Recaps

After Hatake Sakumo’s suicide, Chiyu guided Kakashi away from the Will of Fire and searched for Miyuki Uzumaki as a possible replacement for Kushina. He earned a fearsome reputation in battle, then accepted Danzo’s mission to suppress the Uchiha and was invited to join Root.

• Hatake Sakumo killed himself after his former teammates and Shigui condemned him, and Chiyu and Kushina comforted the grieving Kakashi.
• Chiyu told Kakashi that Konoha had betrayed Sakumo and that its leaders used the Will of Fire to manipulate ninjas, and Kakashi rejected the village’s claim on his loyalty.
• Chiyu awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, then took Kakashi to the Land of Grass and found the starving Miyuki Uzumaki in Kusagakure.
• Chiyu brought Miyuki to Konoha and told Jiraiya he wanted her to replace Kushina as the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki, but Jiraiya opposed the plan.
• Chiyu and Kakashi fought Cloud Ninja in the Land of Hot Water, and Chiyu used Myriad Rejection to defeat an elite squad and become known as the Blood-Eyed Asura.
• Chiyu infiltrated Kumogakure, released the Eight-Tails, and helped trigger a battle that ended with Blue B dead and Killer B as its new Jinchuriki.
• Chiyu fought A and Killer B, wounded both, and escaped with part of the Eight-Tails sealed in a scroll after they fled.
• Danzo summoned Chiyu, assigned him to suppress the Uchiha under his command, and asked him to join Root.

Chiyu secured Miyuki Uzumaki as the likely replacement for Kushina as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, then fought through missions that reshaped Akatsuki and devastated the Uchiha forces. After the Land of Waves campaign, he entered the clash between the Third Raikage and Iwagakure, ending with his blade at the Raikage’s neck.

• Chiyu asked Danzo to replace Kushina with Miyuki as the Jinchuriki candidate, then accompanied him to Amegakure, where Yahiko died and Nagato escaped with Konan after summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Chiyu persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to consider Miyuki for the Nine-Tails, gained Mito Uzumaki’s agreement, and accepted Danzo’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal.
• Chiyu secretly kept Yahiko alive in Ryūchi Cave, then recruited him to establish the Owl Organization under the masked name Shindai and promised to protect Nagato and Konan.
• Chiyu took command of the Uchiha forces in the Land of Waves, killed Uchiha Kazuo and four other Uchiha who defied him, and forced Uchiha Fugaku and the remaining clan members to obey.
• Chiyu led the campaign against Kirigakure, during which Might Duy killed several of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and died after opening the Gate of Death, and the Uchiha forces dwindled to just over thirty.
• Chiyu followed the Third Raikage into the Land of the Moon, discovered Kitsuchi’s Stone Ninja army, and joined the battle while insisting that he fought in his own name.
• Chiyu fought the Third Raikage with ninjutsu, genjutsu, and underground tactics, then used Myriad Rejection to strip away the Raikage’s Lightning Release Armor and pierced him at the neck and shoulder.

Chiyu helped Miyuki become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, then joined Minato’s team as Kakashi and Obito’s mission at Kannabi Bridge ended in Obito’s apparent death and Kakashi gaining his Sharingan. Chiyu secretly tracked Madara’s plans and, after Madara discovered his spying, offered to help conceal and support Obito in exchange for a future fight.

• Chiyu survived his battle with the Third Raikage, returned to Konoha, and learned Mito had chosen Miyuki to inherit the Nine-Tails instead of Kushina.
• Miyuki became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki after Mito died, and Chiyu used genjutsu to help restrain the beast and planted a protective seal in Miyuki’s eye.
• Chiyu and Minato joined Kakashi’s team for the Kannabi Bridge mission, where Kakashi and Obito argued over whether to prioritize the mission or rescue Rin and Katsuhiko.
• Kakashi and Obito rescued Rin, but Obito was trapped beneath a boulder and gave Kakashi his Sharingan before Kakashi and Rin escaped the collapsing cave.
• Kakashi killed Katsuhiko for abandoning Obito, while Chiyu backed Kakashi’s authority and promised to protect him from the Uchiha Clan’s claim to the Sharingan.
• Chiyu watched Madara replace Obito’s crushed body with a White Zetsu body, then destroyed Kannabi Bridge with Minato as Obito woke in Madara’s hideout and resisted his plan.
• Obito left Madara’s hideout to rescue Rin after learning she was surrounded by Kirigakure forces, while Madara discovered Chiyu’s spying snake.
• Chiyu offered to help Madara conceal and support Obito, guessed that Madara intended to use Obito to revive himself, and decided the risks of cooperation were worthwhile.

Chiyu helped Obito and Madara’s plans move forward while avenging Rin by attacking Kirigakure, then witnessed Minato become Hokage and married Kushina. After the wedding, Chiyu steered Danzo toward a new scheme against the Uchiha Clan and revealed to Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga that Konoha had driven his family to their deaths.

• Obito Uchiha witnessed Rin Nohara’s death, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, slaughtered the Hidden Mist ninja, and returned to Madara Uchiha determined to create a world where Rin lived.
• Madara Uchiha explained his dream-world plan to Obito Uchiha, while Chiyu later met Madara at Mountain Graveyard, agreed to help him in exchange for a future battle, and cut off his head.
• Chiyu told Kakashi that Rin Nohara had died, then took him to Kirigakure, where they fought the Hidden Mist and Chiyu killed the Third Mizukage after destroying much of the village.
• Chiyu and Kakashi returned to Konoha as the war ended, and Minato Namikaze was chosen as Fourth Hokage despite Danzo’s preference for Orochimaru.
• Chiyu asked Kushina Uzumaki to marry him, and they held their wedding at Inari Shrine with Orochimaru officiating and Kakashi and other guests attending.
• After the wedding, Chiyu proposed that Danzo establish a department to provoke the Uchiha Clan and increase Root’s influence, then resolved to take revenge on the clan before Clan Annihilation Night.
• Yahiko brought Pakura and Raiga Kurosuki to Chiyu, and Chiyu revealed that Konoha had driven his family to their deaths and that he had been bullied there.