Recaps

Naruto explored his Minecraft system, trained with Kurama, and began using his unusual space-time ability at the Ninja Academy. After pushing himself to test the Eight Gates, he ended up in the hospital, where he received greetings from Hinata and his classmates.

• Naruto discovered his Creative Mode interface inside the Sealing Space and used its items to build a home and provide food.
• Naruto entered the Ninja Academy and began training with Kurama, learning to punch trees and practice the Clone Technique.
• Naruto fought Sasuke, awakened Sasuke’s Sharingan, and demonstrated his Purple Light Cocoon to the Third Hokage.
• Naruto arrived at the Academy through a portal, where the Third Hokage’s ceremony brought attention to his abilities and his connection to Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto spoke about his difficult childhood, and the Third Hokage publicly announced that he was the Fourth Hokage’s son as Root rumors stirred up villagers against him.
• Naruto trained at Riverside Grove, befriended Hinata, and asked Kakashi to teach him taijutsu.
• Naruto used his Purple Light Cocoon to redirect Kakashi’s attacks, then learned about Chakra affinities and the Eight Gates.
• Naruto opened the Eight Gates and pushed his body to its limit before collapsing, then woke in Konoha Hospital and read the cards from Hinata and his classmates.

Naruto trained with Hinata and Sasuke, formed Team 7 with Kakashi, and took on an escort mission to Wave Country. The team defeated Zabuza and Haku’s attacks, but Haku surrendered and Zabuza remained injured as the story left them on the battlefield.

• Naruto escaped the hospital, resumed training, and grew closer to Hinata while sparring with Sasuke.
• Naruto developed Wind Release: Blood Burst Technique, joined Team 7 with Sasuke and Sakura, and helped Kakashi pass their bell test.
• Naruto took Hinata out for ramen and fought Neji before returning to train with Sasuke and Sakura.
• Team 7 used Shadow Clones to complete hundreds of D-Rank Missions, prompting the Third Hokage to assign them an escort mission to Wave Country.
• Naruto and his teammates agreed to continue the mission after Kakashi revealed that Tazuna had concealed its danger, then encountered Zabuza in the fog.
• Naruto and Sasuke fought Zabuza with Light Gates, projectiles, and taijutsu, while Haku intervened and trapped them in Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals.
• Naruto returned to the battlefield to find Sasuke had defeated Zabuza and taken Kubikiribōchō, while Haku surrendered and revealed his face.
• Haku helped the injured Zabuza, who challenged Haku’s right to make decisions for him, and Naruto worried Kakashi might imitate Green Watermelon Rind.

Naruto’s strange training and antics followed Team 7 back to Konoha and into the Chunin Exams, where he stirred up trouble before they faced Orochimaru in the Forest of Death. Orochimaru marked Sasuke with a Cursed Seal, and Sasuke resolved to use its power without letting Orochimaru possess him.

• Naruto tried to awaken Sasuke’s Sharingan with matching outfits, but Sasuke’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan emerged after Sakura saw him in pink lingerie.
• Naruto trained with bizarre Shadow Clones, and Kakashi nearly died after eating one of Naruto’s special items before the Undying Totem revived him.
• Team 7 returned to Konoha, where Naruto confused Danzo about his injuries and requested an S-Rank mission investigating suspected Sunagakure spies.
• Naruto gave Sasuke the enchanted Kubikiribōchō, and Sasuke gained the nickname Thin Ice Brother after quoting Whirlpool Stark’s writing.
• Naruto and Sasuke arrived at the Chunin Exams in homemade disguises, and Naruto repeatedly accused Yakushi Kabuto of cheating during the written test.
• Naruto led Sasuke, Sakura, and Konohamaru in attacking genin from other villages, and the Third Hokage protected Naruto from the resulting complaints.
• In the Forest of Death, Naruto and Sasuke attacked Orochimaru, who defeated them and placed a Cursed Seal on Sasuke.
• Sasuke concluded that Orochimaru intended to possess him, accepted the Cursed Seal’s power, and went into the woods to pee.

Naruto trained with Jiraiya, helped defeat Gaara’s rampage, and witnessed the Third Hokage’s death during Orochimaru’s attack. After Konoha mourned and Tsunade was named Fifth Hokage, Itachi and Kisame arrived, and Sasuke confronted his brother.

• Naruto defeated Kankuro with his Undying Totem, while Sasuke overwhelmed Tenten with a storm of shuriken and wires.
• Kakashi discovered Orochimaru’s curse mark on Sasuke, and Naruto visited Obito’s grave before the Third Hokage reprimanded him and Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya taught Naruto the Summoning Technique and Rasengan, but Naruto’s early practice caused a massive explosion and led him to develop a powerful beam attack with Kurama.
• Sasuke fought Gaara in the Chunin Exam final as Orochimaru revealed himself and attacked Konoha, while Naruto helped evacuate Hinata, Sakura, and Hanabi.
• Naruto and Sasuke fought Shukaku and awakened Gaara, while the Third Hokage used the Reaper Death Seal against Orochimaru and died from his wounds.
• Konoha held the Third Hokage’s funeral, and Naruto, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Konohamaru shared food and memories at his grave as Tsunade was appointed Fifth Hokage.
• Danzo plotted to claim the Hokage position, while Itachi and Kisame entered Konoha and were mistaken for performers at the funeral celebrations.
• Sasuke followed Itachi and Kisame out of the village and challenged Itachi, who failed to recognize him.