Chapter Summaries

After Son Goten drove Orochimaru away, he relaxed on Anko’s lap and teased her while she recovered from the fight. Anko’s fear of her former teacher eased, but she stood to report Orochimaru’s appearance to the Hokage.

• Son Goten reminded Anko that she had promised him a lap pillow, and she reluctantly let him rest on her legs.
• Anko fed Son Goten Three-Color Dango while Sasuke writhed from his Cursed Seal, Naruto hung from a branch, and Sakura remained unconscious.
• Anko asked whether Son Goten had feared Orochimaru, and his disgusted remarks about Orochimaru’s appearance and hygiene made her laugh and feel less afraid.
• Anko stood up and said she had to report Orochimaru’s appearance at the Chunin Exam site to Lord Hokage.

Son Goten’s team continued through the forest after Anko left, and he rushed to help a red-haired Kusagakure girl named Karin when a bear attacked her. He defeated the bear and held Karin close, leaving her overwhelmed by his presence.

• Son Goten woke Naruto and found Sasuke and Sakura recovering, while Sasuke insisted on continuing the exam.
• The group traveled through the forest until Son Goten heard a girl cry for help and rushed toward the sound despite Sasuke’s warning.
• Son Goten found Karin facing a giant brown bear and kicked the bear through two trees, knocking it unconscious.
• Son Goten caught Karin, flirted with her, and asked if he could claim the bear for its paws.
• Karin thanked Son Goten and, affected by his powerful energy, leaned weakly against him.

Karin clung to Son Goten after he rescued her, and his gentle concern for her bite-marked arm made her feel attached to him. When Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura arrived, Son Goten claimed Karin as his new unofficial teammate, while Sasuke objected that she would be a burden.

• Karin realized she was clinging tightly to Son Goten and offered him her arm to bite, revealing the many old and fresh bite marks left by the Grass Ninja.
• Son Goten gently touched Karin's scars, told her not to let anyone else bite her, and made her feel protected with his possessive words.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura found Son Goten holding Karin beside the bear, and Sakura grew jealous when she saw how closely Karin clung to him.
• Son Goten announced that Karin was his spoils of war and would join them as an unofficial member, while Sasuke objected that she was a burden.

Son Goten drove off two Grass Ninja who came to reclaim Karin, then took their scrolls and brought Karin along with Team 7 toward the Central Tower. The group reached the Tower with Karin in tow, while Naruto and Sasuke carried their gear and a bear paw for Son Goten to cook.

• Two Grass Ninja found Karin and demanded that she return, then threatened Son Goten and Team 7 for their Earth Scroll.
• Son Goten released a terrifying aura that incapacitated both Grass Ninja, took their Heaven and Earth Scrolls, and sent them fleeing.
• Son Goten embraced Karin again, and she agreed to stay with him; Sakura objected to bringing a ninja from another village, but Son Goten insisted she counted as supplies.
• Son Goten led the group toward the Central Tower with Karin and Sakura beside him, while Naruto carried the backpacks and Sasuke carried the bear paw.
• As the group approached the Tower, Son Goten anticipated Iruka’s reaction to seeing them arrive with Karin and the rest of their unusual group.

Son Goten’s group passed the second exam after collecting both scrolls and reaching the Central Tower, where Iruka found them relaxing instead of exhausted. Son Goten brought Karin with them as claimed “loot” and led the group toward the preliminary matches, despite Iruka’s concerns about Sasuke’s condition.

• Naruto and Sakura opened the Heaven Scroll and Earth Scroll together, summoning Iruka in the Central Tower.
• Iruka found Son Goten eating roasted meat while Sakura massaged his back, Sasuke rested against him, and Karin tended to him.
• Son Goten argued that Karin counted as supplies he had collected in the Forest of Death and insisted she could stay with the group.
• Iruka congratulated the team for passing the second exam and warned them that the preliminary matches would eliminate many candidates.
• Son Goten led the group toward the Arena, declaring that nobody could take Karin from him unless he chose to let her go.

The candidates gathered in the Tower’s main hall for the third exam, where Son Goten exposed his suspicions about Kabuto Yakushi and the preliminary matches were announced. The chapter ended as the screen stopped scrolling on two names, but did not reveal them.

• Son Goten avoided Kabuto Yakushi’s attempted pat and accused him of hiding killing intent behind a fake smile.
• Son Goten warned Naruto to stay away from Kabuto, while Kabuto recognized Son Goten as a threat to Orochimaru’s plan.
• Gekko Hayate announced a preliminary round of individual matches because too many candidates had passed the second exam.
• Kabuto Yakushi withdrew, and Hayate explained that the remaining candidates would fight until one side died, conceded, or could no longer fight.
• The electronic screen slowed and stopped on two names.

Son Goten faced Kiba Inuzuka in the arena, but Akamaru panicked at Goten’s presence and played dead. Kiba forced Akamaru to take a Soldier Pill and prepared to attack as Goten invited them to play.

• Kiba Inuzuka entered the arena with Akamaru and taunted Son Goten for picking on Hinata.
• Son Goten jumped down from the stands, and Akamaru immediately hid in Kiba’s arms before flopping onto his back and pretending to be dead.
• Son Goten mocked Kiba and praised Akamaru’s instincts, while Kiba demanded to know what he had done to the dog.
• Kiba fed Akamaru a Soldier Pill, turning his fur red and restoring his aggression enough to face Son Goten.
• Kiba took a hunting stance and announced his Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu, while Son Goten beckoned to him and Akamaru to play fetch.

Son Goten defeated Kiba Inuzuka by stopping his Fang Over Fang attack with one finger, leaving Kiba sick and humiliated. After returning to the stands, Goten settled in to rest as the next matchups began appearing on the screen.

• Kiba and Akamaru attacked Son Goten with Fang Over Fang, but Goten stopped one spinning whirlwind with his fingertip.
• The recoil made Kiba vomit and sent Akamaru flying, while the spectators and jonin stared in shock.
• Gekko Hayate declared Son Goten the winner, and Goten mocked Kiba and complained that his opponents were boring.
• Karin praised Goten, Naruto asked him to teach the move, and Sasuke wondered whether he could ever catch up to him.
• The electronic screen began scrolling through names again, and Son Goten rested his head on Karin's lap.

Hinata faced Neji in the Chunin Exam arena, but his attacks on her courage and destiny left her trembling. Son Goten’s fierce support helped her stand her ground, and the chapter ended as she prepared to fight.

• Hinata drew Neji as her opponent and nervously entered the arena despite Kurenai’s encouragement.
• Neji urged Hinata to forfeit, criticizing her weakness and claiming that a person’s destiny could not change.
• Son Goten crushed the railing in anger, threatened to interfere, and shouted support for Hinata from the stands.
• Hinata found resolve in Son Goten’s words, faced Neji again, and said she would prove she could change.
• Naruto cheered Hinata on as she took her Gentle Fist stance.

Hinata fought Neji in the Chunin Exam arena and, embarrassed by Son Goten’s public promises of affection, briefly broke through his defenses. After Neji sealed her chakra and she struggled to stand again, he charged to kill her, but Son Goten intercepted him and confronted him over threatening his wife.

• Hinata and Neji exchanged Gentle Fist strikes, with Neji driving Hinata backward.
• Son Goten shouted encouragement and promised Hinata ramen, a loving hug, and lap-pillow service if she won, mortifying her in front of the crowd.
• Fueled by embarrassment, Hinata struck Neji in the chest, but Neji retaliated with Chakra Point Needling and knocked her down.
• Hinata forced herself to stand and told Neji she no longer wanted to run away, provoking him to charge at her with a lethal strike.
• Son Goten leaped from the stands, landed between Neji and Hinata, and asked Neji if he had been trying to kill his wife.

Son Goten stopped Neji from killing Hinata and defeated him, then stayed in the arena while the medical team took her for treatment. The preliminary matches continued as Son Goten waited and watched the electronic screen.

• Son Goten caught Neji’s wrist as Neji tried to strike Hinata and lifted him off the ground.
• Neji used Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms on Son Goten, but the attacks had no effect, and Son Goten slammed him into the ground.
• Might Guy and Kakashi stopped Son Goten from killing Neji, and Son Goten threw Neji aside before going to Hinata.
• Son Goten sent ki into Hinata to ease her pain, but she fainted, and the medical team carried her away for treatment.
• Son Goten asked to leave with Hinata, but Gekko Hayate refused, so Son Goten waited with Karin and watched the electronic screen.

Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka fought to a draw in a brutal brawl, while Son Goten loudly claimed them as his future wives and rushed to carry them off for medical care. The next match announced was Rock Lee VS Gaara.

• Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka charged into a hand-to-hand fight after Gekko Hayate started their match.
• Son Goten shouted from the stands for the girls to protect their faces and called them his assets and prospective wives.
• Ino used the Mind Body Switch Technique, but Sakura forced her consciousness out, and both girls collapsed after a simultaneous final punch.
• Gekko Hayate declared the match a draw, and Son Goten jumped into the arena to carry Sakura and Ino to the medical team.
• The electronic screen announced Rock Lee VS Gaara as the next match.

Rock Lee fought Gaara with his weighted training gear removed and the Eight Gates opened, but Gaara survived the Reverse Lotus and broke Lee’s arm and leg. Son Goten stopped Shukaku from attacking again and decided to seek help to save Lee.

• Rock Lee’s attacks could not penetrate Gaara’s automatic sand defense until he removed his heavy leg weights and overwhelmed the sand with his speed.
• Rock Lee opened the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Gates, then struck Gaara with the Reverse Lotus, but Gaara survived behind a cushion of sand.
• Gaara trapped Rock Lee’s arm and leg in sand and shattered his bones before Might Guy intervened.
• Shukaku began to stir inside Gaara, but Son Goten threatened it through his ki, forcing it to withdraw.
• A medical ninja warned Might Guy that Lee’s severe injuries might end his ninja career, and Son Goten decided to find someone who could save him.

After the preliminary matches, Son Goten drew a first-round bye and decided to spend the month with his wives instead of training. As Naruto worried about getting stronger, Jiraiya recruited Son Goten for his own questionable lessons.

• Hiruzen announced that the final selection matches would take place in a month, and Anko revealed that Son Goten had drawn a bye into the second round.
• Son Goten celebrated his month off by planning visits with Hinata, Ino, and Anko, then refused Naruto's offer to train together.
• Jiraiya approached Son Goten near the Tower's exit and offered to teach him skills from his lecherous repertoire.
• Son Goten agreed to go with Jiraiya, claiming the lessons would help him take better care of Hinata, Ino, and Sakura.

Son Goten and Naruto met Ebisu, the special jōnin assigned to train them, but Son Goten exposed Ebisu for leering at a woman and mocked his hypocrisy. When Ebisu threatened them with kunai, Son Goten left the confrontation to Naruto, who prepared to use his trademark ninjutsu against the embarrassed teacher.

• Son Goten and Naruto complained about their new tutor before Ebisu appeared and introduced himself as their instructor for the next month.
• Ebisu began lecturing them on ninja etiquette, but Son Goten interrupted and pointed out that Ebisu was staring at a young woman's butt through his sunglasses.
• Naruto shouted that Ebisu was a pervert, and Son Goten called him a hypocrite for preaching morality while indulging his desires.
• Ebisu grew furious, drew kunai, and tried to stop Son Goten from leaving, but Son Goten told Naruto to handle him instead.
• Naruto faced Ebisu and began preparing the ninjutsu Son Goten had urged him to use.

Naruto used the Harem Technique to knock Ebisu unconscious, but Son Goten remained unimpressed. Jiraiya arrived and, after hearing Son Goten's tip about Anko at the western hot spring, turned the planned training into covert field research and brought Naruto along.

• Naruto's Harem Technique overwhelmed Ebisu, who collapsed after a nosebleed.
• Son Goten explained why Naruto's technique would not work on him, while Ebisu began to stir.
• A giant toad summoned by Jiraiya landed on Ebisu, and Jiraiya made a dramatic entrance.
• Jiraiya praised Naruto's technique as art, then agreed with Son Goten that real beauty was better than an illusion.
• Son Goten told Jiraiya that Anko was at the western hot spring, and they decided to investigate under the guise of training.
• Jiraiya assigned Naruto a month of special training and led him and Son Goten toward the hot spring.

Son Goten visited the hospitalized Hinata, teased her while feeding her fruit, and promised to win the selection tournament for her. After leaving her room, he headed toward another intensive care room, where a teacher's wailing could be heard.

• Son Goten left Jiraiya on the bathhouse roof and brought fruit to Hinata at Konoha Hospital, where Kurenai Yuhi was caring for her.
• Son Goten peeled an apple, ate it himself while claiming he was testing it for poison, then fed Hinata pieces from a second apple.
• Son Goten teased Hinata by licking juice from her mouth, and Kurenai pulled him away by the ear and told him to stop disturbing the patient.
• Son Goten promised Hinata he would repay Neji for humiliating her and win the selection tournament, then left her room.
• Son Goten heard a thick-browed teacher wailing from an intensive care room and headed toward it.

Son Goten encouraged the severely injured Rock Lee to believe he could recover, giving him a Soldier Pill and using Ki to restore feeling in his limbs. Rock Lee renewed his determination, and Son Goten left to check on another injured person.

• Son Goten entered Rock Lee’s ward and told Might Guy to stop crying over the doctors’ grim prognosis.
• Son Goten gave Rock Lee a Soldier Pill and used Ki to stimulate his body, bringing a faint sensation back to his limbs.
• Son Goten challenged Rock Lee to recover so they could finish their unfinished match, and Rock Lee promised he would.
• Might Guy thanked Son Goten and vowed to begin special training, while Son Goten dodged his hug and left to visit another injured person.
• Rock Lee told Might Guy that he felt his fighting spirit burning again.

Jiraiya taught Naruto the Summoning Technique and tried to get Son Goten to sign the Mount Myōboku contract, but Son Goten refused because he found the toad disgusting. When he tried summoning by brute force instead, he shook a giant rock snake out of the ground, then frightened it into fleeing underground.

• Jiraiya brought Naruto and Son Goten to the woods and showed Naruto how to summon a toad.
• Naruto signed the Mount Myōboku contract, but Son Goten refused because he thought the toad was ugly and might taste bad.
• Jiraiya told Son Goten to try the technique, and Son Goten slammed the ground with ki instead of using hand seals or a contract.
• Son Goten's impact cracked the earth and shook a giant rock snake out from underground.
• Son Goten approached the rock snake as a meal, and the terrified creature burrowed away.
• Jiraiya admitted Son Goten's attempt had worked and resolved not to teach him dangerous forbidden techniques.

Jiraiya took Son Goten and Naruto to a hot spring, where Son Goten snuck into the women's bath and was thrown back out by Anko. He noticed unusual, blood-tainted auras moving through the village, leaving a possible threat looming.

• Jiraiya ended the day's training and took Son Goten and Naruto to the Konoha Hot Spring Inn.
• While Jiraiya and Naruto relaxed in the men's bath, Son Goten slipped underwater and entered the women's bath where Anko and Kurenai were talking.
• Son Goten made a provocative remark about Anko, prompting her to grab and beat him while Kurenai hid in the water.
• Son Goten crashed into Anko, and she hurled him over the fence into the men's bath as he shouted after her.
• Son Goten told Jiraiya and Naruto that his visit had been successful, then sensed strange auras moving rapidly through the village.