Recaps

Kaze secured peace terms with Kumogakure and a trade agreement with the Land of Iron before intervening when the Hyuga Main Family punished Hizashi for protecting Neji. After removing their Caged Bird Seals and giving Hizashi a new power, Kaze helped him defeat Hiashi in a public duel, leaving the Branch Family’s future in question.

• Kaze negotiated Killer B’s return for six hundred million ryo and access to Turtle Island, then proposed a railway trade agreement to Mifune.
• After Hizashi defied the Hyuga Main Family over Neji’s mistreatment, Kaze arrested Shiranami and used reverse hand signs to remove the Caged Bird Seals from Hizashi and Neji.
• At a meeting with Hiruzen Sarutobi and the clan leaders, Kaze challenged the Caged Bird Seal and the Hyuga family hierarchy, then arranged a duel between Hizashi and Hiashi.
• Kaze gave Hizashi the Cat-Cat Fruit: Tiger Form, and Hizashi learned to use his human, beast, and human-beast forms before the duel.
• During the duel, Hizashi revealed that Kaze had removed his seal and transformed into a tiger-like beastman after Hiashi sealed his chakra points.
• Hizashi used his new strength to break through Hiashi’s defenses, break his arm, and knock him unconscious, and Gekko Hayate declared Hizashi the winner.

Kaze helped abolish the Hyuga Caged Bird Seal, manipulated the Daimyo into backing his appointment, and became Konoha’s Fifth Hokage. He then led Kakashi and Hizashi to capture Orochimaru, whose experiment-filled hideout Kaze dragged from beneath the desert before Hizashi fought the reanimated Third Kazekage.

• Hizashi defeated Hiashi, and Kaze exposed the Caged Bird Seal before calling for its abolition.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that the Caged Bird Seal would be abolished, and support for Kaze as Hokage grew across Konoha.
• Kaze controlled the Daimyo with Kotoamatsukami and secured his nomination as Hokage by accepting a mission to capture Orochimaru.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi named Kaze the Fifth Hokage, and Kaze called on Konoha’s ninja to work toward peace.
• Kaze assigned Fugaku to oversee the Uchiha and set out with Kakashi, Hizashi, and Kabuto Yakushi to find Orochimaru.
• Kaze used magnetic force to lift Orochimaru’s underground hideout from the desert and expose the laboratory and its captives.
• Orochimaru summoned the reanimated Third Kazekage, but Hizashi destroyed him with an attack using his Iron Sand.

Kaze defeated Orochimaru and the revived Third Kazekage, then brought Orochimaru and more than two hundred rescued test subjects back to Konoha. He offered Orochimaru a chance to research the Lineage Factor in exchange for help reviving Minato, while Konoha investigated Orochimaru’s claims about Danzo and Kaze gave Uchiha Kiyoshi a plant-growing Chakra Fruit.

• Kaze fought Orochimaru and the Third Kazekage, defeated them, and restrained Orochimaru with the Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Kakashi’s report of Orochimaru’s capture reached Hiruzen Sarutobi, who arranged for the rescued children to be housed and assigned Uchiha Kiyoshi to manage their resettlement.
• During the journey back to Konoha, Kaze offered Orochimaru protection and continued research in exchange for helping him revive Minato Namikaze and obtain the Yin Nine-Tails.
• Kaze offered Orochimaru Hizashi’s blood sample so he could investigate the Lineage Factor, and Orochimaru grew curious about the research and Konoha.
• Kaze returned to Konoha with Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, and the rescued subjects, then proposed that Orochimaru be allowed to defend himself rather than be executed.
• Orochimaru blamed Danzo for the human experiments and claimed Danzo had ordered him to use Hashirama’s cells and take Tobirama’s Forbidden Jutsu, so Kaze proposed detaining him while Kiyoshi investigated former Root members.
• Kaze returned home, where Tama brought him a pale green Devil Fruit, and Kiyoshi reported that researchers had found a giant snail that understood speech and had humanlike emotions.
• Kaze gave Kiyoshi a Paramecia Chakra Fruit that made plants grow wildly, and Kiyoshi gained the ability after eating it.

Kaze became Hokage, introduced long-distance Den Den Mushi communications, and faced Itachi’s attempt to expose his control of the Daimyo. After Kiyoshi died protecting Kaze’s secret and the Daimyo was killed, Kaze revived Kiyoshi and prepared to use Impure World Reincarnation to bring Minato back.

• Kaze had Orochimaru study Hizashi’s blood and clone the Den Den Mushi, then negotiated with Yugito Nii for access to Matatabi, only for Tama to defeat the Tailed Beast with unseen blows.
• Kaze became Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, and the cloned Den Den Mushi proved capable of clear calls across several kilometers.
• Itachi infiltrated the Daimyo’s residence, accused Kaze of using Genjutsu, and fought Setsuna and Kiyoshi after they refused to help him expose Kaze.
• Itachi and Kiyoshi battled with Susanoo and Wood Release until Kiyoshi snapped the Daimyo’s neck to protect Kaze’s secret, then died as Itachi escaped with Obito.
• Kaze awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and revived Kiyoshi, while the Daimyo’s guards confirmed the Daimyo could not be saved and Kaze branded Itachi an S-rank rogue ninja.
• Fugaku learned Itachi had defected, Sasuke vowed to confront his brother, and Kaze strengthened Konoha while pressing Orochimaru to advance Impure World Reincarnation.
• After Orochimaru was imprisoned for his human experiments, Kaze arranged to revive Minato outside Konoha and searched the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools for the Shinigami Mask.