Chapter 598 turns the tide against the masked man as Naruto and Kakashi spring a coordinated trap. A decoy, a dimensional warp, and a well-timed Rasengan finally split the mask hiding their enemy's face.
Naruto lunges with an enormous chakra-formed arm, but the masked man simply lets it pass through his body, mocking the boy for believing he could win by himself. As Guy struggles to shake Kakashi out of the shock left by their foe's revelation, the enemy hurls three massive shuriken from his separate dimension. Naruto snags two on his tentacles; the third slices one of Killer B and Gyūki's, yet Naruto halts it and throws the taunt back, insisting that Kurama and his allies mean he never fights alone. Spurred on by Guy, Kakashi steadies himself, knowing his next Kamui has to land at the exact instant, even as the masked man belittles his borrowed eye and vows to reveal what Kamui can truly do. Leaping upward, the enemy scatters chakra receiver spikes that impale B and Gyūki, and Naruto is warned that their touch would seal off the beasts' strength.
Shielded by Gyūki, Naruto splits off a shadow clone. The duplicate charges in wielding a Rasengan while the real Naruto builds a Tailed Beast Ball. As the clone closes the distance, Kakashi appears to warp the Rasengan away once again, and the masked man, recognizing the repeated pattern, chooses to spear the clone with a spike rather than phase through it. With the decoy seemingly gone, he lets the Tailed Beast Ball pass through him and slips fully into his other dimension, only to find Naruto already waiting there, warped over by Kakashi. Trapped with nowhere left to flee, Naruto drives the Rasengan into his opponent's face, splitting the mask apart as he demands to know who the man really is.
Naruto declares he is never alone thanks to Kurama and his comrades. The masked man impales Killer B and Gyūki with chakra receiver spikes. Kakashi secretly warps Naruto's clone into the other dimension as an ambush. Naruto shatters the mask with a Rasengan and demands the man's identity.

Naruto vs Luffy with the twist nobody asked for: Luffy tickled Hinata on date night, and she kind of liked it. We break down the whole fight and commit to a winner....

Naruto built the transformation jutsu himself, and the Hidden Leaf has been quietly not talking about it ever since. The story behind our 90s R&B record about the Naruko question everybody dodges....
The final page, with Naruto striking the enemy in the face and breaking his mask, mirrors the staging of chapter 28, where Naruto punches Haku and cracks that mask as well. The closing line, roughly translated as "Who are you!!", echoes the title of chapter 16, whose cover page holds the earliest depiction of Obito Uchiha. Viz released the chapter as Demolition!!.
In this chapter, Naruto shatters the masked man's mask by driving a Rasengan into his face after Kakashi warps him into the enemy's own dimension, leaving Naruto demanding to know who he really is.
Kakashi uses his Kamui to secretly warp one of Naruto's shadow clones into the masked man's own dimension, ambushing him right after he lets a real Tailed Beast Ball pass harmlessly through his body.
The masked man impales Killer B and Gyuki with chakra receiver spikes, a hit that threatens to seal off Gyuki's tailed beast power.
Naruto throws the masked man's taunt back at him, insisting that Kurama and his allies mean he never fights alone, right after halting an attack aimed at Killer B and Gyuki.
Viz released chapter 598 as "Demolition!!," and its final page, showing Naruto punching through the mask, mirrors chapter 28, where Naruto broke Haku's mask.
Looking for more on Shattered!!!!? The Naruto Wiki on Fandom has a dedicated page with community notes.
View on FandomThis content is original writing by Daddy Jim Headquarters based on the Naruto anime series, manga, and official materials. Episode and chapter references are cited where applicable.
Rights holders
All rights belong to their respective owners.
Character and scene imagery on this site is original artwork by Daddy Jim Headquarters, not screenshots or licensed imagery. Official cover art is used on three types of pages for editorial commentary:
Official resources:
Daddy Jim Headquarters maintains this encyclopedia. If you spot an error, a translation issue, or something that doesn't look right, let us know.