Recaps

Guy helped Jiraiya save Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan, then killed Hanzo and was sent to the Fire Temple to ease the political fallout. There, as Fahai, he mastered the temple’s chanting and manifested powerful forms of Sage Clan Talent.

• Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage and introduced policies supporting families and children.
• Guy warned Jiraiya that Akatsuki was in danger, then traveled with him to the Land of Rain to protect Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan.
• Guy exposed Hanzo’s scheme to use Konan against Akatsuki and killed Hanzo during the confrontation.
• Yahiko rallied Akatsuki and the surrendered Rain Hidden Village ninja to build a peaceful Land of Rain, while Guy and Jiraiya returned to Konoha.
• Konoha’s leaders debated how to manage Hanzo’s death, and Minato approved a public sentence sending Guy to secluded cultivation at the Fire Temple.
• Guy promised Kurenai he would return within five years and marry her, then said goodbye to Kakashi, Genma, Ebisu, Might Duy, and the orphans.
• At the Fire Temple, Guy became a martial monk named Fahai and trained in chanting, raising his Lion’s Roar proficiency while learning Sage Clan Talent.
• Fahai manifested a golden Guanyin, then transformed it into a bloodred Slaughtering Wisdom King, drawing Huiyan to Listening Wind Cliff.

Guy became head of the Fire Temple’s Martial Monk Hall and taught its monks four Shaolin arts. When Itachi visited, Guy’s conflicting compassion and killing intent awakened the Du'e Blade, leaving Itachi unharmed and the temple bathed in golden light.

• Huiyan defended Guy’s cultivation and kept him at Fire Temple, then wrote to Minato Namikaze proposing him as the temple’s next abbot.
• Explosions struck the Fire Daimyo’s procession, and Guy rescued and treated Ebisu, Genma, and Iron Arm before confronting a masked attacker who died during the pursuit.
• Huiyan and the Daimyo defended Guy against Hefeng’s accusations, and Hefeng left to become the Daimyo’s personal guard while Guy reluctantly took over the Martial Monk Hall.
• Guy taught the monks Shaolin Lion’s Roar, the Precept-Breaking Blade, the Mercy Blade, and the Golden Bell Shield, earning 200 Monk Points and deepening his insight into the Marrow Cleansing Classic.
• Fugaku Uchiha visited Fire Temple with Mikoto and Itachi, and Guy took Itachi to meet the recovering Iron-Arm Panda and watch the monks train.
• Guy demonstrated the Mercy Blade and Precept-Breaking Blade for Itachi, then awakened the Du'e Blade, whose golden manifestation passed through Itachi without harming him.
• The golden light drew worshippers who began calling Fire Temple the Golden Mountain Temple, while Fugaku and Itachi departed and Huiyan told Guy he was attached to appearances.

Guy prepared for the Nine-Tails’ attack, saved Might Duy by making him the Four-Tails’ jinchuriki, and helped Minato and Kushina seal the Nine-Tails inside Naruto. After the attack, Guy took Naruto to the orphanage and learned that the Uchiha Clan had defected from Konoha.

• Guy refused Huiyan’s offer to become the Fire Temple’s abbot for now and warned Tsunade to stay in Konoha for the coming danger.
• Guy returned to Konoha, moved the orphanage children and their protectors to safety, and waited for the Nine-Tails’ attack.
• Guy and Might Duy defeated the Four-Tails, then Guy sealed its chakra inside Duy and restrained the Gate of Death’s effects to keep him alive.
• Guy deflected the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb, then raced to Minato and Kushina and revived Kushina with the Soul-Returning Pill.
• Guy persuaded Minato and Kushina to seal the Nine-Tails inside Naruto and let him raise the baby secretly at the orphanage.
• Kakashi told Guy that the Uchiha Clan had defected, and Guy recognized Fugaku as one of the masked attackers.
• Guy examined Obito and Rin, helped treat Konoha’s casualties, and arranged for the Ninja Turtle Clan to relocate beside the orphanage.
• Guy and the others entered the orphanage at dawn and found a swaddled baby on the floor.

Guy left Konoha on a secret mission, rescued several children from dangerous fates, and found a lucrative way to support the orphanage. After taking Kimimaro and Haku from their homes, he became trapped in a confrontation with Kirigakure and discovered that Yagura was the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Guy agreed to raise the baby he suspected was Sasuke as Might Nosuke, then secretly told Minato about his suspicions regarding Orochimaru, Danzo, and the Uchiha attackers.
• Guy secured permission from Minato to leave Konoha on a secret mission, helped Obito become head of the remaining Uchiha, and departed with twelve martial monks.
• Guy rescued Uzumaki Yui and her baby Karin from a Kusagakure outpost, then sent them to the Konoha Orphanage and learned that Ghost Mother was about to give birth.
• Guy wrote Young Guy, secured a publishing contract with Takizawa Sakurako, and set out to recruit Kimimaro and other children before Orochimaru could get them.
• Guy freed Kimimaro from the Kaguya Clan prison and rescued Haku after preventing his family from discovering his Ice Release.
• Guy and the children fought White Brow, and Guy persuaded Haku’s parents to let Haku become his disciple before Mei Terumi and Yagura confronted him.
• Guy escaped Kirigakure’s ambush with Haku and Kimimaro after his Blood Lion devastated the battlefield and he seized Samehada.
• Yagura surrounded Guy with Mei Terumi, Ao, and Kisame, and Guy realized that Yagura had become the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.