Recaps

Hanma escaped the Box of Paradise by devouring Enlightenment and gained a dangerous new power, then returned to Konoha and confronted Danzo over Root’s actions. As the villages prepared for conflict, Kumogakure sought an alliance with Konoha while secretly sending an envoy who expected to die.

• Hanma devoured Enlightenment through repeated resurrections, purified the Box of Paradise, and evolved Heaven and Earth Furnace into Gluttonous Feast of Paradise.
• Madara sent Black Zetsu to guide Nagato and used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to strengthen Uzumaki Kana for the Moon Eye Plan.
• Hanma returned to Konoha, met Fugaku and Uzumaki Mito, and argued against Kushina becoming the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki while the Nine-Tails warned Mito about his unsettling Chakra.
• Hanma beat Danzo after Danzo demanded the Box of Paradise and the Ninja Swords, then returned to the Uchiha district and reunited with Minato, Obito, and Konan.
• Hanma led the Uchiha in a raid on Root to find Hiruko, forced Danzo to surrender control of the search, and left the Third Hokage to suspend Danzo as Hokage’s Assistant.
• Hanma revealed his black-misted Three Tomoe Sharingan to Setsuna and asserted that he alone would lead the Uchiha Clan.
• The Third Raikage agreed to pursue an alliance with Konoha and the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan, while the Third Hokage considered Kumogakure’s peace proposal.
• The Kumogakure Shinobi Head secured his guest house against surveillance and told his companions that he had come to Konoha to die.

Hanma used the Kumogakure crisis to strengthen the Uchiha’s position and formed an alliance with the Aburame Clan, while Jiraiya and Tsunade pursued new paths to power. He then defeated the Land of Sky’s assault, secured its fortress and Gelel Stones, and brought Minato to challenge the Kaguya Clan, whose leader began a powerful transformation after Hanma struck him down.

• Toroi staged his death at the Hyuga banquet, and Kumogakure demanded a Hyuga as compensation, forcing Konoha into tense negotiations that ended with Hyuga Hiko spared but his Byakugan surrendered.
• Hyuga Yuto sought Hanma’s help for his blinded younger brother, while Aburame Shishan negotiated an alliance and accepted Hanma’s offer of mutated Kikaichū in exchange for the Aburame Clan’s support.
• Jiraiya received a prophecy about a demon threatening the Shinobi World and began intensive Sage Mode training, while Tsunade considered using Hanma’s cells to help her absorb Nature Energy.
• Hanma traveled to Kirigakure with Minato and Kushina, where they joined Orochimaru’s forces against the Land of Sky, and Hanma consumed the attackers and stopped their Floating Fortress from crashing.
• Hanma identified the fortress’s power source as Gelel Stones, arranged for Orochimaru to restore it for Konoha, and agreed to help deal with the Kaguya Clan.
• Minato defeated Kaguya Shan but lost his contest with clan head Kaguya Mugetsu, whose regenerative bone techniques forced Minato to retreat.
• Hanma crushed Mugetsu’s bone blade and armor and knocked him into a pit, but Mugetsu rose badly injured and entered a Bone Cocoon as Hanma watched his chakra grow stronger.

Hanma brought the Kaguya Clan under Uchiha control while his growing influence unsettled Konoha and drew the attention of Madara and Nagato. Tsunade chose to marry into the Uchiha Clan, and Nagato founded the Vortex Organization with Hanzo as its first member.

• Hanma defeated Kaguya Mugetsu, devastated the Kaguya Clan’s territory, and made the survivors submit to the Uchiha Clan.
• Hanma brought the Kaguya Clan to Uchiha Fortress, where its members joined his growing alliance, and he and Orochimaru discussed researching Chakra and Nature Energy.
• Madara restored Izuna’s Mangekyō Sharingan, tested Uzumaki Kana with Hashirama cells, and began planning the Vortex Organization with Nagato.
• Konoha prepared for the approaching Uchiha Fortress, but Hanma arrived peacefully and used the visit to strengthen the Military Police Force’s influence.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha, heard the Third Hokage’s account of the Uchiha’s growing power, and was warned not to provoke Hanma.
• Tsunade supported Hanma’s ambitions, accepted the Box of Paradise pendant, and told Uzumaki Mito she would marry into the Uchiha Clan while remaining a Konoha ninja.
• The Third Mizukage escalated Kirigakure’s violence by ordering live combat in Ninja Academy graduation exams, while Nagato and Kana sought out Hanzo.
• Nagato and Kana defeated Hanzo and pressured him to join the Vortex Organization, which Hanzo accepted as its first member.

Hanma strengthened his position while Konoha reeled from the Nine-Tails transfer, Jiraiya’s defeat, and Mount Myōboku’s intervention. He left Kirigakure poised for an attack as he prepared to take the Six-Tails and pursue Jashin.

• Hanma postponed consuming more Tailed Beast Chakra until he improved his spiritual abilities, then discussed Sage Mode with Tsunade and demonstrated the danger of his cells.
• Mikoto gave birth to Itachi, and Hanma assigned Fugaku to establish Uchiha roots in Kirigakure after his recovery.
• Minato trained Obito and took Guy as a student, while Orochimaru directed Fugaku to unsettle the Third Mizukage instead of hunting Jashin Cultists.
• Mito transferred the Nine-Tails into Danzo and died, after which Danzo struggled to control the combined powers of the beast and Hashirama’s cells.
• A spar between Minato’s and Jiraiya’s students escalated when they summoned Gamabunta, who died after Shikuroo’s nano-poison insects attacked him.
• Jiraiya challenged Hanma in Sage Mode, but Hanma defeated him and killed Fukasaku and Shima, leaving Jiraiya unable to return to the battlefield.
• Hanma explained the Infinite Tsukuyomi to Obito, who rejected it, then helped Hyuga Yuto and Masakumo escape the Caged Bird Seal and arranged their refuge in Kirigakure.
• Gamamaru prepared to cooperate with Konoha as Danzo risked toadification to gain power, and Hanma gave Orochimaru a Byakugan before setting out to take Kirigakure’s Six-Tails.