Recaps

Yamato led Naruto, Sakura, and Sai through a chaotic first team-training session, while Goten demonstrated his overwhelming strength and helped the new teammates begin coordinating. After training, Goten sensed Sai’s suppressed emotions, and Sai was left alone with an unfinished portrait of his brother.

• Yamato began team training, but Naruto, Sakura, and Sai’s attacks lacked coordination and nearly clashed with one another.
• Goten arrived, easily shattered Sai’s ink dragon, and offered to help Sai with future missions.
• Goten challenged the three teammates to make him move; their teamwork improved, but his ki sent them sprawling.
• After training, Goten questioned Yamato about his Wood Release and learned Orochimaru had modified him.
• Goten sensed faintly suppressed emotions in Sai, then later saw Sai alone with a portrait labeled “Big brother” as Sai wiped away a tear.

Goten learned that Team 7 would investigate Orochimaru’s spy at Tenchi Bridge without reinforcements, while he sensed a strange underground presence linked to the Chip Fragment. The team departed from Konoha, and Goten worried that the mission would be more dangerous than expected.

• Tsunade gave Yamato the Tenchi Bridge mission scroll and decided Team 7 would go without a reinforcement squad, while Goten noticed a strange resemblance between Yamato’s Wood Style energy and the Sasori Core Fragment markings.
• Goten told Temari about the mission and asked her to manage the noodle shop’s accounts while he watched over Team 7 from afar.
• Goten visited Sakura and Ino to say goodbye and reassure them before the mission.
• Goten sensed a cold, breathing-like fluctuation deep beneath Konoha, and the Chip Fragment pulsed in the same rhythm.
• Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and Yamato departed for Tenchi Bridge as Goten and Temari saw them off, with the fragment hotter than before.

Goten and Temari followed the Chip Fragment’s signal to a sealed chamber beneath Konoha, where a being behind a stone door recognized Goten as one of its kind. They returned to the surface with the mystery unresolved, and Goten asked Temari to keep their discovery secret.

• Goten sensed the Chip Fragment growing more active in Konoha and took Temari to investigate beneath Hokage Rock.
• Goten and Temari entered an abandoned underground passage marked with powerful, decaying seals and murals that Temari suspected depicted the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• They found a vast chamber and a stone door whose sealing patterns matched the Chip Fragment and markings from the Sage of Six Paths Ruins.
• The door activated, and a weak voice behind it asked whether Goten was one of its kind before fading away.
• Goten and Temari left the chamber, and Goten told her not to tell anyone, including Tsunade.

Son Goten treated Anko after her Cursed Seal began acting up, using golden ki to suppress Orochimaru’s chakra. He cleared most of the seal, but residue remained, and Anko reluctantly agreed to let him remove her clothes so he could continue.

• At the Dango Shop, Son Goten and Anko traded teasing remarks and shared dessert before walking through Konoha.
• Anko’s Cursed Seal flared, and Son Goten sensed Orochimaru’s chakra as black markings spread from her neck.
• Son Goten carried Anko to a bedroom at Ichiraku Ramen Shop and sealed the room off from outside sound.
• Son Goten used golden ki flames to burn away most of the Cursed Seal, but a stubborn residue remained.
• Son Goten said Anko needed to remove her clothes to let him finish treating her, and she agreed after warning him not to look at anything he shouldn’t.

Goten removed Orochimaru’s soul residue and Cursed Seal from Anko, then forced their relationship into a passionate encounter. Anko ended the night clinging to Goten and telling him he could never shake her off.

• Goten channeled Ki into Anko’s Cursed Seal and discovered that Orochimaru had hidden a piece of his soul inside it.
• Goten destroyed the soul residue and the Cursed Seal, and Anko cried with relief when she found the mark was gone.
• Anko worried that she was unworthy of Goten, but he kissed her and declared that she was his woman.
• Anko and Goten kissed and struggled playfully while Tayuya swept the hallway outside the soundproof Ki barrier.
• Anko clung to Goten beneath the moonlight and told him not to think he could shake her off for the rest of her life.

Goten spent the morning with Anko and Temari before sensing New Team 7 confronting Orochimaru and Kabuto near Tenchi Bridge. As Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra began overwhelming him, Goten left to intervene.

• Temari brought ramen to Goten and Anko, who learned that Temari was not angry about their relationship.
• Goten jokingly assigned Anko the role of Konoha’s dango envoy while the three ate together.
• Goten sensed Yamato, Naruto, Sakura, and Sai near Tenchi Bridge, along with Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi.
• Goten realized Kabuto had likely switched sides and sensed the confrontation escalating after Naruto heard about Sasuke.
• Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra broke through Yamato’s restraints and began forming a fourth tail, so Goten left to help him.

Goten monitored Naruto’s battle with Orochimaru from Konoha while eating ramen, using his Ki-sensing to track the fight and shield Temari and Anko from its distant pressure. As Naruto’s Nine-Tails power grew out of control and Yamato’s defenses broke, Goten decided it was time to intervene.

• Goten sensed Yamato, Sakura, Naruto, and Sai taking positions at Tenchi Bridge, then detected Kabuto and Orochimaru arriving.
• Goten concluded that Kabuto had switched sides and that Orochimaru had a way to undo Sasori’s puppet control technique.
• Naruto’s anger surged into a violent Nine-Tails transformation, and Goten shielded Temari and Anko with a golden Ki barrier while following the battle.
• Orochimaru countered with the Kusanagi Sword as Yamato tried to contain Naruto, but Goten judged that the Wood Release blockade would not hold.
• Naruto formed a second and then a third tail, broke Yamato’s blockade, and began losing consciousness as Orochimaru’s defenses cracked.
• Goten set down his empty ramen bowl and said it was about time to act because Naruto would otherwise be done for.

Goten sensed Naruto’s four-tailed rampage at Tenchi Bridge and watched Sakura rush in, where Naruto wounded her and Orochimaru prepared to strike. Goten flew from Konoha to save her, arriving just as Orochimaru’s sword neared her heart.

• Goten sensed Naruto’s chakra transform as the fourth tail emerged, and Naruto fired a Tailed Beast Bomb that battered Orochimaru and the Triple Rashomon.
• Goten noticed Sai briefly move toward Orochimaru, while Yamato’s Wood Release failed to suppress Naruto’s chakra.
• Sakura charged toward Naruto, and his claw struck her shoulder, though Goten’s ki protected her from lethal toxins.
• Orochimaru emerged and aimed his Kusanagi Sword at the wounded Sakura, prompting Goten to fly toward Tenchi Bridge in a burst of golden ki.
• As Orochimaru’s sword neared Sakura’s heart, Goten arrived with a furious shout.

Son Goten crushed Orochimaru and healed Sakura at Tenchi Bridge, then confronted Four-Tailed Naruto as it attacked. The chapter left Goten slapping the transformed Naruto and demanding to know why it no longer recognized him.

• Son Goten crashed down on Orochimaru, creating a massive crater and smashing his body.
• Orochimaru tried to escape as a white snake, but Son Goten blasted him with a Ki Blast and left him helpless.
• Son Goten healed Sakura and comforted her while Yamato kept his distance.
• Four-Tailed Naruto charged Son Goten, but its attack rebounded without harming him.
• As Four-Tailed Naruto began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb, Son Goten appeared before it and slapped its head, dispersing the energy.

Goten subdued Naruto’s Nine-Tails transformation and confronted Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, and Sai at Tenchi Bridge. After they escaped with Konoha’s Anbu roster, Goten revealed he had tracked Orochimaru’s snake and led the others toward his hideout.

• Goten drove the Nine-Tails Chakra back into Naruto’s seal, then handed the unconscious Naruto to Yamato and told him to make Naruto wash dishes at the Ramen Shop for a month.
• Goten found Kabuto Yakushi supporting the injured Orochimaru beneath the rubble and called them out of hiding.
• Sai delivered Konoha’s latest Anbu personnel roster to Orochimaru on Danzo’s orders, prompting Yamato to accuse Sai of betraying the village.
• Orochimaru summoned a giant snake that swallowed him, Kabuto Yakushi, and Sai before fleeing underground with the roster.
• Goten stopped Yamato from pursuing and said he would take the wounded to Orochimaru’s hideout, revealing he had placed a tracking mark on the snake.

Goten led Naruto, Sakura, and Captain Yamato to a hidden underground base while searching for Sasuke and Sai. After locating them with Ki Sensing, he blasted a direct path through the base and prepared to descend to its lowest level.

• Naruto woke up and learned he owed Goten thirty days of dishwashing, while Goten comforted Sakura and told her not to put herself in danger again.
• Goten found a hidden steel door beneath a barren stone forest and tore it from the ground, leaving Captain Yamato stunned.
• Goten sensed Sasuke at the bottom of the labyrinth and Sai in a hidden room behind a wall.
• Goten rejected Yamato's winding route and fired a Kamehameha through more than a dozen floors to reach the lowest level.
• Goten invited the team to descend through the hole, while Captain Yamato stared at the destruction and reconsidered the ninja profession.

Goten, Sakura, Naruto, and Yamato found Sasuke in the Sound Ninja stronghold, where Sasuke used his Sharingan to overwhelm Naruto and attacked him. Goten stopped Sasuke’s sword between two fingers, confronting him over his unchanged show-off ways.

• Goten and the others dropped through the ceiling into a hall full of Sound Ninja guards, who fled in terror.
• Sasuke appeared from a dark corridor, and Goten mocked his cold, lightly dressed appearance while Sakura stayed close to Goten.
• Sasuke used his Sharingan to trap Naruto in an illusion and suppress the Nine-Tails.
• Yamato attacked Sasuke with Wood Release, but Sasuke shattered the wooden vines with Chidori Stream.
• Sasuke drew his Kusanagi Sword and struck at Naruto, but Goten caught the blade between two fingers and addressed him.

Goten defeated Sasuke in Orochimaru's base and seized a synthetic blue crystal that resonated with the shard he had taken from Sasori. He left for Konoha with Sakura and Naruto, while an ancient door beneath Kage Rock briefly reacted to the crystals.

• Goten snapped Sasuke's Kusanagi Sword and knocked him unconscious with a flick, ignoring Orochimaru's pleas to stop.
• Goten broke through the sealed door to Orochimaru's central laboratory and took the blue crystal from its cultivation tank.
• Sai gave Yamato a scroll mapping Orochimaru's external bases, and Goten refused to take Sasuke back to Konoha.
• Goten flew toward Konoha with Sakura and Naruto, leaving Yamato and Sai behind in the base.
• The sealing patterns on the ancient stone door beneath Kage Rock flashed, and a faint, ancient sigh echoed through the chamber.

Goten returned to Konoha with Sakura and Naruto, where Hinata had waited for him at the village gate. After walking her home, he kissed her forehead and told Neji he would ask Hinata’s father for her hand the next day.

• Goten sensed Hinata waiting at Konoha’s gate and changed course to meet her when he returned with Sakura and Naruto.
• Hinata greeted Goten shyly, and he teased her for waiting more than three hours before walking into the village beside her.
• At the ramen shop, Goten reunited with Ayame, Haku, Tayuya, and Temari, while Sakura and Temari reacted to his closeness with Hinata.
• Goten held Hinata’s hand during the meal, then offered to walk her home after she said she had to return to the Hyuga Clan.
• Goten learned Hinata had waited for him on missions for several years, kissed her forehead outside the Hyuga residence, and caught her when she fainted.
• Goten handed Hinata to Neji and declared that he would ask her father for her hand the next day.

Goten went to the Hyuga Main House to ask for Hinata’s hand, defied the clan’s customs, and demonstrated his power to Hiashi. Hiashi insisted Goten pass the Hyuga Clan’s three-stage trial, scheduled for the next morning, before taking Hinata away.

• Goten left for the Hyuga Main House after reassuring a jealous Ino and eating the breakfast she brought him.
• Goten pushed past the guards and intimidated a branch family elder before entering the main hall.
• Goten told Hiashi he had come for Hinata and demonstrated precise control of his golden ki by lifting Hiashi’s teacup without spilling its contents.
• Hinata emerged from behind a screen, and Goten took her hands as she stood between him and Hiashi.
• Hiashi agreed to let Goten pursue Hinata only if he passed the clan’s three-stage trial, and Goten accepted the test for the following morning.

Son Goten passed the Hyuga Clan’s trials and claimed Hinata, while Hiashi discovered Goten’s sincere feelings for many women. The crystal chips began signaling from far to the east, and Neji arrived with a prophecy directing Goten to retrieve an ancient scroll from Tsunade.

• Ino, Sakura, and Temari entered the Hyuga Clan’s training ground as Goten arrived for Hinata’s trials.
• Goten found Hinata in under ten seconds and endured Neji Hyuga’s Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms without moving.
• Hiashi used Heart-Mirror White Vision, learned that Goten sincerely wanted to protect many women, and declared all three trials passed.
• Goten announced Hinata was his woman and carried her unconscious from the training ground, telling Ino, Sakura, and Temari he was serious about them too.
• Goten noticed the crystal chips signaling from far to the east, and Ayame became emotional when he told her he cared for her as well.
• Neji delivered Hiashi’s message that a Hyuga prophecy foretold a guardian descending from the sky and instructed Goten to ask Tsunade for a sealed ancient scroll.

Tsunade showed Goten an ancient mural that linked his childhood friend Trunks to the stone gate, and Goten accepted a mission to investigate east of the Land of Lightning. After saying goodbye to his friends and family at the ramen shop, he left at dawn with the others waiting for his return.

• Tsunade showed Goten ancient scrolls, and he recognized Trunks in a mural depicting the stone gate.
• Goten's two chips reacted to the scroll, and Tsunade gave him a mission to investigate east of the Land of Lightning.
• Goten told Temari to stay behind and watch the ramen shop and the underground stone gate, then reassured Ino and Sakura before leaving.
• Goten shared soup with Hinata, kissed her cheek, and promised to kiss her lips when he returned.
• Goten told Ayame he needed to make some things clear when he came back, then left the ramen shop at dawn as the others wished him well.

Son Goten followed Trunks’s trail through border towns and remote mountains, finding a message and signs of his old companion’s passage. When the crystal chip alerted him that Trunks was under attack and badly wounded, Son Goten raced toward the fighting.

• Son Goten reached a border town, learned Trunks had headed northeast, and paid the bill Trunks had left unpaid at an inn.
• Son Goten followed Trunks’s energy and learned from villagers that Trunks had left him a cloth message saying, “Goten, if you're still alive, come find me. T”.
• Son Goten found a canyon marked by a powerful ki blade attack, corpses bearing strange chakra, and a campsite with an arrow pointing into the mountains.
• Son Goten camped for the night, reread Trunks’s message, and remembered their past together.
• The crystal chip began vibrating as Trunks’s energy flared and then weakened under attack, so Son Goten flew at full speed toward him.

Son Goten rescued Trunks from three black-armored Watchers and learned that Trunks had gathered three Chip Fragments after discovering a stone gate. After the five fragments united, Trunks warned that the evil behind the gate could destroy everything, but Goten decided they should investigate it and return to Konoha.

• Son Goten arrived just in time to shield Trunks from a fatal attack, then defeated the three black-armored Watchers and kept their leader for questioning.
• Son Goten healed Trunks, who explained that he had found a stone gate and collected three Chip Fragments before the Watchers, who called themselves its guardians, attacked him.
• Son Goten and Trunks combined their five Chip Fragments, but Trunks warned that their light would draw more Watchers and said the presence behind the gate was an overwhelming evil.
• Son Goten decided they would investigate the gate and invited Trunks to return with him to Konoha; the two flew off together.
• The unconscious Watcher captive silently melted into black water after Son Goten and Trunks left.

Son Goten and Trunks flew toward Konoha with all five Chips, pursued by the Watchers and uncertain whether they could return home. They reached the village, where the Chips reacted to the Stone Gate beneath Hokage Rock, and went in for ramen before dealing with it.

• Trunks complained about the Chips attracting their pursuers, while Son Goten concealed their light with ki as they flew through the Land of Lightning.
• Trunks wondered if they would ever return to their old home, and Son Goten said they needed to learn what the Chips were and invited him to make Konoha his home.
• Two Watchers caught up, but Son Goten destroyed them with a pair of golden energy shots and sped up as Trunks began to tire.
• Son Goten sensed that the village was safe, but stopped when he felt the Stone Gate beneath Hokage Rock respond to the Chips.
• Trunks sensed the underground presence watching them, and Son Goten led him toward Konoha, saying they would get ramen first.

Son Goten brought his battle-worn friend Trunks to Ichiraku Ramen Shop, where Trunks ate forty bowls and met Goten’s household. After everyone settled in for the night, Goten noticed Ayame was still troubled but chose not to knock on her door.

• Son Goten introduced Trunks to Temari, then brought him into the kitchen for ramen.
• Trunks devoured forty bowls of tonkotsu ramen, prompting Teuchi to add storage expansion plans for the shop.
• Ayame welcomed Trunks home, and Goten introduced Hinata as his wife; Trunks praised Goten’s taste before Goten slapped the back of his head.
• Tayuya complained about having another mouth to feed, while Haku quietly pointed out that Ayame had been wiping the same cup for twenty minutes.
• Son Goten settled Trunks in the guest room, then saw Ayame sitting awake with something in her hands and chose not to knock.

Hinata settled into life at the Ramen Shop and grew closer to Goten, who publicly protected her and kissed her after she asked for more. The chapter ended with Goten sensing Ayame’s suppressed emotions and going to speak with her.

• Hinata joined Ayame in the kitchen, where Ayame patiently taught her to use a knife, and Goten teased her while Trunks complained about their affection.
• At breakfast, Goten gave Hinata the larger half of the last chashu slice and appeased Temari by sharing meat from his bowl.
• Goten walked through Konoha holding Hinata close, then used his ki to pin a Hyuga Clan elder to the ground after the elder insulted him.
• At the training ground, Goten destroyed a boulder with a finger flick and promised Hinata that he would protect her.
• Hinata rested her head on Goten’s shoulder at sunset, then asked for more after he kissed her in her room that night.
• After checking that Anko was safe, Goten sensed Ayame’s distress and went to her half-open door to ask if she was awake.

Son Goten comforted Ayame and admitted that she had never been just his sister, and they began a relationship she had waited thirteen years for. By dawn, Teuchi realized Goten had spent the night in Ayame’s room and quietly accepted what had happened.

• Son Goten found Ayame drinking alone and listened as she confessed her hurt over his relationships with the other women in the family.
• Ayame asked Son Goten to say she was more than his sister, and he told her she had never been just his sister.
• Son Goten embraced and kissed Ayame, and she told him she no longer wanted to be his adoptive older sister.
• Trunks heard faint sounds from upstairs and complained about Son Goten disturbing the night.
• Ayame asked Son Goten what number she was, and he told her she was different from the others.
• Teuchi found Ayame’s door still shut and Son Goten’s room empty, then returned to the kitchen and accepted that the day he had expected had come.

Goten’s relationship with Ayame became public at the Ramen Shop, where Ino and Sakura confronted him but the household eventually returned to its routine. Shizune then delivered Tsunade’s summons for the blue-haired visitor, and Goten agreed to accompany Trunks to meet the Hokage.

• Ayame arrived late to the kitchen with her collar fastened, and Goten greeted her affectionately while Teuchi asked for two extra noodle portions.
• Goten pulled an angry Temari aside and whispered to her, while Hinata asked Haku what he had said.
• Ino and Sakura confronted Goten about Ayame, and he declared that Ayame had become his first wife; Temari congratulated her, while Ino and Sakura held back their anger.
• Tayuya mocked Goten’s growing harem, and he flicked her forehead before easing the tension with Anko Cake and tea.
• Shizune brought Tsunade’s summons addressed to the blue-haired visitor, and Goten told Trunks he would accompany him to meet the Hokage.

Trunks told Tsunade and Goten that a force of destruction waited behind an underwater stone gate, and the five chips reacted violently to an ancient scroll found in Konoha. After Trunks agreed to stay under Konoha's protection, the chips pulsed in time with a stronger presence beneath Hokage Rock, signaling that it would act soon.

• Trunks recognized the mural's stone gate and described the destructive presence he had encountered behind the underwater gate.
• Goten revealed that he had found a similar gate beneath Hokage Rock, while Tsunade confirmed its location beneath Konoha.
• Trunks identified four symbols on an ancient scroll as markings from the underwater gate, and Goten's five chips reacted strongly to them.
• Tsunade added Trunks to Konoha's protection list, and he agreed in exchange for unlimited food.
• After Goten and Trunks left the Hokage Building, the chips began pulsing in sync with a stronger presence beneath Hokage Rock.