Recaps

Jingū Kiraku seized control of Amegakure, rallied the people, and began rebuilding the Land of Rain while confronting Konoha and strengthening the village. He leaves the arc with Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan as his disciples and the salamanders producing materials for poison gas bombs.

• Jingū Kiraku rallied the tavern crowd with a call for the people of the Land of Rain to unite and fight for change.
• Jingū Kiraku defeated Hanzō in Rain Dragon Valley with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and explosive clay, then returned to Hidden Rain Village as its new leader.
• Jingū Kiraku used the system’s Technology Tree, Policy Tree, and map to plan the development of Amegakure and the Land of Rain.
• Jingū Kiraku recruited Erika and Amemura into his Leader’s Guard, purged the remaining Hanzo Faction ninja, and directed seized food and treasure toward relief efforts.
• Jingū Kiraku celebrated a bumper harvest with the villagers, whose support raised his Reputation Value and the village’s Production Value.
• Jingū Kiraku rejected Konoha’s demand for war reparations, struck Sarutobi Yunosuke, and sent the envoys fleeing, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to prepare a new offensive.
• Jingū Kiraku rescued Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan from Konoha ninja and invited them to become his disciples in Hidden Rain Village.
• Jingū Kiraku subdued the Salamander Clan’s chief, Knife Fish, and enlisted six salamanders to supply the factory with poison gas materials.

Jingū Kiraku drew Konoha and Sunagakure into conflict while arming the Land of Rain and leading its defense against Konoha’s invasion. After killing hundreds of Konoha shinobi and leaving Tsunade pierced by his sword, he escaped, while Kato Dan blamed himself for failing to save her.

• Jingū Kiraku framed Konoha for an attack on Sunagakure, prompting Chiyo to reinforce the Land of Rain and escalating conflict between the villages.
• Jingū Kiraku confiscated the nobles’ grain, executed merchants who had hoarded supplies, and urged the people of the Land of Rain to defend their homeland.
• Jingū Kiraku sent the Divine Raven soldiers to arm the citizens, and his poison cavalry and hidden explosives inflicted heavy losses on Konoha’s forces.
• The civilians of Graystone Town detonated a trap that killed 204 Konoha ninja, while Jiraiya and Tsunade survived and helped rescue the wounded.
• Jingū Kiraku confronted Jiraiya and Tsunade in battle, using Paper Release and Master Knife before Jiraiya discovered that Toad Oil weakened his paper defenses.
• Jingū Kiraku lured Konoha’s forces into a valley filled with Exploding Tags, escaped on a clay bird, and killed 531 Konoha shinobi in the blast.
• Jingū Kiraku found Tsunade alive and rejected Danzo and Kato Dan’s offers, then released his giant sword and pierced her as Danzo’s Root forces attacked.
• Jingū Kiraku reassembled after Danzo’s attack and vanished into sheets of paper, while Danzo stopped Kato Dan from pursuing him and Dan fell to his knees.

Jingū Kiraku strengthened Amegakure, retaliated against Konoha, and secured a preliminary alliance with Kumogakure as the war widened. Jiraiya returned to the conflict just as the Sky Ninja began an aerial assault on Konoha.

• Jiraiya learned that Tsunade was likely dead and heard the Great Toad Sage’s vision of a Child of Calamity, while Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Hatake Sakumo to attack the Land of Rain.
• Jingū Kiraku acquired the Yin Seal, began producing prosthetic limbs for disabled veterans, and sent the newly trained fighters to the front.
• Sunagakure attacked Konoha’s supply hub, and Jingū Kiraku killed Nawaki to inflame the conflict as Orochimaru fought to protect his student.
• Danzo Shimura ordered Root to threaten civilians in order to draw Jingū Kiraku out, so Jingū Kiraku bombed the Land of Fire’s capital and forced Konoha to release the hostages.
• Jingū Kiraku bombed Konoha’s frontline camp and destroyed a logistics base before receiving a Kumogakure delegation led by Fourth A and Dodai.
• Jingū Kiraku agreed to cooperate with Kumogakure and defeated A in a sparring match, while Dodai disclosed that Iwagakure would soon attack Konoha.
• Jiraiya confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi about the war, but the Sky Ninja launched an aerial attack on Konoha, where Jiraiya and Hiruzen fought back before the attackers withdrew toward the southern bay.

As Konoha came under attack from several nations, Jingū Kiraku captured the Sky Ninja’s fortress and turned his paper techniques against Danzo’s forces. He returned to Amegakure with Danzo and proclaimed victory for the Land of Rain.

• Jingū Kiraku learned that the Sky Ninja had raided Konoha as Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure prepared to exploit Konoha’s losses.
• Jingū Kiraku gained the Spirit Paper Technique and tested how it could store Chakra and unleash powerful elemental attacks.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi defeated the Sky Ninja fleet, but Jingū Kiraku later overwhelmed the Sky Ninja Leader, seized the Aerial Fortress, and took control of the Sky ninjas and Zero Tails.
• As Iwagakure and Kumogakure attacked Konoha, Jingū Kiraku left the fortress to return to the Land of Rain while Konoha planned its retreat and defenses.
• Jingū Kiraku confronted Danzo Shimura’s retreating army and sent ten thousand paper soldiers against the Konoha forces.
• Jingū Kiraku used his White Shikigami and elemental attacks to destroy Konoha’s forces, then defeated Danzo and spared his life before capturing him and other ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Danzo had been captured, while Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan took heart from the reduced number of wounded arriving at Amegakure Hospital.
• Jingū Kiraku’s Paper Release soldiers returned to Amegakure, where he announced that the Land of Rain had won.