Recaps

Akira gathered allies among the Uchiha, trained Asuma and Naruto, and began building a force to influence the clan. After Danzo attacked Shisui and stole one of his eyes, Akira saved him and vowed to punish Danzo without letting the village fall into war.

• Akira earned Sage Mode by teaching Kurenai, defeated Asuma in a fight, and drew Hiruzen’s attention with his strength and loyalty to Konoha.
• Akira challenged Shisui to take practical responsibility for the Uchiha Clan, then recruited Shisui and Itachi to help establish an organization under his command.
• Akira protected Naruto from neglect and bullying, promised to teach him, and gained the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Akira killed Root ninja who ambushed him, joined the Anbu as a captain, and began training Asuma in Sage Mode.
• Akira agreed to help Neji overcome the Caged Bird Seal and secretly learned the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms to teach him.
• Danzo attacked Shisui, stole one of his Sharingan, and sent Root ninja after him, but Akira recovered the eye and used Kotoamatsukami to restore Shisui’s will to live.
• Akira removed the poison from Shisui and let him fake his death, then vowed to make Danzo pay without harming innocents or provoking war, and Itachi arrived and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after hearing Shisui was dead.

Uchiha Akira protected the Uchiha Clan from village suspicion while building alliances and helping Naruto and Neji grow stronger. After Akira, Shisui, and Itachi destroyed Root’s base, the investigation turned toward Shimura Danzō and Kakashi’s accusations against him.

• Uchiha Akira defended Uchiha Itachi after Shisui’s death and urged him to recruit allies as Uchiha Fugaku investigated the clan’s crisis.
• Uchiha Akira helped Hyuga Neji master the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, then intervened when Hyuga Liuhuo attacked him and confronted Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Neji’s entry into the Anbu, while Akira killed Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Toru after Fu attacked him.
• Akira and Fugaku faced accusations over the missing Root operatives, and Akira exposed Shimura Danzō’s use of Hyuga Hiashi as a pawn.
• Akira befriended Naruto Uzumaki, revealed that Minato Namikaze was his father, and helped him gain control of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.
• Shisui told Akira that Orochimaru had entered the Land of Fire, and Akira, Shisui, and Itachi attacked Root and killed its members at the scene.
• Hiruzen gathered Akira, Itachi, Kakashi, and the clan heads to investigate Root’s destruction, while Danzō ordered inquiries into the clans.
• Hatake Kakashi accused Danzō of driving his father to his death and asked Hiruzen to have Ibiki and the Yamanaka Clan investigate him.

Akira challenged Danzō’s schemes, secured Hanzo’s submission, and helped Kakashi pursue the truth about his father. He then resolved the Uchiha leadership dispute by defeating Xianren, while Neji’s tournament fight against the Hyuga Clan’s Branch Family began.

• Kakashi demanded answers about Sakumo’s death, but Hiruzen delayed an investigation, prompting Akira and Fugaku to challenge Danzō’s refusal to clear Sakumo’s name.
• Tsunade confronted Danzō over the Senju Clan’s deaths, then joined Akira and Kakashi on a mission to the Land of Rain.
• Akira defeated Hanzo’s forces and Wood Release protected him from poison, then Hanzo admitted that Danzō had arranged the attack and submitted to Akira.
• Akira struck Danzō, who escaped using Orochimaru’s Substitution Technique, and Kakashi later pledged to pursue evidence against him even at the risk of becoming Konoha’s enemy.
• Akira intervened in the Uchiha leadership dispute, defeated Xianren in the clan’s arena, and refused Fugaku’s proposal to change his surname or help undermine Konoha.
• Akira trained Naruto in Sage Mode and went with Asuma to watch Neji compete in the Hyuga Clan Tournament.
• Neji defeated Liuhuo and the other Branch Family challengers before Shota entered the platform to face him.

Uchiha Akira exposed and killed Shimura Danzō, then asserted control over the Uchiha Clan as Konoha’s conflict with Kumogakure began. With Hiruzen Sarutobi’s authority weakening and the Ōtsutsuki watching the Ninja World, Hiruzen went to seek Akira’s help.

• Uchiha Akira forced Hyuga Hiashi to the ground with Wood Release, and Hyuga Mirror promised Neji equal treatment and access to the clan’s secret techniques.
• Hatake Kakashi and Tsunade revealed Root records implicating Shimura Danzō in Hatake Sakumo’s death and the Senju Clan’s extermination, and Akira brought Yamanaka Kei to investigate Danzō.
• Danzō escaped the investigation and fought Tsunade and Akira, but Akira overwhelmed his Susanoo and Tsunade killed him after his final Izanagi failed to save him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi defended Danzō and refused Akira’s demands over the Uchiha Clan, while Kakashi withdrew his trust and Orochimaru prepared to meet Akira.
• As Kumogakure declared war, Uchiha Fugaku pledged loyalty to Akira, who demanded compensation for the Uchiha and declared himself the clan’s highest leader.
• Akira exposed and killed an ANBU spy, while Hiruzen ordered clans to reinforce the front and Asuma led Konoha forces against the Fourth Raikage.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and Urashiki Otsutsuki discussed claiming Kaguya Otsutsuki’s planet as Konoha and Kumogakure’s forces fought.
• The Daimyo gave Hiruzen a one-month ultimatum to drive out Kumogakure, and Hiruzen went to the Uchiha Clan to seek Akira’s help.