Recaps

The viewers watched Sasuke and Itachi’s final battle and learned more about Itachi’s sacrifice, while Second Pillar began to understand Konoha’s role in the Uchiha massacre. Kitahara Kaede trained Second Pillar in Thunder Breathing as the story shifted to Muzan and the Demon Slayer Corps, and Kaede agreed to handle Koyuki’s reluctance to return to the Land of Snow.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade realized that Shikamaru would become the Eighth Hokage, while Itachi worried Sasuke’s defection would damage his future and Sarada’s Hokage prospects.
• Second Pillar confronted Itachi and learned about the Mangekyō Sharingan’s blindness, Madara’s Eternal Mangekyō, and the powers Itachi used against Sasuke.
• Itachi used Susanoo and the Totsuka Blade to seal Orochimaru, then died after poking Sasuke’s forehead, leaving Sasuke collapsed.
• Second Pillar pieced together that Itachi had massacred the clan under Konoha’s orders and spared him, and began to hate the village.
• Kaede refused Second Pillar’s offer to join the Uchiha Main Lineage, then taught him Thunder Breathing and gave him a Kusanagi.
• The viewers watched Muzan survive the Ubuyashiki Estate explosion and the Hashira’s attacks before a Space-Time Blood Demon Art sent them into the Infinity Castle.
• Zenitsu defeated Kaigaku with his self-created Seventh Form, and Yushiro rescued him as Itachi and Kakashi considered how demons could be killed.
• Asama Sandayu told Kaede he wanted Koyuki to return as the Land of Snow’s Daimyo, and Kaede said he would handle her reluctance.

Kitahara Kaede helped Kazahana Koyuki reclaim the Land of Snow while Jiraiya’s doomed confrontation with Pain unfolded in the diary’s visions. After returning to Konoha as a Tokubetsu Jonin, Kaede watched Naruto enter a distorted world where he faced his dark counterpart, Uzumaki Menma, and teamed up with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.

• Kitahara Kaede led Kazahana Koyuki and the others to the Land of Snow, defeated Doto Fuyukuma, Fubuki Kakuyoku, and Nadare Rōga, and accepted Koyuki’s S-rank commission to reclaim her country.
• Jiraiya confronted Pain in Amegakure, uncovered the Six Paths’ shared vision and abilities, and sacrificed himself after entrusting the gathered intelligence to Sage Fukasaku and naming Naruto the Child of Prophecy.
• A vision showed a future Naruto healing Jiraiya and defeating Pain, then returning to his own world after asking Jiraiya to watch him become Hokage.
• Kitahara Kaede helped Koyuki defeat Kazahana Dōtō, escorted her delegation to Konoha, and received a promotion to Tokubetsu Jonin along with two ninjutsu scrolls.
• Uchiha Itachi connected the Ōtsutsuki brothers’ influence to Naruto and Sasuke and feared that Ōtsutsuki Indra might be hidden inside Sasuke.
• The diary showed Naruto and Sakura trapped in Obito Uchiha’s Limited Tsukuyomi, where they learned that Uzumaki Menma had killed that world’s Jiraiya and was attacking Konoha.
• Uzumaki Naruto rejected the illusion’s Minato, escaped its false world, and joined the Akatsuki members who rescued him and Sakura from Menma.
• Uzumaki Menma fused the Nine Masks’ power and summoned a Nine-Tails, but Naruto agreed to cooperate with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and opened his seal to release its power.

Kitahara Kaede’s Diary showed the future invasion of Konoha, driving its readers to confront Pain’s attack and the choices that shaped Nagato. Naruto defeated Pain, learned his father’s truth, and persuaded Nagato to revive Konoha, while the village’s leaders turned their attention to Danzo and the threats still ahead.

• Naruto defeated Menma’s Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and, with Sakura’s help, struck Obito before Minato and Kushina arrived to protect him.
• Years later, a diary bearing Kitahara Kaede’s name appeared before Hokage Naruto, revealing a parallel world and warning him about future threats, including Isshiki and Kara.
• The diary’s video showed Pain’s invasion of Konoha, where Kakashi fought the Six Paths, Danzo withheld Root, and Deva Path Pain destroyed the village with Shinra Tensei.
• Naruto arrived in Sage Mode and battled the Six Paths of Pain, but Hinata’s attempt to save him ended with Pain striking her down, causing Naruto to lose control of the Nine-Tails.
• Minato appeared inside Naruto’s seal, revealed he was Naruto’s father, repaired the seal, and urged Naruto to find his own answer to hatred.
• Naruto defeated Deva Path Pain, found Nagato, and listened to his past before refusing to kill him and promising to pursue peace as Jiraiya’s disciple.
• Nagato revived Konoha’s dead with Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth and died, while Konan pledged Hidden Rain Village’s support to Naruto.
• The diary video ended as Minato, Tsunade, and Jiraiya reflected on Nagato, Danzo, and the future dangers facing Konoha.

Kitahara Kaede trained in Sage Mode while the diary revealed Boruto’s future and the Otsutsuki threat, prompting the observers to question how they could protect the Shinobi World. The arc ended with Kitahara Kaede interrupting a clash between Second Pillar and Gaara as Shukaku’s chakra stirred.

• Kitahara Kaede learned a Sage Mode cultivation method, trained at the Rainbow Ice Wall, and returned to Konoha after a month of practice.
• Tsunade reconsidered the Senju Clan’s possible Immortal Body, while the diary’s revelations led Jiraiya and others to discuss the origins of the Sharingan, Rinnegan, and Otsutsuki.
• Naruto and the observers watched Momoshiki and Kinshiki attack Killer Bee, invade the Chunin Exams, and abduct Naruto before Boruto and Sasuke helped defeat Momoshiki.
• The future showed Boruto confronting Kawaki in a ruined Konoha, leaving Naruto and the others worried about the enemies still to come.
• Kitahara Kaede drew the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique and practiced flying, then sensed a disturbance as Team 7 confronted Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari.
• Second Pillar attacked Gaara, but Kitahara Kaede restrained him and stopped the Sunagakure siblings as Shukaku’s chakra began to stir inside Gaara.