Recaps

Uzumaki Kuming helped defeat the Cloud Ninja, rescued Rin and sealed the Three-Tails inside her, then led Konoha through the end of the war. After Hiruzen stepped down, Kuming became the Fourth Hokage and began reshaping the village, while Danzō and Orochimaru plotted against him.

• Kuming and Fugaku helped kill Hanzo, enabling Yahiko to pursue leadership of the Land of Rain, while Konoha and Stone negotiated a peace treaty.
• Kuming, Minato, and Sakumo fought A, Killer B, and the Third Raikage, who withdrew after Kuming wounded him, and the Raikage later died covering his troops' retreat.
• Minato rescued Kakashi, Obito, and Rin from the Mist Ninja, and Kuming destroyed Rin's seals before sealing the Three-Tails inside her.
• Kuming and Sakumo reinforced Konoha's southeastern border, drove back the Mist Ninja, and then accepted Hiruzen's order to make peace with Kirigakure.
• At Konoha's memorial, Danzō and his allies blamed Hiruzen for the war's losses, and Hiruzen later asked Kuming to become the next Hokage.
• The Jonin voted for Kuming over Orochimaru, and Hiruzen declared Kuming the Fourth Hokage before beginning the handover.
• As Hokage, Kuming reorganized Konoha's police, Anbu, and mission systems, appointed Orochimaru to lead the Research Institute, and ordered him to stop human experiments.
• Danzō recruited Orochimaru to assassinate Kuming, but Kuming went to inspect the orphanage with Itachi, where Nonō drew a kunai and charged at him.

Uzumaki Kuming dismantled Danzō’s Root, brought Karin into Konoha, and fought Madara as the village faced repeated attacks. The arc left Kuming battling Madara’s Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while White Zetsu summoned a giant wood statue using Tenzo’s Chakra.

• Uzumaki Kuming defeated Danzō’s Root ambush, and Orochimaru killed Danzō before Kuming concealed the truth and dissolved Root.
• Kuming led Konoha’s conquest of the Land of Grass and brought the rescued Uzumaki Karin to Konoha, where Madara Uchiha attacked and escaped after their battle.
• Kuming achieved perfect Sage Mode on Mount Myoboku, then returned to Konoha as Kushina prepared to give birth.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu abducted Xiangxiangli, but Kuming rescued her while Konoha’s leaders guarded Kushina and newborn Naruto.
• Three intruders unleashed the Six-Tails, the Seven-Tails, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in Konoha, and Kuming began fighting the attackers as the village evacuated.
• Madara appeared with the Demonic Statue, and Minato transported them away from Konoha so Kuming could battle Madara without endangering the village.
• Kuming fought Madara and battered the Demonic Statue, but Zetsu returned with Tenzo and helped Madara summon a Five-Headed Thousand-Armed Giant Wood Statue.

Uzumaki Kuming recovered from his battle with Madara, returned to Konoha after four years, and backed Minato’s leadership while reconnecting with the village. As he began training Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, he uncovered a deepening Uchiha conflict that ended with the clan’s Great Elder challenging Fugaku’s loyalty.

• Uzumaki Kuming and Madara Uchiha fought over the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Minato Namikaze rescued the critically injured Kuming from the battlefield’s explosion.
• Kurama offered Kuming his Chakra in exchange for freedom, and Kuming agreed to become his partner and pursue peace between humans and Tailed Beasts.
• Kuming awoke four years later, met Naruto and Shisui Uchiha, and returned to Konoha after learning that Minato had become the Fifth Hokage.
• Kuming warned Hyuga Hiashi that the Cloud Ninja’s attempt to kidnap Hinata was likely intended to provoke Konoha, and Hiashi helped Minato seize the envoys.
• Kuming supported Minato as Hokage, planned to travel and train in Senjutsu, and agreed to consider becoming Ninja Academy principal afterward.
• Kuming tested Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, discovered Rin’s Three-Tails Chakra had formed a Tailed Beast Cloak, and promised to take the three students with him to grow stronger.
• Mikoto Uchiha asked Kuming to help with the clan’s worsening division, and Kuming pursued Ayako Uchiha to a hideout where cursed seals caused an explosion he contained with a barrier.
• Kuming investigated the crater and went to Fugaku Uchiha, where the Great Elder demanded that Fugaku choose between being clan head and serving as a Konoha Jonin.

Uzumaki Kuming crushed the Uchiha coup, then took Itachi and a team on a mission that exposed an attacker targeting Itachi and brought Konoha to the brink of conflict with Kumogakure. At the Land of Rivers, he defeated and captured Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki before arriving at Konoha’s camp.

• Uchiha Jin and Uchiha Qing led a coup against Fugaku, but Uzumaki Kuming intervened, killed Qing, captured Jin, and warned Fugaku about an escaped enemy who had stolen Qing’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kuming took Uchiha Itachi on a mission escorting Star Iron, where a masked Sharingan user killed Tenma and Shinji before Itachi fought him off with Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
• Itachi returned to Konoha grieving his teammates, while Kuming suspected the attacker was a missing or supposedly dead Uchiha and began searching for Uchiha Kun.
• Kuming trained Naruto in shurikenjutsu, and Naruto later defeated Sasuke in a shuriken contest.
• After the Land of Lightning threatened war over Konoha’s detention of Cloud Ninja envoys, Kuming took command of northeastern troops and headed for the border with Itachi, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin.
• Kirigakure Anbu ambushed Kuming’s party, but Kuming identified Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki, defeated them, and bound them as prisoners.
• Kuming reunited with Itachi and the others, brought Mei and Kisame to Konoha’s camp in the Land of Rivers, and was greeted by Nara Lukin and the frontline leaders.