Uchiha Makoto

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Uchiha Makoto (宇智波诚)
Alias(es)	Lord Shadow; Light Shadow
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Akatsuki Ninja Village; Uchiha Clan
Occupation/Role	Founder and Kage of Akatsuki Ninja Village; Land of Fire official
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 4

Power Progression

Stage	Development	Details
System Activation	Kage-level baseline	Upon activating the Ninja Village Prosperity System at age seventeen, Makoto's chakra increased from one unit to 2.5 units. His profile listed Fire, Lightning, and Yin chakra natures and assessed him as a Kage-level “gatekeeper.” 19
Early Village Growth	Rising physical and ocular power	As Akatsuki prospered, the system continuously enhanced Makoto's overall attributes. He defeated Masao Kaguya after forcing him into close combat with Fire Release and the Sharingan. The system increased his attributes rather than directly improving his ninjutsu proficiency or combat experience. 51
First Great Ninja War	Mangekyo-level ocular power and second-stage Susanoo	Makoto deployed a half-body, second-stage Susanoo against the First Raikage. His ocular power had reached Mangekyo-level quantity and quality, but he explicitly had not yet awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. His unusually powerful eyes made the construct's offense and defense exceed those of an ordinary Susanoo at that stage. 113
Kumogakure War	First Raikage slain	Makoto killed the First Raikage in a one-on-one battle, rapidly establishing himself as one of the Ninja World's foremost combatants. 115
Later Assessment	Superior to Tobirama Senju	Tobirama judged Makoto superior to himself in chakra, eye power, speed, strength, reactions, and taijutsu during their non-lethal encounter. Tobirama inferred that Makoto had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, but this was his assessment rather than an explicit confirmation of awakening. 185
Cooperation Agreement with Konoha	Negotiated access to forbidden techniques	Makoto secured the right to select three forbidden techniques from Konoha's Scroll of Seals, including his intended choice of Impure World Reincarnation. By Chapter 451, he had not enforced the clause, preferring not to alert Tobirama to his interest in that technique or encourage advance countermeasures. 230 451

Background

Makoto left the Uchiha Clan after falling out with Uchiha Madara over Madara's reconciliation with the Senju and plan to establish Konoha. He rejected Madara's offer of departure funds, intending instead to pursue his own ambitious path outside the clan. When he attempted to recruit followers, no Uchiha clansmen chose to leave with him. 4 5

He subsequently founded Akatsuki Ninja Village. Early in its development, he used political pressure against the Land of Fire's Daimyo, recruited specialized talent, and relied on commercial schemes and external investment to finance the village's growth. 10 19 24 27

The activation of the Ninja Village Prosperity System transformed Makoto's development strategy into a source of personal power: as Akatsuki accumulated wealth, population, talent, and influence, his chakra and ocular power increased alongside it. 19 51

Makoto is a transmigrator with knowledge of the original Naruto storyline. He recognizes familiar figures and events, assesses the changes caused by his own intervention, and uses his knowledge to identify valuable recruits and anticipate future developments. He also knows the importance of Hashirama Cells to Madara's pursuit of the Rinnegan, while regarding those cells as dangerously difficult to use. 172 282 344

Although Makoto publicly supports the Uchiha Clan in Konoha, he privately intends to keep it politically dependent on Akatsuki so that it will remain his bridgehead within Konoha. His longer-term objective is to place Konoha under Akatsuki's control and eventually unite the two villages. 228 343 405

Appearance

Makoto is a handsome young man with flowing black hair. He is often seen in formal Kage attire, including a conspicuous divine robe. 45 165 172

• Flowing black hair. 45
• Wears the Akatsuki Ninja Village emblem and Kage's divine robe. 142 165
• Projects an intimidating presence by deliberately releasing chakra during negotiations. 133
• Wears a Lord Shadow hat and robe during high-level Konoha meetings. 288

Personality

Makoto is ambitious, calculating, and highly pragmatic. He treats wealth, propaganda, technological development, education, and military power as interconnected tools for building Akatsuki Ninja Village. He is willing to use coercion, deception, market manipulation, and political pressure when conventional diplomacy would not serve his goals. 27 53 121 133

Despite his cynicism and frequent self-interest, he invests heavily in village institutions and civilian welfare. He creates support arrangements for Anbu families, expands education and medical care, funds infrastructure, and promotes the use of ninjutsu beyond combat. His stated long-term goal is a new ninja world in which ninjutsu improves productivity and ninja are no longer merely tools of war. 52 53 142 143 176

Makoto particularly enjoys provoking Tobirama Senju, often exploiting Tobirama's pride and hostility toward the Uchiha. Their rivalry repeatedly becomes a source of political leverage and personal amusement for Makoto. 121 216 228

He views familial and social connections as unavoidable instruments of power rather than purely personal bonds. As a father, he actively evaluates and cultivates talented children as prospective companions and political assets for his son, Uchiha Taiichi. 343 439

Makoto's pragmatism extends to morally severe measures. He accepts forgery, political framing, and experimentation on enemies or criminals as permissible means of advancing Akatsuki's security and technological development. 439

He deliberately avoids a premature all-out war with Konoha. His preferred approach is gradual economic and political encroachment, combined with enough cooperation and benefits to prevent Tobirama from becoming desperate. By contrast, he is more willing to use direct force against the Land of Fire's entrenched elites. 181 430

His benevolent public image produces sharply different assessments among his rivals and allies. Hashirama considers Akatsuki's prosperity evidence that Makoto has realized the future he and Madara envisioned. Tobirama regards him as a dangerous schemer concealed beneath that image, although Tobirama's own involvement in their secret dealings prevents him from freely exposing Makoto. 484

Makoto also understands the limits of emotional coercion. After using guilt and public reconciliation to improve children's behavior, he warns that the same intense pressure should not be repeated indiscriminately, since it may eventually provoke rebellion. 495

Abilities & Skills

Sharingan and Genjutsu

Makoto is an Uchiha whose ocular abilities and genjutsu are powerful enough to defeat Kaguya Clan patriarch Masao Kaguya in a public challenge. Although his genjutsu proficiency was initially average, his system-enhanced eye power and chakra allowed him to overpower opponents through the sheer strength of the technique. 51

• Defeated Masao Kaguya with genjutsu, demonstrating the Sharingan's power to newly joined clans. He committed almost all his ocular power and a large quantity of chakra to the illusion to maximize its deterrent effect. 51
• Tobirama later assessed that Makoto likely possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan due to his overwhelming eye power and combat performance. 185
• Manifested a half-body, second-stage Susanoo during his battle with the First Raikage despite not having awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan at that time. 113
• Uses intimidation through eye contact and chakra pressure in political negotiations. 133
• Read Tobirama's movements with the Sharingan and evaded surprise attacks using Flying Thunder God during their non-lethal encounter. At close range, his genjutsu disrupted Tobirama's chakra and briefly incapacitated him, creating an opening to finish the exchange. 185

Sustained Susanoo use can exhaust Makoto's ocular power and damage his vision. The system can replenish that power afterward, but during the First Raikage battle he expected recovery to leave a major technique such as Susanoo unavailable for at least ten days to half a month. 113

Combat Ability

Makoto became one of the Ninja World's foremost combatants within only a few years of founding Akatsuki Ninja Village. 115

• Personally killed the First Raikage in a one-on-one battle during the war against Kumogakure. 115 167
• Led a night raid that annihilated more than a thousand Kumogakure ninja. 95
• Fought the First Raikage directly despite the latter's Power Nullification technique, relying on overwhelming force and a second-stage Susanoo enhanced by immense ocular power. 113
• Tobirama judged Makoto superior to himself in a non-lethal exchange, citing Makoto's chakra, eye power, speed, strength, reactions, and taijutsu. 185
• Uses the Great Fireball Technique with enough power to turn the surrounding area into a sea of fire, restrict escape routes, and force an opponent into close combat. 51

Makoto does not consider his strength sufficient to defeat Hashirama directly. He also acknowledged that he could not defeat Madara during their earlier ideological disputes, making persuasion and political maneuvering necessary alternatives to force. 162 201

Political Strategy and Propaganda

Makoto consistently turns diplomatic incidents, public opinion, and economic dependence into strategic advantages.

• Encouraged the Land of Fire Daimyo's suspicion of Hashirama Senju and Konoha. 10 37
• Used an alleged Kumogakure assassination attempt to escalate conflict and impose severe consequences on Kumogakure. 121
• Integrates smaller ninja forces through centralized supervision, mandatory academy education, and exclusive allegiance to Akatsuki. 133
• Uses media, films, schools, and exchange programs to expand Akatsuki influence across the Ninja World. 153 172 231
• Secured noble and merchant support for Akatsuki's agricultural plan and sought to expand the Agricultural Association's influence into the Land of Fire's imperial institutions. 293
• Intervened in Konoha's internal reform process, backing Tobirama at key moments while installing Akatsuki-aligned Uchiha figures within the new structure. 282 288
• Prepared incriminating traces against corrupt Land of Fire nobles as a long-term contingency; these traces later became forged political evidence implicating Akatsuki in assassinations. 439
• Uses fertilizer production, improved crop research, grain contracts, and prospective control of food prices as economic weapons against aristocratic landlords. 192 201
• Negotiated the use of Akatsuki-issued currency for loans to Konoha after Tobirama rejected his broader demand that all future trade use it. 230
• Consolidated the Uchiha Clan and taught its members restraint, frustrating Tobirama's plan to provoke public violence and divide the clan through the Konoha Record of Awakening. 491
• Turned a parent-teacher meeting into an orchestrated reconciliation in which children confessed misconduct, knelt to their parents, and pledged to study and serve the village and Light Shadow. He linked filial obligation to political loyalty through music, guilt, and public vows. 495

Village Development

Makoto founded Akatsuki Ninja Village around a development model that combines military strength with education, research, finance, commerce, and infrastructure.

• Activated the Ninja Village Prosperity System; its benefits grow as the village prospers and attracts talent. 19
• Established an Anbu force, Ninja Academy, medical system, and research laboratory. 52 53
• Stockpiled improved Explosive Tags ahead of the First Great Ninja War. 53
• Supported Akatsuki Bank and publicly exchanged his own savings for the village's new currency. 184
• Developed industrial layouts in steel, textiles, and food as capital and talent flowed into the village. 172
• Recruited the Hatake Clan and Orochimaru's parents from Konoha, altering the futures of Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru while bringing their talents under Akatsuki's influence. 439
• Directs the cultivation of exceptional children from Kekkei Genkai clans and other talented families to ensure a future generation loyal to Akatsuki. 439
• Negotiated for Hyuga students to study in Akatsuki. When Hyuga Morikyo agreed to send branch-family members rather than main-family members, Makoto accepted while privately planning to obtain the Byakugan bloodline for his village. 166
• Established Ninja Academies throughout the areas surrounding Akatsuki and made enrollment compulsory for every healthy child of the appropriate age, breaking the traditional restriction of ninja education by bloodline and aptitude. Rapid expansion nevertheless produced uneven training quality, with many students possessing only rudimentary techniques and little combat readiness. 462
• Employs Shadow Clones to handle administrative work when the village's management personnel cannot sufficiently share his workload. 245

Equipment / Resources

• Ninja Village Prosperity System — Grants increases in strength tied to Akatsuki Ninja Village's prosperity. Its village panel measures Military, Economy, Politics, Culture, and Influence; its enhancements do not automatically supply ninjutsu proficiency or combat experience. 19 51
• Akatsuki Anbu — Secret special-assassination unit established under Makoto's authority. 52 53
• Research Center — Funds chakra-based technological research, explosive-tag manufacturing, tailed-beast research, and experimentation. It is led by Itama, a scientist Makoto recruited from the Land of Sky. Its agricultural projects include chemical fertilizer made using high-purity phosphorus ore and research into higher-yield seeds. 53 147 175 192 414 439
• Akatsuki Bank and currency — Financial institutions used to expand Akatsuki's economic influence. 184 230
• Akatsuki Hollywood — Film operation used for entertainment, profit, and political messaging. Makoto and Shinji initially agreed to a 30% and 70% ownership split respectively, reflecting their investment arrangement. 129 150 153 154
• Agricultural Association — Vehicle for Makoto's agricultural expansion, backed by nobles, merchants, and intended imperial-court involvement. 293
• Tailed Beasts — Makoto prepares facilities to house and research tailed beasts; he obtains the Seven-Tails Chomei and develops a bond with the Two-Tails Matatabi. Shinji's sealing team also constructs a large array intended to extract Matatabi's chakra safely. 175 201 207 244 288 438
• Scroll of Seals Access Agreement — A cooperation clause entitles Makoto to select three forbidden techniques from Konoha's collection. His right to select Impure World Reincarnation remains distinct from confirmed possession or mastery of the technique. 230 451
• Tobacco and Liquor Interests — Akatsuki's expansion into these markets becomes a major point of conflict with the Daimyo and Tobirama, who demands the return of the acquired interests during negotiations. 440 460

Relationships

• Uchiha Madara — Former clan associate whose decision to join Hashirama prompted Makoto's departure; later a complicated political counterpart whom Makoto hopes to draw toward Akatsuki. After Madara leaves Konoha, he seeks Makoto's help and discusses awakening the Rinnegan, though their priorities remain different. Makoto allows Madara to believe that his marriage alliances and tailed-beast collection support the Moon Eye Plan without correcting the misunderstanding. Later, Madara is astonished by Makoto's handling of a parent-teacher meeting and asks him to find an experienced teacher so that he can devote more time to Hashirama Cells research. 4 162 285 343 495
• Hashirama Senju — Cordial ally and frequent diplomatic partner; Makoto respects Hashirama publicly while also exploiting his sincere desire for peace. Makoto considers his Wood Release useful for accelerating agricultural experiments, but privately fears that Hashirama could become the strongest obstacle to Akatsuki's expansion. Hashirama continues to defend Makoto's character on the basis of Akatsuki's prosperity and welfare policies. 45 156 162 194 201 484
• Tobirama Senju — Principal rival and eventual uneasy collaborator. Makoto repeatedly humiliates, manipulates, and uses Tobirama to influence Konoha. Their cooperation on Konoha's reforms and Land of Fire intrigues leaves them with mutual leverage, distrust, and an increasingly volatile political conflict. Tobirama later secures official support for anti-Uchiha propaganda that also targets Makoto, but remains willing to negotiate for benefits from Akatsuki's operations despite opposing them publicly. His own complicity in their dealings limits his ability to expose Makoto. 121 216 228 288 426 440 460 484 491
• Tsubaki Uzumaki — Fiancée and later mother of Makoto's son; their relationship also strengthens the Akatsuki–Uzumaki alliance. 70 194
• Uchiha Taiichi — Makoto's only son and anticipated successor as Light Shadow. Makoto is arranging Taiichi's future political network and has betrothed him to Tsunade. He also seeks opportunities to secure instruction in powerful techniques for the child, obtaining Hashirama's promise to teach him if he can learn Wood Release and pressing Tobirama for Flying Thunder God instruction. 319 343 356 439
• Tsunade — Hashirama's granddaughter and Taiichi's intended future wife, making her central to Makoto's longer-term plans to bind Konoha and Akatsuki together. Makoto and Tobirama agree that Hashirama must not pass his gambling habits on to her. 238 275 343 356
• Shinji Uzumaki — Tsubaki's relative and political ally who supports the Akatsuki–Uzumaki alliance. As Uzumaki Clan head, he also collaborates with Makoto on film investment and tailed-beast sealing research. 67 70 129 194 207
• Kazuma — Trusted subordinate who handles funding, negotiations, administration, and village projects. 19 27 52
• Aqua — Recruited medical-ninjutsu specialist appointed to teach in Akatsuki's medical system. 24 52
• Megumin — Recruited Explosion Release user whose abilities Makoto recognizes as valuable to the village. 19 24
• Masao Kaguya — Kaguya Clan patriarch defeated by Makoto's genjutsu; later included in Makoto's Konoha delegation. 51 154
• Kagami Uchiha — Tobirama's disciple whom Makoto identifies as a potential ally for his plans within Konoha. Makoto backs Kagami's role in Konoha's reforms as a safeguard for Uchiha and Akatsuki interests. 282 284 354
• Hatake Sakumo — A young Hatake talent whom Makoto identifies as a future combat asset after bringing the Hatake Clan into Akatsuki's sphere. Makoto intends to temper Sakumo's rigid morality and instill absolute village loyalty. 439
• Orochimaru — A gifted child whose parents Makoto recruited from Konoha, preventing the trauma of their canonical deaths. Makoto intends to foster his scientific talent for Akatsuki's benefit. 439
• Itama — Head of Akatsuki's R&D Center, personally recruited by Makoto from the Land of Sky to direct the village's advanced research. He reports on fertilizer production and improved-seed research as part of Makoto's agricultural strategy. 192 414
• Two-Tails Matatabi — Tailed beast Makoto seeks to house and research; their interactions develop into a playful, sibling-like dynamic. Their relationship also contains substantial coercion: Matatabi is restrained by Hashirama's sealing techniques, while Makoto uses catnip and threats of further punishment by Hashirama and Madara to maintain cooperation. 175 201 207 244
• Seven-Tails Chomei — Tailed beast obtained by Makoto and later one of Taiichi's playmates, occasionally carrying the child through the sky. 288 438
• Land of Fire Daimyo — Initially a patron whose fear of powerful ninja Makoto exploits to obtain support. As Akatsuki grows, the Daimyo increasingly views Makoto as a threat to feudal authority and state-controlled economic interests. He supports Tobirama's propaganda campaign and later demands that Konoha stop Akatsuki's crackdown on nobles and local magnates. 7 10 150 460 491
• Hyuga Morikyo — Hyuga Clan leader whom Makoto pressures into sending branch-family students to Akatsuki through negotiations involving Konoha's Security Department and clan benefits. 165 166

Story Role / Major Arcs

Departure from the Uchiha Clan

Makoto rejects Madara's vision for Konoha, fails to win followers from the Uchiha Clan, and leaves to establish an independent ninja village. 4 5

Founding of Akatsuki Ninja Village

He gains the Daimyo's attention, activates the Ninja Village Prosperity System, recruits key specialists, and finances village construction through commercial operations. 10 19 24 27

Before securing support, Makoto travels to the Land of Fire's capital and gains access to the palace by displaying his Sharingan and invoking the Uchiha name. He recognizes the Daimyo's anxiety over Hashirama and Madara's extraordinary power and turns that fear into the foundation of his political approach. 7 10

Military and Institutional Expansion

Makoto consolidates clan power under Akatsuki, forms Anbu, builds an academy and medical system, expands research, and prepares the village for impending war. 51 52 53

His educational system later extends beyond selected clan children and talented civilians. Akatsuki establishes academies across its surrounding territory and requires all healthy children of school age to enroll, although this rapid expansion leaves many graduates poorly prepared for conventional ninja combat. 462

War with Kumogakure

He engineers Akatsuki's response to conflict with Kumogakure, leads the village's military operations, kills the First Raikage, and turns the war into a major expansion of Akatsuki's prestige. 95 115 121 167

Economic and Ideological Expansion

Makoto expands Akatsuki through banking, currency, industry, entertainment, merchant alliances, and infrastructure projects. He frames these efforts as part of a broader attempt to remake the ninja world's social order. 133 142 150 172 184

He develops chemical fertilizer and improved agriculture as a means of challenging the Land of Fire's aristocratic landlords without immediately seizing their land by military force. His intended progression runs from increased productivity and agricultural organization to influence over grain prices and the food supply. He also considers involving Konoha so that Hashirama's Wood Release can accelerate crop trials, despite his reluctance to share profits. 192 201

Akatsuki's grain-trade contracts subsequently alarm Tobirama, who discovers that their enormous commercial value may surpass Konoha's entire budget. Hashirama's firsthand observations of Akatsuki's welfare policies also increase the pressure on Konoha to modernize. 207

Influence over Konoha

Makoto uses aid, exchange students, financial leverage, and Uchiha Clan politics to establish influence within Konoha. He deliberately keeps the Uchiha dependent on Akatsuki while also using Tobirama as a counterweight against them. 164 228 244 280

Makoto further embeds himself in Konoha by supporting its internal reform plan, selecting Kagami Uchiha as an Akatsuki-aligned participant, presiding over a reform meeting from the Hokage's seat, and allocating resources to the Uchiha Clan. 282 284 288

When Tobirama promotes the Konoha Record of Awakening, its portrayal of powerful Sharingan users as inherently unstable also serves as an indirect attack on Makoto. The Daimyo supports its dissemination for political reasons despite doubting the theory behind it. Makoto's consolidation of the Uchiha Clan and instruction in restraint later undermine Tobirama's attempt to provoke violent reactions and split moderate members from the rest of the clan. 460 491

Tailed Beast and Long-Term Power Plans

Makoto advocates distributing tailed beasts as a deterrent, participates in plans to capture them, and prepares Akatsuki to research and contain their power. 156 175 194 201

He later obtains the Seven-Tails Chomei while maintaining plans to research, seal, and exploit tailed-beast chakra through Akatsuki's alliance with the Uzumaki Clan. 175 288

With Matatabi contained by Hashirama's sealing techniques, Makoto oversees preparations for safe chakra extraction. Shinji's team insists on completing the large sealing array without flaws, since an escape could endanger the village. 207

Makoto also negotiates access to Konoha's forbidden techniques, particularly Impure World Reincarnation. He leaves the agreement unenforced for years to avoid revealing his intentions and prompting Tobirama to prepare countermeasures. 230 451

Konoha Annexation Plans

Makoto privately plans to use the Uchiha Clan's dependence, Konoha's internal instability, and Akatsuki's economic leverage to annex Konoha. He supports the Uchiha's struggle against Tobirama publicly while recognizing that their defeat or continued weakness better serves Akatsuki's long-term interests. 343 405

This objective also explains his refusal to support an independently powerful Uchiha Hokage. He intends to remain the sole Kage of the merged village and fears that a clan-backed Hokage would become a rival center of authority rather than a subordinate ally. 162

Conflict with the Land of Fire Nobility

As Akatsuki's influence grows, Makoto increasingly defies the Land of Fire's old political order. He openly humiliates the Daimyo at a state banquet, signals his intention to move against the Daimyo and nobles, and becomes implicated in the escalating assassination and evidence-forging crisis surrounding Land of Fire officials. 423 426 439 440

Following the attack on the Finance Minister, Tobirama attempts to combine Konoha's authority with the Land of Fire's backing to investigate Akatsuki. Makoto nevertheless does not intend to turn the crisis into an all-out war. Tobacco and liquor interests become central to Tobirama's demands, alongside his attempt to obtain the heads of Akatsuki Anbu leaders allegedly involved in the operation. 430 440

Akatsuki later conducts a large-scale campaign presented as public-security enforcement. Its openly organized deployments escape meaningful scrutiny by Konoha's overburdened intelligence leadership, and the operation kills numerous nobles and local magnates. The Daimyo condemns it as an intrusion into state authority and demands intervention, while Tobirama considers negotiating directly with Makoto for a share of the benefits. 491

Reports subsequently reveal a sharp class divide in reactions to the campaign. Commoners welcome the arrests of local exploiters and redistribution of land, whereas nobles denounce Makoto and increasingly seek Konoha's protection. 495

Succession and Future Talent Cultivation

Makoto positions Taiichi as Akatsuki's future Light Shadow, secures the child's engagement to Tsunade, and personally assesses young Kekkei Genkai users, Hatake Sakumo, and Orochimaru as possible future companions and pillars of his son's power base. 343 356 439

He also directly intervenes in children's education. At a parent-teacher meeting, he uses an emotional spectacle to secure confessions, promises of improved study, and vows of service to Akatsuki and the Light Shadow. Madara, who had expected conventional discipline or genjutsu, is surprised by the method and afterward requests an experienced teacher. Makoto acknowledges that the pressure offers only a limited, short-term solution and can become counterproductive if repeated. 495

Trivia

• Makoto's village title is commonly rendered as Lord Shadow. 121 150
• He is also addressed as the Light Shadow, particularly in connection with Taiichi's anticipated succession. 277 356
• Shadow Hokage is Tobirama's title, distinct from Makoto's position as Akatsuki's Light Shadow. 176
• Akatsuki Academy students hold a daily oath ceremony facing Makoto's portrait. 180
• He publicly claims to be a leader for everyone and provides continued support for injured or deceased ninja families, unlike the usual practice of ending support after compensation. 53 184
• Makoto is notably distrustful of his own clan's long-term ambitions and considers the Uchiha Clan a tool for Akatsuki's influence in Konoha rather than an equal partner. 228
• Taiichi's usual companions include the Two-Tails Matatabi and the Seven-Tails Chomei. 438
• Makoto longs to recruit Kakuzu as an administrator because his endurance, willingness to work, and obsession with money appear well suited to relieving Akatsuki's administrative burden. By Chapter 245, Makoto had been searching for him for half a year. 201 245
• His Susanoo use precedes a confirmed Mangekyo awakening: the First Raikage battle explicitly attributes it to system-enhanced ocular power rather than an awakened Mangekyo Sharingan. 113

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