Chapter Summaries

Asuka tried to learn when Kushina would give birth so he could prepare to intercept Obito, but she mistook his interest for perversion and punched him into the sky. The chapter ended with Asuka bandaging his chest and Ichikishimahime finishing her personal-information form.

• Asuka questioned Ichikishimahime about her personal details, and she filled out a form while breaking dishes as she floated around the room.
• Asuka watched Kushina’s pregnant belly and awkwardly hinted at her delivery, prompting her to suspect he wanted to deliver the baby himself.
• Kushina asked Asuka to examine her, and he agreed because he wanted to learn her due date and intercept Obito.
• Asuka reached for Kushina’s belly, and she punched him into the sky after deciding he was the Evil Uchiha described by Tsunade.
• Asuka told Ichikishimahime he had been set up while touching a woman’s stomach, and she asked him how to describe the woman’s flesh.

Kushina questioned Nine-Tails about sensing Uchiha Asuka and learned that it believed he bore her goodwill. After Asuka was punched by Kushina, Nine-Tails watched her leave the Uchiha compound and pass Shukaku, who continued taunting it to come out and play.

• Kushina asked Nine-Tails to sense Uchiha Asuka, but Nine-Tails refused at first and argued with her about whether Asuka was interested in her or in its body.
• Nine-Tails told Kushina that Asuka bore her no ill will and seemed to have goodwill toward her, despite his Uchiha heritage.
• Nine-Tails watched Kushina punch Asuka after he touched her belly, and privately enjoyed seeing her strike him.
• Kushina left the Uchiha compound with two Anbu checking on her, while Nine-Tails grumbled about human distrust.
• Shukaku followed Kushina through the street in disguise, paid for an apple, and silently taunted Nine-Tails to come out and play.
• Kushina returned to the cell and asked why Nine-Tails was agitated, while it covered its ears and ignored her and Shukaku.

Asuka summoned Ichikishimahime for breakfast and used his Mangekyo to control her, provoking her with jokes about eating her after she died. He then went to the Jonin Meeting, where he found the Uchiha clan's representatives sitting apart and argued with Uchiha Mado about whether they had anything useful to say.

• Asuka summoned Ichikishimahime and used his Mangekyo to make her eat instant noodles, milk, and fried chicken.
• Asuka released Ichikishimahime, then summoned and controlled her again when she tried to attack him.
• Ichikishimahime told Asuka that Tagorihime had failed to dissolve their contract and had made it even stronger.
• Asuka teased Ichikishimahime about eating her after she died, and she threatened to kill him before he left for the meeting.
• Asuka arrived at the Jonin Meeting and found the Uchiha clan's jonin seated apart from the other groups.
• Asuka challenged Uchiha Mado's claim that the Uchiha could offer constructive suggestions at the meeting.

Minato Namikaze convened Konoha’s leaders to address rising tensions among the other ninja villages and organize border deployments and retraining. The meeting ended without sending Kakashi or any Uchiha to the front, while Asuka realized Kushina’s birth was approaching.

• Minato Namikaze announced that Kumogakure and Sunagakure were growing restless and that war might break out in Kirigakure, so Konoha needed to reinforce its borders.
• Shimura Danzō outlined closed retraining sessions for Konoha’s ninja clans and said a force of one hundred jonin and chunin would be sent to Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Mado insisted the Uchiha should take the Sunagakure assignment, but Danzō rejected Asuka’s offer to go.
• Kakashi volunteered for the mission, but the jonin objected to sending a fourteen-year-old, and the leaders spent five hours finalizing their plans.
• Asuka left the conference hall and thought that the scheduled Uchiha training would coincide with Kushina giving birth.

Uchiha Asuka staged a battle between a Susanoo puppet and a Ninja Cat posing as the Two-Tails, while Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Ryoichi watched. Asuka planned to release the free film throughout the Ninja World in about half a month.

• Uchiha Ryoichi and Uchiha Madara watched the film crew prepare, and Ryoichi worried that Asuka might use a real Susanoo.
• Asuka replaced the unavailable special effects with ninja techniques and revealed a blue Susanoo puppet that made Uchiha Madara lose interest and leave.
• Asuka repeatedly directed the Ninja Cat acting as the Two-Tails to stop overpowering the puppet and follow the script.
• Hyuga Hanahana tried to get into the set to protest the portrayal of the Hyuga, while Uzuki Yugao and Iruka tried to hold her back.
• After filming, Asuka told Hyuga Hanahana that the free film would be available throughout the Ninja World in about half a month, delighting Iruka.

On the premiere of Giant of Light, Madara watched a heavily altered film portraying the Ninja World’s history and his brother Izuna. The story left him reacting angrily to the film’s garish blue Susanoo, while Black Zetsu and White Zetsu discussed Obito’s plan to target the Nine-Tails.

• Spiral Zetsu met Black Zetsu and White Zetsu at the Ninja Academy playground, where they revealed Obito was gathering information on the Nine-Tails and believed he could bypass Konoha’s defenses.
• Spiral Zetsu joined Madara to watch Giant of Light, and the film’s opening narration embarrassed Asuka and the Uchiha audience.
• The movie depicted the tailed beasts’ worsening relationship with ninja and showed the Two-Tails attacking a settlement, while Madara dismissed the effects as fake.
• Hyuga clansmen recognized Hanahana in the film fighting the Two-Tails, and Asuka noted that her portrayal had helped ease unrest in the clan.
• Madara saw Izuna appear with an intensely bright blue Susanoo, crushed his chair’s armrest, and complained that the color was wrong.

Uchiha Asuka weighed Madara’s Eye of the Moon Plan against his Digital Life idea and considered how to give Madara another chance to pursue his dream. He decided to help Madara and Kaguya because Madara had treated him like a grandson.

• Madara rejected the prospect of watching the film again and asked Asuka whether he would help carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Asuka said he would first search the Ninja World for a solution, but would consider his Digital Life plan if he found none.
• Asuka explained that gathering all nine Tailed Beasts could start a war, and his Mangekyo Sharingan might fail before he captured them all.
• Unable to sleep, Asuka told Fei Fei he planned to save Madara again near the end of his life and help Kaguya achieve her plan sooner.
• Asuka said he wanted to help because Madara had truly treated him like his grandson.

Asuka prepared to enter closed training with the Uchiha clan while Fei Fei and Ichikishimahime argued over food and pride. Before Asuka left, Madara revealed he had leads about the eyes and remembered Izuna’s wish for peace and for someone to protect the Uchiha.

• Ichikishimahime complained that eating fried chicken and drinking milk damaged her pride as a snake, and Fei Fei transformed to tease her about her figure.
• Asuka told Fei Fei that he would enter closed training with Uchiha Fugaku and other clan jōnin, then left for Ryoichi’s house.
• Ryoichi said he would not join the training because he was sixty and too old to take the battlefield unless the village faced destruction.
• A child asked Madara about the Susanoo hero in a comic, and Madara confirmed that the black-haired man had existed.
• Madara told Asuka he had leads regarding the eyes, then recalled that Izuna had wanted peace for the clan and someone to inherit his power and protect the Uchiha.

Asuka accompanied the Uchiha clan to a training camp in Root and recognized the underground facility as Danzo’s base. He learned the masked guide was Kinoe, but burned his sham recommendation to join Danzo and walked away.

• The Uchiha arrived at the underground training camp, where Yashiro explained that the cavern had once been Konoha’s sewers.
• Asuka recalled his failed attempt to complete the Academy assignment by bringing Yuhi Kurenai trees he thought Hashirama had created.
• A masked child guided Fugaku and the Uchiha to a plaza where ninja from other clans had gathered for training.
• Asuka questioned the guide, complained about his Anbu work, and asked him to pass a recommendation letter to Danzo.
• The child identified himself as Kinoe, but Asuka burned the letter and said he would remain with Captain Nanaka before leaving.

Uchiha Asuka’s prank on Kō led the boy to reveal his Wood Release, prompting Asuka and Kurama Unkai to recognize him as Yamato. After Asuka knocked him into a wall, the two agreed to keep his secret and inform the village leadership.

• Asuka tricked Kō into thinking he might join Danzo’s ranks, then apologized when the boy realized the offer had been a joke.
• Danzo learned about the incident and focused instead on preparations for Kushina’s upcoming birth, while Kō admired his poetic lament about never becoming Hokage.
• Asuka and Kurama Unkai argued over whether Asuka’s foul-smelling Luosifen was food, and Asuka fed Kō pickled bamboo shoot after removing his mask.
• Kō erupted in anger and used Wood Release against Asuka and Unkai, who recognized him as Yamato and discussed keeping his existence secret.
• Asuka kicked Yamato into a stone wall, and Unkai agreed to notify the Fourth while Asuka kept a piece of wood cut from Yamato’s technique.

Spiral Zetsu spent the day with Uchiha Madara while Black Zetsu prepared for Uchiha Obito's plan to attack Kushina. After hearing Obito's intentions, Madara recognized that the plan was reckless and driven by personal resentment, and left the story furious at the arrogant brat.

• Black Zetsu warned Spiral Zetsu that Madara was near the end of his life and told it to collect him if Obito's plan frightened him to death.
• Spiral Zetsu returned to Konoha, noticed the heightened security, and went to buy dango with Madara and Ryoichi.
• Spiral Zetsu left a humiliating prank note at the dango stall, prompting the owner and other shopkeepers to hurry away from Konoha.
• Madara asked what had unsettled Konoha, and Spiral Zetsu explained Obito's plan to extract the Nine-Tails from Kushina that night.
• Madara learned that the other Tailed Beasts had not been collected and concluded that Obito's plan was reckless and chiefly meant to vent his resentment.

Danzo and Konoha’s ninjas sensed trouble as the Sharingan-controlled Nine-Tails appeared, while Shukaku attacked and taunted it from the Uchiha Clan Grounds. The enraged Nine-Tails charged toward Shukaku, and Uchiha Madara told Ryoichi to run.

• Danzo received a report that the Uchiha clansmen in training showed no signs of unusual activity, then wondered whether the expected event had begun.
• Uchiha Asuka and Kurama Unkai discussed the cold weather and their failed attempt to contact the Fourth Hokage, while Kakashi and Guy noticed the chill spreading through Konoha.
• The Nine-Tails appeared under Sharingan control, and Uchiha Madara confirmed the Sharingan to Ryoichi before Ryoichi tried to lead him to a shelter.
• Shukaku burst out of Uchiha Asuka’s residence, fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at the Nine-Tails, and mocked it for being controlled.
• The Nine-Tails charged toward Shukaku, and Uchiha Madara told Ryoichi to run.

The Nine-Tails appeared in Konoha under Sharingan control and charged toward the Uchiha Clan Grounds, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen to respond. Danzo and the gathered clansmen became the focus of suspicion as the Nine-Tails attacked the Uchiha, and Danzo sent the others to support the village while he stayed behind.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Enma and prepared to suppress the Nine-Tails, but the beast raced toward the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
• Enma speculated that Danzo had arranged the attack to weaken the Uchiha and gain political leverage, while Sarutobi clarified that Minato's wife was the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki.
• Danzo recognized the Nine-Tails from his mountain vantage point as ninjas and clan members gathered behind him.
• Uchiha Asuka and Kurama Unkai noticed the Nine-Tails was heading toward the Uchiha, and the beast smashed the clan's entrance plaque.
• The gathered ninjas suspected Danzo because of his hostility toward the Uchiha and the timing of the attack, but Danzo denied involvement and ordered them to support the village.

As Nine-Tails attacked the Uchiha Clan Grounds, the elders fought it while Uchiha Madara escorted Naoki toward a shelter. Naoki ran back to save his grandfather, and Madara finally summoned a giant blue Susanoo to face Nine-Tails.

• Shukaku fled as Nine-Tails charged, while Uchiha Mado rescued a mother and child before sending his grandson Naoki toward a shelter.
• Uchiha Saburo, Ryoichi, and Ma Dou attacked Nine-Tails with powerful techniques, but they were badly wounded and Nine-Tails began gathering a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Uchiha Madara found Naoki in the fleeing crowd and promised his grandfather would return, but Naoki ran back toward the battlefield to save him.
• A young Uchiha reminded Madara of the hero in the comic, and Madara resolved to give Izuna's story a perfect ending.
• As Naoki headed back toward the battlefield, Madara stepped forward and manifested a towering blue Susanoo, thrilling Naoki.

Uchiha Madara arrived in a blue Susanoo and fought the Nine-Tails, protecting the Uchiha Clan Grounds from its Tailed Beast Bomb. After Madara pursued the Nine-Tails, Ryoichi told the Great Elder that Madara had only ever wanted to protect them, but their ancestors had assumed the worst of him.

• Ryoichi, the Great Elder, and Ma Dou mistook Madara's blue Susanoo for the Death God and the Giant of Light before Ryoichi recognized it as Susanoo.
• Madara used Susanoo to move Ryoichi and the Great Elder out of danger, then caught the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb and hurled it into the sky.
• The Tailed Beast Bomb exploded overhead, deafening the elders and sending a violent gale that damaged homes across Konoha and swept them away.
• Madara's Susanoo fought the Nine-Tails, caught its claw, and punched it out of the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
• The Great Elder reflected on Madara's past, and Ryoichi said Madara had wanted to protect them before growing exhausted and explaining that their ancestors had thought the worst of him.

Uchiha Madara fought the Nine-Tails until his failing body could no longer sustain Susanoo, while Shukaku secretly sealed and took the beast’s severed tail. After Madara vanished in the Nine-Tails’ blasts, Konoha’s ninja prepared to hold the beast back until Fourth Hokage-sama arrived.

• Konoha’s clan leaders watched Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo overpower the Nine-Tails and argued about whether the Uchiha had orchestrated the attack.
• Shukaku sealed the Nine-Tails’ severed tail, stored it in the Tea Kettle, and fled while the ninja watched the battle.
• Uchiha Madara struck the Nine-Tails into Hokage Rock, then hurled a Light Sword that pinned the beast and devastated the surrounding terrain.
• The Nine-Tails broke free of Sharingan control, recognized Madara’s weakened state, and attacked him as Susanoo began to disappear.
• Four Tailed Beast Bombs engulfed Madara in explosions, and Konoha’s ninja readied themselves to stop the Nine-Tails until Fourth Hokage-sama arrived.

Uchiha Asuka fought the Nine-Tails while the dying Uchiha Madara and Spiral Zetsu joined forces to attack it with an armored Buddha statue. After the Nine-Tails disappeared and Konoha’s villagers cheered, Madara and Spiral Zetsu died together, with Madara recalling his dream of protecting the next generation.

• Asuka rescued Madara from the Nine-Tails and continued fighting it with his cyan Susanoo.
• As Madara lay dying, an explosion killed Naoki nearby, and Spiral Zetsu gave Madara its remaining strength so they could fight together.
• Madara formed Susanoo, Spiral Zetsu summoned a Buddha statue, and they covered it in Susanoo armor before attacking the Nine-Tails.
• Spiral Zetsu bound the Nine-Tails with Wood Release, and Madara burned it with Fire Release as their combined attacks devastated the area around Hokage Rock.
• The Nine-Tails disappeared, and Madara and Spiral Zetsu collapsed on a distant hillside while Konoha’s villagers cheered.
• Madara remembered his friendship with Hashirama and their dream of protecting children, then he and Spiral Zetsu died.

Obito fought Minato while the Nine-Tails attacked the Uchiha Clan Grounds, but Madara’s Susanoo saved the clan and drove the beast away. Black Zetsu intervened in Obito’s battle with Minato, who severed his own arm to escape its control, and Obito ended the chapter invoking Rin.

• Obito confronted Minato outside Konoha as the Nine-Tails rampaged through the Uchiha Clan Grounds, and the two began fighting.
• The Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at the Uchiha, but a blue Susanoo caught it, hurled it skyward, and punched the beast away from the clan grounds.
• Asuka and Fugaku realized the Uchiha had been saved, while Obito watched the Susanoo and struggled with the desire to take Kakashi’s eye.
• Black Zetsu left White Zetsu to assist Obito, but Minato struck Obito with a Rasengan and used a Flying Thunder God mark to stab him and apply a Contract Seal.
• Black Zetsu seized control of Minato’s right side and made Obito stab him, but Minato cut off his own right arm; Obito taunted him and said, “Rin...”

Asuka protected the villagers sheltering at Hokage Rock, then joined Uchiha Madara in fighting the Nine-Tails as a gigantic blue Buddha appeared on the battlefield. After the attack, Asuka learned that his grandfather had disappeared, while Black Zetsu lamented the failure of its plans.

• Asuka used Sarutobi Hiruzen’s extending staff to reach the Hokage Rock shelter and protected its occupants with Uchiha Flame Formation.
• Asuka used Room: Exchange to rescue Uchiha Madara from a Tailed Beast Bomb, then fought the Nine-Tails with Susanoo.
• A blue Great Buddha appeared and overwhelmed the Nine-Tails, while the other shelters were found largely intact and Konoha was declared temporarily safe.
• Black Zetsu found Obito unconscious and Uchiha Madara and Spiral Zetsu dead, then complained that none of its pawns had followed the plan.
• At Konoha Hospital, Uchiha Ryoichi woke and asked about his cousin, and Asuka told him that Grandpa had disappeared.

After the Nine-Tails attack, Asuka and Ryoichi discussed how to explain Madara’s Susanoo-clad Wood Release Buddha to the village. Asuka then tried to revive Minato Namikaze and Kushina, but his techniques failed, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Ryoichi told Asuka how he had helped defend the clan and village during the Nine-Tails attack, and confirmed that Uchiha Saburo was alive.
• Ryoichi and Asuka agreed to blame the Wood Release child’s actions on Sharingan control rather than implicating Uchiha Ili.
• Asuka visited injured Uchiha and followed a Medical Ninja to a secret chamber, where the Vice Minister showed him Minato Namikaze and Kushina’s bodies.
• Asuka used the Forbidden Technique: Reanimation Jutsu on Minato Namikaze and Kushina, but neither revived.
• Asuka activated his Mangekyo Sharingan to try to retrieve their souls, while the Vice Minister listened outside and feared Asuka was performing a supernatural ritual.