Recaps

Danzo clashed with Ōnoki over Konoha and Root as the viewing scene shifted from Tobirama Senju’s desperate final stand to Orochimaru’s confrontation with Hiruzen Sarutobi. Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju through Impure World Reincarnation, and the two Hokage attacked Hiruzen.

• Ōnoki mocked Danzo, who vowed to prove that Tobirama Senju had been wrong to choose someone else as Hokage.
• The account described Tobirama Senju and the Second Raikage as gravely wounded while fleeing Kinkaku and Ginkaku, whom the Fourth Raikage identified as wielders of Six Paths blood and tools.
• The scene shifted to Orochimaru confronting Hiruzen Sarutobi inside a barrier, where Hiruzen attacked with Shuriken, Shadow Clone Technique.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, while the third coffin failed to emerge fully.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju stepped from their coffins under Orochimaru’s control and attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi from both sides.

Hiruzen Sarutobi fought Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju, who overwhelmed him with powerful Water Release and Wood Release techniques. Hashirama trapped Hiruzen in a tree forest that began absorbing his Chakra.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi blocked Tobirama Senju's attacks, threw him away, and used Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
• Tobirama Senju countered with Water Release, then flooded the rooftop with a seemingly endless Water Shockwave while Hiruzen Sarutobi raised an Earth Style Wall.
• Hashirama Senju closed in and struck Hiruzen Sarutobi, forcing the elderly Third Hokage to defend himself and flee across the water.
• Hanzō mocked Hashirama Senju's apparent strength, while Orochimaru suggested Impure World Reincarnation could not restore the dead's full power.
• Hashirama Senju used Wood Release secret technique: Tree Sea Descent, trapping Hiruzen Sarutobi in trees that drained his Chakra.

The Fourth Raikage mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi for claiming to be the strongest Hokage, while the ongoing footage showed Hiruzen trapped by Wood Release as Orochimaru and the Hokage faced off. When the Inventory System asked who would win, most participants chose the First and Second Hokage, and Danzo chose Hiruzen to lose.

• Konoha villagers questioned how Hiruzen Sarutobi could lose, and the Fourth Raikage joked that he was only the strongest “Fire” Hokage.
• Obito condemned the technique that controlled the dead, and Nawaki agreed before Tsunade pointed out that their grandfather, the Second Hokage, had invented it.
• Hiruzen summoned Monkey King Enma while Wood Release branches restrained him, and Orochimaru ordered the Hokage not to finish transforming.
• The Inventory System asked everyone to predict the battle’s outcome, and Orochimaru recalled that Hiruzen had not survived the earlier Konoha Crush Plan instance.
• Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, Homura, and Koharu chose the First and Second Hokage to win, while Danzo chose Hiruzen Sarutobi to lose.

Orochimaru won a perfected Impure World Reincarnation and chose a future version of Kimimaro as his subordinate, while Hiruzen and the others worried about Orochimaru’s new power. Obito lent Nawaki the gold coins he needed after they both lost a thousand, and Obito began imagining a future as Hokage.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi gloated after most Konoha Ninja chose him, but Orochimaru answered that he chose mutual destruction and won perfected Impure World Reincarnation and a parallel-world subordinate.
• Orochimaru chose Kimimaro from the system’s list, and the young Jonin appeared with a Cursed Seal and a powerful Shikotsumyaku.
• Ōnoki warned Hiruzen Sarutobi about Orochimaru’s new technique, and Hiruzen promised to discipline his student before Orochimaru took Kimimaro away to begin his research.
• Obito and Nawaki both chose the Second Hokage and lost a thousand gold coins, leaving Nawaki penniless.
• Obito lent Nawaki a thousand gold coins and imagined that he would become Hokage, marry Rin, and make Kakashi his Anbu Captain.

The Inventory System ranked Kakashi Hatake twelfth among Kage-level fighters and revealed that he would become the Sixth Hokage. His footage showed Root ninja Yamato ambushing him during a search of Orochimaru’s laboratory, exposing Yamato’s Wood Release and leaving Kakashi pinned against a wall.

• Mei Terumi questioned why Kirigakure had no one on the rankings, then the Inventory System revealed Kakashi Hatake at number twelve as the Sixth Hokage.
• Obito struggled with the revelation that Kakashi would become Hokage, while Kakashi wondered why his future self had taken the position.
• Hatake Sakumo rebuked Danzo for trying to claim Kakashi for Root, and Danzo backed down.
• In the footage, Kakashi and Root ninja Tenzo searched Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Tenzo suddenly slashed Kakashi and attacked him as Kinoe.
• Yamato used Wood Release to bind Kakashi and slam him into a wall, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to demand an explanation from Danzo.

Kakashi fought Kinoe, who had been sent to kill him, and revealed that Rin died by his Chidori after he failed to protect her. The revelation enraged Obito, who struggled to believe the inventory while Rin tried to calm him.

• Danzo received an Anbu squad sent to take custody of the Wood Release ninja and privately cursed Sasuke for destroying Root.
• Kinoe attacked Kakashi in the laboratory, but Kakashi dodged his Wood Release and tried to persuade him to abandon the mission.
• Kinoe accused Kakashi of killing Rin Nohara, causing Kakashi to recall her death and Obito to erupt in anger.
• Kakashi broke out of Kinoe’s Wood Release prison, overwhelmed him with Lightning Release, and stopped his Lightning Blade just short of Kinoe’s head.
• Kakashi admitted that Rin died by his Chidori because he had failed to protect her, while Obito rejected the revelation and Rin tried to calm him.

Kakashi and Rin fled Kirigakure pursuers, and Rin revealed that Kirigakure had sealed something inside her that could destroy Konoha if she returned. White Zetsu correctly identified it as the Three-Tails, leaving the Kage shocked that Kirigakure intended to send a Tailed Beast into Konoha.

• Rin stopped during the retreat and told Kakashi that Kirigakure had placed an unusual seal inside her that could unleash destruction in Konoha.
• Kakashi tried to reassure Rin and offered to hold off the approaching Kirigakure pursuers, but Rin refused to leave him behind.
• The Inventory System asked what Kirigakure had planted inside Rin, and White Zetsu answered that it was the Three-Tails.
• The Inventory System rewarded White Zetsu with Enhanced Wood Release and the fulfillment of his wish to know the urge to defecate.
• The Kage reacted with disbelief and anger, while Karatachi Yagura was baffled by the accusations against Kirigakure.

Rin sacrificed herself by rushing into Kakashi’s Chidori to prevent herself from endangering Konoha, leaving Kakashi and Obito devastated. As the others reacted to the scene, Hozuki Mangetsu announced that he planned to leave Kirigakure for Konoha.

• Rin saw that Kakashi was outnumbered and, unable to strike herself, rushed into his Chidori to keep herself from becoming a threat to Konoha.
• Kakashi’s Chidori pierced Rin’s heart, and Obito, Ōnoki, and Kushina reacted to her death.
• Kushina and Obito urged Rin to trust Kakashi, Minato, and Kushina instead of sacrificing herself; Rin warned Obito to worry about his own future too.
• Suikazan Fuguki mocked Konoha and Rin, prompting Minato to defend his student and Hozuki Mangetsu to warn Fuguki about Obito.
• Hozuki Mangetsu declared that he would leave Kirigakure and join Konoha, surprising Suikazan Fuguki and Mei Terumi.

A screen showed Minato Namikaze’s squad preparing for the mission to destroy Kannabi Bridge, a key Iwagakure supply route. Minato assigned Kakashi to lead Obito and Rin, while the watching Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned sending teenagers to war.

• The screen identified Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara as Minato Namikaze’s squad, and Ōnoki recognized Kannabi Bridge as a place in Iwagakure.
• Minato Namikaze explained that Kakashi had become a Jonin and gave him a custom kunai, while Rin gave him a medical kit and Obito had brought no present.
• Obito and Kakashi argued over Kakashi’s promotion and Obito’s ambitions, while Rin tried to keep them apart.
• Minato Namikaze assigned Kakashi’s squad to infiltrate the Land of Earth and destroy Kannabi Bridge, with Minato holding off Iwagakure’s main force.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that the teenage squad was being sent to war, and he admitted that he had failed in his duty as Hokage.

Kakashi led Minato, Obito, and Rin into the Land of Earth and attacked Iwagakure ninja Mahiru with his newly developed Chidori. Minato rescued Kakashi from Mahiru’s counterattack and used a marked kunai to capture him, while observers discussed Chidori’s flaw and the Fourth Raikage offered Kakashi a trade.

• Kakashi detected nearby enemies and charged ahead with Chidori despite Minato’s warning.
• Kakashi destroyed Mahiru’s Shadow Clones as Minato covered him and Obito and Rin followed behind.
• Mahiru attacked Obito from underground, but Minato drove back his Shadow Clone with a kunai.
• Mahiru drew his sword and grazed Kakashi’s arm before Minato pulled Kakashi to safety.
• Minato used the mark he had placed on Mahiru to appear beside him and capture him.
• The Fourth Raikage pointed out Chidori’s weakness and offered to trade Kakashi Kumogakure’s Lightning Release Armor.

Minato split Team 7 up as they continued toward Kannabi Bridge, but Iwagakure ninja ambushed Kakashi, Obito, and Rin and captured Rin. Kakashi chose to continue the mission while Obito left to rescue her, and the teammates parted after Obito defended those who cherish their comrades.

• Minato ordered Team 7 to split into two teams, then headed for the front lines while Kakashi, Obito, and Rin continued toward Kannabi Bridge.
• Taiseki and Kakkō ambushed the squad, and Taiseki seized Rin and escaped with her.
• Kakashi ordered Obito to continue the mission instead of pursuing Rin, arguing that their duty and the rules took priority.
• Obito punched Kakashi, rejected his orders, and declared that comrades mattered more than rules before setting off to save Rin.
• Kakashi watched Obito leave and turned away, accepting that they would go their separate ways.

Obito secretly pursued Taiseki to rescue Rin, but Kakashi followed and saved him from Taiseki’s surprise attack. Taiseki mistook Kakashi for the White Fang before learning he was Sakumo’s son, then concealed himself again as the battle continued.

• Obito ignored Kakashi’s decision to prioritize the mission and followed Taiseki and the others to their cave, while Rin and Kakashi worried about his reckless approach.
• Taiseki left Kakkō to continue interrogating Rin and used the Camouflage Concealment Technique to approach Obito.
• Taiseki attacked Obito from behind, but Kakashi appeared and wounded him before he could strike Obito.
• Taiseki mistook Kakashi for Hatake Sakumo, then relaxed when Kakashi revealed he was Sakumo’s son.
• Taiseki concealed himself again, while Fugaku and Minato discussed the danger the experienced Iwagakure Jonin posed to Obito and Kakashi.

Obito awakened his Sharingan and helped Kakashi defeat Kakkō, but Kakkō trapped the team beneath a collapsing cave. Mortally injured, Obito offered Kakashi his Sharingan as a gift and asked Rin to transplant it.

• Taiseki wounded Kakashi, but Obito awakened his Sharingan and killed Taiseki when he attacked again.
• Obito and Kakashi fought together to defeat Kakkō, freed Rin from a Genjutsu, and prepared to escape.
• Kakkō revealed he had played dead and collapsed the cave, burying Obito, Kakashi, and Rin beneath the rubble.
• Obito was crushed and, as Kakashi and Rin mourned him, offered Kakashi his Sharingan as a Jonin promotion gift.
• Obito asked Rin to transplant his eye into Kakashi while Kakkō watched the cave entrance for survivors.

Kakashi defeated Kakkō and escaped the collapsing cave with Rin after Obito urged him to go, while Obito reflected on entrusting Kakashi with his Sharingan. In the present, Hozuki Mangetsu voiced his desire to leave Kirigakure, and Yagura warned him to stop.

• Kakashi used his Sharingan and Lightning Release to defeat Kakkō, though the White Fang short blade broke during their clash.
• Obito told Kakashi to take Rin and escape because enemy reinforcements were coming, then let go of Rin's hand.
• Kakashi carried Rin out before the cave collapsed, leaving Obito behind.
• Uchiha Fugaku stopped Kagen from objecting to Obito giving Kakashi his Sharingan.
• Hozuki Mangetsu said he would rather leave Kirigakure and see the world, and Karatachi Yagura told him not to say such things again.

Hozuki Mangetsu considered a bid for power in Kirigakure and tried to draw Obito into a match while plotting to leak information about the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s mission. At a Jonin assembly, Karatachi Yagura announced Kirigakure would go to war against Konoha, leaving Mangetsu surprised by the target.

• Hozuki Mangetsu resented Genji’s influence and considered recruiting Ringo Ameyuri and Kisame Hoshigaki to build support.
• Hozuki Mangetsu messaged Obito Uchiha about fighting Kakashi, but Obito was confused and treated Kakashi to a celebration instead.
• Hozuki Mangetsu decided to leak information about the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s mission by accusing Suikazan Fuguki of selling village intelligence.
• Karatachi Yagura convened Kirigakure’s Jonin to discuss entering the war, while Mangetsu asked whether Genji should be notified.
• Karatachi Yagura declared that Kirigakure would target Konoha because it was already being attacked by Kumogakure and Iwagakure.

The joint ranking revealed the Fourth Raikage A and Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki as the next Kage-level fighters, then showed Madara Uchiha appearing before the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Fourth Shinobi World War. The chapter ended with Madara overwhelming the allied ninja in close combat while the ranking participants questioned whether Ōnoki could defeat him.

• The ranking screen named the Fourth Raikage A at number eleven and Ōnoki at number ten, prompting the Kage and others to comment.
• At Allied Shinobi Forces headquarters, Shikaku Nara reported that the alliance had gained an overwhelming advantage, but Ao warned that a powerful enemy had appeared before Gaara's division.
• Ōnoki and Gaara's division encountered the Second Tsuchikage Mū and then recognized Madara Uchiha, who had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kabuto spoke through Mū and claimed he had prepared Madara's reincarnation to make him stronger than in his prime, while Madara questioned Kabuto's knowledge of his former strength.
• Madara charged the allied forces alone and defeated waves of ninja using Taijutsu, causing Obito and the Fourth Raikage to question his power and Ōnoki to warn them.

Madara Uchiha overwhelmed the Allied Shinobi Forces with his Taijutsu, Fire Style, and Susanoo before summoning a gigantic meteorite with the Rinnegan. Ōnoki flew toward the falling meteorite to try to stop it, while Madara watched and recognized him as a junior from Iwagakure.

• Madara Uchiha charged through the Allied Shinobi Forces with Taijutsu, and Temari knocked him back with a blast from her Three-Star Fan.
• Madara Uchiha used Great Fire Annihilation, and an entire Water Release unit tried to extinguish the blaze.
• Madara Uchiha revealed his enormous two-headed Susanoo after smoke concealed his movements.
• Madara Uchiha used the Rinnegan to summon a gigantic meteorite, leaving the Allied Shinobi Forces stunned and despairing.
• Ōnoki urged the shinobi to keep resisting and flew toward the meteorite as Gaara ordered everyone else to retreat.
• Madara Uchiha recognized Ōnoki as the Scales kid from Iwagakure, and Ōnoki acknowledged Madara as his senior.

Ōnoki and Gaara stopped Madara Uchiha’s first meteorite, but a second one struck the Allied Shinobi Forces and killed more than ten thousand ninja. Tsunade left headquarters to join the fight, while Dodai protected Naruto Uzumaki from the impact.

• Ōnoki used the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique while Gaara lifted sand and gravel to halt the first meteorite above the ground.
• Madara Uchiha dropped a second meteorite onto the first, overwhelming Ōnoki and devastating the battlefield.
• Shikaku Nara noticed that the Fourth Division had stopped responding, and Ao learned that more than ten thousand ninja had died in the impact.
• Tsunade decided to leave headquarters and go to the battlefield herself.
• Dodai protected Naruto Uzumaki with rubber as the meteorite struck.

Madara Uchiha crushed the allied forces with Chibaku Tensei, while Ōnoki resolved to fight him again and spoke of ending the cycle of shinobi conflict. At headquarters, the Kage arranged to reach the battlefield, and Genma Shiranui and his comrades prepared to teleport Mei Terumi to the front lines.

• Madara Uchiha's body restored after Chibaku Tensei devastated the allied forces, and Ōnoki insisted on facing him again despite his injuries.
• Ōnoki reflected on the wars and plundering between shinobi villages, then stood up with renewed resolve to pursue a better outcome.
• Tsunade and Shikaku Nara arranged for the Kage to join the battle, and the Fourth Raikage ordered Mabui to prepare the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Tsunade asked Genma to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to transport Mei Terumi to counter Madara Uchiha's Fire Style.
• Genma Shiranui, Namiashi Raidō, and Tatami Iwashi formed a circle around Mei Terumi and prepared their three-person Flying Thunder God Technique.

The Five Kage joined forces against Madara Uchiha, combining their abilities to challenge his Susanoo. The chapter ended with A punching through the Susanoo after Ōnoki boosted his speed and strength, leaving the Kage unsure whether Madara had been defeated.

• The Fourth Raikage A, Tsunade, and Mei Terumi arrived to join Ōnoki and Gaara against Madara Uchiha.
• Tsunade treated Ōnoki and Gaara while A and Mei attacked Madara with Lightning Release and Lava Release, but his Susanoo blocked their strikes.
• Madara's Susanoo grew into a blue giant and broke free of Mei's corrosive attack.
• Gaara and Ōnoki combined sand and rock to block Madara's attack, while Gaara used the desert sand to restrain his Susanoo.
• Mei covered the battlefield in mist, and Ōnoki used Earth Release to increase A's speed and the weight of his punch.
• A's boosted Lightning Release punch pierced Madara's Susanoo, prompting the Allied Forces to wonder if Madara had been defeated.

Madara Uchiha overwhelmed the Five Kage with Wood Release, Susanoo, and fire, but Ōnoki rallied and blasted away the battlefield with Dust Release. When Madara's chest regenerated, the Kage discovered Hashirama Senju's face embedded in it.

• Madara Uchiha unleashed Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, and its poisonous pollen engulfed the Five Kage.
• Madara attacked with Susanoo and Majestic Destroyer Flame, sending the Kage flying and turning the battlefield into a sea of fire.
• Ōnoki remembered the First Tsuchikage's words, rose, and used Dust Release to erase the trees, pollen, and flames.
• Ōnoki struck Madara with Dust Release, and the other four Kage rushed in as Madara's chest regenerated through Impure World Reincarnation.
• The Kage saw Hashirama Senju's face inside Madara's regenerating chest and reacted with shock and disgust.

The Five Kage coordinated attacks against Madara Uchiha, but he revealed his Wood Clone and Rinnegan abilities and summoned twenty-five Susanoo-clad clones. The Kage then trapped Madara’s real body in a Water Dragon Bullet and used sand sealing and Lightning Release to paralyze him.

• Tsunade cracked Madara’s Susanoo with a punch, and Mei Terumi blasted him into the air with Water Release.
• A and Tsunade struck Madara from opposite sides, and Gaara sealed the body with sand.
• Madara revealed that Gaara had sealed a Wood Clone, pierced Tsunade with a Chakra arm, and absorbed Ōnoki’s Dust Release with the Rinnegan.
• The Five Kage surrounded Madara, who summoned twenty-five Wood Clones, each with its own Susanoo.
• The Kage combined their attacks, and Mei Terumi trapped Madara’s real body in a Water Dragon Bullet while Gaara sealed him with sand.
• The Kage sent Lightning Release through the water, paralyzing Madara before he could finish absorbing it.

The Five Kage Battle rankings revealed Ōnoki, A, and Tsunade as the top contributors, while the Q&A rewards sparked arguments and gave the correct respondents random A-rank Ninjutsu. Hozuki Mangetsu recruited Kisame by promising him Samehada, and Kakashi concealed that he had received Thousand Years of Death.

• Madara manifested his Perfect Susanoo and cleaved a mountain, leaving the Five Kage unable to resist.
• Hozuki Mangetsu offered Kisame Samehada, and Kisame agreed to join him.
• Obito, Rin, and other shinobi submitted their choices for the three greatest contributors to the Five Kage Battle.
• The Inventory System ranked Ōnoki first, A second, and Tsunade third, with Gaara and Dodai next.
• The system rewarded correct answers with an A-rank Ninjutsu and 1,000 gold coins, while Obito received Rasengan and Kakashi claimed he had received Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

The inventory introduced Kabuto Yakushi and showed how Yakushi Nonō found him injured, took him into her orphanage, and gave him his name. It left Kabuto as a young child whose poor eyesight became apparent when he could not read a clock without glasses.

• Yakushi Nonō found an injured, amnesiac boy after a battle and healed him with Medical Ninjutsu.
• Nonō and the orphanage children took the boy in, and Nonō named him Kabuto.
• Kabuto overheard Nonō and the orphanage staff worrying that they could no longer rely on subsidies.
• A fat woman tried to make Kabuto read a clock, and Nonō's glasses revealed that he had trouble seeing.

Kabuto’s medical skill drew Orochimaru’s interest, while Danzo pressured Nonō to return to Root for a dangerous mission by threatening the orphanage. After Nonō agreed, Danzo demanded that he select a child from the orphanage, and Kabuto witnessed the exchange from outside the window.

• Kabuto treated wounded shinobi with the Mystical Palm Technique and explained that he was helping earn money for the orphanage.
• Orochimaru noticed Kabuto’s talent and invited him to become a shinobi, but Kabuto declined because he wanted to support the orphanage and buy Nonō glasses.
• Danzo, Orochimaru, and Aburame Ryoma visited the orphanage and ordered Nonō to investigate a possible Iwagakure attack.
• Danzo and Aburame Ryoma threatened the orphanage’s funding and safety until Nonō agreed to the mission.
• Danzo demanded that he select a child from the orphanage, and Kabuto watched the confrontation through a window.