Recaps

Obito and Nagato set aside their suspicions long enough to agree on capturing Jinchuriki before the Five Great Shinobi Villages can strike. They planned to target Kumogakure first, while each secretly prepared powerful allies for the struggle ahead.

• Obito confronted Nagato and Konan over secret recruits, and both sides mistook the other's identities and numbers.
• Obito and Nagato agreed to end their private operations and continue cooperating against the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Nagato and Konan decided to capture Jinchuriki while the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path recovered, and Obito agreed to the plan.
• Obito proposed luring Kumogakure's elite squad with Kakuzu and Hidan, then ambushing it to capture the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Konan arranged for the Akatsuki members to help Hiruko complete his ritual, while Obito ordered Zetsu to help Shinnō finish his artificial Tailed Beast project.
• Obito and Zetsu decided to prioritize reviving the Ten-Tails and rely on casualties among the Five Great Shinobi Villages to provide future recruits.

Shinji convinced Neji that the Akatsuki Organization’s true members opposed its traitors, then joined him in following a scroll’s clues to a Hyuga meeting place in the Land of Moon. After Neji used the contact technique, Shinji sensed the Giant Tenseigan watching them, and they fled before it could focus on them.

• Shinji explained that the Akatsuki Organization had split, persuading Neji that its true purpose was to protect the shinobi world and gaining his agreement to cooperate.
• Neji revealed that a scroll from the Main Family estate contained a map, a technique, and a coded message pointing to the Land of Moon, and he chose to travel there with Shinji.
• Neji obtained permission to leave Konoha, met Shinji outside the village, and they traveled by back roads to the Land of Moon.
• Shinji and Neji found the lake and cliff marked on the map, then identified the cliff as a meeting place for the Hyuga Clan and the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon.
• Neji carved the contact technique into the cliff and activated it with his Byakugan chakra while reciting the coded message.
• Shinji sensed the Giant Tenseigan watching them and urged Neji to flee; they escaped its gaze, though Neji felt nothing.

Shinji and Neji followed a Tenseigan puppet to a hidden passage and traveled through its illusion-filled waters to the moon. They reached a vast space beneath the Giant Tenseigan, where Shinji defeated a giant crab guarding the route.

• Konan, Scorpion, and Deidara prepared for a mission after a messenger hawk carried a message toward the Land of Lightning, while Obito ordered Zetsu to ready Moryo and Shinnō for an operation against the two Kumogakure Jinchuriki.
• Shinji and Neji followed a Tenseigan puppet from the cliff to a hidden cavern beneath a waterfall, where Shinji identified a glowing pool as a passage to the moon.
• Shinji and Neji crossed the pool’s illusion traps, and Shinji freed Neji from a memory-based illusion before they continued through another curtain of water.
• A giant crab attacked Shinji and Neji after they emerged from the passage, but Shinji used Susanoo to kill it.
• Shinji and Neji reached the moon’s interior, where Shinji explained that the apparent sun was a projection from the Giant Tenseigan.

Shinji and Neji explored the moon’s ruins, uncovering the Otsutsuki Clan’s bloody civil war and the Giant Tenseigan’s threat to Earth. After Hagoromo Otsutsuki asked Neji to destroy the Giant Tenseigan, Shinji considered taking control of it, but the pair found the branch family’s castle guarded by an overwhelming force.

• Killer B learned that the Raikage had summoned him and Yugito to join a mission against the Akatsuki Organization, and he set out with Yugito’s elite squad.
• Shinji explained to Neji that the moon’s Otsutsuki had split into main and branch families, and that the branch family had used the Giant Tenseigan to wipe out the main family.
• Shinji and Neji discovered an underground tomb, where a strange figure showed Neji a vision of the civil war and the Giant Tenseigan.
• Neji said that Hagoromo Otsutsuki had asked him to destroy the Giant Tenseigan and confirmed that the branch family planned to destroy Earth.
• Shinji decided he might seize control of the Giant Tenseigan, but he and Neji found the branch family’s castle protected by a barrier and hundreds of Tenseigan puppets.

Shinji and Neji infiltrated the Otsutsuki Branch Family castle and found the Giant Tenseigan, but an elder discovered them and connected to its power. The chapter ended with Neji killing the elder before he could take control of the situation.

• Shinji and Neji followed Tenseigan puppets through a secret passage into the castle, then used Neji's Byakugan to locate a temple hiding the Giant Tenseigan.
• They evaded the castle's high-level puppets and reached the temple's grand hall, where Shinji argued that they should free the Giant Tenseigan from the Branch Family instead of destroying it.
• An Otsutsuki Branch Elder confronted them, and Shinji attacked with Susanoo and Amaterasu while Neji interrupted the elder's hand seals.
• The elder connected to the Giant Tenseigan, which began absorbing Shinji's Susanoo and Amaterasu.
• Neji struck from behind and cut off the elder's head with a Kunai.

The Fourth Raikage led an elite Kumogakure force into the Land of Moon to capture Akatsuki members Kakuzu and Hidan, but the Akatsuki sprung a trap that split the Raikage’s group into separate battles. Meanwhile, Shinji retrieved a Byakugan from the head of an Otsutsuki Branch Elder on the moon.

• The Fourth Raikage refused to wait for his ANBU and led Killer B, Yugito Nii, and the Kumogakure team after Kakuzu and Hidan before they could reach the Land of Hot Water.
• Obito, Moryo, and Shinnō prepared an Akatsuki ambush, while Konan told Kakuzu and Hidan to capture Yugito alive.
• Moryo and Shinnō attacked the Raikage’s party near the lake, and the Fourth Raikage struck Moryo and pursued him into the forest with Killer B and Shinnō.
• Yugito ordered the communications squad to summon support and led her team after the Raikage, but Kakuzu and Hidan blocked their way.
• Shinji removed the Byakugan from the head of the Otsutsuki Branch Elder and stored it in a nutrient canister.

Shinji and Neji fought their way through the Tenseigan puppets guarding the moon’s castle, only to be confronted by a powerful Otsutsuki Branch Elder. After the Elder’s chakra-draining abilities overwhelmed Shinji’s usual tactics, Shinji used Susanoo Lamp to absorb Byakugan and prepared to counter the Giant Tenseigan’s drain.

• Shinji and Neji fled the temple through swarms of Tenseigan puppets, and Shinji used Susanoo to smash a path through them and reach the passage out of the castle.
• Neji guided Shinji through the passage with his Byakugan, but warned him that an Otsutsuki Branch Family member was approaching with more puppets.
• Shinji encountered the Otsutsuki Branch Elder and used Izanagi to glimpse futures in which the Elder defeated him, first with the Giant Tenseigan and then with Taijutsu.
• The Elder pulled Shinji toward him and absorbed his Susanoo with a sapphire-blue sphere before firing Shinji’s chakra back at him.
• The Elder accused Shinji of stealing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and demanded to know where he got the Byakugan he carried.
• Shinji activated Susanoo Lamp, had Susanoo absorb the Byakugan, and charged the Elder, now immune to the Giant Tenseigan’s chakra drain.

The Akatsuki Organization’s ambush left three battlefields around the Land of Moon locked in combat, while Obito questioned Nagato’s limited support and waited for Itachi. Yugito Nii was ultimately defeated by Hidan’s unfamiliar curse technique, and Kakuzu ordered her captured as they prepared to leave.

• Killer B’s Eight-Tails Gyuki battled Moryo while the Fourth Raikage fought Shinnō, and Yugito Nii fully transformed to face Kakuzu and Hidan.
• Scorpion separated Kiba, Karur, and Gesha from Yugito Nii, then summoned the Third Kazekage after their combined attacks destroyed his Hiruko Puppet.
• Konan watched the stalled battles as Obito and Zetsu discussed the missing support; Obito learned Itachi and Juzo Biwa were in position and left to inspect the battlefield.
• Hidan used Blood-Death Possession to tear open Yugito Nii’s internal organs, leaving her bloodied beside the lake despite her Jinchuriki vitality.
• Kakuzu, having lost two hearts, told Hidan to take Yugito Nii and leave.

Shinji escaped the Otsutsuki Branch Family’s castle with unconscious Neji and fled across the moon while the Otsutsuki Branch Elder pursued them. Shinji reached the passage to Earth with a plan to help Neji awaken the Tenseigan, but the elder followed him out and mistook Kakuzu and Hidan for ambushers.

• Shinji fought the Otsutsuki Branch Elder through the castle corridor, used Amaterasu to get past him, and escaped through the barrier carrying Neji.
• Shinji activated his Complete Body Susanoo and flew toward the passage to Earth as the elder and Tenseigan puppets chased him.
• Shinji decided that fighting the elder to the death was too risky and considered combining Neji’s Byakugan with an Otsutsuki Byakugan and Kimimaro’s cells to help Neji awaken the Tenseigan.
• Shinji dispelled his Susanoo and entered the passage with Neji, and the Otsutsuki Branch Elder pursued them.
• Shinji and the elder emerged in the Land of Moon on Earth near Kakuzu and Hidan, whom the elder accused of plotting an ambush.

Shinji escaped the Otsutsuki Branch Elder with Neji and the captured Yugito Nii while Kakuzu and Hidan stayed behind to fight. As Kumogakure and the Akatsuki clashed across the Land of Moon, the Fourth Raikage and Killer B withdrew to find Yugito, only to meet the elder pursuing Shinji.

• The Otsutsuki Branch Elder blasted Shinji, Kakuzu, and Hidan with repulsive force, and Shinji fled into the forest with Neji and Yugito.
• The elder drained Hidan’s Chakra and pierced Kakuzu’s chest, but both survived and followed him after he chased Shinji.
• Shinji saw Killer B fighting Moryo and realized Kumogakure was battling the Akatsuki, then passed the wounded Kiba without stopping.
• Killer B warned the Fourth Raikage that Yugito was missing and that they should retreat; Obito ordered Moryo and Shinnō to pursue them.
• Killer B and the Fourth Raikage found Kiba, learned that the Akatsuki had captured Yugito, and encountered the Otsutsuki Branch Elder as they prepared to pursue her.

The Otsutsuki Branch Elder defeated Killer B and unleashed a blast powerful enough to vaporize Moryo and evaporate a lake, while Shinji escaped with Yugito Nii. The Akatsuki members regrouped afterward, and Konan grew suspicious that Obito had taken both Kumogakure Jinchuriki and feared the mysterious elder's Rinnegan-like abilities.

• The Otsutsuki Branch Elder repelled the Fourth Raikage, seized Killer B, and drained the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's chakra.
• The Otsutsuki Branch Elder fired Killer B's absorbed chakra at Moryo, vaporizing the demon and leveling forest before the blast emptied a distant lake.
• Shinji met Deidara, took a Clay Bird with the unconscious Yugito Nii and Neji, and flew toward the Land of Fire.
• The Otsutsuki Branch Elder withdrew, and the Fourth Raikage retreated with unconscious Killer B and injured Kiba while leaving Yugito Nii behind.
• Obito, Konan, and the other Akatsuki members gathered at the battlefield and learned from Kakuzu about Shinji and the Otsutsuki Branch Elder.
• Konan suspected Obito had obtained both Jinchuriki and became alarmed that the elder's attractive and repulsive forces resembled Nagato's Rinnegan abilities.

After escaping the moon with Neji and the wounded Yugito Nii, Shinji treated them and used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to trap Yugito Nii and the Two-Tails in a genjutsu, giving him control over both. He sent a clone to hide Yugito Nii while Neji prepared to return to Konoha, and the chapter left Shinji planning to meet him again after organizing his thoughts.

• Shinji carried Neji and Yugito Nii into a forest in the Land of Fire, treated their injuries, and stabilized Yugito Nii.
• Shinji decided to control the unconscious Yugito Nii and invaded her mental world, where he trapped her subconscious and the Two-Tails in a genjutsu.
• Shinji made Yugito Nii stand and ordered a Shadow Clone to take her somewhere hidden so she could recover.
• Shinji awakened Neji, confirmed they had escaped the moon, and told him to return to Konoha until Shinji came to find him.

Shinji and Neji agreed on a cover story for Neji’s return to the village, while the Fourth Raikage’s defeat by the Akatsuki Organization alarmed the other villages. The villages concluded that the Akatsuki Organization was targeting the Tailed Beasts and began arranging a response as news of the battle spread.

• Shinji told Neji that witnesses had seen them together, and Neji planned to report that Shinji had captured and later released him without mentioning the moon.
• Shinji sent Neji ahead and returned to the village, while the Fourth Raikage arrived at the battlefield and ordered Kumogakure Ninja to search for clues.
• The Fourth Raikage told the Fourth Mizukage and Danzō that the Akatsuki Organization had abducted Yugito Nii and an elite Jonin after defeating his force.
• Danzō suggested that the Akatsuki Organization was targeting the Tailed Beasts, and the Fourth Mizukage proposed another Kage Summit to coordinate a response.
• The villages learned that the Akatsuki Organization had defeated Kumogakure, and reports described Moryo and Shinnō holding off the AB duo, Sasori defeating three elite Jonin, and Kakuzu and Hidan capturing Yugito Nii.

After being interrogated about the Akatsuki, Neji was released into Hiashi’s custody, but the Third Hokage ordered the village to watch him because the attacker had deliberately spared him. Neji concealed his contact scroll and resolved to stop the Otsutsuki Branch Family from destroying the Shinobi World with the Moon Fist.

• Mori Ibiki questioned Neji about the Akatsuki, and Neji insisted he had told the village everything he remembered.
• The Third Hokage told Hiashi that the Mangekyō Uchiha codenamed 'A' had attacked Neji and abducted Yugito Nii, then ordered Neji to be watched because 'A' had spared him.
• Hiashi brought Neji home, warned him to stay in the village, and told him to report if the Akatsuki member approached again.
• Neji recalled that he had first returned the scroll for contacting the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon to its hiding place before reporting to Hiashi.
• Neji reflected on the Hyuga Main and Branch Families’ conflict and resolved to stop the Otsutsuki Branch Family from using the Moon Fist to destroy the Shinobi World.

Tsunade treated Sasuke’s mental injuries and learned that the Akatsuki had several Mangekyo Uchiha and might be targeting the Tailed Beasts. Shinji visited Sasuke as he woke, while Sasuke remembered Itachi’s command to kill his closest friend and realized that Shinji was the one he valued most.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya that Sasuke’s mental injuries had healed and he would wake that day.
• Jiraiya asked Tsunade to help protect Naruto from the Akatsuki, but she refused because of her hemophobia.
• Shinji arrived at the hospital, and Jiraiya told him that Sasuke was recovering.
• Tsunade learned that Shinji was an Uchiha skilled in Medical Ninjutsu and was surprised he had not awakened the Sharingan.
• Sasuke woke and spoke with Shinji, then recalled Itachi’s words and recognized Shinji as his closest friend.

After Sasuke woke, Shinji learned that Sasuke recognized his defeat by Itachi and returned to his laboratory. Shinji’s research suggested that purifying Neji’s bloodline through transplantation could give him a chance to awaken the Tenseigan.

• Shinji told Sasuke that he had recovered, and Sasuke admitted that his Sharingan had been no match for Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• ANBU took Sasuke away for questioning about the Akatsuki Organization after he was discharged from the hospital.
• Shinji compared cells from the Otsutsuki Branch Family’s Byakugan with Neji’s and found significant differences between their bloodlines.
• Shinji theorized that awakening the Tenseigan required both Hamura Otsutsuki’s bloodline and the blood of the Shinobi World’s natives.
• Shinji planned to purify Neji’s bloodline with Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku and the transplanted Otsutsuki Byakugan.

Shinji weighed ways to prepare Neji for a transplant that could awaken the Tenseigan, while considering Kimimaro as a riskier replacement. At the Five Kage Summit, Kiba’s account of the Akatsuki’s strength alarmed the village leaders as they debated forming a Joint Force.

• Shinji compared the chakra of Neji, Kimimaro, and the Otsutsuki Branch Family’s Byakugan and confirmed their shared ancestry.
• Shinji considered boosting Neji’s Byakugan with the Otsutsuki eyes or teaching him Tsunade’s Yin Seal, while keeping Kimimaro as a backup host.
• Ōnoki and the Fourth Kazekage demanded that the Raikage fully explain his battle with the Akatsuki before agreeing to a Joint Force.
• At the Raikage’s request, Kiba described the battle and confirmed that Moryo and Shinnō had held off the Raikage and Killer B.
• Kiba confirmed that Scorpion’s puppet could manipulate Iron Sand and that Kakuzu and Hidan had defeated Yugito, leaving the summit leaders shaken by the Akatsuki’s strength.

As the Kage agreed to form a Joint Force, Kiba explained that the Akatsuki Organization had targeted Kumogakure’s Jinchuriki, prompting the villages to fear for their own Tailed Beasts. In Amegakure, Nagato learned the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki had escaped capture and ordered Konan to hasten Hiruko’s ritual while warning the Akatsuki to prepare for retaliation.

• The Fourth Raikage argued that the Akatsuki Organization had ambushed Kumogakure to capture Killer B and Yugito Nii, while other leaders questioned his claims.
• Kiba reported that Scorpion had taken Karur, a Storm Release user, possibly for his own Human Puppet collection or at Hiruko’s request.
• Kiba concluded that the Akatsuki’s true targets were Kumogakure’s Jinchuriki and urged the villages to help rescue Yugito Nii before their own Jinchuriki became targets.
• The Fourth Raikage called for a vote, and the Five Kage approved forming a Joint Force.
• Konan told Nagato that the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki remained with the Raikage and that the Two-Tails Jinchuriki was missing; Nagato decided not to confront the person who had taken her yet.
• Nagato warned Konan that the Five Great Shinobi Villages would retaliate and ordered her to have Hiruko complete his ritual as soon as possible.

Obito learned that Nagato had failed to capture the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and considered Nagato a growing threat, while planning to use Shinnō’s artificial Tailed Beast. After the Kage Summit, Kirigakure and Kumogakure questioned whether they could trust Konoha.

• Zetsu told Obito that Nagato had captured the Two-Tails Jinchuriki but failed to capture the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and they discussed the mysterious beam that destroyed Moryo.
• Obito learned Moryo could revive through the Miko and ordered Zetsu to have Shinnō complete his artificial Tailed Beast plan so they could target the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The Fourth Mizukage told Kirigakure’s elites that they could trust Kumogakure and likely Sunagakure against the Akatsuki Organization, but not yet Konoha or Iwagakure.
• The Fourth Raikage declared that Kumogakure could not trust Konoha, citing the Akatsuki Organization’s Mangekyo Uchiha and the mysterious old man with a Byakugan who defeated Killer B.

The Fourth Raikage ordered Kiba to investigate Neji’s connection to a mysterious Byakugan user, while Ōnoki suspected the Raikage was hiding information and considered contacting Akatsuki. Shinji checked Karin’s damaged Mangekyō Sharingan and continued pursuing his Rinnegan and Tenseigan plans.

• The Fourth Raikage sent Kiba to find out who Neji was and ordered Killer B to remain at the base while his Chakra recovered.
• Ōnoki ordered Rōshi and Han to stay in Shelter Five and told Kitsuchi he suspected the Raikage had concealed information about Akatsuki.
• Ōnoki instructed Kitsuchi to find someone trustworthy to contact Akatsuki, while Kusagakure, Takigakure, and Yugakure also discussed reaching out to the organization.
• Shinji visited Karin and learned that her damaged Mangekyō Sharingan was recovering, though she still could not see light.
• Shinji continued his Rinnegan Plan with Karin and Sasuke, and his Tenseigan Plan with Neji and Kimimaro.

Hiruko captured a Steel Release ninja with Deidara’s help and learned the Akatsuki had gathered four of the five bloodline users needed for his ritual. With a Sharingan user still missing, Scorpion proposed forcing Shinji Uchiha to awaken his Sharingan, and Kakuzu agreed to join the attempt.

• Deidara defeated a Steel Release ninja with explosions, and Hiruko confirmed that the target was still alive.
• Hiruko returned to the Akatsuki base and learned that Kakuzu and Hidan had captured a Swift Release ninja, while Konan and Raiga Kurosuki had captured a Nether Release ninja.
• Hiruko discussed possible Sharingan targets with the Akatsuki members and rejected targeting Itachi or his younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha.
• Kakuzu revealed that Shinji Uchiha had not awakened the Sharingan but was a valuable kidnapping target.
• Scorpion suggested using intense emotions to try to awaken Shinji’s Sharingan, and Kakuzu agreed to take part.

Shinji discovered that the Lantern Bearer from the Demon Slayer World had linked the two worlds through five anchors, starting a four-day countdown to their destruction. With the anchors scattered across the Shinobi World and few allies he could trust, Shinji struggled to find a way to stop the catastrophe without exposing his identity.

• Shinji assessed his abilities, focused on improving his taijutsu, and reviewed the week's research and the movements of Neji, Kimimaro, and Sasuke.
• The Lantern Bearer secretly buried five stone slabs at locations across the Shinobi World, establishing five anchors.
• The Lamp warned Shinji that the Shinobi World had been captured and gave him a four-day countdown to plane destruction.
• Shinji learned that the Demon Slayer World had been linked to the Shinobi World and used Embers to reveal the anchors' locations.
• Shinji considered sending himself, Yugito Nii, Karin, and Haku to destroy the anchors, but realized they could not reliably reach all five in time.
• Shinji weighed alerting the Five Kage but feared that revealing his knowledge and identity would spread the Demon Slayer World's contamination.

Shinji devised a way to mobilize shinobi villages and factions against five anchor points without revealing the full truth about Doomsday. He recruited Karin, Haku, and Kimimaro, leaving Kimimaro facing a dangerous test to join the Akatsuki Organization.

• Shinji concluded he needed help to destroy all five anchor points within four days and planned to use village ties and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki to draw factions into action.
• Shinji explained the crisis to Karin, replaced her eyes with a Mangekyō Sharingan containing Susanoo, and sent her to act.
• Shinji briefed Haku, who agreed to do everything he could to help.
• Shinji found Kimimaro training in the Eight Gates, offered him a place in the Akatsuki Organization, and Kimimaro accepted to protect Orochimaru.
• Shinji told Kimimaro that he would have to survive a test to qualify for the organization.

Karin, Haku, and Kimimaro each reported that the Akatsuki Organization had invited them to join and assigned them a test. Their respective contacts resolved to help them pass, hoping to gain intelligence on the organization.

• At the noodle shop, Karin told the middle-aged chef that Akatsuki member A had invited her to join the organization, and he eagerly promised the Grass Shinobi would help her pass the test.
• In a grove, Haku told the shadow that Akatsuki had invited him because he was a surviving member of the Snow Clan, and the shadow urged him to accept so they could gather information.
• The shadow revealed that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had designated Haku as C, and Haku realized the Akatsuki member who had recruited him was from his clan.
• At Otogakure's temporary base, Kimimaro told Orochimaru about his recruitment test, and Orochimaru offered to assist him from the shadows.

Hiashi decided to keep Neji’s contact with the Akatsuki Organization secret and take him to the organization’s test, while the Five Great Shinobi Villages assembled a force to pursue Yugito Nii. As various village-backed recruits slipped out of Konoha, an unseen watcher observed them in the darkness.

• Hiashi told Neji not to report the Akatsuki Organization’s recruitment attempt to the village and said the Hyuga Clan would help him pass the test.
• Kumogakure detected Yugito Nii’s moving Chakra signature near Konoha, prompting the Five Kage to agree to send a Joint Force after her.
• The villages assembled an elite force led by the Fourth Raikage, Jiraiya, Chiyo, Pakura, Kitsuchi, and Demon Zabuza, then left Konoha at night.
• A Kusagakure shinobi replaced Karin in her apartment while Karin slipped out of Konoha, and Haku met Mei Terumi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Kirigakure’s other operatives for her test.
• Kimimaro left Konoha with Kabuto Yakushi’s help, while Hiashi took Neji out of the village to reach the Akatsuki Organization.
• A pair of crimson eyes silently watched the groups depart in different directions.