Chapter Summaries

Tobitake Tonbo recovered at home while developing ninjutsu and spending time with his children. When an injured Land of Fire Royal Guard team arrived in Konoha, he prepared to teach them how to dispel genjutsu, unaware that Zetsu had infiltrated their ranks.

• Tobitake Tonbo reflected on the Akimichi family's accumulated knowledge and continued developing a cell-creation ninjutsu despite injuring himself.
• Ayame urged Tobitake Tonbo to spend time with their children, so he used Phantom Beasts to carry them around Konoha and visited Teuchi with them.
• Asuma and an injured Imperial Guard Corps squad arrived at Konoha Gate after being attacked by wandering ninja, and Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki sent them to the hospital.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered an investigation into the attack and welcomed the Royal Guard team to Konoha.
• Zetsu, disguised as an Imperial Guard Corps ninja, secretly judged Konoha easy to infiltrate.
• Tobitake Tonbo agreed to teach the Royal Guard team how to dispel genjutsu, and Hiruzen Sarutobi told him to put them in their place if they acted arrogantly.

Asuma returned to Konoha and wondered whether caring for Konohamaru had revealed the meaning of the Jade. During a Royal Guard training session, Tobitake Tonbo arrived and demonstrated a Genjutsu powerful enough to immobilize the squad, leaving Asuma shaken and impressed.

• Asuma returned to Hiruzen Sarutobi's home, where Konohamaru's diaper mishap made him wonder if family care was connected to the Jade.
• Asuma joined Kurenai Yuhi and Kurama Murakumo to train the Royal Guard, whose members complained that Tobitake Tonbo had not arrived.
• Kurenai and Kurama explained that Tobitake Tonbo held senior roles in Konoha's Analysis Division and Barrier Development Team.
• Asuma silenced the Royal Guard's complaints, then Tobitake Tonbo appeared and subjected everyone to an oppressive Genjutsu.
• Kurama and Kurenai dispelled the Genjutsu, and Kurenai helped Asuma break free while the Royal Guard remained trapped.

Tobitake Tonbo demonstrated his powerful Genjutsu to the Royal Guard and began training them alongside Kurenai Yuhi and Kurama Murakumo. After nearly a month of lessons, the squad had learned many countermeasures, though Tonbo’s unpleasant illusions left them miserable.

• Tobitake Tonbo broke the Royal Guard’s resistance with a wide-reaching binding Genjutsu, then explained that the demonstration tested their ability to dispel it.
• Asuma Sarutobi grabbed Tonbo after mistaking his offer to set Kurenai Yuhi up with someone as flirtation, then learned Tonbo already had a wife and two children.
• Tonbo, Kurenai, and Kurama Murakumo began teaching the Royal Guard how to recognize and break different kinds of Genjutsu.
• The Royal Guard trained for nearly a month, enduring Tonbo’s varied illusions, including ones that left them with lingering unpleasant tastes.
• Asuma objected that Tonbo’s training Genjutsu went too far, while Tonbo insisted he was withholding his true forbidden techniques.
• Zetsu observed the training and admired Tonbo’s approach to Genjutsu and its countermeasures.

Tobitake Tonbo visited the Kurama Clan to learn more about its Genjutsu and discovered the origin and purpose of its legendary Kekkei Genkai. He became eager to learn the clan’s forbidden Illusion Reincarnation technique, though Kurama Murakumo had yet to explain why it had become a threat.

• Tobitake Tonbo and Asuma parted ways with Kurenai Yuhi after Asuma completed his month of training.
• Tobitake Tonbo asked Kurama Murakumo to discuss Genjutsu, and Murakumo invited him to the Kurama family residence.
• Tobitake Tonbo learned that Kurama Murakumo had no children and that the Kurama Clan’s Kekkei Genkai differed from the rumors.
• Kurama Murakumo showed Tobitake Tonbo a book of the clan’s Genjutsu concepts, which named Yakumo Kurama as its third head.
• Kurama Murakumo explained that Yakumo Kurama created Illusion Reincarnation so a Kekkei Genkai genius would emerge every few generations and protect the clan.
• Tobitake Tonbo became interested in learning Illusion Reincarnation after Murakumo said the technique had become a threat to the clan.

Kurama Murakumo revealed that the Kurama Clan’s legendary recurring geniuses were part of an ongoing Genjutsu, and Tobitake Tonbo recovered memories showing he had been affected by it. Murakumo explained that the genius was their ancestor Yakumo Kurama, who periodically became a real person through the clan’s chakra and was remembered by the outside world as a nameless member of the family.

• Kurama Murakumo told Tobitake Tonbo that the stories of the Kurama Clan’s recurring geniuses concealed their names because everyone had been affected by Illusion Reincarnation.
• Tobitake Tonbo used Heart of Steel to restore his backed-up memories and realized the Genjutsu had altered his cognition, though memories of Yakumo Kurama from his previous life remained intact.
• Tobitake Tonbo asked Kurama Murakumo to explain the technique and its effects.
• Kurama Murakumo revealed that the recurring genius was their ancestor Yakumo Kurama, who periodically emerged from the clan’s chakra as a real person.
• Kurama Murakumo explained that each incarnation was remembered by outsiders as a nameless Kurama Clan genius who later disappeared, while the Genjutsu’s effects weakened within the clan over generations.

Tobitake Tonbo learned how the Kurama Clan’s powerful Genjutsu had endangered its users and received their research to help overcome it. Afterward, he encountered Hana Inuzuka, Kiba Inuzuka, and their dogs, and startled them before boasting to Kiba about his exploits.

• Tobitake Tonbo learned that the Kurama Clan’s ancestor’s Genjutsu could create Ido, who would harm loved ones before being defeated as the Genjutsu faded.
• Kurama Murakumo gave Tobitake Tonbo a massive tome of the clan’s Genjutsu research, believing he could free them from the forbidden technique.
• Tobitake Tonbo encountered Hana Inuzuka, Kiba Inuzuka, and their dogs playing in the street, and Haimaru and his brothers tried to flee from him.
• Tobitake Tonbo appeared beside Hana and used Genjutsu to keep the dogs running in place, while Hana explained that they feared his training.
• Kiba Inuzuka insulted Tobitake Tonbo’s bandages, so Tobitake claimed he had never been defeated and had bested the Third Hokage; Kiba doubted his boast.

Tobitake Tonbo took Hana Inuzuka and Kiba to a barbecue restaurant and tricked Kiba into believing perfect grades at the Ninja Academy were the secret to becoming Hokage. Kiba left convinced that his strong will would make the schoolwork easy and that the Hokage’s seat would be his.

• Hana Inuzuka and Kiba met Tobitake Tonbo, who told them his newborn twins were a boy and a girl.
• Tobitake Tonbo invited Kiba and Hana to a barbecue meal and asked Kiba about his age and his promise to look after the twins.
• Tobitake Tonbo encouraged Kiba’s ambition to become Hokage and claimed the Fourth Hokage had revealed a secret to him.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Kiba that getting full marks in every Ninja Academy subject would greatly improve his chances of becoming Hokage.
• Kiba accepted Tonbo’s claim and decided that his determination would make earning perfect grades easy.

Tobitake Tonbo manipulated Kiba Inuzuka into vowing to become Hokage by promising him a Dog Festival for Akamaru, then offered to tutor him. Kiba left the barbecue eager to persuade his parents to hire Tobitake as his teacher.

• Tobitake Tonbo warned Kiba that rivals might secretly study to claim the Hokage title and urged him to earn top grades openly.
• Tobitake Tonbo promised Kiba that Akamaru could become Dog King at a festival if Kiba became Hokage, and Kiba swore he would make it happen.
• Tobitake Tonbo treated Kiba and Akamaru to a feast while Hana Inuzuka and the three Haimaru brothers enjoyed the free meal.
• Hana suggested Tobitake tutor Kiba, and Kiba agreed to ask his parents to hire him.
• Tobitake Tonbo agreed to tutor Kiba at a discount and told him to tell his parents.

Pain and Zetsu warned Akatsuki about Tobitake Tonbo’s dangerous Genjutsu and briefed the other members on his abilities. After returning home to play with his children and use a household ninjutsu, Tobitake Tonbo began studying a book about connecting illusions to reality.

• Zetsu told Pain that Tobitake Tonbo’s trap had no reliable countermeasure beyond avoiding it or repelling it before it formed, and Pain prepared to change how the Six Paths fought.
• Pain called an Akatsuki meeting, where Zetsu explained Tobitake Tonbo’s abilities and the members reacted with caution, interest, or fear.
• Spiral Man asked White Zetsu whether Tobitake Tonbo threatened their plans, and White Zetsu said they needed a targeted countermeasure.
• Tobitake Tonbo returned home, carried Tenyu and Maki into the kitchen, and used the Bathing Human-Shaped Technique to wash the dishes.
• After settling his sleeping children, Tobitake Tonbo read a book on the theory of illusion connecting to reality.

Kiba Inuzuka’s parents hired Tobitake Tonbo to tutor him, and Tonbo planned to use the lessons to test a memory-insertion technique designed to improve learning. The chapter ended with Tonbo preparing to begin his experiment, while Kiba remained excited about his imagined future as Hokage.

• Hana Inuzuka explained to her parents how Tobitake Tonbo had motivated Kiba, and they agreed to hire him as Kiba’s tutor.
• Kiba arrived at Tobitake Tonbo’s home with his parents and declared that Tobitake Tenyu and Tobitake Maki would be his underlings.
• Tobitake Tonbo negotiated a monthly payment of two hundred thousand ryō with Kiba’s parents and arranged to start tutoring Kiba the next day.
• Tobitake Tonbo reviewed his progress in Genjutsu research, including his weakened A-rank Genjutsu: Iron Block and his work on a new Yin Release Nature Transformation.
• Tobitake Tonbo decided to test Inserting History on Kiba as an educational technique, aiming to transmit useful thought processes rather than memories.

Tobitake Tonbo took Kiba and Akamaru on an eagle ride to teach Kiba courage, then repeatedly dropped them from the sky and caught them with ninjutsu. Kiba gradually got used to the falls, unaware that Tenyu and Maki’s apparent cheerfulness came from Genjutsu.

• Kiba waited with Akamaru at Training Ground 98, eager for Tobitake Tonbo to teach him how to become Hokage.
• Tobitake Tonbo arrived with Tenyu and Maki, then carried the children, Kiba, and Akamaru into the sky on a giant eagle.
• Tobitake Tonbo challenged Kiba to open his eyes and face his fear, calling courage an important quality for a Hokage.
• Tobitake Tonbo dropped Kiba and Akamaru, slowed their fall with Wind Release: Rising Air Current, and caught them as Kiba cried that he no longer wanted to be Hokage.
• Tobitake Tonbo repeatedly continued the Heavenly Descent training, while Kiba gradually adapted and mistook Tenyu and Maki’s Genjutsu-induced smiles for bravery.

Tobitake Tonbo put Kiba and Akamaru through increasingly difficult courage and concentration training, while Yakumo Kurama appeared at a funeral after a crisis in her clan. The chapter left Tonbo concerned about Yakumo’s poor health and the burden placed on her.

• Kiba and Akamaru completed Tobitake Tonbo’s sky and sea trials, growing more confident as he monitored their emotions.
• Kiba and Akamaru began meditating in darkness three hundred meters underground, with Tonbo rescuing them whenever their mental states neared collapse.
• An explosion caused a commotion in the Kurama Clan, and Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Unkai Kurama’s request, promising to arrange safeguards instead.
• Tobitake Tonbo and Kurenai attended Senior Murakumo’s funeral, where they saw Yakumo Kurama grieving at his grave.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Kurenai that Yakumo was in poor health and needed care despite the burden of her clan’s responsibilities.

Tobitake Tonbo discovered that Yakumo Kurama's terrifying Genjutsu had made him experience her imagined past as reality, then continued training Kiba with a heavy load of bookwork. Kiba struggled with his homework at home, where Hana warned that Tonbo would retaliate against anyone who called him Ugly Uncle.

• Tobitake Tonbo's Heart of Steel activated when Kurenai Yuhi mentioned Yakumo Kurama, revealing that he had been caught in a Genjutsu that made Yakumo seem like Kurama Murakumo's daughter.
• Tobitake Tonbo left the cemetery after urging Kurenai Yuhi to care for Yakumo and resolving to study her Illusion Kekkei Genkai and the Kurama family's Illusion Reincarnation ritual.
• At Training Ground 98, Tobitake Tonbo gave Kiba and Akamaru a large stack of books to study, explaining that books carried the wisdom of previous generations.
• At home, Kiba complained about his coursework, and Hana Inuzuka warned him that Tonbo liked to prank people who badmouthed him.
• Kiba dismissed Hana's suggestion to ask two older brothers about Tonbo, then escaped with Akamaru to avoid more trouble.

Naruto visited Tobitake Tonbo’s home and met Sasuke, who paid Tenyu and Maki to commission an Itachi figurine. Naruto revealed that he would soon enter the Ninja Academy, hoping to share the news with Tonbo.

• Naruto found Tonbo, Ayame, and Kosei absent, then headed to Tonbo’s home and collided with Sasuke outside.
• Tenyu and Maki let Naruto and Sasuke into the house, where Sasuke asked to commission a figurine from Tonbo.
• Sasuke paid Tenyu five hundred thousand ryō for a high-quality figurine of Itachi, and Tenyu and Maki planned to keep the money as secret savings.
• After Sasuke left, Naruto told Tenyu and Maki that he would enter the Ninja Academy in a few days and had come to share the news with Tonbo.

Tobitake Tonbo discussed Kakashi’s strict academy team tests and warned him and Guy about a powerful mercenary organization operating in smaller countries, which included Orochimaru. At the Inuzuka training ground, Kiba showed his family the techniques he had learned from Tonbo and looked forward to starting the Ninja Academy.

• Tobitake Tonbo reassured Kakashi that his young children could protect themselves and joked about how he planned to discipline them as they grew.
• Kakashi explained that he sent every graduating team he tested back to the academy, while Guy argued that teachers should also nurture teamwork.
• Tobitake Tonbo asked Kakashi and Guy about Akatsuki, then described a successful mercenary organization active in smaller countries and revealed that Orochimaru belonged to it.
• Kakashi and Guy were alarmed by the news, and Tobitake Tonbo told them to watch for the organization during missions.
• Kiba used Fang Over Fang to smash a boulder, impressing Tsume Inuzuka and Hana Inuzuka with the techniques he had learned from Tobitake Tonbo.
• Tsume asked whether Kiba was ready to start the Ninja Academy, while Hana suspected Tonbo had been holding back when he trained her.

Tobitake Tonbo disciplined Tenyu and Maki for deceiving people to make money, then gave them an Itachi figurine to pass to Sasuke. At the Ninja Academy’s opening day, Tonbo watched Naruto arrive alone and Itachi notice him, while Itachi wondered what Tonbo would do about the Uchiha family’s situation.

• Tobitake Tonbo whipped Tenyu and Maki and lectured them for using deception to profit from his craftsmanship and risk disgracing their family.
• Tobitake Tonbo gave the children an Itachi figurine for Sasuke and let them keep the money, but Ayame later disciplined Tonbo for leaving marks on the children.
• Tobitake Tonbo watched the Ninja Academy’s opening day and reflected on the bonds he had formed with Konoha over nine years.
• Naruto arrived at the academy without his parents, felt isolated as adults and children avoided him, and searched for the familiar bandaged person.
• Sasuke asked Itachi why people treated Naruto differently, and Itachi told him to get along with everyone at school.
• Itachi spotted Tobitake Tonbo in a tree and wondered what Tonbo would do about the Uchiha family’s situation.

Kiba studied with Akamaru before class while Sasuke treasured a talking figurine made by Tonbo, and Iruka reflected on his feelings toward Naruto. Meanwhile, Tonbo trained in the back mountain and prepared to spar with Guy as Kakashi approached.

• Kiba and Akamaru began studying before class, while Shikamaru complained and Ino admired Sasuke.
• Sasuke examined the Itachi figurine Tenyu had given him, recalled its chakra-activated lines, and carefully put it away.
• Iruka entered the classroom and remembered the Third Hokage's and Tonbo's teachings as he looked at Naruto.
• Tonbo demonstrated his Iron Block attack on a mountain wall while Tenyu and Maki watched from a flying eagle.
• Guy arrived, and Tonbo challenged him to a Taijutsu-only spar while asking whether Kakashi had arrived.
• Tenyu recognized Kakashi as the one-eyed man approaching and teased him for carrying an immoral book.

Tobitake Tonbo and Guy sparred on Konoha's back mountain, where Tonbo's Taijutsu and Illusory Body Technique overcame Guy's Eight Gates. After healing Guy, Tonbo explained that his restorative technique was too difficult for Guy to learn.

• Tobitake Tonbo and Guy exchanged Taijutsu attacks while Kakashi watched and Tenyu and Maki observed from above.
• Guy opened the first three Eight Gates, but Tonbo's Iron Block punches forced him to evade and circle around Tonbo.
• Guy opened the fifth gate and gained the speed advantage, so Tonbo used Illusory Body Technique: Instant Release to appear behind him and push him away.
• Guy conceded defeat, and Tonbo gave him a pill and used a restorative Illusory Body Technique to help him recover.
• Guy asked Tonbo to teach him the healing technique, but Tonbo said its complex study and practice made it too difficult for him.

Tobitake Tonbo sparred with Guy and Kakashi, revealing his advanced Yin Release technique as Kakashi tested his own skills. Watching them and the Ninja Academy through the Telescope Technique, Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on Konoha’s future and worried about Guy’s repeated requests to join ANBU.

• Kakashi watched Tobitake Tonbo defeat Guy and recognized the effects of Tonbo’s special Yin Release Nature Transformation.
• Kakashi challenged Tobitake Tonbo to a spar, and they began with Fire Release and Water Style before trading shuriken attacks.
• Tobitake Tonbo and Kakashi fought with ninjutsu, Taijutsu, stealth, traps, and counters, while Guy watched and cheered them on.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the spar through the crystal ball and complained to himself that Guy kept asking for an ANBU position.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi shifted the Telescope Technique to the Ninja Academy and watched Iruka teach the first-day students about the Will of Fire.

Tobitake Tonbo and Kakashi tested their Lightning Release techniques in a duel that ended in a draw, while Guy planned to keep training and Tonbo’s children watched. The chapter left Tenyu and Maki looking forward to surpassing their father.

• Tobitake Tonbo blocked Kakashi’s assassination attempt and blasted him back with Wind Release: Breakthrough.
• Kakashi and Tobitake Tonbo unleashed Lightning Cutter and Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō, and their attacks canceled each other out.
• Kakashi and Tobitake Tonbo formed the Seal of Reconciliation, and Guy praised them before challenging Tonbo to a future rematch.
• Guy refused to train in Tonbo’s new look and chose Kakashi as his training partner instead.
• Tenyu and Maki watched the duel, discussed their father’s strength, and resolved to surpass him.