Recaps

Naruto conquered the great nations, gathered the Tailed Beasts, and declared war on the Allied Shinobi Forces. He then forced the factions into a tournament where defeat meant dissolution, and the opening matches turned into a deadly free-for-all.

• Naruto killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Land of Fire’s daimyo, then forced Sunagakure and the Hidden Cloud to surrender and absorbed Shukaku and Matatabi.
• Naruto united the nations under the Land of Akatsuki, extracted the Nine-Tails from Mito, and awakened a crimson Tomoe Rinnegan after the nine beasts’ chakra converged within him.
• Naruto attacked the moon’s Hamura Ōtsutsuki clan to obtain the Tenseigan, then returned with Sasuke and Orochimaru through the Dragon Vein.
• At the Five Kage Summit, Naruto declared that the Kage must submit or die, while Obito warned them that Akatsuki sought the remaining Tailed Beasts.
• The Kage formed the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju joined them as Naruto proposed a tournament to decide the factions’ fate.
• Naruto imposed the tournament’s rules, gathered contestants from across the world, and opened the Ninja World First Martial Arts Tournament at the Valley of the End.
• Might Guy defeated Kusagakure’s team, and Naruto killed the Grass Shadow and ordered the Nine-Faced Supoci to destroy Kusagakure.
• As Nagato summoned the Six Paths of Pain and Orochimaru Lu Ran raised thousands of reincarnated ninja, Naruto let the arena descend into chaos and focused on the Land of Wind contestants.

Naruto turned the tournament into a devastating battle, seized the Tailed Beasts, and gained power from the Gelel Ore Vein before Madara became the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki and Infinite Tsukuyomi engulfed the world. After Naruto defeated Kaguya, he returned to the Ninja World and began destroying it with the God Tree.

• Naruto severed Toneri’s connection to the Tenseigan, then killed him and demanded the Eight-Tails from the gathered Kage and shinobi.
• Naruto overwhelmed the Kage and their allies, killed Minato after releasing the Yin Nine-Tails, and Obito extracted the Eight-Tails from Killer B.
• Black Zetsu used Nagato to revive Madara, who joined Obito as the Ten-Tails was formed and battled Naruto.
• Naruto took Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan, brought his companions and villagers to Hamura’s lunar space, and absorbed the Gelel Ore Vein’s power with Tsunade.
• Madara became the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki, transformed it into the God Tree, and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi across the Ninja World.
• Naruto exposed Black Zetsu’s plot to revive Kaguya, drove off Jigen, and fought Kaguya across her transformed dimensions.
• Naruto defeated Kaguya and extracted the Tailed Beast chakra from her, then returned to the Ninja World and activated the God Tree to consume the planet.

Naruto revived Bellemere and Banchina, helped Luffy’s crew defeat the Marines at Cocoyasi Village, and gathered residents into the Dragon Vein World as they traveled toward the Grand Line. In Loguetown, Naruto fought Smoker while Luffy headed for the execution platform, leaving Luffy and Smoker poised to clash.

• Naruto devastated Gamamaru’s forces, drained the Ninja World, swallowed its Chakra Fruit, and sealed Isshiki and Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki inside Daikokuten.
• Naruto reunited with the survivors on the moon, sent them to the Dragon Vein World, freed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki from the moon, and traveled with her to the Pirate World.
• Naruto revived Bellemere and helped her reunite with Nami, then killed Arlong and his Fish-Men after Arlong exposed his betrayal of Nami.
• Naruto revived Banchina for Usopp and offered to revive Kuina for Zoro in exchange for a sacrifice, then discovered a will within Luffy’s Nika-form Devil Fruit.
• Luffy’s crew defeated Colonel Nezumi’s Marines at Cocoyasi Village, and Naruto moved nearby residents into the Dragon Vein World before joining the crew on their voyage.
• Naruto and Luffy’s crew fought off Fullbody’s Marines and sailed toward Loguetown, where Smoker recognized Luffy and Naruto challenged Smoker before leaving him for Luffy.
• Luffy spoke with an old woman who recounted Roger’s past, then reached the execution platform, where Smoker confronted him and announced his arrest.

In Loguetown, Luffy and the Straw Hats face Buggy’s execution plot, Smoker’s pursuit, and a violent storm. Dragon saves Luffy from Smoker, while Naruto senses that the island is about to collapse and decides to help evacuate its residents.

• Luffy wandered away from his fight with Smoker, while Naruto and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki encountered a hooded man who survived the children’s gunfire.
• Naruto brought Nami to watch Sanji compete against Carmen, and Sanji won the cooking contest and its Elephant Koi prize after Carmen conceded.
• Luffy returned to the Execution Platform, where he encountered Alvida and Buggy’s crew, and Buggy captured him and prepared to execute him.
• As a storm approached, Luffy declared that he would become Pirate King, and Naruto summoned lightning that struck the ground and sent the crowd into a panic.
• Smoker trapped Buggy’s crew and pursued Luffy, while Naruto stayed near the Going Merry and Nami warned the crew that Smoker might stop them escaping.
• Smoker overwhelmed Luffy with his smoke powers and Seastone Jitte, but Dragon intervened with a gale that freed Luffy, and Zoro caught his unconscious captain.
• The Straw Hat crew carried Luffy toward the Going Merry as the storm intensified, and Naruto sensed a huge fissure beneath Loguetown and decided to help relocate its residents.