Recaps

Naruto realized he had reincarnated as the young Naruto Uzumaki and gained the Six Thief Immortals, which let him absorb natural energy and the Nine-Tails' chakra. As his power surged, he awakened the Mind's Eye of the Kagura and discovered Kakashi was watching him outside his window.

• Naruto recalled the hardships and arranged destiny of his original life and wondered whether to follow the same path.
• Naruto discovered his cheat, the Six Thief Immortals, and began practicing the ability.
• Naruto's technique absorbed natural energy and converted the Nine-Tails' chakra into his own, rapidly increasing his strength.
• Naruto awakened the Mind's Eye of the Kagura and sensed people throughout Konoha.
• Naruto sensed Kakashi outside his window and estimated that his chakra was worth a hundred and fifty Kakashis.

Naruto adjusted to his new body and its strange lack of chakra signature while Kakashi watched him and investigated the change. He went to the Academy despite the villagers’ hostility and greeted Shikamaru, Choji, and his other friends.

• Naruto worried that Kakashi might discover his secrets, then fretted over the empty fridge and how to manage his living conditions.
• Kakashi noticed that Naruto seemed to have no chakra, but his Sharingan revealed Naruto’s enormous chakra reserves, so he concluded Naruto was fine and left.
• Naruto sensed Kakashi’s movements with the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura and relaxed once Kakashi departed.
• Naruto ran to the Academy, enduring the villagers’ hateful stares and enjoying his newly improved physical abilities.
• Naruto greeted Shikamaru, Choji, and his other friends at the Academy gates.

Naruto arrived at class unusually calm, enjoyed sharing snacks with Choji, and greeted Hinata warmly. His changed behavior caught the attention of his classmates and left Iruka wondering why Naruto had been so quiet.

• Naruto and Shikamaru arrived at class and joined Choji, who shared his snacks with Naruto.
• Choji and Hinata noticed Naruto’s heartfelt smile, while Hinata wished she could share food with him.
• Naruto observed Sasuke and the other students, then greeted the blushing Hinata.
• Iruka began the lesson and later realized Naruto had been unusually quiet all morning.

Naruto spent the day with Shikamaru and Choji before discovering that someone had searched his room, while the Third failed to observe him and ordered an investigation. The Third then summoned Iruka to ask how Naruto had behaved at the Academy.

• Shikamaru questioned Naruto about acting unusually attentive in class, and Naruto promised they would go fishing the next day.
• Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji skipped afternoon training, spent the day fishing and eating, and then went their separate ways.
• Naruto noticed that someone had moved things in his room and found traces of chakra, suspecting the Third or Danzo had been there.
• The Third tried to observe Naruto with his crystal ball but could not detect his chakra, so he summoned Kakashi and sent the Anbu to investigate.
• The Third called Iruka to his office and asked how Naruto had done that day.

Naruto considered how to gain strength and decided to develop his own Taijutsu instead of pursuing the Eight Inner Gates. He entered the Nine-Tails’ seal on his own, where the fox offered him power, leaving Naruto tempted but wary.

• The Third Hokage asked Iruka about Naruto, felt reassured that he had attended class and trained with friends, and went home to rest.
• Naruto realized the Six Thief Immortals trained themselves and worried that he had no way to obtain new ninjutsu.
• Naruto remembered the Rasengan and considered developing his own Taijutsu with his immortal body and abundant chakra.
• Naruto dreamed of the Nine-Tails’ seal and recognized that Sealing Jutsu could pose a danger to him.
• Naruto approached the Nine-Tails, who offered him its power if he tore off the seal, while Naruto felt both tempted and afraid.

Naruto absorbed the Nine-Tails’ chakra, used Saint’s Theft to gather the excess in his organs, and began training his body. On his way home, villagers called him a fox-demon brat and accused him of stealing, leaving him furious.

• Naruto taunted the Nine-Tails into releasing more chakra, then fled his mental space when the power made his body swell.
• Naruto used Saint’s Theft to gather chakra in his five organs, returning his body to normal and gaining sharper senses and a stronger physique.
• Naruto went to the Ninja Academy, skipped class, and trained with exercise and lifting rocks.
• Naruto struggled to control his abundant chakra while practicing Water Walking and nearly blasted apart the river.
• Villagers insulted Naruto and accused him of stealing their fish, and Naruto stopped in the road with his head lowered and eyes narrowed.

Naruto trained in secret while Konoha’s Anbu and Hinata watched him, then spoke to the Nine-Tails about his ambition to grow strong enough to devour ever greater beings. After several days of this routine, he surprised Hinata as she watched him train and explained that he trained for himself, not for others.

• Naruto ignored the villagers’ attention, returned home, and continued his training while the Third Hokage considered sending him money for food and Danzo dismissed his methods.
• Naruto sensed Hinata secretly watching him but kept his distance because Anbu were monitoring him and he wanted to focus on getting stronger.
• Naruto visited the Nine-Tails in the Sealing Space, told it stories about becoming stronger and devouring the Ten-Tails, Otsutsuki, and even planets, and left the fox unsettled.
• After several days of school, play, and secret training, Hinata asked Naruto why he trained so hard while pretending to be a dead last.
• Naruto appeared behind Hinata and told her that he trained for himself rather than to impress other people.

Naruto encouraged Hinata to train for the sake of protecting her loved ones, then sparred with her and revealed an immense amount of chakra. In Konoha, a Root researcher told Danzo that Uzumaki Clan cells could help increase his chakra reserves and suppress the Hashirama Cells.

• Naruto sat with Hinata by the river and encouraged her to train to protect her family and friends.
• Naruto invited Hinata to spar and showed her that his arm healed almost instantly.
• Hinata used her Byakugan and Tenketsu Strike, but was shocked by the vast chakra in Naruto's arm.
• Naruto praised Hinata's Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms while considering how to improve her strength.
• A Root researcher told Danzo that Uzumaki Clan cells might increase his chakra reserves and help him suppress the Hashirama Cells.

Naruto killed three Root members who tried to drug him and take his blood for Danzo, then revealed that he could use the Nine-Tails’ chakra without losing control. Danzo realized his operatives had died and wondered whether the Third Hokage had discovered the mission.

• Danzo ordered Root members to capture Naruto and draw his blood to help suppress the Hashirama Cells.
• Naruto’s improved defenses stopped a syringe, and he sensed the intruders before they tried to take him away.
• Naruto unleashed fox-shaped chakra and devoured the three Root members, leaving no evidence behind.
• Naruto told the Nine-Tails he had absorbed its power and could use it as his own, reaching the Four-Tails stage without losing control.
• Danzo sensed the Root members’ deaths through their Cursed Seals and wondered whether the Third Hokage had discovered his plan.

Naruto attended Iruka’s lesson on chakra refinement but stayed uninterested, prompting Hinata to understand that his Uzumaki chakra reserves made the lesson unnecessary for him. When Sakura demonstrated her chakra and then accused Naruto of laughing at her, the other students’ displeasure left her confused and feeling wronged.

• Danzo suspected the Third Hokage had interfered with Root and decided to wait for another opportunity.
• Naruto noticed that fewer people were watching him and spent the school day chatting with Shikamaru and Choji before attending practical class.
• Iruka taught the students how to refine chakra, and Naruto told Hinata he did not need the lesson because he had plenty of chakra.
• Sakura demonstrated her chakra in front of the class, then felt disappointed when Sasuke regarded her with disdain.
• Sakura accused Naruto of laughing at her, and Naruto walked away as Ino stopped Sakura and the other students showed their displeasure.
• Sakura noticed everyone’s reactions and wondered why they treated her as though she had done something wrong.

Naruto showed the Academy class his enormous chakra reserves, surprising his classmates and Iruka. In the Hokage's Office, Danzo tried to take control of Naruto's training but was refused, then decided to pursue Naruto's cells; Sakura was left unsettled by Naruto's distance from her.

• Naruto released a small burst of chakra that stunned his classmates, and Iruka praised him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo watched Naruto's demonstration through the Telescope Technique and were impressed by his chakra.
• Danzo asked Hiruzen to let him train Naruto as Konoha's weapon, but Hiruzen refused to hand over the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Danzo left determined to obtain Naruto Uzumaki's cells.
• Naruto returned to the back row and kept his distance from Sakura, who felt as if she had lost something.

Naruto fought Sasuke after Sasuke challenged him, defeated him, and absorbed some of his chakra. He then shared a heartfelt chakra connection with Hinata and led her onto the river to teach her a technique.

• Sasuke followed Naruto and Hinata to the riverside and challenged Naruto to a match with a wager.
• Naruto outmatched Sasuke in taijutsu, dodged his Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique with Body Flicker, and knocked him unconscious.
• Naruto placed his hand on Sasuke and absorbed half of his chakra, while Hinata chose not to watch what he was doing.
• Naruto and Hinata shared a chakra connection that let them feel each other's emotions.
• Naruto took Hinata onto the river to teach her a technique she had not learned yet.

Naruto trained Hinata in controlling chakra before discovering that Root had sent two Jonin to abduct him. He killed both men in a dead-end alley and returned home unnoticed.

• Naruto used his chakra to keep Hinata balanced on the water, and they shared a warm moment until Sasuke's cough interrupted them.
• Naruto showed Hinata how to use a Chakra Needle to catch fish, and she practiced until she succeeded.
• Sasuke woke and realized he had lost more than half his chakra while Naruto and Hinata trained.
• Naruto noticed Root watching him again, then sensed trouble while talking with the Nine-Tails.
• Two black-clad Jonin ordered Naruto to come with them, but he was carried to a dead-end alley instead of Root Base.
• Naruto killed both men with his chakra and fox heads, then returned to his room without a sound.

Naruto trained his chakra natures while considering how to awaken the Sharingan, and reflected on his growing powers and his loneliness in Konoha. On New Year’s Day, he returned home and used chakra to heat a pot for dinner.

• Naruto considered using the Third Hokage’s impending death as an emotional trigger to awaken his Sharingan, but decided against it and returned to training.
• Naruto practiced controlling his chakra natures while Sasuke watched him and Hinata train.
• Half a year passed, and on New Year’s Day Naruto walked through Konoha, briefly felt the absence of family, and resolved to surpass the strongest shinobi.
• Naruto reflected on his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Sage Mode, and the possibility of creating Truth-Seeking Orbs by combining chakra natures.
• Naruto returned home and heated the bottom of a pot with chakra as he prepared dinner.

After mastering all five chakra natures, Naruto entered the Sealing Space to break the Nine-Tails' seal. He met his father, Minato Namikaze, received his ninjutsu knowledge, then returned and absorbed the weakened seal into chakra.

• Naruto entered the Sealing Space and approached the seal, turning the negative-emotion water beneath him into stone.
• Minato Namikaze stopped Naruto and spoke with him in a golden space, apologizing for missing his childhood and asking why he wanted to free the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto asked Minato to teach him ninjutsu, and Minato passed his memories and experience with countless techniques into Naruto.
• After Minato disappeared, Naruto absorbed the chakra fragment and gained knowledge of techniques including the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and Flying Thunder God.
• Naruto returned to the gate and used the power of the Six Thief Immortals to turn the weakened sealing symbols into chakra, which his body absorbed.

Naruto absorbed Kushina’s memories and fought the Nine-Tails, overpowering him with chakra absorption and Adamantine Sealing Chains. After waking, Naruto trained with shadow clones until Hinata invited him to watch fireworks.

• Naruto used Nine-Tails Mode and a Fire Style Rasengan to fight the Nine-Tails in the seal space.
• Naruto absorbed the Nine-Tails’ chakra after binding him with Adamantine Sealing Chains, leaving the fox weakened.
• Naruto woke with the seal undone and studied Ninjutsu, including Chidori and the Shadow Clone Technique.
• Naruto sent more than a hundred shadow clones to train in different places and absorbed their experience and fatigue as they vanished.
• Hinata found Naruto training and invited him to take a walk and watch the fireworks, and he agreed.

Naruto and Hinata spent New Year's Day eating, visiting Ichiraku Ramen, and watching fireworks from Kage Rock. There, Naruto gave Hinata his family's modified Yin Seal and began filling it with his chakra.

• Naruto and Hinata walked through Konoha, sharing snacks as Naruto ate without getting full.
• Naruto reunited with Uncle Ichiraku at the ramen shop, where he and Hinata ate several bowls; Kakashi also arrived and noticed how much Naruto had changed.
• Uncle Ichiraku refused to accept Naruto's payment, and Naruto resolved to protect the shop as Konoha's difficult times approached.
• Naruto led Hinata to Kage Rock, where they watched the New Year's fireworks together.
• Naruto taught Hinata about his modified Yin Seal and began sealing his chakra inside it for her to use in danger.

Naruto continued developing his abilities while growing closer to Hinata, who became his classmate and deskmate. As graduation approached, the Third Hokage considered how Naruto’s bond with Hinata and her Main Family status would affect team assignments.

• Naruto infused Hinata with his chakra, which began nourishing her body, and wondered whether it could strengthen her Byakugan or awaken a special constitution in himself.
• In their final school year, Hinata became Naruto’s deskmate and could tell when he was attending class as a Shadow Clone.
• Sasuke watched Naruto and worried about how much stronger he had become, while Sakura noticed Naruto’s changed appearance and his closeness with Hinata.
• Naruto trained in a gravity field beneath the back mountain, using Shadow Clones to study Sealing Jutsu and Flying Thunder God while his real body strengthened through exercise.
• Iruka reported Naruto’s recent behavior to the Third Hokage, who worried about Naruto’s growing closeness with Hinata and weighed whether to place them on the same team.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha after learning that the Nine-Tails' seal had developed a problem and sought out Naruto. He found Naruto living calmly on his own and joined him for dinner, while the seal's condition remained unresolved.

• The Third Hokage decided to wait and observe how Hiashi and Naruto's relationship developed before acting.
• The Toad Sages sensed a problem with the Nine-Tails' seal and used Reverse Summoning to bring Jiraiya to Mount Myoboku.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha a month later and found Naruto at the Ninja Academy, unaware that he was watching a Shadow Clone.
• Naruto sensed a powerful shinobi nearby, dispelled his Shadow Clones, and returned home.
• Jiraiya arrived at Naruto's home, introduced himself, and shared a meal with Naruto, who remained composed and told him he had learned to cook while living alone.

Naruto let Jiraiya examine him, revealing that the Nine-Tails’ seal had failed and that Naruto was restraining the fox with Adamantine Sealing Chains. Jiraiya left baffled by Naruto and Kurama’s apparent friendship.

• After they ate, Jiraiya asked Naruto why he could not sense his chakra and examined him.
• Jiraiya discovered the Nine-Tails’ seal was gone and entered Naruto’s Sealing Space, where he found the fox asleep and restrained by golden chains.
• Naruto told Jiraiya that he had used his Adamantine Sealing Chains to restrain the Nine-Tails after the seal stopped working.
• Jiraiya offered to seal the Nine-Tails again, but Naruto refused and claimed that he and Kurama were friends.
• Naruto and Kurama acted affectionately in front of Jiraiya, leaving him bewildered by their relationship.

Naruto removed the seal suppressing the Nine-Tails and agreed to let Jiraiya stay in Konoha and watch over him. He returned to school, spent time with Hinata, and fought Sasuke to a draw, while Hiruzen investigated Jiraiya’s return; Naruto ended the chapter with an empty wallet.

• Naruto removed the seal around the Nine-Tails and told it to stay put, while the beast chose to sleep rather than challenge him.
• Naruto refused to reinforce the seal or let others learn about it, and Jiraiya agreed to stay nearby and monitor his safety.
• Naruto returned to school, spent time with Hinata, and fought Sasuke to a draw in Taijutsu during sparring practice.
• Hiruzen spotted Jiraiya near the bathhouse and questioned an Anbu member, who reported that Naruto had been behaving normally and spending time with Hinata.
• Naruto set training aside to go out with Hinata, and his spending left his Frog Wallet empty.

Jiraiya lent Naruto money before leaving Konoha, and Naruto’s ordinary life continued until graduation approached. As the Third considered Naruto’s team assignment, Naruto expected Hinata to be placed with Kiba and Shino, leaving her disappointed.

• Jiraiya gave Naruto a passbook as a loan, and Naruto accepted it.
• Naruto cooked dinner with Hinata while Jiraiya watched and remembered Minato; Jiraiya left the next day to travel the Ninja World.
• The Third summoned Hyuga Hiashi to discuss Naruto’s team assignment and the possibility of pairing Naruto with Hinata.
• At the Academy, Hinata asked Naruto about their teams, and Naruto said she would probably be grouped with Kiba and Shino.
• Hinata became dejected, while Naruto rested his head on his desk as the other students talked excitedly about their teams.

Naruto passed the Ninja Academy exam and received the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique scroll from the Third Hokage. On team assignment day, he was unexpectedly placed on a team with Hinata Hyuga and Sasuke Uchiha, and all three welcomed the arrangement.

• Naruto decided not to deliberately fail the graduation exam and passed by performing the Clone Technique.
• The Third Hokage congratulated Naruto and gave him a scroll containing the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique.
• Naruto noticed someone watching his home before heading to the academy for team assignments.
• Iruka announced that Naruto, Hinata Hyuga, and Sasuke Uchiha were on the same team.
• Hinata and Sasuke expressed happiness at being Naruto's teammates, while Naruto adjusted to the unexpected change.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata met their jonin instructor, Kakashi, who tested their introductions and announced a wilderness survival exercise that could send them back to the Ninja Academy. The new team went to celebrate over barbecue, where Naruto declined an invitation to join their friends and said they needed to build team spirit.

• Naruto set an ink trap for the late Kakashi, and the bottle struck Kakashi as he entered the classroom.
• Kakashi led Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to the rooftop, where they introduced themselves and Sasuke revealed his ambition to restore the Uchiha Clan and kill a man.
• Kakashi announced that the team would take a wilderness survival test the next day and warned that failure meant returning to the Ninja Academy.
• Naruto reassured worried Hinata and invited Sasuke to celebrate their graduation over barbecue.
• Choji invited Naruto's team to join the other young ninja at the restaurant, but Naruto declined so his team could work on its spirit.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata began Kakashi’s bell test, and Naruto quickly showed that Kakashi had underestimated his strength. The test continued as Naruto used clones to surround Kakashi.

• Naruto ate with Sasuke and Hinata, while Choji helped Shikamaru and Ino’s group get a discount.
• Naruto arrived late for the team meeting, and Kakashi showed up later still, claiming he had helped an old woman.
• Kakashi explained that the three had to take two bells before noon, leaving one of them at risk of being sent back to the Academy.
• Kakashi began the test while reading Icha Icha Paradise, prompting Naruto to challenge him and land a powerful punch that Kakashi blocked too late.
• Kakashi used the Substitution Technique to avoid Naruto’s follow-up, then caught a Naruto clone with the Double Suicide Decapitation Technique.
• Naruto used the Multi Shadow Clone Technique, producing ten clones that surrounded Kakashi and attacked.