Recaps

A man who died after acting as a vigilante awoke in Naruto Uzumaki’s body during Team 7’s fight with Haku in the Land of Waves. He recognized the moment in the story and vowed to avoid reckless actions in his new life.

• Naruto regained consciousness amid severe pain and absorbed Naruto Uzumaki’s memories.
• Naruto realized he had transmigrated into the young Naruto Uzumaki and recalled how his former life as a vigilante had ended in a fatal fall.
• Naruto vowed not to break the law or risk his life without sufficient strength and security.
• Naruto identified his current situation as the Land of Waves mission, after Haku had struck him with Senbon, and felt relieved that he had arrived at this point.

Naruto realized his Absolute Control ability had returned with him and used it to suppress his anger and the Nine-Tails’ chakra after Sasuke was badly wounded protecting him. Naruto controlled the chakra cloak without losing his reason as Sasuke collapsed in a pool of blood.

• Naruto reflected that his timing was advantageous because he had become a Konoha ninja and the Chunin Exams would soon disrupt the village leadership.
• Haku struck Sasuke with senbon, leaving him gravely wounded in a pool of blood.
• Naruto felt rage and suspected the Nine-Tails’ chakra was influencing him, but Absolute Control calmed his emotions.
• Sasuke told Naruto that he hated him but had rushed to protect him, then lost consciousness.
• Naruto used Absolute Control to tame the Nine-Tails’ chakra and form a stable crimson cloak around himself.

Naruto used Nine-Tails Chakra to heal his wounds, then unleashed controlled power and Shadow Clones against Haku inside the Ice Crystal Magic Mirrors. As the clones shattered the mirrors, Kakashi prepared to fight Zabuza so he could reach Naruto.

• Naruto used tamed Nine-Tails Chakra to heal all his injuries.
• Kakashi sensed the dark red Chakra and tried to reach Naruto, but Zabuza blocked his path and Kakashi formed hand seals to fight him.
• Naruto calmly confronted Haku and summoned more than a dozen Shadow Clones strengthened by Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Haku threw Senbon at the charging clones, but the front clone dodged them.
• Naruto's clones struck the Ice Crystal Magic Mirrors and began shattering them.

Naruto defeated Haku by destroying the Demonic Mirrors and overwhelming him with Shadow Clones, then left him restrained while he turned his attention to Kakashi and Zabuza’s battle. The chapter ended as Kakashi’s Lightning Blade began to crackle through the fog.

• Naruto’s Shadow Clones shattered the Demonic Mirrors and surrounded Haku, allowing Naruto to carry the unconscious Sasuke out of the formation.
• Haku unleashed Thousand Flying Ice Needles of Death, but Naruto’s clones dodged the attack and beat him down.
• The clones broke Haku’s mask and pinned him to the ground while Naruto identified him and ordered him to wait for the battle to end.
• Haku asked why Naruto had killed his companion, but Naruto stayed silent rather than explain that Sasuke was alive.
• Lightning erupted from the fog as Kakashi and Zabuza’s fight reached its final stage.

Haku chose to save Zabuza and died blocking Kakashi’s Lightning Blade. Zabuza attacked Kakashi while he held Haku’s body, and Kakashi confronted him over cutting down his companion.

• Haku begged Naruto to release him so he could protect Zabuza, and Naruto let him go.
• Haku thanked Naruto and charged into the mist toward Zabuza and Kakashi.
• Kakashi’s Lightning Blade pierced Haku’s chest as Haku shielded Zabuza.
• Zabuza broke free and swung Kubikiribōchō at Kakashi, who dodged while holding Haku’s corpse.
• Kakashi accused Zabuza of cutting down his most important companion, while a change stirred in Zabuza’s eyes.

Kakashi defeated Zabuza and broke his wrists, while Sakura found Sasuke gravely wounded. When Gato arrived and desecrated Haku’s body, Zabuza charged the samurai with a kunai in his mouth, leaving the battle still raging.

• Kakashi overwhelmed Zabuza with combined Ninjutsu, knocked away the Kubikiribōchō, and broke both his wrists.
• Sakura reached the battlefield and found Sasuke unconscious and covered in Senbon.
• Gato arrived with dozens of wandering samurai and mocked the injured Zabuza before kicking Haku’s corpse.
• Zabuza apologized to Kakashi, picked up a kunai with his mouth, and charged at Gato.
• Zabuza killed the leading samurai and fought through the crowd using the kunai as his weapon.

Zabuza killed Gato, but the surviving hired warriors turned their attention toward looting the Land of Waves. Naruto and Kakashi helped the townspeople drive them off, leaving the people of the Land of Waves celebrating their victory.

• Zabuza, badly wounded but still fighting, killed Gato and threw his body into the sea.
• After Gato died, the hired warriors began planning to loot the town, and Kakashi warned that they were still a threat.
• The people of the Land of Waves, led by Tazuna's grandson, blocked the bridge exit with makeshift weapons.
• Naruto summoned more than a hundred Shadow Clones, and Kakashi summoned dozens of his own to intimidate the warriors.
• The warriors dropped their weapons and fled, and the townspeople celebrated defeating Gato's forces.

After the battle, Kakashi buried Zabuza and Haku while Sasuke recovered from his wounds and noticed Naruto’s unfamiliar calm. With Gato and Zabuza gone, Tazuna’s workers resumed building the bridge, and Kakashi left Naruto and Sakura to protect Tazuna while he restored his Chakra.

• Kakashi laid Zabuza beside Haku, and Zabuza closed his eyes as Naruto watched in silence.
• Sakura noticed Sasuke wake and embraced him, then helped him limp toward Tazuna’s house with Naruto.
• Sasuke and Sakura noticed Naruto’s unusually quiet, composed behavior, and Naruto offered no explanation.
• Tazuna led the townspeople in rebuilding the bridge after Gato and Zabuza no longer threatened them.
• Kakashi buried Zabuza and Haku together, returned to Tazuna’s house, and began restoring his Chakra.
• Kakashi assigned Naruto and Sakura to protect Tazuna and take turns watching over the bridge construction.

Naruto left Sakura to care for Sasuke and went to train, first sending a shadow clone to guard Tazuna near the bridge. In the forest, he secured the training area and took stock of his abilities, realizing he still lacked effective ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.

• Sakura told Naruto she would stay with Sasuke and left the bridge-protection mission to him, and Naruto said it would be the last time before leaving.
• Naruto created a shadow clone with half his Chakra and sent it to follow Tazuna near the bridge.
• Naruto entered Team 7's old training forest and used more than fifty shadow clones to watch the surrounding area.
• Naruto meditated and considered using shadow clones to multiply his training, while recognizing the risk of absorbing too many clones' memories at once.
• Naruto assessed his Uzumaki Chakra reserves and control over Nine-Tails Chakra, then noted his lack of practical offensive, defensive, and genjutsu skills.

Naruto planned to master the powers within him and used his Absolute Control Ability to enter the Nine-Tails' Sealing Space. The Nine-Tails demanded to know why its Chakra had obeyed Naruto, but Naruto ignored it and began examining the seal.

• Naruto decided to seek Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki's guidance, learn powerful ninjutsu, gain control of the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and eventually contact Ashura's Chakra.
• Naruto activated his Absolute Control Ability and perceived the powers and Chakra within his body.
• Naruto entered the Nine-Tails' Sealing Space and appeared before the beast's cage.
• The Nine-Tails questioned how Naruto had entered the space and why its Chakra had obeyed him earlier.
• Naruto ignored the Nine-Tails and spread his consciousness through the Sealing Space to inspect its Chakra and seal nodes.

Naruto left the Nine-Tails after revealing that he knew the fox’s true name, Kurama, and entered a warm inner space where he met his mother, Kushina Uzumaki. Their reunion began with Kushina punching him for calling her by her full name, but ended with her welcoming him affectionately.

• Naruto told the Nine-Tails he would return later and called him Kurama, prompting the fox to rage and demand to know how Naruto knew that name.
• Naruto passed through mental barriers and found Kushina waiting for him in a golden space.
• Naruto awkwardly called her Kushina Uzumaki, and she punched him hard enough to send him flying and raise a bump on his forehead.
• Naruto called her Mom, calming Kushina, who then told him he had grown up.
• Naruto rubbed his forehead and decided he would never choose a violent girlfriend, no matter how pretty she was.

Naruto reunited with Kushina in the Golden Space, where she apologized for his lonely childhood and he reassured her that others were to blame. He summoned Minato, punched him to settle the debt between them, and Minato apologized.

• Kushina embraced Naruto, revealed herself as his mother, and apologized for leaving him to suffer as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Naruto told Kushina that she was not to blame and resolved to hold Konoha’s leaders accountable through proper means.
• Naruto summoned Minato Namikaze into the Golden Space, surprising him and bringing him face to face with Kushina and Naruto.
• Naruto punched Minato in the abdomen to end the debt between them and said they would owe each other nothing from then on.
• Minato accepted the punch without protest and apologized to Naruto.

Naruto explained to Minato and Kushina that a mysterious power awakened when he nearly died during the Land of Waves mission, allowing him to sense his body and summon their Chakra from the seal. Minato and Kushina suspected it might be a Kekkei Genkai, and the chapter ended with Kushina accusing Minato of questioning whether Naruto was his son.

• Minato said Naruto had done well, and Naruto stopped him after one punch.
• Minato and Kushina questioned why Naruto had summoned them despite the intact seal and warned that their Chakra was being consumed.
• Minato asked Naruto how he had separated their Chakra from the seal’s structure.
• Naruto claimed that nearly dying after Haku struck him with Senbon awakened a power that let him sense and control what was inside his body.
• Minato and Kushina wondered whether the power was a Kekkei Genkai, and Kushina twisted Minato’s ear after misreading his glance as suspicion about Naruto’s parentage.

Naruto explained his newly awakened ability to control everything inside his body, and Minato and Kushina accepted his account of how it developed. Kushina warned him against trying to control the Nine-Tails, leaving Naruto to answer her concerns.

• Naruto described how his consciousness could sense and control the Chakra, muscles, and other matter inside his body.
• Naruto demonstrated his ability by preventing Minato from moving or controlling his Chakra.
• Naruto attributed the ability to his Uzumaki and Minato bloodlines, the Nine-Tails, and a near-death awakening.
• Minato and Kushina accepted Naruto's explanation, and Kushina told him she loved him regardless of his ability.
• Kushina warned Naruto that the Nine-Tails' enormous Chakra and hatred made it too dangerous for him to control while he was young.
• Naruto waited for Kushina to finish and shook his head.

Naruto asked Minato and Kushina to teach him their strongest Ninjutsu so he could grow powerful enough to control the Nine-Tails' Chakra himself. Before beginning, Minato asked about Naruto's dream and his view of Konoha, and the chapter ended with Naruto acknowledging the Third Hokage's reasons for hiding his identity while remembering the harm it caused.

• Naruto asked Minato and Kushina to teach him Ninjutsu, explaining that his current combat skills were too limited to face true experts.
• Minato and Kushina warned Naruto that their Chakra was limited and they could only offer instruction and experience from within the Mental Space.
• Minato asked Naruto about his dream, and Naruto said he wanted to become Hokage.
• Naruto kept his plans to unite the Shinobi World and prepare for the Ōtsutsuki Clan to himself to spare Minato a conflict between his duties and his love for his son.
• Naruto told Minato that he understood why the Third Hokage had concealed his identity, though he had suffered because of that decision.

Naruto reassured Minato that he would use the Nine-Tails' power to protect Konoha, while privately concealing his plans for those who had harmed him. Minato began teaching him the Rasengan, but Naruto mastered all three steps immediately, leaving Minato amazed that his son had broken his record.

• Naruto told Minato he would use the Nine-Tails' power to make Konoha feel safe, and Minato was moved by what he believed was his son's love for the village.
• Minato explained Shape Transformation, Nature Transformation, and the three steps required to form the Rasengan.
• Naruto used his Absolute Control to rotate, densify, and compress Chakra in his palm without asking for guidance.
• Naruto formed a stable Rasengan on his first attempt, and Minato said he had broken the record for learning it.

Minato taught Naruto the Flying Raijin Technique and advanced combat skills, while Kushina passed on the Uzumaki sealing principles. As their Chakra faded, Minato gave Naruto the key to the Nine-Tails' seal, and Naruto thanked his parents as they said goodbye.

• Minato stopped Kushina from teaching individual Sealing Techniques and began explaining the Flying Raijin Technique to Naruto.
• Naruto used Zetsu's Absolute Control to memorize Minato's Flying Raijin instruction and combat knowledge.
• Kushina rapidly taught Naruto the basic principles of the Uzumaki clan's Sealing Techniques, and Naruto said he remembered everything.
• As the Golden Space crumbled and their forms faded, Naruto asked Minato for the key to the seal holding the Nine-Tails.
• Minato transferred his final authority over the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style to Naruto.
• Kushina and Minato told Naruto they loved him and said goodbye, and Naruto thanked them.

Naruto organized the knowledge he had gained in the Golden Space before returning to the Sealing Space, where he used Absolute Control to freeze the Nine-Tails. He wondered whether his ability had advanced beyond bodily control to a conceptual authority over anything inside him.

• Naruto returned to the Sealing Space after arranging the sealing and ninjutsu knowledge in his mind.
• The Nine-Tails demanded to know how Naruto knew the name Kurama, but Naruto told it to wait while he sorted through his memories.
• The Nine-Tails raged at Naruto and prepared to attack him through the cage bars.
• Naruto instinctively used Absolute Control, freezing the Nine-Tails and preventing it from moving or speaking.
• Naruto considered whether Absolute Control treated the Nine-Tails as part of his body and whether the ability operated at the level of authority itself.

Naruto reconsidered the limits of Absolute Control and tested whether it could control Chakra by asking the Nine-Tails to release its power. He entered Four-Tails Mode but stayed conscious and controlled all four tails, leaving the experiment’s outcome poised for further testing.

• Naruto wondered whether Absolute Control could govern anything inside his body and decided to verify the idea rather than speculate.
• Naruto snapped his fingers and freed the Nine-Tails from his control, startling and frightening it.
• Naruto asked the Nine-Tails to release all its Chakra, and the Nine-Tails agreed, expecting Naruto might be overwhelmed.
• The Nine-Tails flooded Naruto with its accumulated Chakra, surrounding him with a crimson cloak and producing four tails.
• Naruto resisted the Nine-Tails' hatred, kept his eyes blue, and moved all four tails according to his will.

Naruto tested his control over the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, then changed the oppressive Sealing Space into a golden environment. The chapter ended as he began transforming the space again into a new scene.

• Naruto entered Four-Tails Mode, suppressed the Nine-Tails’ Chakra with ease, and then withdrew it.
• Naruto thanked Kurama for cooperating with the experiment, but declined to answer its questions about his knowledge and control.
• Naruto examined the Sealing Space and told the Nine-Tails he would change its environment.
• Naruto replaced the sewer-like Sealing Space with a vast golden expanse, and the Nine-Tails quietly breathed in the cleaner air.
• Naruto snapped his fingers again, causing the Golden Space to peel away as a new scene appeared.

Naruto gave Kurama a grassland in place of his cage, then completed five days of training and surveillance in the Land of Waves. After reviewing the quiet days and testing his Rasengan, Naruto headed to the bridge entrance, where the bridge came into view.

• Naruto showed Kurama the grassland he had created in his inner world, and Kurama lay down in the sunlight and breeze.
• Naruto tested his newly mastered Rasengan and planned to keep training in the Flying Raijin Technique and Sealing Technique.
• Naruto reflected that he could now defeat Haku without relying on Nine-Tails Chakra and planned to keep a low profile after returning to Konoha.
• Naruto dispelled more than fifty Shadow Clones and received their memories, learning that five days had passed and that no major incidents had occurred.
• Naruto leaped to a reef at the bridge entrance and saw the full bridge.

Naruto waited for the Land of Waves bridge work to finish and returned home, where Kakashi noticed how much he had changed after the battles with Zabuza and Haku. Sasuke and Sakura arrived as Naruto reaffirmed his goal of becoming Hokage, leaving their strained feelings toward him unresolved.

• Naruto absorbed his Shadow Clone's memories and saw that Sasuke and Sakura had visited the bridge but left without speaking to him.
• Naruto stayed at the bridge until work ended, then followed Tazuna and the workers home.
• Naruto caught Kakashi reading Make-Out Paradise and told him he should read less porn while recovering.
• Kakashi said Naruto had become quieter and steadier, and Naruto said that life-and-death experiences had helped him grow.
• Naruto told Kakashi he would work hard to become Hokage, while Sakura remained resentful and Sasuke reflected on Naruto's past as a poor student.

Naruto and Team 7 celebrated the completion of the bridge in the Land of Waves before finishing their mission and setting out for Konoha. On the journey back, Naruto worried about Hiruzen Sarutobi’s surveillance and resolved to keep acting like his old self until the Hokage’s death changed his circumstances.

• Tazuna announced the bridge would be completed the next day and proposed naming it Naruto Bridge, upsetting Sakura and drawing no comment from Sasuke.
• The people of the Land of Waves celebrated as Tazuna unveiled the completed Naruto Bridge.
• Kakashi and Tazuna completed the mission handover, and Tsunami gave the departing team extra rice balls.
• Inari thanked Naruto for giving him courage, and Naruto encouraged him before Team 7 left the town.
• Naruto considered the ANBU surveillance and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s ability to track his Chakra as he followed Team 7 toward Konoha.
• Naruto decided to maintain his usual persona until Hiruzen Sarutobi died and Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage.

Naruto returned to Konoha with Team 7 after the Land of Waves mission, but he remained distant during their two-day break. He went to his apartment and found its interior in disarray.

• Naruto arrived at Konoha with Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura, and they completed the mission handover at the registration office.
• Kakashi announced that Team 7 had two days off, while Naruto and Sasuke stayed quiet and Sakura celebrated alone.
• Kakashi dismissed the team, and Sasuke and Naruto walked away in separate directions without saying goodbye.
• Naruto followed a familiar route to an old apartment building and unlocked the door to his dark apartment.
• Naruto turned on the light and saw empty cup-noodle containers and milk cartons scattered around the room.

After cleaning his apartment and resolving to eat better, Naruto began studying the Sealing Technique knowledge Kushina had left him. Hiruzen watched Naruto through a crystal ball, then received the participant lists for the joint Chunin Ninja Exams.

• Naruto cleared out the expired food and trash, cleaned his apartment, and decided to focus on nutritious meals to support his training.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Naruto clean through a crystal ball while Kakashi reported that the Land of Waves mission had helped Naruto grow more composed and determined to become Hokage.
• After Kakashi left, Hiruzen watched Naruto meditate and murmured that he hoped Naruto would grow into a ninja like his father.
• An ANBU delivered the participant lists for the joint Chunin Ninja Exams, and Hiruzen opened the scroll and read through the names from the various villages.
• Naruto finished showering, sat on his bed, and began reviewing the Sealing Technique knowledge Kushina had left him.