Chapter Summaries

Genya took Hanabi, Ino, and Hinata to Konoha’s New Year night market, where he indulged Hanabi’s every wish. The evening was still underway when two people approached Genya.

• Genya carried Hanabi out to the night market with Ino and Hinata, while Hiashi watched them leave and ordered dinner cleared away.
• Villagers recognized Genya and warmly greeted him, and Hanabi proudly called him the strongest in Konoha and the Asura of the Ninja World.
• Genya bought Hanabi food and toys, won her a goldfish, and watched her run through the crowd in a fox mask.
• Ino asked Genya whether their children might someday be like Hanabi, and he told her they could talk about having a baby when the time came.
• Two people approached Genya near a roasted-chestnut stall.

Genya and his family ran into Naruto and Sasuke at the New Year night market, where Genya teased them about being on a date and Hanabi invited them to join the group. Hanabi won an orange fox plush and gave it to Naruto, leaving him touched by her kindness.

• Naruto and Sasuke encountered Genya, Ino, Hinata, and Hanabi at the night market, and Genya teased them about being on a date.
• Naruto explained that he and Sasuke had only come out for a walk, while Hanabi welcomed them and invited them to shop with her instead of giving her a New Year's present.
• Genya and the others continued through the market as Hanabi picked out treats and goods, and Genya bought her twenty rings to play at a stall.
• Hanabi won an orange fox plush that reminded her of Naruto and gave it to him, making Naruto smile with tears in his eyes.

Genya spent New Year's night at Konoha's night market and Naruto's apartment with Hanabi, Hinata, Ino, and the Konoha 12. After taking Hanabi home and seeing Hinata and Ino home, he went to Kurenai Yuhi's house late at night, where she let him in.

• Hanabi and Genya met the rest of the Konoha 12 at the night market, where everyone gave Hanabi gifts and watched the fireworks together.
• Naruto invited the group to his apartment, where they played cards and Hanabi fell asleep on Genya's lap.
• Genya carried Hanabi home with Hinata and Ino, then saw Hinata and Ino home.
• Genya went to Kurenai Yuhi's house late at night, and Kurenai opened the door and invited him inside.

Hinata and Hanabi went to the Uchiha Clan Compound to visit Genya, interrupting his private rehearsal with Chinatsu, Akari, and Akane. Genya hurried to meet them, and Hanabi noticed his cloying perfume-scented smell.

• Hanabi persuaded Hinata to visit Genya at the Uchiha Clan Compound despite the falling snow.
• A guard told the sisters that Genya was supervising a rehearsal and went to notify him.
• Genya watched Chinatsu dance while Akari played shamisen and Akane sang.
• After hearing that Hinata and Hanabi had arrived, Genya straightened his clothes and hurried out of the rehearsal room.
• Hanabi ran to Genya, hugged him, and said he smelled nice.

Genya, Hinata, and Hanabi entered a snowman-building contest together and enjoyed a playful afternoon in the snow. As they walked home, Genya took Hinata’s hand and told her she could visit whenever she missed him.

• Hanabi visited Genya with Hinata and persuaded them to join a snowman-building contest.
• Genya, Hinata, and Hanabi built a snowman together, decorating it with a tiny snowman Genya made.
• Hanabi’s snowman won the Cutest Snowman award, and she received a box of candy.
• On the walk home, Hinata told Genya that Hanabi asked about him every day, and Genya invited Hinata to visit whenever she missed him.
• Hanabi spotted Genya and Hinata holding hands, teased them, and ran ahead with her candy.

Genya, Hinata, and Hanabi joined Naruto and his team for ramen, where Naruto complained about easy missions and worried about getting stronger. Later, Genya and Hinata shared a quiet evening at the Hyuga Residence, and he stayed beside her until she fell asleep before quietly leaving her room.

• Genya brought Hinata and Hanabi into Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto complained that his missions were too easy and asked when he would get stronger.
• Kakashi said Naruto could learn from Genya and the First Hokage, while Genya encouraged Naruto to keep at it.
• After the group finished eating, Naruto declared that he would become Hokage and hurried after Sasuke with Sakura and Kakashi.
• At the Hyuga Residence, Genya and Hinata remembered the snowy night they first met, and Hinata asked him to visit more often.
• Genya tucked Hinata into bed and waited until she fell asleep, then quietly left her room.

Tsunade ordered Hashirama Senju and Genya Uchiha to lead Konoha’s team to the Chunin Ninja Exams in Sunagakure after they spent the winter drinking and avoiding their duties. They reluctantly agreed to leave in two days, with Hashirama worried about losing access to the Gambling Dens.

• Tsunade assigned Hashirama Senju to lead Konoha’s team to the Chunin Ninja Exams in Sunagakure and made Genya Uchiha his deputy.
• Hashirama and Genya resisted the assignment until Tsunade threatened to shut down every Gambling Den.
• Tsunade told them to leave in two days, keep away from alcohol, and return after the week-long exams.
• Hashirama recalled visiting Sunagakure with Madara and spending three years repaying damage by planting drought-resistant trees.
• As Hashirama wondered whether Sunagakure had any Gambling Dens, Genya walked away without answering.

Genya and Hashirama led Konoha’s candidates toward Sunagakure for the Chunin Ninja Exams, while Genya secretly considered sabotaging Team 7. News of their participation prompted the other great villages to send teams, leaving Sunagakure overwhelmed by applications.

• Genya left Konoha with Hashirama and the assembled candidates, teasing Naruto’s uneasy suspicion that something would go wrong at the exams.
• Genya spoke with Kurenai’s team and Hinata before Hashirama hurried the group onto the road to Sunagakure.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Darui to lead Kumogakure’s strongest genin to the exams after learning Hashirama and Genya would attend.
• Ōnoki sent Kitsuchi and Iwagakure’s genin, while Mei Terumi chose Chōjūrō and promising Kirigakure candidates to attend.
• Baki found Sunagakure flooded with applications after the other villages changed their plans upon hearing that Hashirama and Genya were coming.

Genya and the Konoha group reached Sunagakure for the chunin exams, where Hashirama was dismayed by the lack of comforts. Genya restored Hashirama’s dignified appearance and revealed that Itachi had brought sake, leaving the gathered ninja staring in disbelief.

• Baki arranged extra rooms, food, water, and alcohol for the visiting teams before Genya’s group arrived in Sunagakure.
• Hashirama enthusiastically admired the desert during the journey, while Naruto and Sasuke discussed the chunin exams and Kakashi read at the rear.
• Genya wiped sand from Hinata’s hand and urged her to protect her skin, then reassured Ino when she demanded the same attention.
• Hashirama lamented Sunagakure’s lack of casinos, breweries, and trees, so Genya threatened to tell Tsunade and made him stand upright with dignity.
• Genya summoned Itachi, who opened a bundle containing six bottles of sake as the surrounding ninja watched in disbelief.

Hashirama, Genya, and the others arrived in Sunagakure, where Naruto eagerly reunited with Gaara. Genya watched Naruto and Gaara talk while Sasuke grew jealous and left, with Sakura hurrying after him.

• Hashirama eagerly accepted the alcohol crate from Genya, and Baki welcomed the visitors to Sunagakure.
• Naruto spotted Gaara and rushed over to greet him, asking a stream of questions as Gaara responded quietly.
• Kankuro tried to stop Naruto from patting Gaara’s shoulder, but Gaara’s glance made him back off.
• Genya excitedly interpreted the exchange as a love triangle while Ino and Hinata looked confused.
• Sasuke grew colder as Naruto talked with Gaara, then left for the alleys, and Sakura followed him.

Genya explored Sunagakure with Ino and Hinata, teased Naruto and Gaara about their closeness, and returned to their lodgings for the night. He chose to sleep on the floor while Ino and Hinata shared the bed.

• Genya left the group with Ino and Hinata and joined Hashirama at their Sunagakure lodgings.
• Ino and Hinata persuaded Genya to go shopping, and he bought gifts and local specialties.
• Genya met Naruto and Gaara shopping together and teased them about being on a date and using protection.
• Genya hurried Ino and Hinata back to the lodgings before Naruto and Gaara could ask what he meant.
• Ino teased Genya about staying with Kurenai, and he said he would remain at the lodgings that night.
• Genya spread bedding on the floor and let Ino and Hinata sleep in the bed.

Genya arranged for Naruto and Sasuke to fail the Chunin Exams so they would remain Genin, and Team 7 was overwhelmed by three Sunagakure Jonin. Naruto saved Sasuke from a kunai before being knocked unconscious, leaving Sasuke furious with himself as the examiner declared their mission failed.

• Genya told Baki to ensure Naruto and Sasuke stayed Genin, regardless of injuries.
• During the written exam, Sasuke used his Sharingan to copy a Sunagakure candidate’s deliberately incorrect answers.
• Three Sunagakure Jonin swiftly defeated Sakura and Naruto and brought Sasuke to one knee.
• Naruto took a kunai in his arm while protecting Sasuke, then unleashed the Nine-Tails’ chakra before a Jonin knocked him unconscious.
• Sasuke caught Naruto as the examiner declared Team 7’s mission failed.

Genya rigged the individual matches so every member of Team 7 was eliminated, while the other Konoha candidates passed. Naruto tried to encourage Sasuke and Sakura, but the chapter ended with Naruto and Sakura grieving their failure and Sasuke missing.

• Genya ordered Baki to continue the matches, and Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto were each defeated by their Sunagakure opponents.
• Naruto woke in the infirmary, encouraged Sasuke to try again, and received praise from Genya for taking the blade for him.
• Genya told Baki he had arranged the outcome because he was a Genin too.
• The exam results promoted Neji, Rock Lee, Tenten, Kiba, Shino, Hinata, Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji, while Team 7 failed.
• Naruto found his name absent from the results, Sakura struggled to hold back tears, and Sasuke remained missing after leaving the medical room.

Konoha’s group left Sunagakure after the Chunin Ninja Exams, with Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke still troubled by their defeat. On the journey home, Kakashi comforted the boys, and Naruto and Sasuke agreed they would pass together next time.

• Sakura tried to reassure Naruto after their failure, while Genya watched and told Ino they would get stronger.
• At Sunagakure’s entrance, Chiyo recognized Kakashi as White Fang, but Baki stopped her from confronting him and she left.
• Darui, Kitsuchi, and Chōjūrō reviewed their intelligence reports on Hashirama and Genya as the other villages departed.
• Konoha’s group set off, and Kakashi offered Naruto and Sasuke ramen, prompting Sasuke to catch up with the others.
• Naruto told Sasuke they would pass together next time, and Sasuke agreed.

Tsunade learned that Team 7 was the only Konoha team whose candidates failed promotion, and suspected Genya had influenced the exam results. Reports about Hashirama’s antics and Genya’s reputation left her exasperated, while Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke resolved to try again in six months.

• Tsunade heard that Naruto and Sasuke had failed the written exam after Sasuke copied Kotaro’s wrong answers, and that Team 7 had lost its teamwork round against elite Sunagakure jonin.
• Tsunade learned that Sakura lost to Temari, Sasuke narrowly beat Kankuro, and Naruto lost to Ishikawa, whose strength approached that of an elite jonin.
• The Anbu reported that Hashirama had lost his money gambling, been kicked by a camel, and become a subject of other villages’ intelligence reports, while rumors said Genya had manipulated the exams.
• Tsunade accused Genya of being behind Team 7’s misfortune and lamented that he and Hashirama had been sent to lead the teams.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto and Sakura vowed to pass the exam in six months, while Sasuke quietly finished his meal and Kakashi continued reading.

Genya defended his manipulation of the Chunin Ninja Exams to Tsunade, then went with Hashirama to gamble and borrowed money from the den owner. They left together to visit a pleasure house to listen to music.

• An Anbu summoned Genya to Tsunade, and Genya went after hearing she would come to him herself.
• Tsunade confronted Genya for keeping Team 7 as genin, but Genya blamed Naruto and Sasuke for failing the written test, so she ordered him out.
• Genya asked an Anbu where Hashirama was and found him losing his copper coins at a gambling den.
• Genya invited Hashirama to listen to music, then persuaded the gambling den owner to give them a heavy pouch of money as a gift.
• Genya and Hashirama left together for a pleasure house, while the owner lamented that his gambling den had become a charity.

Genya took Hashirama to a Red-Light District tea house for a song-and-dance performance, where Tsunade found them and ordered them to follow her home for punishment. The chapter ended with Genya and Hashirama trailing after Tsunade through the streets, supporting each other like chastened children.

• Genya brought Hashirama to the Red-Light District and secured the best seats at a tea house.
• Hashirama watched the geisha dance, drank sake, and relaxed as attendants served them.
• An Anbu reported their whereabouts to Tsunade, who stormed to the tea house.
• Tsunade smashed through the wall, confronted Genya and Hashirama, and scolded them for being there.
• Tsunade ordered both men to stand and said she would deal with them when they returned; they followed her out.

Tsunade punished Genya and Hashirama for their night at the Red-Light District, and news of their grounding spread through Konoha. At Ichiraku Ramen, Sasuke realized Genya had interfered with the Chunin Ninja Exams, while Naruto resolved to train harder.

• Tsunade grounded Genya and Hashirama, forbidding them from leaving the village, visiting the Gambling Den or Red-Light District, or drinking alcohol, and assigned them paperwork.
• Hashirama blamed Genya for their outing, then asked whether paperwork came with drinks before fleeing Tsunade’s thrown teacup.
• Konoha residents spread increasingly exaggerated stories about Tsunade catching and punishing Genya and Hashirama.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Sasuke connected Genya to the Chunin Ninja Exams and privately took satisfaction in his punishment.
• Naruto decided to train harder for the next exams, and Sakura led Team 7 off to train.

Genya and Hashirama spent their day grounded sparring, playing Go, and visiting Uchiha Fugaku’s home with sake. They ended the chapter gathered at Fugaku’s house, where Tsunade chose not to intervene.

• Genya and Hashirama sparred with taijutsu at the Uchiha Clan Compound’s Training Ground, stopping before they caused major damage.
• Genya invited Hashirama to play Go at his home and won most of their games.
• An Anbu reported their activities to Tsunade, including that Hashirama had brought sake to Fugaku’s house despite the drinking ban.
• Tsunade decided not to check on Genya and Hashirama, saying they had finally quieted down.
• Genya and Hashirama joined Fugaku, Mikoto, Itachi, and Chinatsu at Fugaku’s house.

Hashirama reminisced about his friendship with Madara while drinking with Fugaku, then praised Fugaku and called him his little brother. Genya left with his parents and Chinatsu, while Hashirama continued talking with Fugaku and Itachi.

• Hashirama told Fugaku stories about the hardships he and Madara faced while founding the village and described Madara as his friend despite their falling out.
• Fugaku asked whether Hashirama hated Madara, and Hashirama said he did not.
• Hashirama called Fugaku his little brother and praised him as an honest man, leaving Fugaku overwhelmed by the recognition.
• Genya took Izumi and Sosuke home, teasing Fugaku to stay and keep listening to Hashirama’s stories.
• Sosuke reflected that Hashirama’s recognition meant a great deal to Fugaku, while Hashirama continued talking with Fugaku and Itachi.