Recaps

Uchiha Setsuna confronted Darui and demonstrated the Uchiha’s power, using his Mangekyō Sharingan to summon a past version of himself into the present. The battle continued as Raikage A charged into the massive flames created by Setsuna’s projected figure.

• Uchiha Jobu created a Wood Clone and ordered it to watch Sasuke Uchiha and the other children while the Uchiha prepared for war.
• Darui attacked Uchiha Setsuna with black lightning, revealed his identity, and said Kumogakure had come to gauge Konoha’s response and might seize the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Setsuna used Susanoo to withstand Darui’s Storm Release: Laser Circus and condemned him for underestimating the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Setsuna used his Mangekyō Sharingan to project a figure from his past, which unleashed Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame at Darui.
• Raikage A charged at the towering flames and struck them with his electrically charged fist.

Uchiha Setsuna fought the Fourth Raikage A, testing his Lightning Release Chakra Mode with fire and sword attacks before teaming up with a projection of his past self. As A threatened to finish the battle, Setsuna unleashed his Sharingan again and prepared to trap him in a dōjutsu.

• The Fourth Raikage A arrived, drove away his defeated subordinate, and challenged Uchiha Setsuna, claiming the Uchiha were vulnerable without Konoha's protection.
• Setsuna summoned flames and shuriken to test A, who smashed the attack aside with his fists and Lightning Armor.
• Setsuna revealed the katana hidden in his cane and attacked A with Uchiha Style Kenjutsu, but A blocked the strike with his fist.
• Setsuna summoned a projection of his past self, and the two versions of him attacked A together, forcing him to contend with unpredictable strikes.
• A claimed Setsuna was running out of stamina and threatened to kill him, but Setsuna activated his Sharingan and announced that A would experience his dōjutsu.

Uchiha Setsuna used his Mangekyō Sharingan to trap Raikage A in a genjutsu and capture the Kumogakure ninja, intending to refine them into pills. Raikage A eventually broke free and escaped alone when more Uchiha reinforcements arrived.

• Uchiha Setsuna trapped Raikage A in a genjutsu that drew him into memories of his past.
• Darui led the Kumogakure ninja in an attack, but Uchiha Setsuna defeated them and knocked Darui unconscious.
• Uchiha Setsuna summoned a projection from the past to block the attackers and ordered arriving Uchiha ninja to carry the captives away for pill refinement.
• Raikage A broke free of the genjutsu and attacked Uchiha Setsuna, but Setsuna tried to trap him again.
• When more Uchiha ninja arrived, Raikage A abandoned his captured people and fled alone.

Uchiha Tekka used his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan to battle Kitsuchi and more than two hundred Iwagakure ninja. After unleashing Susanoo and devastating their ranks, he revealed another dojutsu as the Iwagakure force tried to retreat.

• Kitsuchi led over two hundred Iwagakure ninja against Uchiha Tekka and thirteen Uchiha allies.
• Tekka awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, trapped Akatsuchi in a genjutsu, and summoned Susanoo to withstand Iwagakure's attacks.
• Tekka's Susanoo cut through an Earth Release wall and killed nearly twenty Iwagakure ninja with one strike.
• Kitsuchi summoned a rock giant and ordered the Iwagakure ninja to retreat while he held Tekka back.
• Tekka activated a dojutsu that unleashed sun-hot flames toward the fleeing Iwagakure ninja, causing his eye to bleed from the strain.

Ao saw Fugaku Uchiha’s overwhelming power and ordered the Kirigakure shinobi to retreat, while Uchiha Inabi continued fighting the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails jinchūriki. The chapter leaves Kisame Hoshigaki struggling to escape Inabi’s golden flames as they burn through the battlefield.

• Ao saw Fugaku Uchiha control more than a hundred Iwagakure shinobi and summon Susanoo, then ordered his forces to retreat.
• Fugaku Uchiha sent Sasuke Uchiha back to the village and ordered the captured enemies taken there as materials for refining pills.
• Uchiha Inabi fought Yugito Nii and Killer B, whose strength and chakra began to test his dwindling ocular power.
• Ao and the Kirigakure shinobi rushed into the battle, and Inabi renewed his Susanoo and unleashed golden flames.
• Kisame Hoshigaki used his immense chakra to withstand the flames and realized he had to flee beyond their reach.

Sunagakure invaded the Land of Rain, while Nagato Uzumaki decided to reveal the Akatsuki’s strength and use the war to deter the Five Great Ninja Villages. He planned to lead the Akatsuki into battle as Uchiha Madara continued hunting the tailed beasts.

• Rasa led several thousand Sunagakure ninja toward the Land of Rain, and Chiyo warned him that Hanzō might still be dangerous.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu observed Sunagakure’s invasion plans and vanished underground.
• Nagato Uzumaki sent Pain away after ordering the Akatsuki members not to disappoint him, and the members discussed their targets and excitement for the coming battle.
• Nagato Uzumaki told Konan that the Akatsuki would strike first to restrain the major villages and prevent future wars.
• Nagato Uzumaki planned to reveal his plans to Uchiha Madara, lead the Akatsuki into war, and continue the tailed-beast plan in Yahiko’s name.

Akatsuki attacked Sunagakure’s forces, and Orochimaru battled Fourth Kazekage Rasa with powerful summons and techniques. Kakuzu fought Sunagakure ninja and boasted that he had once faced Senju Hashirama.

• Jūzō Biwa, Kakuzu, and Sasori charged into battle against Sunagakure’s forces, and Sasori sent five puppets toward Chiyo.
• Chiyo recognized the attackers as Akatsuki, and Baki ordered Sunagakure’s ninja to attack while Rasa and Chiyo took the field.
• Rasa unleashed Gold Dust Burial, but Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon to block the golden wave.
• Rasa raised a larger wave of gold dust, and Orochimaru countered with Manda and Wind Release techniques.
• Rasa formed a golden cube to defend against Orochimaru’s wind blades as their battle drew the attention of nearby fighters.
• Kakuzu replaced his heart after ripping one from a Special Jonin, then attacked Sunagakure’s ninja and claimed he had fought Senju Hashirama.

Sasori and Chiyo fought a fierce puppet battle, each revealing increasingly powerful techniques and puppets. Chiyo’s female puppet broke away from the clash and moved behind Sasori, leaving him facing an unexpected attack.

• Kakuzu spared a Sunagakure ninja after Sasori identified him as one of his own.
• Sasori and Chiyo exchanged attacks while discussing Sasori’s departure from the village and his changed appearance.
• Chiyo summoned her Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, and Sasori fought them using Hiruko and its scorpion tail.
• Chiyo blocked Sasori’s poisoned Senbon barrage with her ox-head puppet and sent five puppets toward him.
• Chiyo’s female puppet suddenly broke free from the battle and moved behind Sasori.

Sasori and Chiyo fought a spectacular puppet battle while Orochimaru killed Fourth Kazekage Rasa and attacked Sunagakure’s kekkei genkai users. Just as Chiyo accepted the possibility of dying by Sasori’s hand, Black Zetsu stabbed her, enraging Sasori.

• Sasori escaped Hiruko and revealed his Human Puppet body, then summoned one hundred puppets with his Red Secret Technique.
• Chiyo countered with the Chikamatsu Ten Guards, and the two puppet masters clashed while Sunagakure’s fighters watched.
• Orochimaru killed Fourth Kazekage Rasa, blamed Sasori for the Third Kazekage’s murder, and sent a giant snake to swallow Rasa’s body.
• Orochimaru attacked Sunagakure’s kekkei genkai users while Jūzō Biwa rejoined the fighting with his repaired Kubikiribōchō.
• Sasori and Chiyo spoke of their approaching deaths, but Black Zetsu emerged from the ground and pierced Chiyo with a black spike.
• Sasori saw Chiyo fall and roared that he would kill Black Zetsu.

Uchiha Jobu ordered Fugaku and Setsuna to hunt the other villages’ Jinchūriki and claim their Tailed Beasts, while promising to protect the Uchiha himself. The great villages reeled from their losses, and Kumogakure resolved to destroy the Uchiha as Konoha remained inactive.

• Jobu refined chakra extracted from Sunagakure and Kumogakure prisoners into pills, then ordered the captives kept alive for future batches.
• Jobu told Fugaku and Setsuna to form separate squads and hunt the major villages’ Jinchūriki, intending to make every Tailed Beast an Uchiha pet.
• Jobu revealed his Three-Tomoe Rinnegan and assured Fugaku and Setsuna that he would defend the Uchiha clan from any attack.
• Jobu considered the threat posed by the Otsutsuki and decided to gather the Tailed Beasts before confronting Kirigakure.
• Raikage A and Killer B returned to Kumogakure, and Killer B concluded that the Uchiha had to be uprooted to protect the Jinchūriki.
• Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure suffered major losses, while Konoha stayed inactive and secretly guarded Naruto Uzumaki.

Obito Uchiha agreed to let Nagato keep the Rinnegan while he began hunting Tailed Beasts in secret. In the Land of Earth, Uchiha Setsuna challenged Rōshi, the Four-Tails' Jinchūriki, and brought out a powerful ocular technique as their fight continued.

• Black Zetsu explained that Nagato had split their plan, and Obito Uchiha decided to let him keep the Rinnegan while Akatsuki hunted Tailed Beasts.
• Uchiha Setsuna brought Uchiha Shūichi, Dunyi, and Uchiha Nanyi to the Land of Earth to find Rōshi outside Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Setsuna attacked the volcano with Fire Release: Dragon Flame Bullet, drawing Rōshi and the Four-Tails into battle.
• Rōshi released all four tails and fired Lava Release at Uchiha Setsuna, but Susanoo blocked and dispersed the magma.
• Uchiha Setsuna used his ocular technique to project a figure from the past, then launched Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique at Rōshi.

Uchiha Setsuna fought Rōshi, the Four-Tails’ Jinchūriki, and overwhelmed his attacks with Susanoo. Rōshi transformed completely into Sun Wukong, who met Setsuna’s second Ninety-Nine Magatama with a flaming mountain of lava, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Rōshi drew on the Four-Tails’ power and clashed with Uchiha Setsuna, while Sun Wukong warned him about genjutsu and Susanoo.
• Rōshi used Lava Release: Scorching Flow Great River, but Setsuna’s third-stage Susanoo carved a ravine that stopped the attack.
• Setsuna hurled Ninety-Nine Magatama, and Rōshi transformed completely into Sun Wukong to catch them and throw them into the sky.
• Two Uchiha left their vantage point to attack a nearby Iwagakure squad before it could report the fight.
• Sun Wukong used Lava Release: Flame Mountain, and Setsuna answered with another Ninety-Nine Magatama, whose collision with the lava unleashed a devastating shockwave.

Uchiha Setsuna defeated the Four-Tails by projecting Susanoo from his past and trapping the beast in a genjutsu built from its happiest memories. Rōshi regained control of his body, but stood lifeless as Setsuna declared the Uchiha superior to a Jinchūriki.

• Uchiha Setsuna and another Uchiha killed the Iwagakure ninjas who had tried to escape.
• The Four-Tails attacked Setsuna's Susanoo with a magma-coated boulder, prompting Setsuna to project a second Susanoo from the past.
• Setsuna's two Susanoo struck the Four-Tails with Ninety-Nine Magatama, while a third projection blocked its escape and left it badly wounded.
• Setsuna dismissed the past projections and used his Sharingan genjutsu to trap the Four-Tails in its happiest memories.
• The Four-Tails' transformation subsided, Rōshi regained control of his body, and Setsuna taunted him about the Uchiha's superiority.

Fugaku Uchiha led the Uchiha in an attack on Takigakure to seize its Seven-Tails Jinchūriki. After Suien brought them the child Fu, Fugaku made him the village leader and a subordinate of the Uchiha.

• Fugaku Uchiha accepted Suien’s offer to guide the Uchiha to Takigakure in exchange for help overthrowing its leader.
• The Uchiha attacked Takigakure, and Fugaku demanded that Aoki hand over the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Fugaku overpowered Aoki and promised the village leader’s position to anyone who found the Jinchūriki.
• Suien raced to the village’s hidden shelter and returned with Fu, the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Fugaku declared Suien Takigakure’s new leader and made him a dog of the Uchiha.

Fugaku Uchiha and his clan members were ambushed by Jūzō Biwa and the masked Obito Uchiha as they left Takigakure with the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki. Obito concealed his future from Fugaku’s eyes and attacked him while Jūzō kept the other Uchiha occupied.

• Suien sent Fugaku Uchiha and the others out of Takigakure after they captured the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Jūzō Biwa ambushed the group with Kubikiribōchō, but Fugaku Uchiha blocked the strike with Susanoo.
• Obito Uchiha emerged from the Kamui Dimension, and Fugaku identified the attackers as members of Akatsuki.
• Fugaku Uchiha attacked Jūzō Biwa, who escaped with a Water Clone and engaged the other Uchiha instead.
• Fugaku Uchiha realized he could not see the masked Obito Uchiha’s future, while Black Zetsu concealed Obito with Yin–Yang Release.
• Obito Uchiha revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and charged Fugaku Uchiha with an iron chain.

Obito and Black Zetsu attacked Fugaku to take his powerful eyes, and Fugaku fought back using his ability to glimpse the future. Obito eventually stole one of Fugaku’s eyes, and Black Zetsu killed him as the Uchiha rushed to summon reinforcements.

• Obito attacked Fugaku with Kamui and chains, but Fugaku used his future-seeing eyes to evade the strike.
• Black Zetsu warned Obito about Fugaku’s ocular power, and Obito unleashed a combined Kamui and Fire Release technique that Susanoo easily stopped.
• Obito merged with Black Zetsu, then used Wood Release as Fugaku’s glimpses of the future were disrupted.
• Obito bypassed Fugaku’s defenses with Kamui, gouged out one of his eyes, and dragged him to the ground while Wood Release blocked the other Uchiha.
• An Uchiha summoned Nekotarō to carry news of the attack to the clan and request reinforcements.
• Black Zetsu pierced Fugaku’s heart and lungs with black spikes, killing him.

Uchiha Setsuna arrived too late to save Fugaku Uchiha and drove the masked Obito Uchiha away, while Obito escaped with Fugaku’s eyes and Fū. Back in the Land of Whirlpools, Uchiha Jobu told Sasuke the killer had called himself Uchiha Madara, and Sasuke vowed to avenge his father.

• The Ninja Cat summoned Uchiha Setsuna to the battlefield, where Setsuna attacked Obito Uchiha with Susanoo but Obito escaped using Kamui.
• Obito took Fugaku Uchiha’s eyes and Fū into Kamui Space, then planned with Black Zetsu to seize the Three-Tails before the Uchiha could collect more Tailed Beasts.
• Uchiha Setsuna reconstructed part of the battle, learned Jūzō Biwa had gravely injured two clansmen, and returned to the Land of Whirlpools with Fugaku’s body sealed in a scroll.
• Uchiha Jobu identified the masked man as Obito Uchiha and told Sasuke Uchiha that the killer had called himself Uchiha Madara.
• Sasuke vowed to avenge Fugaku, and Uchiha Jobu recommended that he train under Tekka.

Itachi Uchiha fought off a Konoha Anbu squad led by Kakashi as he fled toward the Land of Whirlpools. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed Danzo’s crimes and Konoha’s need to bring powerful shinobi back, hoping Itachi’s plan would make the Uchiha Clan an ally.

• A four-man Anbu squad found Itachi Uchiha at the Land of Fire’s border and received orders to capture him alive if possible.
• Itachi Uchiha escaped the squad’s swamp and tracking shackle techniques with his Crow Clone Technique, then counterattacked with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Kakashi charged Itachi Uchiha, and the two clashed with a short blade and kunai as Itachi warned Kakashi he was no match for him.
• Mitokado Homura told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Danzo had secretly worked with Orochimaru, conducted forbidden experiments, and committed other crimes.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said Konoha needed Orochimaru and other powerful ninja to return, and hoped Itachi Uchiha’s plan would bring the Uchiha Clan into an alliance with the village.

Itachi Uchiha accepted Obito Uchiha’s invitation to join the Akatsuki so he could learn the organization’s plans, while Uchiha Jobu prepared his clan for the coming war. Jobu then strengthened Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Inabi by giving them Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan with inexhaustible ocular power.

• Itachi Uchiha defeated Kakashi Hatake and the other members of the Anbu pursuit squad, who sent up a flare for help.
• Obito Uchiha confronted Itachi Uchiha, and Itachi agreed to join the Akatsuki to gather intelligence for Konoha.
• News of Itachi Uchiha’s defection spread, as Uchiha Jobu reviewed the clan’s groups and warned that war was approaching.
• Uchiha Jobu discussed the Tailed Beast hunt and said he would capture a jinchuriki from Konoha or Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Jobu gave Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Inabi Ten-Tails Chakra and Otsutsuki Blood, awakening Eternal Eyes with greatly increased ocular power.

Uchiha Setsuna attacked Kumogakure with two Susanoo, demanding that the village surrender the Eight-Tails. Raikage A and Kumogakure’s ninja failed to stop him, though the Swift Release Clan head managed to crack one Susanoo’s brow.

• Kumogakure’s clan heads confronted Raikage A over losing the Two-Tails’ Jinchūriki and questioned his leadership.
• Uchiha Setsuna arrived in Kumogakure in a towering Susanoo and declared that he had come to reclaim the Eight-Tails.
• Raikage A attacked the Susanoo while Setsuna warned Kumogakure to hand over the Eight-Tails.
• Mabui rallied Kumogakure’s forces, but their attacks could not drive Setsuna’s Susanoo away.
• Setsuna summoned a second Susanoo and began trampling Kumogakure as Raikage A failed to stop him.
• The Swift Release Clan head struck a Susanoo between the brows and cracked it, prompting Setsuna to mock him.

Uchiha Setsuna learned that Kumogakure’s Eight-Tails Jinchūriki was away recovering from injuries and unleashed two powerful Fire Release techniques against the village. Raikage A fought back, but the flames consumed him and Kumogakure.

• Uchiha Setsuna used his ocular technique to learn that the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki was absent from Kumogakure and still recovering from injuries.
• Raikage A rallied Kumogakure’s ninja and led their attacks against Setsuna’s Susanoo.
• Setsuna summoned a Susanoo Projection to withstand the village’s barrage of Lightning Release attacks.
• Setsuna cast Majestic Destroyer Flame and Uchiha Flame Formation, engulfing Kumogakure in fire.
• Raikage A charged out of the flames, but Setsuna caught him in a genjutsu and the fire consumed him along with his village.

With the Ninja World in crisis after the Fourth Raikage's death and the hunting of Jinchūriki, Hiruzen Sarutobi considered Konoha's failures and convened a Five Kage Summit. Konoha's teams set out to invite the other villages, including the surviving forces of Kumogakure.

• Shikaku Nara urged Konoha to bring the Uchiha Clan back, while Hyuga Hiashi and Kakashi Hatake doubted the clan would return.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi blamed himself for Konoha's predicament and proposed resigning as Hokage, but the assembled leaders persuaded him to stay.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that he would convene a Five Kage Summit to address the crisis in the Ninja World.
• Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, and Gekko Hayate departed for Sunagakure with Hiruzen's letter.
• Mitaraishi Anko's team headed to Iwagakure, while Kurenai Yuhi's team set out for Kirigakure with summit invitations.
• Ino-Shika-Cho went to Kumogakure to invite its surviving forces, whose Eight-Tails Jinchuriki was considered a candidate for Raikage.

Himiko attacked the Swift Release Clan and sought Kakashi Hatake’s Sharingan while the Five Kage Summit invitation reached the other villages. Kirigakure chose Mei Terumi as its new Mizukage, and Konoha pressured Ōnoki to attend despite Iwagakure’s anger over Kitsuchi’s death.

• Himiko defeated the Swift Release Clan’s defenders, captured a shinobi to absorb his Kekkei Genkai, and planned to take Kakashi Hatake’s eyes in Sunagakure.
• Kiryu Kima fled with several clansmen toward the Land of Fields, where the Five Kage Summit was to be held.
• Kurenai Yuhi delivered Konoha’s summit invitation to Kirigakure, and Genji said the village would attend despite the Mizukage’s absence.
• Mei Terumi learned that the Mizukage had been controlled by genjutsu and was named Kirigakure’s Fifth Mizukage.
• Ōnoki demanded that Konoha answer for Kitsuchi’s death, but Konoha’s messengers blamed Iwagakure for attacking the Uchiha Clan and warned that it would receive no assistance if it skipped the summit.

At the Five Kage Summit, the leaders discussed Akatsuki and the mysterious Masked Man while explaining why new Kage had taken the place of their predecessors. Hiruzen Sarutobi argued that the Masked Man might be Uchiha Madara, leaving Ōnoki firmly opposed and the summit considering how Madara could have survived.

• Ōnoki questioned the new Kazekage, Mizukage, and acting Raikage, and each described their abilities and qualifications.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said the Masked Man had captured the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, while Mifune warned that war might be approaching.
• Ōnoki insisted that the Masked Man was not Uchiha Madara and said Uchiha Jobu resembled Madara more closely.
• The Underground Gold Exchange leader linked the Masked Man's single Mangekyō Sharingan to Izanagi and revealed that Shimura Danzō had traded away Konoha's interests.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Madara might have used Izanagi to survive his battle with Senju Hashirama, prompting the summit to consider that the Masked Man could be Madara.

At the Five Kage Summit, the leaders discussed Akatsuki and the hunt for the Jinchūriki while Obito Uchiha and his allies ambushed Killer B in the Land of Lightning. As Obito’s Kamui began pulling B in, Eight-Tails Gyūki took control of his body.

• The Five Kage and former Kage debated how to respond to Akatsuki, the Masked Man, and the Uchiha Clan’s hunt for Jinchūriki.
• Killer B returned to the ruined Land of Lightning and learned that Raikage A had died and the head of the Swift Release Clan had become acting Raikage.
• Jūzō Biwa attacked Killer B’s group with the Kubikiribōchō, and the Masked Man emerged from a spatial distortion.
• Obito Uchiha and his allies attacked Killer B and the Kumogakure ninja, with Himiko targeting the sensory ninja.
• Obito overwhelmed Killer B’s Eight-Sword Style with his Gunbai and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Obito activated Kamui to pull Killer B into a spatial vortex, and Gyūki forced a switch in consciousness to take control of B’s body.