Chapter Summaries

The Sky Screen revealed how Kusagakure captured Karin’s mother and repeatedly drained her healing chakra and vitality while young Karin watched helplessly. Karin’s mother returned to comfort her daughter, though she was severely weakened and near death.

• The Sky Screen showed Karin and her starving mother arriving in Kusagakure, where her mother secretly healed injured people in exchange for food.
• Kusagakure ninja discovered her ability, seized her, and forced her to heal villagers by biting her day and night.
• Karin watched as the constant demands left her mother covered in wounds, drained, and growing weaker.
• People across the Shinobi World condemned Kusagakure, while Konoha’s leaders lamented that they had failed to protect the surviving Uzumaki.
• Karin’s mother returned to their room, and Karin clung to her as her mother apologized and tried to reassure her.

Karin’s mother was forced by Kusagakure ninja to heal their wounded despite her failing health, while Karin pleaded with her not to go. After her mother was dragged away and failed to return, the same ninja appeared again the next day.

• Karin begged her mother to stop healing the ninja and escape with her, and her mother promised they would leave when they had a chance.
• Kusagakure ninja arrived and ordered Karin’s injured mother to heal more wounded, threatening to use Karin if she refused.
• Karin’s mother gave in to protect her daughter, told Karin to stay alive, and let the ninja drag her away.
• Karin was left sobbing alone in the hut, and the ninja who had taken her mother appeared again the next day.

Karin learned that Kusagakure had exploited and killed her mother, then endured the same abuse as the village raised her for her healing ability. Sasuke briefly saved her from a bear, but after she returned to Kusagakure, its ninja beat and bullied her.

• Kusagakure ninja told young Karin that her mother had died and dismissed her grief.
• Nagato watched Karin’s suffering on the Sky Screen and condemned the shinobi world’s cruelty.
• Kusagakure sent Karin to the Ninja Academy, intending to make her stronger so they could use her healing ability for longer.
• Years later, Karin’s teammates abandoned her in a forest, where a bear attacked her.
• Sasuke appeared and defeated the bear, giving Karin her first rescue by someone besides her mother.
• After Karin returned to Kusagakure, her teammates blamed her, and older ninja grabbed her by the hair and beat her as she begged them to stop.

Orochimaru rescued Karin from abuse in Kusagakure, giving her a chance at a new life, but years later she devoted herself to Sasuke after they reunited. Karin told Sasuke that Orochimaru would return to life, leaving his apparent death in doubt.

• Orochimaru killed the Kusagakure shinobi abusing Karin and offered her the freedom to choose her own life; Karin accepted his hand and left with him.
• Naruto, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and others watched Karin's rescue on the Sky Screen and reflected on the suffering of the Uzumaki Clan.
• Karin spent peaceful years with Orochimaru, then reunited with Sasuke and followed him, even after he killed Orochimaru.
• Sasuke asked Karin about her sensory ability and why she had stayed with Orochimaru, and Karin said Orochimaru had saved her.
• Karin told Sasuke that Orochimaru could not be killed and would come back to life in the near future.

The Sky Screen showed Sasuke impaling Karin along with Danzo, provoking outrage across the Shinobi World and among the Konoha Academy students. Naruto confronted Sasuke, who snapped at him, while Karin wept in Orochimaru’s hideout.

• The Sky Screen showed Karin’s unwavering devotion to Sasuke before revealing Danzo taking her hostage on a bridge.
• Sasuke used Chidori Sharp Spear to pierce both Danzo and Karin, leaving Karin shocked and fatally wounded.
• People across the Shinobi World condemned Sasuke for sacrificing Karin, and Orochimaru said Sasuke had made him angry.
• Karin sobbed in Orochimaru’s hideout as the Sky Screen’s events unfolded.
• Naruto confronted Sasuke at the Academy playground, and Sasuke angrily told him to shut up.

The Sky Screen showed Nagato’s childhood in the war-torn Land of Rain, where Konoha Ninja killed his Uzumaki parents and left him orphaned. Konan rescued him, and he joined her and Yahiko as the three struggled to survive together.

• The Sky Screen rewound to the Land of Rain and showed young Nagato living peacefully with his parents, survivors of the Uzumaki Clan.
• Two Konoha Ninja broke into Nagato’s home and killed his parents while searching for food.
• Nagato wandered alone through the rain, starving and cold, until he collapsed in the street.
• Konan found Nagato, gave him food, and brought him to the cave where she lived with Yahiko.
• Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko relied on one another as they struggled to survive and endured beatings after stealing food.

The Sky Screen showed how Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan became Jiraiya’s students after war destroyed their peaceful life, and how Nagato awakened the Rinnegan while saving Yahiko. Jiraiya believed Nagato might be the Child of Prophecy and entrusted him with the mission of finding peace.

• War destroyed the orphans’ shelter, leading Yahiko to decide that they needed power to survive and protect one another.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan found the Sannin, and Jiraiya took them in while Orochimaru suggested killing them and Tsunade offered them food.
• When an enemy shinobi attacked Yahiko, Nagato awakened the Rinnegan and killed the attacker to save his friend.
• After seeing Nagato’s Rinnegan, Jiraiya decided to teach all three children ninjutsu and chakra control.
• Nagato struggled with guilt over killing the attacker, and Jiraiya told him that he had protected Yahiko and needed to find his own answer to how to live amid hatred.
• Jiraiya told Nagato about his lifelong search for peace and entrusted him with the mission of ending war and hatred.

The Sky Screen revealed how Danzo and Hanzō’s betrayal led to Yahiko’s death and drove Nagato into darkness. In Konoha, Jiraiya and the others were left to confront the truth behind Nagato’s future destruction of the village.

• Hiruzen praised Jiraiya for teaching Nagato, and Jiraiya proudly declared Nagato the Child of Prophecy until Tsunade reminded him that Nagato later destroyed Konoha.
• After Jiraiya left the Land of Rain, Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan helped civilians and founded the Akatsuki to bring peace.
• Danzo secretly allied with Hanzō, deceiving him into seeing the Akatsuki as a threat and plotting to eliminate its leaders.
• Hanzō took Konan hostage and demanded Yahiko’s death, so Yahiko killed himself to save her and Nagato.
• Hanzō then tried to kill Nagato and Konan, but Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Six Paths and slaughtered the ambushing forces as Danzo and Hanzō escaped.

After the Sky Screen revealed how Hanzō and Danzo drove Nagato into darkness, Jiraiya attacked Danzo, while Tsunade condemned him and Hiruzen intervened. The Sky Screen then showed a younger Hiruzen and Danzo discussing Lady Mito’s failing health, leaving Hiruzen uneasy about what the memory would reveal.

• Nagato carved a slash into his Forehead Protector, rejecting Jiraiya’s ideals after Yahiko’s death and turning toward darkness.
• Jiraiya charged at Danzo, and Hiruzen chased after him to stop him from killing a member of Konoha’s High Command.
• Tsunade defended Jiraiya’s actions and condemned Danzo for helping turn Nagato into an enemy of Konoha.
• The Sky Screen rewound to show Hiruzen and Danzo in the Hokage Office, while Hiruzen feared that the memory would expose one of his secrets.
• After Jiraiya left Danzo badly injured, Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to take Danzo away for treatment.
• On the Sky Screen, Danzo told a younger Hiruzen that Lady Mito would not live more than a few years.

Danzo warned Hiruzen that Kushina Uzumaki might use the Nine-Tails to restore her destroyed clan, while Hiruzen struggled to defend his faith in the Will of Fire. Hiruzen ordered Danzo to stop plotting against Kushina, and Danzo stormed out after Hiruzen asserted his authority as Hokage.

• Danzo argued that Kushina’s Uzumaki heritage and future power could make her loyal to her clan rather than Konoha.
• Hiruzen admitted he could not guarantee Kushina’s future loyalty, and the Shinobi World reacted with outrage at Konoha’s suspicion of the Uzumaki.
• Naruto clenched his fists at the revelations, while Sasuke concluded that Konoha’s suspicions had helped destroy both the Uzumaki and Uchiha clans.
• Hiruzen, watching the Sky Screen, questioned his memories and felt guilt and distress over the confrontation with Danzo.
• Hiruzen warned Danzo to stop considering action against Kushina, and Danzo stormed out after Hiruzen ordered him to remember his place.

Danzo ordered Root to stage Kushina’s abduction by Kumogakure so he could make her seem dangerous and take control of the future Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Naruto became furious at the scheme and urged Sasuke to kill Danzo, who said he would wait until he was strong enough to do so.

• Danzo left Hiruzen’s office believing Hiruzen left him to handle the village’s dirty work, while viewers condemned Konoha’s treatment of Kushina.
• Danzo returned to Root’s secret base and ordered a Root member to request an Anbu squad from Hiruzen.
• Danzo planned to use a spy to help Kumogakure abduct Kushina, then spread rumors and pose as her rescuer so he could gain control over her.
• Naruto trembled with anger as he watched the scheme and asked Sasuke when he would kill Danzo.
• Sasuke said he wanted Danzo dead but would wait until he was strong enough, leaving their classmates stunned by the conversation.

Hiruzen secretly authorized Danzo’s plan against the Nine-Tails, then wondered whether he had sealed away his memory of it. As the Sky Screen stirred Genno’s resentment, the old man abandoned his former revenge plan and set his sights on Naruto and Konoha’s next generation.

• Hiruzen approved Danzo’s operation, assigned Anbu to support him, and Danzo sent them out of Konoha with a sealed mission scroll to open in three days.
• People watching the Sky Screen accused Hiruzen of enabling Danzo, while Hiruzen wondered whether he had used Sealing Jutsu to erase his memory of the conspiracy.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade recalled that Minato would disrupt Danzo’s attempt to control Kushina and the Nine-Tails.
• Genno watched the Sky Screen expose Konoha’s schemes against the Uzumaki Clan, and his buried hatred reignited.
• Genno abandoned his old revenge plan, formed a new one involving Naruto and Konoha’s next generation, and slipped away from the tavern.

Hiruzen confronted Danzo on the Hokage Building rooftop after Kushina was abducted, revealing that he had moved the kidnapping ahead and left Danzo to take the blame. Hiruzen kept Danzo from intervening and insisted they conceal their plans from Mito, then left unanswered who would rescue Kushina.

• Hiruzen told Danzo to stop targeting Kushina, but Danzo accused him of approving the plan and shifting the blame onto him.
• Hiruzen showed Danzo that Kushina had already been kidnapped and was being taken out of Konoha along an unguarded route.
• Danzo realized Hiruzen had changed the timing and taken control of the cleanup, then tried to leave to salvage the situation.
• Hiruzen ordered Danzo to stay on the rooftop until the matter was resolved, and warned that Mito would see through Danzo's intentions toward Kushina.
• Hiruzen said he and Danzo would erase their memories of the plans so Mito and Kushina would not discover them.
• Danzo asked who Hiruzen would send to rescue Kushina, but Hiruzen remained silent and looked into the distance.

Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that he had manipulated Danzo’s plan so Minato Namikaze could rescue Kushina and earn her trust, ensuring she would willingly remain in Konoha. As Minato raced to save her, Hiruzen and Danzo saw something at Kushina’s residence that shocked them.

• Danzo demanded to know why Hiruzen had lent him Anbu only to undermine his plan, and Hiruzen reminded him that he was the Hokage.
• Hiruzen pointed out Minato Namikaze approaching and said he had trusted Minato to find and save Kushina without arranging any backup.
• Hiruzen explained that Minato’s sincere rescue could win Kushina’s trust and bind the future Jinchūriki to Konoha willingly.
• As Minato ran toward Kushina, Hiruzen and Danzo suddenly stared at her residence in shock and alarm.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo discovered that the ninja who kidnapped Kushina were genuine enemies, not part of their planned operation. In the present day, Hiruzen denied sealing away memories of the incident but refused to let anyone examine them, while the Sky Screen footage ended with him leaving the Anbu with Danzo.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent an Anbu to retrieve the squad he had assigned to Danzo, and the squad returned unharmed.
• The Anbu explained that they had only just arrived and had never begun the mission or seen Kushina Uzumaki, revealing that real enemy ninja had kidnapped her.
• Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi realized that outsiders had exploited their schemes to infiltrate Konoha and take Kushina.
• Jiraiya questioned Hiruzen about whether he had sealed away memories of the incident, and Hiruzen denied it but refused to have his memories examined.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recovered from his shock and told Danzo he would leave the Anbu with him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi mobilized Konoha after Kushina Uzumaki was truly kidnapped, and Minato Namikaze rescued her from the Kumogakure ninja. As the Sky Screen showed Naruto Uzumaki admiring his father’s heroics, a tremendous explosion shook the Ninja Academy.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s forces to pursue the Kumogakure ninja and rescue Kushina, while Danzo accepted responsibility for silencing those involved in the secret plan.
• Kushina left strands of her red hair along the forest path as clues while her captors dragged her toward the border.
• Minato Namikaze defeated the kidnappers, caught the collapsing Kushina, and carried her safely back to Konoha.
• The Sky Screen showed Minato and Kushina growing closer after the rescue, while Naruto proudly watched his father and imagined impressing Sakura.
• A deafening explosion suddenly shook the Ninja Academy as Naruto’s fantasy was interrupted.

Genno attacked Konoha, detonating explosives in the compounds of the Sarutobi, Shimura, Mito, and Mitokado clans. He revealed himself on Hokage Rock and declared that he had planted a vast cache of explosive tags throughout Konoha, including within the monument.

• Explosions struck the Sarutobi, Shimura, Mito, and Mitokado clan compounds, throwing Konoha into panic.
• Tsunade ordered emergency deployments and evacuations, then summoned Katsuyu to rescue the wounded.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya headed for Hokage Rock while Jiraiya told Hiruzen Sarutobi to oversee the rescue efforts.
• Genno appeared atop Hokage Rock and accused Konoha of mistreating survivors of fallen countries.
• Genno announced that he had hidden a massive cache of explosive tags throughout Konoha, including inside Hokage Rock.

Genno revealed that he had once planned to destroy all of Konoha, but Naruto’s resemblance to his dead son briefly made him abandon the plan; after learning of the High Command’s wrongdoing, he instead targeted the four major clans. Genno killed himself, and as Konoha’s leaders worked to secure the village, its people turned their anger toward both him and the leaders whose actions had reignited his revenge.

• Genno told Konoha that he had planned to plant enough Explosive Tags to destroy the entire village, but Naruto’s innocence and resemblance to his son had made him reconsider.
• Genno accused Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s leaders of causing the destruction of his homeland and the deaths of his family, then admitted he had targeted the four major clans instead of the whole village.
• With Konoha ninja surrounding Hokage Rock, Genno swallowed a special black pill and ended his life.
• Tsunade coordinated rescue, medical care, evacuation, and security, while Hiruzen Sarutobi tended to the devastated clan compounds and Jiraiya led teams searching Konoha for remaining Explosive Tags.
• As villagers stayed out of their homes for fear of hidden explosives, many cursed Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the older leaders for the wrongs that had provoked Genno.

Andy watched Genno’s unscripted revenge against Konoha’s leaders unfold before the Sky Screen shifted to Minato and Kushina’s past. The images showed Minato becoming Hokage only to be constrained by Hiruzen, Danzō, and the other elders, leaving viewers to see how powerless and exhausted he had become.

• Andy realized Genno had acted on his own after decades of hatred, while Konoha villagers demanded accountability for the attack.
• The Sky Screen showed Mito Uzumaki’s peaceful death and Kushina taking over as Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Kushina briefly lost control of the Nine-Tails’ chakra and accidentally injured Minato when he tried to calm her.
• Minato told Kushina he would become Hokage, and she embraced him, delighted that their shared wish was coming true.
• The Sky Screen showed Hiruzen, Danzō, and the other elders restricting Minato’s authority and disregarding his orders.
• Viewers condemned Konoha’s elders for keeping Minato powerless, while Konoha’s exhausted villagers had little energy left to complain.

The Sky Screen revealed how the Masked Man attacked Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze as Naruto was born, beginning the Nine-Tails' Attack and tearing the family apart. It left Naruto grieving and vowing never to forgive the Masked Man, while Itachi recognized him as the man who had helped him massacre the Uchiha Clan.

• The Sky Screen showed Minato Namikaze caring for Kushina Uzumaki after she gave birth to Naruto Uzumaki.
• The Masked Man killed the birth attendants, took newborn Naruto, and threatened Minato before throwing the baby with an Explosive Tag into the air.
• Minato caught Naruto and teleported away with Flying Thunder God, while the Masked Man abducted Kushina.
• People across the Shinobi World realized the Masked Man had deliberately triggered the Nine-Tails' Attack, and Konoha's villagers learned the disaster was no accident.
• Uchiha Itachi recognized the Masked Man as his accomplice in the Uchiha Clan massacre and realized he had worked with the culprit behind the attack.
• Young Naruto watched the scene, cried over his parents' fate, and vowed never to forgive the Masked Man.