Recaps

Naruto and Shion flew through Konoha together as Shion took him to his home, drawing the attention of the villagers and ninja. When they arrived, they found the others had fled after sensing them, and Kushina and the others watched from hiding as Hanabi Hyuga approached Naruto's house too.

• Shion clung to Naruto's arm as they walked through Konoha, despite his embarrassment at the attention.
• Shion lifted Naruto into the air and flew with him toward his home, while Kurenai Yuhi watched from a rooftop.
• Naruto praised Shion's shrine maiden skills as she flew him over Konoha, and they joked about mistaking buildings for ants.
• At Naruto's home, Kushina found his Make-Out Paradise manuscripts and Hashirama Senju sensed Naruto and Shion approaching.
• Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take everyone to Uzumaki Shrine, where they watched Naruto and Shion arrive.
• Fugaku Uchiha spotted Hanabi Hyuga heading toward Naruto's home, prompting Kushina and Minato Namikaze to look on with interest.

Shion visited Naruto’s home and nearly confessed her feelings before Hanabi arrived unexpectedly, forcing Shion to hide beneath the bed. Hanabi suspected that Shion had been there, while Shion discovered Naruto’s Make-Out Paradise manuscript and grew increasingly unsettled by its contents.

• Shion admired Naruto’s small, tidy home and told him she felt comfortable wherever he was beside her.
• Shion lay on Naruto’s bed and began to confess when Hanabi knocked at the door.
• Shion hid beneath the bed as Naruto answered the door and Hanabi entered looking for the priestess.
• Naruto told Hanabi that Shion had left, while Shion read his Make-Out Paradise manuscript beneath the bed.
• Hanabi noticed Shion’s perfume on the pillow and questioned Naruto about whether the priestess had hugged it.

Naruto mistook Hanabi Hyuga’s first period for a serious injury and rushed her to Tsunade for help. While he was gone, Shion discovered the Make-Out Paradise manuscript and attacked Jiraiya, leaving Tsunade to explain Hanabi’s condition.

• Hanabi Hyuga began bleeding, panicked, and asked Naruto to help her.
• Naruto carried Hanabi Hyuga to Tsunade using Flying Thunder God Movement, while Shion found the Make-Out Paradise manuscript beneath the bed.
• Shion concluded Jiraiya had forced Naruto to write the manuscript and attacked Jiraiya when he arrived to collect it.
• Naruto appeared in the Hokage Office with Hanabi Hyuga, and Tsunade examined her while Uzuki Yugao watched.

Naruto and Hanabi Hyuga left the Hokage Building embarrassed after Tsunade and Uzuki Yugao explained Hanabi’s first period. Hanabi left Naruto with a demand to teach her a different ninjutsu from Konohamaru’s, while Naruto returned home to find Shion had beaten Jiraiya over the Make-Out Paradise manuscript.

• Naruto apologized to Hanabi Hyuga for panicking, and she teased and kicked him after learning he had taught Konohamaru the Rasengan and Shadow Clone.
• Hanabi demanded Naruto teach her a different ninjutsu, then left looking forward to their lesson the next day.
• Naruto considered what to teach Hanabi on his way home but could not decide.
• Naruto found Jiraiya beaten and cowering while Shion wiped her hands after discovering the Make-Out Paradise manuscript under Naruto’s bed.
• Jiraiya left through the window with the manuscript, and Shion asked Naruto whether he had fresh sheets to replace the bloodstained ones.

Naruto and Shion shared a quiet, intimate conversation about who they would want beside them if the world ended, and Shion fell asleep in his arms. Meanwhile, Sasuke led Karin, Hozuki Suigetsu, and Jugo to a secluded island after taking Itachi Uchiha’s body and accepting his Mangekyō Sharingan for fusion.

• Naruto told Shion he would give everything to save the world from its end.
• Shion climbed under Naruto’s blanket and asked who he most wanted to be with before the world ended.
• Naruto said he wanted to be with everyone who had become important to him, and Shion fell asleep against his chest.
• Mikoto Uchiha, Kushina, Minato Namikaze, Fugaku Uchiha, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju spied through Naruto’s window before Naruto shut the curtains.
• Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take everyone back to the Uzumaki shrine, where Kushina, Minato Namikaze, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju reacted to Naruto and Shion being together.
• Sasuke led Karin, Hozuki Suigetsu, and Jugo to a secluded island after accepting Itachi Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan for fusion and taking Itachi Uchiha’s corpse in a scroll.

Sasuke awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan after Itachi died, then encountered Tobi, who hinted that Sasuke did not know the truth about Itachi. Meanwhile, the others made moves across the Shinobi World, and Naruto returned home to find Hanabi and Hinata waiting outside his door.

• Sasuke recalled telling Itachi about his plans to kill Danzo and infiltrate the Akatsuki, and Itachi died after revealing Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sasuke's eyes finished healing, and his Mangekyō Sharingan fused with Itachi's eyes to become the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tobi arrived by sea and asked Sasuke whether he had fused Itachi's eyes, then questioned how much Sasuke knew about Itachi's past.
• Shizune, Yamato, Sakura, and Sai reached Kumogakure to meet the Fourth Raikage, while Shion, Tōji, and the others departed Konoha the next morning.
• Jiraiya teased Naruto about spending the night with Shion, and Naruto headed home exhausted after seeing the group off.
• Naruto returned home and found Hanabi and Hinata waiting outside his door.

Hanabi Hyuga visited Naruto with Hinata Hyuga to ask him to teach her ninjutsu, and Naruto introduced her to Taiji ideas from his good friend's world. Hanabi left Naruto and Hinata alone with movie tickets after finding inspiration to study Taiji herself.

• Hanabi Hyuga confronted Naruto about lying about Shion and reminded him that he had promised to teach her ninjutsu.
• Naruto told Hanabi Hyuga that he could share what he knew about Taiji, while Hinata Hyuga and others at Naruto's home reacted to the sisters' visit.
• Naruto drew a Taiji diagram and explained its connection to the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist.
• Hanabi Hyuga criticized Naruto's explanation and demonstration but said they had given her ideas to study.
• Hanabi Hyuga left Naruto and Hinata Hyuga alone with two movie tickets.

Naruto and Hinata Hyuga went to see Sorrowful Snow together, but Hanabi Hyuga’s seating arrangement and unexpected theater guests disrupted their hoped-for date. Kazahana Koyuki and Haku appeared beside Naruto, and Kazahana Koyuki kissed him while Hinata watched the film.

• Naruto invited Hinata Hyuga to see Sorrowful Snow after she praised the film, and she happily agreed.
• Naruto and Hinata Hyuga found their seats separated by an aisle, while Hanabi Hyuga explained to Hyuga Natsu that she had tried to bring them together.
• Naruto invited Hinata Hyuga to sit beside him, but a disguised moviegoer took the empty seat first.
• Kazahana Koyuki and Haku revealed themselves beside Naruto after the theater lights went out.
• Kazahana Koyuki kissed Naruto, and he asked why she and Haku had come while Hinata Hyuga remained focused on the movie.

Naruto went to the movies with Hinata while Kazahana Koyuki and Haku secretly teased him from his other side. The chapter ended with Tsunade, Jiraiya, Uzuki Yugao, and several others watching Naruto struggle to hide what was happening.

• Naruto discovered Kazahana Koyuki and Haku in the theater and learned they had come to Konoha several days earlier.
• Haku questioned Naruto about Hinata and Shion, while Kazahana Koyuki teased him and promised they would meet that night.
• Hinata thanked Naruto for watching the movie with her as Kazahana Koyuki secretly touched and kissed him.
• Hinata noticed Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Uzuki Yugao watching from the back row, but then returned her attention to the movie.
• Kazahana Koyuki continued teasing Naruto while Haku pinched him, and Tsunade, Jiraiya, Uzuki Yugao, and the others watched from hiding.

Naruto escaped Kazahana Koyuki at the theater, where Hinata Hyuga recognized the actress and began talking with her. On the rooftop, Haku comforted Naruto and listened to his stories, growing worried when he described being targeted by the Akatsuki.

• Naruto left the theater, and Hinata Hyuga recognized Kazahana Koyuki and sat beside her to talk.
• Kazahana Koyuki learned that Hinata Hyuga was Naruto's admirer and teased her about whether Naruto was her boyfriend.
• Tsunade, Uzuki Yugao, Jiraiya, Tobirama Senju, and the others used Shadow Clones to secretly follow Naruto and Haku.
• Haku found Naruto on the rooftop, comforted him, and declined to let him confess his feelings.
• Naruto told Haku about his recent adventures and the Akatsuki's interest in him, making her anxious.

Naruto shared the scroll about Akatsuki with Haku, who urged him to cooperate with the Land of Snow and leave the matter to the Hokage once he took office. Meanwhile, Hinata and Hanabi discussed Hanabi’s strange experience practicing Taiji, as Sasuke’s Taka and Akatsuki gathered to plan an attack on Danzo.

• Haku returned Naruto’s scroll about Akatsuki and told him to hand it over to the Hokage, but Naruto worried Tsunade would ignore it.
• Haku urged Naruto to cooperate with the Land of Snow’s railway project in the Hokage’s name, and Naruto vowed to become Hokage.
• Haku and Kazahana Koyuki left Konoha quietly, while Hinata returned home pleased with her photo and autograph from Koyuki.
• Hanabi told Hinata that practicing Taiji left her forgetting the technique and made her fear she was forgetting the Hyuga clan’s Bagua Palm, so Hinata suggested asking Naruto for help.
• Sasuke told Taka and Akatsuki that Taka intended to kill Danzo, and Kisame warned that Taka lacked enough combat strength to face the people shielding the higher-ups.

Sasuke secretly reported that Akatsuki would attack Konoha at noon the next day, while Naruto’s family learned of the danger and began preparing to meet the assault. Naruto left to warn Tsunade and ensure the battle could be moved outside the village.

• Tobi and Deva Path Pain persuaded Sasuke to work with Akatsuki, planning to use an attack on Konoha to distract its defenders while Taka killed Danzo.
• Sasuke warned Akatsuki not to underestimate Naruto, while Akatsuki remained unaware that Sasuke was secretly serving as Konoha’s spy.
• Naruto argued with Kushina over accusations about his romantic life, but Minato Namikaze calmed them before the dispute escalated.
• Sasuke’s contact snake told Naruto that Akatsuki would attack Konoha around noon the next day and urged him to wipe out its core forces.
• Naruto informed his family of the warning, then used Flying Thunder God Movement to go directly to Tsunade and alert her to prepare.

Naruto warned Tsunade and Jiraiya that the Akatsuki would attack Konoha the next day, prompting secret preparations to draw the battle away from the village. The following morning, Hanabi told Naruto that applying Taiji philosophy to the Hyuga techniques had caused her to forget much of the Bagua Palm she had learned.

• Naruto arrived at the Hokage Office and reported Sasuke's warning that the Akatsuki would attack Konoha the next day.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Naruto discussed Konan's dangerous Paper Person of God Technique and planned to keep the fighting away from Konoha.
• Uzuki Yugao summoned Shikaku Nara, who devised plans for Naruto to lure the Akatsuki away while Konoha secretly prepared for the attack.
• Tsunade and Naruto kept Sasuke's planned assassination of Danzo secret as Konoha's Jonin made preparations overnight.
• Naruto returned home, told Hashirama Senju and the others about the coming attack, and went to sleep.
• Hanabi woke Naruto and explained that after applying Taiji philosophy to the Hyuga family's Gentle Fist, she had forgotten much of the Bagua Palm she had learned.

Naruto helped Hanabi Hyuga understand that her body had mastered the Gentle Fist well enough to react without conscious thought, and she hurried back to train. As Konoha prepared for an Akatsuki attack, Pain’s group gathered outside the village and planned to send the Animal Path over its barrier to begin their assault.

• Naruto startled Hanabi Hyuga with a sudden attack, and she instinctively blocked him and countered with Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms.
• Naruto explained that Hanabi had mastered her techniques so thoroughly that her body reacted naturally, and she realized how to separate movement from conscious thought.
• Hanabi thanked Naruto with a kiss on the cheek, then left to continue training.
• Shikaku Nara, Kakashi Hatake, Asuma Sarutobi, and Konoha’s other core Jonin secretly took up positions as Naruto warmed up at the training grounds.
• Deva Path Pain told Konan, Deidara, Kakuzu, Kisame Hoshigaki, and the others to launch the Animal Path over Konoha’s barrier and use its summoning technique to bring them inside.

Naruto defeated Deidara, lured Pain and the other Akatsuki members away from Konoha, and used Flying Thunder God Movement to reach Nagato and Konan. He revealed information about Madara and Obito, but Nagato remained committed to using the Tailed Beasts to impose peace through deterrence.

• Naruto killed Deidara with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and drew Pain, Konan, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Kakuzu away from Konoha.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and other Konoha shinobi confronted the Akatsuki while Hashirama Senju and five others prepared to join the fight.
• Naruto sensed Nagato and Konan through their hostility and used Flying Thunder God Movement to reach their hiding place.
• Naruto gave Konan a scroll explaining Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha's schemes and claiming Nagato's Rinnegan had not been his from birth.
• Nagato recalled suspicious events from his past but told Naruto he would still gather the Tailed Beasts and use their power to deter nations and bring peace.

Naruto explained to Nagato and Konan that lasting peace required a centralized alliance rather than ideals alone. As the battle continued, Naruto’s summoned Hokage and other shinobi appeared to confront the Akatsuki.

• Naruto showed Nagato and Konan Jiraiya’s book and argued that shinobi conflicts would continue without a unified system of authority.
• The Six Paths of Pain overwhelmed Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and the Konoha shinobi as Kakuzu and Kisame Hoshigaki fought alongside them.
• Hashirama Senju appeared and shielded Kakashi from an attack, then Minato Namikaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tobirama Senju, Kushina, Fugaku Uchiha, and Mikoto Uchiha arrived.
• Minato told Kakashi that Naruto had summoned them in advance to prevent the Akatsuki from using Impure World Reincarnation on them.
• Naruto told Nagato and Konan that he had used White Zetsu as sacrifices to summon the dead shinobi and proposed a centralized alliance modeled on Qin Shi Huang’s system.

Nagato used the Rinne Rebirth to restore the fallen shinobi and Konoha residents, then Naruto revived Nagato with Impure World Reincarnation. Nagato explained that he had sacrificed himself to pressure Obito and Zetsu into reviving Madara Uchiha and to push the Five Great Nations toward unity.

• Nagato told Naruto he would sacrifice himself, asking him to use Impure World Reincarnation afterward and make Obito revive Madara Uchiha.
• Nagato used Rinne Rebirth, restoring Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, Kushina, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Fugaku Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha, and the other fallen people.
• The resurrected shinobi reunited with their loved ones, while Tsunade punched Hashirama Senju after he teased her about disguising her age.
• Konan wrapped Nagato and Deva Path Pain's bodies in paper, and Naruto used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Nagato back.
• Naruto infused Nagato with chakra, restoring his red hair and strengthening him, and Nagato explained that his sacrifice would force Obito and Zetsu to revive Madara Uchiha.

Sasuke killed Danzo and escaped with Tobi after learning that Naruto had helped Nagato revive Konoha’s dead and the previous Hokage. Naruto reunited Nagato with Jiraiya and greeted his revived parents as the group prepared to return to Konoha.

• Sasuke killed Danzo, took the Sharingan from his arm, and burned his body and arm to ashes.
• White Zetsu told Sasuke and Tobi that Pain had failed and that Nagato had revived the dead, including the previous Hokage; Sasuke and Tobi retreated.
• Naruto gave Konan a summoning scroll in case she encountered Tobi, and Konan returned to Amegakure with Yahiko’s body.
• Naruto brought Nagato to Jiraiya, and the two began talking while the others dispersed.
• Naruto embraced his revived parents, Minato and Kushina, as the returning party prepared to head back to Konoha.

Naruto struggled to adjust to his resurrected parents’ eager attention while Konoha’s leaders debated Danzo’s death, Sasuke, and the Five Kage Summit. After the meeting, Naruto returned home and found Hanabi Hyuga practicing Taiji on his balcony.

• Naruto went shopping with Minato Namikaze and Kushina, then escaped when they teased him about his girlfriends and tried to draw him closer as their son.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura discussed Danzo’s death and blamed the Uchiha, while Tsunade announced an S-rank wanted notice for Sasuke Uchiha.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura resigned as elders after recognizing Konoha’s resurrected Hokage and leaders had made their position untenable.
• Tsunade demanded that Jiraiya bring Minato to the Five Kage Summit as Konoha’s representative, and Hashirama Senju joked about her temper.
• Naruto returned to his home and discovered Hanabi Hyuga practicing Taiji on his balcony.

Naruto welcomed Hanabi to his home and confirmed that he was the Fourth Hokage’s son and friends with Kurama. Meanwhile, Tobi weighed the Hokage revivals and Naruto’s mastery of the Nine-Tails, then revealed his plan to use Dragon Vein Power and Limited Tsukuyomi instead of reviving Madara.

• Naruto told Hanabi that Kurama was the Nine-Tails, and she heard Kurama speak from inside Naruto.
• Hanabi visited Naruto at home and was pleased to learn he would keep living there.
• White Zetsu gave Tobi and Sasuke Konoha’s S-rank wanted notice for Sasuke, while Tobi said retrieving the Rinnegan mattered more than fighting the revived Hokage.
• Sasuke warned Tobi that Konan was dangerous, and Tobi vanished to reconsider his plans after the Hokage revivals disrupted his expectations.
• Kisame stopped Sasuke to discuss Itachi, then turned the conversation toward Madara Uchiha.
• Tobi told Black Zetsu and White Zetsu he would use full-moon Dragon Vein Power to cast Limited Tsukuyomi and trap his targets in a parallel world.

Minato Namikaze left with Kakashi and Genma Shiranui to attend the Five Kage Summit while Naruto spoke with Hanabi Hyuga about the coming war. Tsunade then sent Naruto and Sakura to investigate the Masked Man and Mukade at the ruins of Rōran, where they sought the Dragon Vein.

• Minato Namikaze set off for the Five Kage Summit with Kakashi and Genma Shiranui, while Tsunade promised to protect Konoha.
• Hanabi Hyuga insisted that she would join the battlefield and protect Naruto, but Naruto told her that genin could not participate.
• Kushina confronted Hanabi Hyuga over her closeness with Naruto, and the two traded barbs before Hanabi left.
• Sakura Haruno told Naruto that Tsunade had called him to the Hokage Office for an urgent mission, and Naruto used Flying Raijin to take Sakura there.
• Shizune reported that the Masked Man and Mukade had been spotted at the ruins of Rōran, and Tsunade explained that they might be targeting the Dragon Vein.
• Naruto recognized the mission as connected to the Lost Tower and suspected that the Masked Man had another plan.

Naruto's team set out for the Rōran Ruins to capture Mukade and investigate the Dragon Vein, accompanied by Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hanabi Hyuga, and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. They reached the ruins after crossing the desert, but found nobody there.

• Tsunade assigned Naruto to capture Mukade alive while Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju joined to study the Dragon Vein, and Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji received a separate investigation mission.
• Naruto and Sakura met their teammates at the village gates, where Hanabi Hyuga eagerly greeted Naruto and Hyuga Hiashi asked the former Hokage to watch over her.
• Kushina arrived with Mikoto Uchiha as the group prepared to leave Konoha for the Rōran Ruins in the northeastern Land of Wind.
• Naruto and Tobirama Senju helped the group travel quickly through the desert, but they found the Rōran Ruins deserted.

While the group waited out the desert storm, Naruto and Hanabi Hyuga watched for Mukade, who had secretly joined Masked Man and planned to test the Dragon Vein. After the storm passed, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju found Minato Namikaze’s kunai sealing the Dragon Vein and realized its seal was dangerously hasty.

• Naruto reassured Hanabi Hyuga that the mission would be safe, while Shikamaru Nara wondered why Mukade had vanished.
• Hashirama Senju suggested a gambling game, but Naruto and Hanabi Hyuga criticized him, pleasing Tobirama Senju.
• Hanabi Hyuga repeatedly searched the area with her Byakugan, and the group concluded Mukade had likely fled.
• Masked Man and Zetsu watched from a distant dune as Mukade disguised himself as a White Zetsu, and Masked Man planned to test the Dragon Vein with his Sharingan space-time ninjutsu.
• After the storm passed, Naruto and Hanabi Hyuga guarded the area while Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju entered the ruins.
• Tobirama Senju found Minato Namikaze’s kunai sealing the Dragon Vein and warned that removing it would release the Dragon Vein’s power.

Naruto and the Senju brothers investigated the Dragon Vein’s connection to the planet before Tobi triggered its power and escaped. The eruption brought Princess Sara from the past into the present, where she learned that Roran had been destroyed and broke down in tears.

• Tobirama Senju explained that the Dragon Vein was the planet’s chakra and that its power was leaking from a breach in the Land of Wind.
• Tobi appeared, dismissed the danger to the Dragon Vein, and escaped as its power erupted.
• Naruto and the others fled the collapsing underground palace as the Dragon Vein’s light pulled everything toward it.
• Hanabi Hyuga spotted a girl in the ruins, and Naruto recognized her as Sara, the princess of Roran.
• Naruto and Tobirama Senju told Sara she had arrived in the present, twenty-five years after Roran’s destruction, and she broke down crying.

Naruto told Sara that her mother and the people of Roran had survived by establishing the Land of Haze, and he promised to take her there. As Sara prepared to leave with the group, she wondered whether Naruto had fallen in love with her at first sight.

• Tobirama gave Naruto a dossier on Roran while he researched a Space-Time Seal to counter the Masked Man.
• Naruto told Sara that a Dragon Vein eruption had swept her into a distortion of time and space, while her mother continued searching for her.
• Sara learned that her mother had founded the Land of Haze and asked Naruto to take her there, and Naruto agreed to escort her.
• Naruto gave Sara food, water, and a protective garment, then Hanabi helped her change.
• Sara asked Hanabi whether Naruto was always so gentle with girls, then wondered if he had fallen in love with her at first sight.