Recaps

Kawafune and Tsunade fought the Third Kazekage and Iwagakure’s forces, while Konoha’s army suffered heavy losses and later forced Iwa to retreat. After reaching safety, the group rested and trained before preparing to return to the battlefield.

• The Third Kazekage’s final attack devastated Konoha’s forces, while Pakura became acting Fourth Kazekage and Sunagakure sought support from the Daimyo.
• Iwagakure attacked Konoha’s supply camp, where Might Duy fought Han and forced the Iwa forces to withdraw.
• After Iwagakure joined the war, Konoha sent reinforcements as Tsunade and Kawafune escorted the wounded toward the Land of Fire.
• Kawafune and Tsunade fought Ōnoki and Han, then joined Ōnoki in subduing Kokuō and sealing Han before Iwa retreated.
• Konoha’s forces returned from the Land of Rain, and Kawafune gave Minato and Nawaki scrolls to study the Flying Thunder God and Earth Style techniques.
• Kawafune and Tsunade rested together at a bathhouse, while Minato and Nawaki continued training under Sakumo and Kawafune.
• Nawaki mastered the Lightweight Rock and Added-Weight Rock techniques, but he and Minato could not learn each other’s specialties before Kawafune sent them back to practice.

Konoha fought Iwagakure and Sunagakure in the Land of Rain, then disrupted Iwa’s supply lines with Minato and Nawaki’s surprise mission. Nawaki rescued Uzumaki Misaki, while Tsunade and Kawafune faced a fortified border and dwindling reinforcements.

• The Uchiha Clan Head pledged his clan to Tsunade’s war effort, and Kawafune accepted the alliance.
• Tsunade and Kawafune led Konoha’s forces against Ōnoki and Rōshi, while Kawafune incapacitated Son Gokū and Ōnoki retreated with him.
• Sakumo and Might Duy held off Pakura and Shukaku until Konoha’s returning force prompted Sunagakure to withdraw.
• As Iwa and Suna used raids to wear Konoha down, Minato and Nawaki led a surprise mission that destroyed Iwagakure’s supply convoy and forced its withdrawal.
• Nawaki rescued Uzumaki Misaki from Grass ninja, and Tsunade arranged for her to go to Konoha and meet Mito.
• Tsunade learned that Ōnoki was awaiting supplies and Sunagakure had fortified its border, while Kawafune acknowledged Konoha was unprepared for the changing battlefield.

Konoha ended the war with Sunagakure and Kumogakure, while Kawafune and Tsunade returned to village life and pursued their plans for marriage, research, and political change. The arc left Orochimaru studying Pakura’s Scorch Release as Konoha’s young ninja continued to develop.

• Ōnoki and the Third Raikage fought to a stalemate, while Tsunade’s forces defeated Sunagakure and Kawafune negotiated a treaty that made Pakura its acting Kazekage surrender herself and required twelve hundred million ryō.
• The Uchiha Clan Head died fighting Rōshi, and Fugaku awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan before Konoha and the Land of Earth made peace with their enemies.
• Kawafune and Tsunade returned to Konoha, where Kawafune asked Uzumaki Mito for permission to marry Tsunade and later urged Fugaku to strengthen the Uchiha’s position against Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Tsunade continued her cell experiments, while Minato developed the Rasengan and Nagato instinctively used Shinra Tensei during training with Kawafune.
• Three Kumogakure ninjas kidnapped Kushina, but Orochimaru rescued her and captured them before Minato reunited with her in Konoha.
• Orochimaru returned to Konoha, agreed to assist Tsunade’s research, and joined Kawafune in planning a future mission to Kumogakure.
• Orochimaru received permission from Sarutobi Hiruzen to study Pakura’s Kekkei Genkai for a year, and Pakura agreed to share her Scorch Release insights while staying at his house.
• Orochimaru studied Pakura’s notes and practiced combining Wind and Fire Release, while Nawaki brought Misaki to visit and Orochimaru gave her a precious gift.

Kawafune and Orochimaru infiltrated Kumogakure, unleashed Gyuki, and forced the Third Raikage to hand over the Lightning Release Armor technique in exchange for Jonael. Back in Konoha, Kawafune and Fugaku turned public anger over Sarutobi Hiruzen’s handling of compensation into a scandal that left Hiruzen’s reputation ruined and his attempt to appoint Hyuga Nobunaga as Fourth Hokage rejected.

• Kawafune and Orochimaru infiltrated Kumogakure, drugged Blue B, and broke the Iron Armor Seal, unleashing Gyuki in the village.
• While the Third Raikage battled Gyuki, Kawafune and Orochimaru abducted Jonael and demanded the secret technique in exchange for him.
• The Third Raikage gave Kawafune the Lightning Release Armor scroll, and Kawafune and Orochimaru returned to Konoha after leaving Jonael behind.
• Kawafune and Orochimaru reported their mission, while Orochimaru gave Pakura the mission payment and learned she was content to remain with him.
• Kawafune trained Yahiko and Konan, while Tsunade and Orochimaru began researching cells taken from the Two-Tails.
• Kawafune and Fugaku stirred public unrest over Sarutobi Hiruzen’s wartime decisions and the handling of bereavement compensation.
• Fugaku exposed that the Sarutobi Clan had burned the compensation money, and the villagers turned against Hiruzen as the scandal spread through Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen offered Hyuga Nobunaga the Fourth Hokage position, but Nobunaga recognized the attempt to control him and refused.