Recaps

Shin’s clashes with Kirigakure and Orochimaru gave way to Obito and Nagato’s battles with Isshiki over Karin. Isshiki was defeated but planted his revival data in Karin, while Hiruko won his place in Akatsuki by defeating Zabuza.

• Shin killed Mangetsu, sealed Utakata, and returned from the moon to face Huomen before the two stopped fighting.
• Genitsu sent Shin toward Kirigakure, where Shin fought Orochimaru during the village’s rebellion and escaped after their battle was interrupted.
• Obito recruited Zabuza, then confronted Shin at sea before Genitsu defeated him and trapped him with Takamagahara.
• Isshiki attacked Kusagakure to take Karin as a vessel, and Obito, Void, and Nagato fought him as Karin was caught in the conflict.
• Nagato’s Rinnegan transformed into the Mangekyō Sharingan, allowing him to devastate the Land of Grass and defeat Isshiki.
• Isshiki placed his revival data in Karin’s Karma before dying, while Ryuuzetsu resolved to protect Karin and Shisui told Genitsu he had altered her memories.
• Hiruko returned transformed by Genitsu’s bloodline fusion ritual and defeated Zabuza in a fight for an Akatsuki ring.

Nagato’s invasion of Konoha ended with Genitsu defeating him, but Nagato survived through Izanagi while Black Zetsu stole one of his Rinnegan. As the Eye Organization and Akatsuki pursued their plans, Naruto and Sasuke trained, Orochimaru experimented with Godzilla tissue, and Nagato sought a way to reach the moon.

• Zabuza joined Nagato’s organization as an outer member, while Shisui joined the Eye Organization and began a mission with Shin to meet Orochimaru.
• Nagato entered Konoha to read the Uchiha stone tablet, fought Fugaku and other Uchiha, then battled Genitsu in Susanoo form as the invasion spread across the village.
• Genitsu defeated Nagato and removed his Rinnegan, but Nagato escaped death with Izanagi as Black Zetsu fled with the other eye.
• Nagato ordered the Akatsuki to lie low and search for Black Zetsu, while Setsuna attacked Black Zetsu and Hitomi later identified him as a living Karma containing part of Kaguya’s will.
• Hinata continued considering defection, Naruto and Sasuke grew stronger over two years, and Genitsu implanted his cells in Naruto as a Wood Release experiment.
• Orochimaru used Shin’s cloning breakthrough to pursue Godzilla tissue for an experiment with a fragment of the Demonic Statue, while Genitsu decided to help him resolve the genetic conflicts.
• Nagato created six new Pains from White Zetsu and Sharingan, then sent them after Hyuga Kaimon to obtain his platform for a journey to the moon.
• Kaimon repelled the Pains with the power stored in his scroll, and Genitsu opened Takamagahara to pull Toneri’s soul free.

Genitsu’s plans reshaped the next generation as Huomen returned, Sasuke gained a Godzilla summoning contract, and Naruto and Sasuke faced off in their graduation exam. Team 7 then reached Rōran as Urashiki’s arrival and Momoshiki and Kinshiki’s attack led Sasuke and Boruto into a time gate.

• Toneri used Karma to restore Huomen, but Genitsu later seized Toneri’s soul, claimed the Giant Tenseigan, and returned Huomen to the Shinobi World with Toneri sealed inside him.
• Huomen visited Hinata and offered to guide her training as he sought a solution to the Hyuga Clan’s conflict, while Sasuke developed a Godzilla-shaped Lightning Release technique and Genitsu took him to the Godzilla Sanctuary.
• Sasuke summoned Sub-Body Godzilla and defeated Orochimaru and Mechagodzilla, then gained the Godzilla summoning contract and began genjutsu training with Itachi.
• Kazue subdued Idō and became Yakumo’s teacher, then entered Yakumo’s body, and Naruto later defeated Yakumo in the graduation exam using Wood Release.
• Sasuke defeated Hinata and then Naruto in the final match, using Sub-Body Godzilla and Thunder Godzilla against Naruto’s seven-tailed transformation, and Naruto refused to reconcile afterward.
• Genitsu helped place Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata on Team 7 under Kakashi, and Minato sent them to Rōran to inspect his seal on the Dragon Vein.
• At Rōran, Sasuke and Naruto fought Setsuna and Chiyo as an Atomic Breath attack disturbed Minato’s seal, and elsewhere, Momoshiki and Kinshiki attacked Konoha, captured Naruto, and Urashiki activated the Plow at Kaguya Castle.
• Sasuke followed Urashiki into the time gate, and Boruto charged in after them despite Sasuke telling him to stay behind.

Urashiki traveled twenty years into the past, where Genitsu and Sasuke defeated him before Isshiki captured him and sealed away his return route. As the Chūnin Exams began, Urashiki targeted the contestants’ eyes, while Huomen and Toneri confronted him and Naruto faced Shukaku-controlled Gaara.

• Urashiki emerged in the past after the Dragon Vein erupted, learned the timeline had changed, and began pursuing the Nine-Tails and Godzilla while Sasuke and Boruto returned to Konoha.
• Sasuke encountered the Uchiha clan and Itachi, while Genitsu fought Urashiki at Godzilla Sanctuary and, with Sasuke’s help, defeated him and took his time-and-space eyes.
• Isshiki captured the badly injured Urashiki, sealed Plow so he could not return to the future, and kept him alive near the Ten-Tails.
• Sasuke and Boruto joined Naruto in Konoha, and Naruto began training Boruto as the village prepared to hold the Chūnin Exams.
• Sasuke confronted Nagato, Obito, Void, and Setsuna, then rescued Setsuna, and meanwhile, Black Zetsu recruited Orochimaru to revive Madara.
• Urashiki attacked during the exams, took some of Shukaku’s Chakra from Gaara, and pursued Hinata before Hyuga Kaimon and Toneri confronted him.
• Guren trapped Sasuke in a Crystal Release prison, while Naruto subdued Gaara until Shukaku took control and transformed into a giant tanuki.