Chapter Summaries

Sakumo found comfort in Shizune’s support, while Shin’s team continued its work in camp and Nawaki struggled to keep up with his teammates. After seeing Nao master Senjutsu with Shin’s guide, Nawaki decided to learn it himself.

• Sakumo called Shizune after returning safely to camp, and her concern helped him understand what it meant to truly live.
• After Kumogakure’s attacks failed to gain much ground, Shin postponed dealing with Takigakure, and Mamba assigned Nao to train Sunagakure’s unassigned ninja.
• Nawaki improved his Wood Release over several days, challenged Shin and Nao, and was easily dismissed by them.
• Shin gave Nawaki a guide to universal Senjutsu, which Nawaki shared with Nao.
• A week later, Nao used the Byakugan to master natural energy and pulverized a hill with an Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.
• Inspired by Nao’s power, Nawaki decided he would learn Senjutsu too.

In May of Konoha Year 34, Shin, Nao, and Nawaki encountered Kaoru, the Seven-Tails' Jinchuriki, while patrolling the Land of Waterfall. After Shin identified himself as the Konoha Grim Reaper and tried to persuade her to surrender, Kaoru transformed and fought them, with her tailed-beast cloak growing from three tails to seven.

• Shin demonstrated his new weapons to Nao and Nawaki aboard their aircraft before Nao detected an enormous chakra presence outside.
• Shin leaped out with Nao and Nawaki and surrounded them with Susanoo as Kaoru approached in flight.
• Nao, Shin, and Nawaki told Kaoru they wanted the tailed beast inside her and tried to convince her that extraction would be safe.
• Kaoru recognized Shin as Konoha's Grim Reaper, refused to go with them, and attacked after he admitted his identity.
• Shin's Susanoo struck Kaoru and split her chakra cloak, but the cloak quickly reformed as she fell and her tails increased from three to seven.

Kaoru transformed into the Seven-Tails and fought Shin and his team, who used Senjutsu techniques and the Uchiha Gunbai to restrain and counter her. Shin entered Kaoru’s sealing space and found Chomei defending her, leaving him to question why the Seven-Tails cared for its Jinchuriki.

• Shin used Susanoo and Senjutsu to force Kaoru into a huge crater and trap her beneath five Bridges of Sighs.
• Nawaki entered Sage Mode and used the Gate of the Great God to pin down Kaoru, but she began breaking free as his strength ran out.
• Shin restored a cracking Gate of the Great God and deflected Kaoru’s Tailed Beast Bomb with the Uchiha Gunbai, causing an explosion.
• Kaoru vanished from the smoke and flew toward the weakened Nawaki, but Shin used his Mangekyo ability to intercept her.
• Shin entered Kaoru’s sealing space and heard Chomei tell him not to bully Kaoru because she was a good child.

Shin took Kaoru from Takigakure to protect her, while Nawaki and Kaoru grew closer aboard the Hagoromo. Shin discovered that Hashirama had sold the Seven-Tails to Takigakure for only thirty million ryo, leaving Nawaki alarmed about the Senju Clan’s finances and determined to get rich.

• Shin forced Kaoru to leave Takigakure with him, promising to keep her safe in Konoha, and gave Chomei entertainment devices and passwords.
• Takigakure's leader found the massive crater and Seven-Tails' traces, blamed the Konoha Grim Reaper, and vowed revenge as Kisuke.
• Aboard the Hagoromo, Nawaki showed Kaoru how to use the entertainment devices while Shin realized the two were growing close.
• Shin called Reanimated Hashirama and learned he had sold the Seven-Tails to Takigakure for thirty million ryo.
• Shin mocked the Senju Clan’s poor finances and warned Nawaki that the family and Tsunade would face bankruptcy, prompting Nawaki to resolve to make a fortune.

Shin left Konoha to settle the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki situation and decided to turn it into an S-rank mission before heading to repay Takigakure. Meanwhile, Jiraiya and Tsunade discovered Rain Ninja targeting Fusang, and Nagato waited at home for his parents as danger closed in.

• Shin declined Nao's suggestion to stay behind, classified settling Kaoru as an S-rank mission, and decided to repay Takigakure.
• Rain Ninja confronted Fusang and Ise, demanded that Fusang prove her Uzumaki heritage by bearing descendants, and attacked Ise while nine-year-old Nagato waited at home.
• Orochimaru packed away Rain Ninja corpses and discussed studying inherited differences through transplantation, unsettling Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade followed Rain Ninja who were taking Fusang and Ise to Hanzo, and Tsunade resolved to kill them.
• The Rain Ninja surrounded Fusang and Ise and held kunai to their throats while Jiraiya promised Tsunade he would stop them.

Jiraiya rescued Fusang and her injured husband, then went to bring their son Nagato to the camp. Nagato hid from Jiraiya, believing he was a hostile ninja, but began to reconsider after Jiraiya found him.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade defeated the Rain Ninja attacking Fusang and treated her badly injured husband, Ise.
• Fusang asked Jiraiya to bring her son Nagato from their home, and Jiraiya promised to get him safely.
• Jiraiya found Nagato’s house and called for him, but Nagato hid in a wardrobe after hearing that he was being taken to Konoha.
• Jiraiya searched the house and opened the wardrobe, catching Nagato’s knife between his fingers.
• Nagato charged Jiraiya and declared that he would never become a ninja, then began to suspect the man might truly have been sent by his parents.

Nagato apologized to Jiraiya after mistaking him for a threat, and Jiraiya reassured him that his caution was justified. Meanwhile, Shin disguised himself as Sephiroth and entered Takigakure, where he killed the village ninjas in a tavern and announced he would return the next day.

• Nagato apologized to Jiraiya, who told him that staying vigilant around strangers was sensible.
• Shin chose Takigakure as a testing ground and sent his Hagoromo toward the Grass Country.
• Shin dyed his hair silver, dressed in black leather, summoned a Masamune, and entered a Takigakure tavern as Sephiroth.
• Sephiroth drank wine laced with drugs and poison without being harmed, then warned the Takigakure ninjas not to provoke him.
• A Takigakure ninja attacked Sephiroth, who killed him and slaughtered the other ninjas in the tavern.
• Sephiroth left a gold bar for the tavern owner, said he would return the next day, and declared himself a warrior who fought for the planet.

Jiraiya and Nagato met Yahiko and Konan in the war-torn Rain Country, where Nagato’s willingness to trust them helped the children feel safe. Jiraiya reflected on the possibility of peace as the four began to bond.

• Shin, disguised as Sephiroth, considered how Ninja World villains were often given sympathetic motives and ominously thought of his grandnephew.
• Jiraiya and Nagato encountered Yahiko and Konan, who initially feared them because of the violence around them.
• Jiraiya offered Yahiko and Konan safety, but they asked how he could guarantee it.
• Nagato offered Yahiko a small knife and let him use Nagato as a hostage to prove his trust.
• Yahiko and Konan chose to trust Nagato, and Konan threw the knife onto the ground.
• Jiraiya watched the three children share their experiences and reflected on how trust might lead the ninja world toward peace.

Shin completed the black wing for his Sephiroth persona and confronted Takigakure ninja, presenting himself as a warrior who protected the planet. After leaving them unsettled rather than fighting, he returned to his underground space and considered flooding Takigakure to make his message real.

• Jiraiya brought Yahiko and Konan to Fusang, who welcomed them into her family with Nagato.
• Shin finished making a black wing and modified his coat to store it.
• Shin returned to the tavern, drank the snake-venom-laced wine without harm, and caught the owner's thrown cup with Masamune.
• Shin confronted the Takigakure ninja outside, spoke about the planet crying because of war, and flew away without fighting them.
• Shin considered using the great waterfall to flood Takigakure without destroying it.

Shin continued his nightly visits to Takigakure’s tavern, prompting leader Kisuke to recruit him. Shin rejected Kisuke’s offer and threatened him, leaving Kisuke struggling to answer Shin’s demand to protect the planet.

• For several nights, Shin drank at the tavern and cut apart the weapons of Taki ninja who provoked him, while word of him reached Kisuke.
• Kisuke approached Shin at the tavern and asked whether he had heard of Uchiha Shin and Takigakure’s lost tailed beast.
• Shin said tailed beasts would not change the ninja world and criticized Kisuke’s belief that Takigakure needed one for its security.
• Kisuke offered Shin authority and status if he joined Takigakure, then threatened him if he refused.
• Shin held Masamune to Kisuke’s throat and said he wanted to protect the planet, not gain status or wealth.
• When Shin asked whether Kisuke could guarantee that no Taki ninja would harm the planet, Kisuke’s expression darkened and his hand trembled.

Shin tested Kisuke’s resolve, then used his Mangekyō Sharingan to control the Takigakure leader and force an end to the fighting. He went on to confront the Land of Waterfall’s Daimyo, whose guards froze under his gaze.

• Kisuke offered Shin the position of Takigakure’s next leader and promised him anything the village possessed, but Shin challenged his motives and tested whether he would act against him.
• Shin revealed his Sharingan and used Magatsukami to control Kisuke, then left Takigakure as Kisuke ordered the village to cease its warfare with Grass Country and the Land of Fire.
• Shin teleported to the Daimyo Estate and found the Daimyo and his officials holding a late-night gathering.
• The Daimyo mocked Shin and ordered the Takigakure guards to seize him, but the guards froze as Shin approached and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.

After watching the night pass, Shin returned to Konoha and turned a roller-coaster outing with the village’s leaders into a fireworks-filled spectacle. He assigned Kaoru to Team One to keep her safe from Root, then followed Nao after she exposed his Shadow Clone excuse.

• After leaving the Land of Waterfall, Shin watched the moon set and greeted the new day before teleporting away.
• Kushina brought Nao and a crowd of Konoha’s leaders, clan heads, teachers, and children to the amusement park for a roller-coaster ride.
• Shin appeared at the front of the coaster, launched fireworks, and joined the ride while Nawaki challenged his claim that he was a Shadow Clone.
• After Madara and Hashirama argued, Shin announced that Team One would meet at the village gate and added Kaoru to the team to protect her from Root.
• Nao told Shin she knew he was not a Shadow Clone, poked him in the chest, and walked off as he hurried after her.

Shin reunited with his family and discussed his ambitions and Fugaku’s power before the brothers ended up wrestling. At the Grass Country–Rain Country border camp, Jiraiya promised Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato a trip to Konoha if they could defeat his Shadow Clone.

• Aoko fed Shin and Fugaku until the brothers were too full to fight, then they rested in the courtyard.
• Fugaku asked whether Shin controlled the Land of Waterfall and whether his victories could make him Hokage, while Shin said his dream required more than that.
• Shin offered Fugaku a way to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, but Fugaku refused the power.
• Shin teased Fugaku about marrying Mikoto, and the brothers wrestled while Aoko turned up the television.
• Jiraiya defeated Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato with a Shadow Clone and gave them Happy Water.
• Jiraiya promised the three children they could visit Konoha once they defeated his Shadow Clone.

Jiraiya worried that the war and Orochimaru’s discovery of an Amegakure base would keep him from protecting his side, while Hanzo joined an operation targeting suspected Uzumaki Clan members. Team One traveled aboard a new Hagoromo, and deep beneath Konoha, White Zetsu was forced to DJ a dance-off between Hashirama and Madara.

• Jiraiya worried that the prolonged fighting in the Rain Country would prevent him from leaving the front lines, especially after Orochimaru discovered an underground Amegakure base.
• Hanzo decided to join an operation after learning that members of the Uzumaki Clan might be hiding in the Rain Country.
• Shin distributed communication equipment aboard the new Hagoromo, while Nao teased him and Nawaki and Kaoru tested their headsets.
• White Zetsu played music for Hashirama and Madara as they held a dance tournament underground, escalating their moves into a Susanoo and Wood Human battle.

Shin returned to the Grass Country camp after arranging the Land of Waterfall’s surrender, leaving Mamba and Anko exasperated by his antics. Meanwhile, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru entered a Rain Country base that Hanzo awaited them in, while Garrison took his frustration out on Saki at the Sand Ninja camp.

• Shin arrived at the Grass Country camp and revealed that the Land of Waterfall would surrender unconditionally within days, prompting Mamba and Anko to leave in frustration.
• Tsunade tried to persuade Chiken, Meitoku, and Shūzai to join the assault on the Rain Country base, but the three clan leaders stayed outside as guards.
• Orochimaru noticed disturbed soil by the base entrance, but he, Tsunade, and Jiraiya led their forces underground despite suspecting a trap.
• Hanzo waited inside the base with his Kusarigama, expecting Konoha’s ninja to arrive.
• Garrison scolded the Sand Ninja for their lack of accomplishments and whipped Saki, claiming the punishment had made him strong.

Orochimaru realized the Rain Village ninja in the base were bait meant to draw Konoha’s forces away while a large force attacked their camp. As Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade rushed to respond, Nagato, Yahiko, Konan, and Little Dot remained at the camp.

• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade split Konoha’s forces to search the Rain Village base, where their squads were ambushed by Rain Ninja.
• Orochimaru deduced that every Rain Ninja in the base was bait for an attack on Konoha’s main camp, and Jiraiya warned the Chiken Clan Head.
• The Chiken Clan Head reported that at least a thousand Rain Ninja had surrounded the camp while he fought them off.
• After hearing a report about poison and losing contact with another squad, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya hurried through the base toward the danger.
• At the camp, Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan practiced with chakra-infused paper shuriken while Little Dot playfully favored Nagato.

Rain Ninja kidnapped Fusang from the Sand camp, and Shin teleported in to protect Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan while Garrison pursued the abductors. Shin then left a lightning clone with the children and went to help Garrison, while Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru’s group fought Hanzo.

• Rain Ninja infiltrated the Sand camp and kidnapped Fusang, prompting Garrison to pursue them and call for help.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru faced Hanzo, who challenged them to prove their strength in battle.
• Shin received Garrison’s call, learned that Fusang had been taken and the three children needed protection, and teleported to the camp.
• Shin reassured Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, but Yahiko refused to go to Konoha before defeating Jiraiya’s Shadow Clone.
• Shin left a lightning clone with the children and teleported away to help Garrison, while Konan sensed his distant Chakra.

Shin reached the Rain Country battlefield, where Hanzo fought Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, and stepped in after Ibuse’s poison slowed the three Konoha ninja. Hanzo recognized Shin as the Konoha Grim Reaper and stopped the poison mist, leaving the confrontation between them poised to begin.

• Hanzo fought Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, then blasted them with an explosion when Orochimaru fired two rocket launchers.
• Fusang gathered three children aboard the Hagoromo while Shin told Garrison to take them back to Grass Country if anything happened.
• Shin visited Chiken, Meitoku, and Shūzai on the battlefield, but each sent him away or failed to notice him.
• Shin watched Hanzo battle the Sannin and guessed that Hanzo intended to gain fame by giving them the title of Konoha's Sannin.
• Ibuse sprayed poison mist that slowed Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, so Shin appeared before Hanzo and drew his attention.

Shin and the Konoha Sannin fought Hanzo, whose kusarigama and poison forced Shin to rely on his Mangekyo and Senjutsu before Hanzo withdrew. Back in Amegakure, Hanzo agreed to Black Zetsu’s plan to oppose Konoha in exchange for the Nine-Tails and Seven-Tails, setting the stage for a wider war.

• Hanzo confronted Shin and acknowledged him and the others as the Konoha Grim Reaper and Sannin, prompting Shin to leave after Orochimaru and Jiraiya restrained him.
• Shin battled Hanzo inside Ibuse’s poisonous mist, using Senjutsu, teleportation, and Susanoo to defend against the kusarigama.
• Hanzo sensed someone entering the mist and retreated, while Shin and his clones dispersed the poison before Tsunade treated the wounded.
• Shin searched the evacuated civilian residences and found no civilians before leaving with the Konoha ninja aboard the Hagoromo.
• Black Zetsu confronted the exhausted Hanzo in Amegakure and offered an alliance backed by Kirigakure and other forces in exchange for the Nine-Tails and Seven-Tails.
• Hanzo agreed that Amegakure would join the plan against Konoha, while Black Zetsu left determined to prolong the ninja world war.

After Tsunade cured the poisoned ninjas, Shin ignored the Third Hokage’s demands to release the Land of Waterfall’s leaders and prepared a camp-wide party. He ended the chapter tormenting Tsunade with an electronic music show as she insisted she would never repay her debts.

• Tsunade removed the toxins from every ninja, and the Land of Waterfall surrendered to the Land of Fire and joined the allied nations the next day.
• Danzo decided to restart experiments with Hashirama’s cells so he could use transplanted Sharingan with less Chakra.
• Shin repeatedly hung up on the Third Hokage and blacklisted him, then Tsunade threatened the Hokage after answering one of his calls.
• Shin confirmed Amegakure was unlikely to attack and decided to hold a party in the camp while Jiraiya and Orochimaru tried to avoid Tsunade’s anger.
• Shin surrounded the camp with the Four Red Yang Formation and performed as DJ Shin aboard the Hagoromo, prompting Tsunade to attack him and declare she would never repay her debts.