Recaps

After Orochimaru discovered that his White Zetsu body had no sex characteristics, he and Naruto agreed to prioritize improving cloning technology and gathering Kekkei Genkai. Naruto outlined plans to clone Sharingan and Mangekyō Sharingan, then considered recruiting Jūgo and using natural energy to stabilize future experiments.

• Orochimaru realized his White Zetsu body had neither male nor female characteristics, and Naruto teased him about it.
• Orochimaru asked Naruto what he should do next, and Naruto recommended perfecting cloning technology before collecting Kekkei Genkai.
• Naruto explained his plan to clone Sharingan, including Mangekyō and Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Orochimaru became eager to begin experimenting.
• Naruto cautioned Orochimaru that they lacked suitable Kekkei Genkai and still needed a way to combine them safely.
• Naruto considered recruiting Jūgo to help with research into natural energy and began thinking about a stable vessel for multiple Kekkei Genkai.

Naruto told Orochimaru to watch over Shin, whose unusual body could help stabilize Kekkei Genkai, but they discovered Shin hiding beneath the floor of his room after he tried to escape. Orochimaru spared him and said they would need his help in the future.

• Naruto asked Orochimaru to keep track of Jūgo, Karin Uzumaki, Hozuki Suigetsu, and especially Shin.
• Orochimaru sent Kabuto Yakushi to bring the three children and went looking for Shin, only to find his room broken into and empty.
• Naruto noticed signs of Earth Release and found that the western corner of the room concealed a pit beneath the floor.
• Naruto and Orochimaru flooded the hidden space and forced Shin to climb out of the mud.
• Shin admitted he had been trying to escape, but Orochimaru spared him and told him to follow.

Orochimaru returned to Otogakure with Naruto and learned that Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku was destroying his body. Naruto proposed that a Sage Body might save him, leaving Orochimaru to consider a trip to Ryūchi Cave.

• Shin watched Orochimaru and Naruto act unusually close as they traveled back, and Orochimaru fussed over Naruto’s meals.
• Orochimaru and Naruto arrived at the Otogakure base, where Kabuto Yakushi had brought the children and Kimimaro.
• Naruto recognized Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku and explained that his powerful bloodline was overwhelming his body.
• Kimimaro coughed blood and collapsed, so Orochimaru caught him and ordered Kabuto Yakushi to treat him.
• After Kimimaro woke, Orochimaru and Naruto discussed how to save him, and Naruto suggested giving him a Sage Body.
• Orochimaru concluded that they would need to visit Ryūchi Cave, since cloning Kimimaro might not preserve the person he knew.

Naruto and Orochimaru traveled to Ryūchi Cave so Naruto could learn Sage Mode and pursue a way to save Kimimaro. After Naruto subdued Manda, Tagorihime took Naruto and Orochimaru to prepare for the trials.

• Naruto proposed learning Sage Mode and using it to help Kimimaro acquire a Sage Body, and Orochimaru agreed to accompany him.
• Orochimaru led Naruto to Ryūchi Cave, where his new White Zetsu body suffered only brief dizziness from the natural energy.
• Manda called Naruto a tasty sacrifice, so Naruto beat and repeatedly healed him until Manda fled.
• Tagorihime appeared, heard that Naruto had come to learn Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode, and led Naruto and Orochimaru toward the trials.

Naruto and Orochimaru began Ryūchi Cave’s trials, passing Tagorihime’s deception and Ichikishimahime’s chakra-draining challenge with little trouble. They entered Tagitsuhime’s Genjutsu trial after she bit them, and Naruto fell under the illusion.

• Tagorihime tried to lure Naruto and Orochimaru into eating, but they stayed outside and saw through her trick, so she declared them successful.
• Naruto and Orochimaru reached Ichikishimahime’s trial and quickly filled the gaps in the boulder despite their chakra being drained.
• Ichikishimahime stayed out of sight after Naruto and Orochimaru completed the task, and they moved on to the next trial.
• Tagitsuhime explained that they had to overcome her Genjutsu, then bit Naruto and Orochimaru to begin the test.
• Naruto and Orochimaru felt their bodies grow hot as the illusion took hold, and Tagitsuhime marveled at Naruto’s chakra.

Naruto and Orochimaru passed Tagitsuhime’s Genjutsu trial and met the White Snake Sage, who offered to teach them Sage Mode but tried to enlist them to deal with Garaga. Naruto refused to take on the extra task without additional compensation, leaving the White Snake Sage asking what he wanted.

• Tagitsuhime tested Naruto and Orochimaru with venom-enhanced Genjutsu, and Orochimaru woke first thanks to Naruto’s Transcription Seal.
• Naruto lingered in an illusion of his former home, left a negative review for Morefun, and then broke free of the Genjutsu.
• Tagitsuhime led Naruto and Orochimaru to the White Snake Sage, who agreed to teach them Sage Mode after they passed the trials.
• The White Snake Sage considered asking Naruto and Orochimaru to deal with Garaga, but Naruto interrupted and demanded they be taught Senjutsu without extra conditions.
• Naruto told the White Snake Sage that helping with Garaga would cost extra, and she asked what he wanted.

Naruto negotiated with the White Snake Sage for more senjutsu training in exchange for retrieving Garaga’s reverse scale and calming him down. After reaching Garaga’s cave with Orochimaru and Tagorihime, Naruto found him asleep and decided to investigate again at night.

• Naruto used Kurama’s chakra to make the White Snake Sage accept his offer to help, asking only for more senjutsu techniques in return.
• The White Snake Sage asked Naruto to retrieve Garaga’s reverse scale and settle him down, and Naruto agreed.
• Tagorihime led Naruto and Orochimaru to Garaga’s territory and described how he howled and battered the cave walls at night.
• Naruto and Orochimaru entered Garaga’s cave but found him sleeping, so they planned to return that night and investigate what was really happening.

Naruto and Orochimaru entered Ryūchi Cave and found Garaga singing melancholy songs, leading Naruto to suspect the giant snake was a fellow transmigrator. Garaga recognized them but did not share Naruto’s assumption, and his thoughts revealed that his former master had been a transmigrator who died long ago.

• Naruto heard Garaga singing and went into the cave to investigate, with Orochimaru following him.
• Garaga recognized Naruto and Orochimaru, while privately wondering why events differed from the story he knew.
• Orochimaru called Garaga seriously ill, and Garaga angrily denied it.
• Naruto asked Garaga how he was, and Garaga replied excitedly that he was fine, reinforcing Naruto’s suspicion that he was a transmigrator.
• Garaga remembered that his former master had told him about the world before dying in an age of war, after which Garaga had waited for him in Ryūchi Cave.
• Naruto quoted another melancholy lyric at Garaga, leaving them staring at each other in confusion.

Naruto discovered that Garaga’s strange reactions came from his former master, who had come from the same world as Naruto. He promised to help Garaga find his master if he ever returned to that world, then signed a Summoning Contract with him before rejoining Orochimaru.

• Naruto tested Garaga with several code phrases, and Garaga revealed that his knowledge came from his master.
• Garaga asked Naruto to help find his master if Naruto could return to his old world, and Naruto agreed.
• Garaga explained that sadness overwhelmed him at night, so he sang songs his master had taught him; Naruto asked him to try to stay quiet at night.
• Garaga gave Naruto a Summoning Contract scroll, which named the previous signer as Yoshinari Yoshikazu.
• Naruto signed the Summoning Contract with Garaga and returned to Orochimaru.

Naruto refused to give the White Snake Sage Garaga’s reverse scale and demanded that she teach him Senjutsu. After revealing the Rinnegan, he and Orochimaru underwent Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Mode training, leaving the White Snake Sage astonished by Naruto’s near-dragon transformation.

• Naruto told the White Snake Sage that Garaga had agreed to keep quiet, but refused to retrieve the reverse scale and demanded Senjutsu training.
• Naruto briefly revealed the Rinnegan, frightening the White Snake Sage into agreeing to teach him.
• The White Snake Sage injected Natural Energy into Naruto and Orochimaru so they could attempt Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Mode.
• Orochimaru awakened first and gained Sage Mode, while Naruto absorbed vast amounts of Natural Energy with help from the White Snake Sage.
• Naruto entered a distinct Sage Mode with dragonlike features, and the White Snake Sage exclaimed that it was close to becoming a dragon.

Naruto’s Sage Mode began taking on a dragon-like form, intimidating the White Snake Sage into letting him leave Ryūchi Cave with scrolls. Back in Otogakure, Naruto and Orochimaru planned Sage Mode experiments, and Naruto gathered White Zetsus before briefly returning to Konoha.

• Naruto entered Sage Mode, and the White Snake Sage recognized signs of him transforming into a dragon.
• The White Snake Sage abandoned her desire to devour Naruto after sensing his strength, then gave him scrolls and let him leave with Orochimaru.
• Naruto and Orochimaru planned to advance cloning technology, develop cells adapted to Sage Mode, and capture more White Zetsus.
• Naruto searched for White Zetsus on his way to Konoha and captured several for Orochimaru’s experiments.
• Naruto found no White Zetsus in Konoha, challenged Sasuke to a spar, beat him, and left using Flying Thunder God.

After three years, Naruto reviewed Orochimaru’s successful Sharingan-cloning research and brought Sasuke to his base to help develop Mangekyō Sharingan. Naruto planned to create Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan for Sasuke and Itachi, then use Sasuke to track down the Akatsuki.

• Naruto examined Orochimaru’s research on cultivating Sharingan in monkeys, but Orochimaru said he needed a purer Uchiha bloodline to develop Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to reach Sasuke in Konoha and took him along after Sasuke told his parents.
• Tsunade learned Naruto had taken Sasuke out of the village and angrily complained about his disregard for her as Hokage.
• Naruto told Sasuke they were going to Orochimaru’s base to upgrade his equipment and planned to make Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan for Sasuke and Itachi using Itachi’s blood.
• Three days later, Orochimaru collected a blood sample from Sasuke and resumed his experiments while Naruto considered taking Sasuke to join the Akatsuki and find Obito.

Naruto taught Sasuke Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode, and Sasuke awakened a form marked by a blue horn and five snakes. Naruto then rushed to Konoha after sensing his Flying Thunder God Mark and discovered that Hinata had vanished, leaving him to suspect Obito Uchiha or Otsutsuki Toneri.

• Naruto showed Sasuke his dragon-like Sage Mode and taught him to balance his chakra with natural energy.
• Sasuke activated his own Sage Mode, gained a blue horn and five blue snakes, and abandoned the thought of challenging Naruto after sensing Naruto's power.
• Naruto sensed someone activate his Flying Thunder God Mark and teleported to the Hyuga Clan, where he told Hyuga Hiashi that Hinata might be in danger.
• Naruto and Hiashi searched the Hyuga home and found that Hinata had disappeared, making Hiashi realize it had happened a second time.
• Naruto brought Sasuke to Konoha, and the group searched the village with Kakashi and Pakkun but found no trace of Hinata.
• Naruto realized Hinata had vanished with his Flying Thunder God Kunai and wondered whether Obito Uchiha or Otsutsuki Toneri had taken her.

Obito used Infinite Tsukuyomi on Naruto and Sasuke, transporting them to a world where the Uchiha Compound stood deserted and Naruto's parents were alive. The chapter ended with Minato and Kushina welcoming Naruto home as Menma.

• Obito appeared before Naruto and Sasuke, claimed he had used Hinata in an experiment, and activated Infinite Tsukuyomi with a scarlet crystal.
• Naruto and Sasuke found themselves in Konoha, but discovered the Uchiha Clan Compound was deserted and appeared long abandoned.
• Naruto suspected they had been transported to another world, while Sasuke wondered what had happened to his clan there.
• They went to Naruto's brightly lit home, where Minato opened the door and Sasuke recognized him as the Fourth Hokage.
• Kushina came to the door, hugged Naruto, scolded him with a punch, and Minato welcomed him home as Menma.

Naruto and Sasuke arrived in a world where Minato and Kushina were alive, and Naruto learned that this world’s Hinata was his hot-tempered girlfriend. The next day, the two met her at the Hyuga Clan, where she kissed Naruto and left both him and Sasuke stunned.

• Minato and Kushina welcomed Naruto home as Menma, then pulled Sasuke inside and treated him like a returning survivor of the Uchiha Clan massacre.
• Kushina fed Sasuke while Naruto asked where Hinata was, and she warned him that he had hurt his girlfriend by leaving without saying goodbye.
• Jiraiya, this world’s Fourth Hokage, learned that Naruto had returned and named Naruto the protagonist of his manuscript.
• Naruto and Sasuke went to the Hyuga Clan, where this world’s Hinata rushed out, kissed Naruto, and left Sasuke bewildered.

Naruto and Sasuke discovered that Irascible Hinata had imprisoned the original Hinata, and Naruto suspected she was being held on the moon. They followed Irascible Hinata to a cave, where Naruto began to suspect Toneri was involved.

• Irascible Hinata flirted with Naruto, then told him she had locked up the other Hinata because she believed only one Hinata deserved him.
• Naruto and Sasuke agreed to rescue Hinata, and Naruto guessed she might be on the moon.
• Naruto summoned Pakkun to track Irascible Hinata's scent, and Sasuke joined him in following her.
• Naruto and Sasuke caught up with Irascible Hinata as she entered a cave, and Naruto suspected Toneri was involved.

Hinata appeared in the moon palace, while Naruto and Sasuke followed her through a strange pool that led from Earth to the moon. After Sasuke destroyed Toneri’s puppet, Naruto confronted Otsutsuki Toneri and punched him out of the palace.

• Hinata appeared in the moon palace and met a silver-haired boy who warned her she should not have come.
• Naruto and Sasuke entered the underwater passage to the moon after Hinata’s scent vanished at the pool.
• Sasuke struck Otsutsuki Toneri’s puppet with Chidori, and Naruto crushed it after recognizing it was not the real Toneri.
• Otsutsuki Toneri planned to claim Hinata and her counterpart as brides and fled an explosive attack that blasted a hole through his palace.
• Naruto confronted Otsutsuki Toneri over taking Hinata and punched him out of the palace into a crater.

Naruto overwhelmed Otsutsuki Toneri with Sage Mode punches and reunited with Hinata and Irascible Hinata on the moon. As the two Hinatas held him, Naruto wondered why they shared memories and whether Irascible Hinata cared for him or Menma.

• Naruto activated Sage Mode and beat Otsutsuki Toneri unconscious with a barrage of punches.
• Sasuke asked about their own world, and Naruto said it had someone like Toneri as well.
• Hinata and Irascible Hinata ran to Naruto and hugged him after finding him on the moon.
• Hinata told Naruto that Obito Uchiha had abducted her and that Toneri had tried to make her marry him for his ancestors' plan.
• Naruto wondered how the two Hinatas could share memories and whether Irascible Hinata liked him or Menma.

Naruto learned from Irascible Hinata that she and Hinata could sense alternate versions of themselves and might eventually merge, though Irascible Hinata expected to become a shadow. The conversation ended with Hinata professing her love for Naruto in front of Otsutsuki Toneri, who was left stunned.

• Naruto asked Irascible Hinata whether she knew him, and she explained that she had once known Menma, who looked exactly like him.
• Irascible Hinata told Naruto that alternate versions of people could sense each other and might merge, and said she had followed Hinata's presence to the moon.
• Naruto asked Hinata whether she could sense her other self, but she said she could not.
• Naruto questioned why Irascible Hinata had not merged with Hinata, and she said it was not time yet and that she would become a shadow if they merged.
• Otsutsuki Toneri emerged and accused Hinata of betraying him, but both Hinatas rejected his claims.
• Hinata told Naruto she loved only him, leaving Otsutsuki Toneri stunned.

Naruto spared Otsutsuki Toneri after Irascible Hinata explained that the parallel worlds were connected and killing people in this one could affect Naruto’s world. Back in Konoha, Naruto and the others were summoned by the Hokage.

• Otsutsuki Toneri gave up resisting, but Irascible Hinata told Naruto not to kill him because the two worlds were linked like opposite sides of a sheet of paper.
• Naruto accepted her warning, showed Toneri his Rinnegan to keep him from causing trouble, and left him on the moon.
• Sasuke returned to the ground thinking about going back to the moon to find Toneri.
• Naruto had Hinata use the Transformation Technique before they entered Konoha to prevent confusion over there being two Hinatas.
• An Anbu arrived in Konoha and told Naruto and the others that the Hokage wanted to see them.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata met with Jiraiya, who realized they were visitors from another world and explained Menma’s role in the crisis. Jiraiya sent them to capture Menma and bring him back, warning them about the force influencing him.

• Jiraiya summoned Naruto and his companions, then guessed that Naruto was not Menma Namikaze.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata threatened Jiraiya with their techniques until Naruto told them to stand down.
• Jiraiya explained that the Toad Sage had foretold a child of destiny from another world, and that Menma had discovered an entrance between worlds before cutting off contact with Konoha.
• Naruto deduced that Menma’s breach had allowed Obito Uchiha to bring them into this world and wondered how to deal with Menma.
• Jiraiya ordered Naruto and his companions to tie Menma up and bring him back, and summoned the village’s available fighters to support the mission.

Naruto took charge of a mission toward Otogakure, but Menma suddenly appeared and attacked the Hokage's office. Naruto stopped Menma's strike, though everyone mistook him for their Menma, leaving the real Menma furious and intent on killing him.

• Kakashi greeted Naruto and Sasuke with unusual chatter while Might Guy calmly welcomed them.
• Jiraiya put Naruto in charge of the operation and secretly recorded that Naruto's strength made him a top-tier danger.
• Menma emerged from a black vortex and demanded that Jiraiya hand over the Book of the Vermilion Moon.
• Menma attacked the group with Spiraling Ring, but Naruto entered Sage Mode and used Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder to transport the attack away.
• The others praised Naruto as Menma, while the real Menma grew enraged at the impostor wearing his face.

Menma summoned the Nine Masked Beasts to fight Naruto, but Naruto outmatched him and forced him to retreat. Back in his training cavern, Menma accepted more power from Obito and awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Menma summoned the Nine Masked Beasts, and Hinata, Sasuke, and the others fought them while Naruto faced Menma.
• Menma trapped Naruto in Hokuto Sennin's barrier and attacked him with Santai Seikun's scythe, but Naruto escaped with Flying Thunder God.
• Naruto defeated Menma in close combat, and Menma fled through Obito's spatial vortex.
• Sasuke, Hinata, and the others destroyed the remaining Nine Masked Beasts, whose chakra foxes merged and vanished.
• Obito offered Menma more power, and Menma accepted, awakening a Mangekyō Sharingan in his left eye.

Menma merged with Obito’s power and prepared to confront Naruto’s group at the Cave of Training. Jiraiya sent Minato to seek Akatsuki’s help, while Naruto’s team arrived and Menma’s opening attack left most of them down.

• Menma used Obito’s intangibility and decided to capture a former companion before pursuing the Book of the Vermilion Moon.
• Jiraiya concealed Menma’s whereabouts from Minato and Kushina, then told Minato to seek Akatsuki’s help for the children.
• Minato realized the boy at home was not Menma, and Naruto’s group hurried toward the Cave of Training.
• Menma welcomed Naruto’s group with a dark-purple Spiraling Ring that knocked down most of the young shinobi, while Sasuke and both Hinatas evaded it.
• Kakashi and Might Guy checked the fallen children and found that none had life-threatening injuries.

Minato and the world’s Akatsuki arrived as Sasuke confronted Itachi, whose confusion grew when he realized Sasuke and Naruto seemed to come from another world. Naruto continued fighting Menma, and their clashing techniques gathered enough energy to alarm the distant onlookers.

• Minato arrived with the world’s Akatsuki after Konoha’s young elites were defeated.
• Sasuke attacked Itachi with Chidori and demanded an explanation, but Itachi called him weak and prepared to show him the Uchiha’s power.
• Sasuke pleaded with Itachi to stop, and Itachi noticed Sasuke lacked the hatred he expected and suspected that he had come from another world.
• Sasuke led Itachi away to talk, while Naruto sent a Shadow Clone to heal Itachi’s shoulder before it disappeared.
• Naruto and Menma clashed with Rasengan and Spiraling Ring, creating a massive burst of energy that left Kakashi and Might Guy stunned.