Recaps

Yūto reluctantly agreed to train Itachi, Chino, and Izumi, then assigned each a different focus at the Training Ground. He began teaching Chino Genjutsu and Izumi a powerful combination ninjutsu, while Itachi was set to practice Taijutsu.

• Itachi asked Yūto to guide his training, and Yūto agreed after trying to avoid the request.
• The next morning, Itachi arrived with Chino and Izumi, and Yūto took all three to the Training Ground.
• Yūto assigned Chino practical Genjutsu combat, Izumi combination ninjutsu, and Itachi Taijutsu.
• Yūto demonstrated how Chino could use Genjutsu to create an opening for a killing blow.
• Yūto showed Izumi his combination ninjutsu, a wave of white-hot flames that had defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and she eagerly agreed to learn it.

Yūto taught Izumi to gather oxygen with Wind Release by throwing her into a river, then continued training Izumi, Chino, and Itachi until they made rapid progress. As Yūto prepared for another lesson, an Anbu arrived with a summons from the Hokage about an important matter.

• Yūto explained that his combination ninjutsu used Wind Release to gather oxygen before Fire Release, then threw Izumi into the river to help her experience how it worked.
• Izumi used Wind Release underwater to gather oxygen and breathe, then surfaced and learned the principle behind Yūto's technique.
• Chino covered Izumi with her jacket and scolded Yūto, while Izumi secretly signaled that she was not angry with him.
• Over the next several days, Itachi, Izumi, and Chino improved rapidly, and Izumi mastered a junior version of Gale-Flamed Calamity.
• An Anbu ninja arrived at the training ground and told Yūto that the Hokage had summoned him to discuss an important matter.

Yūto was assigned to receive Kirigakure’s peace delegation, led by Karatachi Yagura, after defeating the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. The delegation arrived in Konoha, where Ringo Ameyuri challenged Yūto’s modesty and he answered with a boast that enraged her.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Yūto that Kirigakure had sent envoys for peace talks and asked him to receive them, promising to grant him one request within his authority.
• Karatachi Yagura led the Kirigakure delegation to Konoha, accompanied by Ringo Ameyuri, who wanted to reclaim the Thunder Sword, and Mei Terumi.
• Yūto welcomed Yagura at Konoha’s gate and escorted the delegation into the village to rest before the peace talks.
• Yagura praised Yūto for defeating Kazekage Rasa and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, but Ringo called Yūto a hypocrite for claiming it was luck.
• Yūto said his enemies had been lucky to survive facing him, prompting Ringo to angrily tell him to stop boasting while Mei held her back.

Yūto encountered Chino while escorting Ringo and the Kirigakure delegation to their inn, then Ringo tried and failed to learn his weaknesses. At the Hokage's Office, Yūto challenged Danzo over his demands for the peace talks, and Hiruzen Sarutobi turned to Shikaku Nara for his view.

• Yūto found Chino at the inn, where she worked for the Chinoike Clan, and Chino mistook him for a male host before calling him handsome.
• Ringo paid Chino to scrub her back and tried to find out Yūto's weaknesses, but Chino insisted her master had none.
• Mei Terumi joined Ringo at the hot spring, and the two concluded that a honey trap would not work on Yūto.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi opened a discussion about terms for peace talks with Kirigakure, and Shikaku Nara noted that Kirigakure had little money to offer.
• Yūto argued that Kirigakure only needed to stop causing trouble, then accused Danzo of demanding a heavy price despite contributing little to the war.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped the dispute and asked Shikaku Nara what he thought.

Yūto was assigned to lead peace talks with Kirigakure, while Hiruzen revealed he planned to resign as Hokage after the war. After Danzo ordered Root to attack Kirigakure’s envoys, Yūto unexpectedly ran into Ringo and Mei Terumi at the inn just as Root surrounded them.

• Shikaku proposed that Kirigakure pay for peace with resources, manpower, scrolls, materials, or mission rights, and Hiruzen assigned Yūto to lead the peace talks.
• Danzo argued with Hiruzen over ending the war, and Hiruzen revealed that he intended to resign as Hokage afterward.
• Danzo ordered Root Shinobi to kill some of Kirigakure’s envoys and leave others alive.
• Yūto went to the inn’s hot spring, where Chino complained that his genjutsu training had left her exhausted.
• Yūto encountered Ringo and Mei Terumi outside the baths, and Root Shinobi suddenly surrounded the two women.

After Danzo’s attack on Ringo and Mei Terumi, Hiruzen apologized and the Konoha-Kirigakure peace talks continued. Yagura and Yūto agreed to a contest: Kirigakure would stake the Hydrification Technique against Yūto’s Thunder Sword, with Mei Terumi competing against two Konoha fighters.

• Yūto protected Ringo and Mei Terumi from Root Shinobi, then used genjutsu to incapacitate them when they attacked.
• Danzo confronted Yūto, but Hiruzen arrived, condemned Danzo, and apologized to Ringo and Mei Terumi on Konoha’s behalf.
• At the peace talks, Ringo demanded unconditional peace and the release of prisoners before settling for the return of Kirigakure’s Thunder Sword.
• Yagura proposed a contest for the Thunder Sword, offering Kirigakure’s Hydrification Technique as the stake, and Yūto accepted.
• Yagura chose Mei Terumi to compete, and Yūto insisted Konoha send two fighters because Mei had two kekkei genkai, alarming Yagura.

Yūto sent Izumi and Chino to fight Mei Terumi, but they struggled against her Water Release and the villagers’ jeers. Chino’s desperate explosive-tag attack awakened her Blood Secret Technique, and Izumi prepared to continue the fight with renewed resolve.

• Yūto told Izumi and Chino how to counter Mei Terumi’s kekkei genkai and assigned Chino to create openings for Izumi.
• Mei Terumi attacked with Water Release, forcing the two girls to flee as the villagers mocked them.
• Chino charged through Mei Terumi’s attacks, then revealed explosive tags strapped to her body and ignited them.
• Chino survived the blast when a blood-red protective layer appeared around her, while Izumi’s wind-and-fire attack evaporated most of Mei Terumi’s Lava Release.
• Chino urged Izumi to keep fighting, and Izumi recalled Yūto’s advice about risking her life to break through.

Izumi and Chino defeated Mei Terumi in their match, securing the Hydrification Technique scroll for Yūto. During renewed negotiations, Yūto demanded ten million ryō for the Thunder Swords, then unexpectedly invited Ringo Ameyuri to join the Uchiha.

• Izumi and Chino combined Wind Release and the Ketsuryūgan to trap Mei and hit her with a blazing fireball, but Yagura intervened with a Water Formation Wall.
• The match ended with Izumi and Chino victorious, and Yagura agreed to deliver the Hydrification Technique scroll to Yūto.
• Yūto praised the girls and promised to treat them to barbecue, while Chino complained that he had not warned them Mei could use Water Release.
• Yagura and the Third Hokage resumed negotiations, where Ringo asked to discuss the Thunder Swords and Yūto demanded ten million ryō for them.
• After Ringo revealed she was eighteen and a Kirigakure jonin, Yūto asked whether she would leave Kirigakure and join the Uchiha, leaving the room stunned.

Yūto persuaded Ringo Ameyuri to stay in Konoha and work toward redeeming the Thunder Sword, while Konoha and Kirigakure concluded peace talks. After Yūto took Ringo to a welcome meal, Maki saw her and ran off, alarmed by her connection to Kirigakure.

• Yūto offered Ringo a place in Konoha, and she angrily rejected the idea before he pointed out her weakened standing without the Thunder Sword.
• Fugaku proposed that Ringo could repay the sword’s value through missions or contribution points, and Yagura agreed to respect her choice to stay.
• Ringo accepted the arrangement, and Konoha and Kirigakure finalized peace terms with Konoha asking only for a share of missions.
• Yūto welcomed Ringo to Konoha and took her for barbecue after the Kirigakure delegation departed.
• Maki encountered Yūto and Ringo, recognized her as a Kirigakure ninja, and ran off to warn Pakura.

Yūto brought Ringo Ameyuri to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Pakura refused to let her stay because of her hatred of Kirigakure. Mikoto arranged a distant house for Ringo, but Yūto still had to take her to buy basic supplies.

• Yūto and Ringo returned from a barbecue restaurant, and Pakura confronted them at Yūto’s home, threatening Ringo with Scorch Release.
• Yūto persuaded Ringo to leave by promising to reduce her debt, then took her to ask Fugaku’s household for lodging.
• Mikoto welcomed Ringo cautiously and assigned her a furnished house on the western side of the compound, far from Yūto’s home.
• Ringo admitted she had spent all her money on food and demanded that Yūto provide her daily necessities.
• Mikoto overheard clan gossip about Yūto and Ringo, denied that they were romantically involved, and left as Yūto agreed to take Ringo to the clan’s general store.

Yūto took Ringo shopping, then went to visit Tsunade and accidentally hugged Pakura instead. Pakura kissed him and proposed joining his relationship with Tsunade, leaving him stunned.

• Yūto bought Ringo household necessities and told her that his novel royalties could support ten orphanages.
• Ringo invited Yūto to stay, but he declined and returned home.
• Yūto suspected Maki had told Pakura about Ringo, and Maki’s reaction confirmed it.
• Yūto went to Tsunade’s house and mistakenly hugged Pakura from behind.
• Pakura kissed Yūto, said she wanted to rank above Ringo in his heart, and asked whether one more partner would be too many.

Yūto learned that Pakura had fallen in love with him and that Tsunade accepted sharing a relationship with her, then Hiruzen Sarutobi sent him to the Iwagakure Battlefield. He left with Maki still in trouble for tattling on him.

• Pakura told Yūto that she had drugged him and made the first move because she had fallen in love with him, while Tsunade admitted she accepted their relationship.
• Tsunade revealed that Mikoto had known about Pakura drugging Yūto and had forbidden them from fooling around before he came of age.
• Yūto returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and discovered that Pakura and Tsunade had left lipstick marks on his cheeks, drawing stares from the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Yūto and ordered him to head to the Iwagakure Battlefield to help end the war.
• Yūto agreed to leave, then grabbed a sofa cushion to settle the score with Maki for tattling on him.

Yūto arrived at the Iwagakure front and volunteered to attack a heavily guarded supply fortress alone. After learning about the fortress’s defenses and the Two-Tails’ jinchūriki, he charged straight toward the fortress, with Uchiha Tekka following.

• Yūto reached Command Headquarters, where Minato, Orochimaru, and Shikaku were discussing a night raid.
• Yūto rejected the raid plan and set off alone to destroy an eastern Iwagakure supply fortress guarded by three hundred ninja.
• Uchiha Tekka caught up with Yūto and explained that Iwagakure’s numbers and the jinchūriki Roshi and Han were major threats.
• At the fortress, Yūto dismissed Tekka’s suggestion to infiltrate and charged toward the defenses instead.
• Tekka activated his Sharingan and pursued Yūto as the Iwagakure watchtower raised the alarm.

Yūto and Tekka destroyed an Iwagakure fortress after Yūto transformed into Shukaku and unleashed a massive fire attack. When Ōnoki learned of the fortress’s destruction, he decided to hire Kakuzu to eliminate Yūto.

• Iwagakure ninja spotted Yūto and Tekka approaching the fortress and sent a squad to confront them.
• Yūto transformed into Shukaku and engulfed the fortress perimeter in flames, melting the stronghold and killing the Iwagakure ninja there.
• Tekka urged Yūto to stop once the fortress had been destroyed, then noted that the fire had also erased its distress signal.
• Messenger hawks returned from the ruined fortress, and Kitsuchi reported that it had been turned to lava.
• Ōnoki considered confronting Yūto himself, but Kitsuchi warned him against leaving the front lines.
• Ōnoki chose to hire Kakuzu, a bounty hunter said to have fought the First Hokage, to deal with Yūto.

Yūto continued destroying Iwagakure outposts and defeated Kakuzu, taking his savings after forcing him to surrender. As Iwagakure’s defenses crumbled, Ōnoki decided to join Roshi and Han in a direct attack on Yūto.

• Yūto kept destroying Iwagakure outposts until its ninja were warned to flee if they saw him.
• An Iwagakure ninja hired Kakuzu to assassinate Yūto, and Kakuzu demanded a hundred million ryō for the job.
• Kakuzu attacked Yūto, but Yūto trapped him in a Mangekyō genjutsu and took at least three hundred million ryō from his storage scroll.
• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that Yūto had destroyed seven outposts in twelve days and defeated Kakuzu.
• Ōnoki chose to attack Yūto with Roshi and Han, and both agreed to join Kitsuchi.

Ōnoki, Roshi, and Han joined forces against Yūto, pushing him into a desperate battle despite his powerful Tailed Beast transformation. Ōnoki’s Dust Release finally broke Yūto’s Majestic Attire: Shukaku, but Yūto remained defiant as the three prepared to finish him.

• Ōnoki, Roshi, and Han tracked Yūto to a burned-out outpost and launched a coordinated attack.
• Yūto fought back with Partial Tailed Beast Transformation and Fire Style, but the three Iwagakure fighters drove him onto the defensive.
• Tekka fled toward the Konoha Camp to seek reinforcements while Yūto continued fighting the three opponents.
• Roshi and Han transformed into the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, and they knocked Yūto’s Shukaku into a mountain.
• Yūto used a Tailed Beast Bomb to counter Ōnoki’s Dust Release, then formed Majestic Attire: Shukaku and struck both beasts.
• Ōnoki had the Four-Tails and Five-Tails restrain Shukaku while his Dust Release pierced its chest, forcing Yūto out of Tailed Beast Transformation.

Yūto used his Mangekyō Sharingan to exploit the jinchūriki’s weak points, defeating Roshi and Han before Minato arrived with Tekka and Tsukimi. As Yūto reunited with Tsukimi, Ōnoki launched a surprise White Beam through his chest.

• Yūto struck Ōnoki’s weak point and sent him crashing into a mountainside.
• Yūto wounded Roshi, then lured Han into an attack and tore off Han’s right arm, though Roshi burned Yūto’s ribs in return.
• Yūto’s combined Fire and Wind Release overwhelmed Roshi’s Lava Release and engulfed him in white-hot flames.
• Minato arrived with Tekka and Tsukimi, and Yūto greeted them as the battle appeared to be over.
• Tsukimi told Yūto she had come because she heard he was in danger, but Ōnoki attacked with a White Beam that pierced Yūto’s chest.

After Yūto was badly injured fighting Ōnoki and the jinchūriki, he returned toward Konoha to recover with Tsukimi, while the other villages and Black Zetsu reacted to his growing strength. The chapter left the rival powers tightening defenses or preparing plans as Yūto became a greater threat.

• Ōnoki escaped with Roshi and Han after his Dust Release wounded Yūto, who was sent back to Konoha to recover.
• Tsukimi escorted Yūto and admitted she felt unable to keep up with him, but Yūto encouraged her to find her own path to strength.
• A ordered Kumogakure to intensify its younger ninja's training, especially Yugito Nii's, after learning Yūto had defeated Ōnoki and two jinchūriki.
• Karatachi Yagura ordered Kirigakure to strengthen its borders without provoking Konoha, while Rasa ordered Sunagakure to reinforce its defenses and accelerate a plan to recover Shukaku.
• Black Zetsu warned Obito that Yūto's Mangekyō made him a future threat, and Obito agreed to let Yūto grow before dealing him a fatal blow.

Yūto returned to Konoha with Tsukimi, and Nonō treated his lung injury but noticed signs that his vision was failing. At Yūto’s home, Tsukimi learned that Pakura was his girlfriend and fled, prompting Yūto to go after her.

• Tsukimi took Yūto to Konoha Hospital after he coughed up blood, and Nonō repaired a burn hole in his lung.
• Nonō noticed Yūto’s unfocused gaze, but he denied that anything was wrong and left with Tsukimi while his vision continued to blur.
• Tsukimi arrived at Yūto’s house and met Maki and Pakura, who were living there.
• Pakura told Tsukimi that she and Yūto were boyfriend and girlfriend, and Tsukimi left in distress.
• Pakura urged Yūto to follow Tsukimi, and he hurried out after her.

After learning that Tsunade had supplied Pakura with a drug to use on Yūto, Tsukimi accepted Tsunade’s encouragement and a new vial. At dinner, Pakura slipped it into Yūto’s tea, and the three women carried him to a guest room as he lost consciousness.

• Tsukimi went to Tsunade for comfort after learning Pakura had drugged Yūto, and Tsunade admitted she had supplied the drug.
• Tsunade encouraged Tsukimi to act on her feelings and gave her a new drug that would leave Yūto conscious.
• The next evening, Yūto and Pakura went to dinner at Tsunade’s courtyard, where Tsukimi had prepared the meal and Maki stayed home.
• When Yūto stepped away, Tsunade urged Tsukimi to drug him, but Pakura took the vial and poured it into his teacup.
• Yūto drank the tea, quickly became drowsy, and Tsunade, Pakura, and Tsukimi carried him to a guest room.

After Tsukimi revealed her long-held feelings to Yūto, Iwagakure surrendered and the Third Shinobi World War ended. Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged a Jonin vote to choose the Fourth Hokage, while Yūto said he would support Minato Namikaze and received Tsukimi and Ringo Ameyuri at his home.

• Tsukimi reminisced about Yūto and sought help from Tsunade and Pakura, who guided her.
• With Ōnoki and the Jinchuriki weakened and supplies cut off, Iwagakure sued for peace and signed an agreement that ceded fortresses and required reparations.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced he would step down and proposed Minato Namikaze as his successor, but Danzo argued for Orochimaru; the leaders agreed to let the Jonin vote in three days.
• Tekka told Yūto about the upcoming vote, and Yūto said he would vote for Minato.
• Tsukimi arrived at Yūto’s home with Ringo Ameyuri, and Tekka teased Yūto before leaving after Yūto kicked him.

Minato defeated Orochimaru in the Jonin vote and became the Fourth Hokage, then invited Yūto to celebrate. Yūto brought Tsukimi to Minato’s crowded gathering, where he discovered Kushina had taken in Shukaku and learned that Tsunade, Pakura, and Tsukimi had plans for him afterward.

• Minato won the Jonin vote by an overwhelming margin, while Danzo left in anger and Orochimaru congratulated him.
• Minato invited Yūto to dinner, and Pakura and Tsunade declined to go, leaving Tsukimi to accompany him.
• Yūto arrived at Minato’s house with Tsukimi and found Fugaku, Mikoto, clan heads, and other guests gathered there.
• Yūto saw Kushina holding a house-cat-sized Shukaku, who had grown comfortable in her care.
• Tsunade appeared at the gathering and privately told Yūto that she, Pakura, and Tsukimi would be waiting for him that night.

Minato asked Yūto to become Anbu Captain, and Yūto accepted so he could strengthen Konoha’s defenses. A few days later, Minato assigned him to help the Land of Snow, explaining that the village could not afford to pay for an official mission.

• Minato offered Yūto the position of Anbu Captain, and Yūto accepted after considering how he could protect Minato and his wife.
• Yūto saw Mikoto questioning Tsukimi about Pakura while Tsunade continued working on medicines to address his worsening eyesight.
• Yūto encountered Genma Shiranui at the Hokage Building and learned that Minato had selected him as a Hokage guard.
• Minato told Yūto that the Land of Snow had requested help, but Konoha could not afford to issue an official mission.
• Yūto agreed to assist the Land of Snow after considering its people and geothermal technology, and asked Minato to warn him about such assignments in advance.

Yūto took Chino, Izumi, and Itachi to the Land of Snow under the guise of a vacation while concealing the political turmoil there. After they arrived, Itachi urged caution, but Yūto assured his students that nothing would go wrong.

• Yūto gathered Chino, Izumi, and Itachi and told them they were going on a vacation to the Land of Snow.
• On the ship, Izumi became seasick, and Chino cared for her while Yūto brought her medicine.
• Itachi told Yūto he wanted to graduate early, but Yūto persuaded him to wait and graduate with Chino and Izumi.
• Several days later, the group reached the Land of Snow and noticed its streets were nearly empty and its people seemed anxious.
• Yūto dismissed Chino's concerns about the locals, while Itachi advised the group to proceed carefully.

Yūto and his students arrived in the Land of Snow and learned that Kazahana Dōtō had seized power and was arresting his opponents. After the patrol attacked them at the inn, Chino and Izumi insisted on opposing Dōtō, and Yūto agreed to get involved.

• Yūto and his students checked into an inn, where villagers warned them about Kazahana Dōtō's coup and arrests.
• Yūto took the students out for a meal and said they would ask around about the situation.
• The patrol searched their room and threatened them, so Chino, Izumi, and Itachi defeated the patrolmen.
• Yūto learned that the patrol captain had sent the men after reports of opposition to Dōtō, and the group left the inn.
• Yūto suggested returning from their vacation, but Chino and Izumi insisted on helping, so he agreed to get involved.