Recaps

As Hashirama Senju’s apparent return reshaped Konoha’s Hokage election, Uchiha Asuka maneuvered against Danzo while the clans rallied behind Hashirama. The Daimyō’s appointment ceremony reached a sudden interruption when a Tea Kettle rushed toward the meeting and Hyuga Hiashi spotted something alarming behind it.

• Hashirama Senju revealed himself to Tsunade, and Asuka explained that the Uchiha had resurrected him as part of a plan to protect their clan, provoking Tsunade’s anger.
• At the Hokage vote, the tally showed Hashirama Senju had broad support, and rumors of his return spread through Konoha and beyond.
• Kushina, residing in Fei Fei, told Mikoto about her situation, while Mikoto suspected the Uchiha Hawks had hidden Mangekyo users and later encountered a man impersonating Hashirama.
• Ili rallied the Uchiha behind Hashirama, and Hyuga Hiashi agreed that his clan would support him as Danzo confronted the Uchiha and accused them of conspiring.
• Asuka and the Uchiha publicly blamed Danzo for Nawaki’s death, while Homura and Koharu considered investigating Hashirama’s possible revival and Danzo’s ties to Orochimaru.
• The Daimyō arrived in Konoha and summoned Asuka, who began naming Pakura as the woman he liked before Tsunade dragged him through the platform.
• At the Hokage appointment meeting, Homura presented Danzo’s scandals, Asuka declared his own bid for Hokage, and a Tea Kettle raced toward the gathering as Hiashi cried out in alarm.

Hashirama Senju returned to Konoha and was chosen as Hokage, while his presence reshaped the village’s clan politics and drew the attention of other nations. Asuka set out for Star Ninja Village with his summons, but Konan appeared after following them from Konoha.

• Hashirama Senju revealed himself amid Konoha’s clan feud, calmed the fighters with his Chakra, and became Hokage with the clans’ support.
• Uchiha Asuka accused Konoha’s leaders of enabling Orochimaru’s experiments, then backed Hashirama’s proposals to share Police Force authority and encourage intermarriage.
• Danzo approached Uchiha Itachi about the Uchiha’s secrets and warned him that the clan would never be allowed to produce a Hokage, while Hashirama tried to ease tensions between the village and the clan.
• Hashirama’s resurrection brought envoys from Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure to Konoha, but his claim that he had only one-twentieth of his former strength discouraged them from forming an alliance against the village.
• Asuka teased Itachi by falsely claiming that Fugaku had another Mangekyo Sharingan, then asked Itachi whether he planned to destroy the Uchiha clan.
• Sarutobi Nanaka sent Asuka to investigate Star Ninja Village’s meteorite remedy, and Number Eighteen accompanied him after Asuka gathered his summons.
• Shukaku attacked Ichikishimahime in the forest, and Danzo stopped Asuka over the damage, collected his fine, and explained to Itachi how the powerful could exploit rules.
• Ichikishimahime called out the person following them, and White paper formed into Konan.

Asuka’s search for an infertility remedy led him and his companions into the Land of Bears, where he fought rogue ninjas and became entangled in Hoshigakure’s plans for its meteorite. Quan Junshan revealed that the star’s power consumed people’s lifespans, and Asuka charged toward the platform to stop him.

• Konan confronted Asuka over his relationship with Pakura, but Ichikishimahime repeatedly sent her crashing into him as the group traveled toward the Land of Bears.
• Asuka discovered that his mission had taken him through a needless poisonous-mist detour and that his captain had concealed the Land of Bears’ ongoing conflict.
• Asuka rescued civilians in Xiong Da Town from He Siyi and the rogue ninjas, then offered the survivors Exploding Tags so they could defend themselves.
• Asuka and his companions learned that Hoshigakure planned a Power Demonstration, while Quan Junshan worked to improve the village’s reputation and prepare a scheme involving its meteorite.
• At the demonstration, Hoshigakure executed rogue ninjas, displayed footage of Jiraiya praising the village, and staged negotiations that turned citizens against the great nations.
• Quan Junshan released purple mist from the meteorite, told Kota that its power drained lifespans, and stabbed him while claiming he could extend his own life with someone else’s.
• Asuka declared that he would save the world and launched toward the platform as Kushina shouted that she was Naruto’s real mother.

Asuka stopped Quan Junshan’s sacrifice of Bear Three Town’s citizens and learned that Quan had acted to extend Natsuhi’s life. Back in Konoha, the Uchiha debated reviving dead Hokage as Itachi grew wary of the clan’s extremism and Danzo tried to shape his views.

• Asuka confronted Quan Junshan, who trapped Bear Three Town’s citizens in purple mist and drained their lifespans to sustain Natsuhi.
• Asuka fought Quan Junshan while Kushina protected Natsuhi, then learned that Quan had sacrificed only three days from each citizen and had acted to save Natsuhi.
• Asuka summoned Susanoo for Quan Junshan’s final challenge, and afterward treated the citizens and unconscious Hoshigakure ninja while the survivors praised him.
• Pakura asked Asuka to help her get close to Kushina, and Asuka showed her the radioactive folk remedy Quan had carried.
• Asuka returned to Konoha with a stone and folk remedies for Sarutobi Nanaka, who considered using them while worrying about conceiving a child with Shinnosuke.
• Uchiha clan members proposed reviving Hashirama, Madara, and the Fourth Hokage, while Itachi worried that the plan would worsen tensions with the village and discussed his fears with Shisui.
• Danzo advised Itachi to judge people by whether they benefited the village and gave him a book about resolving conflict, but later muttered that removing those who caused conflict was the permanent solution.
• Mikoto found the book with Itachi, blamed Asuka for it, and threw a brick at him, which he dodged.