Recaps

Issui defeated Kakuzu and Hidan, confronted Akatsuki, and helped save Konoha from Pain before becoming the Sixth Hokage. At the Five Kage Summit, he helped form the Allied Shinobi Forces, defeated the Fourth Raikage in a spar, and faced Obito as he declared war.

• Issui led Shikamaru and Kiba to defeat Kakuzu and Hidan, then rejected Konan’s offer to join Akatsuki and forced her to accept his Soul Seal.
• After Jiraiya’s death and Akatsuki’s attack on Konoha, Issui fought Pain, persuaded Nagato to abandon his plan, and sealed Nagato’s soul after he revived the village’s dead.
• With Tsunade unconscious, Issui won the Fire Daimyo’s appointment as Sixth Hokage over Danzo and Kakashi, then promised to protect Konoha.
• Issui attended the Five Kage Summit with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, urging the Kage to unite against Akatsuki and establish the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Issui fought the Fourth Raikage at the summit and won after using ice, Genjutsu, and Twin Dragon Ice Storm, earning the Raikage’s respect.
• Issui voted for the Raikage to lead the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Ōnoki cast the deciding vote for him.
• Obito appeared at the summit, identified himself as Uchiha Madara, declared the Fourth Shinobi World War, and fought the Kage as Issui attacked him with Amaterasu’s black flames.

Issui led the Allied Shinobi Forces against Obito and Kabuto, overcame the revived Kage, and survived Kabuto’s attempt to steal his soul. After uniting the shinobi and helping Obito turn against Madara, Issui faced Madara alone, with his final battlefield-wide frost attack still unfolding.

• Obito declared war after revealing his Eye of the Moon Plan, and Issui uncovered White Zetsu spies at the Kage summit.
• Issui helped Tsunade organize Konoha’s forces and joined the Allied Shinobi Forces as supreme deputy commander, while Obito prepared nearly a hundred thousand White Zetsu.
• Kabuto lured Issui into a trap and used Sage Art: White Rage Technique and the Eye of Heaven’s frost to freeze his soul, but Leins carried him back to camp and Hinata’s tears revived him.
• Issui merged his soul with Yi Shui, gained the Wind Heaven Eye, and returned to lead the Allied Shinobi Forces against the White Zetsu army and Obito.
• Issui destroyed the White Zetsu army and defeated Obito’s assault, then revealed that Rin was alive and helped Obito reunite with Rin and Kakashi.
• Madara arrived and urged Obito to join his plan, but Obito rejected him, and Issui stepped forward to face Madara as the Allied Shinobi Forces rallied behind him.
• Issui countered Madara’s fire techniques with water and ice, then used an ice-crystal cherry tree to repel Madara’s attacks and break apart two summoned meteors.
• Issui’s Hornless Dragon failed to stop Madara, so Issui unleashed a battlefield-wide frost technique that froze souls and forced the allied fighters to retreat.