Recaps

Kusana drew Danzo into funding Amegakure through staged battles while Hanzo and the children saw Kusagakure’s recovery. After Obito reunited with Rin and Kakashi, Kusana met Madara and was tasked with sending Obito to the academy as the war neared its end.

• Black Zetsu decided to expose Obito to the ninja world’s darkness, while Obito studied under Madara and Spiral White Zetsu secretly listened to academy lessons.
• Kawaisuke received a letter from Shizuko and Ryukako, and Hanzo visited Kusagakure after Ame secured Kusana’s approval and arranged jobs for Rain households.
• Kusana and Ame staged Amegakure’s victories and defeats to extract repeated payments from Danzo, while Hanzo stayed in Kusagakure and considered making Yahiko and the others Amegakure’s leaders.
• Obito rescued his captured companion from Kirigakure and reunited with Rin and Kakashi, while Danzo discovered signs that Kusana had deceived him and tried to flee.
• Hanzo captured Danzo and brought him to Kusana, who kept him under guard and refused Hanzo’s offer to kill him or defect to Kusagakure.
• Kusana reassured Kawaisuke and Daibutsu about their families, work, and the coming peace, then followed White Zetsu to Madara’s cavern.
• Madara asked Kusana to take in Obito and ensure he attended the academy, while Mujie later reported recruiting Obito and Rin through talent-introduction plans.
• Mujie reported attacks on Kikyo Mountain and increased pressure on Konoha’s border, so Kusana ordered him to sell intelligence as Hiruzen received an urgent report about Kusagakure.

Kusana joined Kusagakure and Amegakure against the Five Great Ninja Villages, then helped rebuild the Land of Rain and establish peace. As the war ended and the Green Train opened, Danzo began plotting against Kusagakure through the Wandering Miko.

• Kusana formed a true alliance with Hanzō, and Kusagakure and Amegakure declared war on the Five Great Ninja Villages.
• Kusana and his forces defeated Kirigakure’s invasion, while Kakuzu drove back Iwagakure and Hanzo held off Sunagakure.
• After the fighting ended, Kusana and Hanzō sent teams to protect civilians and rebuild the Land of Rain, where Scorpion joined a relief effort and factory work.
• Uzumaki Yangzheng completed the Green Train’s successful test run, while Kusana and Obito rescued the gravely wounded Pakura, who joined Kusagakure.
• Kusana returned Danzo to Konoha in exchange for fifty million, and Danzo later praised Kusana while reflecting on Kusagakure’s power.
• Kusagakure reopened its academy, Pakura became vice principal, and Mujie returned with his adopted son Kabuto as the Battle of Kikyo Mountain ended.
• Hanzō locked down the Land of Rain, Hiruzen rejected Danzo’s proposal for war, and Danzo recruited the Wandering Miko for a mission tied to Kusagakure.
• Kusana watched the Green Train open to traffic as Danzo’s new plot began.

Kusana expanded Kusagakure’s ties through a joint New Year celebration, films, and trade while Obito struggled with school and grew closer to Madara. After Madara died, Kusana redirected the White Zetsu toward factory and public works, leaving Black Zetsu’s plans disrupted as Kusagakure’s influence spread into the Land of Rain and Konoha.

• Kawaisuke returned to Kusagakure and reunited with Shizuko and Ryukako, while Kusana mourned the fallen and continued planning Grasswood films.
• Yakushi Nonō infiltrated Kusagakure, where Kusana hired her, and Obito took a paid film role that came with tutoring he had not wanted.
• Kusana organized a joint Grass and Rain New Year gala, where Scorpion’s puppet performance won the audience’s favor and the million-prize award.
• Madara told Obito the story of Konoha and his search for peace, asked him to inherit his wish, and died after giving him his book.
• Black Zetsu opposed Kusana’s proposed cremation, but Kusana accepted his story about being Madara’s written will and urged him to put the White Zetsu to work.
• Kusana arranged for White Zetsu workers to help build sewers in the Land of Rain and planned scientific ninjutsu classes, while Obito began studying seriously.
• Kusana strengthened Kusagakure’s cooperation with Konoha under the new Hokage Minato, while Danzo continued funding Orochimaru and considered the popularity of Grass-made goods.

Kusana used Kusagakure’s business schemes and diplomacy to build alliances while Konoha reeled from the Nine-Tails Rebellion. The arc ended with Mujie and Uzumaki Yangzheng bringing Naruto to Kusagakure and Obito delivering the bound Danzo.

• Kitsuchi and the Iwa delegation signed Kusagakure contracts after Mujie’s relentless sales pitch, and Chiyo later secured a partnership with Kusagakure and Amegakure while her Sand ninja became agents.
• Kusana learned that Root had arrested Minato and Kakashi after finding Talent Introduction Plans, and the Nine-Tails went berserk during Kushina’s childbirth before Obito appeared to confront Minato.
• Kusana arranged aid for Konoha as rumors fueled suspicion of Minato and the Uchiha, while Uzumaki Yangzheng visited Naruto and warned Hiruzen to protect him.
• Mujie recruited Konoha ninja and offered Hiruzen weapons, while Obito brought Kushina to Kusagakure for treatment and borrowed money to cover her medical bill.
• Konoha rejected Kusagakure’s Scientific Ninja Tools as Iwagakure and Kumogakure attacked, but Kusana kept Kusagakure neutral as the village and Land of Rain prospered over three years.
• Nonō resigned from Kusagakure to become vice director of the orphanage, and Kusana abandoned his risky business plan as he reflected on the village’s growth.
• Mujie and Uzumaki Yangzheng returned to Kusagakure with Naruto after he hid in a box and they escaped Konoha, while Obito revealed that he had brought back the bound Danzo.