Chapter Summaries

Tobitake Tonbo helped Konoha withstand Nagato’s attack while investigating Urashiki Ōtsutsuki’s body. The chapter ended with Tonbo discovering a Kāma-like mark inside Urashiki that resisted his attempt to read the Ōtsutsuki’s memories.

• Ninja from the Land of Frost investigated the coast and found a devastated battlefield resembling the aftermath of a battle between Tailed Beasts.
• The Deva Path prepared to unleash Ultra Shinra Tensei on Konoha, but Tobitake Tonbo and the Barrier Team raised a Space-Time Barrier around the village.
• Konan and Nagato prepared their next move as Black Zetsu and Tobi learned that White Zetsu near the Land of Frost’s coastline had been killed.
• The Deva Path’s attack left Konoha appearing to be in ruins, but Tsunade and dozens of ANBU appeared before the Pains.
• Tobitake Tonbo tried to read Urashiki Ōtsutsuki’s memories and found a crystal marked with black patterns that repelled him and threatened to drain his spiritual energy.

Tobitake Tonbo studied Urashiki Ōtsutsuki’s body and considered how to use his Byakugan, but he was interrupted by the Ten-Tails’ chakra and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path attacking Konoha. As the statue’s attack threatened the shinobi, Tonbo arrived and knocked it off course with a flying kick.

• Tobitake Tonbo examined Urashiki Ōtsutsuki’s body and found that his complex genes and information-transmitting physique could help Tonbo develop his own Information Evolution.
• Tobitake Tonbo considered giving Urashiki’s Byakugan to Hinata or Neji, then decided to focus first on countering Reflection Shinjutsu and future prediction.
• Tobitake Tonbo sensed the Ten-Tails’ chakra as Tobi and White Zetsu investigated the battlefield where he had fought Urashiki.
• Naruto attacked the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with a Sage Art: Rasenshuriken, while Shikaku and the Konoha shinobi tried to restrain the monster and sent Naruto after the enemy’s real body.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path broke free and gathered lightning for an attack, leaving Shikaku, Tsunade, and the surviving shinobi fearing defeat.
• Tobitake Tonbo appeared and kicked the statue, redirecting its attack into the sky and drawing recognition from the surviving Konoha shinobi.

Tobitake Tonbo gathered chakra from Konoha’s surviving ninja and used Deception Celestial Phenomenon to trap the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in a vast hurricane. As the statue endured the storm, Tobi and Zetsu decided to attack Tonbo while he was unable to move.

• Tobitake Tonbo kicked the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while secretly implanting nerves in its body to gather information.
• Tobitake Tonbo returned to Konoha’s forces, pretended to be exhausted, and asked the surviving ninja to lend him their chakra for a forbidden technique.
• Tobitake Tonbo connected the ninja with the Chakra Conversion Technique and unleashed Deception Celestial Phenomenon, surrounding the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with powerful hurricanes.
• Tobi and Zetsu recognized that the storm could restrain the statue only temporarily and considered using the opportunity to kill Tobitake Tonbo.
• Tobi agreed that Tobitake Tonbo had to die because he could interfere with Tobi’s plans.

Tobitake Tonbo helped repel Pain’s invasion, revived Konoha’s fallen ninjas, and earned public acclaim as a hero. After the battle, he resisted Danzo’s attempt to control him and chose to let Sasuke kill Danzo in the coming days.

• Tobi attacked Tobitake Tonbo and the exhausted Konoha group, while Sakura, Ino, and Tonbo fought back against his Wood Release.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path escaped the ninjutsu, and Tsunade revived the fallen ninjas before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Tobi withdrew as more Konoha ninjas arrived, and Tonbo watched the village recover while basking in praise for his actions.
• Danzo visited Tonbo and used Kotoamatsukami to plant memories in his mind, but Tonbo dispelled the chakra and recognized the attempt to control him.
• Tonbo suppressed his urge to kill Danzo and decided to let Sasuke kill him, then turned his attention back to researching Urashiki Ōtsutsuki.

Tobitake Tonbo revealed to Shikaku that Danzo had controlled him with Shisui Uchiha’s eye to secure the Hokage position, and he set out to kill Danzo. Shikaku and Konoha’s other leaders learned the truth and let Tonbo act, despite the damage it might do to his reputation.

• Tobitake Tonbo supported Danzo’s appointment, and the daimyo named Danzo the Sixth Hokage.
• Omoi, Karui, and Samui found a huge crater near Konoha and headed into the village to ask what had happened.
• Tobitake Tonbo returned home, then analyzed Urashiki in his laboratory as the Five Kage Summit was arranged over Sasuke’s abduction of the Eight-Tails.
• The masked man told Sasuke that Danzo was heading to the summit, and Sasuke left with Taka Squad to deal with him.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Shikaku that Danzo had used Shisui Uchiha’s eye to control him and declared that he would kill Danzo after the summit.
• Shikaku informed Konoha’s leaders, who accepted Tonbo’s plan and recognized that he might earn an unpleasant reputation.

Tobitake Tonbo watched Sasuke and Danzo fight, then intervened to kill Danzo before he could use the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing. He faced the masked man and Sasuke, and left Sasuke's Susanoo cracking apart from an explosive Wind Release attack.

• Tobitake Tonbo sensed Sakura's squad, Kakashi, and Naruto approaching as Sasuke stabbed Xiangling and Danzo prepared to use the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing.
• Tobitake Tonbo descended, rejected Danzo's orders, cut him in half with a Kunai, and sealed his body away.
• The masked man retreated and said their battle would come during the Fourth War.
• Sasuke attacked Tobitake Tonbo with Susanoo, but Tobitake Tonbo dodged his magatama and cut a small crack into Susanoo with Wind Release.
• Tobitake Tonbo's Wind Release burst through the crack, exposing Sasuke inside Susanoo.

Tobitake Tonbo encountered Sasuke while pursuing Danzo, then joined Kakashi’s group as Naruto tried to reach Sasuke before the masked man took him away. With the Fourth Great Ninja War beginning, Tonbo prepared five Genjutsu-enhancing ninja tools.

• Tobitake Tonbo fought Sasuke, then told Sakura’s group that Sasuke and the masked man had killed Danzo.
• Sakura confronted Sasuke and punched him away when he tried to attack her.
• Tobitake Tonbo suggested the masked man resembled Obito Uchiha, but Kakashi dismissed the idea and prepared to fight.
• Naruto arrived in Sage Mode and spoke with Sasuke before the masked man used Space-Time Ninjutsu to take Sasuke away.
• The Allied Forces formed under the Fourth Raikage, A, while Tsunade attended the Five Kage Summit as Hokage.
• Tobitake Tonbo entered his laboratory and named five ninja tools that could amplify different kinds of Genjutsu.

Tobitake Tonbo left his son Tobitake Tenyu in Konoha to defend the village while he joined the Allied Shinobi Forces as a self-proclaimed Battlefield Record Ninja. At a summit of the Allied Kage, the leaders discussed Konoha’s new powerhouse and the threat of Madara Uchiha’s monster.

• Tobitake Tonbo told Tobitake Tenyu that children under fourteen would stay in Konoha, then left him and Tobitake Maki to defend the village.
• Tobitake Tonbo traveled to the Land of Lightning and photographed the Allied Shinobi Forces as they gathered, calling himself the first Battlefield Record Ninja.
• Other ninja confronted Tobitake Tonbo over his photography, but some recognized him as Konoha’s Black Flash and warned that they could not beat him.
• Tobitake Tonbo put away his camera when he was summoned to a meeting of the Allied Kage.
• The Raikage praised Konoha’s new asset, while Shikaku warned that one ninja might not be enough to restrain Madara Uchiha’s monster.

Tobitake Tonbo joined the Kage meeting and was assigned to restrain the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while supporting the Allied Shinobi Forces. Shikaku outlined the army’s divisions and battlefield strategy, and Tonbo was named commander of a new Special Support Division.

• Tobitake Tonbo arrived late, explaining that he had been recording scenes from the war, and Mei Terumi expressed interest in marrying him.
• Shikaku assigned commanders and duties to the Allied Shinobi Forces’ divisions, including Gaara as commander-in-chief and Inoichi as head of the Sensory Unit.
• Shikaku and A explained that Tonbo would be responsible for restraining the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while Tonbo argued that his genjutsu and chakra conversion could support the divisions.
• Gaara and Shikaku backed Tonbo’s judgment, and A established a Special Support Division under Tonbo’s command.
• Shikaku presented the plan to evacuate the Land of Frost and the Land of Hot Water, advance on Mountain Grave from multiple directions, and reinforce divisions as needed.

Tobitake Tonbo recorded the Allied Shinobi Forces’ assembly and sent clones to document the war as Gaara persuaded the troops to set aside their grudges. At Mountain Grave, Kabuto revealed his enhanced White Zetsu and demonstrated how to undo Impure World Reincarnation for the masked man.

• Tobitake Tonbo introduced his camera, photographed the leaders, and explained that he wanted to document war’s cruelty.
• Tobitake Tonbo suppressed the arguing Allied Shinobi Forces before Gaara spoke about his experiences and united them against their common enemy.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces departed toward Mountain Grave in five groups, while Tobitake Tonbo sent five camera-carrying clones to record them.
• Kabuto told the masked man that he had used Tobitake Tonbo’s nerve cells to improve the White Zetsu’s reaction speed.
• At the masked man’s demand, Kabuto revived a blond-haired man and explained how Impure World Reincarnation could be undone.

Kabuto and the masked man launched their plans as the White Zetsu army attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Naruto struggled to control the Nine-Tails. Tobitake Tonbo supported the battlefield with a music-based Genjutsu, turning the fight in the shinobi’s favor.

• Kabuto summoned deceased shinobi with Impure World Reincarnation and sent them toward different fronts as the masked man departed to prepare his own plan.
• The White Zetsu army advanced underground toward the Allied Shinobi Forces’ headquarters, while Naruto fought the Nine-Tails’ hatred during training on Turtle Island.
• Kushina appeared in Naruto’s mental space, comforted him, and praised Tobitake Tonbo for standing up for him.
• Kitsuchi used Earth Excavation: Rising Rock to expose White Zetsu, and the Allied Shinobi Forces began fighting the emerging army.
• Tobitake Tonbo summoned Horikawa Raiko and used Genjutsu: Riot Shrine Drum to disrupt the White Zetsu, giving the Allied Shinobi Forces a major advantage.

Tobitake Tonbo’s Genjutsu disrupted the White Zetsu across the battlefield as the Allied Shinobi Forces prepared to respond to Kinkaku and Ginkaku. The brothers overwhelmed Darui’s unit, while Asuma fought his resurrected brother Shinnosuke Sarutobi.

• Tobitake Tonbo used his drum and Genjutsu to control, expose, and scatter White Zetsu, while Yamanaka Inoichi warned him to conserve chakra.
• Yamanaka Inoichi detected powerful chakra signatures near the First Division, and the Raikage identified Kinkaku and Ginkaku and ordered Mabui to prepare the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Shikaku proposed sending part of the Second Division to support the First Division, while Obito used Black Rods to control seven Impure World Reincarnation figures.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku clashed with Darui’s unit, and Atsui and Samui were sucked into the Word Spirit Gourd.
• Asuma fought Shinnosuke Sarutobi, who spoke to him while his resurrected body attacked with Earth Release.

The Allied Shinobi Forces struggled against the Reanimated Bodies and summoned beasts as Hiruko overwhelmed the battlefield with his abilities. Tobitake Tonbo used Genjutsu: Dark Sonata to trap Hiruko and his summons in darkness, leaving them incapacitated.

• Shinnosuke Sarutobi and Asuma Sarutobi fought while Shinnosuke learned that Asuma's family was doing well and that the old man had died.
• Hiruko attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces with Storm Release and summoned beasts, while Tenten and the sealing squad tried to stop his two-headed snake.
• Allied Headquarters identified Hiruko as a Konoha rogue ninja with four Kekkei Genkai, and Tobitake Tonbo volunteered to face him.
• Tobitake Tonbo played the Ten Thousand Waves Resting Flute and cast Genjutsu: Dark Sonata on Hiruko and his summoned beasts.
• Hiruko failed to dispel the Genjutsu and lost his senses as he and his summons fell silent.

Kabuto strengthened the reanimated shinobi against Tobitake Tonbo’s genjutsu, but Tonbo still helped Asuma face Shinnosuke Sarutobi. Shinnosuke saw Konohamaru in Tonbo’s illusion, broke free of Kabuto’s control, and ascended after asking Asuma to encourage his son.

• Kabuto used Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation to reinforce the reanimated shinobi’s minds against genjutsu.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku cloaked themselves in Tailed Beast-level chakra to guard against the genjutsu, while Darui awaited reinforcements.
• Tobitake Tonbo photographed sealed Hiruko, then sent his Shadow Clone to assist Asuma and support the other battles.
• Tonbo’s flute genjutsu made Shinnosuke Sarutobi see a grown-up Konohamaru, and Shinnosuke’s soul broke free of Kabuto’s control.
• Shinnosuke asked Asuma to tell Konohamaru to keep working hard, then ascended without being sealed.

Tobitake Tonbo used a Genjutsu carried by his horn to coordinate the Allied Shinobi Forces and help them defeat the reanimated enemies. After Kakashi’s team sealed Zabuza, Tonbo confronted Haku and sealed him as well.

• Tobitake Tonbo helped Asuma free Shinnosuke Sarutobi, then observed Choza Akimichi’s team fighting the disadvantaged Dan Katō.
• Kabuto continued controlling the reanimated ninja and planned to gather wartime information and materials to discover his identity.
• Kakashi’s team struggled against Momochi Zabuza, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Gari, and Pakura while trapped in the Hidden Mist Jutsu.
• Tobitake Tonbo sounded his horn and used Genjutsu: Team Battle Rallying Tune to share enemy locations and direct the Allied Shinobi Forces’ attacks.
• Kakashi struck Zabuza with Lightning Cutter, and Bunga sealed him as the mist cleared.
• Tobitake Tonbo shattered Haku’s Reanimated Body with an axe kick and sealed him in a scroll.

Gaara learned Tobitake Tonbo's plan to discourage war by publicizing its horrors as they advanced toward Mountain Grave. Tobitake Tonbo supported the Allied Shinobi Forces' surprise attack, and Sasori recognized him as someone familiar.

• Gaara questioned Tobitake Tonbo about how his camera could help stop war, and Tobitake explained that spreading information about war's brutality could reduce people's desire to fight.
• Tobitake Tonbo showed Gaara realistic photographs he had recreated with ninjutsu from fragments of memories, and Gaara understood why the plan could weaken the chance of future wars.
• Tobitake Tonbo and Gaara spotted enemy leaders, including Gaara's father, approaching without an army, and Tobitake Tonbo summoned a guitar to support the battle.
• Deidara, Sasori, Shin, and the reanimated ninja attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Tobitake Tonbo used Genjutsu: Gravefall to pin the reanimated fighters beneath graves.
• Sai and Kankuro helped trap the reanimated ninja and seal Deidara, while Sasori watched Tobitake Tonbo fly away and felt that he seemed familiar.

Tobitake Tonbo used his genjutsu and powerful wind techniques to support the Allied Shinobi Forces across multiple battlefields. A masked man stole two ninja tools containing Nine-Tails chakra and escaped, taking the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with him.

• Crisp’s Thirty-Sixfold Regenerative Barrier failed to contain Naruto as he and Killer B broke through its layers.
• Tobitake Tonbo’s music genjutsu immobilized White Zetsu, helping Kiba Inuzuka, Hana Inuzuka, Hinata, Shino, Mifune, and the samurai gain the upper hand.
• Tobitake Tonbo linked the Allied Shinobi Forces’ chakra and trapped the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in a hurricane.
• A masked man stole two Kumogakure ninja tools containing sealed Nine-Tails chakra, evaded Darui and the Nara and Yamanaka clans, and escaped with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Tobitake Tonbo headed out to watch over Naruto and Killer B while his original body prepared a space-time barrier at headquarters. He joined the Allied Shinobi Forces as they confronted four reanimated Kage, and the encounter ended as a guitar melody reached the battlefield.

• Tobitake Tonbo accepted headquarters’ request to relay communications for Naruto and Killer B, then sent a Shadow Clone to catch up with them while his original body set up the Reversed Golden Bell Barrier.
• Tobitake Tonbo sensed Naruto and Killer B, took pictures of them, and watched as Naruto recognized Nagato and Itachi Uchiha approaching.
• Mū and the other reanimated Kage discovered the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Rasa spoke with Gaara after recognizing him.
• Tobitake Tonbo took pictures of Mū, Hozuki Gengetsu, the Third Raikage, and Rasa, then told them Ōnoki was on his way.
• The four Kage began attacking and explained their abilities, but a guitar melody suddenly reached them.

Tobitake Tonbo supported the Allied Shinobi Forces with his Voice-based Genjutsu and then joined Itachi, Naruto, and Killer B against Nagato. Kabuto escalated the battlefield by deploying more reincarnated shinobi, while the fight against Nagato continued.

• Tobitake Tonbo’s music disrupted the four former Kage’s ninjutsu, and Gaara used the opening to attack and direct the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Kabuto recognized Tonbo’s Voice-based Genjutsu and a Genjutsu capable of reversing Impure World Reincarnation, then sent out more reincarnated shinobi as reinforcements.
• Nagato pulled at Naruto’s soul, but Killer B and Itachi attacked him before Tonbo arrived and distracted him long enough for Naruto to escape.
• Itachi and Tonbo exchanged remarks about their history before Itachi turned his attention back to Nagato.

Tobitake Tonbo sealed Nagato after Itachi, Naruto, and Killer B destroyed Planetary Devastation, then his Shadow Clone Technique clones helped the Allied Shinobi Forces across the battlefield. At the Third Raikage’s front, Tonbo arrived to use the troops’ chakra and try to break through the Raikage’s defenses.

• Itachi, Naruto, and Killer B attacked Planetary Devastation’s core while Tobitake Tonbo used Genjutsu and his clone’s Four Beasts Gate to seal Nagato.
• Itachi set out to confront the mastermind, while Naruto was told to support the main battlefield and Killer B praised Tonbo.
• Tobitake Tonbo’s Shadow Clone Technique clones spread Genjutsu across the battlefield, earning him the title “Battlefield Artist” and helping keep Allied Shinobi Forces casualties low.
• Temari and Motoi concluded that the Third Raikage could only be sealed with a powerful Wind Release attack, while Sai suggested Tonbo might be able to defeat him.
• Tobitake Tonbo arrived at the Third Raikage’s battlefield and asked the troops to lend him their chakra.