Recaps

Hanma captured Saiken, discovered a way to strengthen his soul through Jashin, and set events in motion across the Shinobi World. After Kirigakure’s defeat, he began remaking the village under his rule with Genji’s help.

• Hanma broke the Six-Tails’ mountain prison, defeated the beast, learned its name was Saiken, and brought it to Sage Katsuyu in Shikkotsu Forest.
• Hanma joined Feimei’s Jashin Cult ritual, turned its blood curse against the priest, and absorbed Jashin’s power as the Entry “Soul Devouring Rakshasa.”
• Hanma learned from Jashin that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had destroyed Jashin’s homeworld, while Isshiki later resolved to watch Hanma and build an organization.
• Nawaki developed the Senju Explosive Tag, while Uchiha Madara revived Izuna Uchiha and then used Rinne Tensei to give him a living body.
• Izuna renamed the Vortex organization the Fire Organization and assigned missions as Kirigakure’s Third Mizukage attacked Orochimaru’s forces and Uchiha Shin died protecting Fugaku.
• Fugaku awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and wounded the Three-Tails’ soul, allowing Hanma to drain the beast, kill the Third Mizukage, and defeat Kirigakure’s forces.
• Hanma chose to consolidate Kirigakure, ordered his allies to seize the Land of Water’s resources, and accepted Genji’s plan to purge loyalists and dismantle the old order.
• Days later, Kirigakure ninja killed members of the Daimyo’s Mansion and received its seized supplies under Hanma’s rule.

Hanma and Izuna maneuvered rival factions toward war as the hidden villages united against Konoha. The fighting began on several fronts, and Minato helped the Third Hokage capture Ōnoki while Konoha’s forces confronted the Jinchuriki.

• Genji took charge of the Land of Water’s manufacturing under Hanma, while Izuna sealed the Seven-Tails, recruited Monk Hōichi, and visited Konoha disguised as Tobirama Senju.
• Orochimaru proved that the supposed Tobirama was an impostor, while the Third Hokage and Danzo prepared Konoha for the threat and the other villages coordinated their military plans.
• Hanma consolidated his absorbed powers, while Izuna recruited Hōichi as the One-Tail’s Jinchuriki and staged the beast’s theft to provoke Sunagakure into declaring war on Konoha.
• The five major villages formed a coalition against Konoha, and the Third Hokage assigned forces to defend multiple fronts while Hanma committed the Uchiha and Aburame clans to Kirigakure’s front.
• Kumogakure and Sunagakure broke through Konoha’s defenses, while Ōnoki’s forces killed Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu and drove Hiruzen Sarutobi’s troops into retreat.
• Hanma sent Minato and Kushina after Ōnoki, assigned Fugaku and Setsuna to capture Danzo, and prepared to hunt the Tailed Beasts as the battles worsened.
• Minato’s forces confronted Iwagakure’s Jinchuriki, and the Third Hokage used the Reaper Death Seal against Han and Rōshi before Minato transported him to Ōnoki, whom the Hokage restrained.

Hanma defeated the Fire Organization’s leaders, absorbed several Tailed Beasts, and sought greater power by mastering Nature Energy. As Minato consolidated Konoha and Kirigakure under his rule, new threats emerged and the Fire Organization formed an alliance with Kumogakure and Sunagakure against Hanma.

• Minato killed Ōnoki and Kitsuchi as Iwagakure’s army collapsed, while Fugaku, Setsuna, and Orochimaru confronted Danzo before Izuna Uchiha and Nagato arrived to seize the Nine-Tails.
• Hanma overwhelmed Izuna Uchiha, Nagato, and their allies, killed Izuna and Danzo, and absorbed the escaping Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Minato’s forces defeated the Third Kazekage and Third Raikage, while Hanma absorbed the Four-Tails and Five-Tails and set out for Ryūchi Cave to learn Nature Energy cultivation.
• Hanma defeated the White Snake Sage, learned that the deep oceans held most of the planet’s remaining Nature Energy, and planned to cultivate there before leaving the Shinobi World.
• Hanma stabilized Minato’s Light Release with his flesh, gave Tsunade a transformed Box of Paradise, and entrusted Minato and Tsunade with managing Konoha and Kirigakure while he pursued greater power.
• Minato killed shinobi who challenged his account of the war, declared the Third Hokage a hero and Danzo a failed attacker of the Uchiha Clan, and announced Kirigakure’s merger with Konoha.
• Nagato and Izuna Uchiha introduced Jigen to the Fire Organization, while Isshiki concealed his identity and planned to take over Hanma’s body, and Toneri also inherited his father’s Byakugan and vowed to awaken the Tenseigan.
• The Fire Organization allied with Kumogakure and Sunagakure, offering Mount Myōboku’s Senjutsu as they planned to use the villages as a vanguard and prepare an attack against Hanma.

Hanma absorbed the sea’s Nature Energy, killed Izuna, and became powerful enough to threaten the world, prompting the Sage of Six Paths and his allies to confront him. As Hanma battled Madara, Hashirama, Indra, and Asura, Toneri and Black Zetsu sought a way to contact Kaguya, while Isshiki called on Momoshiki and Urashiki for help.

• Hanma completed his absorption of the sea’s Nature Energy, defeated Uchiha Madara, and drove Isshiki away, while Izuna sacrificed himself to save Madara.
• The Sage of Six Paths gathered the dead heroes and explained the danger Hanma posed, then granted them power to return to the world and train.
• Hanma made Obito his third Heavenly Demon Vassal, absorbed the Dragon Vein, and took charge of the unified Shinobi World as new threats emerged.
• Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, Asura, and Indra visited Konoha and confronted Hanma over the stolen Nature Energy and Izuna’s soul, but Hanma refused their demands.
• Hanma challenged the visitors, and the Sage of Six Paths empowered Madara, Hashirama, Indra, and Asura to fight him as Minato, Obito, and Tobirama faced off elsewhere.
• Indra used his time-rewinding dojutsu to help the group coordinate repeated attacks, but Hanma broke through their defenses and battered them.
• Toneri and Black Zetsu stopped watching Hanma’s battle and sought a way to contact Kaguya, while Isshiki urged Momoshiki and Urashiki to help him confront Hanma.