Chapter Summaries

Aizen rejected Minato’s call for a united front as he demonstrated overwhelming power against the gathered ninja. The villages joined forces, but Aizen’s single slash devastated the Rock Ninja and left the battle unresolved.

• Aizen demanded that Ōnoki submit Iwagakure to him, while Minato urged the villages to unite against Aizen.
• Aizen fired a Thunder Roar Cannon at the Cloud Ninja, blasting away part of the mountain and silencing the assembled forces.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade joined Minato, and Ōnoki, Rasa, A, Yagura, and the other village forces agreed to fight Aizen together.
• The five village factions closed in on Aizen, who drew Kyoka Suigetsu and slashed toward the Rock Ninja.
• Aizen’s slash tore a massive chasm through the Rock Ninja ranks, scattering bodies and leaving the gathered ninja facing his power.

A and Minato attacked Aizen together, but Aizen effortlessly stopped A’s kick and tricked Minato into striking A before stabbing him. Minato escaped with the wounded A, leaving Aizen unharmed on the battlefield.

• Ōnoki ordered the ninja to spread out, while A called for Minato to use their earlier battle strategy.
• A charged Aizen with a lightning-clad kick as Minato threw kunai and Jiraiya rushed in to prepare a jutsu.
• Aizen caught A’s full-powered kick with his bare hand and said A could keep his leg.
• Minato struck Aizen from behind with a Rasengan, but Aizen had switched places with A, leaving A injured by the attack.
• Aizen stabbed Minato with Kyoka Suigetsu, but Minato seized the blade, freed himself, and escaped with A.

Aizen faced a combined assault from the Five Great Ninja Villages and effortlessly blocked their attacks with Danku. Ōnoki then tried to crush him between two mountains, but Aizen answered with another Bakudo technique.

• Tsunade began treating the injured Minato and A after Minato admitted he had accidentally hurt A while fighting Aizen.
• Jiraiya and nearly a thousand ninja from the Five Great Ninja Villages unleashed their ninjutsu at Aizen, while Rasa sent a wave of Gold Dust after them.
• Aizen rose into the air and stopped the entire assault with Bakudo #81: Danku, leaving the assembled ninja stunned and afraid.
• Uchiha Clan Fugaku and the Uchiha Clan members arrived and saw Aizen standing behind the immense barrier.
• Ōnoki used Earth Style: Mountain Earth Technique to crush Aizen between two mountains, but Aizen recalled blocking the same move years earlier and formed Bakudo #73: Tōzanshō.

Ōnoki, Yagura, and Rasa attacked Aizen together, but he evaded their assaults with overwhelming speed before Rasa trapped him inside a sphere of gold dust. The allied ninjas celebrated, though Ōnoki suspected Aizen had not truly been defeated.

• Yagura and Rasa joined Ōnoki in attacking Aizen while he remained inside Tōzanshō.
• Ōnoki fired Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu, Yagura launched a water attack, and Rasa sent a curtain of gold dust toward Aizen.
• Aizen dodged Ōnoki's beam and evaded Yagura's water droplets with his speed after their attacks shattered Tōzanshō.
• Rasa expanded his gold-dust curtain and enveloped Aizen in a large golden sphere.
• Rasa and the Rock Ninja and Sand Ninja celebrated, while Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Yagura doubted Aizen had been defeated.
• Ōnoki began warning that Aizen's apparent defeat was not so simple, then stopped in astonishment.

Sosuke Aizen survived Rasa’s Gold Dust attack and prepared to strike back against the assembled shinobi. After Kyoka Suigetsu took effect, he wounded Ōnoki and left Rasa and Yagura frozen in terror.

• Aizen shattered the golden sphere of Gold Dust and emerged unharmed, shocking the shinobi watching below.
• Aizen raised Kyoka Suigetsu and released its effect, while Jiraiya warned the others not to look at him.
• Aizen revealed that Jiraiya’s attempt to avoid the illusion was useless and said Gin had spent a hundred years investigating Kyoka Suigetsu’s activation conditions.
• Aizen’s aura surged, and he appeared behind Ōnoki and slashed him, sending him falling from the sky.
• Rasa and Yagura tried to form hand seals, but Aizen appeared behind them and his presence left them unable to move.

Aizen overwhelmed Minato, Yagura, and Rasa, then unleashed a devastating beam at them. Minato redirected the attack through a barrier, saving them and leaving Aizen studying the space where the beam reappeared.

• Minato attacked Aizen with a Rasengan, but Aizen shattered it with a casual strike and struck Minato down.
• Minato used a transformation and shadow clone feint to reach Yagura and Rasa, placed seals on them, and teleported them away with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Aizen fired Hado #88. Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō at the rocky mountain, threatening Minato, Yagura, and Rasa.
• Minato planted four specially made Kunai and raised a barrier that absorbed the beam and redirected it into a forest, where it blasted a massive chasm and started a fire.
• The ninjas marveled that Minato had survived Aizen's attack, while Aizen calmly examined the empty space where the redirected beam had emerged.

After Minato redirected Aizen’s devastating attack, Aizen appeared beside the exhausted survivors and praised Minato’s potential instead of attacking. Jiraiya and the Konoha ninjas stepped in to protect Minato, while the wounded Ōnoki watched in sudden astonishment.

• Rasa and Yagura realized Minato had transferred Aizen’s attack, and they praised his skill and leadership.
• Aizen tore open space, appeared on the battlefield near Minato, Rasa, and Yagura, and alarmed the ninja with his spatial ability.
• Minato realized that redirecting Aizen’s beam had drained all his chakra and prepared for one last attack.
• Aizen complimented Minato’s performance and said he saw tremendous potential in him.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Inuzuka O, and Aburame Shino appeared and stood between Aizen and Minato.
• The gravely wounded Ōnoki wondered whether Aizen would attack Konoha’s companions, then saw something that astonished him.

Tokino arrived on the battlefield in a burst of black lightning and challenged Aizen, revealing that he had survived. His return stunned the Uchiha clan, but he dismissed his younger brother Fugaku’s anguished questions as childish.

• Ōnoki watched as Aizen’s calm expression turned serious, and a dark figure hurtled down from the night sky into a crater.
• Aizen recognized the newcomer as Tokino, who declared that he had come to kill him.
• The gathered ninjas realized Tokino was an Uchiha, while Tsunade and Jiraiya reacted to his return.
• Uchiha Fugaku recognized his older brother Tokino and angrily demanded to know why he had stayed away despite being alive.
• Aizen teased Tokino about Fugaku and Sakuya, and Tokino glanced at Fugaku before calling him an immature child.

Tokino attacked Aizen with powerful lightning techniques, but Aizen countered with a devastating slash that Tokino survived by summoning Futsu-no-Mitama. As the battlefield reacted to Tokino’s survival, an unidentified old man watched from a cave and decided Aizen had to die for his plan.

• Tokino declared that he would kill Aizen and attacked him with Thunder Control and Thunder God Control.
• Tokino fired repeated lightning spheres at Aizen, who dodged them before vanishing and striking with Jieluoshiya.
• Aizen’s blazing slash carved a massive chasm through the battlefield, leaving the watching ninjas fearing Tokino had been killed.
• Tokino emerged atop a rocky mountain inside Futsu-no-Mitama, wounded but alive, and the allied ninjas rejoiced.
• An old man watched Aizen through scarlet eyes from a dark cave and resolved to kill him to protect his plan.

Aizen and Tokino continued their battle as Tokino attacked with Futsu-no-Mitama and Aizen prepared a powerful Wind Release technique. The chapter left Tokino charging toward Aizen as Aizen completed his hand seals for Divine Gale.

• Aizen released a vast amount of chakra and warned Tokino about the consequences of opposing him.
• Tokino fired Futsu-no-Mitama’s Thunder Cannon, but Aizen blocked the blast with Bakudo #81: Danku.
• Tokino transformed Futsu-no-Mitama into a skeletal form and charged at Aizen with a Thunder Control Hammer.
• Fugaku celebrated Tokino’s return and told Uchiha Jiu that everything in the clan would change once his brother came back.
• Aizen gathered his chakra, formed a series of hand seals, and began Wind Release: Divine Gale.

Aizen’s Art Seal summoned nine enormous tornadoes and darkened the sky around the battlefield. As Tokino struggled through the winds to reach him, Aizen redirected the tornadoes toward the mountain crowded with shinobi, leaving them terrified.

• Aizen’s Art Seal changed the weather, filling the sky with dark clouds and surrounding the battlefield with violent winds.
• Tokino charged at Aizen, but the gale blocked his path and forced him to circle around the hurricanes.
• Nine massive tornadoes formed across the forest, uprooting trees and shocking the gathered shinobi.
• Tokino decided to use a hidden move and charged through the hurricanes toward Aizen.
• Aizen said he would weaken the Five Great Ninja Villages and directed all nine tornadoes toward the rocky mountain crowded with shinobi.

Aizen’s nine colossal hurricanes tore through the rocky mountain, forcing the allied ninja to flee while Tokino realized Aizen still intended to honor their agreement. The chapter ended with Tokino wondering whether Aizen feared Uchiha Madara.

• Aizen’s hurricanes advanced on the rocky mountain, terrifying the Rock Ninja and drawing Fuguki and Kisame’s attention.
• Minato, Jiraiya, and Tsunade ordered the Konoha ninja to evacuate, and Fugaku led the Uchiha clansmen away after questioning whether they should abandon Tokino.
• Sand Ninja and Cloud Ninja fled down the mountain, but the hurricane swept up one Sand Ninja and swallowed dozens of others as it pulverized part of the mountain.
• Trapped inside the hurricanes, Tokino realized Aizen had not changed his mind about their agreement and wondered whether Aizen was wary of Uchiha Madara.

Tokino fought Aizen on the shattered rocky mountain, using Amaterasu and Futsu-no-Mitama while Aizen remained largely untroubled. After the hurricanes dissipated, Aizen sheathed Kyoka Suigetsu and began forming seals as Tokino charged, leaving their next clash imminent.

• Tokino broke through the hurricanes and used Amaterasu on Aizen, who cut away his burning uniform to escape the flames.
• The fleeing ninjas saw the hurricanes dissipate, and Ōnoki and the Uchiha clansmen watched Tokino and Aizen continue fighting.
• Aizen knocked Futsu-no-Mitama back, while Tokino relied on its defense and wondered whether it could be breached.
• Aizen told Tokino to use his strongest move, then sheathed Kyoka Suigetsu and began forming seals as Tokino charged at him.

Sosuke Aizen struck Tokino with Divine Punishment, leaving the battlefield convinced that Aizen had defeated the five villages. Tokino then used the lightning Aizen had poured into his hammer to attack him, and the shattered mountain collapsed in the resulting blast as a strange black figure cried out in despair.

• Tokino attacked Aizen with Black Flame Thunder God, but Aizen completed his seals and summoned Divine Punishment, which pierced Futsu-no-Mitama and left Tokino barely standing.
• A strange black creature emerged near the shattered mountain, recognized Aizen, and vanished while vowing to revive its mother.
• The gathered ninjas, including Ōnoki, Daru, A, and Jiraiya, feared Aizen’s strength, but Tsunade noticed the fight was not over.
• Aizen formed seals for another lightning strike, and Tokino raised the Thunder God Control Hammer to absorb it before charging Aizen with Black Flame God Hades.
• The resulting blue lightning blast destroyed the mountain, while a strange black figure leapt across the falling rubble and cried out that it could not die there.

Tokino’s Black Flame Hades devastated the mountain, and the fleeing shinobi feared that both Tokino and Aizen had died in the destruction. As black flames continued to burn across the ruins, a mysterious figure in a distant cave opened its eyes and reflected on Aizen’s strength and Tokino’s fate.

• Tokino’s final attack unleashed a massive blast that shattered the mountain and sent burning rubble crashing toward the shinobi below.
• A strange black figure searched frantically for someone, recognized the falling flames as Amaterasu’s black flames, and fled the debris.
• The shinobi from every village escaped the avalanche, then watched the ruins and wondered whether Aizen had died.
• Fugaku tried to rush toward the ruins, but Jiu and the Uchiha Clan members stopped him and urged him to protect the clan.
• A mysterious figure opened its eyes in a distant cave and lamented Tokino’s fate while acknowledging Aizen’s strength.

Madara learned that Tokino and Sosuke Aizen had died together and shifted his plans toward finding another Uchiha candidate and locating Yagura. On the battlefield, the surviving ninja confirmed Aizen was dead and believed they had stopped his rise to power.

• White Zetsu told Madara that Tokino had died alongside Aizen, and Madara said Tokino had served his purpose.
• Madara admitted that Aizen might have surpassed Hashirama and perhaps even himself if he had lived longer.
• Madara decided to abandon his weakening control over the Third Mizukage, search for Yagura, and find another suitable Uchiha candidate.
• The surviving ninja heard rocks crackling beneath Aizen's black flames and confirmed that Aizen was dead.
• The battlefield's opposing forces set aside their grudges and celebrated Aizen's death, believing they had protected the Ninja World.

After Aizen’s devastating display ended the battle, the exhausted Konoha ninjas returned home and the factions suspended the war. As Konoha rebuilt, Nawaki used Wood Release to provide new homes for villagers and received an affectionate thank-you from Little Coconut.

• The Rock Ninja and Sand Ninja forces withdrew after Ōnoki was severely injured, while the ninjas who witnessed the previous night kept what happened secret.
• Jiraiya led the surviving Konoha ninjas home, where they celebrated their return to Konoha soil and he later reported the battle to the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage sent the battle participants for medical care, and the ninja villages stopped attacking as they lacked the strength to continue the war.
• Nawaki used Wood Release to build houses for Konoha’s displaced villagers, earning their gratitude and praise.
• Little Coconut gave Nawaki a lunchbox to thank him for building her a new home, and Tsunade punched Jiraiya after he teased Nawaki about her gesture.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru mourned Sosuke Aizen while debating whether he was truly dead. As the rain fell over Konoha, Jiraiya watched the black flames at Aizen’s last known location, and Tsunade grieved alone with a crumpled sheet of paper.

• Orochimaru questioned whether Nawaki had escaped Aizen’s control and whether Aizen was truly dead, angering Tsunade.
• Tsunade insisted that Aizen had vanished before everyone’s eyes and left in fury.
• Jiraiya told Orochimaru that if Aizen was alive, he would have to oppose him, but if he was dead, Jiraiya could do nothing beyond mourn him.
• Orochimaru watched Nawaki shelter villagers with Wood Release, then left Konoha, saying it no longer suited him.
• Jiraiya returned to the devastated forest and silently watched Konoha’s sealing squad contain the black flames.
• Tsunade wept in a courtyard, clutching a crumpled, faded sheet of paper as she mourned Sosuke.

After three days of quiet following the battle, Shijimi Tamako vanished from the Royal Capital and traveled toward Amegakure. When Oni told her that Aizen had died, she refused to believe it and resolved to find him.

• Konoha rebuilt itself with Nawaki's Wood Release while the fighting across the Ninja World remained suspended.
• Shijimi Nobuo learned that Tamako had disappeared and ordered his guards to search for her.
• Land of Fire guardian ninjas found no signs of a struggle and reported that Tamako had disbanded her intelligence organization before leaving.
• Near Amegakure, Tamako told Oni that she no longer needed him, but he informed her that Aizen had died.
• Tamako struck the tree behind Oni with her sword and insisted that Aizen was alive, then continued on, determined to find him.

A stranger entered Rōran after sensing a powerful energy fluctuation, while Las Noches prepared for Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to leave under new identities. Yahiko declared that they would form an organization called the Dawn and enter the Ninja World.

• A tall man in a black-and-white uniform crossed the Land of Wind’s sandstorm and headed toward Rōran, where he sensed a powerful energy fluctuation.
• Barragan demanded that the young black-clad figures serve under him, but Ulquiorra reminded him that Lord Aizen had already decided their departure.
• Gin Ichimaru mocked Barragan, and the gathered figures released their auras before a strange power from one of the black-robed youths stopped the confrontation.
• Ulquiorra asked Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan whether they were ready to leave Las Noches, offering them more time to prepare under its protection.
• Yahiko said they would enter the Ninja World under new identities and become the Dawn; Ulquiorra identified their organization as the Dawn.