Recaps

Shunren fought through the Sand Ninja assault, defeated Pakura, and helped Konoha secure a ceasefire after rival nations threatened the Land of Wind. He recovered at home, where Izumi’s question about becoming her father left him unsettled.

• Shunren defended the outpost, fought Pakura, and discovered that Rasa had sent Sand Ninja children and Jonin into a mission that sacrificed them.
• Yashiro attacked Shunren after the outpost fell, but Fugaku intervened and revealed how the losses had disrupted Konoha’s command.
• Shunren fought Ma Ying on Kikyo Mountain and killed him, surviving the blast from Ma Ying’s hidden Explosive Tags with Zhonya’s Hourglass.
• White Zetsu interrupted Kyosho’s fight with Pakura, allowing her to badly injure him and sparking a renewed Sand Ninja assault on Kikyo Mountain.
• Shunren battled Pakura, endured her Scorch Release, and defeated her with Sode no Shirayuki, though both fighters collapsed with severe injuries.
• The Stone Ninja invaded the Land of Wind as the Mist Ninja threatened its coast, and Rasa and Fugaku signed a relatively equal ceasefire agreement.
• Hezi treated Shunren’s injuries, and Shunren spent a month recovering and training before Izumi called him Dada and asked if he had considered being her daddy.

Shunren rescued Pakura from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, survived the pursuit, and returned to Konoha with the White Fang Blade Technique as his reward. After the Uchiha leadership meeting, he chose to become a squad captain in the Konoha Military Police Force and continued training his Body Flicker Technique.

• Shunren traveled to the Land of Water, warned Pakura of the Mist Ninja’s betrayal, and fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen as she tried to escape.
• Shunren and Pakura fought their way past the swordsmen, and he used Frost Quake to flee with her before Shimo Yuki pursued them into the rivers.
• Shunren and Pakura recovered, disguised themselves as refugees, and hid at Mei Terumi’s home, where Shunren killed four attackers and deceived Ao to protect their location.
• Shunren and Pakura parted ways, and Shunren later suppressed Yugito’s rampaging Two-Tails chakra before escaping the approaching Cloud Ninja.
• Eight Anbu tried to arrest Shunren at the Land of Fire border, but Hiruzen decided to award him the White Fang Blade Technique to maintain Uchiha support.
• Shunren returned to the Uchiha settlement as the wars shifted, and Konoha joined the Mist Ninja and Stone Ninja in a plan to kill the Third Raikage.
• At the Uchiha leadership meeting, Shunren admitted he had been on a secret mission in Kirigakure, and Fugaku offered him a choice between personal guard and police squad captain.
• Shunren chose the squad captain post, put on his uniform, and practiced the Body Flicker Technique while carrying the Heavy Black Iron Ruler.

Shunren clashed with Orochimaru, then joined a joint campaign against the Third Raikage, where he discovered Konoha’s intelligence had been altered and became caught in a brutal battle. The Raikage pursued Shunren after he rescued fallen Uchiha, and Shunren activated Yin Release: Projection.

• Shunren challenged Might Duy, sparred with him, and later confronted Orochimaru in the woods, where he resisted the Five Elements Seal and rejected a Cursed Seal.
• The Uchiha leaders discussed recruiting Shunren for the Raikage campaign, while Danzo and the Third Hokage considered how to use the operation against the clan and Shunren.
• The Third Raikage led the Cloud Ninja through the Land of Frost as the Stone, Mist, and Konoha forces assembled against him, and Shunren faced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist before they agreed to focus on the campaign.
• Shunren realized Konoha’s intelligence understated the Raikage’s abilities, then joined Kitsuchi’s plan to surround the Cloud Ninja and destroy their sensory unit.
• Shunren helped kill the Cloud Ninja sensory unit and stopped Suikazan Fuguki from killing Tenzen, whom he recognized as Yakushi Nonō, before the allied forces launched their attack.
• Kitsuchi revealed the allied forces’ numbers and ordered them to hunt the Raikage, who fought through their ranks while Shunren and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen joined the prolonged assault.
• After eighteen hours of fighting, Yuki Kan and other Kekkei Genkai users slowed and attacked the Raikage, but he countered the Uchiha and Hozuki who charged him.
• Shunren struck the Raikage with his Heavy Black Iron Ruler, carried away fallen Uchiha, and activated Yin Release: Projection as the Raikage pursued him.

Shunren killed the Third Raikage, returned to Konoha, and later fought Orochimaru and three resurrected Kage after Orochimaru tried to capture him. He transported them into his alternate world, where he killed Orochimaru, but Impure World Reincarnation remained in effect.

• Shunren helped bring down the Third Raikage, then killed him with Gáe Bolg and absorbed his life force with the Bloodthirsty Bead.
• Shunren returned to Konoha and stopped Danzo from using Izanagi, then spent a year reaching Kage Level before taking Hezi and Izumi to Yugakure.
• Shunren killed Yotsuki Teki and fought Oyashiro En, who had been manipulated by Orochimaru into helping capture him.
• Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and the Third Raikage with Impure World Reincarnation, and Shunren fought all four opponents.
• Shunren resisted the Kage’s combined attacks, then used Yin Release: Unlimited Blade Works to transport them and Orochimaru into his alternate space.
• Shunren attacked the group with weapons from his world, and Orochimaru lost an arm before Shunren pierced him with Shinso.
• Shunren revealed that Shinso’s fragments carried a cell-dissolving toxin, and Orochimaru dissolved completely, leaving the Kage resurrected and beyond his control.