Chapter Summaries

Hinata and Kanami shared a meal before Kanami noticed that her chakra reserves had grown enormously after gaining Hamura’s power. He offered to teach her the Shadow Clone Technique, while Matatabi sensed another unexplained change in Hinata’s chakra.

• Hinata suspected the lunar passage was in the Land of Frost, then cooked Hyuga cuisine for Kanami and Matatabi.
• Matatabi sensed something unfamiliar in Hinata beyond her Hamura bloodline power, but Kanami could not detect a change with Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• Kanami worried that Hamura might have placed Karma on Hinata and resolved to check her for a mark.
• Kanami used a Shadow Clone to prepare rice soup so Hinata could eat with him and Matatabi.
• After dinner, Kanami pointed out Hinata’s greatly increased chakra reserves and offered to teach her the Shadow Clone Technique.

Kanami taught Hinata the Shadow Clone Technique, then prepared to take her to the moon to find the person who stole Hiashi’s eyes. After informing Tsunade, Kanami and Hinata departed with Matatabi accompanying them.

• Hinata quickly mastered the Shadow Clone Technique and planned to use clones for housework as well as combat.
• Matatabi asked to go with Kanami and Hinata, then entered Hinata’s consciousness to travel as chakra.
• Kanami and Hinata used the Flying Thunder God Technique to visit Tsunade and explain that they were heading to the moon to find the person who took Hiashi’s eyes.
• Tsunade urged them to protect each other and flee if they faced danger, and Kanami and Hinata departed.
• Tsunade took Shizune to buy shochu after they left.

Kanami and Hinata prepared to leave for the moon, reassuring the Hyuga clan and entrusting the family to those who stayed behind. At the Hokage's Office, Jiraiya told Tsunade he planned to investigate Pain and revealed that the First's cells had greatly strengthened his Sage Mode.

• Kanami and Hinata visited Hyuga Hiashi and told him they were leaving to reach the moon and reclaim his eyes.
• Kanami promised to protect Hinata, while Hiashi insisted that both of them return safely; Hanabi and Hyuga Ko agreed to help protect the clan.
• Hyuga Ko said Hiashi's eyes should come first and that he would get ordinary eyes transplanted if Kanami failed to return.
• Hyuga clan members gathered outside to pledge their protection, and Kanami departed with Hinata using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade he intended to learn what had happened to his former disciple Nagato, despite Tsunade's objections.
• Jiraiya revealed that the First's cells had boosted his chakra and let him enter Sage Mode in under a minute, stunning Tsunade.

Jiraiya insisted on investigating the Akatsuki again while Tsunade worried he would put himself in danger. Meanwhile, Feng An and Hinata reached the moon through the passage in the Land of Frost, where Otsutsuki Toneri learned of their arrival and suspected Hinata was among them.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade he was going to investigate the Akatsuki, promising he would retreat if he faced danger.
• Nagato's Akatsuki absorbed the Six-Tails and Five-Tails, then planned to capture the Four-Tails and investigate the Seven-Tails in Takigakure.
• Feng An and Hinata found the Moon Passage in the Land of Frost and used it to travel to the moon.
• Feng An and Hinata evaded a Puppet Army and began searching the palace for Otsutsuki Toneri and the massive Tenseigan.
• Otsutsuki Toneri learned that humans had reached the moon, revealed his blue Tenseigan, and wondered if Hinata Hyuga had arrived.

Kanami and Hinata found the Giant Tenseigan, and Hinata destroyed it with her Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists. Toneri arrived as it shattered, then declared that Hinata would live with him and Kanami was a past he needed to sever; Hinata erupted with chakra to defend Kanami.

• Toneri sent the Puppet Army to search for intruders while Kanami and Hinata made their way toward the room Hinata sensed contained the Tenseigan.
• Kanami told Hinata that her Hamura Otsutsuki bloodline meant she alone could destroy the Giant Tenseigan.
• Hinata struck the Giant Tenseigan repeatedly with her Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists, cracking it and severing Toneri's connection to it.
• Toneri rushed into the room as the Giant Tenseigan shattered into countless Byakugan.
• Hinata claimed responsibility for destroying the Tenseigan, and Toneri declared that she would live with him while Kanami was a past to be severed.
• Hinata erupted with purple chakra and vowed not to let Toneri hurt Kanami.

Kanami used Susanoo to destroy Otsutsuki Toneri’s Puppet Army and overpower his Tenseigan repulsion. Toneri escaped Susanoo’s crushing foot and summoned something of his own.

• Kanami recognized the violent chakra erupting from Hinata as a mixture of her chakra and Matatabi’s, while Toneri mistook it for a sign she might awaken the Tenseigan.
• Toneri unleashed his Puppet Army, but Kanami used Susanoo to shield Hinata and smash the puppets with its Spiral Sword.
• Toneri used the Tenseigan’s repulsive force to deflect Susanoo’s Spiral Sword and stop its descending foot.
• Kanami forced Susanoo’s foot through Toneri’s repulsion, but Toneri escaped with the Body Flicker Technique and used Summoning Jutsu.

Otsutsuki Toneri summoned the moon’s stone statue, but Hinata briefly seized control of it and let Kanami damage it. Toneri activated Tenseigan Mode and escaped Kanami’s Sage Mode Wood Man, ending the chapter by launching Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion at him.

• Otsutsuki Toneri summoned the giant stone statue, and Kanami attacked it with the Susanoo’s Spiral Sword.
• Hinata discovered she could control the statue, interrupting its regeneration and allowing Kanami to pierce its arm and chest.
• Otsutsuki Toneri activated Tenseigan Mode and repelled the Susanoo’s sword as Kanami leaped away.
• Matatabi caught Hinata while Kanami used Sage Mode and a towering Wood Man to grab Toneri and drain his chakra.
• Otsutsuki Toneri escaped the Wood Man’s grip and fired Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion at Kanami.

Kanami revealed Sage Art: True Several Thousand Hands and dwarfed Otsutsuki Toneri with a thousand-meter-tall Thousand-Handed Kannon. Toneri attacked with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion as Kanami answered with Buddha on the Top.

• Otsutsuki Toneri unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Kanami calmly endured the tornado with his Wood Man.
• Kanami pressed his palms together and began preparing another technique while Toneri fired hundreds of chakra-draining green beams at him.
• Kanami's Wood Man surged upward, and he summoned Sage Art: True Several Thousand Hands, stunning Otsutsuki Toneri, Hinata, and Matatabi.
• Otsutsuki Toneri swung his golden chakra sword with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and Kanami countered with Sage Art: True Several Thousand Hands: Buddha on the Top.

Kanami overwhelmed Otsutsuki Toneri with Buddha on the Top, destroying the moon’s palaces and artificial sun before reducing Toneri to a near-death state. After locating him in a crater, Kanami prepared to use Kotoamatsukami.

• Otsutsuki Toneri unleashed a second Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but the Thousand-Handed Kannon’s attacks shattered both chakra swords and drained his Tenseigan Mode.
• Kanami unleashed the Thousand-Handed Kannon’s remaining arms, and the overwhelming barrage crushed Otsutsuki Toneri and devastated the moon’s surface.
• Hinata watched Kanami’s display of power and realized the gap between them had grown, while Matatabi reassured her that Kanami was exceptionally powerful.
• After the bombardment ended, Kanami sensed Otsutsuki Toneri’s faint chakra, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach him, and found him alive in a crater.
• Kanami activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and prepared to use Kotoamatsukami on Otsutsuki Toneri.

After Matatabi returned to Hinata, Kanami noticed a purple glow in her eyes and asked her to test her Byakugan. Hinata revealed a new repulsive ability and then pulled Kanami into her embrace.

• Matatabi returned to Hinata’s consciousness space after bidding farewell to Kanami and Hinata.
• Kanami noticed a faint purple glow in Hinata’s eyes and asked her to check for changes in her Byakugan.
• Hinata examined Kanami with her Byakugan, marveling at his chakra reserves before realizing he had misunderstood her gaze.
• Kanami asked Hinata to try pushing or pulling him with her Byakugan, and she successfully pushed him back with a burst of repulsive force.
• Hinata used the Byakugan again and pulled Kanami into her embrace.

Kanami used Kotoamatsukami to overwrite Otsutsuki Toneri’s will and make him a loyal servant who would guard the moon against extraterrestrial visitors. Kanami then recovered Hyuga Hiashi’s Byakugan and tracked down the container holding Hyuga Ko’s eyes.

• Hinata tested her emerging Tenseigan abilities but could not yet use its spiritual light sphere or sense Hamura Otsutsuki’s statue.
• Kanami bound Otsutsuki Toneri and used Kotoamatsukami to make him accept Kanami as his master and guard the moon.
• Toneri gave Kanami Hyuga Hiashi’s Byakugan, which Kanami stored in a vessel of green nutrient solution.
• Kanami left Toneri a Flying Thunder God Mark, then used the technique to appear beside him at the ruined main hall.
• Toneri smashed a maid puppet and revealed a container holding Hyuga Ko’s Byakugan.

Kanami retrieved Hyuga Ko's Byakugan from Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon and returned to the Land of Frost with Hinata. There, he confessed his love, Hinata returned it, and they kissed beneath the moonlight.

• Kanami took Hyuga Ko's Byakugan and learned that Toneri guarded the seal beneath the moon, then left Toneri to remain there.
• Kanami and Hinata cleared the buried Moon Passage, activated its teleportation array, and returned to a cave in the Land of Frost.
• Kanami warmed the cave with the Ghost Lantern Technique, then led Hinata outside and raised them high above the snow on a Wood Release tree.
• Kanami confessed that he loved Hinata and wanted to spend his life with her, and Hinata shouted that she loved him too.
• Kanami embraced Hinata and leaped into the sky with her, and they kissed beneath the moonlight.

Kanami and Hinata returned to Konoha, where Kanami restored Hyuga Hiashi’s Byakugan. Tsunade then told them that Akatsuki had collected two Tailed Beasts and was searching for Rōshi, leaving Kanami asking whether they would stop Akatsuki from capturing him.

• Kanami and Hinata returned to the Hyuga Estate, and Kanami gave Hanabi a scroll containing Brother Xiao’s Byakugan.
• Kanami and Hinata went to Tsunade’s office after learning Hiashi was at a meeting.
• Kanami handed Hiashi his Byakugan, and Hiashi placed it back in his eye sockets and regained his sight.
• Kanami asked Tsunade about Jiraiya’s Hashirama Cell arm, and Tsunade named Katasuke Tono as a researcher who had helped.
• Tsunade told Kanami and Hinata that Akatsuki had collected two Tailed Beasts and was searching for Rōshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kanami asked whether they would stop Akatsuki from capturing Rōshi.

Tsunade told Kanami that Ōnoki had found Kumogakure’s Chakra Cannon and might use it against the Ninja World. In Kumogakure, Akatsuki offered to help Ōnoki unify the Ninja World in exchange for the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Tsunade explained that intelligence pointed to Ōnoki discovering Kumogakure’s secret Chakra Cannon, and Kanami asked how they could respond if he used it.
• Tsunade sent Kanami and the others away, then lamented the burden of being Hokage.
• Ōnoki confronted Pain’s Deva Path and the Akatsuki members after they pursued the returned Four-Tails Jinchuriki to Kumogakure.
• Obito Uchiha reminded Pain’s Deva Path of their purpose, and Ōnoki wondered who truly led Akatsuki.
• Pain’s Deva Path proposed cooperation, offering to help Ōnoki unify the Ninja World in exchange for the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

Ōnoki agreed to cooperate with Akatsuki after Pain promised to destroy Kirigakure in exchange for the Four-Tails' Jinchuriki. Back at the Hyuga Estate, the family reunited after Hyuga Hiashi regained his sight, while Kanami reflected on the sense of belonging he had found in the Naruto world and the parents he left behind on Blue Star.

• Ōnoki agreed to give Rōshi to Akatsuki if Pain's group proved their worth by destroying a sizable ninja village, and Pain chose Kirigakure.
• Itachi Uchiha considered warning Kanami about the planned attack but decided against it because Sasuke was safe.
• Hanabi Hyuga embraced Hyuga Hiashi when she saw that he had regained his sight, and he promised to cook a family feast.
• Hinata Hyuga offered to help with the meal and privately reckoned with her guilt over her father's injuries.
• Kanami reflected on how saving Hinata had helped him feel he belonged in the Naruto world, then wondered whether his parents on Blue Star had stopped searching for him.

Akatsuki reached Kirigakure while the Land of Water remained on alert, and Nagato used Pain's Deva Path to confront the village's guards. Pain left the guards powerless and blasted one away with Shinra Tensei.

• Black and White Zetsu, Obito Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, and Pain's Deva Path arrived at the Land of Water after a slow journey, while Konan secretly escorted Nagato elsewhere.
• Itachi Uchiha asked why Konan was absent, and Pain explained that she was carrying out a secret mission.
• Konan brought Nagato to a higher location to improve the signal controlling Pain's Deva Path as the others approached Kirigakure.
• Two Kirigakure Shinobi blocked the group's path, but Nagato's Rinnegan frightened them into backing down.
• One Kirigakure Shinobi attacked Pain's Deva Path, and Pain repelled him with Shinra Tensei, blasting him away.

Obito Uchiha’s group continued toward Kirigakure after he killed a surviving guard, while Mei Terumi argued that the village could not sustain its exhausting state of alert. An explosion interrupted their discussion, and Mei Terumi, Ao, and Chojuro hurried outside to investigate.

• Obito Uchiha killed a Kirigakure Shinobi who had survived the group’s first attack, then continued toward Kirigakure with Black Zetsu.
• Mei Terumi urged Genji to speak with the daimyo of the Land of Water and arrange shifts to relieve Kirigakure’s exhausted villagers.
• Genji explained that the daimyo feared being overthrown like the daimyo of the Land of Lightning and would not listen to them.
• Mei Terumi threatened to confront the daimyo, but Genji warned that killing him would bring even greater retaliation.
• An explosion sounded outside, and Mei Terumi led Ao and Chojuro out to investigate while Genji stayed behind.

Mei Terumi confronted Akatsuki after its members attacked Kirigakure, but Pain’s attempt to pull her in with Banshō Ten'in forced her to prepare for battle. Mei, Ao, and Chojuro shrouded the area in mist, and Itachi activated Susanoo as the fight began.

• A wounded Kirigakure shinobi told Mei Terumi that attackers with strange eyes had killed and injured his squad, and Chojuro carried him to safety.
• Mei Terumi confronted the approaching Akatsuki members and warned them to leave, but Pain said they had come for another purpose despite the absence of a Tailed Beast.
• Pain used Banshō Ten'in against Mei Terumi, who evaded the pull and signaled Ao and Chojuro to fight.
• Ao activated the Byakugan, Chojuro drew Hiramekarei, and the three used Hiding in Mist Technique to obscure the battlefield.
• Black Zetsu warned Itachi Uchiha that the mist made him vulnerable, and Itachi activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.

Itachi used Susanoo to clear the mist as Pain rose into the air and prepared a powerful attack. Mei Terumi and Chojuro tried to stop him, but Pain repelled their techniques and blasted them away while Ao watched the invisible force approach.

• Itachi formed Susanoo and swept away the mist with the Sword of Totsuka, revealing the battlefield to Mei Terumi, Chojuro, and Ao.
• Itachi weakened Susanoo to its skeletal form and pressed a hand to his damaged eye as Pain began ascending into the air.
• Mei Terumi attacked Pain with Boil Release: Dissolving Monster Technique, but the corrosive liquid stopped short of him against an invisible barrier.
• Mei Terumi followed with Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet, but Pain shattered it and used Shinra Tensei to send the acid surging back at her and her allies.
• Mei Terumi melted the returning acid, but Shinra Tensei struck and blasted her away; Chojuro's Hiramekarei chakra blades failed to stop it, and he was sent flying too.
• Ao saw through the Byakugan as Pain's invisible force continued toward him.

Pain’s Shinra Tensei overwhelmed Mei Terumi, Chojuro, and Ao as Akatsuki moved to take Kirigakure. Ao attacked Obito Uchiha and was fatally impaled by exploding wooden spikes, leaving Mei Terumi and Chojuro facing the enemy.

• Pain blasted Mei Terumi, Chojuro, and Ao away with Shinra Tensei, then told them that getting back up was pointless.
• Mei Terumi spotted the collapsed Mizukage Office Building and ordered Ao to check whether Lord Genji was inside; Ao confirmed he was not.
• Black Zetsu said he had sensed Lord Genji, prompting Ao to angrily attack Akatsuki with kunai and Explosive Tags.
• Obito Uchiha burned Ao’s kunai with Fire Release, but Ao countered with Water Release: Water Shock Wave and expected it to overpower the flames.
• Obito Uchiha struck Ao with wooden spikes that expanded inside his body, killing him as Mei Terumi and Chojuro watched.