Chapter Summaries

Madara overwhelmed Yūto, Tsunade, and Kisame, forcing Yūto and Kushina to use sealing jutsu against him. Kushina completed a Four Symbols Seal on the sand pyramid, but a cracking sound suggested the seal might not hold.

• Madara appeared before Tsunade and the others, then easily overpowered Tsunade and Kisame while freezing Kushina with his gaze.
• Yūto used Shukaku’s chakra to fight Madara, but Madara defeated him and moved to tear out his heart.
• The Nine-Tails lent Kushina its chakra, allowing her to attack Madara while Tsunade healed Yūto.
• Yūto proposed sealing Madara, and Tsunade and Kisame restrained him while Yūto trapped him in a sand pyramid.
• Kushina placed a Four Symbols Seal on the pyramid, which fell still before a faint crack sounded.

Madara broke free of the Four Symbols Seal with Wood Release and overwhelmed the group, gravely injuring Kisame. Yūto weakened Madara with a powerful fire attack and moved to seal him, but stopped when Madara awakened the Rinnegan, leaving Yūto to urge Kushina and Tsunade to flee.

• Madara shattered the Desert Layer Imperial Funeral with Wood Release and demanded that the group hand over Yūto.
• Tsunade and Kisame stood by Yūto, but Madara pierced Kisame through the abdomen and threw him aside.
• Yūto told Tsunade and Kushina to weaken Madara before sealing him, then challenged Madara to a Fire Release contest.
• Yūto combined his fire jutsu with a Tailed Beast Transformation and overwhelmed Madara's flames, tearing Madara's body apart.
• Yūto stopped halfway through forming the sealing jutsu when Madara's eyes turned purple, then grabbed Kushina and told her and Tsunade to run.

Madara sealed Kushina with Chibaku Tensei and killed Yūto when he sacrificed himself to save Tsunade. After Yūto died, a clerk in the Transmigrator Administration Bureau tried to process his promised compensation, but the department chief pressured him to stop.

• Madara used the Rinnegan's Chibaku Tensei to seal Kushina inside a floating sphere of rock.
• Madara summoned his Susanoo and swung its Chakra katana at Tsunade, but Yūto shoved her out of the way and was cut in half.
• Tsunade tried to heal Yūto, confessed that she liked him, and watched him die after he urged her to escape.
• At the Transmigrator Administration Bureau, Xiao Liu found Yūto's death record and began processing the compensation the department had promised him.
• The chief warned Xiao Liu that processing compensation would expose the department's mistake and cost everyone promotions, raises, and bonuses, leaving Xiao Liu conflicted.

After the Transmigrator Administration Bureau sent Yūto back to the Shinobi World, his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened and gave him new powers. He left the chapter fighting Madara, having pierced Susanoo’s defenses.

• The section chief tricked Yūto into giving up his compensation and returning to the Shinobi World rather than becoming a catgirl.
• After Yūto reappeared, his severed body regenerated, and his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened as he remembered his regrets about Tsunade.
• Yūto discovered that his left eye, Ōkuninushi, could protect Tsunade with Susanoo chakra, while his right eye, Magatsu, could reveal and magnify weaknesses.
• Yūto used Magatsu to spot the lines of death in Madara’s Susanoo and break through its armor with a sand-transformed hand.

Yūto severed Madara’s connection to the Pure Land, ending his Impure World Reincarnation and freeing Kushina. Kisame revealed he had survived thanks to Samehada, and Tsunade then dragged Yūto back to Konoha to explain his return.

• Yūto used his Mangekyō to spot Madara’s death line and tricked him into approaching while Tsunade attacked.
• Yūto severed the death line with a kunai, causing Madara to dissolve and leaving a White Zetsu corpse behind.
• Madara’s Chibaku Tensei collapsed, and Kushina fell free and learned he had returned to the Pure Land.
• Yūto mourned Kisame until Kisame suddenly revealed he was alive because Samehada had kept him breathing with stored Three-Tails chakra.
• Tsunade grabbed Yūto and ordered him to return to Konoha, where he would have to explain how he came back to life.

Yūto tested his Mangekyō ability on Tsunade, accidentally destroying her clothes, and learned that she liked him a little. Back at the Uchiha Clan Compound, Fugaku recognized Yūto’s Mangekyō and asked him to attend a Clan Meeting.

• Tsunade made Yūto test his Mangekyō ability on her, and its use cut apart her clothing.
• After Tsunade changed, Yūto asked whether she had meant it when she said she liked him, and she admitted that she liked him a little.
• Yūto returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and overheard Chino and Izumi arguing about Itachi.
• Fugaku noticed Yūto’s Mangekyō, warned him that overusing it could damage his eyesight, and said he had awakened his own after losing his closest friend.
• Fugaku asked Yūto to attend a Clan Meeting, leaving him wondering what the Uchiha planned to discuss.

Yūto told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Madara Uchiha had been revived with Impure World Reincarnation and defeated, prompting the Hokage to contact Jiraiya about peace talks with Kirigakure. Back home, Yūto shared an awkward embrace with Pakura before Maki interrupted, and dinner left him thinking about Tsukimi, who was still on the battlefield.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reprimanded Yūto for bringing Kushina back late, then questioned him about the chakra fluctuations near Tanzaku Town.
• Yūto revealed that Madara Uchiha had been summoned with Impure World Reincarnation and had lost his chance to return.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked who knew about Madara and ordered an ANBU to tell Jiraiya to pursue peace talks with Kirigakure.
• Pakura greeted Yūto with a tight hug, and Yūto awkwardly returned it until Maki entered and caught them.
• Pakura cooked dinner for Yūto and Maki, and Yūto thought about Tsukimi, who remained on the battlefield.

At an Uchiha clan meeting, members argued over who should become Hokage if Hiruzen Sarutobi retired, and Yūto was unexpectedly nominated. The clan’s dispute led to a planned spar between Yūto and Fugaku, which Hiruzen interrupted after mistaking the match for a fight over clan leadership.

• Yūto attended the Uchiha clan meeting and learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi might retire after the Shinobi War.
• Fugaku urged the clan to support Minato as the next Hokage, but some members argued that an Uchiha should take the position.
• Uchiha clan members nominated Yūto for Hokage, and Yūto privately told Fugaku he did not want the job.
• As the clan members demanded a fight to decide who would represent the Uchiha, Yūto and Fugaku agreed to stage a spar with Yūto pretending to lose.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped the pair, mistakenly believing Fugaku was suppressing Yūto’s bid to become Clan Head, until Yūto clarified that the dispute concerned the Hokage position.

Yūto staged a loss to Fugaku in a match over whom the Uchiha should support for Hokage, with Hiruzen Sarutobi refereeing. After the crowd mistakenly treated Yūto’s defeat as evidence of a dirty trick, Hiruzen promised to seriously consider him for Fifth Hokage in the future.

• Yūto explained to Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Uchiha had arranged a match between him and Fugaku because the clan could not agree on whom to support for Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to referee and quietly accepted Yūto’s plan to throw the match.
• An Uchiha in the crowd prompted Yūto to use a powerful fire combination, which nearly overwhelmed Fugaku’s Earth-Style Wall.
• Yūto pretended to run out of chakra, let Fugaku land a light strike, and conceded; Hiruzen Sarutobi declared Fugaku the winner.
• The Uchiha crowd doubted the result and comforted Yūto, while Hiruzen Sarutobi promised to give him serious consideration for Fifth Hokage.

Yūto visited Tsunade, and the two shared their first kiss before she agreed to see him again in two days. When Yūto returned home late, Pakura grew jealous, and Mikoto arrived with food and kept a watchful eye on the two of them.

• After the clan meeting ended without Fugaku, Yūto went to Tsunade's home and persuaded her to let him stay in her courtyard.
• Yūto and Tsunade spent the evening together, kissed, and agreed that he could visit again the day after tomorrow.
• Yūto returned home late, and Pakura smelled a woman's scent on him and angrily went to her room.
• Mikoto arrived with snacks, and Pakura came out of her room to greet her.
• Yūto served tea and noticed that Mikoto had grown noticeably fuller.

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.