Recaps

Minato Namikaze asked Uchiha Yū to gather intelligence on Dawn Hidden Village, while Danzo and the old guard pressed Minato to keep Yū under watch. Kakashi was assigned to follow Yū under the pretext of training, and Yū recognized the surveillance as he considered Kushina’s approaching delivery.

• Minato Namikaze questioned Uchiha Yū about Dawn Hidden Village, and Yū said it had abolished the nobles and was raising funds to rebuild the country and village.
• Minato Namikaze asked Yū to use Dawn Weapons Store’s channels to obtain more intelligence about Dawn Hidden Village.
• After Yū left, Danzo urged Minato to keep him under strict watch, but Minato defended Yū and ordered Kakashi to follow him as a supposed trainee.
• Yū left the Hokage Office and thought that Kushina would give birth in at most two months.
• Kakashi approached Yū and said Minato had told him to train under Yū so he could become an ANBU captain.

Uchiha Yū brought Kakashi to the Uchiha compound and arranged for him to train against the clan’s strongest young members. After Shisui defeated Kakashi, Uchiha Yū watched them continue sparring while he prepared to rest before departure.

• Uchiha Yū took Kakashi to the Uchiha compound and told him to spar with its young members.
• Uchiha Yū selected Shisui to test Kakashi, and the two began fighting in front of the clan.
• Shisui outmaneuvered Kakashi with kunai techniques and stopped him with a kunai at his neck.
• Uchiha Yū told Shisui to teach Kakashi kunai-throwing, and Kakashi stayed to train with the Uchiha members.
• Uchiha Yū watched the sparring as Orochimaru continued examining Kushina every three days.

Uchiha Yū told Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yun that Orochimaru had confirmed the date for their departure from Konoha and would leave with them. Minato Namikaze grew concerned about the Uchiha Clan’s preparations and gathered his companions for a late-night meeting, which began when Uchiha Yū arrived.

• Orochimaru sent Uchiha Yū the confirmed date, and Uchiha Yū summoned Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yun to discuss their plans.
• Uchiha Yū revealed that Orochimaru would help the Uchiha Clan leave Konoha and that allies outside the village would guide them.
• Uchiha Fugaku showed his Mangekyō Sharingan and agreed to use his full strength, while Uchiha Yun offered to lead the clan members’ escape.
• Minato Namikaze reviewed reports of the Uchiha Clan’s preparations and worried that he might have to oppose Uchiha Yū to protect Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze invited Nawaki, Jiraiya, and Hyuga Reiko out at night, and Uchiha Yū arrived at the gathering and asked why they had called him to drink.

Minato Namikaze invited Uchiha Yū and their friends to a late-night meal, while keeping his concern about Yū to himself. As they discussed names for Minato’s soon-to-be-born son, Yū suggested Naruto, and Minato accepted it.

• Minato Namikaze invited Uchiha Yū, Jiraiya, and their companions to his home for food and sake, while Jiraiya noticed tension between Minato and Yū.
• Kushina welcomed the group, and Minato sent her upstairs to rest before they ate in the hall.
• Minato asked his friends to suggest a name for his unborn son, and Hyuga Reiko and Nawaki each offered one.
• Uchiha Yū suggested Naruto, the protagonist’s name from Jiraiya’s novel, and Minato agreed to name his son Naruto.

At a tense banquet, Minato Namikaze confronted Uchiha Yū over suspected ties to Dawn Hidden Village and offered him ANBU authority instead of letting him pursue power elsewhere. Uchiha Yū admitted to a limited transaction for explosive tags and left, promising to stay in the Uchiha Clan’s grounds unless an urgent matter arose.

• Minato Namikaze presented intelligence linking Uchiha Yū, Akatsuki, and Dawn Weapons Store, and offered him part of ANBU’s command.
• Uchiha Yū exposed the ANBU agents watching the banquet and identified Kakashi among them.
• Uchiha Yū explained Minato Namikaze’s suspicions about his ties to Dawn Hidden Village, and Minato declared that he would protect Konoha’s stability.
• Uchiha Yū admitted he had ties to Dawn Hidden Village, prompting Jiraiya and the ANBU to prepare for a confrontation.
• Uchiha Yū demonstrated his destructive power, then clarified that he only traded for explosive tags and would remain on Uchiha Clan grounds unless urgent matters arose.

Uchiha Yū and his allies prepared to attack Konoha during Kushina’s delivery and lead the Uchiha Clan out of the village. Before the operation began, Yū entrusted the Elder’s eyes to Uchiha Fugaku and planned to bring Shisui and Itachi into the upheaval.

• Orochimaru met with Uchiha Yū at the Uchiha Clan compound and asked about preparations to leave Konoha that night.
• Black and White Zetsu announced that the Akatsuki was ready to attack Konoha, targeting Kushina while she was in labor.
• Uchiha Yū ordered the Uchiha Clan to assemble and said he and Orochimaru would break through the main gate while the clan followed.
• Uchiha Yū removed his own Sharingan, entrusted them to Uchiha Fugaku, and implanted the Elder’s eyes.
• Uchiha Yū named Shisui and Itachi Uchiha as young clan members who needed to endure the coming upheaval, and Fugaku agreed to have them accompany Yū.

Konoha was attacked from within and without as Obito targeted Kushina’s delivery, while Orochimaru, Nagato, and Uchiha Yū launched assaults across the village. Hiruzen Sarutobi answered the crisis, and Uchiha Yū began leading the Uchiha Clan out of Konoha with Shisui and Itachi at his side.

• Minato Namikaze exposed a White Zetsu disguised as a medical ninja outside Kushina’s delivery room, and Obito emerged from a wall as the attack began.
• Orochimaru invaded Konoha with summoned snakes, while Nagato directed the Six Paths of Pain and their beasts into the village.
• Jiraiya and other ninja recognized Orochimaru and Uchiha Yū among the attackers, and Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma before charging into the sky.
• Uchiha Yū used the Mysterious Peacock Method to form a Susanoo and cut through the ninja blocking his path.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Yun led the Uchiha Clan toward an escape route, while Shisui and Itachi Uchiha stayed with Yū to try to awaken their Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Fugaku confronted the Third Hokage, exposing accusations against Danzo and the Hokage faction before unleashing the Uchiha Clan’s power. After their Susanoo split Rashomon and scarred Hokage Rock, Yū told Fugaku to lead the clan away while he continued alone.

• Uchiha Yū told the Third Hokage that he had no interest in Konoha’s power and was carrying out the operation knowingly.
• Uchiha Fugaku accused the Third Hokage’s faction of persecuting the Uchiha Clan and revealed that Danzo had taken Sharingan from dead ninja.
• Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and formed a Susanoo, which Uchiha Yū armored with the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Fugaku’s Susanoo struck the Third Hokage, cutting through his Rashomon and cracking the Hokage’s face on Hokage Rock.
• The Third Hokage ordered the ANBU to retreat, and Uchiha Yū told Fugaku to take the Uchiha Clan members away while he acted alone.

Uchiha Yū fought Hiruzen Sarutobi and broke through the Third Hokage’s ninjutsu to reach Danzo’s base in the Forest of Death. Hiruzen pursued him, while Danzo remained unaware that Uchiha Yū was coming for Root.

• Uchiha Yū attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi, who used Shadow Clones and combined Earth and Fire Release techniques to confront him.
• Uchiha Yū defended himself with the Mysterious Peacock Method and Sage Mode, then overpowered Hiruzen in taijutsu despite the Third Hokage slowing him with a swamp.
• Uchiha Yū used explosive punches to destroy a Shadow Clone and complained that the Second Hokage’s techniques countered the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan.
• Hiruzen’s Shadow Clones combined Water and Lightning Release to attack Uchiha Yū through the swamp, but Yū forced an opening and escaped the technique.
• Uchiha Yū rushed toward the Forest of Death to attack Danzo’s base, and Hiruzen followed with his Adamantine Staff.
• Danzo stayed at his base, believing the ANBU and ninja from the great clans would overcome the crisis.

Uchiha Yū attacked Danzo’s underground Root base, slaughtering its defenders before unleashing Mutually Multiplying Fission from the air. The blast’s shockwave tore through the Forest of Death and swept into Konoha, devastating buildings and flinging ninjas and summoned beasts away.

• Uchiha Yū broke through Root’s steel entrance and killed the ninjas gathered behind it with Atomic Fission.
• Uchiha Yū fought through Root, killed a ninja whose Mind Body Switch Technique failed, and confronted Danzo outside his office.
• Uchiha Yū vanished from Root’s encirclement and rose into the air to prepare a massive attack.
• Uchiha Yū unleashed Mutually Multiplying Fission, filling the night with light that alarmed ninjas across the area.
• The attack’s wind pressure tore through the Forest of Death and swept into Konoha, damaging houses and blowing away ninjas and summoned beasts.

Uchiha Yū destroyed Root with a devastating attack, then faced Danzo and his summoned beast while the Uchiha clan fled and Akatsuki launched its assault. The chapter ended with Uchiha Yū breaking through Danzo’s guards’ Earth Wall and killing one of them with a punch.

• Uchiha Yū’s attack destroyed the nearby houses, Konoha’s walls and gates, and the Root organization, allowing Uchiha Fugaku to lead the clan members away.
• Sasori led Akatsuki’s final assault while Orochimaru urged Jiraiya to leave Konoha with him, but Jiraiya refused to abandon the village.
• Uchiha Yū discovered that Danzo had survived inside a Double Four Red Yang Formation, which had shielded him from most of the blast.
• Danzo summoned Baku, and Uchiha Yū summoned Black Snake to fight it while he attacked Danzo.
• Uchiha Yū’s Fire Dragon Bullet forced Danzo’s four elite guards to raise an Earth Wall, which Uchiha Yū shattered before killing one guard with a Monstrous Strength Fist.

Uchiha Yū defeated Danzo and killed him after countering his Izanagi, then confronted the Third Hokage over Danzo’s Sharingan-covered arm. The Third Hokage claimed he had not known about Danzo’s actions and prepared to fight Uchiha Yū to protect the village.

• Root's ninjas attacked Uchiha Yū, but his Exploding Fist blasted them away and left Danzo alone.
• Danzo used Wood Release: Tree Root Burial, but Uchiha Yū cut through the roots and wounded him with a purple longsword.
• Danzo tried to escape with Wind Release: Vacuum Wave, but Uchiha Yū's blade struck him and Izanami prevented his Izanagi from saving him.
• Uchiha Yū stopped Danzo from using the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing and severed his head.
• The Third Hokage arrived, and Uchiha Yū demanded an explanation for Danzo's Sharingan-covered arm.
• The Third Hokage said he had not known about Danzo's actions and declared that he would fight to protect the villagers.

Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Obito faced Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Yū rejected Obito’s offer to team up and fought Minato while Obito battled Hiruzen. After Nawaki arrived to protect Naruto, Minato returned to the fight and struck Yū with a Rasengan.

• Minato Namikaze arrived with the infant Naruto as Uchiha Obito appeared beside Uchiha Yū and offered to join forces against the Hokage faction.
• Uchiha Yū refused Obito’s offer, spread a poison zone to keep others from interfering, and confronted Minato while Obito fought Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Uchiha Yū’s attacks and heightened perception challenged Minato’s Flying Thunder God techniques as the two fought.
• Nawaki arrived with Konoha reinforcements, and Minato handed Naruto to him before returning to face Yū.
• Minato used two kunai and the Flying Thunder God to reach Yū, then struck him with a Rasengan.

Uchiha Yū fought Minato Namikaze while Hiruzen Sarutobi suppressed Obito, and reinforcements arrived as Obito abandoned the attempt to capture the Nine-Tails. As Hiruzen prepared to seal the beast into Naruto, Uchiha Yū accused Konoha’s leaders of corruption and exposed Root, causing the gathered ninja to question Hiruzen.

• Uchiha Yū endured Minato Namikaze’s attacks with his armor while Hiruzen Sarutobi kept Obito suppressed.
• Obito summoned the Nine-Tails, drawing ANBU and other Konoha clans to the battle, then escaped when he realized the capture attempt had failed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze that Kushina was dying and that Naruto had to become the Nine-Tails’ new jinchuriki.
• Minato Namikaze accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to seal the Nine-Tails, choosing the village’s safety over his family’s wishes.
• Uchiha Yū accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of sacrificing the Uzumaki Clan and Naruto to preserve the Hokage faction’s power, and revealed Danzo’s use of the Konoha Orphanage to recruit Root ninja.
• Konoha ninja questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about Uchiha Yū’s claims, making him pause his sealing hand signs.

As Konoha regained control of the Nine-Tails and made Naruto its new jinchūriki, Uchiha Yū refused to surrender and prepared to fight the village’s strongest ninja. Before facing them, he had the Naraka Path seize Kushina’s body, preserving the possibility that she could be resurrected and reunited with Minato.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi defended Konoha’s sacrifices, then helped the sealing squad suppress the Nine-Tails and make Naruto its new jinchūriki.
• Uchiha Yū dispelled the Radiation Element isolation zone, rejected Minato Namikaze’s offer of imprisonment, and declared he would fight to the death.
• Minato ordered the elite jōnin to surround Uchiha Yū, while Hyuga Reiko pleaded with him and he asked her to ensure his body was buried in Konoha’s cemetery.
• Uchiha Yū summoned the Naraka Path and held off the Konoha ninja while it seized Kushina’s body.
• A massive worm swallowed Kushina and the Naraka Path and carried them away, and Uchiha Yū told Minato that the separation could leave them a chance to meet again.

Uchiha Yū died after fighting Konoha’s ninja, and Minato Namikaze ordered his name and records sealed. Shisui and Itachi Uchiha awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, while Uchiha Fugaku revealed that Yū was not truly dead and fled Konoha with them.

• Uchiha Yū refused to escape and impaled himself on Minato Namikaze’s kunai, dying in Minato’s arms.
• Hyuga Reiko took Uchiha Yū’s body, and Minato Namikaze ordered the village to treat Yū’s name as taboo and seal his records in the Konoha Archives.
• Watching Uchiha Yū’s apparent death, Shisui and Itachi Uchiha awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Itachi lost consciousness.
• Uchiha Fugaku trapped Shisui in an illusion, then revealed that Uchiha Yū was not dead and showed him Yū’s eye.
• Uchiha Fugaku escaped Konoha with Shisui and Itachi as the approaching ninja froze at the sight of Shisui’s eyes.
• Minato Namikaze realized that the Uchiha Clan now had three Mangekyō Sharingan users, while Konoha also faced a threat from Dawn Hidden Village.

At Uchiha Yū’s funeral, Black and White Zetsu secretly removed his coffin, and Uchiha Yū revived through Izanagi. He and Black and White Zetsu discussed their plans for the tailed beasts and Dawn Hidden Village, leaving the immediate focus on recruiting more people and avoiding a wider conflict.

• Nawaki and Hyuga Reiko attended Uchiha Yū’s funeral, where Qianshu and other comrades left flowers at his grave.
• Black and White Zetsu secretly dragged Uchiha Yū’s coffin away from Konoha and waited to see whether Izanagi had worked.
• Uchiha Yū revived with his wounds healed, and Black and White Zetsu congratulated him on returning alive.
• Uchiha Yū warned that Konoha and the other villages would pose a threat to Dawn Hidden Village, so they should not rush to capture the tailed beasts.
• Uchiha Yū and Black and White Zetsu agreed to target the Eight-Tails and Seven-Tails for now and to send White Zetsu into Dawn Hidden Village to attract recruits.

Kakuzu and Shan Juhua doubted that Uchiha Yū had truly died in Konoha, and he returned to Dawn Hidden Village to explain his resurrection and blind eye. He promised not to risk his life so recklessly again, then faced the mountain of documents condemning Dawn Hidden Village.

• Shan Juhua and Kakuzu linked Uchiha Yū's supposed death, Black and White Zetsu's actions, and the chakra surge in Konoha, concluding that his death was suspicious.
• Kakuzu worried that Konoha might retaliate and complained that Uchiha Yū had left Dawn Hidden Village to bear the consequences of the attack alone.
• Uchiha Yū returned masked in a white robe and explained that he had died in Konoha, been revived by a forbidden technique, and left one eye blind while his replacement eye remained with Uchiha Fugaku.
• Kakuzu and Shan Juhua reprimanded Uchiha Yū for risking his life, and he promised not to gamble so recklessly again.
• Kakuzu unsealed the accumulated documents condemning Dawn Hidden Village, and Shan Juhua picked one up to read.

Uchiha Yū rejected Konoha’s demand for an explanation and compensation, deciding Dawn Hidden Village would deny responsibility and resist any attack. He tasked Shan Juhua with retrieving his eye from Uchiha Fugaku in Sunagakure, while she prepared to disrupt Konoha’s economy.

• Shan Juhua reported that Konoha had demanded an explanation and cut off most business with Dawn Weapons Store.
• Uchiha Yū concluded that Konoha wanted compensation and a target for its anger after the Nine-Tails’ Attack.
• Kakuzu and Shan Juhua suggested making concessions, but Uchiha Yū refused, warning that other villages would demand their own share.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Shan Juhua to go to Sunagakure and retrieve his eye from Uchiha Fugaku.
• Shan Juhua promised to blockade Konoha’s economy and limit its ability to escalate the conflict.

Uchiha Yū managed Dawn Hidden Village’s conflict with Konoha, then welcomed Uchiha Shisui and revealed the secrets behind his survival and the village’s plans. After learning Shisui’s Mangekyō abilities, Yū assigned him to the Akatsuki and tasked him with helping expand its ranks.

• Uchiha Yū handled Dawn Hidden Village’s affairs while Konoha retaliated with assassinations and mission seizures, causing losses but not halting construction.
• Shan Juhua returned with the eyes and brought Uchiha Shisui to Dawn Hidden Village, where Yū reclaimed his eyes and replaced the Great Elder’s.
• Yū explained Izanagi, the Mangekyō Sharingan’s costs, and why he had kept the clan’s secrets from Shisui.
• Shisui revealed that his Mangekyō abilities were Kotoamatsukami and Mind Illusion, which had even trapped Uchiha Fugaku’s senses.
• Yū told Shisui to keep his identity secret, declared that Uchiha Yū had died in Konoha, and assigned him to the Akatsuki’s plans to capture tailed beasts.
• Yū gave Shisui a list of people for Konan to invite as the Akatsuki continued expanding its ranks.

Uchiha Yū planned Akatsuki’s next moves to capture the Seven-Tails and seize opportunities involving other tailed beasts. He assigned Kakuzu and Sasori to accompany him to Takigakure, sent Hiruko and Pakura to Sunagakure, and ordered Shisui to capture Killer B alive.

• Uchiha Yū selected new recruits to serve as covert operatives and gathered Akatsuki’s core members for a meeting.
• Uchiha Yū announced that Kakuzu would guide him and Sasori to secluded Takigakure to capture the Seven-Tails, and Kakuzu agreed.
• Uchiha Yū gave Hiruko and Pakura the Amber Purifying Pot and sent them to Sunagakure to contain its jinchūriki’s tailed beast when he died.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Konan to lead the remaining ninja against the remnants who had attacked an outpost, while Shisui captured Killer B alive.
• Uchiha Yū assigned Obito to help Shisui keep the tailed beast chakra within Killer B from going berserk, and Shisui accepted the mission.

Uchiha Yū, Kakuzu, and Sasori attacked Takigakure to take its Tailed Beast. After the Takikage refused to surrender it, Uchiha Yū let Sasori begin the fight.

• Kakuzu led Uchiha Yū and Sasori to Takigakure through the waterfall entrance.
• Uchiha Yū, Kakuzu, and Sasori destroyed the waterfall with their techniques and entered the village.
• The Takikage recognized the three attackers and asked Uchiha Yū why he had attacked.
• Uchiha Yū demanded Takigakure's Tailed Beast and threatened to slaughter the village if it refused.
• The Takikage rejected the demand and rallied the village's ninjas to fight.
• Uchiha Yū told Sasori to kill the Takigakure ninjas.

Uchiha Yū and Kakuzu searched Takigakure for the Seven-Tails jinchūriki while Sasori harvested corpses for his Performance of a Hundred Puppets. They found the dying Nakamori Akina with young Fū, and Kakuzu confronted her after she tried to escape.

• Uchiha Yū left Sasori to slaughter Takigakure's ninja and collect corpses for his puppets.
• Uchiha Yū located the hidden Seven-Tails jinchūriki, and he and Kakuzu broke into her refuge.
• Uchiha Yū killed the three guards and demanded that Nakamori Akina come with them.
• Nakamori Akina shielded Fū and refused to surrender the tailed beast, then tried to flee using her wings.
• Kakuzu bound Nakamori Akina with black threads as she used the Scale Powder Concealment Technique, and he countered with Wind Pressure.

Nakamori Akina tried to flee with Fū, but Uchiha Yū stopped her after she saw Sasori’s massacre of Takigakure. Akina surrendered to protect the villagers, while her body was failing from the Seven-Tails’ chakra.

• Kakuzu revealed his Earth Grudge Fear masks, and Nakamori Akina used the Seven-Tails’ chakra to escape with Fū.
• Nakamori Akina and Uchiha Yū saw Sasori slaughtering shinobi and ordinary people as they fled Takigakure.
• Uchiha Yū confronted Sasori and shattered Hiruko, forcing Sasori to admit he should have spared the ordinary people.
• Uchiha Yū offered to spare the village if Nakamori Akina surrendered, and she accepted to protect its people.
• Nakamori Akina asked Uchiha Yū to keep his promise as her body failed from the tailed beast’s chakra.

Uchiha Yū forced Takigakure’s villagers to choose between protecting Fū and receiving his protection, making Fū witness that they would abandon her. He took Fū with him and entrusted her to Kakuzu as the group departed with Hero Water and the Seven-Tails’ jinchūriki.

• Uchiha Yū stopped Kakuzu from killing Fū and compared her abandonment by the villagers to Kakuzu’s past betrayal.
• Uchiha Yū gave Takigakure’s villagers a choice: expel Fū for his protection or be driven from their homes, and a chūnin agreed to expel her.
• Uchiha Yū took Hero Water in a sealing scroll, intending to have it studied despite its toxicity.
• Uchiha Yū handed the crying Fū to Kakuzu, who warned her not to provoke him or speak carelessly about the Seven-Tails’ jinchūriki.
• Sasori wondered why Uchiha Yū went to such lengths to show Fū the darkness of the ninja world.