Recaps

Uchiha Yū united the great villages against Kumogakure, killed the Fourth Raikage, and seized the village in Akatsuki’s name. He renamed it Dawn Hidden Village and brought the Land of Lightning under Akatsuki’s control, leaving the ninja world to recover from the war.

• Uchiha Obito revealed himself to Konoha’s leaders, proposed an alliance against Qi, and won Hiruzen Sarutobi’s agreement.
• Uchiha Yū revealed his plans to Hyuga Reiko, recruited Kabuto Yakushi to assist Orochimaru, and joined Minato Namikaze and Nawaki at negotiations in the Land of Iron.
• Uchiha Yū helped secure an alliance of the great villages against Kumogakure, and Minato Namikaze became Fourth Hokage before marrying Kushina.
• Uchiha Yū led the allied forces toward Kumogakure, ordered them to destroy its mountain defenses, and confronted the Fourth Raikage.
• Uchiha Yū killed the Fourth Raikage and sealed his corpse, while Killer B escaped with the Eight-Tails and Akatsuki took control of Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Yū imposed Akatsuki’s rule on Kumogakure, rejected the Land of Lightning Daimyo’s authority, and renamed the village Dawn Hidden Village.
• Uchiha Yū used trade restrictions and control of grain to pressure the Land of Lightning, then accepted the daimyo’s severed head from nobles seeking to surrender.
• Uchiha Yū appointed the surrendered nobles to help govern and manage factories, and Akatsuki eliminated the remaining nobles until its will dominated the Land of Lightning.

Uchiha Yū helped the Uchiha Clan escape Konoha during the Nine-Tails’ Attack, apparently died fighting Minato Namikaze, then revived and returned to Dawn Hidden Village. As Akatsuki pursued tailed beasts, Yū led an assault on Takigakure and took Fū into his custody.

• Uchiha Yū prepared to lead the Uchiha Clan out of Konoha while Minato Namikaze learned of his ties to Dawn Hidden Village and named his unborn son Naruto.
• Uchiha Yū and Orochimaru launched their attack during Kushina’s labor as Obito and Nagato’s forces struck Konoha, while Uchiha Fugaku led the clan’s escape.
• Uchiha Yū destroyed Root and killed Danzo, then fought Minato Namikaze as Obito summoned the Nine-Tails and Hiruzen Sarutobi sealed it into Naruto.
• Uchiha Yū appeared to die in Minato’s arms, but Uchiha Fugaku escaped with Shisui and Itachi, who awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan, and Black and White Zetsu later revived Yū.
• Uchiha Yū returned to Dawn Hidden Village, reclaimed his eyes, recruited Shisui into Akatsuki’s plans, and assigned teams to capture tailed beasts.
• Uchiha Yū, Kakuzu, and Sasori attacked Takigakure to seize the Seven-Tails, and Yū stopped Sasori from killing the entire village after Nakamori Akina surrendered to protect Fū.
• Uchiha Yū stopped Kakuzu from killing Fū, took Takigakure’s Hero Water for study, and handed the crying girl to Kakuzu after the villagers agreed to expel her.

Uchiha Yū expanded Dawn Hidden Village through alliances, recruitment, and new institutions while pursuing the tailed beasts and strengthening his forces. As rival villages formed a cold war, Yū confronted the Jashin cult and exposed Uchiha Obito’s wish to resurrect Rin Nohara.

• Minato Namikaze warned Konoha’s leaders that Dawn Hidden Village had taken Takigakure’s tailed beast and was occupying small nations, then comforted Naruto and remembered Uchiha Yū’s past help.
• Uchiha Yū and Nagato extracted several tailed beasts for the Ten-Tails, secured Killer B, and prepared to target the Six-Tails and the Kaguya Clan.
• Uchiha Yū negotiated with Ōnoki, arranging a Joint Chūnin Exam and trade ties while using the prospect of an alliance to pressure Iwagakure and Konoha.
• Uchiha Yū endured the Hero Water experiment, then sent Akatsuki into Kirigakure to help the Kaguya Clan escape and seize the Six-Tails.
• Uchiha Yū defeated Kirigakure’s forces, recruited Kisame Hoshigaki and the Kaguya Clan, and offered Orochimaru laboratories and support in exchange for his research.
• After the Joint Chūnin Exam, Uchiha Yū expanded Dawn Hidden Village’s factories and schools, accepted Kusagakure’s annexation, and welcomed new recruits as rival alliances formed.
• Uchiha Yū investigated deaths and disappearances in his village, identified the Jashin Religion’s sacrifice markings, and ordered a search for Hidan.
• Uchiha Yū told Uchiha Obito that he knew Obito wanted to resurrect Rin Nohara, but Obito tried to control him until Uchiha Shisui broke the genjutsu.

Uchiha Yū’s attempt to capture the Three-Tails failed when Minato Namikaze took it, prompting Yū to prepare for war and forge an alliance with Sunagakure and Iwagakure. As Jiraiya was captured and Konoha’s rescue effort faltered, Yū gathered intelligence and confronted a dangerous barrier in the eastern region.

• Uchiha Yū revealed the truth about Rin’s death to Obito, who agreed to serve him and asked him to find a way to revive her.
• Uchiha Yū captured Hidan and secured the Jashin statue, then seized Rōshi and began accelerating the Three-Tails’ return by gathering natural energy around its lake.
• Tsunade and Nawaki investigated the mutations spreading from the lake, but Uchiha Yū’s forces fought them, and Tsunade stayed behind while Nawaki escaped to Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi withdrew Konoha’s forces after Tsunade chose to remain, but Minato Namikaze later took the revived Three-Tails and declared war began between Konoha and Uchiha Yū’s faction.
• Uchiha Yū prepared for war and arranged a meeting in Amegakure, where Nagato captured infiltrators and Shisui trapped Jiraiya in genjutsu.
• Uchiha Yū negotiated a division of the war’s targets and spoils with Ōnoki and Rasa, while Chiyo agreed to help Orochimaru research Life Transfer Reincarnation in exchange for meeting Sasori.
• Hyuga Reiko accepted Uchiha Yū’s request to gather intelligence, and Shisui reported Jiraiya’s prophecy that Uchiha Yū would fail, but Yū said he did not fear Naruto.
• Uchiha Yū learned Hiruko’s advance had stalled against Haze Hidden Village shinobi and entered a dark red barrier, where he punched an Underworld Guide away from its next target.