Recaps

Born blind on the moon because his Ōtsutsuki blood was too pure, Toneri Otsutsuki planned to reach the Shinobi World and escape the fate he knew awaited the moon’s Branch Family. His adoptive father offered to take him there the next day, leaving Toneri delighted at the chance to begin his plans.

• Toneri Otsutsuki reflected on his seven years on the moon and decided he would not wait for the Branch Family to destroy itself before seeking a way to the Shinobi World.
• Otsutsuki Quxian told Toneri Otsutsuki that Otsutsuki Yuku had summoned him, and Toneri wondered whether she could have a better future than serving him.
• Toneri Otsutsuki met Otsutsuki Yuku, who asked about his training and regretted that his son had been born blind.
• Otsutsuki Yuku offered to take Toneri Otsutsuki to the Shinobi World the next day, and Toneri Otsutsuki gladly thanked him.

Otsutsuki Toneri used the Rinnegan in his palm to enter the sealed space and meet Kaguya Otsutsuki. He revealed that he needed her power to evolve his Rinnegan, leaving his request unfinished.

• Otsutsuki Toneri showed his father, Otsutsuki Yuku, the Rinnegan that had awakened in his palm.
• Otsutsuki Toneri entered the Ōtsutsuki Shrine and used the Rinnegan to travel into Kaguya Otsutsuki’s sealed space.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki appeared and recognized Otsutsuki Toneri as Hamura’s descendant.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki told Otsutsuki Toneri that a pair of pure Byakugan could awaken the Tenseigan.
• Otsutsuki Toneri said he needed Kaguya Otsutsuki’s power because his Rinnegan could still evolve.

Otsutsuki Toneri asked Kaguya Otsutsuki to help evolve his Rinnegan, promising that he would eventually free her from her seal. Kaguya agreed in exchange for his future help against powerful enemies, and after empowering his eye, she remained with him as he kept her company.

• Otsutsuki Toneri told Kaguya Otsutsuki that he wanted to evolve his Rinnegan and believed he could undo her seal in the future.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki agreed to help him if he promised to lend her his strength against powerful enemies.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki's killing intent overwhelmed Otsutsuki Toneri until she withdrew it, and he asked her to help his Rinnegan evolve.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki transferred some of her chakra and ocular power into Otsutsuki Toneri's Rinnegan, giving it a catalyst for evolution.
• Otsutsuki Toneri chose to stay and talk with Kaguya Otsutsuki, asking about her past and how she had given birth to their ancestors.
• In the sealed space, Otsutsuki Toneri could not tell how much time had passed because time had no clear meaning there.

Otsutsuki Toneri said goodbye to Kaguya Otsutsuki, who gave him her techniques, then left the moon for the Land of Fire with Otsutsuki Yuku and Otsutsuki Quxian. The group arrived in the Shinobi World and encountered a dozen armed men approaching them.

• Otsutsuki Toneri hugged Kaguya Otsutsuki goodbye and promised he would return and not disappoint her.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki gave Otsutsuki Toneri memories of her techniques, including Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, All-Killing Ash Bones, Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb, and Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Otsutsuki Toneri returned Hamura Otsutsuki's statue to its place and resolved to use his trip to the Shinobi World to escape his restraints and find a Byakugan.
• Otsutsuki Toneri invited Otsutsuki Quxian to accompany him, and she agreed.
• Otsutsuki Yuku transported Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian from the moon to a valley in the Land of Fire.
• Otsutsuki Yuku and Otsutsuki Toneri noticed a dozen burly men charging toward them.

Otsutsuki Toneri killed a gang of bandits and dismissed them as too weak to help him grow stronger. In a bustling town, he told Otsutsuki Yuku that he wanted to stay in the Shinobi World to train, but his father worried that he was only seven and tried to persuade him to wait.

• Otsutsuki Toneri stepped forward to face the bandits after Otsutsuki Quxian tried to intervene.
• Otsutsuki Toneri killed the bandit leader with a black iron rod, then pursued and killed the fleeing bandits.
• Otsutsuki Yuku praised Otsutsuki Toneri, who said the bandits had been too weak to challenge him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Otsutsuki Yuku that he wanted to stay in the Shinobi World to train.
• Otsutsuki Yuku objected because Otsutsuki Toneri was only seven and tried to convince him to come back when he was older.

Otsutsuki Toneri persuaded Otsutsuki Yuku to let him remain in the Shinobi World and travel to Konoha, where he planned to seek the Hyuga Clan’s pure Byakugan. After Otsutsuki Yuku departed, Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian stopped at a restaurant, where patrons mocked them and Quxian prepared to retaliate.

• Otsutsuki Toneri convinced Otsutsuki Yuku that he should stay in the Shinobi World to gain experience, and Otsutsuki Yuku reluctantly agreed.
• Otsutsuki Toneri said he wanted to visit Konoha and the Hyuga Clan, whose Byakugan he needed.
• Otsutsuki Yuku gave Otsutsuki Quxian a map and entrusted her with protecting Toneri before returning to the moon.
• Otsutsuki Yuku departed, and Toneri privately resolved to intervene if his father was still alive when he returned to the moon.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian entered a crowded restaurant, where patrons mocked Toneri’s blindness and Quxian’s appearance.
• Otsutsuki Quxian heard the insults and prepared to lash out in defense of Otsutsuki Toneri.

Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian continued their journey toward Konoha, where Toneri hoped to find eyes to replace his blindness. Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma Sarutobi approached them, and Toneri introduced himself and his maid while welcoming the chance to enter Konoha with their help.

• Otsutsuki Quxian threatened the restaurant patrons for whispering about Toneri's blindness, but Toneri stopped her and told her to let them go.
• Otsutsuki Quxian estimated that they would reach Konoha in about an hour, while Toneri thought about obtaining Byakugan from the Hyuga Clan.
• Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma Sarutobi discussed the unusual children and decided to approach them because they were heading to Konoha.
• Kurenai Yuhi introduced herself and Asuma Sarutobi as Konoha ninja, and Toneri invited them to sit.
• Otsutsuki Toneri introduced himself and Otsutsuki Quxian, then considered using Asuma's connection to the Third Hokage to ease their entry into Konoha.

Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian met Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma Sarutobi, who invited them to Konoha and warned them about the Hyuga Clan’s interest in Quxian’s Byakugan. Toneri concealed his plans and arrived at Konoha with them, where he glimpsed the Hokage Faces Rock through the Rinnegan in his palm.

• Otsutsuki Toneri told Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma Sarutobi that he wanted to see the continent despite being blind and having recently lost his father.
• Kurenai Yuhi noticed Otsutsuki Quxian’s Byakugan, and Toneri said she had been born with it.
• Otsutsuki Quxian scoffed when Kurenai Yuhi suggested she might be a Hyuga descendant from outside the clan.
• Asuma Sarutobi warned Toneri that the Hyuga Clan would value Quxian’s Byakugan and offered to help them in Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri, Otsutsuki Quxian, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi traveled to Konoha after sharing a meal.
• At Konoha’s gates, Otsutsuki Toneri opened the Rinnegan in his palm and saw the Hokage Faces Rock.

Otsutsuki Toneri entered Konoha and toured the village with Kurenai Yuhi, while Asuma reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi about the children’s unusual abilities. Hiruzen began investigating their origins and strength, leaving Toneri and his companion under growing scrutiny.

• Asuma registered Otsutsuki Toneri and brought him into Konoha, then left to report on his mission while Kurenai Yuhi showed the children around.
• Toneri asked whether Kurenai and Asuma were lovers, then joked that she could wait for him to grow up; Kurenai laughed off the suggestion.
• Toneri asked Kurenai to take him to Hokage Rock, and she later offered the children spare rooms at her home.
• Asuma told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the young girl’s pressure had made him feel unable to resist her, and Hiruzen questioned whether such strength was possible.
• Hiruzen asked about the girl’s Byakugan and Toneri’s blindness, then began assessing Toneri’s exceptional sensory abilities and asking how strong he was.

Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian settled into Konoha while Toneri sought out the Hyuga Clan. On an evening walk, Toneri encountered Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sasuke, then used his Rinnegan to examine them.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s forces not to provoke Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian, and planned to visit the Hyuga Clan himself.
• Kurenai Yuhi brought Toneri and Quxian to her home, cooked for them, and shared a meal before they left.
• Quxian told Toneri that someone had been watching them, and Toneri said the surveillance was expected in Konoha.
• Toneri and Quxian walked beside a river, where Toneri spotted Sasuke and then Naruto.
• Toneri called Naruto by name, confusing him, and addressed both Naruto and Sasuke.
• Toneri opened the Rinnegan in his palm to examine Naruto and Sasuke.

Otsutsuki Toneri asked Naruto and Sasuke to become his opponents, then entered Naruto’s consciousness to request the Nine-Tails’ chakra for his Rinnegan. The Nine-Tails agreed and supplied chakra, accelerating the eye’s evolution.

• Otsutsuki Toneri asked Naruto and Sasuke to be his opponents, but Sasuke dismissed the idea while Naruto was moved by the recognition.
• Otsutsuki Toneri used genjutsu on Naruto and entered his consciousness to meet the Nine-Tails.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told the Nine-Tails he was a descendant of Hamura and asked for chakra to help his Rinnegan evolve.
• The Nine-Tails recognized the Rinnegan and agreed to help, partly out of respect for Hamura’s family.
• The Nine-Tails formed a ball of chakra and sent it to Otsutsuki Toneri, who absorbed it and felt his Rinnegan’s evolution accelerate.

Otsutsuki Toneri refused the Nine-Tails’ request for freedom, promising to release him from Naruto only after ten years, while planning to pursue the Yin Nine-Tails through Orochimaru. After leaving Naruto, Toneri encouraged him and learned that the Uchiha Clan had already been wiped out, then considered Konoha’s weakened state.

• The Nine-Tails asked Otsutsuki Toneri to undo his seal, but Toneri said he would help him leave Naruto after ten years.
• The Nine-Tails rejected the wait and later wondered whether the Rinnegan and tailed beast chakra were connected.
• Otsutsuki Toneri ended his genjutsu on Naruto and prepared to leave, then encouraged him to believe in himself and reach the summit.
• Naruto cried after hearing Toneri’s words, while Toneri left satisfied that he had met Naruto and Sasuke and obtained Nine-Tails chakra.
• Otsutsuki Toneri inferred that the Uchiha Clan had been massacred and thought about Konoha’s weakened clans and leadership.

Otsutsuki Toneri rescued young Hinata Hyuga from boys who were mocking her, then declared that she would be his wife and promised to come for her when they were older. Hinata was deeply moved by his attention and began to accept his proposal.

• Otsutsuki Toneri saw several boys mocking and frightening Hinata Hyuga, whom he recognized as the Byakugan Princess.
• When one boy reached for Hinata, Otsutsuki Toneri repelled the group and sent them running.
• Otsutsuki Toneri comforted Hinata, introduced himself, and told her to be his wife someday.
• Hinata blushed and struggled to answer, while Otsutsuki Toneri insisted she was his and promised to treat her well for life.
• Otsutsuki Toneri said he would come for Hinata when they were older, and Hinata felt moved as she began to agree.

Otsutsuki Toneri met Hinata Hyuga’s younger sister Hanabi and considered taking her pure Byakugan to awaken the Tenseigan, while postponing any action against the Hyuga Clan. He returned to Kurenai Yuhi’s home and met Hiruzen Sarutobi, who sensed Toneri’s blindness and immense chakra.

• Hanabi Hyuga interrupted Otsutsuki Toneri’s conversation with Hinata Hyuga and helped her sister up.
• Otsutsuki Toneri questioned Hinata Hyuga about children in the Hyuga Main Family, then left with Otsutsuki Quxian after Hanabi arrived.
• Otsutsuki Quxian suggested taking Byakugan from the Hyuga Clan so Otsutsuki Toneri could see, and he agreed that it would require careful planning.
• Otsutsuki Toneri returned to Kurenai Yuhi’s home and found Asuma and Hiruzen Sarutobi waiting there.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi greeted Otsutsuki Toneri and sensed that he was blind and possessed an enormous amount of chakra.

Otsutsuki Toneri asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to handle the Hyuga Clan’s concerns about Quxian’s Byakugan, then revealed that the Otsutsuki Clan had existed for a thousand years. Hiruzen was shaken by the claim and pressed Toneri to disclose where the clan lived.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to speak with the Hyuga Clan as long as nothing was wrong with Quxian’s eyes.
• Otsutsuki Toneri assured Hiruzen that Quxian had been born with her Byakugan.
• Hiruzen questioned Toneri about the Otsutsuki Clan, and Toneri said it had kept apart from the shinobi world for a thousand years.
• Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi doubted that any clan could have survived so long without appearing in history.
• Hiruzen felt uneasy about Toneri’s claim and asked him where the Otsutsuki Clan lived.

Otsutsuki Toneri refused to reveal his clan’s location to Hiruzen Sarutobi, then agreed to let Otsutsuki Quxian train Kurenai Yuhi. After leaving Kurenai’s home, Toneri confronted a masked ANBU who attacked him and began reading the man’s memories.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Otsutsuki Toneri about his family, but Toneri refused to disclose where the Ōtsutsuki Clan lived.
• Kurenai Yuhi asked Otsutsuki Quxian for training, and Toneri arranged for Quxian to teach her Taijutsu that morning.
• Toneri left Quxian and Kurenai on their way to the training ground and entered an alley after sensing someone following him.
• A masked ANBU attacked Toneri with a sword, but Toneri pierced the man’s shoulder with a Black Rod and disabled his chakra.
• Toneri revealed his Rinnegan and used Memory Reading on the immobilized ANBU.

Otsutsuki Toneri infiltrated Root's headquarters and confronted Shimura Danzō, who sent his elite operatives to attack him. Toneri's Flame Bird overwhelmed them, and the chapter ended with Danzō asking him to stop.

• Otsutsuki Toneri burned Danzo's operative and headed to Root's headquarters after learning its location from the operative's memories.
• Otsutsuki Toneri entered Root's underground base, killing the guards who tried to stop him.
• Shimura Danzō learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had visited the Hyuga Clan and wondered what he was planning.
• Otsutsuki Toneri confronted Shimura Danzō and admitted Hiruzen had acted because of him.
• Shimura Danzō sent a dozen Root operatives to attack Otsutsuki Toneri, who unleashed a Flame Bird that killed several of them.
• Shimura Danzō ordered the surviving operatives to stand down, and Otsutsuki Toneri dismissed the Flame Bird after Danzo protested.

Otsutsuki Toneri asked Shimura Danzō to obtain Byakugan for him and offered to help kill Hiruzen Sarutobi in exchange. Danzō accepted the deal, and Toneri pushed for two additional pairs, arguing that Hiruzen’s life should be worth more than one.

• Otsutsuki Toneri rejected Danzō’s assumption that he wanted Sharingan and asked for Byakugan instead.
• Danzō said Byakugan would be harder to obtain and demanded compensation for his help.
• Otsutsuki Toneri offered to help Danzō kill Hiruzen Sarutobi and reminded him of his past assassination attempt.
• Danzō denied the accusation, then agreed to the deal after realizing Toneri held the negotiating advantage.
• Danzō said he could obtain a Byakugan within a day, and Toneri asked him to bring two more pairs.
• Danzō warned Toneri not to push his luck, but Toneri argued that Hiruzen’s life deserved more than one pair of Byakugan.

Otsutsuki Toneri agreed with Danzo to take two pairs of Byakugan and help kill Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Danzo struggled to find a chance to strike. At a training ground, Toneri found Otsutsuki Quxian fighting Might Guy, whose kick she countered with Divine Sky Strike.

• Danzo agreed to give Otsutsuki Toneri two pairs of Main Family Byakugan, and Toneri said he would collect them the next day.
• Danzo and Otsutsuki Toneri discussed killing Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Toneri said Danzo would have to lure the Hokage out.
• Danzo decided that attacking Hiruzen inside Konoha was too risky and continued searching for an opportunity.
• Otsutsuki Toneri left Root and found Otsutsuki Quxian fighting Might Guy, with Kakashi and Kurenai Yuhi watching nearby.
• Might Guy opened the Fifth Gate and attacked Otsutsuki Quxian, who used Divine Sky Strike to knock his kick aside.

Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian left Konoha’s training ground after Quxian defeated Might Guy and met Kakashi Hatake. Toneri then visited the Kurama Clan to meet Kurama Yakumo and pursue her powerful genjutsu Kekkei Genkai, leaving the chapter as Yakumo’s father brought her to see him.

• Otsutsuki Quxian overwhelmed Might Guy in a Taijutsu spar while Kakashi Hatake watched.
• Otsutsuki Toneri spoke with Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy, then Kakashi left feeling wary of Toneri.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Kurenai Yuhi he would see her that afternoon and left with Otsutsuki Quxian.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian went to the Kurama Clan residence to meet Kurama Yakumo.
• Kurama Yakumo’s father let them inside and went to fetch her.

Otsutsuki Toneri exploited Kurama Yakumo’s desperation to become a ninja and promised to cure her frail constitution in exchange for her loyalty. Yakumo agreed to follow him, and Toneri planned to improve her through his Ōtsutsuki bloodline.

• Otsutsuki Toneri approached Kurama Yakumo after she withdrew from school and provoked her resentment over being unable to train.
• Kurama Yakumo broke down but eagerly seized on Toneri’s offer to help her become a ninja.
• Toneri demanded to know what Yakumo would give him in return, and she agreed to anything.
• Yakumo pledged to follow Toneri, and he planned to grant her some of his bloodline to strengthen her body and bind her loyalty.
• Toneri asked Yakumo to take him to her room, and she eagerly led the way.

Otsutsuki Toneri gave Kurama Yakumo his bloodline, transforming her frail constitution and making her determined to train and join him in the future. He left the Kurama compound with Otsutsuki Quxian, who questioned why he valued Yakumo so highly, and explained that he would need capable helpers.

• Otsutsuki Toneri used Bloodline Gift to infuse Kurama Yakumo with his bloodline, and she endured the painful transformation without crying out.
• Kurama Yakumo felt her health and strength improve as her constitution began to change, and Otsutsuki Toneri told her the effects would continue over time.
• Kurama Yakumo thanked Otsutsuki Toneri, accepted his claim that they were family, and vowed not to waste his gift.
• Otsutsuki Toneri said he would return for Kurama Yakumo in a few years if she trained hard, then left the compound with Otsutsuki Quxian.
• Otsutsuki Quxian questioned Toneri's decision to give Yakumo his bloodline, and he said he needed helpers for the future.

Otsutsuki Toneri obtained two pairs of Byakugan from Danzo and transplanted one pair, then prepared to leave Konoha. Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted him outside Root’s base, suspecting him and Danzo of stealing the Hyuga Main Family members’ eyes.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Otsutsuki Toneri had visited Root and made an agreement with Danzo, so he ordered surveillance.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian went to Root’s base, where Danzo gave Toneri two pairs of Byakugan taken from Hyuga Main Family children.
• Otsutsuki Toneri transplanted one pair of Byakugan and told Danzo that his offer of help remained open, though he planned to leave Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi waited outside Root’s base and told Otsutsuki Toneri that he did not wish to become his enemy.
• Otsutsuki Toneri suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi had come because the stolen Hyuga Byakugan made Toneri and Danzo the prime suspects.

Otsutsuki Toneri refused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s demand to return the Byakugan and fought Konoha’s forces with powerful Rinnegan abilities and summoned monsters. He escaped with Otsutsuki Quxian, leaving the village to contend with his creations as he headed for other targets.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi demanded that Otsutsuki Toneri return the Byakugan, and Toneri refused, admitting he would not give up the eyes.
• Asuma attacked Toneri with Ash Pile Burning, but Toneri absorbed the flames and mocked Asuma’s belief that he knew the real Toneri.
• Toneri summoned Inukai Takeru no Mikoto, forcing Hiruzen Sarutobi and Asuma to fight the giant monster while Kakashi and the other jonin confronted him.
• Toneri used a repulsive force from his scarlet Rinnegan to injure Kakashi and the jonin, then summoned the giant lava creature Ape Rock.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Enma tried to protect Kakashi and the others as Ape Rock attacked, but Toneri flew away with Otsutsuki Quxian, leaving both monsters behind.

Otsutsuki Toneri escaped Konoha with Otsutsuki Quxian and chose Kumogakure as his next target so he could test his developing Tenseigan against the Fourth Raikage and Killer B. On the way, he encountered Tsunade hiding from her creditors, and she realized he knew who she was.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi stayed behind to contain Ape Rock and the dog-shaped monster while Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian fled Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri chose Kumogakure as his next destination to pursue tailed beast chakra and test his Tenseigan against the Fourth Raikage and Killer B.
• At an inn, Shizune warned Tsunade that her creditors had arrived, and Tsunade tried to evade them.
• Tsunade transformed into a little girl and pretended not to know where the woman they sought had gone.
• When a creditor questioned Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian, Tsunade pulled them into a room and claimed she wanted to see Otsutsuki Toneri's toys.
• After the creditors left, Tsunade returned to normal, and she asked Otsutsuki Toneri how he knew she was one of the Sannin.