Recaps

Kaze exposed Danzo’s crimes, reshaped the Police Force, and strengthened his ties with Naruto while preparing Konoha to resist Kumogakure. After confronting Obito, Kaze turned to recruiting the Hyuga Clan, as Obito and Black Zetsu plotted to eliminate him.

• Kaze refused Hiruzen’s request to delay the Police Department’s announcement and urged Konoha to confront Kumogakure rather than yield to the Raikage.
• The Police Force broadcast evidence of Danzo’s crimes, and Hiruzen publicly disavowed Danzo, promised to disband Root, and announced an investigation.
• Kaze began reforming the Police Force into a public service and trained Sasuke and Naruto in Shadow Clone Jutsu and Chakra control.
• Kaze trained Naruto in Shave and Chakra Emission, then sparred with Might Guy and demonstrated his copied Eight Gates technique and devastating lightning attack.
• Hiruzen watched Kaze’s growing influence and power, then decided to send Yamato to seek Jiraiya or Tsunade as a possible next Hokage.
• Obito approached Kaze with a plan to gather the Tailed Beasts, but Kaze identified him, rejected his offer, and burned him with lightning before Obito escaped.
• Obito told Black Zetsu that Kaze had countered his Mangekyo Sharingan, and they plotted to use the Fourth Raikage and Fourth Mizukage to create an opportunity to kill him.
• Kaze reassured Hizashi that Kumogakure would not force the Hyuga Clan to surrender a corpse and proposed that the Byakugan help the Police Force catch criminals.

Kaze rescued Konoha’s border force by defeating Yugito Nii and Matatabi, then persuaded Hiruzen to approve a mission to bring Karin and Killer B to Konoha. In Kusagakure, Kaze rescued five-year-old Karin and her abused mother and escaped with them after killing Chōsei.

• Kaze told Hizashi he could remove Neji’s Caged Bird Seal if they learned its hand seals from a Main Family Elder, and Hizashi asked for three days to decide whether to join Kaze’s plan to end the Hyuga hierarchy.
• Kaze rescued Tekuno from Cloud Ninja and learned that Kumogakure and Kirigakure planned to invade Konoha, then hurried to help Shirakumo Hayama.
• Kaze defeated Yugito Nii and the Cloud Ninja, overpowering Matatabi after she transformed, and ordered the surviving enemies captured and the injured treated.
• At Hiruzen Sarutobi’s meeting, Kaze opposed returning Yugito Nii and proposed a counterattack that would seize Killer B and the Eight-Tails, with Karin as Konoha’s next Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen approved Kaze’s mission with Hizashi, Kakashi, and Shichiya, and Kaze led the team to Kusagakure to retrieve Karin and her mother.
• Kaze put Tsukiri and nearby Kusagakure ninja under Genjutsu, found Karin imprisoned, and freed her before leading the team to the Medical Center.
• Hizashi discovered Kusagakure ninja forcibly draining Karin’s mother’s Chakra, and Kaze knocked out the attackers and carried the weakened woman away.
• Chōsei blocked Kaze’s group and demanded an explanation, but Kaze ordered his teammates to leave with him, and Chōsei’s thrown kunai flew back and pierced his head.

Kaze captured Killer B after defeating the Eight-Tails, then led his companions to the battlefield and confronted the Fourth Raikage. He defeated A in a final clash, leaving the Raikage mortally wounded.

• Kaze revealed to Kakashi that Obito was alive and intended to destroy Konoha, then persuaded Karin’s mother to trust him and join Konoha with Karin.
• Kaze, Kakashi, and Hizashi infiltrated Cloud-Hidden Valley and fought Killer B, with Kaze overpowering him and the Eight-Tails after a fierce battle.
• Kaze defeated the Eight-Tails with Famous Sword Enma and rescued Killer B, then escaped with him and announced his plan to confront the Fourth Raikage.
• Dodai discovered the destruction at Cloud-Hidden Valley and led Cloud Ninja in pursuit, while A broke through Konoha’s defenses and fought Fugaku.
• A overwhelmed Fugaku and incapacitated Kiyoshi and Setsuna, but Kaze arrived and stopped him before he could kill Kiyoshi.
• Kaze revealed that Konoha had captured Killer B and fought A, matching his techniques and injuring the Raikage with Three-Finger Stab and Two-Finger Thrust.
• Kaze and A unleashed One-Finger Nukite and the Liger Bomb, but Kaze’s attack tore through A’s armor and devastated the right half of his body.

Kaze defeated the Raikage and Mizukage, helping Konoha end the war and raising fears that he could become Hokage. He suppressed and sealed the Eight-Tails inside Karin, then set out with Kakashi and Hizashi to represent Konoha in peace talks with Kumogakure.

• After A died, Kaze defeated the attacking Cloud Ninjas and let the survivors carry the Raikage’s body home, then learned that only the Southern Front remained.
• Kaze warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kirigakure had joined the war, and Konoha’s forces confronted Yagura near the Temple of Fire.
• Yagura defeated Might Guy and injured Itachi, but Kaze blocked Yagura’s attack, escaped Isobu’s coral, and defeated the Mizukage and Three-Tails.
• Konoha’s victory over Kirigakure ended the war, while Hiruzen promoted Kaze and considered the political danger of his growing support.
• Kaze arranged for Karin to receive the Eight-Tails and negotiated with Hiruzen over Killer B’s survival, the beast’s remaining chakra, and payment from Kumogakure.
• Kaze helped Hiruzen restrain Gyuki and seal the Eight-Tails inside Karin, leaving part of a tentacle in Killer B so he would survive.
• Kaze’s strength and popularity led Kakashi and others to see him as a possible Fifth Hokage, while Hiruzen collapsed from the sealing ritual.
• Hiruzen appointed Kaze to represent Konoha at peace talks, and Kaze chose Kakashi and Hizashi as guards before meeting Mifune in the Land of Iron.