Recaps

Guy discussed his attachments and enemies with Huiyan, who revealed that he was nearing the end of his life and wanted Guy to succeed him as abbot of the Fire Temple. Guy refused, citing his wish to marry Kurenai, but Huiyan surprised him by saying Fire Temple monks were allowed to marry.

• Huiyan noticed Guy's killing intent toward Danzo and took him to his meditation chamber for a private conversation.
• Guy acknowledged his ties to Kurenai, Ebisu, Genma, Might Duy, Yakushi Nonō, and the orphanage children, then decided Danzo was a true enemy and a scourge that had to be eliminated.
• Huiyan asked whether Guy's enemy could be redeemed or killed, and whether becoming abbot could help him deal with the enemy.
• Huiyan revealed that his life was nearing its end and asked Guy to become his successor, but Guy refused and suggested Chiriku instead.
• Guy told Huiyan that a girl in Konoha was waiting for him to return and marry her, and Huiyan asked why he would not marry her and bring her to the Fire Temple.
• Guy learned from Huiyan that the Fire Temple had never forbidden its monks from marrying.

Huiyan explained that the Fire Temple followed a Zen tradition that allowed monks to eat meat, drink in moderation, and marry, unlike the stricter Vinaya School. Guy realized he had misunderstood monastic life and began reconsidering his refusal to become abbot, seeing the temple as a possible base for marrying Kurenai and supporting the orphanage.

• Huiyan explained to Guy that the Fire Temple followed the Zen School rather than the Vinaya School, so it did not enforce the same strict rules.
• Huiyan clarified that monks could eat meat, drink in moderation, and marry, though he and many disciples personally chose a vegetarian life.
• Huiyan told Guy that Hefeng, the former head of the Martial Monk Hall, had a wife and children who lived in the town below the mountain.
• Guy realized that becoming a monk would not require him to give up marriage or family and considered using the Fire Temple's resources and autonomy to support Kurenai and the orphanage.
• Huiyan told Guy that compassion and a clear heart mattered more than outward practices, and Guy admitted that becoming abbot might be worth considering.

Guy declined to commit to becoming the Fire Temple's abbot and focused on preparing for the Nine-Tails Attack. He sent Tsunade a warning and urged her to keep Jiraiya in Konoha, and Tsunade agreed to the plan.

• Guy considered becoming the Fire Temple's abbot but decided he could not abandon Konoha and his future disciples while dangers remained.
• Guy resolved to strengthen himself before the Nine-Tails Attack and to keep Tsunade and Jiraiya in Konoha for it.
• Guy summoned Ninkame, learned that Kushina was nearing childbirth, and sent Tsunade a letter warning her about the danger and asking her to stay in the village with Jiraiya.
• Tsunade read Guy's letter and told Ninkame she understood, then reflected on the hidden enemies threatening Konoha.

Guy returned to Konoha with twelve Fire Temple martial monks on Naruto's birth date, intending to check on the village and reunite with the orphanage children. He found Might Duy surrounded by six pregnant women, including Nonō and Ghost Mother, and was stunned by how quickly his father had built a family.

• Guy returned to Konoha with twelve martial monks and told Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane to keep his arrival secret.
• Guy met a boy from the orphanage, learned it was doing well, and asked him to tell everyone he would visit later.
• At Konoha Medical Hospital, Shizune told Guy that Tsunade was helping Kushina give birth alongside Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze.
• Guy warned Shizune that Konoha might be in danger, then headed to the orphanage with the monks.
• Might Duy joyfully embraced Guy, who saw that Nonō, Ghost Mother, and the four women Guy had rescued from the Land of Rice Fields were all pregnant.

Guy discovered that Might Duy had become partners with several women, including Nonō, before warning him that a crisis might strike that night. After moving the children and arranging protection, Guy returned to Konoha and waited atop Kage Rock for the coming storm.

• Might Duy introduced Guy to the women who had become his partners, including Nonō, and explained how they had come to live together.
• Guy told Duy that danger might arrive that night and ordered him to move the children to the Ninja Turtle Clan's territory.
• Guy relocated the children and arranged for Might Duy, White Brow, Maruboshi Kosuke, and the warrior monks to protect them.
• Guy returned to Konoha, sat atop Kage Rock, and waited for the storm to begin.

Guy sensed the Nine-Tails’ chakra as Kushina gave birth, warned Konoha, and rushed to help defend the village. As the Nine-Tails appeared and a giant toad pinned it down, two Three-Tails also went berserk near the Uchiha settlement.

• Guy detected the Nine-Tails’ chakra west of Konoha and roared a warning across the village.
• Guy opened the Fourth Gate and raced toward the disturbance, telling Akimichi Choza to evacuate civilians and organize a defense.
• The Nine-Tails fully emerged, and a giant toad landed on its head to pin it down.
• Guy prepared to accelerate toward the main battlefield after seeing the toad restrain the Nine-Tails.
• Two Three-Tails manifested near the Uchiha settlement south of Konoha and went berserk.

Guy learned that the Three-Tails had rampaged in southern Konoha, then saw the Four-Tails erupt near the northern mountain where Might Duy and the others were sheltering. Guy opened the Seventh Gate and raced to save them, but Duy prepared to open the Eighth Gate to protect everyone.

• Guy chose to leave the rampaging Three-Tails to Konoha's forces and head toward the Nine-Tails battlefield, but the Four-Tails erupted near the northern mountain.
• Guy saw the Four-Tails' lava overwhelming the twelve warrior monks' defenses and threatening Might Duy, the orphanage children, pregnant women, and the Ninja Turtle Clan.
• Guy opened the Seventh Gate and raced toward the mountain, terrified that Duy and the others would not survive until he arrived.
• Duy smiled at Guy, declared that youth burned brightest when protecting loved ones, and began opening the Eighth Gate, the Gate of Death.

Might Duy opened the Eighth Gate and joined Guy in savagely destroying the Four-Tails, stunning Konoha with their power. The Three-Tails were suppressed as the village’s fighters watched for the outcome of Duy’s likely fatal battle.

• Might Duy emerged through the Four-Tails’ lava attack and punched the beast into the air, shocking the Fire Temple monks, the orphanage children, and Maruboshi Kosuke.
• Guy charged toward his father in a fury, tearing his body apart as he tried to reach him before the Eighth Gate’s life-burning cost took effect.
• Guy kicked the airborne Four-Tails in the head and shattered it, then Might Duy struck its chest and blew apart much of its body.
• Konoha’s fighters recognized Might Duy and reacted in disbelief, while the two Three-Tails faltered in fear.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Konoha jonin took advantage of the Three-Tails’ hesitation and suppressed both beasts.
• Konoha’s fighters kept watching the blood-red sky, waiting to learn the outcome of Might Duy’s battle.

Might Duy opened the Gate of Death to destroy the Four-Tails, but Guy stopped him and insisted there was still a way to save him. Guy decided to use his Soul-Returning Pill on his father and left the story planning to make Duy the Four-Tails’ jinchuriki so his body could be restored first.

• Might Duy and Guy shattered the Four-Tails, but it began absorbing chakra to rebuild itself.
• Might Duy tried to attack the regenerating Four-Tails again, and Guy blocked him, urging him to suppress the Gate of Death because he could still be saved.
• Might Duy trusted Guy and retreated to the orphanage residents and warrior monks, while his body continued to burn from the Gate of Death.
• Guy recalled his Soul-Returning Pill and decided to use it to revive Might Duy, despite the risk that the Gate of Death would destroy his body.
• Guy resolved to restore his father's body by making Might Duy the Four-Tails' jinchuriki.

Guy used his blood-colored Thousand-Armed Murder technique to crush the Four-Tails into submission, then sealed it inside the Fire Cloud Kasaya. He flew back to Might Duy with the captured Tailed Beast, hoping to use its chakra and vitality to save his father.

• Guy unleashed Welcome Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder and battered the fleeing Four-Tails until its body was smashed into chakra mince.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and others in Konoha watched Guy’s assault in shock as the battle against the Three-Tails continued.
• Guy used Kasaya Demon Subjugation to bind the Four-Tails’ remaining chakra inside the Fire Cloud Kasaya.
• Guy caught the shrunken Fire Cloud Kasaya and flew toward Might Duy.

Guy confronted White Brow and Ninkame for failing to summon him before Might Duy opened the Gate of Death, then tried to save his father by making him the Four-Tails Jinchuriki. The Fire Cloud Kasaya suppressed Might Duy’s life-burning state, leaving Guy hopeful that he could keep the Gate of Death under control without using the Soul-Returning Pill.

• Guy demanded to know why White Brow and Ninkame had not used Reverse Summoning Technique to summon him, and Might Duy defended the turtles, explaining that the Four-Tails’ sudden attack had left them focused on protecting everyone.
• Guy examined Might Duy and realized that the Gate of Death could only stop burning if Might Duy died, but he feared the Soul-Returning Pill might not revive him without a heart.
• Guy wrapped Might Duy in the Fire Cloud Kasaya to make him the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, and the subdued Four-Tails chakra entered Might Duy without resisting.
• The influx of chakra intensified Might Duy’s blood-red steam, so Guy used Kasaya Demon Subjugation to restrain the aura and slow the Gate of Death’s life-burning rate to roughly one-tenth.
• Guy wondered whether the Four-Tails’ chakra and the kasaya’s suppression could let Might Duy survive indefinitely in a weakened Gate of Death state, avoiding the need to remove his heart and use the Soul-Returning Pill.

Guy watched as Might Duy merged with the Four-Tails’ chakra, which slowed the Gate of Death’s life-draining effects but could not stop them. Dai could now live another two and a half years, so Guy began considering a sealing technique to control the burning in his heart.

• While battles raged across Konoha, Guy focused on Dai as the Four-Tails’ chakra healed his body and stabilized his life force.
• Dai opened his eyes, and Guy checked the circulation of chakra and life force within him.
• Guy discovered that the Four-Tails had greatly prolonged Dai’s life, but Dai could still live only another two and a half years.
• Guy realized he needed to limit the burning in Dai’s heart without sealing it completely, and he recalled an ultimate technique he might try.

Guy devised and used a Golden Bell Seal to suppress the burning of Dai’s heart and slow the Gate of Death. Dai survived with the heart’s burning reduced to less than one percent, as long as he kept the Fire Cloud Kasaya on and the seal intact.

• Guy decided to seal Dai’s heart to reduce the Gate of Death’s burning and preserve his life.
• Guy cut open Dai’s chest and exposed his heart while Dai endured the pain.
• Guy formed the Golden Bell Seal around Dai’s heart, isolating six of its eight major vessels while leaving one artery and one vein open.
• Guy treated Dai’s wound as his Four-Tails chakra helped it heal, and Dai’s heat and bloody steam subsided.
• Guy confirmed that Dai would not die as long as he kept the Fire Cloud Kasaya on and did not undo the seal.

Guy used the Golden Bell Seal and Fire Cloud Kasaya to keep Dai alive after the Gate of Death left him in a permanent, life-draining state. As the women gathered around Dai, the Nine-Tails breached Konoha’s western wall and aimed a Tailed Beast Bomb at the Back Mountain where they were.

• Guy told Dai that the kasaya was keeping him alive, but that he could never open the Eight Inner Gates again or remove it.
• Dai discovered that the kasaya had an opening for him to urinate through and privately wondered how its high temperature would affect his intimate life.
• White Brow, Ninkame, and the Ninja Turtle Clan apologized to Guy, who ordered them to summon him for any life-or-death crisis involving them, his teacher, or Konoha.
• The women gathered around Dai as Guy thought of Kurenai and the children in a safe area.
• A terrifying chakra surge erupted from Konoha’s west as the Nine-Tails breached the outer wall and began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb aimed at Back Mountain.

Guy protected the people near Konoha by using his golden manifestation to throw them clear, then awakened the Great Luo Buddha Hand to launch the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb into the sky. After the explosion, Guy collapsed, and Minato Namikaze appeared beside him.

• Guy used Welcome Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder to hurl Dai, the children, and the others out of the Tailed Beast Bomb's path.
• Guy charged toward the incoming bomb and used Great Compassion Thousand-Armed Form, but its golden arms were quickly destroyed.
• Guy combined the burning remnants of his manifestation into the Great Luo Buddha Hand and forced the Tailed Beast Bomb upward.
• The Tailed Beast Bomb exploded hundreds of meters above the ground, sparing the people below from most of its force.
• Guy knelt, exhausted and injured, as Maruboshi Kosuke, the warrior monks, Might Duy, and the children watched in awe.
• Minato Namikaze appeared beside Guy, who relaxed after recognizing him.

Guy rushed to stop Minato Namikaze from sacrificing himself to seal the Nine-Tails, hoping to save both Minato and Kushina Uzumaki with the Soul-Returning Pill. After spotting the battle between Tsunade, Jiraiya, White Fang, and three masked enemies, Guy left them to pursue Minato, sensing the Nine-Tails’ chakra beyond Konoha.

• Minato Namikaze appeared severely wounded, then teleported the Nine-Tails away from Konoha with Flying Thunder God.
• Guy realized Minato planned to use the Reaper Death Seal and decided to stop him, intending to save Kushina Uzumaki with the Soul-Returning Pill.
• Guy took Soldier Pills and left the martial monks, Maruboshi Kosuke, and Dai to protect the others as he raced through Konoha.
• Guy found Tsunade, Jiraiya, and White Fang fighting three battered masked figures, including Shisui and Feiquan.
• Tsunade released her Yin Seal and charged the masked figures with White Fang while Jiraiya prepared a technique.
• Guy sensed the Nine-Tails’ chakra beyond Konoha’s ruined wall and sprinted toward it to reach Minato Namikaze.

Guy discovered his newly awakened Great Luo Buddha Hand and obtained the Dragon-Grasping Technique while racing to stop Minato Namikaze from sacrificing himself. He broke through Kushina Uzumaki’s sealing barrier and convinced her and Minato that he could save her, leaving them with renewed hope.

• Guy’s Great Compassion Thousand-Armed Form awakened Great Luo Buddha Hand, and he obtained the Dragon-Grasping Technique from a random ultimate skill pack.
• Guy reached the forest clearing and saw Kushina holding the Nine-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains while Minato prepared the Reaper Death Seal.
• Guy broke through the barrier with Vajra Finger, and the backlash weakened Kushina further, causing Minato to stop forming the Reaper Death Seal and check on her.
• Guy seized Minato’s arm and insisted that he could save Kushina, despite her belief that she would die after the Nine-Tails was extracted.
• Kushina and Minato regained hope, and Guy firmly assured them that he could save her.

Guy killed Kushina so the Soul-Returning Pill could revive her, while Minato Namikaze fought to keep the Nine-Tails contained. The chapter ended with Minato striking the freed Nine-Tails with a Super Giant Rasengan as Guy gave Kushina the pill.

• Guy told Minato Namikaze to suppress the Nine-Tails while he treated Kushina, and Minato summoned Gamabunta to help pin the beast down.
• Guy warned Minato not to leave because the Nine-Tails would need to be sealed again, then prepared to give Kushina the Soul-Returning Pill.
• Unsure whether the pill would work on someone still alive, Guy strangled Kushina and shattered her Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Minato Namikaze entered Sage Mode and smashed the Nine-Tails' head into the ground with a Super Giant Rasengan.
• Guy placed the Soul-Returning Pill into Kushina's mouth after confirming she was dead.

Might Guy revived Kushina with the Soul-Returning Pill, and she joined Minato in restraining the Nine-Tails. Guy urged them to seal the beast inside newborn Naruto, leaving the couple to weigh the risks to their son.

• The Soul-Returning Pill restored Kushina to life and left her stronger than before.
• Kushina bound the Nine-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and she and Minato prepared to seal him again.
• Guy stopped them, warning that Kushina’s exposed jinchuriki identity made resealing the Nine-Tails inside her dangerous.
• Guy proposed sealing the weakened Nine-Tails inside Naruto, citing the infant’s Uzumaki blood and Kushina’s renewed strength.
• Minato and Kushina considered Guy’s proposal but remained torn over making their newborn son a jinchuriki.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki sealed the Nine-Tails inside Naruto with the help of Gamabunta and Might Guy. After the seal succeeded, Guy said he would take Naruto away, leaving Minato and Kushina shocked and furious.

• Might Guy urged Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki to seal the Nine-Tails inside Naruto before help arrived from Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki agreed to seal the Nine-Tails in Naruto for his sake and Konoha's future.
• Kushina restrained the Nine-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains while Minato Namikaze applied the Eight Trigrams Seal, with Gamabunta holding it down.
• The Nine-Tails was sealed inside Naruto, whose crying marked the end of its chakra presence in the clearing.
• Might Guy announced that he would take Naruto away, and Kushina demanded to know what right he had to take her son.

Guy argued that Minato Namikaze and Kushina should let him take Naruto away to protect him from enemies, hatred toward jinchuriki, and political backlash after the tailed beasts’ rampage. He proposed that Naruto be considered dead to calm the village and deter future threats, leaving the couple deeply hesitant but no longer opposed.

• Guy warned Minato Namikaze and Kushina that Minato’s enemies could target the defenseless Naruto.
• Guy explained that Naruto’s identity as the Nine-Tails jinchuriki could expose him to fear, rejection, and isolation.
• Guy warned that villagers might blame Kushina’s childbirth for the tailed beast disaster and direct their anger at Naruto.
• Guy proposed that Naruto be considered dead so the village would sympathize with Minato Namikaze and Kushina rather than blame them.
• Guy argued that having a second child afterward would deter most enemies from targeting the family again.
• Guy concluded that taking Naruto away was best for Naruto’s safety and Konoha’s stability, and Minato Namikaze and Kushina were left deeply hesitant.

Guy took Naruto to the Konoha Orphanage to protect him and keep Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki close by. After returning to the back mountain, Guy learned from Kakashi that the Uchiha Clan had defected from Konoha en masse.

• Guy convinced Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki to let Naruto live at the Konoha Orphanage under the Uzumaki surname and keep Guy's involvement secret.
• Guy left with Naruto as Minato Namikaze and Kushina prepared to tell Sarutobi Hiruzen, Jiraiya, and Tsunade that Naruto had died.
• Guy returned to Konoha Back Mountain and told the warrior monks to search for orphans who had lost both parents.
• Kakashi arrived and told Guy that the Uchiha Clan had defected from Konoha en masse.

Guy learned that the Uchiha clan had defected from Konoha and realized his actions had helped change the course of events. He left with Kakashi to check on the unconscious Obito and Rin, while Might Duy stayed behind to watch over the others.

• Kakashi told Guy that White Fang had confirmed the Uchiha clan's defection, and Guy realized the black-robed fighter had been Fugaku Uchiha.
• Maruboshi Kosuke recognized Kakashi as Sakumo Hatake's son and accepted the news of the Uchiha clan's defection.
• Guy reflected on how his actions had changed events and resolved to face the unpredictable future without regret.
• Kakashi told Guy that Obito and Rin were still unconscious and asked him to come check on them.
• Guy asked Might Duy to guard the others in the back mountain, then left with Kakashi.

Guy reached the ruined Uchiha compound and learned that the three black-robed men had escaped after using powerful Mangekyō Sharingan abilities against Konoha’s forces. As Minato, Hiruzen, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Danzō returned, the enemy’s identity and remaining abilities were still uncertain.

• Guy examined the unconscious Obito and Rin and found that their chakra flow was normal and they should recover after resting.
• White Fang told Guy that the three black-robed men had escaped and were likely Fugaku Uchiha and two elite Uchiha shinobi.
• White Fang described one attacker’s space-distorting ability, which Guy recognized as Obito’s left-eye Kamui.
• White Fang said another attacker used a slash that could pursue Minato even after he teleported with Flying Thunder God, and that the third relied on genjutsu.
• Minato, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Shimura Danzō arrived at the compound.

After Konoha’s tailed-beast attack, Minato and the others organized rescue work while Guy helped treat the injured and arranged to move the Ninja Turtle Clan beside the orphanage. When the group arrived there at dawn, they found a swaddled baby lying inside.

• Minato confirmed Obito and Rin were safe, defended Guy against Danzo’s suspicions, and then addressed Konoha’s people from Kage Rock.
• Tsunade and Guy summoned Katsuyu and sent her clones to treat casualties across the disaster area.
• Guy reunited with Kurenai and his other young comrades, then joined the rescue and cleanup effort through the night.
• Guy returned to Konoha Back Mountain and arranged for the Ninja Turtle Clan to relocate beside the orphanage.
• Guy and the others entered the orphanage at dawn and found a swaddled baby on the floor.