Recaps

Tamura Hiroshi helped drive the war against Konoha while Shimura Danzō seized power and devastated the ninja world. After Kumogakure secured its position and began planning for the future, Tamura completed his transformation and welcomed Kurenai Yuhi to the village.

• Konoha dispatched twenty thousand shinobi against Kumogakure as the Great Ninja War began, while Rasa and Ōnoki committed their forces to the conflict.
• Tamura Hiroshi secured Hiruzen Sarutobi’s cooperation with Water of Life, visited Hoshigakure and Nadeshiko Village, and helped Miroku seal Mōryō.
• At the front, Tamura Hiroshi fought Minato Namikaze and severed his lower body, then agreed with the Konoha leaders to a ceasefire meeting in the Land of Iron.
• Shimura Danzō attacked Uzumaki Kuuhina, leaving her alive with an embryo made from his flesh, while Minato accepted that the child could not safely be removed.
• Tamura Hiroshi brought Mei Terumi and other Kirigakure students to Kumogakure, where the Elite Academy’s brutal training trapped them in an illusion designed to test Kurenai and Katsuyu.
• Shimura Danzō destroyed Kirigakure and Iwagakure’s forces, took the Hokage position, and declared a Fire Ninja Empire, prompting the allied villages to attack Konoha.
• Nagato Uzumaki used Chibaku Tensei against Shimura Danzō, whose Dark Susanoo broke apart and released several Tailed Beasts, before the Third Raikage escaped a coup and established the Thundercloud Ninja Country.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Kumogakure planned a long campaign to conquer the Land of Fire, while Kurenai Yuhi brought her father to Kumogakure and Tamura completed his five-month transformation after Princess Kaguya gave birth to Yueji.

Tamura Hiroshi drew clans and young shinobi to Kumogakure while preparing for threats from the Ōtsutsuki and Shimura Danzō. Danzō devastated Sunagakure and Iwagakure, and Nagato attacked Konoha, killing Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina before Orochimaru revived them.

• Tamura Hiroshi revealed his past as Shimura Danzō’s spy, brought Cloud shinobi to Konoha’s Chunin Ninja Exams, and invited clans and young shinobi to study in Kumogakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi guided newcomers into the Elite Academy, where Hinata Hyuga awakened the Tenseigan through a hell-rank Tsukuyomi and Uchiha Izumi awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Ōtsutsuki Sari and Ōtsutsuki Toneri attacked Konoha, while Shimura Danzō took the incomplete Ten-Tails and Uchiha Obito escaped after losing his Kamui.
• Tamura Hiroshi completed his Kekkei Mōra transformation as Shimura Danzō prepared a vast army and resolved to attack Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
• Shimura Danzō invaded both villages, killed Ōnoki, took part of the Five-Tails, and helped his army slaughter Sunagakure’s defenders before Sasori evacuated survivors.
• Nagato attacked Konoha, swallowed Fugaku Uchiha and the Seven-Tails, and fought the village’s defenders as Uchiha Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Obito struck Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina with Kamui, killing them, but Orochimaru revived them with Impure World Reincarnation.

Tamura Hiroshi’s struggle against the Ōtsutsuki ended when Isshiki erased his timeline, but Hiroshi’s power and knowledge survived in a Fragmented Jade Piece. Reborn in the past, he built a team under Tsunade, pursued political alliances, and led a mission that rescued Uzumaki Kousou and secured Hoshigakure’s Star.

• Uchiha Obito fused with Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina, while Nagato Uzumaki’s assault devastated Konoha and killed at least half its villagers.
• Tamura Hiroshi expanded the World Tree network to absorb sunlight and produce Natural Energy, while Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki arrived and Hiroshi killed Urashiki.
• Shimura Danzō and Nagato fought in Antarctica, where Danzō devoured Kurama’s halves and Nagato before sealing the Ten-Tails within himself, and Danzō later fell in Konoha, and Orochimaru became the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Orochimaru cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and revived Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, who consumed Hiashi and fought Tamura Hiroshi’s allies as the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura battled Isshiki and Momoshiki.
• Tamura Hiroshi and his allies defeated the Ōtsutsuki, but Isshiki used Plough to send a black rod into Hiroshi’s past and collapse the timeline, and Hiroshi sent his power and insights into a Fragmented Jade Piece.
• Tamura Hiroshi began again in the past, passed his Clone Technique exam, and joined Katsuyu and Might Guy under Tsunade after mastering the Butterfly Secret Technique in their assessment.
• Tamura Hiroshi secured Tsunade’s support by proposing a casino and movie business, sought tailed-beast sealing techniques, and formed a political plan with the clan leaders to advance Tsunade and eventually himself as Hokage.
• Tamura Hiroshi’s team rescued Uzumaki Kousou from Kusagakure, stole Hoshigakure’s Star, escaped Huangtu and the pursuing Sand Ninja, and brought Kousou to Tsunade for treatment.

Tamura Hiroshi gathered Tailed Beast powers and allies while the Ino-Shika-Cho clans maneuvered against Konoha’s leadership and Sarutobi Shinnosuke. After Hiroshi defeated Rasa and helped end the Sunagakure front, he began pursuing Gold Dust Magnet Release and a new method of body cultivation.

• Tamura Hiroshi shattered the First Hokage’s chakra necklace, survived its Wood Release chakra with Tsunade and Orochimaru’s help, and separated its Yang Release from its Wood Release.
• Tamura Hiroshi found the Gelel Ore Vein, sealed it into his body, and used its life force to restore Torifu Akimichi and other trusted clan members.
• Tamura Hiroshi trained with Rin Nohara, Kakashi, and Uchiha Obito, then helped the Ino-Shika-Cho clans capture the One-Tail’s tail and obtain chakra from the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, and Four-Tails.
• Tamura Hiroshi and his allies maneuvered against Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plans, while Sarutobi Shinnosuke ambushed their group and Rin Nohara appeared to die before Obito awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Tsunade rescued Tamura Hiroshi and the others, revived him, and determined that Rin could survive but would likely need a wheelchair, and Hiruzen Sarutobi declared Shinnosuke a missing-nin.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Orochimaru exchanged research and Tailed Beast knowledge, then Tamura Hiroshi distributed Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s Six Paths Ninja Tools among the Ino-Shika-Cho families.
• Tamura Hiroshi defeated Rasa during Sunagakure’s assault, prompting Karura and Torifu Akimichi to call a ceasefire as both armies withdrew.
• Karura became Kazekage and planned Sunagakure’s future, while Tamura Hiroshi began fusing Rasa’s Gold Dust Magnet Release and Tsunade prepared Enma with Mangekyo Sharingan and Byakugan eyes.