Sister and transferred Kurama’s Yin Half-Body into Kurama’s human vessel.
• Kushina and Eternal Sister reinforced the uprising, defeated enemy forces, and helped subdue the four great clans’ elites.
• Orochimaru summoned coffins marked First, Second, and Fourth, but the Fourth Hokage’s coffin sank underground before Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju emerged.

Naruto exposed Konoha’s leaders, reshaped the village under Tsunade, and brought the great ninja villages together to pursue peace. As the alliance took shape, Obito’s plans collided with Naruto’s group, and Obito escaped after losing his mask and Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Naruto defeated the invading forces, but Konoha’s villagers rejected Kushina’s demand that they thank Naruto’s family, prompting Tobirama Senju to make Sarutobi Hiruzen answer for his actions.
• Tsunade and others condemned Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō, while Danzo admitted to crimes against Naruto and the Uchiha Clan, and Naruto used Tsukuyomi to expose the truth to Konoha’s people.
• Tsunade became Fifth Hokage, Naruto reorganized Konoha and punished its former leaders, and Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan before setting out to confront Uchiha Itachi.
• Naruto addressed the First Konoha Assembly, recounted the history behind the Ninja World’s conflicts, and proposed a peaceful alliance and shared development among the villages.
• Naruto visited Nagato in Amegakure and persuaded him to talk, while the leaders of the great villages gathered in Konoha and signed the Five Basic Principles of Peaceful Development, Coexistence, and Mutual Prosperity.
• Obito ordered Nagato to capture Naruto, but White Zetsu’s attempted defection and the ensuing clashes disrupted the plan, and Naruto entered Kamui Space and recovered Rin Nohara’s frozen corpse.
• Kushina and Eternal Sister fought the Six Paths of Pain as Obito took Nagato’s Rinnegan, but Eternal Sister confronted Obito and Minato and Kushina wounded him and destroyed his mask and Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Obito escaped underground using Izanagi, while Naruto promised to restore Nagato’s eye and legs and asked him to protect Yahiko’s body.