Chapter Summaries

Kiyoshi defeated Roshi by using his Mangekyō Sharingan to absorb a Tailed Beast Bomb, then overpowering and subduing the Four-Tails. After Kushina sealed Roshi, Kiyoshi delivered him to Kitsuchi at an Earth Country outpost and departed with his companions.

• Kiyoshi's Mangekyō Sharingan absorbed Roshi's Tailed Beast Bomb into an alternate dimension, stunning both Iwagakure and Konoha's ninja.
• Kiyoshi used the Yin Seal and Flying Thunder God marks to attack Roshi, then fought off his Lava Release punch with Pain Sky Leg.
• Roshi transformed into the Four-Tails and unleashed magma, but Kiyoshi rescued Kurenai Yuhi and the others, severed a Chakra tail, and swung the beast into the ground.
• Kiyoshi hurled Roshi into the sky, struck him with Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Flame, and used Sharingan Genjutsu to knock him unconscious.
• Kushina sealed Roshi, and Kiyoshi took him to Kitsuchi at an Earth Country outpost, where Kitsuchi promised Iwagakure reinforcements would arrive in three days.
• Kiyoshi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take his companions away from the outpost.

Kiyoshi returned after capturing Roshi and arranging Iwagakure reinforcements, then began teaching Kushina the Rasengan to help her control and use her power. Their training brought them closer, while Orochimaru resolved to pursue Kiyoshi as a potential Sharingan vessel.

• Kiyoshi cut off one of Four-Tails' tails, and Kitsuchi ordered Roshi sealed again before reporting Kiyoshi's strength to the Third Tsuchikage.
• Kiyoshi told Shikaku Nara that he had completed the deal with Iwagakure, and Orochimaru questioned him about his Cursed Seal research.
• Kushina admitted that the Nine-Tails had acted up, and Kiyoshi reassured her before demonstrating the Rasengan and its invisible derivative, the Vanishing Rasengan.
• Kiyoshi took Kushina to a secluded forest and used electrical stimulation to help her learn the Rasengan, explaining that he wanted to protect her.
• Kushina practiced with a water balloon and a rubber ball, then returned to her tent and tried to cool down after the training left her feeling unusually warm.

Kiyoshi matured his Wood Release seed, gained the ability to use Wood Release, and asked Tsunade to teach him its techniques. Obito saw Rin with Kiyoshi, became heartbroken, and resolved to strengthen Akatsuki, while Tsunade arrived and acknowledged Kiyoshi as her teacher.

• Obito ordered White Zetsu to investigate why Kiyoshi was gathering Tailed Beast Chakra, then continued persuading Nagato that he was destined to bring peace.
• Kiyoshi comprehended the Wood Release Ninja entry, tested his new ability by growing plants, and asked Rin to teach him about medicine; their private training caused their old photograph to drift outside.
• Obito found the photograph of himself, Rin, Kakashi, and Minato, then overheard Kiyoshi and Rin and believed Rin no longer cared about their past; his Mangekyō Eye Power increased.
• Obito returned with Tobi and decided to turn Kirigakure into a base for Akatsuki, while Kiyoshi sensed his visit and continued growing stronger.
• Mikoto and Tsunade brought Kiyoshi a lunchbox and found his tent surrounded by trees; Tsunade recognized that Kiyoshi had mastered Wood Release.
• Kiyoshi told Tsunade that he had learned Wood Release, and she called him Kiyoshi-sensei before agreeing to teach him Wood Release techniques.

Kiyoshi trained Kushina in the Rasengan while Minato Namikaze briefly visited and learned that she was already studying his technique. After Kushina mastered it, Kiyoshi began training Kurenai Yuhi in Wind Release, while Sunagakure dispatched Pakura to reinforce Konoha.

• Tsunade agreed to bring Kiyoshi the Wood Release secret technique scrolls in a few days, and Mikoto brought him lunch at camp.
• Kakashi told Kushina that her racing heart around Kiyoshi meant she was in love, and Kushina recalled Miko's claim that Kiyoshi was her destined match.
• Minato Namikaze visited Kushina, discovered Kiyoshi had taught her the Rasengan, and left before he could teach her himself.
• Rasa and Sunagakure's elders ordered Pakura to lead a unit to reinforce Konoha and strengthen their alliance.
• Kushina mastered the Rasengan and began learning the Big Ball Rasengan from Kiyoshi.
• Kiyoshi took Kurenai Yuhi to a valley and began teaching her Wind Release, then considered how long it had been since he last saw Pakura.

Kiyoshi trained Kurenai Yuhi in Wind Release: Gale Palm, and she kissed him before he was reassigned to the Hidden Mist front. He arrived with Kushina and a team of Konoha ninja, where he learned that Hidden Mist's Red Eye had disrupted reconnaissance.

• Kiyoshi taught Kurenai Yuhi to use Wind Release: Gale Palm, and she learned the technique in one day.
• Kurenai kissed Kiyoshi, and he kissed her in return before they continued training.
• Tsunade assigned Kiyoshi to reinforce the Hidden Mist front and gave him scrolls containing Wood Release: World of Trees Descent and Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique.
• Kiyoshi left with Kushina, Mikoto, Rin Nohara, and other ninja; Pakura arrived after he had departed and asked when he would return.
• Kiyoshi's team reached the front, where Shiranui Genma reported that Hidden Mist's use of the Red Eye Kekkei Genkai had made Konoha's reconnaissance difficult.

Kiyoshi demonstrated that he had mastered Shikkotsu Forest's Sage Arts, then experimented with fusing them with Ryūchi Cave senjutsu and managed to maintain an unstable combination. The next morning, he joined a team investigating a Hidden Mist outpost, using his unusual Sage Mode to scout through the thick fog.

• Obito and Nagato secretly entered Konoha's camp to assess Kiyoshi and train Nagato, but Kiyoshi briefly sensed them and forced them to hide.
• Kiyoshi showed Jiraiya his Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode, stunning him, then received the latest intelligence and learned the operation would begin the next day.
• Kiyoshi failed to fuse Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest senjutsu at first, then used Shinno's medical techniques to stabilize an imperfect combination and continued testing it through the night.
• Mikoto brought Kiyoshi breakfast the next morning and found him without clothes after his training mishap, while Kushina and the others prepared for the mission.
• Kiyoshi's team, including Kushina, Mikoto, Rin Nohara, and Kakashi, reached a fog-shrouded canyon near the coast to investigate a Hidden Mist outpost.
• Kiyoshi activated his combined Sage Mode and volunteered to scout through the fog, drawing comments from Kushina and Kakashi about his conspicuous appearance.

Kiyoshi and Kushina used a fused Wind Release: Tai Chi Rasengan to devastate the Hidden Mist force, killing and injuring many before Kiyoshi confronted the surviving Seven Ninja Swordsmen. The chapter ended with Kiyoshi breaking Suikazan Fuguki’s imitation Samehada and throwing him aside.

• Kiyoshi sensed the Hidden Mist force ten kilometers away and identified the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Hozuki Clan ninja, and Kaguya Clan ninja among them.
• Kiyoshi helped Kushina combine her Tailed Beast Chakra with his Rasengan to create Wind Release: Tai Chi Rasengan, then guided her in launching two attacks at the Hidden Mist force.
• The attacks destroyed the Hidden Mist barrier, killed two of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and left many Hozuki and Kaguya ninja dead or wounded.
• Minato Namikaze heard the distant explosions while on another mission, and Jiraiya urged him to stay focused on their assignment.
• Kiyoshi emerged from the mist and confronted the survivors; he caught Suikazan Fuguki’s attack with two fingers, snapped his imitation Samehada, and threw him aside.

Kiyoshi slaughtered several of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen while fighting the Hidden Mist forces, then revealed Wood Release against Kaguya Katsuya. The chapter ended with Katsuya’s bone drill and Chakra suppressed by Kiyoshi’s Descent of the Tree World, as the fighters watched in shock.

• Kiyoshi snapped Suikazan Fuguki’s imitation Samehada, then used extreme speed to behead Juzo Biwa.
• Kushina, Kakashi, and Mikoto joined the battle, while Kiyoshi bound Munashi Jinpachi and threw him into an explosion that killed him.
• Kiyoshi used Magnet Release to turn Hozuki Suigetsu’s Hiramekarei against him, killing him and leaving only Suikazan Fuguki and Kushimaru Kuriarare among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen present.
• Kaguya Katsuya fought Kiyoshi with Shikotsumyaku techniques, but Kiyoshi broke his bone sword and learned that Kimimaro had been born.
• Kaguya Katsuya trapped Kiyoshi with Dance of the Clematis: Vine and attacked with Flower, but Kiyoshi unleashed Wood Release: Descent of the Tree World, suppressing Katsuya’s bone drill and Chakra.

Kiyoshi devastated the Hidden Mist force, seized several ninja swords, and gained a new soul-draining technique and the Shikotsumyaku entry. After the battle, he learned that his power was attracting attention and planned to pursue Yuri Ringo, while Minato Namikaze noticed Kushina’s closeness to Kiyoshi.

• Kiyoshi used Wood Release to overwhelm the Hidden Mist ninja, and Suikazan Fuguki died after absorbing Kiyoshi’s Sage Chakra through the counterfeit Samehada.
• Kushina gathered the genuine ninja swords from the fallen Seven Ninja Swordsmen, while Kushimaru Kuriarare fled and Yuri Ringo escaped with Kiba.
• Obito and Nagato tested Kiyoshi with their Pain puppets, but Kiyoshi destroyed them and removed Ao’s Byakugan.
• Kiyoshi used Yamata no Orochi to kill more than eighty Hidden Mist ninja and absorb fragments of their souls, leaving him with increased spiritual energy but weakened Eye Power and vitality.
• Minato Namikaze reunited with Kushina and grew uneasy when she agreed to continue Kiyoshi’s private guidance; Kiyoshi also gained the Blade Tyrant entry and resolved to defeat Yuri Ringo.
• Kiyoshi found a Shikotsumyaku scroll on Kaguya Katsuya’s body and gained the Corpse Bone Pulse entry, which he planned to test after returning.

Kiyoshi explored his Shikotsumyaku, learned the Dance of the Seedling Fern, and combined three kinds of Sage Chakra to create a Tailed Beast-suppressing necklace for Kushina’s birthday. Hiruzen learned that Kiyoshi could use Wood Release and sent Hiruko to summon him, while Hiruko secretly planned to steal Kiyoshi’s abilities.

• Kiyoshi tested his Shikotsumyaku, formed a bone sword, and studied the Kaguya Clan’s Dead Bone Pulse: Dance of the Seedling Fern.
• Hiruzen learned that Kiyoshi had defeated six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and used Wood Release, then ordered Hiruko to bring Kiyoshi to him.
• Hiruko resolved to make Kiyoshi his next target, hoping to use the Chimera Technique to obtain his Sharingan and other abilities.
• Kiyoshi applied the Cursed Seal to himself and, after many attempts, fused its Sage Chakra with the Sage Chakra of Shikkotsu Forest and Ryūchi Cave.
• Kiyoshi shaped his Sage Chakra and Chakra Crystal Ore into a necklace that he believed could suppress Tailed Beasts, intending it as Kushina’s birthday gift.
• Kiyoshi left the experimental base, while Karin Uzumaki continued tending the farmland and hoped the war would end.

Kiyoshi visited Kushina at midnight on her birthday, gave her a jade necklace that suppressed the Nine-Tails, and shared her first kiss. The next morning, Kushina went to Mikoto for advice, unaware that Mikoto had grown upset as she listened.

• The Nine-Tails warned Kushina that Kiyoshi Uchiha posed a danger, but she refused to release him.
• Minato Namikaze prepared a birthday gift for Kushina, then saw Kiyoshi with her and left without giving it to her.
• Kiyoshi gave Kushina a handmade jade necklace containing his Chakra, which suppressed the Nine-Tails and eased its influence on her.
• Kushina kissed Kiyoshi, and he left after their first kiss; she hid beneath her blanket until dawn, embarrassed.
• Kushina went to Mikoto to tell her about Kiyoshi’s visit and gift, while Mikoto’s expression grew darker.

Mikoto awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan after learning that Kushina had kissed Kiyoshi, while Kirigakure agreed to pull back its forces. Kiyoshi exposed Hiruko’s Chimera Technique, forced him to record his research, and then received the Hidden Mist’s ceasefire request from Hiruzen.

• Kushina told Mikoto about Kiyoshi’s necklace and admitted that she had kissed him, causing Mikoto to awaken her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Mikoto left to find Kiyoshi, while Fugaku noticed her cold demeanor and Minato hurried to Kushina with a birthday gift.
• Karatachi Yagura ordered Kirigakure to pull back its battle lines after Genji and the other clan representatives opposed continuing the war.
• Kiyoshi confronted Hiruko about the Chimera Technique, defeated him with genjutsu, and made him write down his experiments and techniques.
• Kiyoshi gained the Kekkei Genkai Ninja trait and planted a suggestion that Hiruko continue his research and return to him after mastering five Kekkei Genkai.
• Hiruzen told Kiyoshi that Hidden Mist had requested a ceasefire and authorized him to negotiate the return of the ninja swords, with Tsunade accompanying him.

Kiyoshi gained the Sword Saint trait and tested new sword-control and long-range Chakra techniques before Mikoto confronted him about kissing Kushina. Mikoto awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, kissed Kiyoshi, and later explained her Ama-no-Iwato abilities, leaving their relationship newly complicated.

• Kiyoshi requested that Kushina teach him Uzumaki Fuinjutsu, and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed while keeping Kiyoshi close to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kiyoshi received the Sword Saint trait from defeating Yuri Ringo, then tested Chakra-controlled blades and his new Arrow of Heavenly Kagu technique.
• Mikoto confronted Kiyoshi after learning from Kushina that he had kissed her, revealing her newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan.
• While Kushina waited outside Kiyoshi's tent with Minato Namikaze, Mikoto kissed Kiyoshi and stayed with him through the morning.
• Mikoto later told Kiyoshi that her Ama-no-Iwato Dojutsu could weaken a target's ninjutsu and trap enemies inside a barrier.

Kiyoshi received Tsunade’s Chakra Enhanced Strength technique and prepared to travel with her to Hidden Mist to negotiate a peace agreement. After the delegation arrived, Tsunade reviewed Kirigakure’s conciliatory terms while Mei Terumi and Yuri Ringo confronted Kiyoshi outside.

• Mikoto spent the night with Kiyoshi, then met Kushina and awakened a new Sharingan pattern she called the Love Sharingan.
• Tsunade gave Kiyoshi a scroll containing Chakra Enhanced Strength, and he continued studying Wood Dragon Technique and Storm Release.
• Kiyoshi refused to return Nobuhiko’s Byakugan to Hizashi Hyuga until the Hyuga Clan offered a concrete reward.
• Tsunade led Kiyoshi, Shisui Uchiha, Uzuki Yugao, Hayate Gekko, and other ninja to meet Kirigakure and discuss a treaty.
• Tsunade examined Hidden Mist’s conciliatory treaty as Kiyoshi noticed Mei Terumi and Yuri Ringo watching him.

Kiyoshi challenged Mei Terumi to a Lava Release sparring match for the six stolen ninja swords, defeated her, and gained new Entries for Lava Release and Boil Release. Meanwhile, Fugaku used his Mangekyo Dojutsu to glimpse a fragment of a possible future involving Mikoto and her pregnancy, but he could not understand what it meant.

• Kiyoshi taunted Mei Terumi in the negotiation corridor, then offered the six ninja swords as a wager for a sparring match using only Lava Release.
• Mei Terumi accepted, and Kiyoshi defeated her by countering her acid techniques and piercing her molten defense with a Lava Release blade.
• Kiyoshi gained the Mysteries of Lava Release and Mysteries of Boil Release Entries after defeating Mei Terumi, who agreed to prepare secret techniques and show him the nearby area the next day.
• Fugaku ended his first use of the Mangekyo Dojutsu with weakened eyesight after glimpsing a possible future in which Mikoto was pregnant and said he was unfit to raise her child.

Fugaku considered the cost of his Mangekyō and wondered whether Kiyoshi’s strength came from his dojutsu. In Hidden Mist, Kiyoshi demonstrated a Cursed Seal that enhanced Mei Terumi’s power and negotiated for her help increasing his Eye Power, leaving Mei eager to test the serum and someday retaliate against him.

• Fugaku reflected on the Mangekyō’s dangerous side effects, wondered whether Kiyoshi had awakened it, and decided to find a chance to test him.
• Mei Terumi gave Kiyoshi the promised scrolls, then took him around the village while he studied them and quickly demonstrated a basic Boil Release technique.
• Kiyoshi told Mei that the Fourth Mizukage might be under genjutsu and offered her a Cursed Seal to help her gain strength and become Mizukage in exchange for Hidden Mist secret techniques and help increasing his Eye Power.
• Kiyoshi bit Mei’s neck to give her a trial Cursed Seal, and she felt its power awaken within her.
• Mei walked through the village wearing a chain held by Kiyoshi, while Yuri Ringo spotted them and laughed at Mei’s predicament.
• That night, Mei wore a scarf to conceal the Cursed Seal marks and hurried to her room with the serum, determined to try it and someday make Kiyoshi pay.

Kiyoshi mastered Storm Release, sought Tsunade’s help in reaching Mount Myoboku, and returned with Konoha’s forces as the war against Kumogakure neared its final battle. He began learning Fuinjutsu from Kushina while Kumogakure’s leaders prepared for a desperate fight.

• Kiyoshi developed Storm Release and used its magnetic force to gather rare metals.
• Kiyoshi massaged Tsunade, who agreed to try to persuade Jiraiya to help him reach Mount Myoboku.
• Kiyoshi’s group returned to camp after Konoha signed a peace treaty with the Hidden Mist, leaving Kumogakure as its remaining opponent.
• The Fourth Raikage urged Kumogakure’s leaders to maintain their resolve and told Killer B they were counting on him.
• Kiyoshi reunited with Kushina, healed her hand, and accompanied her to learn Fuinjutsu.

Kiyoshi learned the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing techniques from Kushina with startling speed, then joined Konoha’s war council as the village prepared to strike Kumogakure. The chapter left him anticipating a battle with the Fourth Raikage and planning to claim Kumogakure’s Six Paths Tools.

• Kushina taught Kiyoshi Uzumaki Clan sealing techniques, and he mastered the first technique after hearing its explanation once.
• Kushina compared Kiyoshi’s learning speed with Minato Namikaze, who said it had taken him three or four days to learn his first sealing technique.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s war council assigned Minato Namikaze to the front against the Tailed Beasts and decided Konoha would launch a surprise attack on Kumogakure in two days.
• Shimura Danzō opposed Kiyoshi’s assignment, but Hiruzen Sarutobi rebuked him and insisted that he obey the Hokage’s orders.
• Kiyoshi planned to take Kumogakure’s Six Paths Tools and considered combining them with pieces of the Seven Ninja Swords in a sword he was forging.
• Kiyoshi sensed progress in his Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation and demonstrated Lightning Release: Lightning Blade.

Kiyoshi led Konoha’s surprise attack on a Kumogakure camp, defeated its defenders, and seized several Six Paths Tools. He joined the main battlefield, where he and Tsunade healed Konoha’s forces before the Fourth Raikage confronted him and activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

• Kiyoshi silently killed Kumogakure’s scouts with miniature arrows, then destroyed the camp with a powerful Arrow of Heavenly Kagu.
• Kiyoshi defeated Kōkaku, took the Bashō Fan, and used Susanoo to overcome the Kumogakure ninja guarding the Six Paths Tools.
• Kiyoshi’s Susanoo advanced to its Second Stage as he routed the arriving Kumogakure forces, and Konoha’s follow-up troops secured the camp.
• The Fourth Raikage learned that Kiyoshi had taken the Six Paths Tools and ordered Mabui to prepare the Amber Purifying Pot before going to the front lines himself.
• Kiyoshi and Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to heal Konoha’s fighters, prompting the Fourth Raikage to confront Kiyoshi and activate Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Kiyoshi Uchiha battled the Fourth Raikage with Susanoo, then fought Killer B and the Eight-Tails after they joined the battlefield. He subdued both Raikage and Killer B with Sage Art: Wood Dragon Technique and obtained the Hentai Raikage trait.

• The Fourth Raikage attacked Kiyoshi with Lightning Release Chakra Mode, but Kiyoshi’s armored Susanoo withstood his strikes and drove him back.
• Tsunade fought Dodai while Kakashi and Rin supported her, and Tsunade retreated to recover from her hemophobia.
• Killer B broke away from the main battle and rushed toward the Fourth Raikage, prompting Mikoto and Kushina to head after him.
• Kiyoshi used Susanoo to shield the nearby Konoha shinobi from Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bombs and stopped the Eight-Tails’ charge.
• Kiyoshi bound the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails with Sage Art: Wood Dragon Technique, draining their Chakra until he defeated the Raikage and gained the Hentai Raikage trait.