Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• A group from the Ōtsutsuki Branch Family arrives in Konoha, boasting that they will destroy the Shinobi World. Tian Shang, aware of their history and the danger posed by Kaguya, alerts Dave and watches them approach.
• The Branch Family Leader and two companions sneak over Konoha’s wall, unaware of its security measures. Uchiha police quickly surround them. When the leader challenges the crowd, a village woman who works in the fields shoots him in the leg with a pistol her shinobi son gave her for protection. The police arrest him, and the rest of the Branch Family follow Tian Shang into the village without resisting.
• Tobirama settles the Branch Family near the Hyūga compound, leaving the related clans to deal with one another.
• At the Senju compound, Kaguya asks Mito to teach her to cook so she can do something for her children. Her first meal is so disastrously toxic that it corrodes a plastic lunchbox. Kaguya puts it in an iron one and sets off to find her children.
• Hashirama returns, mistakes the scraps from Kaguya’s cooking for ordinary leftovers, and starts eating them. Mito hesitates to warn him.

Character developments and interactions

• Tian Shang is wary of the Branch Family’s arrogance and quietly alerts Dave.
• The Branch Family Leader goes from swaggering threats to helplessness when Konoha’s security, armed villagers, and police overpower him.
• Kaguya shows a newfound desire to care for her children, asking Mito for help despite being a disastrous cook.
• Mito encourages Kaguya kindly, even when honesty gives way to reassurance—and she is too stunned to stop Hashirama from eating the leftovers.
• Hashirama remains cheerfully oblivious to the danger in front of him.
• Tobirama handles the Branch Family’s arrival pragmatically, placing them near the Hyūga. Hagoromo’s frequent help at the Hokage Building also makes Izuna worry that his secretary role may be at risk.

Significant themes

• Arrogance versus preparedness: the Branch Family dismisses Konoha’s defenses and is quickly humbled.
• Everyday life amid extraordinary power: firearms, village policing, and family cooking puncture the grand claims of shinobi and Ōtsutsuki alike.
• Care and redemption: Kaguya’s attempt to cook represents a sincere effort to become a more attentive mother, even if the results are disastrous.

Key plot points and events

• Kaguya surprises Hagoromo at the Hokage Building with a lunch she cooked herself. Though the food is apparently poisonous, Hagoromo forces himself to eat some so he won’t hurt her feelings, then collapses. Asura, Hamura, and Indra also eat her cooking and end up hospitalized; all five victims have their stomachs pumped.
• Later, Kaguya joins Mito for Konoha’s square dancing. She quickly learns the steps, enjoys leading the dances, and tackles the troupe’s most difficult song.
• Black Zetsu learns that Hagoromo and Hamura have been resurrected and fumes over having to share Kaguya’s attention. He plans to spend the Dung-Carrying Brigade’s savings attacking Nine-Tails’ Internet Cafe, only to discover Tobi has already spent the money. Undeterred, Black Zetsu leads hundreds of White Zetsu in a charge on the cafe.

Character developments and interactions

• Kaguya shows affection through cooking and is pleased when her sons eat her food, unaware of its disastrous effects. At the dance, she discovers genuine happiness after a thousand years and becomes increasingly confident.
• Hagoromo, Asura, Hamura, and Indra all try to spare Kaguya’s feelings by eating her cooking, despite their different levels of reluctance. Their shared fate becomes a running joke.
• Mito welcomes Kaguya into the dance group, teaches her the steps, and encourages her to try the hardest routine. The two become partners and lead the dancers together.
• Black Zetsu reacts to the brothers’ return with possessiveness and anger. Tobi’s revelation that the brigade’s funds are gone derails his plan, but he responds by attacking anyway.
• Dave hears about the food poisoning and privately contrasts Kaguya’s cooking with his wife’s.

Significant themes

• Affection and sacrifice: Kaguya’s cooking is a sincere attempt to care for her family, while her sons endure it to protect her feelings.
• Belonging and rediscovered joy: Square dancing gives Kaguya companionship and a happiness she had long been without.
• Comic contrast: Domestic mishaps and cheerful community dancing sit alongside Black Zetsu’s melodramatic rage and looming attack.

Plot and key events

• Little Nine-Tails defeats eight hundred White Zetsu with a mop, then knocks out Black Zetsu and leaves him with the mop stuck in his mouth. The “Second Feces World War” ends with Black Zetsu being taken to the hospital.
• Dave is discharged from the hospital despite not yet being fully recovered. At home, he and Tsukimi go to their pond to catch fish for dinner.
• After Dave repeatedly fails to net a fish and jumps into the pond, he and Tsukimi playfully splash each other, kiss, and catch several fish together.
• In the kitchen, Dave protects Tsukimi from splattering oil, burning his own hand slightly. Distracted by the incident, they let the fish burn, ending with a blackened meal.

Character developments and interactions

• Little Nine-Tails is shown as overwhelmingly powerful and gleefully brutal, turning the battle into slapstick humiliation.
• Dave is energetic and childish after his hospital stay. His playful teasing and impulsive actions contrast with his sincere protectiveness toward Tsukimi.
• Tsukimi is affectionate and patient with Dave, joining his antics while also firmly scolding him when he risks getting hurt.
• Their relationship is warm and intimate: they tease, kiss, cooperate, and show mutual care, though their shared distraction ruins dinner.

Significant themes

• Comic absurdity: A major battle is resolved through grotesque slapstick, while an ordinary cooking mishap provides the domestic punchline.
• Affection and care: Dave’s instinct to shield Tsukimi and her concern for his injury reveal their devotion.
• Playfulness in everyday life: Their childish pond antics turn a simple chore into a shared, affectionate experience.

Plot points and events

• At the hospital, a doctor struggles to remove the mop stuck in Black Zetsu’s mouth without damaging it. Tobi repeatedly “translates” Zetsu’s muffled protests into embarrassing nonsense, until Zetsu kicks him away.
• Half a month later, the group gathers at Hashirama’s house for the premiere of a TV drama starring Hashirama, Madara, and Mito. Television has recently become widespread after Orochiroku launched a satellite, while Kakuzu profits from sales, subscriptions, and advertising.
• The drama, Temptation to Return to the Village, follows a troubled marriage: Mito’s character faces criticism from her mother-in-law, played by Kaguya, while Madara’s character returns as a rival with a child fathered by Hashirama’s character.
• Black Zetsu asks Dave to give him a role in a future production, hoping to become closer to Kaguya. Madara and Indra promptly blast him away.
• The cast and guests watch together. Hashirama’s line, “You’re such a tease,” becomes the evening’s lasting joke: Tobirama and Izuna can’t look at him without remembering it.

Character developments and interactions

• Tobi’s mischievous “interpretations” of Black Zetsu’s muffled speech infuriate Zetsu and unsettle the doctor.
• Kaguya enjoys her first acting role, while Hagoromo hopes it will keep her occupied and away from cooking.
• Black Zetsu reveals his desire to bond with Kaguya, but his scheming is immediately shut down.
• The viewing party’s pairings highlight its relationships: Dave and Tsukimi cuddle, Asura settles into Indra’s arms, and Tobirama and Izuna trade jabs. Hashirama talks excitedly with Madara about their performances, leaving Mito frustrated that he neglects her.

Significant themes

• The chapter’s humor comes from misunderstandings, teasing, and the gap between characters’ intentions and others’ reactions.
• Television and drama introduce new entertainment and commerce, while turning familiar relationships into exaggerated fictional conflicts.
• Affection and rivalry coexist throughout the group, from siblings’ closeness to Mito’s jealousy and the playful antagonism between Tobirama and Izuna.

Plot points and events

• After starring in a melodramatic TV scene, Hashirama and Madara become recognizable around Konoha—but for their scandalous characters’ lines, not their real identities. Hashirama is especially upset that villagers call him “such a slut,” while Madara is embarrassed when a fan tries to tell him that his portrayal of Uchiha Ellie is too much.
• Kakuzu summons them to the Love Kidney Company to film advertisements. Hashirama enthusiastically endorses Kidney Treasure, reciting exaggerated claims and drinking a bottle on camera. He also promotes a deal that includes an autographed photo of Kakuzu.
• Madara films an ad for the game Greedy Red Moon, delivering its sales pitch in flashy golden armor and making a couple of halfhearted sword swings.
• Kakuzu is pleased with both performances and plans to have the ads edited and aired the following day. He tells Dave the filming is complete; Dave says he will come edit the final cut.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama’s pride in being the First Hokage is punctured by his newfound notoriety for a TV role. He sulks, then quickly regains his enthusiasm when he thinks the endorsement will improve his public image.
• Madara initially teases Hashirama, but the fan’s reaction to his own performance leaves him flustered. He remains composed during the game ad, though he questions the promotional copy afterward.
• Kakuzu acts as a cheerful, opportunistic producer, directing the two famous leaders into unpaid endorsements for his company’s products.
• Hashirama and Madara share a teasing friendship: Hashirama laughs when Madara suffers the same kind of embarrassment he did, and Madara nearly retaliates before Kakuzu’s call interrupts them.

Significant themes

• Celebrity and public image: The villagers recognize the actors’ roles rather than the famous figures behind them.
• Commercialization of fame: Kakuzu exploits Hashirama’s and Madara’s reputations to advertise products.
• Comedy through contrast: Their legendary status clashes with the awkward, exaggerated scripts and their varied reactions to fame.

Key plot points and events

• Hashirama wakes Mito early to show her the kidney-tonic commercial he filmed. She hates it, calls him an idiot, and leaves to practice square dancing with Kaguya, leaving Hashirama battered.
• Madara visits Izuna for breakfast. They see Madara’s commercial, in which his edited sword swings make him look like a blurred, spasming figure. Madara realizes Kakuzu altered it and goes to confront him.
• Dave secretly warns Kakuzu not to reveal his involvement and threatens to cut Kakuzu’s dividends and deny him compensation. Kakuzu, furious at the coercion, admits responsibility. Madara beats him badly, leaving him as a bundle of black threads in the hospital.
• On the street, children repeat the commercials’ catchphrases. Hashirama asks Madara whether his own ad made him look foolish; after seeing it again, he cries. When Madara’s ad airs, Hashirama mocks him, and Madara beats him, sending him to the hospital too.
• Hashirama ends up sharing a room with Kakuzu. He cheerfully talks at the injured, speechless Kakuzu and mistakes his protests for requests—including a request to autograph Kakuzu’s money.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama is enthusiastic about his commercial but becomes insecure when Mito criticizes it. He then mocks Madara’s ad without recognizing the danger, and continues his oblivious, relentlessly cheerful chatter in the hospital.
• Mito is exasperated by Hashirama’s poor judgment and embarrassed by the ad’s likely effect on their reputation.
• Madara is humiliated by the distorted commercial and takes his anger out on Kakuzu; later, Hashirama’s laughter makes him lash out again.
• Kakuzu is exposed as the editor and initially considers blaming Dave, but Dave’s threats provoke him to accept responsibility. Despite his injuries, Kakuzu’s greatest concern remains his money and lack of reimbursement.
• Izuna watches the commercial with Madara and is left stunned by its absurdity.
• The chapter’s comedy depends on escalating misunderstandings and clashes: Madara’s humiliation, Hashirama’s careless teasing, and Kakuzu’s attempts to protect his finances.

Significant themes

• Public image and embarrassment: The commercials turn respected figures into ridiculous public spectacles.
• Greed and exploitation: Kakuzu’s anger at Dave’s workplace threats and his fixation on medical costs and money drive the title’s joke.
• Comic consequences: Characters respond to embarrassment and provocation with disproportionate violence, while Hashirama remains cheerfully oblivious.

Plot points and events

• On Little Tsunade’s second birthday, Hashirama organizes the preparations while ordering everyone else around. Mito catches him shirking and drags him off to help.
• Tsunade goes out to play with Jiraiya and Orochimaru. Jiraiya accidentally bumps into a young Ōtsutsuki, who insults him and then kicks him. When Tsunade protests, the man tries to strike her too.
• Kakuzu intervenes, restrains the attacker, and sends him away, telling the children that someone else will deal with him. He takes them to the hospital, where Jiraiya is treated for a bruised stomach.
• Kakuzu contacts Dave about the incident. Dave arrives, checks on Jiraiya, and comforts him. Jiraiya breaks down crying in Dave’s arms, and Dave reassures all three children that he will protect them.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama is eager to manage the birthday surprise but is more interested in giving orders than doing the work; Mito firmly makes him pitch in.
• Tsunade is playful and spirited, but quickly becomes protective and angry when Jiraiya is hurt.
• Jiraiya, despite having apologized for the accidental collision, is attacked and initially insists he is fine. Dave’s kindness gives him the safety to express his fear and hurt.
• Orochimaru is reluctant to leave his reading plans, but supports Jiraiya after the attack. Dave’s affection wins him over.
• Kakuzu acts decisively to shield the children and get Jiraiya medical care, while also displaying his usual opportunistic streak by considering padding the reimbursement.
• Dave responds with controlled fury toward the attacker but gentleness toward the children, embracing all three and promising they can rely on him.

Significant themes

• Protection and trust: Kakuzu and Dave step in when the children are threatened, with Dave offering lasting reassurance.
• Childhood vulnerability and unfairness: Jiraiya did the right thing by apologizing, yet was still harmed by an adult.
• Family and community: The birthday preparations and the adults’ care show the children surrounded by an unconventional but supportive family.

Plot and events

• After comforting the children, Dave and Kakuzu set out to punish the Ōtsutsuki youth who had attacked Jiraiya. Little Tsunade insists on coming and blackmails Kakuzu by threatening to expose his padded expense claim.
• They find the youth boasting about his attack. Dave knocks him down with a brick labeled “virtue,” while telling Tsunade that people should be won over through virtue. Tsunade eagerly adopts the lesson; Kakuzu covers her eyes during the beating.
• Dave reveals it is Tsunade’s birthday and takes her to a surprise party at the Senju Compound.
• Tsunade is initially annoyed with Hashirama for keeping the party secret, but forgives him. He gives her chakra-extraction instructions and a Summoning Scroll for the Slug Sage. Madara gives her his sealed scythe, and Kaguya strengthens her constitution.
• Kakuzu gives her a practical discount coupon; Jiraiya gives her money and a card. Dave explains that Jiraiya earned the money collecting bottles and painstakingly assembled the card from newspaper words because he wanted to make the gift himself.
• Moved by Jiraiya’s effort, Tsunade thanks him and says she likes the presents. The two reunite in playful teasing and tussling, ending the party on a happy note.

Character developments and interactions

• Tsunade is bold and mischievous, but also learns to appreciate the thought behind a modest gift. Her affection for Jiraiya becomes more apparent.
• Jiraiya shows devotion through a month of hard work and effort, though he hides his feelings behind playful antics.
• Dave is protective and warm toward the children, but his lesson about “virtue” is undercut by his brutal use of the brick.
• Kakuzu reluctantly accommodates Tsunade and remains a dry, practical presence.
• Hashirama is proud of Tsunade and eager to support her training, while Madara’s gift prompts comic bickering between them. Kaguya shows care through her gift.

Significant themes

• Affection expressed through effort: Jiraiya’s handmade card and self-earned money matter more than their monetary value.
• Family and belonging: The surprise celebration, gifts, and shared laughter make Tsunade feel cherished.
• Comedy through contradiction: Dave’s “virtue” lesson clashes with his violent actions, while the adults’ gifts and squabbles keep the mood playful.

Key plot points and events

• Kaguya learns that Mito is helping organize the annual Matchmaking Event and decides Indra must attend, since she believes the others in the family are already spoken for.
• Indra reluctantly goes. Veteran attendees Tobirama and Izuna are there too; Mito warns them not to cause trouble.
• Kaguya seats Indra at a table, where he silently endures several introductions. He refuses to speak to the women who sit with him.
• Near the event’s end, Indra introduces himself to Rinako, the first woman to draw a response from him. They both admit they were pressured to attend, but when she suggests they simply eat and wait out the event, Indra abruptly leaves.
• The chapter ends with Indra alone atop Hokage Rock, holding the two ties from the locks of hair that frame his face.

Character developments and interactions

• Kaguya takes charge of Indra’s romantic prospects, treating his attendance as a family matter. Her insistence contrasts with his complete lack of enthusiasm.
• Indra remains withdrawn throughout the event. His brief introduction to Rinako suggests a moment of openness, but his sudden departure leaves his feelings unclear; the closing image hints at a private emotional attachment.
• Rinako approaches Indra with humor and sympathy, recognizing that both may have been forced to attend. Though puzzled by his exit, she finds him handsome.
• Mito acts as host and mediator, encouraging Indra while keeping Tobirama and Izuna in line.
• Tobirama and Izuna are portrayed as habitual, reluctant-looking attendees who treat the event as entertainment and are wary of Mito’s warnings.

Significant themes

• Duty versus personal choice: Indra is pushed into matchmaking by his family, while several characters attend for reasons other than finding a partner.
• Loneliness and emotional reserve: Indra’s silence sets him apart from the lively event, and his solitary ending suggests an unresolved past or attachment.
• Comic family pressure: Kaguya’s matchmaking efforts and Mito’s threats toward the veteran bachelors provide humor around an otherwise awkward social ritual.

• Indra’s descendants become a mystery: Hashirama and Asura notice Indra brooding after a blind date and wonder how the Uchiha Clan could descend from him if he died without a wife. Kakuzu, secretly trying to photograph the scene for his struggling newspaper, points out the contradiction. Indra catches them and beats Kakuzu badly; later, the group questions Hagoromo, who admits he does not know the answer. When a crowd corners Indra at home, he angrily shuts the door, leaving Kakuzu to investigate.
• Dave and Tsukimi learn they’re expecting: At breakfast, Tsukimi suddenly feels nauseated and vomits. Dave worries and carries her to the hospital despite her protests. He calls Tobirama with the news, accidentally blurting out that Tobirama is going to be a grandfather. Tobirama rushes to the hospital, delighted, and accompanies the couple through examinations.
• Tobirama takes charge: Back at the Senju compound, Tobirama enthusiastically orders Hashirama to arrange chicken soup, sends Dave to buy pregnancy supplies for his approval, and leaves Izuna to handle Hokage-office paperwork. He also insists Tsukimi stay close to family and be accompanied whenever she goes out. The children are excited to hear a new sibling is on the way.
• Character interactions and development: Dave is attentive and protective toward Tsukimi, while she accepts his care with a wry smile. Tobirama’s stern public demeanor gives way to exuberant, overprotective grandfatherly excitement. Hashirama, Asura, and Hagoromo bond over curiosity about Indra’s family history; Kakuzu’s opportunism repeatedly lands him in trouble. Izuna is left resentfully doing Tobirama’s work.
• Themes and tone: The chapter mixes slapstick and family comedy with themes of lineage, curiosity, and new beginnings. The unresolved question of Indra’s descendants contrasts with the joyful, concrete news that Dave and Tsukimi are starting a family.

Key plot points and events

• Tobirama puts the Senju Clan on high alert because Tsukimi is pregnant, despite her being only two months along. Hashirama and Mito find his reaction excessive.
• A month later, Tobirama’s strict precautions have left Dave confined at home: he has removed the household computers, confiscated Dave’s phone, and even limits television because of concerns about radiation.
• Desperate for a break, Dave sneaks out to an internet café, jokingly adopting the code names “Blade” and “Ormo.” Tsukimi knows about his escape and lets him go, reminding him to call or use the Flying Thunder God formula if needed.
• At the café, Dave and his companion encounter Little Nine-Tails, who accidentally burns a patch of fur when startled by their stocking-covered disguises. Their membership cards reveal their identities, but he lets them proceed.
• Dave checks out the newly launched game Crossing the Shinobi World, which pits the Akatsuki against Root across several shooter-style modes. He is startled by the high prices of its special weapons, then asks Kakuzu whether he can use administrator tools to get some for free.

Character developments

• Tobirama becomes intensely protective and controlling once Tsukimi is pregnant, monitoring Dave and restricting his activities.
• Dave grows increasingly restless under confinement and resorts to a ridiculous covert escape, though he remains attentive to Tsukimi’s safety.
• Tsukimi is amused and sympathetic toward Dave, quietly supporting his outing while sharing his concern for her wellbeing.
• Kakuzu shows his talent for monetization by designing expensive, premium weapons for the game.
• Little Nine-Tails is portrayed as a laid-back café manager whose calm routine is disrupted by Dave and his companion’s entrance.

Significant themes

• The chapter plays pregnancy-related care for comedy, contrasting genuine concern with excessive control.
• It highlights Dave’s need for freedom and entertainment against Tobirama’s overprotectiveness.
• The game’s costly weapons satirize aggressive monetization—and Kakuzu’s mercenary instincts.

Character interactions

• Hashirama and Mito quietly question Tobirama’s alarm, while Tobirama insists the clan must prepare immediately.
• Dave and Tsukimi share a warm, teasing farewell; he reminds her how to contact him, and she encourages him to go.
• Dave and his companion’s attempted secrecy is undercut when Little Nine-Tails recognizes them through their membership cards.
• Dave admires Kakuzu’s business sense but immediately tries to turn his position as company boss into free weapons.

Plot and key events

• Dave and Kakuzu enter a new shooter game together. Dave buys several expensive Kage-level weapons, while Kakuzu celebrates the spending and hopes the developers will release more.
• A teammate asks to try Dave’s weapon. Kakuzu instead delivers an elaborate pitch for buying one, arguing that it offers both personal satisfaction and a chance to profit later. The teammate takes the idea so seriously that he suggests selling the family house, prompting his father to yell at him.
• Dave and Kakuzu repeatedly rush the B site and are killed by a skilled opponent. After nine rounds, both have dismal scores. Dave secretly changes something before the next round.
• The opponent is revealed to be Tobirama, playing from the Hokage Building. He easily kills the pair at first, but Dave returns seemingly invulnerable, with ten billion health. Tobirama’s guns and close-range attacks do nothing.
• Dave then uses Fire Release within the shooter, killing Tobirama. After repeated deaths, Tobirama reports Dave for cheating. Dave rejects the report through the game’s backend and gets Tobirama’s account banned for three days.

Character developments and interactions

• Dave is vain about his new weapons and initially shares Kakuzu’s enthusiasm for spending. After repeated defeats, he turns the tables on Tobirama by using extreme health and ninjutsu.
• Kakuzu remains focused on profit, treating the game’s purchases as a business opportunity and trying to persuade others to spend.
• Tobirama shifts from confident, smug sharpshooter to baffled and furious victim, convinced Dave is cheating. His complaint is only made worse when it earns him a ban.
• Dave and Kakuzu joke and commiserate over their repeated losses; Kakuzu later watches Dave head back to B site, unaware of what Dave has changed.

Significant themes

• Pay-to-win and commercialization: The costly weapons and Kakuzu’s sales pitch satirize monetized games and players’ willingness to justify extravagant purchases.
• Unfairness and power imbalance: Dave’s enormous health and ability to use ninjutsu overwhelm the rules of the shooter, while Tobirama’s protest is dismissed.
• Irony and comic reversal: The confident player who had been dominating the match becomes powerless, and the game’s supposed anti-cheat system punishes him instead of the rule-breaker.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Tobirama discovers that a player used a massive Fire Release jutsu in a shooter game. After the company’s staff reject his report and ban his account, he calls his son Dave to demand action.
• Dave—who is secretly the company “parasite” responsible for the issue—promises a fair investigation. He soon identifies Kakuzu as the backend technician involved, tells Tobirama where to find him, and escapes the Internet café by climbing out of the restroom.
• Tobirama confronts Kakuzu at the café. Kakuzu is hospitalized again, but escapes despite the hospital installing bars on the windows; staff find that he has apparently dug through the floor.
• Meanwhile, Black Zetsu prepares for a battle against George, inviting Kaguya to watch. He rallies an army of White Zetsu, provides Kaguya with a chair, tea, and fruit, and takes his place in a trench.
• Black Zetsu fires the opening shot using a feces-modified pistol. The shot hits George with a lump of feces, officially starting the Third Feces World War.

Character developments

• Dave acts like a principled whistleblower to impress Tobirama, though he is actually covering for himself. Once he names Kakuzu as the culprit, he abandons him and flees.
• Tobirama is furious about the game’s unfair moderation, but becomes deeply proud and reassured by Dave’s lofty promises.
• Kakuzu remains oblivious to the danger while gaming, then suffers yet another trip to the hospital and another improbable escape.
• Black Zetsu takes his absurd mock-war very seriously, presenting himself as a commander determined to win.
• Kaguya agrees to watch out of boredom and is amused by Black Zetsu’s elaborate, theatrical preparations.

Significant themes

• Hypocrisy and self-interest: Dave’s talk of justice masks his effort to protect himself.
• Bureaucratic absurdity: A cheating report is mishandled, while the supposed investigation ends with Kakuzu being physically attacked.
• Parody of military grandeur: Black Zetsu’s solemn speeches and army rituals contrast comically with the ridiculous feces-based weapons and conflict.
• Escalating absurdity: Repeated hospital escapes and the declaration of a “world war” turn mundane grievances into increasingly outrageous spectacle.

Character interactions

• Tobirama calls Dave for help, and Dave reassures him with grand promises that Tobirama takes sincerely.
• Dave identifies Kakuzu to Tobirama, then leaves Kakuzu to face the consequences.
• Tobirama tracks down Kakuzu, leading to Kakuzu’s hospitalization.
• Black Zetsu recruits Kaguya as an audience and rallies the White Zetsu before attacking George.
• George’s relaxed tea-drinking is abruptly interrupted by Black Zetsu’s opening shot.

Key plot points and events

• Black Zetsu and George’s absurd battle escalates from a shortage of weapons into a close-quarters fight using jars of feces. Their armies of White Zetsu and zombies clash until both sides are defeated, leaving the leaders to settle the contest.
• George unveils a giant “feces-edition robot zombie,” which launches a huge projectile and then throws a sewage truck at Black Zetsu.
• Kaguya intervenes to deflect the truck—but, furious that the fight has soiled her custom-made outfit, she unleashes a devastating burst of power. The blast levels the nearby forest.
• The injured fighters end up in the hospital. There, George accuses Black Zetsu of cheating by bringing in his mother; Black Zetsu insists Kaguya acted because she loves him. Both have been badly hurt, though Black Zetsu’s legs are expected to regenerate.

Character developments and interactions

• Black Zetsu remains determined to win because he believes his mother is watching. After losing, he interprets Kaguya’s intervention as proof of her devotion, even when she injures him too.
• George is boastful and inventive, relying on an enormous robot to gain the upper hand. He resents Kaguya’s intervention and mocks Black Zetsu afterward.
• Kaguya shifts from a quiet tea drinker to a furious, overwhelmingly powerful combatant when the battle ruins her clothes. Her reaction is driven less by maternal protectiveness than by anger over the mess.
• Tobirama notices the aftermath: the battlefield’s forest has been flattened. The overwhelmed hospital staff struggle to cope with the many strange, injured patients.

Significant themes

• Comic bathos: A grand, dramatic battle is reduced to an increasingly ridiculous contest involving feces and improvised machinery.
• Loyalty and self-deception: Black Zetsu frames his defeat and his mother’s anger as signs of maternal love, refusing to acknowledge the less flattering explanation.
• Escalation and collateral damage: A petty rivalry spirals into catastrophic destruction, leaving both combatants and the surrounding area in ruins.

Key plot points and events

• Danzo, using the ANBU codename Root, is assigned an S-rank mission with Milu, the only available teammate. He dislikes her and finds her unpredictable, but has no choice but to go with her.
• On the way to Sunagakure, Milu asks whether she is annoying. Danzo bluntly says yes. Later, she returns before dawn and teaches him the hand signs for a jutsu called Izanagi, while refusing to explain what it does.
• Their mission is to steal Sunagakure’s secret Puppet Technique. They break into the Kazekage Building and search its upper floors, but opening a wooden book titled Puppet Art triggers a poison trap. Milu is injured, and the guards discover the intrusion.
• Danzo carries Milu into the desert as they flee. Poison has destroyed her right eye, which she removes herself. The Third Kazekage intercepts them with iron-sand weapons.
• At Milu’s urging, Danzo performs the hand signs she taught him. She then stabs him in the heart, followed by herself. The chapter ends with the Kazekage bewildered by their apparent willingness to die.

Character developments

• Danzo/Root: Though he remains irritated and suspicious of Milu, he comes to trust her enough to follow her instructions in the face of death. His willingness is complicated by his private belief that her request is absurd.
• Milu: She remains cheerful and enigmatic despite danger and severe injury. Her actions—teaching Danzo Izanagi, then stabbing them both—suggest she has a hidden plan, though its purpose is not yet revealed.
• The Third Kazekage: He appears as a formidable pursuer, but is left stunned by Milu and Danzo’s extreme actions.

Significant themes

• Trust amid uncertainty: Danzo acts on Milu’s request despite not understanding her motives.
• Sacrifice and resolve: Both characters appear to choose death rather than surrender.
• Secrecy and misdirection: Milu conceals the nature of Izanagi and the reason behind her final actions.
• Dark humor and contrast: Danzo’s irritation and blunt remarks sit alongside the escalating danger and Milu’s unsettling smile.

Character interactions

• Danzo repeatedly complains about Milu, while she responds with warmth and tries to engage him.
• Their uneasy partnership shifts when Milu asks whether Danzo trusts her; he says yes and follows her instructions.
• The Kazekage confronts them and orders surrender, but Milu’s sudden attack on Danzo turns the encounter into a baffling apparent double suicide.

Plot points and events

• Milu and Danzo survive their apparent deaths through Izanagi, a forbidden Uchiha technique that rewinds the user’s condition at the cost of an eye. Milu explains that her unusually powerful Mangekyō Sharingan can sustain the technique far longer than normal.
• Milu gives Danzo her Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving herself blind. As they return to Konoha, she jokingly asks him to be her “eyes”; he instead insults her weight, and they bicker all the way home.
• At the hospital, Dave learns that the Third Kazekage injured Danzo and Milu. Furious, he leads Kagami, Hiruzen, and Torifu to Sunagakure. The four masked men brutally beat the Kazekage, whose injuries and subsequent aversion to yellow objects become a running joke.
• A month later, Tobirama raises the question of succession. Dave withdraws and recommends Danzo; Hashirama recommends Hiruzen. The group ultimately chooses Danzo as the next Hokage.

Character developments and interactions

• Milu sacrifices her remaining sight to save Danzo and entrusts him with her powerful Sharingan. Despite her blindness and injuries, she keeps her irreverent, teasing manner.
• Danzo shows concern for Milu and accepts the eye, but remains oblivious to her hints at romance. He also takes his friends’ loyalty for granted, assuming they can easily handle the Kazekage.
• Dave and the others demonstrate fierce loyalty to Danzo by immediately setting out to avenge him. Danzo’s reaction reveals how deeply he values being regarded as a brother.
• Tobirama and the elders settle the leadership question by choosing Danzo, setting up his rise to the Third Hokage.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and trust: Milu gives up her sight and a treasured eye to save Danzo.
• Found family and loyalty: Dave and the others respond to Danzo’s injury as an attack on their brother.
• Humor amid violence: Romantic teasing, exaggerated revenge, and the Kazekage’s humiliation punctuate the chapter’s darker events.

Key plot points and events

• Milu, who has lost her eyes, lives with Danzo, who looks after her. She asks about a scar on his face; he says the Third Kazekage ambushed him.
• Dave visits and tells Danzo that the Second Hokage is stepping down. Dave and Kagami have declined the role, so the village leadership has chosen Danzo as the Third Hokage. Hiruzen is doing well in ANBU and may eventually become its director.
• Danzo is told to spend the week handling the handover and learning from the Second Hokage before taking office.
• Dave claims that Hokage must be married and have a child within three years—a rule he invents to push Danzo and Milu together. When Danzo asks Milu to introduce him to an unmarried woman, she erupts and attacks him with a Fireball.
• Danzo and Milu end up engaged, apparently “willingly” from Danzo’s perspective. He plans a simple wedding to satisfy the supposed requirement and messages the Second Hokage about his new wife and promised child.
• The Second Hokage ignores the message and blocks Danzo after Madara defeats him in their game; Danzo is left staring at the notification.

Character developments and interactions

• Danzo shifts from surprise and excitement at becoming Hokage to anxious confusion about finding a wife. His practical, oblivious approach to Milu prompts her angry reaction, but he ultimately agrees to marry her.
• Milu appears affectionate and emotionally invested in Danzo, blushing at the marriage discussion. Her outburst reflects frustration at his failure to recognize her feelings.
• Dave acts as Danzo’s messenger about the Hokage succession and mischievously fabricates a marriage rule to bring Danzo and Milu together.
• Hiruzen and Kagami are passed over for Hokage for practical reasons, though both are surprised by Danzo’s sudden marriage.
• The Second Hokage and Madara provide the comic closing beat: the Hokage blocks Danzo while occupied with their game.

Significant themes

• Duty versus personal life: Danzo’s new leadership role immediately becomes tangled with expectations about marriage and family.
• Unspoken affection and miscommunication: Milu’s feelings are evident, but Danzo interprets the situation literally and misses her signals.
• Comedy through absurdity: Dave’s fabricated rule, Danzo’s earnest response, and the final blocked message turn major life changes into farce.

Key plot points and events

• A few days after Danzo and Milu’s relationship becomes serious, Dave brings his pregnant wife, Tsukimi, to Danzo’s home for a gathering. Danzo immediately puts Dave to work cooking, claiming he has no servants.
• The guests speculate about how Danzo and Milu got together. Kakuzu offers the unhelpfully mysterious explanation that it “started in a restroom.”
• At dinner, Dave congratulates Danzo on both his marriage and his coming appointment as Third Hokage. Hiruzen accepts the change in leadership and resolves to become ANBU commander, supporting Danzo from the shadows.
• Little Tsunade gives the couple a small piece of gold as a wedding gift. The gold came from a shop funded with Hashirama’s borrowing through Kakuzu’s loan app—debts that have ballooned while Hashirama avoids repayment.
• After the guests leave, Milu nervously heads toward Danzo’s bedroom, only for Danzo to stop her, oblivious to her intentions. She angrily calls him a blockhead; with her guidance, they finally become intimate.
• The chapter ends with the Hokage handover: Danzo formally declares himself Konoha’s Third Hokage.

Character developments and interactions

• Danzo and Milu move from an awkward, teasing relationship toward married life. Milu appreciates the lively company despite being unable to see, while Danzo’s blunt remarks and cluelessness frustrate her.
• Dave is a supportive friend but is humorously conscripted into cooking. His gathering helps ease tensions around Danzo’s promotion.
• Hiruzen sets aside his earlier conflicted feelings and chooses to support Danzo as ANBU commander, embracing a complementary role.
• Hashirama and Kakuzu provide a recurring comic subplot: Kakuzu relentlessly pursues Hashirama over his enormous unpaid loan, while Hashirama dodges him.
• Tsunade shyly gives the newlyweds a gift, adding a warm family moment to the gathering.

Significant themes

• Leadership and complementary roles: Danzo will lead publicly, while Hiruzen plans to protect and support Konoha from the shadows.
• Community and reconciliation: The gathering brings friends together to celebrate the new couple and accept the coming political transition.
• Affection beneath bluntness: Danzo and Milu’s bickering masks growing intimacy.
• Comic debt and consequence: Kakuzu’s relentless loan business turns Hashirama’s borrowing—and other failed ventures—into an ongoing gag.

Plot points and events

• Danzo enjoys his work as Hokage, while his assistant Homura has little to do. Danzo’s home life is less comfortable: he is under pressure to have a child within three years and is physically exhausted. Tobirama and Izuna have retired and plan to perform with Hashirama and Madara as the “Konoha Four Heavenly Kings.”
• At the Love Kidney Company, Kakuzu reviews overdue loans. He decides to personally handle the two largest debts, including those owed by Hashirama and Namikaze Kirin, and orders a crew to target 104 badly overdue borrowers.
• The debt collectors terrorize the borrowers by writing “PAY UP” on their walls with feces. One target is a Kirigakure spy, who recognizes a telltale mixture associated with the “Uchiha Terrifying Feces” and dies after vomiting. His identity is discovered during the investigation.
• Kakuzu, angry that the dead spy can no longer repay his loan, travels to Kirigakure with Black Zetsu. He attacks the Third Mizukage, leaves him gravely injured, and takes 300 million ryo from the village treasury, including interest on the spy’s 1.5-million-ryo debt.
• Kakuzu’s reputation spreads across the shinobi world. Other Kage warn their spies not to borrow money in Konoha, while Danzo checks his own accounts to make sure he owes Kakuzu nothing.

Character developments and interactions

• Kakuzu is shown as methodical and ruthless in business: he delegates routine collections but pursues major debts himself, even holding a village leader responsible for a spy’s unpaid loan.
• Black Zetsu accompanies Kakuzu to Kirigakure and helps carry out the collection operation.
• Danzo balances confidence in his Hokage role with anxiety about his private obligations; after Kakuzu’s exploits, he becomes wary of being in debt to him.
• Homura is reduced to a relaxed, largely idle assistant as Danzo takes charge of the office.
• The spy’s death, the Mizukage’s injury, and the other Kage’s warnings show how Kakuzu’s private business dealings affect the wider shinobi world.

Significant themes

• Debt and ruthless accountability: Kakuzu treats unpaid loans as obligations that must be repaid, regardless of who ultimately bears the cost.
• Absurd humor and grotesque escalation: The chapter turns debt collection into increasingly outrageous humiliation and violence.
• Reputation as power: Kakuzu’s fearsome title spreads rapidly, making even the Kage anxious about his reach.

Key plot points and events

• Kakuzu calls Dave to discuss a lucrative project, but Dave tells him Kagami Uchiha has already taken it. Kagami recently became clan leader, while Madara is relieved to retire from responsibility.
• Dave and Tsukimi decide to attend a concert by Konoha’s Four Heavenly Kings: Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, and Izuna. Indra and Asura are absent after being hospitalized by their grandmother’s cooking.
• The concert’s security guards catch a ticketless intruder, who is promptly beaten and sent back to the hospital for another familiar operation.
• Dave and Tsukimi attend with Hiruzen and Biwako, Kagami and Shanshan, and Danzo and Milu. The four performers sing and dance: Hashirama’s belly dance is absurd, Izuna and Madara’s street dance is a hit, and Tobirama moves so fast he becomes a blur.
• A spotlight selects the couples for an audience-participation performance. Dave kisses Tsukimi before going onstage, prompting Hiruzen and Kagami to kiss their partners too. The couples join the performers and dance through the night.
• Danzo and Milu do not kiss; Danzo insists nothing is wrong. Meanwhile, the hospital-bound intruder watches the concert’s fireworks from behind a barred window.

Character developments and interactions

• Kagami has matured into a steadier clan leader, earning Madara’s confidence; Madara happily gives up the job.
• Dave is affectionate and playful with Tsukimi, readily agreeing to her wishes and publicly showing his love.
• Hiruzen and Biwako are openly affectionate; Hiruzen is already planning to marry her after becoming ANBU Director. Kagami and Shanshan likewise share a warm moment, with their marriage planned for when she turns sixteen.
• Danzo remains gruff and resistant, complaining about attending the concert, while Milu patiently endures his behavior.
• Kakuzu’s brief call highlights the business opportunity he missed and his interest in its profits.

Significant themes

• Love and companionship: The couples’ affection is central to the concert’s audience-participation scene.
• Responsibility and change: Kagami’s growth allows Madara to step away from leadership.
• Comedy and absurdity: The chapter mixes romantic moments with exaggerated jokes about security, injuries, performances, and Danzo’s grumbling.
• Belonging and exclusion: The couples enjoy a communal celebration, while the injured intruder is left watching from the hospital.