Recaps

Naruto and his allies uncovered the trap surrounding the God of Ōtsutsuki, while Obito’s conflict with Itachi and Akatsuki’s collapse reshaped events in Konoha. Sasuke and Boruto set out for their own time, but the God hijacked their journey before Future Naruto chose to remain in the altered space-time.

• Naruto’s group met Toneri on the moon, where Toneri exposed Momoshiki inside Boruto and Naruto bound him before allowing him to return to Boruto.
• Toneri explained Hinata’s Tenseigan and the lunar branch’s history, then led Naruto to the Giant Tenseigan, where Naruto placed the tomoe necklace and triggered the trap.
• Kurama fought a Susanoo inside the trap and met Hagoromo, who explained the God of Ōtsutsuki’s memory-altering Divine Art and asked Kurama to corrode its chakra.
• Naruto and Toneri entered the Tenseigan’s strange space, where Kurama showed Naruto the complete Six Paths power left behind by Hagoromo.
• Obito confronted Kakashi and Itachi, but Kakashi’s Kotoamatsukami startled Obito and Itachi later trapped him with Izanami while Reshape stole the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Tobirama overhauled Konoha’s ninja system and Hiashi abolished the Hyuga Main and Branch Families, while Naruto and Sasuke prepared Boruto’s journey back to his own time.
• The God of Ōtsutsuki revealed himself through the Treasure Plow, but Future Sasuke intervened, sent Sasuke and Boruto along a route home, and sought out Future Naruto in the River of Time.
• Future Naruto explained how his interference created the altered space-time and chose to stay, while Naruto and Minato later found Black Zetsu badly battered after interrogation.

As Naruto investigated disappearances tied to the Shinobi World Conference, he uncovered a conspiracy involving a false Daimyo, the Zero-Tails, and revived Guardian Ninja. After defeating the impostor’s forces, Minato set out his plan to loosen the Daimyo’s power and make Konoha independent.

• Minato learned from Black Zetsu that Obito had manipulated Yagura and the Three-Tails, then identified Black Zetsu as Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s contingency and ordered him sealed.
• Orochimaru began transforming his damaged body, while Reshape’s Leader tasked Kabuto with finding a way to revive Madara Uchiha.
• Naruto visited Hoshigakure, crushed its harmful Falling Star, and invited Natsuhi and others to Konoha’s conference.
• After reports of mysterious disappearances spread, Jiraiya assigned Naruto to investigate, and the team discovered that the Fire Temple’s residents had vanished.
• Naruto and his companions found Beizi, a revived former Guardian Ninja, at the temple and then investigated the suspicious new Daimyo.
• The new Daimyo revealed himself as an impostor serving the Zero-Tails, but Naruto defeated them while Kakashi, Asuma, and Shikamaru fought the mansion’s guards.
• Naruto identified the impostor as Kazuma and brought Minato to Jiraiya, where Minato explained his plan to limit the Daimyo’s power and make Konoha independent.

Naruto and Konoha uncovered the Ōtsutsuki influence behind the tailed beasts’ madness while negotiating with Menma’s Reshape Organization. The search for the remaining beasts led Naruto and Sasuke to Kumogakure, where their attempt to reach Killer B escalated into a clash with the Raikage and Darui.

• Naruto learned that Kazuma had impersonated the daimyo and that the Zero-Tails had been empowered by a hidden master, while Kabuto encountered a grotesque monster beneath the Fire Temple.
• Naruto investigated Qianyu Village, entered the dimension hidden inside a house, and used Adamantine Sealing Chains to capture its monsters before finding Kabuto, Sora, and Reshape’s leader.
• Reshape’s leader revealed that the God of Ōtsutsuki had awakened, and Menma negotiated for Reshape to attend the Shinobi World Conference in exchange for information.
• Naruto brought Kabuto, Sora, and the captured monsters to Konoha, then reported his discoveries to Tobirama and Kakashi as the tailed beasts gathered in the Forest of Death.
• Naruto and Konoha learned from the tailed beasts that contact with Ōtsutsuki made them feel compelled to submit and could drive them mad, so Sasuke and the others tested ways to resist the control.
• Neji, Hinata, and Shukaku worked to suppress the affected tailed beasts, while Sasuke reported their progress and Konoha considered using the Tenseigan to reverse the memory tampering.
• Naruto and Sasuke traveled to Kumogakure to reach Killer B, discovered that the Raikage had been pretending to be injured, and faced Darui and the Raikage when they tried to approach B’s sealed home.

Naruto and Minato secured Kumogakure’s agreement to attend the conference, where Konoha proposed uniting the shinobi world under a new system overseen by the tailed beasts. After a failed first vote and a confrontation with the Land of Earth’s envoy, the delegates approved the Union and entered the beasts’ mind-revealing barrier.

• Naruto fought A and Gyuki, then Minato used a mark on Killer B to stop the clash and explain Konoha’s plan to free the tailed beasts.
• The Raikage told Minato that Killer B had died saving Gyuki, shared the Eight-Tails’ warnings about the Nine-Tails and future threats, and agreed to attend the conference with his delegation.
• Pain and Konan prepared for the conference, while Menma, Orochimaru, Izumi, and Sasori set out for Konoha, and delegations from across the shinobi world traveled there.
• Ebisu presented Konoha’s account of shinobi history, prompting delegates and nobles to question its motives, while Jiraiya took over the meeting and proposed a unified system overseen by the tailed beasts.
• Jiraiya’s first vote narrowly failed, and after Dairi challenged Konoha, Jiraiya summoned Naruto and Daimyo Tsuruyama Shusei, who disavowed Dairi and supported friendship with Konoha.
• Jiraiya summoned the sages as witnesses, and the delegates unanimously approved the Union before Naruto and the sages transported them to a forest surrounded by all ten tailed beasts.
• The tailed beasts established a barrier that exposed inner voices and concealed intentions, revealed Kazahana Koyuki’s Sharingan Genjutsu, and answered the attendees’ questions as they began their work as Union inspectors.