Recaps

Senyo and Karatachi Yagura repeatedly attacked Kumogakure, while Senyo fought Killer B and Yugito and the Akatsuki Organization offered its services to the village. The arc ended with Zen Kong capturing Senyo and Karatachi Yagura, and Kakuzu demanding payment to stop the attacks.

• Senyo discovered new bonds with Karin and the Nine-Tails, then worked with Orochimaru to investigate how Karin’s chakra could help his condition.
• Senyo urged Konoha’s leaders to proceed with their plans, while the other villages weighed the threat posed by the Akatsuki Organization and Kumogakure.
• Senyo celebrated Karin’s eleventh birthday and invited her to join him on a secret mission against Kumogakure.
• Senyo and Karatachi Yagura launched repeated aerial attacks on Kumogakure, causing heavy destruction and forcing the Raikage to order evacuations and prepare countermeasures.
• Senyo fought Killer B and Yugito, escaped several times with Boundless, and ultimately killed Yugito after she was badly injured.
• Kakuzu, Sasori, Deidara, and Zen Kong intervened, and Killer B agreed to pay Sasori three billion for protection while the Raikage hired Kakuzu to stop Yagura’s attacks.
• Senyo told Karin that he wanted to unite the Shinobi World and end wars, while Obito chose to remain presumed dead and Hiruko continued working at Mount Sumeru.
• Senyo and Karatachi Yagura approached Kumogakure in disguise, but Zen Kong used the Canaan Holy Seal to capture them, and Kakuzu offered to release Yagura in exchange for ending the attacks.

Senyo secured alliances, completed his bloodline fusion, and led his students through a mission in the Land of Waves while preparing Konoha for a wider conflict. He left Deidara positioned to mislead Iwagakure as the Ghost Legion and rival villages moved toward war.

• Karatachi Yagura agreed not to attack Kumogakure again, while Rasa sent Chiyo to negotiate an alliance with Iwagakure and exploit Konoha’s conflict with Moryo.
• Mayumi woke after months unconscious and learned Senyo had become Hokage, while Senyo underwent surgery to fuse Karin’s cells into his body.
• Senyo and Karatachi Yagura met Ōnoki, who agreed to coordinate an operation against Zen Kong, while Senyo awakened the Power of All Creation through Karin’s Chakra.
• Gaara, Kimimaro, and Haku pursued Sunagakure shinobi, and Kimimaro collapsed after using Sawagari no Mai, prompting Senyo and Orochimaru to begin a dangerous Sage Curse Mark treatment.
• Senyo led Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Karin, and Gaara to the Land of Waves, where they rescued Kaiza, treated his injuries, and defeated Gato and his men.
• Senyo completed his bloodline fusion and awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan as Kumogakure considered Zetsu’s offer and Sunagakure prepared to capture Sandworms.
• Senyo warned his students about the coming war and assigned them battlefield roles, while Obito explored Moryo’s dark energy and Senyo revealed himself to Deidara as Zen Kong.
• Senyo persuaded Deidara to mislead Ōnoki about Akatsuki and Pain, showed him Pain’s destruction of Konoha, and gained Sawagari no Mai and the ability to use yang-nature Chakra.

Senyo and Konoha’s allies fought off Sunagakure and Iwagakure while the Ghost Legion’s battle against Zen Kong and Miroku ended in a devastating explosion. As Senyo maneuvered against the remaining forces, Sasori, Deidara, and Konan ambushed Kumogakure and forced the Raikage’s army into a chaotic battle.

• Ōnoki and Chiyo coordinated Iwagakure and Sunagakure’s invasion, while Senyo prepared Konoha’s defenses against the Ghost Legion and the approaching armies.
• Senyo’s force defeated Chiyo and Pakura’s Sunagakure vanguard in the Land of Rivers, with Susanoo breaking their formation and forcing a retreat.
• Fugaku and Itachi fought Roshi and Han, but Iwagakure rescued its Jinchuriki and withdrew after Roshi fell unconscious.
• Ōnoki’s forces wounded Zen Kong, and Miroku’s power triggered an underground explosion that engulfed her, Moryo, and the battlefield’s fighters.
• Senyo secretly directed Karatachi Yagura to scout Kumogakure and prepare to cut off its retreat, while Ōnoki withdrew Iwagakure’s forces to regroup.
• Black Zetsu told Hiruko that Minato had been resurrected and that Pain was dead, and Hiruko decided to attack the Uchiha despite his unstable Chimera Technique.
• Killer B cleared Kumogakure’s path through explosive traps, but Sasori and Deidara trapped and bombed him before he transformed into Gyuki.
• The Raikage charged Konan’s Paper Clone and was blasted back, then Konan, Deidara, and Sasori attacked Kumogakure’s main force and flew away.

Senyo’s forces routed Sunagakure and Iwagakure through a string of brutal battles, while Senyo revealed his ambitions for governing a unified Shinobi World. The arc ended with Senyo’s immense Susanoo overwhelming Rasa’s army and reaching for Chiyo.

• Kisame met Konan and the returning Akatsuki members after their attack on Killer B, while Senyo’s forces pursued Chiyo and shattered Sunagakure’s ranks with four Susanoo.
• Senyo rejected Karin’s request to become his bride while she was still a minor, then planned a retreat and a trap with Tsunade and his allies.
• Iwagakure joined forces with Sunagakure against Konoha, and Senyo’s clone captured Roshi before Ōnoki’s attack pierced him and Roshi transformed into Sun Wukong.
• Senyo defeated Sun Wukong and unleashed a vast Sage Chakra-enhanced sea of fire that killed thousands of Iwagakure shinobi, while Ōnoki ordered the survivors to abandon those trapped.
• Senyo sent Fugaku and Choza toward Kumogakure and flew with Itachi, Shisui, and Mayumi to reinforce the Land of Rivers, explaining his plans to strengthen the Land of Fire and govern more territory.
• Rasa confronted Senyo with Gold Dust and giant sandworms, but Senyo evaded their traps and summoned a two-hundred-meter black-armored Susanoo.
• Senyo’s giant Susanoo battered Rasa and Sunagakure’s forces, killing a sandworm and scattering the shinobi as Chiyo ordered a retreat.
• Senyo continued cutting down Sunagakure’s shinobi and reached out to seize Chiyo.