Recaps

Shinsei, a four-year-old reincarnated in Konoha, told his parents he wanted to become a ninja, but they refused. After leaving home, he watched Uchiha Itachi train with Sasuke and introduced himself before they left.

• Shinsei reflected on being reborn in the Naruto world and returned home with his mother, Riya.
• At lunch, Shinsei told Riya and Nobita that he wanted to become a ninja, but they tried to dissuade him.
• Shinsei left home and came across Uchiha Itachi training with Sasuke in the woods.
• Shinsei watched Itachi's shuriken practice and asked the brothers their names as they prepared to leave.
• Itachi introduced himself and Sasuke, and Shinsei told them his name.

Shinsei tried to understand chakra and watched Uchiha Itachi and Shisui train. After Shisui showed him how chakra felt, Shinsei successfully combined his own physical and spiritual energy and extracted chakra.

• Shinsei meditated without success and decided to seek Uchiha Itachi's help learning about chakra.
• Shinsei waited through the day for Itachi, then met him with Sasuke and Shisui Uchiha.
• Shisui and Itachi sparred while Shinsei watched, then Shisui explained chakra and let Shinsei feel its physical and spiritual energies.
• Itachi let Sasuke feel chakra, then resumed training with Shisui.
• Shinsei focused on the sensations Shisui had shown him and successfully formed chakra from the energies in his body.

Shinsei learned chakra extraction and quickly mastered tree climbing and water walking, then convinced his parents to support his decision to become a ninja. His parents revealed their family’s Senju heritage and prepared to test his chakra nature.

• Shinsei extracted chakra after Shisui taught him and practiced chakra control at home.
• Shinsei mastered tree climbing and water walking, then showed his mother that he could stand on bathwater.
• Shinsei told Nobita and Riya he had decided to become a ninja, and Nobita agreed to support him.
• Nobita revealed old family photographs and armor, and Shinsei recognized the Senju clan crest.
• Riya told Shinsei that his maternal grandfather was still alive, and Nobita brought out chakra paper to test Shinsei’s nature.

Shinsei discovered his water, earth, and lightning chakra affinities, then befriended Naruto and Hinata after stopping three children from bullying them. The chapter ended with Shinsei meeting his maternal grandfather for the first time.

• Shinsei tested Chakra Paper and learned that he had water, earth, and lightning affinities, while Nobita gave him beginner Water Release and Earth Release scrolls.
• Shinsei learned to read with Nobita and failed to find Uchiha Itachi or Shisui Uchiha at the grove.
• Shinsei intervened when three children bullied Naruto and Hinata, defeated them, and made them apologize.
• Shinsei introduced himself to Naruto and Hinata, invited them to Ichiraku Ramen, and paid for their meal.
• Riya agreed to take Shinsei to see his maternal grandfather, and the family visited him the next day.

Riya and Nobita brought Shinsei to his grandfather, who agreed to teach him ninjutsu. Shinsei learned Water Release: Wild Water Wave after a few attempts, and his grandfather warned him to conserve chakra.

• Riya told her father that Shinsei wanted to become a ninja and had already extracted chakra, so the old man agreed to train him.
• The next day, Shinsei's grandfather taught him the twelve hand seals and demonstrated Water Release: Wild Water Wave.
• Shinsei failed twice before successfully performing Water Release: Wild Water Wave on his third attempt.
• Shinsei's grandfather stopped him from practicing again and said he had plenty of chakra for his age, though he would likely only reach Jonin-level reserves.
• Shinsei asked how he could increase his chakra, and his grandfather said he knew of no effective method but mentioned that Tsunade could store chakra.

After more than a year of training with his grandfather, six-year-old Shinsei practiced ninjutsu and considered his limits and future prospects. He learned a Lightning Release technique and continued secretly refining his chakra control at home.

• Shinsei sparred with his grandfather on the river until he ran out of chakra.
• His grandfather gave Shinsei a scroll containing Water Release: False Darkness and Lightning Release: Earth Flow.
• Shinsei reflected on his chakra ceiling, the risks of pursuing Wood Release, and his interest in developing Storm Release.
• Shinsei went home, where Riya kissed his cheek as he ate lunch.
• Shinsei studied the Lightning Release scroll and demonstrated Earth Flow with sparks in his hand while keeping the stronger technique untested.

Shinsei sensed qi for the first time and continued meditating, then spent the afternoon at the grove sparring with Sasuke. After Sasuke used the Great Fireball Technique, Shinsei countered with a Water Formation Wall and won, while Naruto was quickly defeated by Sasuke.

• Shinsei sensed a tiny current of qi in his dantian and decided to let it develop naturally while he meditated.
• Iruka sent Naruto to stand by the door after he fell asleep in class, and Naruto argued with Sasuke on the way.
• After school, Sasuke challenged Shinsei to their usual sparring match at the grove, where their classmates gathered to watch.
• Sasuke attacked with the Great Fireball Technique, but Shinsei contained the fireball with his Water Formation Wall.
• Naruto challenged Sasuke after the spar, but Sasuke knocked him down in a few moves while Shikamaru watched from the grass.

Shinsei realized the Uchiha Clan Massacre had happened and kept his distance from the surviving Sasuke, wary of Konoha's leadership. As Sasuke slowly returned to the group, Shinsei treated his classmates to ramen, and Hinata quietly paid the bill.

• Shikamaru warned Shinsei not to wander around that night, and Shinsei later noticed Sasuke was absent from class as the Uchiha Clan Massacre took place.
• After Sasuke returned from half a month away, he rejected Sakura and Naruto and withdrew from his classmates, while Shinsei avoided getting close to him.
• A month later, Sasuke began attending the grove gatherings and repeatedly sparred with Shinsei, improving his taijutsu.
• Shinsei invited the remaining regulars to Ichiraku Ramen and brought Sasuke along, while Naruto agreed to join despite having already eaten.
• Hinata secretly paid the bill after the group finished their ramen.

During summer vacation, Shinsei trained his lightning release and sparred with his grandfather, using their fight to test his growing taijutsu and water-release skills. Shinsei won with a feint and a water blade, and his grandfather admitted he had little left to teach him, though he agreed to keep sparring.

• Shinsei reviewed his chakra notes and water-release scroll, noting his growing reserves and his stalled lightning-release training.
• Shinsei told his grandfather he wanted to develop storm release, and they went to a lake in the mountains to spar.
• Shinsei and his grandfather exchanged taijutsu blows, with Shinsei using the fight to refine his own combat style.
• Shinsei launched a Water Dragon Bullet, while his grandfather countered with a Water Formation Wall and a shadow clone.
• Shinsei used a shadow clone and a shuriken transformation to catch his grandfather off guard, then won by striking with a water blade.
• Shinsei's grandfather said he had little left to teach him, but agreed to continue sparring after Shinsei asked.

Shinsei discovered that his grandfather had returned badly wounded after risking his life to obtain sealed Storm Release chakra for him. The chapter ended with Shinsei crying in his grandfather’s arms as the old man tried to comfort him.

• Iruka scolded Naruto for disrupting class, praised Shinsei’s perfect score, and accepted Shikamaru’s promise to study harder.
• Shinsei discussed chakra natures with his friends and advised Sasuke to focus on heat for Fire Style and Sakura Haruno to focus on flow for water nature.
• Shinsei practiced Lightning Release and meditation at home while continuing to develop his abilities.
• Shinsei visited his grandfather’s neglected home and found him lying in bed with a fresh, severe wound across his chest and abdomen.
• Shinsei realized his grandfather had risked his life to obtain a scroll containing Storm Release chakra, then broke down in his arms.

Shinsei graduated from the Ninja Academy after passing the Clone Technique exam, while Naruto failed. Afterward, Shinsei visited his ailing grandfather and demonstrated his newly developed Water Release: Water Sword.

• Shinsei studied the dwindling Storm Release chakra in his grandfather's scroll and reflected on his progress with Water and Lightning Release.
• Iruka announced that the graduation exam would test the Clone Technique, and Shinsei passed by creating a Shadow Clone and received his forehead protector.
• Naruto failed to make a proper clone, but Shinsei reassured him and secretly planted a spider in his hair.
• Shinsei visited his grandfather and used Water Release: Water Sword to split firewood, then considered how to develop a more powerful version.

Shinsei used the chaos around Naruto’s theft of the Scroll of Seals to copy secret techniques, including Flying Thunder God and Lightning Blade. He hid his notes and continued meditating, hoping to build the strength to survive the dangers ahead.

• Iruka visited Shinsei to ask where Naruto might be, and Shinsei pointed him toward the woods.
• Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to defeat Mizuki and save Iruka.
• A spider Shinsei had planted bit Naruto, and Shinsei used the connection to copy techniques from the Scroll of Seals.
• Shinsei memorized notes on Lightning Blade and Flying Thunder God, then hid them in his bedroom.
• Shinsei meditated and reflected on reaching Sage Art as his path to confronting powerful enemies.

Shinsei completed his ninja registration and attended the graduate team assignment, where Iruka placed him outside the ordinary teams because he was the top graduate. Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned him to the Special Assassination and Tactical Squad and sent a masked ninja to register him.

• Shinsei took ID photos with Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji, then completed his ninja registration with the number 4567.
• Iruka assigned Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke to Team Seven, while Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji and Hinata, Kiba, and Shino formed the other teams.
• Naruto and Sasuke accidentally kissed when a student's chair knocked Naruto forward, provoking Sakura and amusing Ino.
• Kurenai Yuhi and another Jonin collected their teams, leaving Shinsei, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke in the classroom.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Shinsei that he would join the Special Assassination and Tactical Squad, then had a masked ninja take him to register.

Shinsei joined Wood Kite’s Anbu squad as Hakutaku, demonstrated strong taijutsu and Water Release, and began studying Flying Thunder God and Chidori in his hidden underground base. After several dull duty shifts, his squad finally received a mission.

• Shinsei registered as Hakutaku and met Wood Kite’s squad, Hashihime, Giant Beast, and Goat.
• Shinsei held his own against Giant Beast in taijutsu and defended himself from several fire techniques with Water Formation Wall.
• Shinsei returned home, built a remote underground research room, and studied Flying Thunder God, though he could not practice it because he lacked chakra-sensing ability.
• Shinsei tested Chidori and reflected on the physical advantages he believed came from his Senju heritage.
• Shinsei began Anbu duty, read training notes during a quiet rotation, endured his squad’s guard shift, and finally joined them as they were assigned a mission.

Shinsei and the Anbu team traveled toward the Land of Waterfalls to investigate missing people and a missing-nin suspected of working with Orochimaru. After learning the target's base was protected by barriers, Wood Kite sent the team to Fukuyama Town in disguises to investigate.

• Shinsei and Goat hunted a deer for the team, and Shinsei used Water Release: Water Severing Wave to kill it.
• After traveling for two and a half days, Wood Kite told the team their mission was to find and capture or kill Tarō Kakumoto, investigate his contact with Orochimaru, and destroy his base.
• Wood Kite received a message saying Tarō Kakumoto's base was on Mount Okumo near Fukuyama Town, where people had recently gone missing and barriers protected the base.
• Wood Kite rejected underground infiltration and attacking the barrier, then agreed with Shinsei's suggestion to let the enemy capture them so they could enter the base.
• Wood Kite split the team into pairs and ordered them to meet at the largest inn in Fukuyama Town; Shinsei transformed into an ordinary young boy.

Shinsei and Hashihime posed as a mother and son in Fukuyama Town while investigating the disappearances. After renting a house to lure the kidnappers, they were captured and taken to a hidden cave.

• Hashihime and Shinsei checked into the Fukuyama Inn, bathed, and waited for Captain Wood Kite to arrive with a roast chicken and discuss their mission.
• Wood Kite told them to rent a house near the edge of town and investigate the barrier and the hidden base separately, with Hashihime taking the lead once they were inside.
• The next day, Goat warned Shinsei to be careful, and Hashihime and Shinsei rented a small courtyard house from a landlord whose suspicious look confirmed their suspicions.
• That night, two men gassed Hashihime and Shinsei, tied them up, and carried them out of town on horses.
• Shinsei pretended to wake in terror when the kidnappers checked on him, and a vicious middle-aged man carried him and Hashihime into a concealed cave and locked them in a room.

Shinsei and Hashihime infiltrated the base and discovered the scale of Kazuo and Tarō Kakumoto’s human experiments. When Tarō Kakumoto detected one of Shinsei’s rat clones, Shinsei broke free and blocked his Fire Style with a Water Formation Wall.

• Shinsei and Hashihime escaped their ropes, used transformed clones to scout, and learned that Tarō Kakumoto was in the base.
• Hashihime identified Kazuo as Tarō Kakumoto’s collaborator, and the pair waited rather than attack before rejoining their team.
• Shinsei sent rat clones through the base and saw victims, bones, and children’s bodies in glass tanks, leaving him furious at the cruelty.
• A guard took Shinsei and Hashihime to Kazuo, where Kazuo demanded more test subjects and Tarō Kakumoto agreed to seize fifty people from town.
• Tarō Kakumoto sensed a rat clone and attacked it with Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu, so Shinsei dispelled his restraints and countered with Water Release: Water Formation Wall.

Shinsei and his squad rescued the survivors from Tarō Kakumoto's collapsing base, but Goat betrayed them and injured Wood Kite with nano-sized venomous insects. As five masked figures surrounded the weakened squad, Shinsei suspected they were Root and ordered everyone to flee toward the river.

• Tarō Kakumoto attacked Shinsei and Hashihime with Earth Release and Water Release techniques, then damaged the base as he escaped from view.
• Shinsei and Hashihime evacuated the survivors while Wood Kite and Giant Beast helped organize them outside.
• Shinsei flooded the base to detect anyone hiding inside, and Goat arrived claiming he could sense their chakra.
• Goat's shadow clone stabbed Wood Kite with a kunai carrying nano-sized venomous insects, forcing Wood Kite to cut off his hand and Shinsei to cauterize the wound with Lightning Release.
• Five masked figures surrounded the squad, and Shinsei suspected they were Root before directing everyone toward the river.

Shinsei led his teammates to the river and summoned a massive water kirin to fight the masked attackers. After resisting a mind-control attempt, he sheltered the group inside the kirin and prepared to strike back.

• Shinsei used Water Sword to break through a masked man's defense, and the four teammates reached the river while the attackers pursued them.
• A masked man offered to spare Shinsei's teammates if Shinsei accepted his lord's invitation, but Wood Kite refused to abandon his teammate.
• Shinsei summoned a gigantic water kirin, which sliced through an earthen wall with its water jet as Wood Kite attacked with wind chakra.
• An orange-haired masked man used Mind Body Switch Technique on Shinsei, but Shinsei's mental strength let him break free while Giant Beast and Wood Kite fought off the other attackers.
• Shinsei brought his teammates inside the water kirin and used lightning through the water while Giant Beast supplied fire, then the kirin knocked a masked man away.

Shinsei and his teammates survived an ambush by Root operatives, abandoned their mission, and returned to Konoha. After reporting to Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shinsei went home to recover, while privately resolving to avenge the attack himself.

• Shinsei used Water Release: Kirin against the black-clad attackers, then countered their attempt to blind him with flames by detonating the kirin and activating the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Jutsu.
• Shinsei and his teammates drove off the two remaining attackers, while the survivors escaped into the woods and Tarō Kakumoto appeared nearby.
• Wood Kite abandoned the mission and led the team to a lake to recover before taking a concealed, winding route back to Konoha.
• Wood Kite reported the ambush to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who apologized to Shinsei and promised the attack would not happen again.
• Shinsei returned home, greeted his parents, and slept until evening before waking to eat the dinner Riya had prepared.

After his first mission outside Konoha nearly cost him his life, Shinsei reviewed his weaknesses, warned his grandfather about his suspicions of Danzo, and received Lightning Release: Chidori from the Scroll of Seals. He began developing a mist-based reconnaissance technique and ended the chapter offering to help Team 7 with its chores.

• Shinsei assessed his lack of combat experience, reconnaissance skills, speed, and reliable ninjutsu, then assigned shadow clones to develop new techniques.
• Shinsei visited his grandfather, who warned him that Danzo and possibly the Third Hokage might threaten the Senju bloodline and told him not to investigate Nawaki's death.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that Shinsei's squad would receive credit for an S-rank mission and a technique from the Scroll of Seals, while Aburame Torune and Yamanaka Fū would be placed on Konoha's wanted list.
• Shinsei chose Lightning Release: Chidori from the Scroll of Seals and began devising a Water Release reconnaissance technique that would spread chakra through dense mist.
• Shinsei went looking for Team 7 and found Naruto and Sasuke fishing trash from a ditch while Sakura bagged it, then offered to help.

Shinsei helped Team 7 clean up a mission site and then asked Kakashi to teach him Chidori, while Kakashi trained the rest of the team. After a day of lessons, Naruto agreed to treat everyone to ramen at Ichiraku.

• Shinsei used a water snake made of sewage to gather garbage, then suggested Naruto and Sasuke train their ninjutsu control while cleaning up.
• Naruto's Wind Release scattered garbage and sewage over Sakura, who punched him and made him finish the cleanup with Shadow Clones.
• Kakashi agreed to teach Shinsei Chidori and assigned Naruto chakra-control training, Sasuke ninjutsu instruction, and Sakura water-release lessons with Shinsei.
• Shinsei demonstrated Chidori by piercing and blasting apart a boulder, then learned lightning-release fundamentals from Kakashi.
• Kakashi invited Shinsei to continue studying the next day, and Shinsei accepted.
• Shinsei persuaded Naruto to treat the group to ramen at Ichiraku, and Naruto agreed to pay for everyone.

Shinsei secretly followed Team 7 to the Land of Waves and watched Kakashi battle Zabuza while Naruto and Sasuke worked together to free him. When Tarō Kakumoto intervened and exposed Shinsei’s hiding place, Shinsei removed his mask and appeared in the clearing.

• Shinsei followed Team 7 from Konoha, watched Naruto freeze during an attack by two Chunin, and saw Sasuke and Sakura protect Tazuna.
• Shinsei crossed the sea to the Land of Waves using Water Walking and tracked Team 7 through the mist.
• Zabuza Momochi attacked Team 7, and Kakashi revealed his Sharingan before Zabuza trapped him in a Water Prison.
• Naruto and Sasuke coordinated a shuriken attack that forced Zabuza to release Kakashi.
• Tarō Kakumoto emerged from the woods and called out Shinsei, who removed his mask and appeared beside Kakashi.

Shinsei defeated Tarō Kakumoto with his powerful Water Release: Kirin, forcing Zabuza to abandon his mission and surrender. After the bridge was completed, Shinsei and his companions parted from Zabuza and Haku and left the Land of Waves.

• Shinsei and Kakashi confronted Tarō Kakumoto, and Shinsei used the Water Kirin to defeat him while protecting Tazuna and the others.
• Zabuza abandoned the mission after seeing the Kirin, and Haku offered to serve as a hostage; Shinsei accepted Zabuza as a prisoner.
• Kakashi sealed Zabuza's chakra, Sakura treated Haku, and Shinsei collected Tarō Kakumoto's head before the group reached Tazuna's home.
• During the bridge's construction, the team trained; Kakashi learned Shinsei's Lightning Sword, and Naruto and Sasuke defeated Gato's attackers without Shinsei's help.
• After hearing Haku's past, Shinsei and Kakashi let Zabuza and Haku go; Zabuza gave them the Hidden Mist Technique, and Tazuna named the completed bridge the Konoha Friendship Bridge.
• The group said farewell at the dock and left the Land of Waves.

Shinsei was hospitalized when the final stage of his Foundation Establishment meditation brought out his latent illnesses, and he expected to recover with a stronger body. While his classmates visited and discussed the coming Chunin Ninja Exams, Ino and Hinata took turns caring for him, leaving him unsure how to respond to their attention.

• Shinsei checked into the hospital after several illnesses struck at once, recognizing them as the return of illness that accompanied the final stage of Foundation Establishment.
• Ino and Hinata visited Shinsei, and Riya left them to chat while Shinsei pretended to pass out from embarrassment.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame joined the visit, and Shinsei told them the Chunin Ninja Exams were coming up.
• Shinsei explained that the exams included a difficult written test, which upset Naruto, and the classmates talked together in hushed voices after a nurse scolded them.
• Shinsei stayed in the hospital for five days while Hinata and Ino took turns caring for him, and he avoided acknowledging their apparent interest.