Recaps

After the Cesspool explosion, Hiruzen accepted Shikaku’s theory that it was a children’s prank and ended the investigation. Shisui confronted Danzo, uncovered his plan to steal Kotoamatsukami, and escaped Root’s attack after revealing his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.

• Konoha’s leaders discussed the Cesspool explosion, and Shikaku suggested it was a children’s prank; Hiruzen ordered them to stop the investigation.
• Shisui met Danzo outside Konoha and questioned whether Danzo planned to resolve the Uchiha conflict peacefully.
• Danzo lunged for Shisui’s eye, but Shisui evaded the attack and revealed that he knew Danzo had used Izanagi.
• Root members attacked Shisui, who summoned Susanoo and wounded several of them with a barrage from Susa no O.
• Shisui vanished, and Danzo ordered Root to pursue and kill him while instructing that Konoha be placed on its highest battle readiness.

After Danzo’s attempt to seize Shisui’s eyes failed, Shisui told Itachi that Danzo threatened the Uchiha and revealed his plan to defect and infiltrate Akatsuki. Shisui urged Itachi to find the mysterious master who could save the Uchiha, and Itachi resolved to do so.

• Danzo replaced his ruined Sharingan, ordered Sasuke kept under strict surveillance, and failed to contact Itachi.
• Shisui met Itachi outside Konoha and explained that Danzo had tried to take his eyes and possessed Izanagi.
• Shisui awakened Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan by using Kotoamatsukami to impart the grief of losing a close friend.
• Shisui told Itachi he would defect to join Akatsuki and investigate its plans to seize the tailed beasts.
• Shisui gave Itachi a letter for his father and asked him to find the master who could save the Uchiha.
• Itachi watched Shisui leave and vowed not to let him down.

After Shisui defected, Itachi brought his letter to Fugaku, who chose to seek negotiations with Konoha rather than let the Uchiha move toward a coup. Hiruzen agreed to give the clan three days, while Danzo suspected the negotiations were a delaying tactic.

• Naruto worried that Sasuke might beat Yu in their shuriken contest, and promised to take Yu’s punishment if Sasuke won.
• Itachi delivered Shisui’s letter to Fugaku, revealing Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan, Kotoamatsukami, and Danzo’s interest in his eyes.
• Itachi admitted that Danzo had threatened Sasuke to force him to help eliminate the Uchiha, and Fugaku wrote a letter proposing negotiations with Konoha.
• Fugaku calmed the angry clanspeople, while Itachi left with the letter after promising Sasuke he might help him practice for his contest against Yu.
• Hiruzen convened the senior advisers and chose to pursue a peaceful solution, giving the Uchiha three days to negotiate; Danzo privately questioned Fugaku’s motives.

Sasuke and Yu began their shuriken showdown at the Ninja Academy while Itachi watched and assessed Yu’s unusual chakra and skill. After Yu demonstrated his High-Arc Shuriken, the boys agreed to compete with unconventional throws, and the match was about to start.

• Itachi arrived unseen at the training ground, watched Yu with his Sharingan, and noted the child’s unusually powerful chakra.
• Yu impressed the crowd by hitting a bull’s-eye with a shuriken despite having little prior training.
• Yu proposed a dangerous face-to-face shuriken contest, but Iruka rejected it and insisted on a safe target-based match.
• Yu demonstrated his High-Arc Shuriken, and Itachi judged that Yu had mastered shurikenjutsu and enjoyed experimenting.
• Sasuke and Yu agreed that each would make unconventional throws at the target until one missed, then formed the Seal of Confrontation as Naruto and Sakura cheered.

Sasuke and Yu tried to outdo each other in a shuriken contest, escalating from trick throws to ninjutsu. After copying Sasuke’s Great Fireball Technique, Yu produced an uncontrollable pillar of flame, leaving the contest in danger.

• Sasuke opened the contest with his Uchiha Style Wind-Chasing Shuriken Technique, and Yu answered with a spinning Side-Spin Shuriken that curved into the bull's-eye.
• Sasuke struck two targets with powerful throws, but Yu’s Explosive-Charge Shuriken pierced three targets in a row.
• Sasuke used Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson, and Neji objected that combining ninjutsu with shurikenjutsu was unfair.
• Yu accepted Sasuke’s offer to demonstrate the Great Fireball Technique and attempted to copy it.
• Yu’s fireball expanded into a towering pillar of flame, and he panicked because he could not stop the chakra.

Yu accidentally unleashed an uncontrollable Fire Release, but the Book of the Gods taught him to control the Eight Gates before his chakra ran out. After Itachi explained the incident, Yu resumed the shuriken contest and unveiled a new technique combining Fire Release, Rotation, and shurikenjutsu.

• Yu's Fire Release kept drawing chakra until Itachi realized he had accidentally accessed the Eight Gates and urged Neji Hyuga to stop him.
• Neji's chakra-point strike failed, but the Book of the Gods taught Yu the Eight Gates Technique, allowing him to close the gates and halt the fire.
• Itachi explained the danger to the onlookers, and Yu pretended to be exhausted while Neji recovered from the recoil.
• Yu asked to continue the shuriken contest, and Iruka set up twenty targets as Sasuke accepted his challenge.
• Sakura's Rubber Hair Tie accidentally struck Yu and caught on his horn, while Sasuke noticed her attempt to interfere.
• Yu spun into Rotation, rose into the air, and combined it with flames to reveal his new move, Fire Rotation-Celestial Maiden Scattering Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson.

Sasuke lost a shuriken contest to Yu but accepted him as a rival and friend, while Iruka began watching the suspicious Mizuki. Back at the Uchiha compound, Itachi fought clan members who confronted him and, after awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan, saw strange black bubbles rising from their heads.

• Sasuke used his secret Rapid Summoning Shuriken Technique but missed many targets, and Yu won their contest.
• Sasuke rejected Sakura’s help harshly, prompting her to flee in tears, while Naruto chose not to follow her.
• Mizuki watched Naruto from outside the training ground, and Iruka decided to keep an eye on him because of his strange behavior.
• Yu gave Sasuke a stamina-restoring tomato candy and asked him to be friends; Sasuke agreed to be his rival, and Naruto offered to join in.
• A group of Uchiha confronted Itachi at home, and he defeated them before criticizing their fixation on the clan.
• Itachi’s Mangekyo Sharingan appeared as he watched the departing Uchiha, and he saw tiny black bubbles rising from their heads.

Itachi investigated a mysterious bat made of chakra bubbles, while Yu let Mizuki lead him to the Abandoned Hut, where he was bound and reunited with a kidnapped Sakura. The chapter ended with Yu asking Sakura what she liked about Sasuke.

• Itachi attacked the Resentment Bat with a kunai and Amaterasu, but it re-formed and struck him with a sonic wave.
• Itachi concluded the bat was a jutsu shaped by resentment and resolved to observe it again to identify its caster.
• Yu's Resentment Bat returned to his sleeve, and Yu anticipated meeting Itachi.
• Mizuki lured Yu to the Abandoned Hut, knocked him unconscious, tied him up, and left him with a Fūma Shuriken strapped to his back.
• Yu found Sakura bound in the hut and asked what she liked about Sasuke, stopping her sobbing.

Yu challenged Sakura’s shallow understanding of her feelings for Sasuke and explained how Mizuki had used her to manipulate Naruto. After freeing himself, Yu left to confront Mizuki, while Sakura broke her own restraints and went to alert the adults.

• Yu questioned Sakura about what she knew of Sasuke and accused her of prioritizing her own wishes over his feelings.
• Sakura admitted that her feelings for Sasuke were more than empty words, though she recognized that her actions had hurt him.
• Yu revealed that Mizuki had kidnapped Sakura to pressure Naruto into stealing the Scroll of Seals, then snapped his ropes and offered to help Sakura reconcile with Sasuke if she kept her bald head.
• Yu fed Sakura candy as payback for her earlier rubber-band trick and left to deal with Mizuki, leaving her tied up.
• Sakura broke the ropes through brute force, realized Yu might be in danger, and decided to alert the adults.

Yu flew across Konoha and reached Naruto, Iruka, Mizuki, and Sakura’s confrontation just as Naruto lost control to the Nine-Tails’ power. When Naruto attacked Iruka, Yu rescued him and prepared to face Naruto and Kurama with his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.

• Yu used a hypnotic spell to make a chunin forget seeing him as he crossed Konoha.
• Naruto gave Mizuki the Scroll of Seals in exchange for Yu and Sakura, but Mizuki attacked him with a Fūma Shuriken.
• Iruka shielded Naruto from the shuriken, and Mizuki worsened Iruka’s injuries while blaming Naruto for his suffering.
• Mizuki taunted Naruto, triggering a three-tailed transformation that made Naruto attack Iruka without recognizing him.
• Yu rescued Iruka from Naruto’s strike, then revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and began forming Susanoo.

Yu healed Iruka, fought Naruto’s rampaging three-tailed form, and entered Naruto’s inner world to confront Kurama before removing some of Kurama’s chakra. After the rescuers chased Mizuki, Yu copied the Scroll of Seals and secretly sent Earth Grudge Fear’s Bats after the fleeing traitor.

• Yu used the Divine Healing Technique to save Iruka while Naruto’s attacks cracked Yu’s Susanoo.
• Yu fought Naruto with Hyuga techniques and Divine Vacuum Strike, then entered Naruto’s inner world and confronted Kurama through the Sharingan.
• Yu condensed some of Kurama’s chakra into a vermilion Pill, ending Naruto’s rampage and leaving him unconscious.
• Mizuki fled without the Scroll of Seals, and Yu misled the rescuers into pursuing him.
• Yu opened the Scroll of Seals and copied it with his Sharingan while Earth Grudge Fear’s Bats pursued Mizuki.

Yu concealed Naruto’s use of the Nine-Tails’ chakra after Mizuki died by suicide under the influence of Yu’s powers. Iruka agreed to take credit for defeating Mizuki, and Captain Zō chose not to report his suspicions to his superiors.

• Yu’s Byakugan pressure and Domination technique stopped Mizuki from revealing Naruto’s secret and forced him to slit his own throat.
• Yu told Iruka that Naruto had driven Mizuki away and healed his wounds with the Nine-Tails’ chakra, then asked him to keep Naruto’s power secret and claim he defeated Mizuki.
• The Anbu returned with Mizuki’s body and the Scroll of Seals, and Iruka confirmed that he had defeated Mizuki.
• Captain Zō noticed the battle damage did not match a fight between chunin, but decided to attribute it to Naruto’s Nine-Tails’ chakra and keep his suspicions from the Hokage.

Yu’s attempt to feed the Hyuga Clan with poop curry ended in disaster, but he soon sent Earth Grudge Fear’s bats across Konoha to give Itachi an opportunity. Itachi traced the bats’ chakra to the Hyuga Clan, and Yu moved to meet him somewhere secluded.

• Yu cooked poop curry with toilet-tank water, spices, vegetables, and candy, then used three shadow clones to taste it.
• The clones died after tasting the curry, and Yu vomited before deciding he would try improving the recipe another time.
• Yu sent more than a hundred Earth Grudge Fear’s Bats throughout Konoha and urged Itachi to seize his opportunity.
• Itachi used the Crow Hunt Technique to synchronize chakra with a bat and traced its caster to the Hyuga Clan compound.
• Itachi followed another bat and realized Yu was moving quickly to invite him, while Yu woke and headed out to find a secluded meeting place.

Itachi found Yu digging in the mountain woods and pleaded for his help in saving the Uchiha Clan. Yu analyzed the clan’s conflict with Konoha, gave Itachi a draft civil code for the coming negotiations, and left him with a startling plan: become Hokage.

• Itachi realized Yu was the Expert, questioned him about Danzo and Shisui, and begged him to protect the Uchiha Clan.
• Yu lifted Itachi from his bow and discussed the causes of the conflict, including Konoha’s leadership, the Uchiha Clan’s conduct, and the limits of their upcoming negotiations.
• Itachi explained that withdrawing the Uchiha from the Military Police Force would only transfer public resentment to other clans.
• Yu argued that clear laws and objective sentencing could make law enforcement more accepted, then gave Itachi a draft Konoha civil code to present at the negotiations.
• Yu told Itachi that he wanted him to become Hokage.

Yu urged Itachi to become Hokage and revealed that a future crisis could give him the chance, while promising to eliminate Danzo and Root. Itachi accepted Yu’s conditions and received a special Pill, as Yu prepared to help him and the Uchiha endure the coming years.

• Itachi doubted an Uchiha could become Hokage, but Yu predicted a future disaster in Konoha and said Itachi could earn the position by stopping it.
• Yu explained that Orochimaru would likely cause the crisis while pursuing the coffin connected to Yu, and promised to destroy Danzo and Root during the attack.
• Yu made Itachi’s support for becoming Hokage one of his conditions for helping the Uchiha; Itachi agreed after Yu admitted he had blown up the Cesspool for fun.
• Yu gave Itachi cat-themed props and instructions for helping the Uchiha vent their frustration through a girl’s singing and dancing, and Itachi agreed to keep Yu’s secrets and help him cook.
• Yu handed Itachi a vermilion Pill made from chakra absorbed during Naruto’s rampage, saying it would be good for him.

Itachi used the vermilion Pill to advance his Susanoo to its Crow Tengu form and unlock his Mangekyō Sharingan’s full power. Yu revealed his own Susanoo and the Myōken Divine Wheel, and Itachi departed after the two agreed to look out for Sasuke.

• Itachi swallowed the Pill, gaining a temporary surge of chakra and an improved constitution.
• Itachi used the extra chakra to evolve his Susanoo into its Crow Tengu form and manifest the Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade.
• Yu revealed that he could use Susanoo too, and Itachi realized Yu had Mangekyō Sharingan powers.
• Yu demonstrated that the Myōken Divine Wheel could transform into Divine Tools and other weapons.
• Itachi and Yu agreed to go easy on Sasuke, then Itachi left while Yu gathered the dug-up soil.

Itachi told Fugaku that the Uchiha could be saved after meeting a fascinating expert. Yu made up with Hanabi, went to school with a pinwheel meant to warn him when his chakra surged, and discovered the training ground was full of bald Sakuras.

• Itachi returned home late and told Fugaku he had met a fascinating person.
• Itachi assured Fugaku that the Uchiha could be saved.
• Hanabi confronted Yu for sneaking out, then forgave him after he kissed both her cheeks.
• Yu attached paper pinwheels to himself and Hanabi to monitor his rising chakra.
• Sakura told Yu she had escaped Mizuki's ropes and asked whether she should apologize to Sasuke; Yu promised to help set them up.
• Yu and Sakura arrived at the Academy and found the training ground full of bald Sakuras.

After a prank turns the Training Ground into a crowd of bald Sakuras, Sakura endures public humiliation and an awkward encounter with Rock Lee. Naruto stays home after the Mizuki incident, while Iruka unexpectedly appoints Yu to teach shuriken lessons.

• Kids copied the bald Sakura transformation prank, filling the Training Ground with bald lookalikes.
• Sakura tried to cross the Training Ground in a hat but was recognized, fell, and exposed her bald head.
• Rock Lee tried to comfort Sakura and invited her to meet him, leaving her so mortified that she collapsed.
• Yu told Hinata that Naruto was sick and suggested they visit him after school, which Hinata accepted.
• Iruka announced that Mizuki had been removed from teaching and assigned Yu to take over shuriken lessons.

Yu negotiated with Iruka to teach the class shuriken lessons in exchange for help choosing his future genin team, while Naruto stayed home feeling guilty and lonely. The chapter ended with Yu calling out to Naruto to come play.

• Sasuke sulked over Yu forgetting his promised candy, then accidentally ate Yu's awful shit curry before Yu gave him the real candy and invited him to visit Naruto after school.
• Yu refused Iruka's request to teach shuriken lessons without compensation, and Iruka explained that the Academy was short on funds.
• Yu agreed to teach starting the next week after Iruka said he could recommend Yu's preferred teammates and jonin leader when teams were assigned.
• Naruto lay at home worrying that he had burdened Yu and wondering whether he deserved to have friends.
• Yu called through Naruto's window and invited him to play.

Yu brought Neji, Sasuke, and Hinata to visit Naruto, who had stayed home after the events of the previous night. After they shared lunch, Yu led the group to Hokage Rock for a nighttime climb, where Naruto and Sasuke fell and accidentally kissed.

• Hinata brought Naruto her lunch, and Naruto invited her to eat it with him while the others explored his messy home.
• Sasuke found expired food in Naruto’s apartment, while Neji resolved to show Naruto genuine care rather than charity.
• Yu reassured Naruto about the previous night, then led everyone to the cliff beneath Hokage Rock for a climb.
• Yu, Neji, and Hinata climbed using chakra, while Sasuke made footholds with kunai and Naruto used shadow clones to lift himself.
• Naruto’s stomach cramped from expired milk, his clones vanished, and he grabbed Sasuke as they fell onto the remaining clones.
• Naruto and Sasuke landed with their lips pressed together as Hinata and the others stared in shock.

Naruto and Sasuke bickered after an accidental kiss, then shared their ambitions with the others atop the mountain. Yu made a ball from dough produced by his Miketsu Ōkami technique, and Hinata offered to take Naruto’s place as the first player to be rolled inside it.

• Yu used balloons to carry Naruto and Sasuke back up the mountain, where Neji teased them about their accidental kiss and their insults nearly sparked a fight.
• Naruto declared that he would become Hokage, while Sasuke said he wanted to surpass his older brother, Itachi.
• Neji said he wanted to graduate early and make the Hyuga Clan proud, prompting Sasuke to leave before agreeing to stay and play with the group.
• Yu pinched dough from his face and used chakra and the Miketsu Ōkami technique to form a hollow ball that someone could climb inside.
• Naruto lost rock-paper-scissors and was chosen to be the ball, but Hinata volunteered to take his place.

Yu put Naruto and Hinata together inside a dough ball and organized a relay-ball game with Sasuke and Neji. The game began with Yu serving, and Neji prepared to kick Sasuke’s return with his new technique.

• Naruto and Hinata agreed to hug inside the dough ball so Yu could wrap them together for the game.
• Yu explained the relay-ball rules, including boundaries, five-second airborne plays, and a punishment for the losing team.
• Yu served the ball to Sasuke with a powerful, curving throw, and Sasuke struggled to return it toward Neji.
• Neji activated his Byakugan and unleashed his Eight Trigrams: Falcon Kick toward the ball.

Yu, Neji, and Sasuke’s ball game escalated into a contest of taijutsu, shuriken, and ninjutsu, ending with Sasuke’s loss and Hinata fainting after an accidental kiss with Naruto. Neji chose a sugarcane Pocky Game as punishment for Naruto and Sasuke, and they began chewing toward each other.

• Yu theatrically controlled Neji’s powerful kick before Sasuke began his serve.
• Sasuke hid shuriken in the ball and threw it at Neji, who used his Byakugan and Gentle Fist to knock them away.
• Yu sent the ball back with a spinning strike, and Sasuke used a Great Fireball to slow it before catching it.
• Smoke rose from the ball, and Yu opened it to reveal Hinata dazed and Naruto flushed after accidentally kissing her.
• Neji ruled that Sasuke had lost when he dropped the ball, then chose a sugarcane Pocky Game as punishment for Naruto and Sasuke.
• Naruto and Sasuke took opposite ends of the sugarcane and began chewing toward each other.

After Naruto confided his fear of the Nine-Tails and asked Yu to stay his friend, Yu promised to train with him and proposed building a secret base on Hokage Rock. The chapter ended as Yu began using Wood Release to construct it.

• Naruto and Sasuke choked while chewing sugarcane, but Yu and Neji resuscitated them; afterward, Sasuke left and accidentally broke a piece off the Second Hokage statue while climbing down.
• Neji went home, leaving Yu with Naruto and the unconscious Hinata, who had secretly woken up.
• Naruto apologized to Yu for avoiding him and admitted he feared the Nine-Tails would make him lose control and hurt his friends.
• Naruto asked Yu to remain his friend and vowed to become strong enough to control the Nine-Tails and protect others; Yu agreed to train with him.
• Yu told Naruto about Madara Uchiha and proposed making Hokage Rock their secret base.
• Yu performed the Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique to begin building the base.

Yu explained how he had created Wood Release, built a mountain hideout with Naruto, and learned that Hinata liked Naruto. As dawn arrived, Fugaku prepared to begin the Uchiha Clan’s negotiations with Konoha’s leaders.

• Yu used Wood Release to build houses on the mountain and explained that the Book of the Gods had granted him a technique for combining chakra natures.
• Yu told Naruto that their hideout was unlikely to be discovered and proposed meeting there in their real bodies the day after tomorrow while their shadow clones went to school.
• After Naruto left, Hinata admitted to Yu that she liked Naruto and had pretended to be asleep so she could hear his true feelings.
• Yu returned home, replaced the sleeping Hanabi’s embrace with a doll, and climbed into bed without noticing Hanabi was awake.
• At dawn, Fugaku told the Uchiha Clan members to wait for orders and summoned Itachi to accompany him to the negotiations.