Danzo

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Danzo (团藏)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Konoha; Root; Hokage faction; Shimura Clan 53 67
Occupation/Role	Leader of Root; Hokage’s aide and advisor, described as Konoha’s highest-ranking ninja beneath the Hokage 53 61
Status	Deceased; sentenced to death and executed by Uchiha Mirai 61 62
First Appearance	Chapter 8, in the provided excerpts 8

Background / History

Earlier Conflict with Uchiha Mirai

Three years before Mirai’s return, Danzo advocated assassinating him before his power fully matured. Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected the proposal because killing Mirai would enrage the Uchiha Clan. Instead, Konoha’s leadership used Root and ANBU to pressure Mirai into seclusion 11 13 26.

When Mirai returned, Danzo opposed concessions to the Uchiha and repeatedly urged their elimination. He invoked the Second Hokage’s teachings to portray the clan as inherently evil, while Hiruzen initially insisted on investigating their intentions before taking action 8 11.

The Cloud Ninja Incident

After Mirai killed Cloud ninja, Danzo proposed exploiting the threat to Konoha’s peace agreement: demand that the Uchiha surrender Mirai, then use any refusal as grounds to suppress the entire clan 19.

This effort lost support when Hiashi Hyuga revealed that Mirai had saved his daughter from Cloud ninja seeking the Byakugan. Danzo tried to redirect the meeting toward avoiding war, but Choza Akimichi challenged the attempt to dismiss the circumstances behind the killings 22.

Root Infiltration and Failed Assassination

Mirai distracted Danzo through his contact with Naruto while sending a nuclear clone into Root’s base. The clone stole Hashirama Cells and impersonated a masked man claiming to be Uchiha Madara. Danzo rushed back with the Body Flicker Technique, but his Wind Release attack failed to stop the intruder’s escape 32 33.

Danzo subsequently deployed elite Root operatives against Mirai, including Aburame Shikuro, whose nano poison insects he regarded as an ideal counter to Mirai’s poisonous abilities. The assassination failed, leaving the attackers dead and Mirai unharmed 39 42.

At the resulting confrontation, Danzo could not persuade the assembled Konoha shinobi to attack Mirai. His attempt to pressure Fugaku also backfired when Fugaku disclosed that Mirai was already the Uchiha clan head. The Uchiha then demanded accountability for the assassination attempt 42 43 44.

Attempted Extermination of the Uchiha

As Konoha’s leadership moved toward exterminating the clan, Danzo ordered Shisui to assassinate Mirai. Unknown to him, Shisui was following Mirai’s plans; Mirai selected Danzo as the target of Kotoamatsukami and intended to turn him against the masked “Madara” 47 48 51.

Danzo gathered hundreds of shinobi from Root, ANBU, and several ninja clans for a nighttime assault on the Uchiha compound. He expected Fugaku to avoid direct resistance and believed Shisui’s assassination mission would reduce Mirai’s threat 52 53 59.

The compound was a prepared trap. After learning that his forces were suffering heavy casualties, Danzo entered the battle personally. He killed a fleeing Root subordinate and confronted Fugaku before Mirai trapped him inside his Domain Expansion 56 57.

Defeat and Execution

Inside Mirai’s independent world, Danzo was tortured with spikes and could not use summoning techniques. He escaped one fatal outcome through Izanagi and counterattacked with wind blades, but Mirai’s control over the world’s rules dispersed them. A subsequent Godzilla-claw strike destroyed another of Danzo’s lives 58 59 60.

Danzo returned to the compound bloodied, missing his right arm and right eye, and begged Hiruzen to save him. Mirai displayed the severed arm as evidence that Danzo had combined Hashirama Cells with stolen Uchiha Sharingan 61.

Hiruzen initially sought to place Danzo in ANBU custody. Faced with Mirai, Fugaku, and Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan and Susanoo, he ultimately allowed Danzo’s death sentence. Mirai executed Danzo with a colossal blade, leaving a ravine at Konoha’s edge 61 62 84.

Appearance

• Elderly: Described as an elderly man when he approaches Shisui 51.
• Bandages: Wears bandages around his right arm and part of his face; his left eye is the single exposed eye 36 56.
• Cane: Regularly leans on a cane and pounds it against the ground during angry confrontations 32 42 43.
• Augmented right arm: White, with a human face at the shoulder and multiple implanted Sharingan 61.
• Final injuries: Returns from Mirai’s world with split skin, extensive bleeding, and the loss of his right arm and right eye 61.

Personality

Danzo presents extreme measures as necessary sacrifices for Konoha. He repeatedly labels the Uchiha inherently evil and uses accusations of “endangering the village” to justify assassination and extermination. His plans also serve personal interests: during the compound assault, he anticipates collecting the victims’ Sharingan to strengthen his transplanted arm 19 43 52 56.

His ambition to become Hokage is a deep source of resentment. Hiruzen’s authority forces him to remain behind the scenes, and Mirai’s mockery of that unfulfilled ambition nearly makes him lose control in public 43.

Although meticulous about protecting Root’s secrets, Danzo repeatedly underestimates his opponents. He assumes Fugaku will remain passive and initially mistakes the compound’s fierce fighting for a successful extermination. His intolerance of failure extends to killing his own fleeing subordinate 32 52 56 57.

Abilities & Skills

Wind Release

• Launches a cutting wind attack at the intruder escaping Root’s storage room 33.
• Fires a barrage of sharp wind blades after reviving behind Mirai 60.
• Cannot overcome Mirai’s rule manipulation inside the High Plain of Heaven; the blades disperse before striking him 60.

Izanagi

• Alters an unfavorable fate to survive a fatal outcome during Mirai’s torture 60.
• Reappears behind Mirai and immediately counterattacks 60.
• Has only a limited collection of implanted Sharingan in this timeline, rather than the arm filled with eyes described for the original story 60.

Hashirama Cell Augmentation

• Possesses a transplanted right arm cultivated from the First Hokage’s cells and combined with Uchiha Sharingan 56 61.
• Seeks additional Sharingan to increase the arm’s power 56.
• The severed arm becomes physical evidence of his forbidden experimentation 61.

Body Flicker Technique

• Uses the technique at full power to travel rapidly from Ichiraku Ramen to Root’s breached storage room 33.

Espionage and Command

• Maintains informants who report developments around the Uchiha compound, including Hiashi’s visit 36.
• Orders Root to report every movement Mirai makes, including trivial activities 38.
• Selects assassination teams around abilities he believes will counter Mirai 39 42.
• Mobilizes Root, ANBU, and clan shinobi for the extermination operation 53 59.

Equipment / Items

• Cane — Used for support and to punctuate orders or angry outbursts 32 43 53.
• Hashirama Cells — Stored in a nutrient-filled cultivation tank protected by sensory techniques sensitive to even slight vibrations; stolen by Mirai’s clone 32 33.
• Root laboratory and research records — Facilities and documents detailing forbidden experiments, later seized by Hiruzen’s ANBU 66 67.

Relationships

• Sarutobi Hiruzen — Old friend, political ally, and rival for authority. Their disagreements repeatedly end with Hiruzen asserting that he is Hokage. Hiruzen later seeks cooperation with Kumogakure partly to avenge Danzo 8 43 86.
• Uchiha Mirai — Principal enemy. Danzo advocates his assassination, attacks his clan, and is ultimately exposed and executed by him 26 53 61.
• Uchiha Shisui — Assigned to assassinate Mirai, but secretly loyal to Mirai. Shisui prepares to use Kotoamatsukami on Danzo and later joins the pressure that forces Hiruzen to permit his execution 47 51 62.
• Uchiha Fugaku — A clan leader Danzo expects to intimidate into compliance. Fugaku instead supports Mirai and personally fights Root 43 52 57.
• Aburame Shikuro — Valued Root subordinate whose nano poison insects form a central part of Danzo’s failed assassination plan 39 42.
• Obito / “Uchiha Madara” — Target of Danzo’s hostility after Mirai’s clone steals Hashirama Cells while impersonating “Madara.” Danzo later orders an attack upon discovering the real masked claimant in the compound 33 51 55.
• Hiashi Hyuga — Undermines Danzo’s campaign against Mirai by revealing the truth about the Cloud kidnapping attempt 22.
• Orochimaru — Receives Danzo’s support for human experimentation, as revealed after Danzo’s death 67.
• Ko / Sarutobi Tenzo — Wood Release user kept hidden in Root’s base. Hiruzen discovers and adopts him after Danzo’s death 67 68.

Aftermath

• Root absorbed: With Danzo dead and Root devastated, Hiruzen places its remaining personnel under ANBU 66 67.
• Further crimes exposed: Records reveal that Danzo abducted at least a dozen Konoha villagers for human experimentation 67.
• Clan resentment: The deaths of elite clan shinobi mobilized for his assault contribute to opposition against Hiruzen during the later Hokage succession struggle 105 108.
• Remains unrecovered: The Shimura Clan searches the ravine for days and finds only a few hairs of uncertain origin 67.
• “Danzo Bridge” rejected: The Hokage Council decides to fill the ravine rather than build a bridge bearing his name 66.

Notable Quotes

“But don’t worry. Leave this matter to me. Everything is for Konoha.” 19

“Only by destroying the entire Uchiha Clan can Konoha be saved!” 52

“Hiruzen... save me...” 61