Chapter Summaries

Yamanaka Tohru explained why Namikaze Minato had used the Caged Bird on the Otsutsuki Branch Family, then discussed how to remove the Hyuga Branch Family’s curse. The group considered obtaining the removal method and waiting to see whether Hyuga Hiashi would reform his clan himself.

• Yamanaka Tohru told Suzune that Namikaze Minato had used the Caged Bird to prevent the Otsutsuki Branch Family from gaining the Tenseigan and to redirect their hatred toward the Otsutsuki Main Family.
• Namikaze Minato and Yamanaka Tohru agreed that the Caged Bird enslaved the Hyuga Branch Family, and Namikaze Minato explained that removing it required protecting the victim’s brain nerves from the Main Family’s activation of the mark.
• Shisui revealed that Uchiha records said the Hyuga Main Family possessed a method for removing the Caged Bird, discovered after the Uchiha secretly captured a Main Family member during the Second Great Ninja War.
• Yamanaka Tohru suggested using Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami to obtain the removal method, but acknowledged they still needed a way to protect the Hyuga Main Family while separating it from the Branch Family.
• Yamanaka Tohru proposed waiting because Hyuga Hiashi opposed the Caged Bird and had not marked his second daughter, and Namikaze Minato questioned why Tohru trusted Hiashi to resolve the conflict.

Yamanaka Tohru, Namikaze Minato, Shisui, and Suzune agreed to seek help changing the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family-Branch Family system. At Orochimaru’s base, they enlisted Tsunade, and Orochimaru demanded some of Tohru’s Tailed Beast Chakra in exchange for letting her leave.

• Tohru explained that abruptly freeing the Hyuga Branch Family could throw the clan into chaos and weaken Konoha’s defenses, but Minato, Shisui, and Suzune urged action.
• Minato and Tohru agreed that Tsunade’s authority and the Senju Clan’s history with the Hyuga could help secure the Branch Family’s freedom.
• Tohru led the group to Orochimaru’s base, where Orochimaru congratulated him on awakening the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Tohru discovered that Orochimaru was studying Tsunade’s blood and that she looked pale and weakened.
• Tsunade eagerly agreed to go to Konoha, and Orochimaru let her leave in exchange for some of Tohru’s Tailed Beast Chakra.

Yamanaka Tohru brought Tsunade back from Orochimaru’s base, and she agreed to return openly to Konoha to lend her standing to Namikaze Minato’s plan to abolish the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family and Branch Family system. As Tsunade and Tohru approached the village, Hatake Sakumo announced her return, drawing villagers to the gates and moving the Third.

• Yamanaka Tohru gave Orochimaru a scroll containing a small amount of Little Lin’s Chakra and prepared to leave with Tsunade, Shizune, and Rin.
• Tsunade asked Tohru to teleport them only to the Land of Fire’s border so they could walk openly to Konoha and make her return known.
• After reaching the border, Tohru explained Namikaze Minato’s plan to abolish the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family and Branch Family system, and Tsunade agreed to proceed cautiously.
• Tsunade led the group toward Konoha while border shinobi recorded her arrival and sent word to the village.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered an Anbu Ninja to announce Tsunade’s return and notify the Third, and villagers gathered at the gates as the Third became tearful.

Tsunade returned to Konoha and reunited with the Third Hokage, Kushina, and old comrades. That evening, she met Hatake Sakumo and learned that Yamanaka Tohru and Minato planned to free the Hyuga branch family from the Main Family’s control.

• The Third Hokage took Konohamaru to welcome Tsunade as she approached Konoha, and villagers and ninja greeted her at the entrance.
• Tsunade reunited with the Third Hokage and met Konohamaru before entering the village with Yamanaka Tohru and the others.
• Tsunade greeted Kushina and met her son, Naruto Uzumaki.
• Tsunade visited Hatake Sakumo that evening and explained that she had returned to support Yamanaka Tohru and Minato.
• Yamanaka Tohru told Hatake Sakumo about the plan to free the Hyuga branch family, and said they had confirmed a way to remove the Caged Bird with Shisui’s help.

Yamanaka Tohru asked the Ino-Shika-Cho leaders to help free the Hyuga Branch Family from the Main Family’s control. After explaining his plan to use Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami to obtain the Caged Bird’s removal method, he argued that Hyuga Hiashi had to survive to prevent the Branch Family from destroying the Main Family.

• Yamanaka Tohru woke Yamanaka Inoichi and brought Nara Shikaku and Akimichi Choza together to discuss freeing the Hyuga Branch Family.
• Yamanaka Inoichi initially refused to oppose the Hyuga Clan, but Nara Shikaku argued that the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans had closer ties to the Branch Family and that it vastly outnumbered the Main Family.
• Nara Shikaku demanded to know how Yamanaka Tohru planned to remove the Caged Bird before the clans agreed to help.
• Yamanaka Tohru said he would use Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami to control the Hyuga Main Family elder and obtain the removal method, then kill the elder to conceal the plan.
• Yamanaka Tohru explained that Hyuga Hiashi had to remain alive so Hizashi Hyuga would restrain the Branch Family and keep the Main Family from being wiped out.

Yamanaka Tohru secured the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans' support for recognizing the Hyuga Branch Family after it broke free from the Main Family. At the Hokage Office, Hyuga Hiashi admitted he opposed the Caged Bird and agreed to consider Tohru's offer to free Hizashi.

• Nara Shikaku agreed that the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans would support the Hyuga Branch Family, explaining that the Hokage already backed Tohru's plan.
• Yamanaka Tohru, Tsunade, and Hatake Sakumo began their operation to learn how to remove the Caged Bird by having Shisui use Kotoamatsukami on Hyuga Toyota.
• Hyuga Toyota revealed the method for removing the Caged Bird under Shisui's control, and Hatake Sakumo noticed that Hyuga Hiashi seemed relieved.
• Hyuga Hiashi admitted he disliked the Caged Bird and did not know how to remove it because the clan elders had withheld the method.
• Yamanaka Tohru offered to help free Hizashi Hyuga from the Caged Bird and asked Hiashi to work with them.

Yamanaka Tohru persuaded Hyuga Hiashi to cooperate in freeing the branch family from the Caged Bird while protecting the Main Family. The plan began when Hyuga Toyota led Main Family members to demand that Hiashi assign one of his daughters to the branch family.

• Yamanaka Tohru told Hyuga Hiashi he would remove the branch family's Caged Bird and asked for Main Family secret techniques in return, and Hiashi agreed to cooperate.
• Yamanaka Tohru explained that Hyuga Toyota would help persuade the branch family that the Main Family was divided and that Hiashi would defend them, though one of his daughters might have to be sacrificed.
• Hyuga Toyota summoned two Main Family elders and proposed branding Hinata with the Caged Bird, then said he had gathered eleven Main Family members to pressure Hiashi into following clan rules.
• Hyuga Toyota led the Main Family members to Hyuga Hiashi's home, where branch family women watched as the group demanded that he decide which daughter would belong to the Main Family and which to the branch family.
• Hyuga Hiashi repeated that he would wait until Hanabi was older to compare the sisters' talent, and the Second Elder argued that Hanabi's victory over Hinata proved the decision was already clear.

Hiashi Hyuga confronted the Main Family elders over their plan to place the Caged Bird Seal on Hinata and Hanabi, then revealed he could remove the seal and began freeing Branch Family members. As Hiashi was surrounded and began to lose ground, Yamanaka Tohru removed Hizashi Hyuga’s seal so he could rush to his brother’s aid.

• Hiashi Hyuga refused to let the elders place the Caged Bird Seal on Hinata and Hanabi, and Hyuga Toyota used the seal to knock unconscious a Branch Family woman who tried to protect them.
• Hiashi condemned the Main Family–Branch Family system and removed the unconscious woman’s Caged Bird Seal, revealing that the elders had concealed the method rather than lost it.
• The elders declared Hiashi mad and surrounded him, while a Branch Family guard went to tell Hizashi Hyuga what was happening.
• Yamanaka Tohru removed Hizashi’s Caged Bird Seal, and Tsunade urged him to hurry to Hiashi’s home.
• Hiashi fought the eleven Main Family members surrounding him as Hinata and Hanabi watched anxiously, and he began to lose ground.

Hizashi arrived to defend Hiashi from the Hyuga Main Family, and the brothers fought together after Hizashi revealed he had removed his Caged Bird Seal. Yamanaka Tohru and Tsunade joined the confrontation, where Tsunade defeated the Main Family members and lost her bet with Tohru.

• The Second Elder struck Hiashi down, but Hizashi appeared and used Rotation to repel the Main Family's attacks.
• The Third Elder tried to activate Hizashi's Caged Bird Seal and discovered Hizashi had removed it.
• Hiashi and Hizashi fought back-to-back against the Main Family, while Yamanaka Tohru and Tsunade removed the seals of more than a dozen Branch Family Jonin with Hyuga Mei's help.
• Tsunade and Tohru bet on whether the brothers could win, with Tsunade wagering that she would pay off her debt to Orochimaru if she lost.
• Tsunade entered Hiashi's house, punched the Second Elder, and sent every Main Family member flying; Tohru told Mei that she had used less than half her strength.

Yamanaka Tohru intervened in the Hyuga Clan’s dispute, challenged the Main Family’s authority, and revealed that their ancestor was Hamura Otsutsuki. He showed the clan a vision of Hyuga living peacefully on the moon, leaving the elders questioning whether the Main Family-Branch Family system was wrong.

• Following Shisui’s instructions, Hyuga Toyota confronted Tsunade, while Yamanaka Tohru argued that the Hyuga Clan should abolish its Main Family-Branch Family system.
• Yamanaka Tohru intimidated the Hyuga Clan with his killing intent, then withdrew it after Tsunade pointed out that Hinata and her sister were frightened.
• Yamanaka Tohru told the clan that Hamura Otsutsuki was their ancestor and explained that the Sage of Six Paths had founded Ninshu.
• Yamanaka Tohru privately convinced Tsunade that the Sage of Six Paths was real by telling her about the Uchiha stone tablet and his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Yamanaka Tohru used genjutsu to show the Hyuga Clan a peaceful life among moon-dwelling Byakugan users who had abolished the Caged Bird technique.
• The Second Elder began to doubt the clan’s traditions, while the Third Elder questioned the vision but reconsidered after acknowledging Yamanaka Tohru’s strength.

Yamanaka Tohru secured Tsunade’s support for reforming Konoha’s medical system while the Hyuga Main and Branch Families negotiated an end to their division and the Caged Bird. They reached an agreement, but Hyuga Toyota objected just as the settlement seemed complete.

• Yamanaka Tohru asked Tsunade to stay in the village and help build a new medical system, and she agreed to support the plan.
• The Hyuga Main Family chose the second elder to negotiate and agreed to remove the Caged Bird under several conditions.
• Hizashi Hyuga secured agreement that Branch Family members could become elders and that Hyuga Jonin could learn the Main Family’s secret Gentle Fist techniques.
• Hizashi Hyuga and the second elder declared that from then on there would be only the Hyuga Clan, and Tsunade agreed to explain the seal’s removal to Branch Family members.
• Hyuga Toyota suddenly objected to the agreement.

Yamanaka Tohru abolished the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family and Branch Family system, began organizing a new medical ninja training system, and awakened his Perfect Susanoo. He returned to Konoha on Naruto’s tenth birthday and learned that Naruto and Shikamaru had both handed in blank exam papers.

• Yamanaka Tohru killed Hyuga Toyota when the grand elder argued against abolishing the clan’s Main Family and Branch Family system.
• Tsunade witnessed the system’s abolition, and the elders removed the Caged Bird seals from every Branch Family member over two days.
• Yamanaka Tohru created a training course for medical ninjas, then spent six months training his ocular power in the Land of Wind.
• Yamanaka Tohru awakened his Perfect Susanoo and returned to Konoha on October 10, Year 58, to celebrate Naruto’s tenth birthday.
• Iruka told Yamanaka Tohru that Naruto and Shikamaru had both fallen asleep during an exam and turned in blank papers.

At Naruto’s birthday gathering, Yamanaka Tohru learned that the Yin Nine-Tails had secretly grown stronger and concealed her identity by absorbing Nature Energy. The Nine-Tails recognized Tohru’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and believed he could reach the Sage of Six Paths’ level.

• Yamanaka Tohru brought Naruto home from the playground, and Kushina hosted a birthday celebration with their friends and family.
• Yamanaka Tohru asked the Yin Nine-Tails about her time outside Konoha, and she revealed she had trained to increase her strength after the masked man attacked ten years earlier.
• The Yin Nine-Tails told Yamanaka Tohru that Sasori and a shark-faced man had tried to recruit her into their mercenary organization a year earlier.
• The Yin Nine-Tails explained that spiritual training had transformed her body, allowing it to absorb Nature Energy and mask her Chakra from sensory detection.
• Yamanaka Tohru showed the Yin Nine-Tails his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and said he aimed to attain the Sage of Six Paths’ power.
• The Yin Nine-Tails told Yamanaka Tohru that she believed he could achieve his goal.

Yamanaka Tohru watched Naruto’s class spar and saw Sasuke defeat Naruto with his newly awakened Sharingan. After school, Tohru took Naruto to the Land of Wind to begin teaching him to control Kurama’s power.

• Yamanaka Tohru watched Ino and Sakura’s hair-pulling spar, then saw Hinata, Choji, Shino, and Shikamaru win their matches.
• Shikamaru pinned Akamaru with his shadow technique, forcing Kiba to concede.
• Naruto used Tohru’s Body Flicker Technique to gain the advantage over Sasuke, but Sasuke awakened his Sharingan and won.
• Yamanaka Tohru took Naruto to the desert in the Land of Wind, where Yin Nine-Tails was waiting.
• Yamanaka Tohru told Naruto to learn to control Kurama’s power, then asked Kurama to show him what he could do.

Yamanaka Tohru trained Naruto to withstand the Nine-Tails’ negative emotions and use its power over two years. With Naruto’s graduation exam approaching, Tohru offered him a chance to read the Scroll of Seals as a reward.

• The Yin Nine-Tails demonstrated the power of its Tailed Beast Bomb, and Yamanaka Tohru encouraged Naruto to believe he could control the Nine-Tails’ power.
• Yamanaka Tohru took Naruto and Suzune to the Forest of Death and arranged for Naruto to face the Nine-Tails’ negative emotions while Suzune restrained its Chakra.
• Naruto trained with Yamanaka Tohru and Suzune for two years and learned to adapt to the Two-Tails Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Yamanaka Tohru took Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen after training and asked whether he felt confident about the next day’s graduation exam.
• Yamanaka Tohru offered Naruto a chance to read the Scroll of Seals as a special reward.

Naruto failed his Ninja Academy graduation exam as planned, and Mizuki persuaded him to steal the Scroll of Seals in exchange for graduating. Hatake Sakumo and Yamanaka Tohru watched the scheme unfold, and Tohru hinted that Mizuki was more than an ordinary Chunin.

• Naruto learned from Yamanaka Tohru about the forbidden Scroll of Seals and agreed to take part in a staged theft.
• Naruto deliberately failed the Three Body Technique exam, while Iruka refused to pass him and Mizuki secretly welcomed the result.
• Mizuki told Naruto that the Hokage had given him a new test: steal a scroll from the Hokage Office that night and bring it to Mizuki.
• Mizuki drew the Anbu away from the Hokage Building with a Shadow Clone, allowing Naruto to enter and take the scroll.
• Hatake Sakumo questioned Yamanaka Tohru about the plan, and Tohru hinted that Mizuki was not an ordinary Chunin.

Naruto stole the Scroll of Seals and faced Mizuki in the Forest of Death, where Yamanaka Tohru secretly awakened Mizuki’s dormant Curse Mark. The chapter ended with Mizuki transformed and empowered, facing Naruto.

• Naruto took the unsealed Scroll of Seals from the Hokage Office and memorized Multiple Shadow Clone and Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
• Mizuki confronted Naruto and demanded the scroll, then revealed his loyalty to Orochimaru and attacked Iruka.
• Naruto used the Clone Technique to evade Mizuki, and Yamanaka Tohru later lured Mizuki toward the real Naruto using a transformation.
• Naruto fought Mizuki with Taijutsu and forced him onto the defensive.
• Yamanaka Tohru infused Mizuki with Nature Energy, activating his Curse Mark and transforming him into a powerful, tiger-like form.

Mizuki overwhelmed Naruto with the Curse Mark and tried to turn him against Iruka, but Iruka protected Naruto and affirmed his trust in him. Naruto drew on Kurama’s chakra, defeated Mizuki, and then checked on Iruka as Yamanaka Tohru emerged from the shadows.

• Yamanaka Tohru brought Iruka to Naruto and Mizuki, where Iruka found Naruto losing the fight.
• Iruka blocked Mizuki’s attack, urged Naruto to take the Scroll of Seals to the Hokage, and revealed that Mizuki served Orochimaru.
• Mizuki told Naruto that Iruka must hate him because the Nine-Tails had killed Iruka’s parents, causing Naruto to pull away from Iruka.
• Mizuki struck Iruka with a Shuriken, but Iruka shielded Naruto and insisted he was an excellent student, not a demon fox.
• Naruto asked Kurama for help and entered a one-tailed Tailed Beast Cloak, forcing Mizuki to flee before Naruto quickly defeated him.
• Naruto checked on Iruka after dispelling the cloak, and Yamanaka Tohru emerged from the shadows.

Naruto returned the Scroll of Seals and received his Forehead Protector as Kakashi agreed to become his teacher. The teams were assigned, and while Kurenai and Asuma took their students away, Kakashi rested outside and left Team 7 waiting.

• Yamanaka Tohru healed Iruka, told Naruto he could use [Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu], and warned him not to study [Wind Release: Rasenshuriken].
• Naruto returned the Scroll of Seals to Hatake Sakumo, who gave him a Forehead Protector; Kakashi agreed to leave Anbu and teach Naruto.
• Hatake Sakumo gathered the Jonin and introduced Kakashi as a new teacher for the Ninja Academy students.
• Iruka assigned Team 7 to Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno; Team 8 to Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame; and Team 10 to Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji, and Ino Yamanaka.
• Kurenai took Team 8 and Asuma took Team 10, while Kakashi rested beneath a tree and left Team 7 waiting.

Kakashi introduced himself to Team 7 and set their graduation exam for the next morning at the Third Training Ground. While Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura waited hungry for the late Kakashi, Yamanaka Tohru watched from hiding and considered his plans for Obito and Yahiko.

• Kakashi used Lightning Body Flicker to evade Naruto's water trap, and Naruto recognized it as Yamanaka Tohru's technique.
• Kakashi and Team 7 exchanged introductions, and Kakashi told them to meet at the Third Training Ground the next morning without eating.
• Yamanaka Tohru planned to remove the seal in Obito's brain and keep Yahiko from returning because it could affect Nagato and his plans to face Madara Uchiha and meet Kaguya.
• Yamanaka Tohru arrived at the Third Training Ground and hid in a tree as Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura waited hungry for Kakashi.
• Kakashi arrived late and asked the hungry Team 7 whether they were prepared for the test.