Recaps

Luo Mang traveled to Iwagakure for the exchange program, where he grew close to Kurotsuchi and trained alongside her and Temari. As the villages debated how to deal with Kumogakure, Luo Mang received a video of Toneri fighting Naruto on the moon.

• Luo Mang left Konoha for Iwagakure, where Ōnoki welcomed him as the village’s sole exchange student.
• Luo Mang explored Iwagakure with Temari, while Kurotsuchi became jealous and later began dating him after taking him to a secluded riverside spot.
• Kurotsuchi’s father, Kitsuchi, interrupted her date with Luo Mang, and Luo Mang began joint training with Temari under Sand and Qiao.
• Luo Mang used his Sharingan to trap Sand in a genjutsu during their spar, prompting the teachers to suspect he possessed a special bloodline and report it to Ōnoki.
• Kurotsuchi joined Luo Mang and Temari’s team, and Temari admitted she liked Luo Mang as the two girls argued over their relationships with him.
• After fifteen days of training and missions in Iwagakure, Luo Mang rested while Tsunade learned that Jiraiya had returned with intelligence about Kumogakure’s political divisions.
• Jiraiya urged Tsunade to consider destroying Kumogakure, while Ōnoki and the Konoha leaders debated how to obtain the Six Paths Tools and influence the next Raikage.
• Luo Mang watched a video in which Toneri imprisoned Hinata and fought Naruto on the moon, ending with Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion cleaving the moon in two.