Recaps

Aburame Tetsumaru helped defeat the Erduo fleet, then intervened in the Land of Grass conflict and helped Konoha break Iwagakure’s forces. After peace with Iwagakure, the story left Orochimaru troubled by Tetsumaru’s explanation of Hiruzen’s succession plans as Konoha prepared to face Kumogakure.

• Aburame Tetsumaru’s Insect Swarm and the Radiance of the Sun shattered the Erduo fleet, and the Erduo People surrendered to the Otsutsuki Clan’s forces.
• Aburame Tetsumaru followed Black Zetsu to Uchiha Madara’s hideout, fought Madara with insects and an Erduo mecha, and escaped with Madara’s remains and records after Madara died.
• Aburame Tetsumaru joined Konoha’s campaign against Iwagakure, where his giant insects helped drive back Ōnoki, Rōshi, and Han and bury much of the Iwa force beneath a collapsed mountain.
• Aburame Tetsumaru rescued Uzumaki Tsumugi and Karin from a Kusagakure stronghold and brought them to his territory on a purple world.
• Ōnoki negotiated peace with Sarutobi Hiruzen after Iwagakure failed to stop the Insect Swarm, and Konoha mourned its dead as Kakashi visited Obito’s grave.
• As Konoha prepared to turn its forces toward Kumogakure, Orochimaru asked Aburame Tetsumaru why Hiruzen had not chosen him as Fourth Hokage.
• Aburame Tetsumaru told Orochimaru that Hiruzen had chosen Minato to balance Konoha’s powerful ninja and intended to weaken the Fourth Hokage while preparing Asuma to succeed him, leaving Orochimaru alone and despondent.

Aburame Tetsumaru expanded Civilization, recruited Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi, and led the defense of Konoha when Obito unleashed the Nine-Tails. The attack ended with Minato and Kushina surviving, while Tetsumaru left for Purple Thunder Star and Jiraiya began searching for the Children of Prophecy and the shadow that had changed fate.

• Aburame Tetsumaru and the Avatars studied the Erduo civilization, prepared to integrate its people, and launched a virtual network connecting their settlements across the Solar System.
• Aburame Tetsumaru recruited Uchiha Itachi, helped him learn the Chakra Pathway Technique, and later returned him to Konoha while preparing to recruit Orochimaru after his defection.
• Namikaze Minato became the Fourth Hokage as Aburame Tetsumaru developed new healing and combat tools, completed the Third-Generation Insect Swarm, and prepared for the Nine-Tails’ attack.
• Orochimaru defected after Aburame Tetsumaru confronted him, and Weary Bird used the Insect Swarm to defeat Kirigakure’s counterattack and impose reforms in the Land of Water.
• Uchiha Obito unleashed the Nine-Tails in Konoha, and Aburame Tetsumaru, the Konoha ninja, and his Avatars fought the beast and Deva Path Pain until Tetsumaru forced Nagato to withdraw.
• The Nine-Tails attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, killing the first two and crippling the third, before Tetsumaru and the clans helped Minato subdue it.
• Aburame Tetsumaru revived Uzumaki Kushina with an Elixir Insect, and Kushina and Minato split the Nine-Tails’ Chakra between themselves and survived the sealing.
• Aburame Tetsumaru left for Purple Thunder Star to test the Sage of Six Paths’ response, while Jiraiya learned that fate had changed and set out to find the Children of Prophecy and the interfering shadow.

Aburame Tetsumaru pushed Zenith Civilization toward the stars while Konoha changed under Minato’s reforms and a new generation came of age. After Tetsumaru’s Senjutsu breakthrough, he prepared to target Kara and pursued Pain’s whereabouts in the Land of Rain.

• Dragon Heart proposed building a Dyson Sphere to power the Insect Swarm, and Aburame Tetsumaru and the Advents embraced the plan as a route to the Star Road.
• Minato and Konoha defeated Kumogakure, prompting the Pure Land to loosen its restrictions and leading Tetsumaru to warn the Advents about the risks of growing independence.
• Minato reformed Konoha and the Hyuga Clan, while Tetsumaru summoned Hatake Sakumo, who left Konoha to work on the moon as the first Dyson Ring was completed.
• Tetsumaru took Hinata as his disciple, Sanae began her Advent transformation, and Minato announced that Konoha would host a major Chunin Exam.
• Tetsumaru entered seclusion in Shikkotsu Forest and broke through his Senjutsu bottleneck, creating a Golden Core after absorbing immense Natural Energy and his Insect Swarm Will.
• Tsunade learned that Katsuyu belonged to Zenith Civilization, and Minato ordered an investigation as Tetsumaru proposed coordinating with Konoha to use the Shinobi World as a training ground.
• Tetsumaru planned a saturated bombardment of Kara’s base and Zenith Civilization held its Joint Recruitment Examination, welcoming the successful candidates as Celestials.
• Tetsumaru questioned Orochimaru about Pain, learned that Orochimaru had attacked Pain months earlier near the Land of Rain and the Land of Birds, and traveled to the Land of Rain with Butler and Tsumugi.

Aburame Tetsumaru restored Nagato, gathered intelligence about Isshiki, and led the Advents in an assault that killed him. As the Five Great Ninja Villages met for the Joint Chunin Exams, Uchiha Itachi won several matches while Tetsumaru continued preparing for threats beyond the tournament.

• Aburame Tetsumaru persuaded Nagato and Konan to leave Amegakure for treatment, while Nagato refused to give up the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Aburame Tetsumaru learned about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki from Kaguya and helped the Advents develop the Space Anchor to counter his spatial techniques.
• Aburame Tetsumaru’s Avatar found Queen Sara and brought her people to a new island, where they rebuilt their lives after a volcanic disaster.
• The Joint Chunin Exams brought the villages together, and Aburame Tetsumaru’s fighters ambushed Isshiki at Kara’s base and killed him after a fierce battle.
• Uchiha Itachi impressed the exam crowd, defeated Kaguya Kimimaro, and was accepted as Namikaze Minato’s disciple.
• Aburame Tetsumaru took Warhammer to Shikkotsu Forest to begin Senjutsu training, while Itachi defeated Deidara by trapping him in Genjutsu.