Recaps

Naruto visited Mount Myōboku to speak with the Great Toad Sage and obtain the Four Symbols Seal key. The sage explained that destroying Kama had made the future uncertain, warned that the Otsutsuki might arrive earlier than expected, and sent Naruto onward with a renewed resolve to change history.

• Naruto returned to Mount Myōboku and met the Great Toad Sage after Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima explained his Rinnegan and recent actions.
• The Great Toad Sage revealed that he knew Naruto had returned from the future using Kama, and explained that Kama's destruction had ended the world's changeable state.
• Naruto realized that Kama's absence could alter Urashiki Otsutsuki's actions and affect when Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki, and others arrived.
• The Great Toad Sage shared a prophecy that Naruto's actions would decide the world's fate and said Kama's creator, his ancestor, could not make another one.
• The scroll toad revealed the Four Symbols Seal key, and Naruto pressed his left palm onto the scroll as a sign of his resolve to follow a different path.

Tsunade entrusted Sakura with helping Amegakure and sent Yamato to assist Naruto as he prepared to control the Nine-Tails. Naruto, Yamato, and Orochimaru reached Paradise Island, where Naruto’s uncertain arrangements with Kumogakure threatened to complicate their arrival.

• At the lakeside, Jiraiya told Tsunade to trust Naruto, and she pledged to stand by Jiraiya’s choice.
• Before leaving Amegakure, Tsunade dismissed Sakura from Konoha and her own discipleship, then charged her with making amends by serving Amegakure alongside Naruto.
• Tsunade ordered Yamato to accompany Naruto while he prepared to control the Nine-Tails, and told him to help rebuild Amegakure afterward.
• Yamato joined Naruto and Orochimaru aboard a boat to Paradise Island and worried about traveling with Orochimaru, who called him a former test subject.
• As they neared Paradise Island, Yamato asked whether Naruto had arranged permission with Kumogakure, and Naruto admitted he had only given them a warning.

Naruto defeated Darui and the Kumogakure force, then used Kotoamatsukami to stop Darui from killing himself and recruit him. With Darui at his side, Naruto set out for the Waterfall of Truth.

• Yamato marked his forehead protector as a rogue ninja, and the group landed on the island where Darui and Kumogakure forces awaited them.
• Darui tried to seal Naruto with the Amber Purifying Pot, but Naruto took it with Banshō Ten'in and sealed C instead.
• Naruto used the Gunbai, Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Purple Electricity to defeat the Kumogakure ninja without killing them.
• When Darui tried to flee and then attempted suicide, Naruto used Kotoamatsukami to stop him and make him serve Naruto.
• Naruto explained his dōjutsu to Yamato, then led the group toward the Waterfall of Truth.

At the Waterfall of Truth, the returned Naruto confronted his naive past self over his harsh methods and the failures of his former ideals. The past Naruto’s buried darkness emerged and joined forces with Kurama’s chakra, leaving the two Narutos poised to fight.

• The naive Naruto accused the returned Naruto of stealing his body and condemned his schemes, while the returned Naruto argued that the future required difficult choices.
• The returned Naruto challenged the naive Naruto with the disasters that followed his time as Hokage and Amegakure’s decline after he promised Konan peace.
• The returned Naruto revealed the dark Naruto, who urged his naive self to attack the returned Naruto and admitted he wanted revenge on those who had bullied them.
• The naive Naruto rejected both Narutos as impostors, and his shock caused him to resonate with his inner darkness as Kurama granted him Nine-Tails chakra.
• The dark Naruto disappeared as the naive Naruto formed a black-misted Nine-Tails cloak and prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb, prompting the returned Naruto to accept the coming fight.

The returned Naruto defeated the innocent Naruto in their waterfall illusion battle and helped him accept the pain of growing up. The innocent Naruto let go of his misgivings, his dark counterpart vanished, and he chose to trust his future self.

• The returned Naruto absorbed the innocent Naruto’s Tailed Beast Bomb, dodged his attacks, and used missiles to destroy one of three forming bombs, badly injuring the Nine-Tails.
• The returned Naruto immobilized the Nine-Tails with Black Receivers and drove the innocent Naruto out of its body, but the two clashed with Rasenshuriken and Rasengan attacks.
• The returned Naruto trapped the Nine-Tails inside Planetary Devastation, then bound it with Adamantine Sealing Chains when the innocent Naruto weakened the technique.
• The returned Naruto embraced the innocent Naruto and urged him to accept that growing up brought pain.
• The innocent Naruto’s darkened eye cleared, his dark counterpart and the Nine-Tails chakra vanished, and he agreed to trust his future self.

Innocent Naruto left Returned Naruto and used his chakra and soul to awaken Hinata’s Tenseigan before disappearing. Returned Naruto then opened the way to the true battlefield behind the Waterfall of Truth and continued inside with Orochimaru and Yamato.

• Innocent Naruto chose to leave Returned Naruto, asking him to bring Sasuke back to the right path and protect their home.
• Innocent Naruto found Hinata training, infused her eyes with his chakra and soul, and awakened her Tenseigan before vanishing.
• Hinata vowed to use her new power to protect Konoha and wait for Naruto to return for her.
• Returned Naruto opened the Waterfall of Truth to reveal the entrance to the jinchūriki and tailed beast battlefield.
• Naruto, Orochimaru, and Yamato passed through the waterfall to face the challenge ahead.

Naruto entered the sacred grounds to battle the Nine-Tails and deliberately arranged for Orochimaru to put him at a disadvantage. The plan awakened Kushina’s chakra, and Naruto finally saw his mother again.

• Naruto brought Yamato and Orochimaru into the sacred grounds and explained that a jinchūriki could face a tailed beast there.
• Naruto released the Four Symbols Seal and used his Rinnegan abilities to begin a tug-of-war with the Nine-Tails.
• Orochimaru explained to Yamato that Naruto needed to lose ground to trigger Kushina’s chakra, then used a Five Elements Seal and Cursed Seal to disrupt Naruto’s chakra.
• The Nine-Tails began pulling Naruto’s chakra from him, but Adamantine Sealing Chains emerged and bound the beast.
• Naruto saw Kushina appear in his inner world and called her “Mom.”

Naruto overcame Orochimaru’s Five Elements Seal, entered Sage Mode, and wrested part of Kurama’s chakra from the Nine-Tails. As Kushina’s chakra faded, Naruto used Kurama’s chakra to preserve her thought body so she could remain with him.

• Naruto broke through the Five Elements Seal with his chakra and entered Sage Mode, then asked Kushina to release the chains binding the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto fought the Nine-Tails with powerful Rasengan and combined elemental attacks before restraining him with Adamantine Sealing Chains and extracting part of his chakra.
• Naruto resealed the weakened Nine-Tails and returned to Kushina, who embraced him and said she had seen everything he had experienced across both his lives.
• As Kushina’s thought body began to fade, Naruto revealed that he would use the extracted Kurama chakra to nourish her chakra and keep her by his side.

Naruto returned from Paradise Island with golden Nine-Tails chakra mode, kept Kushina’s thought body sustained, and received a transplant of Hashirama’s cells from Orochimaru. Meanwhile, Madara suspected Naruto was hiding a great secret and chose to wait, while Naruto began building something in Amegakure with Wood Release.

• Naruto used golden Nine-Tails chakra mode and resolved to preserve and develop every power he gained.
• Naruto kept the chakra mode active during the journey so Kushina could recover and they could talk, while Orochimaru transplanted Hashirama’s cells into him.
• Madara suspected Naruto knew about Kaguya and the altered Uchiha stone tablet, but decided to hold position until Obito appeared.
• Naruto returned to Amegakure with Konan, Orochimaru, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Yamato and used Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique at a vacant plot.

Naruto completed a vast housing complex in Amegakure, while Yamato returned to Konoha only to be declared a wanted rogue ninja and sent back to watch over Naruto. Naruto then brought Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin to Amegakure and began planning to recruit Kakuzu, Red Sand Scorpion, and Uchiha Itachi.

• Naruto used Wood Release to build an extensive housing complex, and Yamato inspected the homes and accepted one for future visits.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to take Yamato outside Konoha, where Izumo and Kotetsu mistook him for a traitor because his forehead protector was slashed.
• Kakashi brought Yamato to Tsunade, who explained that he had been listed as a rogue ninja and assigned him to return to Amegakure and monitor Naruto’s health.
• Naruto returned to Konoha and took Pain’s Animal Path, Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin to Amegakure under an agreement to supervise the three prisoners.
• Naruto planned to recruit Kakuzu, Red Sand Scorpion, and Uchiha Itachi, hoping to use Itachi’s help to recover Shisui’s left eye.

Naruto and Konan searched for Kabuto Yakushi’s lair, where Naruto used a Mirror Drone to find a hidden light and brought them inside. There they discovered a projection of Nagato, who greeted them.

• Naruto and Konan discussed Jiraiya’s Make-Out Trilogy as they traveled toward Kabuto Yakushi’s reported lair.
• Konan told Naruto she did not want him to bring Yahiko back, and Naruto silently vowed to help Amegakure prosper.
• Naruto used his Mirror Drone to scout the lair and found signs of a battle but no one inside.
• Naruto spotted a faint light detectable by the drone’s Rinnegan and entered the lair with Konan using the Flying Thunder God Mark.
• Naruto and Konan recognized the rainbow-colored projection as Phantom Dragon, and Nagato greeted them.

Naruto and Konan followed Nagato’s Phantom Dragon’s connection toward Kabuto Yakushi’s lair, while Naruto learned the truth about Nagato’s past and their changed future. Naruto defeated the Third Raikage on the way, and Kabuto prepared to face him by summoning six reincarnated fighters and taking control of Nagato.

• Naruto absorbed Nagato’s Phantom Dragon and received Nagato’s memories and sensory connection to Kabuto Yakushi.
• Naruto and Nagato discussed how Naruto’s actions had changed the future, and Nagato promised to support him while asking Naruto to stop him if Kabuto forced him to fight.
• Naruto defeated the Third Raikage with Thunderclap: Spiral Sword, bound him with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and removed his soul with the Human Path.
• Naruto and Konan reached Kabuto Yakushi’s lair, where Kabuto told Sasuke to take shelter and Sasuke reluctantly withdrew.
• Kabuto summoned Deidara, Kakuzu, Red Sand Scorpion, Hanzo of the Salamander, Nagato, and Uchiha Itachi, then took control of Nagato’s consciousness.

Naruto used Kotoamatsukami to free Kakuzu from Kabuto's control and recruited him to manage Amegakure's finances. He trapped Deidara in the air with a Wood Release shadow technique and prepared to face Sasori, Itachi, and Nagato while Konan took on Hanzō.

• Kabuto summoned Deidara, Kakuzu, Sasori, Hanzō, Nagato, and Itachi, arranging them in a formation designed to counter Naruto and bait out Kotoamatsukami.
• Naruto used Kotoamatsukami to sever Kabuto's control over Kakuzu, then rescued Kakuzu from Nagato's pull and offered him a job overseeing Amegakure's finances.
• Kakuzu accepted Naruto's offer, insisting that all of Amegakure's expenses pass his inspection, while Kabuto accepted the loss and turned his attention to the remaining opponents.
• Deidara attacked Naruto with Clay Spiders, but Naruto disabled them with Purple Electricity and trapped Deidara and his bombs within a circle using Wood Release: Shadow Stake Technique.
• Konan volunteered to fight Hanzō, and Naruto took responsibility for Sasori, Itachi, and Nagato.

Kabuto Yakushi had Sasori control ten revived fighters while Naruto challenged him with four Asura Path puppets. Konan defeated Hanzō by confronting his regrets, and his soul departed for the Pure Land as she hurried back to Naruto.

• Kabuto Yakushi had Nagato revive the former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and Toroi, then Sasori took control of the ten fighters as puppets.
• Naruto summoned Mecha Naruto: Unit 1, Mecha Sasuke: Unit 1, Mecha Sakura: Unit 1, and Mecha Kakashi: Unit 1 to face Sasori’s puppets.
• Konan fought Hanzō, who summoned Ibuse and filled the battlefield with poisonous mist.
• Konan entered the mist unharmed and used Explosive Great Flame Formation to attack Ibuse, then told Hanzō that his fear and refusal to grow had caused his failure.
• Hanzō accepted Konan’s promise to build a bright future for Amegakure, resolved his regrets, and departed for the Elysian Pure Land.
• Konan hurried toward Naruto’s battlefield.

Naruto’s Mecha Team 7 overwhelmed Sasori’s reincarnated fighters, but Deidara began a massive self-destruction attack. Naruto rescued Sasori and Konan, offered Sasori a chance to become a partial Pain, and returned to the battlefield to deal with Uchiha Itachi.

• Naruto sent Mecha Team 7 into battle, and its weapons destroyed Zabuza’s blade and devastated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Mecha Kakashi and the other mecha puppets trapped and attacked Sasori’s remaining fighters, prompting Sasori to concede that Naruto’s puppet artistry surpassed his own.
• Deidara began swelling for a self-destruction attack, so Naruto teleported Sasori and Konan to Amegakure, then returned to retrieve Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s Six Paths Tools before the explosion.
• Naruto explained how Sasori could break free of Impure World Reincarnation and offered to convert him partially into Pain; Sasori agreed.
• Naruto returned to the battlefield because Uchiha Itachi was still there.

Naruto outmaneuvered Kabuto Yakushi by using Itachi and Shisui's hidden eye to break Itachi free of Impure World Reincarnation. After sending Itachi to stop Deidara, Naruto prepared to face Kabuto-controlled Nagato himself.

• Kimimaro summoned Kabuto Yakushi and Sasuke to safety inside Second Manda's corpse, and Kabuto assumed Naruto had targeted Nagato.
• Naruto recovered the reincarnated Kinkaku and Ginkaku, while Deidara fled and Kabuto withdrew most of the other reincarnated fighters.
• Itachi attacked Naruto as a distraction, and Naruto told him to use Amaterasu, releasing the crow that carried Shisui's left eye.
• Kotoamatsukami freed Itachi from Kabuto's control, and Itachi set Nagato ablaze before Naruto took Shisui's eye from the crow.
• Naruto sent Itachi to stop Deidara, then confronted Kabuto-controlled Nagato and began using Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.

Naruto outmaneuvered Kabuto Yakushi’s controlled Nagato, using the Shadow Imitation Technique to guide him into breaking free of Impure World Reincarnation. Nagato departed for the afterlife after entrusting Konan, Jiraiya, Amegakure, and the Shinobi World to Naruto.

• Naruto trapped Nagato with Wood Release techniques and forced Kabuto Yakushi to destroy Planetary Devastation with Super Shinra Tensei.
• Naruto used Banshō Ten'in and Adamantine Sealing Chains to bind Nagato, then pierced his Rinnegan with Black Receivers.
• Naruto connected their shadows and formed the hand seals for Impure World Reincarnation, prompting Nagato to channel chakra and free himself from Kabuto Yakushi’s control.
• Nagato praised Naruto, said he had no regrets, and announced that he was returning to Yahiko’s side.
• Nagato entrusted Konan, Master Jiraiya, Amegakure, and the Shinobi World to Naruto before his soul departed for the Elysian Pure Land.

Itachi challenged Deidara to a fight and used his Sharingan, Susanoo, and Totsuka Blade to defeat and seal him. Naruto arrived after the battle and invited Itachi to return to Amegakure so he could explain what had happened.

• Itachi stopped Deidara from self-destructing by provoking him into agreeing to a duel with rules for victory.
• Deidara flew above Itachi and detonated his buried mines, but Itachi used his Sharingan to avoid their blast zones.
• Deidara attacked with C3 No. 18, but Itachi's Susanoo destroyed Deidara's clay bird and blocked the explosion with the Yata Mirror.
• Itachi used a Shadow Clone to deceive Deidara and then pierced him with the Totsuka Blade, sealing him inside its gourd.
• Naruto told Itachi he had already gotten what he wanted and invited him to return to Amegakure.

Naruto told Itachi about the future and asked him to help prevent the Shinobi World's bleak fate. Itachi declined a leadership role in Amegakure but joined Naruto's Bright Akatsuki to investigate Danzo's legacy and delay the Otsutsuki clan's arrival.

• Naruto explained the future to Itachi and asked whether he blamed him for letting Sasuke use hatred as motivation, and Itachi agreed to help protect the Shinobi World.
• Itachi declined Naruto's offer to become Amegakure's deputy village chief and explained that he was better suited to working from the shadows.
• Naruto told Itachi that Sumire Shinotsuki's use of the Bull-Headed Heavenly King would eventually expose their world to the Otsutsuki clan.
• Itachi decided to find Tanuki Shinotsuki and seal the Bull-Headed Heavenly King before Sumire was born, hoping to delay the clan's arrival.
• Before dawn, Kisame joined Itachi, and Naruto gave Itachi an Akatsuki robe and the ring of the Vermilion Bird; Itachi accepted and set out with Kisame.

Naruto recovered Shisui Uchiha's left eye and reasoned that he needed to let his Mangekyō Sharingan approach blindness before transplanting another pair to awaken its full power. He underwent surgery to implant the Rinnegan in his palms, and Orochimaru resisted the temptation to steal the eyes, passing Naruto's final test.

• Naruto concluded that ocular power sealed away through use and near-blindness was necessary for a successful evolution of the Sharingan.
• Naruto told Orochimaru he was willing to risk blindness and entered the operating room with Shisui Uchiha's eyes already transplanted.
• Sakura Haruno, guided by Orochimaru, opened eye sockets in Naruto's palms and connected their nerve pathways without using anesthetic.
• Naruto provided the left and right Rinnegan for implantation in his palms.
• Orochimaru briefly considered stealing the Rinnegan but abandoned the idea, while Naruto revealed he had been prepared to use Kotoamatsukami if Orochimaru acted.

Naruto tested the increased power and new combinations of his transplanted Rinnegan in Amegakure, then Konan sent him to deal with Kakuzu and Sasori. Meanwhile, Sasuke challenged Kabuto, who secretly implanted Kagami Uchiha’s left eye and awakened its Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Orochimaru transplanted Madara’s Rinnegan into Naruto’s palms, and Sakura taught Naruto the Mystical Palm Technique to protect the eyes.
• Naruto tested his Rinnegan at Amegakure’s training ground, increasing the range of Shinra Tensei and the size of Planetary Devastation.
• Naruto used the Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique on Planetary Devastation and simultaneously repelled Orochimaru while attracting his Snake Shadow Clone.
• Konan stopped Naruto’s tests after the falling celestial body frightened Amegakure’s villagers and told him to find work for Kakuzu and Sasori.
• After relocating to the Land of Grass, Sasuke challenged Kabuto to prove his fighting ability, and Kabuto asked for time to prepare.
• Kabuto implanted Kagami Uchiha’s left eye and awakened its Mangekyō Sharingan.

Kabuto Yakushi revealed his Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode and fought Sasuke, repeatedly escaping Amaterasu and countering Sasuke’s attacks. He used Kagami Uchiha’s dōjutsu, Ear Truth, Face Command, to stop and disperse Sasuke’s Kirin, leaving Sasuke stunned.

• Kabuto Yakushi emerged with four enormous snakes and warned Sasuke that he might use Impure World Reincarnation on him.
• Sasuke attacked Kabuto with Susanoo and Amaterasu, but Kabuto evaded them with the Hozuki Clan’s Hydrification constitution and repeated shedding.
• Kabuto revealed his Sage Mode and used Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation to make the earth attack Sasuke.
• Sasuke formed full-body Susanoo, dodged Kabuto’s attacks, and summoned Kirin with Lightning Release.
• Kabuto revealed Kagami Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and used Ear Truth, Face Command, to halt and disperse Kirin.

Sasuke Uchiha unleashed Perfect Susanoo against Kabuto Yakushi, but Kabuto incapacitated him with Sage Art: White Rage Technique. Itachi’s Susanoo intervened to seal Kabuto’s Eight-Branched Serpent, while Obito Uchiha returned with Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Sasuke summoned Perfect Susanoo and attacked Kabuto with lightning and a great blade, while Kabuto countered with the Eight Branches Technique.
• Kabuto used White Rage Technique and Ear Truth, Face Command to overwhelm Sasuke and force Perfect Susanoo to collapse.
• Itachi’s fiery red Susanoo appeared and sealed the Eight-Branched Serpent with the Totsuka Blade, then vanished as Sasuke fell unconscious.
• Itachi noticed the intervention while traveling with Kisame, then continued on without explaining what had happened.
• Obito Uchiha emerged from a space-time vortex, declaring that his new Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan would bring the bloodshed to an end.

Obito used Fugaku’s Great Debate dōjutsu to study Naruto and planned to defeat him, while Naruto continued training against a perfect duplicate. After Obito abducted Violet to lure Naruto to Kannabi Bridge, Naruto set out to rescue her with Kushina watching over him from within his mind.

• Obito used Great Debate to run a hundred simulated battles against Naruto, lost every one, and vowed to find a way to defeat him by the next day.
• Naruto trained in Amegakure by fighting a perfect duplicate created with the Mirror Image Attacker Technique.
• Konan told Naruto that Violet had been abducted and showed him a message from Obito challenging him to meet at Kannabi Bridge.
• Naruto refused to leave Violet in danger but told Konan not to accompany him because Obito might have gained new powers.
• Naruto brought Konan into his mind to meet Kushina, who promised to watch over him, then set out for Kannabi Bridge.

Obito lured Naruto to Kannabi Bridge by capturing Violet, then attacked him with a vast Kamui-enhanced shuriken barrage. Naruto responded by preparing to counter the assault with his trained Wood Release technique.

• Obito held Violet captive at Kannabi Bridge and predicted Naruto would come because of her ties to Minato.
• Naruto used True Eye of Sand and Buto no Inochi to rescue Violet, then returned to face Obito.
• Naruto kept his distance from Obito, who charged at him, protected from mental attacks by Amaterasu's Edge.
• Obito launched Kamui: Mad Dance, sending waves of Kamui-powered Fūma Shuriken toward Naruto from a stock of sixty million.
• Naruto estimated the barrage would last about half an hour and began Wood Release: World of Trees: Eternal Life to counter it.