Chapter Summaries

Jin deceived Orochimaru into retreating, then returned to Konoha determined to protect the Uchiha Clan from Akatsuki. As Akatsuki prepared to attack the clan and recruit an Uchiha, Jin arranged for Kakashi’s group to stay near his family and began planning to confront Danzo.

• Jin used the Transformation Technique to impersonate Jiraiya and bluff Orochimaru into withdrawing, while Kakashi and the others watched.
• Orochimaru decided to target the Uchiha Clan after Akatsuki attacked, and Akatsuki ordered Konan and Deva Pain to wipe out the clan and bring back a new member.
• Jin traveled to Konoha with Kakashi’s group, returned home ahead of them, and left a prepared letter on Uchiha Fuchiu’s desk.
• Uchiha Fuchiu persuaded the Third Hokage to give the three newcomers identities and lodging near the Uchiha Clan, while the Hokage ordered them monitored.
• Jin learned that Danzo would cooperate with Akatsuki and resolved to rely on his strength to stop the attack.

Jin secretly trained with the techniques in the Scroll of Seals while his clones guarded Konoha and fought underground beasts. As danger drew near, he spent time with Itachi, Sasuke, and Naruto and asked Itachi to teach him ninjutsu combinations and genjutsu.

• Jin practiced techniques from the Scroll of Seals by day and stationed clones around Konoha and in a hidden cave, keeping one clone beside the alarm.
• Uchiha Fuchiu learned that Jin had not been seen with a short old senior, while the Third Naruto wondered why Uchiha Fuchiu was monitoring three people and whether Danzo was involved.
• Itachi let Naruto visit Jin, then trained intensely as Jin watched and learned from him.
• Jin asked Itachi to teach him how to combine ninjutsu, and the three brothers invited Naruto to join them for barbecue.
• Jin revealed to Itachi that his Sharingan had awakened and asked him to keep it secret and teach him genjutsu.
• Uchiha Fuchiu told Uchiha Mikoto that Jin had awakened his Sharingan, and Itachi later explained how to combine ordinary ninjutsu as Jin sensed a faint danger.

Jin used genjutsu to trap Itachi in a vision that awakened Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, then led Itachi to believe Jin’s Sharingan could strengthen genjutsu. Jin ended the chapter heading to investigate Danzo while concealed by the Gale Technique.

• Jin trained his ninjutsu throughout the day, then asked Itachi to teach him genjutsu.
• Jin cast a genjutsu on Itachi that showed the Uchiha clan being massacred and awakened Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Itachi thanked Jin for helping him awaken the Mangekyō, while Jin pretended the result had been accidental.
• Itachi suspected Jin’s Sharingan could strengthen genjutsu, and Jin agreed uncertainly before Itachi said he would tell Father.
• Hinata trained her Byakugan and told Hiashi Hyuga that she wanted to protect Brother Jin.
• Jin used the Gale Technique to conceal himself and raced toward Danzo’s canyon hideout.

Jin tested whether his invisibility could evade Danzo, then confronted him in a deep valley and fought him with powerful techniques and genjutsu. Danzo escaped Jin’s illusion weakened, while Jin, nearly out of chakra, struck at him with a Rasengan.

• Jin approached Root sentries while invisible, and they sensed his killing intent but could not see him.
• Danzo tried to draw out the intruder, then hurried to a deep valley with Jin following unseen.
• Jin revealed himself to Danzo and attacked with Darkness Technique and Wood Release, but Danzo survived and revealed his Sharingan.
• Jin activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and trapped Danzo in Fallen Netherworld, draining much of Danzo’s strength before he escaped.
• Jin used a water dragon as a probe, then appeared before the weakened Danzo with a Big Ball Rasengan.

Jin infiltrated Danzo’s hidden laboratory, severed his right arm, and stole ten pairs of Sharingan before Danzo escaped again. Jin pursued him, but a volley of kunai greeted him as he opened another concealed door.

• Jin followed the wounded Danzo and his Root guards to a cave, then slipped into Danzo’s room and secret laboratory.
• Jin saw the Sharingan-filled laboratory and cut off Danzo’s right arm, but Danzo used a genjutsu and nearly killed him with a kunai.
• Jin awakened his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, evaded Danzo’s attack, and realized Danzo sensed his killing intent whenever he struck.
• Jin attacked Danzo with a Water Dragon Bullet, but Danzo escaped with a scroll; Jin collected ten pairs of intact Three-Tomoe Sharingan and burned the severed arm.
• Danzo returned to save the arm and fled through another hidden door, while Jin followed and opened the door into a volley of kunai.

After escaping Danzo’s dismantled base, Jin resolved to warn Konoha about Akatsuki’s plan to destroy the Uchiha Clan and brought Hinata to meet Haku, Kimimaro, and Lan Huizi. As Jin took the children toward Hokage Rock, Danzo ordered five Root squads to capture him while keeping Hinata and her protectors unharmed.

• Jin escaped Danzo’s house after fighting Root, then hid ten pairs of Sharingan at home and went to sleep.
• Jin found Danzo’s base abandoned, searched Konoha without finding Danzo, and decided to spread word of Akatsuki’s plan to destroy the Uchiha Clan.
• Jin visited Hinata at the Hyuga Clan, took her to meet Haku, Kimimaro, and Lan Huizi, and introduced her as their new companion.
• Jin joked that he would marry both Haku and Hinata, then took the two girls toward Hokage Rock to enjoy the view.
• Danzo learned that Jin was heading toward Hokage Rock with Hinata and the other children, and ordered five Root squads to capture Jin without harming Hinata or her protectors.

Jin took White, Hinata, and Kimimaro to Hokage Rock, where he spoke of their friendship and urged them to get regular health checks. Their outing was interrupted when Root ninjas tried to seize an Uchiha child and clashed with the ANBU, while Jin waited for reinforcements.

• Jin told White, Hinata, and Kimimaro that he wanted them to share in his future and asked them to get checkups every six months.
• Kimimaro asked Jin if they would be brothers, and Jin agreed before teasing that White and Hinata were different.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to spot Jin's house and training ground, and she told him that Itachi had been there.
• Kimimaro noticed the bodyguards fighting another group, and Jin recognized the attackers as Root operatives under Danzo.
• Root demanded that the group hand over the Uchiha child, but the ANBU confronted them and the two sides began fighting.
• Jin watched the battle with White and Hinata, encouraged the children to treat it as a lesson, and claimed that his reinforcements were coming.

Jin and Itachi helped defeat a Root squad, while Itachi’s early use of the Mangekyō Sharingan alarmed the Third Hokage and drew Akatsuki’s interest. Afterward, Jin spread rumors that Akatsuki planned to massacre the Uchiha Clan, leaving Konoha’s factions off balance.

• Jin fooled the Root reinforcements with fake hand seals, and Itachi arrived to join the fight.
• Itachi used his Mangekyō Sharingan to kill three Root jōnin before collapsing, and the remaining Root forces retreated.
• The Third Hokage suspected Itachi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, while Danzo postponed his plan and Akatsuki discussed recruiting Itachi.
• Jin used genjutsu on civilians to spread rumors that Akatsuki intended to massacre the Uchiha Clan.

Jin learned that Akatsuki had arrived in Konoha and feared the Uchiha Clan would be targeted that night. He secretly warned Konoha’s leaders and clans, then confronted Itachi about whether he would help destroy the Uchiha Clan.

• Jin recognized Konan while she was shopping, then hurried away as he worried Akatsuki might attack the Uchiha Clan that night.
• Itachi told Jin to stay in his room while he left, and Jin secretly slipped out using the Gale Technique.
• Jin warned the Third Naruto, Hiashi Hyuga, Uchiha Fuchiu, and other clan members that destroying the Uchiha Clan could make them targets and urged Konoha to unite against Akatsuki.
• Jin found Itachi beneath a tree and asked whether he had received orders to eliminate the Uchiha Clan.
• Jin revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, shocking Itachi, but insisted Itachi answer his question before learning Jin’s identity.

Jin tried to keep Itachi from destroying the Uchiha Clan, while Akatsuki’s operation was repeatedly delayed by heavy rain. When the rain finally eased, Konan and Deva Pain confronted Itachi and the Uchiha at Uchiha Fuchiu’s residence, and battle was about to begin.

• Jin urged Itachi to resist the plan against the Uchiha Clan, and Itachi resolved to find a way to save both his clan and its bloodline.
• Konan postponed Akatsuki’s operation because of the rain, while Jin and Itachi waited through the storm in Konoha.
• Konan and Deva Pain decided to begin the operation after the rain eased and confirmed Konoha’s higher-ups had agreed to cooperate.
• Konan and Deva Pain confronted Itachi at Uchiha Fuchiu’s residence, where Itachi agreed to join Akatsuki if they spared his family.
• Uchiha Fuchiu prepared to fight Pain, but Konan stepped forward before an unexpected voice interrupted them.

Jin intervened as Itachi joined forces with Akatsuki during the Uchiha conflict, then helped Uchiha Fuchiu accept the Third Hokage’s offer to end the rebellion. Itachi later returned to Konoha with Pain and Konan, but the group withdrew after realizing the village’s crisis was still unfolding.

• Konan threatened Itachi with the destruction of Konoha’s people, and Itachi agreed to join Akatsuki if they spared his younger brothers and kept him from attacking Konoha.
• Itachi wounded Uchiha Fuchiu, but Jin appeared and urged him to leave; Konan and Pain then retreated as Konoha forces approached.
• Jin learned that masked fighters had come to wipe out the Uchiha Clan and told Fuchiu’s subordinates to prepare for battle.
• The Third Hokage offered to spare the Uchiha Clan if Fuchiu abandoned the coup, and Fuchiu agreed to divide the clan between Jin and Sasuke.
• Itachi returned to Konoha with Pain and Konan, where Jin and the Third Hokage confronted them before they moved to a forest outside the village.
• Pain led Akatsuki away from Konoha, postponing Itachi’s matter as the Uchiha crisis and Orochimaru’s infiltration remained unresolved.

After Orochimaru infiltrated Konoha and captured Sasuke, Jin rescued him and battled Orochimaru at the village gate. Orochimaru escaped as the Third Hokage arrived, while Itachi and Pain planned to target Konoha from outside the village.

• Jin warned White, Lanhui Zi, and Kimimaro that Orochimaru and other powerful enemies had infiltrated Konoha, then alerted the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage placed Konoha under martial law and sent ANBU to reinforce the weakened Uchiha Clan and prepare to fight the invaders.
• Orochimaru captured Sasuke and tried to escape through Konoha's gate, but Jin intercepted him and used Space Shift to rescue Sasuke.
• Jin and Orochimaru fought with fire, wind, snakes, and Jin's mutated ant swarm until Orochimaru escaped after the Third Hokage arrived.
• Jin handed Sasuke to the Third Hokage and urged him to find the Akatsuki members, while Itachi and Pain discussed their next moves outside Konoha.

Uchiha Fuchiu split the Uchiha Clan, making Jin the head of a new branch with fifty households and thirty percent of the clan’s assets. After discovering that the households were all young war orphans, Jin began planning to build a powerful bloodline limit clan.

• Uchiha Fuchiu announced that Jin would lead fifty households into a separate family while Sasuke inherited the remaining Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Fuchiu assigned Jin thirty percent of the clan’s assets, and Hiashi Hyuga and the Third Hokage considered the political and financial consequences.
• Jin found that his fifty households consisted entirely of children under ten, and Uchiha Fuchiu entrusted the assets to Lanhui Zi and her companions to manage.
• Meiko told Jin that he had thirty million ryo in cash, while White reminded him that he had to support the households.
• Jin learned that his father had also left him land and facilities, then declared that he would unite bloodline limit users and build a powerful clan.

Jin arranged for the children to settle into their new home, then fought Konan while disguised as Short-legged Steelyard Weight. Konan reported his abilities to Pain, who decided Akatsuki had to determine whether Jin was a friend or an enemy.

• Jin told White and the others to train, keep their plans secret from the children, and reconsider leaving Konoha once they could protect themselves.
• A paper crane delivered Konan's challenge, so Jin left the group and transformed into Short-legged Steelyard Weight to meet her outside Konoha.
• Jin and Konan exchanged ninjutsu, dodging and trapping each other before Konan ended the fight and asked him again to join Akatsuki.
• Jin refused to join Akatsuki and left, while Konan recognized his speed and hidden abilities despite believing he had not used his full strength.
• Konan described Jin's powers to Pain, and Pain said Akatsuki needed to establish whether Jin was an ally or a threat.

Jin uncovered Danzo’s scheme to recruit Uchiha traitors and helped Itachi understand how Danzo had manipulated him. Itachi killed three traitors and joined Akatsuki, while Pain and Konan left Konoha.

• Jin overheard Danzo order three Uchiha chunin to capture clan members in exchange for the method to awaken the Sharingan, then followed them.
• Jin confronted Itachi, warned him that Danzo was exploiting his hatred of war and experimenting on Uchiha, and promised to find him three traitors to kill.
• Jin arranged for A, B, and C to escort betrothal gifts on a mission, and the Third Hokage approved it.
• Itachi attacked the three Uchiha traitors and defeated them with Tsukuyomi.
• Pain welcomed Itachi into Akatsuki, and he and Konan left with Itachi for their base.

Jin established a new clan for fifty war orphans, awakened the Sharingan in most of them, and arranged for the rest to receive transplants. The children began training under Jin, Kimimaro, and White, while Jin ended the chapter waking beside White’s clone.

• Jin searched for Danzo near Konoha to eliminate the threat to his loved ones, while the Third Generation felt relieved that Itachi and the Akatsuki duo had left.
• Jin showed fifty children their new housing and told them they would form a clan of their own, urging them to unite and protect one another.
• Jin named the clan Jin and gave it a six-pointed star crest, then revealed that forty children had awakened the Sharingan and assigned training groups to Kimimaro, White, and himself.
• Jin secretly transplanted Sharingan into the ten children who had not awakened it, with White observing the surgeries.
• The next morning, Jin woke beneath White’s blanket, realized he had been beside a clone, and shouted to ask where everyone had gone.

Jin organized training for his growing group, then watched Naruto be abducted by Root and erupt with the Nine-Tails’ chakra. After the Third Hokage took Naruto back to Konoha, Jin captured a surviving Root ninja and followed him toward Danzo.

• Jin handed out his group’s new uniforms and sent everyone to begin physical training.
• Jin watched Naruto train, then followed masked Root ninja who abducted him.
• Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra broke loose, and he severely injured the Root ninja as Konoha’s alarm sounded.
• The Third Hokage arrived, knocked out Naruto, and took him back to the village.
• Jin secretly took one injured Root ninja and followed him after he set off to report the loosened seal to Danzo.

Jin tracked Danzo to a house near the border of the Land of Grass and the Land of Fire, then fought him and his Sharingan techniques. Jin escaped Danzo’s nerve-controlling ability and began trapping him with an Earth Release barrier.

• Danzo learned that the mission involving the Nine-Tails’ seal had failed, and Jin attacked him, killing the subordinate who delivered the report.
• Jin summoned mutated ants, but Danzo used a Sharingan technique to turn them against Jin; Jin then sealed one Danzo in an ice coffin and attacked two apparent versions of him.
• Jin’s techniques killed or incapacitated the slower Danzo, while the surviving Danzo revealed a right arm implanted with Sharingan eyes and unleashed a powerful technique that controlled Jin’s nerves.
• Jin created a physical shadow clone to break free of Danzo’s control and immediately used Earth Release: Earth Prison Dome.

Jin trapped Danzo in an earthen sphere, but Danzo broke free and escaped over a mountain before Jin could catch him. Deidara then confronted Jin and claimed Danzo had been turned into a puppet, but Jin fled and headed off with a plan to counter Deidara in the air.

• Jin sealed Danzo inside a chakra-powered earthen hemisphere, but Danzo blasted his way out and fled.
• Jin chased Danzo, summoned Firebird to cross a mountain, and learned she could not carry him until she reached her transformation stage.
• Jin used the Blink Technique to pursue Danzo but lost his chakra and could no longer detect him.
• Deidara confronted Jin from atop a giant bird and said Danzo had been given to someone to turn into a puppet.
• Jin escaped Deidara with the Gale Technique, then changed direction after thinking of a way to fight him in the air.

Jin stole the Star Ninja Village’s Peacock Mystery Technique and left behind several powerful techniques, then prepared to face Deidara after returning to Konoha. Their battle began with Deidara’s explosive clay overwhelming Jin’s shadow clones, while Hinata and the others remained sheltered in the Hyuga clan compound.

• Jin copied the Peacock Mystery Technique from the Star Ninja Village’s scroll and replaced it with four A-rank techniques, which delighted the Star Shadow when he found them.
• Jin gave Lanhui Zi a scroll containing more than a hundred A-rank and B-rank techniques, then visited Hinata and offered to treat her to meat.
• Explosions sounded nearby, so Jin carried Hinata to the clan hall and told White and the others to keep her safe while he went to face the attacker.
• Jin agreed to fight Deidara on the condition that Deidara would stay out of Konoha for ten years if Jin won.
• Deidara attacked Jin with clay explosives, and Jin created waves of shadow clones that Deidara’s C1 and C2 bombs destroyed.