Chapter Summaries

Sekiro killed Isshin Ashina, saved Kuro from the Dragon’s Heritage, and then used the Mortal Blade on himself, expecting to be reborn. Reincarnated as Naruto Uzumaki, he joined his classmates for a picnic and considered the upcoming Ninja Academy graduation exam.

• Sekiro granted Isshin Ashina a warrior’s death, then gave Kuro the Dragon’s Tear and Sakura Blossom before sacrificing himself with the Mortal Blade.
• Naruto Uzumaki recalled his previous life and agreed to join Shikamaru and the others for a picnic after school.
• Naruto prepared the river fish while Ino, Sakura, Choji, Kiba, and Shino spent time together nearby.
• Naruto and Shikamaru served the grilled fish and shared the picnic meal with their companions.
• Kiba asked whether the group was ready for the graduation exam, and Naruto said he had no worries about the practical test.

Naruto passed his graduation exam and received his headband from Iruka. After meditating and trading insults with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, he headed into the woods to hunt for food.

• Naruto performed the Clone Technique and passed the graduation exam, and Iruka personally tied a headband around his forehead.
• Naruto returned to his apartment, ate, and entered his familiar Mental Space during meditation.
• Naruto taunted the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and asked its name, but the fox stayed silent until it later asked whether Naruto was afraid of it.
• Naruto told the fox he was not afraid, finished meditating, and left the Mental Space.
• Naruto decided he was running out of ingredients and went to hunt in the woods rather than risk being recognized on Market Street.

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke met their new instructor, Hatake Kakashi, and began their first day as Team Seven. While Sakura pursued Sasuke, Naruto and Sasuke focused on training at Training Ground Seven, leaving Sakura feeling out of place.

• Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke waited for their instructor, and Hatake Kakashi arrived late with an excuse about getting lost on the road of life.
• Kakashi asked the three students to introduce themselves, and Sasuke declared his dream was to kill a man while Sakura blushed as she spoke about her interests.
• Kakashi told Team Seven to meet at Training Ground Seven the next morning and warned them not to eat breakfast.
• Naruto took Kusabimaru to the training ground early and practiced his Heart Piercing Style swordsmanship.
• Sasuke arrived with Sakura, saw Naruto training, and decided that he had lost before because he had not worked hard enough.
• Sasuke began training, while Sakura felt excluded and worried that exercising would spoil her appearance.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura began Kakashi’s bell exercise, but Kakashi turned it into a dangerous test that exposed their weaknesses. Naruto struck at Kakashi several times, only to discover that his teacher had escaped with Substitution Technique.

• Naruto finished his training while Sasuke pushed himself until he collapsed, and Kakashi warned the team that failing the exercise meant returning to the Ninja Academy.
• Kakashi explained that the team had to take two Bells from him, then began the exercise as the three Genin hid nearby.
• Sakura attacked Kakashi with Shuriken, but he used Substitution Technique and moved to strike her.
• Naruto stabbed Kakashi from above, but Kakashi counterattacked from underground, and Sasuke blasted him with Great Fireball Jutsu.
• Kakashi trapped Sasuke in a Genjutsu that made him appear decapitated, but Naruto recognized the illusion and resumed fighting.
• Naruto attacked Kakashi from behind, only to find that his blade had pierced a tree stump created by Substitution Technique.

Naruto and Sasuke passed Kakashi’s test, while Sakura was left uncertain after failing to act as a dependable teammate. Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed the team’s future with Kakashi and summoned Hayate Gekko.

• Naruto and Sasuke defeated Kakashi’s Shadow Clone Jutsu and each kept a Bell.
• Naruto caught and cooked river fish while Kakashi and Sasuke woke Sakura.
• Kakashi scolded the students for failing to value their comrades, then left without announcing Sakura’s result.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the test through the Telescope Technique and worried about Kakashi’s teaching approach and the team’s future.
• Kakashi told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Sasuke and Sakura showed qualities he was willing to teach, and Hiruzen ordered Hayate Gekko to come to the Hokage Office.

Hiruzen Sarutobi changed Naruto Uzumaki’s Jonin Instructor to Hayate Gekko, a swordsmanship specialist, and Naruto began training with two new teammates. Over the next two months, Hayate used routine missions to teach them practical skills and teamwork.

• Hiruzen offered Naruto a swordsmanship teacher as his new Jonin Instructor, and Naruto agreed.
• Hayate Gekko introduced himself to Naruto and led him to meet teammates Raimon Koshireki and Izuno Akigiku.
• Hayate had the three genin practice walking on water while clearing garbage from a river.
• Naruto, Raimon, and Izuno struggled at first but improved through repeated attempts and Hayate’s guidance.
• Over the next two months, Hayate mixed instruction into their chores, and Izuno stopped declaring her ambition to become Hokage before every mission.

Naruto Uzumaki, Izuno Akigiku, and Raimon Koshireki completed their first C-rank mission by eliminating a bandit group after careful scouting. On the journey back, Naruto reflected on how the mission’s pay could help him afford weapons and maintain his blade.

• Izuno Akigiku assigned herself as leader, paired Raimon Koshireki with her, and told Naruto to act independently as the team began its first real mission.
• Naruto stealthily eliminated the bandits’ sentries while Izuno Akigiku and Raimon Koshireki advanced on the hideout.
• Raimon Koshireki made a mistake that alerted the remaining bandits, but Izuno Akigiku defeated the last one with her cat claws.
• Hayate Gekko joined the team after the battle, and they cleaned the scene before heading back to Konoha.
• Naruto considered how the C-rank mission’s pay could cover weapons, Explosive Tags, and the upkeep of Kusabimaru.

Naruto's team prepared for the upcoming Chunin Exams while beginning an easier D-rank mission. The chapter ended with the three filling out their applications and discussing their personal projects.

• Naruto and his team crossed paths with Kakashi's group at the Mission Hall, where Sasuke sensed Naruto had grown stronger.
• Hayate Gekko gave Naruto, Izuno Akigiku, and Raimon Koshireki a D-rank mission and Chunin Exam application forms, explaining that the easier assignment would let them prepare.
• Raimon Koshireki hesitated about the exams until Izuno Akigiku encouraged him to declare that he would become a Chunin.
• After Hayate Gekko left to see Uzuki Yugao, the team teased him and praised his training, which had taught Naruto Secret Sword: Moon Shadow, Izuno Konoha Style Taijutsu, and Raimon Water Release: Water Marsh.
• Naruto, Izuno Akigiku, and Raimon Koshireki filled out their applications and discussed Raimon's vehicle design and Naruto's nearly completed Shinobi Prosthetic.

Naruto and his teammates finished a farm-weeding mission and relaxed at a hot spring, where Raimon Koshireki asked whether fast, high-capacity transportation could transform the world. Naruto explained that war and sabotage made such a project impractical without relative peace, and considered how the ninja world might achieve that peace.

• Naruto considered how to reproduce the Shinobi Prosthetic while keeping his hand intact.
• Naruto, Izuno Akigiku, and Raimon Koshireki finished their farm-weeding mission before sunset.
• Naruto offered to treat his exhausted teammates to a hot spring, and they eagerly agreed.
• At the hot spring, Raimon Koshireki asked Naruto how fast transportation that carried large amounts of supplies would change the world.
• Naruto said enemy ninja could easily sabotage such infrastructure, making it difficult to build before a period of relative peace.
• Naruto considered farming with ninja skills or creating a weapon powerful enough to deter war as possible paths to peace.

Naruto watched the Sunagakure and Amegakure ninja below, warned his teammates about the dangerous boy carrying a gourd, and then went fishing. In the Mental Space, Nine-Tails revealed that the boy was a Jinchuriki of the One-Tail.

• Izuno, Raimon, and Naruto watched Sakura confront two Sunagakure ninja, while Sasuke stayed hidden behind a tree.
• Naruto warned Izuno and Raimon to protect themselves if they encountered the gourd-carrying boy during the Chunin Exams.
• Naruto left his teammates alone together and went fishing during his two days off.
• Nine-Tails asked Naruto about the gourd-carrying boy and explained that the boy was the One-Tail's Jinchuriki.
• Nine-Tails insisted that the Nine-Tails was stronger because it had more tails.

Naruto learned that tailed beasts were effectively this world's alternative nuclear weapons and realized he needed to grow stronger, then joined Raimon Koshireki and Izuno Akigiku for the Chunin Exams. As Konoha's rookies gathered in the exam room, Naruto and his teammates became wary of a white-haired man watching them.

• Naruto understood from the Nine-Tails that tailed beasts were this world's alternative nuclear weapons and worried that his strength was inadequate.
• Naruto arrived at the Chunin Exam room and asked Raimon Koshireki for help with his Shinobi Prosthetic; Raimon suggested other ways to improve mobility, helping Naruto recognize that he had relied too much on his previous life's combat methods.
• Rain shinobi and other foreign teams entered the exam room, while Naruto, Raimon, and Izuno realized that few Konoha shinobi had arrived yet.
• Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji arrived and explained that a Genjutsu test downstairs had tricked some candidates into leaving, then the other Konoha rookies gradually joined them.
• Sasuke sensed someone watching him, and Naruto spotted a white-haired Konoha shinobi with glasses observing the group; Raimon and Izuno also grew wary of the man.

Naruto struggled with the written exam until Izuno Akigiku used genjutsu to supply answers to him and Raimon. Morino Ibiki then made the examinees choose whether to risk permanent disqualification by attempting the tenth question, and several began withdrawing.

• Naruto realized he could answer only a few questions and considered giving up, while Izuno Akigiku used her catlike vision to copy answers.
• Izuno Akigiku sent Naruto and Raimon the answers through genjutsu, then collapsed from chakra exhaustion.
• Morino Ibiki explained that forfeiting meant a zero, while failing the tenth question would permanently bar an examinee from the Chunin Exams.
• Naruto worried that Raimon might not withstand the pressure, and Izuno silently urged her boyfriend to continue.
• Morino Ibiki gave the examinees three minutes to decide, and ten people had raised their hands to withdraw by the thirty-first second.

Naruto, Izuno, and Raimon defeated an Amegakure team, obtained an Earth Scroll, and reached the Central Tower in under ninety minutes. After passing the second exam, they encountered Iruka, while Anko and the proctors discovered how quickly Naruto's team had completed it.

• Naruto, Izuno, and Raimon charged the Amegakure team at the entrance and killed all three Ninja, then took their Earth Scroll.
• The trio avoided the Kusagakure team that arrived at the battle site and continued toward the Central Tower.
• Naruto's team opened the Heaven and Earth Scrolls, summoning Iruka, who congratulated them on passing the second exam and explained what it meant to be a Chunin.
• Anko told the ANBU that Orochimaru himself had been confirmed, then an examiner showed her footage of Naruto's team reaching the tower at 15:57, less than ninety minutes into the exam.

Anko took charge of concealing Naruto’s identity after he appeared in the exam footage, while Naruto encountered Gaara and learned that the One-Tail’s rampage had left him suffering. In the Forest of Death, Orochimaru trapped Sasuke and Sakura, and a giant snake swallowed Sakura.

• Anko claimed responsibility for the matter and decided to protect the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki’s identity from other villages.
• Naruto recognized Gaara as another Jinchuriki, and Gaara collapsed in pain when the One-Tail reacted to the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails told Naruto that the One-Tail looked like a raccoon dog and had disconnected from their communication.
• Naruto rested and prepared for the third exam while the second exam had barely begun.
• In the Forest of Death, Orochimaru’s killing intent froze Sasuke as Sakura tried to help him.
• A giant python swallowed Sakura after she screamed.

The Preliminary Round began, and Naruto watched several matches as the teams faced elimination. Naruto’s match against Hinata started, leaving their fight unresolved.

• The Third Hokage addressed the candidates, and Kabuto Yakushi withdrew from the exam.
• Sasuke refused to withdraw despite his injuries, and Kakashi took Sakura away from the arena.
• Second Pillar defeated Yoroi Akado with a sudden barrage of powerful kicks.
• Izuno Akigiku lost to Ino Yamanaka, Temari defeated Tenten, and Shikamaru Nara beat Kin.
• Naruto faced Hinata Hyuga, and they took their stances after Genma Shiranui started the match.

Naruto defeated Hinata before Rock Lee overcame Neji by opening the Eight Gates, while Gaara brutally killed Dosu and Choji defeated Raimon. Kiba advanced to the third round without a fight, leaving the tournament’s next matches to begin.

• Naruto dodged Hinata’s Gentle Fist and defeated her with Kusabimaru.
• Rock Lee removed his weights, opened three Gates, and defeated Neji, breaking both of Neji’s hands.
• Might Guy carried the unconscious Neji away, and Tenten helped Lee leave after the backlash struck him.
• Gaara killed Dosu with Sand Coffin before Dosu could make his threat.
• Choji defeated Raimon, while Kiba advanced to the third round without fighting and celebrated his luck.

After the second exam, Naruto celebrated his advancement with his friends and teachers, then asked Uzuki Yugao about training during the month before the third exam. The chapter left Naruto ready to begin learning how Wind Release could improve his swordsmanship.

• Naruto invited Izuno and Raimon to a barbecue, and Hayate Gekko offered to pay and invited Uzuki Yugao.
• At the restaurant, Naruto met Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, and their instructor Asuma Sarutobi, who called Naruto strong.
• Naruto asked Uzuki Yugao for training advice, and Hayate Gekko demonstrated Wind Release chakra sharpening a pair of chopsticks.
• Uzuki Yugao explained why chakra nature and shape transformations were not usually taught to genin and offered to train Naruto after the meal.
• Izuno and Raimon arrived at the restaurant, and Uzuki Yugao prepared to help Naruto train.

Naruto trained in Wind Release nature transformation after Uzuki Yugao and Hayate Gekko explained its principles and suggested that it suited his swordsmanship. After a week of practice, Naruto finally learned to cut strands of hair with chakra, but his training left him with a bald patch.

• Uzuki Yugao demonstrated Wind Release nature transformation and Shape Transformation, then advised Naruto to train those transformations to strengthen his swordsmanship.
• Uzuki Yugao told Naruto to study White Fang's fighting style and suggested practicing Wind Release by cutting strands of hair.
• Naruto spent the following week practicing with strands of hair while fishing, and he eventually left his spot after hearing a man's lecherous laughter nearby.
• At a waterfall, Naruto finally sensed the feeling of cutting and split a strand of hair with chakra.
• Naruto practiced until he could cut several strands quickly, then discovered that he had made a bald patch on his forehead.

Naruto advanced his wind Nature Transformation training after Jiraiya showed him how to focus the cutting edge, then shared a meal with Jiraiya and nearby girls. Jiraiya learned that Naruto’s life was more difficult than he had assumed, while Naruto remained guarded about the man’s identity and motives.

• Naruto realized hair was not necessary for wind Nature Transformation and began practicing with leaves instead.
• Naruto noticed a man hiding nearby and suspected he had been watched again.
• The man introduced himself as Jiraiya and showed Naruto how to make a thin, sharp cutting edge with wind chakra.
• Naruto thanked Jiraiya by preparing food and declined to take him into the village to eat.
• Jiraiya asked Naruto how he had been living, and Naruto said he had food and a place to stay.
• Jiraiya invited nearby girls to join them, turning Naruto’s lunch for two into a picnic for five.

Jiraiya returned and asked Hiruzen about Naruto, then began guiding Naruto’s Wind Release training and offered to teach him more ninjutsu. Naruto learned that his parents were Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, apologized to the Nine-Tails for their actions, and promised to help break its seal; the Nine-Tails revealed that its name was Kurama.

• Jiraiya asked Hiruzen what had happened with Naruto, and Hiruzen said Naruto’s identity had been exposed by accident.
• Naruto used Wind Release chakra to sharpen Kusabimaru and cut through a tree, despite losing much of his chakra through the blade.
• Jiraiya praised Naruto’s progress and offered to teach him new ninjutsu.
• Naruto asked the Nine-Tails whether Minato Namikaze was his father, and the Nine-Tails confirmed that Minato and Kushina Uzumaki were his parents.
• Naruto told the Nine-Tails he did not hate it, apologized for his parents’ actions, and promised to help break its seal.
• The Nine-Tails told Naruto that its name was Kurama.