Chapter Summaries

The controlled Nine-Tails devastated Konoha while the Third Hokage ordered the Uchiha Clan to remain in the rear, despite their protests. Minato Namikaze defeated the Masked Man and rushed back to the village as the Nine-Tails prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb aimed at its center.

• The Nine-Tails, controlled by Sharingan, attacked Konoha and caused widespread destruction and casualties.
• Anbu blocked the Uchiha Clan from joining the fight, and Uchiha Fugaku ordered his clansmen to obey the Third Hokage and stay behind.
• Minato Namikaze fought the Masked Man, identified the weakness in his intangibility, and struck him with a Rasengan using Flying Thunder God.
• The Masked Man withdrew, and Minato rushed toward Konoha to aid the village.
• The Nine-Tails formed a Tailed Beast Bomb and aimed it at the center of Konoha.

Minato saved Konoha from the Tailed Beast Bomb, but he and Kushina died after sealing the Nine-Tails and entrusting Naruto to Hiruzen. As Naruto grieved while watching Kushina’s final words, Jiraiya and Tsunade mourned their fallen students and friends.

• Minato transported the Tailed Beast Bomb away from Konoha, wounded the Masked Man, and moved Kushina and Naruto to safety.
• Obito and Black Zetsu reacted to the Sky Screen’s revelations, with Obito insisting that exposing his past would not derail his plans.
• Minato sealed half of the Nine-Tails inside Naruto and the other half with himself, while Kushina gave Naruto her final words and entrusted him to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Kushina died, and the Sky Screen showed Konoha recovering from the catastrophe as Naruto watched his parents’ farewell and wept.
• Naruto touched his abdomen, said his parents’ chakra remained with him, and hoped he would see them again someday.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade mourned Minato and Kushina in the Hokage Office.

Danzo accused Hiruzen of leaking the secret location of Kushina’s childbirth to arrange Minato and Kushina’s deaths and preserve his own power, while threatening to kill Hiruzen if he refused to relinquish the Hokage position. The Sky Screen’s broadcast stirred outrage and suspicion across the Shinobi World, and Hiruzen was left desperately insisting that he was innocent.

• Hiruzen grieved over Minato and Kushina’s deaths and his failure to protect Naruto before the Sky Screen showed Danzo.
• Danzo argued that the tightly guarded, frequently changed birthing-room location could only have been revealed by someone in Konoha’s leadership.
• Danzo accused Hiruzen of fearing Minato’s growing independence and plotting to remove him, then demanded that Hiruzen hand over power or face death.
• Viewers across the Shinobi World accepted Danzo’s reasoning as plausible and blamed Hiruzen for the Nine-Tails’ Attack.
• Hiruzen lost his composure in the Hokage Office and shouted that he had not harmed Minato or caused the attack.

After Jiraiya and Tsunade believed Hiruzen Sarutobi had not killed Minato, Tsunade warned that the shinobi world would blame him anyway. The other villages seized on Danzo’s accusations to condemn Konoha, while Uchiha Itachi began questioning how much tragedy might have been avoided if Minato had survived.

• Jiraiya told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he believed him incapable of killing Minato or triggering the Nine-Tails’ Attack.
• Tsunade also said Hiruzen had not planned the disaster, but warned that the Sky Screen’s revelations made him an easy scapegoat.
• Leaders of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and other villages publicly blamed Hiruzen and condemned Konoha’s leadership.
• Shinobi and villagers across the world repeated the accusations, mocked Konoha’s will of fire, and turned the village into a subject of ridicule.
• Uchiha Itachi struggled with Danzo’s claims and wondered whether Konoha’s later tragedies would have happened if Minato Namikaze had lived.

The Sky Screen revealed that Danzo had tried to assassinate Hiruzen Sarutobi, who let him escape meaningful punishment, while Itachi realized Minato’s death had set the Uchiha’s tragedies in motion. The chapter ended by exposing Naruto Uzumaki’s lonely, abusive childhood and struggle to find food.

• Itachi concluded that Minato’s death had made the Uchiha massacre and his own suffering unnecessary.
• The Sky Screen showed Hiruzen Sarutobi reclaiming the Hokage position after the Nine-Tails' Attack and Danzo arranging an attempt on his life.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi privately warned Danzo but left him in power and made no public disclosure of the assassination plot.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade reacted with shock to Danzo’s actions and Hiruzen’s lack of punishment, while Hiruzen felt unable to defend himself.
• The Sky Screen showed Naruto Uzumaki being neglected as an infant, rejected and bullied in Konoha, and forced to catch fish to survive.

The Sky Screen exposed Konoha’s neglect of Naruto and the village’s capitulation to Kumogakure after an attempted kidnapping led to Hizashi Hyuga’s death. Neji’s hatred of the Main Family and Konoha’s unjust rules took root as the screen shifted to young Hinata leaving the Hyuga compound.

• The shinobi world watched Naruto’s childhood suffering and condemned Konoha for abandoning the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• The Sky Screen showed a Kumogakure envoy attempting to abduct young Hinata before Hyuga Hiashi killed him.
• Kumogakure threatened war, and Hiruzen Sarutobi pressured the Hyuga Clan to resolve the crisis by surrendering a life.
• Hizashi Hyuga volunteered to die in his twin brother Hiashi’s place, and Konoha handed Kumogakure his body as the supposed murderer’s corpse.
• Young Neji watched his father’s death and grew consumed by hatred for Konoha’s leaders, the Main Family, and the Hyuga Clan’s rules.
• The Sky Screen shifted to the Hyuga compound, where little Hinata stumbled out into the street.

The Sky Screen showed Hinata Hyuga’s lonely childhood and how she secretly watched Naruto after he defended her from bullies. When her classmates teased her about liking Naruto, Hinata blushed and fainted.

• Hinata repeatedly fell while running but stubbornly got back up, drawing praise from viewers and embarrassment from the Hyuga Clan.
• Older boys surrounded Hinata and mocked her, but Naruto rushed in to protect her and was beaten by them.
• Hinata quietly watched Naruto from a distance over the following days, worrying about him while he sought others’ acknowledgment.
• Hinata’s classmates crowded around her and asked whether she liked Naruto or would marry him.
• Hinata blushed intensely under their teasing and fainted at her seat, leaving the class dumbfounded.

Two mysterious Byakugan wielders appeared above Konoha and identified Hinata as the Byakugan Princess, with young Toneri declaring he would marry her. As the Sky Screen showed Team 7’s early days, the shinobi world reacted to the threat, and Tsunade ordered an inquiry into the Hyuga Clan’s knowledge of other Byakugan inheritors.

• A man and young Toneri watched Hinata sleeping and said they would take her away once she came of age.
• The Sky Screen showed Hinata quietly watching Naruto while Naruto pursued Sakura, then showed Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke forming Team 7.
• Viewers across the shinobi world debated the mysterious Byakugan wielders and Toneri’s intentions toward Hinata.
• Tsunade ordered someone to visit the Hyuga Clan estate and ask Hiashi about unknown Byakugan inheritors.

The Sky Screen showed how Sakura Haruno grew from a sheltered girl into a decisive fighter after Orochimaru attacked Team 7, while Naruto’s courage and Sasuke’s fear shaped the crisis. In the Academy, Naruto excitedly promised Sakura that he would always protect her.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Tsunade concluded that the mysterious Byakugan users had extraordinary origins and looked to Hiashi’s records for answers.
• The Sky Screen showed Sakura gradually accepting Naruto as a teammate as Team 7 grew closer.
• When Orochimaru attacked Konoha, Naruto charged at him, Sasuke froze in fear, and Sakura shouted at Sasuke for acting like a coward.
• Orochimaru defeated Naruto and Sasuke, then left Sasuke gravely wounded with a Cursed Seal.
• Sakura cut her hair, fought off new enemies, and protected her injured teammates until the danger passed.
• After watching Sakura’s transformation, Naruto told her he would never back down and promised to protect her.

Sasuke’s anger over the Sky Screen’s portrayal of him sparked a fight with Naruto, while the screen showed how Team 7 changed during three years apart. After Naruto and Sakura reunited with their classmates, Otsutsuki Toneri appeared and claimed Hinata as his wife, prompting Naruto to confront him.

• Sasuke snapped at Naruto’s taunts and threw him to the classroom floor, starting a brawl.
• The Sky Screen showed Sasuke defecting to Orochimaru, Naruto training with Jiraiya, and Sakura becoming Tsunade’s apprentice.
• Naruto returned to Konoha after three years, and he and Sakura impressed Kakashi with their teamwork.
• Naruto’s classmates reunited, and Hinata quietly watched Naruto during the gathering.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and his companion appeared to take Hinata, and Toneri claimed she was his wife.
• Sakura identified the strangers as outsiders, and Naruto confronted Toneri after Hinata denied knowing him.

The Sky Screen revealed Otsutsuki Toneri’s identity and the Hyuga Clan’s connection to the Otsutsuki, while Toneri threatened Konoha as he tried to take Hinata. Naruto was knocked down and his friends were trapped, but he formed a Rasengan to fight back.

• The Shinobi World reacted in shock when Otsutsuki Toneri identified himself, and people questioned how the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan related to the Otsutsuki.
• Hyuga elders recognized that the Hyuga were a branch of the Otsutsuki, while Hiashi worried that Hinata’s exceptional Byakugan would put her in danger and ordered the clan to prepare answers for the Hokage.
• Toneri threatened to spill blood in Konoha if anyone tried to stop him from taking Hinata, and Naruto vowed to protect her and the village.
• Toneri blasted Naruto away with invisible chakra, while another Otsutsuki held Sakura, Kiba, Shino, Choji, and the others at bay.
• Toneri blamed Naruto for putting his comrades in danger, and Naruto gathered chakra to form a Rasengan.

Naruto and his friends fought Toneri and another powerful Otsutsuki, but they were overwhelmed as Toneri threatened Hinata and Konoha. Tsunade arrived, and Toneri withdrew after warning that he would return for Hinata in a few years; Tsunade then questioned the group about what had happened.

• Naruto attacked Toneri to protect his friends but was quickly beaten and left struggling to stand.
• Sakura, Kiba, Shino, and Choji fought another Otsutsuki, and Sakura declared that they would stand by Naruto and Hinata.
• Toneri threatened to destroy Konoha and make its people blame Hinata, but Naruto and Sakura refused to hand her over or condemn her.
• Tsunade arrived, checked the young shinobi for injuries, and demanded to know who Toneri was and why he had come to Konoha.
• Toneri said he would return in a few years to take Hinata and threatened to destroy the Shinobi World before he and his companion flew away.
• Tsunade chose not to pursue Toneri and asked Naruto and the others to recount the encounter.

The Sky Screen showed the Akatsuki abducting Gaara and extracting Shukaku, killing him, before Granny Chiyo sacrificed her life to resurrect him. The Shinobi World reeled at the Akatsuki’s power and the revelation that Gaara had returned from the dead.

• People across the Shinobi World praised Tsunade’s resolve and criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi for sacrificing Hizashi Hyuga in the past.
• After the Toneri crisis, Naruto and his companions began intense training, but the Akatsuki soon attacked Sunagakure and abducted Gaara.
• Tsunade approved a rescue mission, and Naruto, Kakashi, Might Guy, and two elite squads rushed to Sunagakure.
• The Akatsuki extracted Shukaku from Gaara, killing him, while Sakura and Granny Chiyo defeated Sasori.
• Granny Chiyo used One's Own Life Reincarnation at the cost of her life and brought Gaara back from the dead.

Sunagakure recognized Gaara as its protector after learning Chiyo had sacrificed herself to revive him, while Naruto and Gaara’s bond deepened. As the Akatsuki captured more jinchūriki, Kakuzu and Hidan attacked the Land of Fire, where Hidan’s immortality shocked Asuma’s squad.

• Sunagakure’s people accepted Gaara as Kazekage and recognized his bond with Naruto after learning Chiyo had given her life to revive him.
• The Akatsuki captured the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, Four-Tails, and Five-Tails, spreading fear among the hidden villages.
• Kakuzu and Hidan slaughtered monks at a temple in the Land of Fire, prompting Tsunade to send elite squads after them.
• Asuma, Izumo Kamizuki, and Kotetsu Hagane intercepted Kakuzu and Hidan, and Asuma severed Hidan’s head.
• Kakuzu reattached Hidan’s head with black threads, and Hidan declared his immortal body had been bestowed by the Evil God before attacking Asuma’s squad.

Hidan used his blood-based ritual to inflict fatal wounds on Asuma while Kakuzu attacked, overwhelming Asuma and his team. Asuma died in battle, leaving Shikamaru and the younger shinobi helpless.

• Civilians and village leaders watched Hidan’s immortality and speculated that studying him could reveal its secret.
• Hidan drew Asuma’s blood, completed his ritual array, and stabbed himself to inflict a matching chest wound on Asuma.
• Shikamaru realized Hidan’s ritual transferred his injuries to his bloodied opponent, but could not stop the technique.
• Kakuzu joined the fight and broke Asuma’s leg while Hidan inflicted another wound through the ritual.
• Hidan stabbed his own heart, and Asuma Sarutobi died in battle.

After Asuma’s future death was revealed, Hiruzen confronted his guilt over his strained relationship with his son, while Konoha resolved to prepare for Hidan. The Sky Screen then showed Jiraiya entering the Land of Rain to investigate the Akatsuki, where his former student Konan confronted him and Pain joined the fight.

• Kakuzu and Hidan retreated as Konoha’s support squad arrived, and villages began discussing capturing Hidan to study his curse.
• Hiruzen, Tsunade, and Jiraiya discussed Asuma’s death; Tsunade criticized Hiruzen’s past compromises, and Hiruzen admitted he had neglected his son.
• Tsunade ordered the Anbu to find and capture Hidan before the future events could unfold.
• The Sky Screen showed the Akatsuki sealing the One-Tail through the Seven-Tails, leaving Killer B and Naruto as the remaining jinchuriki outside their control.
• Jiraiya decided to infiltrate the Land of Rain despite Tsunade’s concern and entered using the Toad Concealment Technique.
• Konan confronted Jiraiya and urged him to leave, but Pain appeared during their stalemate, prompting Jiraiya to demand why the stranger had Nagato’s Rinnegan.

Jiraiya died fighting Pain after sending Konoha a warning, and the Sky Screen showed Konoha preparing for Nagato’s invasion. Pain’s forces and the Veil Organization attacked the village, and Nagato unleashed his full fury after Tsunade’s words reopened his old wounds.

• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode with Fukasaku and Shima, fought Pain, and carved vital information onto Fukasaku’s back before dying.
• Tsunade sent Naruto to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Mode and keep him hidden from the Akatsuki.
• Nagato, Konan, and the Veil Organization arrived near Konoha, and the Six Paths of Pain launched a surprise invasion while the cloaked group attacked the Sarutobi Clan Compound.
• Deva Path Pain defeated Kakashi, killed many Konoha ninja, and learned from Shizune that Naruto was at Mount Myōboku.
• Nagato confronted Tsunade, but her words about the suffering of great nations provoked him to pour most of his chakra into Deva Path Pain, who declared, “Feel pain.”

Pain used Super Shinra Tensei to flatten Konoha, leaving almost the entire village dead or injured. As the footage continued, Tsunade’s surviving self in the scene was revealed to have summoned something at the last moment.

• Pain unleashed Super Shinra Tensei and reduced Konoha to a vast crater.
• Shinobi watching the Sky Screen reacted with shock and discussed how Naruto might have changed Nagato’s path.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed Nagato’s suffering and the damage Danzo had caused.
• Tsunade warned Hiruzen that the surviving Uzumaki descendants sought revenge for the massacre of their clan.
• The Sky Screen showed that Tsunade had activated the Summoning Technique just before Konoha was destroyed.

Naruto returned to Konoha in Sage Mode and fought Pain, but Deva Path Pain regained his strength and pinned him down. Hinata confessed her love as she tried to save him, and Pain struck her with a sealing rod, triggering Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra.

• Naruto arrived at Konoha’s ruins in Sage Mode and saw his wounded comrades and destroyed village.
• With Katsuyu’s help, Naruto identified the Pain puppets’ openings and briefly forced several of them back.
• Deva Path Pain recovered his power, overpowered Naruto, and pinned him to the ground with sealing rods.
• Hinata charged at Deva Path Pain to save Naruto and confessed that she loved him.
• Deva Path Pain knocked Hinata down and pierced her with a black sealing rod.
• Naruto watched Hinata fall and erupted in rage as the Nine-Tails’ red chakra engulfed the ruins.

After Hinata died protecting Naruto, his rage triggered the Nine-Tails’ rampage, but Minato appeared and revealed the truth about Naruto’s parents. Naruto grieved, regained control, escaped Planetary Devastation, and defeated Deva Path Pain.

• Hinata fainted at the Ninja Academy after watching her future self confess to Naruto and die.
• Naruto transformed under the Nine-Tails’ chakra, but Deva Path Pain trapped him with Planetary Devastation.
• Minato’s chakra appeared, stopped the Nine-Tails from breaking free, and told Naruto that he was Minato and Kushina’s son.
• Naruto punched Minato in grief, then cried as he learned how his parents had protected him and the village.
• Naruto regained control of his chakra, escaped the rocky seal, and defeated Deva Path Pain with composed, precise attacks.