The Joyous Village!!

Battered but victorious, Naruto limps home to a Konoha that turns out in full to greet him, hailing him as the hero who saved them. The recognition he had chased his whole life finally arrives, the entire village cheering his name and granting the acknowledgment he long dreamed of.

While the celebration unfolds, other pieces move quietly. Taka sets out toward the village, and Zetsu, having observed the duel, carries word of Pain's defeat to the rest of Akatsuki. Tobi dispatches Kisame to hunt the Eight-Tails while he attends to separate business.

The strain of shielding Konoha leaves Tsunade comatose, so the Fire Daimyō must name a replacement leader. Kakashi's name comes up as one of the newer figures trained under past Hokage, but Danzō argues that he and every Hokage before him were too soft on rival nations, blaming that leniency for the village's ruin. Persuaded by the argument, the daimyō installs Danzō as the Sixth Hokage.

The chapter appeared under the title Kanko no Sato!!, rendered in the Viz release as The Cheering Village!!. It ran as chapter 450 within volume 48 during the Pain's Assault arc and was first published in Japan on June 22, 2009.