Recaps

Boruto weighed Tsukihime’s proposal to strike the Otsutsuki main family before they attacked, knowing the mission offered less than a thirty percent chance of success. He returned to the Leaf, called an emergency meeting, and announced that Sasuke would become Hokage if he did not return.

• Tsukihime urged Boruto to attack the Otsutsuki main family first, and Gaara agreed that waiting passively would leave their villages vulnerable.
• Boruto spent the night considering his family and village, while Gaara told him that only he could decide whether to leave and fight.
• Tsukihime revealed that Boruto had less than a thirty percent chance of defeating the main family in a direct fight, but no chance if he stayed and waited.
• Boruto returned to the Leaf three days later and ordered Shikamaru to gather the village leaders for an emergency meeting.
• Boruto told the leaders about the experimental subjects and Tsukihime’s proposal, then declared that he would strike first and named Sasuke as his successor if he did not return.

Boruto prepared to leave on a dangerous, long journey to protect his family and the village, saying goodbye to Kiyomi and Kota. He departed for the Village Entrance, where Tsukihime was waiting, while Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sasuke entrusted the village to him.

• Boruto assigned Shikamaru to oversee the village defenses and Sasuke to guide Kota's training, then asked everyone to care for Kiyomi.
• Boruto told Kiyomi he had to leave on a long journey, and promised her he would return alive.
• Boruto told Kota to protect his mother and keep training, while Kota asked him to return and teach him the Rasengan.
• Boruto asked Kiyomi for a proper wedding ceremony, and she promised to support him; the next morning, Kota gave him a handmade forehead protector.
• Boruto said goodbye to Kiyomi and Kota, then left for the Hokage Building, where Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sasuke were waiting.
• Naruto told Boruto that Tsukihime was waiting at the Village Entrance, and Shikamaru asked him to look after the village.

Boruto left the Leaf with Tsukihime and entered the Otsutsuki main family’s realm to face its judgment. After the tablet ordered him to defeat three guards or be erased, the guards attacked him.

• Boruto said goodbye to Naruto and the villagers, then left the Leaf with Tsukihime.
• Tsukihime opened a spatial rift, and she and Boruto crossed the passage to the Otsutsuki main family’s central territory.
• Boruto and Tsukihime reached the main family’s realm and found its rules on a stone tablet.
• The tablet judged Boruto and ordered him to defeat three guards within one day or be erased from existence.
• Guards A, B, and C attacked Boruto, who dodged their strikes and formed hand seals to use Rasengan.

Boruto learned about Oni’s past and agreed to help Tsukihime kill Hikaru, then entered the arena to face Oni. Oni revealed his Platinum Mode and quickly overwhelmed Boruto, leaving the battle still underway.

• Tsukihime told Boruto that Oni was Hikaru’s older brother, had ninety-nine consecutive arena wins, and wanted a worthy opponent to kill him.
• Boruto refused Tsukihime’s warning to run and said he needed to defeat Oni and Hikaru to escape with everyone.
• Tsukihime told Boruto how Hikaru killed her brother Tsuki during the final trial, and Boruto promised to help her kill Hikaru.
• Tsukihime and Boruto joined hands and agreed to work together, with Tsukihime making Boruto promise to stay alive.
• The next day, Boruto faced Oni in the arena, where Oni revealed his Platinum Mode and caught Boruto’s Rasengan with one hand.
• Oni swept Boruto into three stone pillars, breaking his ribs as the spectators mocked him.

Boruto endured Oni’s Platinum Mode and broke free of its pressure through hatred-fueled resolve. As Oni drew his sword, Oblivion, and attacked, Boruto raised a Chakra shield to block.

• Oni knocked Boruto down with his first strike, leaving him with several broken bones.
• Boruto forced himself to stand and reignited his Golden Chakra.
• Oni unleashed Platinum Mode and forced Boruto toward his knees, while Tsukihime watched from the stands.
• Boruto recalled resisting his father’s overwhelming Chakra and stood up, transforming his Golden Chakra with black patterns.
• Oni drew Oblivion, a sword that had killed Gold Mode and Platinum Mode warriors, and swung at Boruto.
• Boruto instinctively raised his arm and formed a Golden Chakra shield.

Boruto survived Oni’s devastating attack and won their fight by blocking the Finale with a compressed Double Rasengan, though he lost his right arm and collapsed. He woke in a stone chamber with Tsukihime beside him and asked whether he had won.

• Tsukihime urged the gravely wounded Boruto to get up, reminding him of his promise and her brother’s death.
• Boruto reignited his Chakra and returned to fight Oni, who announced that his Finale would decide the match.
• Boruto compressed two Rasengan into one and met Oni’s platinum-white blade with the Double Rasengan.
• The collision destroyed the arena’s stands, severed Boruto’s right arm, and cracked Oni’s sword; Oni declared Boruto the winner and promised to kill him next time.
• Boruto woke in a stone chamber, where Tsukihime told him his injuries included thirteen broken bones and an arm that could not be reattached.
• Boruto looked at his empty shoulder and calmly asked Tsukihime whether he had won.

After surviving his fight with Oni, Boruto learned Hikaru would challenge him in the next trial and heard how Tsukihime’s brother had died. As Boruto recovered, Tsukihime asked him to save her twelve-year-old cousin from Hikaru’s hunting game, but he refused, insisting that compassion only led to death.

• Tsukihime told Boruto that he had won the duel with Oni and that Hikaru called him interesting and planned to fight him in the next trial.
• Boruto learned that Hikaru had killed Tsukihime’s brother after exploiting his hesitation, and Tsukihime vowed to become strong enough to kill Hikaru.
• During Boruto’s recovery, Tsukihime told him Hikaru planned to send ten Gold Mode hunters after a hundred civilians in the Despair Forest, including her cousin.
• Tsukihime urged Boruto to rescue her cousin, but he refused, saying he had promised only to help kill Hikaru and that compassion would get him killed.
• Tsukihime told Boruto that her brother had believed in holding on to his humanity, then said she would survive by any means until she killed Hikaru.

Boruto chose to help Tsukihime rescue the clan members targeted in the hunt and entered Despair Forest, where he confronted Snake. After her poison triggered the black markings on his body, he gained power and overwhelmed her defenses.

• Boruto left with Tsukihime to find her cousin Tsukine and save the people condemned to the hunt.
• Tsukihime explained that ten Gold Mode hunters would hunt one hundred unarmed clan members in Despair Forest until dawn.
• When the hunt began, Boruto entered the forest and encountered Snake, the seventh-ranked Gold Mode hunter.
• Snake poisoned Boruto with her radiant snakes, but the black markings on his body absorbed the poison and converted it into Chakra.
• Boruto's corruption spread as his power surged, and he shattered Snake's defenses before declaring that his hatred had devoured her poison.

Boruto rescued Tsukine and a group of Ōtsutsuki clan members from a hunter, but killed him despite Tsukine's pleas. Tsukine feared Boruto's ruthless nature, yet followed him as he led them toward escape.

• Boruto defeated a snake with a point-blank Rasengan and continued toward the forest's center as Tsukihime watched in shock.
• Tsukine urged a group of clan members to escape through an underground river, but a hunter blocked their way and attacked.
• Boruto caught a golden spear, introduced himself as Boruto, and used over a hundred Shadow Clones with Rasengan to defeat the hunter.
• Tsukine begged Boruto not to kill the defeated hunter, but Boruto crushed the man's skull and told her that mercy meant death in the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Tsukine called Boruto a demon, then overcame her fear and followed him when he offered to lead the group to safety.

Boruto and Tsukine continued through Despair Forest as he explained why he considered himself a failure and warned her about the dangers of fear. When three hunters confronted them, Boruto used a Shadow Clone and Earth Release to trap them in a swamp.

• Tsukine thanked Boruto for saving her, and he told her they had to leave the forest before dawn.
• Boruto warned Tsukine that hunters could sense her fear and said he had learned to live with losing his arm, family, and humanity.
• Boruto sensed three hunters ahead, and they recognized him as Uzumaki Boruto and attacked, hoping to claim his bounty.
• Boruto sent Tsukine behind a tree, let the hunters ensnare a Shadow Clone, then trapped the three men in the Swamp of the Underworld.

Boruto killed three hunters and explained to Tsukine that he had saved her because he had promised her cousin, though he was also counting kills to rank up. As they reached the safe zone, a dozen hunters ambushed them, and Boruto sent Tsukine running before facing the attackers with his dwindling chakra.

• Boruto killed three hunters with Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere and counted them as his fourth, fifth, and sixth kills toward ranking up.
• Tsukine feared Boruto had saved her only to complete his mission, but he told her he had come because her cousin asked him to.
• Boruto and Tsukine crossed the forest through the night and reached a meadow near the safe zone, where Boruto warned that danger could be waiting.
• A group of hunters led by a young woman confronted Boruto, who refused to hand Tsukine over despite his depleted chakra and the pain in his left arm.
• Boruto shoved Tsukine toward the safe zone, then used a Rasengan to strike the first hunter as the attackers charged.

Boruto’s Karma Seal awakened with Isshiki’s power and wiped out the hunters pursuing him. After escorting Tsukine to safety, he chose to return to the hunt, determined to become strong enough to change the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s brutal game.

• The woman discovered Boruto’s Karma Seal, and Isshiki’s will took over his body.
• Boruto used Divine Art: Heavenly Realm (Pseudo) to pull the hunters into a black vortex and kill them.
• Boruto caught up with Tsukine and promised not to kill her, then led her to the safe zone.
• Boruto told Tsukine he needed four more kills to qualify for advancement and prepared to return to the hunt.
• Boruto said he wanted to become strong enough to protect others and end the clan’s game, while Tsukine warned that he would die.

Boruto met Yamada, one of the hunting game’s organizers, who offered to advance him and spare Tsukine in exchange for accepting help. Yamada revealed that the Karma Seal could grant immense power but would eventually overwrite Boruto’s consciousness; Boruto accepted the danger and vowed to master it.

• Boruto returned to the forest despite his injuries, where he encountered Yamada, the former butler who revealed he was an organizer of the hunt.
• Yamada offered to advance Boruto and spare Tsukine, but threatened to have her killed if Boruto refused.
• Boruto agreed to Yamada’s help on the condition that he explain the Karma Seal.
• Yamada explained that the Karma Seal held the Ōtsutsuki’s power but would eventually consume Boruto’s consciousness and turn him into a vessel.
• Boruto chose to accept the power despite its cost, and Yamada advanced him while promising that Tsukine would leave safely.
• Boruto watched Yamada vanish and vowed to control the Karma Seal and prevent his own disappearance.

Boruto recovered at Yamada's residence after the trials and learned that the girl had survived, while the Karma Seal remained dormant within him. Yamada claimed Naruto had killed his best friend to rise to Clan Head, leaving Boruto shaken and determined not to become ruthless.

• A servant brought Boruto ramen and told him he ranked seventh and that the girl was safe in a medical room.
• Boruto saw that the patterns on his hand had vanished but feared the Karma Seal still lurked within him.
• Boruto found a photograph of his young father among the family portraits, and Yamada explained that Naruto had also ranked seventh in his first trials.
• Yamada claimed Naruto had killed his best friend and teammates during the trials to survive and advance.
• Yamada urged Boruto to become ruthless and called his deal to save the girl a first step toward corruption, but Boruto insisted he would not become like that.

Boruto and Sarada discovered that the maze was an Ōtsutsuki Training Ground after surviving an attack from chakra-draining vines. A staircase opened into the darkness below, and Boruto's Karma Seal began burning again.

• Sarada treated Boruto's wounds and urged him not to let the Ōtsutsuki voice take control of him.
• Boruto's Karma Seal opened an ancient stone door, revealing a crystal orb in a spotless circular room.
• Black vines erupted from the walls and drained their strength, so Sarada covered Boruto while he used the Karma Seal to absorb the orb's energy.
• Boruto resisted the voice in his mind and shattered the orb, causing the vines to wither and his Karma patterns to fade.
• Sarada read a fragment identifying the orb as an energy collection device on the Training Ground's third level, and Boruto realized the maze was an Ōtsutsuki testing facility.
• A staircase opened to a strange murmur below, and Boruto's Karma Seal began burning again.

Boruto and Sarada reached the Tower, where Yamada revealed the truth about the Karma Seal vessels and the trials. Boruto began the third trial alone, climbing toward a mirror that would confront his deepest fear as the voice in his mind taunted him about his desire for power.

• Boruto and Sarada entered the underground cavern and approached the Tower, where the Karma Seal pulled Boruto toward it.
• Inside the Tower, Boruto found Karma Seal bearers trapped in crystals and learned that the stele held the names and consciousnesses of former vessels.
• Yamada revealed that Boruto had passed the second trial and admitted he intended to help resurrect Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, while claiming Boruto could become a symbiont rather than a vessel.
• Yamada explained that Boruto's third trial required him to face his deepest fear at the top of the Tower, and warned that failure would leave him trapped in a crystal.
• Boruto refused Sarada's offer to accompany him and began climbing alone as she promised to wait at the Tower's bottom.
• The voice in Boruto's mind taunted him about fearing the loss of himself and secretly craving power, and Boruto insisted he did not need that power.

After Boruto fused with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in the trial, Naruto isolated him and Sarada, then began training Boruto to stabilize the dangerous power within him. A month later, Boruto’s Chakra was changing and Naruto decided to enter his Consciousness Space to investigate the fusion.

• Boruto and Sarada escaped the collapsing maze, and Naruto recognized Isshiki’s power in Boruto’s golden eye.
• Naruto overruled the elders’ demand to isolate Boruto and Sarada, then questioned them in a sealed room about Yamada and the fusion.
• Naruto ordered Boruto to train in Fuinjutsu and the Will Training Method, with Sarada observing his Chakra for abnormalities.
• Over the next month, Sarada recorded Boruto’s Chakra shifting toward Ōtsutsuki patterns as his behavior grew quieter and sometimes cruel.
• Naruto decided to intensify Boruto’s Illusionary Space training and enter his Consciousness Space, despite Sarada’s warning that it was dangerous.

Boruto entered his mental world with Naruto and negotiated a symbiotic pact with Isshiki’s remaining consciousness to stabilize their merging powers. The pact succeeded, leaving Isshiki’s power controlled by a seal on Boruto’s palm and the two in balance.

• Naruto connected to Boruto’s mental world and learned that Isshiki’s memories and instincts were expanding into Boruto’s reality.
• Boruto told Naruto he wanted to negotiate with Isshiki, but would seal him if he refused to cooperate.
• Boruto reached the core of the starry sky and offered Isshiki a pact in which they would share power and consciousness as partners.
• Isshiki accepted Boruto’s pact, and his consciousness merged into Boruto as the mental world stabilized.
• Boruto woke in the training room with Isshiki’s power under control, and Sarada and Naruto confirmed the balance had held.

Yamada revealed that he had altered Boruto’s genes before birth to create a perfect Ōtsutsuki vessel, then offered a way to remove the Ōtsutsuki factors. Boruto agreed to travel to the Sea Country ruin for the antidote, leaving with Naruto and Sarada’s support.

• A messenger reported that Yamada had appeared outside the village and claimed he could remove Boruto’s Karma Seal.
• Yamada showed Boruto a sealed memory and revealed that he had secretly altered Boruto’s genes before birth to make him an ideal vessel.
• Yamada said an ancient ruin in the Sea Country held Ōtsutsuki gene samples that could be used to make an antidote, but it also contained the remains of the Ōtsutsuki God.
• Boruto agreed to enter the ruin in exchange for the antidote, despite Naruto warning that Yamada was using him.
• After Yamada left, Sarada and Naruto reassured Boruto, and Boruto committed to finding the truth and ending the conflict with them.

Boruto, Sarada, Naruto, and Yamada reached the Ōtsutsuki God’s tomb after crossing the Eye of the Storm. Yamada revealed that Boruto could communicate with the tomb’s guardians, and Boruto led the group down the path of the Void, where his senses and sense of existence began to disappear.

• Yamada explained that the rune-covered ship could cross the sea in three days, and Boruto sensed his Kāma responding to the approaching ruins.
• Shiki told Boruto that all Ōtsutsuki were continuations of the God and that the God’s remains might grant power or consume him.
• The group entered the Eye of the Storm and emerged on a floating island in The Void, where they found the pyramid known as the God’s tomb.
• Sarada recorded the pyramid’s murals, while Naruto warned that their revelations could start a war if they became known.
• Yamada said Boruto alone could communicate with the three guardians, so Boruto chose the right-hand path of the Void.
• Boruto, Sarada, Naruto, and Yamada entered the passage, and Boruto gradually lost his senses and feeling of existence.

Boruto and his companions reached the Guardian in a nothingness that began assimilating their consciousnesses, and Boruto learned that his bloodline carried a trace of God. The Guardian revealed that it was a fragment of God’s shattered consciousness, and Boruto asked what state God was in.

• Boruto, Naruto, and Sarada kept themselves present in the nothingness by talking, while Yamada walked in silence.
• Boruto asked the Guardian whether it had a name, and it answered that distinctions did not exist there and all things eventually returned to the same state.
• The Guardian told Boruto that his bloodline contained a trace of God and that Naruto, Sarada, and Yamada were fading.
• Naruto used the Nine-Tails' power to anchor himself, while Sarada used her Sharingan to keep her consciousness clear.
• Boruto asked whether the Guardian was part of God, and it said it was a fragment of God’s consciousness left behind after God fell asleep.
• Boruto asked the Guardian what state God was in now.

Boruto learned that his birth and the Shinobi World were part of the Ōtsutsuki God’s design, and that Shiki was another of the God’s pieces. After passing the Guardian, Boruto, Naruto, Sarada, and Yamada reached the God’s core, where Yamada asked Boruto to connect with it.

• The Guardian showed Boruto fragmented images suggesting the Ōtsutsuki God had designed his birth and made the Shinobi World its board.
• Boruto confronted Yamada about using him as a pawn, and Yamada admitted he had known part of the truth.
• The Guardian confirmed that the Ōtsutsuki God knew about Shiki and had made him another piece; Shiki questioned the truth of his identity.
• Boruto thanked the Guardian and followed its guidance deeper into the pyramid with Naruto and Sarada, while Yamada followed behind them.
• The group found a vessel containing the sleeping God’s core, and Yamada asked Boruto to establish a connection and assess its condition.

Boruto learned that Yamada planned to use him to activate the core, dispersing God's consciousness into people with the bloodline. The process would erase the vessel's independent consciousness, but Boruto questioned whether that meant death or a different fate.

• Yamada admitted that he wanted to activate the core so God's consciousness could merge with people who possessed the bloodline, including himself.
• Shiki accused Yamada of planning to use Boruto from the beginning, and Yamada confirmed that he had concealed the plan without technically lying.
• Naruto threatened to fight Yamada, but Boruto stopped him and demanded to know every risk before deciding whether to cooperate.
• Yamada revealed that the core's activation required a vessel and that the vessel would lose its independent consciousness after the process.
• Boruto asked whether the vessel died or disappeared another way, and Yamada said the ancient text described the consciousness as returning to the core.

Boruto challenged Yamada’s plan to use a human medium to return divine consciousness to its core and proposed that Shiki could take the medium’s place. As Yamada’s motives came under scrutiny, Shiki had yet to say whether he was willing to return.

• Naruto rejected Yamada’s plan and urged him to find another way.
• Yamada revealed that a human medium’s consciousness would be shattered and reassembled, never returning to its original state.
• Shiki asked Boruto what he was, prompting Boruto to ask whether a consciousness from the core could serve as the medium instead.
• Sarada asked whether Shiki was willing, and Shiki asked Boruto what his return would mean before requesting time to speak.
• Boruto questioned what Yamada stood to gain and how much damage he would accept, while Yamada fell silent.
• Sarada accused Yamada of wanting Boruto to sacrifice Shiki so Yamada could reap the benefits of evolution.

Boruto questioned Yamada about the vessel’s process and learned that the settlement had less than seventy minutes before the danger escalated. He prepared to make a final handoff with Shiki while Naruto went outside to keep others away and call for backup.

• Boruto asked Shiki whether he would still exist or remember their experiences after returning to the core, and Shiki said he could not promise either.
• Boruto demanded details from Yamada, who explained that the process required a burst of chakra and could not be stopped once it began without unleashing a chakra storm.
• Boruto discovered that Yamada had noticed the vessel’s change fifty minutes earlier, leaving less than seventy minutes before the danger worsened.
• Sarada condemned Yamada for withholding crucial information, and Boruto told her they would settle the matter later.
• Boruto asked Naruto to leave because his powerful chakra would accelerate the collapse, and instructed him to keep others outside and call for backup.
• Naruto asked Boruto if he was sure he knew what he was doing.