Recaps

Uchiha Yuzuru mastered Sage Arts, sealed the Dragon Vein into his body, and brought the Hyuga Clan from Konoha to Kumogakure. After declaring war, he led Kumogakure’s forces through a string of victories and prepared his own plans for Tanzaku Street.

• Uchiha Yuzuru learned Sage Arts at Shikkotsu Forest, then sealed the Dragon Vein into himself with Sara’s help.
• Obito Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after Yuzuru’s genjutsu showed him a world where his friends and clan had died.
• Uchiha Yuzuru persuaded Hyuga Hiashi to submit to Kumogakure and abolish the Caged Bird system, then moved more than two thousand Hyuga through Obito’s Kamui Dimension.
• Uchiha Yuzuru destroyed Konoha with Sage Art: Great Spiraling Ring and declared the Fourth Great Ninja War.
• The Hyuga Clan settled in Kumogakure, where Neji Hyuga sparred with Sasuke Uchiha and gained the respect of his classmates.
• Kumogakure’s forces and their allies broke through Konoha’s defenses, capturing Mount Sambuki and drawing Konoha’s troops into a trap at Kikyo Castle.
• The Third Raikage killed Shin'nosuke Sarutobi and routed the Konoha Ninja Army, while Uchiha Yuzuru told him to regroup before the final battle and said he had plans for Tanzaku Street.

Uchiha Yuzuru destroyed Konoha’s old leadership, took control of the village, and began reshaping the shinobi world around his plans. The arc left Konoha rebuilding under Fugaku as Hokage while a new generation entered the Ninja Academy.

• Nagato destroyed Tanzaku Street with Shinra Tensei, then left for Konoha with Konan and Kakuzu as Jiraiya survived their confrontation.
• Uchiha Yuzuru and the Third Raikage led nearly forty thousand Cloud Ninja against Konoha, where the resurrected ninja and the Uchiha’s Susanoo forces overwhelmed the village’s defenses.
• Uchiha Yuzuru summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, exposed Konoha’s abuses, and publicly executed Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura.
• Uchiha Yuzuru took control of Konoha, ordered the massacre of the four leaders’ clans, reorganized the village, and appointed Uchiha Fugaku Hokage while retaining power himself.
• Uchiha Yuzuru spared Minato Namikaze, negotiated with Kurama, and allowed Jiraiya to leave Konoha as the village began rebuilding.
• Uchiha Yuzuru defeated the Third Raikage, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju in the Kamui Dimension, then returned to Konoha with the resurrected brothers.
• Uchiha Yuzuru met Riko Uchiha’s granddaughter Izumi, who became his younger sister, as Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, and their peers began at the reopened Ninja Academy.

Uchiha Yuzuru strengthened Konoha by training new allies, treating Yakumo Kurama, and negotiating for Kirigakure’s swords and two Kekkei Genkai clans. He began bringing the Yuki Clan and Kaguya Clan to the Land of Fire, where Yuki revealed that she and her son Haku had awakened Ice Release.

• Uchiha Yuzuru welcomed his new personal guards, defeated Samui and Uzuki Yugao in swordsmanship, and kept Mitarashi Anko on the team after she attacked him over the dango dispute.
• Uchiha Yuzuru helped Rin Nohara become Tsunade’s medical disciple, gave her the Sage Slug summoning contract and powerful jutsu scrolls, and later helped her grow closer to him.
• Uchiha Yuzuru entered Yakumo Kurama’s genjutsu, destroyed Ido, and took Yakumo to Orochimaru for treatment of her bloodline disease.
• Uchiha Yuzuru demanded two Kekkei Genkai clans and seven billion ryo from Kirigakure in exchange for its seven ninja swords, then accepted ten billion ryo and the Yuki Clan and Kaguya Clan.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told Mei Terumī that he planned to unify the Shinobi World and hoped she would become Mizukage, while warning that he would kill if Kirigakure resisted.
• Uchiha Yuzuru and Obito Uchiha accompanied Mei Terumī to Kirigakure and offered the Yuki Clan villagers work, insurance, education, and free land in the Land of Fire.
• Yuki told Uchiha Yuzuru that she and her son Haku had awakened Ice Release, then demonstrated the kekkei genkai with Haku.

Uchiha Yuzuru brought new clans and allies into Konoha while pursuing immortality research and expanding the village’s influence. As Konoha’s war against the other nations intensified, Kumogakure defeated Iwagakure, while Rasa prepared to unleash the monsters of the Demon Desert against Konoha.

• Uchiha Yuzuru brought the Yuki and Kaguya Clans to Konoha, freed Kimimaro from his restraints, and welcomed him and Haku to a new life.
• After Tsunade gave birth to Uchiha Moon, Yuzuru guided Orochimaru’s immortality research and recruited Sasori by resurrecting his parents and supporting his puppet research.
• Yuzuru gained a Sage Body through Shikotsumyaku evolution and drew the All-Round Development clan trait, strengthening his clan members.
• Hinata won Ichiraku’s Big Eater Competition, and Yuzuru took Kurenai Yuhi to the hot springs before preparing to help Pakura take revenge on Rasa.
• Konoha’s forces seized territory and defeated the Black Shovel Clan, while Yuzuru invited Ranmaru and Granny Sansho to live in Konoha and ordered the search for the Tsuchigumo Clan’s descendants.
• Yuzuru defeated Boro and sent him to the Kamui Dimension, while Jigen ordered Kara’s Inner Circle to stay hidden as it searched for a reincarnation vessel.
• The Third Raikage led Kumogakure into battle against Iwagakure, and Minato, Kakuzu, Nagato, and Deidara helped turn the tide and break the Stone forces.
• Kumogakure captured Han and Kitsuchi, while Rasa prepared to release the monsters in the Demon Desert and Kitsuchi regretted rejecting Yuzuru’s earlier offer.