Recaps

Jin strengthened himself with Hashirama Cells and rose into the Elite Jonin ranks while clashing with Konoha’s leadership and building ties with allies. He joined White Fang against a Cloud force, but after the battle left more than twenty Konoha ninja dead, White Fang said the war’s outcome depended on Jin.

• Jin survived the Cloud jonin’s lightning net and helped White Fang confront the Third Raikage and the Two-Tails, then secretly subdued Matatabi while claiming it had defeated itself.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered White Fang to hold back a large Kumogakure force, while Jin returned to Konoha and reunited with Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Jin studied the Caged Bird seal and arranged for Kiyoshi Hyuga to conceal his mark, then secretly bound Kiyoshi’s soul to him.
• Jin escaped Shimura Danzō’s attempt to recruit him and transplanted Hashirama Cells into himself, gaining Wood Release and reaching Elite Jonin strength.
• Jin confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over the village’s war losses and defeated Fugaku Uchiha in a genjutsu clash, refusing Fugaku’s offer to give him the clan head position.
• White Fang paid Jin to provide a war-winning technique, and Jin presented Conqueror’s Haki as three hundred Cloud ninja approached the Konoha camp.
• Jin knocked out most of the weaker Cloud ninja with Conqueror’s Haki while White Fang fought Toroi, then Jin battled a Cloud Elite Jonin and stopped his charge with Swamp of the Underworld.
• Jin discovered gunpowder near a signal firework and returned to the main battlefield, where White Fang killed Toroi and the Cloud forces retreated after more than twenty Konoha ninja died.

Jin and Konoha’s allies fought back the allied village forces, while the battles established the Sannin and forced the enemy Kage to withdraw. Back in Konoha, Jin pursued new research and became entangled in a tense confrontation with Danzo before Minato and Kushina brought him Chakra Metal.

• Jin killed Aisaro and the two fleeing Cloud ninja, then continued fighting the Cloud forces alongside White Fang as Konoha’s defenders dwindled.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Might Duy confronted the enemy forces, and the Konoha leaders drove back the Mizukage, Hanzō, Ōnoki, and the Third Kazekage.
• Jin defeated Blue B while White Fang fought Raikage A, and Konoha’s counterattack forced the enemy Kage to return to their villages.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Danzo’s call to invade Sunagakure and the Land of Earth, and Jin returned to Konoha with White Fang before promising Hachidai to lead the Uchiha Clan to new heights.
• Jin resumed his research at home and agreed to create a custom ninjutsu for the Aburame Clan in exchange for 250 million.
• Jin refused Danzo’s demand to visit Root, and Shikuro Aburame intervened before Danzo retreated from their standoff.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina visited Jin and gave him two pieces of Chakra Metal for his Thousand Blade Demonic Sword.

Jin passed the unified jonin exam, then challenged Fugaku’s place in the Uchiha Clan and assembled a squad with Kiyoshi Hyuga and Hiruko. The arc left them working with Orochimaru as Danzō brought test subjects for Hashirama Cell experiments.

• Jin created Bitter Ascent Pills, sold the Aburame Clan the Falling Life Gu, and recruited Root operatives to serve him and watch Danzo.
• Jin developed the Flesh Clone Jutsu and attended Konoha’s funeral, where White Fang asked how he felt about those who died for the village.
• Orochimaru led the seven-day survival exam, where Jin, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina fought opponents and gathered their target number tags.
• Minato Namikaze defeated Kurama Sansai with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Jin, Minato, and Kushina returned among the eighty-eight survivors who passed.
• Jin received his jonin certificate, invited Kiyoshi Hyuga to join his squad, and was admitted to the Uchiha Clan’s internal meetings.
• Jin criticized Fugaku Uchiha’s leadership and revealed that Fugaku had joined the Anbu, then announced his own intention to become clan head.
• Jin recruited Hiruko after revealing his Chimera Technique research, and the new squad joined Orochimaru’s laboratory work on souls, Chakra, and Kekkei Genkai.
• Danzō brought test subjects for Hashirama Cell experiments, and Orochimaru insisted that Jin, Hiruko, and Kiyoshi Hyuga assist him.

Uchiha Jin took control of the Land of Rain, reorganized its survivors, and built a military and financial structure while pursuing his wider plans. Back in Konoha, he secured the creation of a Research and Development Department and moved in with Orochimaru as it prepared to begin work.

• Jin recruited Kakuzu into his plan to sell ninja techniques, then defeated Hanzō and made him submit control of the Land of Rain.
• Jin gathered the surviving Rain shinobi, exposed spies with Soul Insight, and proposed replacing hired missions with a salaried army and a merit system.
• Jin appointed Hanzō and Kakuzu to lead the Rain Army and Money Army, while Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan visited the restored city and Yahiko vowed to form the Akatsuki Army.
• Uchiha Kaji asked Jin to lead the Uchiha opposing Fugaku, and Jin accepted the Radical Faction’s support while arranging a hidden laboratory for Hiruko.
• After the four-year war ended, Jin negotiated with Hiruzen Sarutobi to establish a Research and Development Department, with Orochimaru as deputy director.
• Jin moved into the department’s new Konoha building with Orochimaru and was asked whom he planned to recruit.