Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Sharingan and Genjutsu
- 6.2Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi
- 6.3Susanoo
- 6.4Six-Tomoe Rinnegan
- 6.5Six Paths Power: Yin
- 6.6Kirin and Lightning Weapon Techniques
- 6.7Majestic Attire and Cooperative Techniques
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Story Role / Major Arcs
- 9.1Shao Nan’s Intervention
- 9.2Chūnin Exams and Shukaku
- 9.3Konoha’s Leaders and Itachi’s Sacrifice
- 9.4Uchiha Survivors and Family Reunion
- 9.5Lunar Battle and Public Recognition
- 9.6Land of Snow and Revealing Her Identity
- 9.7The Uchiha Stone Tablet
- 9.8Kirigakure and the Akatsuki
- 9.9Ten-Year Epilogue
- 10Notable Quotes
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Uchiha Zuo Ying — revealed as her true name, not a newly adopted identity 180. |
| Alias(es) | Uchiha Sasuke; 二柱子. The Sage of Six Paths also addresses her as Indra, a name she dislikes 167 178. |
| Gender | Female; initially presents herself as male and later reveals her identity to Naruto 179 180. |
| Affiliation | Uchiha clan; Konohagakure; Team 7; Shao Nan’s group 10 104 136. |
| Occupation/Role | Shinobi; Shao Nan’s subordinate and self-described “little brother”; publicly recognized as one of the Ninja World’s saviors 134 135. |
| Family | Mikoto Uchiha — mother; Fugaku Uchiha — father; Itachi Uchiha — older brother 108 168. |
| Reincarnation | Indra’s reincarnation, possessing chakra that responds to Six Paths Power 15 109. |
| Status | Alive; appears as an adult after the finale’s ten-year time skip 232. |
| First Appearance | Chapter 10, the earliest supplied appearance: returns from the Land of Waves with Team 7 10. |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| One-Tomoe Sharingan | 15 | Retrospectively established as awakening at age seven during the Uchiha massacre; insufficient chakra limited the initial awakening. |
| Three-Tomoe Sharingan | 15 | Awakens after witnessing Naruto collapse, bloodied by Shao Nan’s deliberate attack. |
| Mangekyō Sharingan | 15 | Immediately follows the three-tomoe stage at age twelve. Develops six-pointed-star patterns and uses Amaterasu against Shao Nan. |
| Susanoo → Complete Body Susanoo | 15 | After being forced to swallow Shao Nan’s Sage-body blood, progresses through skeletal, humanoid, armored, and winged forms. The completed warrior exceeds one hundred meters in height. |
| Temporary dual Six-Tomoe Rinnegan | 15 | Both eyes briefly transform before exhaustion causes collapse and reversion. A second manifestation later reverts to the Mangekyō Sharingan, confirming that the awakening is incomplete 31. |
| Independent Mangekyō combat | 30 | Takes control of her own body after Shao Nan’s demonstration. Combines Amaterasu, Kagutsuchi, and Susanoo arrows while receiving chakra support. |
| Independent Complete Body Susanoo deployment | 34 | Uses the completed form against Shukaku, catching and crushing a Tailed Beast Ball and restraining the beast. |
| Amenotejikara available | 87 | Uses the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan’s position-swapping ability during Hiruzen’s sealing attempt, redirecting the attack onto Danzō. |
| Completed Six-Tomoe Rinnegan awakening | 109 | Shao Nan transfers Six Paths Power: Yin, which merges with her Indra chakra. A black crescent appears on her left palm, and the Mangekyō transforms into the Rinnegan. |
| Lightning-armored Complete Body Susanoo | 122 | Shao Nan guides her in merging the Thunder God Sword with Susanoo, creating blue-violet lightning armor and a spiritual lightning blade. |
| Six Paths Yin-enhanced lightning Susanoo | 124 | Adds Six Paths Power: Yin to the lightning-armored form and its weapon, producing black lightning resembling Six Paths: Chidori. |
| Majestic Attire: Susanoo — Wood Buddha | 131 | With chakra from Shao Nan’s Wood Clone, enlarges Susanoo enough to armor a nearly thousand-meter Wood Release Buddha supplied by Shao Nan. |
| Majestic Attire: Susanoo — Yin Nine-Tails | 209 | Combines her Susanoo with Tsunade’s Yin Nine-Tails, sage power, and Kushina’s chakra. The participating giant forms reach roughly five hundred meters. |
Background / History
Sasuke survived the Uchiha clan’s downfall and grew up believing that Itachi had killed their family, including Mikoto. Hatred of her brother became a defining goal, while memories of Mikoto’s tenderness, Fugaku’s strictness, and Itachi’s earlier kindness remained deeply important to her 15 68 108 168.
As a member of Kakashi’s Team 7, she fought alongside Naruto and Sakura in the Land of Waves. Naruto later recalls that Sasuke was injured protecting him during their confrontation with Haku 10 30.
Sasuke initially conceals that she is female. Shao Nan discovers the secret while controlling her body through Sharingan genjutsu and agrees to keep it. Much later, she decides that his protection means she no longer needs to maintain the disguise 27 179.
Appearance
Sasuke’s presentation changes from an aloof, masculine disguise to openly feminine clothing and mannerisms 110 179.
- Eyes: Normally black; her Mangekyō Sharingan has a six-pointed-star pattern. Her Six-Tomoe Rinnegan is deep purple with concentric ripples and six black tomoe 15 31.
- Hair: By the time she prepares to reveal her identity, her long hair falls over her shoulders 179.
- Clothing: Wears Uchiha men’s clothing bearing the clan’s fan crest and binds her chest while maintaining the disguise 135 142 179.
- Feminine presentation: Wears Mikoto’s clothes before publicly abandoning the disguise 110 179.
- Six Paths mark: A black crescent forms in the center of her left palm after receiving Six Paths Power: Yin 109.
Personality
Sasuke is proud, reserved, and competitive. Her early interactions with Naruto frequently involve insults and challenges, but her composure does not mean indifference: Naruto’s apparent death triggers her Mangekyō awakening, and she repeatedly protects him in battle 10 14 15 33 34.
Her confidence often exceeds her experience. Hashirama exposes gaps in her defense during their sparring match, while her later defense of Kirigakure exhausts both her own powers and the allies supporting her. She apologizes after recognizing that she has been reckless 30 210.
Around trusted companions, Sasuke becomes more playful and emotionally expressive. She complains about Shao Nan’s orders and head-patting, seeks his attention, and grows jealous of his focus on other women. Her reunion with Mikoto breaks through her usual restraint entirely, leaving her crying in her mother’s arms 108 152 168 176.
She also has a pronounced aversion to filth. During the Hiruko battle, his blood and grotesque summoned creature disgust her enough that Naruto criticizes her obsession with cleanliness 63.
Abilities & Skills
Sharingan and Genjutsu
Sasuke uses her Sharingan for battlefield observation and illusion techniques 33 152.
- Recognizes that Shao Nan deliberately holds back when attacking the Chūnin Exam participants 33.
- Incapacitates an entire group of ordinary Land of Snow soldiers without killing them 152.
- Reads increasingly detailed portions of the Uchiha stone tablet by switching between the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, Mangekyō Sharingan, and Rinnegan 169.
Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi
Her left Mangekyō produces Amaterasu’s black flames; her right eye uses Kagutsuchi to manipulate them 15 30.
- Coats Susanoo in black flames to force a chakra-absorbing Wood Dragon to release it 30.
- Creates Amaterasu: Purple Arrow by combining black flames with a Susanoo arrow 30.
- Controls and extinguishes spreading flames during the Shukaku battle 34.
- Burns White Zetsu during the confrontation with Obito and Black Zetsu 117.
- Counters: Shao Nan discards the chakra carrying the flames, Orochimaru sheds his burning body, and Hiruko absorbs them with Dark Release 15 27 63.
Susanoo
Sasuke manifests a purple chakra warrior ranging from skeletal defenses to a winged Complete Body Susanoo 15.
- Uses skeletal arms to block close-range attacks and seize opponents 29 63.
- Employs bows, arrows, and swords in its larger forms 15 30.
- Severs Shukaku’s arm, crushes its Tailed Beast Ball, and restrains it while Naruto approaches Gaara 34.
- Battles three enormous stone colossi during the attack on Konoha 94.
- Limits: Early prolonged use overwhelms her physical endurance. Lower forms are penetrated by Tobirama’s Water Severing Technique, while Kisame’s chakra-absorbing shark grows stronger when struck with Susanoo 29 30 220.
Six-Tomoe Rinnegan
Sasuke’s Rinnegan grants spatial and gravitational techniques 110 152 220.
- Amenotejikara: Swaps her position with a person or object within a designated range. It can function even while her body is controlled and can forcibly bring nearby targets to her side 110.
- Combat applications: Redirects Hiruzen’s sealing attempt onto Danzō and places Toneri directly in the path of her thrown Thunder God Sword 87 126.
- Space-time portals: Her left eye can open circular portals between spaces. These consume substantial chakra; excessive use can temporarily erase the Rinnegan’s six tomoe 110.
- Banshō Ten’in: Pulls Nadare Rōga back when he attempts to flee into the palace 152.
- Shinra Tensei: Repels and destroys more than one hundred of Sasori’s puppets 220.
Six Paths Power: Yin
Transferred by Shao Nan, this power combines with Sasuke’s Indra chakra to complete her Rinnegan awakening 109.
- Enhances her lightning Susanoo and Thunder God Sword with black energy 124.
- Powers the sword strike that impales and paralyzes Toneri 126.
- Limit: Severe depletion of ocular and Six Paths powers cannot be resolved by ordinary chakra transfers alone. Shao Nan restores her after the Kirigakure crisis 210 212.
Kirin and Lightning Weapon Techniques
Sasuke learns to reproduce Lightning Release: Kirin after watching Shao Nan demonstrate it with the Thunder God Sword 63 85.
- Generates enormous thunderclouds and protects herself and Naruto inside Crow Tengu Susanoo before the lightning strikes 85.
- Counter: Hiruzen grounds the attack through Enma’s enlarged Adamantine Staff, using it as a lightning rod 85.
- Merges the sword with Susanoo to produce lightning armor and a nonphysical spiritual blade 122.
Majestic Attire and Cooperative Techniques
Sasuke can use her Complete Body Susanoo as armor for a giant construct or tailed beast 131 209.
- Wood Buddha: Armors Shao Nan’s giant Buddha and overwhelms Toneri’s regenerating stone statue; the Buddha and supporting chakra come from Shao Nan 131.
- Yin Nine-Tails: Combines with Tsunade’s tailed beast and Kushina’s chakra to defend Kirigakure 209.
- Combined cannon: Infuses a massive Tailed Beast Ball with the Lightning Spirit Sword. The attack destroys the initial tsunami and vaporizes a vast portion of the ocean, but remaining seawater reforms into dangerous waves 209 210.
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Thunder God Sword — A transparent blue, Kusanagi-like sword given by Shao Nan. Supports Kirin and transforms into the Lightning Spirit Sword when merged with Susanoo 63 122 209.
- Golden Six Paths Staff — Given to Sasuke after her encounter with the Sage. Formed from half the Six Paths power remaining in the stone tablet, it becomes her exclusive weapon and requires no chakra from her to operate 178 179.
- Yata Mirror — Recovered among Itachi’s relics. Sasuke summons it through a scroll and expands it into a coastal defensive wall that reflects the remaining waves threatening Kirigakure 100 210.
- Itachi’s recovered relics — Retrieves a scroll containing the Totsuka Blade, Yata Mirror, and Yasaka Magatama. The Totsuka Blade subsequently shatters and vanishes 100 108.
- Ninja tool pouch and scrolls — Used to carry and summon weapons and recovered items 100 122 210.
Relationships
- Naruto Uzumaki — Teammate, rival, and her “most special close friend.” Their bickering coexists with mutual protection; his apparent death triggers her Mangekyō awakening. She eventually reveals her gender and true name to him directly 15 30 34 180.
- Shao Nan — Boss, protector, and primary guide to her enhanced powers. Sasuke explicitly calls herself his “little brother,” rather than his disciple. Her attachment develops into romantic affection, which she expresses openly as an adult 134 168 179 232.
- Itachi Uchiha — Older brother and former target of revenge. His death protecting her, followed by his revelations under Impure World Reincarnation, changes her hatred into grief and a qualified forgiveness 86 99 104.
- Mikoto Uchiha — Mother, believed dead for five years but actually sealed inside the Totsuka Blade. Their reunion is deeply emotional; Sasuke later accepts Mikoto’s relationship with Shao Nan 108 109.
- Fugaku Uchiha — Father, remembered for his strictness 168.
- Kakashi Hatake — Team 7 leader. Attempts to stop Shao Nan’s first awakening experiment and later recognizes how greatly Sasuke has improved under his guidance 10 15 179.
- Sakura — Team 7 teammate who tries to restrain Naruto and Sasuke’s arguments. Naruto later learns that Sasuke did not reciprocate her pursuit 14 180.
- Hashirama Senju — Sparring partner who praises her creativity and compares fighting her to fighting Madara 30.
- Tobirama Senju — Hostile training opponent who fears her Uchiha heritage and Rinnegan could threaten Konoha 29 31.
- Tsunade and Kushina — Affectionate older-sister figures and combat partners. Support her during Kirigakure’s defense and care for her afterward 200 209 210.
- Kurenai Yuhi and Kazahana Koyuki — Escort-mission companions who learn her secret and encourage her to stop dressing as a man 136 144 145.
- Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō — Konoha leaders who target her to conceal their involvement in the Uchiha downfall. Their attempt to eliminate her and Naruto ends in both leaders’ deaths 76 83 87.
- Sage of Six Paths — Addresses her as Indra, explains Black Zetsu’s corruption of the clan tablet, and secretly provides the power that forms her exclusive golden staff 178 179.
Story Role / Major Arcs
Shao Nan’s Intervention
After seeing Shao Nan’s strength at the Senju banquet, Sasuke secretly seeks instruction alongside Naruto. Shao Nan initially refuses, then uses Naruto’s apparent death and his own Sage-body blood to force Sasuke’s potential awake. Kakashi objects to the experiment, and Sasuke is taken away for treatment after collapsing 14 15 16.
Shao Nan later offers to arrange a one-on-one confrontation with Itachi in exchange for Sasuke becoming his “little brother.” Sasuke remembers the forced awakening but also recognizes the lasting change in her eyes 24.
Chūnin Exams and Shukaku
In the Forest of Death, Orochimaru’s killing intent overwhelms Sasuke despite her enhanced powers. Shao Nan intervenes and uses her body to demonstrate how to fight, then turns the confrontation with the reanimated Hokage into practical training 27 29 30.
Sasuke subsequently fights Shukaku alongside Naruto. Rather than finishing the encounter alone, she restrains the beast and lets Naruto attempt to awaken Gaara 33 34.
Konoha’s Leaders and Itachi’s Sacrifice
Hiruzen approaches Sasuke with a supposed solo mission after Kurama senses hostile intent directed at her. The situation develops into a battle against Hiruzen and Danzō, with Naruto refusing to abandon her 78 83 84.
Itachi intercepts the Dead Demon Consuming Seal aimed at Sasuke. Sasuke’s Amenotejikara redirects the later sealing attempt onto Danzō, and Hiruzen dies shortly afterward. Exhausted and confused, she questions why her brother protected her and why Konoha’s leaders considered her death necessary 86 87.
Shao Nan reassures both survivors that they matter more to him than their enemies. Sasuke then presents Itachi’s body and asks for the truth 99 100.
Uchiha Survivors and Family Reunion
Through Itachi’s genjutsu, Sasuke learns how Konoha’s leadership manipulated him and engineered the clan’s destruction. She forgives him personally but refuses to forgive him on behalf of the dead. Itachi entrusts her with protecting the surviving Uchiha 104.
Shao Nan reunites her with Mikoto and explains that her mother and other civilians survived inside the Totsuka Blade’s sealed world. Sasuke accepts the complicated family situation and begins asking what future the Uchiha clan should pursue 108 109.
Lunar Battle and Public Recognition
Sasuke travels to the moon to help Shao Nan, then confronts Toneri with his guidance and weapon support. She wounds Toneri with an Amenotejikara-assisted sword strike and later fights his regenerating stone statue in Majestic Attire: Susanoo 120 122 126 131.
Leaked footage makes Sasuke and Shao Nan famous as the warriors who prevented a lunar catastrophe. Foreign observers identify them as Konoha shinobi, although their exact identities remain unknown to the broader public 135.
Land of Snow and Revealing Her Identity
Sasuke joins Shao Nan and Kurenai on the mission to escort Koyuki to the Land of Snow. During the journey, she deliberately limits herself to taijutsu against Kakuzu and Hidan because she wants practice rather than an immediate victory 136 141.
Koyuki exposes her gender to Kurenai, and both encourage her to resume a feminine presentation. After returning to Konoha, Sasuke decides to stop pretending and tells Naruto that her true name is Uchiha Zuo Ying 144 145 179 180.
The Uchiha Stone Tablet
Sasuke’s Rinnegan reveals contradictory instructions on the clan tablet: one promotes Infinite Tsukuyomi as salvation, while another warns against reviving the Ten-Tails and advocates cooperation. She confronts the Sage of Six Paths, who confirms that Black Zetsu altered the first message 169 178.
Kirigakure and the Akatsuki
Sasuke helps Tsunade and Kushina defend Kirigakure from an enormous tsunami. Their combined cannon destroys the first wave, and Sasuke uses the Yata Mirror to repel the reformed waves before collapsing from depleted ocular and Six Paths powers. Shao Nan subsequently restores her 209 210 212.
During the later Akatsuki confrontation, she destroys Sasori’s puppet army with Shinra Tensei. Madara’s return introduces a stronger threat, but he ultimately declines to fight after recognizing the opposing group’s strength, including Sasuke’s Six Paths-level power 220 223 226.
Ten-Year Epilogue
Sasuke appears as an adult after ten years of waiting for Shao Nan. Still proud and impatient, she now openly seeks his attention and affection, and learns to compete with him at cards 232.
Notable Quotes
“Brother, I can forgive you, but I cannot forgive you on behalf of the Uchiha clansmen who died.” 104
“I'm not the boss's disciple. I'm the boss's little brother!” 134
“I've thought it through. I want to return to my original identity. I had no choice before, but now that I have you, Boss, I don't need to keep pretending.” 179