Recaps

Konoha’s search for Tsunade remained unsuccessful, though it uncovered Kara’s network of spies. Four years later, Boruto and Saitama met on a train to the Ninja Academy and talked about their busy fathers.

• Konoha discovered that Kara had infiltrated many nations and factions with spies, capturing Outer members but failing to find the Inner members.
• Four years passed, and Chocho, Inojin, and Shikadai discussed school and the requirements for entering Konoha’s Taijutsu Training System.
• Boruto fought three children on a railcar while defending Denki, and a guard ninja stopped the fight.
• Boruto complained that Naruto was always working, and Saitama introduced himself as the son of the Technology Development Bureau’s deputy director.
• Saitama explained that his father used Shadow Clones for many tasks, but said his family did not worry about him.

Boruto, Denki, and Saitama debated the value of Scientific Ninja Tools on their way to the Ninja Academy, then realized they were late. Saitama carried Boruto and Denki down from Kage Rock, arriving in a dramatic crash as Naruto called attendance.

• Denki explained his ambition to become the world's first Three-Star Scientific Ninja, while Boruto dismissed Scientific Ninja Tools as outside power.
• The railcar guard defended Scientific Ninja Tools and described Konoha's rapid technological growth.
• Saitama repeated his father's view that Scientific Ninja Tools could help ninjas improve and tried to befriend Boruto's companions.
• Denki noticed it was time for roll call, and Boruto worried that Naruto would be disappointed when they arrived late.
• Naruto called Boruto's name at the Ninja Academy, then Saitama jumped from Kage Rock with Boruto and Denki in his hands and crashed down before the students.

Saitama arrived at the Ninja Academy with Boruto and Denki, then dashed away before Naruto could address him. Naruto warned the new students about being late, and Konohamaru introduced their immersive experience ceremony, leaving Hyuga Tonbo and Taketori Hachiki eager to see which familiar ninja would appear.

• Saitama brought Boruto and Denki to the training ground at incredible speed, then left for school without acknowledging Naruto or the teachers.
• Naruto ordered Boruto and Denki back into line and warned the new students not to be late.
• Konohamaru announced that the students would take part in the new student experience ceremony.
• Hyuga Tonbo and Taketori Hachiki discussed the ceremony and argued over whether Kakashi or Tonbo's father was more impressive.
• Tonbo and Hachiki recalled the movie “Pain Invasion” and speculated about the heroes who might appear in this year's experience.

Naruto and the teachers took the new Ninja Academy students on a giant bird created with Tobitake Tonbo’s Eye-Painting Hand, then began the freshman ceremony’s first trial by making the bird vanish high above the sea. The students plunged toward the water as Naruto flew alongside them, while Inojin tried to save himself with his drawing technique.

• Tobitake Tonbo used Eye-Painting Hand to create a giant bird that carried the students into the sky.
• Shikadai explained Tonbo’s technique, while Inojin and Denki compared it with their own interests and abilities.
• Naruto told the students that the journey was meant to show them the power they could one day surpass.
• Above the sea, Naruto made the giant bird vanish, sending the students falling from a great height.
• Naruto flew beside the falling students and told Boruto to treat the fall as an experience.
• Inojin drew a giant bird to catch himself, but the force of the fall turned it into ink, so he began casting the technique again.

The freshmen endured Heavenly Descent, a terrifying free-fall exercise, while Inojin and Mitsuki used their abilities to stay aloft. Naruto and Konohamaru rescued the students, then announced that they would repeat the training regularly, though Mitsuki and Inojin were exempt.

• Inojin drew a chakra-powered bird to carry him, while the other falling students struggled to find ways to save themselves.
• Shikadai, Denki, Sarada, and Metal Lee each reacted to the fall with fear, and Metal Lee admitted he could not yet fly.
• Mitsuki used Natural Energy and the Summoning Technique to summon a giant floating snake and avoid the exercise.
• Naruto and Konohamaru discussed Mitsuki's Sage Mode, and Konohamaru used Wind Release: Rising Air Current to catch the falling students.
• Naruto told the freshmen that Heavenly Descent trained courage and would be part of their regular training, while Konohamaru exempted Mitsuki and Inojin because they could fly.

Naruto introduced the new students to the terrifying Water Spirit surfboard training, and Mitsuki, Metal Lee, and Boruto stepped forward to face the waves. Mitsuki rode the sea with ease, while Metal Lee and Boruto charged into the water to prove their courage.

• Naruto announced the Water Spirit experience, and Moegi demonstrated surfing across the towering waves.
• The students recoiled at the dangerous sea, but Mitsuki picked up a surfboard and volunteered to go first.
• Metal Lee drew courage from Mitsuki and declared that he would not lose.
• Boruto overcame his fear after noticing Naruto watching and vowed to make his father proud.
• Mitsuki rode the waves confidently, inspiring some students to take surfboards and follow.
• Metal Lee and Boruto charged toward the sea together.

Boruto and Mitsuki handled the dangerous sea initiation while the other students panicked after Metal Lee was swept away. After a whale returned the students safely, Naruto warned that this training would happen often, and some of the new students finally ventured into the waves.

• A wave knocked Metal Lee into the sea, and Boruto briefly feared he had died before steadying his surfboard.
• Mitsuki reassured Boruto that Metal Lee was alive and sensed his life force beneath the water.
• Shikadai, Inojin Yamanaka, Chocho Akimichi, and other students entered the sea but were quickly overwhelmed by the waves.
• Shino Aburame urged the hesitant students to try, frightening several into fainting with his insects, while Naruto encouraged the class to face its fear.
• A whale sprayed the soaked students, including Metal Lee, back onto the surface, and Naruto explained the purpose of the initiation.
• After Naruto warned the students that similar training would happen often, some grabbed their surfboards and charged into the sea.

Boruto, Mitsuki, and Hyuga Tonbo completed the Ninja Academy’s fear-conquering Water Spirit ceremony while the adults watched and reminisced about the training. Naruto ended the ceremony and prepared to demonstrate the strongest power among ninja, leaving the new students wondering what came next.

• Boruto, Mitsuki, and Hyuga Tonbo remained standing through the Water Spirit ceremony as the other students fell and continued the training after being rescued.
• Kakashi, Neji Hyuga, Tobitake Tonbo, and Asuma Sarutobi discussed the ceremony and its effect on past students, while Asuma challenged Tobitake Tonbo to a drinking match.
• Yakushi Kabuto arrived atop a majestic Divine Dragon, which he had transformed from New Generation Manda for the ceremony’s display.
• The Water Spirit ceremony ended with the new students exhausted but excited, though Boruto, Mitsuki, and Hyuga Tonbo remained largely unfazed.
• Naruto announced that he would show the students the strongest power among ninja, and Mitsuki told them the demonstration would shock them.

The freshmen arrived on a gigantic whale that transformed into a roc, then saw legendary ninjas gather on a ruined island to demonstrate their power. Tobitake Tonbo announced that the teachers would show them what ninjas could do, leaving the students eager for the display.

• The freshmen discovered that the moving land beneath them was a giant whale, and Mitsuki told Boruto that an astonishing sight was still to come.
• Naruto told Tobitake Tonbo to begin as the group approached a ruined island where powerful ninjas waited overhead.
• Tobitake Tonbo used ninjutsu to transform the whale into a roc and carry the freshmen toward the island.
• The freshmen recognized Tobitake Tonbo, Neji, Kakashi, Might Guy, and other famous ninjas, while Hyuga Tonbo, Taketori Hachiki, and Metal Lee reacted excitedly to their loved ones and mentors.
• Tobitake Tonbo told the freshmen that he and the other teachers would demonstrate ninja power, and Shikadai guessed they were about to see a show while Chocho Akimichi lamented her empty snack bag.

Shino Aburame demonstrated the devastating power of his insect techniques to the new students, earning their awe. After Naruto praised Shino, he called Konohamaru forward to perform next and prove his strength as a future Eighth Hokage.

• Naruto asked Shino Aburame to demonstrate his abilities, and Shino unleashed a vast swarm of Kikaichū that devoured trees, beasts, and other organic matter across the island.
• Boruto and the other new students watched in amazement, while Wasabi Izuno, Fūma Shiki, and a boy from a moon-crest clan each vowed to grow strong with their own clan techniques.
• Shino recalled his insects and felt pleased that the students finally recognized his presence; Naruto praised his improved ninjutsu and training.
• Shino said he had more time to train because Aburame Shibi still managed the clan, and Naruto acknowledged that his Hokage duties had slowed his own training.
• Might Guy prepared to perform, but Tobitake Tonbo told him to wait so the younger ninja could have their moment.
• Naruto called Konohamaru up next and reminded him that strength mattered if he wanted to become the Eighth Hokage; Konohamaru eagerly accepted the challenge.

Konohamaru and Moegi demonstrated powerful ninjutsu to the new students, with Moegi’s Wood Release transforming the devastated island into a towering forest. The spectacle left the students awestruck and Asuma reluctant to perform.

• Konohamaru used the Multiple Shuriken Technique to bombard the island, then demonstrated Love That Stretches and Contracts Freely as Naruto explained its role in the Academy’s training.
• Moegi performed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, raising enormous trees across the island and astonishing the new students.
• Moegi explained that her Wood Release could also reshape terrain and help build houses, while Naruto wondered whether she had developed the technique recently.
• Tobitake Tonbo reflected that Moegi’s Wood Release surpassed Hashirama Senju’s in development, though not in chakra reserves.
• Asuma saw Moegi’s display and questioned whether he still needed to perform.

Asuma demonstrated his Fire Release, swordsmanship, and a giant Buddha technique for the new students, though they and the adults recognized that he was showing off and had fallen behind Konoha’s newer generation. Naruto’s teasing left Asuma embarrassed, so he fired back by pointing out that Kakashi and Might Guy still had no partners.

• Asuma blanketed Moegi’s forest with Ash Pile Burning and blasted apart the trees.
• Asuma cut through fallen trees at high speed, then used Welcoming: Thousand-Armed Kill to clear away the smoke and reveal the wrecked island.
• The students praised the demonstrations, while Boruto and Mitsuki judged Asuma’s strength outdated and Asuma resolved to train harder.
• Naruto joked that Asuma should rest and leave the Will of Fire to the new generation, prompting the adults to laugh.
• Asuma retaliated by reminding Kakashi and Might Guy that neither had a partner, embarrassing them in turn.

Kakashi and Might Guy began a demonstration match for the Ninja Academy students, revealing the power they had gained through new techniques and Eight Extremes Heaven training. Guy unleashed overwhelming attacks, and Kakashi accused him of taking their exhibition too seriously.

• Kakashi introduced himself and Might Guy as the pinnacles of ordinary ninjutsu and Taijutsu, while Metal Lee praised Guy as Konoha’s strongest Taijutsu ninja.
• Metal Lee told the students that he aimed to surpass Guy and become the first Three-Star Taijutsu Master, but several students doubted Guy’s reputation.
• Kakashi and Guy began their ninety-ninth match, each claiming he would win.
• Kakashi used purple lightning to boost his speed, and Guy answered with his First Form: Explosive Foot and Second Form: Blade Chaos Lightning.
• Kakashi evaded Guy’s Thunder Drop with the new Thunder Body Flicker as Guy’s strike shook the ground and devastated the surrounding area.
• Kakashi protested that they were only putting on a show and asked whether Guy was really going all out.

Kakashi and Might Guy fought at full strength, impressing the freshmen and teachers as their clash transformed the island. The chapter ended with the students witnessing the battle through Tobitake Tonbo’s chakra link, while Hyuga Tonbo recognized the chakra behind the images.

• Kakashi activated Purple Electricity: White Fang Style and clashed with Might Guy as the students watched.
• Boruto asked Mitsuki about his father, and Mitsuki revealed that Orochimaru was both his father and mother.
• Kakashi and Might Guy unleashed immense power, filling the sky with lightning and blue steam while their battle shattered the island.
• Tobitake Tonbo connected the freshmen with chakra so they could witness the fight despite the blinding light and distorted space.
• Hyuga Tonbo used the Byakugan, failed to see the battlefield clearly, and realized chakra was providing the images in their minds.

Tobitake Tonbo watched Kakashi and Might Guy display their growing strength and considered how Konoha might face future Ōtsutsuki threats. He then bragged to Asuma about his children’s achievements, leaving Asuma impressed.

• Might Guy and Kakashi displayed immense power in their battle, impressing Tobitake Tonbo and the new students.
• Tobitake Tonbo reflected that Konoha’s growth could help it face future threats, though he still considered the Ōtsutsuki and Kara dangerous.
• Asuma defended spending more time with his daughter, and Tobitake Tonbo compared their parenting methods using Shadow Clones.
• Tobitake Tonbo described his older children’s leadership roles, Keigo’s work on Light Release and scientific research, and Saitama’s rapidly developing physical ability.
• Asuma admitted that Tobitake Tonbo was impressive.

Kakashi escaped his fight with Might Guy and returned to reading, while Yakushi Kabuto showed the new students the Divine Dragon’s power. Boruto rode the dragon and manifested a mysterious eye that Kabuto could not identify.

• Kakashi transformed into lightning to evade Might Guy’s kick, leaving the students to believe he had fled after losing.
• Kakashi refused to resume the fight and read an Icha Icha Paradise novel while Might Guy lamented their rivalry’s score.
• Yakushi Kabuto rode the Divine Dragon around the students, displaying its imposing roar and presence.
• At Mitsuki’s suggestion, Boruto asked to ride the Divine Dragon, and Kabuto brought him along to the island.
• The Divine Dragon unleashed four chakra Nature Transformations that stirred violent weather across the island and its surroundings.
• Boruto’s eye turned white tinged with blue, and Kabuto wondered whether it was a new dojutsu after sensing it could see through him.

Yakushi Kabuto showcased the Divine Dragon’s weather-controlling powers at the Ninja Academy ceremony while Tobitake Tonbo collected data on Boruto’s awakening Jōgan. Boruto mistook the eye for an awakened Byakugan, and Neji arrived to begin his demonstration.

• Yakushi Kabuto made the Divine Dragon command wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, impressing the new students and Boruto.
• Tobitake Tonbo sensed Boruto’s Jōgan awakening and secretly gathered information about the intense changes in Boruto’s body.
• Boruto’s Jōgan disappeared, and he concluded that he had awakened his mother’s Byakugan as he celebrated his supposed new power.
• Yakushi Kabuto returned Boruto to the group, where Naruto urged him to work hard and surpass the powerful ninjas he had seen.
• Neji appeared before Boruto, encouraged him, and flew into the air as Hyuga Tonbo eagerly anticipated his father’s performance.

Jigen ordered Victor to obstruct the Ninja Alliance’s technological progress while Kara sought a Kāma vessel for Jigen’s reincarnation. At the New Life Ceremony, Hyuga Neji opened the Tenseigan and unleashed a vast Yin-Yang power that distorted gravity and space across the island.

• Jigen questioned Victor about infiltrating Konoha’s core laboratory, and Victor explained that its security and powerful researchers made infiltration impossible.
• Jigen told Victor to hinder the Ninja Alliance’s development and demanded a suitable Kāma test subject within five years.
• Hyuga Neji arrived at the New Life Ceremony and greeted Naruto Uzumaki before flying above the island.
• Neji opened the Tenseigan, formed an enormous Eight Trigrams domain, and began transforming under the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Energy.
• Neji’s power warped magnetic forces and gravity across the island, causing rocks and mountains to shift as the sky darkened.

Neji demonstrated the Tenseigan’s destructive power by obliterating an island, then Tobitake Tonbo used Sage Art: Earth Filling Land Creation to raise a new island from the sea. The freshmen and teachers watched in awe as Tonbo’s display revealed a power far beyond theirs.

• Neji used the Tenseigan’s Yin-Yang Release to destroy the island during the freshmen ceremony.
• Hyuga Tonbo and Hachiki reacted to Neji’s demonstration, while Naruto praised Neji’s strength.
• Neji returned to the teachers and explained that he had not used his full strength.
• Tobitake Tonbo stepped forward after the destroyed island left the group without a stage for his demonstration.
• Tobitake Tonbo used Sage Art: Earth Filling Land Creation to raise a vast mountain and form a new island from the sea.
• Asuma, Kakashi, and Guy praised Tonbo and acknowledged the gulf between his strength and theirs.

Tobitake Tonbo amazed the new students by raising an island with ninjutsu and putting them through a vivid Genjutsu survival simulation. After they recovered, Konohamaru announced that the Seventh Hokage would give the final performance.

• Boruto, Shikadai, Chocho Akimichi, Inojin Yamanaka, and Naruto watched Tobitake Tonbo raise a vast island from the sea and marveled at his strength.
• Tobitake Tonbo enveloped the new students in Genjutsu, sending each into a different survival or combat scenario.
• Tobitake Tonbo used secret medicines to protect the students and explained that he had softened the sensations of death and killing in the simulation.
• The new students broke free from the Genjutsu and discussed the frightening experiences and instincts they had gained.
• Konohamaru told the new students to watch the Seventh Hokage's final performance, and they eagerly agreed.

Naruto demonstrated his Sage Art: Planetary Rasenshuriken during the Ninja Academy test, overwhelming the new students with its power. His attack obliterated Tobitake Tonbo’s island, leaving the story with the sea rushing into the void.

• Naruto entered Sage Fox Mode and told Kurama they would make their attack spectacular and keep pace with Neji.
• Naruto and Kurama unleashed Sage Art: Planetary Rasenshuriken, filling the sky with Rasenshuriken of many elemental natures.
• The new students watched in awe as Naruto’s technique’s pressure surpassed the display Neji had given earlier.
• Konohamaru, Moegi, and Shino bantered while they watched Naruto prepare to strike.
• Naruto’s Rasenshuriken exploded and sank the island, sending water skyward and drawing fish toward the blast site.

Naruto encouraged the new students to pursue their ambitions, reassuring Denki Kaminarimon that Scientific Ninja Tools had a future. After the ceremony, Boruto and Sarada argued about surpassing their fathers and wondered how to find Sasuke and learn from him.

• Tobitake Tonbo joked about taking the demonstration fish home, and Naruto praised the power the new students had witnessed.
• Denki Kaminarimon asked whether Scientific Ninja Tools could reach the same heights, and Naruto assured him they could become mainstream if innovators like Denki pushed them forward.
• Naruto ended the ceremony by urging the students to surpass his generation, while Tobitake Tonbo recorded the moment.
• At the Ninja Academy, Sarada Uchiha and Boruto argued over whose father was stronger and vowed to surpass their parents.
• Boruto said he wanted Sasuke Uchiha to train him, while Sarada said she rarely saw her father and did not know where he was.
• Shikadai Nara warned Boruto about Iruka's rumored prank ninjutsu, but Boruto remained determined to become the greatest ninja.

Iruka taught the new students about the Ninja Academy’s history and answered their questions about famous ninja, while Boruto reflected on his father’s strength. In a third-year class, Saitama repeatedly disrupted Ebisu’s lesson by eagerly volunteering despite not knowing the answer, leaving Ebisu exasperated.

• Iruka welcomed the new students to their first lesson and explained how the Ninja Academy had changed from an incubator for war into a school that trained ninjas.
• Iruka told the students that the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha had been powerful, but not as strong as the current Hokage, and explained why Naruto had not unified the Shinobi World.
• Boruto thought about Naruto’s strength and wondered whether Director Tonbo was even stronger because he could create a huge island.
• In Ebisu’s third-year class, Saitama stood up to answer a question, then admitted he did not know the answer and prompted the class to laugh.
• Ebisu told Saitama not to speak out of turn unless called on, and Saitama obediently sat down while his classmates continued laughing.

Tobitake Tonbo considered improving his Space-Time Ninjutsu while investigating Kara and weighing the risks of giving Kaguya to Orochimaru. Meanwhile, Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki and Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki traveled toward the Shinobi World to investigate the disappearance of Isshiki and Kaguya and harvest its Divine Tree Fruit.

• Tobitake Tonbo decided to study Boruto's new information and develop his Space-Time Ninjutsu further.
• Tobitake Tonbo considered letting Orochimaru research Kaguya but worried Orochimaru might cause another catastrophe.
• Tobitake Tonbo continued using more than two hundred Shadow Clones to investigate Kara, while Boro repeatedly evaded him.
• Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki and Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki discussed the strange region where the Ōtsutsuki God, Isshiki, and Kaguya had disappeared.
• Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki vowed to eliminate the world’s inhabitants and harvest its Divine Tree Fruit as Kinshiki estimated their arrival would take six and a half planetary orbital periods.

Yuanfang Yosuke brought his nephew Yuanfang Dakan to the Twelfth District Laboratory and explained the Technology Development Bureau’s research goals and hierarchy. Dakan secretly thought of the laboratory as a place Lord Victor wanted to infiltrate, but ended the visit learning how the bureau’s laboratories built on the Thirteenth District’s core technologies.

• Yuanfang Yosuke introduced Yuanfang Dakan to the Twelfth District Laboratory and said they would work to advance Scientific Ninja Tools.
• Yuanfang Dakan briefly thought about Lord Victor’s desire to infiltrate the Technology Development Bureau, then became muddled and lost track of the thought.
• Yuanfang Yosuke said he hoped to become the world’s first Three-Star Scientific Ninja and surpass Orochimaru in Scientific Ninja Tools.
• Yuanfang Yosuke used multiple identifiers to open the laboratory gates and showed Dakan its defenses and equipment.
• Yuanfang Yosuke explained that the Thirteenth District developed core technologies used by the other laboratories, and that each sector aimed to surpass it through research.