Chapter Summaries

Kiyohara showed Kurenai Yuhi his precise Water Release, shared a meal with the camp, and continued copying Iwagakure Earth Release techniques. The new Konohagakure Last Words Book arrived and revealed a pale-eyed figure with the Byakugan.

• Kiyohara lifted part of a river with Water Release, swept the stranded fish ashore, and accepted Kurenai Yuhi's name for the technique: Water Release: Cherry Blossom Fishing Technique.
• Tsunade cooked several fish dishes for Kiyohara, Kurenai Yuhi, Nohara Rin, Kakashi, and Might Guy at the campfire.
• Roshi received orders to rescue Kitsuchi and prepared to carry out the mission.
• Kiyohara kissed Kurenai Yuhi after the others left, and Nohara Rin later considered asking him for cooking advice.
• Kiyohara trained with copied Iwagakure Earth Release techniques before receiving a new Konohagakure ash box from the Last Words Book.
• A pale figure with long black hair and white eyes emerged from the ash box, and Kiyohara recognized the Byakugan.

Kiyohara spoke with a future Hyuga version of himself, who gave him two last wishes: damage Karatachi Yagura's eye and fuse the Gentle Fist with the Strong Fist. The next day, Kiyohara demonstrated Konoha Style: Willow to Kakashi, before Kurenai brought word that Iwagakure had reinforced a nearby stronghold and Tsunade wanted Kiyohara to discuss countermeasures.

• Kiyohara Hyuga revealed that he was from the Hyuga main family and had died after experimenting with stolen Byakugan and trying to fuse the Sharingan bloodline while searching for a path to the moon.
• Kiyohara Hyuga asked Kiyohara to damage one of Karatachi Yagura's eyes and to develop a fusion of the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and the Seventh Gate's Daytime Tiger.
• Kakashi sparred with Kiyohara using Kiba-maru, but Kiyohara defeated his Sharingan's perception with Konoha Style: Willow; Kakashi asked to learn the technique.
• Kurenai told Kiyohara that Iwagakure had sent more than three times as many ninja to the scouted stronghold, and that Tsunade wanted him back to discuss countermeasures.
• Kiyohara praised Kurenai's improving Genjutsu and Wind Release combination and told her he was developing a technique for her.

Kiyohara detected Iwagakure’s advancing forces and helped Konoha prepare for their attack, then fought Roshi after the Four-Tails jinchuriki unleashed Lava Release. The battle continued as Kiyohara countered Roshi with powerful Water Release and studied the chakra behind his Lava Release Kekkei Genkai.

• Kiyohara told Kurenai Yuhi that her future Samehada would be fused with the Ketsuryūgan to improve her combat abilities.
• Hyuga Kiyohara used the Byakugan to reveal that Iwagakure’s troops were approaching the camp, and Kiyohara sounded the alarm.
• Roshi led the Iwagakure attack and demanded that Konoha hand over Kitsuchi, while Tsunade refused and the battle began.
• Kakashi, Nohara Rin, Kurenai Yuhi, Maruboshi Kosuke, and Might Guy fought the Iwagakure forces as Roshi attacked with magma.
• Kiyohara blocked Roshi’s magma with a Water Formation Wall and then fought him, using Water Release to counter his Lava Release Chakra Mode.
• Kiyohara used the Great Shark Bullet Technique to absorb chakra from Roshi’s Lava Spear and continued studying how Roshi’s Fire and Earth chakra formed Lava Release.

Kiyohara summoned Katsuyu to heal Konoha’s wounded and Tagitsuhime to turn the battle against Iwagakure, then lured Roshi away and badly injured him with a punch. As Kiyohara trapped Roshi beneath a swarm of water sharks, Tsunade used her Yin Seal to support the battlefield’s healing, while the Four-Tails warned Roshi that he would not last.

• Kiyohara summoned Katsuyu, whose scattered slugs began healing Konoha’s wounded and rallied their morale.
• Kiyohara summoned Tagitsuhime, who transformed into a giant crimson serpent and attacked Iwagakure’s formation as the Konoha ninja advanced.
• Kiyohara drew Roshi away from the battlefield into a basin, flooded it, and entered Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode with his Cursed Seal transformation.
• Roshi attacked with Lava Release, but Kiyohara blocked his strike and smashed his chest with a punch, badly injuring him.
• Kiyohara summoned a thousand water sharks that swarmed Roshi and rapidly drained his Chakra.
• Tsunade released her Yin Seal, summoned more Katsuyu, and used Katsuyu: Great Healing to treat the wounded while Sun Wukong warned Roshi that he would not hold out.

Kiyohara defeated Roshi by overwhelming his Lava Release with a vast senjutsu-powered waterfall, forcing the injured Four-Tails jinchuriki and Iwagakure forces to retreat. After Konoha celebrated its victory, Kiyohara resumed Gentle Fist training while Obito planned to take control of Kirigakure.

• Roshi partially transformed and unleashed a massive eruption of lava against Kiyohara.
• Kiyohara released the Yin Seal and used Senjutsu: Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave to drown and cool Roshi's lava, severing Roshi's right arm in the battle.
• Roshi escaped downstream and ordered Iwagakure's ninja to retreat; Kiyohara collected the severed arm to preserve the Four-Tails' Chakra.
• Iwagakure's forces routed, and Konoha's ninja celebrated their victory as Kiyohara reunited with Tsunade and reported Roshi's defeat.
• Kiyohara resumed Gentle Fist training with Kiyohara Hyuga, while Obito decided to take Kirigakure before pursuing the Tailed Beasts.

Obito grew wary of Black Zetsu, while Iwagakure’s losses pushed Ōnoki to seek a ceasefire with Konoha. After Kiyohara’s training and a brief exchange with Rin, he took Kurenai back to Konoha, where they shared a bath and scrubbed each other’s backs.

• Obito vanished after questioning Black Zetsu, who continued to regard Kamui as an extraordinary technique.
• Roshi reported that Kiyohara had defeated him with Water Release and taken his arm, and Ōnoki decided to contact Konoha about ceasing the fighting.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen praised Kiyohara’s victories, rejected Danzō’s accusations against the Uchiha, and let Danzō leave in anger.
• Rin told Kakashi she was taking notes on Water Release Medical Ninjutsu, and Guy teased her about wanting to spend time with Kiyohara.
• Kiyohara trained to combine the principles of Daytime Tiger and Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm while using the Seventh Gate.
• Kiyohara used Flying Thunder God to take Kurenai from the Kumogakure front to Konoha, then bathed with her and scrubbed her back as she scrubbed his.

Kiyohara used Kiyohara Hyuga’s Byakugan to complete his new chakra-fist technique and inherit the Byakugan before receiving orders to join Tsunade on a peace delegation to Iwagakure. Tsunade agreed to go, then pressed Kiyohara about why he wanted to modify the Yin Seal.

• Kurenai Yuhi helped Kiyohara bathe, shared a kiss with him, and returned to the Konoha camp, where Nohara Rin noticed her flushed face and strange behavior.
• At the Land of Grass border, Kiyohara opened the Seventh Gate and used the Byakugan to perfect his Eight Gods Vacuum Attack, blasting fist-shaped craters into a mountainside.
• Kiyohara Hyuga fulfilled his last wish by passing his spirit, Byakugan, and some Gentle Fist techniques to Kiyohara, whose Byakugan could see fifteen kilometers and reduced his lightning-cloak chakra consumption.
• Kiyohara received a message that Iwagakure had sought peace and that Tsunade and he were recommended for Konoha’s ceasefire delegation.
• Tsunade agreed to travel to Iwagakure and teased Kiyohara about his plans to modify the Yin Seal, asking which girl had inspired him.

Kiyohara caught Deidara trying to bomb the Tsuchikage Building and diverted the clay explosives into the sky, preventing casualties during the ceasefire negotiations. Konoha and Iwagakure signed a peace treaty, and Ōnoki invited Tsunade’s party to stay in the village.

• Kiyohara proposed that Tsunade develop a youth-preserving jutsu separate from the Yin Seal, then teased her before leaving camp with her the next day.
• Tsunade, Kiyohara, Kakashi, and their party traveled to Iwagakure to exchange prisoners and negotiate a ceasefire with Ōnoki.
• Kiyohara spotted young Deidara placing clay spiders around the Tsuchikage Building and rushed to stop him.
• Kiyohara destroyed Deidara’s clay spider and used Wind Release to send the other bombs into the sky, where they exploded without causing casualties.
• Ōnoki identified Deidara as the culprit, had him taken home, and resumed negotiations with Tsunade.
• Konoha and Iwagakure signed a peace treaty that evening, and Ōnoki invited Tsunade’s party to stay overnight.

Kiyohara used Genjutsu to impress Deidara with new possibilities for explosive clay, then gave him techniques and agreed to teach him. Deidara returned to Akatsuchi excited to develop clay puppets, unaware that Kiyohara had also copied his techniques.

• Deidara visited Kiyohara and insisted on showing him his clay bombs, but Kiyohara trapped him in Genjutsu.
• Kiyohara recreated Deidara’s clay spider explosion and explained how Chakra control, toxins, and clay puppets could expand his art.
• Deidara demonstrated his explosive-clay techniques while Kiyohara secretly studied and copied them with his Byakugan and Sharingan.
• Kiyohara showed Deidara a moving Clay Puppet, gave him a scroll of puppet and toxin techniques, and agreed to teach him.
• Deidara left to return to Ōnoki, met Akatsuchi, and excitedly described the clay puppets he hoped to create.

Kiyohara returned from Iwagakure and developed explosive clay while reconnecting with Kurenai Yuhi. Sarutobi Hiruzen announced he would resign when the war ended, setting off speculation about who would become the Fourth Hokage.

• Kiyohara and Tsunade reported their Iwagakure mission to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who defended the peace agreement against Shimura Danzō and said he would resign when the war ended.
• Kiyohara tested explosive clay at Training Ground 3, then flew with Kurenai Yuhi on a clay bird and agreed to make her a clay model for her tactics.
• At dinner, Kiyohara told Tsunade that Sarutobi Hiruzen had been right to end the war rather than keep sending ninja to die.
• Konoha received notice that Sarutobi Hiruzen would step down on the day the war ended, and Fugaku Uchiha considered his own chances of becoming Hokage.
• Fugaku Uchiha told Uchiha Itachi that Kiyohara was also a strong candidate for the Hokage position.

Kiyohara sparred with Tsunade and proved strong enough to withstand her attacks, then visited Kurenai Yuhi and spent the night with her. The next morning, he and Kurenai went out together, where Sarutobi Asuma saw them and felt envious of their closeness.

• Fugaku Uchiha acknowledged that Kiyohara was his strongest rival for Hokage if the Uchiha could produce a candidate.
• Kiyohara challenged Tsunade to a spar and endured her attacks, including her Yin Seal: Release, until she called the match.
• Tsunade and Kiyohara went to a casino, where Tsunade lost all her chips before Kiyohara left to visit Kurenai Yuhi.
• Kurenai Yuhi demonstrated Genjutsu: Mirage to Kiyohara, and the two spent the night together.
• Kiyohara healed Kurenai Yuhi the next morning, and they went out for a walk in Konoha.
• Sarutobi Asuma encountered Kiyohara and Kurenai Yuhi, then left for home while envying their time together.

Sarutobi Hiruzen told Namikaze Minato and Kiyohara that they would be candidates for the Fourth Hokage after the war, and Kiyohara accepted the role. Afterward, Uchiha Itachi invited Kiyohara to a secret Uchiha clan meeting about the Hokage succession, where Fugaku Uchiha planned to sound him out.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Namikaze Minato that he intended to make him a Hokage candidate and would resign after the war.
• While practicing Explosive Clay at Training Ground 3, Kiyohara considered using Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation to create clay from natural matter and tested a clay Tsunade explosion.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Kiyohara and named him a Hokage candidate, telling him to earn more military achievements before the war ended.
• Uchiha Itachi invited Kiyohara to a secret meeting at Naka Shrine, explaining that the clan wanted to discuss the Hokage candidates.
• Fugaku Uchiha learned that Kiyohara would attend and asked Uchiha Itachi to have Mikoto Uchiha prepare snacks for him.

Kiyohara attended Fugaku Uchiha’s secret clan gathering, where Fugaku sought support for becoming Hokage and offered Kiyohara access to the Uchiha storehouse. Kiyohara took the forbidden jutsu Izanami and the Uchiha Flame Formation, then practiced the barrier technique in the Forest of Death, where Nohara Rin found him.

• Kiyohara entered the Uchiha clan’s secret meeting and impressed the gathered clansmen with his powerful Sharingan.
• Fugaku urged the Uchiha to support his bid for Hokage, while Setsuna questioned whether the village would ever accept an Uchiha; Fugaku also asked the clan to support Kiyohara.
• After the meeting, Fugaku let Kiyohara choose techniques from the clan storehouse, and Kiyohara took scrolls for Izanami and the Uchiha Flame Formation.
• Back at Tsunade’s house, Kiyohara spoke with Kiyohara Hyuga about gathering information on Karatachi Yagura before traveling to Kirigakure.
• Two days later, Kiyohara tested the Uchiha Flame Formation in the Forest of Death, where Nohara Rin came across him.

Kiyohara gathered intelligence on Karatachi Yagura, traveled to the Land of Waves, and took one of Yagura’s eyes while leaving him under Kiyohara’s ocular control. After fulfilling Kiyohara Hyuga’s final wish, Kiyohara inherited a purer Byakugan, more Chakra, and additional Gentle Fist techniques, then headed back to Konoha.

• Kiyohara spoke with Nohara Rin about her medical ninjutsu notes, shared rice balls with her, and told her she would make a good wife and loving mother.
• Kiyohara tracked Karatachi Yagura to a Kirigakure fleet near the Land of Waves and confronted him aboard his ship.
• Kiyohara defeated Yagura, removed one of his eyes, and left ocular power in him to counter Obito’s possible genjutsu.
• Kiyohara Hyuga confirmed his final wish was fulfilled and merged into Kiyohara, strengthening his Byakugan and increasing his Chakra reserves.
• Kiyohara used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return toward Konoha, preparing for the end of the war.

Kiyohara and Yakushi Nonō created a Samehada clone infused with Ketsuryūgan traits, and Kiyohara gave the resulting blade, Red Moon, to Kurenai Yuhi. After receiving an A-rank escort mission to the Land of Snow, Kiyohara set out with Kurenai Yuhi, Tsunade, and Shizune on a clay dragon, leaving the group camped overnight on the way.

• Yakushi Nonō showed Kiyohara a Samehada clone that had successfully fused with Ketsuryūgan cells, and he tested its blood-control ability.
• Kiyohara gave the shape-shifting blade to Kurenai Yuhi, who named it Red Moon and found that it strengthened her Genjutsu.
• Kiyohara received an A-rank commission to escort Asama Sandayū to the Land of Snow and asked Kurenai Yuhi to join him.
• Kiyohara, Kurenai Yuhi, Tsunade, and Shizune traveled toward the Land of Snow aboard a giant flying dragon made from Explosive Clay.
• The group camped in a mountain forest, and Kiyohara secretly spent the night with Kurenai Yuhi.

Kiyohara and the Konoha ninja reached the Land of Snow, where Kazahana Dōtō plotted to seize the throne with the help of Nadare Rōga and the Village Hidden in Snow. Kiyohara met an aged future self who had been Asura's reincarnation and learned his two wishes; the chapter ended with the Daimyo asking the group to help stop his brother.

• Kiyohara brought Asama Sandayū and the others to the Land of Snow, where Nurefu welcomed them and escorted them to the palace.
• Kiyohara gave Kazahana Koyuki a clay flower and described spring, while Kazahana Dōtō watched them with hostility.
• Kazahana Dōtō enlisted Nadare Rōga and the Village Hidden in Snow to attack the Konoha ninja using the new Chakra Armor.
• Kiyohara met Uzumaki Kiyohara, an over-eighty future self who revealed he had been Asura's reincarnation and asked Kiyohara to restore the Land of Whirlpools and obtain the History of Warring States Sealing.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Snow told Kiyohara and the others that Kazahana Dōtō sought the throne and asked them to help deal with him.

The Daimyo of the Land of Snow hired Tsunade’s team to protect him and his daughter Koyuki from his younger brother Kazahana Dōtō’s coup. As the battle raged around the palace, Kiyohara defeated Nadare Rōga and began dismantling his Chakra Armor.

• The Daimyo of the Land of Snow told Tsunade that Kazahana Dōtō’s forces would attack the next day, and Tsunade agreed to protect him and Koyuki without intervening in the power struggle.
• Kazahana Dōtō’s Snow ninja attacked the palace aboard an airship and demanded the Hexagonal Crystal, which was Koyuki’s necklace.
• Kiyohara rescued Koyuki from Fubuki Kakuyoku, while Kurenai Yuhi subdued Fubuki and Shizune poisoned and incapacitated Hyōga Fuyukuma.
• Kiyohara blocked Nadare Rōga’s sword with Steel Release and shattered his Chakra Armor with a punch, then destroyed his ice techniques with further blows.
• Nadare Rōga tried to flee, but Kiyohara caught him, threw him into pursuing Snow ninja, and used Magnet Release to dismantle his Chakra Armor.

Kiyohara defeated Kazahana Dōtō and ended the rebellion in the Land of Snow, then learned about the country’s unfinished climate-changing device. He agreed to invest in the Land of Snow and left with his companions after promising Koyuki they would return.

• Kiyohara killed Nadare Rōga, copied Kazahana Dōtō’s Ice Release, and transformed with the Eight Branches Technique.
• Kiyohara overwhelmed Kazahana Dōtō with a torrent of ice dragons, killing him and destroying the airship and part of the city wall.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Snow restored order, rewarded Tsunade’s team, and explained that the country’s secret treasure was a half-finished climate-changing device.
• Kiyohara suggested developing tourism and offered to invest in the Land of Snow, leaving a Flying Thunder God Kunai behind.
• Kiyohara and his companions prepared to leave, and he promised Koyuki they would return and told her she could visit Konoha when she grew up.

Kiyohara returned to Konoha from the Land of Snow, then sparred with Shisui Uchiha and shattered his Susanoo with one punch. After Shisui revealed Kotoamatsukami, Kiyohara received an urgent summons to respond to Kumogakure’s move.

• Kiyohara and his group returned to Konoha and reported their mission after flying back from the Land of Snow on his clay dragon.
• Kiyohara visited Kurenai Yuhi that night, and they spent time together at his home.
• Shisui Uchiha asked Kiyohara if he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, then revealed that he had awakened his own and challenged Kiyohara to spar.
• Shisui Uchiha used his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo during the spar, but Kiyohara shattered the Susanoo with one punch and Shisui conceded.
• Shisui Uchiha told Kiyohara that his Mangekyō ability was Kotoamatsukami, and Kiyohara promised to keep it secret.
• A messenger informed Kiyohara and Shisui Uchiha that Kumogakure had made a move, so they hurried to respond.

Kiyohara joined the Kumogakure front and began developing a youth-preserving technique based on the Yin Seal with Nohara Rin’s help. As the front grew more tense, Kiyohara defeated three Kumogakure ninja and met Kinoe, whom he recognized as Yamato.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Orochimaru to lead a team against Kumogakure and ordered Kiyohara and Tsunade to take another unit to the front.
• Kiyohara discussed becoming Hokage with Tsunade, then explained his guerrilla-warfare plan to wear down Kumogakure alongside Namikaze Minato.
• Kiyohara began shaping a youth-preserving seal on Nohara Rin’s forehead and carried her back to her tent when she became dizzy.
• Kiyohara used Lightning Release: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to defeat three Kumogakure ninja during a patrol.
• Kakashi introduced Kinoe, a Root ninja transferred to Kiyohara’s side, and Kiyohara recognized him as Yamato.