Recaps

Zhen made Kushina tell the imprisoned Minato that she was pregnant with the Hokage’s child, Naruto, and forced her to describe her life with Zhen as happy. Minato told Kushina to live well as she left with Zhen, while Rin watched in terror.

• Zhen sat with Rin in the prison and told her to watch as Kushina approached Minato’s cell.
• Kushina told Minato she was pregnant with the Hokage’s child and had named him Naruto.
• At Zhen’s prompting, Kushina told Minato that being with the Hokage had brought her happiness, and Minato collapsed in despair.
• Minato lunged at the bars, then told Kushina to live well and bless her and the child.
• Zhen embraced Kushina and led her away, leaving Minato behind in the cell.

Shin told the household that Kushina was pregnant, and Mikoto comforted Kushina as she struggled with guilt over Minato and the child she carried. Kushina later agreed to get checked at the hospital, while Shin declared that her son would be named Naruto and suggested Sasuke for Mikoto’s child.

• Shin told Ayari and the others that Kushina was pregnant with his child.
• Mikoto found Kushina distressed and heard her ask whether a mother could hate the child in her stomach.
• Mikoto told Kushina that the child was innocent and that they both needed to live well and raise their children.
• Kushina woke in the afternoon, ate, and agreed to go to the hospital with Mikoto for a checkup.
• Shin said Kushina’s child would be named Naruto and proposed Sasuke as a name for Mikoto’s child.

Ayano became pregnant, and Mikoto gave birth safely to Hyuga Sasuke, prompting Mana to prepare for Kushina's dangerous delivery. He proposed extracting the Nine-Tails and converting its Chakra into a power source for Konoha, leaving Tobirama skeptical but intrigued by the possibility.

• Ayano learned she was pregnant, and Mana suggested naming a daughter Hinata while promising to love the child either way.
• Ayari confronted Mana about having other women and threatened to castrate him if he brought home another pregnant woman.
• Mikoto gave birth to Sasuke, and Ayari introduced him to Neji as his little brother, Hyuga Sasuke.
• Mana began preparing for Kushina's delivery and summoned Tobirama to discuss extracting the Nine-Tails and making its Chakra usable by Konoha.
• Tobirama questioned whether the Nine-Tails could be controlled, and Mana argued that harnessing tailed beasts could end wars and leave Konoha conducting peacekeeping operations.

Sage Fukasaku investigated Ryūchi Cave but fled after a terrifying spiritual attack, while Shin set plans in motion to develop Tailed Beast extraction and Puppet Technique research. At home, Itachi accepted his role as an older brother but questioned Mikoto about her marriage and whether she would have more children with his father.

• Sage Fukasaku entered Ryūchi Cave, was overwhelmed by what he thought were evil ghosts, and returned to Mount Myōboku in fear.
• Tobirama began working with Uzumaki Byakusei on a way to extract Tailed Beasts without killing their Jinchuriki.
• Shin sent Anbu to seek Rogue Ninja skilled in Puppet Technique because Konoha could not readily obtain the knowledge from Sunagakure.
• Itachi asked Mikoto whether Sasuke was his little brother, and she told him to protect Sasuke and his other younger siblings.
• Itachi promised to protect Sasuke, Neji, Naruto, and Hinata, then asked whether Mikoto would have another child with his father; Mikoto postponed answering.

As Kushina’s delivery approached, Jiraiya asked Tsunade to help him free Minato during the village lockdown. Tsunade agreed to speak to her second grandfather, leaving Jiraiya alone with the wine cup she had left behind.

• Jiraiya visited Kushina and learned she had named her child Naruto; Kushina asked him for a favor timed around her delivery.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha and saw the Sunlight Tower, then met Jiraiya at his home.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade he planned to free Minato during the lockdown on Kushina’s delivery day and asked her to seek the Second Hokage’s help.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade reminisced about their past and the people they had lost.
• Tsunade agreed to speak to her second grandfather that night, then left Jiraiya alone.

Tobirama entered the Sunlight Tower’s control room to study the Tenseigan while Konoha was under martial law. Jiraiya freed Minato from prison, but Minato chose to seek Kushina, who was giving birth.

• Tobirama ordered the Sunlight Tower’s surveillance system suspended and had everyone leave the control room so he could examine the Tenseigan.
• Jiraiya used the Toad Flat Shadow Manipulation Technique to enter Minato’s cell and remove the seals that blocked Minato’s Chakra.
• Jiraiya urged Minato to leave Konoha, but Minato said he wanted to kill the Hokage and others.
• Jiraiya told Minato that Kushina had asked him to rescue Minato and that she was currently giving birth.
• Minato demanded to see Kushina and said he would take her away if she had been forced.

Kushina gave birth to Naruto while Shin learned that Namikaze Minato had escaped prison after the Sunlight Tower was shut down. Shin confronted Minato, who attacked him, and Kamado intervened as the chapter ended with Shin warning them not to damage the village.

• Kushina gave birth to Naruto and realized she could not hate her child.
• Shin ordered Konoha sealed after learning of an incident at the prison, preventing Tsunade and Shizune from leaving.
• Anbu told Kakashi to report for punishment and ordered the Sunlight Tower restarted because Namikaze Minato had escaped.
• Minato appeared near the Hokage's residence and demanded to see Hyuga Shin.
• Minato attacked Shin, but Kamado stopped his Rasengan in Sage Mode; Shin told them not to damage the village.

Kamado defeated Minato with his enhanced speed and Frog Kata, then tried to capture him and Jiraiya after the Sunlight Tower activated. Both escaped through the Reverse Summoning Technique, leaving Kamado searching the village for them.

• Kamado challenged Minato as the Sunlight Tower restarted and used his Byakugan-enhanced speed to keep up with him.
• Kamado overwhelmed Minato in close combat, exploiting the limits of his Flying Thunder God transfers and Minato’s weakened condition.
• Kamado struck Minato down with an invisible Frog Kata attack and ordered the Anbu to hold him for the Hokage’s judgment.
• Jiraiya appeared, but the Sunlight Tower’s Purple Light immobilized him under its coverage.
• Minato and Jiraiya vanished in puffs of smoke before the Anbu could capture them, and Kamado recognized they had used the Reverse Summoning Technique.

After Minato escaped with Jiraiya, Shin confronted Tsunade about the escape while pressuring her to accept a village assignment. Tsunade agreed after Shin declared Jiraiya a Rogue Ninja and implied that he knew she had helped.

• At Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya told Minato that he could not return to Konoha and planned to wander, while warning Minato not to act recklessly again.
• Kamado told Kakashi that Minato had escaped, urged him to remain loyal to the Hokage, and claimed their power placed them at the forefront of the world.
• Tsunade went to the Hokage's Office after Tobirama took responsibility for helping Minato escape.
• Shin stamped wanted notices for Minato and Jiraiya, accusing Jiraiya of betraying the village by freeing Minato and injuring Anbu.
• Shin suggested Tsunade might have been Jiraiya's accomplice and demanded she accept a village job, and Tsunade reluctantly agreed.

Shin managed the noisy household while Tobirama researched tailed-beast extraction, then encouraged Shisui to pursue a jonin promotion and join Crown. At the northern border, Minato saw Konoha’s wanted notices for him and Jiraiya, while a voice from his shadow urged him to seek the Rinnegan and take revenge on Shin.

• Shin cooked for the household and arranged for the clan to deliver lunch to ease the women’s workload.
• Shin told Tobirama to continue researching tailed-beast extraction after learning the method would only work safely on Kushina.
• Shisui asked Shin for the chance to take the jonin examination, and Shin promised him an opportunity to join Crown if he advanced.
• Konoha soldiers posted wanted notices for Namikaze Minato and Jiraiya at a town on the northern border of the Land of Fire.
• Minato left the crowd in disguise as a traveling merchant, and the voice in his shadow urged him to obtain the Rinnegan and reclaim what Shin had taken.

Otsutsuki Goinmei and his son Toneri arrived in Konoha seeking Hyuga Shin, whom Goinmei believed had received Hamura’s revelation and should carry out his destiny. Shin learned that the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon was nearly extinct, and Goinmei offered to help him awaken the Tenseigan.

• Otsutsuki Goinmei and Toneri reached Konoha and asked to meet the Hokage.
• Hyuga Shimizu informed Shin that the visitors possessed Byakugan and called themselves Otsutsuki.
• Shin met Goinmei and Toneri in the Hyuga Clan council chamber, where Goinmei questioned why Shin had abandoned his bloodline.
• Goinmei revealed that the Otsutsuki Main Branch and Branch Family had fought on the moon, leaving only him and Toneri alive.
• Goinmei urged Shin to carry out Hamura’s destiny and offered to help awaken the Tenseigan, explaining that the Hyuga Ancestral Vein was too weak.

After Goinmei’s death, Shinichi brought Toneri and his companions through a hidden teleportation route to the moon. They discovered the ruined remains of the Otsutsuki settlement and met the String Puppets that still served Toneri.

• Goinmei died at dawn after entrusting Toneri to Shinichi and explaining how to reach the moon.
• Shinichi led Toneri, Kamado, and Kakashi through a concealed underground Teleportation Array, navigating glowing springs and defeating a giant crab along the way.
• Shinichi and the others emerged on the moon, where they found a strange landscape with thin Natural Energy and a town reduced to ruins.
• Kamado and Kakashi searched the town and found supplies but no people, while Toneri said the Otsutsuki had all died through mutual slaughter.
• Shinichi led the group to a grand hall, where String Puppets appeared and bowed respectfully to Toneri.

Shin took Toneri in as Toneri Hyuga and began investigating how to awaken the Tenseigan, while refusing to help the daimyo suppress peasant uprisings. After Konoha and Rain Village rejected General Oda Isamu’s request to kill the daimyo’s guardian ninja, a stranger named Byakuryu offered him help.

• Shin learned that Toneri had been born without eyes, brought him home, and introduced him to Neji and the family as Toneri Hyuga.
• Kamado reported that most of the moon’s Otsutsuki inheritance had been moved to Konoha, though Shin could not retrieve the Tenseigan from Hamura Shrine.
• Shin had Kabuto compare Toneri’s, Kanmei’s, and the Hyuga clan’s DNA, then planned to clone Hizashi’s Byakugan as a possible sacrifice for Toneri.
• The Daimyo’s Palace asked Konoha to suppress peasant uprisings, but Shin refused and secretly barred ninja mercenaries from getting involved.
• General Oda Isamu asked Shin to help kill the daimyo’s consort, Kushinadahime, but Shin declined; Oda then sought Rain Village’s aid, and Yahiko rejected his request.
• As Oda prepared to leave Rain Village, Byakuryu approached and offered to help with his plan.

Byakuryu confronted Kushinadahime at the Daimyo's Palace and offered to keep her and Lord Gen safe in exchange for her help. At Naruto's residence, Neji spent time with Toneri and met Itachi, while Hinata chased Naruto and Sasuke.

• Oda Isamu presented Byakuryu to Lord Gen as a successor for the Guardian Ninja, and Kushinadahime recognized him with fear.
• Byakuryu followed Kushinadahime to her chambers, revealed their connection, and offered to protect her and Lord Gen if she helped him.
• Neji watched ants with Toneri until Hinata arrived, complained that Naruto and Sasuke had bullied her, and ran off after them.
• Neji told Toneri about Hinata's habit of trying to take in younger brothers and introduced Jugo as his friend.
• Itachi arrived at Naruto's residence, greeted Neji and Toneri, and heard that Hinata was chasing Naruto and Sasuke.

Makoto reviewed Ninja Academy performance with Nonō, then planned to extract the Two-Tails from Yugito without killing her and tasked researchers with developing ways to contain tailed beasts and use their Chakra. The chapter ended with Makoto transplanting cloned Byakugan into Toneri.

• Makoto and Nonō discussed weak performance among the latest graduating genin, and Nonō cautioned that rushing training could produce shortcomings.
• Yugito brought Makoto lunch, and he told her he planned to extract the Two-Tails while ensuring she would survive.
• Makoto visited the Mechanical Science Research Institute, discussed the moon's String Puppets, and ordered research into a vessel and sealing method for containing tailed beasts.
• Kabuto reported that the institute had successfully cloned Hizashi's eyes and tested them without finding abnormalities.
• Makoto brought Toneri to the research institute that night and transplanted the cloned Byakugan into him.

Shin transplanted Byakugan into Toneri, whose Ancestral Vein transformed them into Tenseigan and gave him his first true sight. After returning home, Toneri experienced another painful episode and heard a fragmentary voice urging him to protect his brother.

• Shin brought Toneri to the laboratory, where Toneri sensed the Byakugan and green Chakra guided them into his body.
• Toneri’s eyes became Tenseigan, briefly surrounded by Tenseigan Chakra Mode before he suffered pain and opened his eyes to see for the first time.
• Shin explained that Toneri’s eyes were undergoing a period of adaptation and took him home.
• Toneri met Neji and learned that Shin had received someone else’s eyes after his own were destroyed.
• Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke gathered around Toneri, who asked about Shin’s family and learned that he had four wives.
• Toneri suffered another burst of eye pain and heard a voice say, “Protect… You must protect… Brother…”

Tonokawa reported that the moon’s String Puppets were self-operating constructs controlled by intricate Jutsu Formulas, and Shin proposed building a giant replica powered by Tailed Beast Chakra. Tonokawa understood the plan and left to begin research with help from Kabuto’s department.

• Tonokawa explained to Shin that String Puppets used internal Jutsu Formulas and flesh to generate Chakra and act without a puppeteer.
• Shin called the String Puppets “Androids” and reflected that their complexity represented generations of Otsutsuki civilization’s work.
• Shin asked Tonokawa to reproduce a String Puppet and enlarge it, drawing on the Akimichi Clan’s secret technique.
• Tonokawa raised concerns about powering a giant construct, and Shin reminded him of the container being made to hold Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Tonokawa realized Shin intended to use Tailed Beast Chakra to power the giant construct, then left to consult Kabuto and continue the research.

Tsunade’s creditors tracked her down in Konoha and demanded repayment of a debt totaling fifty million ryo. After failing to raise enough money, she returned home with only a few thousand ryo and faced the prospect of dealing with the Hokage.

• Two debt collectors visited Tsunade and gave her three days to repay the fifty-million-ryo debt or they would take the matter to the Hokage.
• Shizune told Tsunade they had only a little over fifty thousand ryo at home, and Tsunade considered fleeing Konoha.
• Tsunade searched Jiraiya’s abandoned house and found several thousand ryo, which she took.
• Tsunade borrowed one million ryo from the hospital director and three hundred thousand from the head of the medical unit, but returned both loans rather than burden her colleagues.
• Tsunade gave Shizune the money from Jiraiya’s house and said she would think of another way to handle the debt.

Tsunade struggled to repay a fifty-million-ryo gambling debt, accepting help from Biwako and Asuma. The Hokage and a Land of Fire official arrested the debt collectors, seized their assets and promissory note, and left Zhen holding Tsunade’s debt.

• Tsunade asked Biwako for help and received three million ryo from her family’s savings.
• Tsunade ran into Otsuka Kōgorō and Kondo No, who reminded her that her repayment was due in two days.
• Asuma brought Tsunade two million ryo from Biwako, and Tsunade told Shizune to buy more alcohol.
• Zhen summoned Otsuka Kōgorō and Kondo No to meet Hideya En, who arrested them for tax fraud, extortion, and driving a woman to her death.
• Hideya En seized the promissory note for Tsunade’s fifty-million-ryo debt and took the two men away, while Zhen looked over the note.

Shizune told Rin, Kurenai, and Anko that Tsunade's gambling debts had reached fifty million ryo, and Anko promised to help pay them. When Naruto refused to give Anko five million ryo, she offered to let him examine her body in exchange, then agreed to meet him in the Hokage's office that night.

• Shizune revealed that Tsunade's gambling debts had left her owing fifty million ryo, and she had raised less than ten million.
• Anko offered to ask Naruto for five million ryo, while Rin and Kurenai could not contribute much.
• Naruto refused Anko's request for money, and she tried bargaining, throwing a tantrum, and pleading with him.
• After leaving Naruto's office, Anko returned and offered to let him examine her body in exchange for five million ryo.
• Anko told Naruto she would come to the Hokage's office that night.

Tsunade struggled to find enough money to repay her debt and finally went to Shin to ask for fifty million ryō. Shin challenged her over their relationship and her lack of respect for him as Hokage, leaving her request unanswered.

• Anko brought Shizune five million ryō after getting the money from the Hokage, and Tsunade thanked her for helping Shizune.
• Tsunade admitted that she could borrow money elsewhere but did not want to owe favors, then decided to ask the Hokage for help.
• On her way through the village, Tsunade encountered Kushina and Naruto and learned that Shin had named the child.
• Tsunade went to the Hokage's Office and asked Shin for fifty million ryō.
• Shin questioned what relationship he and Tsunade had, criticized her for speaking disrespectfully about him, and pointed out that she would not even call him Hokage.

Tsunade asked Zhen to lend her fifty million ryo to repay gambling debts, but he refused to hand over village funds without knowing why she needed them. He offered her five million ryo per day to work as his assistant, and Tsunade reluctantly agreed to start the next day.

• Tsunade asked Zhen to lend her fifty million ryo and admitted the money was for gambling debts.
• Zhen pointed out that an S-rank Mission paid only a little over a million ryo and questioned whether the village should cover her losses.
• Zhen offered to speak with Tsunade's creditor to delay the repayment deadline and proposed hiring her as his assistant.
• Zhen offered Tsunade five million ryo for each day she did the job well, and she calculated that she would need to work eight days.
• Tsunade accepted the offer, and Zhen called Samui in to teach her the duties of a Hokage's assistant.

Tsunade accepted a short-term job as the Hokage's personal assistant to resolve her debts, but resisted the required clothes and arrived late in her usual outfit. Shin threatened to withdraw his help with her creditors, and Tsunade apologized, only for him to question whether she understood the proper posture for an apology.

• Samui explained Tsunade's assistant duties and gave her three sets of required business clothes, which Tsunade brought home without enthusiasm.
• Shizune suspected Tsunade had taken a degrading job for money, but Tsunade told her she was working as the Hokage's assistant.
• Tsunade overslept, skipped the required outfit, and arrived at the Hokage's Office after ten.
• Shin told Tsunade she could leave the job and ordered Samui to tell her creditors he would no longer intervene in collecting her debt.
• Tsunade apologized and asked for another chance, but Shin asked whether she knew the proper posture for an apology, leaving her wondering if he expected her to kneel.

Tsunade refused Shin’s demand in the Hokage’s office, then faced a disguised Samui posing as her creditor and demanding repayment. When Tsunade learned Shizune was also liable for the debt, she agreed to find the money and was left fearing what would happen if she could not escape Konoha.

• Tsunade left Shin’s office without accepting his terms, and Shin and Samui discussed her pride before heading to the break room.
• Tsunade returned home, threw the professional outfits into the wastebasket, and later opened the door to Koshiro Otsuka, who was actually Samui in disguise.
• Tsunade offered ten million ryo toward her fifty-million-ryo debt, but Samui warned that she would ask the Hokage to arbitrate if Tsunade refused to honor their agreement.
• Tsunade threatened Samui and destroyed the coffee table, but Samui revealed that Shizune’s name was also on the promissory note and warned that both women could go to prison.
• Tsunade agreed to gather the money by the next day, then worried about Shizune, her chances of escaping Konoha, and the humiliating outfits scattered beside the overturned wastebasket.

Tsunade came to the Hokage’s office to apologize to Shin and seek his forgiveness. After he made her put on his shoes, he ordered her to make the bed and clear away his food, leaving her kneeling alone in the lounge.

• Two civilian staff members mistook Tsunade in business attire for Samui as she walked toward the Hokage’s office.
• Samui told Tsunade that Shin was napping and directed her to wait quietly in the lounge.
• Tsunade waited for about half an hour, then knelt and apologized to Shin when he woke.
• Shin told Tsunade to put on his shoes, and she obeyed while struggling with her humiliation.
• Shin left the lounge after ordering Tsunade to make the bed and clear away the food.