Recaps

Naruto’s group confronted Mei Terumi after Kirigakure ninjas tried to assassinate them, and Naruto demanded proof that Kirigakure was worth an alliance. The captured attackers finally confessed that Asakura had ordered the attack and was plotting to take the Mizukage’s position.

• Mei Terumi stopped the Kirigakure ninjas from attacking Naruto’s group and welcomed them as guests, while Chojuro greeted Naruto respectfully.
• At the Mizukage’s office, Mikoto Uchiha dispelled the genjutsu on the Kirigakure ninjas, and Ao used his Byakugan to check them.
• Naruto told Mei Terumi that Kirigakure needed to demonstrate its value if it wanted an alliance with Otogakure.
• Asakura learned that his assassins had been captured, confirmed that Explosive Tags had been planted, and declared his intention to seize Mei Terumi’s position.
• Mei Terumi sent Ao and Chojuro to take the captured ninjas to the interrogation room, and one attacker surrendered and confessed that Asakura had ordered the assassination and shared his plans.

Naruto protected Mei Terumi and the others when Asakura’s explosives destroyed the Mizukage’s office, then watched Mei fight the rebel leader. Mei killed Asakura, but his final lightning attack struck her, and Naruto caught her as she fell.

• Ao discovered Explosive Tags beneath the office, and they detonated, collapsing the building as Asakura ordered his followers to capture Mei Terumi.
• Naruto shielded everyone with Nine-Tails Transformation, then declined to intervene in Kirigakure’s internal affairs and watched Mei confront Asakura.
• Asakura attacked Mei with Chakra Armor, but Mei countered his Lightning and Water Release with Lava Release and Boil Release.
• Mei’s Boil Release melted Asakura’s pale red barrier, and her Boil-infused Water Dragon killed him while his final lightning attack shocked her.
• Mei’s legs gave way, and Naruto appeared behind her and caught her before she fell.

Naruto proposed a deal to help Kirigakure rebuild, but Mei Terumi rejected his demand that the village become his. He then offered a political engagement instead, which Mei accepted, and Naruto prepared to arrange an alliance.

• Mei Terumi surveyed the destroyed office building while Naruto approached her and asked to speak privately.
• Naruto offered to fund Kirigakure's development in exchange for the village becoming his, but Mei refused to surrender its independence.
• Naruto proposed that Mei engage to marry him as the condition for an alliance, and Mei agreed.
• Naruto suggested signing an engagement agreement and asked whether Mei wanted him to send Hozuki Suigetsu back from Otogakure.

Naruto and Mei Terumi formalized their engagement and discussed an alliance, while Mikoto Uchiha awakened Mangekyo Sharingan after finding the engagement scroll. The chapter then shifted to an attack on the Land of Wind’s army by armored soldiers, with Sunagakure sending Kankuro, Shura, and Ame to help.

• Mei Terumi identified Asakura’s pale red shield as likely copied from Otogakure’s Chakra Armor, and Naruto signed an engagement agreement with her.
• Naruto and Mei Terumi discussed their alliance and learned that Kirigakure had another Three-Tails whose Jinchuriki had defected.
• Mikoto Uchiha found Naruto’s engagement scroll, awakened Mangekyo Sharingan, and manifested Susanoo before Naruto explained the agreement to her.
• Armored soldiers emerged from the sea and attacked the Land of Wind’s army during field training.
• Baki sent Kankuro, Shura, and Ame to support the army, and Ame created a Water Release: Water Jellyfish for Shura.

Shura, Ame, and Kankuro fought armored puppets on the Land of Wind’s shore, while Naruto vanished after Mabui’s Heavenly Transfer Technique went wrong. Half a month later, Naruto remained missing as Gaara reinforced Sunagakure and a group of knights arrived at an ancient ruin to seek the Gelel Ore Vein.

• Shura, Ame, and Kankuro defeated several armored soldiers, which retreated toward the sea before a warship bombarded the beach.
• Naruto received an urgent report that the Sea Monster enemies had injured Sunagakure’s ninja and asked Mabui to send her there with the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Naruto woke trapped in a vast lake of pale-green liquid, began absorbing it with the Naraka Path, and found she could not stop.
• Mabui and the others searched for Naruto after she had been missing for half a month, while Zetsu confirmed that Nine-Tails was still somewhere on the continent.
• Gaara went to Sunagakure as reinforcements, and a group led by Heide arrived at an ancient ruin and asked about the Gelel Ore Vein.

Naruto remained trapped inside crystallized Gelel Ore while Heide led the Old Man with Red Nose and Timsi into the ruins to claim its power. When Heide opened the vein, Naruto broke free and attacked him, leaving the Old Man with Red Nose to wonder if she was the Gelel Ore Vein.

• Naruto sensed the group approaching, and Nine-Tails recognized the Old Man with Red Nose and reported what Heide’s party wanted.
• The Old Man with Red Nose tried to stop Heide by attacking Timsi and activating a trap, but Heide’s implanted Gelel Stone hurled him away.
• Heide searched for the ore vein and dismissed the Old Man with Red Nose’s accusations, while Timsi realized Heide had destroyed his village and killed his parents.
• Timsi confronted Heide but was beaten by the three Female Knights as Heide opened the door to the Gelel Ore Vein.
• Heide approached the man-sized Gelel crystal, but Naruto burst out of it and punched him; the Old Man with Red Nose then picked up the fallen Nilgū.

Naruto killed Heide, revived Nilgū, and forced his three female knights to submit before discovering that her evolved Rinnegan could control a person’s growth. The Sage of Six Paths pulled her into her inner world to inspect her eye, but Naruto confronted him about the tailed beasts’ vulnerability to the Sharingan; after he vanished, she found herself with the Nine-Tails.

• Naruto killed Heide by using him to block Ranke’s lightning and then making a Wind Release Chakra pellet expand inside him, while she revived Nilgū with a touch.
• Naruto frightened Fūgai into accepting her petting, and Camilla and Ranke surrendered to her after Heide’s death.
• Naruto removed her helmet and discovered her pointed ears and pale blue Three-Tomoe Rinnegan, then used its touch-based power to turn Camilla into a child and restore her.
• Timsi asked whether Naruto was a god, and the Sage of Six Paths drew her into a strange space to examine her evolved Rinnegan.
• Naruto kicked the Sage of Six Paths and demanded to know why the Sharingan could control the tailed beasts; he left, and Naruto found herself in her inner world with the Nine-Tails.

Naruto escaped the collapsing ruins after absorbing the Gelel Ore Vein, discovering that her blood could grow an enormous forest and prompting the locals to mistake her for Lord Ming. She sent a message to her allies and, after taking control of Heide’s warship, decided to keep the Soldier Manufacturing Device so she could adapt it into a virtual space where people could fight out their grudges without bloodshed.

• Naruto and her companions fled the collapsing ruins, and she realized the Gelel Ore Vein had greatly increased her Chakra and transformed her appearance.
• Naruto’s blood grew into a towering tree and then a dense forest, leading Timsi and the three Female Knights to kneel and call her Lord Ming.
• Naruto rejected the title and sent a message to her allies with a summoned crow.
• After Heide’s death, Naruto took control of his steel warship and ordered the Soldier Manufacturing Plant to stop producing soldiers.
• Naruto stopped Ranke from destroying the Soldier Manufacturing Device and decided to keep it for her idea of a genjutsu-based world where people could settle grudges through repeated fights.

Naruto returned to the Land of Rice aboard a steel battleship, while Otogakure’s residents learned she was safe and Mabui collapsed from exhaustion. At the port, Yoru initially mistook the transformed Naruto for an impostor, and Naruto brought her and Kakuzu aboard to show them the ship.

• Naruto sent the children aboard Timsi’s ship and directed the steel battleship toward the Land of Rice while the tiny hamster taught Timsi swordsmanship.
• Kakuzu received Naruto’s message, and Mabui fainted from stress and poor nutrition after hearing Naruto would return; she later left the hospital to eat and was hospitalized again after overeating.
• Naruto traveled across the sea with the three Female Knights and explained to Fūgai that they had stayed because they served her.
• At the Land of Rice port, Yoru restrained Naruto with white snakes, then recognized her after Naruto broke free and removed her helmet.
• Naruto took Yoru and Kakuzu aboard the battleship and asked about the village and the army that had attacked the Land of Wind, while the Female Knights decided not to reveal the ship’s soldier-producing machine.

Naruto removed the Soldier Manufacturing Device from the iron battleship and protected the ship with a barrier that captured the souls of intruders. On the journey back to Otogakure, he used his evolved Rinnegan to accelerate Yoru’s growth and revealed that his new Reincarnation ability could also reverse growth or cause death by old age.

• Naruto had the three female knights dismantle the Soldier Manufacturing Device, then stored its parts in scrolls and gave the scrolls to the knights.
• Naruto covered the iron battleship with an Outer Path Rinne Barrier that captured the souls of anyone hostile to it, and absorbed its laser before it struck Yoru.
• On the way back to Otogakure, Kakuzu explained ninjas, Chakra, and ninjutsu to the three female knights.
• Yoru persuaded Naruto to use his new ability to make her grow older, and he changed her body to that of a ten-year-old.
• Naruto explained that Reincarnation could regress someone to infancy, accelerate them to their growth limit, or make them die of old age.

Naruto returned to Otogakure with Yoru, Kakuzu, and the three Female Knights after demonstrating how her cycle ability could affect Kakuzu’s hearts and changing Rose Cores into Chakra Armor. At the office, Kin Tsuchi recognized Naruto at once, and Naruto briefly used her ability to turn Kin Tsuchi into a child before restoring her.

• Naruto explained that her cycle ability could age or reverse the growth of Kakuzu’s five hearts, frightening him before she reassured him that it required physical contact.
• Naruto bought clothes in a village shop, transformed a Rose Core into a revealing demon outfit, and dragged Yoru into the fitting room to make her wear it.
• Naruto entered Otogakure with Yoru, Kakuzu, and the three Female Knights, then headed to the office, where Kin Tsuchi recognized her and embraced her.
• Naruto used her cycle ability to shrink Kin Tsuchi into a five-year-old girl, admired her childhood appearance, and restored her to her original age.

Naruto returned to Otogakure, arranged for Qin to register the Female Knights, and learned why Mabui was hospitalized. After visiting the household and finding Yakushi Nonō, Naruto went to see Mabui, whose recovery was still being supervised.

• Naruto used her ability to turn Qin into a little girl and back, then asked Kakuzu to register the Female Knights and left Qin to show them around.
• Qin explained that Mabui had fallen ill after overeating following news of Naruto’s return, and Naruto decided to visit her at the hospital.
• Naruto told Yoru to inform everyone at home that she had returned, then discussed Tsunade and whether Naruto was still human.
• Yoru returned home in her older form, surprised Mikoto Uchiha, and blamed Naruto for her sudden growth when the others questioned her.
• Naruto reunited with Yakushi Nonō at the hospital, showed her pointed ears, and asked her to take Naruto to Mabui.
• Naruto reached Mabui’s room and asked how she was feeling.

Naruto reunited with Mabui and Karin after his disappearance, then used his power over growth to turn several women into babies before restoring them to youth. He left Karin’s request to grow up quickly unanswered, while Kazahana Koyuki kissed him goodbye before returning to filming.

• Naruto visited Mabui in the hospital, and she touched his changed ears before Karin arrived and barely recognized him.
• Naruto apologized to Mabui for her suffering after his disappearance, and she bit his arm before deciding to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Naruto regressed the women who had repeatedly touched his ears to infancy, then restored Mikoto Uchiha, Konan, and Yakushi Nonō to eighteen years old.
• Mikoto Uchiha welcomed her youthful appearance, while Yakushi Nonō worried about explaining the change at work and Konan wondered about possible side effects.
• Naruto told Chiyo his power could not make her taller and refused Karin’s request to grow up faster.
• Kazahana Koyuki left for filming after kissing Naruto, angering Karin.

Naruto dealt with the three Female Knights who insisted on staying with him and learned that Scorpion was away working in Iwagakure. There, Deidara returned to the village and was chased by Ōnoki, who knocked him into a pit near Scorpion’s construction site.

• The three Female Knights told Naruto they wanted to live with him, but he had no spare rooms and considered asking Scorpion to expand his house.
• Mikoto Uchiha asked Naruto about Reversion’s effects and possible side effects before they went to sleep.
• Kazahana Koyuki noticed her skin and energy had improved after she kissed Naruto and swallowed his saliva.
• Naruto learned from Kakuzu that Scorpion was working alone in Iwagakure, where the three Female Knights were assembling the Soldier Manufacturing Device.
• Yakushi Nonō denied developing a youth-restoring Medical Ninjutsu and sent the gossiping Medical Ninjas back to work by threatening them with a pay cut.
• Deidara attacked Ōnoki with Explosive Clay while fleeing, but Ōnoki struck him into a pit, and Scorpion’s puppet dragged him out.

Deidara fought Scorpion, became impressed by his puppet art, and followed him after he left Iwagakure. Naruto asked Yoru to develop a consciousness-based game to redirect conflict, then revealed to Nagato that her Rinnegan had transformed into a Three-Tomoe Rinnegan with a new ability.

• Deidara and Scorpion argued over art and fought outside Iwagakure, where Scorpion's Rose Maidens survived Deidara's explosions and shielded him from a Core Bomb.
• Scorpion finished his construction work, collected his payment, and left Iwagakure; Deidara followed and said he wanted to learn Scorpion's art.
• Naruto proposed that Yoru use a consciousness-extraction device to create a genjutsu game where people could settle their hatred without bloodshed, and Yoru began examining the device.
• Naruto met the returning Nagato and showed him her pale blue Three-Tomoe Rinnegan, explaining that it had become hers and gained a new ability.

Naruto restored Nagato’s body to a younger age and persuaded him to move Amegakure near Otogakure, then helped him settle into a new home. Meanwhile, Obito confronted Kakashi and Might Guy to reclaim his Sharingan, leaving them on guard.

• Naruto turned Nagato’s body back to age thirteen, and Nagato agreed to move Amegakure near Otogakure the next day.
• Nagato decided to move out of Naruto’s house, and Konan joined Naruto in helping him relocate.
• Naruto furnished Nagato’s new home lavishly, then replaced the expensive furniture with more modest pieces at Nagato’s request.
• Obito, disguised and speaking in Madara Uchiha’s voice, blocked Kakashi and Might Guy on their way back to Konohagakure and demanded Kakashi’s Sharingan.
• Might Guy stood between Obito and Kakashi, but Kakashi stopped him and urged caution.

Obito Uchiha defeated Kakashi and Might Guy, took Kakashi’s Sharingan, and awakened Susanoo with both eyes. Naruto learned that the Death Mask could undo the Reaper Death Seal and prepared to go to Konohagakure to reclaim it and retrieve the Nine-Tails’ other half, with Yoru insisting on accompanying her.

• Obito Uchiha used his intangibility to overcome Kakashi and Might Guy, broke Kakashi’s wrist, and took the Sharingan from his left eye.
• Obito Uchiha reunited Kakashi’s Sharingan with his own and awakened Susanoo, then vowed to kill Naruto Uzumaki and Nagato.
• Naruto read a scroll found in the ruins of Uzushiogakure and learned that the Death Mask could undo the Reaper Death Seal.
• Naruto decided to retrieve the Death Mask from Konohagakure and bring back the Nine-Tails’ other half, and Yoru chose to go with her.
• Yoru’s bone needles failed to pierce Naruto, and Naruto accidentally transformed Yoru into a baby while trying to stop her from clinging to her.
• Naruto told Nagato she was leaving for Konohagakure and would deal with moving Amegakure after she returned.

Naruto learned that Obito Uchiha had recovered his Sharingan and asked Black Zetsu to find Rin's remains for a plan involving Impure World Reincarnation. After reaching Konohagakure, she sought the Death God Mask so she could release the souls sealed inside the Death God and retrieve the other half of the Nine-Tails from Minato Namikaze.

• Naruto told Black Zetsu that Obito Uchiha had retrieved his Sharingan and ordered it to locate the remaining Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.
• Naruto forced Black Zetsu to find a small piece of Rin's remains for her plan, then continued toward the Land of Fire with Mikoto Uchiha, Mabui, and Yoru.
• Naruto explained Obito Uchiha's space-time abilities and weaknesses to her companions on the way to Konohagakure.
• Naruto arrived in Konohagakure and told Jiraiya she wanted the Death God Mask from the Mask Storage Temple.
• Naruto revealed that she planned to use Impure World Reincarnation on Minato Namikaze to reclaim the other half of the Nine-Tails, and argued that condemned criminals could serve as sacrifices.

Naruto retrieved the Death Mask containing Minato Namikaze’s soul, endured the injury needed to undo the Reaper Death Seal, and revived him with Impure World Reincarnation. She told Minato she wanted the other half of Nine-Tails, while her bond with Nine-Tails shocked him and the others.

• Naruto entered the Uzumaki Clan Mask Shrine, subdued its restless Death Masks, and took the mask that held Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto’s group left Konohagakure disguised as a merchant caravan and captured a wandering ninja to use as a living sacrifice.
• Naruto used the Death Mask to release four souls from the Reaper Death Seal, and Yoru caught her blood before it reached the ground.
• Naruto performed Impure World Reincarnation on the wandering ninja and awakened Minato Namikaze’s consciousness.
• Naruto told Minato she had revived him to obtain the other half of Nine-Tails, and Nine-Tails’ Chakra transformed Naruto into her perfect Jinchuriki Mode.
• Minato recognized Naruto’s Nine-Tails Sage Mode, while Mikoto Uchiha and Mabui reacted to Naruto’s intimate bond with Nine-Tails.

Naruto showed Minato Namikaze the suffering she endured in Konohagakure, then extracted the Yin Nine-Tails and told him that the Masked Man was Obito Uchiha. Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to confront Obito, who was shocked to see him alive.

• Naruto used her Rinnegan to show Minato Namikaze memories of her mistreatment in Konohagakure and told him she had never owed the village anything.
• Naruto summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which extracted the Yin Nine-Tails from Minato and transferred it into Naruto.
• The Yin Nine-Tails refused to merge with Nine-Tails, and the two argued over who would be with Naruto.
• Naruto revealed that the Masked Man was Minato's student, Obito Uchiha, and Minato left a Flying Thunder God Mark behind before teleporting away to verify it.
• Minato appeared before Obito Uchiha, who was preparing to head to Otogakure, and Obito reacted with shock.

Minato Namikaze confirmed that the masked enemy was Obito Uchiha and learned about his Infinite Tsukuyomi plan from Naruto. After Minato apologized for failing to protect her, Naruto's blood unleashed enormous tree growth, and she and her father shared a tentative moment of reconciliation.

• Minato Namikaze confronted Obito Uchiha, recognized his identity, and watched Kamui sever his arm before he escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Naruto refused to explain Obito Uchiha's plan at first, then told Minato Namikaze that he intended to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and assured him she could stop him.
• Minato Namikaze apologized for Naruto's suffering and called himself a failure as a father, prompting Naruto's blood to spill and trigger explosive growth throughout the cave.
• Naruto explained that the Gelel Ore Vein had changed her body, strengthened her life force, and changed her Chakra's color; she demonstrated its effect by making nearby trees grow hundreds of meters tall.
• Naruto took Minato Namikaze's hand and let him pat her head, then told him she was grateful that he and Kushina had brought her into the world.

Naruto let Minato Namikaze watch her movie before releasing him from the Impure World Reincarnation, and he returned to the Pure Land after saying goodbye to her. Elsewhere, Jiraiya questioned the injured Kashi about the masked man who stole his Sharingan, while Mabui practiced the Flying Thunder God Technique and struggled to control where she appeared.

• Mabui asked Minato Namikaze about the Flying Thunder God Technique and showed him a portrait of Naruko, prompting him to ask Naruto to let him watch her movie before he was released.
• Naruto booked a theater so Minato Namikaze and their group could watch the movie, and she punched him when he gave her Wind Release: Finger Gun an embarrassing name.
• After they left the village, Naruto released Minato Namikaze from the Impure World Reincarnation, and he returned to the Pure Land after telling her she could summon him again if she needed help.
• Jiraiya visited Kashi in Konohagakure Hospital and learned that the masked man who stole his Sharingan could turn intangible but became solid when attacking.
• At the border of the Land of Fire, Mabui practiced the Flying Thunder God Technique, accidentally appeared beneath her marked kunai, and returned covered in mud.
• Yoru gave Mabui a glass bead after Naruto asked whether she had brought a change of clothes.

Naruto found Mabui after she had bathed and changed into Yoru’s Rose Core outfit, then settled down with Mikoto Uchiha and Mabui for the night. In her inner world, Naruto discovered the reunited Nine-Tails were still two separate beings, and Yin Nine-Tails kissed her while the other Nine-Tails tried to stop her.

• Mabui used Yoru’s Rose Core to form a new outfit after washing in the river, and Naruto found her there.
• Naruto reassured Mikoto Uchiha that she was fine after meeting Minato Namikaze, then set up a sensory barrier so everyone could sleep safely.
• Naruto entered her inner world and found two Nine-Tails, realizing the Yin Nine-Tails had not fused with the other half.
• Yin Nine-Tails embraced and kissed Naruto, while the other Nine-Tails attacked her in anger.
• Yin Nine-Tails pinned Naruto down and finished kissing her before leaving, and Naruto regretted entering her inner world.

Naruto stopped the two Nine-Tails from fighting and fell asleep between them, while Koyuki rejected Shichiro’s confession and Kakuzu’s protection frightened him into fleeing. The movie’s production stalled, and its director asked Naruto to appear in it.

• Naruto absorbed the two Nine-Tails’ colliding Tailed Beast Bombs, then persuaded them to stop fighting and slept between them.
• Koyuki rejected Shichiro’s confession, saying she loved Naruto, and refused to be intimidated by his threat to expose her feelings.
• Koyuki asked Kakuzu not to kill Shichiro, but Kakuzu scared him by demonstrating how to tear Hidan apart, prompting Shichiro to flee Otogakure.
• Shichiro’s departure halted the nearly finished movie, and the director asked Naruto to appear in it.

Naruto was persuaded to star in Kazahana Koyuki’s movie using a Shadow Clone, then shot down Deidara and Sasori’s clay bird as they approached Otogakure. Naruto welcomed Deidara as long as he caused no trouble and threatened to send him back to Iwagakure if he used explosives in the village.

• The director asked Naruto to take the male lead after Shichiro terminated his contract, and Kakuzu suggested Naruto use a Shadow Clone to make the movie with Kazahana Koyuki.
• Deidara flew toward Otogakure with Sasori and admired the village, while Sasori warned him not to cause trouble.
• Naruto spotted their clay bird and used the Asura Path’s finger cannon to shoot its wing, sending Sasori and Deidara falling toward the ground.
• Naruto caught Sasori and Deidara with her tails, and Sasori’s miniature Mabui puppet hammered Deidara for ignoring his warning to land.
• Naruto healed Deidara’s bumps and allowed him to stay in Otogakure, warning that she would break his limbs and send him back to Iwagakure if he used explosives there.