Chapter Summaries

Hashirama told Ōnoki that Madara was pursuing Chiyo, prompting Ōnoki to decide to compete with Madara for her. After Ōnoki left for Sunagakure, Hashirama explained Ōnoki’s romantic mission to Kurotsuchi.

• Hashirama told Ōnoki that Madara had been revived and was pursuing Chiyo in Sunagakure.
• Ōnoki insisted Madara could not truly love Chiyo, then claimed Chiyo was his own one true love and vowed to take her back from Madara.
• Hashirama offered to take Ōnoki to see Madara, but Ōnoki went to Sunagakure through the Flying Thunder Array while Hashirama stayed behind.
• Kurotsuchi arrived looking for Ōnoki and asked Hashirama whether he had beaten her grandfather into pulp.
• Hashirama told Kurotsuchi that Ōnoki had gone to Sunagakure to find Chiyo and make up for his regrets about his first love.

Ōnoki learned that Grandma Chiyo was considering Madara Uchiha’s offer to revive him with the Life Transfer Technique in exchange for later Rinne Rebirth. As Madara approached, Ōnoki lunged toward Grandma Chiyo to make it look as if they were together.

• Kurotsuchi learned that Madara Uchiha and Ōnoki had been rivals over Grandma Chiyo and left in disbelief.
• Ōnoki flew to Sunagakure and confronted Grandma Chiyo, suspecting she was probing Madara’s intentions.
• Grandma Chiyo explained Madara’s plan: she would revive him with the Life Transfer Technique, and he would later use the Rinnegan to revive her and others.
• Ōnoki realized Madara intended to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki to survive Rinne Rebirth, leaving him stunned.
• When Ōnoki sensed Madara approaching, he lunged toward Grandma Chiyo’s face.

Madara Uchiha asked Grandma Chiyo whether she had decided to resurrect him while Ōnoki tried to interfere. Meanwhile, Hashirama Senju saw Hiruzen Sarutobi admonish Jiraiya for wanting to buy expensive ration pills, leaving Jiraiya ashamed and reconsidering his priorities.

• Grandma Chiyo restrained Ōnoki after he tried to interrupt her conversation with Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha mocked Ōnoki and asked Grandma Chiyo if she had made up her mind about resurrecting him.
• Kurotsuchi arranged a fake Rōshi advertisement for blue ration pills to provoke the real Rōshi into revealing himself.
• Jiraiya asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to lend him money for a special course of Tailed Beast-grade ration pills.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Jiraiya that buying the pills could jeopardize his Sage Mode and his ability to help Naruto, and Jiraiya admitted he had gotten carried away.
• Hashirama Senju watched Hiruzen Sarutobi reprimand Jiraiya and approved of his teaching.

Hashirama told Hiruzen and Jiraiya that Madara was courting Chiyo, but they realized he might be seeking her resurrection technique. Hiruzen and Jiraiya set out to approach Chiyo together while a Shadow Clone informed the Second Hokage.

• Hashirama told Hiruzen and Jiraiya that Madara was in Sunagakure pursuing a twilight romance with Grandma Chiyo.
• Jiraiya recalled Orochimaru's failed experiment with Dragon Life Reincarnation and suspected Madara wanted Chiyo to revive him.
• Hiruzen concluded that Madara's supposed romance was a scheme to obtain Chiyo's resurrection technique.
• Hiruzen assigned Jiraiya to court Chiyo while he informed the Second Hokage, but Jiraiya insisted they go together and send a Shadow Clone instead.

Jiraiya pressured Hiruzen Sarutobi into helping him pursue Grandma Chiyo, while Kurotsuchi persuaded Rōshi to seek revenge on Ōnoki by courting her too. Both men arrived in Sunagakure asking where Grandma Chiyo was, leaving Gaara bewildered.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to disguise himself as Danzo and secretly assist Jiraiya in approaching Grandma Chiyo.
• Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi used a Flying Thunder Array team to travel to Sunagakure, where Gaara directed Jiraiya toward Grandma Chiyo.
• Rōshi confronted Kurotsuchi in Iwagakure, and she blamed Ōnoki for selling his image to a GG merchant.
• Kurotsuchi persuaded Rōshi to pursue Grandma Chiyo as revenge against Ōnoki and urged him to coordinate with Gaara about the Tailed Beasts.
• Rōshi arrived in Sunagakure and asked Gaara where Grandma Chiyo was, leaving Gaara dumbfounded.

Temari, Pakura, and the others investigated why so many people were seeking Grandma Chiyo, while Hozuki Gengetsu arrived in Sunagakure after learning that Madara was pursuing her. Gengetsu joined the group, intending to stop whatever Madara planned.

• Pakura, Temari, and the three girls noticed crowds asking about Grandma Chiyo and debated why she had become so popular.
• Temari discovered that the girls had bought adult novels for Pakura and agreed to investigate the rumors about Grandma Chiyo's harem.
• Hozuki Gengetsu approached the group and introduced himself as one of Grandma Chiyo's admirers, though none of them recognized him.
• The chapter revealed that Mei Terumi had revived Gengetsu to help restore trust with Kirigakure's Kekkei Genkai clans.
• After Hashirama told Gengetsu that Madara was in Sunagakure pursuing Grandma Chiyo, Gengetsu hurried there to confront the potential threat.

Hozuki Gengetsu tried to persuade three women to take him to Grandma Chiyo, inventing scandalous rumors about the Raikage and Madara Uchiha along the way. Temari suspected his story about saving Chiyo was really driven by jealousy toward Mu.

• The women speculated that the Raikage might have been resurrected to pursue Grandma Chiyo, and Hozuki Gengetsu urged them to hurry along.
• Hozuki Gengetsu claimed the Third Raikage liked men, and the women shared rumors about the Fourth Raikage and Killer B.
• Hozuki Gengetsu embellished rumors about the Third Raikage and explained that Madara Uchiha was pursuing Grandma Chiyo as revenge against the First Hokage.
• Hozuki Gengetsu declared that Madara was treating Chiyo as a substitute and said he intended to protect her happiness.
• Temari recalled rumors about Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu, then concluded that Gengetsu was trying to betray Mu by pursuing Grandma Chiyo.

Ōnoki, Rōshi, and Hozuki Gengetsu arrived at Grandma Chiyo’s residence and became caught in a chaotic rivalry over her, while Ōnoki still tried to watch for Madara Uchiha’s conspiracy. Hozuki Gengetsu joined the dispute by declaring that he truly loved Chiyo.

• Temari’s group followed Hozuki Gengetsu to Grandma Chiyo’s residence, where they found Ōnoki but not Madara or Chiyo.
• Ōnoki flew off to search for Grandma Chiyo, and Temari’s group and Hozuki Gengetsu pursued him.
• Ōnoki found Rōshi with Grandma Chiyo and mistakenly suspected he was there to film an advertisement before learning Rōshi claimed to be pursuing his own happiness.
• Jiraiya said he had come to gather firsthand material for a novel, convincing Ōnoki to stay and focus on the danger posed by Madara Uchiha.
• Ōnoki and Rōshi argued over who loved Grandma Chiyo, and Hozuki Gengetsu declared that he was the one who truly loved her.

Madara Uchiha watched as Jiraiya, Rōshi, Hozuki Gengetsu, and Ōnoki competed over Grandma Chiyo, until Danzo snatched her and fled. The group suspected Madara had used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Danzo back, while Madara wondered whether Danzo was seeking resurrection for himself.

• Madara Uchiha guarded against Hozuki Gengetsu but concluded the others had no reason to pursue Grandma Chiyo's Life Transfer Technique.
• Jiraiya, Rōshi, and Hozuki Gengetsu traded boasts about their abilities while Ōnoki mocked Rōshi and Jiraiya invoked his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi's Enma.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, disguised as Danzo, swooped down, took Grandma Chiyo, and escaped while everyone was distracted.
• Jiraiya recognized the fleeing figure as Danzo, and the group turned suspiciously toward Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha wondered whether Danzo had broken free of Impure World Reincarnation and was seeking Grandma Chiyo to be resurrected.

Pakura and the others chased after the abducted Grandma Chiyo, who was rescued and agreed to help Madara Uchiha revive. Madara was resurrected, reclaimed his Rinnegan, and began pursuing his plan to gather the Tailed Beasts, while Sasuke and Itachi used Genjutsu to learn his Rinnegan techniques.

• Pakura attacked "Danzo" as he carried off Grandma Chiyo, then urged the others to join the chase.
• Jiraiya distracted the pursuers with questions, and Pakura slapped him after his remark about Grandma Chiyo being "taken off the market."
• Grandma Chiyo returned safely and agreed to use the Life Transfer Technique with Gaara's help to revive Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha was resurrected, captured Gaara, defeated Nagato in Amegakure, reclaimed his eyes, and sealed Shukaku into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• The Masked Man tried to take Sasuke's Rinnegan but found that Sasuke had used Genjutsu to disguise Naruto as himself.
• Sasuke and Itachi went to Sunagakure and used Genjutsu on Madara to learn his Rinnegan techniques.

Sasuke and Itachi studied Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan abilities while the Masked Man tried to capture Naruto and repeatedly fell into Sasuke’s traps. Hashirama Senju interrupted him, and the Masked Man introduced himself as Tobi and claimed to be in love with Naruto.

• Sasuke and Itachi used Genjutsu to record Madara Uchiha’s Limbo techniques and prepared a realistic illusion to keep him from noticing anything amiss.
• The Masked Man found a decoy made by Konan in Naruto’s bedroom, then discovered the real Naruto and triggered Sasuke’s Thunderfire Sword trap, which severed four fingers on his arm.
• The Masked Man grabbed Naruto and tried to take him away despite his injuries.
• Hashirama Senju returned to Naruto-Sasuke Cottage, found the intruder, and demanded to know who he was.
• The Masked Man called himself Tobi and claimed to be a shy senior with a secret crush on Naruto Uzumaki, leaving Hashirama Senju staring at Naruto’s loosened belt.

Tobi tried to take Naruto but was forced to leave him behind, then Tobirama Senju ambushed him using a Flying Thunder God mark planted during Hashirama Senju’s friendly pat. Tobi severed the marked arm and attempted to escape, but an explosive sheet of paper passed through him and detonated.

• Hashirama Senju rebuked Tobi for taking advantage of Naruto’s vulnerability, and Tobi reluctantly put Naruto on the bed before leaving.
• Tobi noticed people wearing Akatsuki Organization robes and realized they were ordinary merchants, which explained why Hashirama had not questioned his outfit.
• Tobirama Senju attacked Tobi with Flying Thunder God Slash, revealing that Hashirama had secretly marked him during their staged hand switch.
• Tobi used Hollowfication to counter Tobirama’s attack, but Tobirama had sent marked kunai into the Kamui Space and struck him there before escaping it.
• Tobi recognized the brothers’ deception, severed his marked arm, and threatened them before trying to retreat through Kamui.
• A sheet of paper passed through Tobi and exploded in front of him.

The Masked Man fled from Hashirama and Tobirama until they drove him to the sea, where Tobirama revealed that Konan had helped set the trap with her explosive tags. The Masked Man stood over the water facing the two Hokage, unaware of the vast explosive-tag field Konan had prepared there.

• The Masked Man ran from Hashirama and Tobirama, phasing through obstacles with Hollowfication while Hashirama smashed or split them apart.
• Hashirama asked Tobirama about the explosive tag, and Tobirama explained that Konan had controlled it and was half his disciple.
• Hashirama teased Tobirama for raising Konan's seniority, while the narration explained that Konan had rejected her relationship with Jiraiya and welcomed her new standing.
• Tobirama revealed that he and Hashirama had driven the Masked Man toward a sea where Konan had stockpiled explosive tags, with Konan remaining invisible nearby.
• The Masked Man reached the sea, stood on its surface, and faced the two Hokage while hoping to reset Hollowfication's cooldown.

Konan, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju cornered the Masked Man at the coast, where Konan used the Paper God Technique and explosive tags to trap him. She revealed that she knew about his Izanagi, then introduced Uchiha Hikari and the reanimated Uchiha Jiri, leaving the Masked Man facing a psychological attack as well as a physical one.

• The Masked Man realized Tobirama Senju had driven him away from Amegakure to avoid harming civilians with the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag.
• Konan split the sea into explosive tags and trapped the Masked Man with targeted detonations.
• Konan revealed she had prepared six hundred billion explosive tags and knew the Masked Man could use Izanagi.
• Konan threatened to break the Masked Man's spirit before killing him and opened a path through the paper sheets.
• Uchiha Hikari appeared with the reanimated Uchiha Jiri, whom Konan introduced to the Masked Man.

Masked Man learned that Uchiha Jiri created Izanami, a forbidden technique that trapped its target in a loop until they accepted their fate. Tobirama Senju demonstrated that Jiri could use Izanagi to undo an injury, then reanimated her and restored her blinded eye, leaving Masked Man convinced of her identity.

• Masked Man questioned Konan’s claim that Uchiha Jiri had created Izanami, while Jiri explained how the technique countered Izanagi and warned that it could leave its victim trapped until death.
• Tobirama Senju cut off Jiri’s arm, and Jiri used Izanagi to turn the attack into an illusion at the cost of one eye.
• Tobirama left a Flying Thunder God Mark, released Jiri’s Impure World Reincarnation, and returned with Shirozumi and a revived White Zetsu.
• Tobirama used the White Zetsu as a sacrifice to reanimate Jiri, restoring her blinded eye and convincing Masked Man that she was Izanami’s creator.

Konan and the Senju brothers pressured the Masked Man with the threat of Izanami and exposed the damage to his body, leaving him close to despair. As Hollowfication neared its end, he found a possible way to break the deadlock by arguing that Izanami could not be used on him.

• Konan warned the Masked Man that Izanami might correct his personality and that she would still refuse his forgiveness afterward.
• Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju confronted the Masked Man about the Uchiha Clan massacre and revealed that much of his body, including an important part, consisted of Hashirama's cells.
• Hashirama Senju offered to have Orochimaru cultivate replacement tissue for the Masked Man, worsening the pressure on him.
• As Hollowfication counted down, the Masked Man regained his fighting spirit and claimed Izanami required touching its target, suggesting his opponents had no way to use it on him.
• Konan answered that the Masked Man's Hollowfication was about to end.

The Masked Man tried to escape the trap by using Izanagi and Kamui, then covered himself in foul sludge to deter Uchiha Jiri from approaching. He began transferring away, while Shirozumi recognized that the tactic had not truly won him freedom.

• The Masked Man counted down until his Hollowfication wore off as Shirozumi recorded the countdown for Kakashi’s birthday.
• Konan withdrew the explosive tags, and Uchiha Jiri charged at the now-tangible Masked Man.
• The Masked Man activated Izanagi and Kamui, then poured stored sludge over himself to keep Uchiha Jiri at a distance.
• Uchiha Jiri stopped short after seeing the sludge, and the Masked Man began transferring away through Kamui.
• Shirozumi realized he could still stop the Masked Man by stopping time, though he hesitated to touch him.

Shirozumi sent Hashirama Senju into the Kamui Space with the Masked Man, leaving Hashirama to confront him while the others discussed how to get him out. Hashirama attacked the Masked Man and destroyed the barrels stored in the Kamui Space.

• Shirozumi stopped time and threw Hashirama Senju into the Masked Man, causing both to be transferred into the Kamui Space.
• Uchiha Jiri apologized for failing to stop the Masked Man, while Uchiha Hikari reassured her and gave Tobirama Senju a false explanation for his sudden fall.
• Tobirama Senju suggested finding Kakashi, whose Mangekyō Sharingan could open a passage out of the Kamui Space.
• Hashirama Senju recovered from being thrown into the Masked Man and advanced on him, refusing to be distracted by talk of peace.
• Hashirama Senju summoned a Wood Golem, absorbed the Masked Man's wooden spikes, and crushed the barrels stored in the Kamui Space.

Hashirama Senju defeated the Masked Man with a powerful spiraling sphere, and Kakashi brought both of them out of Kamui Space. The Masked Man was revealed as Obito and left unconscious under guard, while Kakashi received the sealed woman the Masked Man had been carrying.

• Hashirama Senju formed a spiraling sphere in his Wood Golem's palm and struck the Masked Man, who cried out in despair.
• Kakashi agreed to retrieve the Masked Man from Kamui Space, with Tobirama Senju ready to intervene if needed.
• Kakashi precisely brought the unconscious Masked Man and Hashirama Senju out of Kamui Space, revealing Obito's damaged face.
• Kakashi offered to watch over Obito, but Tobirama Senju warned that Kakashi's Sharingan could let Obito regain both Kamui eyes and grow more dangerous.
• Hashirama Senju returned the sealed woman to Kakashi, who nervously suggested letting her rest in peace underground.

Kakashi asked the Konoha group to devise a way to counter Obito after Tobirama took him away, but Shikamaru was absent because he had earned the permanent right to slack off. Choji objected to relying on Shikamaru, and Ino said she had already thought of a solution, leaving it unrevealed.

• Tobirama criticized Kakashi for suggesting that Obito's grandmother be released from Impure World Reincarnation, then approved Kakashi's offer to help counter Obito.
• Kakashi rejected using Kamui to drop Konoha's septic tank on Obito, while Tobirama washed Obito clean and carried him away.
• Kakashi called the Konoha group together and asked where Shikamaru was, and Choji explained that Shikamaru had won the permanent right to slack off.
• Kakashi asked Ino and Choji to bring Shikamaru to help, but Ino refused and Choji argued they could solve the problem without him.
• Choji recalled that his Akimichi eating contest had accidentally allowed Hinata to win free meals charged to the clan.
• Ino told Kakashi that she had already thought of a solution, but the chapter ended before she revealed it.