Chapter Summaries

Naruto battled Urashiki Otsutsuki after Urashiki transformed, using his speed and combat skill to exploit the enemy’s reckless attacks. Naruto left Urashiki badly wounded and kicked him toward Sasuke and Future Sasuke, who rushed in to strike.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki transformed, then attacked Naruto and was repeatedly slammed into the ground by Naruto’s counterattacks.
• Urashiki used his golden Rinnegan to repel Naruto, reattached his severed arm, and charged back into the fight.
• Naruto and the two Sasukes observed that Urashiki had gained strength and speed but fought with crude, unskilled attacks.
• Urashiki fired a purple sphere and predicted where Naruto would appear beside a Flying Thunder God Kunai, but Naruto dodged the Black Receiver and cut Urashiki’s upper body deeply.
• Naruto kicked Urashiki toward Sasuke and Future Sasuke, who attacked with Chidori Stream and their blades.

Naruto and Sasuke killed Urashiki Otsutsuki, but Naruto lost sight in one eye and took Urashiki’s Rinnegan to replace it. Young Sasuke revived Urashiki with his Mangekyo ability, though the result appeared to be a mindless puppet.

• Naruto healed the wound in his head but discovered Urashiki had blinded his left eye.
• Future Sasuke confirmed Urashiki would not revive on his own, and Naruto removed Urashiki’s Nine Tomoe Rinnegan for safekeeping.
• Young Sasuke asked to use Urashiki’s corpse, and Naruto agreed after hearing that the technique could control the dead.
• Young Sasuke used March of the Dead to revive Urashiki, exhausting himself and nearly blinding his right eye.
• Young Sasuke questioned the revived Urashiki, while Future Sasuke noticed that he seemed like a soulless puppet.

Naruto returned to Konoha with young Sasuke and Future Sasuke after defeating Urashiki Otsutsuki, while the search party discovered that Fū had survived but the Seven-Tails was gone. Future Sasuke planned to stay until young Sasuke awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and Naruto set Boruto to extra sword training.

• Naruto reflected on changing the world and urged young Sasuke to accept Itachi's gift before returning with him and Future Sasuke to Konoha.
• Suien and Team Guy reached the devastated battlefield, where Neji could not sense the Jinchuriki's chakra and Might Guy described the strength of Konoha's top ninjas.
• Waterfall Ninja dug Fū out of the earth and discovered that the Seven-Tails was gone, prompting Suien to order the group back to the village.
• Naruto reunited with Boruto and Hinata, reassured them about his lost eye, and learned that Future Sasuke would stay until young Sasuke awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Naruto assigned Boruto two days of extra sword training.

Naruto trained Boruto at the Hyuga Clan grounds, where Hyuga Hiashi offered him a Byakugan to replace his injured eye. Naruto refused, unaware that Hiashi and the clan elders had hoped to use him as an experiment to stimulate the Byakugan’s evolution.

• Naruto studied Karasuki while Boruto practiced the Heart Piercing Style at the Hyuga Clan training grounds.
• Hyuga Hiashi thanked Naruto for helping Hinata grow stronger and offered him a Byakugan for his injured left eye.
• Naruto refused the offer, and Hinata blushed as she wondered whether he wanted to become half Hyuga.
• Naruto told Hinata that Boruto and Future Sasuke would probably leave within a few days.
• Hyuga Hiashi returned to the clan elders and revealed that Naruto had refused their offer to become a test subject for Byakugan evolution.

Hyuga Hiashi and the clan elders sought Naruto’s help to stimulate Byakugan advancement, while Naruto and the others prepared for Future Sasuke and Boruto to return to their world. After they departed, Naruto left Sasuke and Itachi with a wary wish for their future.

• Hyuga Hiashi and the elders concluded that powerful Yang Release might restore the Byakugan to its primitive state and decided to find a way past Naruto’s embarrassment about helping.
• Naruto examined Little Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and discussed the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ classification of Dragonborn and the Akatsuki with the others.
• Naruto gave Future Sasuke the fully charged Karasuki, and Future Sasuke said he and Boruto were ready to return home.
• Naruto explained that Karasuki could be recharged in another world, easing the farewell, and Future Sasuke and Boruto departed through it.
• Naruto bade Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha farewell while privately condemning Itachi for exterminating his clan.

Naruto replaced his left eye with Urashiki Otsutsuki's Rinnegan and later joined Sasuke to investigate the Box of Ultimate Bliss. At Hozuki Castle, Yugito Nii was used to feed the box chakra, but she broke free as it erupted in a pillar of light.

• Naruto transplanted Urashiki Otsutsuki's Rinnegan and began nourishing it with Yang Release and Kurama's chakra.
• A year after the New Generation Five Kage Summit, Sasuke told Naruto about the Box of Ultimate Bliss, which Kurama said had once attracted the Sage of Six Paths' attention.
• Naruto followed Sasuke toward the Land of Grass after learning that Yugito Nii had been sent to Hozuki Castle following an attempted assassination of Ōnoki.
• Mui branded Yugito Nii with the Heavenly Prison, while she secretly relied on the Two-Tails' chakra and pretended to be subdued.
• Mui and masked Kusagakure conspirators tied Yugito Nii down and used the Box of Ultimate Bliss to drain her and Matatabi's chakra.
• Yugito Nii broke free and killed Mui and the conspirators, but the Box continued shaking and blasted a huge pillar of light into the sky.

Yugito Nii and Darui confronted Muku after the Box of Ultimate Bliss released him, but Muku transformed into a black monster and began slaughtering prisoners. Yugito rose from the ruins and summoned Matatabi to face it.

• Yugito Nii and Darui emerged near the Box of Ultimate Bliss, where Mui summoned his son, Muku.
• Muku reunited with Mui, then killed him and described the suffering he endured inside the box.
• Muku transformed into a headless black monster that evaded Darui and Yugito's attacks and hurled prisoners into the box.
• The box fired red energy spheres that killed people nearby, and Matatabi warned Yugito that the monster could foresee attacks.
• Yugito summoned a blue-flamed spirit cat and prepared to fight the monster.

Satori overwhelmed Yugito Nii until Second Pillar intervened with Amaterasu, while Naruto examined the Box of Ultimate Bliss and subdued it. The battle continued as the Box fell still under Naruto’s control.

• Darui watched Satori and the Two-Tails battle while Second Pillar and Naruto discussed his nominal command of the Ninja Squad.
• Satori battered Yugito Nii, whose chakra had been drained by the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and cornered her near a cliff.
• Second Pillar pierced Satori’s wing with Susanoo’s Amaterasu, forcing Satori to tear off the burning limb and throw it toward Yugito Nii.
• Second Pillar intercepted Satori’s red energy sphere as Yugito Nii leaped off the cliff to escape the burning wing.
• Naruto examined the Box of Ultimate Bliss, stopped it from shaking with Sage Mode, and wondered whether it drew power from human fear.
• Naruto turned his attention to Satori and questioned whether the monster could speak.

Second Pillar subdued Satori and made it agree to become his summoning beast, while Naruto uncovered why Satori would not awaken the prisoners trapped in the Box of Ultimate Bliss. Yugito Nii and Darui regrouped after the battle and discussed the formidable shinobi they had faced.

• Second Pillar overwhelmed Satori with Susanoo, explained that Satori could not predict attacks from someone who felt no fear, and threatened to seal it away.
• Satori agreed to sign a summoning contract after asking Second Pillar to stop the destruction nearby.
• Naruto learned that the prisoners inside the Box of Ultimate Bliss could be awakened, but none of the prisoners volunteered to rescue them.
• Naruto realized Satori wanted to keep the prisoners as an energy source, and Satori admitted that the prisoners sustained it.
• Darui pulled Yugito Nii up from the cliff and told her that Second Pillar had taken Satori as a summoning beast and that Deidara had failed to defeat him.

Nagato’s Six Paths ambushed Darui and Yugito, but Darui quickly destroyed five of them. Nagato joined the fight and defeated Yugito with Shinra Tensei, leaving Darui’s fate unknown.

• Darui and Yugito learned the Akatsuki had lured Second Pillar away while investigating a false trail in the Land of Birds.
• Pain ambushed Darui and Yugito on the road from the Land of Grass to the Land of Lightning with five replacement Paths.
• Darui used Storm Release: Laser Circus to destroy three Paths, then rushed to stop anyone from reaching the bodies.
• Nagato recognized that Darui was far stronger than their intelligence suggested and rushed to the battlefield while Konan moved to hold him back.
• Nagato confronted Yugito, who entered her Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked with fireballs, but he blasted her into a crater with repulsive force and knocked her unconscious.

Naruto learned that Akatsuki had captured Yugito Nii in the Land of Grass, while Sasuke and Second Pillar continued searching for Akatsuki. In Konoha, Shikamaru told Naruto that the Sixth Hokage candidate election would begin in three months and that Naruto still needed support for the final nomination slot.

• White Zetsu and Black Zetsu reacted to Nagato's restored power as Deva Path Pain buried Darui with Shinra Tensei and left with Konan to pursue the Tailed Beasts.
• Naruto told Sasuke and Second Pillar that Akatsuki had captured Yugito Nii in the Land of Grass.
• Naruto sensed a Flying Thunder God formula and traveled to Konoha, while Sasuke and Second Pillar stayed behind to handle their search for Akatsuki.
• Shikaku Nara told Shikamaru that the jonin had scheduled the Sixth Hokage candidate election for three months later and that Second Pillar and Kakashi had already been nominated.
• Shikamaru explained the election situation to Naruto and said they had time to build support for his nomination.

Shikaku Nara persuaded Naruto to return to Konoha under the Namikaze name and planned to rally the Fourth Hokage’s former subordinates behind his campaign for Sixth Hokage. Meanwhile, Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed the candidates, and Genma Shiranui noticed that former members of the Fourth Hokage’s guard had gathered at an unusual banquet.

• Naruto thanked Shikamaru for helping secure the Yamanaka and Akimichi clans’ support, then joined Shikamaru’s family for dinner.
• Shikaku Nara asked Naruto to resume the Namikaze surname so the Fourth Hokage’s former subordinates could publicly support his campaign, and Naruto agreed.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya weighed Sasuke and Kakashi as leading candidates and discussed Itachi’s talent, Asuma’s limited prospects, and the clans backing Kakashi.
• Genma Shiranui arrived at Qingya Residence and learned from Namiashi Raidō and Aoba that Hayate and other former subordinates of the Fourth Hokage had entered before them.

Naruto Uzumaki asked the Fourth Hokage’s former Shadow Guard to make him Sixth Hokage, promising to help him reclaim what was rightfully his. Genma Shiranui supported him, while Kumogakure’s plea for aid over the captured Two-Tails remained unresolved.

• Hayate Gekko reunited with Genma Shiranui and Namiashi Raidō, who were pleased to see his health restored.
• Inoichi Yamanaka told Chōza Akimichi that Kumogakure had requested help after the Akatsuki captured its Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Shikaku Nara arrived with Naruto Uzumaki, whose identity stirred the former subordinates of the Fourth Hokage.
• Naruto asked the group to make him Sixth Hokage and promised to help him reclaim what should have been his.
• Genma Shiranui declared that he was willing to support Naruto.

Shikaku Nara and Naruto’s supporters planned to restore Naruto’s identity as the Fourth Hokage’s son and help him qualify as a Jonin. Meanwhile, the Fourth Raikage waited anxiously for news from Kumogakure’s Sensor Division about Akatsuki’s weapon.

• Namiashi Raidō, Yamashiro Aoba, Hayate Gekko, and the Fourth Hokage’s other former subordinates pledged to support Naruto.
• Shikaku Nara proposed restoring Naruto’s identity through a Jonin Council vote, and Genma Shiranui expected the motion to win.
• Shikaku Nara revealed that Naruto’s Chunin promotion had been approved in his file, and Naruto proposed using a hundred Shadow Clones to complete Jonin mission requirements.
• Hayate Gekko warned Naruto against overworking himself, but Shikaku Nara vouched for him, and the group agreed to help Naruto reclaim his identity and qualify for Jonin.
• The Fourth Raikage asked Mabui whether the Sensor Division had found anything, but she reported that there was still no news.

Kumogakure declared war on the Akatsuki as Pain’s group continued extracting Yugito Nii’s chakra, while Naruto Uzumaki regained his status as a Konoha ninja and chose to reclaim his parents’ former home. The chapter ended with Naruto confronting Asuma Sarutobi and Konohamaru at the house.

• The Fourth Raikage declared war on the Akatsuki after Kumogakure detected a tracking formula on Yugito Nii, and Second Pillar led the Ninja Squad toward the enemy.
• Pain’s group used chakra from a sealing kettle containing part of Shukaku’s chakra to prepare the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path before extracting Yugito Nii’s Tailed Beast chakra.
• Tsunade held a vote, and Konoha’s jonin approved restoring Naruto Uzumaki’s status as a Konoha ninja, with the Hyuga Clan and Jiraiya among his supporters.
• Naruto told Tsunade he would return for his parents’ former home, and Tsunade ordered Jiraiya to have the Sarutobi Clan vacate it.
• Naruto arrived at the house and found Asuma Sarutobi restraining Konohamaru, who protested the move; Naruto asked whether Konohamaru would believe the house originally belonged to him.

Naruto took possession of the Sarutobi residence after telling Konohamaru to grow stronger and reclaim it. Meanwhile, the Fourth Raikage's force entered a barren dimension and confronted Nagato, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and an Akatsuki ambush.

• Naruto let Asuma take Konohamaru away after telling the boy to work hard and take back the house, then entered his new residence.
• A Kumogakure jonin opened a spatial rift, and the Fourth Raikage, Deidara, Second Pillar, and others crossed into a barren land.
• The group found the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with two open eyes and saw Nagato standing atop it.
• The statue broke its chains and charged, so Second Pillar summoned the Great Tengu Susanoo to fight it.
• Akatsuki members ambushed the Kumogakure shinobi as Hidan lured a jonin away.
• The Fourth Raikage charged an enemy while Deidara confronted Sasori.

Battles raged in the alternate dimension as Hidan and Deidara revealed their dangerous abilities against their opponents. Back in Konoha, Naruto sent nearly a hundred Shadow Clones to handle missions, leaving his fellow rookies stunned by their Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Hidan completed his ritual and made a Kumogakure jonin suffer the injuries of his Lightning Release attack, killing him before his two remaining opponents charged.
• Deidara used Dust Release to destroy Hiruko, confirmed Sasori had become a Human Puppet, and faced Sasori’s iron sand needles.
• Tsunade relaxed after Naruto took on numerous missions, while she and Jiraiya discussed the Dragon's Heritage Organization and Akatsuki.
• Naruto dispatched nearly a hundred Shadow Clones with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and his fellow rookies marveled at his chakra and wondered where Neji and Hinata had gone.

Neji Hyuga demonstrated his violet Tenseigan in a sparring match, while Hinata’s blue Tenseigan and the clan elders’ plans to restore their bloodline were discussed. The elders debated the Hokage candidates as Naruto Uzumaki’s Shadow Clones rapidly completed missions, earning him the nickname “Mission Maniac.”

• Neji Hyuga defeated several Hyūga ninja using his violet Tenseigan and a technique that lifted and controlled stones.
• Hyuga Hiashi and the elders visited Hinata, whose eyes had evolved into a deep blue Tenseigan, and discussed how Neji’s eyes had formed from preserved Byakugan.
• The elders discussed the Sixth and Seventh Hokage candidates and placed bets on Naruto Uzumaki, Hatake Kakashi, and Second Pillar; Hinata bet on Naruto.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clones submitted mission reports at extraordinary speed, making other ninja believe he completed missions within minutes.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clone accepted a caravan-escort mission, and Naruto became known around the village as “Mission Maniac.”

The Fourth Raikage and Sasuke’s forces suffered heavy losses while Akatsuki lured them into a prepared trap in an alternate dimension. Nagato’s Chibaku Tensei nearly crushed the Kumogakure ninja, but they escaped as the dimension collapsed, while the masked man withdrew with Akatsuki.

• The Fourth Raikage killed a black-haired opponent, then learned that several Kumogakure ninja had died in the fighting.
• White Zetsu reported Akatsuki’s casualties and Hiruko’s strength as the masked man ordered preparations for withdrawal.
• Nagato and Konan joined forces, and Nagato used Chibaku Tensei to pull rocks and stranded Kumogakure ninja into the sky.
• Sasuke shielded the survivors with Susanoo as the enormous stone sphere crashed down and explosions began tearing apart the alternate dimension.
• Kumogakure opened a rift, and the Fourth Raikage led his ninja out while the masked man withdrew with Akatsuki.

Naruto agreed to test Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga, whose Tenseigan had elevated their strength beyond the Hyuga Clan’s ability to challenge. He sparred with Neji and exposed his lack of experience controlling his power, then Hiashi urged Hinata to learn from the fight.

• Naruto accepted Hyuga Hiashi’s request to serve as a trial opponent for Hinata and Neji.
• Hinata and Neji both stepped forward, but Hinata yielded the first match to Neji.
• Naruto evaded Neji’s attacks, caught him off guard, and threw him aside while holding back.
• Naruto explained that Neji could not yet fully use his strength because he lacked experience against powerful opponents.
• The Great Elder and Hiashi recognized that Naruto was leading Neji’s movements and that Neji needed to develop his own fighting rhythm.
• Hiashi told Hinata to find the rhythm that belonged to her by watching Naruto and Neji’s battle.