Chapter Summaries

The chapter reconstructs Kirigakure’s history, arguing that the Third Mizukage was deceived by Madara and that Yagura’s later reforms were reversed after the Masked Man controlled him. It explains how Zabuza’s loyalty to Yagura’s reform movement turned into a plan to assassinate him, leaving Zabuza needing allies.

• The narrator reasoned that Madara had deceived the Third Mizukage into a failed war against Konohagakure, devastating Kirigakure’s forces and leading the Mizukage to yield power.
• Yagura later became a perfect Jinchuriki, rebuilt Kirigakure with support from young talents including Zabuza Momochi, Mei Terumī, and Hozuki Mangetsu, and was eventually controlled by the Masked Man.
• The narrator concluded that Zabuza had slaughtered his classmates in Year 49 to provoke reform, and that Karatachi Yagura had recorded and supported the transformation that followed.
• After the Masked Man manipulated Yagura into restoring the Village of the Bloody Mist, Suikazan Fuguki secretly investigated the Mizukage and was killed by Kisame Hoshigaki under fabricated orders.
• Zabuza realized Yagura’s rule had betrayed their reformist hopes and decided that assassinating the Fourth Mizukage was necessary, but he knew he needed help.

The narrator reconstructed Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist history, speculating that Hozuki Mangetsu supported Zabuza’s failed coup against Yagura and died protecting their cause. The account concluded that Obito controlled Yagura until Ao exposed the genjutsu and Mei Terumī took power, then returned to the scene outside the Kumogakure group’s camp.

• The narrator argued that Mangetsu backed Zabuza’s assassination plan and died in the ensuing battle, while Zabuza escaped and took young Suigetsu with him.
• The narrator connected Kisame’s departure for Akatsuki to the rebellion’s suppression around Konoha Year 54 and questioned why Kirigakure did not reclaim the Three-Tails after Yagura’s death.
• The narrator proposed that Mei Terumī took power after Zabuza died and ended the Bloody Mist policies after Ao discovered Yagura was under genjutsu.
• The narrator distinguished the Bloody Mist label from the Fourth Mizukage’s era, suggesting it may have existed earlier, and identified Obito as Yagura’s controller.
• The narration returned to the outside of the Kumogakure group’s camp.

In Konoha Year 61, Shisui Uchiha had reached a training bottleneck as Konoha’s growing power unsettled the other villages. He sent Itachi Uchiha and a force of reinforcements to defend Kirigakure from Kumogakure, while he stayed with Konan.

• After two years of training, Shisui Uchiha had improved his abilities but found that further progress required acquiring more bloodlines.
• Kumogakure attacked Kirigakure, while Iwagakure explored beyond the Ninja Continent amid Konoha’s growing dominance.
• Shisui Uchiha had made the Uchiha Clan the rulers of Kirigakure and sent clan elites and Konoha Military Police Force ninja to reinforce its defense.
• Shisui Uchiha saw off Itachi Uchiha, Kimimaro’s The Five, and the other reinforcements, telling them to take care of themselves.
• Sasuke Uchiha waved goodbye to Itachi Uchiha, and the two brothers remained close under Shisui Uchiha’s protection.

The chapter compared the strength and history of the Five Great Ninja Villages, describing how conflict and leadership shaped each village. It ended with Sunagakure’s Kazekage and Gaara’s rise, after noting that Sunagakure remained the weakest village despite gradual improvement.

• The chapter described Konoha’s decline after Pain’s invasion and Kumogakure’s rise as the strongest village through its military and research strength.
• The chapter detailed Iwagakure’s military focus and highlighted the abilities and legacies of its Tsuchikage, Jinchuriki, and other notable ninja.
• The chapter explained how Yagura’s rule under Obito isolated Kirigakure and turned it into the Village of the Bloody Mist.
• The chapter credited Byakuren with founding Kirigakure, Mei Terumī with ending Yagura’s tyranny, and Chojuro with helping the village prosper.
• The chapter described Sunagakure’s weakness and recounted the roles of its Kazekage, from Reto and Shamon to Rasa and Gaara.

The chapter catalogued genjutsu, explaining how illusions worked and how shinobi resisted them before detailing techniques used across the villages. It ended with Shenda's Water Release Genjutsu trapping Naruto until Gushi disrupted its effects with chili powder.

• The chapter described genjutsu's role in shinobi combat and outlined ways to resist or break different kinds of illusions.
• The chapter detailed powerful techniques including Infinite Tsukuyomi, Kotoamatsukami, Tsukuyomi, Izanagi, and Izanami.
• The chapter explained genjutsu used by shinobi from several villages, including sound, visual, and sage-art techniques.
• Shenda used Water Release Genjutsu: Mist Illusion Demon Prison on Naruto Uzumaki, immobilizing him and preventing him from using ninjutsu.
• Jiraiya watched Naruto's response rather than intervening, and Gushi scattered chili powder to break Shenda's technique.

Deidara and Sasori were revived by Yakushi Kabuto and fought the Shinobi Allied Forces before their souls were freed when Impure World Reincarnation was released. The chapter then detailed Sasori’s history, beliefs, puppet techniques, and weapons, including his human puppets and the Third Kazekage.

• Deidara was revived by Yakushi Kabuto and later joined Sasori in aerial attacks against the Shinobi Allied Forces.
• Deidara and Sasori battled Kankuro and Sai’s ambush unit, but Sai and Omoi helped bring Deidara down, and Kankuro trapped him inside Black Ant.
• Hanzo mocked Deidara while he was trapped, and Deidara’s soul ascended to heaven after Impure World Reincarnation was released.
• Sasori was revived and, moved by Kankuro’s words, entrusted Father and Mother to him before voluntarily releasing Impure World Reincarnation.
• The chapter described Sasori’s past, his pursuit of eternal art, and his puppet-making, poison, combat techniques, and collection of human puppets.

The chapter explained several major genjutsu techniques before presenting a theory about Kirigakure’s past: Hozuki Mangetsu may have supported Zabuza Momochi’s failed uprising against the Fourth Mizukage. It left the rebellion’s aftermath framed as a hidden history in which Mangetsu died, Zabuza escaped, and Kisame joined Akatsuki around Konoha Year 54.

• The narrator described how genjutsu worked and outlined techniques including Infinite Tsukuyomi, Kotoamatsukami, Tsukuyomi, Izanagi, and Izanami.
• The narrator proposed that Hozuki Mangetsu supported Zabuza Momochi’s attempt to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage for Kirigakure’s greater good.
• The narrator inferred that Mangetsu died fighting Yagura’s forces after the plot failed, while Zabuza escaped and may have protected the young Hozuki Suigetsu.
• The narrator suggested that Kirigakure’s history portrayed Zabuza as ambitious to conceal the rebellion and that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen lacked swords rather than successors.
• The narrator concluded that Kisame Hoshigaki likely joined Akatsuki around Konoha Year 54, before Mei Terumī and Ao removed the genjutsu controlling the Fourth Mizukage.

The chapter catalogued genjutsu techniques and explained how they worked and could be resisted, then detailed Tobirama Senju’s ninjutsu and combat abilities. It ended by reiterating the effect of the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

• The chapter explained how genjutsu affected the senses, described methods of breaking it, and introduced sleep paralysis genjutsu.
• The chapter outlined major genjutsu, including Infinite Tsukuyomi, Kotoamatsukami, Tsukuyomi, Izanagi, and Izanami.
• The chapter described additional genjutsu used by ninja such as Tayuya, Hozuki Gengetsu, Kurenai Yuhi, and Jiraiya.
• The chapter detailed Tobirama Senju’s Flying Thunder God techniques, Water Release techniques, barriers, sensing, and other abilities.
• The chapter concluded with a brief description of the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

Hozuki Suigetsu used his Super Hidden Mist Technique to incapacitate Kumogakure’s night guards before leading Kirigakure’s surprise attack. The chapter then examined Kirigakure’s history, arguing that the Village of the Bloody Mist began as the Third Mizukage’s purge of the Hozuki Clan and became a civil war.

• Hozuki Suigetsu’s drug-laced fog knocked out the Kumogakure shinobi guarding the beach without alerting their camp.
• Hozuki Suigetsu revealed himself as the leader of the Kirigakure force and dismissed the guards for failing to detect his technique.
• The account traced Kirigakure’s succession dispute to the First Mizukage choosing Hozuki Gengetsu over the conservative Nameless One as Second Mizukage.
• The chapter described the Nameless One’s later seizure of power as Third Mizukage and his use of isolation and the Bloody Mist policies to target the Hozuki Clan.
• The account linked Kirigakure’s civil war to the conflict between civilian and Kekkei Genkai factions, later worsened by Uchiha Madara and Obito Uchiha’s interference.
• The chapter outlined the generations of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the succession of their swords.

The chapter surveyed Konohagakure’s history, institutions, and experiments with Hashirama Senju’s cells, then described Orochimaru’s research and shinobi with Wood Release. It ended with an overview of the known Kekkei Genkai and their users and techniques.

• The chapter traced Konohagakure’s founding by the Senju and Uchiha and described the Land of Fire, the Hokage, and the village’s growth.
• It recounted Konoha’s attempts to recreate Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release through cell experiments, which led to Yamato’s survival and Shimura Danzō’s secret project.
• It described Orochimaru’s cloning and cell-transplant research, including how Shin’s body enabled Shimura Danzō’s Sharingan arm.
• It explained that Zetsu and Obito Uchiha had connections to Hashirama Cells and Wood Release.
• It listed Kekkei Genkai including Scorch Release, Boil Release, Lava Release, Magnet Release, Ice Release, Explosion Release, Storm Release, and Wood Release, along with their users and techniques.

The chapter explained Kekkei Genkai, including how chakra nature transformations and inherited physical traits produced special abilities, and cataloged known releases, ocular powers, and constitution-based traits. It ended by noting that talented shinobi could develop new Kekkei Genkai by combining chakra natures, while combining three could produce Kekkei Mōra.

• The chapter defined Kekkei Genkai as bloodline abilities that could arise from fused chakra natures or inherited organs and constitutions.
• It listed known nature-based releases, their users, signature techniques, and distinctive properties.
• It described ocular Kekkei Genkai, including the Byakugan, Sharingan, Rinnegan, Tenseigan, and other eye abilities.
• It cataloged constitution-based Kekkei Genkai such as Shikotsumyaku, Five Senses Control, and Dragon Life Reincarnation.
• It explained that talented shinobi could develop a new Kekkei Genkai by fusing chakra natures, while combining three could create Kekkei Mōra.

The chapter catalogued shinobi Kekkei Genkai, ocular powers, and cloning and cell-transplantation experiments, focusing on Orochimaru’s work and the origins of Zetsu and Obito’s abilities. It ended by explaining Scorch Release and introducing Pakura, its Sunagakure user.

• The chapter described elemental Kekkei Genkai, including Wood Release and its combat, scouting, and Tailed Beast-suppression capabilities.
• The chapter detailed Byakugan, Sharingan, Rinnegan, and other ocular powers, including how some techniques depended on those eyes.
• Konoha’s Hashirama Cell experiments caused many deaths before Hiruzen Sarutobi banned them, but Orochimaru and Shimura Danzō continued the research, producing Yamato.
• Orochimaru used cloning and cell-transplantation techniques, including Shin’s rejection-resistant body, and later created artificial humans such as Mitsuki.
• The chapter explained that White Zetsu came from Hashirama Cells and Wood Release, while Black Zetsu embodied Kaguya’s will; Obito Uchiha’s Hashirama Cells enhanced his abilities and let him use Wood Release.
• The chapter explained Scorch Release and introduced Pakura, a Sunagakure shinobi who could desiccate opponents with Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder.

The chapter recounted Tobirama Senju’s life, from his battles against the Uchiha and his work building Konoha to his death and later reanimations. It ended by explaining that Tobirama watched the Uchiha to protect the village, though later generations misunderstood his intentions as hatred.

• Tobirama fought Izuna Uchiha with Flying Thunder God Slash, helping the Senju defeat the Uchiha and establish Konohagakure alongside them.
• Tobirama opposed Madara becoming Hokage and helped Hashirama become the First Hokage, later advising him at the First Five Kage Summit.
• After Hashirama died, Tobirama became Hokage, established the Anbu, Konoha Military Police Force, and Ninja Academy, and developed numerous techniques.
• During the First Shinobi World War, Tobirama chose to serve as bait for the Kinkaku Force, appointed Hiruzen Sarutobi as his successor, and sacrificed himself.
• Orochimaru revived Tobirama during the Konoha Crush and Fourth Shinobi World War, where Tobirama fought under Impure World Reincarnation and helped battle the Ten-Tails and Madara.
• Tobirama monitored the Uchiha to guard against threats to Konoha, but later generations mistook his caution for hatred of the clan.

The chapter catalogued Naruto-world Kekkei Genkai, their users, abilities, and techniques, then examined cloning and cell-transplantation experiments involving Orochimaru, Hashirama’s cells, and Wood Release. It ended with an account of Scorch Release and Pakura’s history and abilities.

• The chapter described elemental Kekkei Genkai, including Boil, Lava, Magnet, Ice, Wood, and other releases, along with their representatives and techniques.
• The chapter detailed eye-based and constitution-based Kekkei Genkai, including the Byakugan, Sharingan, Rinnegan, Shikotsumyaku, and Dragon Life Reincarnation.
• The chapter explained that Konoha’s Hashirama Cell experiments led to Yamato’s survival, while Orochimaru used cloning and transplantation techniques to create and modify people.
• The chapter described White Zetsu as a clone-like Wood Release weapon and Black Zetsu as Kaguya Otsutsuki’s will, then recounted Obito Uchiha’s Hashirama Cell enhancements.
• The chapter explained Scorch Release’s Wind-and-Fire nature transformation, distinguished Pakura’s technique from Naruto and Sasuke’s combination ninjutsu, and summarized Pakura’s background.

The Sage of Six Paths explained how he returned Team 7, the tailed beasts, and Madara to the Shinobi World, then released the four Hokage from Impure World Reincarnation. The story shifted to the Kumogakure camp, while a long account recapped Tobirama’s battles against Obito and Madara and the rescue efforts during Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Tobirama investigated Madara’s disappearance with the other Hokage, and the Sage of Six Paths appeared and explained that he had brought Team 7, the tailed beasts, and Madara back after Kaguya was sealed.
• The Sage of Six Paths released the four Hokage from Impure World Reincarnation, and their souls returned to the Pure Land.
• At the Kumogakure camp, Samui questioned why Kirigakure had not attacked, and Mabui advised the Fourth Raikage to keep the forces alert.
• The account recounted how Tobirama analyzed Obito’s abilities, helped rescue the Allied Forces from the God Tree and its attacks, and fought Madara while trying to protect Sasuke.
• After Madara activated Infinite Tsukuyomi, Tobirama tried to free the trapped shinobi from the vines, but they did not wake and new vines soon ensnared them.

The chapter presented an encyclopedia of Kekkei Genkai, ocular and physical abilities, chakra natures, and elemental releases in the Shinobi World. It ended by listing the known users and techniques of Crystal Release.

• The chapter described Crystal Release and several other specialized releases, including Steel, Transparent, Dark, Swift, Typhoon, and Mud Release.
• It catalogued ocular Kekkei Genkai such as the Byakugan, Sharingan, Rinnegan, Tenseigan, Jōgan, and Black Eye, along with their users and abilities.
• It listed physical Kekkei Genkai, including Demonic Twin Attack, Shikotsumyaku, Five Senses Control, Petrifying Demon Hand, and Dragon Life Reincarnation.
• The chapter explained the five basic chakra natures, how combining them created Kekkei Genkai, and how Kekkei Genkai were inherited or developed.
• It detailed combined releases such as Scorch, Boil, Lava, Magnet, Ice, Explosion, Storm, Wood, and Crystal Release, naming their users and representative techniques.