Recaps

Naruto fought Killer B without using hand seals and forced him to draw on the Eight-Tails' power. Naruto then overpowered Killer B's Tailed Beast Cloak with Chakra-coated fists, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Naruto deflected Killer B's sword attacks with Wind Release and fought without forming hand seals, impressing the shinobi watching from both sides.
• Kakashi and Might Guy recognized Naruto's hand-seal-free Ninjutsu, while two White Zetsu decided to report their observations to Obito after the battle.
• The Eight-Tails warned Killer B that Naruto's Wind Release and skill were countering his swordsmanship, so Killer B activated the Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Naruto met Killer B's Eight-Tails Chakra-infused punch with a blue Chakra-coated fist and knocked him back.
• Naruto followed with a series of heavy punches that cracked and broke apart Killer B's Tailed Beast Cloak.

Naruto fought Killer B using his own Chakra and overwhelmed the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki with a lightspeed kick. As Killer B answered with a barrage of Tailed Beast energy blasts, Naruto charged through them unharmed.

• Naruto matched Killer B’s attacks without using the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, leaving both armies and the White Zetsu stunned.
• Killer B activated the Eight-Tails’ second-stage Chakra mode and charged Naruto.
• Naruto fired hand-seal-less fireballs, then vanished and struck Killer B with a Lightspeed Kick that sent him crashing into the forest.
• Killer B fired successive Tailed Beast energy blasts at Naruto, who raced through the barrage without being hit.

Naruto used Flying Raijin to evade Killer B’s attacks and transferred Eight-Tails’ full-power Tailed Beast Bomb to the White Zetsu hiding nearby. The blast destroyed their hiding place, while Killer B recognized the technique and reacted with fury.

• Naruto blanketed the battlefield with Flying Raijin Kunai, prompting Killer B and Eight-Tails to recognize Minato Namikaze’s technique.
• Killer B transformed into Gyuki and charged a massive Tailed Beast Bomb as the shinobi watched.
• Naruto opened a spatial rune and sent the Tailed Beast Bomb to a Flying Raijin Kunai near the two White Zetsu.
• The Tailed Beast Bomb exploded above the White Zetsu, wiping out their hiding place and the hilltop.
• Shikamaru recognized the Flying Raijin Technique, and Killer B complained that he hated space-time ninjutsu.

Naruto overwhelmed Killer B’s Eight-Tails with his speed and attacks while the gathered shinobi watched. As the battle continued, Naruto’s Mangekyō Sharingan ocular technique finished developing, and he awakened two new ocular techniques.

• Killer B fired a devastating Tailed Beast Bomb at Naruto, but Naruto evaded it with his golden light movement.
• Naruto dodged the Eight-Tails’ attacks and struck it repeatedly with Radiation Rays and Lightspeed Kicks.
• Naruto continued attacking with Lightspeed Kicks, Radiation Rays, and Yasakani no Magatama while the shinobi watched in awe.
• Naruto sensed his ocular technique developing, kicked back the Eight-Tails’ strike, and sent ten Shadow Clones to attack as he withdrew to a distant tree.
• Naruto activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and received two ocular techniques.

Naruto discovered that Heavenly Constant Stand could enhance his mastered Ninjutsu beyond its limits and transformed Wind Release: Rasenshuriken into Black Hole: Rasenshuriken. As he approached the Eight-Tails to test it, Killer B and the Eight-Tails unleashed Tailed Beast Eight-Scroll, destroying several of Naruto’s Shadow Clones.

• Naruto realized he could use Heavenly Constant Stand on itself, breaking its restriction and allowing it to enhance Ninjutsu beyond their limits.
• Naruto enhanced Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and created the new Black Hole: Rasenshuriken.
• Naruto used Flying Raijin to head toward the Eight-Tails, which ten golden Shadow Clones had been harassing with Radiation Rays and Lightspeed Kicks.
• Killer B and the Eight-Tails stopped attacking and curled the Eight-Tails’ tentacles around its body to activate Tailed Beast Eight-Scroll.
• The Eight-Tails spun into a destructive tornado that tore up the battlefield and sucked in several Shadow Clones, shredding them into white smoke.

Naruto used Black Hole: Rasenshuriken to devastate the Eight-Tails, then bound it with Adamantine Sealing Chains. As the sealing began, Killer B launched a final Tailed Beast Bomb at Naruto.

• Killer B used the Eight-Tails' whirlwind to destroy several of Naruto's Shadow Clones, but Naruto appeared beside the Eight-Tails with Flying Raijin and unleashed Black Hole: Rasenshuriken.
• The black wheel pulled in the Eight-Tails and the surrounding ground before exploding, leaving the beast severely wounded and several of its tails severed.
• Naruto assessed the technique's destructive effects as the injured Eight-Tails struggled to raise its head.
• Naruto bound the Eight-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Kakashi recognized the Uzumaki sealing technique from Kushina's demonstration years earlier.
• The Eight-Tails warned Killer B that the chains would suppress their remaining Chakra, so Killer B fired a final Tailed Beast Bomb at Naruto.
• Naruto calmly raised his left hand and opened a spatial rune in front of the incoming bomb.

Naruto defeated Killer B, severed one of the Eight-Tails’ tails, and took the tail as part of the exchange. He traded the captured Fourth Raikage A and his guards for Cloud Shinobi compensation, then left the battlefield as Killer B arranged A’s return and treatment.

• Naruto used spatial Ninjutsu to divert Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb, restrained the Eight-Tails, and cut off one of its tails before sealing it in a scroll.
• Naruto returned to Konoha Prison, knocked out A, Darui, and C, and brought them back to the border battlefield.
• Naruto exchanged the unconscious A, Darui, and C for the Cloud Shinobi compensation scroll, confirming it included the negotiated items and two secret technique scrolls.
• Killer B asked Naruto’s name, and Naruto identified himself as the Fourth Hokage’s orphan, Naruto Uzumaki, before departing.
• The Eight-Tails told Killer B that Naruto had defeated them without using Kurama’s power and warned that Naruto could become even more dangerous.
• Killer B confirmed that A was alive, ordered the Cloud Shinobi to take him for treatment and arm reattachment, and withdrew toward the Land of Lightning.

Naruto returned to Konoha after defeating the fully transformed Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and securing Hidden Cloud Village's compensation. Tsunade welcomed him with a crowd and presented the victory as a step toward his future as Hokage.

• Naruto handed Hidden Cloud Village's compensation scroll to Shikamaru and ordered the Konoha ninja to resume their duties or return home.
• On the journey back, Naruto revealed that he had fused three Chakra Nature Transformations to create the Kekkei Tōta Light Release, and Kakashi praised his mastery of Flying Raijin and Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Naruto agreed to train with Might Guy in Steel Fist Style, while Shikamaru reacted with disbelief to Naruto's strength.
• News of Naruto's victory spread through Konoha, where Tsunade, Jiraiya, the Konoha 12, and a crowd of villagers greeted him at the gate.
• Tsunade told Naruto she was building his reputation to prepare for his eventual succession as Hokage, and Naruto explained that Adamantine Sealing Chains came naturally because his bloodline had reverted to its ancestral form.

After defeating the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto returned to Konoha and received praise and mission rewards from Tsunade. Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed Naruto’s future as Hokage and planned to take him to Mount Myoboku to learn Sage Mode.

• The Konoha 12 reacted to Naruto’s black hair and new appearance as he was celebrated by the villagers.
• Naruto followed Tsunade and Jiraiya to the Hokage Building, where Tsunade praised his decisions against the Hidden Cloud Village and his victory over the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Tsunade offered Naruto a celebration, but he declined and said he could send a Shadow Clone if she required him to attend.
• Tsunade gave Naruto three Sealing Scrolls containing his mission rewards and requested items.
• After Naruto left, Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed his strength, his eventual succession as Hokage, and the time his training required.
• Jiraiya asked whether Naruto had another mission planned, then proposed taking him to Mount Myoboku to learn Sage Mode.

Naruto used Heavenly Constant Stand to enhance Divine Emperor Creation, unlocking unrestricted eye absorption and two-way energy conversion. After absorbing both of Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, he gained Kotoamatsukami and a surge of ocular power, ending as another shattering sound rang in his consciousness.

• Jiraiya discussed taking Naruto to train in Sage Mode, while Tsunade said she had already given Naruto scrolls containing her Medical Ninjutsu and Yin Seal teachings.
• Naruto returned to his villa’s Training Room and used Heavenly Constant Stand to enhance Divine Emperor Creation.
• Naruto discovered that Divine Emperor Creation could now absorb eyes of any level and convert energy between ocular power and other forms, including Chakra, vitality, mental power, and soul power.
• Naruto absorbed one of Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and gained its ocular power and Kotoamatsukami.
• Naruto absorbed Shisui Uchiha’s other Mangekyō Sharingan, causing Divine Emperor Creation to consume five hundred cards of Chakra and convert it into ocular power.
• A shattering sound rang in the depths of Naruto’s consciousness.

Naruto awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan after absorbing Shisui Uchiha’s ocular power, retaining both Kotoamatsukami abilities and strengthening his Susanoo. He tested his new power on an island, captured the White Zetsu spies there, and began considering how to compress Susanoo’s Chakra.

• Naruto’s Mangekyō Sharingan evolved into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, preserving Shisui Uchiha’s Kotoamatsukami abilities and combining his Susanoo with Shisui’s.
• Naruto traveled to an uninhabited island and sensed more than a dozen White Zetsu monitoring him.
• Naruto defeated the White Zetsu, bound thirteen of them with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and sealed them in a scroll.
• Naruto manifested a winged Complete Body Susanoo and tested its colossal golden sword against the sea.
• Naruto wondered what would happen if he compressed the Susanoo’s immense Chakra into a smaller volume.

Naruto compressed Susanoo into high-density armor, combined it with Kurama Mode and Light Release, and tested its power by destroying an island. Obito was caught in the strike while opening a Kamui portal and barely survived by using Izanagi.

• Naruto used Absolute Control to compress Susanoo into form-fitting armor and tested its speed and agility over the sea.
• Naruto combined the armor with Kurama Mode and Light Release, then prepared to strike a deserted island.
• Obito opened a Kamui portal on the island just as Naruto's kick struck, and the blow crushed the portal and shattered the island.
• Obito escaped to a dark cave with half his body destroyed and his left eye gone, then used White Zetsu Cells to recover.
• Obito told Tobi that he had survived by using Izanagi, while Naruto returned to the villa's Training Room without realizing whom he had struck.

Naruto used Heavenly Constant Stand to enhance several of his abilities, gaining new powers for Light Release, Flying Raijin, Adamantine Sealing Chains, Good and Evil Perception, and Mind's Eye of the Kagura. He then enhanced the Shadow Clone Technique and created a clone to test its changes.

• Naruto enhanced Light Release, gaining elementalization that let him turn his body into light and avoid physical attacks and acceleration recoil.
• Naruto enhanced Flying Raijin so he could teleport to any visible location without a mark, though blocked locations still required one.
• Naruto enhanced Adamantine Sealing Chains with the ability to lock space and prevent spatial ninjutsu.
• Naruto expanded Good and Evil Perception to sense a person's underlying nature and upgraded Mind's Eye of the Kagura to scan the Fire Country and store Chakra signatures.
• Naruto enhanced the Shadow Clone Technique and created a clone to test the result.

Naruto tested an enhanced shadow clone and studied the three scrolls Tsunade had given him, which contained valuable medical, lightning, and teleportation techniques. After deciding to save Danzo’s Sharingan arm for later, he opened his door to find Konoha’s young ninja gathered outside with food and supplies.

• Naruto struck an enhanced shadow clone, discovered it could endure damage, and confirmed that healing before dispelling prevented its pain from transferring to him.
• Naruto read Tsunade’s scroll containing her medical ninjutsu, the Yin Seal, the Strength of a Hundred Technique, and a ten-million-ryō mission reward.
• Naruto studied the Lightning Release Chakra Mode and considered combining it with Kurama Mode and Light Release.
• Naruto compared the Heavenly Transfer Technique with the Flying Thunder God and judged that his experience would help him learn it quickly.
• Naruto inspected Danzo’s arm and its ten Sharingan, but sealed it away to save them for a better opportunity.
• Naruto answered the door and found Shikamaru, Chōji, Ino, Hinata, Shino, Kiba, Neji, Tenten, Rock Lee, Sakura, and Karin waiting with food and supplies.

Naruto hosted his friends for a barbecue, demonstrated his newly awakened Light Release, and shared his plan to change the Shinobi World by becoming stronger and becoming Hokage. Meanwhile, medical shinobi in the Hidden Cloud Village successfully reattached Raikage A's severed arm.

• Karin and Hinata brought Naruto's friends to visit his new house, and the group prepared a barbecue in the courtyard.
• Ino asked about Naruto's changed appearance and Light Release, and Naruto explained how he had created the Kekkei Tōta.
• Naruto demonstrated Light Release by flying and glowing above the courtyard, impressing his friends.
• Naruto said he wanted to end war and prevent children from being treated as tools or monsters, beginning by becoming stronger and becoming Hokage.
• Medical shinobi reattached Raikage A's arm, and his fingers began to move again.

After Killer B described Naruto Uzumaki’s defeat of him and the Eight-Tails, A ordered the Hidden Cloud Village to publish the battle report. The intelligence spread across the Shinobi World, prompting rival villages, Obito, and Akatsuki to investigate Naruto and consider him a threat.

• Killer B told A that Naruto defeated him and the fully transformed Eight-Tails without using Nine-Tails Chakra.
• A ordered the Hidden Cloud Village Intelligence Division to compile its records on Naruto and distribute the report throughout the Shinobi World.
• Ninja villages and Daimyō Mansions reacted to reports of Naruto’s Flying Raijin Technique, Adamantine Sealing Chains, suspected Light Release, and victory over the Eight-Tails.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to gather all possible intelligence on Naruto, whom he considered even more terrifying than Hashirama Senju.
• Obito read the report, ordered White Zetsu to investigate Naruto, and vowed to eliminate anyone who obstructed his plan.
• Akatsuki members gathered through Demonic Illusion: Mirage and discussed Naruto’s abilities and his connection to the Fourth Hokage.

The Akatsuki discussed Naruto Uzumaki’s strength and decided to avoid provoking him until they were prepared. In Konoha, Tsunade ordered Danzo’s crimes made public, and the village learned that he had died in prison and would be remembered as a criminal.

• Pain questioned Itachi about Naruto’s strength, then ordered the Akatsuki to avoid unnecessary contact with Naruto until the organization was ready.
• Tsunade learned that the Raikage had publicized Naruto’s abilities, but concluded that Naruto was strong enough not to fear the information spreading.
• Shizune gave Tsunade the completed investigation into Danzo, and Tsunade ordered her to publish its findings.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura asked Tsunade about Naruto’s strength, then agreed to stop questioning her decisions.
• Shizune posted the notice listing Danzo’s crimes, including the Uchiha massacre, his failures to defend Konoha, and his persecution of Naruto and Hatake Sakumo.
• The notice revealed that Shimura Danzō had taken his own life in prison, and Konoha’s villagers condemned him as his crimes became public.

Itachi learned that Konoha had publicly cleared the Uchiha Clan's name, while Sasuke, alarmed by Naruto's growing strength, asked Orochimaru for more intense training. Naruto prepared to leave with Jiraiya to learn Sage Mode, stopping first to buy blank scrolls.

• Itachi read Konoha's announcement about Danzo and the Uchiha Massacre, and felt urgency to help Sasuke grow stronger before his time ran out.
• Sasuke demonstrated Chidori Sharp Spear, then read a report detailing Naruto's recent achievements and asked Orochimaru for stronger training.
• Orochimaru told Sasuke he had prepared a new training plan and led him away from the cliff.
• Naruto encouraged Hinata about her Gentle Fist training after Karin reported progress in medical ninjutsu.
• Jiraiya arrived to teach Naruto Sage Mode, and Naruto packed for the trip before stopping at Ninja Tool Exchange to order fifty blank scrolls.

Naruto told Karin, Sakura, and Tsunade that he would leave with Jiraiya for about two months of training, then departed Konoha with him. Jiraiya revealed they would first escort a peace-negotiation letter through Bear Country, where he hoped to find inspiration for his overdue novel, and began teaching Naruto the principles of Sage Mode along the way.

• Naruto visited Karin and Sakura as they practiced the Mystical Palm Technique, told them he was leaving for two months, and asked them to pass the word to Hinata and his other friends.
• Tsunade spoke privately with Naruto before he left the Hokage Building, and Karin saw him off at the entrance.
• Naruto met Jiraiya at the Konoha Gate, and they set out to escort a letter between Fang Country and Claw Country before going to Mount Myoboku.
• Jiraiya admitted he had chosen the mission partly to gather writing inspiration in Bear Country and avoid pressure from his publisher.
• As they traveled west, Jiraiya explained how to absorb Natural Energy and form Senjutsu Chakra, then invited Naruto to visit a tavern with him.
• Jiraiya disappeared into a bustling town to look for inspiration, while Naruto wandered around on his own.

Naruto captured a White Zetsu scout in Nadeshiko Village, then discovered that Tokiwa had come to find Jiraiya about an old marriage wager. The chapter ended with Naruto, Jiraiya, Tokiwa, and Shizuka meeting at a teahouse as Tokiwa explained the agreement.

• Naruto sensed and sealed a hidden White Zetsu after it tried to follow him through an alley.
• Tokiwa approached Naruto and asked whether he knew Jiraiya, just as Jiraiya was thrown out of a tavern.
• Naruto identified Jiraiya to Tokiwa, who introduced herself as a ninja from Nadeshiko Village and cited an agreement with Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya remembered wagering that their disciples would continue his unfinished duel, with the loser’s disciple marrying into the other village.
• Naruto joined Jiraiya and Tokiwa at a teahouse, where he saw Shizuka and heard Tokiwa begin explaining the agreement.

Naruto settled Jiraiya’s old agreement with Nadeshiko Village by defeating Nadeshiko Shizuka and refusing to marry into the village. Afterward, Natsuhi of Hidden Star Village asked him to help stop Akahoshi from forcing young ninja to train with the dangerous Star.

• Tokiwa explained that Jiraiya’s old agreement required his disciple to fight Nadeshiko Shizuka and marry into Nadeshiko Village if he lost.
• Naruto agreed to face Nadeshiko Shizuka but said he would not marry into any village.
• Naruto shattered Shizuka’s Ancient Clear Sky Fist with one punch and knocked her unconscious with a precise strike.
• Tokiwa accepted the agreement had ended and left with the unconscious Shizuka.
• Naruto called out a Hidden Star Village ninja who had watched the fight, and she introduced herself as Natsuhi.
• Natsuhi told Naruto that Akahoshi was forcing young ninja to train with the radioactive Star and asked him to help Hidden Star Village.

Natsuhi asked Naruto to help steal the star from the Hidden Star Village because its radiation was harming the village’s young ninja. Naruto and Jiraiya reached the shrine, where Naruto confronted Akahoshi and demanded that he hand over the star.

• Natsuhi asked Naruto to steal the star, and Naruto agreed to handle it while Jiraiya explained that the village lay along their route to Bear Country.
• Natsuhi flew toward the Hidden Star Village with her Mysterious Peacock Method wings while Naruto carried Jiraiya through the air beside her.
• Natsuhi told Naruto that Akahoshi had locked the star in the shrine and was still forcing young ninja to train near it.
• Naruto passed the shrine guards, kicked open the doors, and sensed that the star’s Chakra radiation had damaged the young ninja around it.
• Akahoshi defended the star as the village’s means of survival and sent four Jōnin after Naruto, who knocked them unconscious with Chakra shockwaves.

Naruto defeated Akahoshi, sealed the star, and helped Natsuhi reunite with Smile as she revealed the star’s deadly effects to the villagers. In Fang Country, Jiraiya secured the daimyō’s agreement to make peace with Claw Country, then left the mansion with Naruto.

• Naruto defeated Akahoshi and sealed the star in a scroll.
• Natsuhi told the villagers that the star’s radiation had sickened and killed people, and exposed Akahoshi’s efforts to hide the damage.
• Smile recognized Natsuhi as his mother, and they reunited after ten years apart.
• Natsuhi gave the sealed star back to Naruto, who urged her to care for Smile.
• The daimyō of Fang Country recognized Jiraiya as the author of Make-Out Paradise and ordered a peace agreement with Claw Country.
• Jiraiya left the mansion with the daimyō, then dropped his drunken act after they departed the capital.

Naruto and Jiraiya encountered Obito and Black and White Zetsu on the road to Mount Myoboku, and Jiraiya fought the Zetsu while Naruto faced Obito. Naruto exploited the timing of Obito’s intangibility to attack at close range, but his blades continued to pass through Obito as the fight escalated.

• Jiraiya warned Naruto about the Hidden Star’s damage, and Naruto said he wanted to study its unusual energy.
• As Jiraiya prepared to summon Naruto to Mount Myoboku, Obito and Black and White Zetsu appeared through a space-time vortex.
• Naruto attacked Obito with Flying Raijin Kunai and Shadow Clone Shuriken, but Obito let the weapons pass through his intangible body.
• Jiraiya recognized Obito’s space-time ability and charged at Black and White Zetsu with a Fire Release attack.
• Naruto appeared beside a Flying Raijin Kunai in midair and repeatedly slashed at Obito, but every strike passed through him.

Naruto outlasted Obito’s Intangibility and landed a series of devastating attacks, even tearing out his Mangekyō Sharingan. Obito survived by using Izanagi and escaped through Kamui, leaving Naruto to identify Black Zetsu as the greater threat.

• Obito taunted Naruto about the Fourth Hokage and Kushina, but Naruto kept attacking to force Obito to maintain Intangibility until its five-minute limit ran out.
• Obito dropped Intangibility to block Naruto’s kunai, allowing Naruto to hit him with a Lightspeed Kick and send him crashing through the forest.
• Obito escaped Naruto’s follow-up kick, then launched Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance, which Naruto countered with a Radiation Ray.
• Naruto appeared beside Obito without a Flying Thunder God mark, tore out his Mangekyō Sharingan, and struck him with another Lightspeed Kick.
• Obito used Izanagi to undo his apparent defeat and escaped into Kamui’s alternate dimension, while Naruto chose not to pursue him.
• Naruto concluded that Black Zetsu, rather than Obito, was the real trouble.