Recaps

Takenaka Kaguya survived the end of the war, broke with the Kaguya Clan, and settled on Half-Moon Island while training to grow stronger. At the First Five Kage Summit, the villages agreed to distribute the Tailed Beasts and form a peace alliance, but Tobirama Senju’s attack left Takenaka wary of Konoha.

• Takenaka Kaguya fought Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju, then surrendered and was spared after Madara urged Hashirama to let him live.
• After the Sengoku era ended, Takenaka rejected the prospect of becoming Second Mizukage and killed the people named in Byakuren’s intelligence scroll.
• Takenaka gave Yuko Kaguya money and learned she was his maternal aunt, but Motosawa Kaguya drove them from their home, so Takenaka asked Byakuren for Half-Moon Island.
• Byakuren ordered Hozuki Gengetsu to give Takenaka the island after learning Gengetsu had arranged the eviction to protect his own claim to the Mizukage position.
• Takenaka and Yuko moved to Half-Moon Island, where Takenaka trained and agreed to escort Byakuren to the First Five Kage Summit.
• Takenaka advised Byakuren to seek a Tailed Beast other than the Nine-Tails, then met Madara in Konoha and reaffirmed that he intended to challenge Madara and Hashirama.
• Hashirama presented his Tailed Beast distribution plan, and the Five Great Nations signed treaties and agreed to a peace alliance after negotiating Sunagakure’s share.
• Byakuren asked Hashirama for sealing techniques, while Tobirama attacked Takenaka to test his strength, and Takenaka blocked him, and Byakuren took Takenaka away after Tobirama declared him a future threat.

Takenaka Kaguya strengthened his Haki and Rokushiki while his ties with Kirigakure grew strained, then traveled to Uzushiogakure to learn the Yin Seal and pledged to aid the Uzumaki Clan. After proving himself against Hashirama Senju without Chakra, Takenaka agreed to meet Konoha’s strongest taijutsu Ninja, Chen Baojun.

• Takenaka Kaguya gained Advanced Observation Haki, met Kagami Uchiha and awakened his Sharingan, then befriended Mito Uzumaki and discussed peace with Hashirama Senju.
• Takenaka refused to pursue unification or move to Konoha, while Byakuren and Hozuki Gengetsu suspected his loyalty and Gengetsu’s attack was stopped by Takenaka’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Takenaka returned to Half-Moon Island, reached the Great Swordsman level, and trained the Six Powers while Black Zetsu secretly watched him.
• Takenaka accepted Genji’s request to protect a shipment if Genji watched over Yuko Kaguya, then trained underwater and prepared to learn the Yin Seal from Mito Uzumaki.
• Takenaka flew to Uzushiogakure, accepted Ashina Uzumaki’s offer to make the clan’s Fuinjutsu available in exchange for aiding the village in a crisis, and became Mito’s sworn brother.
• Takenaka began learning the Yin Seal, learned Kakuzu had been captured after attempting to assassinate Hashirama Senju, and agreed to fight Hashirama without Chakra as a test.
• Takenaka used Rokushiki to last against Hashirama, who praised the techniques and invited him to meet Chen Baojun, and Takenaka agreed, eager to see the Konoha Dragon.

Takenaka Kaguya rescued Yuko from Madara Uchiha, returned to Half-Moon Island, and completed a long period of training. He then accepted an escort mission for the Daimyo and reached the Land of Fire’s capital, where Mitsuba Hyuga delivered him a letter from Eiko Hyuga.

• Takenaka Kaguya refused Madara Uchiha’s offer to join his plan, then fought him at the Graveyard Mountains until Black Zetsu used Yuko Kaguya as leverage and Madara trapped Takenaka in Izanami.
• Takenaka Kaguya escaped Izanami, rescued the unconscious Yuko, and returned with her to Half-Moon Island, where Genji arranged for Akina Nakamori to stay with them.
• Takenaka Kaguya agreed to two years of training without village missions, mastered the Yin Seal after a year and a half, and watched Kurama leave for Kirigakure.
• Takenaka Kaguya offered to teach Akina Nakamori Kami-e and promised Yuko he would keep war away from the Land of Water, then received a mission to protect the Daimyo.
• Takenaka Kaguya escorted the Daimyo toward the Land of Fire, fought off attackers, and defeated Jonin who confronted him near the capital.
• Takenaka Kaguya accepted Kakuzu’s payment and let him go, then entered the Land of Fire’s capital with the two Daimyo.
• Takenaka Kaguya noticed the wary Ninja at the Daimyo Mansion, where Mitsuba Hyuga visited and delivered a letter from Eiko Hyuga.

Takenaka Kaguya left Kirigakure after its succession struggle turned violent, then renewed his feud with Madara Uchiha and traveled to Konoha. There he challenged Hashirama Senju, and their fierce battle left Madara and Tobirama reassessing Takenaka’s strength.

• Takenaka Kaguya learned that Byakuren would not support his bid to become Second Mizukage, and Genji later told him Hozuki Gengetsu had secured the clans' backing.
• Takenaka Kaguya decided to leave Kirigakure, but Motosawa Kaguya and the Kaguya Clan Jonin blocked him at the docks, where he killed them after they attacked.
• Hozuki Gengetsu denied ordering the Kaguya Clan's attack, and Takenaka Kaguya gave him his Kirigakure forehead protector and warned that he would return if Gengetsu failed as Mizukage.
• Takenaka Kaguya encountered Madara Uchiha on his way to Konoha, refused his offer to join his plan, and fought him until Madara escaped underground as Hashirama Senju arrived.
• Hashirama Senju brought Takenaka Kaguya to Konoha, where Mito Uzumaki welcomed him and he said he would stay in Uzushiogakure while considering Lord Ashina's offer to lead the village.
• Takenaka Kaguya challenged Hashirama Senju at the Valley of the End, and the two escalated their fight as Hashirama summoned the True Several Thousand Hands.
• Takenaka Kaguya dodged the statue's giant hands and shattered its leg with a Haki-coated punch before teleporting to Hashirama Senju and exchanging blows.
• Madara Uchiha recognized Takenaka Kaguya as a serious obstacle, while Tobirama Senju abandoned his confidence that he could defeat him.