# WebtoonLib — Naruto #497

## Series
- title: Naruto
- slug: naruto-efa6fa

## Chapter
- number: 497
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
A tender memory of their mother, Mikoto, offers a brief, wholesome respite from the brutal reality of the Uchiha brothers' fated clash. As Itachi and Sasuke stand on the brink, this poignant flashback to a time of familial love serves as a heartbreaking prelude to the devastating truth behind the clan's massacre. The scene is further complicated by the sinister presence of Kabuto Yakushi and the unstable Juugo, whose motives remain dangerously unclear. This deeply personal conflict unfolds under the shadow of a greater tragedy—the gruesome, sacrificial resurrection of the legendary Kagami Uchiha, a painful echo of the clan's cursed history that now frames the brothers' final, agonizing reckoning.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Naruto meets his mother, Kushina, inside his subconscious while battling the Nine-Tails.

### Characters involved
- Juugo — character
- Kabuto Yakushi — character
- Sasuke Uchiha — character
- Itachi Uchiha — character
- Mikoto Uchiha — character

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
A tender memory of their mother, Mikoto, offers a brief, wholesome respite from the brutal reality of the Uchiha brothers' fated clash.

### Spoiler summary
A tender memory of their mother, Mikoto, offers a brief, wholesome respite from the brutal reality of the Uchiha brothers' fated clash. As Itachi and Sasuke stand on the brink, this poignant flashback to a time of familial love serves as a heartbreaking prelude to the devastating truth behind the clan's massacre. The scene is further complicated by the sinister presence of Kabuto Yakushi and the unstable Juugo, whose motives remain dangerously unclear. This deeply personal conflict unfolds under the shadow of a greater tragedy—the gruesome, sacrificial resurrection of the legendary Kagami Uchiha, a painful echo of the clan's cursed history that now frames the brothers' final, agonizing reckoning.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Naruto #497](/series/naruto-efa6fa/chapter-497)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/naruto-efa6fa

## Usage
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