Recaps

Konoha prepared to face an Iwagakure force of more than six thousand, while Guy realized the battle might be tied to Iwagakure's abandoned plan to ambush the Third Raikage. The chapter left Guy marching to the battlefield with the secret weighing on him and the outcome uncertain.

• Guy noticed that nearly three thousand Konoha ninja had gathered, far more than he had expected.
• Torifu Akimichi announced that more than six thousand Iwagakure troops were approaching and rallied the assembled Konoha forces with news of reinforcements.
• Guy connected the secret intelligence recovered from Roshi to Iwagakure's possible plan to ambush the Third Raikage, and suspected the enemy had redirected its forces against Konoha.
• Guy kept his suspicion from Ebisu and watched his companions, aware that the coming battle could claim their lives.
• Torifu Akimichi ordered the entire force to move to the battlefield.

Ōnoki led more than six thousand Iwagakure ninja against Orochimaru’s outnumbered Konoha forces in the Land of Rice Fields. As Manda appeared to join the battle, Ōnoki fired Dust Release at the giant snake.

• Konoha’s army reached the battlefield and saw Ōnoki leading a force of more than six thousand Iwagakure ninja.
• Ōnoki announced that Iwagakure would avenge Roshi and ordered his army to charge.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda and told him to eat the approaching Iwagakure ninja.
• Ōnoki fired Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique at Manda before the summon could fully emerge.

Ōnoki used Dust Release to severly injure Manda and force it to flee, then led Iwagakure’s assault against Konoha. As Konoha’s line began to falter, Hatake Sakumo arrived and restored the troops’ morale.

• Ōnoki struck Manda with Dust Release, disintegrating a large part of its body and driving it back to Ryūchi Cave.
• Orochimaru and the Konoha ninja recognized the danger posed by Ōnoki’s long-range Dust Release.
• Ōnoki urged six thousand Iwagakure troops to attack Konoha, and fear began to spread through the wavering front line.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived in a flash of white lightning, and Konoha’s ninja rallied at his appearance.

White Fang arrived to reinforce Konoha and fought Ōnoki while Torifu Akimichi and Orochimaru led Konoha’s smaller army into battle. White Fang narrowly avoided Ōnoki’s counterattack, and the two prepared to continue their duel as the armies clashed below.

• White Fang’s arrival steadied Konoha’s troops, and Torifu Akimichi left Ōnoki to him before ordering Konoha’s army to charge.
• White Fang rushed Ōnoki with his short sword, but Ōnoki blocked the strike with Stone Armor and rose higher into the air.
• White Fang used shattered rock fragments to change direction midair and slash Ōnoki’s neck, only to discover he had struck a decoy.
• Ōnoki revealed that his real body had been concealed with Earth Release: Rock Hiding Technique, while White Fang escaped the decoy’s explosion.
• White Fang and Ōnoki faced off again as the battle between the Konoha and Iwagakure armies intensified below.

Might Guy’s squad struggled to hold Konoha’s right flank as Iwagakure’s superior numbers pressed in. Seeing his teammates in danger, Guy decided to spend his saved Monk Points to improve his fighting techniques before the battle worsened.

• Torifu Akimichi’s wedge initially broke through Iwagakure’s formation, but the larger force surrounded Konoha’s troops and split them into isolated pockets.
• Inuzuka Tsume and Kuromaru fought together on Konoha’s right flank, while Guy, Ebisu, and Genma defended against waves of Iwagakure ninja.
• Guy worried that Ebisu and Genma would be overwhelmed as Konoha’s right flank came under mounting pressure.
• Guy reviewed his 550 Monk Points and decided not to wait for enough points to advance Yijin Jing.
• Guy chose to spend points on Shaolin Nunchucks or Vajra Palm to strengthen himself immediately.

Guy broke through to perfect Shaolin Nunchucks mastery, gained the Tiger Roar Dragon Howl divine ability, and mastered the Four-Sided Stake-Walking Art to survive the battlefield more effectively. He led Ebisu and Genma toward their captain while watching Ōnoki struggle against White Fang and anticipating a desperate countermeasure.

• Guy spent Monk Points to perfect his Shaolin Nunchucks and comprehended the Tiger Roar Dragon Howl divine ability.
• Guy used Tiger Roar to kill an Iwagakure chunin ambushing Ebisu and Dragon Howl to deflect attacks around himself.
• Guy opened the random martial skill gift pack, obtained the Four-Sided Stake-Walking Art, and spent his remaining Monk Points to master it.
• Guy combined Dragon Howl's defense with Tiger Roar's counterattacks while maneuvering through the Iwagakure encirclement.
• Ebisu and Genma joined Guy as he led them toward their captain, while Guy watched White Fang overpower Ōnoki and stayed alert for Ōnoki's next move.

Guy and his teammates regrouped with Inuzuka Tsume and moved toward Inoichi Yamanaka’s main force as the battle continued. Ōnoki prepared Dust Release, but secretly aimed it at Sarutobi Asuma rather than White Fang.

• Inuzuka Tsume ordered her remaining squad members, including Guy, Ebisu, and Genma, to regroup with Captain Yamanaka’s main force.
• Guy spotted Kurenai Yuhi and Aburame Shikuroo safely positioned behind the frontline, then returned to fighting alongside his teammates.
• Ōnoki created four rock clones to occupy White Fang while he gathered chakra for Dust Release.
• White Fang prepared to exploit the moment Ōnoki released his technique, unaware that Ōnoki had angled Dust Release toward Sarutobi Asuma.

Ōnoki used Konoha’s endangered fighters as bait to draw White Fang into his Dust Release, severing White Fang’s right arm when he rushed to stop the attack. The expanding blast still threatened more than thirty Konoha ninja, including Asuma, Inoichi, Shikuroo, and Kurenai, and only those near the edge had time to escape.

• Ōnoki turned his Rock Clones into walls to shield himself while gathering Dust Release, revealing that his real target was the Konoha group below.
• White Fang recognized the danger to Asuma, Inoichi Yamanaka, and the other ninja, then rushed at Ōnoki to interrupt the attack.
• Ōnoki expanded the Dust Release into a cube and disintegrated White Fang’s right arm and white short blade.
• Ōnoki mocked White Fang for taking the bait, while White Fang watched the Dust Release spread across the battlefield below.
• Guy, Ebisu, and other ninja near the edge escaped, but Inoichi Yamanaka, Sarutobi Asuma, Aburame Shikuroo, and Kurenai Yuhi were caught in the blast’s threatened area.

Guy opened the Fourth and Fifth Gates and charged into Ōnoki’s Dust Release attack to save Kurenai, Shibi, and the other Konoha ninjas trapped in its path. The chapter ended as Guy unleashed a tiger-shaped blast into the ground just before the beam struck.

• Guy realized Ōnoki’s Dust Release was aimed at the Konoha ninjas around Inoichi Yamanaka, not White Fang.
• Guy opened the Fourth Gate and then the Fifth Gate, releasing deep green steam streaked with azure blue.
• Guy’s explosive leap knocked Ebisu, Genma, and several other Konoha ninjas out of the attack zone.
• Guy reached Kurenai and Shibi, pulled them close, and chose to face the incoming attack rather than flee with them.
• Guy formed a golden tiger phantom and poured his power into a strike against the ground beneath him.

Might Guy saved the Konoha ninja from Ōnoki’s Dust Release, while Hatake Sakumo confronted Ōnoki after losing his right arm. Sakumo revealed that the White Fang was not his blade and unleashed a forbidden lightning technique.

• Guy used Tiger Roar and Dragon Howl to push the Konoha ninja out of Dust Release’s strike zone, and no one was killed.
• Guy escaped the Dust Release cube with Kurenai and Aburame Shikuroo, while Konoha’s forces cheered his rescue.
• Ōnoki realized his attack had failed to kill Asuma, Inoichi Yamanaka, or the other Konoha ninja, but believed Sakumo was weakened by losing his arm and blade.
• Hatake Sakumo told Ōnoki that Konoha’s White Fang was Sakumo himself, not his short blade.
• Sakumo unleashed the forbidden technique Lightning Release: Thunder Fang Collapse, surrounding himself in overwhelming white lightning.

Hatake Sakumo overwhelmed Ōnoki with a relentless barrage of lightning-fast blows, leaving the Tsuchikage unable to fight back. As Kitsuchi tried to reach his father, Torifu Akimichi blocked him, and Kitsuchi feared the consequences if Ōnoki died.

• Ōnoki used the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique to flee, but Hatake Sakumo caught him and shattered his Stone Armor with a punch.
• Hatake Sakumo battered Ōnoki through the air with a rapid series of punches, kicks, elbows, and knees, leaving him unable to form hand seals.
• The combatants below stopped to watch as Ōnoki was beaten, and Iwagakure's shinobi cried out in alarm.
• Kitsuchi rushed to rescue Ōnoki, but Torifu Akimichi blocked him and met his Fist Rock Technique with an enlarged punch.
• Kitsuchi was driven back by Torifu Akimichi and watched Ōnoki in the sky, fearing what would happen if his father died.

Ōnoki used Earth Release: Mountain Earth Style to seal himself inside a giant stone sphere and escape White Fang’s assault. White Fang began punching through the barrier, leaving Ōnoki scrambling to flee before it shattered.

• White Fang battered Ōnoki until he was gravely injured and nearly out of chakra.
• Ōnoki used Earth Release: Mountain Earth Style to trap himself inside a massive stone sphere, forcing White Fang to stop his attack.
• White Fang’s forbidden technique began to wane as he stood atop the sphere, while Ōnoki worried that he might target Kitsuchi and Iwagakure’s forces.
• Ōnoki prepared to leave the sphere and regroup, but White Fang struck it from outside, prompting Ōnoki to admire his resolve.
• White Fang’s blows cracked the sphere, and Ōnoki ran through its interior while reinforcing the damaged stone and searching for a way out.

White Fang cornered the badly wounded Ōnoki, but news of Kumogakure’s invasion forced Iwagakure to retreat before their duel could end. As Ōnoki ordered the withdrawal, White Fang challenged his attempt to leave.

• Ōnoki crashed into the Iwagakure army to escape White Fang, while his troops raised earth walls that briefly slowed White Fang’s pursuit.
• White Fang and Ōnoki faced each other as Iwagakure elites gathered around the Tsuchikage, and both prepared for a potentially fatal fight.
• An intelligence ninja reported that the Third Raikage A had led two thousand elite troops into Iwagakure’s heartland.
• Ōnoki realized Iwagakure could not risk continuing its battle with Konoha and used the invasion as a reason to retreat.
• Kitsuchi called for the retreat, and Iwagakure’s forces began withdrawing toward B3 while Konoha held back.
• White Fang asked Ōnoki whether he had permission to leave.

White Fang offered Ōnoki one final strike instead of killing him, hoping to avoid turning the conflict into an endless war. Ōnoki accepted the challenge, and White Fang unleashed his ultimate technique as the battlefield watched.

• Torifu Akimichi urged White Fang not to act rashly, and White Fang weighed killing Ōnoki against the cost of driving Iwagakure into a war of annihilation.
• White Fang told Ōnoki he would let him leave if he could withstand one final strike.
• Ōnoki silenced Kitsuchi, accepted the challenge, and claimed Iwagakure had to retreat to reinforce its attacked rear.
• Ōnoki covered himself in Stone Armor as White Fang formed a Tiger Seal and condensed lightning into a pinpoint of white light.
• White Fang unleashed his ultimate technique, Lightning Release: Secret Art: Thousand Years of Death.

White Fang used his final burst of Lightning Release to pierce Ōnoki’s lower back, gravely wounding him before Ōnoki detonated his Stone Armor and blasted White Fang away. Kitsuchi caught his father as Might Guy arrived, stopped Iwagakure’s charging ninjas, and caught White Fang.

• White Fang vanished and reappeared behind Ōnoki, striking toward his lower back after Ōnoki had concentrated his defenses on his heart.
• Ōnoki shifted just in time, but White Fang’s lightning-wreathed fingers pierced his armor and wounded him below the tailbone.
• Ōnoki detonated his Stone Armor, blasting White Fang away and forcing him to release his grip.
• Kitsuchi caught the gravely wounded Ōnoki as Iwagakure ninjas rushed toward the exhausted White Fang.
• Might Guy arrived, kicked away the leading Iwagakure ninjas, and caught White Fang.

Might Guy protected the gravely wounded White Fang as Iwagakure forces hesitated, while Ōnoki survived his injuries and ordered a retreat. After Iwagakure withdrew, White Fang finally lost consciousness among his Konoha comrades.

• Might Guy threatened the surrounding Iwagakure ninja while carrying the exhausted White Fang, keeping them from advancing.
• Kitsuchi found Ōnoki alive but badly wounded, and Ōnoki ordered his forces to retreat.
• Kitsuchi carried Ōnoki away, who tried to conceal his humiliating injury and fixed Might Guy's name in his memory.
• Kitsuchi led Iwagakure's troops in an organized withdrawal as Konoha reinforcements gathered around Guy and White Fang.
• White Fang recognized his Konoha comrades and, reassured that he was safe, passed out.

After saving White Fang, Guy noticed that his steam had begun turning azure despite opening only the Fifth Gate. Konoha counted the heavy casualties and prepared to secure the Land of Rice Fields, but an emergency hawk arrived before Torifu Akimichi could act on the victory.

• Guy recovered after overexerting himself and realized his Fifth Gate steam had shifted toward azure, likely because of his years of Yijin Jing training.
• Torifu Akimichi examined White Fang and confirmed that he was badly injured but would survive, then praised Guy for his battlefield actions.
• The surviving Uchiha joined the Konoha shinobi, and the troops began searching for wounded survivors and collecting their dead.
• Torifu Akimichi received the casualty tally: Konoha had lost 1,283 soldiers, while Iwagakure had left more than 1,500 corpses behind.
• Torifu Akimichi planned to reorganize the troops and fortify the Land of Rice Fields after Iwagakure retreated, but an emergency Konoha ninja hawk arrived.

After learning that Kumogakure had attacked Konoha’s Land of Grass front, Torifu Akimichi led 300 elites to reinforce it. Guy and his teammates joined the march, leaving Kurenai behind as they hurried toward the danger.

• Inoichi Yamanaka received intelligence that the Third Raikage’s son and Killer B had led 1,000 Kumogakure troops into the Land of Grass against Minato Namikaze’s forces.
• Torifu Akimichi decided to send 300 elites from the Land of Rice Fields to support the Land of Grass, and assigned Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma to the force.
• Inoichi Yamanaka relayed Konoha’s approval for the reinforcements while Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo remained to secure the Land of Rice Fields.
• Torifu Akimichi ordered the assembled force to depart, and Guy exchanged a promise to return with Kurenai before joining the march.
• As the group advanced, Guy wondered whether Shibi had also given him a thumbs-up.

Torifu Akimichi led three hundred exhausted reinforcements to Konoha’s camp in the Land of Grass, where they expected to find a fierce battle with Kumogakure. Instead, they discovered the camp celebrating a victory and met its commander, Minato Namikaze.

• Torifu Akimichi led the unit through three days of forced marching toward the battlefield, while Guy pulled Ebisu and Genma along and carried their swords.
• The reinforcements crossed the ridge at dusk and saw Konoha’s carefully fortified camp in the Land of Grass.
• The group noticed the camp’s shinobi eating and singing instead of fighting, and Guy concluded that Konoha had decisively won.
• Minato Namikaze came out to greet the reinforcements, and Torifu Akimichi and several others recognized him as the garrison’s temporary supreme commander.

Torifu Akimichi arrived with reinforcements and learned that Minato Namikaze had driven off Kumogakure’s A-B Combo. Guy reunited with Obito, Rin, and Kakashi at the camp, where the friends caught up and made plans to share meals.

• Minato Namikaze told Torifu Akimichi that Kumogakure’s A-B Combo had retreated, and Torifu was impressed by the camp’s calm after the battle.
• Torifu led his exhausted reinforcements into the White Fang’s camp and sent Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to catch up with their friends.
• Obito teased Guy about his height, then wondered how Ebisu and Genma had grown taller than him.
• Kakashi told Guy he was proud of White Fang for severely injuring Ōnoki, easing Guy’s concern about Kakashi.
• Ebisu and Genma nudged Obito into offering them a meal, but Guy suggested they eat Minato Namikaze’s food today and let Obito treat them tomorrow.

Obito treated Kakashi, Guy, Rin, Ebisu, and Genma to a meal that left him despairing over the bill. Afterward, Kakashi challenged Guy to a spar at the training ground, eager to see how strong his old friend had become.

• Obito offered to treat everyone, then protested as Ebisu, Genma, and Guy ordered large amounts of food.
• Guy reminded the group of past generous meals, prompting Obito to give in and let them order as much as they wanted.
• Kakashi and Guy silently competed over who could eat more, leaving Obito horrified by the bill.
• Kakashi invited Guy to train after the meal, and Guy eagerly agreed to spar with him.
• Obito, Rin, Ebisu, and Genma joined Kakashi and Guy as they headed for the training ground, where camp residents speculated about the newcomers' strength.

Obito challenged Guy to a fight, hoping to prove how much stronger he had become, while Guy offered to help awaken his Sharingan. After effortlessly dodging Obito’s attacks, Guy tripped him and landed a humiliating secret taijutsu strike.

• Obito challenged Guy to a fight and admitted that his Sharingan still had not awakened.
• Guy taunted Obito by comparing him to Uchiha Shisui and offered to help him awaken his eyes.
• Obito attacked with taijutsu, shuriken, and Fire Release, but Guy dodged every strike without drawing his nunchaku.
• Frustrated, Obito demanded that Guy stop dodging, and Guy agreed before tripping him.
• Guy appeared behind Obito and used the Thousand Years of Death, striking him with two chakra-infused fingers.

Guy sent Obito flying during training, and Obito unexpectedly awakened his one-tomoe Sharingan. After Rin pointed out his newly awakened eyes, Obito realized his vision and perception had changed and celebrated.

• Guy knocked Obito out of the training ground with a painful finger strike, leaving Kakashi, Rin, and the witnesses embarrassed.
• Obito charged back at Guy, but everyone noticed that his eyes had turned red with a single tomoe.
• Rin excitedly told Obito that he had awakened his Sharingan, interrupting his attempt to attack Guy.
• Obito tested his new vision and perception, then shouted joyfully that he had awakened the Sharingan and was no longer the clan's dead last.

Guy deliberately used a dangerous version of his Thousand Years of Death on Obito, whose fear and humiliation awakened his Sharingan two years earlier than in the original route. Obito returned with his clothes patched up and confronted Guy, who claimed Senior White Fang had taught him the move.

• Guy pointed out the hole and blood in Obito's pants, and Obito fled to cover himself while the others laughed.
• Kakashi realized Guy had struck Obito on purpose, and Guy admitted he had tried to provoke an awakening.
• Guy explained that Obito's fear of death and humiliation had combined to awaken his one-tomoe Sharingan.
• Rin praised Guy for succeeding where earlier training and Minato-sensei's methods had failed.
• Guy teased Rin and Kakashi about using the move on Kakashi, making Rin blush and Kakashi glare at him.
• Obito returned with dark cloth wrapped around his waist, cursed Guy, and was shocked when Guy said Senior White Fang had taught him the move.

Kakashi and Guy began their long-awaited spar, and Guy overwhelmed Kakashi with his strength and speed. After Guy shattered Kakashi’s Earth Release defenses, Kakashi launched Lightning Fang: Rush.

• Kakashi admitted that Guy’s earlier move resembled one of his father’s techniques, then challenged Guy to fight.
• Obito and the gathered Konoha ninja watched as Kakashi and Guy charged at each other and clashed fists, sending Kakashi flying backward.
• Guy broke through Kakashi’s Earth-Style Wall with Vajra Palm and shattered his Earth Flow Spears with Vajra Leg.
• Kakashi stopped testing Guy, formed hand seals, and activated Lightning Fang: Rush.