Madara

Biodata

Power Progression

The chapters below identify when each state or advancement is shown; the inventory footage does not follow chapter order chronologically.

The Shinobi World Review later named Madara its No. 1 Kage-level combatant, calling him the strongest beneath the Ōtsutsuki Clan 341.

History

Konoha and the Valley of the End

Madara and Hashirama Senju founded Konoha with the hope of building a world where children would not have to go to war. Madara came to believe that the village had failed to bring true peace, and opposed Hashirama’s distribution of the captured Tailed Beasts among the great villages 164 350.

At the Valley of the End, Madara fought Hashirama while controlling the Nine-Tails and protecting it with Susanoo. After Hashirama subdued the beast, the two continued fighting until Hashirama used a Wood Clone to deceive Madara and stabbed him from behind. Madara warned that Hashirama’s determination to protect the village at any cost would become its darkness 162 163.

The Eye of the Moon Plan

After Obito was crushed at Kannabi Bridge, he awoke severely injured in Madara’s hideout. Madara proposed the Eye of the Moon Plan, claiming he wanted a world without war or hatred. Obito initially refused, but later returned and accepted the plan. Madara gave him forbidden Uchiha knowledge and transferred his consciousness into White Zetsu before removing his oxygen tube 213 216.

Madara had secretly transplanted his Rinnegan into Nagato as a child. Obito later approached Nagato under Madara’s name, but pursued his own ambitions rather than willingly reviving Madara 216 228.

War footage

The inventory showed Madara overwhelming the Allied Shinobi Forces and fighting all Five Kage. After his return through Impure World Reincarnation, he attempted to force Obito to use Rinne Rebirth. Black Zetsu eventually took control of Obito and used the technique to restore Madara to life 92 97 127 241.

As the Ten-Tails’ Jinchūriki, Madara fought Might Guy, whose Eighth Gate attacks nearly killed him. Madara regenerated, then faced Naruto and Sasuke after they received Six Paths power. He cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, believing it would bring peace, but Black Zetsu stabbed him from behind and began transforming him into Kaguya’s vessel 172 174 176 348 349 351.

System rewards and later events

Madara used a resurrection reward to bring back his younger brother Izuna, and later chose Hashirama with another reward 243 263.

During a mission involving the Nine-Tails, Madara used a time-limited Peak Period Experience Card, defeated Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage, and fought Obito and Fugaku. When the card expired, he instructed Black Zetsu to give the Nine-Tails to Obito and died 255 261 262.

Later, Madara and Hashirama helped Kakashi plan security for Naruto and Hinata’s wedding. Madara initially refused to assist, but agreed after Hashirama offered to obtain money for a suit 333.

Personality

Madara is proud and battle-hungry, often treating opponents as beneath him. He nevertheless recognizes exceptional strength: after Might Guy pushed him close to death, Madara acknowledged how far Guy had pressed him with Taijutsu 92 176 347.

His ambition grew from a desire to end war and hatred, but he came to believe that a dream world was preferable to cruel reality. He was willing to manipulate Obito and sacrifice others for that goal, only to discover that Black Zetsu had manipulated him in turn 213 243 351.

Madara’s attachment to Hashirama and Izuna remains evident despite his severity toward others. He excitedly greeted Hashirama after reviving him and held a lasting hatred of Tobirama for killing Izuna 263 345.

Abilities & Skills

Sharingan and Rinnegan

Madara’s ocular powers enable battlefield control, absorption and attacks that are difficult for ordinary shinobi to perceive.

• Sharingan: Controlled the Nine-Tails during his battle with Hashirama 162.
• Rinnegan absorption: Absorbed Ōnoki’s Dust Release; the Five Kage exploited the time needed to absorb Mei’s Water Dragon Bullet by conducting Lightning Release through it 97.
• Meteorites: Summoned a gigantic meteorite against the Allied Shinobi Forces 92.
• Limbo: Border Jail: Creates shadows that can defend him or attack opponents. One Rinnegan permits one shadow, while both permit up to four; the shadows can be seen with the Rinnegan or sensed in Six Paths Sage Mode 257.
• Chibaku Tensei: Created more than thirty airborne rock masses during his fight with Naruto and Sasuke 349.

Susanoo

Madara manifests a gigantic blue chakra warrior for attack and defense.

• Its two-headed form towered over the Allied Shinobi Forces 92.
• Perfect Susanoo carried two swords and had wings formed from its armor; a sword swing cleaved a mountain 98.
• Majestic Attire: Susanoo covered the Nine-Tails in armor and allowed the beast to combine Susanoo weapons with Tailed Beast Bombs 162 255.
• Tsunade cracked his Susanoo with a punch, and a coordinated attack by her and A split it 97.

Wood Release

Madara uses large-scale Wood Release and deceptive clones.

• Advent of a World of Flowering Trees: Produced spreading trees and flowers whose pollen filled the battlefield with poison 96.
• Wood Clones: Deceived the Five Kage with a clone that Gaara sealed, then created twenty-five clones equipped with Susanoo 97.

Fire Style and Taijutsu

• Great Fire Annihilation: Produced flames so extensive that an entire Water Release unit attempted to extinguish them 92.
• Dragon Flame Song Technique: Turned the surrounding area into a sea of flames; Obito absorbed the attack with Kamui 255.
• Taijutsu: Charged through the Allied Shinobi Forces in close combat and continued fighting Hashirama hand-to-hand after losing the use of Susanoo 92 163.

Six Paths powers

• Truth-Seeking Orbs: Used them as projectiles and shaped one into a defensive barrier. Kakashi’s Kamui opened a gap in that barrier for Might Guy’s attack 173 175.
• Regeneration: Recovered after Night Guy destroyed much of his body, although he admitted the attack had nearly killed him 176.
• Sage Art techniques: Used Yin Release: Lightning Dispatch and Storm Release: Light Fang against Naruto and Sasuke; Light Fang sliced through Naruto’s Truth-Seeking Orb staff 348.

Infinite Tsukuyomi

Madara cast the genjutsu through the moon, then used God: Nativity of a World of Trees to bind those caught in it. He believed the technique would bring peace; Black Zetsu revealed that its victims would become White Zetsu 349 351.

Equipment

• Uchiha Gunbai — An ancestral Uchiha weapon Madara carried at the Valley of the End. In later footage, it blocked and returned Naruto’s miniature Tailed Beast Bomb 162 228 229.
• Sickle — Carried alongside the Gunbai at the Valley of the End 162.
• Black Receivers — Rods used to control Obito and to restrain and drain chakra from Hashirama 127 164.

Relationships

• Hashirama Senju — Friend, Konoha co-founder and formidable rival. Madara lost to him at the Valley of the End, then later revived him with a system reward 163 263.
• Uchiha Izuna — Madara’s younger brother. Madara chose him for resurrection and never forgave Tobirama for killing him 243 345.
• Tobirama Senju — Hashirama’s brother and Izuna’s killer. Madara attacked him during the war, explicitly blaming him for Izuna’s death 345.
• Obito Uchiha — Madara recruited him into the Eye of the Moon Plan and expected him to sacrifice himself for it. Obito eventually rejected Madara’s control and attacked him 216 243 244.
• Black Zetsu — An apparent subordinate who secretly served Kaguya. He altered the Uchiha stone tablet and revealed that Madara had been his pawn 351.
• Nagato — Received Madara’s Rinnegan through a secret transplant as a child 216.
• Might Guy — His Eighth Gate attacks nearly killed Six Paths Madara, earning Madara’s acknowledgment 174 176 347.

Notable Quotes

“I will sever the cause and effect of this world and make it a world without war or hatred, a world with only true peace. That is my wish.” 213

“You’ve got your priorities backwards. One day, this will become the village’s darkness!” 163

“With the body of a mortal, he stood shoulder to shoulder with the gods!!” 175

Trivia

• Sakumo recounted that Madara named Konoha, while Hashirama named its leader the Hokage in recognition of Madara’s Fire Style 164.
• Madara is identified as Indra’s reincarnation in the Shinobi World Review 341.
• During the wedding preparations, Madara objected to Hashirama borrowing suit money from Tsunade; he accepted the plan when Hashirama suggested Jiraiya instead 333.