Naruto Vol. 53

Naruto overcomes Dark Naruto by accepting the anger that once defined him. Killer B then guides him into a sealed chamber where Naruto releases the Nine-Tails and attempts to separate its chakra from its will. The fox’s hatred begins overpowering him until Kushina Uzumaki, whose chakra was placed within the seal, appears and restrains it.

Kushina reveals that she is Naruto’s mother and recounts her life as the Nine-Tails’ previous jinchūriki. She describes meeting Minato Namikaze, falling in love with him, and giving birth to Naruto under heavy protection because childbirth temporarily weakened the seal.

During Naruto’s birth, a masked attacker abducted him, extracted the Nine-Tails from Kushina, and forced it to assault Konoha. Minato defeated the masked man but could not prevent the fox from devastating the village. Realizing that Naruto would one day need the Nine-Tails’ power, Minato and Kushina sacrificed themselves to seal it within their newborn son. Reassured by their love, Naruto completes the struggle and gains access to the fox’s chakra.