Recaps

Tobitake Tonbo took his family to the movies, where they ran into Team Kakashi and teased Kakashi about being scammed. Watching Tonbo’s happy family left Naruto envious and stirred Sasuke’s feelings about bonds, while Kakashi decided to visit Obito.

• Tobitake Tonbo took Teuchi, Ayame, Tenyu, Maki, and Tobitake Tosei to see a movie, and Teuchi praised Tonbo’s ramen seasoning recipe.
• Tobitake Tonbo encountered Team Kakashi outside the theater and teased Kakashi about being scammed over an Icha Icha Paradise Collector’s Edition.
• Naruto mocked Kakashi until Kakashi vanished, leaving Naruto and Sakura to argue about who would pay for the movie.
• Naruto watched Tobitake Tonbo’s family enter the theater and felt envious, while Sasuke offered to treat Naruto and Sakura to a movie.
• Kakashi watched Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke interact, reflected on bonds, and decided to visit Obito.

Tobitake Tonbo continued developing the third stage of Contact Evolution while balancing research, family, and Konoha work. At the gate, he met Guy and his students and encouraged them to enter the upcoming Allied Nations Joint Chunin Exams.

• Tobitake Tonbo studied widely and worked on Forced Execution, a technique meant to control targets by extending strengthened nerves into microscopic dimensions and absorbing chakra.
• Tobitake Tonbo continued his daily life and filled various roles in Konoha, including assisting in the Hokage Office.
• Guy and Rock Lee raced to Konoha's gate, where Tobitake Tonbo, Kotetsu Hagane, and Izumo Kamizuki were on duty.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Guy that the Allied Nations Joint Chunin Exams were only days away and asked whether Rock Lee, Neji, and Tenten were ready to participate.
• Guy declared that his students would win, and Tobitake Tonbo offered them another Battlefield Simulation Training as a reward if they performed well.

Captain Tonbo watched the Chunin Joint Exams bring visitors from many unusual ninja villages to Konoha and registered Otogakure’s team. Orochimaru, disguised as Great Serpent, left with the group after Captain Tonbo signed his copy of Icha Icha Paradise.

• Captain Tonbo observed that small villages such as the Barbecue Ninja Village had arrived in Konoha with their own unusual traditions and techniques.
• Great Serpent led Dosu Kinata, Kin Tsuchi, Zaku Abumi, and the other Sound Ninja through Konoha’s gates while disparaging the village.
• Great Serpent registered Otogakure’s team and greeted Captain Tonbo, who recognized Orochimaru’s disguise but pretended to mistake him for a fan.
• Orochimaru handed Captain Tonbo a signed Super Collector’s Edition of Icha Icha Paradise, which impressed Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane.
• Orochimaru led the twelve-person Otogakure team to its assigned inn, while Captain Tonbo reflected on the team’s size and his own students.

Tobitake Tonbo attended a meeting about Konoha’s defenses and which Genin should take the Chunin Ninja Exams. As the meeting ended, Heart of Steel restored his memories of Yakumo Kurama, whom he realized had vanished from them for several days.

• Tobitake Tonbo watched Sunagakure’s group leave Konoha and sensed the killing intent of the boy with the love tattoo.
• An ANBU summoned Tobitake Tonbo to a high-level meeting where Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed village security and the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Guy and Iruka objected to recently graduated Genin entering the exams, while Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai Yuhi defended their students’ abilities.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered assessments of the recommended Genin, and Tobitake Tonbo supported testing them while warning that they could die.
• Heart of Steel restored Tobitake Tonbo’s memories of Yakumo Kurama, revealing that she had vanished from his memories for several days.

Tobitake Tonbo investigated Yakumo Kurama’s cognition-altering Genjutsu and planned to improve his defenses against it. In Konoha, Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto confronted Gaara’s team after they threatened Konohamaru, and Gaara left looking forward to fighting Sasuke in the Chunin Ninja Exams.

• Tobitake Tonbo searched Seeing Hill Manor and found that Yakumo Kurama’s traces remained, though the Genjutsu had changed how people remembered them.
• Tobitake Tonbo checked Konoha’s archives and the Kurama Clan’s records, learning that Yakumo Kurama had died in a fire with her parents and that the Genjutsu had altered memories and destroyed clues.
• Tobitake Tonbo decided to study soul-related ninjutsu and develop defenses against cognition-altering techniques, but put off further work because the Chunin Ninja Exams were approaching.
• Sakura intercepted Kankuro when he reached for Konohamaru, and Sasuke warned Gaara’s team not to cause trouble in Konoha.
• Gaara’s killing intent froze Konohamaru, while Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto prepared to face him; Gaara challenged Sasuke to meet him at the exams before leaving with Kankuro and Temari.

Danzo and Orochimaru discussed their cooperation while Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Tobitake Tonbo’s request to learn the Spirit Transformation Technique. As the Chunin Ninja Exams began, Naruto and Rock Lee confronted the candidates guarding the entrance.

• Danzo told Orochimaru to wait until B left, while Orochimaru said his goal was Sasuke and Konoha’s destruction was only a display of strength.
• Tobitake Tonbo applied to learn the Spirit Transformation Technique, but Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Tsubaki, and Mitokado Homura refused because they feared he might follow Orochimaru’s path.
• Tobitake Tonbo accepted the rejection and decided to take his children to watch a movie.
• Two candidates blocked the exam entrance and defeated the people who tried to force their way in, including Naruto.
• Rock Lee caught Naruto, challenged the gatekeepers, and asked Sakura to be his girlfriend, prompting Naruto to protest.

The Genin discovered that the supposed examination room was a Genjutsu trap before reaching the real written exam, where Morino Ibiki tested their ability to cheat under pressure. As Naruto struggled with the questions and watched his teammates use different methods, Tobitake Tonbo observed that events had diverged from the story he knew.

• Sasuke revealed that the classroom was an illusion, and Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki dropped their disguises after Rock Lee fought them.
• Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari headed to the real examination site while Naruto confronted Sasuke for not warning him.
• Tobitake Tonbo watched Naruto's group clash with the Sound Ninja and saw Kabuto introduce candidates using ninja cards.
• Morino Ibiki began the written exam with Mibu Shinobu and other Analysis Division members among the examiners.
• Naruto struggled with the test while Kiba, Hinata, and Shikamaru wrote confidently, and Sasuke and Sakura realized that candidates could cheat to pass.

Anko began the second Chunin Exam in the Forest of Death, where the teams gathered scrolls and tried to survive the dangerous terrain. Naruto’s team entered the forest, while Orochimaru, disguised as a Kusagakure ninja, advanced with his sights set on Sasuke’s Sharingan.

• Anko arrived after the first test, threatened Naruto for calling her a fat lady, and announced that the second round would take place in the Forest of Death.
• Anko distributed the Heaven-and-Earth Scrolls, and the examinees entered the forest to begin the five-day test.
• Kiba, Shino, and Hinata killed three examinees with leeches and took the Earth Scroll they needed.
• Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji hid after being chased by a wild beast, and Shikamaru suggested resting to conserve chakra.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura searched for a campsite as evening approached, with Naruto staying on guard against ambushes.
• Orochimaru, disguised as a Kusagakure ninja, killed a giant tiger and declared that he wanted Sasuke’s eyes to accept his power.

Kotetsu Hagane's team discovered murdered Kusagakure ninja, and Anko identified the intruder as Orochimaru. As Orochimaru attacked Sasuke and his teammates in the Forest of Death, Anko set out to confront her former teacher, while Teksen Shiso secretly followed her.

• Kotetsu Hagane's team found three dead Kusagakure ninja with their faces erased, and Anko recognized the signs as Orochimaru's work.
• Anko and the others informed Hiruzen Sarutobi, who ordered a search for Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru overwhelmed Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke's attacks, then focused on Sasuke and offered him greater power.
• Anko told Teksen Shiso that Orochimaru was her teacher and entered the Forest of Death to confront him.
• Anko knocked Teksen Shiso unconscious to keep him safe, but he woke and quietly followed her.

Anko and Teksen Shiso confronted Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, and Shiso’s powerful Wind Release helped drive him off. Anko caught Shiso when he collapsed from chakra exhaustion as the ANBU arrived.

• Anko tracked Orochimaru and attacked him, but he evaded her techniques and told her he had come to give someone power.
• Orochimaru escaped Anko’s Hidden Shadow Snake Hands and prepared to leave, but Teksen Shiso struck him with a Wind Release: Fuma Shuriken that broke through his Rashomon.
• ANBU, examinees, Hinata’s group, and Gaara’s group witnessed the devastating attack and recognized that Orochimaru was fighting Konoha shinobi.
• Teksen Shiso and Anko combined Wind Release and Fire Release against Orochimaru, who withdrew as the ANBU approached.
• Teksen Shiso collapsed from chakra exhaustion, and Anko caught him and checked his condition before the ANBU arrived.

After Orochimaru’s attack left Sasuke and Naruto unconscious, Konoha secretly investigated while Tobitake Tonbo returned to watch the Chunin exams. The elimination matches began with Sasuke facing Yoroi Akadō, and Tobitake watched closely, hoping to learn about the Cursed Seal’s use of Natural Energy.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Anko and Shiso were recovering after their encounter with Orochimaru, and Konoha investigated the threat in secret.
• Sakura stayed with unconscious Sasuke and Naruto, resolved to catch up with them, while Dosu Kinata found their hiding place and watched them.
• Tobitake Tonbo learned that Teksen Shiso and Anko had survived their encounter with Orochimaru, then resumed helping guard Konoha.
• At the arena, Tobitake Tonbo joked with Kakashi as Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and their friends discussed Kakashi’s masked face and their feelings for one another.
• The matchups were drawn, and Sasuke Uchiha entered the arena to face Yoroi Akadō as Tobitake watched for the Cursed Seal’s Natural Energy.

Sasuke struggled against Yoroi Akadō, whose fire techniques and chakra-draining touch exploited the pain and weakness caused by Sasuke’s Cursed Seal. After Yoroi trapped him in an illusion of flames, the seal spread across Sasuke’s body and transformed his appearance as he charged forward with renewed strength.

• Yoroi Akadō used Fire Release to fill the arena with pursuing flames, while Sasuke evaded them and used wire and a Kunai to attack.
• Yoroi Akadō drained Sasuke’s stamina through their hand contact, and Sasuke realized he needed to keep Yoroi’s hands away from him.
• Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi, Guy, Rock Lee, Neji, and Tenten watched as Sasuke’s Cursed Seal pain prevented him from fighting at full strength.
• Yoroi Akadō knocked Sasuke around and trapped him in Demonic Illusion: Hellfire.
• The Cursed Seal spread over Sasuke’s body, changing his eye and restoring his apparent stamina as he charged out of the illusion.

Sasuke suppressed Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal long enough to defeat Yoroi Akadō with a Taijutsu move he learned through Tobitake Tonbo’s Battlefield Simulation Training. As the preliminary matches continued, Ino and Sakura drew, and Temari defeated Tenten.

• Sasuke resisted the Cursed Seal’s spread and used Uchiha Battle Dance to send Yoroi Akadō crashing into a wall, winning the match before collapsing.
• Tobitake Tonbo examined Sasuke, treated him with medicine and Genjutsu, and sensed an unusual enzyme connected to the Cursed Seal.
• Shino Aburame and Kankuro each easily defeated their opponents.
• Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka fought to a draw after their chakra ran out.
• Tenten used specialized ninja tools against Temari, but Temari broke free and defeated her with a powerful Wind Release attack.

Naruto fought Kiba in the Chunin exam, but Tobitake Tonbo secretly used a genjutsu that made Naruto unleash a foul-smelling barrage of farts. Naruto won after Kiba and Akamaru collapsed, then returned to the stands embarrassed as his companions avoided him.

• Naruto and Kiba began their match, and Kiba repeatedly beat Naruto while Naruto refused to surrender and used Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Tobitake Tonbo secretly cast a genjutsu on Naruto, causing him and his clones to release a continuous barrage of farts.
• The spreading stench drove the exam hall's spectators and competitors to flee, while Gekko Hayate struggled to remain at his post as referee.
• Kiba and Akamaru collapsed, and Gekko Hayate declared Naruto the winner before Hiruzen Sarutobi used Wind Release to clear the hall.
• Naruto returned to the stands hoping for praise, but Shikamaru and Choji told him to stay away, while Tobitake Tonbo teased him about his powerful move.

After the Chunin Exam eliminations, Tobitake Tonbo began training Sakura and Ino while Kakashi arranged separate instruction for Sasuke and Naruto. He demonstrated how far his children and Zhanbu Du had advanced in chakra control, leaving Sakura and Ino stunned.

• Hinata fought Neji but was quickly defeated, while Choji lost to Dosu and Rock Lee was severely injured by Gaara.
• Two days later, Kakashi asked Tobitake Tonbo to train Sakura and assigned Ebisu to train Naruto while he focused on Sasuke.
• Tobitake Tonbo brought Sakura and Ino together for special training, and the two resumed their rivalry.
• Tobitake Tonbo put Sakura and Ino through fear-training exercises before moving on to chakra control.
• Tenyu, Maki, and Zhanbu Du demonstrated advanced chakra control by forming a lifelike Shogi board and pieces out of chakra, astonishing Sakura and Ino.

Tobitake Tonbo pushed Sakura and Ino toward finer chakra control while Naruto met Jiraiya during a disastrous training session with Ebisu. At the hospital, Guy reassured the badly injured Rock Lee that Tsunade might heal him, while Kiba and Choji remained hospitalized for unusual problems.

• Tobitake Tonbo showed Sakura and Ino the chakra chess skills of Tenyu, Maki, and Xiao Du, then assigned them pitch-control practice with training balls and sheet music.
• Tobitake Tonbo encouraged Sakura and Ino to master chakra control by mentioning Sasuke, while Tenyu, Maki, and Xiao Du continued their advanced training.
• Naruto clashed with Ebisu during training, then fell into a hot spring after losing his chakra control.
• Jiraiya defeated Ebisu after Naruto pointed him toward a peeping old man, introduced himself as the Great Toad Sage, and was called the Pervy Sage by Naruto.
• Guy told Rock Lee that Tsunade might repair his severe injuries, citing an eighty percent chance of recovery based on Tobitake Tonbo's medical dossier.
• Doctors treated Choji and Kiba in the hospital, with Kiba's doctor marveling that he had been poisoned by several gases after inhaling them.

Baki explained that Tobitake Tonbo’s combat-training Genjutsu made him a threat to Sunagakure, while Orochimaru and Kabuto discussed Sasuke as a potential reincarnation vessel. Meanwhile, Sakura and Ino competed in training, and Tonbo continued researching Sasuke’s Cursed Seal as his body evolved.

• Baki told Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari that Tobitake Tonbo had created a Genjutsu to train combat experience, and Gaara suggested capturing him after Sunagakure’s plan was complete.
• Kabuto told Orochimaru that Sasuke met his standards as a reincarnation vessel, while Kimimaro’s body remained unsuitable because of his illness.
• Sakura and Ino competed to finish their training before the other, ignoring Tenyu and the children’s complaints.
• Tobitake Tonbo ate a Special Soldier Pill and studied Sasuke’s Cursed Seal as his cells evolved and he sensed energy around him.

Tobitake Tonbo sensed a strange chakra aura near Naruto’s home as Sasuke and Boruto arrived from the future while pursuing Urashiki Ōtsutsuki. Their visit to Ichiraku Ramen nearly exposed their identities, and they fled without paying, leaving Teuchi and Ayame furious.

• Tobitake Tonbo detected an aura resembling Sasuke’s chakra and extended his perception toward Naruto’s home.
• Sasuke and Boruto discussed their journey to the past and decided to gather intelligence while searching for Urashiki Ōtsutsuki.
• Boruto criticized Ichiraku Ramen’s equipment, and Teuchi lectured him and Sasuke about speaking carelessly.
• Ayame recognized Boruto’s resemblance to Naruto, prompting Sasuke to cover Boruto’s mouth and hurry them out of the shop.
• Teuchi and Ayame chased after Sasuke and Boruto when they left without paying and vowed to involve the Military Police Force.

Sasuke and Boruto searched for Urashiki Ōtsutsuki in the past, then went to find young Naruto. Naruto mistook Boruto for his own father’s illegitimate son.

• Sasuke explained that Director Tonbo had once been acting Hokage and preferred his logistics title.
• Sasuke and Boruto learned that Urashiki was nowhere to be found and feared he might have landed in a different spacetime.
• Boruto suggested finding Naruto, and Sasuke agreed that Naruto was likely training with Jiraiya.
• Naruto overheard Sasuke and Boruto talking about his childhood, then watched them disappear from the alley.
• Boruto greeted Naruto, who compared their faces and concluded that Boruto must be his dead father’s illegitimate son.

Boruto and Sasuke met young Naruto in Konoha and convinced him they were Scenic Ninja visiting the village. Naruto agreed to show them around and spar with Boruto, while Sasuke used a Genjutsu to ease the ANBU’s suspicion as they waited for Urashiki.

• Naruto mistook Boruto for his little brother and Sasuke for a familiar companion, while Boruto and Sasuke denied knowing him.
• Boruto and Sasuke claimed to be Scenic Ninja, and Boruto described the new ninja professions to Naruto.
• Boruto offered to spar with Naruto, and Naruto agreed to guide the pair around Konoha before heading to Kage Rock.
• Sasuke noticed the ANBU watching Naruto and cast a Genjutsu to lower their guard.
• The ANBU concluded that the visitors were probably not after the Nine-Tails, but reported that they had eaten at Ichiraku Ramen without paying.

Konohamaru went to seek Naruto’s advice about reconciling with Tenyu, but Naruto was away spending time with Boruto and Sasuke. After spotting the group together, Konohamaru mistakenly suspected Naruto had taken in new younger brothers.

• Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon searched for Naruto so Konohamaru could ask his opinion about Tenyu’s offer to reconcile and train together.
• Naruto took Boruto and Sasuke to the top of Kage Rock, then led them toward another favorite childhood place.
• Tenyu explained to Maki and Xiao Du that he had prolonged his rivalry with Konohamaru so an apology and training invitation would help him gain Konohamaru’s support in his future bid to become Hokage.
• Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon spotted Naruto with Boruto and Sasuke, wondered who the two boys were, and suspected Naruto had taken in new younger brothers.

Naruto took Boruto and Sasuke around Konoha, then challenged Boruto to train and was overwhelmed by his future son’s skill. Tobitake Tonbo watched them in secret and searched Konoha for the Ōtsutsuki he feared might attack, but sensed nothing.

• Naruto met Konohamaru and let him join the tour with Boruto and Sasuke.
• Boruto and Sasuke recognized Ichiraku Ramen but admitted they had no money, so Naruto showed them other parts of Konoha.
• Naruto brought Boruto and the Konohamaru Corps to his secret training ground and challenged Boruto to a fight.
• Boruto outmatched Naruto in taijutsu, then used Water Release: Water Shockwave to destroy Naruto’s shadow clones.
• Tobitake Tonbo secretly watched the fight, recognized Sasuke and Boruto, and searched Konoha for signs of an Ōtsutsuki without finding any.

Tobitake Tonbo used Contact Evolution to gather information from Boruto and Sasuke, discovering unfamiliar traits in their bodies and sensing a powerful force in Boruto. He stopped probing deeply and continued collecting safer data while deciding to avoid contact with them until he understood more.

• Tobitake Tonbo used Contact Evolution on Boruto and Sasuke and learned that the hidden nerves he had implanted in them had survived.
• Tobitake Tonbo sensed Orochimaru-like traits in Sasuke and extensive unfamiliar genetic information, as well as a powerful energy within Boruto that disrupted his consciousness.
• Boruto briefly froze while sparring with Naruto, then dismissed the strange sensation as an illusion and continued fighting.
• Sasuke noticed Boruto's distraction, while Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon watched the sparring and praised Boruto's strength.
• Tobitake Tonbo suspected the force in Boruto was Ōtsutsuki Kāma and decided not to contact the pair again until he had gathered enough information.

Naruto told Jiraiya about a powerful visiting ninja, while Tobitake Tonbo received a coded message from his future self and continued working on his plans. Boruto kept sparring with Naruto as Jiraiya watched, and Sakura and Ino trained with Tonbo’s hand-signless ninjutsu; Tonbo remained absent from their training.

• Naruto interrupted Jiraiya’s spying on girls and told him he had met a terrifyingly strong ninja visiting Konoha who called himself a Scenic Ninja.
• Tobitake Tonbo received a message through Boruto’s nerves telling him to proceed according to his original plan, and he concluded that his future self had completed Forced Execution.
• Boruto defeated Naruto in their sparring match again, while Jiraiya watched and wondered whether Boruto might be the Child of Prophecy.
• Sakura used Love That Stretches and Contracts Freely to catch and rebound Ino’s shuriken, and the two argued over their progress with Tobitake Tonbo’s hand-signless ninjutsu.
• Ino and Sakura wondered why Tonbo had been disappearing and when he would teach them another technique.

Tobitake Tonbo continued training Sakura and Ino while secretly studying Boruto and Sasuke and watching for Ōtsutsuki. As Boruto and Sasuke prepared to return to Mirai, they worried about how their presence might affect history, and Sasuke warned Boruto that Orochimaru was more dangerous than he seemed.

• Tobitake Tonbo declared Sakura and Ino's chakra-control training complete and began teaching them Genjutsu, dispelling Genjutsu, and taijutsu.
• Tobitake Tonbo studied the unfamiliar biological information in Boruto and Sasuke while monitoring them and Jiraiya, and he noted that Urashiki Ōtsutsuki had not appeared.
• Sasuke took Boruto away from Naruto, and Boruto worried that Urashiki's absence might mean their actions were changing the past.
• Boruto and Sasuke considered whether their era and the past were parallel worlds, intersecting timelines, or a closed loop, and hoped their return would reveal no changes to history.
• Boruto suggested asking Tobitake Tonbo to research time after they returned, but Sasuke refused and recalled that his earlier victory over Orochimaru had seemed suspiciously easy.