Recaps

As the Third Shinobi World War worsened, the Academy announced more practical training and opportunities for early graduation. Shiranui Genitsu, a bandage-wrapped student containing a dormant Godzilla whose radiation he was learning to control, realized he would soon be sent to the battlefield too.

• Teacher Yoshino Masada announced that practical classes would increase and outstanding students could graduate early as Konoha urgently needed more troops.
• Shiranui Genitsu reflected on how he had contained the radiation from the Godzilla inside him and estimated he needed another six months to control it fully.
• Yoshino Masada criticized Genitsu for neglecting practical skills, but Genitsu asked if class could be dismissed, drawing laughter from his classmates.
• Genitsu considered the war's mounting casualties and recalled that students of Obito's generation would soon be sent to the front.
• Genitsu concluded that he would inevitably have to go to the battlefield as the Academy shortened its program and the war continued.

Genitsu reflected on his nuclear radiation, unusual chakra reserves, and the changes Godzilla had caused in his body. As war approached, he decided to meet the creature within him and identify which Godzilla it was.

• During Class C’s combat lesson, Uchiha Kazue impressed Yoshino Masada by defeating Morino Ibiki and taking first place, while Genitsu performed poorly against Gekko Hayate.
• At home, Genitsu reasoned that Godzilla’s radiation and chakra were changing each other and that his regenerative physique gave him unusually large chakra reserves.
• Genitsu considered the coming war and decided he could no longer put off meeting Godzilla.
• After dinner, Genitsu sat in bed pretending to refine chakra so the village’s surveillance would not notice anything unusual, then prepared to see the creature inside him and determine its identity.

Genitsu entered his internal space and discovered that the Godzilla dwelling within him was an immense, powerful creature whose identity and attitude remained unknown. After enduring its pressure and radiation, he gained better control over his nuclear radiation and successfully awakened his new Kekkei Genkai, Nuclear Release.

• Genitsu entered his internal space and saw a colossal Godzilla whose size and presence far exceeded those of ordinary Godzillas.
• Genitsu considered whether the creature could be Space Godzilla, Hell Godzilla, Ice Godzilla, or Gen Urobuchi's Godzilla, but could not identify it or determine its attitude toward him.
• Genitsu sat at a distance of one hundred meters and endured the Godzilla's resistance and radiation as he tried to adapt to its power.
• Genitsu woke exhausted but found that his body had grown more active and that he could nearly perfectly control the nuclear radiation within him.
• Genitsu gathered his chakra and triggered a controlled nuclear reaction, successfully using and naming his new Kekkei Genkai Nuclear Release.

Genitsu reflected on the dangers of developing Nuclear Release and went to reclaim radiation from a secluded training area. There, he discovered Uchiha Kazue deliberately eating dirt from the contaminated ground, and she noticed his presence.

• Genitsu considered how Nuclear Release strained his body and recalled that an earlier attempt at a technique had nearly killed him.
• Genitsu spent the morning reading the Third Hokage's books in the woods while an ANBU observed him.
• Genitsu recalled how he had spent his family's savings issuing menial missions to support Might Duy and Might Guy.
• Genitsu entered the woods where his failed experiment had left radiation, intending to reclaim it.
• Genitsu spotted Uchiha Kazue training and saw her deliberately mix dirt into her meal.
• Kazue sensed Genitsu and hurled a kunai toward him.

Genitsu confronted Kazue after discovering that she had secretly grown stronger by training around buried radiation, then attended the academy’s combat class as the village began preparing its students for early graduation. The chapter ended with Kazue revealing her newly awakened Sharingan in her match against Hyuga Iroha.

• Genitsu defeated Kazue’s attack, absorbed the underground radiation that had strengthened her, and offered to help her train without making her eat dirt.
• At the academy, Genitsu met Might Duy and Might Guy, who explained they had been assigned to maintain order before the competition.
• Genitsu returned to class and considered how the coming war would force his year onto the battlefield, while Gekko Hayate questioned his relaxed attitude.
• Yoshino Masada led the students to cross-class matches, and the first bout paired Uchiha Kazue with Hyuga Iroha.
• Kazue activated her one-tomoe Sharingan in front of the crowd, surprising Yoshino Masada and the other students.

Uchiha Kazue awakened the Sharingan and defeated Hyuga Iroha, impressing the village observers. Shiranui Genitsu then faced Mitaraishi Anko, whose attempt to taunt him ended with her vomiting after tasting his blood.

• Village observers led by Aburame Shibi watched the class assessment and noted Uchiha Kazue's newly awakened Sharingan.
• Kazue used Fire Release and shuriken techniques to defeat Hyuga Iroha, then stood behind Genitsu.
• Mitaraishi Anko announced that Orochimaru had accepted her as a disciple before challenging Shiranui Genitsu.
• Anko cut Genitsu's face with a kunai and licked his blood, but immediately vomited and accused him of poisoning it.

At the Ninja Academy competition, Anko swallowed Genitsu’s radioactive blood and suffered severe damage, prompting him to overpower her and begin treating her. The Third Hokage watched the match through a crystal ball, while Kazue recognized Genitsu’s technique as he tried to save Anko.

• The Third Hokage used the Telescope Technique to watch Genitsu and Anko’s match, expecting Genitsu to struggle against her.
• Anko swallowed Genitsu’s blood and was horrified when its nuclear radiation burned and damaged her mouth.
• Genitsu removed his bandages, revealing his face, and Anko attacked him despite her injuries.
• Genitsu dodged Anko’s attack, seized her by the throat, and slammed her onto the ground.
• Genitsu used the Nuclear Release: Impurity Absorption Technique to try to save Anko, and Kazue recognized the ability.

Genitsu saved Anko from the poison in her blood, then defeated her in the arena and revealed a mysterious power that drew the attention of Konoha’s officials. The Third Hokage reviewed Genitsu’s records as Shimura Danzō arrived to request capable young shinobi for the battlefield.

• Genitsu used Nuclear Release: Impurity Absorption Technique to remove the radiation from Anko’s body and prevent her from dying.
• Genitsu kicked Anko out of the arena, winning their match and shocking the spectators, especially Uchiha Obito.
• Aburame Shibi judged Genitsu’s strange poison and physical ability to be signs of an unknown Kekkei Genkai and left to report what he had seen.
• The Third Hokage examined Genitsu’s records but found no trace of a similar Kekkei Genkai in the Shiranui Clan.
• Shimura Danzō entered the Hokage Building and asked the Third Hokage for capable members of the new generation to serve under him at the battlefield.

The Third Hokage and Danzo argued over recruiting promising students into Root, while Genitsu drew attention at the Academy’s combat class. As the class ended, the White-Eyed Brothers, Wind God and Thunder God, charged toward the school in search of food.

• Danzo demanded Uchiha Kazue, Hyuga Iroha, and Shiranui Genitsu for Root, but the Third Hokage allowed him to choose only one, and Danzo selected Iroha.
• Obito tried to challenge Genitsu, but Guy stopped him and kicked him aside after Obito attempted to attack.
• Kazue spoke with Genitsu as the students’ practical combat class concluded and the village’s observers assessed the class.
• Might Duy stayed alert while the other guards relaxed, then sensed two approaching men and recognized them as the White-Eyed Brothers, Wind God and Thunder God.

Wind God and Thunder God rampaged through the Ninja Academy, and Genitsu nearly unleashed a devastating jutsu before Might Duy stopped him and ANBU subdued the brothers. Afterward, Kazue asked Genitsu to teach her his power, and he agreed on the condition that she become his blade alone.

• Wind God and Thunder God stormed into the Ninja Academy, knocking Might Guy aside and threatening to trample the students as Yoshino Masada tried to stop them.
• Genitsu began forming seals for Nuclear Release: White Hot Light, but Might Duy arrived, saved Yoshino Masada, and restrained Genitsu before he could use the jutsu.
• Wind God and Thunder God sensed danger and stopped charging, allowing three ANBU members to bind and escort them away with the Golden Binding Technique.
• Kazue questioned Genitsu about his jutsu after the school dismissed everyone, then followed him into the woods and asked him to teach her the power she had glimpsed.
• Genitsu agreed to help Kazue become stronger if she became a blade serving him alone, and Kazue realized he was far more calculating than she had thought.

After Genitsu saved Might Duy, he concealed Duy’s strength from Konoha’s watchful ANBU and began shaping his own reputation as a Kekkei Genkai prodigy. Meanwhile, Orochimaru examined Anko’s blood after her loss to Genitsu, then accepted the dango she offered him.

• Genitsu warned Might Duy about the danger of his technique, while Duy and Might Guy praised Genitsu and rushed off to compete in handstand laps.
• Genitsu sensed ANBU monitoring him and resolved to keep Duy’s abilities hidden so Konoha would not exploit him in the war.
• The ANBU reported that Duy’s Chakra was ordinary but Genitsu had unusually large reserves and impressive Chakra refinement.
• Orochimaru collected Anko’s blood and expressed interest in Genitsu’s first-generation Kekkei Genkai after hearing she had lost to him.
• Anko offered Orochimaru one of her two dango skewers, and Orochimaru accepted it.

Genitsu tried to draw more power from the Godzilla within him, but Godzilla rejected his request to share its body. Genitsu began experimenting with a weaker Vibration Wave while Kazue answered Uchiha Setsuna’s questions about her Sharingan and returned home to Izumi.

• Genitsu sent Chakra toward Godzilla and received a faint response, then asked to borrow its body, abilities, or a summoning contract.
• Godzilla expelled Genitsu with a shockwave, which Genitsu recognized as resembling a Vibration Wave and began trying to reproduce in a weaker form.
• Uchiha Setsuna questioned Kazue about awakening her Sharingan and her unusual interest in Genitsu, and Kazue denied having anything more to reveal.
• Kazue returned home, comforted Izumi, and heard that Izumi had met a shy new friend named Itachi.

Genitsu received clan techniques from Genma, revealed his rapid recovery and combat ability to the watching ANBU, then arrived at the Academy amid rumors of his victory over Anko. Teacher Yoshino announced that he had something to say about early graduation.

• Genma gave Genitsu a scroll of Shiranui Clan techniques and asked about his Kekkei Genkai, but Genitsu teased him and defeated him in a sparring match.
• Genitsu removed his bandages to reveal that Anko’s wound had healed, while an ANBU observed him and considered him a potentially valuable first-generation Kekkei Genkai user.
• Genitsu went to the Ninja Academy, where students and parents discussed his victory over Anko and his appearance.
• Genitsu noticed Obito’s grandmother watching him after Obito entered school, then continued to Fourth-Year Class C.
• Yoshino Masada praised Genitsu’s performance and announced that he had something important to say about early graduation.

Yoshino Masada announced that the fourth-year students would graduate early, and Shiranui Genitsu joined a squad led by Aburame Shibi with Uchiha Kazue and Might Guy. As the new team prepared to train, an aged man in an underground cavern declared that he would begin carrying out his will.

• Yoshino Masada announced the early graduation and assigned Shiranui Genitsu and Uchiha Kazue to a squad that would receive an outside teammate.
• Aburame Shibi took charge of Genitsu and Kazue as their jonin leader and led them to a training ground.
• Might Guy arrived to join the team, and the four introduced themselves before Shibi set an evening test against his Insect Clone.
• Kazue suggested training with Genitsu, who invited Guy to join them as he planned to study her physique.
• An aged man in an underground cavern looked toward the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and vowed to begin carrying out his will.

Madara used White Zetsu to spy on Obito and Kazue, then set out to make Obito suffer the loss of his loved ones. At Kazue’s home, Genitsu used his radiation ability to stimulate her power, but the treatment caused a White Zetsu to emerge from her body.

• Obito walked home with his grandmother, who urged him to cherish and protect Rin, while Genitsu, Kazue, and Might Guy passed nearby.
• After Obito went inside, his grandmother twisted apart and released a White Zetsu that sank into the ground.
• Madara explained that he had chosen Obito to carry out his will and ordered a White Zetsu to become his transformation, then headed toward Konoha.
• Genitsu met Kazue’s younger sister at Kazue’s home, then used his Impurity Absorption Technique to stimulate Kazue’s growth.
• Genitsu noticed a white thing emerging from Kazue and identified it as a White Zetsu.

Genitsu’s team discovered and killed a White Zetsu that had been parasitizing Kazue, then secretly kept its corpse for study. Madara infiltrated Konoha disguised as Obito’s grandmother and tried to stage her death, but Genitsu caught him before he could fall.

• White Zetsu emerged from Kazue’s body, and Genitsu, Kazue, and Guy killed it before it could alert the village.
• Kazue’s Sharingan advanced to two tomoe as Genitsu searched the house for more White Zetsu and ordered the others to keep the incident secret.
• Genitsu took White Zetsu’s corpse and a tissue sample for research, while Kazue agreed to obtain basic experimental equipment.
• Madara entered the Uchiha compound disguised as Obito’s grandmother and learned that the spore planted on Kazue had lost contact.
• Madara faked his grandmother’s collapse in front of Obito, but Genitsu caught him and stopped his staged death.

Genitsu kept Obito’s grandmother under constant supervision, thwarting her plans while earning Obito’s gratitude and puzzling Kazue. He learned the Shadow Clone Technique and returned to care for the grandmother himself, leaving her unable to escape the Uchiha clan’s attention.

• Genitsu urged Obito to watch his grandmother and arranged for Might Guy to care for her, while Obito thanked Genitsu for his kindness.
• Genitsu left the Uchiha compound with Kazue, then asked her to teach him the Shadow Clone Technique.
• Kazue taught Genitsu the technique and left after reminding him of Jonin Shibi’s deadline.
• Might Guy’s watch ended at five-thirty, but Genitsu arrived to take over and said he would send clones to care for Obito’s grandmother around the clock.

Shibi tested Genitsu, Kazue, and Guy in a sparring session, but Genitsu’s nuclear-powered clones helped the squad defeat Shibi’s insect clone. The team prepared to begin village missions the next morning, while Genitsu secretly recovered White Zetsu tissue from his clones.

• Shibi sparred with the newly graduated Genitsu, Kazue, and Guy, impressed by their abilities and puzzled by Genitsu’s seemingly abundant Chakra.
• Genitsu, Kazue, and Guy devised a plan to exploit Shibi’s insect swarm, and Genitsu created unusual clones while the squad launched a coordinated attack.
• Genitsu and Kazue’s clones released extreme heat and nuclear radiation that killed Shibi’s insects, while Kazue’s genjutsu and Genitsu’s Vibration Wave destroyed Shibi’s insect clone.
• The real Shibi revealed he had watched from afar, praised the squad, and told them to gather at six the next morning to begin village missions.
• Genitsu dissolved his clones back into himself and secretly retrieved two pieces of White Zetsu tissue from them.

The Third Hokage praised Shibi’s team and assigned Minato Namikaze to lead Kakashi’s future team. Genitsu, Guy, and Kazue began their first wartime escort mission, which ended as enemy ninja attacked their convoy near the border.

• Shibi reported Guy’s Eight Gates, Kazue’s two-tomoe Sharingan, and Genitsu’s powerful abilities to the Third Hokage, who resolved to nurture the team and study Genitsu’s poison.
• The Third Hokage decided that Minato Namikaze would become the jonin instructor for Kakashi, Obito, and Nohara Rin.
• Shibi led Genitsu, Guy, and Kazue on a B-rank mission escorting a supply convoy toward the frontline.
• Genitsu met Umino Kawamiya, the convoy’s captain and Iruka’s father, and joked with him, easing the convoy’s tense mood.
• As the convoy approached the border near Amegakure, enemy ninja launched an attack.

Genitsu and his teammates ambushed a Rock ninja squad, using their abilities to defeat most of the enemies without losing anyone. The lone fleeing Rock ninja was devoured by Aburame Shibi’s insects.

• Genitsu sensed ten Rock ninja with his Nuclear Release technique as they attacked the Konoha supply team.
• Genitsu shattered the incoming Earth Style attack with a Vibration Wave and ordered Might Guy and Kazue to engage the enemies.
• Might Guy charged through the Rock ninja while Kazue and Genitsu fought alongside Umino Kawamiya’s team.
• Genitsu’s Vibration Wave blasted away Rock ninja who threatened Kazue, and Kazue killed a wounded survivor.
• Kazue, Guy, and the others killed more enemies as the Rock ninja tried to retreat, while Genitsu used radiation to weaken them.
• Aburame Shibi’s insects burst from the ground and devoured the last fleeing Rock ninja.

Genitsu’s squad reached Konoha’s western front after defeating an Iwa ninja team, and Genitsu met Minato amid the stalemate in the Land of Rain. As he looked toward the rain-soaked country, he wondered whether Yahiko was still alive and whether Danzo had already conspired with Hanzo against Akatsuki.

• Aburame Shibi’s insects killed the last fleeing Iwa ninja, whose body had been weakened by an unknown toxin.
• Shibi praised Genitsu, Kazue, and Might Guy for defeating the Iwa squad before they continued to the western outpost.
• Shibi introduced his team to Minato Namikaze, who explained that he was leading the western front while Orochimaru recuperated.
• Kazue remarked that the western front seemed less intense than the eastern front, and Genitsu warned that it could decide the war.
• Genitsu gazed at the Land of Rain, called it suitable for growing rice, and wondered whether Yahiko was still alive and Danzo had yet to join forces with Hanzo against Akatsuki.

Over two months, Genitsu, Guy, and Kazue grew stronger while fighting on the western front, drawing the attention of Iwagakure and Sunagakure. When Iwagakure ninjas Changshi and Yantie ambushed them, Genitsu overwhelmed Yantie with a relentless barrage of Vibration Waves.

• Genitsu, Guy, and Kazue rested after a battle, and Genitsu reflected that refining his Chakra had brought his reserves to jonin level.
• Genitsu sensed a powerful enemy approaching, and Changshi attacked the trio with Earth Release techniques before they feigned retreat.
• Yantie emerged from hiding and attacked Genitsu, while Guy drove him back and Kazue and Guy engaged Changshi.
• Yantie resisted Genitsu's technique and charged through a fissure, but Genitsu unleashed repeated Vibration Waves and pulverized him.

Genitsu used his radiation poison to kill Yantie, while Kazue and Might Guy defeated Changshi. Afterward, Shibi asked Genitsu about his chakra-devouring insects, which had become too dangerous to keep inside his body.

• Genitsu revealed that Yantie had been exposed to radiation and killed him with a kunai after Yantie collapsed from the poison.
• Kazue trapped Changshi with genjutsu, and Might Guy killed him with a punch to the heart.
• Might Guy and Kazue reacted to Genitsu's remaining chakra and agreed that the Iwa ninja's hunt had ended.
• Shibi returned with the corpse of the man who had held him back and praised the group for defeating two special jonin.
• Shibi told Genitsu that some of his insects could rapidly devour chakra and grow drastically, making them dangerous to keep inside his body.

Genitsu and Shibi discovered that radiation exposure had mutated Kikaichū into insects that grew enormous after consuming Chakra, potentially giving the Aburame Clan a way to fight powerful beasts. Shibi delivered the western front mission report to Tsunade and told her that Genitsu’s young team had killed two Iwa special jonin.

• Shibi showed Genitsu a mutated Kikaichū that rapidly grew while devouring Chakra.
• Genitsu recognized the insects as Kidaichū and suggested they could be cultivated to fight large summoning beasts.
• Shibi realized the insects might give the Aburame Clan a way to challenge tailed beasts and invited Genitsu to discuss them after they returned to the village.
• Genitsu privately considered using the mutated insects to bind the Aburame Clan to his side.
• Shibi handed Tsunade a scroll containing the heads of two Iwa special jonin and one jonin, then told her Genitsu’s three subordinates had killed the special jonin.

Tsunade suppressed reports about Genitsu and his teammates as Shibi brought them back to Konoha, where the squad’s growing reputation and Shibi’s mutated Kidaichū drew attention. After returning, Kazue asked Genitsu to help her train, accepting that her power came at a price.

• Tsunade learned that Genitsu and the others had defeated two Iwa special jōnin and ordered information about them suppressed, though reports had already begun to spread.
• Shibi’s mutated Kikaichū, now called Kidaichū, went berserk on the journey home, so he sealed the insects away to sort through and cultivate them later.
• Shibi’s squad passed Konoha’s gate inspection and returned to the village, while Shibi went to report to the Hokage.
• Genitsu and Kazue talked about their plans, and Guy ran off to complete three laps around the village on his hands.
• Kazue connected the Kidaichū to Genitsu’s secret power and asked him to help her train, accepting the cost of the power he had given her.