Recaps

Hagoromo fought Roshi while Asuma, Muta, and Yutoshi attacked the arriving Sand Shinobi. After Roshi transformed and launched a fierce assault, Hagoromo seized his Tailed Beast Chakra tails and slammed him into the ground repeatedly.

• Hagoromo knocked Roshi back with a spinning kick, then flooded the battlefield with a massive Water Release technique.
• Asuma, Muta, and Yutoshi attacked the Sand Shinobi with insects and flaming giant Shuriken, burying and burning many of them.
• Roshi caught Hagoromo by surprise with a magma-covered punch, but Hagoromo caught it and drove him back with Water Gun shots.
• Roshi entered his Partial Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked Hagoromo with his four tails and a barrage of magma.
• Hagoromo blocked Roshi's magma with an Earth Release wall, grabbed his tails, and repeatedly slammed him into the ground.

Hagoromo drove Roshi to transform into the Four-Tails, then fought the giant beast with Hazy Moon Sage Mode and overwhelmed it. He left the Four-Tails smoking after stopping its Tailed Beast Bomb from forming.

• Hagoromo battered Roshi, who used a Lava Release Clone Technique to escape a finishing blow.
• Roshi called on the Four-Tails, while Hagoromo sent Sansan away with Asuma and the others.
• The Four-Tails attacked Hagoromo with lava and volcanic blasts, but Hagoromo charged through and knocked it down.
• Hagoromo grabbed the Four-Tails by its tail and slammed its face into the ground.
• The Four-Tails began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Hagoromo kicked its mouth shut, causing an explosion inside its body.

Hagoromo defeated the Four-Tails, captured Roshi, and prepared to escort him back to Konoha as the Stone Shinobi demanded his return. The Sand Shinobi remained under pressure, and Hagoromo asked Kakashi what they should do about them.

• Hagoromo trapped the Four-Tails in a trench, burned him until he returned to Roshi, and captured the unconscious Jinchūriki.
• Hagoromo handed Roshi to Asuma and Sansan, then left with them before the Sand Shinobi main force arrived.
• Chiyo rejected a Stone Shinobi Jonin's demand to recover their Jinchūriki and threatened that the Sand Shinobi would attack Iwagakure if Ōnoki failed to take responsibility.
• Chiyo ordered the Sand Shinobi to strengthen their defenses and wait, hoping conflict between Konoha and the Stone Shinobi would ease their burden.
• Kakashi gave Hagoromo Hiruzen Sarutobi's order to escort the Four-Tails Jinchūriki back to the village, while Ōnoki demanded Roshi's return.
• Hagoromo asked Kakashi what they should do about the Sand Shinobi, who continued fighting despite their losses.

Hagoromo escorted the captured Roshi toward Konoha while Akatsuki sent Kakuzu and Kisame to intercept them. Near the Land of Fire, the two attacked, and Hagoromo intervened as Kisame struck at Muta and Yutoshi.

• Hagoromo agreed to escort Roshi to Konoha while Asuma took over as deputy commander.
• Hagoromo had Yutoshi restrain Roshi, and Muta placed him in a jar for the journey.
• Pain ordered Kakuzu and Kisame to retrieve Roshi and eliminate anyone who witnessed them.
• Hagoromo sensed an ambush near the Land of Fire and confronted Kakuzu and Kisame, who revealed a sixty-five-million-ryō bounty on him.
• Muta and Yutoshi tried to leave, but Kisame blocked them and swung Samehada at them.
• Hagoromo appeared in front of Kisame and kicked Samehada, sending Kisame flying backward.

Hagoromo fought Kisame Hoshigaki while Kakuzu went after Yutoshi and Muta. Hagoromo tore Samehada in two and badly wounded Kisame, who drained the sword’s remaining chakra to heal himself.

• Kisame attacked Hagoromo, who summoned Sansan and sent the cat to protect Yutoshi and Muta.
• Hagoromo and Kisame exchanged Fire, Water, and Earth Release techniques before Kisame attacked with Samehada.
• Hagoromo covered himself in Yang Release Armament and tore Samehada in two despite its chakra absorption.
• Hagoromo slammed Kisame into the ground and struck him with Heavenly Foot of Pain, leaving him badly wounded.
• Kisame drew the chakra remaining in Samehada to heal himself, leaving the sword with no chance of recovery.

Hagoromo defeated Kisame, destroyed the evidence, and took Samehada. As Yutoshi and Muta fled with the Four-Tails, Sansan arrived to protect them from Kakuzu and his five hearts, while Hagoromo remained elsewhere.

• Kisame trapped Hagoromo in a water prison, but Hagoromo escaped and struck him from behind.
• Kisame summoned five sharks, but Hagoromo cut through them and killed him with Lightning Blade.
• Hagoromo sealed Samehada, destroyed Kisame's body, and vanished toward Sansan's location.
• Kakuzu attacked Yutoshi and Muta as they carried the Four-Tails toward Konoha, but Sansan appeared and blocked his flames.
• Sansan recognized Kakuzu's five hearts and engaged him while Yutoshi and Muta fought the masked monsters pursuing them.

Hagoromo and Sansan defeated Kakuzu and his remaining Earth Grudge Fear monster after Yutoshi held them off, then hurried to save the badly injured Muta. Hagoromo recognized the attackers as Akatsuki members targeting the Tailed Beasts.

• Kakuzu’s attacks injured Muta and sent Sansan flying, so Muta escaped to seek reinforcements while Yutoshi stayed behind to protect her allies.
• Yutoshi blocked an Earth Grudge Fear monster from pursuing Muta, and Sansan returned in a larger form and used Demon Binding: Command to immobilize Kakuzu and the monsters.
• Sansan crushed Kakuzu, but one Earth Grudge Fear monster fled until Hagoromo arrived and destroyed it with a Rasengan.
• Hagoromo found Yutoshi and learned that Muta had passed out from Chakra exhaustion, then brought her to heal him.
• Hagoromo confirmed to Sansan that the cloaked attackers were targeting the Tailed Beasts and noted that the Four-Tails was about to return to Konoha.

Hagoromo reported that a group of S-rank missing-nin had tried to capture the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, prompting Hiruzen to strengthen Konoha’s defenses. Hiruzen urged Hagoromo to remain in the village, but Hagoromo argued that he should help Jiraiya against the Stone Shinobi.

• Hagoromo told Hiruzen, Shikaku, and Fugaku about the group that had tried to capture the Four-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Hiruzen ordered Shikaku to reinforce the Jinchūriki’s guard and told Fugaku to assign more Uchiha to patrols and speak with Hiashi.
• Hiruzen told Hagoromo that Jiraiya was holding off Ōnoki’s forces and that Choza had gone to support him.
• Hiruzen said Hagoromo was more valuable to Konoha than even Asuma and the shinobi who had died, and Hagoromo reassured him of his strength.
• Hiruzen assigned Hagoromo to stay in the village to protect the Four-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Naruto, but Hagoromo insisted that he should help Jiraiya instead.

Hagoromo reunited with his disciples after months away and learned how they had continued training. Neji asked to graduate early, and Hagoromo agreed, deciding he would be sent to the battlefield after passing his exam.

• Naruto and the others welcomed Hagoromo back at the training ground and joined him for a meal.
• Shikamaru explained that Hagoromo had become a respected hero of Konoha for his actions on the front lines.
• Naruto told Hagoromo he had learned Earth Release and Water Release and begun practicing Fire Style.
• Neji asked to graduate early, and Hagoromo accepted after recognizing Neji's strength and resolve.
• Hagoromo told Neji to prepare for an exam the next day and said he would arrange for Neji to go to the battlefield.

Neji took the exams for early graduation and proved his strength by defeating Hiashi in the practical combat test. Hiruzen Sarutobi made him a Konoha Genin, and Hagoromo planned a month of special training to help him grow stronger.

• Hagoromo reassured Iruka that Neji was ready for early graduation, and Neji earned a perfect score on the ninja tool throwing test.
• Iruka warned Neji that becoming a ninja meant risking his life and staining his hands with blood, but Neji continued to the final test.
• Hiashi told Neji to treat him as an enemy and use his full strength, and Neji overwhelmed him with his Byakugan and Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.
• Hiashi admitted that Neji was at least as strong as a Special Jōnin and thanked Hagoromo for training him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi granted Neji the rank of Genin, and Hagoromo arranged a month of special training for him.

After completing Neji’s month of brutal combat training, Hagoromo went to the Konoha Intelligence Department to deal with Kisame, who had been hiding inside Samehada. Kisame escaped the sword but was trapped and killed by Hagoromo, who prepared to inform the village about the Akatsuki.

• Hagoromo ended Neji’s month-long intensive training and told Naruto and the others to keep training at the training ground rather than at home.
• Hagoromo visited the Intelligence Department, where Inoichi had kept Samehada sealed while Kisame hid inside it for over a month.
• Hagoromo used black threads to threaten Samehada, prompting Kisame to burst out, but the Anbu trapped him in a sealing barrier.
• Kisame asked if Hagoromo had known he was hiding inside Samehada, and Hagoromo said Kisame might have escaped if he had concealed his malice.
• Kisame prepared to attack Hagoromo, but Hagoromo killed him and pulled his body over with black threads.

Hagoromo took Neji and two other ninja to accept a B-rank escort mission after the mission desk had no C-rank work available. The client revealed that he feared an attack linked to a family dispute in the Land of Vegetables, leaving Hagoromo’s team to escort him there.

• Hagoromo left Kisame under the Intelligence Division’s care and told them to bring Ibiki Morino and the Sealing Squad for the interrogation.
• Hagoromo brought Neji to the mission desk, where the registration ninja explained that the team could not take a B-rank mission with a Genin member.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi overruled the restriction and assigned Hagoromo’s team a B-rank personal escort mission.
• Hagoromo and the others met their client, a young nobleman from the Land of Vegetables, who feared an attack because of a succession dispute with the main branch of his family.

Hagoromo's squad escorted a young noble toward the Land of Vegetables, while Hagoromo kept the client at arm's length and taught Neji how to handle a mission. When Kirigakure ninja attacked under cover of mist, Neji fought back but discovered his opponent was a clone.

• Hagoromo declined the young noble's offer of a carriage and traveled with his squad toward the Land of Vegetables.
• Hagoromo explained to Neji that he was avoiding the client's attempts to make political connections and assigned Neji to stand watch.
• Neji detected six approaching Kirigakure ninja and alerted Yutoshi and Kokone as the attackers surrounded the camp.
• Hagoromo killed one attacker and wounded another with redirected Shuriken before the Kirigakure ninja spread mist across the area.
• Neji defended himself against an attacker who targeted his eyes, then realized the figure he struck was a clone.

Neji defeated a Kirigakure ninja who had ambushed Hagoromo's team during a B-Rank mission, and the group safely escorted their client to the Land of Vegetables. After completing the mission, Hagoromo discussed the danger with Neji as they headed back.

• Neji saw through a Kirigakure ninja's water clone and killed him with Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• The fog cleared, revealing Hagoromo and the other members of the team had defeated the remaining Kirigakure attackers.
• The young noble promised to pay the full mission fee, and Hagoromo's team continued to the Land of Vegetables without further ninja attacks.
• After the group reached the capital, the young noble rebuked his attendant and decided to submit to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire after taking the throne.
• Hagoromo asked Neji what he had learned from the mission, and Neji acknowledged that the team might have died without Hagoromo and the two Special Jōnin.

Hagoromo’s team escorted a grain convoy safely to Konoha’s camp in the Land of Grass, despite signs that Iwagakure had discovered hidden supply routes. Akimichi Chōza told Hagoromo that the routes were being exposed one after another and led him and Neji to meet Jiraiya.

• Hagoromo’s team took an A-rank mission to deliver supplies to the front in the Land of Grass as Iwagakure raided Konoha’s convoys.
• While traveling with Neji, Hagoromo warned him that small mistakes on the battlefield could have fatal consequences.
• Hagoromo and Neji alternated sensing for danger, and the convoy reached the camp without losing its supplies.
• Akimichi Chōza told Hagoromo that Iwagakure had discovered several hidden routes, though reinforced convoys had prevented the enemy from taking their cargo.
• Hagoromo said he had defeated an Iwagakure squad before they could report the route, and Chōza brought him and Neji to see Jiraiya.

Hagoromo received Hiruzen Sarutobi’s urgent mission to wipe out Iwagakure squads infiltrating the rear and prepared to set out with his current team. The chapter left him and his teammates resting briefly and gathering supplies before the operation.

• Jiraiya gave Hagoromo a mission to eliminate Iwagakure squads that had infiltrated the area as soon as possible.
• Hagoromo agreed to complete the mission within three days and declined Jiraiya’s offer to add more people to his squad.
• Jiraiya told Hagoromo that Iwagakure’s growing forces could trigger a full-scale battle within days, while Fugaku’s team was not expected to arrive until the day after tomorrow.
• Hagoromo reassured Neji that he was stronger than an ordinary Special Jōnin and brought him to meet Yutoshi and Kokone.
• Kokone accepted the mission, and Yutoshi agreed after asking to restock her supplies.
• Hagoromo ordered the team to prepare during a two-hour rest before setting out.

Hagoromo and his team hunted Iwagakure ninja hiding along supply routes, but found little intelligence and fewer squads than expected. Neji suggested the missing teams might have gone to the route Konoha used to transport supplies, so Hagoromo decided to search it next.

• Hagoromo ordered Neji, Yutoshi, and Kokone to eliminate Iwagakure ninja along the logistics routes and gave them Military Rations Pills.
• An Iwagakure squad waited in hiding, and one Chunin left the canopy to relieve himself.
• Hagoromo's team attacked the squad, with Yutoshi killing Zhiya and Neji taking down another Chunin.
• Hagoromo subdued and killed the Iwagakure Jonin, but learned nothing about the other infiltrating squads.
• Neji proposed checking the unsearched supply route, and Hagoromo agreed to head there.

Uchiha Itachi joined Fugaku’s force on a mission to investigate Akatsuki, but the Uchiha were ambushed by Akatsuchi and a large Iwagakure force. As Hagoromo’s squad rushed toward the battle, Akatsuchi summoned an enormous clay giant to confront Fugaku and Itachi.

• Fugaku led the Uchiha toward the Land of Grass front while Itachi concealed that Hiruzen Sarutobi had sent him to investigate Orochimaru and Akatsuki.
• Akatsuchi and concealed Iwagakure ninja surrounded the Uchiha, and Itachi suspected Takigakure had allowed them through and that Konoha had a spy.
• Fugaku and Itachi ordered the Uchiha to break through, and both sides clashed in the forest.
• Hagoromo sensed a major battle about three kilometers away and led Neji, Yutoshi, and Xinyin toward it at full speed.
• Akatsuchi’s ambush failed to wipe out the Uchiha, and he created an enormous clay giant as Fugaku and Itachi continued fighting him.

Uchiha Fugaku fought Akatsuchi to keep the Stone Shinobi from catching the fleeing Uchiha, while Uchiha Itachi led the clan toward the front lines. As Fugaku’s Sharingan began to change, Itachi stopped to face the pursuers and ordered the clan members to continue without him.

• Uchiha Fugaku ordered Uchiha Itachi to lead the clan members toward the front lines while he held off Akatsuchi and the Stone Shinobi.
• Uchiha Fugaku blocked Akatsuchi’s Earth Flow River, then severed the clay giant’s foot and sent it crashing into the forest with his Fire Style.
• Akatsuchi survived Fugaku’s attacks, trapped him with Mountain Earth Technique, and then fought him at close range while avoiding his Sharingan.
• Uchiha Fugaku retreated from Akatsuchi’s assault, and his Sharingan showed faint signs of joining together as he worried about Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Itachi stopped in the forest to face the pursuing Iwagakure shinobi, then ordered the Uchiha clan members to go ahead without him.

Uchiha Itachi defeated the pursuing Stone Shinobi with Susanoo while rushing to aid Uchiha Fugaku, and Hagoromo arrived to find him safe. After treating Fugaku, Hagoromo prepared to take the Uchiha Clan to the battlefield as Itachi departed on a separate mission.

• Uchiha Itachi used Susanoo to deflect the Stone Shinobi's Earth Spears, then finished off the survivors.
• Hagoromo arrived, and Uchiha Itachi told him that Uchiha Fugaku was still fighting Akatsuchi.
• Uchiha Fugaku emerged from the forest, and Hagoromo treated his external injuries while warning that his internal injuries needed medicine.
• Uchiha Fugaku suspected Iwagakure spies had revealed the Uchiha Clan's movements, and Hagoromo worried about Naruto and the others.
• Uchiha Itachi left to carry out a mission from Lord Hiruzen, while Hagoromo prepared to lead Fugaku and the Uchiha Clan to the battlefield.
• Yutoshi, Neji, and the Uchiha Clan arrived, and Neji agreed to accompany Hagoromo to the battlefield.

Hagoromo, Fugaku, and Jiraiya investigated how Iwagakure kept anticipating Konoha’s deployments and considered the possibility of an extraordinary sensor relaying their orders. Hagoromo pointed to dangerous missing-nin with unusual abilities, but the chapter ended before they identified the suspected spy.

• Fugaku told Jiraiya that the Land of Waterfalls had betrayed Konoha and disrupted its supply efforts.
• Jiraiya reported that the village had gone into lockdown and caught several suspected spies, then shared that Iwagakure had repeatedly anticipated his deployments.
• Hagoromo asked whether Konoha’s plans had ever been exposed this way before, prompting Jiraiya to realize the pattern was unprecedented.
• Hagoromo spread a Netherworld Formless Realm barrier and proposed that a special sensor ninja was overhearing Jiraiya’s orders and sending them to Iwagakure.
• Fugaku supported Hagoromo’s theory by describing the organization of missing-nin he had encountered, and Hagoromo recounted the five-hearted Takigakure shinobi and the former Kirigakure swordsman who had hidden in Samehada.

Hagoromo demonstrated Yin Release to Jiraiya and Fugaku, then discovered concealed spores that had been spying on their deployments for Iwagakure. He prepared to use a secret technique to counter them, while Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Hagoromo explained that unusual abilities could account for the enemy’s intelligence and demonstrated how Yin Release let him vanish underground without leaving a detectable presence.
• Hagoromo failed to return when Jiraiya called, then reappeared in the tent carrying several disguised spores he had found underground.
• Hagoromo explained that Yang Release had weakened the spores and confirmed they were likely how Iwagakure learned about Konoha’s deployments.
• Hagoromo told Jiraiya and Fugaku to keep what they saw secret, then began forming seals as his Yang Release Chakra surged.
• Fugaku revealed that he had the Mangekyō Sharingan and said he had already informed Hiruzen.

Hagoromo used his new power to locate the spores hidden across the front lines, while Jiraiya and Fugaku prepared to eliminate them. As the Stone Shinobi and Akatsuki readied for battle, Deidara and Sasori set out for the front, where Deidara looked forward to facing whoever had defeated Kakuzu and Kisame.

• Hagoromo transformed with a blazing Chakra cloak and sent particles throughout the front lines to find and destroy Black Zetsu’s hidden spores.
• Fugaku and Jiraiya left the tent to prepare the front-line forces for the threats Hagoromo had detected.
• Kitsuchi met Ōnoki, who asked whether the war was worth fighting and ordered the Akatsuki to join the full-scale assault; Kitsuchi asked Han for help the next day.
• Black Zetsu reported that nearly all the hidden spores had been killed, and Pain sent Sasori to the front lines.
• Deidara asked to accompany Sasori, and the two set out while Deidara expressed excitement about facing the person who had defeated Kakuzu and Kisame.

Hagoromo and Neji fought through the battlefield after Iwagakure launched its attack, helping Konoha turn the tide and sending reinforcements to other positions. Hagoromo then reached the area where Jiraiya was likely fighting and was confronted by Iwagakure commander Kitsuchi.

• Hagoromo praised Neji's progress and told him to stay close when Iwagakure attacked.
• Hagoromo and Neji rushed to the battlefield, where Neji was startled by the carnage before Hagoromo protected him from incoming shuriken.
• Hagoromo and Neji rescued Konoha shinobi and wiped out a group of Iwagakure forces with Hagoromo's Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
• Neji sensed powerful chakra signatures, so Hagoromo sent the Konoha shinobi with them to support other positions while he continued toward the fighting.
• Neji struck two Iwagakure Jonin with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, and Hagoromo finished them with Chidori.
• Kitsuchi confronted Hagoromo and declared that stopping him was necessary for Iwagakure to win.

Hagoromo fought Kitsuchi after sending Neji away, overcoming the Iwagakure ninja’s powerful Earth Release techniques and killing him. As Iwagakure ninjas arrived beside Kitsuchi’s body, Hagoromo headed after Neji.

• Hagoromo ordered Neji to find Yutoshi and the others, then asked Kitsuchi why Ōnoki had started the war.
• Kitsuchi attacked Hagoromo with Earth Release techniques, but Hagoromo countered with Chidori and Monster Strength.
• Kitsuchi used added weight, a deep fissure, and a mountain of rock to trap Hagoromo, who smashed his way free.
• Hagoromo shattered Kitsuchi’s golem armor with Monster Strength Fourth Gear and fatally injured him with a blow that burst his internal organs.
• Hagoromo left to follow Neji, while arriving Iwagakure ninjas found Kitsuchi and a Jonin warned them not to touch him.