Recaps

Jin expanded his influence by destroying Kusagakure, building ties in Konoha, and confronting Danzo over his experiments on infants. The arc ended with Kiyoshi Hyuga and five Branch Family members stealing the clan’s stored Byakugan, while Jin sent the five to the Land of Rain and promised to protect Kiyoshi.

• Jin recruited Tsunade and Minato Namikaze into his Research and Development Department, then investigated Kusagakure’s intrusion into the Land of Rain.
• Jin used Kusagakure’s identity as a pretext to enter the village and rescue Shiranoka, then arranged a barrier operation to seal Kusagakure.
• Kakuzu attacked Kusagakure while Jin confronted the Land of Grass daimyo, and Kakuzu burned the village to ruins.
• Jin rebuilt Kusagakure, left the Box of Ultimate Bliss sealed, and returned to Konoha, where he found Orochimaru experimenting on infants with Danzo’s support.
• Jin removed the infants from Orochimaru’s laboratory and forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to restrict Root, then defeated Minato Namikaze in a spar.
• Kiyoshi Hyuga agreed to help five Branch Family members steal the Byakugan after they learned their relatives’ eyes had been taken and their bodies studied.
• Kiyoshi and the five gathered the stored Byakugan, overcame Hyuga Sōga, and escaped the Hyuga residence, while Kiyoshi stayed behind to serve Jin.
• Jin sent the five Branch Family members and the stolen Byakugan to the Land of Rain, and promised to protect Kiyoshi.

Uchiha Jin intervened in the Hyuga Clan, expanded the Land of Rain’s strength, and maneuvered through conflicts with Iwagakure and Kumogakure. Back in Konoha, Kagami’s death and Fugaku’s departure cleared the way for Jin to become Uchiha clan head, while Hiruko intercepted Fugaku at the Land of Iron border.

• Jin rescued Kiyoshi Hyuga from Yufang Hyuga, demonstrated that his darkness could defeat the Caged Bird, and later agreed to give Hiruzen Sarutobi the suppression technique.
• Jiraiya’s former students Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan joined the Land of Rain’s reserve forces, while Jin recognized Nagato’s Rinnegan and decided to raise the trio as combat assets.
• Tsunade sealed away her Life-Death Reincarnation Technique, while Jin completed the Heavenly Demon Art and gained a Yin-Yang dual-nature Kekkei Genkai.
• Jin defeated Ōnoki in Kusagakure, secured payment for the damage, and later abducted Yugito Nii from Kumogakure to bring her to the Land of Rain.
• Jin clashed with the Uchiha Conservatives over clan funding, while Kagami rejected Jin’s plans to leave Konoha and vowed to prevent him from becoming clan head.
• Root manipulated Fugaku into leaving Konoha, while Jin arranged for Hiruko to stop him and Kagami died after beginning to write an appointment using the clan head seal.
• Uchiha Kō read Kagami’s final wish appointing Jin as clan head, and Mikoto Uchiha confirmed that Kagami had died from old injuries obstructing his lungs.
• Hiruko confronted Fugaku at the Land of Iron border and told him that Jin wanted him to stay there forever.

Jin took control of Root, expanded the Land of Rain’s power, and drew Sunagakure into a costly alliance while White Fang’s failed mission made him a target of Konoha’s anger. After preparing for his departure, Jin challenged White Fang to a fight to the death, and their battle at the Valley of the End remained unresolved.

• Fugaku returned with Hiruko and challenged Jin over the Great Elder’s death, but Jin defeated him and claimed the Uchiha clan-head position.
• Jin ended the Uchiha’s monthly meetings, strengthened his abilities, and traveled to the Land of Rain as Danzo prepared to attack Kusagakure.
• Jin made Shiranoka commander of the Land of Rain’s new Medical Corps, which recruited volunteers including Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato.
• Jin and Kakuzu defeated Danzo’s attack on Kusagakure, with Jin taking control of Root after absorbing Aburame Shikuroo’s Chakra.
• Jin negotiated with Sunagakure as White Fang fought Bunpuku, destroyed much of the village, and accepted a ten-year exile to save two Konoha ninja.
• Jin loaned Sunagakure money and rebuilt its village with Wood Release, then swore to kill White Fang after Danzo turned Konoha against him.
• Jin told Fugaku to prepare for Hachidai to succeed him, spent a day with Minato and Kushina, and later lured Kakashi to the Valley of the End to summon White Fang.
• Jin and White Fang fought at the Valley of the End, trading sword techniques and close combat until darkness and a pale phantom appeared behind them.

Uchiha Jin united the major villages in an assault on Konoha, using the raid to secure research materials and publicly emerge as the Kage of Kusagakure. After Konoha prepared for war, Jin strengthened his position in the Land of Rain while the villages pursued new techniques from the stolen research.

• Uchiha Jin defeated White Fang, but Sakumo Hatake later died by suicide, leaving Kakashi grieving and Jin condemning the village’s betrayal.
• Jin awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, recruited the major villages into a plan against Konoha, and negotiated cooperation with Madara Uchiha.
• Jin brought the Kage to Konoha, where they attacked the village while he led his own group toward the Research and Development Department.
• Jin and Bunpuku’s colossal forms halted the fighting, and Jin identified the figure who had obtained the desired prize before evacuating the attacking Kage.
• Jin distributed Konoha’s research materials, evacuated Kusagakure, and let Hiruzen Sarutobi believe the valuable experimental research had been lost.
• Hiruzen ordered Minato Namikaze to capture Mr. An and prepared Konoha for war, while Jin returned to the Land of Rain and restrained Kakuzu’s violent tax collection.
• Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure developed new techniques from the research, while Madara passed the materials to Kirigakure and Jin studied the villages’ progress.