Recaps

Hanzo spared Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru and named them the Legendary Sannin before withdrawing from the battle. Later, Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan found the three Konoha ninja and asked them to teach them ninjutsu, but Orochimaru suggested killing the children.

• Hanzo declared a ceasefire, spared Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, and named them the Legendary Sannin.
• In a cave, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru discussed the war’s end and Jiraiya’s plans after it.
• Orochimaru noticed Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan hiding nearby, and Yahiko explained that the war had killed his parents.
• Jiraiya shared his dry bread with the children, and Konan gave the group a paper flower in return.
• Yahiko asked Jiraiya and the others to teach them ninjutsu, but Orochimaru proposed killing the children.

Jiraiya stayed in the Land of Rain to care for Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan after Konoha’s war with Amegakure ended. As the children settled into life together, Yahiko revealed his hatred of war and asked Jiraiya to teach them ninjutsu, leaving Jiraiya troubled by how vengeance shaped his ideals.

• Jiraiya told Orochimaru and Tsunade he would stay with the three children and asked Tsunade to tell Shinichi to continue Minato’s training.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted a ceasefire with Amegakure, and Konoha’s forces withdrew from the Land of Rain as the war continued between Amegakure and Sunagakure.
• Jiraiya moved Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan into an abandoned house and helped them make it a home.
• Nagato cried over his family, and Yahiko angrily blamed the war and the Land of Rain’s weakness for their suffering.
• Yahiko told Jiraiya he wanted to change the country and protect everyone, then asked to train in ninjutsu; Jiraiya recognized that Yahiko’s desire for peace was rooted in revenge.

Hyuga Shinichi attended Uzumaki Kushina’s graduation after returning to Konoha, while the war between Sunagakure and Amegakure dwindled and ended with Sunagakure’s withdrawal from the Land of Rain. After learning that her son and daughter-in-law had died in a raid on the Land of Fire, Chiyo stormed into a meeting to confront the Sunagakure leadership.

• Jiraiya reflected that understanding and trust offered a better path to peace than Hanzo’s and Yahiko’s methods, though he did not know how to achieve it.
• Hyuga Shinichi attended Uzumaki Kushina’s graduation ceremony and celebrated her award by taking her for ramen.
• Hyuga Shinichi’s presence had changed Kushina’s home life, leaving her cared for by Uzumaki Mito, Tsunade, Nawaki, and Zhenyi.
• Sunagakure and Amegakure’s forces weakened after prolonged fighting, and Sunagakure withdrew from the Land of Rain.
• Chiyo learned that her son and daughter-in-law had died in a raid on the Land of Fire and that the village had concealed their deaths for nearly two years.
• Chiyo kicked open the meeting room doors to confront the village leadership, and the Land of Wind’s daimyo and the others looked to the Third Kazekage.

Chiyo persuaded Sunagakure to launch another surprise attack on the Land of Fire, and the Third Kazekage sent her to lead it. As Konoha dispatched reinforcements, Hyuga Shinichi realized Tsunade and Dan Katō were already at the border and rushed to support them.

• After learning that her son and daughter-in-law had died, Chiyo proposed another surprise attack on the Land of Fire, and the Third Kazekage approved the plan.
• The Third Kazekage assigned Chiyo to lead the mission after intelligence revealed that fewer than a hundred Konoha ninja guarded the border.
• Chiyo secretly led Sunagakure ninja across the border at night, where they attacked the lax Konoha outpost.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Hyuga Shinichi and other Jonin after news of the invasion arrived, and Shinichi learned that Tsunade and Dan Katō were already at the border.
• Hyuga Shinichi rushed toward the border with Inuzuka Gai and Aburame Tomohiro as Dan Katō urged Tsunade and Kime Kōtō to reinforce the front.

Chiyo launched a tunnel ambush against Konoha’s border outpost while Tsunade and Mokume Kōtō rushed to the battlefield. Tsunade confronted Chiyo, who demanded that Konoha hand over Hatake Sakumo, and the chapter ended with Tsunade charging into battle.

• Dan Katō began using the Spirit Transformation Technique as rain gathered over the battlefield.
• Chiyo ordered Sunagakure’s main force through a tunnel into the Konoha camp, where they burst out and threw the defenders into chaos.
• Chiyo summoned her Chikamatsu Ten Puppets and attacked the defensive line to keep Konoha’s Jonin from returning to the camp.
• Tsunade struck Chiyo’s Ox-Head Puppet with a punch, badly damaging it, and Chiyo revealed she wanted revenge on Hatake Sakumo for killing her son and daughter-in-law.
• Tsunade refused to surrender Hatake Sakumo, then charged at Chiyo with Mokume Kōtō and another Jonin supporting her.

Dan Katō’s soul supported Konoha’s counterattack while his body lay exposed in the camp. A Sunagakure captain nearly killed him, but a young man rushed from the forest and cut off the captain’s head, leaving Dan’s fate unresolved.

• Dan Katō possessed Sunagakure ninja, helping Konoha regroup and counterattack as the battle in the camp became a melee.
• Three Sunagakure ninja retreated toward the woods under fire, and their captain spotted Dan Katō’s unguarded body in the rain.
• The captain sent his two subordinates to stall their pursuers and approached Dan’s body with a kunai, hoping to earn glory.
• Tsunade briefly sensed danger to Dan while fighting Chiyo, but Konoha Jonin blocked Chiyo’s attack and Tsunade refocused.
• As the captain’s kunai reached Dan’s chest, a powerful pressure and mental dizziness stopped him, and a young man emerged from the forest and beheaded him.

Hyuga Shinichi recovered from using Byakugan: Pressure and joined two Konoha ninjas rushing back to the camp after learning it was under pressure. At a distant border outpost, Uchiha Setsuna killed Uchiha Kaori, who died in Uchiha Shin's arms blaming Setsuna for destroying their family.

• Hyuga Shinichi realized his body could no longer support Byakugan: Pressure at full strength and suspected the Sunagakure attack meant the defensive line had been breached.
• Two Sunagakure ninjas fled to their captain, found him decapitated, and were killed by the Konoha ninjas pursuing them.
• Hyuga Shinichi learned the camp was under pressure and hurried there with the two Konoha ninjas, who carried Dan Katō's body.
• At a distant border outpost, Uchiha Setsuna stabbed Uchiha Kaori while Uchiha Shin watched in disbelief.
• Uchiha Kaori recalled her sons' childhoods, blamed Uchiha Setsuna for making their family oppressive, and died in Uchiha Shin's arms.

Uchiha Setsuna revealed that he had killed Uchiha Kaori to provoke Mangekyō Sharingan awakenings in his descendants, but Uchiha Shin failed to awaken his. Meanwhile, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yoho pursued Sunagakure ninja until they triggered a trap.

• Uchiha Setsuna explained that prison had awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and that its abilities enhanced his attacks and concealed his presence.
• Uchiha Setsuna told Uchiha Shin that Kaori’s death was part of his plan to force Fen and Zhuo to awaken their Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Setsuna admitted he had intended to use Shin as a safeguard for Fen’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and declared Shin’s life expendable.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yoho pursued Sunagakure ninja through the woods, and Fugaku killed several with his Great Fireball.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yoho noticed Explosive Tags on trees after their passage triggered them.

Uchiha Yoho saved Uchiha Fugaku from a massive Explosive Tag blast, but Sunagakure ninja ambushed them when they emerged from the crater. Yoho was stabbed by a concealed puppet while protecting Fugaku, and Fugaku froze in shock as Yoho urged him to run.

• Uchiha Yoho used the Body Flicker Technique and layered Earth Release defenses to shield Uchiha Fugaku from the Explosive Tag blast.
• Uchiha Yoho and Uchiha Fugaku survived the explosion and started climbing out of the crater to return to the defensive line.
• Sunagakure ninja attacked them with shuriken, senbon, and ninjutsu after spotting them in the open.
• Uchiha Fugaku twisted his ankle on a rock and fell, so Uchiha Yoho rushed to block the attacks aimed at him.
• A hidden Sunagakure puppet stabbed Uchiha Yoho through the chest and abdomen, and he warned Uchiha Fugaku to run.

Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan while surrounded by Sunagakure ninja and used its power to unleash Amaterasu. The black flames spread among the attackers, leaving them burning and unable to extinguish the fire.

• Uchiha Yoho fell into Uchiha Fugaku's arms after the puppet's hidden blades forced him back, and Fugaku stayed to protect him.
• Sunagakure ninja taunted the brothers and prepared to kill them, while Uchiha Fugaku's Three-Tomoe Sharingan transformed into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Fugaku used Amaterasu on one Sunagakure ninja, igniting black flames that water could not put out.
• Sunagakure ninja tried to help the burning man and attack Uchiha Fugaku, but the flames spread to them as they struggled.

Uchiha Fugaku awakened Susanoo and used Tsukuyomi to trap the last Sunagakure puppeteer, leaving him to suffer under Amaterasu in the illusion. Fugaku remained in severe pain while promising to get the dying Uchiha Yoho medical treatment.

• Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan awakened Susanoo, whose skeletal hand crushed the Sunagakure puppeteer's puppet.
• Uchiha Yoho recognized Susanoo from the Uchiha Clan's records and worried about the toll Fugaku's powers were taking on him.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Yoho he would defeat the last enemy and take him to the Uzumaki Clan for treatment.
• The terrified Sunagakure puppeteer tried to flee, but Uchiha Fugaku trapped him in the Tsukuyomi World.
• Uchiha Fugaku summoned Amaterasu beneath the puppeteer and multiplied him into a hundred suffering copies within the illusion.

Uchiha Fugaku defeated the Sand shinobi but could not save Uchiha Yoho, who died after entrusting him with the Uchiha Clan and Mikoto. Meanwhile, Hyuga Shinichi and Dan Katō helped Konoha hold the camp against the Sand shinobi.

• Uchiha Fugaku killed the Sand shinobi puppeteer with Tsukuyomi and confirmed the other Sand shinobi had been consumed by Amaterasu.
• Uchiha Yoho told Uchiha Fugaku not to lose himself in the pursuit of power, urged him to lead the Uchiha Clan, and offered his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yoho asked Uchiha Fugaku to care for and marry Mikoto, and Fugaku promised to treat her well.
• Uchiha Yoho died in Uchiha Fugaku's arms, and Fugaku knelt motionless in the rain until several Konoha Ninja arrived.
• Earlier, Hyuga Shinichi returned to the battered Konoha camp with Dan Katō's real body and helped fight the Sand shinobi with his Listen-to-Wind Sword.

Dan Katō returned to his body after using the Spirit Transformation Technique and learned that Hyuga Shinichi had saved it. As the Konoha camp’s defenses stabilized, Shinichi drove back the Sunagakure force but let them retreat rather than risk severe casualties.

• Dan Katō woke after his soul returned to his body and learned that Hyuga Shinichi had protected him from three Sunagakure ninja.
• Dan Katō reaffirmed that he would have chosen to protect his Konoha comrades even if doing so endangered his body.
• Konoha ninja told Dan Katō that the first wave of reinforcements had stabilized the defensive line and praised him for saving their lives.
• Hyuga Shinichi used Wind Barrier and Great Breakthrough to push the Sunagakure ninja back from the camp’s center.
• Hyuga Shinichi judged that Konoha could not hold the stronger Sunagakure force without heavy losses, so he let the enemy retreat.

Konoha’s reinforcements arrived as Sunagakure withdrew, and Orochimaru halted the pursuit after learning Sunagakure had offered compensation to end the conflict. As Konoha returned to the border, Hyuga Shinichi reflected that the Second Shinobi World War was ending and planned to rest during the coming peace.

• Orochimaru arrived with the second wave of reinforcements and ordered the Konoha ninja to pursue Sunagakure’s retreating forces.
• Dan Katō thanked Hyuga Shinichi for saving him, while Shinichi warned him to prepare for Tsunade’s anger.
• Chiyo ordered Sunagakure to withdraw after learning Konoha’s reinforcements were approaching, and the two sides fought as Sunagakure retreated toward the Land of Rivers.
• Sunagakure raised earthen walls to block Konoha’s pursuit, and a messenger told Orochimaru that Sunagakure had offered compensation and wanted to end the war.
• Orochimaru ordered Konoha to stop pursuing and return to the border, while Hyuga Shinichi reflected on the coming seven years of peace and his own strength.

Hyuga Shinichi returned toward the Land of Fire border with Inuzuka Gai and Aburame Tomohiro, reflecting that the war was finally over and discussing what awaited them in Konoha. When they went to find Dan Katō, Shinichi discovered him holding Tsunade, who had rushed to him after learning he had nearly been killed.

• Hyuga Shinichi rejoined Inuzuka Gai, Aburame Tomohiro, and Black Charcoal, and said he thought the war was finally over.
• Aburame Tomohiro reminded Hyuga Shinichi and Inuzuka Gai that two new Eye-Nose-Ear Teams were nearly ready for missions and might be assigned to them.
• Hyuga Shinichi speculated that he and his teammates would be promoted to Jonin and joked that he would lead Kushina and Minato instead of taking a rookie team.
• Hyuga Shinichi, Inuzuka Gai, Aburame Tomohiro, and Black Charcoal returned to camp and went to find Dan Katō.
• Tsunade embraced Dan Katō after learning he had nearly been killed, and he held her while she blushed and called him sly.

Hyuga Shinichi interrupted Tsunade and Dan Katō embracing, then helped organize the camp while reflecting on his lack of romantic experience. The story shifted back to Konoha, where Uzumaki Kushina was ambushed at a waterfall by three Kumogakure men who identified her as a candidate Nine-Tails jinchuriki.

• Tsunade punched Hyuga Shinichi after he entered her tent and saw her embracing Dan Katō.
• Inuzuka Gai and Aburame Tomohiro realized what had happened and insisted they had seen nothing.
• Hyuga Shinichi teased Dan Katō, then took Inuzuka Gai, Aburame Tomohiro, and Black Charcoal to help organize the camp.
• Uzumaki Kushina left the Senju clan grounds to train at a waterfall while Hyuga Shinichi was away on a mission.
• Three men ambushed Uzumaki Kushina, and she used the Substitution Technique and Wind Style: Gale Palm to defend herself.
• One attacker dispelled Uzumaki Kushina’s Gale Palm with Lightning Style, then ordered the others to take the candidate Nine-Tails jinchuriki back to Kumogakure.

Uzumaki Kushina tried to escape three Cloud Ninja who planned to take her to Kumogakure, but they captured and bound her. As one of them insulted her family and Konoha, Kushina retaliated by headbutting him.

• Uzumaki Kushina used shuriken and six shadow clones to distract the Cloud Ninja, then fled toward the forest.
• A Cloud Ninja used Lightning Style to destroy Kushina’s clones, and the three men chased her through the forest.
• The Cloud Ninja caught Kushina after she stumbled, pinned her down, and tied her hands behind her back.
• One Cloud Ninja dragged Kushina along by a rope and told her that no one in Konoha knew she had been captured.
• Kushina headbutted the Cloud Ninja in the stomach after he insulted her family.

Uzumaki Kushina was abducted by Cloud Ninja and left strands of her red hair as a trail. Namikaze Minato discovered the clues and ran after her, realizing she had been taken, while recalling Uzumaki Mito’s warning that Kushina often hid her troubles from others.

• Cloud Ninja dragged Uzumaki Kushina away, and she secretly dropped strands of her red hair along the road.
• Namikaze Minato returned from Mount Myoboku, found scorched ground and Kushina’s hair, and suspected she was in danger.
• Namikaze Minato followed the trail into the forest and found signs that adults had chased and abducted Kushina.
• Namikaze Minato followed the red hair farther and recalled Uzumaki Mito telling him that Kushina was fragile beneath her strong exterior and had once been reluctant to seek help.

Uzumaki Mito asked Namikaze Minato to support Kushina after she became the Nine-Tails jinchūriki, and he vowed to rescue her from the Cloud Ninja who had captured her. The Cloud Ninja revealed they planned to take Kushina back for jinchūriki research and were fleeing by sea to avoid Konoha's White Fang.

• Uzumaki Mito told Namikaze Minato she hoped he would care for Kushina and explained that love had helped her live happily as a jinchūriki.
• Namikaze Minato recalled Mito's words and hurried to rescue Uzumaki Kushina rather than return to Konoha to report.
• The Cloud Ninja escorting Kushina discussed their orders to abduct an Uzumaki for research into jinchūriki.
• The Cloud Ninja decided to take the sea route because Konoha's White Fang was guarding the border near their secret passage.

Namikaze Minato followed Uzumaki Kushina’s dropped red hair and rescued her from the Cloud Ninja, killing all three. As he reassured her beneath the moonlight, Kushina spotted lightning racing toward his back.

• Uzumaki Kushina dropped strands of her red hair as the Cloud Ninja escorted her toward the sea, while Uzumaki Mito alerted Sarutobi Hiruzen that she had not returned.
• Nawaki found clues near the waterfall and led four Konoha ninja in pursuit along the trail of red hair.
• Namikaze Minato ambushed and killed the three Cloud Ninja while Uzumaki Kushina continued forward, unaware of the fight.
• Namikaze Minato revealed himself to Uzumaki Kushina and told her he had come to save her.
• Uzumaki Kushina saw a bolt of lightning streaking toward Namikaze Minato’s back and warned him.

Namikaze Minato rescued Uzumaki Kushina from a lightning attack and confronted Torei, a Kumogakure Jonin who wanted to capture Kushina and steal the Flying Thunder God Technique. Minato refused to surrender the technique and advanced on Torei, leaving their fight about to begin.

• Namikaze Minato dodged Torei's lightning strike, caught the exhausted Uzumaki Kushina, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape another attack with her.
• Namikaze Minato untied Uzumaki Kushina and stood between her and the forest, where he challenged the hidden attacker to reveal himself.
• Torei emerged and revealed himself as a Kumogakure Jonin who had come looking for the delayed Cloud Ninja and spotted Minato and Kushina in the borderlands.
• Torei recognized Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique and demanded that he hand it over, offering to let him leave afterward.
• Namikaze Minato refused to surrender the technique, drew two kunai, and walked toward Torei.

Namikaze Minato fought Torei to protect Uzumaki Kushina, using the Flying Thunder God technique and a powerful combined fire-and-wind attack against Torei’s Lightning Chakra Mode. The blast knocked Torei down, but he stood back up, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God technique to evade Torei’s attacks and strike with a wind-coated kunai, but Torei’s lightning defense stopped it.
• Uzumaki Kushina urged Namikaze Minato to flee, but he told her he would not run or back down.
• Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God technique to reposition and make Torei focus on two kunai before launching Flame Wind Bow and Arrow.
• Torei blocked the combined attack with his Lightning Chakra Mode until the clash exploded and blasted him to the ground.
• Namikaze Minato stayed on guard as Torei got back to his feet.

Namikaze Minato continued fighting Torei with the Flying Thunder God technique, but Torei’s Lightning Chakra Mode blocked his attacks. With his options running out, Minato devised a risky plan and repositioned himself among his marked kunai, leaving the chapter’s outcome unresolved.

• Torei recovered from the Flame Wind Bow and Arrow and attacked Minato with intensified lightning.
• Minato used his marked kunai to teleport around Torei and strike at him, but Torei’s lightning armor repelled his attacks and shattered one kunai.
• Torei smashed the ground with a powerful punch, but Minato escaped by teleporting to another kunai as Kushina watched in alarm.
• Minato counted his remaining usable Flying Thunder God kunai and realized he needed a new way to bypass Torei’s lightning armor.
• Minato threw a kunai to the ground, teleported to the kunai at the Flame Wind Bow and Arrow site, and picked it up as the thrown kunai embedded itself in the earth.

Namikaze Minato fought Torei while attempting to fuse three chakra natures, then awakened Light Release at the decisive moment. His new power cut through Torei’s lightning defense and split open his fist.

• Namikaze Minato used two Flying Thunder God kunai while secretly trying to fuse wind, fire, and lightning chakra as he fought Torei.
• Torei grew impatient and charged toward Uzumaki Kushina, forcing Namikaze Minato to intercept him beside a planted kunai.
• Namikaze Minato met Torei’s lightning-wreathed punch with his chakra-coated kunai and fused all three natures in the clash.
• Namikaze Minato’s new Light Release sliced through Torei’s lightning defense and cut his right fist in half.

Namikaze Minato defeated Torei with help from Uzumaki Kushina, then carried her away and told her he did not want to lose her. Kushina accepted that she belonged in Konoha and realized she had fallen for Minato.

• Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God kunai by the tree to escape Torei’s punch and attack his unguarded back.
• Uzumaki Kushina stopped Torei from turning with Wind Style: Gale Palm, allowing Minato to deliver a fatal Light Style slash.
• Minato caught Kushina when she nearly fell, then carried her through the moonlight as she noticed her red hair in his jacket.
• Minato told Kushina that he had treasured her hair and believed she was strong, but that he did not want to lose her in the village dispute.
• Minato reassured Kushina that she was Konoha’s companion and had family there, and Kushina began to like her red hair and realized she liked Minato.