Recaps

Guy faced Yagura, Mei Terumi, Kisame, and Ao while protecting Kimimaro and Haku, then launched a sudden attack to break out of the encirclement. He left Ao badly wounded but alive, only to discover that Ao had died, provoking Mei Terumi’s fury.

• Guy realized Yagura had become the Six-Tails Jinchuriki and used Saiken’s corrosive bubble abilities.
• Guy attacked first, striking Ao in the chest with Vajra Finger and sending him crashing into a reef.
• Guy followed with Vajra Stomp Breaker, knocking Mei Terumi away, then wrapped Kimimaro and Haku in protective clothing.
• Yagura attacked Guy with his water-wreathed staff, but Guy dodged and warned that Ao might still be saved.
• Mei Terumi found Ao dead and swore to kill Guy.

Guy discovered that someone had secretly dealt Ao a fatal blow from behind, then fought off Mei Terumi, Yagura, and Kisame to treat him. He revived Ao's heart with medical ninjutsu and controlled lightning, leaving Ao alive but confused about why Guy had saved him.

• Guy realized Ao's fatal heart wound came from behind and suspected Black Zetsu had framed him.
• Mei Terumi attacked Guy in grief and rage, while Yagura and Kisame joined the fight; Guy drove them back with the Great Luo Buddha Hand.
• Guy examined Ao, found signs of life, and began treating him as Yagura stopped Mei Terumi from interfering.
• Guy opened Ao's chest, stitched the tear in his heart, and used controlled Lightning Release to restart it.
• Ao's heart beat again, and Guy restored him enough to wake; Ao recognized Guy and wondered why his attacker was saving him.

Guy revived Ao, then held him hostage and negotiated with Yagura for safe passage, arguing that someone else had caused Ao’s apparent death. Ao urged Yagura to kill Guy and activated a hidden self-destruct curse seal, dying again rather than remain a hostage.

• Mei Terumi rushed toward the revived Ao, but Guy seized him and threatened to crush his throat if anyone approached.
• Guy told Yagura that Ao’s death had been a frame-up and offered to leave peacefully without harming him.
• Kisame denied killing Ao and suggested that Ao had fallen onto a sharp reef, leaving Yagura uncertain about what had happened.
• Ao told Yagura not to let Guy escape, warning that his growth made him a future threat to the Land of Water.
• Ao activated a hidden Self-Destruct Curse Seal and died in Guy’s grasp rather than remain a hostage.

Might Guy stopped Ao’s self-destruct curse seal from destroying his brain and forcibly revived him, leaving Yagura caught between confronting Guy and saving his loyal subordinate. As Guy held Ao hostage, Kisame suddenly attacked, aiming his sword at Ao’s heart.

• Guy used the Golden Bell Seal to shield Ao’s brain from the self-destruct curse seal, then used the Mystical Palm Technique to revive him.
• Ao woke again and raged at Guy, who wrapped Ao’s head in cloth and confronted Yagura about whether he would abandon his loyal subordinate.
• Yagura struggled to decide whether to let Guy leave with the children or risk Ao’s life, while Mei Terumi felt relieved that Ao had survived.
• Kisame launched a sudden sword attack at Guy, adjusting his strike to target Ao’s heart.

Might Guy exposed and attacked Black-White Zetsu after Zetsu grabbed his ankles, ignoring Kisame as he killed Ao. Zetsu was blasted into the open, where Yagura and Kisame saw him, and Guy prepared to capture or kill him.

• Kisame moved to kill Ao, while Guy tried to retreat with him as a hostage.
• Black-White Zetsu emerged from the ground and grabbed Guy's ankles, but Guy attacked him with Morning Peacock: Vajra Frenzy Dance.
• Guy's barrage tore a long trench through the earth and struck Zetsu, forcing him into the open.
• Kisame pierced Ao's chest with Samehada, killing him, while Mei Terumi cradled Ao's body and grieved.
• Yagura and Kisame recognized the exposed figure as the source of the voice that had urged Kisame to kill Ao, while Guy focused on capturing or killing Black Zetsu.

Might Guy tried to capture Black Zetsu, but Yagura intervened and allowed him to escape. Yagura then turned Mei Terumi against Guy, and Guy opened the Gate of Pain as the three Kirigakure shinobi surrounded him.

• Guy used the Great Luo Buddha Hand to try to capture Black Zetsu, but Yagura blocked it with the Water Mirror Technique.
• Black Zetsu escaped by sinking into the ground, and Yagura refused to let Guy pursue him because Guy was Kirigakure's enemy.
• Mei Terumi attacked Kisame to avenge Ao, but Yagura stopped her and blamed Ao's death on Guy.
• Yagura, Kisame, and Mei Terumi formed a triangular encirclement around Guy.
• Guy opened the Gate of Pain and asked the three if they were ready to die.

Guy fought Yagura, Mei Terumi, and Kisame, wielding both Samehada and Kubikiribōchō as he broke through their combined attacks. He opened the Sixth Gate to overcome Yagura’s Water Mirror Technique and cut Yagura in half before his Tailed Beast Transformation could fully take effect.

• Yagura, Mei Terumi, and Kisame launched a combined acid, boiling mist, and water assault at Guy.
• Guy summoned Samehada and Kubikiribōchō, and Samehada began cooperating with him after tasting his chakra.
• Guy cleaved through the trio’s mist and water attacks, while Samehada devoured Kisame’s Water Shark Bullet Technique.
• Yagura used the Water Mirror Technique to create a copy of Guy, but Guy opened the Sixth Gate and destroyed the weaker replica.
• Guy’s strike cut through Yagura’s staff and transformed body, splitting Yagura in half at the waist.

Guy trapped Yagura inside a Golden Bell and battered him while Mei Terumi and Kisame tried to break through. When Yagura unleashed the Six-Tails, Guy enlarged himself and the bell, leaving the half-formed Saiken trembling before the giant.

• Kisame and Mei Terumi attacked Guy's Golden Bell to buy time for Yagura to heal, but the bell held.
• Guy punched Yagura and brutally beat him with the broken halves of his hooked staff as his Tailed Beast Cloak corroded Guy's arm.
• Yagura abandoned healing and unleashed the Six-Tails' Chakra, filling the bell with corrosive energy.
• Guy used Super Expansion Jutsu to grow over sixty meters tall and expand the Golden Bell to more than seventy meters.
• The Six-Tails Saiken began to manifest beneath Guy, then faltered and trembled when it saw the towering giant.

Guy captured the berserk Six-Tails Saiken and decided to make Kimimaro its jinchuriki, while Mei Terumi broke into the Golden Bell and badly corroded Guy’s arm. The chapter ended with Guy threatening Mei as she froze under his killing intent.

• Saiken sensed Guy’s overwhelming power and tried to retreat into Yagura, but Guy seized him with the Dragon-Grasping Technique.
• Guy ignored Saiken’s corrosive acid and planned to seal the Six-Tails inside Kimimaro to help him survive using Shikotsumyaku.
• Mei Terumi used Boil Release to corrode a hole through the Golden Bell and melt the flesh from Guy’s right forearm.
• Guy glared at Mei through the breach, threatened that she was next, and left her too frightened to move.

Guy killed Yagura, extracted the Six-Tails, and guided it into Kimimaro to make him a new jinchuriki. As Kirigakure’s survivors fled with Yagura’s and Ao’s bodies, Guy stayed focused on stabilizing the seal and watched for an attack from Black Zetsu or the black-robed man.

• Guy pulled the dying Yagura from the Six-Tails, and Yagura died moments later, earning Guy 200 Monk Points.
• Guy reassured Kimimaro, then forced the Six-Tails to enter the child’s body without resistance.
• Kirigakure’s survivors broke the Golden Bell, but Kisame stopped Mei Terumi from attacking Guy and told her Ao might be revived.
• Mei Terumi ordered the retreat, and the Kirigakure Ninja carried away Yagura’s and Ao’s bodies.
• Guy stayed to stabilize Kimimaro’s seal while remaining alert for Black Zetsu or the black-robed man.

Guy stabilized the Six-Tails inside Kimimaro and escaped the battlefield with Kimimaro, Haku, Kubikiribōchō, and Samehada. Afterward, Shisui revealed to Fugaku Uchiha that he had used [Kotoamatsukami] on Guy and planned to control Mei Terumi as Kirigakure's next Mizukage.

• Guy confirmed that the Six-Tails' chakra had stabilized inside Kimimaro, making him the Six-Tails' jinchūriki.
• Guy wrapped Kimimaro in his robe, carried him and Haku, retrieved Kubikiribōchō and Samehada, and fled toward the Land of Water's border.
• White Zetsu and Black Zetsu emerged after Guy left, and Black Zetsu feared that Guy had sensed his true nature and tried to seal him.
• Fugaku Uchiha questioned Shisui about Guy's growth and whether Guy would join them, and Shisui claimed [Kotoamatsukami] had influenced Guy.
• Fugaku asked whether Shisui's [Kotoamatsukami] had recovered, and Shisui said he could control Mei Terumi and make Kirigakure theirs.

Minato Namikaze told Guy that his killings had become a worldwide scandal and that several nations were pressuring Konoha to hand him over. Konoha’s leaders were divided, and Minato revealed that Guy’s only way to keep Konoha from surrendering him was to become a rebel ninja.

• Minato Namikaze arrived at Guy’s camp and learned that Kimimaro was the Six-Tails’ jinchuriki.
• Minato asked Guy whether he had killed the people at the Kusagakure outpost, and Guy confirmed it.
• Minato told Guy that rumors also blamed him for killing Hanzo, Suikazan Fuguki, and Fourth Mizukage Yagura.
• Minato explained that four great nations and Kusagakure were pressuring Konoha to hand Guy over, while Konoha’s leaders disagreed about what to do.
• Minato said he, Tsunade, and White Fang would not surrender Guy, then told him his only remaining option was to become a rebel ninja.

After killing Yagura, Guy accepted that he had to become a rogue ninja while Minato promised to protect his allies and take Kimimaro and Haku to the orphanage. Guy warned Minato that the Uchiha Clan might control Kirigakure, then proposed killing Danzo to cement his rogue status.

• Minato told Guy that Danzo was preparing to arrest him, so becoming a rogue ninja was his best chance to survive, and promised that he and Tsunade and White Fang would still support him.
• Guy asked Minato to take Kimimaro and Haku to the orphanage, explaining their rare abilities, and Minato promised to protect them and Naruto.
• After Minato raised a barrier, Guy claimed that the Uchiha Clan might control Kirigakure and described Black Zetsu's involvement, warning that Mei Terumi could also be controlled.
• Minato offered to clear Guy's name, but Guy said he wanted to wait and use his rogue status to act freely.
• Guy suggested that killing Danzo would prove he was a real rogue ninja, and Minato reacted uncertainly.

Guy accepted Minato Namikaze’s decision not to kill Danzo, then had Minato secure Kimimaro’s Six-Tails seal and take Kimimaro and Haku to Konoha. Guy set out for the Land of Rice Fields to search for Sakon and Ukon before Orochimaru could find them.

• Minato Namikaze refused to kill Danzo, explaining that Konoha needed him to handle covert affairs, and told Guy that Orochimaru had left the village to search for experimental materials.
• Guy worried Orochimaru might find the special children he wanted to recruit and asked Minato Namikaze to reinforce Kimimaro’s seal.
• Minato Namikaze placed an Eight Trigrams Seal on Kimimaro, stopping Six-Tails chakra from leaking out, and agreed to keep Kimimaro’s identity secret.
• Minato Namikaze agreed to arrange for Kimimaro, Naruto, and Guy’s father to live together at Konoha Orphanage, then took Kimimaro and Haku away.
• Guy extinguished the campfire and headed for the Land of Rice Fields to search for Sakon and Ukon.

Guy tracked Guren to a hidden base in the Land of Rice Fields, where Orochimaru confronted him and ordered Guren, Gozu, and Nurari to attack. Guren launched a crystal dragon at Guy as he hung in midair, apparently unable to dodge.

• Guy followed Guren to a concealed entrance in a rubble field and suspected Orochimaru's base lay beyond it.
• An explosion exposed Guy, and Orochimaru emerged with Guren, Gozu, and Nurari.
• Guren apologized to Orochimaru and attacked Guy with Crystal Release: God Crossing Technique.
• Guy leaped above the crystal spikes, but Guren shattered them and formed a huge crystal dragon.
• The crystal dragon surged toward Guy in midair, where he appeared to have no way to evade it.

Guy defeated Guren’s Crystal Release and Gozu’s mud transformation, then revealed himself to Orochimaru. Orochimaru recognized him as Might Guy, and the two faced each other after a long separation.

• Guren sent a crystal dragon at Guy, but Guy shattered it with Lion's Roar, exploiting Crystal Release’s weakness to sound vibrations.
• Orochimaru suspected Guy’s identity after seeing his sound-wave ninjutsu.
• Gozu trapped Guy in a swamp and attacked as a mudstone giant, but Guy destroyed the giant with one punch.
• Guren, Gozu, and Nurari became wary of Guy, who removed his hat and addressed Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru recognized Guy as Might Guy and greeted him.

Might Guy confronted Orochimaru and exposed his suspicions about Orochimaru’s human experiments. Orochimaru attacked him and summoned two coffins with Impure World Reincarnation, but Guy recognized their markings and appeared unconcerned.

• Guy approached Orochimaru while Guren, Nurari, and Gozu stood guard, then spoke with him face to face.
• Guy accused Orochimaru of secretly conducting human experiments, and Orochimaru realized Guy had uncovered the truth.
• Orochimaru revealed his desire to capture and research Guy, then attacked him with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.
• Guy cut down Orochimaru’s snakes with Kubikiribōchō and dismissed the attack as a probing trick.
• Orochimaru summoned two coffins with Impure World Reincarnation, and Guy relaxed after seeing the characters engraved on them.

Might Guy revealed himself as a Senju descendant and proved to Hashirama and Tobirama that he was Tsunade’s disciple, turning the resurrected Hokage against Orochimaru. As Orochimaru claimed he controlled them, Tobirama began releasing the Impure World Reincarnation.

• Hashirama and Tobirama emerged from their coffins and recognized Guy as a Senju descendant, while Orochimaru reacted with greed.
• Guy summoned Katsuyu, who confirmed that Guy was Tsunade’s disciple and had a summoning contract with her.
• Hashirama and Tobirama turned on Orochimaru after learning about his human experiments, and Orochimaru prepared to control them with cursed kunai.
• Guy kicked Orochimaru into a boulder, but Hashirama and Tobirama’s Impure World Reincarnation restraints forced them to attack Guy.
• Orochimaru insisted the resurrected Hokage would obey his commands, but Tobirama formed hand seals and declared, “Impure World Reincarnation—Release!”

Tobirama broke free of Orochimaru’s control over the Impure World Reincarnation and helped Hashirama do the same, leaving Tobirama to attack Orochimaru. Guy then asked Hashirama to teach him how to cultivate Sage Jutsu.

• Guy’s kick disrupted Orochimaru’s control, allowing Tobirama to release himself from the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobirama used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to blind and disorient Orochimaru while Hashirama formed the seals to break free.
• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to enter the darkness and attack Orochimaru.
• Hashirama asked Guy why he was unsurprised and whether he wanted something from him.
• Guy asked Hashirama for guidance on cultivating Sage Jutsu.

Guy asked Hashirama Senju to teach him Senjutsu, but Hashirama could not explain how to sense natural energy and his Impure World Reincarnation body burst apart when he entered Sage Mode. Hashirama then offered to teach Guy Wood Release instead.

• Guy asked Hashirama Senju to teach him Senjutsu, and Hashirama agreed after judging that Guy's body was strong enough.
• Hashirama entered Sage Mode by drawing in natural energy, but his body burst apart and re-formed because it could not withstand the power.
• Hashirama explained that Senjutsu required sensing natural energy and that prolonged use strained the body, leaving Guy unsure how to sense it.
• Hashirama noticed that Guy's body had not been fully developed and offered to teach him Wood Release.

Hashirama Senju taught Guy how Yang Release could combine his elemental chakra attributes, prompting Guy to awaken Lightning Division, a new kekkei genkai formed from lightning, fire, and Yang Release. As Hashirama and Guy attacked Orochimaru’s Eight-Headed Serpent with their dragons, Guy realized his new power had room to grow.

• Hashirama explained that Yang Release drove his water and earth chakra together to create Wood Release, and that Guy could apply the same principle to his own attributes.
• Hashirama guided Guy in sensing and combining Yang Release with his chakra, but Tobirama Senju was hurled out of the darkness as Orochimaru’s Eight-Headed Serpent emerged.
• Hashirama summoned a Wood Dragon to attack the Eight-Headed Serpent and urged Guy to watch closely.
• Guy combined Yang Release with his lightning and fire chakra, then summoned a dragon made of lightning and flames using Lightning Division: Lightning Dragon Technique.
• Hashirama praised Guy’s progress while Tobirama expressed surprise, and Guy recognized Lightning Division as his own newly awakened kekkei genkai.

Guy awakened to the potential of his Senju-descendant body and began developing Lightning Division, a unique fusion of lightning, fire, and Yang chakra. As Hashirama and Tobirama helped restrain Orochimaru’s regenerating Eight-Headed Serpent, Guy prepared to fight it with Kubikiribōchō and the Heavenly Dragon Mark he had obtained earlier.

• Hashirama’s guidance helped Guy recognize that his Yang chakra and lightning and fire attributes could awaken a powerful bloodline technique, which he called Lightning Division.
• Hashirama’s Wood Dragon and Guy’s Thunder Dragon battled the Eight-Headed Serpent, but its wounds rapidly regenerated.
• Hashirama warned Guy that his Edo Tensei body was weakening and advised him to flee if he could not defeat the serpent.
• Guy summoned Kubikiribōchō and asked Hashirama and Tobirama to restrain the serpent long enough for him to create an opening.
• Tobirama cautioned that ordinary sword attacks would not overcome the serpent’s regeneration, while Guy fixed his attention on it with the Heavenly Dragon Mark in mind.

Guy used his Heavenly Dragon Mark to summon a golden dragon after helping Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju subdue Orochimaru’s Eight-Headed Serpent. He ordered the dragon to attack, demanding that Orochimaru help him cultivate.

• Guy opened the Sixth Gate and charged the Eight-Headed Serpent with Kubikiribōchō, severing its regenerating heads.
• Tobirama Senju used Water Release and Hashirama Senju used Wood Release to pin the Eight-Headed Serpent down.
• Guy revealed a living golden dragon mark, which broke free from his body and grew into a powerful phantom dragon.
• Guy pointed at the restrained Eight-Headed Serpent and ordered Orochimaru to help him cultivate as he sent the golden dragon toward it.

Guy’s golden dragon devoured the Eight-Headed Serpent, while Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju watched and discussed Tobirama’s death. Guy captured Orochimaru’s escape form and gained the first completed section of his Heavenly Dragon Mark, leaving Orochimaru in his grasp for a conversation.

• The golden dragon entered the Eight-Headed Serpent and drained its life force while Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju praised Guy’s technique.
• Hashirama Senju asked Tobirama Senju how he had died, and Tobirama said the First Raikage had come for him after Hashirama’s death.
• Orochimaru condensed his consciousness and chakra into a small snake and tried to flee through the shadows, but Guy caught him.
• The golden dragon burst from the Eight-Headed Serpent’s empty husk, swallowed the remains, and returned to Guy.
• Guy’s Heavenly Dragon Mark changed to [Heavenly Dragon Mark: 1/8], and he told the captured Orochimaru they could talk.

After Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju disappeared when the Impure World Reincarnation was released, Might Guy kept Orochimaru captive and offered to work with him. Guy wanted Orochimaru to summon powerful snakes from Ryūchi Cave so he could complete his Heavenly Dragon Mark, leaving Orochimaru to consider the strange demand.

• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju praised Guy and vanished as the Impure World Reincarnation ended; Guy kept the Uchiha Clan's rebellion from them.
• Guy warned Orochimaru not to try anything as Guren, Gozu, and Nurari approached, and Orochimaru ordered them to stand down.
• Guy decided killing Orochimaru was unreliable and that sealing him away would waste his value.
• Guy told Orochimaru he wanted to work with him, then asked him to help train by summoning Ryūchi Cave snakes for Guy to devour and complete his Heavenly Dragon Mark.