Recaps

Yugito Nii and Samui arrived in Konoha with Kumogakure’s diplomatic delegation and were escorted by Yugao. When Yugito revealed that she and Kakashi were close and had slept in the same house, Yugao became eager to uncover the gossip behind their relationship.

• Yugito Nii hurried toward Konoha, excited to see Kakashi’s house, while Samui explained that Kakashi was the head of the fallen Hatake clan.
• Samui presented the delegation’s diplomatic documents to Izumo Kamizuki, and Izumo and Kotetsu Hagane checked them and registered the visitors’ chakra with Konoha’s barrier system.
• Yugito Nii and Samui led the delegation into Konoha, where Yugao arrived to guide them around the village.
• Yugito Nii remembered that her friend Kakashi had told her about Yugao catching him fishing at Back Mountain.
• Yugito Nii told Yugao that Kakashi was her close friend and that they had slept in the same house, prompting Yugao to suspect this explained Kakashi’s departure from ANBU.

Yugito Nii and the Kumogakure delegation toured Konoha, renewed diplomatic ties, and asked about the information Konoha had sent regarding Zetsu. Kakashi was assigned to show them around, while Jiraiya brought Orochimaru to Root and Sarutobi abandoned his attempt to spy on Kakashi and Yugito.

• Yugito Nii bought candied hawthorn from Xiujing, who said Karin looked out for her.
• Yugao explained that Xiujing had recently fled to Konoha and been helped by Karin and Sasuke.
• Yugito Nii and Samui met Sarutobi at the Hokage Building and asked about Konoha's information on Zetsu while discussing renewed relations.
• Sarutobi sent for Kakashi to show the delegation around, and Yugito Nii greeted Kakashi with a grin.
• Sarutobi tried to watch Kakashi and Yugito Nii with his crystal ball, but Jiraiya and Orochimaru caught him.
• Jiraiya took Orochimaru toward Root, while Sarutobi put away the crystal ball and went to spend time with Konohamaru.

Yugito Nii visited Konoha to begin diplomatic discussions and grew curious about Kakashi’s home, while Orochimaru arrived at Root and met Tenzo and Tobirama Senju. Orochimaru agreed to stay at Root for the time being and followed Tobirama to the laboratory.

• Kakashi explained to Yugito Nii that Zetsu had used Impure World Reincarnation to bring back Indra and Asura and attack the former Root Base, and that Zetsu was now negotiating after being captured.
• Kakashi showed Yugito Nii, Samui, and the others around Konoha, then brought them to the Guesthouse for diplomatic discussions.
• Yugito Nii asked to visit Kakashi’s home and offered to help tidy it, making Kakashi worry that she might discover his Make-Out Books.
• Jiraiya led Orochimaru to Root, where Tenzo reacted fearfully to seeing the scientist who had experimented on him.
• Orochimaru called himself Tenzo’s “Rebirth Mother,” then recognized Tobirama Senju as his idol and teacher’s teacher.
• Tobirama invited Orochimaru to stay at Root until the mission ended, and Orochimaru followed him to the laboratory.

Otsutsuki Sak worried about Toneri and Hinata after Hamura’s stone statue disappeared, then received word that Hinata was safe and relations with Konoha had been established. He prepared to welcome Hinata and her friends to the moon, unaware that a powerful group was waiting to travel there.

• Otsutsuki Sak recalled how Hinata became the Saintess and how he and Toneri helped abolish the Branch Family and Main Family distinction on the moon.
• After Hamura’s stone statue vanished, Otsutsuki Sak sent Toneri to the Shinobi World to investigate whether Hinata was in danger.
• Toneri sent Otsutsuki Sak a message saying Hinata was safe, planned to visit the moon with her friends, and had established diplomatic relations with Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Sak replied that the Ōtsutsuki Clan would welcome Hinata and her friends and prepare for their visit.
• Tobirama, Karin, Sasuke, Naruto, Hinata, Obito Uchiha, Indra, and Asura waited with Toneri, and Toneri handed Sak’s reply to Tobirama.

Tobirama and his companions traveled through a space-time passage to the moon, where Shuo welcomed them and showed them around the Ōtsutsuki Clan Grounds. After Tobirama told Shuo about Zetsu and his deductions, the group gathered beneath the stars for a photograph while Shuo stayed behind to think.

• Toneri opened a stable Space-Time Passage, and Tobirama and the others followed him to the moon.
• Shuo welcomed Hinata and offered to show the visitors around the moon.
• Karin revealed that a huge defensive barrier surrounded them, and Naruto bonked Karin and Sasuke after their teasing provoked him.
• Tobirama introduced the group to Shuo and explained the events in Konoha, including Zetsu and his deductions.
• Naruto took out a camera to photograph the group beneath the stars, and Toneri eagerly joined them while Shuo remained behind in thought.

Saku agreed to seek a future for the Ōtsutsuki Clan by establishing ties with Konoha and finding them land in the Shinobi World. He led Tobirama and the others to the ancestral shrine, where they prepared to meet the Giant Tenseigan.

• Saku agreed to show Tobirama the Giant Tenseigan and asked whether Konoha had land for the Ōtsutsuki Clan; Tobirama promised Konoha would set some aside after diplomatic relations were established.
• Saku led the group through the ancestral shrine, where they saw the clan’s memorial tablets and thousand-year genealogy.
• Asura floated up to inspect the genealogy for his cousin’s name, and Indra pulled him down and told him to show more respect.
• Saku explained that Hinata had summoned the Hamura stone statue to the Shinobi World, and Hinata apologized for taking it.
• Saku led everyone to the room housing the Giant Tenseigan, which stirred as Hinata’s eyes began to glow azure; he asked her to open the door.

Tobirama prepared a plan to use the Giant Tenseigan and Obito’s space-time ability to reach Kaguya, while the others reinforced the moon’s sealing defenses. With the preparations complete, Obito entered the passage to approach Kaguya.

• Tobirama considered whether combining many Sharingan could create an evolved eye, then told Shuo they would test his plan.
• Shuo questioned whether Obito could withstand the moon’s sealing power and gravity, but Tobirama said Obito’s space-time ability made the attempt possible.
• Over two days, Tobirama and the others prepared sealing measures on the moon, including nine inscribed pillars and a chakra supply station maintained by Asura.
• Tobirama assigned Indra to communicate with Kaguya and confirmed that Obito had practiced using his intangibility in the space-time passage.
• Shuo opened the passage with the Giant Tenseigan, and Obito entered it using Kamui to approach Kaguya.

Obito freed Kaguya from the moon’s core and brought her to the others, where she awakened and attacked Indra to take his chakra. Tobirama and Asura activated a prepared seal that suppressed her with a sustained barrage of sealing techniques.

• Obito reached Kaguya inside the moon and used Izanagi to survive the sealing jutsu as he pushed her into the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito emerged from the passage, released Kaguya, and she awakened and asked who the gathered people were.
• Kaguya recognized Indra as Hagoromo’s older son and wrapped him in her hair to absorb his chakra.
• Tobirama activated the sealing formulas on nine stone pillars while Asura supplied chakra and Six Paths Power to suppress Kaguya.
• The sealing barrage continued against Kaguya for a full minute.

Naruto and Hinata’s group sealed nearly all of Kaguya’s power, then explained that a thousand years had passed since her sealing and introduced themselves. Kaguya learned that her descendants and allies had brought her out for their own reasons, and she asked Tobirama, Indra, and Asura what they wanted from her.

• Asura’s Sealing Jutsu matrix bombarded Kaguya for a full minute, stripping away nearly all her power.
• Naruto and Hinata approached Kaguya, who asked where her family and Zetsu were and learned that a thousand years had passed.
• Naruto identified himself as Asura’s reincarnation, and Hinata explained her connection to Hamura and the Tenseigan.
• Kaguya questioned Indra about Hagoromo and learned that he had never told his sons about her.
• Shuo explained that his clan had guarded Kaguya’s seal, while Obito said he had brought her out to atone.
• Tobirama returned beside Obito, and Kaguya asked him, Indra, and Asura what they wanted from her.

Tobirama questioned Kaguya about the Ōtsutsuki Clan after learning they might threaten the Shinobi World, then brought the group back to Konoha. Kaguya learned why they had rescued her, while Naruto received Tobirama’s reassurance that his parents could be revived.

• Kaguya mistook Asura’s question about her origins for a sign that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had already arrived and demanded his chakra.
• Tobirama questioned Kaguya about the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and she explained that its members gained power by eating fruit from the God Tree.
• Tobirama took Kaguya, Indra, Asura, and Zetsu to Konoha’s interrogation room, while Naruto, Karin, and Sasuke joked about the Reaper Death Seal.
• Shuo opened a Space-Time Passage, and the group returned to Konoha with Kaguya.
• Naruto asked whether his parents could be revived, and Tobirama reassured him that they could.
• Tobirama explained that they had rescued Kaguya because they feared an Ōtsutsuki attack, and Kaguya silently agreed.

Tenzo brought Black Zetsu to the Interrogation Room, where he found Kaguya already rescued by Obito. Black Zetsu explained that Obito could use Rinne Rebirth to resurrect the dead, though the technique might cost him his life.

• Tenzo brought Black Zetsu out of prison and asked why he was so determined to resurrect Kaguya.
• Black Zetsu entered the Interrogation Room and found Kaguya sitting there, then asked Tobirama how she had been rescued.
• Tobirama explained that Obito had gone to the moon's core and brought Kaguya back, leaving Black Zetsu stunned that his thousand-year plan had been unnecessary.
• Black Zetsu told Tobirama that Obito had originally been meant to use Rinne Rebirth to resurrect Madara and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Black Zetsu explained that Rinne Rebirth could resurrect multiple people if their bodies remained, but using it might consume enough of Obito's life force to kill him.

Tobirama questioned Kaguya about the Ōtsutsuki Clan, learning how God Tree fruits, Kāma, and the clan’s rivalries worked. He left convinced that Isshiki might still revive and that he needed to prepare for future Ōtsutsuki investigators by developing ways to counter dōjutsu.

• Kaguya explained that Ōtsutsuki gained power through God Tree fruits, which could awaken the Rinnegan or Tenseigan, and that one clan member was usually sacrificed to grow each fruit.
• Kaguya admitted that she had pushed her assigned companion Isshiki into the God Tree, but said he might have survived by inscribing his information into a Kāma and could take centuries to revive.
• Tobirama learned that Kaguya and Isshiki were the only Ōtsutsuki sent to the Shinobi World, but other clan members might come to claim its God Tree if they failed to return.
• Kaguya revealed that she wanted an army of White Zetsu to defend against the clan, and that ordinary Ōtsutsuki had physical strength comparable to hers and relied heavily on dōjutsu.
• Tobirama decided to focus his research on countering dōjutsu as he prepared for the possibility of Isshiki’s revival and the arrival of other Ōtsutsuki.

Kaguya settled into her new home in Konoha and tried to care for her grandsons by making them breakfast. Her badly seasoned eggs became a joke among the family, while Black Zetsu eagerly asked her to cook for him too.

• Kaguya moved into a house near Naruto and settled in with Indra, Asura, and Black Zetsu.
• The next morning, Kaguya made scrambled eggs, accidentally adding far too much seasoning and burning them.
• Kaguya woke Indra and Asura and insisted they eat breakfast before leaving.
• Asura mistook the blackened eggs for caramel pudding, and Kaguya explained that they were scrambled eggs.
• Indra gave his portion to Asura, who ate it without reacting because their Impure World Reincarnation bodies felt no sensation.
• Black Zetsu saw them eating and asked Kaguya to make him some too.

Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed the limited corpse samples available for Impure World Reincarnation before turning to the threat of Black Zetsu’s Rinne Rebirth. Naruto and Hinata visited Kaguya, where her attempt to cook left Black Zetsu exhausted and the kitchen in flames.

• Tsunade complained that the corpses had been cremated and decided to send the hundred-odd samples to Orochimaru for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tsunade invited Jiraiya for drinks, and Jiraiya agreed after she said Second Grandfather would watch Black Zetsu’s Rinne Rebirth.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to look inside Kaguya’s home, and Kaguya noticed her and invited her and Naruto in.
• Kaguya told Naruto and Hinata that she had been cooking for about two hours, while Asura and Indra kept their distance outside.
• Naruto found Black Zetsu slumped over the table and rushed to the kitchen when he smelled burning, while Kurama mocked Hashirama’s cooking and fled.

Naruto taught Kaguya some cooking basics, then discussed plans with Black Zetsu to resurrect people using Impure World Reincarnation and Rinne Rebirth. Kaguya asked that Indra and Asura be resurrected as well, while Orochimaru prepared to perform the technique with Tobirama in the Root Base laboratory.

• Naruto disposed of Kaguya's burnt cooking and taught her that controlling the heat was important.
• Naruto cooked a meal for Kaguya and Black Zetsu, who ate happily and listened as Naruto asked about the resurrection plans.
• Black Zetsu said the resurrection materials were nearly ready and that Orochimaru would perform Impure World Reincarnation; he planned to possess Obito to carry out the technique.
• Kaguya asked Black Zetsu to bring Indra and Asura along to be resurrected, and Black Zetsu agreed while planning to trick them into attending.
• Naruto and Hinata left after Naruto warned Indra and Asura to watch Kaguya while she cooked.
• At the Root Base laboratory, Orochimaru praised Tobirama's test data and prepared to use Impure World Reincarnation to bring Minato back.

Orochimaru began the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu with Tobirama overseeing the ceremony, using White Zetsu as sacrifices to revive the dead shinobi. Minato and Kushina returned, and Minato saw the grown Naruto and Hinata for the first time.

• Tobirama brought Naruto, Hinata, Asura, and Indra to watch Orochimaru perform the reanimations.
• Obito agreed to be the first to die and use Rinne Rebirth, hoping to ease his guilt and reunite with Rin in the Pure Land.
• Orochimaru performed the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, using Black Zetsu’s White Zetsu sacrifices to revive more than a hundred shinobi.
• The revived shinobi asked where they were, while Minato Namikaze and Kushina recognized each other and wondered what had happened.
• Minato noticed Naruto and the girl beside him, Hinata, and realized his son had grown up.

Minato and Kushina reunited with Naruto and learned that Obito was alive, prompting Kushina to beat him after hearing the truth about his actions. Obito explained that he had brought them back through Impure World Reincarnation to resurrect them.

• Minato and Kushina spotted Naruto with Hinata, and Kushina excitedly watched them hold hands.
• Obito approached Minato and Kushina, and Minato recognized him while Kushina learned he had survived.
• After Minato told Kushina the truth about Obito, she furiously beat him, also striking Black Zetsu who possessed him.
• Minato asked Obito why he had summoned them with Impure World Reincarnation, and Obito said he had brought them back to resurrect them.

Obito used Rinne Rebirth to restore the dead, sacrificing his life as the King of Hell’s light healed the reincarnated people. Afterward, Minato and Kushina reunited with Naruto and Jiraiya, while Tobirama took Obito’s body to be buried as an Uchiha.

• Black Zetsu used Obito’s body to perform Rinne Rebirth, and the King of Hell’s light restored the reincarnated people.
• Kaguya threw Indra and Asura into the healing light, restoring their bodies as well.
• Obito died after giving his life for the resurrection, while Tagitsuhime wept from Orochimaru’s shoulder.
• The newly resurrected people celebrated as Tobirama organized their return to their villages and said Obito would be buried as Obito Uchiha.
• Minato and Kushina reunited with Naruto and Jiraiya at Naruto’s home, and the family went out to eat together.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru celebrated Jiraiya’s new home and Orochimaru’s day off at an izakaya, where Orochimaru described his demanding research with Tobirama. He revealed that his new White Zetsu-based body had no sex or reproductive organs, leaving Jiraiya and Tsunade shocked.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade finished their work at the Hokage Building and joined Orochimaru, who had been waiting for them.
• Tsunade took Jiraiya and Orochimaru to an izakaya to celebrate Jiraiya buying a house and Orochimaru getting a day off.
• Orochimaru explained that he and Tobirama had researched space-time overlap, improved Impure World Reincarnation, prepared over a hundred reincarnation materials, and visited the moon and the Uchiha Clan grounds.
• Orochimaru said their future enemies would be powerful, prompting Tsunade and Jiraiya to recognize that they had become lax.
• Orochimaru changed his voice to a woman’s, then revealed that his cultivated body had no sex or reproductive organs and that he had left his original ones in the laboratory.

Orochimaru urged Tsunade and Jiraiya to unify the Shinobi World against the future Ōtsutsuki threat, then saw them safely home after they drank together. On his way back, he met Hayate and Yugao and considered improving ANBU’s training.

• Orochimaru told Tsunade and Jiraiya that the villages needed to unite against the Ōtsutsuki and suggested either annexation or an alliance led by Konoha.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya drank together until Tsunade and Jiraiya passed out, while Orochimaru stayed sober.
• Orochimaru used shadow clones to carry Tsunade and Jiraiya to Jiraiya’s home and told Naruto not to disturb them.
• Orochimaru met Hayate and Yugao, offered to help them if they reached a bottleneck in their strength, and left them together.
• Orochimaru considered changes to ANBU’s training after discussing the plan with Tobirama.

Tobirama and Orochimaru discussed ways to improve their experiments on Uchiha cells, and Orochimaru suggested studying Asura and Indra’s tissue. Tobirama went to ask the brothers for help, but first rescued them from Kaguya’s cooking and took them to dinner.

• Tobirama and Orochimaru paused their embryo experiment after Orochimaru proposed using tissue cells from Asura and Indra.
• Tobirama left the laboratory to ask Asura and Indra about their tissue, while Orochimaru prepared to research Obito’s Mangekyō and a white body for Kakashi’s planned transplant.
• Tobirama arrived at Kaguya’s house and found Asura and Indra rushing out, pale from eating her cooking.
• Tobirama took the brothers to the Akimichi BBQ Restaurant, where they gratefully escaped Kaguya’s meal.

Tobirama collected tissue samples from Indra and Asura for research and asked them to seek Kaguya’s permission for hers. Meanwhile, Naruto discussed his engagement to Hinata with his parents and arranged to visit the Hyuga Clan on Sunday, as Mikoto and Karin joined the conversation.

• Tobirama explained that he wanted Indra and Asura’s tissue samples to research the Sharingan and Senju constitution, and Indra forbade him from using their genes to create descendants.
• Indra and Asura agreed to ask Kaguya about providing tissue samples, and Tobirama collected theirs before planning Sharingan mass-production experiments.
• Tobirama returned to the Root Base, found Orochimaru working to improve ANBU, and went back to the Sealing Space to rest.
• Kushina and Minato asked Naruto when he would get engaged to Hinata, and Naruto suggested visiting the Hyuga Clan on Sunday.
• Naruto called Karin to discuss his marriage, and Karin said she would come over with Mikoto.

Konoha invited Kumogakure and Iwagakure to join a village union, warning that the Ōtsutsuki Clan would invade the Shinobi World. A cautiously accepted, while Ōnoki hesitated and learned that Deidara had become Amegakure's new leader.

• A read Tsunade's letter explaining the Ōtsutsuki threat and inviting Kumogakure to join Konoha's union.
• A told Mabui he would accept if the threat was real, and admitted Kumogakure lacked the strength to resist Konoha regardless.
• Kurotsuchi urged Ōnoki to join the union, but he worried that the villages might lose their independence.
• Ōnoki asked about Deidara, and Kurotsuchi confessed that she had let him leave Iwagakure again.
• Kurotsuchi revealed that Deidara had become Amegakure's leader and the Azure Dragon of Akatsuki, leaving Ōnoki alarmed.

Konoha invited the villages to a Shinobi World Joint Conference to discuss establishing a United Shinobi Village, and leaders across the world considered how to respond. In Konoha, Itachi learned that Orochimaru had proposed the plan and discovered that Tobirama had not known about it either.

• Deidara read Konoha’s invitation, and Sasori urged him to make decisions as Amegakure’s Kage.
• Mei Terumi and Zabuza decided to visit Konoha to discuss the invitation, while several other villages also considered joining forces with Konoha.
• Itachi received orders to secure the upcoming conference, asked Tsunade what it was, and learned that Orochimaru had proposed unifying the Shinobi World.
• Itachi asked Tobirama about the plan, and Tobirama was surprised to learn that Tsunade and the others were putting it into practice.
• Tobirama chose not to interfere and returned to his laboratory while Itachi continued his work.

Naruto gathered his family and friends to discuss his engagement to Hinata, explaining that he wanted to surprise her and was worried Toneri might claim her. Karin told Mikoto an embellished story about Toneri, then promised Naruto she would keep the engagement plans secret.

• Karin arrived at Kushina’s home, where she, Kushina, and Mikoto greeted each other playfully before Fugaku joined them with Sasuke.
• Sasuke asked Naruto about his major life event, and Naruto recognized that Sasuke had come out of curiosity.
• Naruto told Mikoto that he and Hinata planned to get engaged rather than marry immediately, and Karin explained Toneri’s interest in Hinata.
• Karin burned her tongue on Naruto’s hot water after embellishing the story, then asked why Hinata was not there for the engagement discussion.
• Naruto said he wanted to surprise Hinata, and Karin promised not to reveal the plans while secretly moving her Bracelet out of sight.
• In the Sealing Space, Kurama teased Hashirama about his past with Mito and imagined the trouble another Madara might cause if Tobirama’s experiment succeeded.