Recaps

Shinji helped Yakumo test the Red Dragon Eye while secretly preparing Karin’s Mangekyō fusion, as Orochimaru and Akatsuki moved against Yakumo. The arc ended with Karin’s recovery progressing and Shinji preparing to begin the fusion while arranging for Yakumo to help train Naruto.

• Orochimaru gave Danzo the formulas for Tsunade’s surgery, then secretly recruited Kabuto to investigate Yakumo and Shinji, while other villages and the Akatsuki took notice of Yakumo’s Wood Release and Red Dragon Eye.
• Shinji provoked Sasuke to push him to grow stronger, while Hiashi began personally training Neji and Yakumo continued developing her abilities under Tsunade’s supervision.
• Shinji tested the Red Dragon Eye with Yakumo and Ido, discovering that they could use it together to switch places over long distances through Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto lured Yakumo’s rescue team into a trap, where Yakumo fought Scorpion and Deidara with Wood Release while Tsunade confronted Orochimaru.
• Ido switched places with Yakumo and subdued Orochimaru in his mindscape, but Kabuto freed him and fled with him as Ido pursued them.
• Konoha found Yakumo and her parents alive, investigated the attack, and named the unknown Akatsuki assailant “D” after learning he had used a Spirit Body and Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Shinji told Karin that her damaged Mangekyō was recovering and planned to fuse two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan into an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan for her.
• Yakumo returned to the Academy as Shinji, Sasuke, and Neji formed an alliance against her team, while Shinji trained with them and prepared Karin’s fusion plan.

Shinji and Yakumo faced the visiting villages’ prodigies in the Forest of Death, while Naruto fought Gaara and Kimimaro defeated Cloud ninja. As the villages began First Hokage cell transplantations, Shinji secretly helped one volunteer survive, leaving the operation’s outcome uncertain.

• Shinji arranged for Karin’s damaged Mangekyō Sharingan to recover, then implanted a second pair of eyes and watched her begin fusing them in secret.
• Mei Terumi and delegations from the other villages arrived in Konoha, and the villages’ young shinobi joined the combat test in the Forest of Death.
• Yakumo sent Shion and Kimimaro away and fought Shinji and Sasuke, while Naruto confronted Gaara and Kimimaro defeated Kumogakure’s team.
• Shion used her Miko power to disable Sasuke, and Shinji outlasted Yakumo’s attacks and defeated her after exploiting an opening.
• Naruto struck Gaara with a Rasengan, but Jiraiya and Chiyo intervened before Gaara could crush him, and Gaara questioned why others cared about Naruto.
• Tsunade organized First Hokage cell transplantations for volunteers from the four villages, and Kaoru Kusa began an operation with Shinji and Chiyo present.
• After multiple volunteers died, Tsunade ordered Kaoru to increase the suppressant dose for the Sunagakure volunteer, who stabilized but fell into a coma.
• Chiyo restricted access to the volunteer, while Shinji revealed he had used Naobi and Magatsu to suppress the cells’ backlash, though the volunteer remained near death.

Shinji tested Karin’s newly awakened Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in an attack on Konoha, where she fought Yakumo and revealed a Complete Susanoo. He later transplanted First Hokage cells into Karin, who assimilated them and gained the Power of All Things, while Shinji began watching for signs that she might awaken the Rinnegan.

• Shinji let the surviving Sunagakure volunteer die during an attack, then completed Karin’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan fusion and implanted her eyes in Fugaku Uchiha.
• Karin raided Konoha’s Archives as Akatsuki’s “B,” testing her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, stealing sealing scrolls, and provoking Sasuke.
• Karin’s Complete Form Susanoo battled Yakumo and Konoha’s forces, while Shinji watched the test and Karin escaped without killing anyone.
• Shinji recovered the Adamantine Sealing Chains and Four Symbols Seal scrolls from Karin, then concealed her identity and prepared her for a First Hokage cell transplant.
• After a week of preparation, Shinji began the transplant, and Karin endured the rampaging Yang Release Chakra rather than let him stop the procedure.
• Karin’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan strengthened, allowing her to balance Yin and Yang Chakra, assimilate the First Hokage cells, and produce the Power of All Things.
• Shinji taught Karin to use a Four Symbols Seal to contain her increased Chakra, then cleaned the cave and reviewed the risks of his own future transplant.
• Shinji decided to track Karin’s Spirit Body for signs of Rinnegan awakening and hoped to harvest her Power of All Things with Magatsu.

Shinji developed a Biological Exoskeleton to advance his Tenseigan plan, while Konoha's leaders maneuvered to recruit him and the Otsutsuki Branch Family moved against Neji. The arc ended with Shinji fighting Toneri in the Forest of Death as Konoha's forces rushed to help.

• Naruto helped Gaara regain control of Shukaku, and the visiting ninja departed after Konoha trained Gaara to manage the One-Tail.
• Shinji devised a Biological Exoskeleton to link Neji and Kimimaro's powers, then recruited Orochimaru's help and implanted the device in both boys.
• Shinji joined Utatane Koharu's faction as her student in exchange for her support, while Konoha's leaders discussed Akatsuki and the village's security.
• Otsutsuki Toneri abducted Neji after defeating Sasuke and Yakumo, and Shinji pursued him alone.
• Konoha's forces organized a rescue pursuit as Shinji identified Toneri as a puppet empowered by the Giant Tenseigan.
• Toneri repeatedly drove Shinji back, and Shinji focused on rescuing Neji as Toneri pulled him close to drain his Chakra.