Recaps

Senya took control of the Uchiha’s reforms, restored Itachi’s resolve, and built alliances against Danzo while confronting Obito and revealing the truth about Sakumo’s death to Kakashi. The arc left Senya preparing the Uchiha for a performance and planning to drill them through three days of practice.

• Senya awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan at the clan meeting, became vice clan head, and persuaded Fugaku and Itachi to unite behind his plan to protect the Uchiha.
• Senya reorganized the Police Force, led its public march through Konoha, and won Hiruzen’s approval while instructing Itachi to feed Danzo misleading information.
• Senya formed an alliance with Hiashi and the Hyuga, then persuaded the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads to oppose Danzo and join the Uchiha’s Police Force reforms.
• Senya told Kakashi that Danzo had driven Sakumo to suicide, and Kakashi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan before Obito attacked them.
• Senya and Kakashi confronted Obito, and Senya provoked him into a breakdown that let the system replicate Hashirama Cells.
• Senya recruited Uchiha clansmen to form a band, demonstrated their dances, and began teaching the group a duet with Uchiha Izumi.
• Senya dispelled his Shadow Clones at sunset, received their reports of poor practice, and resolved to train the performers strictly for the next three days.

Senya and the Uchiha exposed Root’s attack on their clan and challenged Hiruzen’s authority, while Danzo seized Naruto and turned him into a weapon. The arc ended with Danzo leading Root toward the Uchiha compound to massacre the clan.

• Fugaku announced reforms to the Police Force at the Uchiha celebration, and Senya’s performance helped win villagers’ support.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha, took Naruto under his care, and learned from Senya that Obito had survived the Nine-Tails Attack and might have colluded with Danzo.
• Root ambushed Uchiha Chizakura and his unit, and Senya, Fugaku, and Itachi retaliated by destroying Root’s base.
• Danzo blamed Senya and Fugaku for the attack, but Senya used Susanoo to kill Root operatives and force Hiruzen to withdraw.
• Senya and Jiraiya realized Danzo might target Naruto, but Danzo captured Naruto and used a sealing formula to restrain him.
• Jiraiya confronted Hiruzen over the kidnapping, and Hiruzen admitted he had given Danzo the sealing scroll despite knowing what it contained.
• Danzo used Kotoamatsukami to control Naruto and the Nine-Tails, transformed Naruto into a seven-tailed fox, and ordered Root to kill the Uchiha clan.

Senya exposed Danzo’s crimes, helped bring down the old leadership, and set out with Jiraiya and Naruto to find Tsunade. After persuading her to consider returning to Konoha, he defeated the Raikage and won her acceptance of their bet, while she began treating Karai.

• Senya defended the Uchiha compound from Danzo’s Root forces and Naruto’s rampage, then defeated Danzo and exposed his stolen Sharingan and experiments to the clan heads.
• Itachi sealed Danzo with the Totsuka Blade, and Senya forced Hiruzen to step down before setting Tsunade as his candidate for Fifth Hokage.
• Senya recruited Itachi to seek out Orochimaru, uncovered Danzo’s role in his parents’ deaths, and sent Itachi to investigate Orochimaru’s bases.
• Senya and Jiraiya took Naruto to find Tsunade, and Senya told Naruto how his parents had died protecting him and the village.
• Senya confronted Tsunade in the Land of Hot Water and urged her to return to Konoha, while Jiraiya asked her to treat Naruto’s damaged body.
• The Raikage brought Karai to Tsunade for help, and Senya challenged Kumogakure to pay him or apologize for its wartime invasions before fighting A.
• Senya defeated A with Susanoo and the Fist of Justice, and Tsunade and Shizune took Karai into a cave for treatment.
• After sharing drinks and grilled meat with A and Killer B, Senya received a kiss from Tsunade as she accepted her loss in their bet.

Senya helped Tsunade settle in Konoha as she confronted Hiruzen’s crimes and took control of the village’s leadership and finances. Meanwhile, Itachi brought Orochimaru back toward Konoha, but their fight with Konan and Sasori ended with a vast explosive trap closing around them.

• Senya secured the Raikage’s promise to protect Naruto and let Konoha ninja accompany him in Kumogakure, then Tsunade and Shizune saved Karai and Tsunade began staying with Senya.
• Tsunade confronted Hiruzen, who admitted that he had allowed Nawaki’s death and manipulated village resources to preserve his rule, and Tsunade declared they were no longer master and disciple.
• Tsunade exposed Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura’s embezzlement, ordered their clans to repay stolen funds, removed the elders as Hokage’s Assistants, and was announced as the Fifth Hokage.
• Itachi defeated Orochimaru and revealed that Senya had found evidence clearing his name and would show him a way to achieve immortality if he returned to Konoha, so Orochimaru agreed to go home.
• Orochimaru and Itachi fought Konan and Sasori, with Orochimaru summoning the Third Kazekage while Itachi protected him and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Itachi destroyed Sasori’s Iron Sand Puppet with an explosive clone, but Konan and Sasori activated a desert-wide field of Explosive Tags around them.