Chapter Summaries

Akatsuki Village launched a devastating assault on Sunagakure, using Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release, Kisame’s flood, and coordinated attacks to overwhelm the village. Pain confronted Chiyo and Sunagakure’s leaders and began to unleash Shinra Tensei.

• Hashirama Senju’s enormous vines sealed off Sunagakure as Kisame sent a flood toward the village, which dozens of Chunin initially stopped with an Earth-Style Wall.
• A summoned rhinoceros shattered the wall, flooding Sunagakure while Akatsuki’s forces disappeared using concealment abilities.
• Pain ordered the invaders to leave no ninja alive, and Akatsuki’s members, Hizashi Hyuga, Deidara, summoned beasts, and Uchiha ninja attacked across the village.
• Kisame’s sharks, explosive clay, and the invaders’ coordinated assaults devastated Sunagakure’s defenses, which had been weakened by Yura’s betrayal and Gaara’s absence.
• Chiyo challenged Pain over the invasion, and Pain accused Sunagakure’s leaders of starting the conflict before invoking Shinra Tensei.

After Akatsuki annihilated Sunagakure, Naruto learned that Sasuke was in Orochimaru’s laboratory and confronted Itachi Uchiha, who had broken free of Kotoamatsukami. Naruto attacked Itachi with a Sage Art combining Wood Release and Rasengan, leaving their fight underway.

• Hizashi Hyuga reported that Akatsuki had cleared Sunagakure’s bodies and collected its techniques after nearly ten thousand Sand ninja were killed.
• Pain summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path so Akatsuki could photograph the battle’s results for Naruto’s newspapers.
• Black and White Zetsu gave Naruto a scroll of Sand ninja techniques and reported that Sasuke was in Orochimaru’s laboratory in the Land of Rivers.
• Naruto exposed the Black Zetsu clone as Itachi Uchiha, who had broken free of Kotoamatsukami and was secretly investigating Naruto.
• Naruto defended his plan to take Sasuke’s eyes as a sacrifice for peace, then attacked Itachi with Sage Art: Wood Release: All-Encircling Giant Bag Big Ball Rasengan.

Naruto overcame Itachi Uchiha’s Tsukuyomi and battled his Complete Body Susanoo with Kurama Mode. As Naruto declared that he would show the ninja world true peace, he began summoning the Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.

• Itachi Uchiha dodged Naruto’s fused ninjutsu with Fire Release and destroyed the wooden palm, but Naruto covered himself in Nine-Tails Chakra and attacked with multiple Rasengan.
• Itachi trapped Naruto in Tsukuyomi, but Naruto escaped using Senjutsu and returned both of them to reality.
• Naruto explained that Itachi’s Sharingan could not overpower his Senjutsu, and his Rasengan struck Itachi’s crimson Susanoo.
• Naruto combined Kurama with green Susanoo armor, clashed with Itachi’s Complete Body Susanoo, and condemned Itachi’s claims of pursuing peace.
• As his armor cracked and his Mangekyo eyes bled, Naruto announced that the ninja world needed an immortal god and began Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.

Naruto defeated Itachi and took his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, declaring that he would become the will that made the world's rules. After transplanting the eyes, he summoned Black Zetsu and asked whether it had found Sasuke.

• Naruto reflected on Sasuke's failed plan to unite the Ninja World by making himself its enemy and resolved to pursue his own rule instead.
• Naruto overwhelmed Itachi with the True Several Thousand Hands and sealed away Itachi's Amaterasu flames with the Fire-Sealing Formula.
• Naruto said he would treat Itachi's defeat as revenge for the Uchiha clansmen Itachi had killed, then promised to give Sasuke a new pair of eyes.
• Itachi dug out his eyes, handed them to Naruto, and disappeared in his own Amaterasu flames.
• Naruto discarded his ruined Kotoamatsukami and transplanted Itachi's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan into his own eye sockets.
• Naruto called out to Black Zetsu, which emerged from the ground and addressed him as Father.

Naruto told Sasuke that he had killed Itachi and offered him a chance to change the Uchiha Clan’s fate by traveling to the past. Naruto activated the Dragon Vein to send them to a parallel world, while Orochimaru resolved to investigate the journey.

• Orochimaru recognized Itachi’s eyes in Naruto’s Eternal Eye, and Naruto told Sasuke that he had killed Itachi.
• Sasuke collapsed in shock, and Naruto explained that he could return to the past and change the Uchiha Clan’s fate.
• Sasuke chose to follow Naruto, while Orochimaru let him go and ordered Kabuto to improve Impure World Reincarnation.
• Naruto led Sasuke to the Dragon Vein ruins and explained that the Dragon Vein connected parallel worlds rather than reversing time.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God: Release to enter the other world, and Sasuke and a White-Phosphorus Snake were swept into the pillar of light after him.

Naruto traveled through the Dragon Vein to Konoha Year 37, thirty years before the Fourth Shinobi World War, and met the young Sara in Rōran. He left Katsuyu with her for protection, then arrived at Konoha claiming to be a young relative of Minato Namikaze.

• Naruto realized the Dragon Vein had sent him thirty years into the past, during the Second Shinobi World War.
• Naruto told six-year-old Sara he was her future husband and summoned Katsuyu, asking her to stay with Sara and later help her sign a contract.
• Naruto left Sara with Katsuyu and headed for Konoha, intending to help protect her from Rōran's eventual destruction.
• At Konoha's gate, Naruto told the guards he was Kinmon Namikaze, Minato Namikaze's cousin, and claimed he was twelve years old.
• Steel Egg and Divine Cloud Courtesy doubted Naruto's claim because he looked far older than twelve.

Hiruzen learned that Minato had a twelve-year-old cousin, Kinmon Namikaze, whose remarkable physique might signal great talent, and ordered him assessed for the Ninja Academy. As Hiruzen privately planned to use the war to strengthen his political power, Naruto spotted a fiery red figure being chased by several children.

• Hiruzen questioned an ANBU report about Kinmon Namikaze, who claimed to be Minato’s cousin.
• The ANBU said Kinmon’s village had been destroyed, but he looked strikingly like Minato and had an unusually powerful physique despite having no chakra traces.
• Hiruzen ordered Kinmon sent to the Ninja Academy for an assessment and enrollment if he showed sufficient talent.
• Hiruzen privately planned to use the war to weaken ninja clans and increase Konoha’s commoner population, while claiming the academy would protect Kinmon from the battlefield.
• Naruto saw a fiery red figure rush past as several children chased after it.

Naruto arrived in Konoha as Kinmon Namikaze and was led by Mikoto Uchiha toward the Ninja Academy, where he intervened when a Genin attacked Kushina Uzumaki. He drove the attacker off and confronted Minato Namikaze, who had watched from a tree.

• Mikoto Uchiha introduced herself to Naruto and escorted him toward the Ninja Academy for testing.
• Naruto noticed Kushina fleeing a Genin who was chasing her over a dispute with his younger brother.
• The Genin used the Substitution Technique and attacked Kushina from behind, but Naruto caught his arm and kicked him away.
• Naruto pinned the Genin's arm and broke it before Kushina persuaded him to stop.
• Naruto saw Minato Namikaze in a nearby tree and angrily called him out for watching Kushina get attacked.

Naruto was summoned by Mito, who recognized that he came from another world and sensed Hashirama Senju’s chakra within him. Naruto revealed that he was a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan who had changed the past and come to take the Nine-Tails; Mito was left considering his claim.

• Naruto’s Senju identity marker caught Mikoto’s attention, and a Senju clansman summoned him to meet Mito.
• Naruto vanished before Mikoto could stop him, warned Kushina to stay away from Minato, and left Minato unable to answer.
• Mito told Naruto that Kurama had revealed he was not from this world, then asked his name and reason for coming to Konoha.
• Naruto introduced himself as Naruto Uzumaki, a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan, and said he had come for the Nine-Tails inside Mito.
• Naruto told Mito that he had changed the past because he opposed the future and wanted to end the tragedy tied to the Nine-Tails, and Mito fell into thought.

Naruto allied with Mito, accepted the Nine-Tails, and helped Tsunade awaken Wood Release. After leaving the Senju Clan Grounds, he sensed someone following him and called them out.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Mito intended to transfer the Nine-Tails to Naruto and ordered the ANBU to inform Danzo.
• Naruto moved into the Senju Clan Grounds, allied with Mito, and promised to protect Tsunade and the remaining Senju Clan members.
• Mito introduced Naruto as Tsunade's childhood fiancé, and Naruto took Tsunade to Shikkotsu Forest to prove his strength.
• After three days and nights, Naruto and Tsunade returned, and Tsunade had awakened Wood Release at roughly Yamato's level.
• Naruto left the village, sensed someone hiding in a forest, and demanded that they come out.

Naruto defeated Danzo and survived Danzo’s attempt to trap him with the Inner Four Symbols Seal. He vanished before Shinnosuke Sarutobi and the arriving ANBU could find him, leaving Danzo dead.

• Naruto used Deep Forest Emergence to bind the Root ninja and drain their chakra while Danzo counterattacked with Wind Release techniques.
• Naruto dodged Danzo’s attacks, struck him with a Big Ball Rasengan, and pierced him when Danzo tried to revive himself with Izanagi.
• Danzo recalled his past and his departure from the Second Hokage’s teachings, then activated the Inner Four Symbols Seal in a final attempt to kill Naruto.
• Naruto remained untouched by the seal and vanished as approaching ninja arrived.
• Shinnosuke Sarutobi removed his ANBU mask and found Danzo dead.

Naruto returned to Konoha and, with Mito and the shinobi clan heads backing him, openly challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s rule and demonstrated his Wood Release. As the Daimyo’s envoy arrived to address the Hokage dispute, Naruto waited confidently for the decision.

• Mito and several clan heads stopped Shinnosuke Sarutobi from taking Naruto for questioning and announced that she had petitioned the Daimyo for a new Hokage election.
• Naruto used the Many Hands Technique to pin Shinnosuke down and challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s fitness to lead Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered an ANBU operative to argue that the coming war made a Hokage change untimely and to propose a village vote after the war.
• Naruto anticipated Hiruzen Sarutobi’s next move while the village’s leaders awaited the Daimyo’s response.
• The Daimyo’s envoy entered the meeting room carrying a scroll as Naruto and the assembled leaders watched.

Naruto won Konoha’s Hokage election by a landslide and became the Fourth Hokage. He then revealed his overwhelming power, destroyed the Hokage Building and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s monument, and declared war on the Ninja World as Konoha’s era returned.

• The daimyo’s envoy announced a new Hokage election, allowing Hiruzen Sarutobi to run, but Hiruzen stormed out and the clan leaders left.
• Naruto won the election seven to three after the ninja clans voted for him, including the Sarutobi Clan and the Shimura Clan.
• Naruto appeared as Hokage before the confused civilians, while Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade watched and discussed him.
• Naruto summoned a massive Wood Human, destroyed the Hokage Building and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s face on the Hokage Rock, and revealed his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Naruto declared war on the Ninja World on behalf of the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan, then blasted a path toward Amegakure as the crowd cheered and Hiruzen Sarutobi seethed.

Naruto asserts his authority as Hokage, reorganizes Konoha’s forces, and prepares to strike while the Second Shinobi World War spreads. He leaves Hatake Sakumo to carry out his deployment orders and takes Orochimaru to attack enemy territory himself.

• Naruto rejects Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura’s claims to authority, then kicks Utatane Koharu through the Hokage Building and sends Mitokado Homura away.
• Hatake Sakumo reports that Iwagakure and Sunagakure have entered the Land of Rain, and Naruto orders Konoha’s clans to deploy with medical ninjas assigned to every unit.
• Naruto orders Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Sarutobi Clan to guard the border near Kumogakure, while the Shimura Clan watches the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools for Hidden Dew Village ninjas.
• Orochimaru reports that he has handled Root, and Naruto appoints him overall commander for the Land of Rain operation and gives him the Scroll of Seals containing Impure World Reincarnation.
• Naruto tells Orochimaru to join him in attacking enemy territory, declaring that Konoha is wherever he is.

Naruto cleared a trap-filled route toward Amegakure with Earth Release, then entered the Land of Rain with Konoha’s army. After entrusting command to Orochimaru and hinting that the Uchiha should face intense stimulation, Naruto vanished on a secret errand.

• Naruto used Earth Release: Earth-Flow Divide to destroy thousands of traps and carve a road through the forest for Konoha’s forces.
• Naruto teased Tsunade, who punched him and ran off, while Jiraiya complained and Orochimaru warned him not to act foolishly.
• Konoha’s army entered the rainy Land of Rain, passed suffering villages, and set up camp.
• Orochimaru organized the troops and issued orders for the clans to take up their duties.
• Naruto told Orochimaru that the Uchiha needed to bare their fangs to awaken their Sharingan, then vanished after keeping his destination secret.

Naruto found young Nagato and removed the Rinnegan that had been used to control and torment him, protecting Nagato and his parents and giving them a chance at a different life. He then implanted the Rinnegan in himself and turned his attention toward finding Madara Uchiha's eyes.

• Naruto entered Nagato's home, subdued Nagato's parents with his Sharingan, and faced Nagato's sudden Shinra Tensei.
• Naruto protected Nagato's parents, forced several White Zetsu out of Nagato, and ordered one to summon Black Zetsu without alerting Madara Uchiha.
• Naruto removed Nagato's Rinnegan, replaced it with ordinary eyes, and healed his eye sockets with Yang Release Chakra.
• Naruto built Nagato's family a new house, moved them inside, and left them money and life-saving sealing techniques.
• Naruto replaced Itachi's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan with Nagato's Rinnegan and realized the eyes were rapidly consuming his chakra.
• Naruto turned toward a distant direction and called out, "Son~!"

Naruto took Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan, tasked Black Zetsu with helping Sasuke awaken his Sharingan, and considered how to gain Six Paths power. In the Land of Rain, he stopped the rain and found a starving young Konan, whom he took in as he resolved to end the war.

• Naruto gave Black Zetsu the task of helping Uchiha Sasuke awaken his eyes and told him to blame Kirigakure for the missing Rinnegan.
• Naruto examined the Rinnegan’s growing power and realized that a Tenseigan could help him reach the Six Paths level.
• Naruto used Shinra Tensei to clear the storm clouds over a village in the Land of Rain.
• Konan asked Naruto if he was a god and begged him to save her parents, but Naruto offered her food and shelter instead.
• Naruto fed the starving Konan and resolved to bring the meaningless war to an end.

Naruto flew Konan to Hidden Stone Village and demanded its surrender, then destroyed much of the village with the Great Spiraling Ring when Ōnoki refused. Ōnoki attacked Naruto with Dust Release, but Naruto's Susanoo blocked it, leaving Ōnoki convinced he was Madara Uchiha.

• Naruto flew with Konan to Hidden Stone Village and announced that he was Konoha's Fourth Hokage, demanding the village's surrender.
• Ōnoki rejected Naruto's demand and sent Jonin to surround him in the sky.
• Naruto dropped a Great Spiraling Ring on Hidden Stone Village, and its explosion devastated the village despite Ōnoki's attempt to stop it with Dust Release.
• Ōnoki attacked Naruto and Konan with the World Disintegration Technique, but Naruto's Susanoo blocked the blast.
• Ōnoki recognized the Susanoo and asked whether Naruto was Madara Uchiha.

Naruto destroyed Iwagakure, and Ōnoki died rather than surrender, leaving the surviving Hidden Stone ninja to capitulate. Naruto returned to the Land of Rain battlefield, where Hanzō’s attack on Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru left Tsunade caught in an explosion.

• Naruto defeated Ōnoki, who refused to abandon Iwagakure and died from his injuries.
• Iwagakure’s Jonin surrendered, and Naruto ordered them to recall the Hidden Stone ninja from the front lines and rescue survivors.
• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki sensed the deaths caused by Naruto’s assault, observed Naruto’s Rinnegan, and chose not to intervene.
• Naruto returned to find Amegakure attacking Konoha’s forces while Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru struggled against Hanzō.
• Hanzō evaded the Sannin’s attacks and triggered explosive tags beneath Tsunade, prompting Jiraiya and Orochimaru to cry out in alarm.

Naruto rescued Tsunade from Hanzō, forced Hanzō to reveal that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shinnosuke Sarutobi had drawn Amegakure into the war against Konoha. After stopping Shinnosuke’s attempt to silence Hanzō, Naruto ordered the group to redirect to the Land of Whirlpools and declared that only Konoha’s ninja village would remain when the war ended.

• Tsunade emerged unharmed with Naruto after Hanzō’s attack, and Hanzō recognized Naruto as Konoha’s new Fourth Hokage.
• Naruto pulled Hanzō in, absorbed his water jutsu, and drained his chakra until Hanzō agreed to talk.
• Hanzō named ANBU Captain Shinnosuke Sarutobi and Hiruzen Sarutobi as the ones who had sent him against Konoha.
• Shinnosuke tried to kill Hanzō with shuriken, but Naruto blocked the attack with Wood Release and trapped Shinnosuke in a Rinnegan illusion.
• Naruto called Hanzō’s testimony proof of the Sarutobi Clan’s treason and ordered Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade to head for the Land of Whirlpools.
• Naruto said that only Konoha would remain among the ninja villages after the war, leaving Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru alarmed.