Chapter Summaries

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.

Otsutsuki Toneri challenged Tsunade’s claim that she no longer cared about Konoha and raised suspicions about the Senju Clan’s decline. Tsunade left without answering, then returned to her room and smashed a wine flask as painful memories resurfaced.

• Tsunade dismissed Konoha as having nothing to do with her, but Otsutsuki Toneri asked whether she would remain indifferent if he destroyed it.
• Tsunade mocked Toneri’s threat and tried to leave, but he introduced himself and offered to help her reclaim Konoha for the Senju of the Forest.
• Toneri suggested that Tsunade knew why the Senju Clan had dwindled, and she glared at him before leaving and slamming the door.
• Toneri reflected that the Senju Clan’s disappearance seemed suspicious and suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and other clans had contributed to it.
• Tsunade returned to her room, drank from a wine flask, and smashed it against the wall while brooding over the Senju Clan’s decline.

Tsunade struggled with the Senju clan’s history after Otsutsuki Toneri stirred her resentment toward Konoha. Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian then reached Kumogakure, where Toneri prepared to make his intentions known.

• Shizune told Tsunade that Konoha had issued S-rank bounties for Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian after a deadly battle in the village.
• Tsunade spent a sleepless night wrestling with the Senju clan’s grievances and her loyalty to Konoha.
• Tsunade asked Otsutsuki Toneri if he was a demon, and he argued that he had restored the Senju clan’s glory.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian traveled to Kumogakure, where Toneri expressed excitement about meeting the Fourth Raikage and Killer B.
• A Kumogakure guard asked the pair to register, but Otsutsuki Toneri said he had not come to sightsee and opened his eyes.

Otsutsuki Toneri attacked Kumogakure to test his newly awakened Tenseigan, cutting the village in half and overpowering the Fourth Raikage and Killer B. After demanding the Eight-Tails' chakra, he blasted Killer B aside and turned his attention to Mabui.

• Toneri drove off a Cloud ninja, then used the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to slice Kumogakure in half.
• The Fourth Raikage A confronted Toneri, who mocked him and repelled his attacks with invisible force.
• Mabui recognized Toneri's mysterious eyes as a likely source of his ability to track A's movements.
• A attacked Toneri with a Liger Bomb, but Toneri repelled him into the village wall and called him a naive fool.
• Toneri asked Killer B for the Eight-Tails' chakra; Killer B refused and charged, but Toneri blasted him into the ground.
• Toneri lost interest in the defeated fighters and turned his gaze toward Mabui as she pondered the situation.

Otsutsuki Toneri fought Fourth Raikage A after openly inviting Mabui to leave Kumogakure, and he proved too powerful for A to stop. As Killer B transformed and prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb, Toneri began gathering golden energy to unleash another devastating attack on Kumogakure.

• Otsutsuki Toneri invited Mabui to join him, but she refused and affirmed her loyalty to Kumogakure.
• Fourth Raikage A attacked Toneri, who repelled him and struck him with the Rinnegan's power.
• Killer B transformed into Gyuki and began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Mabui warned A that Toneri's next attack could devastate Kumogakure.
• Toneri knocked A down with a repulsive force and gathered golden energy as A urgently begged him to stop.

Otsutsuki Toneri defeated Kumogakure’s efforts to stop him, destroyed more of the village, and took Gyuki’s chakra to advance his plans. He then demanded that A hand over the Two-Tails as well.

• A tried to seize Otsutsuki Quxian as a hostage, but she struck him away with Divine Sky Strike.
• Killer B launched a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Toneri’s golden beam sliced it in half and carved another fissure through Kumogakure.
• A asked Toneri why he had attacked the village, and Toneri honestly said he had no grudge and had simply visited for the first time.
• Gyuki identified Toneri’s Tenseigan and asked whether he descended from the Sage of Six Paths; Toneri said his ancestor was Hamura and absorbed Gyuki’s chakra.
• A asked Toneri to leave, but Toneri demanded the Two-Tails’ chakra too.

Otsutsuki Toneri collected the Two-Tails' chakra from Yugito and learned that Matatabi wanted to leave Kumogakure. Matatabi asked him to take her with him, suggesting he could also bring Yugito along or leave enough chakra to keep her alive.

• A brought Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian to the valley where Yugito trained and told her to give Toneri some Two-Tails chakra.
• Yugito let Matatabi speak through her, and Matatabi gave Toneri a sphere of chakra after recognizing his Rinnegan.
• Matatabi asked Toneri to take her with him, explaining that she wanted freedom from Kumogakure.
• Matatabi said Toneri could leave some of her chakra in Yugito to keep her alive or take Yugito along too.

Otsutsuki Toneri took Yugito and Matatabi away from Kumogakure, then released Matatabi from Yugito’s body. Matatabi celebrated her freedom and shrank into a pet-sized form, while Yugito watched her leave with mixed feelings.

• Matatabi offered to follow Otsutsuki Toneri in exchange for freedom, and Toneri agreed to take her with him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and his companions escaped through a valley, leaving a message for Fourth Raikage A.
• Fourth Raikage A found the message announcing that Toneri had taken Matatabi and swore that Kumogakure would fight him to the death.
• Otsutsuki Toneri released Matatabi from Yugito, who endured the extraction and watched her companion emerge as a giant cat demon.
• Matatabi celebrated her freedom, transformed into a pet-sized cat, and settled into Otsutsuki Toneri’s arms.

Otsutsuki Toneri signed Matatabi as his summoning beast, and Yugito chose to follow him after losing the Two-Tails. He led them from the Land of Lightning to Kirigakure to seek a base, where Matatabi sensed Isobu, the Three-Tails.

• Matatabi signed a summoning contract with Otsutsuki Toneri, then lingered over the taste of his blood and sensed it might benefit her.
• Otsutsuki Toneri asked Yugito to join him, and she agreed after deciding she had little reason to return to Kumogakure.
• Otsutsuki Toneri chose Kirigakure as his next destination, believing it could serve as a suitable base while he developed his powers.
• Otsutsuki Toneri, Otsutsuki Quxian, and Yugito left the Land of Lightning and reached the Land of Water by boat.
• Matatabi sensed the presence of Isobu, the Three-Tails, soon after they reached land, prompting Otsutsuki Toneri to wonder whether Yagura was dead.

Otsutsuki Toneri went with Matatabi to find Isobu, where he encountered Mei Terumi and Kirigakure ninja preparing to capture the Three-Tails. Mei recognized Toneri from the bounty notices and asked why he had come to the Land of Water.

• Matatabi sensed Isobu near a lake and led Otsutsuki Toneri, Otsutsuki Quxian, and Yugito toward him.
• Mei Terumi and Ao arrived at the lake with Kirigakure jonin to retrieve Isobu for the village.
• Mei Terumi used Wind Release: Typhoon Passing to disperse the mist and prepared to draw Isobu out of the lake.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and his companions appeared across the lake, and Ao confronted them while Mei halted her jutsu.
• Otsutsuki Toneri introduced himself to Mei Terumi, who recognized him from the bounty notices and asked why he had come to the Land of Water.

Otsutsuki Toneri asked Mei Terumi to accept him, Otsutsuki Quxian, and Yugito into Kirigakure, and Mei eagerly welcomed them. After Toneri set conditions for joining, he left Mei considering how their strength could help her reshape the village.

• Otsutsuki Toneri asked Mei Terumi to accept the three of them into Kirigakure, and Mei and Ao reacted with delight.
• Mei agreed to welcome them, while Toneri requested that Kirigakure resolve the warrants against him and Otsutsuki Quxian.
• Toneri asked to avoid village duties while having Kirigakure's senior leadership informed of him, and he chose Genin rank for himself and Quxian.
• Toneri requested Jonin rank for Yugito, and Mei accepted the ranks despite privately recognizing the two Genin as formidable fighters.
• Mei teased Toneri about his looks and offered to grant further requests, while thinking that the newcomers could help her suppress Kirigakure's old guard.

Otsutsuki Toneri arrived in Kirigakure with Mei Terumi and offered to capture the Three-Tails, Isobu, as a gift to the village. After drawing Isobu out of the lake, Toneri brought Matatabi face to face with her old companion, who mocked her for being tamed by a human.

• Mei Terumi teased Otsutsuki Toneri, who changed the subject and asked her to arrange food and lodging for his group in Kirigakure.
• Otsutsuki Toneri offered Mei Terumi Isobu as a gift and walked onto the lake to draw the Three-Tails out.
• Otsutsuki Toneri used Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to create a vast waterspout, forcing Isobu to surface.
• Isobu destroyed the waterspout with Water Release: Iron Cannonball and called out to Matatabi, whom he had sensed nearby.
• Otsutsuki Toneri brought Matatabi before Isobu, who mocked her for being tamed by humans and abandoning her pride as a tailed beast.

Otsutsuki Toneri tried to recruit Isobu, but Isobu rejected Matatabi’s advice and challenged him to prove his strength. Toneri sealed Isobu with Planetary Devastation, leaving Mei Terumi and the others stunned by his power.

• Otsutsuki Toneri asked Isobu to return to Kirigakure, while Matatabi urged Isobu to cooperate and trust Toneri.
• Isobu condemned humans for controlling and exploiting tailed beasts, then refused to return and demanded a fight.
• Otsutsuki Toneri split Isobu’s great wave with a golden beam and absorbed his Iron Cannonball with the Rinnegan in his palm.
• Otsutsuki Toneri used Planetary Devastation to draw Isobu into the sky and seal him inside a massive sphere of stone.
• Mei Terumi and the others watched in shock as Otsutsuki Toneri landed before them after sealing Isobu.

Otsutsuki Toneri accepted Mei Terumi’s thanks after sealing the Three-Tails, and Mei and Ao resolved to keep him in Kirigakure. After learning he had also brought back the Two-Tails, Mei invited him to return to the village with her.

• Ao thanked Otsutsuki Toneri for recovering the Three-Tails and decided Kirigakure had to keep him close.
• Mei Terumi offered Toneri anything he wanted, but he said he needed nothing and wanted time to train.
• Mei asked about the blue cat in Toneri’s arms, and Toneri revealed that it was Matatabi, the Two-Tails he had taken from Kumogakure.
• Mei welcomed Toneri back to Kirigakure, recognizing that his presence and Matatabi would strengthen the village.
• Toneri agreed to return with Mei and glanced once toward a distant spot before leaving.

Black Zetsu discovered that Otsutsuki Toneri possessed both the Tenseigan and a Rinnegan, and decided he would have to persuade Toneri to cooperate with the Akatsuki. Toneri reached Kirigakure with Mei Terumi and the others, carrying the sealed Isobu, and prepared to meet the village leadership.

• Black Zetsu recognized Toneri's eyes and Otsutsuki surname, concluded he was a powerful descendant of Hamura, and worried that he could threaten the Akatsuki's plans.
• Black Zetsu decided to approach Toneri and try to persuade him to join their side, while telling White Zetsu not to report Toneri's Rinnegan to Obito.
• Toneri revealed that he had sensed Black and White Zetsu and considered meeting Black Zetsu, but chose to master his Tenseigan and Rinnegan first.
• Toneri traveled with Mei Terumi and the others to Kirigakure, while the Planetary Devastation sphere containing Isobu followed under his control.
• Mei asked Toneri whether he wanted to see his accommodation or meet Kirigakure's leadership first.

Otsutsuki Toneri left Mei Terumi to meet Black Zetsu, who proposed working together. After revealing that he knew Black Zetsu’s identity and had received Kaguya Otsutsuki’s chakra, Toneri said he shared Black Zetsu’s goal of rescuing her, leaving Black Zetsu thrilled to have a powerful ally.

• Otsutsuki Toneri sensed someone waiting for him and left Mei Terumi to meet them in a forest.
• Black Zetsu emerged and tested Toneri, who mocked his appearance and asked what he wanted.
• Black Zetsu proposed that they cooperate, but Toneri called him Great-uncle and revealed that he knew about the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Otsutsuki Toneri showed Black Zetsu Kaguya Otsutsuki’s ocular power and chakra, then said Kaguya had given them to him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Black Zetsu that he wanted to rescue Grandmother Kaguya too, and Black Zetsu welcomed him as an ally.