Recaps

The footage showed Pain destroying Konoha, then Naruto arriving in Sage Mode to face the six Pains. Naruto and the toad summons began fighting Pain’s forces as the confrontation continued.

• Pain unleashed a massive attack that destroyed Konoha and killed Shizune, Ibiki Morino, and Akimichi Chōza.
• Sakura summoned Naruto, who arrived in Sage Mode with Gamaken, Gamabunta, Gamahiro, and Gamakichi.
• Tsunade stepped forward to confront Pain, but Naruto struck down the Asura Path as it attacked her.
• Naruto sent Tsunade to safety and fought the Lolita Path’s summons with help from Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima used Sage Art: Frog Song to stop the charging summons.

Naruto used Sage Mode and a Rasenshuriken to fight Pain’s Paths, learning that Pain had also been Jiraiya’s student. Naruto defeated Lolita Path, but had spent most of his Senjutsu Chakra as the battle continued.

• Naruto’s Shadow Clones and the three Toads defeated the summoned beasts, while Preta Path blocked Naruto and absorbed his Ninjutsu.
• Katsuyu warned Naruto that the Paths shared their vision, and Naruto struck Naraka Path with Sage Mode’s invisible natural energy.
• Pain revealed that he had learned from Jiraiya and argued that Naruto’s death would bring peace; Naruto challenged him with a Rasenshuriken.
• Naruto’s Rasenshuriken crushed Human Path’s lower body, while Sage Shima disrupted Lolita Path’s Rinnegan connection and Gamabunta swallowed her.
• Naruto delivered the fatal blow to Lolita Path inside Gamabunta, causing the summoned beasts to disappear.

Naruto used a clone from Mount Myōboku and a layered attack to defeat the Naraka Path, but Pain overwhelmed him and drained his Senjutsu Chakra. Naruto escaped after the Preta Path petrified from absorbing too much Natural Energy, but the Deva Path killed Sage Fukasaku before he could use his toad Genjutsu.

• Naruto used Reverse Summoning Technique to bring in a clone that had gathered Natural Energy, then kicked the Deva Path and attacked with a Rasenshuriken, which the revived Preta Path absorbed.
• Naruto tricked the Preta Path with a Transformation Technique and a Shadow Clone, then struck down the Naraka Path with Sage Art: Spiraling Serial Spheres.
• The Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to repel Naruto and the toads, then used Banshō Ten'in to pull Naruto in while the Preta Path pinned him and absorbed his Senjutsu Chakra.
• The Preta Path turned into a frog and petrified after absorbing too much Natural Energy, allowing Naruto to break free.
• The Deva Path pulled Sage Fukasaku toward him and drove a black rod through his body, killing him before he could use the toad Genjutsu.

Pain explained that the great nations’ wars had devastated small countries and argued that people could understand one another only through shared suffering. He planned to use a Tailed Beast weapon to make the world fear war and pursue peace, while Naruto remained pinned and Pain’s real body struggled to hold on.

• Pain used Banshō Ten'in to pull Naruto in, pinned him with Chakra Black Receivers, and explained that his goal was to fulfill Jiraiya-sensei’s last wish.
• Naruto condemned Pain’s actions and declared that he would defeat him and bring peace to the ninja world.
• Pain told Naruto that Konoha and the Land of Fire had caused suffering in small nations through their wars, and that hatred would continue because people could not understand one another.
• Pain revealed his plan to create a Tailed Beast weapon capable of destroying a country so the world would experience pain and fear war.
• The Shinobi World reacted with shock and criticism, while Pain’s real body forced itself to keep going so he could teach Naruto a lesson.

Hinata risked her life to free Naruto from Pain, but Pain attacked her and left her gravely wounded. Seeing Hinata fall, Naruto erupted into a four-tailed Nine-Tails transformation, destroying the Black Receivers restraining him.

• Pain prepared to take Naruto away, but Hinata arrived and struck him back.
• Hinata broke several Black Receivers as she tried to free Naruto, while Pain repeatedly blasted her away with Shinra Tensei.
• Hinata returned to the fight with Twin Lion Fists and landed a hit when Nagato weakened, but Pain struck her down again.
• Hinata crawled to Naruto and declared her ninja way before Pain threw her into the air and drove a Black Receiver toward her.
• Naruto erupted in dark red Nine-Tails Chakra, destroyed the restraints, and revealed four tails.

Naruto fought Pain’s Deva Path in his Nine-Tails form until Nagato used Chibaku Tensei to seal him, but Naruto regained control of the Nine-Tails and escaped. Naruto then found Nagato’s location and defeated the Deva Path in their final exchange.

• Naruto’s transformed Nine-Tails overwhelmed the Deva Path with boulders and Tailed Beast Bombs, while the Hashirama Senju necklace briefly restrained his Chakra before Naruto crushed it.
• Nagato used Chibaku Tensei to draw Naruto and the surrounding terrain into a massive meteorite, but Naruto met his father in his consciousness, overcame the Nine-Tails, and broke free.
• Naruto sensed that Hinata was still alive and demanded that the Deva Path take him to Nagato’s real body.
• Naruto used a Black Receiver to locate Nagato, then attacked the Deva Path with two Senjutsu Rasenshuriken and blocked Shinra Tensei with clones.
• Naruto struck the powerless Deva Path with a final Rasengan and defeated Pain.

Naruto confronted Nagato and listened to the story of how he and his friends became Pain, including Danzo’s role in their suffering. Though Naruto could not forgive Nagato, he chose to believe in Jiraiya’s ideals and spared him, leaving the decision defended by Minato and Hiruzen.

• Naruto reached Nagato’s treehouse, where Nagato stopped Konan from fighting and revealed his weakened body.
• Nagato questioned Naruto’s ability to bring peace and launched a surprise attack with a Black Receiver, but Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra overwhelmed him.
• Naruto stopped himself from striking Konan and asked Nagato why Jiraiya’s former students had become Pain.
• Nagato recounted his past, including meeting Yahiko and Konan, training under Jiraiya, and the harm Danzo had caused.
• Naruto said he could not forgive Nagato but would continue believing in Jiraiya’s ideals, and he let Nagato live.
• Koharu objected to Naruto sparing Nagato, while Minato and Hiruzen supported Naruto’s choice and Hiruzen ordered Danzo to be quiet.

Naruto convinced Nagato to believe in him and choose Jiraiya’s ideals, prompting Nagato to use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique. The technique revived Konoha’s dead at the cost of Nagato’s life, while observers discussed its power and Nagato’s reasons for using it.

• Naruto reminded Nagato of Jiraiya’s book and challenged him to keep believing in a different future.
• Nagato accepted Naruto’s path and told Konan he had made a new choice.
• Nagato used the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive the dead in Konoha.
• Neji confirmed that Nagato’s revival technique was real, while Danzo coveted the Rinnegan.
• The King of Hell released the dead souls and returned them to their bodies, and Nagato’s choice drew reactions from observers.

The retrospective showed Nagato and Itachi, both frail under Kabuto Yakushi’s control, confronting Naruto and Killer B. As Itachi secretly broke free of the control, he turned his Amaterasu on Nagato, who survived by hiding with a summoned beast.

• Nagato and Itachi sensed approaching enemies and recognized Naruto Uzumaki and Killer B when they arrived.
• Itachi attacked Naruto with a Great Fireball, which Killer B blocked with Samehada.
• Itachi and Naruto fought while discussing Sasuke, and Nagato used his powers and summons against Naruto and Killer B.
• Itachi warned Naruto about the hellhound and Amaterasu, then used Amaterasu to burn Nagato’s summoned beast.
• Itachi struck Nagato with another Amaterasu, but Nagato survived and hid using a summoned beast’s invisibility.

Nagato fought Naruto and Killer B with all the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain until Itachi sealed him with the Totsuka Blade. Before disappearing, Nagato urged Naruto to become a worthy conclusion to their teacher’s story.

• Nagato absorbed Killer B’s Chakra, then attacked Naruto and tried to kill him using the Human Path and Naraka Path.
• Itachi rescued Naruto and Killer B from Nagato’s Asura Path attack.
• Nagato used Chibaku Tensei, but Itachi, Naruto, and Killer B struck the black sphere’s core with their strongest attacks.
• Itachi pierced Nagato with the Totsuka Blade and explained that it would seal him.
• Nagato regained his senses, spoke to Naruto about their teacher’s story, and vanished as the sealing took effect.

The rankings named Hashirama Senju the sixth-strongest Kage-level fighter, and the chapter explained why his Sage Mode, enormous Chakra reserves, and powerful Wood Release made him the strongest below the Six Paths. It left the characters wondering why Madara Uchiha might rank above Hashirama, while Obito hoped he could place even higher.

• Nagato regretted failing Jiraiya, but Jiraiya reassured him that Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan were still his students and that the new knowledge had prevented them from killing one another.
• The rankings announced Hashirama Senju at number six, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi and Obito to react to his many titles.
• The narrator argued that Hashirama’s Sage Mode, Chakra, Wood Release, and broad combat skills made him stronger than other Super Kage fighters below the Six Paths.
• Shikaku Nara questioned why Madara Uchiha would rank above Hashirama despite losing to him at the Valley of the End, and Ōnoki said Madara’s strength was unfathomable.
• Obito wondered whether he could rank higher than Hashirama, Kakashi rejected the idea, and Rin encouraged Obito.

Hashirama Senju fought Madara Uchiha, who controlled the Nine-Tails and covered it with Susanoo. After their attacks devastated the battlefield, Hashirama tried to persuade Madara to end the conflict, but Madara rejected his words and the battle continued.

• Madara Uchiha appeared controlling the Nine-Tails at the Valley of the End, and Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that their battle later transformed the landscape.
• Hashirama Senju used Wood Release to restrain the Nine-Tails and counter its Tailed Beast Bomb, while Madara protected it with Susanoo.
• Hashirama blocked Madara's attacks with the Hōbi Technique and Fivefold Rashomon, then led Madara toward the coast.
• Hashirama pleaded with Madara not to dishonor their fallen comrades and said he did not want to kill him.
• Madara grew furious at Hashirama's words and declared that they had fought their way to the other shore.

Hashirama and Madara fought with their strongest techniques until Hashirama subdued the Nine-Tails and the two continued their battle hand to hand. Hashirama stabbed Madara with a Wood Clone and explained that he would protect the village at any cost, while Madara warned that the village would one day become dark.

• Hashirama entered Sage Mode and summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands to fight Madara and his Susanoo-clad Nine-Tails.
• Hashirama's thousand arms battered the Susanoo, then his Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands struck the Nine-Tails and suppressed it.
• With the Nine-Tails subdued and Madara's Susanoo gone, Hashirama and Madara resumed their hand-to-hand fight until Hashirama fell and Madara gained the upper hand.
• Hashirama's fallen figure revealed itself as a Wood Clone, and the real Hashirama stabbed Madara in the chest from behind.
• Hashirama declared that he would protect the village even against friends or family, and Madara warned that Hashirama had changed and the village would become its darkness before falling forward.

The footage showed Hashirama and Madara fighting again during the Fourth Shinobi World War, while the viewers discussed how Madara helped name Konoha. Madara drained Hashirama’s chakra and defeated him, leaving Hiruzen shocked.

• Hiruzen hesitated to explain why Konoha’s leader was called Hokage, and Hatake Sakumo said Madara had named the village while Hashirama had named its leader.
• Danzo claimed Hashirama had spared Madara out of softness, and Tobi confused him by asking who he was and where he lived.
• The footage resumed with Hashirama and Madara battling during the Fourth Shinobi World War as the God Tree’s roots spread across the battlefield.
• Madara stabbed Hashirama with Black Receivers and began draining his chakra while they dodged the God Tree’s tendrils.
• Madara’s Impure World Reincarnation body became solid, and he seized Hashirama by the throat and absorbed his chakra, stunning Hiruzen.

The screen revealed Might Guy as the fifth-ranked Kage-level combatant, surprising viewers who knew him as a ridiculous-looking shinobi with a reputation for hard work. His showcase began with Guy encountering Kisame, whom he failed to recognize, and the story left off as Kisame reacted to the insult.

• The ranking screen named Might Guy fifth, prompting disbelief from viewers and celebration from his father, Might Duy.
• Kakashi recalled his father's prediction that Guy could become his rival and eventually surpass him, while Neji praised Guy's diligence.
• The screen began showing Guy's highlights as he and his team pursued the Akatsuki to rescue Gaara.
• Hozuki Mangetsu learned that Kisame had joined the Akatsuki and demanded an explanation for his betrayal.
• Guy's team encountered Kisame, but Guy could not remember who he was, leaving Kisame offended.

Kisame overwhelmed Might Guy and his students with powerful Water Release techniques and Samehada, trapping Guy and the others in a Water Prison. As Guy struggled to protect his students, the group chat debated his abilities and anticipated that he had not yet used his strongest move.

• Kisame flooded the dry battlefield and drove Might Guy's team apart with a massive wave.
• Might Guy, Rock Lee, and Neji attacked Kisame, but Kisame used Water Clones and the sentient Samehada to turn the fight in his favor.
• Kisame trapped Neji and Might Guy in a Water Prison, leaving Tenten and the other students in danger.
• Might Guy fought Kisame with nunchaku, but Kisame battered him into the water and attacked him with five shark-shaped water bullets.
• Rasa doubted Guy's strength, while Kakashi and Yugito Nii remarked that Guy had not yet used his powerful move.

Might Guy opened the Sixth Gate underwater, freed his team, and defeated Kisame’s Water Clone with Morning Peacock. The observers praised Guy’s strength, and Guy renewed his determination to catch up to Kakashi.

• As Kisame’s sharks trapped him underwater, Might Guy opened the first five gates and then the Sixth Gate, releasing green steam that evaporated the surrounding water and forced Kisame back.
• Guy’s team escaped the Water Prison Technique, and Neji caught Tenten as the blast threatened to knock her down.
• Guy used Morning Peacock to overwhelm Kisame’s Water Clone, which vanished after being knocked down.
• Rasa underestimated Kisame, while Mei Terumi pointed out that the opponent was only a Water Clone with thirty percent of Kisame’s Chakra.
• Kisame praised Guy’s attack and said he would remember him, while Guy promised Kakashi he would catch up to him.

Kisame fled with intelligence for “Madara” but ran into Might Guy, who pursued him into the water and defeated him with the Seventh Gate’s Daytime Tiger. The intelligence was recovered, and Kisame lay wounded under Might Guy’s guard.

• Kisame fled Killer B’s pursuit in disguise but ran into Might Guy, whose strike knocked him down before Samehada defected to Killer B.
• Kisame absorbed Killer B’s Chakra with Samehada, escaped by raising a wave, and sent the intelligence away in a shark.
• Might Guy caught up with Kisame and used Morning Peacock against his Thousand Feeding Sharks before opening the Seventh Gate.
• Kisame charged with the Human-Shark Bullet Technique, but Might Guy’s Daytime Tiger broke through because it was Taijutsu rather than Chakra-based Ninjutsu.
• Might Guy defeated Kisame, recovered the intelligence scrolls, and warned him not to move; Kisame moved a finger and was punched again.

After Might Guy defeated Kisame, Aoba Yamashiro entered Kisame’s memories to seek intelligence on the Akatsuki. The memories revealed Kisame’s past mission escorting Kirigakure’s Cipher Division, which ended with Ibiki Morino ambushing them; Kisame faced him as the chapter ended.

• Might Guy defeated Kisame, and the Allied Shinobi Forces restrained him with Yamato’s Wood Release.
• Aoba Yamashiro entered Kisame’s mind to search for information about the Akatsuki.
• Kisame recalled serving as a bodyguard for Kirigakure’s Cipher Division and rejecting Kakei Miwako’s invitation to eat with him.
• Kisame’s superior, Suikazan Fuguki, ordered him to protect the Cipher Division and deliver its cipher, though Fuguki had already betrayed his location.
• Ibiki Morino ambushed Kisame and the Cipher Division with explosive tags, then demanded that they surrender; Kisame recognized him and prepared to fight.

Kisame Hoshigaki obeyed orders to eliminate his fellow Cipher Division ninja rather than let Konoha capture them, then killed Suikazan Fuguki and took Samehada. He prepared to become a missing-nin, leaving the reasons behind his hatred of Fuguki only partly revealed.

• Kisame covered the Cipher Division's retreat with Explosive Tags, then killed an injured comrade instead of rescuing him from Konoha's pursuit.
• As the Cipher Division survivors reached a cliff, Kisame attacked them and fatally stabbed Kakei Miwako after she fell, explaining that slaughtering his comrades was his special mission.
• Kisame told Ibiki Morino that intelligence personnel could not be handed over to the enemy, then jumped from the cliff.
• Kisame reported his mission by killing Suikazan Fuguki before he could draw Samehada and taking the sword.
• Kisame prepared to become a missing-nin, kicked Fuguki's corpse, and left after reflecting on the missions Fuguki had ordered him to carry out against his comrades.

Kisame learned that the Fourth Mizukage had been controlled by a masked man who called himself Madara Uchiha, and that the man wanted him to join his cause. Later, captured by Konoha's forces, Kisame killed himself rather than reveal the Akatsuki's secrets.

• Karatachi Yagura confronted Kisame after Kisame completed his mission and offered to make him his subordinate, but Kisame distrusted him.
• The masked man revealed that he had controlled Karatachi Yagura with his Sharingan and invited Kisame to fight alongside him, identifying himself as Madara Uchiha.
• Kisame bit off his tongue to break free of an apparent illusion, then tore through Yamato's Wood Release restraints.
• Kisame trapped himself and Might Guy in a Water Prison Technique and summoned sharks as Yamato and Aoba Yamashiro tried to capture him alive.
• Kisame ordered the sharks to devour him, dying without disclosing information about the Akatsuki, and Might Guy vowed to remember him.

Six Paths Madara confronted the battered survivors of the Fourth Shinobi World War, leaving Might Guy as their only apparent chance to hurt him. Guy opened the Seventh Gate and unleashed his blue steam, drawing Madara’s attention as the fight began.

• Six Paths Madara appeared before Minato, Kakashi, Gaara, and Might Guy, and the survivors wondered how they could defeat him.
• Kakashi explained that Madara could only be harmed by Senjutsu or Taijutsu, while Minato admitted he was poor at Senjutsu and could no longer make hand seals.
• Might Guy leaped in front of Madara and announced his arrival as the Blue Beast of the Hidden Leaf.
• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate, the Gate of Wonder, unleashing blue steam and immense power.
• Madara recognized the Eight Gates technique and became serious as he faced Might Guy.

Might Guy used the Seventh Gate to attack Six Paths Madara, but his Daytime Tiger barely harmed him and left Guy badly injured. With Madara still threatening the group, Guy decided to open the Gate of Death despite his friends’ pleas.

• Might Guy recalled Might Duy’s warning that the Eight Gates demanded self-restraint, but resolved to protect what mattered against Madara.
• Might Guy attacked Madara with the Seventh Gate and unleashed Daytime Tiger, which only knocked Madara back and left Guy battered.
• Rock Lee opened the Eight Gates Released Formation and rescued Guy from Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Might Guy told Kakashi that he would become the Red Beast and use the final Gate of Death, refusing Minato’s attempt to dissuade him.
• Might Guy asked Rock Lee to watch him with a smile, and Lee remembered how Guy had encouraged him to follow his ninja way.

Might Guy opened the Eighth Gate and attacked Six Paths Madara with Evening Elephant, damaging him despite the technique’s toll on Guy’s body. Minato organized support for Guy as he continued pressing Madara in the air.

• Might Guy opened the Gate of Death and struck Madara with the first blow of Evening Elephant, sending him crashing into the ground and breaking his horn.
• Might Guy’s right foot broke from the strain, but he forced himself to endure the pain as Madara returned to the sky.
• Madara acknowledged the danger of Guy’s attacks and prepared to face the rest of Evening Elephant.
• Minato told the others to support Guy and proposed a way to deal with Madara’s black weapon.
• Might Guy ran through the air, circled Madara, then landed a second punch from behind after Madara blocked the first.

Might Guy’s Evening Elephant battered Six Paths Madara, while Minato, Rock Lee, Kakashi, and Gaara helped create an opening for Guy’s final strike. Madara survived and provoked Guy into preparing Night Guy, then acknowledged him as the strongest shinobi in taijutsu.

• Might Guy struck Madara Uchiha with successive Evening Elephant attacks, while Minato Namikaze urged him to keep charging.
• Madara used his Truth-Seeking Orbs to form a barrier, but Minato transported the remaining orbs away and Kakashi opened a gap with Kamui, assisted by Gaara and Rock Lee.
• Might Guy’s fifth Evening Elephant hit Madara and sent him flying, but Madara stood up and challenged Guy to continue.
• Madara knocked Guy away as he prepared another attack, and Guy gathered his strength to use Night Guy, the ultimate move of the Eight Gates Released Formation.
• Might Guy charged with Night Guy, and Madara praised his chakra and taijutsu before declaring him the strongest.