Chapter Summaries

Naruto defeated the Deep Sea King with one punch, then left after a civilian insulted the heroes. The next day, Kishibawa foresaw a catastrophe, Naruto received fan mail, and a bandaged man at an oden shop offered to treat him and his companions to drinks.

• Naruto punched through the Deep Sea King's defenses and killed him, clearing the rain from the street in the punch's path.
• A bowl-cut man mocked the injured heroes, and Naruto rebuked him before leaving; the crowd then turned on the man.
• In City G, the prophet Kishibawa foresaw a vicious catastrophe and declared that Earth was finished.
• Genos brought Naruto a package of letters, most of them addressed to Naruto, and Naruto read them one by one.
• Saitama brought Naruto and Genos to an oden shop, where a bandaged man offered to buy them drinks while watching Naruto.

Naruto, Saitama, and Bang joined the S-Class Heroes’ meeting, where the heroes learned that the Great Seer had died after predicting Earth’s doom within six months. As the meeting began, a monster invasion struck the Hero Association Headquarters, and a massive spaceship appeared above the city.

• Bang brought Saitama into the S-Class meeting, where Atomic Samurai rejected his handshake and Tatsumaki insulted him for being a B-Class Hero.
• Tatsumaki confronted Naruto, who told her King had taken credit for Saitama’s accomplishments and called her annoying.
• Tatsumaki pressured King with her psychic powers, but his King Engine made her withdraw and left her wondering about Naruto’s calm reaction.
• The person in charge announced that the Great Seer had died and that her prediction warned Earth would be doomed within the next half year.
• The Hero Association Headquarters shook from a heavy blow as monsters prepared a full-scale invasion, then a giant spaceship appeared and destroyed the Sky King.

A massive spaceship devastated City A, and Saitama and Naruto confronted the alien threat above Hero Association Headquarters. Below, Iaido Steel fought the regenerating Five-Headed Monster and lost his left hand.

• Five-Headed Monster emerged beneath the spaceship and crushed Iaido Steel’s helmet, but Iaido Steel drew his sword and cut off all five of its heads.
• The Hero Association survivors found Headquarters intact, and Genos discovered that Naruto and Saitama had already left through a hole in the ceiling.
• Saitama dodged a giant shell fired from the spaceship and kicked it back, causing it to explode alongside several incoming shells.
• Naruto pulled Tatsumaki out of the shell’s path, then sent her back below to deal with the monsters.
• Five-Headed Monster regenerated from Iaido Steel’s slashes, then struck him and severed his left hand.

Atomic Samurai fought the regenerating Five-Headed Monster while Tatsumaki headed back to the battlefield below and Saitama and Naruto entered the spaceship. The chapter ended with Saitama swiftly killing Loribas and Naruto growing vines from the monster’s corpse.

• The Five-Headed Monster split into five bodies, and Atomic Samurai arrived to save Iaido Steel, whose left hand had been torn off.
• Atomic Samurai sliced the five monsters into fragments, but they regenerated and fused back together as Silver Fang Bang, Metal Baseball, and a black-and-white striped figure joined the fight.
• Tatsumaki left King and the others to seek Metal Knight, then confronted Naruto beneath the spaceship; Naruto told her to return to the battle below, and she flew down after catching a lollipop he tossed her.
• Saitama encountered Loribas inside the spaceship and killed him with a single punch.
• Naruto followed Saitama and casually grew massive vines from beneath Loribas’s corpse.

Saitama reached Boros aboard the invading spaceship while Naruto stayed nearby and absorbed Geryuganshoop’s telekinetic abilities. Boros prepared to fight Saitama as Naruto continued digesting his new power.

• Boros ordered Geryuganshoop, Loribas, and Melzargard to deal with the intruders after learning Loribas had been killed.
• Geryuganshoop tried to guide Saitama toward the exit, but Saitama deliberately went the wrong way and punched through a door into Boros’s room.
• Geryuganshoop attacked Saitama with telekinetically hurled rocks, but Saitama remained unharmed and killed him with a single stone.
• Naruto absorbed Geryuganshoop and examined how telekinesis worked while Boros excitedly introduced himself to Saitama.
• Saitama identified himself as a hero and confronted Boros over the destruction of City A.

Boros explained that a prophecy brought him to Earth seeking a worthy opponent, and Saitama shattered his armor with one punch. As Boros unleashed his full power, Tatsumaki stopped the spaceship’s bombardment and turned it back, while Mumen Rider tried to help and was restrained by her telekinesis.

• Boros told Saitama that a fortune-teller had prophesied an opponent on Earth, and that the promise had driven him to invade the planet.
• Saitama punched Boros through a support pillar and criticized him for invading Earth for excitement, but Boros stood back up and revealed that his armor had sealed his strength.
• Boros released his power, transformed, and prepared to fight Saitama while Naruto watched from a distance.
• The Five-Eyed Monster launched a bombardment at Metal Bat, Bang, Sexy Prisoner, and Atomic Samurai, but Tatsumaki stopped the shells and sent them back toward the spaceship.
• Boros regenerated his severed arm as he continued facing Saitama, while Mumen Rider attempted an anti-air attack and Tatsumaki lifted him away with psychic power.

Boros unleashed his full energy against Saitama, devastating the top of the spaceship, but Saitama emerged from the flames unharmed. Below, Tatsumaki sensed the ship shaking and rushed to investigate.

• Saitama blocked Boros's rapid barrage while Naruto watched and began absorbing Boros's severed arm.
• Boros struck Saitama through the spaceship's support pillars, but Saitama evaded his follow-up kick and drew him into a chase.
• Boros praised Saitama's movements and released the energy within his body in a massive blue blast that flattened the spaceship's top.
• Tatsumaki felt the spaceship tremble, hurled fragments of City A at its underside, and flew off to inspect the situation.
• Saitama slowly stood amid the flames and told Boros, "Behind you."

Saitama survived Boros’s Meteorite Burst and was blasted from Earth to the moon, then returned to the spaceship. Boros collapsed under the form’s strain as Naruto secretly planted a seed beneath him, while the spaceship tilted from the battle’s aftershock.

• Boros revealed his regeneration and strength, but Saitama complained that the fight seemed over and Boros activated Meteorite Burst.
• Boros struck Saitama with a series of powerful attacks and sent him flying from Earth to the moon.
• Saitama gauged the moon’s gravity, kicked off, and flew back toward Earth without causing greater destruction.
• Boros staggered and dropped to one knee as Meteorite Burst rapidly exhausted his body, and Naruto planted a seed beneath his feet.
• Saitama returned like a falling meteor, making the spaceship drop and tilt, while Tatsumaki watched from below.

Saitama defeated Boros’s final attack with a Serious Punch, destroying the spaceship, while Naruto absorbed Boros’s energy and used his power to save Tatsumaki from the blast. The chapter ended with Genos wondering whether Saitama and Naruto had succeeded.

• Boros attacked Saitama at light speed, but Saitama blocked him and struck him with a punch to the chest.
• Saitama overwhelmed Boros with Consecutive Normal Punches, and Boros regenerated before preparing his Planet Crushing Roaring Cannon.
• Naruto used Wood Clones to absorb the energy Boros released, then sent Licenseless Rider an envelope through a rapidly growing vine.
• Saitama countered Boros’s Planet Crushing Roaring Cannon with a Serious Punch, scattering the attack and destroying the spaceship.
• Naruto caught Tatsumaki with a psychic barrier and moved her out of the path of the devastating force, then vanished as the attack passed.
• Genos looked up and wondered whether Saitama and Naruto had succeeded.

After defeating Boros, Saitama left while Naruto absorbed Boros’s life force and accidentally entered a chaotic spatial tunnel that carried him into the Seventh Universe. A mysterious force sent Naruto’s crystal pendant to a ruined planet, where it drew in No. 18 and trapped her with him.

• Boros admitted that Saitama had held back before dying, and Saitama left, briefly wondering if he had forgotten something.
• Naruto absorbed Boros’s body, awakened the Rinne Sharingan as the power overwhelmed him, and entered a fractured spatial tunnel.
• Naruto absorbed energy from the tunnel and emerged at the edge of Saitama’s universe, where the Grand Priest’s attendants noticed him and chose not to interfere.
• An invisible force redirected Naruto’s crystal pendant into the Seventh Universe, where it landed among the ruins left by the Human Zero Plan.
• No. 18 found the pendant, but a hand reached out from it and dragged her inside while her companion searched for her.

Naruto lost control inside the Crystal Pendant and overpowered No. 18, then regained his calm and told her that Trunks would eventually kill her and No. 17. Outside, No. 17 searched for No. 18 while Trunks set out to confront the berserk Naruto, and No. 18 decided she would kill Trunks first.

• Naruto mistook No. 18 for Ino, then fought her as she tried to escape and attacked him with repeated Kikohos.
• No. 17 searched for No. 18 near West City, waited three days after her ki disappeared, and then flew toward the city again.
• Trunks sent Bulma away with the Time Machine and flew off, hoping to stop Naruto and possibly injure him.
• Naruto regained his calm inside the Crystal Pendant, called No. 18 by her real name, Lazuli, and revealed that her twin brother was Lapis.
• Naruto warned Lazuli that Trunks would return from the past stronger and kill her and No. 17, so Lazuli decided to kill Trunks first.

Naruto explained the parallel timelines and Cell’s threat to No. 18, then brought her back to the fight and removed No. 17’s bomb while altering his programming. Trunks remained wary of Naruto and challenged him to fight.

• Naruto told No. 18 that Trunks’s time travel created a separate timeline and promised to take her back to his universe after changing her programming.
• Naruto warned No. 18 that Cell would develop in their timeline and reach his perfect form by absorbing her and No. 17.
• Naruto and No. 18 emerged from the Crystal Pendant during No. 17 and Trunks’s fight, and Naruto fastened the pendant around No. 18’s neck.
• Naruto removed No. 17’s bomb and implanted a seed in his body while No. 17 stood still.
• Naruto told Trunks that No. 17 could help him face a future disaster, but Trunks stayed suspicious and challenged Naruto to fight.

Naruto persuaded Trunks that he meant no harm and agreed to travel with him and No. 18 to the past. After meeting Bulma and seeing the Time Machine, Naruto and No. 18 shrank to fit inside it, leaving Trunks and Bulma to prepare for the trip.

• Naruto explained that traveling to the past would create a parallel timeline and told Trunks he planned to assimilate the androids from that era into his No. 18.
• Trunks relaxed his stance, while Naruto sent No. 17 to cleanse the world and help protect it from a coming calamity.
• Naruto, No. 18, and Trunks found Bulma underground, and Naruto introduced himself before they prepared to use the Time Machine.
• Bulma gave Trunks the Time Machine capsule, and Trunks expanded it into the machine, which could normally carry only one person.
• Naruto took No. 18's hand and shrank them both to pencil size so they could travel in the Time Machine.

Trunks took Naruto and No. 18 through the Space-Time Tunnel while Frieza was rescued and rebuilt with a Metal Body. A year after Goku defeated Frieza, Frieza and King Cold headed for Earth, where the Z Fighters sensed two terrifying ki signatures approaching.

• Trunks launched the Time Machine, and Naruto studied its spatial fluctuations as he traveled through the Space-Time Tunnel with No. 18.
• King Cold's crew recovered Frieza, fitted him with a Metal Body, and heard him demand that they go to Earth to defeat the Super Saiyan.
• Vegeta returned to West City and asked whether Kakarot had come back, then argued with Bulma about washing up and staying at her home.
• Krillin sensed an incredibly powerful, evil ki approaching and called Gohan, who confirmed that he felt it too.
• Tien, Chiaotzu, and Piccolo sensed two terrifying ki signatures approaching Earth.

Frieza and King Cold arrived on Earth seeking revenge on Goku, while Vegeta gathered the other fighters to face them. Before Frieza's forces could attack, Naruto and his companions intervened, and Naruto prepared to capture the entire faction as he confronted Frieza.

• Frieza and King Cold arrived near Earth and planned to kill its inhabitants while waiting for the Super Saiyan.
• Vegeta, Yamcha, Bulma, Tien, Chiaotzu, Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan gathered near the landing site, but Goku had not returned.
• Frieza and King Cold landed and ordered their troops to hunt down the Earthlings, while Vegeta told everyone to hide their battle power and approach on foot.
• Naruto, Trunks, and No. 18 arrived, and Naruto's Wood Clone raced aboard the spaceship to scout Frieza's forces.
• Naruto prepared to control Frieza's entire faction and told Frieza he had come to destroy him.

Trunks confronted Frieza and King Cold, transformed into a Super Saiyan, and began fighting them. As the Z Fighters approached, Naruto and No. 18 appeared beside Bulma, and Naruto asked what color sack she liked.

• Trunks killed Frieza's soldiers and told Frieza and King Cold that they would die on Earth.
• Trunks transformed into a Super Saiyan, terrifying Frieza and King Cold before Frieza fired an energy blast at him.
• Krillin rushed toward the battle, but Vegeta stopped him and warned the group that the enemies had scouters.
• Vegeta and the others went ahead, leaving Bulma behind, and Naruto and No. 18 appeared behind her unnoticed.
• Naruto asked Bulma what color sack she liked.

Naruto brought Bulma and No. 18 to the marked location with Hori, then checked on Trunks as he fought Frieza and King Cold. Trunks survived Frieza’s attacks and prepared a final counterattack after Naruto told him to stop showing off.

• Bulma examined Hori and eagerly took Naruto’s hand as they set out for Trunks, while No. 18 passed them with a resentful look.
• Trunks caught Frieza’s golden attack and broke it apart, despite Frieza and King Cold trying to overwhelm him.
• Frieza launched a huge fireball at Trunks, but Trunks held it aloft before Frieza detonated it.
• Naruto spoke to Trunks through their minds and told him he had shown off enough.
• Trunks turned toward Frieza and King Cold and prepared to fire the Demon Flash Cannon.

Trunks killed Frieza with a sword and left his fragments for Naruto’s vines to devour. Naruto began absorbing Frieza’s nutrients as the Z Fighters approached, while King Cold faced Trunks.

• Trunks dodged Frieza’s attack, appeared above him, and sliced him in half before cutting his body into fragments.
• Naruto told Trunks not to blast Frieza’s remains, and the vines swallowed the fragments while Naruto prepared to absorb them.
• Naruto connected with the sea of vines and entered Ōtsutsuki Mode as it delivered Frieza’s nutrients to him.
• No. 18 guarded Naruto and Bulma while the Z Fighters reacted to Trunks defeating Frieza and flew toward him.
• Trunks sheathed his sword, turned to King Cold, and landed opposite him as Vegeta, Piccolo, Krillin, and the others approached.

Trunks killed King Cold after refusing his offer to join the family, then invited the Z Fighters to meet Goku when he arrived. Meanwhile, No. 18 took Bulma away while Naruto and No. 18 entered the Crystal Pendant, leaving a clone behind as Bulma began an experiment with No. 18.

• King Cold offered Trunks Frieza's place and the planets under his rule, then tried to kill him with his sword.
• Trunks stopped the sword with his bare hand, pierced King Cold with a Kikoho, and cut him apart with the blade.
• Trunks told the Z Fighters that Goku would arrive in three hours and flew off to meet him; Gohan, Tien, Krillin, and Vegeta followed.
• No. 18 picked up Bulma and urged Naruto to enter the Crystal Pendant while his body recovered.
• Naruto suppressed his swollen body, merged with his Wood Clones, and entered the pendant with No. 18, leaving a Shadow Clone to guard it.
• Bulma began an experiment with No. 18, who watched in shock as Bulma demonstrated her inventive methods.

Trunks waited with the others for Goku to arrive after defeating Frieza, then revealed that he had come from another time and changed history. Goku flew aside with Trunks to hear more, while Trunks asked to see Goku’s strength.

• Trunks offered drinks to Gohan, Krillin, and the others, but refused to explain who he was or how he knew when Goku would arrive.
• Vegeta questioned Trunks’s identity and Saiyan heritage, while Krillin reminded him that Trunks had saved them.
• Piccolo told Gohan he had stayed behind to avoid a dull life, then sensed Goku approaching as Trunks checked the time.
• Goku landed in his spacecraft, learned that Trunks had defeated Frieza, and admitted he did not recognize him.
• Trunks told Goku that he had acted because he thought Goku would arrive too late, but Goku said Instant Transmission would have let him reach Earth immediately.
• Trunks said he had changed history and asked Goku to show him his strength.