Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Mu gives Dave two scrolls containing Dust Release attacks as repayment for a previous Tailed Beast Bomb and as a wedding gift.
• Dave teases Mu about his lack of a wife and his supposed medical problem. Mu retaliates by destroying Hokage Rock with Dust Release.
• Konoha bills Ōnoki, Mu’s former student and the current Tsuchikage, 500 million ryo for the damage. The shock sends the young Ōnoki to the hospital.
• Madara, frustrated that Izuna is avoiding blind dates, decides to try one himself to prove they are nothing to fear.
• Hashirama visits Dave and Tsukimi after failing to find Madara. When Dave reveals that Madara is at the Matchmaking Corner, Hashirama rushes off to find him.
• Dave and Tsukimi share a meal at home. Dave eats far too much of Tsukimi’s cooking, but she stops him and promises to cook for him regularly. Dave declares he plans to stay with her for life.

Character developments

• Dave is mischievous and irreverent, but affectionate and openly committed to Tsukimi.
• Mu responds to Dave’s teasing with explosive anger, showing a rare loss of composure.
• Madara is willing to test blind dating himself, though his motive is to persuade Izuna rather than seek romance.
• Hashirama remains eager to spend time with Madara and quickly abandons his visit to Dave once he learns where Madara is.
• Tsukimi shows gentle affection and growing confidence, caring for Dave while playfully feeding him.

Significant themes

• Comedy and consequences: Dave’s teasing leads to a spectacular act of destruction—and an absurdly large bill passed on to Ōnoki.
• Love and domestic happiness: Dave and Tsukimi’s teasing, shared meal, and promises emphasize the comfort of married life.
• Family and matchmaking: Madara’s concern for Izuna’s future draws Hashirama into the search for him.

Character interactions

• Dave and Mu trade jokes that escalate into a destructive confrontation.
• Dave playfully exposes Hashirama’s real reason for visiting and points him toward Madara.
• Dave and Tsukimi care for one another through the meal: she limits his overeating, while he praises her cooking and affirms his devotion.

Plot points and events

• Hashirama sneaks into the Matchmaking Corner to rescue Madara from a crowd of women. To get him away, Hashirama disguises himself as a woman named “Senju Zhumei,” complete with makeup, a wig, and iron blocks used as fake breasts.
• Madara, overwhelmed and unaware of the disguise, accepts Hashirama’s invitation to dinner. Hashirama lets Madara pay and leaves with his phone number and an invitation to meet again.
• The next day, Hashirama tells Dave what happened. Dave advises him to meet Madara again and admit the truth. Dave, meanwhile, recruits Kakuzu to photograph the encounter for a sensational newspaper story.
• At the second dinner, a waiter trips and sends a tray toward Hashirama. Madara moves to protect him, but they collide and fall. Madara touches the iron blocks, recognizes that something is wrong, and uses his Sharingan to identify Hashirama.
• Hashirama begins explaining his prank, but Madara erupts in anger. Dave and Kakuzu watch and take pictures, excited to publish the spectacle.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama acts on an impulsive, mischievous attempt to help Madara, then becomes anxious when the joke turns into an actual date. His attempts to confess are repeatedly interrupted.
• Madara is initially uncomfortable with the matchmaking crowd, then surprisingly receptive to “Zhumei.” His protective instinct appears when he shields Hashirama from the falling tray, but his anger takes over once he realizes he has been tricked.
• Dave gives Hashirama practical advice but also exploits the situation by arranging to photograph the meeting.
• Kakuzu eagerly joins Dave for the promise of blackmail money and publicity.
• The encounters between Hashirama and Madara shift from awkward, silent courtship to a chaotic confrontation; Dave and Kakuzu turn their private embarrassment into a planned public scandal.

Significant themes

• Deception and mistaken identity: Hashirama’s disguise creates the chapter’s central misunderstanding.
• Impulsiveness and unintended consequences: A prank meant to rescue Madara becomes a date and then a public spectacle.
• Betrayal of privacy for entertainment: Dave and Kakuzu prioritize sensational photos over their friends’ dignity.
• Affection beneath comedy: Madara’s instinctive attempt to protect Hashirama hints at concern, even as the revelation provokes his fury.

Plot and events

• The Love Kidney Newspaper reports a brawl between Madara and Hashirama, leaving Hashirama hospitalized. Kakuzu is in the hospital too, after his involvement with the newspaper.
• Dave visits and tells Kakuzu that sales—and profits—are up, giving him credit for the success. But when Kakuzu asks about his medical bills, Dave says the “organizational mission” does not qualify for workplace-injury reimbursement. Kakuzu apparently responds by smashing a window; Dave jokingly tells a nurse that a patient jumped.
• Dave finds Hashirama badly bandaged. Hashirama’s healing has been delayed because Madara apparently beat him again during a visit.
• Hiruzen asks Danzo to accompany him on an outing with Biwako and her friend, since Dave is newly married and Kagami is away on a mission. Danzo agrees, though he does not understand why he was invited.
• At the meeting, Biwako’s friend, Uchiha Milu, recognizes Hiruzen as the “creepy, perverted” Sarutobi Clan Leader. She then tries to introduce herself to Danzo, but his cold silence irritates her.
• As the four walk, Biwako and Milu chat while Hiruzen struggles to make conversation and silently urges Danzo to help. Danzo remains unresponsive.
• Milu suggests Gyuki Barbecue. Danzo panics at the idea, recalling a previous unpleasant experience involving “Outhouse Waterfall,” and refuses to go. Milu’s frustration boils over.

Character developments and interactions

• Dave remains cheerful and commercially minded, but his refusal to cover Kakuzu’s bills shows the company’s ruthless attitude toward its workers.
• Kakuzu is pleased by the newspaper’s profits, then furious when denied reimbursement.
• Hashirama is once again a victim of Madara’s violence, despite his natural healing ability.
• Hiruzen is eager to spend time with Biwako and assumes her friend knows about him because Biwako has spoken fondly of him. His hopes are undercut by Milu’s insulting description, and he ends up carrying the social burden himself.
• Danzo is stoic and socially unhelpful, frustrating both Hiruzen and Milu. His sudden, intense refusal of barbecue hints at a humiliating past incident.
• Milu is outgoing and blunt; her attempts to engage Danzo quickly turn into irritation at his coldness.

Significant themes

• Comic bureaucracy and exploitation: Kakuzu’s injury is treated as a business matter, and his medical costs are dismissed.
• Miscommunication and social awkwardness: Hiruzen’s romantic expectations clash with Milu’s bluntness, while Danzo’s silence worsens an already awkward outing.
• Recurring humiliation and absurdity: Hashirama’s repeated beatings and Danzo’s barbecue-related panic turn serious situations into slapstick comedy.

Key plot points and events

• Danzo’s stomach becomes violently upset after eating Gyuki’s grilled squid. He rushes to a public restroom and discovers it has no toilet paper.
• Hiruzen goes to find paper, but Milu volunteers instead. She uses the predicament to tease Danzo, first withholding the paper and then giving it to him only a few sheets at a time.
• Danzo refuses to beg for more, insisting on his pride—until an hour later, when he finally gives in.
• Milu asks why he has been so cold toward her. Danzo calls her annoying, but when she tries to leave, he urgently asks her to stay.
• In messages, Hiruzen reveals he wants Danzo to keep Milu occupied while he spends time with Biwako. Danzo agrees in exchange for a coveted spot in a newspaper’s chess column.
• Milu misreads Danzo’s awkward attempts to keep her there as proof that he has a crush on her. She offers to let him court her and leaves for the library; Danzo chases after her, demanding an explanation.
• The green-glowing person in the neighboring stall—apparently the one who took the restroom’s toilet paper—decides the episode could inspire a novel called Love in the Toilet. Dave calls the idea evidence that he is “seriously sick in the head.”

Character developments and interactions

• Danzo is portrayed as rigidly proud and socially awkward. His desperation forces him to beg Milu, and his refusal to talk normally compounds the misunderstanding about his feelings. He also becomes Hiruzen’s reluctant accomplice.
• Milu delights in teasing Danzo and interprets his standoffishness and clumsy efforts to keep her nearby as romantic shyness. Her confidence turns the restroom ordeal into an improbable courtship scenario.
• Hiruzen awkwardly leaves Danzo in Milu’s hands so he can pursue a quiet outing with Biwako at the library. Their mutual shyness leads them to read together.
• Biwako shares Hiruzen’s awkwardness; after finishing her book, she listens as he begins pitching his “Will of Fire.”
• The green-glowing bystander secretly hoards the toilet paper and turns the incident into creative inspiration, while Dave responds with disbelief.

Significant themes

• Pride versus vulnerability: Danzo’s stubborn self-image collapses when he needs help.
• Miscommunication and comic romance: Milu invents a romantic explanation for Danzo’s silence and awkwardness, which he emphatically does not share.
• Friendship and opportunism: Hiruzen and Danzo help each other, but their cooperation is transactional and self-serving.
• Slapstick and absurdity: The chapter builds comedy from Danzo’s humiliating predicament and the wildly inappropriate romance it inspires.

Plot points and events

• Kakuzu’s smile abruptly vanishes, leaving his problem unexplained.
• Danzo sees Uchiha Milu behaving strangely: she tells him to stay away, throws a kunai, and reveals two Sharingan with different patterns. Uneasy, he stops following her.
• Danzo asks Dave and Tsukimi about Milu. Tsukimi explains that Milu is the younger sister of Uchiha Chiri, the Mangekyō wielder who created Izanami to counter Izanagi. Chiri later disappeared, and Milu’s personality changed around that period.
• Intrigued by the connection between the sisters and the forbidden techniques, Danzo considers acquiring a Sharingan, then dismisses the thought.
• The Hokage establishes ANBU, a Kage-controlled unit for protection and covert missions. The “Will of Fire Trio” enlist, but Dave declines Tobirama’s offer, joking that he would rather have a grandchild than a job.
• ANBU applicants are told to qualify by killing an A+-rank or higher target from the black market and returning with proof and the bounty.
• Milu appears at the assessment and later follows Danzo’s team, insisting she is strong enough to help. Danzo is suspicious, especially after their earlier encounter. Milu eventually turns away, but her slight smile makes him doubt that she has really given up.

Character developments

• Danzo grows wary of Milu and curious about her unusual Sharingan and family history. His momentary desire to obtain Sharingan hints at an ambition he immediately tries to suppress.
• Milu shifts between an alarming, cold intensity and her usual playful, teasing manner. Her insistence on joining the mission—and apparent satisfaction at provoking Danzo—suggests she may have an ulterior motive.
• Dave remains uninterested in official service, preferring a relaxed life.
• Tsukimi supplies important Uchiha history, revealing why Milu’s past may be significant.

Character interactions

• Danzo’s tense encounter with Milu contrasts with her later teasing pursuit of him.
• Dave and Tsukimi help Danzo investigate Milu, though they cannot explain her strange behavior.
• Danzo’s team—Kagami and the others—are drawn into the ANBU assessment; Kagami is briefly offended when Milu insults his Sharingan.
• Tobirama recruits the trio and offers Dave a role, but Dave turns him down.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and unresolved history: Chiri’s disappearance and Milu’s unexplained changes leave the Uchiha past unsettled.
• Power and its cost: Izanagi and Izanami grant extraordinary abilities but demand the loss of an eye.
• Suspicion and concealed motives: Danzo reads danger into Milu’s shifting behavior, while her final smile leaves her intentions uncertain.
• Duty versus personal freedom: The trio join ANBU, while Dave chooses family and leisure over service.

Plot points

• Danzo remains preoccupied after a woman leaves, prompting Hiruzen to tease him about being in love. Kagami is confused, then calls Hiruzen a creep; Hiruzen angrily protests.
• Hashirama tries to make amends with Madara after an earlier “accident.” Madara is still uncomfortable around him, but agrees to pick up their race car.
• At a crowded dealership event, Hashirama accidentally knocks over a car-show model and twists her ankle. Kakuzu secretly photographs the incident and plans to turn it into a sensational headline.
• Kakuzu sends the photo to Dave, who blackmails Mito for money by hinting that it concerns Hashirama. After receiving a red packet, Dave sends her the picture—and spends the money on game top-ups and skins.
• With the model unable to work, Kakuzu pressures Hashirama into filling in. Hashirama transforms into “Senju Zhumei” and poses on the car, drawing a crowd.
• Mito arrives furious, demands to know where Hashirama is, and discovers the disguised Hashirama. She threatens him, while Madara and Kakuzu quietly point him out and avoid getting involved.

Character developments and interactions

• Danzo appears unusually distracted, and Hiruzen teases him about romantic feelings; Kagami disapproves of Hiruzen’s behavior.
• Hashirama earnestly seeks Madara’s forgiveness and tries to reconnect through their shared interest in racing. His thoughtless collision leads to the comic chain of events.
• Madara remains irritated and embarrassed by Hashirama, but still accompanies him. He later cooperates with Kakuzu in identifying Hashirama to Mito.
• Kakuzu exploits the mishap for publicity, coerces Hashirama into modeling, and takes advantage of Dave’s photo-for-money scheme.
• Dave is opportunistic: he sells Mito information about Hashirama, then uses the payment on game cosmetics.
• Mito moves from suspicious curiosity to explosive anger when she finds Hashirama disguised as Zhumei.

Significant themes

• The chapter uses farce, disguises, and misunderstandings to turn a minor accident into public embarrassment.
• Money and self-interest drive Kakuzu’s publicity stunt and Dave’s blackmail.
• Friendship and reconciliation appear in Hashirama’s attempts to reconnect with Madara, though their relationship remains awkward.
• Public image and gossip are central: a private mishap becomes a planned headline and a crowded spectacle.

Key plot points and events

• After his costly hospital stay, Kakuzu escapes through a window when he learns his expenses will not be reimbursed; Dave is left paying for the broken window.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru visit the Internet Cafe looking for Hashirama. Kurama tells them Hashirama is in the hospital and gives directions.
• Kurama also sends two children, Hiruho and Suiren Hatake, along with them, hoping to get some peace.
• Suiren offers to get the group candy, then tricks other children into handing over their lollipops by pretending to confiscate them on an official Hokage mission. He shares the candy with the group.
• When Jiraiya challenges Suiren’s honesty, Suiren reveals he learned his schemes from books by Kurama and Dave with Kakuzu. The duped children realize what happened and go home crying.

Character developments

• Tsunade is confident and protective: she insists that only she may bully Jiraiya and Orochimaru, then welcomes the newcomers.
• Jiraiya is jealous and defensive when Suiren shows interest in Tsunade, and he remains suspicious of Suiren’s candy scheme.
• Orochimaru is curious about Dave’s book and eager to learn from it, despite Suiren’s claim that its lessons are too advanced for him.
• Suiren is cheerful, bold, and remarkably crafty, using an official-sounding lie to get candy.
• Kurama is weary of the children’s company, but trusts Suiren—perhaps unwisely—to behave.

Significant themes

• Mischief and learned behavior: Suiren’s scam reflects the dubious “freeloading” lessons he has absorbed from Kurama and Dave.
• Childhood protectiveness and possessiveness: Jiraiya and Orochimaru compete to defend Tsunade, while Tsunade sets the rules for their friendship.
• Comedy through misplaced authority: Suiren’s convincing use of Shinobi and Hokage language lets him fool children his own age.

Character interactions

• Kurama directs the children to Hashirama and pushes Hiruho and Suiren into their care.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru confront Suiren over his attention to Tsunade; Tsunade cuts in, asserts authority, and accepts the newcomers.
• Suiren wins the group over with candy, though his confession about the books leaves Jiraiya baffled and Orochimaru intrigued.

Key plot points and events

• Sui Ren takes the children to a fruit field, claiming the owner is a relative, and encourages them to pick fruit. When the farmer catches them, the kids flee but are captured.
• At the Military Police Force, the farmer accuses Sui Ren of repeated theft. Madara calls the phone number Sui Ren gives him and discovers the contact is saved as “Nine-Tails”; Kurama agrees to come.
• Madara also learns that Sui Ren has been impersonating Tobirama’s Hokage title to trick children out of their lollipops. Tobirama calls to demand that the boy be found.
• Kurama pays the farmer several thousand ryo in compensation, then scolds Sui Ren—only to praise his determination to steal more effectively. Madara kicks Kurama in response.
• After a free meal, Kurama takes Sui Ren and Hiruho to a fishing ground. When they fail to catch anything, Kurama jumps into the water, and Sui Ren follows despite not knowing how to swim. Kurama has to rescue him.

Character developments

• Sui Ren is revealed as a mischievous, persistent troublemaker who drags other children into his schemes, invents excuses, and treats theft as a matter of resolve. His confidence far exceeds his sense of danger.
• Kurama is both Sui Ren’s indulgent mentor and an enabler of his bad habits; he scolds him for getting caught but approves of his ambition.
• Madara acts as the responsible authority, handling the complaint and showing exasperation at both Sui Ren and Kurama.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruho are mostly uneasy or reluctant participants, caught up in Sui Ren’s antics.

Significant themes

• The chapter’s comedy comes from the contrast between the children’s small size and their audacious mischief.
• It also plays with bad role models and learned behavior: Sui Ren’s habits mirror Kurama’s, who openly encourages him.
• Impulsiveness and consequences recur throughout: Sui Ren’s schemes lead to capture, compensation, and finally a near-drowning.

Character interactions

• Sui Ren repeatedly persuades or drags the other children into trouble, while they question his logic and worry about getting caught.
• Madara confronts Sui Ren’s misconduct and recognizes that Kurama’s example may be behind it.
• Kurama and Sui Ren share an approving, mischievous bond, while Madara serves as a stern counterbalance.
• At the fishing ground, Sui Ren imitates Kurama without considering the danger, leaving Kurama to rescue him.

Plot points and events

• By a campfire, Little Nine-Tails feeds Hiruho and Sui Ren and promises them an even better meal the next day. Hiruho reflects on how the mischievous beast has helped him overcome his loneliness and social anxiety, while Sui Ren idolizes him.
• Little Nine-Tails gives the boys Konoha Military Police uniforms. Hiruho finds pink girls’ underwear hidden among the clothes, and Little Nine-Tails angrily denies stealing anything.
• The uniforms and underwear belong to Shanshan Uchiha, who cannot find them on her first day as a police trainee. Her grandfather, Elder Longyao, suspects Kagami took them after Shanshan mentions he had visited her room. Furious, Longyao heads off to confront Kagami’s father.
• Meanwhile, Kagami, Hiruzen, and Danzo are tracking their second A-rank target. Kagami’s phone rings with a song, alerting the target and ruining their attempt at a quiet approach. After an absurdly easy “battle,” Kagami calls his father back.
• Kagami’s father, Changjiang, accuses him of stealing Shanshan’s underwear. Kagami is baffled and privately insists he never did.

Character developments and interactions

• Hiruho remains reserved but feels genuine affection and gratitude toward Little Nine-Tails, who has become a caring older-brother figure despite his troublemaking.
• Sui Ren continues to admire Little Nine-Tails and follows his lead.
• Little Nine-Tails presents himself as honorable, but his suspiciously acquired uniforms—and the underwear tucked inside them—undercut his protests.
• Shanshan is embarrassed by the missing items, while Longyao leaps to accuse Kagami and uses the incident to pursue a feud with another Uchiha elder’s family.
• Kagami is caught in a misunderstanding: his phone disrupts the mission, then his father blames him for a theft he denies. Danzo and Hiruzen berate him over the phone mishap.

Significant themes

• Found family and belonging: Little Nine-Tails’ care gives Hiruho companionship and confidence.
• Mischief and mistaken identity: The missing uniforms and underwear trigger a chain of accusations, while Kagami becomes the scapegoat.
• Comedic contrast: Serious ninja missions and clan politics are repeatedly derailed by childish antics, bad timing, and misunderstandings.

Key plot points and events

• Changjiang angrily blames Kagami for an embarrassing incident, tells him Madara is handling it, and claims he has even arranged a hospital bed for him. Danzo and Hiruzen overhear and mock Kagami; Kagami silences them with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Little Nine-Tails decides to return the item he had taken, but, unable to approach its owner’s home, tosses it into another Uchiha’s yard—congratulating himself for giving someone else the chance to do a good deed.
• Izuna finds the item hanging on his wall while watering his flowers. Tobirama arrives with urgent news, sees Izuna holding it, and assumes he stole it. He reports him to the police and takes the item as evidence.
• At the Military Police Force, Madara believes Izuna’s denial and recognizes that the item may connect to earlier incidents. He questions its owner, Shanshan, who confirms it belongs to her and explains that it—and her uniform—had gone missing.
• Madara deduces that Nine-Tails is responsible. Nine-Tails arrives with two children, all wearing Military Police uniforms, confirming the suspicion. Madara and Izuna beat him, make him compensate Shanshan, and detain him for three days.
• Madara considers keeping Nine-Tails locked up longer, but remembers that he manages the internet café. He then decides to delay Hashirama’s hospital discharge so the café remains closed during the detention.

Character developments and interactions

• Kagami is unfairly blamed by his father and ridiculed by Danzo and Hiruzen, though he quickly shuts them down.
• Changjiang presents himself as a caring father while grumbling privately about being manipulated into paying for another meal.
• Nine-Tails sees himself as well-meaning, despite repeatedly causing trouble through careless decisions.
• Izuna is innocently caught in a compromising misunderstanding. Tobirama jumps to conclusions and reports him before hearing his explanation.
• Madara shows trust in his brother and skill at connecting clues, but his response to Nine-Tails is both punitive and self-serving.
• Shanshan is embarrassed to have the missing item discussed, but her account helps Madara solve the case.

Significant themes

• Comic misunderstandings: Innocent actions repeatedly look incriminating, especially when people act before asking questions.
• Self-deception and irony: Changjiang and Nine-Tails each declare themselves good and responsible while behaving selfishly or recklessly.
• Family and loyalty: Madara trusts Izuna, while Kagami’s father claims to protect him even as he leaves him to face consequences.
• Abuse of authority for personal amusement: Madara uses his power not only to punish Nine-Tails but also to manipulate Hashirama’s hospital stay for the sake of keeping the café closed.

Key plot points and events

• Madara and Tobirama experiment with Hashirama’s cells in the laboratory, creating a highly intelligent white, spiral-faced creature. Hashirama immediately claims it as his son, and it calls Hashirama “Mommy” and Madara “Daddy.”
• The creature, later named Tobi, fixates on questions about what poop tastes like and what the urge to poop feels like. Dave decides to hand him over to Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu recognizes Tobi as resembling a White Zetsu and is also given a warehouse full of White Zetsu. He promptly organizes them into a Dung-Carrying Brigade, appointing Tobi captain and himself commander-in-chief.
• The brigade heads out across Konoha to collect dung, while Black Zetsu plans to monopolize the business. Tobi pauses to ponder his original question but is kicked into joining a squad.
• Elsewhere, Zombie King George asks Dave to bring more zombies from his world because his current workforce cannot keep up. Dave agrees. George secretly imagines using the new army to take over and force Dave to serve him.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama is delighted by the idea that the creature made from his cells is his son, though he is displeased that he has been assigned the role of “Mommy.”
• Madara is bemused and helpless about both the experiment’s outcome and Tobi’s strange questions.
• Tobi is curious, earnest, and unusually intelligent; he accepts his new name and brigade role, hoping hard labor will help him understand bodily urges.
• Black Zetsu turns a strange assignment into a business opportunity, exploiting the White Zetsu workforce and enjoying his newfound power. He dismisses Tobi’s philosophical pondering in favor of getting the work started.
• Dave acts as the organizer behind both arrangements, redirecting Tobi and agreeing to supply George with more labor.
• George outwardly asks for practical help but privately fantasizes about ruling the world and getting revenge on Dave.

Significant themes

• Absurd humor: Tobi’s bizarre questions and the solemn formation of a dung-collecting brigade drive the chapter’s comedy.
• Exploitation and ambition: Black Zetsu and George view other beings primarily as labor or tools for gaining power.
• Found family and identity: Tobi’s creation leads him to assign himself parents, while his name and new role quickly shape his sense of belonging.

Plot points and events

• George launches an invasion plan by assigning his zombies to haul Konoha’s feces, hoping to fund his goal of world domination.
• The zombies encroach on Black Zetsu’s established waste-hauling territory. A dispute at a cesspit turns into a mass brawl between zombies and White Zetsu, spreading across Konoha and leaving streets covered in feces.
• Dave eventually controls the zombies and stops the chaos. Tobirama summons George and Black Zetsu, orders them to clean the village, and threatens them if any mess remains by morning.
• The next day, Konoha is clean, but the rival crews plot to outwork one another before dawn. Both sides realize the other does not need sleep, and the fighting resumes.
• Black Zetsu declares the “First Feces War.” The conflict escalates into absurdly messy combat, culminating in George and Black Zetsu fighting each other in a cesspit.

Character developments

• George treats the zombies’ labor as the first step toward world domination and comes to see Dave as a threat because Dave can control them.
• Black Zetsu is fiercely protective of his long-standing hauling business and responds to competition with increasingly aggressive schemes.
• Dave demonstrates that he can halt the zombies’ rampage, though he is absent from the later renewed conflict.
• Tobirama acts as an exasperated authority figure, forcing the rivals to clean up their mess.

Significant themes

• The chapter parodies war, territorial disputes, and economic competition by turning sanitation work into a battle for control.
• Ambition and possessiveness drive needless escalation: both sides sacrifice rest and provoke further fighting over a trivial livelihood.
• The contrast between grand language—“invasion,” “world domination,” and “war”—and the ridiculous subject matter supplies the chapter’s central humor.

Character interactions

• George rallies and directs the zombies, while privately worrying about Dave’s influence over them.
• Zombies and White Zetsu clash over who controls the cesspits, with the initial dispute triggering village-wide chaos.
• Tobirama berates George and Black Zetsu and forces them to cooperate in cleaning Konoha, but their rivalry persists.
• George and Black Zetsu trade cold taunts before launching into a direct, feces-flinging fight.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• Tobirama starts his morning by getting hit with a lump of feces dropped from his doorway, immediately suspecting Black Zetsu and George.
• At Dave’s home, Dave and Tsukimi share a playful, affectionate morning—until a lump of feces is thrown against the kitchen window. Dave cleans it up and makes breakfast while Tsukimi returns to bed.
• Dave concludes that Black Zetsu and George are responsible and heads out, furious.
• On the battlefield, Black Zetsu’s forces—the Dung-Carrying Brigade—fight George’s zombie army. Zetsu’s side discovers that the zombies can only be killed by destroying their heads, and begins targeting them.
• George turns the tide by bringing out an Italian cannon, firing shells made of dung at Black Zetsu’s troops. Zetsu protests the zombies’ use of weapons, but his unarmed forces are badly outmatched.
• The zombies win the First Feces World War. In the peace agreement, Black Zetsu’s brigade is limited to hauling 20% of the village’s dung; the zombies take responsibility for the other 80%.
• As George and Black Zetsu exchange a tense handshake, two furious, tightly wrapped white-haired men arrive. Their identities are not revealed before they confront the victors.

Character developments and interactions

• Dave and Tsukimi show warmth and domestic affection through teasing, kisses, and their concern for each other. Dave insists on cleaning the mess himself despite feeling sick.
• Black Zetsu proves resourceful by identifying the zombies’ weakness, but his tactical advantage is overcome by their superior weaponry. He accepts the settlement while privately planning revenge once he can acquire weapons.
• George is boastful and aggressive in battle, but strategically decisive when he deploys the cannon. His victory leaves him openly triumphant.
• Tobirama appears only briefly, but his disgust and immediate accusation suggest that the conflict’s pranks have affected him personally.
• The chapter closes on a new confrontation, with the two white-haired arrivals interrupting the uneasy peace.

Significant themes

• Absurdity and escalation: A petty, disgusting feud expands into a mock war with tactics, artillery, casualties, and a peace treaty.
• Technology and power: Black Zetsu’s forces gain an initial advantage through strategy, but George’s cannon ultimately decides the conflict.
• Fragile peace and revenge: The treaty ends the fighting for now, but Black Zetsu’s resentment—and the sudden arrival of new challengers—suggest that the conflict may continue.

Plot points

• After Dave and Tobirama defeat George and Black Zetsu, they order both crews to clean the Village’s golden filth within three hours. The crews finish early, and Black Zetsu agrees to honor the postwar arrangement.
• Back at his warehouse, Black Zetsu rallies the White Zetsu: their defeat was due to inferior equipment, so they must carry more dung, earn money, and prepare to win the next fight.
• Black Zetsu seeks custom weapons that use feces as ammunition. He contacts Kakuzu, who first claims the Love Kidney Company does not sell weapons, then asks for money and gives Black Zetsu a contact.
• The supposed contact, “Ormo,” is actually Kakuzu using another identity. Black Zetsu realizes he has been tricked into sending Kakuzu a Penguin cash gift, but still orders the weapons and pays a deposit at Kakuzu’s home.
• Kakuzu forwards the order to Orochiroku. At the laboratory, George sees it and finds the request strangely familiar.

Character developments and interactions

• Black Zetsu turns defeat into motivation, presenting himself as a principled leader while secretly pursuing a rematch. His determination is undercut by his gullibility and frustration when Kakuzu exploits him.
• The White Zetsu enthusiastically support Black Zetsu’s ambitions, though one questions where the promised equipment will come from.
• Kakuzu uses his business connections—and a shameless fake identity—to profit from Black Zetsu’s request, then passes the job to Orochiroku.
• George shifts from fighting alongside Black Zetsu to handling the laboratory’s incoming order, which hints that the new weapons may connect to earlier events.
• Dave and Tobirama establish the terms of the cleanup and postwar agreement through their victory and warning.

Themes

• Defeat as motivation: Black Zetsu reframes failure as a problem of equipment and labor.
• Profit and deception: Kakuzu’s business-minded opportunism drives the chapter’s comedy.
• Escalating absurdity: The serious talk of warfare and custom weapons centers on dung as both a job and ammunition.

Key plot points and events

• Madara awakens the Rinnegan, prompting Black Zetsu to abandon his work and urge the group to rescue his mother, Kaguya.
• Black Zetsu explains the resurrection plan: use the Rinnegan to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, restore the Ten-Tails, grow the God Tree, and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi. Dave points out that the plan would sacrifice its caster—an important detail Black Zetsu had concealed.
• Dave proposes retrieving the statue directly from its seal on the moon and using someone else as the sacrifice. Black Zetsu eagerly agrees.
• Dave claims to know a route to the moon. The group travels through a cave, where they encounter a genjutsu-filled lake; Madara frees them. Hashirama’s hallucination amuses and disgusts Madara, and Dave and Hashirama roast and eat a giant crab.
• On the moon, the group reaches a castle inhabited by the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Its leader, Tagami, learns they have come for the Demonic Statue. Before the situation can be resolved, members of the clan’s rival branch family arrive, and one turns his attention to Madara.

Character developments and interactions

• Black Zetsu is overwhelmed by the prospect of Kaguya’s return, but his excitement falters when Madara rejects his hidden plan’s cost. He clings to Dave, pleading for help.
• Dave takes charge of finding a way to resurrect Kaguya without sacrificing Madara, though he admits privately that his claimed knowledge of the lunar route is fabricated.
• Madara is exhilarated by his new Rinnegan and remains confident in his power. He frees the others from the lake’s genjutsu and mocks Hashirama’s timidity.
• Hashirama remains cheerful and curious, greeting the lunar inhabitants and asking about their connection to the Hyūga clan.
• Tagami, leader of the Ōtsutsuki main family, explains that the Hyūga descend from their ancestor, while his own lineage followed that ancestor to the moon. He is wary of the visitors and troubled by conflict with the branch family.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and hidden costs: Black Zetsu’s original plan would consume its caster, a consequence he tries to hide.
• Clever alternatives and improvisation: Dave looks for a way to achieve the goal without sacrificing Madara.
• Power and rivalry: Madara’s new confidence parallels the Ōtsutsuki clan’s internal struggle over the Tenseigan and the branch family’s ambitions.
• Comic contrast: The serious mission is undercut by Black Zetsu’s melodrama, Hashirama’s antics, and the group’s casual crab feast.

• The Ōtsutsuki conflict: Madara and his companions arrive seeking the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. They defeat the hostile Ōtsutsuki who attack them, and Black Zetsu eagerly uses Madara’s strength to intimidate the clan. The group learns that the Ōtsutsuki are divided: the Main Family wants to guard the statue, while the Branch Family wants to destroy the Shinobi World. The Branch Family is also pursuing the clan’s powerful Tenseigan.
• A reluctant agreement: Dave proposes sending the Branch Family to Konoha and promises that the group will not use the statue to threaten the Shinobi World. With little ability to resist, Tian Shang agrees to let them take it and leads them to the statue.
• Kaguya’s resurrection: Madara seals the statue’s contents into a duplicate of himself. With Dave’s help and Black Zetsu’s intervention, the duplicate transforms into Kaguya. She awakens with overwhelming power and appears disoriented. Black Zetsu rushes to greet the mother he has awaited for a thousand years, but she initially knocks him away, only then recognizing him as her will. Kaguya approaches Madara and Hashirama, immobilizes them, touches their faces, and calls them “my children.”
• Character developments and interactions: Black Zetsu is triumphant and emotional, treating Madara as a useful protector and Kaguya as the long-awaited fulfillment of his plans. Tian Shang is caught between his clan’s internal crisis and the outsiders’ demand, ultimately choosing to trust Dave’s assurances. Madara remains detached and decisive, while Dave takes the lead in negotiating and orchestrating the resurrection. Madara and Hashirama’s usual confidence gives way to alarm when Kaguya effortlessly restrains them.
• Themes: The chapter highlights division within a clan over how to respond to a troubled world, the danger of power pursued as a solution to conflict, and the manipulation of others in pursuit of a long-delayed goal. Kaguya’s abrupt return also shifts the story toward the consequences of reviving an overwhelming ancient power.

Key plot points and events

• Kaguya spends a day quietly touching Naruto and Sasuke, moved by their resemblance to her children. When Dave interrupts, she attacks him, and they exchange a few blows before Black Zetsu intervenes.
• Kaguya learns that a thousand years have passed and that the Infinite Tsukuyomi is active. Dave and Black Zetsu persuade her to end it, despite her insistence that she needs the Shinobi World to defend against threats from beyond their world. Kaguya eventually releases the jutsu, freeing its victims.
• Dave invites Tian Shang to bring his clan to Konoha now that their duty to guard the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path is over. Tian Shang stays behind to discuss the move with his clan.
• Madara replaces his lost eye with a preserved Mangekyō Sharingan. Kaguya removes it and restores his eye as a Rinnegan. Hashirama asks for one too, but Kaguya says he is not suited for it, leaving him to sulk.
• Near Konoha, Hagoromo appears as a fading remnant of chakra. He asks whether Kaguya still plans to carry out her old scheme. She says she has abandoned it, and mother and son reconcile in an emotional embrace. Hagoromo then explains that his remaining chakra is nearly spent and he must depart.

Character developments and interactions

• Kaguya shows tenderness toward Naruto and Sasuke and, most significantly, rejects her former plan. Her reunion with Hagoromo reveals grief and affection beneath her usually detached demeanor.
• Dave and Black Zetsu work together to convince Kaguya to lift the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Black Zetsu remains comically jealous of her attention, especially when Hagoromo appears.
• Madara accepts losing one Rinnegan without complaint, but Kaguya’s unexpected restoration of it surprises him.
• Hashirama reacts with exaggerated envy when Kaguya gives Madara a Rinnegan but denies him one; later he becomes tearfully invested in Kaguya and Hagoromo’s reunion. Madara, meanwhile, is annoyed when Hashirama clings to him.
• Tian Shang considers relocating his clan to Konoha now that their ancestral responsibility has ended.

Significant themes

• Reconciliation and family: Kaguya’s reunion with Hagoromo offers a chance to repair their estrangement, while her tenderness toward Naruto and Sasuke hints at her longing for family.
• Change and forgiveness: Kaguya abandons her plan and accepts the world she once sought to control.
• Protection versus control: Her desire to use the Shinobi World against outside threats reflects her continuing fear, even as Dave and Black Zetsu challenge her belief that the world needs her protection.
• Humor alongside emotion: Jealousy, favoritism, and Hashirama’s melodramatic reactions punctuate the chapter’s otherwise heartfelt family reunion.

• Key events: When Hagoromo is close to disappearing, Dave reveals a one-use Time-Reversal Grass that can restore everything in a marked area to an earlier state. Kaguya retrieves Hamura’s Tenseigan from the moon, and Hagoromo gives up the chakra of his sons, Indra and Asura, to include them in the restoration. Dave’s chakra proves insufficient, so Kaguya lends him hers. After half a day, the technique succeeds—but leaves Dave collapsed and foaming at the mouth.
• Character developments: Kaguya’s urgency to reunite with her children drives the plan, and she actively helps make it work. Hagoromo accepts the chance to return and is reunited with Hamura. Indra and Asura are restored as young men, with their personalities and rivalry already evident. Hashirama is delighted to meet another Wood Release user; Madara is intrigued by Indra’s Rinnegan.
• Interactions: Hagoromo embraces Hamura, while Kaguya embraces both sons. Asura and Hashirama quickly hit it off, bonding over Wood Release and laughing together. Indra immediately attacks Asura, prompting Madara to confront him in a clash of repulsive force. Dave’s final, unnoticed plea for someone to check on him provides the scene’s comic ending.
• Themes: The chapter centers on family reunion and the power of sacrifice: Kaguya and Hagoromo contribute what they can to bring their family back, while Dave risks his strength—and uses a once-in-a-lifetime ability—to make it possible. The dramatic resurrection is undercut with humor, especially through Dave’s suffering and the newly restored brothers’ immediate antics.

Key plot points and events

• Kaguya reunites with Hagoromo and Hamura, then meets her grandchildren Indra and Asura. She embraces Asura warmly and, despite Indra’s resistance, approaches him and gently asks him to let go of his hatred. He briefly agrees.
• Back in Konoha, Hamura explains the events of the past thousand years. Indra and Madara immediately blast Black Zetsu with Almighty Push for his manipulation; Black Zetsu seeks refuge with Kaguya, who tries to ignore him.
• Asura learns that Black Zetsu misled Indra and joyfully believes this proves Indra still loves him. Hashirama also learns that Asura and Indra are ancestors of the Senju and Uchiha, whose long conflict was fueled by their reincarnated chakra.
• Hashirama invites the group to stay in Konoha. Indra chooses the Uchiha compound; the others are assigned space at the Senju compound.
• At Hashirama’s home, Kaguya and Mito bond while watching a dance video, discussing how to improve its choreography. Tobirama arrives, briefly meets the newcomers, then returns to reviewing government documents. Hagoromo notices a proposal by Kakuzu seeking to cut a company’s taxes almost to nothing and finds it unreasonable.

Character developments and interactions

• Kaguya shows tenderness toward her family, especially her grandchildren, and makes an effort to reach Indra. She also forms an unexpected friendship with Mito over dance choreography.
• Indra remains guarded, but Kaguya’s gentle appeal briefly breaks through his coldness. He and Madara share a mutual, bemused recognition of their ancestor–descendant relationship.
• Asura responds to Kaguya affectionately and eagerly embraces Indra after learning he was deceived, though Indra is left unsure how to react.
• Hashirama welcomes the reunited family and seeks to put old conflicts behind them. Mito accommodates the unexpected guests and quickly connects with Kaguya.
• Tobirama stays focused on his duties, while Hagoromo comments on how political and economic systems have changed since his time.

Significant themes

• Reconciliation and family: Kaguya’s reunion with her descendants offers a chance to soften inherited hostility.
• Manipulation and responsibility: Black Zetsu’s long deception is exposed, reframing the conflict between Indra and Asura.
• Generational legacy: The Senju–Uchiha rivalry is linked to the brothers’ recurring influence across generations.
• Everyday life after crisis: The chapter shifts from dramatic revelations to domestic comedy, friendship, and mundane matters like taxes.

Plot points and events

• Tobirama rejects one of Kakuzu’s proposals, then reviews a paper by Hiruzen and Danzō about promoting the Will of Fire with Hagoromo.
• That night, Hashirama sneaks out with Asura. Kaguya catches them but gives in to their pleading and lets them go.
• They meet Madara and Indra at a bar, where the Second Tsuchikage, Mū, is working as a dancer. The group drinks heavily and turns the night into a chaotic dance contest: Hashirama and Asura wear green dresses, while Madara and Indra compete in skirts and stockings on the stage’s poles.
• Annoyed by the drunken spectacle, Mū visits the hospitalized Dave with spicy grilled food, knowingly provoking him. Dave angrily calls for the police, but his soundproof room makes the effort futile.
• The next day, police investigate a report that two people used a Forbidden Technique. The suspects turn out to be Madara and Indra, but since their conduct was deemed improper rather than criminal, they are released.

Character developments and interactions

• Kaguya takes on a strict but affectionate grandmotherly role, though Hashirama and Asura’s charms overcome her resolve.
• Hashirama and Asura bond through their shared escape and drunken antics. Asura’s sleepy confusion gives way to enthusiastic participation.
• Madara and Indra turn their rivalry into a comic competition, each mocking the other while copying the other’s dancing.
• Mū is frustrated that the powerful visitors have taken over his stage, then channels his irritation into a spiteful visit to Dave.
• Dave’s anger at Mū’s “innocent” food offering provides the chapter’s final joke.

Significant themes

• Family affection and indulgence: Kaguya’s sternness melts when faced with her descendants’ pleading.
• Rivalry and imitation: Madara and Indra compete while mirroring each other.
• Comic reversal: Powerful figures behave absurdly, while attempts to enforce rules end in embarrassment.
• Mischief and retaliation: Mū’s visit to Dave is framed as concern but is clearly meant to torment him.