Chapter Summaries

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.

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.