Recaps

As Konoha prepared for the Chunin Exams, Tobitake Tonbo confronted the return of buried memories and helped Sakura and Ino train. Sasuke and Boruto arrived from the future seeking Urashiki, leaving their effect on the past uncertain.

• Tobitake Tonbo supported testing the newly graduated Genin for the Chunin Exams, then recovered his memories of Yakumo Kurama and found that a Genjutsu had altered the records and people’s recollections of her.
• Orochimaru infiltrated the exams and targeted Sasuke, but Anko and Teksen Shiso fought him together before he escaped, and Sasuke later awakened his Cursed Seal during his match against Yoroi Akadō.
• Naruto defeated Kiba in a match disrupted by Tonbo’s fart-inducing Genjutsu, while Gaara badly injured Rock Lee and Kakashi asked Tonbo to train Sakura.
• Tonbo trained Sakura and Ino in fear exercises and chakra control, then expanded their lessons as they completed the initial training.
• Sasuke and Boruto traveled from the future to Konoha in search of Urashiki Ōtsutsuki, and Naruto mistook Boruto for his younger brother before showing the pair around the village.
• Boruto sparred with Naruto and defeated him, while Tonbo detected the pair’s surviving hidden nerves and sensed unfamiliar genetic information and a powerful force within Boruto.
• Tonbo received a message through Boruto’s nerves and concluded that his future self had completed Forced Execution, while Jiraiya wondered whether Boruto might be the Child of Prophecy.
• Sasuke and Boruto left Naruto and considered whether their journey had changed history or led them into a parallel timeline, while Sasuke recalled that his earlier victory over Orochimaru had seemed suspiciously easy.

Tobitake Tonbo returned from the Land of Snow to find Hiruzen Sarutobi dead and Konoha under pressure, then served as acting Hokage while pursuing reconstruction and security. After Tsunade returned and took office as Fifth Hokage, Tonbo resumed leading the Analysis Division as Danzō continued plotting to seize control.

• Tobitake Tonbo defeated Kazahana Dōtō’s forces in the Land of Snow, helped Kazahana Koyuki take the throne, and brought back the country’s scientific research and Ice Release techniques.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Tsubaki named Tobitake Tonbo Proxy Hokage after Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death, and he confirmed that his family had survived the attack on Konoha.
• Tobitake Tonbo addressed Konoha’s postwar threats by strengthening surveillance, pursuing diplomatic agreements, and ordering the Land of Rice Fields to dismantle Otogakure.
• Tobitake Tonbo helped Konohamaru accept Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death by urging him to honor his grandfather’s memory through protecting Konoha.
• Tsunade fought Orochimaru alongside Jiraiya and Naruto, then returned to Konoha after Tobitake Tonbo was appointed acting Hokage.
• Tsunade treated Kakashi and assessed Rock Lee’s chances for surgery, while Tobitake Tonbo offered to develop a technique to improve Lee’s odds.
• Tobitake Tonbo handed Konoha’s official duties to Tsunade, who was inaugurated as the Fifth Hokage, and returned to the Analysis Division as Shimura Danzō studied Konoha’s revised codes.

Tobitake Tonbo secretly followed the mission to retrieve Sasuke, studied the Sound Four, and helped the Konoha team survive their pursuit, though Sasuke escaped with Orochimaru. As Konoha recovered, Tonbo expanded his research and intelligence network, while Akatsuki prepared to capture the tailed beasts and Tonbo considered how to protect his family from future threats.

• Tobitake Tonbo exposed Qiang as a spy who had killed Qi Jie’s wife, then let Qi Jie kill him after learning his secrets.
• The Sound Four lured Sasuke away, and Tsunade sent Shikamaru’s team to retrieve him while Tonbo followed and monitored the pursuit.
• Choji, Neji, Kiba, and Shikamaru fought the Sound Four as Tonbo studied their Cursed Seals and techniques, but the team failed to stop Sasuke from reaching Orochimaru.
• Six months later, Tonbo perfected Nerve Displacement, trained Ino for leadership, and planned to withdraw from Konoha’s front lines to build a Technology Development Bureau.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto discovered Tonbo’s implanted nerve samples in Sasuke, while Tonbo developed chakra-saving Senjutsu and expanded his search for Kara and other threats.
• Tonbo used fabricated memories to install Natsuhi as Hoshigakure’s leader and sent Shadow Clones across the Shinobi World to investigate scientific research forces.
• Naruto returned to Konoha as Pain assigned Akatsuki’s Tailed Beast captures and took responsibility for capturing the Nine-Tails.
• Tobitake Keigo chose to study chakra and ninjutsu, and Tonbo considered Orochimaru as his teacher while planning how to counter Shibai Ōtsutsuki’s Killing Intent Reflection.

Tobitake Tonbo protected Konoha while Akatsuki pursued the Tailed Beasts, Sasuke rejected Naruto’s plea to return, and Orochimaru proposed a partnership over a looming threat to the world. The arc left Tonbo leading Konoha ninja against Kakuzu and Hidan, whose battle continued after Tonbo’s Genjutsu thwarted Hidan’s ritual.

• Sakura helped Kakashi’s team rescue Gaara, while Tobitake Tonbo investigated Akatsuki and fought Sasori as Jin.
• Sakura and Chiyo defeated Sasori after Tonbo’s clone unleashed a powerful lightning attack, and the Konoha team returned home with Kakashi badly injured.
• Naruto transformed into the Four-Tails during the Tenchi Bridge mission, but Yamato ended the transformation after Sakura struck Naruto down.
• Tenyu and Maki repelled the masked man and Black Zetsu, while Tonbo reached them through Sage Art: Transfer and checked on their injuries.
• Sasuke rejected Naruto’s plea to return and nearly struck him, but Tonbo blocked Sasuke’s attack and let him leave with Orochimaru and Kabuto.
• Orochimaru told Tonbo about a prophecy of an enemy threatening the world and proposed working together, but Tonbo refused and returned Naruto and the others to Konoha.
• Danzo tried to recruit Tonbo’s son Keigo into Root, but Tonbo defeated Torune and Fū and warned Danzo to leave his family alone.
• After Akatsuki killed Chiriku, Tonbo led three Konoha ninja against Kakuzu and Hidan, using Genjutsu to foil Hidan’s ritual before Kakuzu and Hidan countered their attackers.