Recaps

Tobitake Tonbo received an S-rank mission from Hiruzen Sarutobi to gather intelligence on the Rinnegan, despite Danzo urging him to accept sacrifices. After preparing and saying goodbye to his family, Tonbo met the others at the departure point, while Danzo’s Root operatives prepared to accompany the team.

• Danzo assigned Tobitake Tonbo an intelligence mission and insisted that sacrifices were acceptable, but Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Tonbo to retreat safely if necessary.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Ayame and their twins, Tenyu and Maki, that he would leave the next day, and he gave the babies chakra-filled figurines for protection.
• Tobitake Tonbo prepared sealing formulas, equipment, and countermeasures for a mission that could bring him into conflict with Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain.
• Teksen Shiso prepared to join his teacher, Tobitake Tonbo, hoping to prove himself during his first S-rank mission.
• Danzo ordered two masked Root elites to use Tobitake Tonbo’s strength to draw the Rinnegan user's attention.
• After saying goodbye to his family, Tobitake Tonbo arrived early at the meeting point as the team prepared to depart.

Tobitake Tonbo led Teksen Shiso, Genkei, and Murakumo toward the Land of Rain on a mission to infiltrate it and investigate the Rinnegan. After reviewing the failed attempts and the country’s powerful sensory defenses, the team had yet to find a way inside.

• Tobitake Tonbo met Genkei and Murakumo, assessed their abilities, and led the team toward the Land of Rain with Teksen Shiso.
• Genkei used Earth Release to build the team a shelter near the border, while Teksen Shiso lamented that he could not do the same.
• After three days of travel, Tobitake Tonbo explained that previous intelligence squads had failed to enter the Land of Rain without being detected.
• Tobitake Tonbo and his teammates ruled out infiltration from other borders and a direct assault, leaving them without a clear plan.
• Tobitake Tonbo considered whether the Wandering Miko, who had once worked for Danzo, might have been able to bypass the sensory defenses.

Iruka discovered that the Academy students had figured out how to resist his genjutsu, though he did not learn who devised the method. Meanwhile, Tobitake Tonbo and his team advanced underground toward Amegakure, wary that their infiltration might have been detected.

• Iruka transformed into a blackboard eraser to eavesdrop on his students and learned that they had cracked his genjutsu and were pretending to suffer its effects.
• Liang erased the board while Iruka remained transformed, and Mizuki taught class without exposing Iruka's disguise.
• Mizuki revealed that he had noticed Iruka's transformation, and the teachers learned that the students' countermeasure had spread from the third grade.
• Tobitake Tonbo sensed the area ahead as Genkei, Teksen Shiso, and Murakumo helped their team tunnel toward Amegakure beneath a barrier.
• Tobitake Tonbo warned his teammates to maintain the barrier and prepare for combat as they neared Amegakure.

Tobitake Tonbo infiltrated Amegakure and gathered intelligence while his teammates waited underground. He identified how Nagato’s Rain Tiger at Will Technique detected intruders, but Genkei and Murakumo secretly moved against him as Teksen Shiso watched them.

• Tobitake Tonbo disguised himself as an Amegakure resident, entered a tavern, and listened as local ninja praised Pain and Konan.
• Teksen Shiso warned Genkei and Murakumo not to act rashly, while the two distracted him and secretly sent black mice through the tunnel.
• Teksen Shiso suspected his teammates had made a move and secretly signaled that he was ready to act.
• Tobitake Tonbo interrogated Amegakure ninja, used his Mind Reading Technique to supplement their answers, and sealed away their memories of him.
• Tobitake Tonbo concluded that Nagato sensed intruders by detecting unfamiliar chakra among the people active in Amegakure.

Tobitake Tonbo’s team uncovered the principle behind Amegakure’s rain-based sensory ninjutsu, and Danzo received their intelligence and ordered countermeasures. After developing a way to evade detection, Tonbo infiltrated Amegakure and approached the chunin Hayakawa under cover of a genjutsu.

• Tobitake Tonbo intercepted coded signals about Danzo’s subordinates and headed back to his team while remaining wary of their activity.
• Black-cloaked Konoha ninjas used mice to deliver intelligence about Amegakure’s sensory ninjutsu to Danzo.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Genkei, Murakumo, and Teksen Shiso that he had identified how Amegakure’s rain-based sensing worked, then went on to develop a countermeasure.
• Danzo received the report and ordered his subordinates to crack the sensory technique and devise countermeasures within half a month.
• Tobitake Tonbo used a secret technique to infiltrate Amegakure, where Hayakawa remained unaware of his presence as Tonbo prepared to kill him.

Tobitake Tonbo killed an Amegakure Chunin and took his identity to infiltrate the village, sending intelligence about its leadership and Hanzo’s death back to Konoha. Hiruzen and Danzo argued over the mission as Tonbo’s family received word that he was safe.

• Tobitake Tonbo killed Hayakawa, read his memories, and used transformation and genjutsu to assume his identity in Amegakure.
• Tobitake Tonbo learned that Amegakure specialized in assassination contracts and began preparing to gather intelligence as Hayakawa.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō discussed Tonbo’s intelligence, including the report that Hanzo of the Salamander had died and Amegakure was led by someone called God.
• Hiruzen told Danzo to recall his spies, but Danzo insisted they remain to support Tonbo and privately admitted he had sent more teams into Amegakure.
• Two messenger birds reached Ayame and transformed into figurines, reassuring her that Tobitake Tonbo was safe while Tenyu and Maki laughed at the news.

Konan and Nagato mobilized Amegakure after detecting infiltrators, while Tobitake Tonbo and his squad tried to determine whether he or another Konoha spy had been exposed. Konan killed one of Danzo’s operatives, leaving Tobitake to recognize that the failed infiltration had jeopardized his own mission.

• Konan told Nagato that someone had infiltrated Amegakure, and Nagato used the Rain Tiger at Will Technique before ordering a search.
• Tobitake Tonbo received orders to search for infiltrators and joined Amegakure’s mobilized patrols while worrying that Danzo’s operatives had caused trouble.
• Murakumo reported that Amegakure had launched a large-scale search, but Teksen Shiso persuaded the squad to wait rather than risk exposing themselves by looking for their captain.
• Konan killed a disguised Konoha spy whose brain had self-destructed, then warned Amegakure’s ninjas that other infiltrators remained.
• Tobitake Tonbo arrived at the scene, recognized the dead man as one of Danzo’s subordinates, and realized the operative had disrupted his mission.

Tobitake Tonbo spent half a year gathering intelligence in Amegakure while its spy hunt kept his team hidden and cut off from contact. After completing the mission, he sent word for his teammates to withdraw, but a vortex-masked man noticed their escape and chose to leave them for Nagato to pursue.

• Tobitake Tonbo avoided contacting his teammates as Amegakure hunted spies, while Murakumo, Teksen Shiso, and Genkei stayed hidden using Tobitake Tonbo's Barrier Technique.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Root to keep investigating Amegakure's sensory detection methods despite repeated infiltration failures.
• After half a year undercover, Tobitake Tonbo gathered most of Amegakure's general intelligence and decided his mission was complete.
• Tobitake Tonbo sent a small pangolin to tell Murakumo, Teksen Shiso, and Genkei to withdraw, and the three left their hiding place.
• A vortex-masked man discovered the team's escape but decided Nagato should handle the matter so he could use their intelligence to earn Nagato's trust.

Pain’s Six Paths ambushed Tobitake Tonbo and his team as they tried to leave Amegakure, while the Spiral Man watched from the shadows. Pain appeared to kill the three teammates, but Tobitake Tonbo revealed that they were only Explosive Tags.

• Konan questioned Pain about entrusting the organization’s funds to its new recruit, and the Spiral Man warned them about Konoha spies leaving Amegakure.
• Tobitake Tonbo led Teksen Shiso, Murakumo, and Genkei toward the border, but Pain and his six bodies appeared to block their way.
• Tobitake Tonbo tried to distract Pain with talk of the Will of Fire and signaled his teammates to flee.
• Pain used Banshō Ten'in to pull the three teammates back and pierced them with Black Rods as Tobitake Tonbo watched without intervening.
• Tobitake Tonbo revealed that the apparent victims were Explosive Tags, not his companions.

Tobitake Tonbo held off Pain’s Six Paths while Murakumo, Teksen Shiso, and Genkei escaped toward Konoha, but a masked man intercepted them. Pain prepared to finish the fight as Tobitake Tonbo resorted to his ultimate technique.

• Tobitake Tonbo used genjutsu to give Murakumo, Teksen Shiso, and Genkei a chance to escape toward Konoha.
• Tobitake Tonbo fought Pain’s Six Paths, using genjutsu and ninjutsu to disable Asura Path and make Nagato suffer through the puppets’ senses.
• Pain struck Tobitake Tonbo with Shinra Tensei, but Tobitake Tonbo healed himself with genjutsu and retreated beyond the attack’s reach.
• Tobitake Tonbo invoked Mind Reading Technique: Depression as Pain’s forces continued pursuing the Konoha-bound group.
• A white-masked Spiral Man destroyed Murakumo’s ink bird and confronted the three escapees in the treetops.

Tobitake Tonbo trapped Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain in a Genjutsu and attacked them, while Spiral Man fought Teksen Shiso’s group and killed Genkei. Teksen Shiso and Murakumo tried to hold out for reinforcements, and Teksen revealed a token from Tobitake Tonbo as the battle continued.

• Nagato fell into despair under Tobitake Tonbo’s Mind Reading Technique: Depression, and Tobitake attacked the immobilized Six Paths of Pain with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.
• Zetsu watched Tobitake’s technique and decided to investigate him further.
• Spiral Man’s space-time ability nullified Teksen Shiso’s attacks, and Spiral Man used Genjutsu to bind Teksen Shiso, Genkei, and Murakumo before killing Genkei.
• Teksen Shiso broke the Sharingan Genjutsu and helped Murakumo escape, while Murakumo said support would arrive in a few minutes.
• Spiral Man attacked Teksen Shiso and Murakumo with wooden rods, and Teksen used Wind Release: Chaotic Airflow Dance to strengthen their shuriken.
• Teksen Shiso took out a token labeled “Tobitake Tonbo’s Heaven-Piercing Substitute.”

Teksen Shiso used his teacher’s one-use combat-experience tool while reinforcements rushed to help him and Murakumo. Meanwhile, Tobitake Tonbo tried to escape Pain’s restored Six Paths, but Pain pursued him, and the chapter left them facing his suspiciously dramatic ultimate-move pose.

• Teksen Shiso activated the Heaven-Piercing Substitute and asked Murakumo to support him as Murakumo sent drawn beasts after Spiral Man.
• A group of Konoha ninja hurried toward the border to reinforce Murakumo and Teksen Shiso.
• Tobitake Tonbo sensed no sign of Nagato and prepared to leave, but Deva Path Pain pulled him back while Naraka Path restored the damaged Six Paths.
• Tobitake Tonbo dodged Pain’s attacks with a summoned boulder and a flying eagle, but Pain sent summoned beasts after him and demanded that he join the organization.
• With his chakra running low, Tobitake Tonbo struck a strange pose and announced his ultimate move, making Pain hesitate.

Tobitake Tonbo trapped Pain's Six Paths in his Unlimited Void technique and escaped. Teksen Shiso and Murakumo held off the Spiral Man until Konoha reinforcements arrived, forcing him to withdraw.

• Tobitake Tonbo completed his Genjutsu as the Asura Path's laser struck his clone, then sealed Pain's Six Paths inside a barrier that overwhelmed their senses with endless information.
• Tobitake Tonbo revealed his real body had slipped away before the attack, explained his technique, and left with little chakra remaining as Zetsu watched Pain's Six Paths remain trapped.
• Teksen Shiso and Murakumo coordinated attacks against the Spiral Man, and Teksen Shiso analyzed how his space-time Ninjutsu and intangibility worked.
• The Spiral Man sensed Konoha reinforcements approaching and vanished, while Teksen Shiso ended his teacher's Ninjutsu and reeled from dizziness.

Tobitake Tonbo escaped with Teksen Shiso and delivered intelligence on Obito and the Six Paths of Pain to Hiruzen Sarutobi. After returning to Konoha, he headed home but stopped at the Yamanaka Flower Shop, where Ino and her mother did not recognize him.

• Tobitake Tonbo arrived with Hayama Shirakumo and his squad, causing Murakumo to abandon his plan and leave Teksen Shiso behind.
• Nagato recovered from a devastating attack on his senses and chakra, then ordered Konan to have Zetsu gather information on his opponent.
• Tobitake Tonbo gave Hiruzen Sarutobi his mission intelligence, including information about Obito and the Six Paths of Pain.
• Tobitake Tonbo freshened up in Konoha and visited the Yamanaka Flower Shop, where Ino and her mother failed to recognize him.

Tobitake Tonbo returned to Konoha, bought lilacs for his family, and encountered Naruto being shunned by villagers. The chapter also showed Hiruzen confronting Danzo over his secret actions and warning him against provoking Amegakure.

• Ino and her mother recognized Tobitake Tonbo at the flower shop, and Ino helped him choose lilacs for his family.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo for withholding intelligence about the Rinnegan and forbade him from targeting its owner again.
• Danzo raised concerns about the Uchiha and their supposed mastery of Wood Release, while Hiruzen fell silent.
• Tobitake Tonbo saw villagers abuse Naruto, and Naruto ran into him and recognized him as the uncle he had missed.

Tobitake Tonbo brought Naruto home to meet his family, where Naruto saw Tonbo reunite with Ayame and their babies, Tenyu and Maki. After Naruto left, Tenyu and Maki woke at night and silently crawled to the wall to listen to their parents.

• Naruto followed Tobitake Tonbo home, and Tonbo invited him to meet his family.
• Ayame welcomed Tonbo home, and Naruto entered with him to meet the babies.
• Tenyu and Maki called Tonbo and Ayame Mommy and Daddy, then cried when they saw Naruto.
• Tonbo's family shared a meal with Naruto, who left looking envious of their family.
• Tobitake Tosei returned, and Tonbo spent the day with his family.
• At night, Tenyu and Maki climbed from their cradle and crawled to the wall to listen to Tonbo and Ayame.

Tobitake Tonbo reviewed Teksen Shiso’s Amegakure mission and collected his fifteen-million-ryō S-rank reward, while Naruto treasured Tonbo’s gift. The chapter left Tonbo face-to-face with Might Guy, who challenged him to a handstand contest.

• Naruto ate instant noodles and resolved to make dolls as gifts for Tobitake Tonbo’s babies after admiring the figurines Tonbo had given him.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Tobitake Tonbo teased Teksen Shiso about finding a girlfriend and promised to introduce him to a female ninja.
• Tobitake Tonbo retrieved the Proxy Certificate from Teksen Shiso, explained its Chakra Metal cost and difficult creation, and reviewed the Amegakure mission with him.
• Tobitake Tonbo collected his fifteen-million-ryō share of the S-rank mission payment from Konoha’s Resource Department.
• Tobitake Tonbo tried to pass unnoticed by Might Guy, but Guy recognized him and challenged him to a handstand contest.

After recovering the Six Paths Puppets, Pain studied Tobitake Tonbo and considered him a serious obstacle to Akatsuki’s plans. Back in Konoha, Tonbo raced Guy around the village in a ridiculous disguise until someone recognized them.

• Nagato broke Tobitake Tonbo’s seal and recovered the Six Paths Puppets, while Pain and Spiral Man discussed Tonbo’s strength and Konoha intelligence.
• Pain learned that Tonbo was a low-profile Konoha Jōnin and Analysis Division head, and compared him to other Konoha geniuses.
• Guy challenged Tonbo to a contest, and Tonbo proposed racing around Konoha on their hands for five laps.
• Tonbo transformed into a red-suited, green-haired lookalike, and he and Guy raced through the streets while residents watched and laughed.
• Guy vowed to do extra training if he lost, but both racers froze when a suspicious voice recognized them near a training ground.

Tobitake Tonbo relieved his stress by disguising himself and dragging Kakashi and Guy into training, then teased them about their looks and love lives. He asked Kakashi why he never visited the lonely Naruto, leaving Kakashi’s response unknown.

• Kakashi followed Tobitake Tonbo and Guy to train, complaining that they had forced him to come.
• Guy and Tobitake Tonbo took turns reading Kakashi’s copy of Icha Icha Paradise before Kakashi snatched it back.
• Tobitake Tonbo explained that acting ridiculous helped him release the pressure ninja accumulated during missions.
• After training, Tobitake Tonbo, Guy, and Kakashi traded insults about their clothes and chances of finding girlfriends.
• Tobitake Tonbo asked Kakashi why he never openly visited Naruto, whom Kakashi only watched from afar.

Tobitake Tonbo discussed training with Kakashi and Guy, then was summoned by Hiruzen Sarutobi after Shisui Uchiha reported that no Uchiha clansmen were unaccounted for. The Hokage began to explain that he had called Tonbo in for serious business.

• Kakashi said he would not interfere in Naruto's life, and Guy urged him to find the qualities of love in his books.
• Tobitake Tonbo, Kakashi, and Guy exchanged ideas about Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, and Genjutsu, then went their separate ways.
• Shisui Uchiha told Hiruzen Sarutobi that clan records showed no Uchiha living outside the village, despite the Sharingan-wielding enemy.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered whether the enemy's abilities were tied to stolen Uchiha blood, hidden clan members, or Orochimaru's experiments, then sent Shisui to keep watch for intelligence.
• Tobitake Tonbo used Phantom Beasts to carry his babies around, then went to the Hokage Office when ANBU summoned him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Tonbo about raising children, and Tonbo said his babies were easy to care for before the Hokage turned to serious business.

Hiruzen Sarutobi called Tobitake Tonbo back to work, assigning him to refine Konoha’s barrier technique and help teach genjutsu dispelling to the Land of Fire’s Imperial Guard Corps. After Tobitake left, Shimura Danzō warned that nobles might use his commoner status to justify cutting Konoha’s military budget, but Hiruzen trusted him to prevent that.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tobitake Tonbo that Yamanaka Inoichi wanted him to resume his post as Analysis Division chief, and assigned him to further refine the Reversed Golden Bell Barrier.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi informed Tobitake Tonbo that his disciple Teksen Shiso had been promoted to Special Jōnin, and asked for his thoughts on Amegakure and its leader.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Tobitake Tonbo, Kurenai Yuhi, and Kurama Murakumo to teach genjutsu dispelling to a visiting Imperial Guard Corps team in one month.
• After Tobitake Tonbo left, Shimura Danzō warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Land of Fire’s nobles might use Tobitake’s commoner status to push for cuts to Konoha’s military budget.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he trusted Tobitake Tonbo to prevent the Imperial Guard Corps from giving the nobles that excuse.

Tobitake Tonbo considered the strength and politics of the Land of Fire’s Imperial Guard Corps, whose members were coming to Konoha to learn how to dispel Genjutsu. After returning to the Analysis Division, he took over from Yamanaka Inoichi and settled back into its quiet routine.

• Tobitake Tonbo reflected on the Imperial Guard Corps’ elite members and concluded that the daimyō and nobles held more political power than village leaders could easily control.
• Tobitake Tonbo left Ayame with the two little ones and went to work at the Analysis Division.
• Tobitake Tonbo found Yamanaka Inoichi asleep at his desk, and Inoichi woke and joked about Tonbo’s missing bandage.
• Tobitake Tonbo urged Yamanaka Inoichi to spend more time with Ino, and Inoichi agreed that he had neglected his daughter.
• Tobitake Tonbo and Yamanaka Inoichi completed the handover, and Tonbo learned that the Analysis Division had been quiet enough for staff to take side jobs.

Tobitake Tonbo arranged a blind date between his disciple Teksen Shiso and Mitaraishi Anko, then secretly followed them to see how it went. Anko agreed to go on a date with Shiso, leaving Tonbo surprised and wondering whether his matchmaking had been a good idea.

• Tobitake Tonbo met Mitaraishi Anko at Ichiraku Ramen and told her he wanted to introduce her to someone.
• Teksen Shiso arrived, and Tonbo introduced him to Anko as his prized disciple and a possible match for her.
• Tonbo left the pair alone but used Frontside Concealment Genjutsu to hide nearby and listen.
• Anko questioned Shiso about his promotion and his experiences with Tobitake Tonbo's Genjutsu.
• Anko decided Shiso seemed decent and invited him on a date for tricolor dango and red bean soup.
• Tobitake Tonbo secretly followed Anko and Shiso out of the shop, worried that Anko might take advantage of his awkward disciple.

Tobitake Tonbo watched Anko and Shiso grow closer, then went to Konoha Hospital to study medical knowledge for his Illusory Body Technique research. In the Land of Fire Capital, Asuma prepared to lead a team to Konoha for study after four years serving alongside Chiriku.

• Tobitake Tonbo watched Anko and Shiso's date, then spotted Sheng Shimon courting a girl and overheard them plan to show off their relationship.
• Tobitake Tonbo went to Konoha Hospital to study medical knowledge and develop Genjutsu that could repair or enhance the body while conserving chakra.
• Tobitake Tonbo considered Illusory Body Technique a way to fight opponents who could absorb chakra or resist ordinary ninjutsu.
• At the Land of Fire Capital's Royal Guard, Chiriku congratulated Asuma on returning home, and Asuma said he had begun to understand what it meant to protect something.
• Asuma prepared to lead his team to Konoha to study.

Zetsu planned to infiltrate the Land of Fire to learn Konoha's Genjutsu-dispelling methods, while Tonbo tested a powerful new technique that badly injured his arm. At Konoha Hospital, Tonbo learned that Choza had been injured fighting the Three-Tails and was entrusted with the classified information.

• Zetsu told Pain he would infiltrate the Land of Fire's Imperial Guard Corps to learn Konoha's Genjutsu-dispelling methods, and Pain warned him not to get discovered.
• Tonbo used Genjutsu: Iron Block to smash an Earth-Style Wall, but the technique's recoil fractured his arm and damaged its muscles and ligaments.
• Tonbo treated his arm at Konoha Hospital, where medical ninja noted that he had repeatedly come in with injuries while developing a new ninjutsu.
• Choza arrived at the hospital badly injured and told Tonbo that the Three-Tails had attacked them during a mission to guard a lake in the Land of Fire.
• Choza warned Tonbo that the Three-Tails encounter was classified intelligence, then asked about the ninjutsu Tonbo was developing.