Recaps

During the long-running war between Konoha and Sunagakure, Uchiha Aoba fought on the front lines and gained fusion progress by killing enemy ninja. After returning to camp, he set his sights on reaching 50% fusion before the war ended.

• Sunagakure invaded the Land of Fire after blaming Konoha for the Third Kazekage’s disappearance, and Orochimaru led Konoha’s defense in a border war that lasted nearly three years.
• Uchiha Aoba arrived as a reinforcement and saved a Konoha Chunin before killing several Sunagakure ninja during the battle.
• When Sunagakure retreated, Aoba killed a wounded enemy despite orders to preserve captives for interrogation, then returned to camp.
• Aoba’s system reported that four enemy kills raised his Uchiha Madara panel fusion to 26.8%.
• Aoba decided that reaching 50% fusion during the war was necessary to protect himself and his clan.

Uchiha Aoba joined Orochimaru’s force for a surprise assault on Sunagakure-held Kikyo City, while Jiraiya led a feint against the enemy’s frontline. After learning that a Jinchūriki was inside the city, Orochimaru received Jiraiya’s attack signal and ordered the assault to begin.

• Uchiha Tayama told Uchiha Aoba that Orochimaru planned to attack Kikyo City while Jiraiya led a diversion, and Aoba joined the main force.
• Jiraiya and his four-to-five-hundred-ninja group left to draw Sunagakure’s attention, then Orochimaru led the main force toward Kikyo City.
• Uchiha Tayama warned Aoba to prioritize survival, but Aoba insisted he would fight rather than let the Uchiha’s younger generation seem cowardly.
• A Hyuga scout reported that about a thousand Sunagakure ninjas defended Kikyo City, including a likely One-Tail Jinchūriki.
• Orochimaru received the agreed attack signal from Jiraiya and ordered his force to move out.
• On Kikyo City’s wall, a Sunagakure captain reprimanded a bored Genin and explained that the city guarded the Land of Wind.

Konoha launched a surprise assault on Kikyo City while Jiraiya’s feint kept Rasa’s forces occupied. As Orochimaru fought the transformed Bunpuku outside the city, Uchiha Aoba joined the fighting inside and raised his fusion level by picking off weakened enemies.

• Uchiha Tayama’s force reached Kikyo City’s walls, and Uchiha Aoba killed the Sunagakure squad leader before he could send an alert.
• Orochimaru’s troops stormed Kikyo City while he held back to preserve his strength for the One-Tail Jinchūriki.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta and attacked Rasa with a fire technique, then used the distraction to keep him from reaching the city sooner.
• A wounded Sunagakure Ninja reported that Orochimaru had attacked Kikyo City and that Bunpuku had transformed into the Tailed Beast.
• Rasa ordered his troops to reinforce Kikyo City, realizing Jiraiya’s retreat had been a feint.
• Orochimaru fought Bunpuku outside the city while Aoba followed his clanmates inside, killing enemies and increasing his fusion level.

Uchiha Aoba and Konoha’s forces captured Kikyo City, forcing Rasa and Sunagakure to surrender and ending the war. Aoba’s fusion with Uchiha Madara reached 33.9%, awakening his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and he later returned to Konoha amid celebrations and reminders of the family he had lost.

• Jiraiya’s reinforcements helped Konoha defeat Shukaku and capture Kikyo City, prompting the Sunagakure forces inside to surrender.
• Rasa arrived outside the city, saw that the battle was lost, and surrendered to Orochimaru and Jiraiya.
• The system rewarded Uchiha Aoba for his kills, raising his fusion to 33.9% and awakening his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• The Land of Wind formally submitted a surrender and peace letter, and Uchiha Aoba returned to Konoha with the victorious main force.
• Uchiha Aoba reflected on the villagers’ grief and remembered how his parents’ deaths had left him an orphan.

After returning from the Sunagakure war, Uchiha Aoba recovered and trained to master his improved abilities. Uchiha Fugaku summoned him to recognize his battlefield service and announced he would recommend Aoba for promotion to jōnin.

• Uchiha Fugaku reviewed Uchiha Tayama’s casualty list and dismissed the returning clan shinobi to rest, keeping Tayama behind.
• Uchiha Aoba went home, rested, and returned to the training ground the next day to practice his swordsmanship and taijutsu.
• Uchiha Tayama told Uchiha Aoba that Uchiha Fugaku wanted to see him and praised his awakening of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and his battlefield performance.
• Uchiha Aoba met with Uchiha Fugaku, who praised his deeds and said he would recommend him to the Third Hokage for promotion to jōnin.

Uchiha Aoba accepted a Jonin promotion and learned that he might be sent to the Iwagakure front, which excited him because it would help him increase his fusion rate. After receiving ninjutsu from Uchiha Fugaku and sharing lunch with the family, he resolved to prevent tragedies in the future.

• Uchiha Aoba accepted Uchiha Fugaku's offer of promotion to Jonin, deciding that refusing could draw unwanted scrutiny.
• Uchiha Fugaku let Uchiha Aoba choose five ninjutsu scrolls as a reward for his service.
• Uchiha Fugaku warned Uchiha Aoba that he might be sent to fight Iwagakure after his promotion, and Uchiha Aoba concealed his delight while agreeing to go.
• Uchiha Fugaku invited Uchiha Aoba to stay for lunch, where Uchiha Mikoto served a lavish meal.
• Uchiha Aoba met three-year-old Uchiha Itachi, pinched his cheeks, and resolved to prevent future tragedies.

Uchiha Aoba was promoted to jonin and accepted Sarutobi Hiruzen’s invitation to join Anbu under Namikaze Minato. Danzo objected to the appointment, but Sarutobi Hiruzen refused to reverse his decision.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen approved Uchiha Aoba’s promotion to jonin and gave him an appointment form.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen invited Uchiha Aoba to join Anbu, and Uchiha Aoba accepted despite suspecting he might be under scrutiny.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Uchiha Aoba to serve under Namikaze Minato in Anbu.
• Uchiha Aoba collected his jonin vest and Anbu uniform from the Logistics Department.
• Danzo confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over Uchiha Aoba’s Anbu appointment and warned that the village could not risk another Uchiha Madara.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen defended his decision and told Danzo to stop interfering.

Uchiha Aoba and Kakashi Hatake joined Namikaze Minato, Shibi Aburame, and Choza Akimichi for an S-rank mission in Rōran, near the Land of Wind. Aoba recognized the destination as the site of the Lost Tower and wondered whether he might encounter Naruto Uzumaki from the future.

• Uchiha Aoba spent half a month serving in the Anbu under Namikaze Minato but received no assignment to the Iwagakure front.
• An Anbu member summoned Uchiha Aoba and Kakashi Hatake to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who assigned them to assist Minato on an S-rank mission in Rōran.
• Aoba prepared his ninja tools and recognized Rōran as the setting of the Lost Tower, where he might meet a time-traveling Naruto Uzumaki.
• Aoba and Kakashi met at the Konoha Gate and agreed to spar after the mission.
• Minato, Shibi, Choza, Kakashi, and Aoba introduced themselves, and Aoba revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan before the group set out.

Namikaze Minato led Uchiha Aoba and Choza Akimichi into Rōran to investigate the rampaging Dragon Vein, where they found chakra conduits and fought puppets pursuing a blond boy wearing a Konoha Forehead Protector. Minato rescued the boy, and the group paused to address his injury after he mistook Aoba for a child.

• Namikaze Minato briefed the team on the S-rank mission to investigate Rōran's Dragon Vein and warned that Sunagakure might attack them.
• At the border, Minato sent Shibi Aburame and Kakashi to guard the approach while he, Aoba, and Choza entered Rōran.
• Uchiha Aoba identified the city's pipes as chakra conduits leading underground, and an explosion drew the group toward a battle.
• Minato rescued a blond boy wearing a Konoha Forehead Protector while Choza destroyed two puppets and Aoba severed the chakra threads controlling two more.
• The boy mistook Aoba for a child, and Minato explained that Aoba was a Jonin before turning to treat the boy's bleeding leg.

Namikaze Minato and his team discovered that the injured blond boy was Naruto Uzumaki, his son from the future, who had traveled back in time through the Dragon Vein. Naruto parted ways with them to find his teammates after sharing a message from the future Uchiha Aoba.

• Namikaze Minato treated Naruto Uzumaki's leg while Uchiha Aoba questioned him about his identity and how he had reached Rōran.
• Naruto Uzumaki recognized Uchiha Aoba as his teacher and explained that a surge of energy from the Dragon Vein had sent him into the past while he pursued Mukade with Yamato, Sakura, and Sasuke.
• Choza Akimichi realized Naruto Uzumaki was Namikaze Minato's future son, and Naruto confirmed that Kushina was his mother.
• Uchiha Aoba inferred from Naruto's account that Namikaze Minato and Kushina had survived the Nine-Tails' attack and the Uchiha Clan had remained intact.
• Naruto Uzumaki declined Namikaze Minato's offer to travel together, and Minato gave him a Flying Thunder God Mark and a signal flare.
• Naruto Uzumaki told Uchiha Aoba that his future self had said to follow his own ideas, and Aoba accepted the message with a smile.

Naruto Uzumaki rescued Queen Sara from a fall and warned her that someone had tried to kill her. Uchiha Aoba then revealed that Anrokuzan had seized control of Rōran and was using its people to build a puppet army, but Sara refused to believe him.

• Uchiha Aoba, Namikaze Minato, and Choza Akimichi followed the Dragon Vein’s chakra through the pipes while Naruto Uzumaki searched elsewhere.
• Naruto saw Sara pushed from a tower, caught her, and retreated with her to safety, where she first mistook him for a pervert before thanking him.
• Sara recognized Naruto as the Konoha Ninja she had requested to investigate the Dragon Vein disturbance and heard that someone had shoved her.
• Namikaze Minato, Uchiha Aoba, and Choza Akimichi joined Naruto and Sara, and Aoba explained that Anrokuzan, also known as Mukade, controlled Rōran and enslaved its people to make puppets.
• Sara denied Aoba’s claims and insisted that Anrokuzan had helped her and her mother build Rōran after arriving six years earlier.

Sara refused to believe that Anrokuzan was Mukade until Uchiha Aoba and Namikaze Minato brought her to the puppet factory. Seeing Rōran’s people forced to power its machinery, Sara accepted the truth and vowed to stop him.

• Sara defended Anrokuzan, but Uchiha Aoba proposed taking her to the puppet factory so she could see the evidence herself.
• Naruto Uzumaki escorted Sara, who agreed to go willingly, and Namikaze Minato decided they would wait until nightfall to avoid alerting Mukade.
• Namikaze Minato led Uchiha Aoba, Naruto Uzumaki, Sara, and Choza Akimichi through a ventilation duct into the tower.
• Sara saw Rōran’s people forced to turn a millstone while puppet parts were assembled and realized Anrokuzan was enslaving them to make weapons.
• Sara vowed to put a stop to Anrokuzan’s actions.

Uchiha Aoba and Namikaze Minato helped Sara cut off the Dragon Vein, then fought Anrokuzan and his puppet army. After Minato blasted a giant puppet with a barrage of cloned kunai, Anrokuzan transformed into a puppet centipede.

• Uchiha Aoba carried Sara to the seal, where she used an incantation to stop the Dragon Vein’s flow.
• Anrokuzan confronted Sara and attacked, but Uchiha Aoba trapped him with a genjutsu while he and Namikaze Minato struck at him.
• Uchiha Aoba and Namikaze Minato fought the puppet army as Choza Akimichi and Naruto Uzumaki guarded Sara.
• Anrokuzan combined the remaining puppets into a giant puppet, which Namikaze Minato riddled with holes using the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
• Anrokuzan transformed his body into a puppet centipede.

Uchiha Aoba and Namikaze Minato battled Mukade’s giant puppet while Naruto helped Sara and her people escape. After Mukade revealed that the Dragon Vein fueled his power, Sara set out to shut it down, and Naruto was told to accompany her instead of joining the fight.

• As the tower shook, Minato ordered Naruto and Choza to evacuate Sara and the civilians while he and Aoba stayed behind.
• Mukade emerged in a colossal puppet, and Aoba damaged it with Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song Technique.
• Mukade revealed that the Dragon Vein continually restored his puppet, then broke through the roof and pursued Sara.
• In Rōran’s central plaza, Sara took Naruto’s Kunai and announced that she would shut down the Dragon Vein to protect her people.
• Minato and Aoba rejoined the group and confirmed that cutting off the Dragon Vein was the way to stop Mukade.
• Minato and Aoba told Naruto to help Sara and her people, leaving them to face Mukade.

Choza, Aoba, and Minato fought Mukade’s giant puppet while Sara and Naruto headed underground to shut down the Dragon Vein. Sara succeeded, leaving the puppet’s source of restoration cut off.

• Naruto obeyed Minato’s order to protect Sara and left the battlefield with her group.
• Choza enlarged himself and battered Mukade’s giant puppet, but purple lightning restored it and increased its chakra.
• Minato realized the puppet would keep regenerating while the Dragon Vein remained intact, so he planned to hold it back as Sara shut the power down.
• Sara led Naruto to the chamber controlling Rōran’s Dragon Vein, where Minato arrived using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Sara merged a purple circle of light into the chamber’s technique pattern, extinguishing the Dragon Vein’s energy throughout Rōran.

After the Dragon Vein was sealed, Uchiha Aoba defeated Mukade and Namikaze Minato sealed the villain’s remains. Sara agreed to seal the Dragon Vein, and Naruto Uzumaki began returning to his own time after saying goodbye to his parents and friends.

• After the Dragon Vein’s power faded, Uchiha Aoba trapped Mukade’s puppet in a swamp and burned it with combined Fire and Wind Release techniques.
• Mukade realized the Dragon Vein could no longer restore him and begged for his life, but Uchiha Aoba killed him.
• Namikaze Minato sealed Mukade’s corpse and the giant puppet in a scroll, then asked Sara to authorize sealing the Dragon Vein.
• Sara agreed, and Namikaze Minato sealed the Dragon Vein’s source with a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• As the Dragon Vein was sealed, Naruto Uzumaki began returning to his own time and said goodbye to Namikaze Minato, Uchiha Aoba, Choza, and Sara.

After returning from the mission, Namikaze Minato reported the team’s memory gaps to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who learned Uchiha Aoba had performed at an elite jonin level. Sarutobi revealed he had chosen Minato as his successor and asked him to take responsibility for improving the Uchiha Clan’s standing; years later, Aoba welcomed Naruto Uzumaki back from a journey through time.

• Namikaze Minato reported the mission and the team’s memory loss to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who attributed it to the Dragon Vein and dismissed the team to rest.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Minato to assess Uchiha Aoba, and Minato described Aoba’s abilities as at least those of an elite jonin.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that he had recruited Aoba to build a bridge between the Uchiha Clan and the village, then revealed that he intended Minato to succeed him as the Fourth Hokage.
• Namikaze Minato asked about Orochimaru, then promised Sarutobi Hiruzen that he would not let him down and would take on the Uchiha Clan’s problems.
• More than a decade later, Uchiha Aoba asked Naruto Uzumaki about his time-travel mission and whether he had delivered Aoba’s message.
• Naruto realized that Minato had sealed Aoba’s memories of him, but accepted Aoba’s teasing claim that the seal might have worn off over time.

After his S-rank mission, Uchiha Aoba discovered his Madara fusion had reached 46.1% and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan. He learned its powerful abilities came at a steep chakra and ocular-power cost, then manifested a pale orange Susanoo.

• The team split the S-rank mission reward, and Uchiha Aoba returned home with three million ryo.
• Uchiha Aoba checked his panel and found that the mission had raised his fusion with Uchiha Madara to 46.1%, unlocking his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Aoba activated the Mangekyō Sharingan and endured intense physical pain as it awakened.
• Uchiha Aoba discovered his left eye could immobilize enemies in his field of vision, while his right eye could control time for three seconds.
• Uchiha Aoba realized that using his ocular abilities consumed enormous amounts of chakra and ocular power, then manifested a pale orange Susanoo.

Uchiha Aoba sparred with Kakashi at Training Ground 7 and decisively defeated him, showing how much stronger he had become. Kakashi accepted the loss but resolved to train harder and challenge Aoba again.

• Uchiha Aoba and Kakashi began their sparring match while Namikaze Minato refereed and observed.
• Uchiha Aoba outmaneuvered Kakashi in close combat and used Kakashi's hands to form hand seals for a Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique.
• Kakashi blocked the fire dragon with an Earth Style Wall but became too exhausted to continue.
• Uchiha Aoba rested his blade on Kakashi's shoulder, and Kakashi conceded the match.
• Kakashi resolved to train harder, then asked how much strength Uchiha Aoba had used; Aoba claimed Kakashi had forced him to go all out, enraging him again.

Uchiha Aoba told Kakashi he had used about 70% of his strength in their spar, prompting Kakashi to vow to catch up. After Obito arrived late, Minato lectured him about punctuality and asked Aoba to take Obito along on future missions.

• Kakashi pressed Aoba to reveal how much strength he had used, and Aoba admitted it was about 70%.
• Kakashi recovered from his disappointment and promised he would catch up and win next time.
• Obito arrived late with Rin, and Kakashi and Minato criticized him for keeping his teammates waiting.
• Minato explained that lateness could endanger missions and leave clients waiting, while Rin stopped defending Obito.
• Minato asked Aoba to bring Obito along on future missions, leaving Obito shocked.

A messenger hawk summoned Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Aoba to an emergency meeting, where Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that Iwagakure was reinforcing its front against Konoha. Uchiha Fugaku pledged fifty Uchiha shinobi to serve under Jiraiya and Minato, leaving the village preparing for Iwagakure’s expected offensive.

• Uchiha Aoba teased Uchiha Obito about his feelings for Nohara Rin while Minato, Kakashi, and Rin watched.
• A messenger hawk arrived, and Namikaze Minato took Uchiha Aoba to meet Sarutobi Hiruzen at the Hokage Office.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told the gathered village leaders that Iwagakure was reinforcing its forces against Konoha after its war with Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Aoba gave Uchiha Fugaku a subtle signal, and Fugaku offered fifty Uchiha shinobi for the Iwagakure front under Jiraiya and Minato.

Namikaze Minato arranged for Uchiha Aoba to join his unit at the Iwagakure front and invited him to become his student. After Uchiha Aoba told Uchiha Fugaku, he went to find Uchiha Obito and caught him kissing Nohara Rin’s photograph.

• Uchiha Fugaku and the other clan heads agreed to send 320 clan shinobi to the Iwagakure front, and Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered them to assemble at Konoha Gate before one in the afternoon.
• Namikaze Minato asked Uchiha Aoba to stay with his unit, invited him to call him sensei, and told him to bring Uchiha Obito.
• Uchiha Aoba visited Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Tayama, explaining that Minato had asked him to join his unit.
• Uchiha Fugaku celebrated Uchiha Aoba’s connection to Minato and urged him to stay safe on the battlefield.
• Uchiha Aoba went to Uchiha Obito’s home and saw him leaning in to kiss Nohara Rin’s photograph; Uchiha Obito noticed him and froze.

Uchiha Aoba and Uchiha Obito prepared to leave for the Iwagakure front, and Obito asked Aoba to keep his embarrassing secret from Kakashi and Rin. As they headed to the battlefield, Obito resolved to confess to Rin after the war, while Aoba worried about the danger Obito’s fate posed and vowed to save him.

• Uchiha Aoba caught Uchiha Obito kissing a photograph of Rin and teased him before telling him to pack for the Iwagakure front.
• Uchiha Aoba and Uchiha Obito went to Ichiraku Ramen, where Obito asked Aoba not to tell Kakashi and Rin what he had seen.
• Uchiha Aoba encouraged Uchiha Obito to confess to Rin, and Obito decided to do so after the war.
• Uchiha Obito imagined marrying Rin and starting a family, while Uchiha Aoba worried that the war would lead to Obito’s downfall and resolved to save him.

Namikaze Minato brought a thousand reinforcements, including Uchiha Aoba, to Jiraiya’s front-line camp. As Jiraiya explained the worsening war against Iwagakure and the importance of Kannabi Bridge, Aoba fixated on learning that Danzo’s Root had supplied the intelligence.

• Uchiha Aoba and Uchiha Obito joined Namikaze Minato’s group at the Konoha Gate, where Kakashi teased Obito and Nohara Rin stopped their argument.
• Namikaze Minato led the thousand shinobi out of Konoha and ordered them to reach the front-line camp within three days.
• Jiraiya greeted Namikaze Minato at the camp, accepted the roster, and asked Uchiha Aoba to join them in his tent.
• Namikaze Minato introduced Uchiha Aoba as his thirteen-year-old student, and Jiraiya welcomed him as his grandstudent.
• Jiraiya described Iwagakure’s growing forces and identified Kannabi Bridge as a vital part of their supply route, citing intelligence from Danzo’s Root.
• Uchiha Aoba stopped following the briefing and thought that Danzo had finally done something decent.

Uchiha Madara learned that Uchiha Aoba and Uchiha Obito were at the Konoha-Iwagakure front and ordered Tobi to bring Obito back for the Eye of the Moon Plan. At the frontline camp, Aoba warned Kakashi, Obito, and the others to rest because a major battle was approaching.

• Tobi reported to Uchiha Madara that Uchiha Aoba and Uchiha Obito had appeared at the Konoha-Iwagakure frontline camp.
• Uchiha Madara told Tobi to prioritize Obito as his proxy, draw Namikaze Minato away, and bring Obito back before the war ended.
• Uchiha Aoba left Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato's tent and considered why Konoha planned a direct clash instead of attacking Iwagakure's supply line at Kannabi Bridge.
• Uchiha Aoba found Kakashi and Uchiha Obito arguing, then warned Obito to stay focused and avoid distractions on the battlefield.
• Uchiha Aoba told everyone in the tent that a major battle was coming and urged them to rest.