Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Asuka dealt with Samui’s hostility and made his way through Kumogakure as ninja from the major villages gathered ahead of the Five Kage meeting. He interrupted the leaders’ breakfast to complain about his Gluttony Contest sponsorship, then claimed the event had helped ease tensions among the villages.

• Samui tried to kill Asuka over several past grievances, but he stopped her with the Konoha Secret Technique and told her how Might Guy had endured Kakashi’s Thousand Years of Death.
• Asuka noticed foreign ninja arriving in Kumogakure, and Samui assigned a Cloud Ninja to take him to the Raikage Building before leaving.
• Asuka used Mabui’s voucher to collect cigars and asked his guide to find him the cheapest, tastiest pancake because he was hungry and broke.
• At the Raikage Building banquet, Asuka sat beside Mabui and complained that she had spent his three million on the Gluttony Contest instead of saving it for his meal.
• Tsunade questioned Asuka about his money, and he defended sponsoring the contest as a way to ease tensions among the allied ninja forces.

Asuka learned that Akatsuki had gathered one hundred thousand enemies near Kannabi Bridge, prompting the Five Kage to unite and plan their response. The Allied Forces prepared to target the hidden army first, while Asuka watched the coalition gather in Kumogakure.

• Asuka learned from Mabui that the enemy numbered one hundred thousand, outnumbering the Five Great Ninja Villages and the Land of Iron.
• Tsunade discussed Uchiha Obito’s strength with Asuka and concealed his connections to Akatsuki to protect cooperation among the villages.
• Raikage Ai credited Asuka with helping identify Obito and locate Akatsuki’s main force near Kannabi Bridge, and Asuka went along with the mistaken claim that they had fought.
• The Five Kage agreed to target the one hundred thousand enemies at Kannabi Bridge before attacking Akatsuki’s base in Amegakure, while Nara Shikaku outlined the battle plan.
• Asuka left the meeting and looked over the allied shinobi camps and preparations in Kumogakure, hoping they would survive the war.

Asuka surveyed the evacuation of Kumogakure and encouraged Guy to join the medical corps before teasing Mabui about becoming his deputy captain. At the Gluttony Contest, he spoke with young genin about war and debated with Mabui whether a ninja should save a companion or complete a mission, while Tsunade and Shizune watched the contest and discovered Asuka’s apparent eating feat was staged.

• Asuka learned that Kumogakure’s civilians were being relocated and found Guy helping them move; he persuaded Guy that joining the medical corps suited him.
• Mabui told Asuka he could qualify as a division captain, but she had already received her own assignment and refused to become his deputy.
• Asuka encouraged newly graduated genin to treat their meal as though it might be their last, alarming them until Mabui explained they were only reserve troops.
• Mabui asked whether Asuka resented the White Fang’s choice to save his companions, and Asuka called the dilemma an unsolvable problem before telling her not to delay his mission if she ever needed rescuing.
• Tsunade and Shizune watched Asuka seemingly out-eat the contestants, but Mabui revealed that camera angles and the arrangement of sensory ninjas made the contest appear rigged in his favor.

As the Allied Forces assembled for war, Asuka explained their divisions and introduced several commanders, while the Akatsuki confronted Obito over his hidden army of one hundred thousand White Zetsu. Nagato set aside his anger for now and ordered the Akatsuki to move out, beginning the Fourth Shinobi World War.

• Asuka summoned Ichikishimahime, struck her with a sack, and explained that the Allied Forces had ten units divided between combat and support regiments.
• Asuka identified Chiyo and Ebizo as rear medical support captains, the reassembled Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist as their vice-captains, and Dodai and Mei Terumi among the combat regiment's leaders.
• In the Rain Country, Nagato demanded to know why Obito had withheld his one hundred thousand subordinates and asked why they had not used them to seize the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
• Obito argued that capturing the tailed beasts would not end the shinobi system or prevent future wars, while Black Zetsu privately considered how the war could help him kill Nagato and reclaim the Rinnegan.
• Nagato chose not to pursue the dispute before the war ended, and he and Konan resolved not to let the Rain Country become a battlefield again.
• Nagato ordered the Akatsuki to move out, and Orochimaru declared the Fourth Shinobi World War begun.

As the Allied Forces gathered, old grudges between the villages threatened to derail their cooperation. Mei Terumi addressed the gathered ninjas and urged them to fight Akatsuki together without demanding that they abandon their hatred, and the chapter ended with former enemies agreeing to stand side by side.

• Might Guy struggled to control his anger at seeing the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, who had fought his father, while Shizune pulled him away.
• Ninjas from Iwagakure and Kirigakure argued over their villages’ past wars, and Yuhi Kurenai worried that the Allied Forces could not trust one another.
• Uchiha Saburo called on the quarrelling ninjas to remember that they were all protecting their villages, while Asuka observed that yesterday’s competition had at least kept the gathering from turning violent.
• Mei Terumi used Water Release to quiet the crowd and said she would not force the victims of past wars to let go of their hatred, but asked them to unite against Akatsuki.
• Ninjas from different villages cheered Mei Terumi’s appeal, and a Kirigakure ninja and a Konoha ninja clasped hands.
• Biwa Juzo approached Might Guy, praised Might Duy’s strength, and asked Guy to fight alongside the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist; Guy agreed.

The Allied Forces set out for the Land of Lightning, while Uchiha Ryoichi armed his clan with flashy Warring States armor bought with loans he had no intention of repaying. Uchiha Asuka brought Mabui along, and the advancing army stopped when Izuna, Flying Crane, and another familiar figure appeared before them.

• Uchiha Ryoichi revealed that he had borrowed from loan sharks across the Ninja World to buy Warring States armor for the Uchiha, and the clan put it on despite Uchiha Saburo’s dismay.
• Mei Terumi led the Allied Forces toward the Land of Lightning as the leaders stayed behind to protect the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki at headquarters.
• Uchiha Saburo complained about being denied a captaincy while the Uchiha elders and Asuka marched with the Allied Forces.
• Uchiha Asuka revealed that he had carried Mabui away from the Raikage Building, and Mabui told the pursuing Cloud Ninja she could not return without damaging morale.
• Asuka halted the army after three figures appeared ahead, and Uchiha Ryoichi recognized them as Izuna, Flying Crane, and his long-lost Big Brother.

Tsunade explained the threat posed by the three Uchiha legends revived with Impure World Reincarnation, including Uchiha Izuna, Madara’s younger brother. At the Fourth Division, the revived Uchiha learned they had been summoned from the dead, and Uchiha Flying Crane recognized Uchiha Asuka as his descendant.

• A messenger reported that Mei Terumi’s Fourth Division had encountered Uchiha Izuna, Uchiha Flying Crane, and Uchiha Ryo Da, prompting Tsunade to identify them as dead Uchiha revived through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tsunade told the Allied leaders that the three were powerful Mangekyō Sharingan users and revealed that Izuna was Uchiha Madara’s younger brother.
• The Raikage considered going to the front, while Ōnoki warned that the enemy had presented the Allied Forces with a dangerous challenge.
• Orochimaru explained to Black Zetsu that he had refined Impure World Reincarnation so the revived ninja could retain their thoughts while remaining controllable, and he privately coveted the Rinnegan.
• At the Fourth Division, Ryoichi explained the jutsu to the three revived Uchiha, and Uchiha Ryo Da angrily demanded to know where Senju Tobirama was.
• Uchiha Izuna asked Uchiha Asuka’s name, and Uchiha Flying Crane recognized Asuka as his grandson.

Uchiha Ryo Dai, Uchiha Izuna, and Uchiha Hiyoku were revived and encountered the Allied Forces, whose composition confused them. As Uchiha Ryo Dai fought playfully with his younger brother Ryoichi, Izuna questioned Uchiha Asuka about what had happened to the Uchiha and wondered where his big brother was.

• Uchiha Ryo Dai, Uchiha Izuna, and Uchiha Hiyoku chatted after being revived, while Uchiha Asuka and Ryoichi watched with surprise.
• Uchiha Ryo Dai mistook the Allied Forces for Uchiha allies preparing to fight the Senju, but Uchiha Hiyoku explained that they had died decades earlier and been summoned back.
• Uchiha Ryo Dai used his Mangekyō speed to strike Ryoichi, and Ryoichi explained his brother's abilities to Uchiha Asuka.
• Uchiha Ryo Dai and Ryoichi argued and fought over whether Ryoichi admired his older brother, leaving the Allied Forces and Uchiha clansmen awkwardly watching.
• Uchiha Izuna asked Uchiha Asuka to explain what had happened to the Uchiha and the Senju, then recognized the Uzumaki symbol and feared that the Uchiha had joined the Senju alliance.

The Allied Forces divisions encountered enemies across the Land of Lightning, while the Fourth Division remained peaceful as Uchiha Asuka’s unit talked with the enemy. Uchiha Izuna learned how the Uchiha had joined the Senju Alliance and still held clan meetings, then worried over the clan’s future and the hardships Uchiha Madara had endured.

• Reports told Raikage Ai and Tsunade that every Allied Forces division had encountered enemies, including revived figures such as Dan Katō and the Gold and Silver Brothers.
• Tsunade learned the Fourth Division had encountered the enemy without fighting and discovered that Uchiha Asuka had made Mabui its acting vice-captain.
• Uchiha Izuna lamented that Madara had failed to defeat Hashirama Senju and had led the Uchiha into the Senju Alliance.
• Uchiha Ryoichi revealed that the Uchiha still held monthly clan meetings, leaving Izuna stunned and distressed.
• Izuna explained why the Uchiha had little chance of leading the alliance and feared that Madara had been ostracized for upholding his promise.

Mabui’s Allied Forces unit withdrew while Uchiha Asuka and Ryoichi spoke with the resurrected Izuna, Ryo Da, and Hiyoku about the future of their clans. After the Allied Forces’ comments about Madara convinced Izuna that the Uchiha had betrayed his brother, Izuna erupted in Susanoo and confronted them.

• Mabui ordered the Allied Forces to retreat one kilometer while Izuna and the others continued talking and sharing fried chicken with Asuka and Ryoichi.
• Ryoichi revealed that Senju Tobirama and Hashirama Senju were dead, and Asuka explained that the Senju clan had nearly disappeared.
• Asuka recounted the history after Konoha’s founding, prompting Izuna to question how Madara had died and why Konoha had struggled in the Ninja World Wars.
• Ryoichi claimed that Madara had died protecting the Uchiha during the Nine-Tailed Riot, and Izuna questioned the account before learning Madara had been over eighty.
• Mabui and other hidden Allied Forces ninja discussed Madara’s past and suggested he would not help the Uchiha, enraging Izuna.
• Izuna unleashed a towering light-red Susanoo and accused the Uchiha clansmen facing him of betraying Big Brother.

Uchiha Izuna learned that Uchiha Madara had left Konoha after the clan refused to follow him, and he blamed himself for his final words urging Madara to protect the Uchiha. Enraged by the clan’s betrayal, Izuna attacked the Allied Forces, while Uchiha Ryo Dai challenged his younger brother Ryoichi to fight for the Uchiha who remained.

• Ryoichi told Izuna that Konoha and the Uchiha had distrusted Madara, and that Madara had planned to leave the village with the clan but no one followed him.
• Ryo Dai and Flying Crane reasoned that the Uchiha had been exhausted by war and chose the peace Konoha offered, while Izuna regretted that Madara had lost to Hashirama Senju.
• Izuna, Ryo Dai, and Flying Crane turned to face the Allied Forces, and Izuna leaped into the army with his Susanoo and attacked with a sea of flames.
• Asuka asked Ryoichi to stop Ryo Dai and Flying Crane, and Ryoichi agreed despite expecting to be beaten.
• Ryo Dai asked Ryoichi whether he would avenge a clan leader betrayed after devoting his life to the clan, then kicked Ryoichi into the air and ordered him to fight back.

Orochimaru prepared to exploit a loophole in the Dead Demon Consuming Seal while monitoring the Allied Forces’ battles. Kakuzu and Kisame attacked the Allied Forces’ medical camp, and Konan and Pakura confronted the Fifth Division’s support unit as the battle reached them.

• Orochimaru examined the Uzumaki clan’s Death God masks and discussed using a loophole in the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to recover souls.
• Orochimaru and Black Zetsu monitored the battlefield, where a stone representing a resurrected fighter shattered after the Allied Forces sealed that fighter.
• Kisame warned Kakuzu that the medical camp was defended by thousands of ninja and several famous fighters, but Kakuzu charged in to prove he was no coward.
• Pakura learned that Amegakure had suffered heavy losses, and she and Konan prepared to confront the approaching Fifth Division support unit with a Summoning Technique.

Nagato and Obito headed toward the Land of Lightning as Nagato recovered his strength and confronted Obito about his identity and past. At the Medical Support Unit camp, Kakuzu and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen clashed while Kisame secretly maintained his role as an Allied Forces spy under Suikazan Fuguki.

• Nagato told Obito the plan had begun, questioned his knowledge of the Sage's Eye, and repeatedly challenged his claim to be Uchiha Madara.
• Nagato explained that he suspected Obito because he had once helped an old woman, and Obito remembered his promise to Rin as he headed toward the Land of Lightning.
• Kakuzu attacked the Medical Support Unit camp with a fire technique, and Hozuki Mangetsu countered with water techniques before Kisame joined the battle.
• Biwa Juzo accused Kisame of betrayal, but Suikazan Fuguki attacked Kisame and told the others he would handle him himself.
• Suikazan Fuguki secretly told Kisame that he remained the Allied Forces' only spy and asked him to locate Akatsuki's treasury so Kirigakure could replenish its funds.

Hiashi and Hizashi encountered the revived Senju Nawaki while fighting White Zetsu on the coast, as Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo discussed their past failures and Danzo’s obsession with sacrifice. The Allied Forces prepared for battle near Kumogakure, while Danzo said he would die when he found an opportunity to save the world.

• Hiashi and Hizashi fought the White Zetsu hordes along the coast and found that attacking their heads worked better than targeting chakra points.
• Hiashi and Hizashi recognized the revived Senju Nawaki, and Hiashi told a Kirigakure jonin that Nawaki was probably only genin-level.
• Kumogakure’s shinobi guarded the island turtle and the Jinchuriki while Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo watched from near the Raikage Building.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen used Shadow Clones to jokingly address Danzo as Hokage-sama, then discussed how they had mishandled Konoha and stepped down before causing more damage.
• Danzo explained that his deepest desire was to make the sacrifice he had once been too afraid to make, and Sarutobi concluded that Danzo wanted to die saving the world.
• Danzo said he would die when he found an opportunity to save the world.

The Ninja Allied Forces fought Uchiha Izuna’s Susanoo while Mabui rallied them to defend their villages. Uchiha Hiyoku confronted the allied Uchiha over their decision to trust the Senju and abandon Madara, then used his Mangekyō Sharingan to turn them against one another.

• Mabui rejected Karui’s suggestion to retreat and ordered Earth Release ninja to raise walls that launched Uchiha Izuna into the air.
• Mabui directed hundreds of Water Release ninja to strike Susanoo with Water Dragon Bullet, sending it flying backward.
• Flying Crane recognized Uchiha Saburo, and Uchiha Hiyoku challenged Saburo over the Uchiha’s past choices and their abandonment of Madara.
• Uchiha Hiyoku revealed that his Mangekyō Sharingan could alter wills and used it to make an elder believe he was Senju, triggering an explosion among the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Hiyoku warned the Uchiha not to trust Senju Tobirama and accused Saburo and the elders of abandoning the real Madara.

Asuka confronted Uchiha Izuna on the battlefield and used his Mangekyō ability to cut through Izuna’s Susanoo, but Izuna revealed a second ocular technique that could weaken intelligence. At Allied Forces Headquarters, Tsunade explained that Izuna’s abilities had once left Second Grandfather nearly blind and warned that the Intelligence Reduction Eye could temporarily turn enemies into idiots.

• Tsunade, Ōnoki, and Raikage Ai reviewed reports describing the Mangekyō abilities of Uchiha Ryo Dai, Uchiha Flying Crane, and Uchiha Izuna.
• Mabui and Karui saw the Uchiha ranks fighting among themselves and noted that the three attackers were targeting Uchiha and Konoha ninja.
• Asuka sent nearby ninja to support the others, then faced Izuna and charged his Susanoo with his Kusanagi Sword and the ocular technique Okuninushi.
• Asuka cut Izuna and his Susanoo in half, then learned that Izuna’s left eye enhanced his abilities while his right eye weakened enemies’ abilities and intelligence.
• Tsunade told the Allied Forces that Izuna’s Intelligence Reduction Eye could turn enemies into idiots and that Second Grandfather had nearly exhausted his Mangekyō while trying to counter it.

Uchiha Izuna explained how his Mangekyō Sharingan could reduce an enemy’s intelligence and described the guilt he carried for binding Uchiha Madara to the Uchiha clan through his final words. As Asuka waited for Izuna to recover, the revived Uchiha confronted their past while Ryo Da urged his brother Ryoichi to keep living.

• Uchiha Izuna explained that his Intelligence Reduction Eye had made Tobirama and others act strangely, and Asuka released him from the sealing scroll so they could continue fighting.
• Ryo Da avoided killing his brother Ryoichi, revealed his combat weaknesses to him and the Allied Forces, and urged him to live peacefully with his family.
• Uchiha Hiyoku recognized Asuka as his grandson and told the gathered Uchiha that Madara had wanted to protect his brothers and descendants through the village.
• Uchiha Izuna explained that his final words had tied Madara to the Uchiha clan, even after the clansmen abandoned Madara during the decisive battle against the Senju.
• Uchiha Izuna recovered and faced Asuka, explaining that Madara still chose to build a village with Hashirama despite having lost the people he had wanted to protect.

Uchiha Asuka fought Uchiha Izuna while the Ninja Allied Forces struggled to defeat Uchiha Ryo Dai. Ryoichi used a trap and lightning to bring his elder brother down, and Ryo Dai recognized him as an outstanding ninja.

• Uchiha Izuna used Susanoo and Fire Release against Uchiha Asuka, who countered with his Kusanagi Sword and then struck Izuna with a descending slash.
• Uchiha Ryo Dai explained that Impure World Reincarnation bodies retained most of their control and power, then refused to reveal more weaknesses to Mabui and Uchiha Ryoichi.
• Uchiha Ryo Dai demonstrated his speed and strength by striking Allied Forces ninjas before they could react.
• Uchiha Ryoichi charged at his elder brother and used Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld, then revealed wire wrapped around Ryo Dai's ankle.
• Uchiha Ryoichi used Lightning Release: Lightning Transmission through the wire and pulled Ryo Dai into the swamp with help from a Ninja Cat.
• Uchiha Ryo Dai realized Ryoichi had combined a one-handed Summoning Technique with an A-rank ninjutsu and congratulated him on becoming an outstanding ninja.

Uchiha Asuka fought the revived Uchiha Izuna, using his Mangekyō abilities to escape Izuna’s fire attack before the two clashed with Susanoo. Asuka then summoned Shukaku, whose chakra combined with his Susanoo and intensified its power.

• Uchiha Hiyoku criticized the Ninja Allied Forces and reflected that the Uchiha had paid dearly for the wars despite their victories.
• Asuka pierced Izuna with his Kusanagi Sword, but Izuna revealed that he had trapped Asuka in genjutsu and their battle returned to reality.
• Izuna attacked Asuka with wire-guided shuriken and Exploding Flame Formation, while Mabui concluded that the Allied Forces needed to reassess the threat of Impure World Reincarnation.
• Asuka used Okuninushi to escape the exploding fireball, then clashed with Izuna’s Susanoo using his own green Susanoo.
• Asuka summoned Shukaku, who recognized Izuna and infused Asuka’s Susanoo with tailed-beast chakra, giving it flesh, veins, and a chakra cloak.

Uchiha Asuka and Uchiha Izuna fought a destructive battle until Asuka revealed that Madara had written a manga portraying Izuna as an idealized hero. After reading Madara’s private reflections, Izuna explained that Madara had protected the Uchiha to honor Izuna’s final wish.

• Asuka and Izuna clashed with Susanoo, fire techniques, a combination attack with Shukaku, and Tailed Beast Bombs, devastating the battlefield and injuring both fighters.
• Izuna attacked Asuka with a barrage of strikes, and their continued fight left Asuka battered and part of Izuna’s Susanoo severed.
• Asuka told Izuna that Madara had made him the protagonist of a manga called Sea, Land, and Air's Warrior—Giant of Light.
• Izuna read the manga and discovered Madara’s final-page reflections about his brother, his own failures, and a young man who reminded him of Izuna.
• Izuna told the Uchiha clansmen that Madara had protected them to fulfill Izuna’s last wish, including saving them on the Nine-Tailed Night.