Recaps

Asuka returned to Konoha, shared the future of the Uchiha with Mikoto, and became entangled in her divorce from Fugaku and the clan’s plans. As the Eye of the Moon Plan moved toward action, Asuka chose to join it while pursuing the Uchiha’s wishes and preparing for what came next.

• Asuka returned to Konoha, met Black Zetsu and Spiral Zetsu, and warned them with footage of the Uchiha clan’s future before Black Zetsu decided to start the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Mikoto watched Sasuke’s camera footage, learned from Asuka about the Uchiha massacre, and announced at a clan meeting that she would divorce Fugaku.
• Mikoto moved next door to Asuka, while Asuka and Ryoichi discussed the Eye of the Moon Plan and the danger of a war over the Tailed Beasts.
• Asuka learned that the plan’s preparations were complete and chose to join it, while Ryoichi admitted he regretted losing contact with Linghua.
• Asuka tried to reunite Ryoichi and Linghua, then planned to fulfill Saburo’s wish for more Uchiha descendants with help from Fei Fei and its brothers.
• Konan told Pakura that Nagato’s plan would begin in three days and that Zetsu had been sent to steal a child rather than capture One-Tail.
• Asuka completed eight Uchiha wishes and claimed his rewards, while Black Zetsu crashed underground and discovered part of its body was missing.
• Asuka gave Spiral Zetsu a scroll containing an improved Impure World Reincarnation that he had obtained from Yakushi Kabuto in the future.

Asuka and Spiral Zetsu stole Shukaku from Sunagakure, and Akatsuki began sealing tailed beasts while the villages concealed their losses. Obito’s attack on Kumogakure killed Yagura and escalated tensions, while Asuka’s personal life grew more complicated as Kushina moved in with him.

• Asuka and Spiral Zetsu staged the return of Sunagakure’s dead and Shukaku’s rampage, then transferred the One-Tail into Spiral Zetsu and escaped.
• Black Zetsu recruited Spiral Zetsu into Akatsuki, where Nagato began sealing the One-Tail despite Spiral Zetsu’s acceptance that the process would kill him.
• Asuka argued with Mikoto about the Uchiha’s future, and Kushina confronted him before their quarrel crashed into Mikoto’s home.
• Obito sent Yagura to attack Kumogakure while capturing Yugito, and the Fourth Raikage fought Yagura as the attack devastated the village.
• Yagura died, Mei Terumi became acting Mizukage, and the villages concealed their missing tailed beasts while Black Zetsu confirmed the Three-Tails was sealed inside Spiral Zetsu.
• Hashirama urged Asuka to marry, and Kushina moved into Asuka’s home after challenging his reluctance to start a family.
• Akatsuki continued sealing tailed beasts, with Pakura sent after Roshi and Kakuzu leaving alone to capture the Five-Tails.

Akatsuki’s hunt for the Tailed Beasts drove the Five Great Ninja Villages to unite after the Masked Man declared war. As Konoha prepared for the conflict, Asuka and the Uchiha faced the danger of losing one another.

• Kakuzu accepted Kisame into Akatsuki, and the two captured Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, while Akatsuki pursued more Tailed Beasts.
• Asuka warned Akatsuki that the villages would respond to the captures, and the Five Kage gathered in the Land of Iron to discuss their growing threat.
• Hashirama and Asuka revived Senju Tobirama, who advised them to unite the villages around a shared danger and helped present the Ten-Tails threat at the summit.
• The Masked Man announced Akatsuki’s plan to gather the Tailed Beasts and declared the Fourth Shinobi World War, prompting the Five Great Nations to form the Allied Forces.
• Kisame continued sending false intelligence to Kirigakure, then realized Akatsuki was now the target of the Allied Forces while he remained undercover.
• Konoha and the Land of Fire began mobilizing for war as villagers stockpiled supplies and Mikoto asked Asuka about the danger facing the villages.
• Uchiha Saburo urged the Uchiha to fight alongside Konoha, and the clan took a group photograph before closing Nanhe Shrine until the war ended.
• Asuka discussed the war with Konoha’s ninja, while Mikoto brought him vegetables and told him Yu Yan had prescribed anxiety medicine for them to take together.

The Allied Forces began the Fourth Shinobi World War and faced revived enemies, including Uchiha Izuna, whose anger over the Uchiha’s history drove him into battle against Asuka. Asuka showed Izuna Madara’s manga, and Izuna learned that Madara had protected the clan to honor his final wish.

• Mikoto, Kushina, and Asuka discussed the coming war, while Tsunade mobilized Konoha’s forces and Hashirama agreed to Tobirama’s plan for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Asuka arrived in Kumogakure, helped ease tensions among the allied ninja, and joined the Five Kage’s preparations to confront Akatsuki’s forces near Kannabi Bridge.
• The Allied Forces set out, but Mei Terumi’s division encountered revived Uchiha Izuna, Uchiha Flying Crane, and Uchiha Ryo Da, summoned through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Izuna learned that Madara had failed to bring the Uchiha with him when he left Konoha, and he attacked the Allied Forces after hearing how the clan had abandoned Madara.
• Mabui and the Allied Forces confronted the revived Uchiha as Izuna and Hiyoku accused the clan of betraying Madara, while Asuka fought Izuna and Ryoichi battled his brother Ryo Da.
• Asuka and Izuna continued their fight with Susanoo, fire techniques, and Shukaku’s help, leaving both fighters battered and the battlefield devastated.
• Asuka showed Izuna Madara’s manga, and Izuna read Madara’s reflections before telling the Uchiha that Madara had protected them to fulfill Izuna’s final wish.