Jun Esaka penned the Naruto Retsuden light novel series spanning from June to October 2019. Unlike its predecessors, these novels interweave plot details seamlessly across the trilogy. The titles include Kakashi Retsuden: The Sixth Hokage and the Failure Boy released on 2019/6/4, Sasuke Retsuden: The Uchiha Descendants and the Heavenly Stardust on 2019/8/2, and Naruto Retsuden: Naruto Uzumaki and the Spiral Destiny on 2019/10/4.