Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Dave arrives at Konoha’s gates with Kakuzu and Orochimaru in bizarre, revealing costumes: Dave in egg-shaped powered armor, Kakuzu in a pink bodysuit, and Orochimaru in red armor with pink stockings and a whip.
• Dave proposes letting Nagato’s group run the Fatherless Alliance and giving the Land of Light branch to the nine tailed beasts. Kakuzu and Orochimaru reject his plans, especially after seeing the tailed beasts dressed in matching outfits.
• Kakuzu and Orochimaru abandon the mission, and Dave eventually gives up his organizational schemes after further discussion. They throw away their costumes; Dave remains baffled that nobody appreciates his fashion sense.
• At Kaguya’s house, Atora and Indra hire a retired chef to teach their grandmother to cook. Kaguya’s attempts at tomato-and-egg stir-fry and a fried egg go disastrously wrong, culminating in a kitchen fire.
• The chef tries again by supervising her sushi preparation. Kaguya mistakes sodium for salt and puts it in the cooking pot, triggering an explosion. She saves the chef from the blast, but he later dies in hospital after a heart attack.

Character developments and interactions

• Dave is enthusiastic about his schemes and outfits but oblivious to how alarming they seem. Kakuzu and Orochimaru firmly refuse to cooperate and flee; Kakuzu is particularly horrified at the thought of Konan dressing similarly.
• Kaguya remains cool and confident despite her lack of cooking skill. The chef tries to encourage her while discreetly avoiding her food, but his increasingly desperate instructions cannot prevent disaster.
• Atora and Indra take action to improve Kaguya’s cooking, though they leave the chef alone with her during the first attempt.

Significant themes

• The chapter relies on absurd comedy, escalating from Dave’s ridiculous fashion and plans to Kaguya’s increasingly hazardous cooking.
• It plays with the gap between confidence and competence: Dave sees his ideas as stylish, and Kaguya approaches cooking earnestly, but both situations end in chaos.
• The chef’s polite encouragement contrasts with his growing fear, while the explosive mishaps turn an ordinary cooking lesson into farce.

Key events

• Hagoromo leaves home to deal with paperwork, asking Indra to watch the porridge.
• Asura can’t find his underwear. Indra discovers a leopard-print scrap in his breakfast and realizes it was cooked into the porridge, then beats Asura in anger.
• Hagoromo and Kaguya explain how the underwear ended up in the rice sack: Kaguya had meant to wash it but forgot and put it in the kitchen. Asura is left embarrassed and upset.
• In the Land of Hot Water, Kakuzu takes a Black Market contract to kill an Iwagakure rogue jonin so he can replace a dead heart and collect the bounty. Since the target has stayed inside a brothel for a month, Kakuzu rents the room next door to set up an opportunity.
• The brothel’s madam charges him 5,000 ryo for two women. Kakuzu is furious that he has spent money before even reaching his target.

Character developments and interactions

• Indra is relaxed about the household’s new freedom to use the kitchen, but reacts violently when he finds Asura’s underwear in his porridge.
• Asura is confused, then wronged and distressed by the mishap and his brother’s reaction.
• Hagoromo is surprised by the story and relieved he avoided eating the porridge; Kaguya awkwardly admits her mistake.
• Kakuzu remains practical and mission-focused, but his obsession with costs surfaces when the brothel fee cuts into his expected profit. His thoughts also contrast the brothel with Nan Xue, who does not wear makeup.

Significant themes

• Domestic chaos and slapstick: The underwear-in-porridge incident turns a minor household mistake into a farcical family crisis.
• Frugality and profit: Kakuzu measures even a necessary expense against the bounty he hopes to earn.
• Contrasts between home and work: The family’s absurd breakfast mishap sits alongside Kakuzu’s grim, transactional life as a bounty hunter.

Key plot points and events

• Kakuzu goes to a brothel to pursue a target, but his plan is interrupted when two enormous women—known as the “Fatal Twin Rabbits”—arrive for the room’s supposed customer.
• As the twins overwhelm him, Kakuzu receives a video call from Nan Xue, who proudly reports that baby Konan can say “Dad.” Seeing Kakuzu undressed with the two women, Nan Xue assumes the worst and abruptly ends the call.
• Enraged and desperate to get home, Kakuzu destroys the Rabbit Brothel with an arsenal of weapons, then races back to Konoha.
• He finds Nan Xue preparing to leave with Konan. He stops her, explains what really happened, and comforts her until she understands the misunderstanding.
• Kakuzu puts Konan to bed and returns to his room. Nan Xue later comes to him, and the chapter ends with a suggestive, comedic implication.

Character developments

• Kakuzu is shown as cautious about attracting attention during a mission, but his composure collapses into explosive panic once Nan Xue misreads the situation. He vows to quit taking Black Market missions.
• Nan Xue reacts emotionally and assumes Kakuzu has betrayed her, but listens to his explanation and acknowledges her mistake.
• Konan reaches a developmental milestone by saying “Dada,” bringing Kakuzu and Nan Xue joy even amid the chaos.

Significant themes

• Miscommunication and mistaken impressions: Nan Xue’s brief glimpse of Kakuzu’s predicament leads her to a painful but understandable conclusion.
• Family and commitment: Kakuzu’s immediate return and effort to reassure Nan Xue show that his family matters more to him than his mission.
• Absurdity and comedy: The imposing twins, the brothel’s destruction, and the contrast between the crisis and Konan’s first words create a farcical tone.

Character interactions

• Kakuzu tries to manage the twins without causing a public disturbance, but they overpower him before he can act.
• Nan Xue’s video call interrupts the scene and sparks the misunderstanding.
• Kakuzu gently confronts Nan Xue, holds and reassures her, then jokes with her about Konan’s new words.
• After the reconciliation, Nan Xue returns to Kakuzu’s room, implying the couple makes up more intimately.

Key events

• Kakuzu and Nan Xue wake after spending the night together. Their relationship has become intimate, and Nan Xue moves into Kakuzu’s home.
• Dave notices Kakuzu’s unusually cheerful mood and, after a sudden inspiration, launches the company’s new business: a gambling and lottery shop called Love Kidney Gambling (Lottery).
• Meanwhile, Kaguya’s search for cooking teachers has turned into a public menace: she has been hunting chefs across the Shinobi World. Many restaurants close, and chefs flee or suffer severe injuries. Hagoromo and the others are relieved that she is terrorizing the wider world rather than their household.
• At the new shop, Butsuma and Uchiha Tajima meet. Their conversation brings out Tajima’s resentment that his sons have not given him grandchildren.
• Izuna arrives with Tobirama and is quickly summoned by his father. He deflects Tajima’s complaints by ushering everyone inside. Madara, wary of getting scolded too, initially hangs back, but Hashirama hints at an idea to get him inside.
• As staff explain lottery tickets and scratch-offs, two women approach Tajima. He recognizes one as likely being from the Uchiha clan, setting up a new encounter.

Character developments and interactions

• Kakuzu and Nan Xue move from flirtation to a committed domestic arrangement; Kakuzu shows concern for her and for Konan.
• Dave’s impulsive enthusiasm creates a new business venture, while Kakuzu reacts with bewilderment and disgust to Dave’s exuberant greeting.
• Kaguya remains intensely focused on learning to cook, but her approach is so destructive that the wider culinary world is in crisis.
• Tajima’s pride and frustration over lacking grandchildren contrast with Butsuma’s cheerful boasting about his grandson and great-grandchildren. Izuna is nervous around his father, while Tobirama and Butsuma appear more at ease.
• Madara anticipates his own father’s reproach; Hashirama teases him and claims to have a plan.

Significant themes

• Domestic intimacy and family expectations: Kakuzu and Nan Xue begin living together, while the older generation frets over their children’s marriages and descendants.
• Absurdity and comic escalation: Dave’s business idea and Kaguya’s chef hunt turn ordinary pursuits into wildly exaggerated events.
• Generational rivalry and pride: Butsuma’s family boasts intensify Tajima’s frustration, while the younger characters navigate their fathers’ expectations.

Plot and key events

• Ban Hime Uchiha, Tajima, and others visit Konoha’s new gambling shop. Zhumei buys ten lottery tickets, while Ban Hime buys twenty scratch-offs; the others each try a ticket.
• Zhumei and Ban Hime settle in to play. Their appearance attracts leering customers, which makes Ban Hime uncomfortable, though she maintains her disguise because her father is nearby. Zhumei is accustomed to the attention.
• Kakuzu recognizes “Hashirama” and “Madara” among the visitors, approves of the shop’s success, and decides to bring the gambling venture to other villages.
• In Sunagakure, Lie Richang discovers an online gambling advertisement while browsing a forum. He clicks through to a site promising huge bonuses and “sexy dealers.”
• The online dealer turns out to be a muscular, hairy man. When Lie tries to close the game and then unplugs his computer, the site keeps running, claiming it is controlling the computer remotely. Lie panics.
• Dave questions Kakuzu about the misleading dealer advertisement. Kakuzu insists the man is sexy, leaving Dave exasperated.

Character developments and interactions

• Ban Hime shows a cautious, reserved side: she is less interested in gambling than Zhumei and dislikes the customers’ attention, but cannot openly react while disguised.
• Zhumei is enthusiastic and comfortable in the shop, eagerly spending on lottery tickets and scratch-offs.
• Kakuzu emerges as an ambitious promoter, eager to expand the gambling business across the shinobi world. His unusual idea of “sexy” explains the disastrous advertisement.
• Lie Richang goes from smugly enjoying a forum discussion to horrified panic when the gambling site traps him in its game.
• Dave is practical and incredulous, contrasting with Kakuzu’s strange tastes.

Significant themes

• The chapter uses comedy and parody to depict gambling’s flashy appeal, aggressive online advertising, and a bizarrely literal interpretation of “sexy.”
• It also highlights the rapid spread of commercial schemes across the shinobi world, as Kakuzu plans to take Konoha’s gambling business to other villages.
• Appearance, disguise, and public attention recur in Ban Hime’s discomfort with being watched and in the contrast between the advertisement’s promise and its actual dealer.

Key plot points and events

• Danzo receives complaints from other villages demanding that Konoha recall Kaguya, whose cooking-related escapades have disrupted restaurants across the shinobi world.
• Unable to handle Kaguya himself, Danzo forwards the complaints to Dave and pressures him to bring her back, threatening to demand a stake in Dave’s new gambling shop.
• Dave persuades Kaguya to return by claiming a famous ramen chef will teach her to cook. She arrives almost instantly, startling him.
• Dave introduces Kaguya to Teuchi at Ichiraku Ramen, then leaves with an order of ramen and invites Teuchi to dinner.
• Teuchi patiently teaches Kaguya to make noodles. She recalls previous kitchen disasters and nearly uses fire release to speed up the cooking, but Teuchi stops her.
• Asura and Indra arrive for ramen and are alarmed to find their grandmother in the kitchen. Kaguya serves them the ramen she made and insists they eat it. They initially gulp it down expecting the worst, then realize it tastes normal—and quickly reassure her when she questions their reaction.

Character developments and interactions

• Danzo uses his authority to pressure Dave, revealing his opportunistic, coercive side.
• Dave resents Danzo’s demands but cleverly finds a way to get Kaguya back by appealing to her interest in cooking.
• Kaguya is eager to learn from Teuchi and works attentively, though her confidence in the kitchen is undermined by her history of dangerous mistakes. She becomes proud enough of her ramen to make Asura and Indra eat it.
• Teuchi treats Kaguya respectfully and teaches her patiently, even when she nearly damages his shop.
• Asura and Indra share a comic, fearful reaction to Kaguya’s cooking, but their awkward reassurances spare her feelings.

Significant themes

• Family and affection: Kaguya’s stern insistence that her descendants eat her food contrasts with their fear, suggesting an awkward but caring family bond.
• Learning through patience: Teuchi’s calm guidance helps Kaguya practice safely.
• Comedy through miscommunication and intimidation: Dave’s excuse, Kaguya’s sudden arrival, and the brothers’ panicked eating drive the chapter’s humor.

• Plot and events: Kaguya continues helping Teuchi at his ramen shop, despite having already learned to make ramen. She grows excited about cooking and takes two bowls home for Hagoromo and Hamura. Walking home with Teuchi, she tells him a disguised version of her tragic past: a foreign woman was blamed for bringing war and betrayed by the man she loved. Teuchi recognizes the story from one of Dave’s tales and guesses its violent ending. When Kaguya asks what he would do, he says he would seek help—or, if alone, use a hidden RPG launcher to protect her, abruptly turning the solemn moment into comedy. Meanwhile, Asura becomes suspicious of Kaguya’s frequent visits and convinces Indra to investigate. When Hagoromo appears at the shop, Asura suggests Teuchi might become their new grandfather. Hagoromo initially sees no cause for concern, but Asura’s teasing leaves him wondering too.
• Character developments: Kaguya finds unexpected happiness in learning and sharing a practical skill, and her quiet, tearful story shows that her past betrayal still weighs on her. Teuchi responds with kindness and loyalty, though his comic, action-hero solution clashes with the story’s sadness. Asura’s imagination turns Kaguya’s visits into a family intrigue; Indra is skeptical but follows along. Hagoromo, unaware of recent events, is gradually drawn into Asura’s suspicion.
• Character interactions: Kaguya and Teuchi grow closer through their work and walk home, where she tests his response to her past. Asura and Indra speculate about Kaguya’s motives, then question Hagoromo when he visits. Hagoromo’s bafflement—and eventual susceptibility to Asura’s suggestion—drives the chapter’s comic ending.
• Themes: The chapter contrasts trauma and vulnerability with humor, showing how kindness and companionship can ease painful memories. It also plays with family, belonging, and the possibility of new bonds, while underscoring how easily suspicion and gossip can transform ordinary behavior into comic “evidence.”

Key plot points and events

• Hiruzen visits Danzo to demand better pay and benefits for the shrinking ANBU. Danzo refuses, citing the Hokage Building’s lack of funds, and the two argue.
• Hiruzen then complains to Dave that his 8,000 Ryo monthly salary is lower than factory workers’ pay at Dave’s company. Dave suggests promoting ANBU service rather than relying on a pay raise.
• Dave offers to arrange recruitment speeches at the Ninja Academy and kindergarten, and to advertise ANBU openings on his company’s forum. Hiruzen gratefully accepts.
• At home, Tamaki questions Orochimaru about Mizuhime, a Ryūchi Cave sage who has been staying in his room. Tamaki assumes they may be romantically involved and enthusiastically offers to arrange an engagement.
• Jiraiya arrives and gives Orochimaru an excuse to leave, but Tamaki stays to talk with Mizuhime. Mizuhime’s coy remarks make Tamaki believe the pair spent the night together and that Orochimaru may need “nourishing” soup.
• Tamaki learns Mizuhime is shopping online and explains the monthly shopping-sale days, including Double Five and Double Twelve.

Character developments and interactions

• Hiruzen is frustrated and financially strained, but remains eager to preserve ANBU’s strength. He accepts Dave’s unconventional recruitment plan.
• Danzo acts as Hokage while insisting there is no budget for further ANBU raises, clashing with Hiruzen over the force’s declining appeal.
• Dave is sympathetic to Hiruzen but treats recruitment as a publicity problem, reflecting his confidence in his company’s compensation and online platform.
• Tamaki is warmly meddlesome and quickly imagines Mizuhime as a future daughter-in-law. Her innocent misunderstanding embarrasses Orochimaru.
• Mizuhime plays along coyly with Tamaki, then reveals her practical frustration with package delivery to Ryūchi Cave.
• Orochimaru is flustered by his mother’s assumptions and escapes when Jiraiya arrives; outside, he overhears the conversation without understanding it.
• Jiraiya returns from Mount Myōboku loudly demanding a welcome, providing Orochimaru with an exit.

Significant themes

• Public service versus private-sector rewards: ANBU struggles to compete with Dave’s company for recruits because of lower pay and benefits.
• Modern consumer culture: Online shopping and recurring sales have become part of everyday life, even for a sage from Ryūchi Cave.
• Family expectations and comic misunderstanding: Tamaki’s matchmaking enthusiasm contrasts with Orochimaru’s embarrassment and Mizuhime’s playful ambiguity.

Key plot points and events

• Mizuhime and Tamaki go on a lavish shopping spree during Love Kidney Company’s sales. The discounts are misleading: Kakuzu raises prices beforehand, then advertises them at half off.
• Orochimaru warns his father, Orochiroku, that the family’s money may be spent. Orochiroku dismisses the concern, believing his savings can cover it.
• Days later, Orochiroku’s lab receives a demand for 5,000 ryo. Distracted by the letter while handling unstable equipment, he causes an explosion.
• Orochiroku discovers Tamaki has spent the household savings on property and several Lamborghinis, planning ahead for Orochimaru’s future family. He is more amused than upset and hurries home to meet Orochimaru’s girlfriend.
• In the lab, Jiraiya asks Orochimaru to demonstrate Sage Mode, but admits he has only partly learned it. Orochimaru also reveals that he leads the mysterious Hydra Organization, though he has no clear idea what it does beyond Dave’s desire to revive it.
• Jiraiya is impressed and asks to join, but Orochimaru refuses, calling him an idiot. Jiraiya appeals to Dave, who is exasperated by the interruption.
• Jiraiya returns to the lab pretending to be the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., another organization under the same absurd chain of affiliations, and demands respect from Orochimaru.

Character developments and interactions

• Orochiroku is shown as wealthy but modest about it. He trusts his family with money and is eager to meet his son’s girlfriend.
• Tamaki is enthusiastic and extravagant, justifying her spending as an investment in Orochimaru’s future household.
• Orochimaru remains focused on his experiments, dismisses Jiraiya’s incomplete Sage Mode training, and reluctantly plays along with the Hydra role Dave assigned him.
• Jiraiya is easily dazzled by Orochimaru’s dramatic organization and responds to rejection with theatrical pleading, then invents his own impressive-sounding title.
• Dave is caught between the ridiculous organizational schemes and Jiraiya’s persistence, reacting with weary confusion.

Significant themes

• Comic exaggeration and parody: Sale tactics, secret organizations, and grand titles are treated as absurd jokes.
• Family and future planning: Tamaki’s spending is framed as preparation for Orochimaru’s imagined future family.
• Friendship and rivalry: Jiraiya admires Orochimaru but tries to match his status when excluded.
• Appearance versus reality: The sales are not real bargains, while Hydra’s imposing image masks the fact that even its leader does not know its purpose.

Plot points and events

• Tsunade complains that other children have been given organizations, so Dave humorously appoints her captain of the “D-Ranger Organization” and gives her two amusement-park tickets.
• Jiraiya finds Tsunade at the casino, where she is disguised as Hashirama and gambling heavily. She drops the disguise, complains that Jiraiya interrupted her winning streak, then agrees to visit the newly opened Uchiha Amusement Park with him.
• At the park’s opening, Kagami and Fugaku deliver a rehearsed promotional speech. Dave is alarmed to learn that Mikoto already knows Fugaku: Dave’s son, Daiyue, has been bringing Fugaku and other children home to play.
• Dave briefly vows to punish Daiyue, then remembers he sent him away to learn about work. Tsukimi teases him for being too strict; Dave counters that Daiyue has already done extraordinary—and destructive—things.
• The chapter ends with Daiyue disguised as a beggar outside Ichiraku, collecting money toward a 100,000-ryo target set by Dave.

Character developments and interactions

• Tsunade is playful, competitive, and increasingly capable; her gambling disguise shows both her boldness and her confidence.
• Jiraiya eagerly tries to take Tsunade on a date-like outing, though he takes credit for securing tickets Dave actually supplied.
• Dave is protective and easily flustered, especially about Mikoto and Fugaku, while also using teasing and eccentric lessons to guide the children.
• Mikoto and Fugaku are already friends through Daiyue, despite Dave’s effort to keep them apart.
• Tsukimi offers a calmer, affectionate counterpoint to Dave’s strict parenting.
• Daiyue is away earning money through an unusual assignment, apparently determined to meet Dave’s target.

Significant themes

• Comic misunderstandings and disguises drive the scene, particularly Tsunade posing as Hashirama.
• Children’s independence and mischief contrast with adults’ attempts to supervise or shape them.
• Family bonds and community emerge through the amusement park, the children’s friendships, and Kaguya’s kindness to the disguised Daiyue.

Chapter summary

Key events

• At the amusement park, former Uchiha clan leader Tajima works as a costumed KFC promoter rather than staying idle at home. Butsuma visits and mocks him; Tajima retaliates by criticizing Butsuma for supposedly burdening his family.
• Their argument escalates into a business rivalry: Butsuma opens a Senju McDonald’s directly opposite Uchiha KFC. The two compete loudly for customers, trading insults about the quality of their food and even Butsuma’s hair. Their first prospective customer turns out to be a public-toilet cleaner.
• Minato gently encourages a nervous Kushina to ride the towering Ferris wheel with him. In contrast, Jiraiya panics and clings to Tsunade before she drags him toward the ride, prompting his melodramatic cries for help.
• Kakuzu and Nan Xue take Konan on the Ferris wheel. Konan enjoys the view, while Kakuzu privately resents the ticket cost and Dave’s refusal to provide employee discounts.
• Konan reveals that Daiyue gave her an Explosive Tag as a gift. She asks Kakuzu to buy her more because she finds them pretty. Kakuzu is alarmed by the cost and decides to speak to Dave about Daiyue.

Character developments and interactions

• Tajima and Butsuma turn their old rivalry into a ridiculous commercial feud, using insults and competing storefronts to get at each other.
• Minato and Kushina share a tender moment: Minato reassures her and takes her hand when she becomes frightened.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade provide comic contrast. Jiraiya’s fear overwhelms his bravado, while Tsunade responds with exasperation and physical force.
• Kakuzu, Nan Xue, and Konan share a warm family outing. Kakuzu is pleased by Konan’s happiness, though his concern about money quickly surfaces.
• Konan and Daiyue are linked through the unusual gift of an Explosive Tag, which sets up Kakuzu’s planned confrontation with Dave.

Significant themes

• Comic contrasts and personality gaps: Minato’s calm reassurance contrasts with Jiraiya’s panic; Kakuzu’s affection contrasts with his penny-pinching.
• Rivalry and pride: Tajima and Butsuma’s feud takes a petty, public form through their competing businesses.
• Family care and responsibility: Minato comforts Kushina, and Kakuzu and Nan Xue prioritize Konan’s enjoyment—even as Kakuzu worries about expenses.
• Everyday absurdity: A joyful amusement-park visit is repeatedly interrupted by clan feuds, commercial squabbling, and the hazardous nature of a child’s “pretty” gift.

Key plot points and events

• While riding a Ferris wheel, Hashirama panics at the height and clings to Madara. When the Didi Call-for-Backup app summons him to work, he abruptly escapes the cabin, leaving Madara stunned.
• In Kirigakure, student Juzo Biwa is challenged by classmate Jinpachi Munashi, who boasts that his older brother serves in ANBU. Juzo has no powerful connections of his own, so he books Hashirama through the app.
• Juzo asks the hired fighter to arrive looking intimidating and speak arrogantly, hoping to deter Jinpachi and his brother without a fight.
• Hashirama appears in an outrageous street-punk outfit, complete with a cigarette, and delivers a string of swaggering threats and rhymes, calling himself “Senju Pillar.” His act intimidates Juzo, Jinpachi, and the ANBU brother alike. The brother threatens to summon backup, and Hashirama answers that he can do the same.

Character developments

• Hashirama is shown as easily frightened in the Ferris wheel scene but quick to seize an excuse to leave. At work, he eagerly plays the tough-guy role, confident that the children he is hired to protect will usually avoid an actual fight.
• Juzo starts the confrontation in a panic, relying on the app to provide protection. He is initially relieved when Hashirama arrives, then startled by Hashirama’s bizarre appearance and performance.
• Jinpachi and his brother begin the encounter feeling confident because of the brother’s ANBU status, but Hashirama’s theatrics make them falter.

Significant themes

• Bravado versus real power: The scene’s conflict is resolved, at least for now, through intimidation and performance rather than violence.
• Modern convenience in a shinobi world: The app turns protection into a bookable service, complete with ratings, tiers, and rules about political disputes.
• Comedy through contrast: Hashirama’s fear of heights clashes with the fearsome persona he adopts for his client.

Character interactions

• Hashirama’s clinging embarrasses Madara, and his sudden departure leaves their encounter unresolved.
• Juzo turns to the backup app because he feels outmatched by Jinpachi and his ANBU-connected brother.
• Hashirama treats Juzo like a younger brother, offers him a cigarette, and confronts the bullies with exaggerated swagger. The brother responds by threatening to call ANBU, setting up a possible escalation.

Key plot points and events

• Hashirama is hired to intimidate a group of young men at Kirigakure’s Ninja Academy. When Madara is unavailable—he and Butsuma are apparently busy selling fried chicken—Hashirama recruits Tobirama and Izuna instead.
• Hashirama and his relatives arrive in exaggerated “tough-guy” disguises, trading bizarre tough-sounding slogans and cigarettes. Their ridiculous act leaves the opposing group confused.
• The trio reveal heavily tattooed arms and unleash their chakra, frightening the crowd into fleeing without a fight. The tattoos are only cheap temporary ones.
• After completing the job, Hashirama introduces himself to Juzo Biwa and gives him a book, The Street Loafer’s Self-Cultivation. Juzo says he wants to become strong so nobody can bully him.
• Juzo returns home inspired, spouting odd slogans—and promptly gets into trouble with his father.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama is cheerful and theatrical, but also responds kindly to Juzo’s vulnerability by offering him a book he hopes will help.
• Tobirama and Izuna reluctantly play along, then privately complain that Hashirama owes them an explanation.
• Juzo shifts from an intimidated boy to someone with a new aspiration, though his attempt to imitate the book’s tough persona ends in a comic clash with his father.
• The opposing youths, including Juzo’s companions, are so baffled and frightened by the trio’s performance that they abandon the confrontation.

Significant themes

• Strength and protection: Juzo wants power as a defense against bullying; Hashirama’s advice suggests there may be more than one way to become strong.
• Inspiration and imitation: A brief encounter plants an idea in Juzo, who immediately tries to copy the characters’ mannerisms.
• Comedy through contrast: Hashirama’s absurd slogans, commercial references, and fake tattoos turn a potentially violent confrontation into a farce.

Key plot points and events

• Hiruzen’s ANBU team is cornered by Ōnoki at the Land of Earth border. As Ōnoki attacks, an Uchiha operative named Ryūzan gives Hiruzen his Sharingan and sacrifices himself to help him escape.
• Four more Uchiha ANBU members entrust their eyes to Hiruzen and charge Ōnoki’s forces. They are quickly killed, leaving Hiruzen devastated and furious at his inability to protect them.
• Madara arrives, learns what happened, and kills Ōnoki’s troops. He declares that he will spare Ōnoki but destroy Iwagakure, then summons two enormous meteorites. Ōnoki manages to hold up the first; Madara sends down a second.
• Madara tells Hiruzen to bring the fallen Uchiha home for an honored burial. Hiruzen carries their bodies back, and Danzo arranges a village-wide mourning in response to Madara’s order.

Character developments

• Hiruzen is confronted with his helplessness as the Uchiha repeatedly sacrifice themselves to protect him. He feels responsible and accepts Madara’s blunt criticism that he has been an incompetent director.
• Madara is enraged by the deaths of veterans who had survived the Warring States era. His grief and loyalty to the Uchiha drive his disproportionate retaliation against Iwagakure.
• Ōnoki remains defiant despite his fear of Madara, and uses his Earth Release to resist the first meteorite.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and loyalty: The Uchiha choose death rather than let their comrades or clan be disgraced.
• Leadership and responsibility: Hiruzen’s title and status mean little to him when he cannot protect those under his command.
• Grief turning into vengeance: Madara honors the dead, but his response threatens an entire village.
• The cost of peace: Veterans who survived the era of constant warfare die in a supposedly more peaceful age.

Character interactions

• Hiruzen tries to make his ANBU members retreat, but they insist on protecting him and entrust him with their Sharingan.
• Madara ignores Ōnoki’s challenge to confront Hiruzen and assess the fallen Uchiha, then condemns Hiruzen while affirming that the dead upheld their clan’s honor.
• Afterward, Hiruzen silently carries the bodies home while the surviving ANBU follow, and Danzo complies with Madara’s demand for public mourning.

Key plot points and events

• After the funeral, Hiruzen remains shut away in ANBU, overwhelmed by guilt over the deaths of five loyal Uchiha who saved him.
• Madara refuses to keep the recovered Sharingan for himself. He orders Danzo to give them to Hiruzen, saying the fallen Uchiha need no apology and that their eyes should watch over him.
• Hiruzen proposes hanging the eyes in the ANBU hall as a warning and memorial. Dave rejects the idea as unsettling and impractical, then suggests implanting them in Hiruzen.
• At Orochimaru’s laboratory, the Sharingan are transplanted into a pale, artificial arm attached to Hiruzen, alongside Hashirama cells. Dave explains that the eyes can move around Hiruzen’s body, though not into his own eyes.
• Dave urges Hiruzen to treat the implants as a means of survival, reminding him that the five Uchiha gave their lives to protect him. Hiruzen remains uneasy about using their eyes, especially through techniques that might destroy them.

Character developments

• Hiruzen is consumed by remorse but begins to accept the fallen Uchiha’s legacy as a responsibility to stay alive and protect others.
• Madara shows respect for the Uchiha dead and concern for Hiruzen, expressing it in his usual blunt, threatening manner.
• Dave tries to pull Hiruzen out of his guilt with practical advice and irreverent humor, while ensuring the Sharingan remain useful.
• Orochimaru is thrilled by the procedure, especially what he learns about Hashirama cells working with Sharingan.

Character interactions

• Danzo tells Dave that Hiruzen cannot be persuaded to leave ANBU; he has been handling the resulting extra workload.
• Madara insists the Sharingan belong with Hiruzen and tells him not to feel he owes the fallen an apology.
• Dave challenges Hiruzen’s plan to hang the eyes in ANBU and instead arranges the transplant with Orochimaru.
• Dave and Hiruzen discuss how to use the implants. Hiruzen resists sacrificing the eyes, while Dave frames them as protection and jokes about their ability to appear anywhere on his body.

Significant themes

• Grief and guilt: Hiruzen’s self-reproach contrasts with Madara’s insistence that the dead do not want apologies.
• Legacy and remembrance: The Sharingan become both a memorial to the fallen and a continuing source of protection.
• Duty and survival: Dave argues that Hiruzen owes it to those who died saving him to remain alive.
• Dark humor amid tragedy: Dave’s crude jokes and the bizarre transplant lighten an otherwise somber aftermath.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Hiruzen reveals that Sharingan have been implanted in his bandaged arm—and demonstrates that he can move them across his face and into his palm. Danzo is horrified and vomits; Dave jokes about getting Danzo a Byakugan “watch,” which Danzo firmly rejects.
• Kagami arrives with the latest Konoha Military Police report and finds the group joking about Hiruzen’s new “watch.”
• Hiruzen announces he is going to Iwagakure to confront Ōnoki. Danzo urges him not to kill the Tsuchikage, warning that provoking Iwagakure could create another major conflict. Hiruzen insists he can handle it, even proposing to kill Ōnoki and bring him back, as Konoha did with the Second Raikage.
• Their argument escalates into a shouting match over whether Danzo is cowardly or simply overworked. Dave and Kagami step in to calm them.
• Dave persuades Danzo to lighten his workload by delegating more paperwork to his secretaries and suggests giving him a television program, the “Hokage Channel,” to broadcast his thoughts on the Will of Fire. Danzo approves.

Character developments

• Hiruzen is playful and mischievous about his Sharingan, but also impulsive and eager to retaliate against Ōnoki.
• Danzo is cautious about escalating tensions with other villages and frustrated by the burden of Hokage paperwork. He is easily won over by Dave’s practical—and flattering—suggestions.
• Dave acts as mediator, using humor and practical advice to defuse the dispute.
• Kagami remains mostly detached from the conflict and is baffled when Danzo looks at him as though he has been criticized.

Significant themes

• The contrast between military bravado and political caution: Hiruzen favors direct retaliation, while Danzo worries about the consequences for Konoha.
• Friendship and comic camaraderie, shown through teasing, arguments, and the group’s efforts to calm one another.
• The absurdity of power and bureaucracy, from Hiruzen’s grotesque Sharingan display to Danzo’s overwhelming paperwork and Dave’s suggestion to delegate it.

Character interactions

• Hiruzen’s display terrifies Danzo, while Dave turns it into a running joke about eye-based accessories.
• Danzo and Hiruzen trade accusations until Dave and Kagami physically and verbally separate them.
• Dave reassures Danzo by reframing his anger as work-related stress, then offers him delegation and a public platform.
• Danzo dismisses Kagami as carefree, leaving Kagami wondering what any of it has to do with him.

Plot points and events

• Dave urges Danzo to hand off his paperwork and asks Kagami whether he has anything else to do. Kagami teases Dave about making his sister his secretary; Dave learns Kagami has heard a complaint that Dave is overworking his employees and jokes about punishing him. Kagami turns the joke around by threatening to arrest Dave for labor exploitation.
• Dave, Danzo, and Kagami accompany Hiruzen to Iwagakure, where they find a huge crater left by Madara but see that few people appear to have died and that residents are rebuilding.
• Hiruzen challenges Ōnoki. When Ōnoki’s Rock Fist tears off Hiruzen’s pants and underwear, Hiruzen reveals a bizarre surprise: large Sharingan-like eyes appear on his thighs, frightening Ōnoki. Hiruzen then defeats him with Enma, but the summon’s clan breaks its contract with Hiruzen again.
• Hiruzen returns embarrassed and nearly naked. His companions recoil, and Kagami gives him a leaf to cover himself with. The group heads back to Konoha; Kagami is too shaken to join Dave and Danzo in discussing Danzo’s planned Hokage Channel.
• At home, Dave finds that Daiyue has invited several friends over, including young Fugaku. Tsukimi says Fugaku and Mikoto get along well. Dave is startled by Fugaku’s presence but goes upstairs without explaining why.
• The next day, Fugaku and another child are on the street begging. Daiyue says their father assigned them to collect 100,000 ryō as “practical experience.”

Character developments and interactions

• Dave and Kagami trade teasing accusations: Kagami resents Dave’s treatment of his sister, while Dave is caught off guard by Kagami’s mock threat of arrest.
• Hiruzen’s confidence in confronting Ōnoki contrasts with the humiliating, absurd turn the fight takes. Despite the strange spectacle, he capitalizes on Ōnoki’s shock and wins.
• Danzo, Dave, and Kagami react with a mix of alarm and disgust to Hiruzen’s transformation, while Kagami’s attempt to help him with a leaf adds to the comedy.
• Tsukimi warmly welcomes Daiyue’s friends, and young Fugaku behaves politely toward her. Dave’s sudden concern on hearing Fugaku is present hints at an unstated reason for his reaction.
• The children’s street-begging assignment suggests Dave’s unconventional approach to teaching practical skills.

Significant themes

• Absurd comedy and humiliation: Hiruzen’s strange body alteration turns a serious confrontation into farce.
• Power and consequences: Hiruzen wins, but loses his summoning contract again; Dave’s labor practices are also framed as something that could carry consequences.
• Everyday life amid upheaval: Even after Madara’s destructive attack, Iwagakure’s residents are rebuilding, while the characters return to work, family, and children’s antics.
• Unorthodox mentorship: The children’s begging assignment presents “practical experience” as a deliberately eccentric lesson.

Plot and events

• Mito calls Dave in a panic because Hashirama has been missing for a month. Dave reassures her, then learns from a company employee that Hashirama has been living in a lottery shop, obsessively buying tickets and refusing to leave.
• Madara goes to retrieve him and finds him unwashed and surrounded by instant-noodle cups. Hashirama explains that Mu won 1.5 billion in the lottery, inspiring him to spend nearly a million on tickets. So far, he has won only a small scratch-off prize.
• Madara drags Hashirama out despite his protests. Mito takes charge outside, and Madara leaves, hearing Hashirama get beaten as she disciplines him.
• Meanwhile, Mu proudly shows Dave his lavish new villa, built after his lottery win. He has even arranged a television interview and boasts that the house is clad in gold. Dave questions how much Mu has spent.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama is revealed as impulsive and stubborn when chasing a dream; his envy of Mu’s winnings has overtaken his daily life.
• Mito moves from anxious worry to furious exasperation, while Madara handles Hashirama’s retrieval with blunt authority and dry amusement.
• Dave is repeatedly drawn into other people’s problems: first calming Mito, then dealing with the lottery-shop complaint, and finally listening to Mu brag.
• Mu is smug and extravagant after his sudden wealth. His win has become the example driving Hashirama’s gambling fixation.

Significant themes

• The chapter uses comic exaggeration to poke fun at lottery fever, envy, and the fantasy of instant wealth.
• It also highlights the burden of being the person everyone turns to, alongside the contrasting appeal of staying out of other people’s troubles.

Key plot points and events

• Mu boasts to Dave about his sudden wealth, claiming he won a 1.5-billion lottery prize. Though the money has not yet been paid out, Kakuzu has already loaned him the full amount against the ticket, and Mu spends lavishly.
• Dave warns Mu not to celebrate too soon, but Mu dismisses him and gives a televised interview showing off his fortune.
• After seeing the news, Ōnoki secretly visits Mu in Konoha. Iwagakure has been devastated and lost its money, so Ōnoki asks his former teacher for a 300-million loan. Mu agrees, though the funds will arrive in two days.
• While waiting, Mu takes Ōnoki around Konoha. Ōnoki becomes inspired by Mu’s tale of buying lottery tickets for decades and declares he will promote a “Will of the Lottery” in Iwagakure.
• Mu leads Ōnoki through elaborate security to view the winning ticket. A gang of wandering ninja breaks in to steal it, but Ōnoki quickly defeats them.
• As Mu prepares to show off, a second thief grabs the safe and flees. Ōnoki uses Dust Release to stop him—but destroys the thief, safe, and lottery ticket in the process.

Character developments and interactions

• Mu is extravagant and self-satisfied, enjoying his newfound wealth and attention. Despite his boasting, he shows loyalty to Iwagakure by agreeing to help Ōnoki.
• Dave acts as Mu’s skeptical friend, warning him about his reckless spending; Mu interprets the warning as jealousy.
• Ōnoki is desperate to save Iwagakure and deeply admires his teacher. His enthusiasm for Mu’s lottery “perseverance” turns into fierce protectiveness—but his impulsive intervention ruins the ticket.
• The teacher-student bond between Mu and Ōnoki drives the chapter’s central comedy: Ōnoki’s devotion leads directly to Mu’s catastrophic loss.

Significant themes

• Wealth and extravagance: Mu spends borrowed money before receiving his prize, highlighting his carelessness.
• Perseverance and misplaced inspiration: Ōnoki turns Mu’s lottery story into a grand principle, despite its dubious wisdom.
• Loyalty and unintended consequences: Mu helps his former village, while Ōnoki’s attempt to defend his teacher causes the very disaster Mu feared.
• Irony and comic misfortune: The winning ticket survives elaborate security and the first attack, only to be destroyed by Ōnoki’s well-meaning technique.

Plot points and events

• In Konoha, Kagami rules that Ōnoki’s Dust Release caused extensive damage and demands 300 million ryo in compensation. Ōnoki must remain in custody until the payment arrives.
• Mu learns he owes Kakuzu 3 billion ryo: his original loan has doubled, and his lottery ticket and house—the assets he meant to use as security—are gone. He blames Ōnoki, who destroyed the house, and lunges at him before the police intervene.
• At Dave’s company, Kakuzu brings in two-year-old Yagura, whom Dave has asked to see. Dave begins telling Yagura a dramatic story about his origins.
• Dave claims Yagura’s parents were killed in Kirigakure: his father died protecting his mother from the Third Mizukage, and his wounded mother entrusted Yagura to Dave before dying. Dave embellishes the tale by claiming that he and Kakuzu fought dozens of shinobi and suffered lasting injuries.
• Kakuzu silently recognizes that Dave’s “battle scar” is actually from an appendectomy, making clear to the reader that Dave is inventing much of the story. The chapter ends with the Third Mizukage sneezing and feeling inexplicably uneasy.

Character developments and interactions

• Ōnoki and Mu: Ōnoki is dazed by the financial ruling; Mu’s shock over his debt turns into rage at his master. Their conflict is interrupted by Konoha police.
• Dave and Yagura: Dave presents himself as a caring guardian and gives Yagura an emotional explanation for his orphanhood. Yagura listens earnestly, moved by the tragic account.
• Kakuzu and Dave: Kakuzu facilitates the meeting but serves as a skeptical audience, privately puncturing Dave’s melodrama.
• Tsukimi and Dave: They share an affectionate moment before Tsukimi leaves to handle an errand and pick up Mikoto.

Significant themes

• Comedic contrast: Serious claims of violence and tragedy are undercut by absurd debts, exaggerated storytelling, and Kakuzu’s dry skepticism.
• Money and consequences: Ōnoki’s destructive power and Mu’s failed gamble both lead to enormous financial burdens.
• Belonging and identity: Yagura’s longing to understand his family makes him receptive to Dave’s story, even though the reader sees its unreliability.
• Manipulation and storytelling: Dave shapes Yagura’s understanding of his past, blending apparent compassion with blatant fabrication.