Chapter Summaries

Kenichi Amamiya trained with Sasuke Uchiha and showed him how his inexperience left him vulnerable in battle. He advised Sasuke to learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu to accelerate his growth, then followed him home to see where he lived.

• Kenichi Amamiya found Sasuke Uchiha watching his morning training and explained that Sasuke had been relying on his weakness against stronger opponents.
• Sasuke attacked Kenichi Amamiya with shuriken and the Great Fireball Technique, but Kenichi Amamiya outmaneuvered him and defeated him with sand and the Thousand Years of Death.
• Kenichi Amamiya told Sasuke that his combat experience was lacking and advised him to master one specialty rather than train in everything.
• After learning Sasuke did not know the Shadow Clone Jutsu, Kenichi Amamiya urged him to learn it so he could grow stronger faster.
• Kenichi Amamiya followed Sasuke to his apartment and remarked that the room looked more like a training ground than a home.

Kenichi began training Sasuke, explaining how Shadow Clones could accelerate practice and measuring Sasuke’s physical fitness. After seeing Sasuke’s readiness, Kenichi considered trying to make him awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Kenichi visited Sasuke’s apartment, collected the Shadow Clone scroll, and arranged to assess Sasuke’s physique and make him a training plan.
• Kenichi explained that Shadow Clones returned their training experience to the original, and Sasuke eagerly copied the technique before Kenichi left to prepare Naruto’s breakfast.
• Remembering Itachi’s slaughter of his clan, Sasuke renewed his vow to kill his older brother.
• During class, Sasuke studied the Shadow Clone Jutsu while Iruka encouraged Naruto, and Kenichi later took both boys to the training ground.
• Kenichi tested Sasuke’s flexibility and fitness, showed him Naruto practicing tree climbing for chakra control, and considered helping Sasuke awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Kenichi Amamiya trained Sasuke and Naruto as the Ninja Academy graduation exam approached, while Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged for Kakashi to test Sasuke and Naruto as a team. The chapter ended with Naruto and Sasuke arriving at the academy, where Iruka described Kenichi Amamiya as a monster.

• Kenichi Amamiya gave Sasuke a detailed physical training and diet plan, and Sasuke began following it.
• Naruto broke his tree-climbing record, while Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Kakashi to take Sasuke and Naruto as students and considered investigating Mizuki.
• Kenichi Amamiya checked whether Mizuki had spoken to Naruto, then Naruto said Sasuke had been asking him to fight every day.
• Kenichi Amamiya, Naruto, and Sasuke raced to the academy, where Kenichi Amamiya arrived first and Iruka told Sasuke to maintain his current training level.
• Iruka told Naruto that Kenichi Amamiya far surpassed him and recalled that the teachers had been unable to make Kenichi Amamiya rise from his chair.

Kenichi Amamiya watched Mizuki’s absence from the Academy and continued training Naruto and Sasuke while suspecting Mizuki was plotting to steal the Forbidden Jutsu Scroll. After villagers publicly scorned Naruto, Kenichi suspected Mizuki had spread rumors to undermine him and lure him into stealing the scroll.

• Iruka told Kenichi Amamiya that Mizuki was reportedly under investigation, and Kenichi connected the investigation to Mizuki’s desperate plan to obtain the Forbidden Jutsu Scroll.
• Kenichi Amamiya defeated Sasuke’s trick-filled challenge, identifying him by the iron underwear beneath his clothes.
• Naruto used a Shadow Clone to practice the Rasengan at home while attending class on Explosive Tags.
• Kenichi Amamiya noticed the parents at the Academy entrance openly insulting Naruto and angrily confronted them.
• Seeing Naruto hurt by the abuse, Kenichi Amamiya suspected Mizuki had spread the rumors to weaken Naruto and manipulate him into stealing the Forbidden Jutsu Scroll.

Kenichi comforted Naruto after villagers’ hostility made him question himself, then traced the rumors to Mizuki, who was secretly manipulating Naruto to steal the Forbidden Jutsu Scroll. Hiruzen let Mizuki’s plan proceed as a test, while Naruto struggled with whether to tell Kenichi what Mizuki had asked of him.

• Kenichi reassured Naruto that he had done nothing wrong and urged him not to care about villagers’ opinions.
• Kenichi and Sasuke trained before dawn, and Sasuke abandoned his prepared words of comfort after seeing Kenichi was unconcerned.
• Kenichi suspected Mizuki had spread hostile rumors about the brothers, then watched Mizuki defend Naruto at the school gate and invite them to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Hiruzen monitored Mizuki and ordered the Anbu to withdraw from the Hokage Tower when Naruto and the others made their move, intending to test Naruto.
• After Mizuki left, Kenichi asked Naruto what he had said, and Naruto hesitated because Mizuki had told him to keep their matter secret.

Kenichi Amamiya defeated Mizuki after Mizuki’s Cursed Seal power altered the Scroll of Seals incident, while Naruto and Sasuke graduated from the Ninja Academy. As team assignments approached, Kenichi considered helping Sasuke awaken his eyes and decided it was time to confront the Third about his plans.

• Kenichi Amamiya rescued Naruto from Mizuki’s attacks, defeated Mizuki, and watched Anbu take Mizuki and the Forbidden Jutsu Scroll away.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered placing Naruto and Sasuke on the same team and left the final assignment to Kakashi, partly to test Kenichi Amamiya’s intentions.
• Kenichi Amamiya noticed his body’s metabolism slowing as he continued refining and compressing Chakra, and considered helping Sasuke awaken his eyes.
• Naruto passed the Clone Technique assessment and celebrated by filling the classroom with Shadow Clones before Iruka punched him on the head.
• Sasuke passed the assessment and graduated, while Kenichi Amamiya decided to lay everything out with the Third.

Kenichi Amamiya asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to search for the object that had brought him to the Shinobi World, then waited for the results while preparing for team assignments. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were assigned to Team 7 before Hinata replaced Sakura, and Kakashi arrived to find the students waiting with grilled meat.

• Kenichi Amamiya asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to find the object that had crashed into him, and Sarutobi agreed in exchange for Kenichi's help if Konoha faced trouble.
• Kenichi Amamiya experimented with the Eight Gates Formation at the training ground while Naruto asked who would lead their team.
• Iruka assigned Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno to Team 7, then announced that Hinata Hyuga and Sakura Haruno would switch classes.
• Sakura Haruno asked Sasuke Uchiha for his contact information, and Sasuke gave her the location where he was living.
• Kakashi arrived late at the classroom and found Kenichi Amamiya offering him grilled meat.

Kakashi met Team 7 over Kenichi Amamiya’s hot pot, then tested Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata with a bell exercise. The students caught Kakashi off guard with teamwork, and Hinata attacked him with her Byakugan as the test continued.

• Kakashi arrived to find Kenichi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata eating hot pot, then joined them and heard their introductions.
• Kakashi announced a wilderness survival exercise for the next day, and Kenichi encouraged Naruto to eat breakfast despite Kakashi’s warning.
• Naruto attacked Kakashi while Kenichi observed and recorded his performance, then Sasuke and Hinata joined the fight.
• Naruto and Sasuke coordinated clones, fire, and a transformed shuriken to surprise Kakashi, while Sasuke’s kick made Kakashi appear to collapse.
• Kakashi used Earth Release to trap Sasuke underground, but Hinata immediately attacked Kakashi’s chakra points with her Byakugan.

Kakashi tested Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata in a bell-snatching exercise, then passed them after they chose to stay together despite having only two bells. As Kakashi explained that new Genin had to begin with simple D-rank missions, Naruto and Sasuke asked Kenichi Amamiya whether they could skip ahead.

• Kakashi trapped Sasuke underground and used a swamp technique to restrict Naruto and Hinata, then struck Naruto when he lost focus.
• Sasuke escaped, identified Kakashi’s disguised Shadow Clone, and kicked it aside to retrieve the bells.
• Kakashi told the team that only two students could pass, but Sasuke and Naruto chose to advance or retreat together with Hinata and shared the bells.
• Naruto split a bell in half and gave one piece each to Sasuke and Hinata, after which Kakashi revealed that all three had passed.
• Kenichi Amamiya asked about the team’s missions, and Kakashi explained that new Genin started with D-rank work before qualifying for harder missions.
• Naruto asked Kenichi Amamiya if they could take C-rank missions immediately, and Kenichi Amamiya joked that they would have to beat Kakashi first.

Kenichi Amamiya trained Naruto and Sasuke in the Eight Gates Formation while Team 7 completed exhausting D-rank missions. After 142 such missions, Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed that Kakashi’s team take a C-rank mission, and Kakashi agreed.

• Kenichi demonstrated the Eight Gates Formation, warned Sasuke and Naruto about its demands, and agreed to train them in it.
• Kakashi led Team 7 in tracking down Granny Shuihe’s lost cat, and Sasuke noted how the mission applied academy skills.
• Kenichi made Naruto and Sasuke wear five kilograms of weights each while harvesting potatoes after their cat-finding mission.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Kakashi to consider a C-rank mission after Team 7 had completed over a hundred D-rank missions, and Kakashi agreed.
• Kakashi reflected that Kenichi had pushed Naruto and Sasuke through 142 D-rank missions.

Team 7 received a C-rank mission to eliminate bandits near the border of the Land of Fire, and Kenichi Amamiya joined them as they prepared to leave. On the journey, Naruto practiced the Rasengan, prompting Kakashi to suspect Kenichi Amamiya’s intentions.

• Kakashi told Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke, and Hinata Hyuga that the Third had assigned them a C-rank mission to eliminate bandits near a small border village.
• Kenichi Amamiya took Naruto and Sasuke to Genma’s shop, where Naruto bought three Explosive Tags before the team set out.
• Kakashi led the group out of the village with Hinata and Kenichi Amamiya, while Naruto carried a large pack of ingredients and supplies.
• Kakashi explained the nearby Land of Waves, and Kenichi Amamiya wondered whether they might encounter Zabuza Momochi and Haku.
• Naruto practiced compressing Chakra into a Rasengan as they traveled, and Kakashi recognized the technique and began questioning Kenichi Amamiya’s motives.

Kenichi Amamiya and Team 7 investigated bandit raids near Haibo Town and traced the bandits’ trail to the Land of Waves. Kakashi decided to pursue them there, while Kenichi suspected the mission might overlap with the threat surrounding the unfinished bridge and planned to seek the time-traveling artifact that brought him to this world.

• Kenichi Amamiya and Team 7 reached Haibo Town, where Kakashi assigned Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to gather information about the bandits.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata learned the bandits often appeared west of town and followed hoofprints into the forest.
• Hinata found a hidden trail past a gorge, and the team followed drag marks to a beach facing the Land of Waves.
• Naruto reported their findings to Kakashi, who decided they would travel to the Land of Waves and kill the bandits.
• Kakashi led the team aboard a Gato Shipping Company ship, while Kenichi recalled the artifact’s apparent time-travel ability and considered placing a bounty to find it.

Naruto asked Kakashi how wealthy civilians survived in a world dominated by powerful ninja, then the group encountered Kisame Hoshigaki aboard their ship. At the unfinished Naruto Bridge, they discovered Team 8 fighting Zabuza Momochi and Haku, and Kakashi sent Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to help.

• Naruto asked Kakashi why wealthy civilians were not killed for their money, and Kakashi explained that they hired capable bodyguards and maintained ties with ninja villages.
• Kisame Hoshigaki appeared aboard the ship, spoke with Naruto, and vanished beneath the sea before Kakashi urged the group to leave.
• Kakashi identified Kisame as a powerful S-Rank Rogue Ninja and admitted that fighting him at sea would put him at a severe disadvantage.
• At the unfinished Naruto Bridge, Kakashi and the others heard battle and climbed up to investigate.
• Kenichi Amamiya, Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke spotted Kurenai Yuhi and the Aburame fighting Zabuza Momochi and Haku.
• Kakashi prepared a ninjutsu and directed Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to sneak over and help Team 8.

Naruto and Team 8 helped Kakashi defeat Zabuza and Haku on the bridge, then Kakashi used a Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique to overwhelm Gato’s thugs. Kenichi Amamiya saved Gato from being swept into the ocean and considered charging him a protection fee, while the Land of Waves’ future remained uncertain.

• Naruto used quicklime-like ice fragments and an unusual kick to knock Haku unconscious after Haku attacked Hinata and Team 8.
• Naruto reached the main battlefield, where Kakashi had subdued Zabuza and Kurenai had placed him under a genjutsu.
• Kurenai and Kakashi discussed how their missions had brought them to the Land of Waves as Gato arrived with armed thugs.
• Gato ordered his men to attack, and Kakashi crushed the mob with a Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique.
• Kenichi saved Gato from being swept into the ocean and considered demanding a protection fee from him.

After capturing Gato, Kenichi Amamiya took him to collect his money and then visited the Bounty Hunter Association to post a search bounty for an object connected to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. When a Rogue Ninja tried to cheat him, Kenichi Amamiya used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make the man kill himself, and the bartender accepted the mission.

• Kenichi Amamiya checked that Gato was alive, stomped on him, and claimed him as his captive so he could take the merchant’s money.
• Kenichi Amamiya told Kakashi and the others he was going to the Bounty Hunter Association, then left them and went to the branch near the Land of Waves.
• Kenichi Amamiya showed the bartender a sketch of an object he had glimpsed while fighting Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and offered ten thousand ryo for a match, with twenty million ryo if he verified it was the right object.
• A muscular Rogue Ninja from Kumogakure carved a crude imitation and demanded payment, so Kenichi Amamiya used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make him stab himself and cut off his own head.
• Kenichi Amamiya asked whether the mission could be accepted, and the trembling bartender nodded.

Naruto’s team linked the coastal bandits to Gato Company and left the Land of Waves for Haibo Town, while Sasuke sought a way to help an orphan recover her father’s keepsake. On the boat, Sasuke learned genjutsu, and Naruto collected oysters so they could make the girl a modest replacement necklace without drawing unwanted attention.

• Naruto explained that Gold Bricks stolen from the Sea Breeze General Store had been found in Gato’s warehouse, and Kakashi decided to report Gato’s possible crimes to the Third Hokage.
• Sasuke told Kenichi Amamiya that a girl had asked him to recover her father’s Pearl Necklace, and Kenichi suggested using genjutsu to help her.
• Kakashi agreed to teach Sasuke genjutsu, and he took Team 7 by boat toward Haibo Town after mentioning that Kurenai Yuhi had already returned with Team 8.
• Kakashi taught Sasuke the Illusion Technique during the journey while keeping watch for Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Naruto, Kenichi Amamiya, and Hinata gathered oysters, and Kenichi explained that using their pearls for a replacement necklace would be safer than giving the girl a valuable one.

Kenichi Amamiya, Sasuke, and Naruto completed their mission, including helping Xiao Kong replace her lost necklace with an illusion-supported pearl necklace, then returned to Konoha. After Naruto joked about finding a treasure map, Sasuke searched his clan’s old books and found a possible clue in the Uchiha Battle Chronicle.

• Sasuke used the Illusion Technique while Kenichi Amamiya transformed into Xiao Kong’s father and made a photograph to place in her replacement necklace.
• Kakashi, Kenichi Amamiya, Naruto, and Sasuke returned to Konoha and turned in their mission, which was reclassified from C-rank to B-rank despite keeping its original reward.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Gato’s seized assets and kept Kakashi behind to discuss the mission.
• Kurenai Yuhi met Naruto outside the Hokage Tower, invited him to a meal, and left to address Hinata Hyuga’s unauthorized trip outside the Land of Fire.
• Naruto asked Sasuke whether his family had a treasure map, prompting Sasuke to search the Uchiha Clan’s old books after Naruto and Kenichi Amamiya left.
• Sasuke stayed up searching and fell asleep beside the open Uchiha Battle Chronicle, which he thought might contain treasure clues to give Naruto.

Kenichi Amamiya tried to awaken Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan by showing him the truth behind the Uchiha Clan’s destruction, but Sasuke only awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan. After Danzo ambushed them outside Root’s laboratory, Kenichi killed Danzo and left Hiruzen to divide up Root.

• Kenichi Amamiya took Sasuke to Root’s underground laboratory and placed him under a genjutsu that showed Shisui’s account of the Uchiha Clan’s destruction and Danzo’s role in it.
• Sasuke awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan but fainted before he could reach the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Danzo trapped Kenichi and Sasuke with a modified Eight Trigrams Seal barrier, but Kenichi killed the Root Jonin guarding it.
• Kenichi removed the Sharingan from Danzo’s arm and face, killing him as Hiruzen watched without intervening.
• Hiruzen and the other Konoha elders began dividing Root’s resources, and Hiruzen received news that pleased him.

Kenichi Amamiya took Naruto and Sasuke to search for a hidden Uchiha treasure after Sasuke found an ancient map. They uncovered no treasure yet, but Naruto spotted something in the exposed riverbed after Kenichi blocked the river.

• Sasuke showed Kenichi Amamiya and Naruto an ancient map marking Naka Shrine and a treasure location.
• Kenichi Amamiya took Naruto and Sasuke out of Konoha under the cover of a D-rank cat-finding mission.
• The three reached the marked canyon, searched its cliffs, and found no visible clue.
• Naruto suggested the treasure might be underwater, so Kenichi Amamiya realized the X marked the river.
• Kenichi Amamiya blocked the river with an Earth Release technique, exposing the riverbed for them to search.
• Naruto called to Sasuke after spotting something as Sasuke was about to give up.

Kenichi Amamiya, Naruto, and Sasuke followed the treasure map into an abandoned Uchiha prison, where they discovered a sealed iron box containing a girl. When Naruto touched it, the box broke open and the girl revealed a Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Naruto found a hidden door beneath the lowered river, and Kenichi Amamiya led the group inside before the water returned.
• Kenichi Amamiya lit torches, and the three searched the cave, finding what appeared to be an abandoned prison rather than a treasure vault.
• Sasuke discovered a rusted iron box in one cell, with a pale foot sticking out of a broken corner.
• Kenichi Amamiya inspected the box's Uchiha crest and sealing patterns, then let Naruto and Sasuke approach it.
• Naruto touched the iron box, causing it to fall apart and reveal a naked girl with long black hair.
• Kenichi Amamiya covered the girl with his coat, and she thanked him before her red eyes transformed into a Mangekyō Sharingan.