Recaps

Sakura, Sai, and Akame joined Kiba and Tokuma to return to the moon and reinforce the injured Konoha team after learning that Toneri had abducted Hinata. As Shikamaru waited at the temporary camp, Naruto remained unconscious and Rock Lee still needed medical help.

• Sakura introduced Akame as a Konoha ninja and princess of the Land of Fire, easing the tension among the group.
• Tokuma and Kiba reported that Toneri had abducted Hinata, Naruto was unconscious, and Rock Lee was badly injured.
• Sai summarized the mission and urged the team to return to the moon immediately while Tokuma arranged for the intelligence to reach the village.
• Sakura, Sai, Akame, Kiba, and Tokuma rode Sai's Ink Birds toward the City Ruins after carefully avoiding illusion-inducing bubbles in the passage.
• At the temporary camp, Shikamaru waited for reinforcements as Tenten told him Naruto was stable but still unconscious and Rock Lee remained in terrible condition.

Sakura and the reinforcements arrived at the lunar camp, where she treated Naruto and Rock Lee while Shikamaru reassessed the threat. With Naruto needing time to recover, Shikamaru planned to wait before attacking Toneri, and Akame agreed to focus on clearing the puppets.

• Hōmon Hyuga spotted Kiba and Tokuma returning with Sakura, Sai, and Akame, and Shikamaru recognized Akame as a newly joined Konoha ninja.
• Sakura examined Naruto and Rock Lee, finding Naruto stable and beginning treatment for Rock Lee’s more serious injuries.
• Sakura estimated Rock Lee would be able to move again in about an hour but would need a day to regain his full fighting strength.
• Shikamaru decided the team should wait for Naruto to recover before attacking Toneri and discussed the enemy’s lair, abilities, and puppet forces with Sai.
• Akame told Shikamaru she would clear out the puppets while Naruto dealt with Toneri.

Naruto woke after a long period of unconsciousness and learned that Toneri had taken Hinata into the Artificial Sun. Despite Sakura warning that he had not recovered, Naruto prepared to rush after her.

• Shikamaru assigned Akame to hold off the puppets if Toneri attacked while Sai watched the Artificial Sun with reconnaissance birds.
• Sakura treated Rock Lee, and Shikamaru told Tenten that Akame was stronger than an average Kage.
• Rock Lee woke and learned that Toneri had taken Hinata and that Naruto was unconscious.
• Naruto woke two hours later, became furious when Shikamaru told him where Hinata had been taken, and headed for the exit.
• Sakura blocked Naruto and warned him that his chakra had not fully recovered, but Naruto insisted he was fine.

Shikamaru organized a probing attack on the Artificial Sun while Naruto and Rock Lee recovered, hoping to confirm Toneri’s lair and learn how to reach it. The team found barrier weak points but no entrance before black figures began emerging from a passage in the sphere.

• Naruto agreed to stay at camp and recover while Shikamaru led a team to investigate the Artificial Sun.
• Shikamaru assigned Sakura, Tokuma, Kiba, and Akame to guard the camp, and took Sai, Hōmon, and Tenten on the mission.
• Sai’s ink birds could not penetrate the Artificial Sun’s chakra barrier, so the team set out to probe it from outside.
• Hōmon’s Byakugan detected several slow-flowing chakra nodes that might mark weak points or an entrance.
• As the ink birds approached, a circular passage opened on the Artificial Sun and black figures began emerging.

Shikamaru and his team fought off Toneri’s puppet birds while studying how they passed through the Artificial Sun’s barrier. After learning that a leading puppet could open a passage for others for about thirty seconds, they retreated, but the puppets pursued them.

• Shikamaru noticed the puppet birds forming an encirclement and asked Hōmon to identify how they passed through the barrier.
• Hōmon saw that the puppets synchronized their chakra with the barrier at passage nodes, while Sai, Tenten, and Hōmon fought off the attackers.
• Shikamaru observed that a leading puppet formed hand seals to open a passage that remained available for about thirty seconds, allowing the following puppets through without seals.
• Sai warned that the team could not hold out much longer, and Shikamaru ordered a retreat.
• Tenten detonated her remaining explosive tags to delay the pursuit, but the puppet birds caught up and prepared to attack at close range.

Shikamaru’s team escaped the first puppet attack, then lured their pursuers toward a trapped valley. They reached the coastline and turned toward the narrow Valley Entrance with the puppet birds still chasing them.

• Hōmon used Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm: Barrage to disrupt the puppets, while Shikamaru’s Shadow Imitation Technique helped save him from a blade attack and Tenten bound the attacker with steel wire.
• Sai accelerated the Ink Bird to escape, but the puppet birds resumed their pursuit after a yellow orb exploded near the team.
• Shikamaru told Sai to maintain speed and lead the puppets toward the valley, while Hōmon watched the pursuers’ formation.
• Shikamaru threw smoke bombs between the front pursuers and the main force, and Tenten covered the smoke screen with a shuriken barrage.
• The puppets regrouped and chased the team toward shore, so Shikamaru directed Sai into the narrow valley where they had laid traps.

Shikamaru, Tenten, and the others escaped pursuing Puppet Birds by triggering an Explosive Tag trap that collapsed a valley and buried the puppets. Back at the Temporary Camp, they shared what they had learned about entering and leaving the Artificial Sun and began discussing their next battle plan.

• Shikamaru and Tenten placed Explosive Tags along the cliffs as Sai led their Ink Birds through a narrow valley gap.
• Shikamaru detonated the tags, causing a rockslide that buried the pursuing Puppet Birds and blocked the valley.
• Hōmon used his Byakugan to confirm the pursuers were buried, and Shikamaru led the group back to the Temporary Camp.
• Shikamaru told Naruto, Sakura, Rock Lee, and the others how to enter and leave the Artificial Sun, and the group discussed their next battle plan.
• Tenten checked her remaining Ninja Tools and Explosive Tags and noted that she would need to restock when they returned.

Hinata Hyuga accompanied Otsutsuki Toneri through his Castle, where she found her sister Hanabi unconscious after Toneri took her Byakugan. While hiding her hatred, Hinata searched for the Giant Tenseigan she had been tasked with destroying and followed Toneri to the Hamura Shrine, suspecting it might be hidden there.

• Shikamaru Nara and his group planned an all-out attack on the Artificial Sun once Naruto and Rock Lee recovered.
• Otsutsuki Toneri showed Hinata Hyuga around his Castle and explained that he wanted her to become his wife because of their shared Hamura Otsutsuki ancestry.
• Hinata found Hanabi unconscious in bed with gauze over her eyes, and Toneri admitted he had taken her Byakugan to create his Tenseigan.
• Hinata concealed her hatred and followed Toneri because she needed to find and destroy the Giant Tenseigan.
• Toneri brought Hinata to the Hamura Shrine, where she suspected the Tenseigan was inside a large sculpture, but Toneri said the sculpture was only for worship.

Hinata searched for the Giant Tenseigan so she could destroy it and save the Shinobi World, while Naruto's group prepared to attack Toneri. The chapter ended with Hinata planning to investigate a suspicious island the next day and the assault set for that same day.

• Toneri showed Hinata the Hamura Shrine and explained that he believed their ancestor wanted the Shinobi World destroyed.
• Toneri concealed the Giant Tenseigan from Hinata and allowed her to move freely around the castle, confident she could not escape.
• Hinata resolved to find and destroy the Giant Tenseigan, then searched the floating islands with her Byakugan and found a place that blocked her perception.
• Hinata decided to investigate the suspicious island during the day, when she could move around the castle more freely.
• Naruto said he was ready to fight, but Shikamaru insisted the group wait for Rock Lee to recover and launch their all-out assault the next day.

Shikamaru assigned teams for the planned assault on the Artificial Sun, with one team clearing puppets and another searching for Hinata and Hanabi. The chapter ended with Tokuma warning that measures inside might interfere with the Byakugan.

• Shikamaru explained that Toneri's lair likely held many autonomous puppets and that the assault would begin the next day.
• Naruto checked on Rock Lee, who insisted he was ready to fight despite nearly falling when he stood.
• Shikamaru assigned Tenten, Rock Lee, Sakura, Sai, Akame, and himself to the team clearing puppets in a frontal assault.
• Shihōin Naraku watched through Akame's eyes and decided the team could handle the battle without his intervention.
• Shikamaru assigned Naruto, Kiba Inuzuka, Tokuma Hyuga, and Hōmon Hyuga to search for Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga, with Naruto confronting Toneri if they encountered him.
• Tokuma agreed that he and Hōmon would use the Byakugan to search, but warned that it might be impeded inside the Artificial Sun.

Shikamaru finalized a three-phase rescue plan for Hinata and Hanabi inside the Artificial Sun, assigning Naruto to handle Toneri and ordering the teams to withdraw within forty minutes. After the team completed its preparations, Sai’s Ink Birds carried them toward the Artificial Sun to begin the mission.

• Shikamaru planned to compensate for possible Byakugan interference with Kiba’s sense of smell and Naruto’s chakra sensing, then divided the operation into entry, search, and rescue phases.
• Shikamaru ordered Rock Lee not to interfere in Naruto’s fight with Toneri, and Sakura later cleared Lee for duty on the condition that he did not open the Fourth Gate.
• Naruto stayed awake at the camp, thinking about Hinata, while the others rested before the mission.
• Sakura confirmed Rock Lee had recovered, and Lee demonstrated that he could move without signs of injury.
• At noon, Shikamaru checked the team’s condition, Sai summoned Ink Birds, and the group flew toward the Artificial Sun.

Hinata took advantage of Toneri's absence to sneak out and find the Giant Tenseigan, intending to destroy it. Her attack failed, and Toneri appeared behind her and caught her wrist.

• Hinata noticed Toneri was absent because he was resting, then quietly finished lunch without alerting the puppets.
• Hinata visited Hanabi and resolved to take her away, then slipped out through her room's window.
• Hinata crossed the floating islands and found a passage leading to the Giant Tenseigan beneath one island.
• Hinata struck the Giant Tenseigan with her Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists, but it remained intact.
• Toneri appeared behind Hinata, explained that the Giant Tenseigan was formed from the combined wills of their ancestors, and seized her wrist.

Hinata failed to destroy the Giant Tenseigan, and her attempt triggered Toneri's Tenseigan to fully awaken. As Toneri prepared to begin his plan to destroy the Shinobi World, Naruto and his allies arrived at the Artificial Sun and launched an attack.

• Toneri captured Hinata and revealed that her attempt to destroy the Giant Tenseigan had stimulated his Tenseigan's final awakening.
• Hinata challenged Toneri's interpretation of Hamura's will, but he insisted the Shinobi World must be destroyed and ordered the wedding moved to that night.
• Toneri had puppets imprison Hinata in her room and declared that his plan would begin after the wedding.
• An explosion shook the Castle, and Toneri sent hundreds of puppets to confront the intruders at the Artificial Sun.
• Sai's Ink Birds slowed before a defensive force of flying puppets, and Tenten attacked with Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.

Naruto, Akame, and the others fought through the Puppet Birds and entered the Artificial Sun, where they came under a barrage of explosive orbs. Naruto and Kiba located Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga, while Tokuma Hyuga and Hōmon Hyuga struggled with their suppressed Byakugan.

• Naruto destroyed dozens of Puppet Birds with his Spiral Shuriken, and Akame summoned a Wood Dragon to clear the way through the flock.
• Shikamaru used Shadow Possession Jutsu to control a Puppet and open a passage into the Artificial Sun, leading the group inside.
• The group encountered a rain of explosive yellow orbs, and Akame used the Wood Dragon to shield them as its wounds rapidly healed.
• Naruto sensed Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga, and Kiba identified their scent, while Tokuma Hyuga and Hōmon Hyuga found their Byakugan severely restricted.

Naruto’s team split up to rescue Hinata and Hanabi while the others battled the puppets. Sakura joined Kiba and Tokuma to reach Hanabi, but they found a sealed door blocking the way.

• Shikamaru sent Naruto and a rescue team to find Hinata and Hanabi as Tenten and the others fought the puppets.
• Naruto rescued Sakura after her Ink Bird was destroyed, and Sakura agreed to search for Hanabi with Kiba and Tokuma.
• Kiba tracked Hanabi’s scent to a corridor, where Sakura and Kiba destroyed seven puppet guards.
• Sakura found a sealed door that would not open, and she prepared to break through it by force.

Sakura Haruno, Kiba Inuzuka, and Tokuma Hyuga rescued Hibana Hyuga from the Castle, while Naruto Uzumaki and Hōmon Hyuga fought their way to Hinata Hyuga. Naruto broke through Hinata’s sealed room and reunited with her.

• Sakura checked Hanabi’s condition, confirmed her life was not in danger, and carried her from the room.
• Kiba and Akamaru destroyed two puppets, and Tokuma destroyed another as the group fought their way toward the exit.
• Naruto sensed Hinata’s chakra and led Hōmon through the Castle’s defenses to the sealed door guarding her.
• Naruto destroyed the puppets outside Hinata’s room and broke the door’s seal with a Rasengan.
• Naruto entered the room and caught Hinata as she nearly fell; she leaned against him and cried while Hōmon waited outside.

Naruto and Hinata reunited with Sakura’s group after Hanabi was rescued, but Hinata revealed that they had to destroy the Giant Tenseigan to stop Toneri’s plan. Naruto and Hinata stayed behind to reach it while the others withdrew, and Shikamaru noticed they were missing.

• Naruto, Hinata, and Hōmon hurried through the Castle and reunited with Sakura, Kiba, Tokuma, and the rescued Hanabi.
• Hinata explained Hamura Otsutsuki’s warning and said she had to stay to help destroy the Giant Tenseigan.
• Naruto decided to stay with Hinata, while Sakura led Hanabi and the others out of the Castle.
• Hinata led Naruto toward the floating island as Shikamaru saw Sakura’s group return and prepared to withdraw with the fighters.
• Shikamaru realized Naruto and Hinata were absent and asked Sakura’s group where they had gone.

Shikamaru learned that Naruto and Hinata were trying to destroy the Giant Tenseigan and organized a first wave of evacuees from Toneri's lair. He remained behind with Lee and Kiba to fight the puppets, wondering how Naruto and Hinata were faring on the floating island.

• Tokuma Hyuga explained that Naruto and Hinata had gone to destroy the Giant Tenseigan, and Sakura told Shikamaru that Toneri had taken Hanabi's Byakugan.
• Shikamaru ordered Sakura to take Hanabi, Tenten, and Hōmon back to the Temporary Camp, with Sai escorting them and Shikamaru accompanying them to open the passage.
• Shikamaru assigned Lee and Kiba to support Akame and stop puppets from slipping through while Naruto and Hinata carried out their mission.
• Shikamaru captured a damaged puppet and used Shadow Possession Jutsu to make it open the passage, then watched the evacuees leave.
• Shikamaru stayed behind with Lee and Kiba, looked toward the floating island, and feared Naruto would face Toneri in a major battle.

Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga confronted Otsutsuki Toneri at the Giant Tenseigan, determined to stop his plan and recover Hanabi's Byakugan. Toneri attacked and activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode, leaving the battle underway inside the trembling floating island.

• Naruto Uzumaki sensed Toneri inside the cave and asked Hinata Hyuga to stay outside, but she insisted on entering with him.
• Naruto and Hinata found Toneri beside the pulsing Giant Tenseigan, whose activity was affecting the floating island and Artificial Sun.
• Toneri rejected Hinata's choice to oppose him and declared that he would erase her and the world; Naruto and Hinata vowed to stop him and destroy the eye.
• Toneri attacked Naruto with a powerful repulsive force, but Naruto carried Hinata clear of its path.
• Toneri activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode, causing the floating island and Giant Tenseigan to tremble more violently.

Naruto fought Toneri in Sage Fox Mode while Hinata tried to destroy the Giant Tenseigan, but her attacks failed. Naruto offered to combine his strength with Hinata’s bloodline, and Toneri launched a full-force attack to stop them as the cave and floating island began to collapse.

• Naruto entered Sage Fox Mode and met Toneri’s charge, and their collision shook the cave.
• Hinata avoided their battle and attacked the Giant Tenseigan with her Byakugan and Gentle Fist, but it remained unharmed and the recoil injured her palms.
• Toneri mocked Hinata’s failed attempt and claimed Naruto’s power could not overcome the Tenseigan.
• Naruto suggested that his strength could make up for Hinata’s weakness, and Toneri realized their combined abilities might destroy the Giant Tenseigan.
• Toneri attacked Naruto with all his strength, and their renewed clash tore apart the cave and tilted the floating island.

Naruto and Hinata destroyed the Giant Tenseigan while Toneri battled Naruto’s Shadow Clones. Enraged, Toneri unleashed a force that warped space and began collapsing the surrounding floating islands.

• Naruto used Shadow Clones to keep Toneri occupied while his real body reached Hinata.
• Naruto and Hinata joined their chakra and struck the Giant Tenseigan, breaking it apart into countless Byakugan.
• Hinata said that without the Giant Tenseigan, Toneri could no longer control the moon to destroy the world by himself.
• Toneri finished off Naruto’s Shadow Clones, saw the destroyed Giant Tenseigan, and vowed to kill Naruto and Hinata.
• Toneri flew into the sky and unleashed a force that warped space and made the nearby floating islands collapse.

Otsutsuki Toneri attacked Naruto Uzumaki with a storm of rubble after learning the Giant Tenseigan had been destroyed. Naruto and Kurama shattered Toneri’s giant stone sphere, but Toneri trapped Naruto in the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

• Otsutsuki Toneri used Gravitational Manipulation to crush the nearby floating islands and rain their rubble down on Naruto Uzumaki.
• Naruto dodged and smashed through the falling rocks, using them as footholds to approach Toneri.
• Toneri gathered the rubble into a huge stone sphere and sent it hurtling toward Naruto.
• Naruto summoned Kurama, who destroyed the stone sphere with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Toneri unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and engulfed Naruto in a raging tornado.

Toneri pursued Naruto after his attack failed to kill him, while Nine-Tails fought the regenerating Hamura statue. The fighting moved toward the Lunar Surface as Shikamaru, Akame, Kiba, and Hinata regrouped and headed back to camp.

• Toneri used the Hamura statue to keep Nine-Tails from rescuing Naruto, and Nine-Tails shattered the statue with a Tailed Beast Bomb before it regenerated.
• Toneri spotted Naruto in the hole through the moon and rushed after him, while Nine-Tails stayed to fight the statue.
• Nine-Tails drove the statue into the hole and followed it toward the Lunar Surface, where he could fight at full strength and join Naruto.
• Shikamaru, Akame, Kiba, and Hinata regrouped on Akame's Wood Dragon and returned toward camp.
• Hinata told Shikamaru and the others that she and Naruto had destroyed the Giant Tenseigan, causing the puppets to collapse and the Artificial Sun to disappear.

After Hinata confirmed the Giant Tenseigan had been destroyed and Hanabi rescued, Shikamaru, Hinata, and Akame traveled to the Lunar Surface to watch Naruto fight Toneri. They arrived as Naruto struck Toneri with a Rasengan, and Toneri prepared a devastating Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion against Naruto’s charge.

• Hinata told Shikamaru that destroying the Giant Tenseigan had ended the suppression of her Byakugan, and that Naruto was unharmed.
• The group returned to the Temporary Camp, where Hanabi remained unconscious, and Sakura agreed to restore her Byakugan once they recovered them.
• Shikamaru, Hinata, and Akame rode the Wood Dragon to the Lunar Surface to observe Naruto and Toneri’s battle.
• The Nine-Tails and the Hamura Statue fought fiercely, with the statue repeatedly regenerating after the Nine-Tails damaged it.
• Naruto shattered Toneri’s Truth-Seeking Orb barrier with a Rasengan and struck Toneri with a second one, sending him crashing through boulders.
• Toneri unleashed his Tenseigan chakra and formed the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion as Naruto charged toward him.

Otsutsuki Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion carved a vast fissure across the moon and sent Naruto flying, but Akame judged that the attack had not damaged the moon’s core and that Toneri still fell short of Naruto’s strength. Naruto recovered and resumed the fight, sending hundreds of shadow clones at Toneri as he raised his golden sword for another strike.

• Otsutsuki Toneri struck Naruto with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, grazing his shoulder and splitting the moon’s surface with a huge fissure.
• Naruto crashed into the ground, while Shikamaru, Hinata, and Akame watched from a distant ridge.
• Shikamaru feared what Toneri’s power could do to Earth, and Hinata confirmed that Naruto had already gotten back to his feet.
• Akame observed that the moon’s core remained intact and concluded that Toneri’s strength had not surpassed Naruto’s.
• Naruto sent hundreds of shadow clones charging at Toneri, who dismissed their attack and raised his golden sword again.