Chapter Summaries

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.

Yuanfang Dakan passed the Technology Development Bureau’s spy screening while secretly protecting his mind and body from its scan, allowing Kara to infiltrate the bureau through his perspective. Amado urged Kara to gather intelligence cautiously, while Victor and Deepa grew impatient to act.

• Yuanfang Yosuke had Yuanfang Dakan undergo a scan that searched for Sealing Jutsu and other signs of espionage, but Dakan’s seals concealed important information.
• Yuanfang Yosuke cleared Dakan to work at the Technology Development Bureau and gave him an employee badge produced by the scanning system.
• A woman marked VIII and Deepa watched the screening through a screen at Kara’s laboratory, and Old Victor warned them not to expose themselves to the Ninja Alliance.
• Amado said Konoha’s technology was more advanced than Kara had expected and advised the others to use Dakan’s perspective to gather intelligence before attempting theft.
• Victor complained that caution would delay Kara’s pursuit of the Divine Tree Fruit, while Deepa expressed his desire to fight and kill.

Victor pursued his ambition to use the Divine Tree Fruit to extend his life and eventually rule the world, while clashing with Amado and Kashin Koji over Kara’s secrecy and authority. Boro reported that Amado’s requested Scientific Ninja Tool was ready, as Kara continued preparing for a confrontation with the powerful Ninja Alliance.

• Victor reflected on his ambitions and planned to replant the Divine Tree to create a small fruit that would prolong his life.
• Amado warned Victor to stop appearing at his company in the Land of Valleys and use a clone to avoid attracting the Ninja Alliance’s attention.
• Victor argued with Amado and insulted Kashin Koji, who reminded him that Lord Jigen could punish him; Victor then left to conduct experiments and monitor Konoha’s Technology Development Bureau.
• Boro told Amado that the requested Scientific Ninja Tool was ready in the Land of Snow and that its coordinates were set for Kara’s Summoning Technique.
• Amado said his research would soon strengthen Kara, while Boro acknowledged that Konoha’s formidable forces and training system made the Ninja Alliance difficult to defeat.

Amado trusted his remaining clones to overcome Konoha’s scientists, while Victor’s experiments on Tsunade reached their limit and Boro prepared for Konoha’s arrival in the Land of Snow. The chapter left Boro wary of confronting Tobitake Tonbo and the other Three-Star Honor Ninja.

• Amado left after discussing Konoha’s scientists and the clones he believed could defeat them, while Kashin Koji watched him go.
• Victor learned that his experiments on Tsunade had reached their limit, then agreed to keep her alive as a bargaining chip for Konoha.
• Boro returned his consciousness to the Land of Snow and discovered that the organization had recalled his Scientific Ninja Tool.
• Boro saw three Konoha shinobi heading for the Land of Snow’s royal palace and decided that confronting Tobitake Tonbo and the other Three-Star Honor Ninja would be too dangerous.

Kara operatives plotted to release and capture Mōryō in the Land of Demons as the Ninja Alliance searched for the hidden organization. After experiencing a precognitive dream of a future battle, the shrine maiden decided to warn Konoha that Mōryō’s power would be controlled and the Shinobi World faced a great threat.

• Gouenji, Kidou, and Mentō arrived in the Land of Snow to investigate Kara at its laboratory.
• Kumogakure and other nations searched the Land of Silence and other regions for Kara, but the alliance had captured only Outer members.
• Kara operatives planned to release Mōryō from his seal and capture him for experiments to strengthen Kara.
• A Konoha team traveled to the Land of Demons to meet the shrine maiden and search for information about Kara.
• The shrine maiden dreamed of a future battle in which someone controlled Mōryō’s power, then resolved to share her warning with Konoha.

Naruto and the Konoha High Command learned that the miko of the Land of Demons had prophesied a Fifth World War and sent Kiba Inuzuka to investigate Mōryō’s seal. Kiba found that Mōryō had already been taken and pursued the thieves by scent.

• Naruto told the Konoha Jōnin that the miko had foreseen Mōryō joining a future war, and Shikamaru urged them to prepare.
• Naruto sent Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru to inspect Mōryō’s seal, equipped with new communications technology.
• A group of enemies sealed Mōryō in a jar and left the Land of Demons.
• Kiba and his squad arrived at the seal and discovered that Mōryō had been stolen.
• Kiba and Akamaru picked up the thieves’ scent, and Kiba led his squad in pursuit.

Orochimaru and Tobitake Tonbo completed the Yakumo Kurama clone and discussed their defenses against a future Omnipotent enemy. Tobitake Keigo revealed that he had developed a preliminary Light Release Kekkei Tōta, while Yakumo’s clone continued developing in the laboratory.

• Orochimaru showed Tobitake Tonbo the six-year-old Yakumo Kurama clone, created from her genetic and memory data.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Orochimaru that he had completed an upgraded Unlimited Void that could remain active permanently, and Orochimaru said he had developed a Sealing Jutsu that resisted Precognition.
• Tobitake Tonbo and Orochimaru agreed to research defensive measures against the Omnipotent enemy.
• Tobitake Keigo showed them his newly developed Light Release Kekkei Tōta and explained that he planned to use a Scientific Ninja Tool to control it.
• Tobitake Tonbo asked Orochimaru to protect Yakumo’s clone, and he told Tobitake Keigo that he would soon meet the gentle girl.

Kiba Inuzuka failed to recover Mōryō, while the shrine maiden’s prophecy convinced Konoha and the allied nations to prepare for a future war against Shibai Ōtsutsuki and Kara. After Kara was publicly exposed, the organization went underground as civilians began reporting suspected members.

• Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru fought Kara’s ambushers, but Kiba later failed to capture the people who had taken Mōryō.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto that the shrine maiden’s prophecy pointed to Shibai Ōtsutsuki’s return, prompting them to strengthen their preparations.
• Konoha found Kara’s abandoned hideout and learned that the organization’s Scientific Ninja Tools were more advanced than expected.
• The allied nations and the World Ninja Association publicized Kara and the predicted Fifth Great Ninja War, urging vigilance and offering bounties for information.
• Civilians reported suspected Kara members, while Amado ordered Kara operatives to lie low and avoid rash actions.
• Victor revealed that he had gained stronger regenerative abilities, control of basic ninjutsu, and Wood Release through his scientific modifications.

Boruto complained that Naruto’s Hokage duties kept him from his family, and Mitsuki persuaded him to train so he could earn his father’s recognition. At the Ninja Academy, the students discussed Boruto and Mitsuki’s reputations while Naruto passed by unnoticed, and Saitama won another sparring match against a girl.

• Boruto brooded on Kage Rock about Naruto missing Himawari’s birthday, and Mitsuki encouraged him to train and become strong enough to earn Naruto’s recognition.
• Boruto and Mitsuki left to practice ninjutsu, chatting about Mitsuki’s teacher, Kabuto, as they landed near the Ninja Academy.
• Sarada, Chocho Akimichi, Jian Jin, and other students discussed Boruto and Mitsuki’s fame and recalled Naruto’s childhood nicknames.
• Naruto passed the students while they talked about his past, then went to find Iruka to discuss the next stage of the Ninja Academy’s arrangements.
• Saitama defeated a girl again in a sparring match and smiled at her.

Mirai Sarutobi failed to escape Saitama’s insistence on treating her to food after he defeated her Genjutsu, while Asuma watched and grew furious. Asuma confronted Tobitake Tonbo at home and accused him of teaching Saitama to pursue Mirai.

• Mirai Sarutobi’s Genjutsu failed against Saitama again, and he praised her for making him use a Normal Punch.
• Saitama slung an arm around Mirai Sarutobi and dragged her toward the cafeteria, insisting that his father had said angry girls should be treated to food.
• Mirai Sarutobi called to Naruto for help, but Naruto was surrounded by students and mistook the scene for ordinary play; Saitama then thought the students were holding Naruto hostage.
• Asuma watched Saitama escort Mirai Sarutobi and headed to Tobitake Tonbo’s home in anger.
• Tobitake Tonbo let Asuma inside, where Asuma threw a punch and showed him a photograph of Saitama with his arm around Mirai Sarutobi.

Saitama’s family celebrated his apparent courtship of Mirai Sarutobi, while Asuma confronted Tobitake Tonbo over the same misunderstanding. Saitama left school unaware of the fuss and promised to keep treating Mirai to food.

• Tobitake Tonbo defended Saitama to Asuma, and Tobitake Tosei praised his grandson after seeing a photo of him hugging Mirai Sarutobi.
• Asuma threatened to beat Tobitake Tonbo and Tobitake Tosei when they refused to stop Saitama from seeing Mirai.
• Saitama said goodbye to Mirai at the school entrance, while classmates teased her about dating him and one boy confessed to her.
• Mirai denied being Saitama’s girlfriend, rejected the boy, and used Genjutsu to send him away.
• Tobitake Tosei and Tobitake Tonbo questioned Saitama about girls, and Saitama explained that he had spent most of his allowance treating Mirai to food.
• Ayame praised Saitama’s generosity and offered him more allowance, while Saitama blamed himself for making Mirai angry during their Taijutsu training.