The Last: Naruto the Movie

is the tenth Naruto film. The film was released on December 6, 2014 in Japan, two years after the previous film. It was announced at Jump Festa in December 2012. The film was adapted into a novel written by Maruo Kyōzuka and released on December 8, 2014. It premiered outside of Japan on January 17th, 2015 with English subtitles.

Plot
The film starts off with the explanation of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki consuming the chakra fruit, the birth of the Ten-Tails, the Sage of the Six Paths stopping the beast and creating the tailed beasts. Then, it moves forward over the fight between clans around Asura and Indra, to Madara and Hashirama, and the end of the conflict between Naruto and Sasuke.

Before enrolling in the Academy, a young Hinata is seen being bullied by boys over her Byakugan, calling her a monster which causes her to cry. Naruto shows up and tells them to back off saying he'll be the future Hokage. However, the boys outnumber him and easily beat him up and destroy his red scarf. Hinata thank Naruto for his efforts and Naruto lets her keep the scarf since it's ruined, unaware this was when the young Hyūga girl's affections began for Naruto. Some time later at the Academy, Iruka tells his students to write down the name of the person they would want to be with if the world was to end that day. Though Naruto tries to act tough towards Sakura, she ignores him for Sasuke as do most girls. Hinata is unsure who to write and sees Naruto making a paper plane with his paper and being scolded by Iruka. Naruto states he has no friends or family and the world isn't ending. Seeing this, Hinata happily writes Naruto's name on her paper.

In the present time, two years after the events of the Fourth Shinobi World War, the moon begins to descend towards the Earth. At an unknown location, Hiashi and his guards are confronted by an unknown man. Hiashi declines his offer and the fight with the man using various puppets to fight while Hiashi and his guards are unable to fend them off and retreat wounded.

In Konoha, Naruto is teaching children at the Academy about his skills and they all greatly admire him, much to his confusion. Ino and her team spot this noting how popular he's gotten since the war. He has since then received various gifts from villagers from Konoha and abroad and women smitten with him as the hero of the world. Konohamaru meets with Naruto and wishes to take him to his grandfather's place and has something for him. Hinata is seen knitting a red scarf she knitted herself in remembrance of one Naruto used to wear back in the Academy — at the Rinne Festival as a personal gift of love. She is found by Sakura who encourages her to give it to him and confess her feelings for him.

Meanwhile, the Kage have an emergency meeting in regards to the threat of the moon. They deduce if nothing is done soon, then the moon will break apart and crash to the Earth and kill all life on the planet.

At night, Hinata attempts to go out to give it to him, but her shyness gets in the way. Hanabi encourages her to give it to him mentioning there are various girls after him now as well. She meets Naruto, Sakura, Ino and Chōji at Ramen Ichiraku. Just as she sits down to eat, three kunoichi show up while one wraps her arms around his and another offers him food. Seeing this Hinata decides to leave only for Sakura to try to stop her and tell Naruto to walk her home. Due to his blunt statement about her being strong and not needing help, she leaves with Sakura chasing after her. Sakura tells Hinata Naruto is very dense about love possibly due to not having anyone in his life to express it for him and assures Hinata she'll be fine and just needs to be confident. Meanwhile, various puppets raid Hinata's home and kidnap her sister.

On the outskirts of the village, Sai is seen drawing a portrait and sees Hanabi flying over head. He gives chase to the kidnappers but is shot by a chakra blast. In front of Naruto's home, Hinata is practicing what to say to him but is interrupted by Naruto. She then notices a scarf around his neck and, when her stomach growls from hunger, to which Naruto offers her food in his apartment, Hinata runs off in embarrassment, much to Naruto's confusion. Hinata sits on a park swing, thinking one of the girls that was with Naruto gave it to him and begins to cry thinking he must be happier this way.

Just then, Toneri Ōtsutsuki, a descendant of Hamura Ōtsutsuki was determined to carry on his ancestor's legacy, appears before Hinata, stating that he came for her. She is rendered unconscious as Naruto shows up and gives chase. Naruto is able to save her, but the scarf she knitted is ripped as a result. Toneri leaves a message that the end of mankind is approaching. As he leaves Naruto and Hinata witness a meteor crash outside the village.

After Hanabi's capture by Toneri, Naruto, Hinata, Sakura, Sai, and Shikamaru are deployed by Kakashi to go and rescue Hanabi. Shikamaru is also given a special clock held only by the five Kage, which apparently is counting down to doomsday. At some point, Toneri steals Hanabi's Byakugan and implants them in his own empty eye sockets, awakening the Tenseigan sealed by Hamura's descendants over the last millennium. He tells his guards he will go after Hinata, but not till his eyes are adjusted.

As the group follow Toneri's trail, Hinata finds her sister's kunai she made from before. Naruto sees the scarf in her bag and when she brings it up, she dismisses it. They eventually find a cave with a secret path towards Toneri's location. Hinata is unable to use her Byakugan due to the lake distorting her vision for some reason. Naruto proceeds to make sure his scarf is not wet proclaiming it to be special to him, leading Sakura to state it can't be that important and Hinata to feel upset. They dive in only to discover it is a trap by Toneri in a genjutsu trap. They are all trapped in their various own memories from the past as Naruto recalls his fight with Kiba in the Chūnin Exams. Hinata's scarf begins to wrap around Naruto and her memories flood into his, causing him to remember her fight with Pain, her confession of love to him, her righting his name on her paper in the Academy, and Hinata and Sakura's talk about giving him her scarf. Naruto is left utterly bewildered by how much she's loved him for so long and before it can sink in, Sakura wakes him up.

They realise it was a trap set by Toneri but thanks to Sakura, who is excellent in dispelling genjutsu was able to save them. As they descend further, Hinata is found by Toneri who, called her the Byakugan Princess, wishes for them to be wed, but Hinata refuses only wanting her sister back. While Sakura, Sai and Shikamaru fight against the gatekeeper of the spring, Naruto comes back to protect her and fights Toneri, but all he defeats is a puppet, who responds he will return in person to hear Hinata's answer. Naruto then proclaims he's not letting Hinata out of her sight, seemingly now having realised his own feelings for her as well.

They then arrive outside seeing an artificial sun inside the moon. They arrive at an abandoned village home to the Ōtsutsuki clan. Shikamaru realises Toneri is an Ōtsutsuki and descendant of Hamura. They discover a monument of the clan and stumble upon a puppet who wishes to speak with Hinata. He flashes a ball of light, to which Hinata sees images in her head and passes out, but then the puppet passes away fulfilling his mission. At night, Naruto follows Hinata and, seeing her knit the scarf, realises it is for him. The next day Hinata notices Naruto isn't wearing his scarf anymore. The two spend time together as Hinata runs into a spider web and Naruto picks the web out of her hair, making her blush. Hinata proceeds to ask why Naruto took off his scarf to which Naruto states it was cause he felt fine without it. Naruto falls over and hurts his back and can't reach his spot so Hinata uses the ointment, the same she gave Naruto during the Chūnin Exams, on his back to which leaves Naruto rather pleased.

Back on the moon, Naruto asks Hinata what she saw previously, but she denies it being important. Eventually, they spend much time in the abandoned village with Hinata lamenting not finding any source on Hanabi's location. Just as Naruto is about to say something, the wind picks up and Naruto sees Hinata's hair blow and is left in a daze at how beautiful she truly is. He then says they should regroup with the others. Later than night, Naruto follows Hinata to a pond, seeing her knit away at the scarf. Naruto finds her and Hinata admits she's a horrible big sister over the fact she just knits at a scarf rather than find her sister. Naruto says that's not true and she's putting her all in finding Hanabi and promises they will find her. Hinata thanks him stating he's so kind, but Naruto says he's doing all this not just cause he loves her but cause he wants to help her save her sister. Hinata is shocked asking what he said after saving his sister. Naruto confesses his love for Hinata, leaving her speechless but, before either of them can say anything, Toneri arrives.

Toneri ignores Naruto wanting only Hinata. Shockingly, Hinata gives Naruto the scarf and says goodbye, leaving Naruto shocked and confused. They leave but Naruto gives chase demanding Hinata answer that this isn't true about marrying him. Toneri doesn't want Hinata hurt and leaves Naruto with severe injuries and also destroys the scarf, leaving Hinata heartbroken by her choice but did so to save her sister. Naruto falls backwards and loses consciousness leaving a massive crater and several of the moon to fly to the Earth.

Konoha now must deal with the problem at hand as Lee and various shinobi deal with the meteor, but Sasuke destroys the last one with a Chidori proclaiming as long as Naruto is away he will protect Konoha. He also brought Hiashi back to heal. Naruto is being healed by Sakura who notes his injuries are so serious. When he mutters Hinata's name, she notes he finally realised her feelings.

At Toneri's palace, the latter marvels at Hinata's beauty as she sleeps. He reads her mind only to see that she's only thinking about Naruto, much to his confusion and anger. When she awakens, she finds her sister with bandages on her eyes and discovers Toneri removed them. She then recalls Toneri telling her about his clan and how they used the Tenseigan against their enemies and, seeing mankind using Chakra as a weapon, intends to wipe them out for his clan's sake.

In Toneri's palace, Toneri asks that Hinata craft a red scarf for him, similar to the one she made for Naruto. Hinata, however, uses this as a chance to attempt to destroy the Tenseigan. Fighting her way through many of Toneri's puppets, she meets Hamura, who transfers his power to Hinata so she could destroy the Tenseigan Altar. He explains to her that Toneri is misinterpreting their celestial decree and that he pleads with her, the Byakugan Princess, is the only one who can destroy the alter and does not want the world his brother made to be destroyed. Toneri catches her, encasing her in a huge bird cage, and destroying the scarf she knitted for him. She pleads with Toneri to listen but he refuses to do so and forces a green orb in her body to brainwash her for their wedding to take place.

After a three day recovery process, Naruto wakes up and becomes depressed about Hinata's choice, but Shikamaru scolds him about his behavior since Hinata has her reasons but he is a Shinobi with his own duty. He takes her to Sakura revealing that Sakura was severely weakened due to saving his life. Sakura talks with Naruto and helps him realise that Hinata truly loves him, stating she noted the feelings he had for her were just another way to compete with Sasuke. She states girls who love someone after so long don't stop loving them after so long and Naruto's feelings for Hinata are far more genuine and deeper than they ever were for Sakura.

With new-found strength, Naruto leads the charge into Toneri's moon base. Naruto's team finally catches up and a massive attack on Toneri's palace begins. The team splits and Sai and Shikamaru rescue Hanabi, whose eyes are bandaged. While Shikamaru holds off Toneri's puppets, Naruto arrives just in time before Hinata marries Toneri. He forces Hinata to attack him and Naruto manages to remove the orb in her body. Hinata manages to break free from Toneri and lead Naruto to the alter of the Tenseigan. With their combined effort, they are able to destroy the alter, revealing numerous Byakugan's inside the alter and halting the moon from plummeting to the Earth.

After regrouping with everyone, Sakura presents Hinata with the remnants of her scarf, to which Naruto reveals he knows it was for him after seeing her memories. Despite being ruined, Naruto happily takes it, which leaves Hinata on the brink of tears of joy. Just then, Shikamaru notices the clock isn't stopping for some reason. Toneri, furious at their actions, has managed to unlock the Tenseigan sealed by his clan over the last thousand years, unlocking the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, which gives him enough power to slice the moon in half. Naruto similarly enters Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, and a huge duel ensues.

Toneri summons a giant golem that battles with Kurama, while he captures Hinata and throws her into a cage and battles with Naruto. The Raikage and B use a massive chakra cannon to destroy the meteor's heading for them and, learning of the moon still approaching, intend to use the cannon to destroy the moon with Naruto and his team still on it. Kakashi and the other Kage are against it and orders him to wait an hour.

Near the end, Naruto grasps the last remaining shred of the scarf Hinata had originally made for him and seemingly redirects and channels his chakra shroud into his left hand to block Toneri's attack which was enough to break through and by holding the scrap in his right fist he delivers a devastating punch, which is enough to depower Toneri and pin him against a wall. Kurama uses this chance to destroy the statue with a Tailed Beast Ball. Hinata uses this chance to retrieve Hanabi's Byakugan. Toneri refuses to give up and summons all the Byakugan eyes around him to grant him power to kill Naruto, but Hinata stops him from absorbing his Chakra any more. Toneri is unable to maintain his form and is about to burn in the sun till Naruto goes to him to save him. With the hour up, A prepares to fire the cannon, but B refuses. Luckily, Kurama wrote on the moon "Mission Complete" with everyone safe and the disaster averted.

Hinata takes Toneri to the sight of Hamura's soul and reveal the truth to him. Seeing this, Toneri, remorseful for his actions, apologises to them and choose to stay on the moon to atone for his sins. Though the two offered him to come to Earth, he refused promising the moon will never approach Earth again. Later, Hinata asks Naruto about his scarf he received and Naruto reveals it was knitted by his mother Kushina, which is why he was so protective of it, leaving Hinata relieved and embarrassed for her actions.

As they all head home, Naruto asks Hinata if she remembers that day in Iruka's class and, remembering who to write down if the world was ending, Naruto proclaims he wants to spend the rest of his life with Hinata. Moved to tears by his words, they then see past versions of themselves wearing the red scarf she knitted all running out of the cave hand-in-hand. Naruto catches Hinata and tells her not to let go, to which she happily states she never wants to. They fly out of the cave, leaving the others behind and, while floating in the sky with the moonlight behind them, lean in and share a kiss. The movie ends with a series of flash-forwards of Naruto and Hinata's wedding and a peaceful morning with their two children, Boruto and Himawari.

Appearing Characters

 * A
 * Asura Ōtsutsuki
 * Boruto Uzumaki
 * Chōji Akimichi
 * Chōjūrō
 * Gaara
 * Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki
 * Hamura Ōtsutsuki
 * Hanabi Hyūga
 * Hashirama Senju
 * Hayate Gekkō
 * Hiashi Hyūga
 * Himawari Uzumaki
 * Hinata Hyūga
 * Indra Ōtsutsuki
 * Ino Yamanaka
 * Iruka Umino
 * Izumo Kamizuki
 * Kaguya Ōtsutsuki
 * Kakashi Hatake
 * Kankurō
 * Katsuyu
 * Kiba Inuzuka
 * Killer B
 * Konohamaru Sarutobi
 * Kotetsu Hagane
 * Kurama
 * Kurenai Yūhi
 * Kushina Uzumaki
 * Mirai Sarutobi
 * Madara Uchiha
 * Mei Terumī
 * Might Guy
 * Minato Namikaze
 * Naruto Uzumaki
 * Nagato (Deva Path)
 * Ōnoki
 * Rock Lee
 * Sakura Haruno
 * Sai
 * Sasuke Uchiha
 * Shikamaru Nara
 * Shino Aburame
 * Shizune
 * Temari
 * Ten-Tails
 * Tenten
 * Teuchi
 * Tobirama Senju
 * Toneri Ōtsutsuki
 * Tsunade
 * Yamato

Reception
During its first weekend, The Last earned ¥515 million (US$4.35 million). By the end of December 2014, the film had earned about ¥1.75 billion (US$14.76 million), topping its prequel as the highest grossing feature film in the franchise.

Trivia

 * The movie is the first film to be an official part of the canon Naruto storyline, set during the timeskip that occurs between chapters 699 and 700. In an advertisement published along with the final two chapters, the film was officially dubbed chapter "699.5."
 * This film is said to be a love story by Masashi Kishimoto, given how he always wanted to write one. As such, its tagline is.
 * A guidebook for the movie was released with limited number to those who watched the movie in Japanese theatres containing a one-shot manga about its story.
 * The theme song for the film is Star Vessel, performed by Sukima Switch.
 * At the end of the film screening in Japan, it was announced that a new movie featuring Naruto's son, Boruto Uzumaki, would premiere in August 2015.