Recaps

Genitsu traveled to the Land of Earth after receiving intelligence about Yakushi Nonō and rescued her from Iwagakure pursuers. He summoned four bloodline-based beasts and trapped Akatsuchi’s group inside the Four Violet Flames Formation as trouble approached.

• Genitsu learned Shisui’s right eye hurt because he had tried to use Kotoamatsukami on a mirror, and he advised Shisui to use it sparingly.
• Kakashi delivered Sanjō Takashi’s corpse to Genitsu, who identified it as a source for the Kaguya clan’s Shikotsumyaku bloodline.
• Genitsu learned from Nonō’s intelligence and Hiruko that a bounty ninja was active in the Land of Earth and that Akatsuki had contacted Hiruko and Kakuzu.
• Pain ordered Void to accompany him to the Land of Earth to recruit Kakuzu and Hiruko, while Genitsu secretly headed there himself.
• Genitsu’s clone intervened when Akatsuchi’s guards attacked Yakushi Nonō, then summoned four bloodline beasts to fight the Stone Ninja.
• Genitsu activated the Four Violet Flames Formation, sealing Akatsuchi and his group inside its purple barrier.

Genitsu killed Akatsuchi with a radiation technique inside the Four Violet Flames Formation and let Nonō return to Konoha with her life. Meanwhile, Pain recruited Kakuzu and Hiruko into Akatsuki and named Shiranui Genitsu as his next target for recruitment.

• Genitsu used the Four Violet Flames Formation and Great Radiation Realm to kill Akatsuchi, then sent Nonō back to Konoha to resume running the orphanage.
• Ōnoki learned that Akatsuchi had died at Genitsu’s hands and placed a one-hundred-million-ryo bounty on Genitsu through Akatsuki.
• Pain found Kakuzu and Hiruko, then defeated them and persuaded both to join Akatsuki with the promise of salary and access to Kekkei Genkai.
• Void used Wood Release against Kakuzu, who recognized the power and joined Akatsuki after Void promised him a salary.
• Pain declared that Shiranui Genitsu would be Akatsuki’s next target for recruitment, leaving Void unwilling to go along.

Pain sent Deva Path Pain and Void to capture Shiranui Genitsu, but Genitsu confronted them at the Land of Fire border and battled the Six Paths of Pain. After Genitsu destroyed Pain’s Planetary Devastation with Atomic Breath, the blast reached the moon and alarmed its inhabitants.

• Pain ordered Deva Path Pain and Void to find Shiranui Genitsu, while Zetsu reported that the Stone Ninja were searching for him in the Land of Earth.
• After Nonō crossed into the Land of Fire, Genitsu stayed behind to face Deva Path Pain and Void, who demanded that he join the Akatsuki.
• Genitsu summoned four of his Nine Mask Summoning Beasts to fight the Six Paths of Pain and discovered that removing a Pain’s Rinnegan turned it into an ordinary eye.
• Deva Path Pain used Planetary Devastation, but Genitsu transformed into a complete Godzilla and shattered its core with Atomic Breath.
• Genitsu’s Atomic Breath continued beyond the atmosphere and struck the moon, where its inhabitants feared the power of the lower world.

The Ōtsutsuki branch family launched a civil war, creating a Giant Tenseigan and leaving Toneri as the sole survivor alongside his dying father. On Earth, Genitsu broke Pain’s Planetary Devastation as the battle continued, then an unknown attacker struck with Dust Release.

• The elderly Ōtsutsuki dismissed the threat from Earth and went to confront the branch family amid fears of a lunar civil war.
• Toneri’s father told the blind child that he would inherit the branch family’s mission to destroy the Shinobi World and oppose the Ōtsutsuki main house.
• The branch family defeated the main family with a Pseudo-Tenseigan, then sacrificed everyone’s Chakra to create a Giant Tenseigan about fifty meters across.
• Toneri’s father said Toneri would need pure Byakugan to develop his own Tenseigan and set off with him toward Earth to seek descendants of Ōtsutsuki Hamura.
• Genitsu, transformed into a seventy-meter-tall Godzilla, shattered Pain’s Planetary Devastation with an Atomic Breath and sensed someone observing him from the moon.
• As Deva Path Pain faced Genitsu and the other battles raged, an attacker used Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique.

Genitsu fought off Ōnoki after the Third Tsuchikage arrived and the Akatsuki withdrew, while Minato Namikaze’s arrival helped prevent the clash from escalating into war. News of Genitsu’s explosive techniques reached young Deidara, who went looking for Ōnoki but was scolded instead.

• Ōnoki arrived with Stone Ninja and attacked Genitsu after the Akatsuki withdrew, while Void’s Wood Release techniques left the Tsuchikage alarmed.
• Genitsu used explosive flesh-and-blood clones to kill Stone Ninja and fought Ōnoki, who survived the blasts with Dust Release.
• Genitsu warned Ōnoki that he had crossed into the Land of Fire and pointed to the risk of a joint assault by Konoha and Hidden Cloud.
• Minato Namikaze arrived after Genitsu broke his specially made kunai, and Ōnoki stopped fighting and returned to Iwagakure.
• Young Deidara heard about the explosion, went to find Ōnoki, and was scolded by his teacher.

After returning from the Land of Earth, Genitsu saw Konoha gradually stabilize and discovered that Naruto had encountered the Nine-Tails, which secretly gave him a little Chakra. Minato appointed Nonō to direct the orphanage, while Genitsu kept his distance from her and began considering his plans for Naruto and Sasuke.

• Minato asked Genitsu about his clash with Ōnoki, and Genitsu explained that he had gone to rescue Yakushi Nonō from Iwagakure.
• Konoha's military strength and relations with the Uchiha clan improved under Minato, while Genitsu continued teaching Kabuto and Yamato.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, the Nine-Tails pulled Naruto into the sealing space, warned him about Genitsu, and secretly gave him a small amount of Chakra.
• Genitsu noticed the Nine-Tails' Chakra in Naruto, ruffled his hair, and mentioned that his disciple Second Pillar was about Naruto's age.
• Minato appointed Nonō as director of the orphanage, but Genitsu refused to meet her and told Kabuto that she was a dangerous spy.
• Genitsu considered how to approach Naruto and Sasuke as they grew older and wondered whether Void would make a move.

Void secretly began training Naruto while Genitsu started teaching Sasuke, and the two boys met and fought. Meanwhile, Toneri and his father confronted Nagato in the Land of Rain, where Toneri’s father used the Giant Tenseigan to send a meteor toward the Shinobi World.

• Black Zetsu reflected on the reincarnations of Indra and Asura and resolved to save his mother by manipulating the current generation.
• Void entered Konoha, approached Naruto, promised to teach him strength and help him see Kushina, then demonstrated Wood Release against the Nine-Tails.
• Genitsu began giving Sasuke lessons about the responsibilities of his clan, and Itachi praised his teaching.
• Naruto and Sasuke met on the street, fought, and left each other bruised; Fugaku later visited Minato to make a diplomatic gesture.
• Toneri and his father discovered Nagato’s Rinnegan in the Land of Rain, and Toneri’s father identified him as the one who had taken their clan’s treasure.
• Toneri’s father connected to the Giant Tenseigan and launched a meteor toward the Shinobi World to test Nagato.

Toneri's father sent a meteor crashing toward the Land of Rain, but Deva Path Pain repelled and shattered it with Super Shinra Tensei. As Minato investigated the growing threat posed by the Sage Eye, he caught Void trying to take Naruto away for training.

• Toneri's father controlled a colossal meteor and sent it toward the Land of Rain, where the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path caught its fall.
• Deva Path Pain unleashed Super Shinra Tensei, pushed the meteor back into the sky, and shattered it, while Toneri's father escaped with Toneri.
• Konan attacked the fleeing pair, and Deva Path Pain ordered the Akatsuki to find and kill them; Black Zetsu recognized them as descendants of Hamura and ordered them watched.
• News of the battle spread, and Minato suspected the Sage Eye was in the Land of Rain as he worried about its influence and prepared for peace agreements.
• Minato found Naruto alone at home and later watched him fall asleep, but Void emerged that night and tried to take him out for training.
• Minato switched on the light, confronted Void, and threw a specially made kunai at his forehead.

Minato confronted Void to discover his identity and purpose, but Void revealed overwhelming Wood Release techniques while Minato struggled to protect Konoha. The battle left Minato preparing to use a sealing jutsu, while two figures watching from above recognized Void’s power as originating from the Divine Tree.

• Minato deduced that Void might be the First Hokage and moved him outside Konoha, where his attacks passed through Void’s body without harming him.
• Void regenerated his clothes and mask, then unleashed Deep Forest Emergence as Minato entered Sage Mode.
• Hizashi Hyuga recognized the Wood Release forest, and the Third Hokage mobilized to verify Void’s identity and defend the village.
• Void summoned a Wood Dragon and Wood Human, forcing Minato and Gamabunta to fight together as the Third Hokage realized Void was the First Hokage.
• Minato planned to create an opening for a sealing jutsu while Void considered his warning to Minato and continued observing Naruto.
• Two figures watching from above identified Void’s Wood Release as power originating from the Divine Tree.

Void fought Minato and Gamabunta while Toneri and his father watched from above, and Minato learned that the mysterious attacker was the First Hokage. After Void vanished, Minato and the Third Hokage prepared Konoha for the threats ahead.

• Toneri and his father watched Void's Wood Release battle and recognized its power as resembling Hashirama Senju's.
• Minato attacked Void with Flying Thunder God Technique: Spiraling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three and sealed one of his bodies with the Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Void revealed that another body remained, drove Gamabunta back to Mount Myōboku, and warned Minato not to interfere with his plans.
• Void discovered Toneri and his father, who fled on their wooden platform, then dissolved his bodies into the black trees.
• Minato told the Third Hokage that the enemy was the First Hokage and guessed that he had become disillusioned with Konoha.
• Minato planned to alert Tsunade and Jiraiya, strengthen Konoha, and send Genitsu to Mount Myōboku.

After Gamabunta reported fighting Hashirama Senju, Mount Myōboku’s sages worried over the changed course of fate and Godzilla’s mysterious importance. In Konoha, the battle’s Wood Release drew attention from spies, while Genitsu’s Root executed a Hidden Cloud agent; Minato then prepared to strengthen the village and hinted he would take Genitsu somewhere soon.

• Gamabunta told the toads that he had fought Hashirama Senju and defeated his Wood Dragon and Wood Human after several hundred rounds.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima consulted the Great Toad Sage, who said fate had become unclear and that a dark-blue creature, possibly Godzilla, might be key to a destiny.
• Konoha residents reacted to the battle’s enormous Wood Release, and Hidden Cloud spy Jing Shan Shun gathered intelligence to send to Kumogakure.
• A Root shinobi killed Jing Shan Shun under Genitsu’s order, then took his head for interrogation as ANBU members watched.
• Genitsu gave Minato documents on spies in Konoha, and Minato said the village needed to strengthen its defenses against Hashirama, Madara, and the Sage Eye.
• Minato asked Genitsu to reinforce patrols and said he would take him somewhere in a few days.

Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi struggled with the Hyuga Clan’s decline against the Uchiha and wondered whether the Byakugan held untapped power. Toneri’s father approached the resentful Kaimon with the Byakugan’s secrets, while Iroha discovered the two strangers and prepared to report to Genitsu.

• Hyuga Hiashi dismissed Kaimon’s anger over the Uchiha and secretly studied an ancient scroll depicting the Sage of Six Paths beside a Byakugan wielder.
• Kaimon spoke with Hizashi, who admitted the Hyuga Clan could not match the Uchiha and lamented the limitations imposed on branch family eyes.
• Kaimon trained alone, furious that Gentle Fist seemed useless against Susanoo, when Toneri and his father appeared nearby.
• Toneri’s father explained that the Hyuga were distant relatives and claimed that the Byakugan could be developed into power rivaling the Rinnegan.
• Iroha spotted Toneri and his father from Root’s secret base and decided to report their appearance to Genitsu.

Genitsu learned that Toneri and Toneri’s father had contacted Huomen and moved to obtain their Ōtsutsuki bloodline. After Toneri’s father targeted Hinata and attacked Naruto and Sasuke, Genitsu intervened and confronted the visitors from beyond the heavens.

• Genitsu told Iroha that Root could not capture Toneri and his father, then promised to find a way to break Iroha’s Caged Bird Seal.
• Toneri’s father recruited Huomen to help find pure Byakugan, and the three secretly watched the Hyuga Clan compound.
• After Hiashi criticized Hinata’s training, Hinata fled into the snow and met Naruto, who took her hand to lead her home.
• Toneri’s father confronted Naruto and Hinata, and Sasuke joined Naruto before Naruto unleashed Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Toneri’s father killed several ANBU, subdued Naruto, and prepared to abduct Hinata, but Genitsu summoned Rashomon to stop his attack.

Shiranui Genitsu confronted Toneri and his father after they attacked Konoha, while Toneri’s father summoned a meteor from the moon using the Giant Tenseigan. Genitsu destroyed most of it with Atomic Breath, but a fragment struck Huomen as the fight continued.

• Genitsu trapped Toneri and his father inside Fivefold Rashomon and fought them, ripping off Toneri’s father’s arm while trying to seize Toneri.
• Toneri’s father activated the Giant Tenseigan on the moon and directed an asteroid toward Konoha.
• Minato learned that a meteor was approaching Konoha and prepared to use Flying Thunder God to divert it, while Huomen watched from the forest.
• Genitsu transformed into Godzilla and destroyed most of the meteor with Atomic Breath.
• A surviving meteor fragment crashed into the forest and left Huomen charred and injured.

Genitsu stopped Toneri and his father’s escape, killed Toneri’s father, and claimed the body for Root’s research. Meanwhile, Hiashi connected the attackers to an ancient Byakugan lineage and suspected the injured Huomen was hiding something, while Genitsu began dissecting the Ōtsutsuki corpse.

• Genitsu destroyed the meteor and seized a piece of Toneri’s flesh, while Minato killed Toneri’s father with a Rasengan and Toneri escaped.
• Genitsu refused the advisers’ demand to hand over the corpse, and Minato let Root handle the investigation.
• Hiashi warned Hizashi not to interfere and explained that his distrust stemmed from Hizashi’s past killing intent toward Hinata.
• Hiashi studied an ancient scroll depicting figures with attire like the attackers and wondered whether descendants of the Byakugan-bearing sage had appeared.
• Hiashi tested Huomen at the hospital, then used his Byakugan to discover that Huomen’s heart was racing despite his denial.
• Genitsu dissected the Ōtsutsuki corpse at the Root base.

Genitsu dissected Toneri's father's corpse and used the findings to develop theories about the relationship between Ōtsutsuki and Divine Tree bloodlines. After Black Zetsu warned him that Pain might pursue him over the dead Ōtsutsuki, Genitsu revealed that he needed an Ōtsutsuki body to cultivate a special eye he called Godzilla's Eye.

• Genitsu and Kabuto dissected Toneri's father, finding that his Byakugan was central to his body's vitality and studying the corpse's genes.
• Genitsu theorized that the Byakugan came from Ōtsutsuki blood while the Rinnegan required Divine Tree genes.
• Genitsu ordered Kabuto to continue the experiments, then left the Root base after finding and killing White Zetsu scouts.
• Genitsu met White Zetsu and Black Zetsu outside Konoha, where Black Zetsu warned that Pain might come after him because he had killed an Ōtsutsuki who fought Pain.
• Genitsu refused to surrender the Ōtsutsuki corpse and said he needed an Ōtsutsuki body to cultivate his planned Godzilla's Eye.

After the attack on Konoha, Genitsu trained Sasuke and explained to Shisui and Itachi that the attackers sought the Hyuga’s Byakugan. At Root, he and Kabuto began replacing Iroha’s heart with an Ōtsutsuki heart to help him escape the Caged Bird Seal, but Iroha’s body began failing, so Genitsu planned to revive him with Impure World Reincarnation and continue the surgery.

• Genitsu trained Sasuke and told him to wait before learning more powerful ninjutsu.
• Genitsu told Shisui and Itachi that the attackers had Byakugan and had come to seize the Hyuga’s eyes.
• Genitsu brought Iroha to Kabuto for an Ōtsutsuki heart transplant, hoping it would help Iroha break free from the Caged Bird Seal.
• Iroha’s body convulsed as it struggled to adapt to the new heart, and his signs of life rapidly weakened.
• Genitsu told Kabuto to fetch a death row prisoner so he could revive Iroha with Impure World Reincarnation and continue the surgery.

Genitsu’s experiment with Iroha’s heart transplant succeeded, strengthening Iroha’s body and Byakugan, and he allowed Iroha to return to the Hyuga Clan. Iroha’s enhanced eye shocked the clan and inspired Huomen to seek a way to break free of the Caged Bird Seal.

• Iroha survived the heart transplant, and tests showed improved physical abilities and stronger Byakugan vision.
• Genitsu ordered Iroha to undergo further organ and bone marrow transplants in pursuit of turning him into an artificial Ōtsutsuki.
• Iroha removed his Root mask, concealed his Caged Bird seal beneath a forehead protector, and walked through Konoha, where he briefly encountered Kurenai and Genma.
• Iroha returned to the Hyuga compound and attended a clan meeting, where the elders and Hizashi were astonished by the power of his right Byakugan.
• Huomen suspected Iroha’s eye had surpassed the ordinary Byakugan and resolved to investigate the Caged Bird Seal and find a way to free himself from it.

Iroha reported the Hyuga Clan’s growing interest in his Byakugan to Genitsu, while Void began training Naruto to control the Nine-Tails’ Chakra. Minato promoted several young ninja to special jonin, and Anko left the village on a mission as Orochimaru’s agents prepared to move.

• Hizashi visited Iroha to ask about his right eye and the Byakugan’s enhanced vision, and Iroha warned him to stop investigating before he died.
• Iroha reported Hizashi’s willingness to side with Genitsu for Neji’s sake and Huomen’s apparent surveillance, and Genitsu dismissed Huomen as unimportant for now.
• Void took Naruto to the black forest, introduced Sasuke cells into him, and began teaching him to control the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.
• Minato promoted Kurenai, Might Guy, Genma, and others to special jonin, while Anko accepted a rogue-ninja mission and left Konoha.
• Orochimaru’s agents learned that Anko had left the village and prepared to act.

Anko was captured by Jūgo and Orochimaru’s followers, who used her Heaven’s Curse Mark to revive Orochimaru. Orochimaru returned, subdued Jūgo, and left with him to develop Curse Mark State Three.

• Anko was ambushed by Jūgo’s followers, who used Curse Marks and demanded that she be captured to revive Orochimaru.
• Jūgo began entering State Two, and the group defeated Anko and carried her to Base No. 6.
• Jūgo used Natural Energy to break the seal on Anko’s Curse Mark and awaken Orochimaru’s soul within a lump of flesh.
• Jūgo lost control and slaughtered several followers, then attacked Orochimaru after he revived.
• Orochimaru restrained Jūgo, knocked Anko unconscious, and left with him to plan his next steps, including Curse Mark State Three.

Orochimaru revived through Anko’s Curse Mark and tried to capture Genitsu, who had secretly planted multiplying cells in her to create a powerful clone. As Genitsu pressed his attack and summoned five coffins, Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to bring back Shimura Danzō.

• Orochimaru revealed that he had been watching through a fragment of his soul inside Anko and became fascinated with Godzilla and Genitsu’s abilities.
• Genitsu’s cells multiplied inside Anko and formed a clone, which Orochimaru trapped with the One-Line Lamp Formation.
• Genitsu broke free, pursued Orochimaru, and blasted him with a weakened White Hot Light as Orochimaru fled.
• Genitsu used Nine Mask Svāhā to summon five coffins, while Jūgo failed to stop one from opening.
• Orochimaru performed Impure World Reincarnation on a captive and summoned Shimura Danzō.

Genitsu fought Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation of Danzo with five bloodline-using Minilla, but Orochimaru escaped with Jūgo. Genitsu rescued Anko and left with Jūgo’s cells, while Anko awoke unaware that Orochimaru had fled.

• Danzo recognized Orochimaru and challenged Genitsu, who deployed five Minilla with Wood Release, Sharingan, Uzumaki, Byakugan, and Kaguya bloodlines.
• The Minilla repeatedly overwhelmed Danzo, whose Izanagi uses exhausted the Sharingan in his right arm.
• Genitsu broke through Danzo’s defense and pursued Orochimaru, but Orochimaru fled with Jūgo while Danzo held the attackers back.
• Orochimaru released Danzo from Impure World Reincarnation, and Danzo’s soul returned to the Pure Land.
• Genitsu carried the unconscious Anko from the underground base and kept Jūgo’s cells for research.
• Anko woke and asked where Orochimaru was, and Genitsu told her that one of his clones had nearly beaten him to death.

Genitsu learned that Orochimaru had revived through a Curse Mark and warned Minato that he could not be killed permanently while any marked carriers remained. After Anko came to Genitsu seeking a way to destroy her Curse Mark, he prepared to investigate the technique using Jūgo’s blood.

• Genitsu’s clone rescued Anko after fighting the revived Orochimaru, then relayed its memories to Genitsu before dissipating.
• Genitsu told Kabuto to improve cloning technology and revealed to him and Yamato that Orochimaru had returned to life.
• Genitsu informed Minato that Curse Marks could let Orochimaru revive and recommended keeping the news from other villages.
• Genitsu rejected Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura’s demand to control Anko, then returned home to await her.
• Anko asked Genitsu to help destroy her Curse Mark, and Genitsu considered using Jūgo’s blood to study it.

Genitsu agreed to study Anko’s Curse Mark while Root investigated missing spies in the Land of Rice Fields, prompting the Fourth Hokage to send a squad there. As the squad assembled, Sasori ravaged the small nation and prepared to conquer it with his puppet army.

• Genitsu activated Anko’s Curse Mark, observed its State One effects, and sealed it again after she reaffirmed that she wanted it destroyed.
• Genitsu reported that Root spies had gone missing in the Land of Rice Fields, and the Fourth Hokage dispatched Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Shisui, Hyuga Kaimon, Morino Ibiki, and Maruboshi Kosuke to investigate.
• Genitsu told the Fourth that Kazue could not join the mission because they were training in a Forbidden Technique, while Huomen privately continued investigating how Byakugan could be strengthened.
• Huomen joined Kakashi and the others as they prepared to depart for the Land of Rice Fields.
• Sasori slaughtered people across the Land of Rice Fields, turned corpses into puppets, and announced his plan to conquer the nation with the Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets.

Sasori annihilated the Land of Rice Fields to gather materials for his human puppets, and Kakashi’s team investigated the massacre and identified him as the likely culprit. Konan and Zetsu found Sasori and invited him to join the Akatsuki, but he accepted only because he coveted the powerful members’ bodies and abilities.

• Sasori massacred the Land of Rice Fields, including the Fūma Clan, and assembled one hundred puppets for his Hundred Puppets Performance.
• Kakashi’s team found a survivor, learned that one puppet master had destroyed the country, and suspected Sasori.
• Kakashi warned his team to avoid fighting Sasori, while Shisui and Kakashi revealed they could contend with Kage-level opponents.
• Sasori finished preparing his puppets and decided to leave the Land of Rice Fields in search of better materials.
• Konan and Zetsu confronted Sasori and invited him to join the Akatsuki.
• Sasori showed interest in Pain and Void as potential puppet materials and prepared to fight Konan and Zetsu.