Chapter Summaries

During Iruka’s shuriken lesson, Sasuke protected Ino and Sakura from Kiba’s reckless throw and then challenged Naruto to another throwing contest. Their classmates gathered to watch, while Shikamaru suggested Sasuke was unlikely to win.

• Iruka demonstrated how to throw shuriken, and Kiba recklessly threw six at once, sending some toward Ino and Sakura.
• Sasuke knocked down two shuriken with a wooden kunai but was hit in the waist by another, then returned to Naruto’s side.
• Ino and Sakura argued over Sasuke, while Iruka scolded Kiba and supervised the class more closely.
• Sasuke took Naruto to collect their shuriken and challenged him to their thirty-seventh contest as Hinata, Kiba, and other classmates watched.
• Choji told Ino that Naruto and Sasuke were competing, and Shikamaru predicted Sasuke might lose; the others pointed to Dummy No. 1 as their evidence.

Naruto and Sasuke competed at shuriken throwing, and Sasuke finally scored his first victory after 36 previous failed challenges. Sasuke led Naruto away from their classmates to celebrate, while the others mistakenly thought they had gone to the bathroom.

• Ino stopped Sakura from calling Naruto the Nine-Tailed Fox and explained that she should not repeat the hurtful rumor.
• Naruto struck Dummy No. 4 in the crotch with his shuriken, while Sasuke secretly used two extra shuriken to hit the dummy's eyes.
• Sasuke declared that he had won, and Naruto accepted the result and praised his technique.
• Sakura asked where Sasuke had taken Naruto, and Hinata suggested they might have gone to the bathroom.
• Sasuke laughed and celebrated in a distant grove, while Hashirama congratulated him on finally beating Naruto.

Sasuke awakened his Sharingan during training, and Iruka took Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to Ichiraku Ramen to celebrate their first day at the Ninja Academy. As steaming bowls arrived, Hashirama asked Naruto for some noodles from inside the Sealing Space.

• Sasuke awakened one tomoe in each eye, but Naruto’s chop interrupted his excitement.
• Naruto and Sasuke returned to the training ground, where Ino and Sakura crowded around Sasuke and Kiba asked Naruto about their trip to the bathroom.
• After their first day at the Ninja Academy, Hinata told Hiashi that Iruka was taking the three children to dinner at Ichiraku Ramen.
• Hiashi asked Iruka to look after Hinata, and Itachi praised Sasuke before heading home, while Naruto sensed urgency and worry in Itachi.
• Iruka led Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to Ichiraku Ramen and ordered large bowls of tonkotsu ramen for the children.
• Hashirama drooled over Naruto’s ramen from the Sealing Space and asked Naruto for some.

Iruka treated Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to ramen, then walked Naruto home while the Third approved the academy’s reimbursement. On the way home, Sasuke proudly told Itachi he had awakened his eyes, and Itachi finally realized what he had said.

• Iruka agreed to buy Naruto and Hinata more ramen as they quickly finished multiple bowls, while Sasuke declined additional food.
• Iruka paid for seven bowls of tonkotsu ramen and two bowls of spicy miso ramen before Itachi and Tōru arrived to pick up Sasuke and Hinata.
• Iruka offered to walk Naruto home, then asked where he lived as their shadows stretched beneath the setting sun.
• The Third watched through his crystal ball and approved the academy’s reimbursement for Iruka’s meal.
• Sasuke told Itachi that he had beaten Naruto and then revealed that he had awakened his eyes.
• Itachi praised Sasuke before stopping in shock when he understood what Sasuke had said.

Itachi persuaded Sasuke to hide his newly awakened Sharingan and promised to train him. At Root, Shisui confronted Danzo, was betrayed and wounded, then used Susanoo to fight his way toward an escape.

• Itachi asked Sasuke not to tell their father that he had awakened the Sharingan, and Sasuke agreed after Itachi promised to teach him ninjutsu.
• Shisui met Danzo at Root to discuss the Uchiha clan’s affairs and accused him of framing the police force.
• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Danzo, but Otsu stabbed him while Danzo revealed that he had set a trap.
• Danzo’s Root forces surrounded the wounded Shisui, who activated Susanoo and fought back.
• Shisui used Susanoo to clear a path and tried to escape so he could inform the Third, while poison spread from his stab wound.

Shisui attacked Danzo’s Root forces and destroyed their base, but the poison from his wounds left him dying. He entrusted his remaining Kotoamatsukami eye and his hope for Konoha to Itachi, who awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan as the Third left the grieving Uchiha compound.

• Shisui used Izanagi to unleash his third-stage Susanoo, defeat the Root members pursuing him, and hurl his spiral spear at the Root Base.
• The Third learned of the giant Susanoo and rushed toward the Uchiha Clan Compound with Kakashi’s report.
• Itachi saw Shisui fall from the sky, caught him, and heard how his attempt to use Kotoamatsukami on Danzo had failed.
• Shisui gave Itachi his remaining eye and asked him to protect Konoha before dying in his arms.
• Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and carried Shisui’s body to the Uchiha Shrine as the Third and Fugaku arrived.
• Fugaku told the Third to leave, and the Third departed while Uchiha clan members gathered in anger.

After Shisui’s death, Fugaku kept the circumstances from Sasuke and sent him to school, while Sasuke worried about his brother and Shisui. The chapter ended with Sasuke leaving home, planning to see Naruto at school and visit Shisui later.

• Hiruzen arrived at Fugaku’s home to ask about a Susanoo, and Fugaku said he knew nothing about it before leading Hiruzen toward the training ground.
• Mikoto took Sasuke back to his room, but Sasuke sneaked out and followed Fugaku and Hiruzen.
• Kakashi noticed Sasuke trailing them but mistook him for another Uchiha child with a condition flaring up.
• Fugaku and Hiruzen encountered Itachi carrying Shisui’s corpse, and Fugaku knocked Sasuke out with a genjutsu before asking Hiruzen to leave the matter to the clan.
• The next morning, Mikoto told Sasuke that Fugaku had installed bars on his window, and Fugaku ordered him to get ready for school.
• Sasuke went to school with two oversized boxed lunches, planning to see Naruto and visit Shisui later.

After Naruto entered the Ninja Academy, Hashirama chose a reward that gave him playing cards and decided to make a set using Wood Release. He left Kurama traumatized after using his claws to carve the cards, then promised that Naruto, Kurama, and he would decorate them together.

• Kurama woke Naruto and called out to him while Hashirama slept.
• Hashirama rejected the options to speak with Tobirama or obtain a ninjutsu and chose a recreational activity instead.
• Hashirama received fifty-four playing cards and used Wood Release to grow a tree for materials.
• Hashirama grabbed Kurama and used his claws to shave wood into cards for five hours, leaving Kurama exhausted and distressed.
• Hashirama suggested that he, Naruto, and Kurama draw on the cards together, and Kurama agreed after Hashirama proposed they share the final card.

Naruto and Sasuke arrived late to their second day at the Ninja Academy and were sent to stand at the back of the class. The chapter left them there under their classmates’ attention while Hinata secretly watched Naruto with her 360-degree vision.

• Naruto met Sasuke on the way to school and teased him in his thoughts, while Sasuke showed off his newly awakened Sharingan before his chakra ran low.
• Naruto and Sasuke arrived ten minutes late because Kurama had woken Naruto late and Sasuke had slept in after the previous night’s failed adventure.
• Iruka sent Sasuke to stand at the back for five minutes, then ordered Naruto to join him.
• Naruto pushed Sasuke to the back while their classmates watched, and Iruka let Ino off with a warning after she admitted she had been spacing out.
• Hinata secretly used her 360-degree vision to watch Naruto without turning around, while Naruto wondered why she was not looking at him.

Iruka taught the class how to extract chakra, but Naruto found the explanation unnecessary and demonstrated the technique with surprising force. The lesson ended with Iruka warning the students not to use Naruto as a normal example.

• Iruka explained chakra extraction to the students and described the basic principles of the technique.
• Iruka called Naruto out for yawning and asked him to explain chakra extraction to the class.
• Naruto tried to explain the technique, then demonstrated it by releasing a wave of chakra that scattered papers across the room.
• Iruka carried Naruto back to his seat and told the class that Naruto was a special case, not a useful reference.

Danzo surveyed the destruction of Root after Shisui’s enormous Spiral Gun attack killed most of his subordinates and ruined his plans to take Shisui’s eyes. As Danzo considered how to explain the disaster and investigate Shisui’s power, the chapter revealed that Madara had faked his death with a Shadow Clone.

• Shisui’s Spiral Gun struck Root Base, killing most of Danzo’s ninja and leaving Danzo, Otsu, and a few elite bodyguards alive.
• Danzo lamented losing Shisui’s eyes and his plans involving Hiruzen, then slammed his hand on a sturdy desk made by Tenzo.
• Danzo watched his surviving subordinates salvage Root’s documents and laboratory supplies, and decided the damaged base could not be kept.
• Danzo wondered how Shisui had survived the Aburame Clan poison and resolved to study Tobirama’s materials and Uchiha records.
• The chapter recounted how Hashirama’s body had been buried and revealed that Madara had left a Shadow Clone behind to fake his death.

Hiruzen considered confronting Danzo and replacing him as Root’s leader, while Ino’s lunchroom gossip about Iruka’s boxed lunch turned into teasing and a brief rivalry with Sakura over Sasuke. The chapter ended with Sasuke planning to tell his brother about the gossip and Ino imagining that she had caught his interest.

• Hiruzen led an ANBU squad to confront Danzo and considered putting Itachi in charge of Root.
• Ino asked Iruka who had brought him a pink lunch box, and Iruka said it came from Shizuko-sensei next door.
• Naruto mistakenly thought Mizuki had given Iruka the lunch, and Hinata briefly worried about Naruto’s assumptions before he clarified.
• Iruka rapped Ino on the head for prying and sent her back to eat with Sakura.
• Sasuke glanced at Ino, prompting her to boast to Sakura, while Sasuke planned to tell his brother about the lunchtime gossip.

Sarutobi confronted Danzo over Root's destruction and removed him as its leader, but Danzo refused to surrender control and arranged for Root's members to resist the successor. The chapter ended with Danzo leaving while Sarutobi faced Otsu and Root's defiant subordinates.

• Sarutobi arrived at Root's ruins with Kakashi, Tenzo, and ANBU, and Tenzo laughed at the palm print on Danzo's desk.
• Danzo blamed Shisui Uchiha for attacking Root and claimed he had thwarted Shisui's attempt to control Konoha's leaders.
• Sarutobi rejected Danzo's excuses, took control of Root, and said Danzo could remain Hokage's aide but could no longer meddle in Root.
• Danzo rallied Otsu and dozens of Root ninja, warning Sarutobi that Root would not be handed over without resistance.
• Danzo gave Sarutobi two days to prove his chosen successor could endure Root, then left while Root's members continued following his orders.

After Shisui’s death, Itachi told Sarutobi how Danzo had tried to steal Shisui’s eyes, and Sarutobi later put Itachi and Tenzo in charge of Root. They subdued Danzo’s remaining subordinates, leaving the fate of Danzo’s position unresolved.

• Itachi told Sarutobi that Danzo had trapped Shisui to take his eyes, and Sarutobi promised to protect Itachi and make Danzo pay.
• Sarutobi appointed Itachi to lead Root and sent Tenzo with him to help manage the organization.
• Itachi used his Mangekyō on Otsu, pulling him into a mental world and bringing him under control.
• Itachi and Tenzo used Mangekyō and Wood Release to restrain Root’s remaining members, with ANBU helping them.
• Kakashi watched Itachi and Tenzo take control of Root while Danzo remained unaware that his subordinates had been captured.

Naruto invited Sasuke to walk home together, while Hashirama recalled a late-night dice game with Madara that ended with Mito catching them. Naruto and Sasuke headed home together as a passing green-clad kappa chose not to interrupt them.

• Naruto noticed Sasuke waiting alone and invited him to walk home together.
• Hashirama remembered spending 1,000 ryō to learn a dice technique and inviting Madara to gamble with him.
• Madara secretly let Hashirama win until Mito woke and confronted them; Madara left Hashirama to face her.
• Sasuke reluctantly agreed to walk home with Naruto, who briefly climbed onto his back and left his bag on Sasuke's.
• A passing green-clad kappa saw Naruto and Sasuke walking together and decided not to disturb them.

Hashirama taught Naruto and Kurama to play cards while they painted, but his poor play ruined their game. Afterward, Hashirama agreed to have Naruto undo Kurama’s Sealing Technique the next night, and Kurama reflected on feeling accepted.

• Hashirama brought Naruto and Kurama playing cards to paint and taught them Fight the Landlord.
• Kurama expected Hashirama to help him win, but Hashirama mistakenly bombed Naruto’s pair and cost them the game.
• Naruto left the Sealing Space to sleep, while Kurama complained that Naruto and Hashirama kept handling him roughly.
• Kurama asked when Hashirama could undo the Sealing Technique, and Hashirama said Naruto would open it tomorrow night.
• Kurama dozed and remembered his time with Naruto, feeling that he had finally been accepted.

Naruto tried to remove Kurama’s sealing talisman while Hashirama watched, but Minato appeared and attempted to stop him. Naruto broke free and removed the talisman, leaving him ready to open the seal on his stomach.

• Naruto enjoyed a lively day at school, while Iruka learned that the school had received funding from Danzo’s confiscated property.
• In the Sealing Space, Naruto stood on Hashirama’s table and prepared to remove Kurama’s talisman so Kurama could roam freely.
• Minato appeared beside Naruto and grabbed his wrist, warning Kurama to behave.
• Hashirama realized that Minato’s chakra left near the Eight Trigrams Seal carried his consciousness.
• Naruto broke free of Minato’s hold and tore off Kurama’s talisman, then prepared to open the seal on his stomach.

Minato reunited with Naruto in the Sealing Space and met Hashirama, who explained the situation and Naruto’s fate as the Child of Prophecy. Minato asked to spar with Hashirama before they undid Kurama’s seal, and the two prepared to fight while Naruto and Kurama watched.

• Naruto jumped down from the table and ran to Hashirama, startling Minato, who recognized the First Hokage.
• Hashirama told Minato that Kurama had identified him and explained the Sage of Six Paths’ prophecy and Naruto’s role.
• Naruto asked Hashirama to undo Kurama’s seal, but Minato stopped him to confirm Hashirama’s identity.
• Minato challenged Hashirama to a spar, and Naruto and Kurama settled beside a tree to watch.
• Hashirama let Minato make the first move, and Minato threw five Flying Thunder God kunai.

Minato fought Hashirama with Flying Thunder God and Rasengan, but Hashirama’s Wood Release overwhelmed him as his chakra ran out. Hashirama brought Naruto to his fading father, and Naruto pleaded with him to save Minato.

• Minato used Flying Thunder God and a Rasengan to attack Hashirama, who knocked him back and answered with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
• Minato struck Hashirama from behind with a Big Ball Rasengan, but Hashirama revealed he had been fighting with a Wood Release clone.
• Hashirama summoned the Wood Golem Technique and forced Minato to slow down as his chakra dwindled.
• Minato saw Naruto with Hashirama and Kurama, then entrusted the rest to them as his chakra form began to fade.
• Hashirama stopped the Wood Golem’s punch and brought Naruto to Minato, who apologized before Naruto begged Hashirama to save his father.

Hashirama restored Minato with his chakra, and Minato began undoing Naruto’s seal. Kushina appeared inside the seal, reunited with Minato and Naruto, and Hashirama remembered Kurama was still bound by her chains.

• Hashirama used his chakra to restore Minato’s fading body and explained how his chakra could sustain a spiritual mark.
• Minato began undoing Naruto’s Eight Trigrams Seal while Kurama kept his chakra restrained.
• Kushina appeared and bound Kurama with her Adamantine Sealing Chains, mistaking Hashirama and the others for a genjutsu.
• Minato convinced Kushina that he was real and explained Hashirama’s presence, then Kushina punched him for calling Hashirama “Uncle.”
• Kushina embraced Naruto, and Hashirama stepped aside to let the family reunite before remembering Kurama was still trapped.