Recaps

Ran learned Konoha’s administration and trained in the Trial Tower while Torikaze tightened clan standards and prepared a new Spring Festival gala. The Uchiha family visited Torikaze’s World, where Itachi discussed Konoha’s future and left considering whether he could become the Uchiha Clan’s first Hokage.

• Ran learned Konoha’s administrative work from Xinyu and Minato, then gained the Power of Absorption in the Trial Tower.
• Ran settled into life with the Windcloud Clan, played in the snow with Naruto, and helped Xinyu coordinate performers for the Spring Festival gala.
• Torikaze penalized clans for neglecting their duties, imposed stricter evaluations, and approved a search for fresh gala performers.
• Uchiha Fugaku brought Mikoto, Itachi, and Sasuke to Konoha, where Kagami and Chisato helped them find a home at the Windcloud Clan Grounds.
• Itachi told Chisato he wanted to share development ideas with Minato, then trained with Obito and explored Konoha.
• Ran told Itachi he was studying before returning to unite the Land of Whirlpools, and Ran and Fugaku discussed the burdens of leadership.
• Torikaze urged Itachi to keep moving forward and suggested he could become the Uchiha Clan’s first Hokage.

Torikaze welcomed the Uzumaki visitors as Ran grew attached to Konoha, while the village celebrated the New Year and hosted leaders from other nations. As Torikaze prepared to reveal the coming Ōtsutsuki invasion at a Five Kage Summit, he and Hashirama began planning the Shinobi World’s defenses.

• Torikaze welcomed Tomohiro, Karin, Ria, and three young Uzumaki clan members to the Cloud Clan Grounds, where Tomohiro and Uchiha Fugaku discussed their clans’ futures.
• Ran and Xinyu shared hotpot, and Ran admitted to Torikaze that he had grown fond of Konoha even as he remained committed to rebuilding the Land of Whirlpools.
• Torikaze discussed cooperation with Tomohiro and Fugaku, then privately considered the Ōtsutsuki threat and chose provisional candidates to reach the Six Paths Level.
• Torikaze and Chisato celebrated the New Year with their family and guests as Konoha’s Anbu managed holiday crowds and prevented trouble.
• Minato agreed to sell Yagura territory in the Land of Lightning and invited Yagura, Mifune, Ōnoki, and Rōsha to a Five Kage Summit about a threat to the Shinobi World.
• Torikaze warned Hashirama and Mito that the Ōtsutsuki Clan would invade within ten years and said he would present a preliminary defense plan at the summit.
• Hashirama supported Torikaze’s plan, heard his provisional Six Paths Level candidates, and agreed to attend the Spring Festival in disguise.
• Torikaze and Chisato returned to prepare for New Year’s Eve, and Torikaze assigned Yahiko, Konan, and Hogen to clean the Cloud Clan Grounds.

Torikaze celebrated the Spring Festival with Chisato and Konoha, planned an Academy of Arts, and discussed development with visiting leaders. At the Five Kage Summit, he warned that the Ōtsutsuki would arrive in ten years, and the villages agreed to prepare a joint defense.

• Torikaze and Konoha celebrated the Spring Festival with a gala, fireworks, and a projected Nian Beast, while Torikaze and Chisato promised to change their outlook on life.
• Torikaze proposed an Academy of Arts, and Konoha and the Windcloud Clan agreed to fund a school for applicants aged six to sixteen.
• Torikaze advised Ran to keep spending time with Xinyu and let their relationship develop at its own pace.
• Torikaze encouraged Iruka to pursue teaching and arranged for him to begin interning at the Ninja Academy.
• Torikaze met with Liusha and Ōnoki to discuss economic cooperation, railways, and sending talented children to Konoha’s planned art school.
• Torikaze and Minato convened the Five Kage Summit at Cloud Palace, where Torikaze warned that the Ōtsutsuki Clan would arrive in ten years.
• Torikaze proposed training Kage-level fighters, strengthening defenses, and developing young talent, while promising that Konoha’s future Six Paths Level ninja would help protect the other villages.

Torikaze helped the villages prepare for the Ōtsutsuki invasion while arranging Kirigakure’s partnerships and opening Konoha’s Academy of Arts. Ran left for an internship and later set out to find support for the Uzumaki Clan, while Mei Terumi began training in hopes of helping Kirigakure survive.

• Torikaze helped the Kage plan for the Ōtsutsuki invasion, but their Trial Tower challenges against Isshiki ended in defeat.
• Torikaze arranged fish-farming and construction partnerships for Kirigakure, and proposed sending its young people to Konoha to train as performers.
• Ran and Xinyu acknowledged their feelings but chose not to abandon their homes and responsibilities, and Ran left for his internship in Another World.
• Karatachi Yagura brought forty Kirigakure students to Konoha, where Torikaze welcomed them and prepared them for the Academy of Arts.
• Mei Terumi arrived in disguise with Kaguya Zhai, admitted to Torikaze that she wanted to become a star to earn money for Kirigakure, and enrolled in the Academy.
• Mei and Kaguya chose dance as their main subject, while Torikaze opened the Academy and Minato promised to cover students’ living expenses for three months.
• Ran trained three children to help lead the Uzumaki Clan, improved its ties with the Uchiha Clan, and then set out to seek cooperation in other countries.
• As the Academy students faced an exhausting schedule, Mei resolved to work harder so she could help Kirigakure withstand the coming war.