Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Kagami praises Fugaku for using his Mangekyō Sharingan to save him and asks about its technique. Fugaku explains that it traps victims in a genjutsu that repeatedly destroys their reproductive organs, leaving them impotent for three years after they escape.
• Excited by his supposed battlefield fame, Fugaku rushes to visit Mikoto. She and her mother, Tsukimi, urgently warn him to leave because Dave is looking for him.
• Fugaku assumes Dave wants to congratulate him. Instead, Dave shows him a newspaper report that has sensationalized the battle and given him the humiliating nickname “Uchiha Impotence Bro.”
• Dave beats Fugaku and orders him to stay away from Mikoto.
• The news spreads, renewing Kagami’s dread of his own infamous reputation. Hokage Danzo laments that Konoha has become a madhouse full of dangerous personalities.
• Madara is dismayed that the Uchiha name is being mocked. Hashirama laughs at the article, but Madara’s mood worsens. He then notices Kagami has sent him dozens of angry messages after Madara and Hashirama went AFK during a game.

Character developments and interactions

• Fugaku is proud and eager for recognition, but his confidence collapses when he learns that the world remembers him for the humiliating effect of his technique. He also hopes to impress Mikoto and Dave.
• Kagami is proud of Fugaku’s power but regrets how the scandal revives his own notoriety. He is also furious at Madara for abandoning their game.
• Dave responds to Fugaku’s visit with menace and violence, making clear he opposes Fugaku’s relationship with Mikoto.
• Mikoto and Tsukimi try to protect Fugaku by warning him away from Dave.
• Madara and Hashirama react differently to the news: Madara feels shame and indignation, while Hashirama treats the Uchiha’s new reputation as a joke. Their gaming interruption leads directly to Kagami’s barrage of messages.

Significant themes

• Fame and reputation: Fugaku’s battlefield achievement becomes public notoriety, but not the kind he wanted.
• Humiliation and comedy: The chapter turns powerful shinobi and clan legacies into targets of absurd public mockery.
• Power and consequences: Fugaku’s potent Mangekyō technique brings victory, but its effects define him socially.
• Status and relationships: Fugaku’s confidence that newfound fame will win Dave’s approval is quickly disproved.

Plot points and events

• Dave visits Orochimaru’s laboratory to ask whether he will become the Fourth Hokage. With other candidates withdrawing, Orochimaru is effectively the only choice, but he asks for six months to deal with something.
• Orochimaru reveals that he has perfected a version of Living Corpse Reincarnation, using his own cells, Hashirama cells, and a White Zetsu to create a female body. He now goes by Orochihime.
• Orochihime is four months pregnant. She conceived deliberately as an experiment in whether her new body could give birth, using Jiraiya’s genes.
• Dave agrees to give her six months and says he will manage the political fallout. He warns her not to use the female body again after the birth, knowing her mother would be distressed.
• Orochihime promises to seal the technique after the experiment. Jiraiya, initially shocked and upset, declares that he will care for the child.

Character developments and interactions

• Orochihime remains driven by scientific curiosity, treating her transformation and pregnancy as research. She is also willing to ask Dave to handle the consequences.
• Jiraiya reacts with disbelief and anger, then shifts into a protective commitment to the unborn child—while worrying about how the news will affect his hopes with Tsunade.
• Dave moves from joking to concern, then accepts Orochihime’s decision and offers practical support. He also urges Jiraiya to help care for her and the baby.
• The exchange between Orochihime and Jiraiya is teasing and confrontational: she says his genes were simply easiest to obtain, while he insists he will not abandon the child.

Significant themes

• Science versus social responsibility: Orochihime pursues an unprecedented experiment, but pregnancy brings consequences beyond the laboratory.
• Identity and bodily transformation: Orochimaru’s new female body prompts a change in name and challenges others’ expectations.
• Family and duty: The Hokage appointment, pressure from Orochimaru’s mother, and Jiraiya’s sudden commitment all contrast with Orochihime’s initial detachment.
• Comedy amid the extraordinary: The characters’ banter and Jiraiya’s dramatic reactions frame the revelation as both shocking and absurd.

Plot points and events

• Dave, still shaken after leaving the laboratory, tells Orochiroku and Tamaki that Orochimaru is safe but missing because he supposedly got a woman pregnant. He claims Orochimaru will return after the baby is born.
• To support the story, Dave shows them fabricated photos of Orochimaru and Jiraiya. Tamaki is relieved and delighted at the prospect of becoming a grandmother, while Orochiroku is initially suspicious but is silenced by Tamaki.
• Tamaki sends chicken soup and other food for the supposed expectant couple. Dave delivers it to the laboratory, where Orochihime thanks her.
• Dave and Orochihime agree on a plan for after the birth: she will visit her mother and claim the baby’s mother died in childbirth. Jiraiya objects, insisting the child is his, but Orochihime rejects his claim.
• Dave, feeling burdened by his lies and drawn into the situation, calls himself “the biggest sucker” in the Shinobi World and leaves.
• Tsunade arrives looking for Orochimaru. Jiraiya tries to keep her away from the laboratory, then offers her his marriage savings so she will go to the casino instead. She accepts the money, leaving him devastated.

Character developments and interactions

• Dave becomes the reluctant fixer of the situation: he invents a cover story, provides fake evidence, delivers food, and helps plan the deception, all while regretting his involvement.
• Tamaki moves from anxiety about Marumaru to happy, forceful anticipation of becoming a grandmother. She quickly accepts Dave’s explanation and orders Orochiroku to buy supplies.
• Orochiroku briefly questions the implausible story but gives in to Tamaki’s reaction.
• Orochihime and Jiraiya bicker over who is the child’s parent and how to handle the family cover story. Their exchange reveals the tangled, comic nature of the situation.
• Jiraiya tries to protect the secret from Tsunade, but his attempt costs him his marriage savings.

Significant themes

• Deception for protection: Dave and the others construct an elaborate lie to keep the family from learning the truth.
• Comic entanglement and unintended consequences: Each attempt to manage the secret draws more people—and new problems—into it.
• Family, responsibility, and sacrifice: Tamaki’s concern for Orochimaru contrasts with Jiraiya’s costly effort to keep Tsunade from discovering the situation.

Plot points and events

• Tsunade finds Jiraiya brooding on Hokage Rock and teases him into admitting that Orochimaru is pregnant. Jiraiya explains the unusual circumstances and begs her to keep it secret; Tsunade agrees.
• While drinking together, Jiraiya says he is the father and Orochimaru the mother. Tsunade kisses Jiraiya, then pretends to have fallen asleep. Jiraiya covers her with his coat and leaves, unaware she is awake.
• The next morning, Hashirama discovers that his face has fallen off Hokage Rock again. Surveillance footage shows Tsunade smashing the monument after waking.
• Hashirama also sees the kiss and assumes Jiraiya must marry Tsunade. He tells her he’ll arrange a family meeting; after Tsunade protests, he relents on the immediate plans but insists Jiraiya must marry her within three years.

Character developments and interactions

• Tsunade shifts from playful teasing to a sudden, vulnerable gesture toward Jiraiya, then hides her feelings by pretending to be drunk and asleep. She later tries to dissuade Hashirama from treating the kiss as a promise.
• Jiraiya confides in Tsunade about Orochimaru’s pregnancy and shows concern for Tsunade by leaving his coat over her. He does not realize she is awake after the kiss.
• Hashirama responds with affection and embarrassment: he excuses Tsunade’s destruction of his monument, but enthusiastically interprets the kiss as grounds for marriage.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya share a teasing, intimate evening, while Tsunade and Hashirama have a comic clash over his assumptions and matchmaking.

Significant themes

• Hidden feelings and misread signals: Tsunade’s kiss is meaningful to her, but Jiraiya misses its significance, while Hashirama reads it as a commitment.
• Family, affection, and responsibility: Hashirama’s meddling comes from a protective, loving impulse.
• Comedy through chaos and secrets: The concealed pregnancy, Tsunade’s drunken pretense, and Hashirama’s repeatedly damaged monument drive the chapter’s humor.

Plot points and events

• Tsunade tells Dave that her family has given Jiraiya three years to earn a ten-million-ryo bride price. Dave suspects she has feelings for Jiraiya and encourages her to let him handle things.
• Dave tells Jiraiya that Tsunade has agreed to the arrangement: Jiraiya must earn the money himself—no borrowing, stealing, or robbery. Jiraiya accepts.
• Jiraiya asks Orochimaru for money-making advice, but Orochimaru admits he has never needed to earn money. Minato reveals he is also expected to provide ten million ryo to marry Kushina, though he has no deadline. He earns money delivering food with his Flying Thunder God technique, so Jiraiya tries joining him.
• Jiraiya manages only five deliveries in a morning, while Minato completes 150. Jiraiya gives up on delivery work as impractical for him, then notices a pen he carries and gets a new idea.
• Fugaku asks Dave to impose the same ten-million-ryo requirement on his own marriage to Mikoto. Dave angrily kicks him away, insisting Fugaku must prove himself before Dave will consider letting Mikoto marry him.
• Tsukimi jokes that Dave’s protectiveness may come from reluctance to let Mikoto go. Concerned Fugaku might follow Daiyue’s example, Dave asks Orochimaru to build an alarm that will notify him if another man comes within one meter of him. He plans to stay beside Mikoto until it is ready.

Character development and interactions

• Dave acts as Tsunade and Jiraiya’s blunt but supportive matchmaker, while showing fiercely possessive, comic overprotectiveness toward Mikoto.
• Tsunade is reluctant to admit her feelings for Jiraiya, but agrees to give him a chance through the bride-price challenge.
• Jiraiya sincerely wants to marry Tsunade and commits to earning the required money, though his first attempt at delivery work exposes his lack of Minato’s speed and efficiency.
• Minato is cheerful and industrious, balancing work with time for Kushina; he encourages Jiraiya and teases him about marrying Tsunade.
• Fugaku is eager to marry Mikoto but underestimates Dave’s resistance, while Tsukimi gently teases Dave about his attachment.

Significant themes

• Love is framed as something to prove through effort and responsibility, especially in Jiraiya’s three-year challenge.
• Family approval and protective parental figures shape the couples’ prospects.
• The chapter mixes romantic uncertainty with exaggerated comedy, particularly through Dave’s matchmaking, Fugaku’s rejection, and Jiraiya’s disastrous workday.

Key plot points and events

• Jiraiya secretly sells pornographic books through a publishing-house owner, expecting a large profit. Konoha’s police trace the books back to the village, and Kagami arrests him for 30 days.
• Hiruzen is also detained for repeated anti-pornography offenses—his 398th—and sentenced to six months. Kagami arranges for Sakumo to run ANBU while Hiruzen is away.
• Dave and Mito agree to release the nine tailed beasts from Dave’s body. The beasts emerge in their immense forms, then shrink themselves to small, cute versions.
• Rather than leave Konoha, the beasts reveal that they have businesses and lives there. They register as official residents and receive identity cards.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiraiya’s nervous, illicit business brings him into conflict with Kagami’s police force. Hiruzen is baffled and worried about ANBU, but Kagami reassures him that Sakumo can take over.
• Dave is ready to let the beasts go, though he feels unexpectedly lonely once they leave his body.
• The tailed beasts show that they have adapted to peaceful life in Konoha, valuing their businesses and community over their former intimidating image.
• Mito enthusiastically welcomes the small beasts and carries them to register. Kurama protests until her chakra chains appear, then quickly changes his tune; after she leaves, he is relieved to be free of her arms.

Significant themes

• Belonging and integration: The tailed beasts choose to become recognized Konoha citizens rather than outsiders.
• Change and reconciliation: Formerly feared creatures have embraced peaceful lives and no longer need to appear threatening.
• Comedy through contrast: Serious matters—arrests, ANBU leadership, and the beasts’ release—are played against Jiraiya’s and Hiruzen’s embarrassing arrests and the beasts’ domestic antics.
• Attachment and independence: Dave wants to give the beasts their freedom, yet feels the absence they leave behind.

Plot points and events

• The Tailed Beasts compare how their businesses are doing. Kokuō plans to buy a house with profits from his sauna, while Shukaku boasts that his casino earnings can buy entire housing developments. Matatabi invites the others to visit her successful cat café; Saiken complains about poor profits and the cameras installed at his hot spring.
• Kurama takes over his internet café from a badly behaved clone. He learns the shop’s routines from the clone’s memories, but discovers the clone left no money behind—and spent the café’s earnings on the game Greedy Konoha.
• Kurama finds that he is ranked first on the game’s wealth leaderboard, having spent 1.5 million ryo. Realizing players can earn money by selling in-game supplies, he farms a huge stock and sells it to Mount Myōboku’s guild before its battle against Madara and Hashirama’s guild.
• The supplies help Mount Myōboku win Konoha. Kurama continues selling to them, earning 1.2 million ryo while Madara repeatedly pays him not to supply the opposing side. Madara’s guild loses Konoha ten times, but cannot work out why its opponents keep having so many supplies.
• Kagami spots Kurama’s transaction history and realizes how much he has earned. Madara appears behind the counter, having found the supplier. The chapter ends with Kurama at a hospital, where someone says the injured Tailed Beast can be saved.

Character developments and interactions

• Kurama shifts from an inexperienced, distracted café owner to a clever entrepreneur who turns his gaming advantage into real-world profit. His delight at earning money contrasts with his initial frustration at the clone’s empty drawer.
• Shukaku and Kokuō’s financial success spurs Kurama’s ambition; Saiken’s complaints offer a comic contrast between the businesses’ fortunes.
• Kurama secretly profits from both sides of the game conflict: Mount Myōboku buys his supplies, while Madara pays him to withhold them. Madara and Hashirama grow increasingly frustrated as their guild keeps losing.
• Kagami’s discovery exposes Kurama’s scheme, leading to Madara confronting him. The final hospital scene hints at the consequences of that encounter but does not explain them yet.

Significant themes

• Work, money, and ambition: The Beasts’ businesses and Kurama’s newfound earnings make financial independence a shared concern.
• Resourcefulness and opportunism: Kurama turns a game and his opponents’ rivalry into a lucrative supply business.
• Irony and deception: Madara pays Kurama to block sales, unaware that Kurama is secretly selling to his enemy anyway.
• Humor through contrast: Kurama’s serious ambitions repeatedly collide with his gaming obsession and the absurdity of treating a virtual war as a business opportunity.

Key plot points and events

• Kagami distributes invitations to his son’s wedding in the Hokage Building. The others tease Hiruzen about his unmarried son, and Dave jokingly suggests he make a fresh start.
• At his company, Dave gives Kakuzu a new script: The Legend of Zhen Huan, a 72-episode drama about political scheming in a daimyo’s harem. Kakuzu warns that the story could anger the daimyo of other nations, but agrees after Dave offers more funding.
• Kakuzu recruits veteran actors: Hashirama plays the Empress, Madara the Daimyo, and Konan the lead, Zhen Huan. Yahiko and Nagato are pressured into playing her female friends, Meizhuang and Lingrong.
• The opening episodes introduce the three friends as they enter the harem selection. The Daimyo notices Zhen Huan’s resemblance to his late Empress, while the Empress and Consort Hua (Mito) lead rival factions.
• Kakuzu completes the series in two months, then leaves for Kirigakure to resume filming One Piece.
• Dave’s family watches the finished show. Mito worries that its dark portrayal of harem intrigue may provoke foreign daimyo; Dave is unconcerned, and Mito blames his influence on Madara.

Character developments and interactions

• Dave continues treating the company’s people as an endless source of labor, though he uses funding to persuade Kakuzu. His bold, irreverent attitude also appears in his jokes with Hiruzen and his defiance of possible political backlash.
• Kakuzu complains about Dave’s demands but accepts the project, negotiates Hashirama’s pay, casts the roles, and drives the production forward.
• Yahiko and Nagato are unwillingly recruited by Konan and Kakuzu; Nagato accepts the situation more readily, while Yahiko protests.
• Hashirama and Madara take on prominent roles without much hesitation, with Hashirama bargaining for higher pay and Madara calmly accepting his casting.
• Mito shifts from playing a powerful rival in the drama to voicing concern about its real-world consequences, while teasing Dave about his personality.

Significant themes

• Comedy through role reversal and coercion: familiar figures are cast in unlikely parts, while Yahiko and Nagato are conscripted into roles requiring transformation.
• Power and factional politics: the drama’s harem setting centers on alliances, influence, and rivalry.
• Art meeting political risk: Dave sees controversial entertainment as a way to reach a new market, while Mito worries about the consequences.
• Work and exploitation: Kakuzu’s complaints and relentless schedule highlight Dave’s casual disregard for others’ workloads.

Key plot points and events

• Tobirama tries to teach baby Obito the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, boasting that Obito has excellent inherited genes. Dave doubts the child is ready and leaves after receiving an excited call from Orochiroku.
• Orochiroku reveals a newly built shuttlecraft capable of sending passengers to unknown destinations. Dave recruits Madara to test it, and the two travel using portable teleporters supplied by Orochiroku.
• The journey leaves both men nauseated. They arrive in a cave and encounter an elderly, wheelchair-bound man who claims to be Madara Uchiha.
• When the newcomer identifies himself as Madara, the elderly man accuses him of being an impostor. Their confrontation escalates into a Susanoo battle that destroys the cavern.
• Dave recognizes a familiar voice and spots Black Zetsu watching nearby. Rather than finding the Pokémon he joked about capturing, Dave seals Black Zetsu in one of Mito’s scrolls.

Character developments and interactions

• Tobirama is enthusiastic and overconfident about teaching Obito, treating early training as the key to developing the child’s potential.
• Dave remains the practical, irreverent observer: he teases Tobirama, reluctantly agrees to test the shuttle, and quickly turns the unexpected arrival into an opportunity to capture Black Zetsu.
• Orochiroku is proud of his decades-long invention but admits its destination cannot be controlled. His eagerness leads him to recruit Dave as a test passenger.
• Madara is curious about the shuttle and accepts the risk. On meeting his elderly counterpart, he stays composed despite the accusation and meets the challenge directly.
• The two Madaras immediately clash over identity and status, turning their argument into a duel. Black Zetsu’s attempt to protect the elderly Madara is swiftly stopped by the newcomer.
• Black Zetsu is revealed to be monitoring events and worrying that Madara has been found, but Dave captures him before he can act.

Significant themes

• Legacy and inherited potential: Tobirama imagines Obito as the product of generations of “excellent genes,” while the chapter gently mocks his premature certainty.
• Scientific ambition and uncertainty: The shuttle represents decades of work, yet its destination remains unpredictable, highlighting both the excitement and hazards of experimentation.
• Identity and rivalry: The encounter between two versions of Madara raises questions of authenticity and immediately becomes a contest of strength.
• Comedy amid danger: Dave’s teasing, the shuttle’s unpleasant trip, and his casual “Pokémon” joke contrast with the destructive battle and Black Zetsu’s serious scheming.

Key plot points and events

• Dave seals the Black Zetsu-like entity in a scroll, then joins Madara in a parallel world.
• Madara defeats his counterpart, Old Madara, who explains that he is Madara from another world. Dave and Madara then capture the masked Obito and seal the area so he cannot escape.
• Dave beats Obito, reveals his identity, and persuades him that the entity in the scroll caused his suffering and the loss of Rin. He tells Obito an invented story about a happier alternate life, where Obito married Rin, had a child, and became the Sixth Hokage.
• Madara learns that Danzo is in the Hokage Building but agrees not to interfere with the parallel world’s history. Dave takes the sealed entity, and the two return.
• Back at Orochiroku’s lab, Dave discovers the teleportation device worked, though it broke. Orochiroku’s experimental notes have vanished after George’s base is hit by a “Fecal Yellow Bomb” during an attack by Black Zetsu. The chapter ends with Orochiroku staring in dismay at the ruined records.

Character developments

• Dave acts as a joking but forceful manipulator: he captures the entity, roughs up Obito, and uses a fabricated alternate future to influence him. He also restrains Madara from changing the other world’s events.
• Madara recognizes his counterpart and learns how Black Zetsu manipulated him. His anger shifts toward Danzo and Obito, but Dave persuades him to hold back.
• Obito begins hostile and distrustful, then listens quietly as Dave describes a life with Rin. His reaction suggests the story gives him hope, though he does not reveal what he will do next.
• Old Madara accepts that he is a counterpart from another world and shares the truth behind his downfall.
• Orochiroku is pleased the teleportation experiment succeeded, but quickly loses his research notes in the chaos at George’s base.

Significant themes

• Manipulation and truth: Dave uses an unverified, idealized story to redirect Obito, while Black Zetsu is exposed as a manipulator.
• Alternate lives and regret: The possibility of a happier future with Rin affects Obito.
• Restraint and consequences: Dave prevents Madara from disrupting another world’s course, despite his anger.
• Absurd comedy: Threats, family jokes, and the crude bomb incident undercut the chapter’s dramatic revelations.

Character interactions

• Dave teases and controls the sealed entity, then treats Obito as a “grandson,” mixing intimidation with persuasion.
• Madara and Old Madara compare their lives, allowing Madara to learn how he was deceived.
• Dave talks Madara down and convinces Obito to hear him out.
• Orochiroku and George argue over missing research while George’s base is under attack, ending in the destruction of the notes.

Plot points and events

• Orochiroku explains that without his experiment records, recreating his work could take years or decades; he had documented thousands of tests and hundreds of thousands of combinations.
• Dave visits Danzo in the hospital. Danzo is bandaged after Madara beat him, apparently claiming he was delivering justice for the Uchiha. Danzo urges Dave to check on Fugaku, who is in far worse condition: Dave sees him being rushed in as a severely injured casualty.
• Dave runs into Orochihime at the hospital for a late-pregnancy checkup, followed by the anxious Jiraiya, who fusses over her and the baby.
• Dave summons Black Zetsu and gives him a sealed scroll, claiming it contains his full brother. Black Zetsu opens it and releases another Black Zetsu—an actual sibling, who had also been sealed by Dave.
• After comparing their histories, the brothers learn that their mother is nearby. Black Zetsu persuades his new brother to earn money and buy her a gift before meeting her.
• Black Zetsu Two instead approaches George, claims to have defected, and offers intelligence. He tells George that Black Zetsu plans a raid in three days. George vows to attack Black Zetsu’s base first.
• Black Zetsu Two returns and reports that George will attack their base—prompting Black Zetsu to plan a strike against George’s base. The chapter ends with the two brothers unknowingly feeding each other false information.

Character developments and interactions

• Dave remains casual and irreverent amid serious events, dismissing Danzo’s request about Fugaku and handing Black Zetsu a problem he does not want to handle himself.
• Danzo is badly injured and unable to speak, relying on Dave to type his message.
• Jiraiya’s concern for pregnant Orochihime comes across as overprotective nagging; she is calm and exasperated by his repeated advice.
• The newly released Black Zetsu Two quickly adapts to his freedom and begins playing both sides. Black Zetsu believes he has persuaded his brother to pursue a heartfelt reunion, while the newcomer secretly acts as a double agent.
• George eagerly recruits Black Zetsu Two and trusts his supposed intelligence.

Significant themes

• Deception and mistaken trust: The brothers independently mislead Black Zetsu and George, turning both sides toward retaliatory plans.
• Family and belonging: The Black Zetsus discover their shared origins and hope to reconnect with their mother, though the reunion is postponed.
• Care amid chaos: Jiraiya’s anxious support of Orochihime contrasts with Dave’s detached humor and the surrounding violence.

Key plot points and events

• In a Konoha public toilet, Black Zetsu Two secretly warns George that Black Zetsu may be preparing a biochemical weapon. Their ridiculous password exchange is overheard by Hashirama, but George orders Black Zetsu Two not to harm him.
• Danzo assigns Dave an S-rank mission in the Land of Hot Water: a cult devoted to the Evil God has abducted children for experiments and slaughtered local shinobi. The cultists reportedly possess immortality.
• Dave recruits Kakuzu by pointing out the mission’s lucrative payment. Kakuzu quickly agrees and travels to the attacked villages.
• Kakuzu finds a cultist who survives a gunshot, confirms the immortality claim, and learns little before burying him. He then locates the cult’s base and levels it with a barrage from weapons formed by his body’s threads.
• As Kakuzu prepares to negotiate for payment with the local daimyo, he hears a baby crying in the ruins. He rescues the child from a sealed cage and discovers a tag naming him “Successful Test Subject, Hidan.” Kakuzu takes the baby with him.

Character developments

• Kakuzu is initially motivated by money, but his response to the massacre and his decision to rescue Hidan reveal a more compassionate side beneath his mercenary attitude.
• Dave shows confidence in Kakuzu’s ability to handle the immortality problem and persuades him through the promise of a substantial reward.
• George is cautious about the secret meeting and prevents Black Zetsu Two from acting recklessly when Hashirama overhears them.
• Hidan is introduced as an infant survivor and product of the cult’s experiments.

Significant themes

• Absurdity and dark humor: The secret-agent password scene takes place in a toilet, contrasting with the serious threat discussed.
• Violence and its consequences: The cult’s atrocities leave villages devastated and children subjected to experimentation.
• Greed versus compassion: Kakuzu accepts the mission for profit, yet ultimately risks his time to save a helpless child.
• Immortality and its limits: The cultists’ unusual survival makes them difficult to kill, but Kakuzu’s overwhelming firepower proves effective.

Character interactions

• Black Zetsu Two and George exchange intelligence while trying to maintain secrecy; Hashirama inadvertently overhears them.
• Danzo briefs Dave, and Dave brings Kakuzu into the mission by emphasizing its financial rewards.
• Kakuzu confronts and interrogates a cultist, then destroys the cult’s base.
• Kakuzu finds Hidan in the wreckage and chooses to carry him away rather than leave him behind.

Plot points and events

• Kakuzu returns from the Land of Hot Water after destroying a cult and demands a huge fee from the finance minister. When he offers the rescued child, the minister calls the boy a dangerous product of the cult’s experiments and orders him killed.
• Kakuzu refuses to hand the child over and instead takes him to Konoha’s orphanage. Nonō says it is over capacity, so Kakuzu brings the boy home.
• Nan Xue suggests adopting him, and Kakuzu reluctantly agrees. The child is identified as Hidan.
• Konan enthusiastically welcomes Hidan as her little brother, immediately joking that he should grow up and earn money for her Explosive Tags.
• Nan Xue and Konan plan to buy supplies for the baby. Kakuzu emerges from hiding to argue that they can reuse old belongings; he accepts reusing the carriage but learns that most other items are unsuitable or expired. Nan Xue leaves to shop, while Kakuzu calculates the costs.

Character developments

• Kakuzu shows compassion beneath his penny-pinching reputation: he protects Hidan from the minister and takes responsibility for him. He remains comically anxious about the expense.
• Nan Xue is practical and warm, readily proposing adoption and preparing to care for Hidan.
• Konan is delighted to have a younger brother, though her first thoughts also turn to getting him to fund her Explosive Tag habit.
• Hidan is introduced as a child rejected and feared because of his survival of the cult’s experiments.

Significant themes

• Compassion and found family overcome fear and prejudice.
• The minister’s treatment of Hidan contrasts with Kakuzu’s willingness to see him as a child rather than a “monster.”
• Domestic comedy comes from Kakuzu’s constant concern over money, especially as his family grows.

Character interactions

• Kakuzu confronts the finance minister, rejecting the order to kill Hidan and taking the boy away.
• Nonō and Kakuzu discuss the orphanage’s lack of capacity, prompting him to bring Hidan home.
• Nan Xue persuades Kakuzu to adopt Hidan, and Konan warmly accepts him as her little brother.
• Nan Xue and Kakuzu bicker playfully over the costs and necessity of baby supplies.

Key plot points and events

• Nan Xue leaves Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko to look after baby Hidan.
• Inspired by Uncle Dave’s joke about the Akatsuki, Yahiko treats the group as a serious movement devoted to spreading Wi-Fi and creating peace. Nagato gives him the Akatsuki leader’s white stocking, but Yahiko refuses to take the title until he has earned Uncle Dave’s approval.
• Yahiko chooses Amegakure as the Akatsuki’s first target, believing drought, poverty, and Hanzō’s rule have made it a place in need of reform.
• The group equips itself with customized motorcycles—including a tiny one for Hidan—and rides to Amegakure in stockings worn as masks. They invent silly code names: Nagato is “Sweetheart Bear,” Yahiko “Captain Food Delivery,” Konan “Paper Crane Girl,” and Hidan “Cute Little Baby.”
• In Amegakure, a local woman praises Hanzō for sacrificing his own wealth, helping farmers, and distributing the treasury’s remaining funds to the poor. Yahiko concludes that Hanzō has brainwashed the villagers, while Nagato and Konan are left bewildered.

Character developments

• Yahiko emerges as an idealistic, impulsive leader who takes Uncle Dave’s joke literally and is determined to “save” Amegakure—even when evidence challenges his assumptions.
• Nagato is more skeptical and practical, but still joins the expedition and shows enthusiasm for their motorcycles. He briefly offers Yahiko the leadership role, then accepts Yahiko’s refusal.
• Konan is affectionate and responsible toward Hidan, while also joining the group’s ridiculous mission despite her reluctance to wear a mask.
• Hidan is too young to participate meaningfully, but becomes part of the group’s plans and receives a nickname and miniature motorcycle.

Significant themes

• The chapter humorously contrasts lofty ideals—peace, reform, and connectivity—with childish plans, absurd disguises, and comically poor judgment.
• It plays with the gap between perception and reality: Yahiko sees Amegakure as oppressed and its leader as a tyrant, while the local woman describes Hanzō as a generous protector.
• The group’s identity is presented as something improvised and playful, rather than a serious organization at this stage.

Character interactions

• Yahiko’s earnest enthusiasm repeatedly clashes with Nagato’s skepticism, though Nagato supports him in practice.
• Konan acts as Hidan’s caretaker and gently pushes back against Yahiko, but ultimately lets him include the baby in the team.
• The villagers’ praise of Hanzō directly challenges Yahiko’s expectations; rather than reconsidering, he interprets it as proof of brainwashing, leaving Nagato and Konan incredulous.

Key plot points and events

• Yahiko, enraged by what he thinks is Hanzō’s oppression of the people, rushes off with Konan and Nagato to confront him.
• On the way, Konan points out Hanzō working beside a farmer. Yahiko interprets the farmer’s smile as fear and launches an attack, using explosive tags and his summoned pig.
• Hanzō deflects the tags with a wind technique, while Nagato is distracted by messages from a girl he likes. Konan teases him about the relationship; Yahiko, left to fight alone, protests.
• Hanzō recognizes Yahiko and Nagato as the Akatsuki who previously caused him trouble. Yahiko insists they belong to a “righteous” Akatsuki and accuses Hanzō of exploiting the farmer. Hanzō challenges him to ask the farmer directly.
• The group realizes Hidan has gone missing. After the explosions, they find his crying head and an arm, then search the field for the rest of him.
• Yahiko apologizes to Hanzō. Hanzō lets the incident go and returns to helping the farmer, recognizing that the trio are young impostors rather than the Akatsuki he knows.
• That evening, Konan returns with Hidan’s recovered body parts, leaving Nan Xue and Kakuzu startled by his condition.

Character developments

• Yahiko is impulsive and self-righteous, quickly assuming wrongdoing and charging into danger. His confidence falters when Hanzō challenges his version of events, and he ultimately apologizes.
• Nagato is preoccupied with a budding romance, messaging a girl throughout the confrontation. He is gentle and bashful when Konan questions him, but panics when Hidan is found dismembered.
• Konan acts as the practical companion, supplying the tags and trying to keep the others focused. She teases Nagato, then becomes alarmed when she realizes Hidan is missing.
• Hanzō is initially defensive because of his past encounters with the Akatsuki, but proves reasonable and helpful once he understands the misunderstanding.
• Hidan is the hapless victim of the explosive chaos; despite being reduced to scattered body parts, he continues crying.

Significant themes

• Misunderstanding and mistaken judgment: Yahiko’s assumptions about the farmer and Hanzō drive the conflict, while Hanzō’s past experiences make him misidentify the trio.
• Comedy through contrast: A supposedly righteous mission is undermined by Nagato’s romantic distraction, Yahiko’s theatrics, and the absurd discovery of Hidan’s scattered body.
• Responsibility and consequences: Yahiko’s rash attack endangers others, including Hidan, and leads to an apology and frantic cleanup.

Character interactions

• Konan playfully interrogates Nagato about the girl he is messaging, while Nagato awkwardly admits they are not officially dating.
• Yahiko repeatedly tries to recruit his friends into his confrontation, but Konan and Nagato leave him to handle Hanzō while they talk.
• Hanzō challenges Yahiko’s accusations by directing him to the farmer, exposing how little Yahiko actually knows about the situation.
• At home, Nan Xue welcomes Konan back, Kakuzu makes a sarcastic remark, and both react to Hidan’s disassembled return.

Plot and events

• Hidan’s family discovers him in pieces after an unexplained incident. Nan Xue faints, but Konan reassures her that Hidan is alive. Kakuzu explains that Hidan is an immortal, successful test subject, then uses his thread technique to reattach Hidan’s body rather than pay for hospital treatment.
• Konan watches Hidan’s recovery with growing interest.
• Several days later, Danzo asks who will meet Yagura, the visiting Kirigakure leader. Hiruzen and Dave offer excuses, and Kagami’s attempt to avoid the duty by mentioning hemorrhoid surgery fails; the others force him to go.
• At the village gate, Kagami finds Nagato waiting with Konan and Yahiko. Nagato is expecting a woman from Kirigakure, though he has never met her. Yahiko reveals their plan to attract her: a glowing pink sign reading, “Sweetheart Little Bear, I’m the leader of the Akatsuki.”
• Yagura and his party arrive and are bewildered by the display. Kagami waves them into the village, while the woman Nagato was waiting for passes by without approaching. She later messages Nagato that the sign was embarrassing.
• Konan learns Yahiko devised the plan and drags him away, ordering him to stop interfering in Nagato’s romantic life. Yahiko insists he is helping his “good brother,” but Konan argues that the best help is to leave Nagato alone.

Character developments and interactions

• Nan Xue is relieved once she understands Hidan is alive and restored; Kakuzu responds practically and avoids the hospital bill.
• Konan is protective of her mother, intrigued by Hidan’s unusual condition, and increasingly exasperated by Yahiko’s matchmaking.
• Nagato is eager but socially uncertain about meeting his prospective sweetheart. Yahiko confidently pushes an embarrassing plan, while Konan tries to shield Nagato from his interference.
• Kagami is unwillingly assigned to receive Yagura and has to smooth over the awkward welcome. Yagura remains polite despite the spectacle.

Significant themes

• The chapter mixes absurd comedy with loyalty and affection: characters’ attempts to help often create trouble, especially Yahiko’s well-meant but disastrous matchmaking.
• Family concern is also prominent, as Nan Xue’s panic over Hidan underscores how deeply she cares for him.

Plot and key events

• Nagato nervously prepares for a date arranged through messages, with Konan and Yahiko secretly watching from nearby.
• He meets Hana Yuki, a visitor from Kirigakure’s Yuki Clan. They get along over dinner, and she asks him to take her to Konoha’s hot springs.
• At the bathhouse, Hana requests the men’s bath. Saiken misunderstands the situation and gives them a key to a private spring, leaving Nagato flustered.
• Nagato suddenly screams and flees the private room using the Body Flicker Technique. A week later, after ignoring everyone, he finally tells Yahiko that Hana is a man—and that her anatomy is larger than his.
• The chapter ends with Nagato posting: “Love, stay away from me.”

Character developments and interactions

• Nagato begins as an anxious but sincere suitor, loosens up as he talks with Hana, then retreats in shock after the hot-spring encounter.
• Hana is warm and charming, but her request to use the men’s bath sets up the revelation that she is male.
• Konan alternates between encouraging Nagato and mocking his apparent eagerness; she also scolds Yahiko for his crude assumptions.
• Yahiko acts as Nagato’s curious, teasing observer and eventually draws out the truth by messaging him repeatedly.
• Saiken misreads Hana’s request and unwittingly supplies the private-room key, helping create the misunderstanding.

Significant themes

• The comedy comes from mistaken assumptions, awkward romance, and the contrast between Nagato’s nervous expectations and the shocking reality.
• The chapter also highlights friendship and meddling: Konan and Yahiko watch over Nagato, tease him, and try to find out what happened afterward.

Plot points and events

• With Orochimaru’s due date near, Jiraiya urges him to go to the hospital. When labor pains start, Orochimaru instead uses Living Corpse Reincarnation to transfer into his original body, then cuts the pregnant body open and removes the baby himself.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade are horrified. Tsunade takes the newborn, who is silent; Jiraiya slaps him until he cries. When Jiraiya realizes the body Orochimaru used for pregnancy is dead and cannot nurse, Orochimaru casually asks Tsunade for milk. Tsunade punches both men and forbids them from going near the baby.
• Elsewhere, Black Zetsu persuades a rival to buy a huge stock of women’s underwear, hoping to expand beyond the crowded feces business. Black Zetsu then distributes the stock among White Zetsus, who sell it while collecting feces.
• Their sales tactics cause chaos in Iwagakure. Ōnoki is furious but struggles to stop the White Zetsus, who can escape underground; he orders the underwear stock found and burned.
• George responds by ordering his zombies to buy and sell men’s underwear. He declares that the feces era is ending and the underwear era beginning.

Character developments and interactions

• Orochimaru remains unnervingly practical and detached, treating childbirth as a problem to solve through forbidden techniques rather than medical care.
• Jiraiya shifts from anxious concern to stunned disbelief, then tries to help in a misguided way. Tsunade acts as the responsible protector of the baby and vents her anger on both men.
• Black Zetsu shows commercial ambition and strategic cunning, while George treats the rivalry as a business contest and quickly counters the new venture.
• Ōnoki is outraged by the White Zetsus’ brazen sales but frustrated by their ability to evade capture.

Significant themes

• The chapter uses grotesque comedy and shock humor, especially in the contrast between Orochimaru’s reckless “delivery” and the adults’ chaotic reactions.
• A second comic storyline parodies ruthless business competition: the feces trade gives way to an underwear market, escalating into an absurd commercial war.

Key plot points and events

• Black Zetsu learns that George has started selling men’s products and accuses him of undermining his business. George says the new venture does not compete with Zetsu, but Zetsu hangs up, vowing to retaliate.
• Hashirama visits Madara after months of barely seeing him and discovers that Madara has been teaching young Obito.
• Tobirama arrives and challenges Madara’s claim that his teaching is going well. Obito’s answers and stories reveal that Madara has put him through reckless “lessons,” including dangerous rides, an attempt to make him carry a huge rock, and leaving him alone in a forest for a week.
• Dave brings young Kakashi over to meet Obito. The boys trade insults, introduce themselves, and immediately start fighting.
• Kakashi uses the “Thousand Years of Death” technique on Obito, prompting the adults to wonder who taught him that move.

Character developments

• Madara is proud and unapologetic about his harsh, hazardous teaching style, insisting it will make Obito stronger. He contrasts Obito with Dave, whom he considers a natural genius who needed little instruction.
• Tobirama is protective of Obito and becomes furious when he learns what Madara has put the child through.
• Hashirama trusts Madara at first, but is stunned by the reality of his lessons.
• Obito is energetic and eager for companionship, but his sheltered life with Madara has left him socially inexperienced. He is also confident and competitive.
• Kakashi is stoic, blunt, and combative, with an unexpectedly mischievous streak revealed by his choice of technique.

Significant themes

• Clashing ideas about teaching: Madara sees danger and hardship as useful training, while Tobirama and Dave worry about children’s safety.
• Childhood and friendship: Obito’s first meeting with another child quickly turns into rivalry, suggesting their bond may grow through competition.
• Comic hypocrisy and denial: Madara defends his dangerous methods, while Dave immediately denies responsibility for Kakashi’s questionable technique.

Character interactions

• Hashirama and Madara reconnect, but their conversation is interrupted by Tobirama’s confrontation over Obito’s upbringing.
• Tobirama questions Obito directly, exposing Madara’s outrageous “training” and escalating the argument with Madara.
• Dave introduces Kakashi to Obito. Their attempt at an introduction devolves into name-calling and a fight, which the adults watch with amusement—until Kakashi’s move makes them react.

Plot points and events

• Dave breaks up a fight between young Kakashi and Obito, makes them apologize, and tells them they are friends. As soon as he leaves, they go back to disliking each other.
• Black Zetsu’s underwear business is struggling: his team’s sales are negative three after three salesmen lose their underwear in encounters with jonin. George’s rival team has sold one item—Hashirama bought it for one ryo—leaving Black Zetsu behind.
• Black Zetsu asks Dave for sales advice. After joking that he should sell the underwear for scrap, Dave suggests a fashion show or livestream to attract attention.
• Black Zetsu decides to use White Zetsu as models to save money, dismissing concerns about their appearance and human appeal. He says he may model himself if needed.
• The next day, Jiraiya spots a notification for the livestream in Orochimaru’s lab. He sneaks away from the sleeping child he is watching and joins anonymously, hoping to find material for his novel.
• Tobi opens the show with an inappropriate joke and is immediately knocked offstage by Black Zetsu. The fashion show then officially begins.

Character developments and interactions

• Dave acts as mediator with the children and as an adviser to Black Zetsu, though he initially teases him about his poor reputation.
• Kakashi and Obito briefly comply with Dave’s peace-making, but their reconciliation proves superficial; they resume their rivalry as soon as he is gone.
• Black Zetsu is frustrated by his poor sales, but quickly turns Dave’s suggestion into a cheap, questionable plan. His confidence in White Zetsu—and in his own looks—contrasts with Black Zetsu Two’s doubts.
• Black Zetsu Two serves as the cautious voice, questioning whether White Zetsu can attract human customers, but Black Zetsu ignores him.
• Jiraiya secretly watches the livestream for both entertainment and inspiration, while continuing to evade notice in the lab.
• Tobi’s opening joke and Black Zetsu’s slapstick response set the show’s chaotic tone.

Significant themes

• Comedy through failed schemes: Black Zetsu’s desperate business plan turns Dave’s sensible advice into an absurd spectacle.
• Reputation and persuasion: Dave points out that name recognition alone is not enough when a seller’s reputation is poor.
• Superficial reconciliation: The children’s forced apology changes nothing about their underlying hostility.
• Voyeurism and creative opportunism: The anonymous audience and Jiraiya’s interest in the show highlight the humor of people watching for motives they prefer not to admit.