Recaps

Yuu forced Roshi and the Four-Tails to turn Lava Release into a fireworks display, then used it to undermine Iwagakure’s morale before the decisive battle. The display left Iwagakure’s defenses exhausted and its formation in disarray as the armies faced one another.

• Ōnoki recovered from his coma, blamed Konoha and Yuu for Iwagakure’s troubles, and vowed to kill Yuu as fighting spread across the Land of Rivers and the Land of Rain.
• The Four-Tails told Roshi that it had kept him sealed inside its body because Yuu had nearly killed it, while Yuu dragged Roshi from his cell and ordered him to work.
• Yuu beat Roshi until he agreed to use Lava Release for fireworks, and Roshi struggled to perform the display after the Four-Tails initially refused to share its chakra.
• Roshi and the Four-Tails learned to coordinate their power and shape their lava explosions, while Iwagakure and Konoha gathered their forces for a decisive battle.
• Yuu rallied Konoha’s troops with a promise of Iwagakure’s fine wine and personal instruction, then publicly insulted Ōnoki as the armies met.
• Yuu brought Roshi before Iwagakure’s formation, and Roshi gathered the Four-Tails’ chakra into enormous lava spheres that sent the Stone Ninjas scrambling to defend themselves.
• Higashi, Hikari, Kitsuchi, and Iwagakure’s other defenders sank the ground and raised walls to protect their troops, exhausting themselves and disrupting their formation.
• Roshi’s lava spheres burst into fireworks overhead, and Ōnoki realized Yuu had coerced Roshi into the display as Iwagakure’s morale collapsed.

Yuu led Konoha’s assault on Iwagakure, overwhelming Ōnoki and Han with feints and devastating sword techniques. After the Sword Storm slaughtered thousands, Han begged the Five-Tails to take over his body and kill Yuu in exchange for freedom.

• Yuu challenged Ōnoki and Han, then nearly cut Han in half and wounded him so severely that his Tailed Beast chakra could not heal him.
• Minato attacked Iwagakure’s formation with the Flying Thunder God Technique while Yuu separated Ōnoki from his forces and destroyed his Dust Release with a single slash.
• Ōnoki and Han joined forces against Yuu, but his massive slashes forced them to defend Iwagakure’s formation as Tsunade rushed to his side.
• Yuu sent three slashes toward Iwagakure, and Ōnoki, Han, and Higashi’s fighters worked together to block them.
• Yuu’s concealed killing slash cleaved through the reinforced wall, killed Higashi and nearly all the Jonin and Special Jonin behind it, and continued into Iwagakure’s formation.
• Yuu activated All Creation—Sword Storm, shredding thousands of Stone Ninja as Ōnoki watched in fury and Konoha’s fighters witnessed the devastation.
• Shikaku recognized that Yuu had lured the Stone Ninja into a trap, while Yuu gained attribute points and considered Han nourishment for his power.
• Han grieved for his fallen comrades and begged the Five-Tails to take his body, kill Yuu, and accept its freedom in return.

Yuu defeated Ōnoki and the Five-Tails, then brought Iwagakure to the brink of surrender with his continued attacks. As the Land of Earth Daimyo’s Mansion intervened, Konoha’s elders argued over the spoils while Hiruzen prepared to send Yuu a message.

• The Five-Tails joined Ōnoki against Yuu, but Yuu replenished his strength with Nectar and unleashed a devastating black slash that cut through their strongest attacks and left both severely wounded.
• Kitsuchi and Hikari found Ōnoki alive but gravely injured, while Yuu captured the nearly lifeless Five-Tails and ordered Roshi to carry it along in exchange for booze.
• Hiruzen learned that Yuu had routed Iwagakure’s forces, wounded Ōnoki, captured Han, and killed thousands, then Yuu began destroying the village’s outer defenses.
• Kitsuchi ordered Hikari and the other jonin to seek negotiations as Yuu’s slashes demolished the mountains around Iwagakure, while Tsunade and Konoha’s forces supported him.
• Danzo and Utatane Koharu challenged Hiruzen over Yuu’s actions and demanded custody of the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, but news of Iwagakure’s collapse and the Daimyo’s mediation silenced their objections.
• The elders debated what resources to demand from Iwagakure, and Hiruzen told them to send their document directly to the front without reviewing it.
• Yuu continued reducing Iwagakure’s natural barrier to rubble as Minato received the elders’ demands and Hiruzen’s message, and Shikaku concluded that Iwagakure’s surrender was inevitable.

Yuu ignored orders to stop attacking Iwagakure, then spared the village in exchange for its fine wine and forced Kitsuchi to lead a fitness campaign. As Konoha departed with the collected liquor and resources, Aozora Uzuki won Yuu’s promised guidance for his daughter, Yugao.

• Tsunade delivered the Elder Council’s ceasefire order and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s letter, but Yuu tore up the order and kept attacking Iwagakure.
• Kitsuchi evacuated Iwagakure’s civilians and gathered the village’s fighters, but Yuu’s slashes devastated the surrounding defenses before he emerged and demanded booze.
• Kitsuchi tried to negotiate, but Yuu beat him, learned that Ōnoki was unconscious, and ordered the Stone Ninjas to hand over their best wine.
• Kitsuchi opened Iwagakure’s gates, and Konoha’s jonin raced inside to gather liquor in hopes of earning Yuu’s personal guidance.
• Yuu took Ōnoki’s hidden wine and the Land of Earth Daimyo’s Nectar, then told Kitsuchi he would spare Iwagakure before beating him over the Stone Ninjas’ lack of muscle.
• Yuu appointed Kitsuchi Iwagakure’s Fitness Captain, while Shikaku presented Konoha’s resource demands and arranged for the Sealing Corps to collect them.
• Aozora Uzuki presented the greatest haul of wine, and Yuu awarded the guidance opportunity to Aozora’s daughter, Yugao Uzuki.
• Kitsuchi watched Konoha leave with the wine and resources, then urged Iwagakure’s shinobi to train because Yuu would return to inspect them.