Recaps

Uchiha Tokimitsu rose from a prodigy within the clan to the commander of a growing wartime force as the Uchiha built their own academy and armies. After Konoha sent his unit to reinforce the Land of Earth border, Tokimitsu and Uchiha Kamon marched out and reached the garrison camp in the Land of Grass.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu mastered powerful techniques, awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and became a leading figure in the Uchiha clan, which established its own training academy despite Sarutobi Hiruzen’s offer of concessions.
• As war approached, Uchiha Tokimitsu and Uchiha Kamon trained the clan’s ninja and captured three unregistered Root agents, provoking a dispute between Shimura Danzō and Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Tokimitsu and offered to make him a disciple, but Tokimitsu said he would consult the clan elders before deciding.
• At the Ninja Clan Council, Tokimitsu secured permission for clan ninja to serve in units organized according to their clans’ wishes, and Uchiha factions and allied clans pledged forces under his command.
• Tokimitsu trained a force of thirty-seven Jonin and 146 Chunin, while the Uchiha formed a second army under Uchiha Shigenobu and Uchiha Fugaku.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Uchiha Kamon to command the Land of Earth Border Defense Force and ordered Tokimitsu’s army to reinforce the border, where Tokimitsu won the Uchiha fighters’ and allied ninja’s respect.
• After Uchiha Fugaku objected to the command appointments, Tokimitsu accepted the decree and arranged for the chain of authority to be clarified.
• On May 3rd, Year 35 of Konoha, Tokimitsu and Kamon led 485 ninja out of the village, and after five days of cautious marching they reached the garrison camp in the Land of Grass.

Uchiha Tokimitsu rebuilt the Northwest Border Defense Force, led it to victories against Iwagakure, and developed Yin Fire while tensions with Konoha’s leadership grew. After accepting command of the Uchiha Dark Guard and working with Hatake Sakumo, Tokimitsu killed the Two-Tails’ Jinchuriki and withdrew with his force as a black pitcher plant-shaped lifeform watched them.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu reorganized the Northwest Border Defense Force, secured supplies and medical support, and led its troops in destroying Iwagakure’s vanguard at Border Mountain City.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen promoted Uchiha Tokimitsu to jonin, but later ordered him to stop attacking Iwagakure and withdraw to the Land of Grass.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu created Yin Fire and returned to Konoha, where Elder Setsuna named him heir and Head of the Board of Retainers and granted him command of the Dark Guard.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu killed four Iwagakure assassins who ambushed him and Uchiha Makoto, and Hatake Sakumo investigated the attack before arranging to travel with him.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu explained the Uchiha Clan’s grievances to Hatake Sakumo, then sent troops to help him investigate secret talks between Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo led an assault on the meeting party in the Land of Waterfalls, where they confronted the Two-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu accepted Matatabi’s offer of Tailed Beast Power and secretly killed the restrained Jinchuriki, then ordered his force to withdraw.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo discussed clan and village interests during the retreat, while a black pitcher plant-shaped lifeform watched the army depart.

Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Mobile Unit in the rescue of the Uzumaki survivors, then navigated growing tensions with Konoha as the Uchiha expanded their influence. With war looming on multiple fronts, he marched with the Mobile Unit toward the Land of Grass to coordinate with the Uchiha forces there.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to Konoha, reported his wartime actions, and accepted appointment as deputy commander of Hatake Sakumo’s new Mobile Unit.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo led the Mobile Unit to the Land of Whirlpools, rescued Uzumaki survivors, and helped break the allied siege of Uzushiogakure at heavy cost.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to Konoha with the survivors and clashed with Danzō over the Mobile Unit’s record and the Uchiha dead, while Uzumaki Mito asked the Uchiha to protect her clan.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and the Uchiha strengthened ties with the Uzumaki and other clans, while Tsunade questioned Tokimitsu about the clans’ growing cooperation.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu sparred with Orochimaru, and Uzumaki Mito later told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Tokimitsu could serve as a whetstone for Orochimaru.
• Hatake Sakumo proposed reforms to unite Konoha’s ninja, while Uchiha Shifang ordered Tokimitsu to command the Dark Guard and volunteer Uchiha as the clan prepared for war.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Tokimitsu Red Force out of Konoha as news spread of Hanzō of the Salamander joining the Rain Ninja Army.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Mobile Unit toward the Land of Grass and told Hatake Sakumo that Uchiha forces planned to use an imperial decree to mobilize Kusagakure against Iwagakure.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo led Konoha and Grass forces to victory over Iwagakure, then fought amid the war between Amegakure and Sunagakure while clashing with Danzō. The arc ended with Konoha preparing an offensive against Sunagakure as Danzō maneuvered for advantage and a White Zetsu carried intelligence to Lord Madara.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Konoha and Grass Ninja Allied Forces in a surprise assault that broke Iwagakure’s camp, and Hatake Sakumo killed Bakuton Gari before the allies withdrew to Crushed Stone City.
• Mitokado Homura ordered Tokimitsu and Sakumo to redeploy to the Land of Rain, but Uchiha Kamon invoked the Jonin’s Right of Veto and Sakumo refused to move his exhausted troops.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Tokimitsu and Sakumo to support Konoha’s forces near the Land of Rivers, where Tokimitsu’s unit defeated a Sand Ninja squad and captured the ashes of two relatives of Chiyo.
• Danzō accused Tokimitsu and Sakumo of betraying Konoha, and their forces clashed until Sakumo led the Mobile Unit away while Tokimitsu called for reinforcements from the Red Force.
• Hanzō defeated Chiyo’s forces in the west, then attacked Konoha and wounded Danzō before naming Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya Konoha’s Legendary Sannin.
• Tokimitsu and Sakumo confronted Hanzō, who escaped after warning them about his poison, and Tokimitsu beheaded Nara Seiji after Seiji accused them of collusion.
• Mitokado Homura signed a ceasefire and alliance with Hanzō, while Torifu Akimichi took command of the depleted expeditionary force and sought Tokimitsu’s help defending the Land of Rivers.
• Tokimitsu and Sakumo prepared an offensive against Sunagakure as Hiruzen rejected Danzō’s proposals to suppress the clans, and a White Zetsu escaped to report intelligence to Lord Madara.