Recaps

Kawafune secretly arranged for Kakuzu to be released after extracting money from him, then had Minato and the others capture him again. As Tsunade and Kawafune welcomed their son Ginji, they later faced the risk of Tsunade’s cell-fusion experiment, which succeeded and awakened her Wood Style.

• Kawafune made a secret deal with Kakuzu, took five hundred million from his accounts, and let him leave Konoha before Minato and the others captured him and returned him to prison.
• Kushina and Minato spent a quiet evening together after Kushina, Mikoto, and Pingzi completed their cat-catching mission.
• Tsunade gave birth to a healthy boy, and Kawafune named him Hatake Ginji before the family brought him home.
• Kawafune and Tsunade adjusted to caring for Ginji while their family and friends gathered to meet him.
• Orochimaru prepared a fusion experiment using Tsunade’s cells and Hashirama-Kawafune cells, and Tsunade agreed to undergo it.
• Kawafune stayed beside Tsunade as Orochimaru injected the fusion material, and Tsunade endured severe pain before erupting with Wood Style.
• Orochimaru confirmed Tsunade’s health was normal, and she demonstrated Wood Style at an abandoned training ground.
• Tsunade created a forest and a modest wooden house, but Orochimaru judged the result sufficient and ruled out increasing the Native Cells because it was too risky.

Kawafune sent Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to reorganize the Land of Rain, where they reunited with Nonō and began preparing to unify its factions. The group found Kawafune’s strategy included building casinos and brothels, prompting Kakuzu’s approval and Konan and Nonō’s objections.

• Tsunade returned home with Ginji, and three years later Kawafune enrolled Kakashi at the Academy alongside Kurenai and Guy.
• Kakashi defeated Guy in a classroom spar, while Kurenai lost her match against Asuma and became friends with Rin.
• Ginji awakened Wood Style, and Sakumo began supervising his training.
• Kawafune ordered Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to reorganize the Land of Rain, demonstrating Nagato’s strength to reassure Sakumo.
• Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan agreed to leave Konoha, while Nonō escaped Iwagakure and traveled to the Land of Rain to join them.
• The three disciples freed Kakuzu from Konoha’s Anbu prison, defeated his attempt to take control, and brought him along to the Land of Rain.
• The group found Nonō, who chose to fight beside Nagato and described the Land of Rain’s three main factions.
• Yahiko, Nagato, Konan, Nonō, and Kakuzu read Kawafune’s plan to unify the Land of Rain and argued over its proposals for casinos and brothels.

Yahiko’s group founded Akatsuki Hidden Village, built its strength through alliances and prosperity, and defended its standing when Nagato defeated Tsunade. The arc leaves the adults gathered after enrolling Ginji, Shisui, and Naruto at the Ninja Academy.

• Nagato proposed recruiting the Land of Rain’s shinobi remnants, and Yahiko named their group Akatsuki before they helped the remnants escape the rogue ninja.
• Yahiko’s group joined the Land of Rain remnants, defeated the rival force Flow, and Yahiko proposed founding a village to honor the fallen and rebuild.
• Shota told Tsunade that Akatsuki Hidden Village had been established, and she arranged discreet supplies from Konoha.
• Yahiko and Kakuzu secured financial aid from Sunagakure and Iwagakure through staged alliance negotiations as construction began.
• Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and Nawaki confronted Yahiko at his casino, and Nagato defeated Tsunade in their ensuing fight.
• Yahiko reopened the casino and compensated its patrons, then he and the others visited Tsunade, where Nonō accepted her as a teacher.
• Akatsuki Hidden Village strengthened its military, while Ginji began his first day at the Ninja Academy and Fugaku enrolled Uchiha Shisui.
• Kawafune led Ginji, Shisui, and Naruto to register at the academy, then invited the adults to meet at his office.

Nawaki and Misaki married amid family celebrations, while Konoha learned of Kumogakure’s growing military ambitions. Mito revealed that she planned to transfer the Nine-Tails’ seal, leaving Tsunade to decide whether Kushina or Misaki should become its vessel.

• Kawafune persuaded Orochimaru to teach the medical class and invited Pakura to teach combat, then led his friends to the opening ceremony, where Kakashi spoke as student representative.
• At dinner, Jiraiya explained his history with Maki and Nadeshiko Village, and the group agreed to invite its people to Konoha, and Fugaku and Mikoto announced their wedding plans.
• After Fugaku and Mikoto’s wedding, Mito urged Nawaki to marry Misaki, and she later chose an auspicious date twenty-three days away.
• Kawafune and Nayuki helped Mito prepare for Nawaki and Misaki’s wedding, while Lion brought Nawaki keepsakes from Grandma Kyoko and Nawaki shared news of her death with Misaki.
• Nawaki and Misaki married at the Senju Estate, completed the wedding ceremonies, received Mito’s property deeds, and welcomed Nagato, Yahiko, and their companion among the guests.
• Kawafune warned a council that Kumogakure had strengthened its military and allied with the Akatsuki Hidden Village, so Tsunade ordered secrecy, surveillance, and preparations.
• At Kushina’s coming-of-age celebration, Mito gave her a dowry deed and privately told Tsunade and Kawafune that she planned to transfer the Nine-Tails’ seal.
• Tsunade resisted Mito’s plan, but Mito and Kawafune convinced her that delay was risky, and Mito named Kushina and Misaki as possible vessels for the Nine-Tails.