Recaps

Shinki took the Six-Tails and Angry Hair Heaven, then destroyed the Kinrin Mountains while testing his new technique and negotiated with Iwagakure using a Crystal Mountain as compensation. After learning Utakata had died, Shinki joined forces with Sasuke and confronted the Akatsuki while they extracted Roshi.

• Sasuke fought Itachi at the Uchiha Base, where Shinki pinned Orochimaru and watched Itachi seal him before dying and leaving Sasuke to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shinki revealed Itachi’s eyes and his account of the massacre to Sasuke, then left with Naruto to investigate missing Kekkei Genkai users near the Land of Earth.
• Shinki rescued Hotaru from Bai Lang, transferred Angry Hair Heaven from her to himself, and arranged for her to study in Konoha.
• Hiruko revealed that he had stolen four Kekkei Genkai, but Shinki crushed him by unleashing Angry Hair Heaven and flattened the Kinrin Mountains.
• Shinki and Tsunade negotiated with Ōnoki and the Land of Earth’s daimyo, and Shinki created a Crystal Mountain to settle Konoha’s five-hundred-billion compensation demand.
• Shinki learned Utakata had died and set out to find Roshi, while Sasuke’s team joined him after Sasuke abandoned his plan to capture the Five-Tails for the Akatsuki.
• Shinki and Sasuke’s team tracked the Akatsuki to their hideout and interrupted Roshi’s Tailed Beast extraction, trapping Kisame, Sasori, and Konan with Dust Release before the Masked Man appeared inside the barrier.

Shinki rescued Han, learned Snake Senjutsu, and then traveled back in time to Rōran after Mukade activated the Ryūmyaku. In the past, Shinki joined forces with Sara and uncovered Anrokuzan’s puppet factory, leaving Sara struggling to accept his betrayal.

• Shinki stopped the Masked Man’s escape, gave Jūgo Kimimaro’s Bone Blade, and extracted the Four-Tails from Roshi after Roshi agreed to surrender it.
• Shinki helped Naruto, Neji, and Tenten investigate the Land of Birds’ ghost, uncovered Benisagi’s disguises and Mōsō’s deception, and declined Benisagi’s offer to govern with her.
• Shinki went to Iwagakure, rescued Han from Akatsuki with Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi, and received payment from Ōnoki before selling the village designs for his Chakra-powered plane.
• Shinki returned to Konoha, learned Kabuto had used Senjutsu Chakra, and went to Ryūchi Cave, where he completed the White Snake Sage’s trial and mastered Snake Senjutsu.
• Shinki traveled to Rōran to investigate Mukade, but Mukade’s activation of the Sealing Kunai sent him into the past, where he met Sara and a younger Minato.
• Shinki protected Sara from puppet attacks and learned that Anrokuzan had been taking workers to build war machines.
• Shinki and Sara found Anrokuzan’s underground factory, where enslaved workers powered the production of clay puppets, and Sara struggled to believe Anrokuzan was evil.

Shinki settled the crisis over Killer B, confronted the Masked Man at the Five Kage Summit, and accepted the mission to rescue Yugito Nii. As the Fourth Shinobi World War approached, he traveled with Naruto to Turtle Island, where Naruto faced his inner resentment at the Waterfall of Truth and Shinki surprised the watching ninja by opening his eyes almost at once.

• Shinki erased Anrokuzan, returned to his own time, and learned that Sara’s letter had promised him the Ryūmyaku, which he sealed inside himself.
• When Kumogakure blamed Konoha for Killer B’s disappearance, Shinki found the injured Killer B and brought him back, then demanded an apology at the Five Kage Summit.
• Shinki helped establish the Allied Shinobi Forces, erased the Masked Man’s appearance with Dust Release, and heard his plan to gather the Tailed Beasts and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• After the Masked Man declared the Fourth Shinobi World War and Akatsuki captured Yugito Nii, Shinki rescued her and returned to Konoha.
• Shinki prepared for the war by teaching Konohamaru, visiting the Great Toad Sage, and traveling with Naruto toward the Land of Lightning, where they encountered a giant marlin Summoned Beast.
• Shinki and Naruto reached Turtle Island with Might Guy, and Shinki defeated Killer B in a strength contest that earned him recognition as the island’s Beast King.
• At the Waterfall of Truth, Naruto fought the red-eyed self that voiced his resentment and jealousy, while Shinki opened his eyes almost immediately after sitting on the rock.

Shinki and Naruto completed their Tailed Beast training as the Allied Shinobi Forces battled Akatsuki’s revived dead and White Zetsu army. Shinki freed the Fourth Hokage’s soul and developed a sealing technique, but the war escalated when Kabuto revived Madara Uchiha, who entered the battlefield and summoned a massive meteorite.

• Shinki helped Naruto accept the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, and Naruto met his mother Kushina, who shared the truth of the Nine-Tails’ Attack before saying goodbye.
• Shinki trained with the Tailed Beasts, accidentally damaged Turtle Island with a Tailed Beast Bomb, and developed the Sealing of No Rebirth to defeat the revived Deidara.
• Zabuza and Haku fought the reincarnated ninja, and Shinki created Netherworld Sealing, which Kakashi and the Allied Shinobi Forces used to seal revived enemies.
• Shinki moved Turtle Island to safety and helped Naruto understand the threat posed by Kinkaku and Ginkaku, while battles erupted across several fronts.
• Shinki stopped Kisame’s attack on Konoha, rebuilt Teuchi’s shop, and used the Reverse Dead Demon Consuming Seal to bargain with the Shinigami for the Fourth Hokage’s soul.
• Ino admitted she would always like Shinki, who delivered Kisame to headquarters and told Naruto he had freed the Fourth Hokage’s soul.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces used Shinki’s scrolls to seal several revived shinobi, but Kabuto summoned Madara Uchiha, who attacked the forces and called down a meteorite.