Chapter Summaries

Konoha and Iwagakure clashed at Kikyō Pass, where Genitsu’s radiation attacks devastated the Stone Ninja and Shibi’s newly cultivated insects overwhelmed Han, the Five-Tails’ Jinchuriki. As Roshi began transforming into the Four-Tails, Genitsu charged toward him and called him Iwagakure’s handsome guy.

• Genitsu spoke with Orochimaru, who became eager to study his body, while Orochimaru told Anko he could not restore her sense of taste.
• Aburame Shibi returned to Kikyō Castle, reunited with Genitsu and his former students, and prepared with them for the coming battle.
• Orochimaru sent Minato to hold back Iwagakure’s forces, and Minato and Shibi joined the fight as Genitsu’s radiation weakened the Stone Ninja.
• Han transformed into the Five-Tails, but Shibi used Kidaichū cultivated with Genitsu’s help to attack him from within.
• Genitsu crossed the battlefield in his Godzilla Cloak and struck the ground before Roshi as the Four-Tails’ Jinchuriki, calling him Iwagakure’s handsome guy.

Genitsu fought Roshi’s Four-Tails form and revealed a devastating Godzilla-powered cutting technique that wounded the Jinchuriki. With the battle turning in Konoha’s favor, Genitsu prepared to seize some of the Four-Tails’ Chakra.

• Genitsu attacked Roshi, but Minato rescued him from the Four-Tails’ sweeping tails and redirected its Tailed Beast Ball with Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder.
• Minato summoned Gamabunta and moved with him toward Han, leaving Genitsu to hold off Roshi after Genitsu blasted the Four-Tails with White Hot Light.
• Roshi spread magma across the battlefield with Flower-Fruit Mountain, prompting Genitsu to unleash his Partial Godzilla Transformation and Particle Cutting Technique.
• Genitsu’s blue cutting beam carved a deep wound into Roshi’s Four-Tails body, shocking both armies and weakening the Stone Ninja’s morale.
• Son Goku urged Roshi to let it take control, but Roshi refused as Genitsu considered how to take some of the Four-Tails’ Chakra.

Genitsu defeated Roshi by cutting off and absorbing the Four-Tails’ four tails, while Konoha’s forces gained the advantage over the Stone Ninja. Orochimaru ambushed the Stone Ninja rear and drove Kitsuchi into retreat, then prepared to kill him as another figure approached.

• Genitsu overwhelmed Roshi with Particle Cutting and White Hot Light, then cut off the Four-Tails’ four tails and absorbed their Chakra into Godzilla.
• Son Goku realized the stolen Chakra was permanently gone, while Roshi’s loss of power and Han’s defeat left the Stone Ninja struggling against Konoha.
• Kitsuchi demanded that Chiyo’s Sand Ninja attack, but Chiyo chose to hold position and let the Stone Ninja suffer while Orochimaru’s forces engaged them.
• Orochimaru led an assault on the Stone Ninja’s rear with Manda, destroyed their supplies, and forced Kitsuchi to order a retreat.
• Orochimaru escaped Kitsuchi’s Earth Release attack and vowed to kill him, then spotted a figure moving in the distance.

Konoha routed the Stone and Sand Ninja at Kikyō Pass, and Genitsu pursued the retreating forces while targeting the One-Tail Jinchuriki. After Pakura revealed her Swift Release, Genitsu separated from his team to face her alone and began a summoning technique.

• Orochimaru killed Kitsuchi, breaking the Stone Ninja forces, while Genitsu wounded Roshi and forced the Four-Tails Jinchuriki to flee after stealing some of Son Goku’s Chakra.
• Konoha regrouped and drove the Sand Ninja from Kikyō Pass, with Chiyo retreating after Orochimaru threw Kitsuchi’s severed head before her.
• During the pursuit, Genitsu clashed with Rasa’s Gold Dust and then ordered his team to chase the fleeing Sand Ninja and Bunpuku, the One-Tail Jinchuriki.
• Pakura used Scorch Release to hold off Genitsu, but he overwhelmed her with Nuclear Release clones and attacks until she revealed Swift Release and escaped.
• Genitsu sent Kazue, Kakashi, Rin, Might Guy, and Iroha’s Root ninja onward, then used the Summoning Technique after confirming he was alone.

Hiruko failed to control the Immortal Cells in his body and was nearly killed by Kakuzu while traveling through the Land of Earth. Genitsu summoned him away, then ordered him to use the Chimera Technique to take the Scorch Release and Swift Release bloodlines from a shinobi, hoping to investigate how bloodlines were transferred.

• Hiruko brooded over the Immortal Cells replacing his DNA and planned to seek Bloodline Limits amid the war-torn Land of Earth.
• Kakuzu attacked Hiruko for his ten-million-ryo bounty, but Hiruko was summoned away before Kakuzu could kill him.
• Genitsu welcomed Hiruko in the Land of Fire and demanded to know whether his Chimera Technique had advanced.
• Genitsu told Hiruko to seize the Scorch Release and Swift Release bloodlines from a shinobi, explaining that he wanted to study the world's laws of bloodline transfer.
• Genitsu warned Hiruko that he would kill him if the Chimera Technique failed, while Hiruko remained under Genitsu's control as his summoned beast.

Genitsu captured Pakura and forced Hiruko to use the Chimera Technique to take her bloodlines. Hiruko successfully gained Scorch Release and Swift Release, while Genitsu developed a theory about how DNA, Chakra, and bloodlines related to one another and left with questions still to verify.

• Genitsu tracked Pakura down with Hiruko and used a Nuclear Release Clone to emerge from her body and stop her escape.
• Genitsu and Hiruko killed Pakura’s Sand Ninja companions, then weakened and captured Pakura despite her attempts to destroy the clone and flee.
• Genitsu brought Hiruko and Pakura to a cave and watched as Hiruko used the Chimera Technique to absorb her.
• Hiruko survived the ritual and tested his newly acquired Scorch Release and Swift Release abilities.
• Genitsu concluded that Chakra could alter DNA and create bloodlines, then considered how Kekkei Mōra, the Pure Land, and DNA might fit together.

Genitsu finished helping Hiruko fuse Scorch Release and Swift Release, then sent him back to face Kakuzu. After Hiruko escaped the fight, Kakuzu was dismissed by a bounty station and decided to pursue Void and turn to fraud.

• Genitsu explained his theories about the Pure Land and ordered Hiruko not to fuse any more bloodlines without permission.
• Hiruko returned to the Land of Earth border and attacked Kakuzu with Scorch Release and Swift Release, destroying one of Kakuzu’s hearts before Kakuzu overwhelmed him.
• Hiruko escaped Kakuzu, who chose not to pursue him and went to report that Hiruko had two Bloodline Limits.
• The bounty station refused Kakuzu’s demand to raise Hiruko’s bounty, and its manager and bounty hunters dismissed his claims about being impersonated.
• Kakuzu left the station and decided to make money through fraud, then vowed to find Void and take his Wood Release.

Kazue and Kakashi's team confronted Rasa and Bunpuku, but the One-Tail broke free and overwhelmed the Konoha ninja. Kazue awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan and used its power to rewrite fate and suppress Shukaku, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Kazue told Rin that an earlier incident had cost her her right eye and given her another chance at life.
• Kakashi's team reached Rasa and Bunpuku, where Rasa attacked with Gold Dust Burial as Shukaku's Chakra overwhelmed the seal.
• Shukaku completed its transformation, killed Sand Ninja, and battered Kakashi's group with its immense power.
• Kazue kicked Rin and an injured ninja out of danger, was crushed by Shukaku's tail, and awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kazue used Izanagi to return unharmed and Izanagi-Mikoto to overwrite Shukaku's attack, trapping one of its arms in place.

Kazue awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to shield Kakashi and the others from Shukaku’s Tailed Beast Ball. Genitsu arrived, helped her fight the One-Tail, and they drove Shukaku away as the Third Shinobi World War neared its end.

• Kazue revealed her Mangekyō Sharingan, immobilized Shukaku with Izanagi, and faced his Tailed Beast Ball with Susanoo.
• Kazue’s Susanoo began to fail against the attack until Genitsu’s White Hot Light deflected the Tailed Beast Ball.
• Genitsu returned, suppressed Kazue’s physical imbalance, and joined her in fighting Shukaku.
• Genitsu and Kazue wounded Shukaku, and Genitsu severed and absorbed part of the One-Tail’s chakra while Kazue covered for him.
• Shukaku fled, and Genitsu told Kazue not to pursue him because capturing the One-Tail would cost too much and gain them little.
• Genitsu and Kazue left the battlefield, and Genitsu said the Third Shinobi World War was basically over.

Shukaku fled after Genitsu and Kazue defeated it, and Konoha celebrated its victory as the two returned to camp. Genitsu warned Kazue about Orochimaru and the dangers of Konoha’s internal conflicts, then met Obito and Zetsu in secret, where they discussed Kazue’s Mangekyō Sharingan and Izanagi.

• Shukaku escaped in its weakened state, returned control to Bunpuku, and Rasa carried the exhausted Jinchuriki away while lamenting Konoha’s strength.
• Konoha’s ninja celebrated the victory and praised Genitsu and Kazue, while Orochimaru greedily asked Kazue to reveal her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kazue refused Orochimaru’s request, and Genitsu warned her to be cautious around him and to use her Mangekyō as little as possible.
• Genitsu reassured Kazue that he knew a way to lift the Mangekyō’s curse, then left after sensing that someone was summoning him.
• Genitsu sent a masked clone to meet Obito and Zetsu, who questioned him about Kazue’s Izanagi-related Mangekyō ability and his Wood Release.

Nagato used Void’s living clone of Shiranui Genitsu to create a regenerating, multiplying Three-Headed Hellhound for the Akatsuki’s Animal Path. After the group departed, Nagato concluded that Void was the resurrected Hashirama Senju, leaving Konan bewildered by his theory.

• Obito told Void that Nagato planned to create Rinnegan-controlled summons and move against Hanzo, then transported the group to Nagato and Konan in the Land of Rain.
• Void presented Nagato with a living Bloodline Limit clone of Shiranui Genitsu, whose cells could divide endlessly, and suggested making it into a summoning beast.
• Nagato used the Rinnegan to shape the clone into a Three-Headed Hellhound, tested it with Shinra Tensei, and supplied Chakra so it could regenerate and multiply.
• Nagato issued Akatsuki’s red-cloud robes to the group and said he would personally gather corpses for the Six Paths before targeting Hanzo.
• After Obito transported Void and Zetsu away, Nagato told Konan he believed Void was Hashirama Senju returned from the dead and that Shiranui Genitsu was connected to Hashirama’s cells.

Genitsu took a nameless refugee child under his protection after the Battle of Kikyō Pass and gave him the name Shiranui Kabuto, declaring him family and his first disciple. The chapter ended with Genitsu promising Kabuto demanding training and a life free from loneliness.

• Void returned after testing his clone against Nagato’s Rinnegan, while Obito said he planned to draw Void into Infinite Tsukuyomi at the final step.
• Genitsu and Kazue visited the refugee camp, where Genitsu asked whether the suffering children might grow powerful and seek to change the world.
• Genitsu examined the children and chose a grayish-white-haired boy who had lost his memories and had no name.
• Genitsu took the boy from the camp and named him Kabuto, then gave him the surname Shiranui and made him his family and first disciple.
• Genitsu promised Kabuto harsh training and told him that he would no longer be alone.

Genitsu adopted Kabuto as his disciple while Orochimaru eyed both the boy and Genitsu’s abilities. After the war ended, Konoha’s leaders questioned Genitsu about Kazue’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and the chapter ended with Genitsu rejoining Kazue and the Uchiha in the celebrating village.

• Orochimaru tried to enter Genitsu’s camp, but Kazue and the others stopped him while Genitsu taught Kabuto the basics of chakra and ninja techniques.
• Orochimaru announced that the Third Tsuchikage intended to attack Konoha, but the war wound down as the great villages’ losses and strained economies prevented another major conflict.
• Konoha welcomed its returning forces, and Minato drew the loudest cheers while Genitsu showed Kabuto his new home.
• At a meeting, Danzo identified Kazue’s Mangekyō technique as Izanagi, and Genitsu assured the leaders that she was loyal to him and the Will of Fire.
• The Third Hokage rewarded Genitsu with permission to choose two Forbidden Techniques from the Scroll of Seals and urged him to recover from his battlefield exertions.
• Genitsu met Kazue and several Uchiha clansmen in the village, thanked them, and agreed to visit Fugaku when he had time.

Kazue used Susanoo to reject the Uchiha elders’ attempt to control her, while Fugaku concealed that he had also awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Genitsu later explained his land purchases to Kazue, and Shisui visited him to ask how the Uchiha and the village could achieve peace.

• Uchiha clansmen celebrated Kazue’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and she told Shisui not to abandon the power in their hands.
• At the clan meeting, Kazue revealed Susanoo, seized Setsuna, and refused to become a tool for the Uchiha elders.
• Fugaku ended the meeting and kept his own Mangekyō secret from Shisui and Itachi, while advising Shisui to ask Genitsu about his annotated pig-care book.
• Genitsu exchanged military merit for land in Konoha, and Kazue told him how she had confronted the clan; Genitsu revealed that Fugaku had Mangekyō eyes too.
• Shisui visited Genitsu and asked him about a path to peace between the Uchiha clan and the village, and Genitsu claimed to understand peace and praised Shisui’s hidden potential.

Genitsu rejected Danzo’s attempt to take Kazue’s complementary Mangekyō Sharingan and explained why separating the eyes would diminish their value. Danzo then brought Genitsu to Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Genitsu revealed his Godzilla Mode and agreed to help with experiments combining Hashirama Cells and the Sharingan.

• Genitsu spoke with Shisui about peace and the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the village, and Shisui left convinced that he had understood Genitsu’s guidance.
• Genitsu reviewed Kabuto’s schoolwork, considered having him learn Sage Jutsu, and gave him more assignments.
• Danzo demanded Kazue’s Mangekyō Sharingan, but Genitsu refused and explained that her right eye’s Izanagi and left eye’s Izanagi-Mikoto depended on each other.
• Danzo accepted that Kazue’s eyes could not be taken and led Genitsu to Orochimaru’s hidden laboratory to show him its experiments.
• Orochimaru attacked Genitsu with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, but Genitsu’s Godzilla Cloak crushed the snakes and impressed Danzo.
• Genitsu examined Orochimaru’s Hashirama Cell research and agreed to help, while warning Orochimaru not to target him and accepting Danzo’s order to avoid conflict.

Genitsu rescued the last survivor of Orochimaru and Danzo’s Hashirama-cell experiments, named him Shiranui Yamato, and made him his second disciple. He registered Yamato as a member of the Shiranui Clan and began training him in Wood Release, which Yamato managed to activate in a weak form.

• Genitsu compared Hashirama Cells with his own cells while Orochimaru dissected a mutated test subject and invited Genitsu to join his research.
• Orochimaru showed Genitsu a secret laboratory where sixty children had undergone Hashirama-cell transplants; Genitsu recognized the final survivor as Yamato.
• After Orochimaru left, Genitsu’s clone freed Yamato, renamed him Shiranui Yamato, and took him away while a White Zetsu impersonated a corpse.
• Genitsu registered Yamato as his disciple and a member of the Shiranui Clan, then introduced him to Kabuto and Genma.
• Genma invited Kurenai to eat with him after considering Genitsu’s advice about reviving the clan, prompting rumors that he was pursuing girls.
• Genitsu taught Yamato Wood Release, and Yamato successfully produced a small wooden stump with Wood Release: Wood Hammer.

Genitsu prepared to keep Yamato’s Wood Release secret while Konoha negotiated peace and Akatsuki moved to take control of Kirigakure. Void intervened when Kisame turned on Suikazan Fuguki, and the chapter ended with Kisame pursuing Fuguki while Void introduced himself to Morino Ibiki.

• Genitsu kept Yamato’s Wood Release hidden and watched Danzo support Orochimaru for Fourth Hokage after the Third Hokage agreed to a peace deal with Mei Terumi.
• Obito summoned Akatsuki and planned to use the Third Mizukage’s death to make Yagura the Three-Tails’ jinchuriki and control him.
• Kisame killed Suikazan Fuguki after Fuguki tortured Morino Ibiki, then fought him for Samehada.
• Void arrived, used Wood Release to restrain Samehada, and offered Kisame a place in his organization.
• Kisame took Samehada and chased the fleeing Fuguki while Void told the injured Morino Ibiki that he was a Konoha ninja named Void.

Void recruited Kisame and Zabuza after they helped him slaughter Hidden Mist ninja, then brought them to Kirigakure as Obito seized control of the newly appointed Fourth Mizukage, Yagura. Yagura emerged from the Three-Tails transfer under genjutsu and began ruling with ruthless indifference.

• Void incapacitated Morino Ibiki, then Kisame returned with the dying Suikazan Fuguki and handed him over before killing him.
• Kisame joined Void, and the two slaughtered the Hidden Mist force that came to arrest them; Void spared Zabuza, implanted a clone in him, and gave him Kubikiribōchō.
• At Kirigakure, the Third Mizukage ordered the Three-Tails transferred to Yagura while Genji and the village forces were distracted by the attack.
• Obito entered the sealed room, killed the sealing squad with Wood Release, and used Mangekyō Sharingan to place Yagura and the Three-Tails under his control.
• Yagura emerged, claimed traitors had forced him to kill the sealing squad, and was declared the Fourth Mizukage by Genji.
• Yagura killed a trusted ninja who questioned Genji's authority and warned the others that he would not be easy to deal with.

Void and Obito withdrew from Kirigakure after securing Kisame for Akatsuki, while Zabuza was left behind. In Konoha, peace with Kirigakure was signed, Minato Namikaze was elected Fourth Hokage, and the daimyo proposed creating the Twelve Guardian Ninja.

• Obito revealed that he had killed the Third Mizukage and controlled the Fourth Mizukage, then Void restrained Kisame and Zabuza and the group withdrew from Kirigakure.
• Void and Obito left Zabuza behind because he was not qualified for Akatsuki, and they brought Kisame to the Land of Rain, where Pain accepted him into the organization.
• Kisame praised Pain after learning that Void and Obito were Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha serving under him.
• Mei Terumi signed a peace agreement with Konoha, then hurried out of the village after Genitsu threatened her.
• The daimyo presided over the Hokage election, and Minato Namikaze defeated Orochimaru to become the Fourth Hokage.
• The daimyo proposed forming a Twelve Guardian Ninja unit and selecting promising young ninja from Konoha.

Genitsu rejected the daimyo’s attempt to recruit Konoha’s young ninja, then secretly continued experimenting with Orochimaru while Minato tried to learn about Orochimaru’s condition. Danzo and Orochimaru successfully cultivated a Hashirama-cell arm fitted with ten Sharingan, and Orochimaru proposed transplanting it onto Danzo.

• Genitsu refused the daimyo’s request for Konoha’s promising young ninja, declaring that the Twelve Guardian Ninja position was beneath him, Kazue, Kakashi, and Might Guy.
• After Minato became Fourth Hokage, he and Shibi visited Genitsu, asked about Orochimaru, and invited Genma to join the Hokage Guard Platoon and learn the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Genitsu kept up appearances while secretly returning to Orochimaru’s laboratory, where he continued experiments to create Minilla and discussed Orochimaru’s increasingly dangerous plans.
• Orochimaru told Genitsu that Danzo’s arm required more living test subjects and that Root’s supply was insufficient, but Genitsu warned him not to target village ninja.
• Danzo brought ten Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Orochimaru implanted them into an arm cultivated with Hashirama Cells.
• Orochimaru confirmed that the arm showed no signs of collapsing and asked Danzo whether they should begin the transplant.