Recaps

Uchiha Yū helped Konoha and Iwagakure lure out the Third Raikage, then fought alongside Ōnoki to defeat him. After the Raikage died, Ōnoki turned on Konoha, but Uchiha Yū led his force to safety and reunited with Hatake Sakumo’s reinforcements.

• Uchiha Yū concealed Uchiha He’s true death and announced that he had fallen in battle, while Hiruzen Sarutobi advanced alliance talks with Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Yū organized Konoha’s forces and negotiated with Kitsuchi, securing Iwagakure’s support against Kumogakure and Yugito Nii.
• Uchiha Yū and Rōshi defeated Yugito Nii and captured her, prompting the Third Raikage to leave the front with reinforcements.
• Uchiha Yū and Ōnoki ambushed the Third Raikage in the Land of Earth, where Uchiha Yū’s explosive attack badly injured them both and the Raikage.
• Uchiha Yū and Ōnoki fought the injured Third Raikage until Uchiha Yū killed him and took his corpse.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s ninja to attack Konoha’s force, but Uchiha Yū led the Konoha ninja in retreat and met Hatake Sakumo’s reinforcements at the border.

Uchiha Yū exposed White Zetsu’s role in the attacks on the Uchiha Clan, then negotiated with Uchiha Madara’s agent while preparing Konoha’s campaign against Iwagakure. The arc ended with Yū and Minato Namikaze tearing through the enemy at Kannabi Bridge as Minato resolved to develop a more powerful Rasengan.

• Uchiha Yū returned to Konoha with a captured White Zetsu and proved that it could perfectly imitate him, ending the immediate threat of punishment against the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Yū told Uchiha Fugaku that Uchiha Madara was alive and behind the plot, then left for Amegakure, where Yahiko died and Nagato awakened the Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Yū recruited Nagato and Konan into Dawn’s plans for Amegakure, captured White Zetsu, and returned to Konoha before the Hokage’s deadline.
• Uchiha Yū challenged the Uchiha Clan to become strong enough to control its fate and encouraged Uchiha Shisui to train and accompany him to the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yū and White Zetsu arranged to exchange Yugito Nii for an impostor, allowing the real Yugito Nii to be taken to Dawn’s underground laboratory.
• Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze planned an assault on Kannabi Bridge, with Kakashi, Obito, and Rin assigned to draw away the outer defenders.
• Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze launched their attack on Iwagakure’s forces, and Yū’s Sage Art: Majestic Destroyer Flame devastated the vanguard as Minato decided to create an explosive Rasengan.

Uchiha Yū helped Konoha defeat Iwagakure, then returned to the village amid political blame for the battle’s losses and killed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist during the journey. He accepted a position as Hokage Advisor while planning to leave with Orochimaru after the war, and learned that the Fourth Mizukage had died.

• Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s assault on Han and Iwagakure, and Yū’s Mutually Multiplying Fission forced Han to abandon his Tailed Beast Ball and flee.
• Uchiha Yū took command after the battle, used Black Snake and Gamabunta to help drive Iwagakure back, and arranged for Uchiha Fugaku to hide supposedly dead Uchiha at a secret base.
• Tsunade defended Uchiha Yū against Danzo’s accusations, but Hiruzen Sarutobi insisted that Yū apologize for command errors and ruled out his becoming Hokage because he was an Uchiha.
• Uchiha Yū left the front with the wounded, bringing Might Duy and Might Guy with him, and demonstrated how taijutsu could break through ninjutsu.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist ambushed Uchiha Yū’s group, but he poisoned them with Radiation Element and killed them, taking their swords and Samehada.
• Uchiha Yū returned to Konoha as Jiraiya refused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s offer to become Hokage and recommended Minato Namikaze instead.
• Uchiha Yū faced villagers demanding an apology and compensation, then agreed to become a Hokage Advisor while planning to leave with Orochimaru after the war.
• Uchiha Yū received news that the Fourth Mizukage had died and suspected the death was connected to the tailed beast within him.

Uchiha Yū expanded Akatsuki, recruited powerful allies, and used a food crisis and raids to weaken Kumogakure. He brought Obito to Konoha to demand the village’s neutrality and support, leaving its leaders weighing Akatsuki’s proposal.

• Uchiha Yū refused Orochimaru’s immortality project, discussed leaving Konoha with him, and told Shan Juhua to prepare for Uchiha Madara’s arrival.
• At the war funeral, Uchiha Yū accepted some blame for the devastation, then resigned as hospital director to focus on medical research.
• Obito appeared before Akatsuki claiming to be Uchiha Madara, but Uchiha Yū defeated him and allowed him to join under orders.
• Uchiha Yū opened Akatsuki to new members, recruited Hiruko, and sent him, Obito, and Black and White Zetsu to raid Kumogakure for its treasured tools.
• Uchiha Yū helped Hyuga Reiko build support for a bid to lead the Hyuga Clan, while Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared Minato Namikaze to become Hokage.
• Uchiha Yū directed Akatsuki to buy up grain across the Land of Lightning, then sent its members to attack Kumogakure’s camps and supplies as the country’s food crisis worsened.
• After Kumogakure withdrew its forces, Uchiha Yū proposed that Akatsuki replace it and invited the major villages to stay out of the conflict in exchange for benefits.
• Uchiha Yū and Obito presented Akatsuki’s demands in Konoha, where Obito killed three challengers before Danzo let them pass and the village’s leaders considered the proposal.