Chapter Summaries

Minato coordinated Konoha’s response to Akatsuki’s attempts to capture the Tailed Beasts, dispatching teams to investigate and protect the Six-Tails and Seven-Tails. Naruto visited Sasuke at the Uchiha training ground, where their argument escalated into a fight and Sasuke unleashed Amaterasu.

• Minato sent Jiraiya and Tsunade to investigate Hanzo’s overthrow in the Land of Rain and resolved to strike Akatsuki now that it had resurfaced.
• Minato assigned Kakashi and Might Guy to protect the Six-Tails Jinchuriki and ordered Shikamaru’s team to carry a letter to the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire.
• Minato planned to secure the Six-Tails and Seven-Tails and destroy Akatsuki after Jiraiya located its leader.
• Naruto visited Sasuke at the Uchiha training ground and asked him to spar, but Sasuke told him to leave.
• Naruto punched Sasuke and challenged him, prompting Sasuke to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and attack with Amaterasu.

Kakuzu captured the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and headed toward an Akatsuki base, but Shikaku Nara, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza ambushed him in the Land of Fire. He disrupted their formation and fled under cover of a Fire Style attack, still carrying the Jinchuriki.

• Kakuzu captured the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki after killing two Takigakure Jonin.
• Kakuzu encountered an ambush in the Land of Fire led by Shikaku Nara, with Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza beside him.
• Kakuzu spotted Nara Shikamaru and the new generation of Ino-Shika-Cho concealed nearby and charged toward them as a feint.
• Shikamaru tried to bind Kakuzu with the Shadow Imitation Technique while Ino used the Mind Body Disturbance Technique.
• Kakuzu split the ground with Earth Style: Earth Split Technique, disrupting the formation and breaking Shikamaru's hold.
• Kakuzu sent a masked monster's Fire Style attack at the older Ino-Shika-Cho and escaped in another direction.

Kakuzu tried to escape with the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, but Shikaku Nara, Akimichi Choza, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Aburame Shibi joined forces to stop him. Zetsu took the Jinchuriki and vanished, leaving Kakuzu and his Earth Grudge Fears surrounded as Shikaku ordered everyone to pursue them.

• Aburame Shibi arrived and used his insects to drive Kakuzu back, while Akimichi Choza and the Ino-Shika-Cho escaped Kakuzu’s attack.
• Shikaku Nara and Shibi explained that they had been traveling together on a diplomatic mission when Minato Namikaze assigned them to intercept Kakuzu.
• Zetsu appeared, took the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki from Kakuzu, and vanished before the Konoha ninja could stop him.
• Kakuzu summoned three more Earth Grudge Fears, and Shikaku warned the others that each monster could use a different ninjutsu.
• Akimichi Choza grew into a giant and attacked, while Kakuzu and his Earth Grudge Fears scattered to escape; Shikaku ordered the others not to let any of them get away.

Kakuzu struggled against the combined attacks of the older Ino-Shika-Cho team and Aburame Shibi, while Kakashi and Might Guy confronted Danzo and Kisame after they captured Utakata, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki. Guy and Kisame clashed at the lakeside, and the chapter ended with Kisame telling Danzo to escape with Utakata while he faced Kakashi and Guy.

• Kakuzu was pushed into a desperate position as the older Ino-Shika-Cho team and Aburame Shibi coordinated their secret techniques against him and his Earth Grudge Fear clones.
• Danzo and Kisame captured the unconscious Utakata and prepared to return with the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, but Kakashi and Might Guy arrived and attacked them.
• Guy opened the Seventh Gate and used Daytime Tiger against Kisame's Water Style: Ultimate Shark Bullet, sending Kisame into the lake.
• Kakashi attacked Danzo with Lightning Blade, but Danzo evaded and trapped him in a Wood Prison before firing wooden arrows at him.
• Guy shattered Danzo's Wood Style attacks and freed Kakashi, then Kisame emerged from the lake and told Danzo to leave with Utakata while he fought them.

Obito Uchiha arrived at Cloud Thunder Gorge to confront Killer B, while Jiraiya and Tsunade investigated the Land of Rain. Naruto learned of their mission and rushed to Amegakure, where Jiraiya had captured several local ninjas for questioning.

• Danzo slipped away with the Six-Tails Jinchuriki while Kisame attacked Kakashi, and Might Guy turned to face Kisame.
• Obito Uchiha reached Cloud Thunder Gorge and confronted Killer B, bringing out black shackles as a battle began.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade traveled through the Land of Rain to investigate Akatsuki and stopped at a tavern to gather information.
• Minato told Naruto that Jiraiya and Tsunade were investigating Amegakure, and Naruto hurried to the Land of Rain despite his father's reassurance.
• Jiraiya questioned a captured Amegakure ninja, who found himself bound alongside others taken from the tavern.

Jiraiya and Tsunade questioned Amegakure ninjas and learned that the so-called God and angel lived in the central tower. There, Jiraiya recognized Konan and asked what had happened to her, Yahiko, and Nagato, as Konan prepared to fight.

• Jiraiya turned two Amegakure ninjas into frogs when they refused to answer, then questioned the others.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade learned that the God and angel lived in the tower and erased the captured ninjas' memories before releasing them.
• Deva Path and Konan prepared to receive Jiraiya and Tsunade at the tower.
• Konan blocked Jiraiya and Tsunade as they entered, and Jiraiya recognized her and asked where Nagato was.
• Jiraiya urged Konan to stop and asked what had happened to her and Yahiko and why Amegakure had changed.

Konan fought Jiraiya and Tsunade, while Konoha forces defeated Kakuzu and Kakashi and Might Guy defeated Kisame. Obito attacked Killer B, who transformed into the Eight-Tails and broke free of his chains.

• Konan attacked Jiraiya and Tsunade, and Jiraiya responded by beginning a serious fight with her.
• Shikaku Nara, Nara Shikamaru, Aburame Shibi, Akimichi Choza, and Yamanaka Inoichi defeated Kakuzu and confirmed that he was dead.
• Kakashi and Might Guy combined Kamui and Daytime Tiger to defeat Kisame, while Samehada fled and Kakashi carried the exhausted Guy toward Konoha.
• Obito trapped Killer B in flames, but Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and broke the chains binding him.
• Obito watched the Eight-Tails attack and recognized Killer B as a highly capable Jinchuriki.

Obito used enhanced Wood Style to capture Killer B and the Eight-Tails, prompting Kumogakure to send its ninjas to investigate. In Amegakure, Jiraiya confronted the Deva Path and recognized that Nagato was controlling Yahiko’s body, leaving Nagato’s reaction hanging.

• Obito used Wood Style to bind the Eight-Tails, then overwhelmed it with Deep Forest Bloom’s toxic pollen and captured the unconscious Killer B.
• Kumogakure ninjas witnessed Obito leave with Killer B and prepared to report the capture to the Raikage.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade faced Konan beneath Amegakure’s central tower, where the Deva Path emerged and blasted Tsunade away with Shinra Tensei.
• Jiraiya addressed the Deva Path as Yahiko, then revealed that he knew Nagato was hiding and speaking through Yahiko’s body.

Jiraiya revealed that he had deduced Nagato was behind Pain and confronted him alongside Tsunade. The two Sannin battled Nagato, and Jiraiya trapped him with auditory genjutsu, leaving Tsunade poised to strike.

• Jiraiya explained that Yahiko's appearance as Pain and his understanding of Nagato and Konan had led him to uncover Nagato's role.
• Nagato appeared and said his plan would begin with Jiraiya, then attacked with a powerful Shinra Tensei.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to shield herself and Jiraiya, and the two fought Nagato together as Jiraiya entered Sage Mode.
• Nagato summoned giant beasts, but Jiraiya countered with the Toad Army and Sage Art: Goemon while Tsunade disrupted Nagato's attacks.
• Tsunade shook the battlefield to distract Nagato, allowing Jiraiya and the two toad sages to trap him with Sage Art: Frog Duet.
• Tsunade charged at the immobilized Nagato and prepared to land a powerful punch.

Naruto arrived in Amegakure and destroyed Nagato’s Planetary Devastation, but Jiraiya had been fatally wounded while protecting Tsunade. Enraged, Naruto overwhelmed the Deva Path and Konan’s paper body, then turned on Nagato.

• Nagato used the Deva Path to unleash Planetary Devastation, trapping Jiraiya and Tsunade in the gravitational pull while Konan freed Nagato from Jiraiya’s genjutsu.
• Jiraiya sent Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima back to Mount Myoboku as the collapsing debris formed a massive steel sphere above Amegakure.
• Naruto arrived and struck the sphere with Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, breaking its core and making the debris fall.
• Tsunade carried the gravely wounded Jiraiya to Naruto and treated him, but Jiraiya had been pierced through by steel and could not be saved.
• Naruto attacked Nagato, shattered his Shinra Tensei, and battered the Deva Path until he severed Nagato’s connection to it.
• Konan attacked Naruto with explosive tags, but Naruto destroyed her paper body and then faced Nagato.

Naruto Uzumaki defeated Nagato and persuaded him to revive Jiraiya, while Akatsuki’s surviving members prepared for war. Minato Namikaze set out for the Five Kage Summit, survived Danzo’s ambush, and arrived in the Land of Iron ahead of the other Kage.

• Naruto Uzumaki overpowered Nagato, restrained Konan, and persuaded Nagato to abandon his plans and use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive Jiraiya.
• Konan refused to go to Konoha and stayed in Amegakure, while Naruto Uzumaki and the others returned to Konoha with information about Akatsuki.
• Obito Uchiha told Danzo and Zetsu that Nagato was dead and ordered Zetsu to watch the Ninja World as he went to retrieve the Rinnegan; Obito later killed Konan when she tried to stop him.
• Kabuto Yakushi found Orochimaru’s method of returning through a Cursed Seal and brought Orochimaru back to life.
• Minato Namikaze accepted the Raikage’s invitation to the Five Kage Summit and traveled to the Land of Iron with Itachi and Uchiha Shisui.
• Danzo sent Root to assassinate Minato Namikaze, but Uchiha Shisui and Itachi defeated the attackers; Minato went on alone and arrived at the summit venue before the other Kage.

Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi stopped Danzo’s assassination plot, while the Five Kage formed the Shinobi Allied Forces after Obito revealed Akatsuki’s threat. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Naruto overwhelmed the battlefields and faced Obito and Madara, but Obito seized an opening to become the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki.

• Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi confronted Danzo, and Itachi sealed him with the Totsuka Blade.
• The Five Kage agreed to form the Shinobi Allied Forces after Obito appeared at their summit and Minato exposed his role in releasing the Nine-Tails.
• Obito and Orochimaru joined forces, and Obito used Kinkaku and Ginkaku as a substitute for gathering Nine-Tails chakra.
• The Fourth Shinobi World War began, and Naruto’s shadow clones rapidly cleared the battlefields while Obito swept through them with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Naruto confronted Obito and Madara, exposed Obito’s identity, and fought him as the Ten-Tails’ awakening approached.
• Obito formed the hand seals to become the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki.

Obito became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Naruto confronted him alone while the Allied Forces watched. Meanwhile, Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, and Sasuke attacked Madara, whose Complete Body Susanoo overwhelmed their defenses.

• The Kage recognized Naruto as their strongest fighter after his Shadow Clone had defeated Madara and he had protected the Allied Forces from the Ten-Tails.
• Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, and Sasuke surrounded Madara with their Mangekyō Sharingan, determined to face him themselves.
• Obito completed his transformation into the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Naruto dismissed him as inexperienced and not a serious threat.
• Naruto ordered the Allied Forces to retreat, then struck Obito with a punch that drove him into the ground.
• Madara summoned his Complete Body Susanoo and stopped Itachi’s Yata Mirror before shrugging off attacks from Sasuke and Shisui.

Naruto fought Obito after Obito regained control of the Ten-Tails and became its Jinchuriki. Naruto trapped Obito with Yang Release and prepared a Nine-Tails Rasenshuriken.

• Naruto held back from attacking the unstable Obito, fearing an explosion would kill many of the distant ninja troops.
• Obito subdued the Ten-Tails' power, regained consciousness, and declared that he would realize his dream through the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Naruto tried to persuade Obito to abandon his plan, but Obito rejected his words and attacked.
• Naruto and Obito clashed in midair, trading Six Paths-level attacks as Obito deflected Naruto's Rasengan assault and destroyed many of his shadow clones.
• Naruto's clones trapped Obito in a Yang Release restraint, and Naruto formed a Nine-Tails Rasenshuriken to attack him.

Naruto defeated Obito, but Black Zetsu used Obito to revive Madara and took his Rinnegan. Madara regained his prime power and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to capture the Tailed Beasts, while Naruto said he needed time to recover.

• Naruto’s Nine-Tails Rasenshuriken defeated Obito and separated him from the Tailed Beasts.
• Madara defeated the four Uchiha fighters, then left them and Sasuke behind as he headed toward the battlefield.
• Black Zetsu took control of Obito and used Rinne Rebirth to revive Madara.
• Black Zetsu took Obito’s Rinnegan, and Obito died as his life force faded.
• Madara restored both Rinnegan and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to bind the eight Tailed Beasts.
• Ōnoki urged the Shinobi Allied Forces to stop Madara, but Naruto said his chakra was depleted and asked them to hold Madara off.

Uchiha Madara absorbed the remaining tailed-beast chakra and became the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki, then fought Naruto while the Allied Shinobi Forces retreated. Naruto repeatedly outmatched Madara, but with Sasuke still unconscious and Madara considering the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the battle remained unresolved.

• Uchiha Madara defeated the Five Kage, absorbed the One-Tail and the chakra in Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and transformed into the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki.
• Naruto told his father and the others to retreat, then confronted Six Paths Madara with the Amenonuhoko.
• Naruto countered Madara's Lightning Wave with Yang Release and sensed and repelled the Limbo shadows.
• Naruto's shadow clones engaged the Limbo shadows while he worried that Sasuke remained unconscious and could not help seal Kaguya.
• Uchiha Madara, unable to defeat Naruto and extract the Nine-Tails, considered activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Madara cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi and bound the world in the Divine Tree, but Black Zetsu betrayed him and transformed him into Kaguya. Naruto Uzumaki faced Kaguya alone as she mistook him for Hagoromo.

• Madara used Yin Release to trap Naruto Uzumaki, then awakened a Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara summoned the Divine Tree, which bound the sleeping people of the world and began absorbing their chakra and life.
• Naruto Uzumaki broke free and saw that Sasuke had been trapped in a tree cocoon, while Madara declared that he had brought peace.
• Black Zetsu stabbed Madara and revealed that he was Kaguya's will, then used him to revive Kaguya.
• Kaguya looked at Naruto Uzumaki and called him Hagoromo, but he told her she had mistaken him for the Sage of Six Paths.

Naruto fought Kaguya alone in her lava dimension and tried to use his Yang Release to seal her. His surprise attack failed when Black Zetsu intervened, and Kaguya transported Naruto into an ice dimension.

• Kaguya attacked Naruto with her chakra-infused hair, and Naruto blocked it with a Truth-Seeking Orb shield before countering with a Truth-Seeking Orb Rasenshuriken.
• Kaguya met Naruto's attack with her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, then used Magatsuhi to unleash pillars of flame and rain fire across the lava realm.
• Naruto realized he needed an opening to seal Kaguya and unleashed his Yang Release, concealing a group of shadow clones in its golden light.
• Naruto's clones used the Reverse Harem Technique to distract Kaguya, allowing him to strike her from behind with Yang Release.
• Black Zetsu appeared in the way of Naruto's blow, and Kaguya shifted space, trapping Naruto in an ice dimension.

Naruto was impaled by Kaguya in the Extreme Ice Space, but met the Sage of Six Paths in his consciousness and received Sasuke’s Yin Release inheritance. He returned in a new Six Paths Mode, ready to fight Kaguya again.

• Kaguya impaled Naruto with ice spikes and began removing Black Zetsu’s Yang Release seal.
• Naruto met the Sage of Six Paths in his consciousness and learned Sasuke could not receive the Yin Release inheritance because his chakra had not awakened.
• Naruto explained that he had come from another world, and the Sage decided to grant him the power of Yin Release.
• The Sage warned Naruto that his Yang Release would remain stronger, preventing him from awakening the Rinnegan, then passed Sasuke’s share of the inheritance to him.
• Naruto shattered the ice, rose in a new Six Paths Mode, and announced that round two with Kaguya had begun.

Naruto defeated Kaguya by sealing her with Yin-Yang Release, allowing the Sage of Six Paths to seal her away again and undo the Infinite Tsukuyomi. After the war, Naruto became a celebrated hero and eventually the Fifth Hokage.

• Naruto escaped Kaguya's ice prison and followed her through space-time rifts, continuing their battle across her dimensions.
• Naruto and Kaguya unleashed powerful attacks that shattered the Beginning Ball Space, and Naruto sealed her with Yin-Yang Release.
• The Sage of Six Paths used Divine Planetary Devastation to seal Kaguya in a new moon and removed the Tailed Beasts from her.
• The Sage of Six Paths undid the Infinite Tsukuyomi, freeing the bound people, and Naruto later bid him farewell.
• The Shinobi Allied Forces returned to their villages, and Naruto became known as the war's greatest hero before eventually becoming the Fifth Hokage.