Recaps

Tamura Hiroshi joined Kumogakure as the Third Raikage’s disciple while secretly managing his ties to Shimura Danzō and using the Fragmented Jade Piece to grow stronger. He gained access to powerful research materials, befriended Sunagakure’s young visitors, and ended the stretch sparring with Pakura.

• Tamura Hiroshi offered the Third Raikage a billion ryo and experimental firearms, then secured his acceptance as a disciple by revealing that Shimura Danzō had sent him as a spy.
• Tamura Hiroshi awakened the Fragmented Jade Piece, which purified his chakra and let him strengthen his chakra-thread control as he trained under Fukai.
• Tamura Hiroshi began body-conditioning with the Third Raikage and Yozuki A, funded the Raikage Building’s business expansion, and gave Fukai and Yozuki A ninja swords.
• Tamura Hiroshi negotiated with Dodai to trade intelligence to Shimura Danzō for the Sword of the Thunder God, then obtained Sharingan and other specimens from Kumogakure’s research facility.
• Tamura Hiroshi used chakra from Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s remains to gain a limited ability to sense others’ feelings toward him, then detected malice from Rasa during the Sunagakure delegation’s visit.
• Tamura Hiroshi entertained Rasa, Karura, and Pakura at his Food Entertainment City and traded his deductions about their abilities and personalities for Chakra Threads training techniques.
• Tamura Hiroshi warned Pakura to be cautious, then accepted her taijutsu-only spar and traded attacks with her until his chakra began to run low.

Tamura Hiroshi maneuvered Kumogakure and the Uzumaki clan through a war that ended with Uzushio Hidden Village devastated and its elders dead. He left with the clan’s inherited teachings and Kushina, then discovered that Black Zetsu believed he carried Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s chakra.

• Tamura Hiroshi deceived Masahiko Uzumaki into giving him the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the Uzumaki clan’s inheritance, while Dodai negotiated an alliance with Uzumaki Ashina.
• Uzumaki Ashina allied with Kumogakure, and the Third Raikage led the Cloud Ninja Army in a devastating attack on Kirigakure’s forces.
• Shimura Danzō led Konoha forces against Kumogakure as Sunagakure and Iwagakure attacked Uzushio Hidden Village, where Kō San unleashed poisonous insects and explosive tags.
• The poisoned armies agreed to a truce, but explosive tags devastated Uzushio Hidden Village, and the Third Raikage trapped Konoha’s forces behind a barrier.
• The Third Raikage used Enma’s memories to enter the Monkey Clan’s Summoning Realm, while Dodai persuaded Uzumaki Ashina’s Shadow Clone to seal the Sarutobi names from the clan contract.
• Tamura Hiroshi reached the ruined village, where Masahiko Uzumaki and Uzumaki Ashina died after securing the clan’s teachings, and he accepted Kushina as his fiancée.
• Tamura Hiroshi searched the dead with Samehada and encountered Black Zetsu, who mistook him for a bearer of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s chakra and asked him to help rescue her.

Tamura Hiroshi strengthened his ties with Black Zetsu and the Third Raikage while using the chaos of war to acquire new powers and eliminate Konoha pursuers. After the battle at Jinlu River, Black Zetsu stole the Hyuga clan’s hidden treasures and planned to seek Hamura’s bloodline on the moon.

• Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu created a concealed space for the Kaguya Phantom, built a Little Ten-Tails from God Tree remains, and agreed to pursue their plans against the Sage of Six Paths.
• Tamura Hiroshi earned the Third Raikage’s trust, learned of the war’s widening fronts, and discovered that Kumogakure researcher Dr. Os carried Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s chakra in a Cursed Seal.
• Tamura Hiroshi helped Karura recover from her injuries and brought her to his apartment, where she chose puppet legs and discussed whether war could be avoided.
• Black Zetsu gave Tamura Hiroshi Uchiha heritage and Sharingan, which the Little Ten-Tails absorbed alongside the Sword of Totsuka’s Dojutsu Power.
• Tamura Hiroshi traveled to Jinlu River with Fukai and Uzumaki Tamayou, where they found Uchiha Hikari sealed among the bodies and Tamura Hiroshi killed four Konoha patrol members.
• Tamura Hiroshi awakened abilities from Uchiha Hikari’s Mangekyo, then the Third Raikage killed Hizashi Hyuga and took his Byakugan as Konoha’s search party closed in.
• Tamura Hiroshi and the Third Raikage defeated the remaining pursuers, and the Little Ten-Tails absorbed Hyuga bodies to gain Byakugan abilities.
• Hizashi Hyuga gouged out his own eyes to protect Hiashi’s position as heir, while Black Zetsu stole the Hyuga clan’s hidden treasures and planned to seek Hamura’s bloodline on the moon.

Tamura Hiroshi helped Kumogakure strengthen its techniques, technology, and alliances while preparing for conflict with Kusagakure. The arc ended as Tamura and a large Cloud force set sail on a mission to destroy Kusagakure while limiting casualties.

• Tamura Hiroshi returned to Kumogakure, where Karura showed him the renovated building and presented him with a bill for three hundred million ryo.
• Tamura Hiroshi offered Karura a Kaguya Clan corpse for her Human Puppet research and introduced Uchiha Hikari to Karura and Uzumaki Kushina.
• Tamura Hiroshi and the Third Raikage arranged an intelligence exchange with Orochimaru in return for his method of transplanting Kekkei Genkai.
• Madara Uchiha awakened the Rinnegan, summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and embraced the Moon Eye Plan and the Plan to Purge Human Evil.
• The Third Raikage’s forces defeated the Ōtsutsuki group that attacked Kumogakure, while Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu discussed plans involving the Ten-Tails and Shimura Danzō.
• The Third Raikage intervened during Kirigakure’s failed clan coup, rescued survivors, and secured an alliance with the Third Mizukage that ended the Blood Mist Policy.
• Tamura Hiroshi developed Chidori, trained with Uchiha Hikari, and received the Third Raikage’s Hell Stab and Lightning Release Armor scrolls.
• The Third Raikage ordered Yozuki A to lead an expedition against Kusagakure, and Tamura Hiroshi, Uchiha Hikari, Kushina, and more than five hundred shinobi departed by ship.