Recaps

Son Goten, a Saiyan raised in the ninja world, enjoyed a meal at Ichiraku Ramen before heading to the Ninja Academy graduation exam. He teased Naruto, challenged Sasuke, and entered the exam room, leaving Hinata fainted after he called her his wife.

• Son Goten ate his thirty-fifth bowl of ramen at Ichiraku and teased Ayame while Uncle Teuchi urged him to get to his graduation exam.
• Son Goten recalled arriving in the ninja world five years earlier after a spatial rift separated him from Trunks, and how his Great Ape transformation ended when his tail was cut off.
• Son Goten reached the Ninja Academy, where students discussed his strength despite his inability to use chakra.
• Son Goten encouraged nervous Naruto by suggesting they steal treats from the Hokage Building if Naruto failed, then traded insults with Sasuke.
• Son Goten grabbed Hinata's hand and called her his wife before rushing into the exam room, causing her to faint.

Son Goten passed the graduation exam by using extreme speed to create afterimages and demonstrate his strength without Chakra. Outside the classroom, he teased Hinata and tried to cheer up the failing Naruto, while Mizuki appeared nearby with a false smile.

• Son Goten used his speed to create several afterimages and pierced a wooden target and the concrete wall with a piece of chalk.
• Iruka passed Son Goten and gave him a Forehead Protector, while Son Goten challenged Mizuki over calling him a beast.
• Son Goten pretended to stumble into Hinata and flirted with her before promising to treat her to ramen.
• Son Goten comforted the upset Naruto and invited him to eat noodles and find Sakura and Ino.
• Mizuki appeared around the corner, and Son Goten immediately noticed him.

Naruto discovered that Mizuki had tricked him into stealing the forbidden scroll, but Son Goten defeated the attacking Chunin with overwhelming physical strength. Hiruzen watched the fight through a crystal ball and wondered whether the powerful, snack-seeking Goten would become a blessing or a curse for Konoha.

• Naruto told Son Goten that he had stolen a scroll after Mizuki promised it would help him pass the exam.
• Mizuki ambushed Naruto, admitted he wanted the scroll, and called Naruto a monster hated by the village.
• Son Goten caught Mizuki's kunai, crushed a Fūma Shuriken with one finger, and struck Mizuki hard enough to send him through trees and into a rock.
• Hiruzen watched the fight through a crystal ball and recalled that Son Goten had been found in a forest five years earlier.
• Son Goten sidled up to the arriving Iruka and felt around his ninja tool pouch for snacks, leaving Hiruzen uncertain about his future in Konoha.

Son Goten defeated Mizuki to protect Naruto, then let Hiruzen believe Naruto had done it while securing ramen vouchers as compensation. He left for the village with Naruto, pleased with his bargain and aware that Hiruzen had been watching them.

• Son Goten found Naruto unharmed, picked up the Scroll of Seals, and sensed Anbu approaching.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and learned that Mizuki had suffered severe injuries from a single blow.
• Son Goten blamed the fight on Naruto, and Hiruzen knowingly played along with the story.
• Son Goten negotiated a special authorization for up to thirty bowls of Ichiraku Ramen a month instead of the five hundred vouchers he demanded.
• Iruka arrived and took Naruto and Son Goten back as the Anbu carried Mizuki away.
• Son Goten spotted the Hokage's crystal ball blind spot and headed toward the village with Naruto, promising to treat him to ramen.

After graduating, Son Goten wrote a provocative dream on his shinobi registry and was forced by Iruka to replace it with “Become the strongest.” He then flirted with Hinata until she fainted and tried to kiss her under the pretense of giving medical treatment, but someone entered and stopped him.

• Iruka gave the graduating students shinobi registry forms, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Son Goten wrote down their ambitions.
• Iruka tore up Goten’s dream of building a village for pretty women and made him rewrite the form.
• After class, Goten approached Hinata, declared she had the top spot on his dream list, and made her faint.
• Goten caught Hinata and claimed he needed to give her artificial respiration, while Kiba and Sakura tried to stop him.
• An unidentified person entered the classroom, halting Goten just before he reached Hinata’s lips.

Iruka assigned Son Goten to Team 7 alongside Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke, despite Goten's protests that he wanted to join Hinata or Ino. After the other teams left, Goten predicted their instructor Kakashi would be late and took Naruto to buy snacks.

• Iruka announced Team 7 would have four members and assigned Son Goten to it by order of the Hokage.
• Son Goten objected to being placed with Naruto and Sasuke, demanded to join Hinata or Ino, and briefly confronted Sasuke.
• Iruka ordered Son Goten to sit down, and Goten teased Sakura until she punched at him and he caught her wrist.
• After the other instructors collected their teams, Team 7 remained in the classroom waiting for Kakashi Hatake.
• Son Goten said Kakashi would be late, then took Naruto out to buy snacks with his vouchers while Sakura warned them their teacher might arrive.

Kakashi Hatake met his new team, whose introductions revealed their clashing personalities and Son Goten’s outrageous dream. After Goten showed off his speed by striking Sasuke, Kakashi announced a survival exercise for the next day and warned them not to eat breakfast.

• Naruto Uzumaki’s chalkboard-eraser prank hit Kakashi Hatake, who admitted Son Goten had made a bad first impression on him.
• During introductions, Naruto shared his dream of becoming Hokage, Sakura Haruno revealed her crush on Sasuke, and Sasuke described his ambition to restore the Uchiha Clan and kill a man.
• Son Goten said he wanted a harem of beautiful women in maid outfits to feed him, then struck Sasuke so quickly that even Sasuke’s Sharingan could not follow him.
• Kakashi stopped the confrontation and told the four students they would face a survival exercise the next day, warning them not to eat breakfast.
• Sasuke left angrily, while Son Goten invited Naruto and Sakura to barbecue and declared that Naruto would pay.

Kakashi began the bell-training exercise by making his hungry students wait until noon, but Son Goten ate a giant rice ball and struck Kakashi hard enough to bruise his wrist. As the exercise started, Naruto charged with Shadow Clones while Kakashi prepared a mysterious technique.

• Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke waited hungry at the training ground until Kakashi arrived at noon and explained the bell exercise.
• Son Goten ate a giant rice ball despite Kakashi's warning, then blocked Kakashi's attempt to confiscate it and injured his wrist.
• After finishing the rice ball, Son Goten challenged Kakashi to a fight, and Kakashi revealed his Sharingan and started the exercise.
• Sasuke and Sakura scattered for cover while Naruto charged Kakashi with the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Kakashi evaded Naruto's attack and formed an unfamiliar hand seal as Son Goten charged toward him.

Son Goten endured Kakashi’s Thousand Years of Death without injury and dislocated Kakashi’s fingers, then prepared to fight seriously. The chapter ended with Kakashi drawing a kunai as Goten warned him to stay back or die.

• Kakashi used the Thousand Years of Death on Naruto, launching him into the river, and then targeted Son Goten with the same move.
• Son Goten’s body repelled Kakashi’s fingers, injuring them, while Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha watched in shock.
• Kakashi retreated and realized Son Goten’s physical defense surpassed the false records about him.
• Son Goten took a fighting stance, warned Kakashi that he would tear apart the forest, and told him to keep his distance.
• Kakashi drew a kunai as he sensed danger from Son Goten.

Son Goten overwhelmed Kakashi during their training, revealing strength that stunned Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno. After Kakashi surrendered, Goten renewed his attack for the bells and broke through Kakashi’s Earth-Style Wall.

• Son Goten charged Kakashi, who escaped his punch with the Substitution Technique.
• Son Goten pulverized a granite boulder and uprooted or snapped nearby trees with the force of his punch.
• Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno watched in shock as Son Goten’s power shattered their expectations.
• Son Goten threatened to flatten the forest, and Kakashi surrendered before agreeing to write a new report about his strength.
• Son Goten went after the bells, smashed through Kakashi’s Earth-Style Wall, and reached for Kakashi’s waist.

Son Goten, Naruto, and Sasuke passed Kakashi’s bell test after Naruto offered Sasuke his bell, and Kakashi officially formed Team 7. The next day, Hiruzen paid their enormous barbecue bill and ordered Kakashi to assign them D-rank missions.

• Son Goten outmaneuvered Kakashi, took both bells, and gave one to Naruto.
• Naruto offered his bell to Sasuke, prompting Kakashi to declare that Team 7 had passed because they valued their comrades.
• Sakura hugged Son Goten to celebrate, then punched him after he sniffed her shampoo and teased her.
• Kakashi treated Team 7 to barbecue at Yakiniku Q, where the students ran up a huge bill.
• Hiruzen paid the barbecue bill and told Kakashi to start Team 7 on D-rank missions.

Son Goten helped Team 7 capture Ahu, the Daimyo's Wife's cat, and fled her attempt to hug him before joining Naruto and Sakura for ramen. At Ichiraku, he recognized Ino as she entered the shop.

• Son Goten complained about weeding before Kakashi assigned Team 7 to capture the runaway cat Ahu.
• Naruto tried to catch Ahu and was scratched, but Son Goten frightened the cat into climbing into its carrier.
• The Daimyo's Wife thanked Son Goten for returning Ahu and tried to hug him, so he hid behind Sakura and Kakashi led the team away.
• Kakashi paid the team and dismissed them, and Son Goten, Naruto, and Sakura went to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Ino entered Ichiraku, and Son Goten recognized her.

At Ichiraku Ramen, Ino and Sakura competed for Son Goten’s attention after hearing about his impressive training. Goten enjoyed their rivalry and treated everyone to dinner, then planned to visit Tenten to replace his crushed kunai.

• Ino arrived at Ichiraku Ramen, pushed Naruto aside, and sat beside Goten, praising him for breaking Kakashi-sensei's fingers and outshining Sasuke-kun.
• Sakura challenged Ino for crowding Goten, and the two argued over which of them had the right to admire him.
• Ino and Sakura took turns feeding Goten while Naruto watched sadly as his ramen bowl was left with only broth.
• Goten called Ino and Sakura his wives, then offered to pay for dinner and ordered ten more bowls with extra eggs using his free vouchers.
• Goten noticed his ninja tool pouch was empty and planned to visit Tenten the next day to restock his kunai.

Naruto secured a C-rank escort mission after complaining about routine assignments, and Team 7 set out with Tazuna. Son Goten flirted with Tenten before leaving Konoha, while two hidden watchers prepared to attack the traveling group.

• Naruto demanded a more exciting mission, so Hiruzen assigned Team 7 to escort Tazuna.
• Son Goten visited Tenten at the ninja tool shop, teased her about her cheongsam, and received a packed bundle of supplies.
• Son Goten joined Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi, and Tazuna at Konoha's gates, and the group departed.
• Two concealed observers watched the group through a puddle beside the road.

Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi’s escort mission came under attack from two Kirigakure Chunin, but Son Goten casually tripped one into a devastating crash while Sasuke subdued the other. Kakashi confronted Tazuna about concealing the mission’s danger as Son Goten sensed a stronger opponent approaching and asked whether they could charge extra.

• Sakura promised to protect Son Goten if danger arose, and he teased her as the group traveled with Tazuna.
• Two Demon Brothers emerged from a puddle, apparently killing Kakashi with their chains before attacking Naruto and Tazuna.
• Sasuke blocked one attacker from reaching Naruto, while Son Goten tripped the other and sent him skidding into a tree.
• Kakashi reappeared and explained that he had used a water clone, then tied up both unconscious attackers.
• Kakashi questioned Tazuna after identifying the attackers as Kirigakure Chunin who did not belong on a C-rank mission.
• Son Goten sensed a stronger presence in the mist and asked Kakashi whether the mission’s higher danger meant they could charge extra.

Team 7 continued protecting Tazuna in the Land of Waves and faced Zabuza Momochi, who attacked from the mist. Son Goten fixated on Zabuza’s sword and caught its blade with one bare hand, declaring that he would take it.

• Tazuna pleaded for Team 7 to continue the mission, and Son Goten agreed after learning that Gato was wealthy.
• Team 7 crossed into the impoverished Land of Waves, where Zabuza Momochi ambushed them with his enormous sword.
• Zabuza demanded that Kakashi hand over Tazuna, and Kakashi refused.
• Zabuza used the Hidden Mist Technique and threatened the team, while Son Goten casually asked whether he could buy the sword.
• Zabuza’s water clone attacked Naruto, but Son Goten stopped the sword with one hand and said he would take it.

Son Goten rescued Kakashi from Zabuza’s Water Prison Technique with a powerful fart, allowing Kakashi to resume the fight. As Son Goten dried off, he caught a captivating fragrance and began searching the woods for its source.

• Zabuza captured Kakashi in a Water Prison Technique while his clone advanced on Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.
• Sasuke and Naruto tried to force Zabuza to release the prison, but their attack failed.
• Son Goten swam beneath the prison and blasted it apart with a ki-powered fart, freeing Kakashi and knocking Zabuza away.
• Kakashi prepared to fight Zabuza again while Son Goten joined Sakura on shore and joked about his rescue.
• Son Goten noticed a fragrant scent from the woods and began searching for the beautiful woman he assumed was nearby.

Kakashi defeated Zabuza, but Haku arrived disguised as a Kirigakure hunter-nin and took Zabuza away after Son Goten harassed him, believing he was a beautiful woman. The group reached Tazuna’s home, where Kakashi recovered, and Son Goten declared that he would marry the masked stranger.

• Kakashi prepared to finish off Zabuza, but Haku struck Zabuza with senbon and claimed to be a Kirigakure hunter-nin.
• Son Goten smelled Haku’s fragrance, pinned him in place, and flirted with him while insisting he was a woman.
• Haku attacked Son Goten with senbon, escaped with Zabuza, and vanished into the mist.
• Sakura scolded Son Goten, while Kakashi collapsed from exhaustion and Son Goten carried him to Tazuna’s house.
• Sasuke brooded over how outmatched he had felt during the battle, and Naruto asked Son Goten whether the masked person was really a girl.
• Son Goten insisted his nose was never wrong and shouted that he would marry the masked lady.

Kakashi began tree-climbing training to improve Team 7’s chakra control, but Son Goten’s attempts to use ki repeatedly destroyed the trees. After Sakura showed she could climb easily, Son Goten clung to her and begged for close-contact instruction, prompting her to threaten him.

• Kakashi explained that Zabuza was likely alive and started tree-climbing training while he recovered.
• Sakura climbed to the highest branch with ease, while Naruto and Sasuke struggled to stay on the trunk.
• Son Goten tried to use ki to stick to a tree, but his power smashed through it and brought it down.
• Son Goten destroyed several more trees before Kakashi stopped him from continuing.
• Son Goten grabbed Sakura’s thigh and begged her to teach him through close-contact instruction, and Sakura threatened to plant him in the ground.

Son Goten met Haku in the forest while pretending to gather herbs and mistook him for a beautiful woman. Haku humored Goten’s advances and agreed to walk with him hand in hand.

• Son Goten abandoned tree-climbing training and went into the forest, secretly hoping to find meat.
• Son Goten recognized Haku by his fragrance and approached him, believing him to be a pretty lady.
• Son Goten complimented Haku, offered to protect him, and introduced himself as Son Goten.
• Son Goten used the slippery ground and wild boars as excuses to suggest they hold hands.
• Haku agreed, and Son Goten took his hand and led him toward a place with medicinal herbs.

Son Goten mistook Haku for a girl and tried to recruit him as one of his future wives. After accidentally falling into Haku's arms and grabbing his chest, Goten discovered that Haku was male and was left devastated.

• Son Goten asked Haku about his life and invited him to leave Zabuza and come home with him.
• Haku said Zabuza was the most important person to him and that he would give his life for him.
• Son Goten declared that he wanted multiple wives and told Haku he fit his idea of someone important.
• Son Goten pretended to trip and fell into Haku's arms, then touched Haku's chest to check whether it was bound.
• Haku revealed that he was a boy, and Son Goten collapsed in shock, lamenting that Haku was so beautiful.

Son Goten learned that the beautiful Haku was a boy and spiraled into heartbreak, then convinced himself Haku might still be a woman in disguise. He returned to Tazuna’s house determined to prove it and collapsed onto the tatami to recover.

• Son Goten rejected Haku’s explanation that he was male, tried to break what he imagined was an illusion, and hurt himself to test whether he was dreaming.
• Haku smiled and left to return to Zabuza, while Son Goten struggled with his attraction and insisted that Haku must be a woman disguised as a man.
• Son Goten swore to verify the sex of beautiful women in the future and became obsessed with proving Haku was female.
• Sakura and Naruto asked Son Goten why he looked battered, and he said reality had broken his heart before his love could begin.
• Son Goten went inside Tazuna’s house, collapsed onto the tatami, and said he needed to rebuild his worldview in his dreams.

Son Goten woke and intervened when Haku had Naruto and Sasuke trapped in the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, shattering the cage with a single punch. Convinced Haku was a girl disguised as a boy, he chased him across the bridge and ended the chapter grabbing his pant leg to expose the truth.

• Son Goten sensed Haku's Ki and Naruto and Sasuke's fading Ki, then burst onto the battlefield and shattered one of the ice mirrors.
• Son Goten accused Haku of deceiving him and declared that he would prove Haku was a girl.
• Haku attacked with senbon, but they bounced off Son Goten's Ki-reinforced body as he rushed to grab him.
• Haku hid among the remaining ice mirrors, but Son Goten shattered them and chased him while Zabuza and the others watched.
• Son Goten caught Haku by the ankle and yanked at his pant leg to reveal the truth.

Son Goten stopped Kakashi from killing Haku, then kicked Haku and Zabuza out of danger while dismissing the threat they posed. As the mist cleared, Goten noticed more enemies approaching and prepared to fight them.

• Haku appeared between Kakashi's Lightning Blade and Zabuza, ready to sacrifice himself for his master.
• Son Goten caught Kakashi's Lightning Blade barehanded and confirmed Haku was unharmed, insisting that his looks made him worth saving.
• Goten rebuked Zabuza for treating Haku as a tool, then kicked them both out of Kakashi's attack range.
• Kakashi ended the fight, while Goten claimed he could defeat Zabuza easily.
• Goten heard footsteps approaching through the clearing mist and readied himself to face the newcomers.

Son Goten defeated Gato’s hundreds of thugs on the bridge, then sent Gato flying out to sea and gave Haku half the stolen money with a demand to wear women’s clothes. Zabuza and Haku left, while Sakura punished Son Goten for his perverted remarks.

• Gato arrived with hundreds of armed thugs and ordered them to kill Kakashi, the others, and Tazuna.
• Son Goten charged into the crowd and defeated every thug with taijutsu, leaving Gato alone.
• Son Goten took Gato’s money and jewelry, then threw him into the sea.
• Son Goten gave Haku half the spoils and told him to buy pink, lacy dresses, so Zabuza took Haku away.
• Son Goten called after Haku, Naruto praised him, and Sakura grabbed his ear over his comments about women’s clothes.