Recaps

Mu revealed that she had always been part of Kara and fought Naruto with a giant robot, while Sasuke, Kiyomi, and Boruto went underground to confront the God behind the plan to destroy the Leaf and create a new world. After the God overpowered them, Naruto arrived and began fighting him.

• Mu revealed that she had killed Jigen and unleashed a giant robot against Sasuke, Kiyomi, and Boruto.
• Boruto awakened his Karma and damaged the robot, but it struck him down before Naruto arrived and challenged Mu.
• Sasuke led Kiyomi and Boruto through underground traps to a cultivation pod, where the God declared his intention to destroy the old world and rule a new one.
• Sasuke and Kiyomi trapped the God with Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi, but he broke free and defeated Boruto while overpowering Sasuke's Susanoo.
• Naruto entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and clashed with the God.

Naruto, Sasuke, Boruto, and Kiyomi fought Otsutsuki Shinshiki in the Underground Space, where Kiyomi badly damaged him with her Mangekyo techniques before losing her sight. As the space collapsed, Naruto stayed behind to face Shinshiki while Sasuke, Sylvie, Boruto, and Kiyomi fled toward the exit.

• God transformed and revealed that he was Otsutsuki Shinshiki, then overpowered Boruto and restrained Naruto and Sasuke with black tendrils.
• Boruto broke free and attacked Shinshiki, but was caught by countless black chakra hands.
• Kiyomi used Amaterasu, Kagutsuchi, and Susanoo to pierce Shinshiki's defenses, then fell blind after exhausting her ocular power.
• Sylvie treated Kiyomi with Medical Ninjutsu, while Shinshiki's wound began to heal and he prepared a fatal attack on Boruto.
• Naruto broke free, shielded Boruto, and resumed fighting Shinshiki at full strength as the Underground Space began to collapse.
• Sasuke carried Kiyomi toward the exit while Sylvie helped Boruto escape, leaving Naruto behind to fight Shinshiki.

Naruto and the four reanimated Hokage fought Shinshiki, but his Rinnegan powers overwhelmed them until Sasuke returned and joined Naruto in a combined attack. Shinshiki survived and transformed into his Complete Form, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Naruto faced Shinshiki alone in Six Paths Sage Mode, but Shinshiki trapped him in a time-controlling domain and prepared to strike.
• Minato arrived through Impure World Reincarnation, summoned by Orochimaru, and joined Naruto alongside Hashirama, Tobirama, and Hiruzen.
• The Hokage and Naruto attacked together, and Hashirama’s Wood Release held back Shinshiki’s collapsing space while the others struck.
• Shinshiki stopped time with his Rinnegan, but Sasuke returned and used his own Rinnegan to resist the effect and wound Shinshiki.
• Naruto and Sasuke combined their powers and sent Shinshiki crashing through walls, but he rose again and transformed into Otsutsuki Shinshiki: Complete Form.

Shinshiki overwhelmed the Hokage, Naruto, Sasuke, and Boruto, forcing Sasuke to revive the dead Uchiha and Minato to prepare a combined technique with Naruto. Their surprise attack wounded Shinshiki, but he transformed into a stronger form and sealed space-time travel, leaving Minato and Naruto trapped in his domain.

• Shinshiki defeated the Hokage's attacks, broke Sasuke's Susanoo sword, and nearly killed Tobirama before Boruto challenged him.
• Shinshiki struck Naruto with an Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb, and Sasuke chose a forbidden jutsu that would cost his life.
• Sasuke used Impure World Reincarnation: Change to summon the dead Uchiha, whose combined attacks wounded Shinshiki.
• Shinshiki transformed into a twenty-meter form with eight arms and crushed several Uchiha as they attacked him.
• Minato and Naruto used Flying Thunder God and a Super Great Ball Rasengan to strike Shinshiki from behind.
• Shinshiki sealed the space around them with Space-Time Lockdown, rendering Minato's Flying Thunder God ineffective.

Kiyomi sacrificed her eyesight to save everyone, and Boruto awakened a powerful Otsutsuki form that defeated Shinshiki before Naruto helped him regain control. Naruto then confronted the wounded Shinshiki, who revealed that the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s fate had stripped him of his feelings, memories, and name.

• Kiyomi used Izanagi to erase Shinshiki's attacks, permanently losing her sight before collapsing unconscious.
• Boruto's Kāma awakened, transforming him into an Otsutsuki form that overwhelmed Shinshiki and blasted a hole through his chest.
• Naruto stopped Boruto from attacking Shinshiki, and Boruto fought Momoshiki's influence with help from Sasuke's Chakra.
• Boruto affirmed that his family, friends, and the people he wanted to protect mattered more than power, suppressing Momoshiki and returning to normal.
• Naruto told Shinshiki that bonds and protecting others gave the Hokage's role meaning, while Shinshiki said the Ōtsutsuki Clan's fate left him unable to resist.

Naruto defeated Shinshiki, then persuaded him to atone and accepted his surrender. With the battle over, Hashirama announced that the Impure World Reincarnation would end and the revived shinobi would return to their world.

• Naruto and Kurama joined their powers in Six Paths: Nine-Tails Mode and fought Shinshiki in his final form.
• Naruto struck Shinshiki with a Tailed Beast Bomb and a barrage of Rasengan, defeating him.
• Sasuke asked Shinshiki about his past, and Shinshiki revealed that the Otsutsuki Clan had destroyed his village, killed his family, and made him a vessel.
• Naruto offered Shinshiki a chance to atone, and Shinshiki accepted Naruto's hand and agreed to return to the Leaf for treatment from Sylvie.
• Hashirama said the Impure World Reincarnation would end and told Naruto he could leave the Leaf in his hands, while asking Boruto to protect his father.

After the Hokage throughout the ages disappeared, Naruto returned to Konoha and faced the casualties from the attack, while the villagers reassured him that they trusted him. Boruto visited the blinded Kiyomi, and Sasuke and Sylvie discussed getting stronger as Naruto began arranging compensation and rebuilding costs.

• The Hokage throughout the ages vanished after Hashirama and Tobirama urged Naruto to protect the Leaf, and Sasuke led the group out of the Underground Space.
• Naruto learned that thirty-two people had died and bowed in apology, but the villagers thanked him and told him they believed in him.
• Boruto visited Kiyomi in the hospital, blamed himself for her lost eyesight, and she comforted him and joked with him.
• Sasuke told Sylvie that the Ōtsutsuki Clan remained a threat, and Sylvie decided to learn Senjutsu to protect Boruto, Kiyomi, and others.
• Naruto worried that Konoha lacked money for compensation and rebuilding, and Hinata offered to buy a hundred of his autographed photos.

Naruto welcomed Hinata’s support and spent a warm evening with his family, while Sasuke left Konoha to investigate the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Shinshiki told the Hokage that he knew of Kinshiki, Urashiki, and Isshiki, leaving the Hokage with a new name to investigate.

• Hinata secured Naruto’s promise to come home for dinner, and Naruto gave Sasuke a communication scroll before Sasuke announced he would leave the next day.
• Naruto enjoyed dinner and time with Hinata, Boruto, and Himawari, then thanked Hinata for supporting him and their family.
• Sakura and Sarada said goodbye to Sasuke as he departed Konoha to investigate the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Sylvie told Shinshiki he was recovering well, then informed him that the Hokage wanted to see him.
• The Hokage asked Shinshiki about the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and Shinshiki named Kinshiki, Urashiki, and Isshiki.

Shinshiki warned Naruto that Isshiki planned to come to Earth for the God Tree’s fruit, which Kaguya had hidden in an unknown dimension. After Naruto welcomed Shinshiki to the Leaf, Boruto helped him experience village life and brought him to Ichiraku Ramen.

• Shinshiki told Naruto that Isshiki was the strongest Ōtsutsuki, that Kaguya had betrayed him, and that Isshiki might arrive as soon as the next day to seek the God Tree’s fruit.
• Shinshiki explained that Kaguya had sealed the fruit in an unknown dimension, leaving few clues to its location.
• Naruto vowed to find the fruit or become strong enough to stop Isshiki, then thanked Shinshiki and welcomed him to the Leaf.
• Shinshiki walked through the rebuilding village and wondered how people could laugh after a devastating war.
• Boruto told Shinshiki that people carried on because of hope, and Shinshiki admitted that he was beginning to enjoy the sunlight and life in the Leaf.
• Boruto took Shinshiki to Ichiraku Ramen, where Teuchi served them two signature chashu ramen.

Sasuke and Shinshiki defeated Urashiki in the ruins and returned to the Leaf with intelligence about the Ōtsutsuki and the coming invasion. Six months later, Isshiki arrived with Momoshiki and Kinshiki, and the village prepared to defend itself as the battle began.

• Sasuke attacked Urashiki but was badly wounded until Shinshiki intervened, and Sasuke's Amaterasu forced Urashiki to flee.
• Sasuke and Shinshiki returned to the Leaf and reported the Ōtsutsuki home planet, Source Power, Divine Core Resonance, and the threat expected within a year.
• Naruto ordered the village to raise its alert, train its shinobi, reinforce the barrier, and prepare supplies.
• Six months later, Isshiki arrived through a massive rift with Momoshiki and Kinshiki, and Naruto sent the shinobi to their positions as the village barrier activated.

Naruto and his allies defeated Isshiki, Momoshiki, and Kinshiki, ending the assault on Konoha. A year later, the village had rebuilt, and the survivors had settled into peaceful new lives.

• Naruto drew Isshiki toward Sasuke’s trap while Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki fought Momoshiki, and Shinshiki battled Kinshiki.
• Sasuke bound Isshiki with sealing chains, and Naruto and Sasuke struck him with the Final Art: Universal Vortex Sphere, destroying him.
• Boruto’s squad sealed Momoshiki and Kinshiki, and Konoha celebrated the end of the battle.
• One year later, Konoha had been rebuilt, Boruto’s seal had been removed, Sasuke had stayed in the village, and Shinshiki had become a Leaf shinobi and hospital researcher.

Boruto led Sarada, Mitsuki, and Shinshiki to investigate a caravan raid blamed on the supposedly vanished Sand Shadow Style ninja. They recovered the stolen medical supplies, but the attackers’ resentment and signs of a hidden power left the larger threat unresolved.

• Naruto told Boruto to investigate the border attack and prioritize his team’s safety, and Boruto promised Kota he would take him on a mission after he graduated from the Ninja Academy.
• Boruto, Sarada, Mitsuki, and Shinshiki traced the caravan raiders northwest to a fortified camp in a secluded valley.
• Boruto and Sarada drew the raiders’ attention while Mitsuki and Shinshiki moved in from the flank.
• The scar-faced raider accused the Leaf ninja of living in peace while his people suffered, and Boruto realized the attackers were driven by hatred rather than greed.
• Shinshiki and Mitsuki joined the fight, and Boruto’s team subdued the raiders and recovered all the stolen supplies.

Boruto accepted Naruto’s recommendation to become the Eighth Hokage and took office at a public succession ceremony. As Boruto began his new duties, Naruto offered him advice and reminded him to make time for his family.

• Boruto promised the captured boy a fair hearing, then discussed Naruto’s possible retirement and his own doubts about becoming Hokage with Sarada.
• Naruto welcomed Boruto’s team back to the Leaf, and Boruto went home to Kiyomi and Kota before wondering with Kiyomi whether he could put the village before his family.
• Naruto announced his retirement to the Jonin and recommended Uzumaki Boruto as the Eighth Hokage; Boruto accepted.
• At the succession ceremony, Naruto handed Boruto the Hokage’s hat, and Boruto vowed to protect the Leaf’s peace and hope.
• Boruto entered the Hokage’s Office for the first time, where Naruto advised him to believe in himself, trust his comrades, and go home for dinner.

Boruto left his family to join Sasuke on a mission against the God Tree, which had destroyed a village by draining its life. They tracked the enemy into an ancient forest, where Boruto confronted the God Tree and unleashed his Nine-Tails Chakra and Senjutsu after being trapped by its roots.

• Boruto said goodbye to Kiyomi and Kota, promising Kota he would take him on a mission once he earned his forehead protector.
• Boruto met Sasuke at the Village Entrance, and they traveled toward the border as Boruto voiced his concerns about leading the battle.
• Boruto and Sasuke found a ruined village and used Boruto's Byakugan to follow a fresh chakra trail east into an ancient forest.
• A masked man revealed himself as the God Tree of the Otsutsuki Clan and declared that he would turn the planet into nourishment for the mother world.
• The God Tree repelled Boruto's attack, blocked Sasuke's Chidori, and ensnared them both with roots.
• Boruto broke free with Nine-Tails Chakra, entered Sage Mode, and prepared to fight back.

Boruto, Naruto, and Sasuke fought the God Tree as it tried to drain the Leaf Village, and Boruto awakened control of his Kāma to destroy it. Three days later, Boruto woke in the hospital with Kiyomi at his side.

• Boruto and Sasuke attacked the God Tree with their strongest techniques, but it withstood their assault and summoned a vast tree that drained Chakra from the villagers.
• Naruto joined the battle and struck the God Tree back, but its roots kept spreading toward the Hokage Building and trapped Boruto.
• Naruto and Boruto combined their Chakra into a Father-Son Rasengan, while Sasuke added the Totsuka Blade and Amaterasu Flames to their attack.
• The God Tree began a self-destruction technique, and Boruto awakened the power of his Kāma and enveloped it in white light, annihilating it and restoring the villagers’ Chakra.
• Three days later, Boruto woke in the hospital, and Kiyomi told him how frightened she had been while he was unconscious.

After recovering from his battle with the Otsutsuki, Boruto returned to his duties as Hokage and reassured his family that he would protect them. He began training Kota in the Rasengan while warning that the Otsutsuki threat might not be over.

• Kota reunited with Boruto in the hospital, and Boruto admitted he feared losing control of his Otsutsuki bloodline, but Naruto reassured him that his choices defined him.
• Sylvie cleared Boruto for discharge after two more days, and villagers welcomed him home as the Leaf's hero.
• Boruto reviewed reconstruction plans with Shikamaru, who reported that other nations were offering help and that Anbu had detected suspicious Chakra near the border.
• At home, Boruto celebrated his discharge with Kiyomi and Kota, then promised Kiyomi he would protect everyone if the Otsutsuki returned.
• Boruto demonstrated a compressed Rasengan to Kota at the Training Ground and taught him that ninjutsu was meant to protect people.
• Himawari arrived with lunch and told Kota that she had added medical Chakra to her own Rasengan so it could heal wounds.

Boruto recovered from the battle and was discharged, reassured by his family that his Ōtsutsuki power did not define him. He returned to the Hokage’s Office as the village rebuilt, then celebrated at home with Kiyomi and Kota.

• Sasuke told Boruto to train his control, while Kiyomi and Kota welcomed him as he woke in the hospital.
• Sylvie said Boruto could leave after two more days but warned him not to overuse Senjutsu or transform into a tailed beast for three months.
• Naruto reassured Boruto that his choices, not his bloodline, determined who he was.
• Two days later, villagers greeted Boruto at his discharge, and he thanked them for their perseverance.
• Shikamaru told Boruto that other villages had sent aid and congratulations while reconstruction in the Leaf progressed.
• Boruto returned home to a celebratory dinner prepared by Kiyomi.

Boruto trained with Sasuke to control his Ōtsutsuki Transformation, then investigated a powerful Chakra Wave at the border. In an ancient cave, he and Sasuke encountered Tsukihime Ōtsutsuki, who revealed that she was Kaguya's younger sister.

• Boruto struggled to maintain his Ōtsutsuki Transformation, and Sasuke warned him that losing control could turn him into a vessel.
• Sasuke reassured Boruto that his willpower and bonds with Kiyomi and Kota would help him hold on to himself.
• Boruto extended his transformation for nearly a minute during afternoon training, and Sasuke said he would need several more months to master it.
• Shikamaru told Boruto that investigators had disappeared after a powerful Chakra Wave was detected at the border, and Boruto set out with Sasuke.
• Boruto and Sasuke followed the Chakra trail to a cave, where Sasuke read an inscription warning them not to look upon the imprisoned sinner's face.
• Tsukihime Ōtsutsuki emerged from the darkness and identified herself as Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's younger sister, shocking Sasuke.

Tsukihime overwhelmed Boruto and Sasuke, awakened Boruto’s Otsutsuki bloodline, and warned that the Otsutsuki main family was coming. Boruto returned to Leaf and prepared the shinobi world for the threat, while facing the uncertainty of his new power.

• Tsukihime declared that she intended to turn the planet into a true God Tree, then easily defeated Boruto and Sasuke when they attacked her.
• Tsukihime awakened Boruto’s Otsutsuki bloodline, making his power surge, and warned that the Otsutsuki main family would send far stronger investigators after the God Tree’s death.
• Tsukihime retreated into the cave to recover, and Sasuke stopped Boruto from pursuing her.
• Three days later, Boruto reported Tsukihime’s warning to Leaf’s leaders and ordered nationwide readiness and an emergency Five Kage Summit.
• Boruto told Kiyomi about the threat, and Kota said he would learn the Rasengan so he could help fight.
• That night, Boruto lay awake as his newly awakened power stirred inside him.

After Boruto’s victory, he reunited with Kiyomi and Kota as the village celebrated and began rebuilding. He learned that Tsukihime had left, while Sasuke warned him to keep control of his Ōtsutsuki power; the chapter ended with Naruto checking on Boruto as he worked late.

• Boruto returned home after the battle and reunited with Kiyomi and Kota, while Tsukihime watched their family from a nearby mountaintop before leaving.
• Three days later, Boruto and Shikamaru discussed the village’s recovery and congratulatory messages from other nations.
• Sasuke asked Boruto about controlling his Ōtsutsuki bloodline, and Boruto said he could use its power without losing control.
• Boruto asked about Tsukihime, and Sasuke said she had left after claiming the main family would not return.
• Kiyomi celebrated peace with dinner, and Kota told Boruto he had learned to make three Shadow Clones.
• Naruto brought Boruto ramen at the Hokage Building and asked whether he was feeling pressured.

Boruto learned that the Harvesters were coming to take the planet’s Life Energy, then fought off five of them by awakening a power beyond the God Realm. He returned home and promised Kiyomi and Kota he would survive, while the threat remained and Himawari asked if he would fight again.

• Zero warned Boruto that the Harvesters would soon arrive, and Boruto organized the Jonin to prepare the village’s defenses.
• Boruto told Kiyomi about the coming danger, and he promised her he would return alive after she confessed she feared losing him.
• Boruto and Sasuke confronted five Harvesters at the border, where the enemies trapped Boruto in a power-suppressing barrier and kept Sasuke occupied.
• Boruto broke through the barrier after awakening power beyond the God Realm, defeated the five Harvesters, and warned their leader to leave the planet alone.
• Boruto told Shikamaru the Harvesters would return, then promised Kiyomi and Kota he would survive as Kota asked to join the fight.
• Himawari visited Boruto and Kota at the training ground and asked Boruto whether he was going to fight again.

Boruto investigated signs of a warrior-class Otsutsuki near the border and ordered the village and its allies to raise their alert. As he reviewed other nations’ requests to learn Konoha’s forbidden techniques, Tsukihime returned seeking an important deal.

• Naruto recognized Boruto’s worry about the Otsutsuki main family and urged him to prepare while remembering his family.
• Boruto found Kota practicing Rasengan late at night, encouraged him to train patiently, and went home with him and Kiyomi.
• Shikamaru reported unexplained signs of a watcher at the border, so Boruto and Sasuke investigated footprints they identified as belonging to a warrior-class Otsutsuki.
• Boruto called an emergency meeting and ordered tighter security and a Level One alert for allied nations.
• Boruto reviewed proposals from Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure seeking cooperation or access to Fuinjutsu: Prison of Returning Silence.
• Shikamaru told Boruto that Tsukihime had returned to make an important deal, and Boruto went to meet her.

Boruto agreed to let Tsukihime live in the Leaf in exchange for guidance controlling his unstable Otsutsuki power. The next morning, she began testing his abilities, easily deflecting his first attack.

• Tsukihime asked Boruto to let her live in the Leaf and offered to guide him in mastering his Otsutsuki power.
• Boruto agreed, requiring Tsukihime to follow village rules, and Shikamaru arranged secluded accommodations for her.
• Boruto told Kiyomi about his decision, and she warned him that Tsukihime was dangerous and that his Chakra had grown colder.
• Kota told Boruto that he sensed something powerful and frightening in him, then said he wanted to grow strong enough to protect Kiyomi.
• Boruto visited Tsukihime the next morning, and she began testing his fundamentals by asking him to attack her.
• Tsukihime sidestepped Boruto's Senjutsu Chakra punch and told him he was too slow.

Tsukihime taught Boruto to sense, absorb, and focus Life Energy, while Sasuke worried about the danger of the power. After learning that Gaara would arrive soon, Boruto returned home, promised to train Kota, and resolved to grow stronger to protect his family and the village.

• Tsukihime defeated Boruto in their sparring and explained that Ōtsutsuki power came from Life Energy, which Boruto practiced sensing and absorbing.
• Boruto learned to release Life Energy as a focused beam, while Sasuke watched from the Tower and worried that Boruto might become his own enemy.
• Shikamaru told Boruto that Gaara was coming to the Leaf the day after tomorrow to discuss something important.
• Boruto told Kiyomi that Tsukihime had taught him a new way to use power, and Kiyomi sensed that his growing strength was creating distance between them.
• Kota asked Boruto to help him become stronger, and Boruto promised to train him starting the next day.

Boruto joined Gaara and Tsukihime in Sunagakure to investigate a strange chakra wave and learned that an Otsutsuki prototype had tested the planet’s defenses before dying. Tsukihime urged Boruto to take the fight to the Otsutsuki main family, but he hesitated because he was Hokage.

• Gaara warned Boruto about trusting Tsukihime, then asked for help investigating a powerful chakra wave in the desert after three reconnaissance squads disappeared.
• Boruto told Kiyomi and Kota he would leave for Sunagakure, then agreed to bring Tsukihime after she identified the chakra wave as coming from a sentinel test subject.
• Boruto, Tsukihime, and Gaara traveled to Sunagakure and followed the chakra traces into the desert ruins.
• Tsukihime examined a dead prototype weapon and revealed that it had transmitted data about the planet’s defenses, Boruto’s Fuinjutsu, and her presence to the Otsutsuki main family.
• Tsukihime urged Boruto to attack the Otsutsuki main family, but he hesitated because he could not leave his village as Hokage.