Recaps

Uchiha Jin joined Minato Namikaze in opposing Konoha’s leaders and led a squad toward Kannabi Bridge, while revealing the village’s corruption and the danger surrounding Obito. The arc left Jin heading alone to steal Stone Village’s deployment map as Minato’s team waited near the bridge.

• Uchiha Jin told Minato Namikaze that Konoha’s leaders planned to destroy the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans, and Minato agreed to join Jin while keeping their plans from Jiraiya.
• Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Jin were assigned to destroy Kannabi Bridge, and Jin reunited with Shisui, Hyuga Aya, and Nara Kazama before explaining his conflict with Konoha’s leadership.
• Uchiha Jin warned Minato that Uchiha Madara was watching Obito through White Zetsu, then promised to protect Obito without revealing Madara’s plans to him.
• Uchiha Jin led the squad into the Land of Grass, defeated Stone Village shinobi, and defended his decision to rest in enemy territory despite Kakashi Hatake’s objections.
• Uchiha Jin told Kakashi Hatake that Sakumo Hatake’s suicide may have followed a deliberate leak of his confidential mission, then accused Konoha’s leaders of exploiting clans and young shinobi.
• Nara Kazama explained how the Hokage faction profited from war and used Kakashi, Obito, and Rin Nohara for its own interests, while Minato Namikaze accepted that his students needed to hear the truth.
• Uchiha Jin led the group to Kannabi Bridge, received the order to steal Stone Village’s deployment map, and left the others under Shisui’s leadership while Minato gave him a specially made kunai.

Uchiha Jin defeated a massive Stone and Cloud force, then helped save Rin Nohara from Madara’s plan and secured a secret agreement with Ōnoki. As the war wound down, Jin laid out plans to use trade and a staged Uchiha split to influence the villages, but an emergency within the Uchiha Clan interrupted his preparations.

• Uchiha Jin used Conqueror’s Haki and Great Fire Annihilation against the Stone and Cloud forces, then survived their combined attacks and wounded the Fourth Raikage before Ōnoki agreed to negotiate.
• Uchiha Jin secured Stone Village’s plans and the Light-Weight Rock Technique from Ōnoki in exchange for cooperation and Uchiha weapon sales, then returned to Minato Namikaze with news of the battle.
• Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Jin learned that Rin Nohara had been captured, and Jin warned that Madara intended to use her death to drive Obito into despair.
• Uchiha Jin stopped Kakashi Hatake from killing Rin, exposed Madara’s control of Rin and Isobu, and helped Minato seal the Three-Tails while Obito revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Uchiha Jin urged Minato Namikaze to protect Rin and keep the truth about Obito and Madara secret, then reported the events to Shisui and his squad.
• Uchiha Jin proposed using trade to gain control of the other villages’ ninja tool markets and staging a controlled split between Shisui and the Uchiha to influence Hiruzen Sarutobi’s faction.
• Aburame Ryoma reported an emergency within the Uchiha Clan, and Minato Namikaze told Uchiha Jin that Might Duy was waiting to train the clan in the Eight Inner Gates.

Uchiha Jin brought Might Duy and Guy into the Uchiha compound while Minato Namikaze defied Hiruzen Sarutobi over Rin Nohara. Jin and Shisui prepared a political maneuver, Jin negotiated with Uchiha Madara over their competing plans, and Minato’s household braced for the threat from Danzo.

• Uchiha Jin recruited Might Duy to teach him the Eight Inner Gates, paid him generously, and welcomed him and Guy into the Uchiha compound.
• Minato Namikaze refused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s demand to hand Rin Nohara to Mist Village and vowed to protect her, while Hiruzen considered how to contain the dispute.
• Shisui told Hiruzen he opposed Jin, then returned to Jin and explained how he had gained the Hokage’s support as part of their double act.
• Uchiha Jin, Shisui, Fugaku, and Shibi Aburame discussed how Shisui could rally opponents and secure resources, and Shisui agreed to begin their staged performance.
• Uchiha Jin persuaded Itachi to remain at the Ninja Academy and make friends, while Fugaku admitted he had pushed his son too hard.
• Uchiha Jin invited Uchiha Madara for tea, refused to join the Moon Eye Plan, and proposed that they keep their plans separate while helping one another when needed.
• Uchiha Jin asked Madara for cells, techniques, and a promise to revive Izuna, and Madara gave him the requested materials and agreed to revive Izuna after completing his plan.
• Minato Namikaze told Kushina and his disciples that Hiruzen intended to sacrifice Rin, then left them under Kushina’s protection while Danzo entered Hiruzen’s office and urged him to step down.

Uchiha Jin used Shisui’s staged defection to consolidate the Uchiha and force Hiruzen Sarutobi to support Shisui’s new branch. Danzo’s attempt to seize Rin Nohara brought Minato into conflict with Hiruzen, who stripped Danzo of his Elder authority and Root leadership.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s request for the Three-Tails and Rin Nohara, then struck Danzo with Enma’s transformed staff.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura agreed to undermine both Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Uchiha while pretending to serve the Hokage.
• Uchiha Jin revealed that Shisui’s apparent revolt had his approval and ordered Uchiha Tekka to kill Uchiha Setsuna’s most loyal followers.
• Jin and Shisui staged a Susanoo battle as Fugaku and Tekka’s forces defeated Setsuna’s faction, and the Leaf and Stone Villages signed a peace treaty.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi intervened in the Uchiha conflict, but Jin declared the matter internal and divided the clan by naming Shisui leader of a branch family.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Shisui’s branch shelter and funds, while Jin explained to Minato Namikaze how the staged defection had trapped the Hokage.
• Danzo’s Root abducted Rin Nohara and attacked Kushina Uzumaki, but Kushina, Obito, Kakashi, and Minato fought them off and rescued Rin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promised to address Danzo’s attack, then removed Danzo’s Elder authority and Root leadership while keeping his Jonin rank.