Recaps

Adult Naruto sealed Madara Uchiha's and Hashirama Senju's memories of their encounter to protect the timeline, then led Yūji Uzumaki and Big Yellow across Yomi toward the living world. He explained how Yūji's actions were already part of this timeline and said he could not erase the Sage of Six Paths' memories, leaving them to return to the Shinobi World under the protection of Truth-Seeking Orbs.

• Adult Naruto used Memory Seal to erase Madara Uchiha's memories of him, Yūji Uzumaki, and Big Yellow.
• Hashirama Senju agreed to cooperate, and Adult Naruto sealed his memories too.
• Adult Naruto led Yūji and Big Yellow through the mist to Yomi and explained that Yūji's rescue of Dan Katō was part of the timeline he remembered.
• Yūji asked about Pinzhu's popularity, and Naruto said hard work and academic achievement helped make him stand out.
• Naruto, Yūji, and Big Yellow crossed Yomi and reached Yomotsu Hirasaka, where Naruto protected them with Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Naruto said he could not erase the Sage of Six Paths' memories without risking problems with the timeline.

Naruto explained why he and Yūji would remain in the past for two days, then visited Orochimaru’s laboratory to take Urashiki’s corpse for his journey to the moon. Orochimaru gave Naruto experimentally cultivated Three-Tomoe Sharingan intended to awaken a Mangekyō Sharingan unique to him.

• Naruto told Yūji that the Plow needed to recharge and that he wanted to show him the Shinobi World’s history of change before they returned.
• Naruto ordered Tayuya to give him Urashiki’s corpse, and she sealed it in a scroll after he accepted responsibility for the decision.
• Orochimaru returned to the laboratory and gave Naruto a jar containing two Three-Tomoe Sharingan grown from Naruto’s and an Uchiha’s genetic samples.
• Orochimaru explained that Naruto’s experiences could awaken his own Mangekyō Sharingan after implantation, while an Eternal Mangekyō would require further research.

Naruto replaced his blue eyes with Three-Tomoe Sharingan and gained a profound sense of completeness as Indra’s Yin power joined his Asura-derived Yang power. His eyes awakened the Mangekyō dōjutsu Amenotajikara, which could take traits from one target and give them to another, and he tested it by taking the eyes of Shisui, Obito, and Urashiki.

• Naruto replaced his blue eyes with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan while Tayuya preserved his original eyes.
• Naruto felt his Yin and Yang powers form a complete balance and declared that he had everything.
• Naruto awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, manifested Susanoo, and learned that one dōjutsu could take traits while the other could give them.
• Naruto asked Orochimaru to name the ability, and Orochimaru suggested Amenotajikara, which Naruto accepted.
• Naruto used the ability on Shisui’s right eyes, Obito’s eyes, and Urashiki’s eyes, turning them gray.

Naruto asked Hiashi to let Hanabi leave the academy for several days so she could help him pursue a way to strengthen herself and Hinata. Hiashi accepted Naruto’s argument that the girls needed experience beyond Konoha, but remained unwilling to risk his daughters’ safety.

• Hiashi told Hanabi to address him by his title while he was working, and Naruto greeted him as Principal Hyuga.
• Naruto requested several days off for Hanabi, but Hiashi refused because she was not ill or facing a family emergency.
• Naruto explained that he needed Hanabi’s help as family and argued that she and Hinata needed to grow stronger beyond the protection of Konoha.
• Hiashi acknowledged that broadening the girls’ horizons and facing hardship were important to their growth.
• Hiashi told Naruto that, despite understanding his reasons, he could not willingly watch his daughters put themselves in danger.

Naruto persuaded Hiashi to approve Hanabi leaving Konoha by revealing that he had found a way to evolve the Byakugan. The chapter then followed Adult Naruto, Yūji Uzumaki, and Big Yellow into a mountain cave, where they discovered a still, green pool.

• Hiashi refused to sign Hanabi’s Leave Request and declared that he would rather die than let her leave Konoha.
• Naruto told Hiashi that he had found a way to evolve the Byakugan, stunning him with the possibility of a breakthrough for the Hyuga Clan.
• Hiashi quickly withdrew his objections, called his earlier outburst a joke, and agreed that Hanabi could go out and gain experience.
• Adult Naruto, Yūji Uzumaki, and Big Yellow traveled through a narrow mountain cave until they reached a cavern with a clear green pool.

Adult Naruto explained to Yūji that a pool was an ancient passage to the moon, then led him and Big Yellow through it. Yūji awoke on the moon and saw the Shinobi World hanging in space.

• Adult Naruto told Yūji that the Sage of Six Paths created the pool as a passage to the moon after sealing his mother there.
• Naruto took Yūji and Big Yellow by the hand and stepped into the pool.
• A soothing yellow glow made Big Yellow fall asleep and left Yūji drowsy as Naruto guided them onward.
• Yūji regained awareness on gray-white ground and saw the Shinobi World from the moon.

Yūji saw the Shinobi World and the stars from the moon with Adult Naruto, then learned that lunar soil was originally taken from their homeworld. After they left, Toneri sensed that visitors had been there and began searching the moon for them.

• Yūji marveled at the universe and the Shinobi World as Adult Naruto explained they could not stay long without risking interference with space-time.
• Yūji gathered lunar soil as a souvenir, but Adult Naruto explained that it was soil from the Shinobi World, so Yūji scattered it back onto the ground.
• Adult Naruto and Yūji left the area before Toneri arrived and sensed signs that people had been there.
• Toneri feared that visitors from the Shinobi World would disrupt his plans, so he scanned the moon with the Giant Tenseigan but found no one.

Naruto, Hinata, and Hanabi found the hidden passage to the moon and sent wood clones through it to scout the other side. After learning about a sea and ancient ruins, they entered the pool and Naruto woke in a vision of the Ninja Academy.

• Naruto defeated the giant crab guarding the cave and found the emerald pool described in the Hyuga Clan's ancient texts.
• Naruto sent wood clones through the pool to scout the route while Hinata and Hanabi waited with him.
• The clones found a cave beside a vast ocean, spotted land, and discovered ruins that Naruto believed belonged to the moon's Ōtsutsuki descendants.
• Naruto shared the clones' findings and prepared to explore the moon with Hinata and Hanabi.
• The three jumped into the pool, and Naruto woke in a vision of the Konoha Ninja Academy as Iruka asked who he would want beside him if the moon were about to fall.

Naruto recognized the classroom around him as an illusion and broke it with Kurama Link Mode and the Rinnegan. As the dream collapsed, he saw that Hinata and Ino had both written his name on their slips of paper.

• Naruto relived a lively classroom scene as Kiba teased him and Choji and Ino bickered while Hinata blushed beside him.
• Naruto remembered that Hinata and Hanabi needed his protection and resolved not to lose himself in the dream.
• Naruto rose, covered himself in Kurama Link Mode, and awakened the Rinnegan, causing the classroom illusion to crack apart.
• Before the dream vanished, Naruto saw that both Hinata's and Ino's slips of paper bore the name Naruto Uzumaki.

Naruto woke Hinata from a dream of her childhood and gently reassured her as she realized she and Hanabi were resting on his lap in a cave. Hinata remained flustered and overwhelmed by his closeness while Hanabi slept beside her.

• In Hinata's dream, young Hanabi coaxed young Hinata to join Naruto at the training ground, where his kicks snapped a thick tree in half.
• The dream shattered, and teenage Naruto reached out to send Hanabi and Hinata back to reality.
• Hinata woke in a cave with her head on Naruto's lap and saw Hanabi sleeping on his other thigh.
• Hinata tried to sit up after realizing their intimate position, but Naruto gently shushed her so she would not wake Hanabi.
• Naruto teased Hinata about still getting shy around him, leaving her blushing and thrilled by his closeness.

Naruto tried to understand why Hinata had become shy and insecure again, then comforted her as they traveled on the moon. From hiding, Yūji watched his younger parents and asked Adult Naruto whether Hinata had always been so easily embarrassed.

• Hinata panicked when Naruto leaned closer, while Hanabi secretly watched and wondered why her sister was so timid.
• Naruto suspected Hinata's insecurity came from her upbringing under Hyuga Hiashi and reflected on Hiashi's past decisions.
• Naruto soothed Hinata, picked up the still-sleeping Hanabi, and took Hinata's hand.
• Yūji watched his young mother remain shy beside Naruto and asked Adult Naruto if Hinata had always been easily embarrassed.

Adult Naruto explained Hinata’s past self-doubt and reflected on how he came to love the people in his life. When Yūji asked which woman Naruto loved most, Naruto answered that they were all equally important to him.

• Adult Naruto told Yūji that Hinata had once doubted whether she could help him as his power and responsibilities grew.
• Adult Naruto described how people could be drawn to one another for many different reasons, and recalled Hinata’s loyalty and courage.
• Yūji asked Adult Naruto which woman he loved more.
• Adult Naruto gave Yūji a crushing death stare before answering that he loved no one more than the others and that they were all equally important.

Young Naruto comforted Hinata by making a pinky promise, while Adult Naruto watched and then left with Yūji and Big Yellow. At the ruined Otsutsuki town, Naruto reunited with Hinata and Hanabi, and Hanabi asked what kind of girl he liked.

• Naruto made a pinky promise with Hinata and reminded her that keeping his word was his ninja way.
• Adult Naruto left with Yūji and Big Yellow after watching the promise.
• Naruto took Hinata and Hanabi to the ruins of the Otsutsuki town, where his clones had built a temporary house.
• Naruto dismissed his arguing clones and handed Hanabi to Hinata while he prepared to cook.
• Hanabi asked Naruto for a pinky promise too, then teased him about whom he wanted to marry and what kind of girl he liked.

Hanabi asked Naruto to promise to protect her and always treat her well, and he agreed. On the moon, Otsutsuki Toneri discovered a wooden house among the ruins and moved to investigate who had built it and why.

• Hanabi told Naruto she knew about his wish to have them all and asked him to protect her like Hinata and always be good to her.
• Naruto promised Hanabi he would always treat her well while using chakra arms to prepare food.
• Otsutsuki Toneri found a two-story wooden house in a clearing among the lunar ruins and wondered how its builders had obtained the wood.
• Toneri drew on the Giant Tenseigan's power to enhance his puppet body, then approached the house in silence.

Naruto destroyed Toneri’s puppet and left a wood clone to protect Hinata and Hanabi before setting out to confront Toneri. He found hundreds of hostile puppets approaching and began his attack with Water Release: Heavenly River Cascade.

• Naruto appeared above Toneri’s puppet and split it apart with a wind-coated wooden sword.
• Naruto told Hinata and Hanabi that the enemy had found them, then made a wood clone to guard them.
• Naruto entrusted Hanabi to Hinata and left to find Toneri by following the hostile puppets.
• Naruto confronted an army of hundreds of puppets and raised his hand to unleash Water Release: Heavenly River Cascade.

Naruto swept the moon’s puppet army away with a massive flood, forcing Toneri to seek greater power. Toneri reached the Giant Tenseigan and began forcibly absorbing its chakra.

• Naruto lifted himself on a golden cloud and sent a vast torrent crashing into the puppet army, destroying the puppets and clearing a path toward Toneri.
• Toneri sensed Naruto advancing through the ruins and decided he needed more power from the Tenseigan.
• Toneri flew to the Hamura Shrine, where the Giant Tenseigan floated above the sacred site.
• Toneri asked the Giant Tenseigan to lend him power, then began forcibly drawing chakra from it.

Sealed within the moon, Kaguya sensed Urashiki’s chakra and brooded over why her sons had betrayed her. As Toneri tried to reach the seal for power, Hagoromo appeared and stopped him.

• Kaguya sensed a faint trace of Urashiki’s chakra through the seal and wondered whether he had come to hunt her or plant a God Tree.
• Kaguya recalled how she had sacrificed Isshiki, taken the Chakra Fruit, and used Infinite Tsukuyomi to create an army of White Zetsu.
• Kaguya remembered that Hagoromo and Hamura had sealed her, and wondered why they had betrayed her when she had only wanted to survive.
• Toneri arrived at Kaguya’s sealed location in Tenseigan Chakra Mode, intending to draw power from her to face the threat outside.
• A chakra hand caught Toneri’s wrist, and the spirit of Hagoromo appeared and addressed him by name.

Hamura’s chakra consciousness warned Toneri not to disturb Kaguya’s seal and gave him an ancient weapon scroll before disappearing. Toneri returned to face Naruto, who had reached the Moon Otsutsuki Clan’s palace and attacked it with a flood, leaving Toneri to block the assault with nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.

• Hamura told Toneri that Kaguya was sealed inside the Sealing Core and urged him to leave her undisturbed.
• Hamura gave Toneri a scroll containing his old weapon, then dissipated after entrusting his mission to him.
• Toneri accepted the scroll and flew back toward the palace to prepare to face Naruto.
• Naruto reached the Moon Otsutsuki Clan’s palace and sent his water dragon crashing toward it.
• Toneri appeared before the palace and stopped Naruto’s flood with a shield formed from nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.

Naruto discovered that Toneri’s Tenseigan Chakra Mode and Truth-Seeking Orbs depended on a remote connection to the Giant Tenseigan, then prepared to exploit that weakness. Toneri lost track of Naruto as the water left across the Palace grounds suddenly began to gather and churn.

• Naruto realized Toneri was drawing power from the Giant Tenseigan and that most of his own attacks would be ineffective against the Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Naruto changed his eyes to the dual Kamui Mangekyo Sharingan and planned to attack Toneri’s connection to the Giant Tenseigan.
• Toneri sensed Naruto’s change in chakra and drew the ancient longsword gifted by Ancestor Hamura.
• Naruto entered the Kamui Dimension and created Wood Clones, leaving Toneri unable to sense his real body.
• The pools of water left by Naruto’s Heavenly River Cascade suddenly converged and churned, alerting Toneri that something was wrong.

Naruto’s Wood Clone survived Toneri’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and summoned a colossal Eight-Armed Asura, forcing Toneri to unleash the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. Their enormous blades collided, sending a devastating shock wave across the moon.

• Toneri countered Naruto’s Water Dragon Prison with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, injuring both himself and Naruto’s Wood Clone.
• Naruto’s Wood Clone healed with Wood Release and created hundreds of clones, who combined their power to summon the thousand-meter-tall Eight-Armed Asura.
• Facing the colossal wooden giant, Toneri gathered the nine Truth-Seeking Orbs and his Tenseigan chakra into a massive golden blade.
• Naruto’s Wood Clones armored the Eight-Armed Asura with Susanoo and formed a Wind Release-wreathed chakra sword.
• Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion clashed with Naruto’s sword, and the impact shattered ruins and split the ground.

Naruto used Amenotajikara to steal Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion’s power to cut through anything and bestow it on the Eight-Armed Asura’s sword, turning Toneri’s ultimate attack against him. After Toneri was sent flying by the clash, Naruto struck him with a powerful kick and left him crumpled in a crater on the moon.

• The Eight-Armed Asura’s sword collided with Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, unleashing a destructive blast across the moon.
• Naruto’s Wood Clones used Amenotajikara to steal the attack’s severing trait and bestow it on the Eight-Armed Asura’s sword.
• The enhanced sword began cutting through Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, weakening it and sending Toneri flying as the Eight-Armed Asura was badly damaged.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to return to the fight, opened the Gate of View, and kicked Toneri in the waist and abdomen.
• Toneri crashed into the moon’s surface and lay groaning in a crater with shattered bones.

As Toneri lay near death, memories of his family and clan drove him to force a renewed connection with the Giant Tenseigan and attempt a desperate power-up. Naruto sensed the surge, reached him in the crater, and used the Human Path to pull out his soul before he could stand again.

• Toneri recalled his father's mission, the Elder's expectations, and his mother's love, and drew on them to fuel his will to survive.
• Toneri reached toward the Giant Tenseigan and demanded power from the spirits of his ancestors, causing his life force and the connection to the eye to surge.
• Naruto sensed the abnormal fluctuations from outside the crater and questioned whether Toneri was powering up again.
• Toneri struggled to rise from the crater, believing he could fight again if he could endure one final push.
• Naruto pressed a hand to Toneri's head and used the Human Path to pull out his soul, stopping his attempted comeback.

Naruto defeated Toneri, harvested the knowledge from his soul, and planned to bring Hinata and Hanabi to the moon. Meanwhile, Konoha’s battle against Kirigakure intensified as Sasuke remained missing and Kakashi struggled to direct the exhausted troops.

• Naruto denounced Toneri’s reliance on sudden power and conviction, then used the Rinnegan to extract knowledge and memories from his soul.
• Naruto let Toneri’s soul dissolve, sealed his corpse in a scroll for Orochimaru, and planned to recover chakra before seeking Kaguya or Hamura’s remains.
• A wounded Kirigakure ninja and a battered Konoha chunin charged at each other after arguing over whether their comrades were cowards.
• Kakashi tried to lead Konoha’s forces through Kirigakure’s counterattacks while Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee fought at the front.
• Shikamaru looked toward Kirigakure and hoped Shino could help Sasuke, who had gone missing from the battlefield.

Sasuke and Shino moved to infiltrate the Mizukage Building after Shino confirmed that Itachi was inside. Shino reached the Mizukage's Office without encountering any guards and confronted Black Zetsu, who had been plotting to send disguised White Zetsu as suicide attackers against Konoha.

• Shino confirmed that his insects had detected Itachi in the Mizukage Building, and Sasuke prepared to infiltrate with his help.
• Black Zetsu, controlling Itachi's body, planned to disguise White Zetsu as civilians or wounded Konoha soldiers and use them as human bombs.
• Shino entered the Mizukage Building and found that its guards and defenses failed to notice him.
• Shino appeared in the Mizukage's Office and identified the being inside as someone other than Uchiha Itachi.
• When Black Zetsu demanded to know how Shino had entered, Shino replied that he had taken the stairs.

Shino confronted Black Zetsu, who was possessing Itachi’s body and pretending to be the real Itachi, in the Mizukage’s Office. Black Zetsu’s attempts to use the Sharingan failed, and Sasuke arrived to expose and condemn him.

• Black Zetsu realized Shino had entered the guarded Mizukage Building unnoticed and tried to regain control of the encounter.
• Black Zetsu attempted to cast Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu through Itachi’s body, but neither technique worked.
• Shino opened the office door and found the corridor outside deserted.
• Sasuke stepped out of the shadows, called Black Zetsu a fake, and pointed out that controlling Itachi’s body did not let him use the Sharingan.
• Sasuke revealed that he had followed Shino, fighting through Kirigakure’s guards after they detected him.