Recaps

Otsutsuki Toneri fought Akatsuki and shrugged off Deidara’s explosion, prompting the group to coordinate against him. He escalated the battle by summoning the enormous Ape Rock, leaving Akatsuki searching for a way to challenge it.

• Kakuzu attacked Otsutsuki Toneri with combined Fire and Wind Release, but Toneri absorbed the flames into a tornado.
• Deidara detonated his clay dragon near Toneri, but Toneri dodged and reappeared unharmed behind Akatsuki.
• Uchiha Itachi, Kisame Hoshigaki, Sasori, and Kakuzu coordinated their attacks against Toneri and his summoned creatures.
• Toneri blocked Itachi’s fire attack, overpowered Kisame’s strike, and summoned the towering Ape Rock.
• Uchiha Itachi noted that the giant must have a weakness, while Akatsuki members reacted to its overwhelming size.

Otsutsuki Toneri and Ape Rock battled the Akatsuki, forcing Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi to reveal powerful techniques. The chapter ended with Toneri ordering Ape Rock to charge at Itachi's Susanoo.

• Konan worried that Otsutsuki Toneri was too powerful and dangerous to recruit, but Pain insisted that the Akatsuki needed strength like his.
• Ape Rock attacked the Akatsuki with a swift punch, and its speed surprised them even as they dodged.
• Kisame Hoshigaki used Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave and Water Release: Thousand Feeding Sharks against Ape Rock.
• Ape Rock tore apart Kisame's sphere of water, sending enormous waves toward the Akatsuki, and Uchiha Itachi summoned Susanoo to split the waves.
• Otsutsuki Toneri asked Itachi to demonstrate Susanoo, then ordered Ape Rock to charge and tear it apart.

Otsutsuki Toneri defeated Uchiha Itachi in a sparring match and was accepted into Akatsuki, taking the Void ring. He received the organization’s rules and secret techniques, but privately dismissed Pain’s claim that Akatsuki sought world peace.

• Ape Rock overpowered Susanoo and knocked away its sword, forcing Itachi to end the fight as his eyes bled from overusing their ocular power.
• Kisame helped the injured Itachi to his feet, while Toneri told Akatsuki that their strength was only fairly passable.
• Pain accepted Toneri into Akatsuki and offered him a ring, but Toneri revealed that he already had the Void ring he had taken from Orochimaru.
• Pain instructed Konan to arrange a custom uniform for Toneri, gave him secret technique scrolls, and said Akatsuki’s goal was world peace.
• Toneri handed the scrolls to Otsutsuki Quxian and privately reflected that Nagato had abandoned Yahiko’s ideals in favor of achieving peace through violence.

Otsutsuki Toneri joined Akatsuki and began building a rapport with Kisame Hoshigaki, while Konan warned him not to harm its members. As Konan escorted him through Amegakure, Toneri learned more about her past and the village’s longing for peace.

• Otsutsuki Toneri accepted Kisame Hoshigaki’s friendly approach and agreed to spar with him in the future.
• Deidara left angrily, while Konan warned Otsutsuki Toneri that Akatsuki members were forbidden to kill one another.
• Otsutsuki Toneri assured Konan that he bore Akatsuki no ill will, though she remained cautious about him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri asked Konan about her former teacher Jiraiya, but she ignored the question.
• Konan arranged for Akatsuki uniforms to be made for Otsutsuki Toneri and explained that Amegakure’s people yearned for peace.

Otsutsuki Toneri refused Konan’s request to sincerely help Nagato, arguing that peace enforced through fear would not last. After Konan arranged lodging for him and his companions, Otsutsuki Quxian asked about Pain’s Rinnegan, and Toneri revealed that Pain had not awakened it himself.

• Konan urged Otsutsuki Toneri to help Nagato bring peace, but Toneri dismissed Nagato’s plan as too extreme and unsustainable.
• Toneri questioned whether nations could find lasting peace through fear, prompting Konan to reconsider their approach while deciding they could not turn back.
• Konan arranged a house in Amegakure for Toneri and the other Otsutsuki, then left after hinting that he could still choose to support them.
• Otsutsuki Quxian asked Toneri about Pain’s Rinnegan, and Toneri said Pain was descended from the Sage of Six Paths but had not awakened the eyes himself.

Otsutsuki Toneri explained that he wanted to use Akatsuki to spark an age of turmoil, then discovered that Matatabi had evolved after drinking his blood. He left Yugito with a chance to grow stronger through Matatabi and considered helping Otsutsuki Quxian awaken the Tenseigan later.

• Otsutsuki Toneri told Otsutsuki Quxian and Yugito that he wanted to make Akatsuki the spark for an age of turmoil, not because he enjoyed war itself.
• Otsutsuki Toneri noticed Matatabi glowing after she drank his blood and found that she had gained a third tail.
• Matatabi said she felt stronger, and Otsutsuki Toneri reasoned that his Ōtsutsuki bloodline had caused her evolution.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Yugito that Matatabi’s evolution could help her improve by providing more chakra.
• Otsutsuki Toneri considered purifying Otsutsuki Quxian’s bloodline so she could pursue the Tenseigan, but Otsutsuki Quxian said she would train patiently.

Otsutsuki Toneri invited Uchiha Itachi for tea and probed him about the Uchiha massacre and his surviving brother, Sasuke. Itachi explained the cruel cost of the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, then asked Toneri where he came from and how he knew so much about the Uchiha.

• Otsutsuki Toneri invited Uchiha Itachi to a teahouse, and Itachi accepted so he could learn more about Toneri.
• Otsutsuki Toneri asked Itachi why he had slaughtered his clan and left Sasuke alive, and Itachi claimed he had done it to test his capacity and preserve Sasuke's eyes.
• Otsutsuki Toneri offered to eliminate Sasuke, causing Itachi's Sharingan to flare before he regained his composure and explained his plan for Sasuke's eyes.
• Uchiha Itachi revealed that the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan required transplanting a blood relative's Mangekyō Sharingan and explained that using the Mangekyō eventually caused blindness.
• Uchiha Itachi asked Otsutsuki Toneri where he came from and why he knew so much about the Uchiha.

Otsutsuki Toneri spoke with Itachi, then joined Konan on a mission to capture Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchūriki. The group reached a town in the Land of Demons where Roshi was reportedly staying, and began searching for him.

• Itachi questioned Toneri about his background and reasons for joining the Akatsuki, while considering whether to use Kotoamatsukami on him.
• After Itachi left, Quxian questioned whether he would take Sasuke’s eyes, and Toneri said they would see what happened.
• Konan summoned Toneri and his companions to the Central Tower, gave them Akatsuki clothing, and recruited Toneri for a mission to capture Roshi.
• Konan explained that Roshi’s Lava Release countered her abilities, and Toneri teased her for bringing him along as hired muscle.
• Konan, Toneri, and their companions traveled to the Land of Demons and reached the town where Zetsu had last located Roshi.

Otsutsuki Toneri encountered the grieving young Shion outside town and comforted her, hoping to gain her trust and learn about her prophetic abilities. Shion returned to town fondly remembering him, while Toneri planned to visit her another time.

• Shion ran out of town while two guards followed her, and she fell and cried over her mother’s death and the fear people felt toward her.
• Otsutsuki Toneri gave Shion his handkerchief, comforted her, and encouraged her to be strong and accept her responsibilities.
• Shion thanked Otsutsuki Toneri and said she would remember his words, then asked him to visit her home.
• Otsutsuki Toneri declined for the moment and told Shion he would visit another time.
• Shion returned to town with the handkerchief, looking back at Otsutsuki Toneri as she left.

Otsutsuki Toneri and the others found Roshi and attacked him to capture the Four-Tails. After Toneri overwhelmed Roshi with his powers, Roshi released the Four-Tails’ chakra cloak.

• Toneri and Konan discussed Shion’s mysterious ability before leading their group into town to search for Roshi.
• The group spotted Roshi, followed him out of town, and confronted him on a plain.
• Toneri asked Roshi to surrender the Four-Tails, but Roshi refused and attacked with Lava Release.
• Roshi entered Lava Release Chakra Mode, but Toneri deflected his attacks and injured him with repulsive force.
• Toneri demanded that Roshi bring out the Four-Tails, and Roshi covered himself in Tailed Beast Chakra with four tails.

Otsutsuki Toneri faced Roshi after the Jinchūriki entered Version Two Tailed Beast Transformation, then confronted Four-Tails, Son Goku, when Roshi’s lava attack released it. After Matatabi revealed herself and argued for peace with humans, Toneri demonstrated his Susanoo against Four-Tails.

• Roshi entered Version Two Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked Otsutsuki Toneri with Lava Release: Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Roshi’s lava eruption revealed Four-Tails, Son Goku, who demanded to know why Otsutsuki Toneri carried Matatabi’s chakra.
• Matatabi greeted Four-Tails from inside Otsutsuki Toneri’s collar and urged it to consider living in harmony with humans.
• Four-Tails became furious when Otsutsuki Toneri pushed Matatabi back into his collar and swung at him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri blocked Four-Tails’ punch with his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan Susanoo and struck it to the ground, leaving Konan and the others stunned.

Otsutsuki Toneri unveiled his Perfect Susanoo and defeated the Four-Tails with ease, leaving Konan shaken by the scale of his power. After ordering Roshi’s retrieval, Toneri noticed Konan wanted to ask him something, and she hesitated to speak.

• Otsutsuki Toneri summoned a towering Perfect Susanoo that stunned Konan and frightened the Four-Tails.
• Otsutsuki Toneri tested Susanoo’s sword on a distant mountain, destroying it with a single slash.
• The Four-Tails attacked Susanoo with Lava Release: Flower-Fruit Mountain and a punch, but Susanoo scattered the magma and kicked it down.
• Otsutsuki Toneri struck the Four-Tails with Susanoo’s sword, leaving Roshi unconscious, then dismissed Susanoo.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Konan to have White Zetsu retrieve Roshi, and Konan hesitated as she looked at him with a complicated expression.

Otsutsuki Toneri returned to Kirigakure with Konan and reconnected with Mei Terumi, who eagerly wanted an Akatsuki cloak. Five years later, as Toneri prepared for the Chunin Ninja Exams in Konoha, he reflected on Tsunade’s clash with the village and learned that Orochimaru wanted his help stirring up trouble.

• Otsutsuki Toneri assured Konan he would not harm Akatsuki’s members, escorted her to Amegakure, and then returned to Kirigakure with his companions.
• Otsutsuki Toneri reunited with Mei Terumi in the Mizukage’s office, and she asked for an Akatsuki cloak.
• Five years passed, during which Mei Terumi began insisting on sharing Otsutsuki Toneri’s bed and Toneri rarely left Kirigakure.
• Tsunade fought Konoha three years earlier after demanding answers about the Senju Clan, awakened Wood Release, and was driven away by Jiraiya, the Third Hokage, and Danzo.
• Otsutsuki Toneri learned that Orochimaru had contacted him to help cause trouble during the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams in Konoha.

Otsutsuki Toneri left Kirigakure to join Orochimaru’s Konoha Crush plan and enter Konoha’s Chunin Ninja Exams with Otsutsuki Quxian and Yugito. After returning to Konoha for the first time in five years, he went to the Kurama Clan residence to find their intended teammate, Kurama Yakumo.

• Otsutsuki Toneri reassured Mei Terumi that he would return from his trip, then departed Kirigakure with Otsutsuki Quxian and Yugito.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Yugito that their third teammate was waiting for them in Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and his companions presented their Chunin Ninja Exams invitation and entered Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri led his companions to the Kurama Clan residence to meet Kurama Yakumo.
• A familiar middle-aged man opened the door and looked puzzled as Otsutsuki Toneri and his companions arrived.

Otsutsuki Toneri reunited with Kurama Yakumo after five years and brought her into his service as a Kirigakure ninja. While walking through Konoha with her and his other companions, he encountered Asuma, Kurenai, and Kakashi, and Asuma confronted him over the damage he had caused the village.

• Otsutsuki Toneri arrived at Kurama Yakumo’s home, where her father recognized him from his visit five years earlier.
• Kurama Yakumo joyfully reunited with Otsutsuki Toneri and showed that her training had made her powerful.
• Otsutsuki Toneri invited Kurama Yakumo to join him, gave her a Mist Ninja forehead protector, and asked her to say goodbye to her parents.
• Kurama Yakumo’s parents agreed to sell their property and move to Kirigakure with her.
• Otsutsuki Toneri left the Kurama home with three girls and encountered Asuma, Kurenai, and Kakashi while walking through Konoha.
• Asuma demanded to know why Otsutsuki Toneri had returned and accused him of harming Konoha.

Otsutsuki Toneri arrived in Konoha as a Kirigakure ninja taking part in the Chunin Ninja Exams, alarming Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai Yuhi. As Toneri toured the village with Kurama Yakumo and the others, he spotted Gaara and his companions near Naruto’s group.

• Otsutsuki Toneri rebuked Asuma over the deaths of the ninjas who had attacked him, while Kakashi tried to prevent a confrontation.
• Otsutsuki Toneri showed his Kirigakure forehead protector and said he had come to take Konoha’s Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Kurenai Yuhi recognized Kurama Yakumo, who confirmed she was now a Kirigakure ninja and an examinee; Otsutsuki Toneri warned Kurenai to watch her step because Yakumo was his family.
• Otsutsuki Toneri left with the women, and Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai Yuhi discussed the danger he posed and Yakumo’s Kekkei Genkai.
• Otsutsuki Toneri spotted Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro near Naruto’s group; Gaara and his companions departed, leaving Naruto’s and Konohamaru’s teams behind.

Otsutsuki Toneri reunited with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno, then invited Naruto to challenge him at the Chunin Ninja Exams. He left with his companions and arrived at Danzo’s Root headquarters.

• Naruto and Sasuke recognized Otsutsuki Toneri as the young man who had encouraged them five years earlier, while Sakura Haruno admired his appearance.
• Toneri revealed that he was from Kirigakure, and Naruto eagerly challenged him to a fight.
• Toneri told Naruto to face him at the Chunin Ninja Exams, and Naruto vowed to get stronger before realizing he had forgotten to ask Toneri’s name.
• Toneri told Otsutsuki Quxian that Naruto could eventually become as strong as she was, surprising her and Yugito.
• Toneri and his companions reached the entrance to Danzo’s Root headquarters.

Otsutsuki Toneri met Danzo at Root and agreed to help with the plan to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi during the Chunin Exams in exchange for more Hyuga Byakugan. After Danzo backed down from demanding Toneri’s cells, Toneri left Root and decided to wander around Konoha with Otsutsuki Quxian.

• Otsutsuki Toneri returned to Root with Otsutsuki Quxian and the two girls, then met Danzo.
• Danzo proposed using the upcoming Chunin Exams as an opportunity to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Toneri agreed to act as the situation demanded.
• Otsutsuki Toneri asked Danzo to obtain more Byakugan from the Hyuga Main Family.
• Danzo asked for Toneri’s cells, but withdrew the request after Toneri reacted angrily.
• Otsutsuki Toneri left Root and told Otsutsuki Quxian they would wander around Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi discussed the danger posed by Otsutsuki Toneri and strengthened security for the Chunin Ninja Exams. Toneri stayed at Kurenai Yuhi’s home and raised the possibility of her joining Kirigakure, then reminded her of his old proposal that she become his partner.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed with Kakashi that Otsutsuki Toneri had come to Konoha for a purpose and ordered Jiraiya to return.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi remembered Tsunade questioning his role in the Senju Clan’s destruction and accepted that his silence had broken their bond.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others planned tighter security for the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Kurenai Yuhi returned home and found Otsutsuki Toneri, Otsutsuki Quxian, and the other women waiting there.
• Otsutsuki Toneri suggested Kurenai Yuhi could join Kirigakure if Konoha distrusted her for hosting him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri praised Kurenai Yuhi and reminded her that he had once said she could become his partner when he grew up.

Otsutsuki Toneri rejected Kurenai Yuhi’s concerns about their age and attended the Chunin Ninja Exams with his companions. At the exam room, he reunited with Hinata Hyuga and called her his Byakugan Princess, leaving her flustered.

• Kurenai Yuhi tactfully refused Otsutsuki Toneri’s advances, but he said they could still become suitable and later insisted she would not escape him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri spent the night with Otsutsuki Quxian while Yugito overheard them and considered pursuing him herself.
• Otsutsuki Toneri, Otsutsuki Quxian, Yugito, and Kurama Yakumo headed to the first Chunin Ninja Exam, where Toneri looked forward to seeing Hinata Hyuga again.
• At the examination room, Naruto greeted Otsutsuki Toneri and asked his name, and Toneri introduced himself before walking over to Hinata Hyuga.
• Otsutsuki Toneri called Hinata his Byakugan Princess, and Hinata blushed intensely.

Otsutsuki Toneri reunited with Hinata Hyuga and teased her younger sister Hanabi before entering the Chunin Exams. In the Forest of Death, he encountered Orochimaru in disguise and learned that Orochimaru planned to act at the exams’ end; Toneri then spotted a familiar girl in trouble.

• Toneri asked Hinata to speak with him after the exam, and she shyly agreed while Kiba objected.
• Toneri called Hanabi his little sister-in-law, and she told him to win Hinata over first.
• The candidates completed Ibiki Morino’s written test and entered the Forest of Death under Mitaraishi Anko’s supervision.
• Toneri’s group followed a snake to three Grass Ninja, and Orochimaru killed two of them while disguised as a female Genin.
• Orochimaru told Toneri he would make his move after the Chunin Exams, and Toneri warned him to be careful.
• Toneri continued through the forest with Otsutsuki Quxian and Kurama Yakumo, then noticed a familiar petite girl in trouble.

Toneri rescued Hanabi Hyuga from her opponents, healed her, and gave her Ōtsutsuki Taijutsu training insights before she withdrew from the exam with her teammates. He then found Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno after Orochimaru’s attack and took Sakura aside after implying he expected payment for helping them.

• Hanabi fought her opponents while her two teammates struggled, and Toneri arrived to defeat the attackers and heal her wound.
• Toneri gave Hanabi the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s Taijutsu secrets, including Divine Sky Strike, and she chose to leave the Forest of Death with her teammates.
• Toneri reached the site of Orochimaru’s attack too late to witness the encounter and found Naruto unconscious, Sasuke collapsed, and Sakura kneeling in distress.
• Toneri moved Naruto and Sasuke beneath a tree, then told Sakura that helping them would not come for free.
• Toneri told Otsutsuki Quxian and Kurama Yakumo to watch Naruto and Sasuke before leading Sakura beneath a nearby tree.

Otsutsuki Toneri coerced Sakura Haruno into submitting to him while Naruto and Sasuke remained unconscious, then healed the boys and left Sakura with a protective strand of chakra. The chapter ended with Sakura calling him “Master” while inwardly vowing never to forgive him.

• Otsutsuki Toneri threatened Sakura Haruno until she knelt and forced her into a degrading encounter in the Forest of Death.
• Otsutsuki Toneri returned to Kurama Yakumo and Otsutsuki Quxian with a dazed Sakura Haruno following behind him.
• Otsutsuki Quxian reported that Naruto and Sasuke were recovering, and Otsutsuki Toneri healed them with green chakra.
• Otsutsuki Toneri made Sakura Haruno call him “Master,” then placed a strand of chakra inside her to protect her from life-threatening danger.
• Sakura Haruno suspected Otsutsuki Toneri’s apparent kindness was an illusion and resolved never to forgive him.

Otsutsuki Toneri brought Karin to Konoha and challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s authority at the Central Tower before the Chunin assessment began. Kurama Yakumo faced Kankuro in the first match and used an illusion that left him attacking the ground, while the match continued.

• Otsutsuki Toneri rescued Karin from a giant bear and told her to wait for him in Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri met Hiruzen Sarutobi at the Central Tower, mocked him, and refused to explain why he had entered the Chunin assessment.
• Otsutsuki Toneri watched the Genin arrive and saw Kurama Yakumo matched against Kankuro.
• Kurama Yakumo greeted Kankuro politely, and he began the match by attacking her with poisoned needles.
• Kurama Yakumo’s illusion made Kankuro attack the ground and ignore Temari’s shouts as he continued fighting.

Kurama Yakumo defeated Kankuro with her five-senses genjutsu, and Otsutsuki Quxian swiftly beat Shikamaru Nara with a repulsive force. Otsutsuki Toneri was then matched against Ino Yamanaka, who chose to face him despite expecting to lose, and he looked forward to seeing her Mind Body Switch Technique.

• Kurama Yakumo used her five-senses genjutsu to make Kankuro injure himself until he lost consciousness, and Gekko Hayate declared her the winner.
• Kurama Yakumo returned to Otsutsuki Toneri, who praised her and noticed the next matchup was Otsutsuki Quxian against Shikamaru Nara.
• Shikamaru Nara declined to forfeit and entered the arena, but Otsutsuki Quxian knocked him flying with an invisible repulsive force and won.
• The matchup display paired Otsutsuki Toneri with Ino Yamanaka, and Asuma tried to persuade Ino to forfeit.
• Ino Yamanaka chose to fight and asked Otsutsuki Toneri to go easy on her, while he agreed and anticipated seeing her Mind Body Switch Technique.