Recaps

Genma became a Chunin candidate, deepened his training, and departed with his squad as the war began. After months of missions and the loss of Obito, Genma joined Kakashi, Rin, and Guy on a reconnaissance mission that ended with the squad cornered by Mist Ninja near a canyon.

• Genma lost his match to Kakashi, placed third in the Chunin Exams, and learned that the war had begun as his parents prepared to leave.
• Str taught Genma about Momentum and the dangers of Sage Arts cultivation, while Genma trained with Might Duy and joined Nara Shiozu’s squad.
• Tsunade led the force out of Konohagakure, and Minato gave Genma a Special Chunin certificate for inspiring the first battle plan.
• Genma’s team carried out transport missions for six months, then Genma met Kabuto and helped treat the wounded at Orochimaru’s camp.
• Kakashi and Rin arrived without Obito, and Rin told Genma and the others that Obito had sacrificed himself.
• Genma joined Kakashi, Rin, and Might Guy on a deep reconnaissance mission to observe a Kirigakure camp.
• Mist Ninja ambushed the squad in the fog, and Genma, Kakashi, and Guy fought them off before probing possible escape routes with Shadow Clones.
• Kakashi, Genma, Rin, and Kai fought through pursuing Mist Ninja, then reached a canyon and spotted figures on a distant ridge when lightning flashed.

Genma survived the war’s battles, helped defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and returned to Konoha as the conflict ended. He supported Kakashi and Guy, joined Minato’s guard, and began expanding his family’s business and newspaper venture while studying Hatake Swordsmanship.

• Kakashi and Guy held off Mist Ninja while Genma escorted Rin, then Genma survived attacks by Kumogakure ninja and a larger force before reuniting with his team.
• After returning to Konoha, Genma visited the injured Str, learned to apply Blade Momentum through daily practice, and promised Riya he would not pursue reckless revenge after their father died.
• Genma visited the orphanage, donated money, and gave Kabuto books and a fish cake before returning to training and considering his plans for technology and recruitment.
• Genma followed Might Duy toward the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, then joined Kosuke, Kurenai, and Raiton in fighting the surviving swordsmen while Guy fought beside his father.
• Genma and his allies killed Juzo Biwa, Raiga Kurosuki, and Suikazan Fuguki, recovered the Thunder Swords: Fangs, and returned to camp with Duy’s body.
• Konoha won the war, Minato was nominated as Fourth Hokage, and Genma passed the selection to become one of his guards.
• Genma helped Hatake Sakumo support Kakashi by encouraging him to read freely and suggesting Might Guy as a friend, then hired writers to publish popular newspapers and novels.
• Genma accepted the Shiranui Clan’s financial token from his aunt Haruko, agreed to help her distribute the newspapers abroad, and examined the Chakra-based forms in the Hatake Swordsmanship scroll.

Genma expanded the Shiranui Clan’s businesses, trained in sealing, and helped Tony protect Kana and Karin while navigating an encounter with Chunxiu and her apprentices. The arc left Genma searching for a missing mission letter and learning that Oku Chengyan was Tony’s guard.

• Genma trained in Hatake Swordsmanship, mastered a form of the Basic Saber Technique, and used Blade Momentum to split a boulder.
• Genma helped Haruko plan a newspaper and manga business, attended Minato’s inauguration, and received a sealing-technique scroll as one of Minato’s guards.
• Genma persuaded Mukai and Yamazaki to divide the clan’s responsibilities and pursue a Konoha newspaper office, then developed wedding services for Tony’s businesses.
• Genma mastered the Three-Tailed Seal and, while delivering a letter with Gekko Hayate and Izumo Kamizuki, captured Rose, Caiyi, and Lüluo after they attacked the team.
• Genma met Tony, Kana, and Karin, learned that Kana was an Uzumaki and Karin had unusual abilities, and began planning how to protect them with help from Tsunade.
• Chunxiu identified the three captured women as her junior sisters, and Genma released them after learning she had placed the Divine Needle in Caiyi’s pouch.
• Genma stayed in the capital with Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki, then searched for a mission letter after Rose found his injured Messaging Hawk with its message tube empty.
• Genma learned that Tony had recovered the missing letter, arranged a banquet for Chengyan, and discovered that Chengyan’s full name was Oku Chengyan and that he served as Tony’s guard.

Genma secured Tsunade’s protection for Kana and Karin, returned to Konoha, and continued developing his skills and network. He traveled to the Land of Iron, met Mifune and Gozan Sanban, and was invited to seek a Heart’s Blade in the Sword Mountain Range.

• Genma escorted Kana and Karin to the Land of Hot Springs, where he persuaded Tsunade to protect them after helping treat the minister.
• Genma returned to Konoha, trained with the Hokage guards, comforted Kabuto, and found work for Urushi, Yurisha, and Purple Tongmu.
• Genma established a passage to the Land of Iron and used his Iron Warrior’s Certificate to enter a dojo for young challengers.
• Genma sparred with Chōsuke, then met Mifune and Gozan Sanban, who explained the Land of Iron’s samurai traditions and challenged his understanding of swordsmanship.
• Genma watched Mifune train despite the damage Hanzō’s poison had caused him, then revealed his Konoha identity and Hatake Sakumo’s instruction to Sanban.
• Genma fought Mifune until their wooden swords broke, and Mifune treated Genma’s chest injury with a painful medicinal bath.
• Sanban explained that swords in the Sword Mountain Range could become Heart’s Blades and promised to take Genma there in a few days.