Recaps

Senyo’s forces crushed Sunagakure while the Akatsuki weakened Kumogakure in a costly battle. The arc ended with Senyo’s victory over the Sand army and a discussion of Hashirama’s strength.

• Senyo defeated Sunagakure’s forces, captured Chiyo, and ordered Konoha to regroup while the survivors gathered under Rasa.
• Black Zetsu intervened in Hiruko’s struggle with the Chimera and destroyed the Chimera’s presence in Hiruko’s consciousness.
• Deidara attacked Kumogakure but was countered by its weapons, while Konan learned of Senyo’s victories and prepared the Akatsuki for an attack on the Cloud camp.
• Kumogakure and the Akatsuki fought fiercely, with Sasori’s traps and poison taking a toll before Kisame battled Killer B and escaped after their clash.
• Konan stabilized the injured Deidara and concluded the Akatsuki had achieved its objective by weakening Kumogakure as Senyo’s forces arrived.
• Senyo led Konoha in pursuit of Rasa’s retreating army, destroying its tornado defense and scattering or killing most of the Sunagakure shinobi.
• Senyo withdrew Susanoo after the battle, then told Tsunade he could not compare his strength with Hashirama’s because they had never fought.

Senyo confronted Hagoromo and pursued him to the Dragon Vein, where their clash ended with Senyo vanishing in a space-time eruption. The war ended with Konoha victorious, while Rasa claimed Senyo had died and prepared to resign as Kazekage.

• Senyo confronted Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, rejected his justification for shaping the shinobi world, and drove him from his consciousness with an attack on his soul.
• Senyo unlocked Dan Katō’s bonds and gained Soul Embodiment, which let him fly with his soul and attack other souls through his Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Hagoromo recruited Rasa to lure Senyo to the Dragon Vein, and Rasa led Sunagakure’s survivors toward Rōran as Senyo tracked them.
• Senyo and Hagoromo fought at the Dragon Vein, where Senyo trapped Hagoromo with a formation and suppressed the Dragon Vein’s power.
• Hagoromo drew on Naruto and Sasuke’s Chakra to unleash the Dragon Vein’s Space-Time Power, causing Senyo to vanish as the disturbance disappeared.
• Hagoromo attacked Naruto and Sasuke, but Itachi, Gaara, Shisui, Mayumi, Karin, and others fought him and Rasa until Minato transported the injured group back to Konoha.
• Minato recalled Konoha’s forces and ended the war, while Rasa returned to Sunagakure and claimed that the Dragon Vein had killed Senyo.
• Rasa announced his resignation, but Ebizo demanded that he settle compensation for the war’s casualties and said he would investigate Senyo’s and Chiyo’s fates.

Senyo, Naruto, and Yamato traveled to Rōran twenty years in the past, where they exposed Anrokuzan and saved Sarah and her people. Before returning to his own time, Senyo revealed Obito’s future actions to Minato and helped him prepare to change history, while Naruto’s memories were sealed.

• Naruto and Senyo met in past-era Rōran, where Senyo identified Minato as Naruto’s father and Minato accepted Naruto despite initially refusing to hear about the future.
• Senyo exposed Anrokuzan’s crimes against Sarah and Rōran’s people, then helped Sarah discover the truth and find the enslaved workers powering the puppet factory.
• Senyo defeated Anrokuzan’s giant puppet form, cut him off from the Dragon Vein, and warned Sarah that Rōran would lose access to the Dragon Vein.
• Senyo showed Minato and Kakashi how Obito’s fall into darkness led to Rin’s death, the Nine-Tails’ attack, and the Fourth Shinobi World War, while also revealing Naruto’s painful childhood.
• Sarah asked Senyo for help saving Rōran’s people, and Senyo left Minato to negotiate their settlement before preparing to return to his own time.
• Senyo sealed Naruto’s memories in a black sphere, and Minato sealed them as Senyo activated the Dragon Vein and sent Naruto and Yamato away.
• Senyo traveled through time and space, entrusting the current era to Minato, who sealed Choza and Shibi’s memories of Senyo to protect history.

Trapped beyond his sealed space-time, Senyo found a route home through Naruto’s time and left Minato to lead Konoha while he was missing. Konoha strengthened its position through reforms and diplomacy, while Senyo’s allies and the other timelines continued to face danger.

• Senyo became trapped in another space-time, entrusted Konoha’s plans to Orochimaru, and left Karin a message before plunging back into the Dragon Vein passage.
• Senyo reached Naruto’s time, defeated Anrokuzan, gave Naruto a bead as an anchor, and returned through the Dragon Vein while Minato and Naruto were sent back to their own time.
• As Senyo remained missing, Black Zetsu and Obito considered exploiting his absence, while Konoha faced economic pressure from Kumogakure and Iwagakure.
• Minato returned as Hokage with the Uchiha Clan’s support and announced hospital expansion, limb-regeneration services, new currency, and civilian development projects.
• Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure debated Konoha’s invitation to postwar talks, while Rasa resisted sending an envoy from Sunagakure.
• In Naruto’s timeline, Senyo’s message and the bead restored Naruto’s strength, helping him protect his allies and prepare to face Obito.
• Minato told Orochimaru about his future encounters with Naruto and Senyo, and they planned to preserve key events while investigating Rin’s death.
• Tsunade recruited Chiyo into Konoha by offering to revive her son and daughter-in-law, and Chiyo learned that Senyo was missing.