Chapter Summaries

Uzumaki Hane and his team defeated Yamamoto Naka, but Yamamoto Tomoko later revealed herself as an agent sent by Danzo to kill Hane. She detonated explosive tags beneath the hillside, engulfing them both in a chain of explosions.

• Yamamoto Naka held Yamamoto Tomoko hostage and demanded that the Konoha ninja surrender or kill one another.
• Yamano Koromo trapped Yamamoto Naka in Genjutsu, allowing Uzumaki Hane to kill her with a lava punch.
• Yamamoto Tomoko thanked Uzumaki Hane for saving her, and the village chief restarted the feast.
• Yamamoto Tomoko met Uzumaki Hane on a hillside and admitted that Danzo had sent her to kill him.
• Yamamoto Tomoko revealed that the hillside was covered in Explosive Tags and set them off, engulfing herself and Uzumaki Hane in the explosions.

Uzumaki Hane survived an explosive ambush by opening the Second Gate, then returned to Konoha with Yamano Koromo and Hyuga Tanaka. Afterward, he trained and discovered that his physical abilities and Magma-Magma Fruit attacks had grown stronger.

• Uzumaki Hane opened the Gate of Healing as explosions destroyed his magma defenses, then protected himself with Magma Wall.
• Hyuga Tanaka and Yamano Koromo found a crater on the hillside and feared Uzumaki Hane had been killed, but he emerged alive from the rocks.
• Uzumaki Hane explained the attack, comforted Yamano Koromo, and left the village with her and Hyuga Tanaka the next day.
• The three returned safely to Konoha, reported their mission complete, and Uzumaki Hane treated them to barbecue.
• Uzumaki Hane reflected on his new strength and Danzo’s attempt to kill him, then resumed training despite his recent brush with death.
• Uzumaki Hane tested his Magma-Magma Fruit powers and found that his Great Eruption was at least twice as powerful as before.

Uzumaki Hane trained his Chakra Enhanced Strength by sparring with Tsunade, who forbade him from using his Kekkei Genkai at first and pushed him to face her punches directly. After Hane’s Chakra-enhanced fist collided with hers and his Magma Arm was shattered, Tsunade prepared to attack again, promising she could heal any injury.

• Uzumaki Hane decided to seek a sparring partner to improve his Chakra Enhanced Strength, and Tsunade arrived to watch his training.
• After Hane tricked Tsunade into thinking Shizune was behind her, Tsunade declared she would train him seriously and banned him from using his Kekkei Genkai.
• Tsunade attacked Hane with powerful punches, while he dodged and complained that she was simply using training as an excuse to hit him.
• Tsunade demonstrated how she concentrated Chakra in her fist and urged Hane to meet her attacks head-on.
• Hane gathered Chakra in his fist and struck Tsunade’s punch, but the impact shattered his Magma Arm and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Tsunade said her Medical Ninjutsu could heal any injury and threw another punch at Hane.

Uzumaki Hane trained with Tsunade, then pushed his nightly strengthening too far and passed out during a third round. The next day, he sparred with Mitarashi Anko, showed how much his abilities had improved, and went with Anko and Yamano Koromo to make dango.

• Tsunade repeatedly sent Uzumaki Hane flying during an hour of training before leaving with Shizune, and Hane continued practicing until dark.
• After dinner with Yamano Koromo, Uzumaki Hane attempted a third round of nighttime strengthening and passed out from the pain.
• Mitarashi Anko challenged Uzumaki Hane to train, but he blocked her attacks, absorbed her Fire Style techniques, and defeated her snakes with his magma.
• Mitarashi Anko thought of her inability to stand against Orochimaru and resolved to train harder.
• Uzumaki Hane invited Mitarashi Anko to eat dango, and Yamano Koromo joined them on the way to her home to make some.

Uzumaki Hane accompanied Naruto to investigate Mizuki’s connection to Orochimaru, but the escaped prisoners overwhelmed Asuma and Kurenai. The next day, Tsunade helped subdue Fujin and Raijin and saved Mizuki, who was dying from the side effects of Orochimaru’s unfinished potion.

• Naruto told Uzumaki Hane that Mizuki was connected to Orochimaru and went with him to the maximum-security prison.
• Mizuki revealed that the prisoners had escaped and forced Asuma and Kurenai to watch as Fujin and Raijin attacked them, leaving both jōnin injured.
• Uzumaki Hane took Naruto home for dinner, and Naruto left early, still troubled by the news about Orochimaru.
• The next day, Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji restrained Fujin and Raijin until the brothers broke free, and Tsunade subdued them and sent them back to the village.
• Tsunade and Uzumaki Hane reached Naruto and found Mizuki near death, so Tsunade treated him and saved his life.

Tsunade sent Uzumaki Hane, Hyuga Tanaka, and Yamano Koromo to find a missing Konoha ninja and capture a suspicious intruder. After Uzumaki Hane witnessed the intruder killing guards and attacking Guard Captain Sakai, he intervened and revealed the missing ninja’s disappearance; the intruder fled, while Sakai’s brief reaction suggested he knew something.

• Tsunade assigned Uzumaki Hane, Hyuga Tanaka, and Yamano Koromo to investigate a missing Konoha ninja and capture a suspicious ninja last seen near a town.
• After the three arrived in town, Uzumaki Hane followed a group of guards and the suspicious ninja into a forest while Tanaka and Koromo investigated the group’s background.
• The suspicious ninja silently killed five guards, then killed Ishida and used the Transformation Technique to impersonate him.
• Guard Captain Sakai exposed the impostor, who attacked him and quickly knocked him to the ground.
• Uzumaki Hane blocked the suspicious ninja’s finishing blow and said he was investigating a missing Konoha ninja; Sakai briefly reacted, and the intruder fled.

Uzumaki Hane investigated the missing Konoha ninja by visiting the Sakai Family, where Sakai Ichiro claimed Sakai Fuji was responsible for the disappearance. Hane suspected the family was hiding something, and that evening Hyuga Tanaka and Yamano Koromo joined him in his room.

• Guard Captain Sakai invited Uzumaki Hane to the Sakai Family estate to investigate the missing ninja.
• Sakai Jiro attacked Hane, but Sakai Ichiro intervened and introduced himself as the family head.
• Sakai Ichiro claimed Sakai Fuji had sought revenge for his father and that a Konoha ninja had pursued him and disappeared.
• Hane agreed to help search for Sakai Fuji and went to rest in a guest room.
• Sakai Jiro and Sakai Ichiro discussed testing Hane again and worried that he might not believe their story.
• Hyuga Tanaka and Yamano Koromo entered Hane's room using their agreed signal.

Uzumaki Hane investigated the Sakai Family while Hyuga Tanaka followed their guards to a hidden cave linked to the town’s disappearances. Tanaka entered the cave and faced a powerful opponent in its inner passage.

• Uzumaki Hane, Hyuga Tanaka, and Yamano Koromo shared their findings and agreed that Hane would investigate the Sakai Family while the others searched for Sakai Fuji.
• Uzumaki Hane sparred with Sakai Jiro, who revealed great speed and strength before Sakai Ichiro stopped the fight and warned him not to expose their power.
• Yamano Koromo told Uzumaki Hane that missing townspeople had vanished in the forest, and Hane and Koromo split up to search for Sakai Fuji while Tanaka investigated the forest.
• Hyuga Tanaka followed Sakai Family guards to a concealed cave, entered after incapacitating a person who came through a door, and encountered a strong opponent in the passage beyond.

Uzumaki Hane found Sakai Fuji and Hyuga Tanaka under attack by Sakai Family guards and rescued them after Tanaka was badly injured. Hane killed the guards and their leaders, Sakumo and Sasuke, with his magma powers.

• Tanaka defeated an initial guard, but Sakumo overpowered him and knocked him unconscious while Sasuke urged Sakumo to hurry.
• An intruder used smoke to rescue Tanaka, and Sakumo's group pursued them to continue protecting their secret plan.
• Hane found Sakai Fuji and the unconscious Tanaka, then confronted the Sakai Family guards despite Fuji urging him to flee.
• Hane engulfed the guards in magma with Great Eruption, killing them all.
• Sakumo and Sasuke attacked Hane, but he seized their legs and melted them in magma.

After learning that the meteor had empowered Sakai Ichiro’s fighters, Uzumaki Hane confronted the Sakai brothers and killed Sakai Ichiro. Sakai Jiro swallowed the meteor, transformed, and attacked Uzumaki Hane with his newfound power.

• Uzumaki Hane brought the unconscious Tanaka and Sakai Fuji to the inn, where the awakened Sakai Fuji revealed that Sakai Ichiro had used meteor fragments to strengthen his fighters.
• Uzumaki Hane tracked the Sakai brothers to a cave, where Sakai Jiro attacked him and boasted that the meteor had increased his strength tenfold.
• Uzumaki Hane used Lava Super Heavy Fist to defeat Sakai Jiro and kill Sakai Ichiro after refusing to spare him for the meteor.
• Sakai Jiro swallowed the meteor, endured a painful transformation, and emerged with greatly increased strength.
• Sakai Jiro struck the ground to demonstrate his power, then sent a destructive shockwave toward Uzumaki Hane with his sword.

Uzumaki Hane fought Sakai Jiro, whose speed and swordsmanship initially overwhelmed him, and ultimately defeated him with magma attacks. Sakai Jiro burned to ash after the purple meteor he had swallowed caused his body to overheat, and Uzumaki Hane returned to the inn with the meteor as Hyuga Tanaka awoke and Sakai Fuji mourned the deaths of Sakai Ichiro and Sakai Jiro.

• Sakai Jiro repeatedly slashed and outmaneuvered Uzumaki Hane, while Uzumaki Hane used magma to regenerate and counterattack.
• Uzumaki Hane trapped Sakai Jiro with Magma Walls and struck him with a gigantic magma fist, burning away his left arm and melting part of his sword.
• Sakai Jiro charged through Uzumaki Hane's magma attacks until his body shone with heat and turned to ash, leaving the purple meteor he had swallowed behind.
• Uzumaki Hane picked up the meteor, suspected it had caused Sakai Jiro's death, and returned to the inn.
• Hyuga Tanaka had awakened, and Sakai Fuji burst into tears after learning Sakai Ichiro and Sakai Jiro were dead.

After returning to Konoha, Uzumaki Hane investigated the Meteorite and continued his intense training while visiting Tanaka in the hospital. Tsunade sent Mitarashi Anko, Naruto, Ino, and Shino on a dangerous mission in the Land of the Sea, and Hane secured a place on their team.

• Uzumaki Hane reported to Tsunade, visited the recovering Tanaka, and learned that Yamano Koromo had gone to inform Tanaka's parents.
• Uzumaki Hane discovered that the Meteorite glowed and began melting when exposed to his magma, so he put it in a pouch and resumed strengthening his body.
• Uzumaki Hane trained hard, visited Tanaka again, and endured Tsunade's rough instruction in Chakra Enhanced Strength.
• Mitarashi Anko woke from nightmares about Orochimaru's Cursed Seal, then went with Uzumaki Hane to meet Tsunade.
• Tsunade assigned Mitarashi Anko to protect a gold transport ship and eliminate Sea Devils in the Land of the Sea, with Naruto, Ino, and Shino joining her team.
• Uzumaki Hane gave Tsunade pastries and asked to join the mission, and Tsunade agreed before telling Shizune that the mission was dangerous for Mitarashi Anko.

Uzumaki Hane joined Mitarashi Anko’s mission to the Land of the Sea, where Naruto was captured by the Sea Devil and rescued by Isaribi. As the search continued, Hane learned where Isaribi lived and hurried there to find Naruto.

• Uzumaki Hane joined Mitarashi Anko’s team, tested his Magma-Magma Fruit powers in the sea, and followed Anko when she left the group.
• Uzumaki Hane spotted Misumi Tsurugi and another enemy ninja, killed the ninja with a magma attack, then rushed to help when Naruto was dragged underwater.
• Mitarashi Anko, Uzumaki Hane, Ino, and Shino searched for Naruto through the night, then arranged with Amachi to meet again the next morning.
• Isaribi rescued Naruto, but after he thanked her and learned she was the Sea Devil, she drove him away; Naruto then chased off children who were bullying her.
• Uzumaki Hane urged Mitarashi Anko to rest because her Cursed Seal was troubling her, then searched the island and hurried to Isaribi’s house after learning its location.

Naruto, Ino, and Shino followed Isaribi to Orochimaru’s research base, where traps separated them from Mitarashi Anko and they fought Misumi Tsurugi. After Anko led the group out, Uzumaki Hane arrived at the abandoned base, found a mysterious scroll, and fled as it began to collapse.

• Shino caught the transformed Isaribi with a silk cord, but she broke free and escaped into the sea after Naruto recognized her.
• Mitarashi Anko collapsed from pain caused by her Cursed Seal, then told Naruto, Ino, and Shino that Orochimaru had modified the Sea Devil, and they set out for his research base.
• A trap opened beneath Naruto, Ino, and Shino at the base, while Isaribi escaped Mitarashi Anko after triggering another trap.
• Naruto, Ino, and Shino defeated Misumi Tsurugi and reunited with Mitarashi Anko, who summoned a giant python to carry them after Amachi and Isaribi.
• Uzumaki Hane reached the abandoned base after the others had left, found a scroll that shocked him, and escaped as the base began to collapse.

Amachi attacked a gold transport ship with Isaribi, but Uzumaki Hane exposed his plan and defeated him, allowing Isaribi to choose Naruto over her captor. After returning to Konoha and recovering a memory that eased her pain, Mitarashi Anko reunited with the others, while Uzumaki Hane decided to seek a volcano to strengthen his magma power.

• Amachi and Isaribi attacked the gold transport ship, but Mitarashi Anko and the others intervened and fought them.
• Amachi summoned Umibozu and tried to lure Isaribi back by promising to restore her body, while Naruto urged her to resist.
• Uzumaki Hane revealed that Amachi wanted to dissect Isaribi, then used Great Eruption to destroy Umibozu and knocked Amachi into the sea.
• Mitarashi Anko visited Dungeon Island, remembered that she had rejected Orochimaru rather than been abandoned by him, and felt the Cursed Seal's pain subside.
• After the group returned to Konoha Ninja Village, Uzumaki Hane read Uzumaki Shingan's research on training with volcanoes and decided to find one.

Uzumaki Hane left Konoha to train and keep watch for information about the Akatsuki. On the road, he effortlessly killed a band of mountain bandits who were attacking merchants, then continued on his way.

• Tsunade approved Uzumaki Hane's journey and gave him intelligence Jiraiya had gathered on the Akatsuki, asking him to keep an eye out for them.
• Uzumaki Hane said goodbye to Yamano Koromo and Tanaka and set off alone, reflecting on his training and resolve to grow stronger.
• Uzumaki Hane came across mountain bandits attacking merchants and agreed to help after the lead merchant asked for his protection.
• Uzumaki Hane killed the bandit leader with magma and defeated the charging bandits with Magma Senbon.
• The lead merchant thanked Uzumaki Hane, who waved him off and disappeared to continue his journey.

Uzumaki Hane encountered the masked ninjas Uesugi I and Sōma fighting in the forest, then faced Sōma after the two turned on each other. Hane overwhelmed Sōma’s Earth Release techniques and ended the fight by engulfing him in lava.

• Uzumaki Hane discovered Uesugi I and Sōma fighting and learned that Sōma had a million bounty on his head.
• Sōma attacked Uzumaki Hane with an Earth Clone while using a boulder to kill Uesugi I, then revealed he had planned to kill both of them.
• Uzumaki Hane destroyed Sōma’s Earth Clone and survived a Kunai strike before punching through another clone with his lava arm.
• Sōma trapped Uzumaki Hane between rocks and attacked with earthen spears, but Hane shielded himself with a lava sphere and emerged unharmed.
• Uzumaki Hane broke through Sōma’s Earth Style Wall and struck him with a giant lava arm, but Sōma escaped underground as a clone.
• Uzumaki Hane spread lava across the ground to force Sōma out, then engulfed him with Great Eruption.

Uzumaki Hane visited the underground black market with Uesugi I, where the notorious elite Jonin Kizōmori targeted him. Hane killed Kizōmori, then found a figure in a black cloak embroidered with red clouds standing in his path.

• Uzumaki Hane asked Uesugi I to take him to the black market, and Uesugi I led him into a hidden bounty exchange.
• Kizōmori followed Uzumaki Hane and Uesugi I after leaving the exchange, and Uesugi I warned Hane that Kizōmori was a powerful Jonin who hunted newcomers.
• Uesugi I fled as Kizōmori attacked Uzumaki Hane, but Hane dodged his strikes and drove him back with powerful kicks.
• Kizōmori used Water Release techniques against Hane, but Hane shattered his water dragon with Great Eruption.
• Uzumaki Hane caught Kizōmori as he tried to escape and burned through his chest, killing him.
• Uzumaki Hane turned to leave and saw a figure wearing a black cloak embroidered with red clouds standing ahead.

Uzumaki Hane fought Kakuzu and used his Magma-Magma Fruit to withstand powerful fire, wind, and water techniques. After destroying one of Kakuzu’s hearts, Hane escaped and reflected that he was still no match for a Kage Level opponent.

• Uzumaki Hane attacked Kakuzu with Magma Heavy Fist, but Kakuzu dodged and knocked him back before the two exchanged blows.
• Kakuzu burned his hand when Hane turned his neck into magma, then unleashed Fire Style: Searing Migraine, which Hane absorbed in Magma Mode.
• Kakuzu’s Wind Release: Pressure Damage destroyed Hane’s Magma Walls, and their combined water-and-wind attack overwhelmed Hane’s Great Eruption and swept him away.
• Kakuzu approached the apparently defeated Hane, but Hane sprang up and pierced a masked monster with a surprise lava fist, destroying one of Kakuzu’s hearts.
• Uzumaki Hane launched another Great Eruption, fled before seeing its result, and rested at an inn after concluding that he had to be careful around Kage Level fighters.

Uzumaki Hane encountered a series of hostile ninjas and learned that the black market had placed a large bounty on his head. After killing the thin ninja, he fought the fat ninja, who withstood Hane’s Hell Hound attack with an Earth Release technique.

• Uzumaki Hane killed a blood-scented ninja who ambushed him on a forest path.
• Two bounty hunters confronted Uzumaki Hane and revealed that the black market had placed a large bounty on him.
• The thin ninja attacked Uzumaki Hane with a Water Clone, but Hane destroyed it and pierced the man through an Earth Style Wall, killing him.
• The fat ninja attacked Uzumaki Hane with a massive rock, but Hane smashed it and struck him with a series of punches.
• Uzumaki Hane used Hell Hound against the fat ninja, who hardened his body with Earth Release: Hardening Technique and endured the attack.