Recaps

Uchiha Obito fused with Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina’s bodies to remove Madara Uchiha’s Cursed Seal and gain their abilities, then watched Nagato Uzumaki’s assault on Konoha. Nagato retreated after a fierce battle that left the village in ruins, while the capture of the Second Hokage and signs of trouble elsewhere deepened Konoha’s crisis.

• Uchiha Obito used the Chimera Technique to fuse with Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina, gaining Senjutsu, Yin-Yang Release, Adamantine Sealing Chains, Light Release, and the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Uchiha Obito returned to watch Konoha, learned that Senju Chōsu was hiding overseas, and observed Nagato Uzumaki’s battle against Konoha’s defenders.
• Minato Namikaze, Uzumaki Kuuhina, Orochimaru, Hyuga Hiashi, Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, and Shimura Danzō fought Nagato until he retreated at nightfall, leaving Konoha devastated and at least half its villagers dead.
• Jiraiya confronted Shimura Danzō about Nagato, then learned that the enemy had captured the Second Hokage and realized Nagato might be targeting Senju Chōsu.
• Orochimaru and Hyuga Hiashi left as Jiraiya lamented Konoha’s decline, while Uzumaki Kuuhina noted that Shimura Danzō had acted unusually and Minato suspected a crisis on the mainland.

Tamura Hiroshi returned from years of training and prepared to help the Raikage and his allies reach Kekkei Mōra power. As Kumogakure expanded its control and its World Tree network spread, Tamura explained that the trees and their preparations were meant to protect the planet from the Sage of Six Paths and other enemies.

• Kumogakure and the Thundercloud Ninja Country conquered the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, while Konoha studied their powerful firearms and Orochimaru explained why Konoha could not match their forces.
• Nawaki led the Senju Clan's Wood Release users in planting twenty thousand World Trees across the Land of Wind and connecting them into a climate-changing network.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned from training with his wives, told the Third Raikage and Yozuki A that he had fused space into Light Release and was training in Time Power, and revealed his progress toward an eight-attribute bloodline.
• Tamura Hiroshi offered to help the Raikage and the others fuse Yin-Yang Release and Five Element Release into Kekkei Mōra, then planned to modify the World Trees to convert solar energy into Natural Energy.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained that the World Tree network was intended to protect the continent from the Sage of Six Paths' Planetary Devastation, and he argued that chakra's extraterrestrial origin offered the world a chance to surpass its natural limits.

Tamura Hiroshi visited Scorpion to share research for the artificial sun, then traveled to the Konoha ruins to meet Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Naruto, Sasuke, and the others. He warned of a coming crisis and challenged Naruto to understand the responsibilities of becoming Hokage, leaving Naruto shaken while Jiraiya defended his mentor’s plans for him.

• Tamura Hiroshi gave Scorpion his solar research, and Scorpion reported that light-energy chakra was ready for mass production while nuclear-energy chakra still required work.
• Tamura Hiroshi learned that Kurotsuchi and Deidara had advanced their Dust Release training, then went to the Konoha ruins and joined the group for Uzumaki Kuuhina’s meal.
• Tamura Hiroshi teased Naruto about Sakura Haruno and lectured him about restraint, then discussed his cultivation and Nagato Uzumaki’s uncertain future with Orochimaru and Jiraiya.
• Naruto insisted that becoming Hokage remained his dream and cited his training in Steel Release, but Tamura Hiroshi told him that strength alone could not make him a qualified Kage.
• Jiraiya said his mentor had changed and was training Naruto as his successor, while Tamura Hiroshi questioned whether Naruto had inherited Minato Namikaze’s intelligence.

Tamura Hiroshi warned Naruto and Sasuke about Hiruzen Sarutobi’s past, then exchanged intelligence with Jiraiya and Orochimaru while explaining Kumogakure’s Sacred Tree research. He later gave Naruto a secret technique to turn Sasuke into a woman as a scheme to win Sakura, and Jiraiya refused Hiroshi’s invitation to join Kumogakure.

• Tamura Hiroshi told Naruto that Hiruzen Sarutobi had used and discarded people who dreamed of becoming Hokage, and Kuuhina and Sasuke added accusations against Hiruzen.
• Tamura Hiroshi asked Jiraiya and Orochimaru to exchange information about Nagato Uzumaki, the mysterious man, and Shimura Danzō; he explained that Sacred Trees could convert sunlight into Natural Energy.
• Orochimaru shared footage of Shimura Danzō’s battles, and he and Tamura Hiroshi exchanged intelligence and cultivation insights.
• Naruto asked Tamura Hiroshi how to win Sakura, so Hiroshi taught him a secret technique to transform Sasuke into a woman and told him to use it during a spar.
• Jiraiya questioned Tamura Hiroshi’s advice to Naruto and refused his invitation to join Kumogakure, saying Naruto and Sasuke could leave Konoha if they chose.

Tamura Hiroshi visited the Elite Academy to encourage its students and reassure the Sage of Six Paths that he meant to recruit Indra and Asura rather than oppose them. After Black Zetsu reported on the search for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Tamura assessed his own formidable but still uncertain strength and prepared to master Time Power.

• Tamura Hiroshi visited the Elite Academy, where he joked with Temari, Kurotsuchi, and the others before reviewing their training and answering their questions.
• Tamura explained that he could not let the students use the Tsukuyomi illusion, and Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuga chose not to ask him about Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto.
• Black Zetsu reported that Hagoromo and his allies had found traces of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and the Kara organization but could not locate Isshiki's hidden Pocket Dimension.
• Tamura and Black Zetsu speculated that Hagoromo and Hamura might use a God Tree Fruit to lure Isshiki out, possibly sacrificing Madara Uchiha, Orochimaru, or Lord Danzo.
• Tamura showed Black Zetsu his Heaven-Splitter blade and space-infused armor, then said he needed to master Time Power to make his strength secure enough against Hagoromo and Hamura.

Tamura Hiroshi and Princess Kaguya enhanced the World Tree and spread its sunlight-driven Natural Energy production across the world, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru considered the danger posed by the immortal trees. As the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura planned to stop Kumogakure’s expansion and lure out Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Isshiki transformed Jigen into a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and summoned a clansman to break the deadlock.

• Tamura Hiroshi and Princess Kaguya modified the World Tree, then guided the Third Raikage and others through successful Kekkei Mōra fusions.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Princess Kaguya spread the World Tree’s power through its roots, transforming the world’s immortal trees to absorb sunlight and produce Natural Energy.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru watched Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto fight, while Orochimaru planned to upgrade Sasuke’s eyes and Jiraiya questioned the Great Toad Sage’s warnings.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura observed the modified immortal trees and agreed that Kumogakure must eventually be stopped, though they prioritized dealing with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sealed his Ten-Tails into Jigen to gain an Ōtsutsuki physique and contacted a clansman, hoping the arrival would help him break the deadlock.

Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki answered Isshiki’s distress signal and agreed to help him draw out Kaguya’s children. Tamura Hiroshi detected their arrival, while Momoshiki’s group concealed themselves and prepared to wait.

• Momoshiki ate the God Tree Fruit, grew stronger, and joined Kinshiki and Urashiki in opening a Space Gate to Isshiki’s region.
• Isshiki explained that Kaguya’s two powerful children threatened him and proposed waiting for the stolen God Tree to reassemble so they could draw the pair out.
• Momoshiki agreed to wait up to two years, and the three Ōtsutsuki hid in a spatial interstice to avoid detection.
• Tamura Hiroshi sensed the intruders near the enormous tree in Kumogakure, but Kinshiki moved the group away before Hiroshi’s blade could hit them.
• Hiroshi told Black Zetsu that Momoshiki and Kinshiki had likely arrived, then returned to study Time Power and ordered Black Zetsu to watch Nagato and Lord Danzo.
• Momoshiki’s group surveyed the planet, avoided Kaguya’s Pocket Dimensions, and headed south so Momoshiki could acclimate to the fruit’s power.

Uchiha Sasuke returned to the Uchiha settlement after being permanently transformed into a girl, and Mikoto accepted the change while hoping he could leave his hatred behind. Sasuke confronted Itachi, who refused to fight and gave him the eyes he had brought; Mikoto then began imagining a future match between Sazuko and Naruto.

• Uzumaki Naruto accompanied Uchiha Sasuke to the Uchiha mountain village and explained to Mikoto Uchiha that Naruto's transformation jutsu had permanently changed Sasuke into a girl, though Yin-Yang Release might eventually reverse it.
• Mikoto Uchiha welcomed Sasuke home, cooked for him and Naruto, and asked Naruto whether Sasuke could have children; Naruto said he did not know and would ask Orochimaru.
• Mikoto Uchiha visited Uchiha Itachi and told him that Sasuke had returned as a girl named Sazuko, warning him not to hurt her.
• Uchiha Itachi met Sazuko at their agreed valley and let her win, saying he would not raise a hand against his sister before giving her a bottle containing the eyes he had removed.
• Uchiha Mikoto told Uchiha Shisui that Naruto would make a suitable boyfriend and future husband for Sazuko.

Tamura Hiroshi ambushed and killed Ōtsutsuki Urashiki after he secretly infiltrated Kumogakure, then returned to the Antarctic battle between Shimura Danzō and Uzumaki Nagato. As the two turned on Naruto and Sasuke, Uchiha Obito intercepted Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina confronted him.

• Black Zetsu told Tamura Hiroshi that Mikoto Uchiha was trying to pair Naruto and Sasuke, while Sasuke's acquisition of Itachi Uchiha's eyes signaled that the decisive battle was near.
• Shimura Danzō and Uzumaki Nagato traveled to Antarctica and began a destructive battle, while Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki and Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki went to investigate and Ōtsutsuki Urashiki secretly entered Kumogakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi sensed Urashiki's infiltration, ambushed him in the Summoning Realm, and killed him before he could use his dojutsu; Princess Kaguya began refining Urashiki's power.
• Orochimaru and the others arrived at the Antarctic battle, prompting Shimura Danzō and Uzumaki Nagato to attack Naruto and Sasuke and try to seize the two halves of the Nine-Tails.
• Uchiha Obito warped space to prevent Minato Namikaze from evacuating the group, then attacked him with Flying Thunder God and Light Release; Uzumaki Kuuhina joined Minato and vowed to fight Obito.

Shimura Danzō defeated Nagato Uzumaki, took control of the Dark Ten-Tails, and became its Jinchuriki. He headed for Konoha, where Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto confronted him, setting the stage for another battle.

• Shimura Danzō used the darkness to capture Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto, then extracted and devoured both halves of Kurama.
• Minato Namikaze rescued Sasuke and Naruto, while Uchiha Obito used Kamui to shatter the World-Destroying Black Lotus and Nagato Uzumaki devoured it, Shimura Danzō, and the Dark Susanoo.
• Shimura Danzō emerged from the Dark Ten-Tails, killed Nagato Uzumaki, took his Rinnegan, and sealed the Ten-Tails within himself.
• Uchiha Obito took Nagato Uzumaki’s remaining Rinnegan and fled, while Konan brought Nagato’s head to the Initial Sphere Space, where the Jade Rabbit revived him as an infant.
• Shimura Danzō arrived at Konoha and told Hiruzen Sarutobi that time had proved him right.
• Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto confronted Shimura Danzō, who coveted Sasuke’s six-tomoe Rinnegan as the fighters prepared to clash.

Shimura Danzō’s defeat led to Uchiha Obito becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but the Dark Ten-Tails broke free and left Obito dying. As Obito used Rinne Rebirth, Tamura Hiroshi intervened against Black Zetsu, while the technique began restoring Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina to life.

• Hyuga Hiashi, Uchiha Sasuke, and Uzumaki Naruto shattered Shimura Danzō’s Dark Susanoo, and Minato Namikaze took Danzō’s Rinnegan before the Dark Ten-Tails consumed him.
• The Dark Ten-Tails was summoned to Uchiha Obito, who became its Jinchuriki, while Madara Uchiha sent Black Zetsu to ensure Obito used Rinne Rebirth on him.
• Orochimaru took Danzō’s Rinnegan, deciphered the Uchiha Stone Tablet, and ordered Minato Namikaze to retrieve Obito’s other Rinnegan.
• The Dark Ten-Tails corrupted Obito and broke free; before dying, Obito apologized to Uzumaki Kuuhina and prepared to use Rinne Rebirth.
• Tamura Hiroshi struck at Black Zetsu as Obito performed Rinne Rebirth, and the surge of life force began turning Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina’s Impure World Reincarnation bodies into living ones.

Orochimaru became a complete Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and fought Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Hyuga Hiashi while Tamura Hiroshi arranged Uchiha Obito’s reunion with Rin Nohara. Orochimaru activated Infinite Tsukuyomi and God Tree World Birth, but Black Zetsu then attacked him as part of a plan to resurrect Kaguya.

• Orochimaru seized control of Minato Namikaze, took a Rinnegan from Uchiha Obito, and devoured the Dark Ten-Tails to become its Jinchuriki.
• Orochimaru fought Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Hyuga Hiashi, while Tamura Hiroshi declined to join the battle and negotiated with Orochimaru.
• Tamura Hiroshi’s Shadow Clone brought Uchiha Obito and Uzumaki Kuuhina to Initial Sphere Space, where Rin Nohara reunited with Obito and persuaded him to join Kumogakure.
• Orochimaru used Infinite Tsukuyomi and God Tree World Birth to ensnare people across the world and draw out their chakra, while Kumogakure’s Immortal Trees secretly created a dream world and marked them with the Yachihoko Seal.
• Madara Uchiha activated the Rinnegan in Orochimaru’s palms, disrupting his control of the chakra he had gathered, and Black Zetsu’s clone stabbed him from behind.
• Black Zetsu’s clone identified itself as Kaguya’s Will and declared that Orochimaru would be the sacrifice for Kaguya’s resurrection.

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya resurrected and trapped Naruto, Sasuke, Minato, and Hiashi in the Initial Sphere Space, where Tamura Hiroshi’s plan left them drained and powerless. After the group emerged, Sasuke lowered her sword at her mother’s request, while Sakura and Hinata’s rivalry over Sasuke and Naruto erupted into a chaotic confrontation.

• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya revived through Orochimaru, turned the Dark Ten-Tails into a God Tree, and dragged Naruto, Sasuke, Hiashi, and Minato into her dimension.
• Princess Kaguya and the others defeated the newcomers, drained their powers, and swallowed them before spitting them out; Hiashi was digested, while Kaguya’s power was restored.
• Uchiha Mikoto reunited with her daughter, Uchiha Sasuke, explained the situation through genjutsu, and persuaded her to lower her sword and stop fighting.
• Sakura Haruno attacked Naruto after learning he had used a gender-changing technique on Sasuke, and Sasuke defended Naruto while Sakura fought Hinata Hyuga’s attempt to strike her.
• Hinata learned that Hiashi had been digested and refused Tamura Hiroshi’s offer to show her memories about her mother, then left with Hanabi as Sakura punched Tamura’s shadow clone.

Tamura Hiroshi used Ōtsutsuki Urashiki’s disguise to devour the Pure Land and several Pocket Dimensions, strengthening Kaguya as the Sage of Six Paths, Hamura, and the Otsutsuki invaders battled. After the Sage sealed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Tamura drew the remaining fighters into Initial Sphere Space, where Kaguya and her allies attacked them.

• As the Dark God Tree Fruit ripened, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki tried to claim it, but the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura appeared and clashed with Isshiki and Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki while Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki secured the fruit.
• Tamura Hiroshi disguised himself as Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, entered the Pure Land, and had Kaguya devour it and several Pocket Dimensions, completing her evolution into a Twelve-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• The Sage of Six Paths revived elite souls to supply him with chakra, but Dodai sent the Reaper Squad to hunt them down, and the Immortal Tree devoured the revived dead.
• After the battle devastated the Land of Rainbows, the Sage of Six Paths used Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei to seal Ōtsutsuki Isshiki inside a massive sphere formed around the moon.
• Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki called for Urashiki’s help, and Tamura shifted the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki into Initial Sphere Space, where Kaguya, Sakura Haruno, Hinata Hyuga, and their allies attacked them.
• Kaguya cut off the Sage of Six Paths’ arm while Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuga overwhelmed Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki.

Tamura Hiroshi fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki after Isshiki drew on Ōtsutsuki Shibai’s power, but Isshiki used Plough and a time dojutsu to erase Hiroshi’s past and collapse the timeline. Before fading away, Hiroshi preserved his soul and sent power and cultivation insights into a Fragmented Jade Piece, leaving himself confident he could return.

• Tamura Hiroshi’s allies defeated Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki and the Sage of Six Paths, while the Jade Rabbit devoured the Sage’s remains.
• Tamura Hiroshi sensed a chakra surge from the moon as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki emerged transformed by Ōtsutsuki Shibai’s power, and the two began fighting.
• Tamura Hiroshi pressed Isshiki with rapid, precognitive sword strikes while his allies killed Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki and Ōtsutsuki Hamura.
• Isshiki used Time Seal to escape and retrieve Plough, then sent a black rod through time to kill Tamura Hiroshi as a fetus, causing the timeline to disintegrate.
• Tamura Hiroshi resisted the collapse long enough to take Plough’s Time Power and send power and cultivation insights into a Fragmented Jade Piece in the past.
• As Tamura Hiroshi and his allies faded away, he promised he would restore the past, and the Fragmented Jade Piece recorded the moment as an anchor.

Tamura Hiroshi passed the Ninja Academy’s preliminary graduation exam and enlisted Akimichi Torifu’s help to secure a team with Katsuyu and Might Guy so he could get close to Tsunade. After meeting Tsunade at Dan Katō’s grave, Hiroshi headed to school the next morning to learn the team assignments.

• Tamura Hiroshi passed the Clone Technique exam and hoped to graduate with his close friends Katsuyu and Might Guy.
• Hiroshi visited Akimichi Torifu, demonstrated the full Expansion Jutsu, and asked him to arrange for the three friends to be teammates so Hiroshi could earn Tsunade’s favor through Katsuyu.
• Torifu agreed to help, gave Hiroshi the Butterfly Secret Technique scroll, and Hiroshi took lunch to Katsuyu before they went to the cemetery.
• Hiroshi and Katsuyu cleaned Dan Katō’s grave, where they met Tsunade; Hiroshi impressed her with his training and spent the evening with her and Katsuyu.
• Hiroshi woke from an embarrassing dream about Tsunade, then went to the Ninja Academy for the team assignments.

Tamura Hiroshi was assigned to a team with Katsuyu and Might Guy, then angered Tsunade by burning Icha Icha Paradise for his father. After Tsunade named herself their instructor and ordered an assessment, Hiroshi trained the Butterfly Secret Technique and arrived at the Senju Clan Land in heavy armor, where Tsunade began preparing to test them.

• Tamura Hiroshi burned Icha Icha Paradise at his father's grave, and Tsunade caught him and decided to make his assessment difficult.
• Tsunade arrived at the academy and ordered Tamura Hiroshi, Katsuyu, and Might Guy to report to the Senju Clan Land for a practical combat assessment.
• Tamura Hiroshi persuaded his teammates to delay their arrival until late at night so he could practice the Butterfly Secret Technique and Might Guy could train.
• Tamura Hiroshi studied and practiced the Butterfly Secret Technique, using his Yang Release experience and enhanced comprehension to grasp its principles.
• Tamura Hiroshi arrived with Katsuyu and Might Guy wearing 150-kilogram armor and offered Tsunade chicken and sake before their assessment.
• Tsunade accepted the food but warned Tamura Hiroshi that his armor would only let her punch him a few more times.

Tamura Hiroshi and his teammates faced Tsunade’s seven-minute assessment, using coordinated attacks and his enormous Gan Qi axe and shield to survive. After Tsunade defeated them, Hiroshi revealed his self-mastered Butterfly Mode and held her off until noon, leaving Tsunade surprised and Torifu Akimichi pleased with the display.

• Tsunade set a seven-minute assessment, and Tamura Hiroshi enlarged himself and summoned his giant Gan Qi axe and shield.
• Hiroshi’s explosive shield, Might Guy’s Eight Inner Gates, and Katsuyu’s support helped the trio counter Tsunade’s attacks and endure her assault.
• Tsunade knocked the trio down, but Hiroshi activated Butterfly Mode and began his spinning Dance of the Gan Qi.
• Tsunade summoned a rock golem to clash with Hiroshi, while Katsuyu watched the clock and announced that it was noon.
• Hiroshi stopped fighting and collapsed from chakra exhaustion, and Tsunade realized he had mastered the Butterfly Secret Technique without the dangerous medicine.
• Torifu Akimichi arrived and asked Tsunade whether she was satisfied with Hiroshi as a student.

Tamura Hiroshi moved into the Senju Clan Land with Might Guy and Katsuyu, then proposed turning its ruins into a profitable gambling city to win Tsunade’s help. Tsunade agreed to consider teaching him in exchange for his plans, while rejecting his idea of becoming a Tailed Beast jinchuriki; Hiroshi then suggested using only a portion of a beast’s chakra.

• Tsunade accepted the arrangements Torifu Akimichi had made for the students to live on the Senju Clan Land and restore it.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained to Might Guy that restoring the grounds could double as training, and offered to teach him a Yang Release technique to strengthen his body.
• Tamura Hiroshi and his teammates moved into the Senju Clan Land, and he brought Torifu Akimichi braised pork while discussing his Butterfly Secret Technique and Tsunade’s gambling addiction.
• Tamura Hiroshi presented Tsunade with plans for a gambling city, new games, and a God of Gamblers film series, persuading her to ask what he wanted to learn.
• Tamura Hiroshi asked Tsunade to teach him the Super Strength Technique, Yin Seal, and a Tailed Beast-sealing technique, explaining that he wanted to become strong enough to protect his clan and village.
• Tsunade warned that Hiroshi could not endure a complete Tailed Beast, so he proposed sealing only part of one or some of its chakra inside himself.

Tamura Hiroshi persuaded Tsunade to let him copy the Senju clan’s ninjutsu heritage and proposed a casino business to fund it and keep her in Konoha. He revealed to Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Chōza Akimichi that he planned to build support for Tsunade to become Fourth Hokage, then pursue the position himself.

• Tsunade advised Tamura Hiroshi to combine the Twelve Hour Seal with the Eight Trigrams Seal so he could contain small portions of all nine Tailed Beasts, and she agreed to help if he arranged funding for her casino and movie business.
• Tsunade took Tamura Hiroshi into the Senju clan’s storehouse and allowed him to copy its heritage, so he brought Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Chōza Akimichi to Torifu Akimichi to secure support.
• Torifu Akimichi approved the plan, and Shikaku Nara began organizing the copying and casino project while learning that Tamura Hiroshi had nearly mastered the Butterfly Secret Technique.
• Shikaku Nara estimated that the casino would cost at least one billion ryō, so Tamura Hiroshi proposed using clan members, salvaged materials, and disabled shinobi to reduce costs and staff the business.
• Tamura Hiroshi told the three clan leaders that he wanted to build Tsunade’s prestige and prepare her to become Fourth Hokage, then eventually position himself to succeed her as Fifth Hokage.
• Tamura Hiroshi proposed bringing the Uchiha into their succession plan and eventually supporting an Uchiha candidate for Sixth Hokage, and Shikaku Nara agreed to consider it.

Tamura Hiroshi and the Ino-Shika-Cho leaders discussed long-term plans, the Hokage succession, and changes to the Uzumaki and Uchiha families while the Senju Casino began construction. Hiruzen assigned Tsunade’s team a border investigation mission, and Hiroshi prepared to seek help and pursue Hoshigakure’s star and Mysterious Peacock Method along the way.

• Torifu Akimichi explained that Minato Namikaze might be Hiruzen’s choice for Fourth Hokage and revealed that Uzumaki Kuuhina had been taken from Konoha by Kumogakure ten years earlier.
• Tamura Hiroshi asked about the Uchiha family and said he hoped to connect with Fugaku Uchiha’s heir through Senior Kagami’s grandson.
• The Ino-Shika-Cho clans mobilized to build the Senju Casino, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu to discuss Tsunade’s return and the Senju clan’s remaining inheritance.
• Hiruzen assigned Team Tsunade to investigate Sunagakure and Iwagakure activity near the borders of the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth.
• Tsunade gave Tamura Hiroshi antidotes for Sunagakure puppet poison and told him to protect Katsuyu while she stayed behind.
• Tamura Hiroshi considered diverting through the Land of Bear to obtain Hoshigakure’s star and Mysterious Peacock Method, then went to find Shikaku Nara for support.

Tamura Hiroshi arranged a mission escort through the Land of Grass and Land of Earth while helping the Ino-Shika-Cho clans find paths toward greater strength. After Katsuyu traded Dan Katō’s inheritance for the Yamanaka Clan’s mental techniques, the group departed Konoha and exchanged the scrolls on the road.

• Shikaku Nara chose to escort Tamura Hiroshi on the dangerous mission with Inoichi Yamanaka and Choza Akimichi.
• Tamura Hiroshi offered Inoichi Yamanaka access to the Spirit Transformation Technique and Dan Katō’s training notes in exchange for Yamanaka secret techniques, and suggested ways Shikaku Nara could develop the Nara shadow techniques.
• Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka agreed to arrange the exchange, while Tamura Hiroshi promised to marry Katsuyu.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Katsuyu that Yamanaka techniques could help her learn the Spirit Transformation Technique, and Might Guy offered him the Eight Inner Gates in return for his earlier help.
• Tamura Hiroshi, Katsuyu, and Might Guy left Konoha and met Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi near the Forest of Death before setting out.
• On the road, Katsuyu gave Inoichi Yamanaka Dan Katō’s inheritance and received the Yamanaka Clan’s secret techniques, while the others welcomed her as family.

Tamura Hiroshi and Shikaku Nara rescued Uzumaki Kousou from Kusagakure and fled with her, but her vast sensory range revealed a powerful presence blocking their route back to the Land of Fire. After Inoichi Yamanaka discovered that the pursuers included Amegakure's Demigod, the group chose to head toward the Land of Earth instead.

• The group entered the Land of Grass disguised as Iwagakure ninja and learned from captured Grass Ninja that Kusagakure was exploiting an Uzumaki captive's blood and chakra to heal injuries.
• Shikaku Nara and Tamura Hiroshi captured Grass Ninja, gathered intelligence, and prepared disguises and an escape route while Inoichi Yamanaka read their memories.
• Shikaku, Chōza, and Inoichi infiltrated Kusagakure, rescued Uzumaki Kousou from the hospital, and escaped through a route seeded with explosive tags.
• Uzumaki Kousou sensed an exceptionally powerful chakra presence ahead, and Inoichi's shadow clone discovered that Amegakure's Demigod and Rain Ninja were approaching.
• Shikaku ordered the group to head toward the Land of Earth, and Tamura Hiroshi carried Kousou while she agreed to help sense nearby ninja.

Tamura Hiroshi and his companions infiltrated the Land of Bears to investigate the relationship between Sunagakure and Iwagakure, while Inoichi Yamanaka stole Hoshigakure’s sacred star using the Spirit Transformation Technique. Their escape was blocked by Huang Tu, but Tamura and Might Guy helped defeat him, leaving the pursuing Sand and Rock Ninja facing a hostage standoff.

• After entering the Land of Bears, the group spotted a Star Ninja flying with purple chakra wings, and Choza Akimichi recognized the technique’s potential for the Butterfly Secret Technique.
• Inoichi Yamanaka used the Spirit Transformation Technique to infiltrate Hoshigakure, control Natsuhi, and steal the village’s sacred star before escaping with Shikaku Nara and Choza Akimichi.
• Huang Tu intercepted the trio near the miasma-filled ravine, and Choza Akimichi fought his rock giant while Shikaku Nara tried to hold him off.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Might Guy arrived, knocked Huang Tu down, and broke his arms with Tamura’s axe-and-shield assault.
• With Sand and Rock Ninja closing in, Tamura Hiroshi seized Huang Tu, covered him with Explosive Tags, and threatened to detonate them unless Iwagakure stopped the Sand Ninja.

Tamura Hiroshi and his team escaped Sunagakure and Iwagakure with Huangtu as a hostage, then crossed the Land of Rain after bargaining with Hanzō using intelligence about the missing Third Kazekage. They reached a safe meeting point, where Tsunade began treating Uzumaki Kousou and examined Natsuhi Star, whose Star technique was killing her; Tsunade agreed to help investigate its side effects for a steep fee.

• Tamura Hiroshi’s team drugged Huangtu so Inoichi Yamanaka could read his memories, then negotiated a three-hour head start before withdrawing with a Shadow Clone left behind as a hostage guard.
• Shikaku Nara’s Shadow Clone poisoned Huangtu with senbon before vanishing, forcing Dong Shiren and Pakura to focus on saving him instead of pursuing the group.
• The team ran through the Land of Rain, where Hanzō let them pass after Shikaku Nara revealed that the Third Kazekage had gone missing and Sunagakure might be heading toward war.
• Shikaku Nara contacted Tsunade and explained that Uzumaki Kousou could not safely return to Konoha because some villagers might target her.
• Tsunade arrived, examined and began treating Uzumaki Kousou, then confirmed that the Star’s power was damaging Natsuhi Star’s organs.
• Tamura Hiroshi asked Tsunade to help eliminate the Star technique’s side effects, and she agreed on the condition that he pay her steeply.