Recaps

Alternate-world Orochimaru argued that Konoha needed radical change and urged the others to reclaim control from its entrenched leaders. Tsunade agreed to consider his plan if he proved his strength, leaving Jiraiya uneasy about what her decision could mean for Konoha.

• Orochimaru condemned Konoha's corrupt political system and said he wanted to reshape the village before leaving its people to choose their future.
• Orochimaru challenged Jiraiya and Tsunade to face Konoha's failures, warning that the approaching Ōtsutsuki could destroy the Shinobi World if they did nothing.
• Tsunade asked whether Orochimaru would move against the daimyo, while the other Orochimaru considered the possibility of becoming Hokage.
• Naruto objected to Orochimaru becoming Hokage because he feared it would make his own path to the position harder, but Jiraiya and Tsunade ignored him.
• Orochimaru said Konoha would accept him if he had enough power, and Tsunade told him to prove his strength before she agreed to his plan.
• Jiraiya stayed silent after Tsunade made her decision, troubled by the prospect of returning to confront Konoha's darkness.

Orochimaru restored his hands and revealed a monstrous Eight-Headed Serpent form to prove his strength to Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the others. The display left them terrified, while this world's Orochimaru wondered why the technique looked nothing like the one he had learned.

• Orochimaru explained that Kakashi had gone to capture the Uchiha connected to the Nine-Tails Uprising, and Jiraiya questioned whether Kakashi could handle the Akatsuki.
• Orochimaru used the Death God Mask to free his hands and release Hiruzen Sarutobi's soul to the Pure Land.
• Orochimaru led the group away from Tanzaku Street and prepared to demonstrate the Eight Branches Technique.
• Orochimaru transformed into an enormous Eight-Headed Serpent, larger than Perfect Susanoo, and overwhelmed the Legendary Sannin and the Nine-Tails with fear.
• This world's Orochimaru stared in disbelief at the serpent and wondered why it differed from the Eight Branches Technique he had learned.

Orochimaru proved to Tsunade and Jiraiya that his Eight-Headed Serpent form made him powerful enough to become Fifth Hokage, and they asked him to explain his plans for changing Konoha. Meanwhile, Itachi confronted Obito in the Land of Rain after learning his identity from Kakashi.

• Orochimaru transformed into his enhanced Eight-Headed Serpent form, then returned to normal after demonstrating his strength to Tsunade and Jiraiya.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya confirmed Orochimaru's identity and asked him to explain his plan for Konoha.
• Kakashi infiltrated the Land of Rain as Obito received Nagato's message that Itachi wanted to meet him.
• Itachi waited at the agreed location, with Kakashi hidden nearby, and wondered whether Kakashi could defeat Obito.
• Obito emerged from a spatial vortex and asked Itachi why he had summoned him.
• Itachi exposed Obito's identity and asked what he wanted, leaving Obito shocked that his secret had been discovered.

Kakashi confronted Obito after Obito threatened Itachi and revealed that he knew Obito’s identity. Kakashi intended to take Obito back to Konoha, and the two prepared for a Kamui showdown.

• Obito threatened Itachi, warning him not to reveal his identity and threatening Sasuke’s Sharingan.
• Kakashi emerged from a spatial vortex and confronted Obito, who recognized him as his old friend.
• Obito removed his mask and rejected Kakashi’s demand to atone for his crimes.
• Kakashi explained that Obito could not use Susanoo, while Kakashi could wield a black Perfect Susanoo.
• Kakashi and Obito prepared to fight, and Obito considered taking Kakashi’s eyes.

Kakashi confronted Obito and claimed he could defeat him without relying on the Mangekyo Sharingan. As Kakashi's darkness swallowed Obito's powerful Fire Release and spread across the battlefield, Obito and Itachi retreated, unable to identify the strange ability.

• Obito mocked Kakashi for being unable to use the Mangekyo Sharingan as an Uchiha, but Kakashi said the Dark-Dark Fruit could defeat him without it.
• Obito attacked Kakashi with Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance, and Kakashi deactivated his Sharingan before facing the attack.
• Kakashi absorbed Obito's fire with darkness, then sent the darkness spreading across the ground and swallowing trees and rocks.
• Obito and Itachi retreated from the advancing darkness, while their Mangekyo Sharingan revealed no chakra fluctuations or clues about its nature.
• Danzo heard that war had erupted on Tanzaku Street and that Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru had met, so he began secret plans to seize the opportunity.

Kakashi used the Dark-Dark Fruit to capture Obito alive, leaving Nagato and Itachi to assess the upheaval his power could bring. Meanwhile, Jiraiya struggled with Tsunade’s decision to let Orochimaru change Konoha as Orochimaru’s plans won over the Legendary Sannin.

• Kakashi countered Obito’s Kamui Intangibility with the Dark-Dark Fruit and captured him in the Kamui Dimension.
• Nagato arrived after Obito was taken, and Itachi told him the Shinobi World might be transformed by Kakashi’s power.
• Black Zetsu discovered that Obito had disappeared, while Obito found himself trapped in Kakashi’s different Kamui Dimension.
• Orochimaru’s plans convinced the Legendary Sannin that he could reshape Konoha and the Shinobi World.
• Naruto attacked Kabuto, but Kabuto quickly subdued him.
• Jiraiya hesitated to support Orochimaru until Tsunade asked whether he wanted Konoha to keep rotting away.

Kakashi captured Obito and reunited with Orochimaru, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Naruto as they headed for Konoha. Orochimaru planned to use Obito’s capture to win support and expose Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, while Danzo mobilized Root to intercept the group.

• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya chose their routes: Tsunade and Jiraiya would return to Konoha with Orochimaru, while the Orochimaru of this world would return to the Land of Grass.
• Danzo learned that Tsunade and Jiraiya had reunited with Orochimaru and led Root to intercept them, hoping to kill them or gather evidence against them.
• Kakashi emerged from the void carrying the captured Obito and reported to Orochimaru that his mission was complete.
• Naruto recognized the unmasked Kakashi, while Tsunade and Jiraiya realized that Obito was the masked man behind the Nine-Tails Uprising.
• Orochimaru called Obito a stepping stone and planned to use his capture to gain support in Konoha and expose Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo.

Danzo tried to seize the Fifth Hokage position by confronting Orochimaru, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Kakashi, but Orochimaru revealed a Rinnegan and pinned Obito down. Danzo ordered Root to attack, leaving Kakashi facing the incoming elites.

• Danzo watched the group approach and realized that the person disguised as Kakashi had captured Obito.
• Orochimaru exposed Danzo and challenged his claim to represent Konoha, while Tsunade and Jiraiya recognized that Danzo and Root were finished.
• Orochimaru put on the Hokage hat and robe, declaring himself the Fifth Hokage, and Kakashi handed him Obito.
• Orochimaru used a Rinnegan and a Black Rod to pin Obito down and seal his chakra again.
• Danzo declared himself the true Fifth Hokage and ordered the Root members hiding nearby to attack.

Danzo ambushed Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Kakashi, intending to kill them and seize Kakashi’s secrets. Kakashi overwhelmed Danzo, who used Izanagi to escape death and ordered Root to hold Kakashi back while he fled.

• Danzo attacked Jiraiya and Tsunade, believing their injuries and Jiraiya’s reluctance to fight village ninja would give him the advantage.
• Kakashi unleashed spreading darkness that swallowed Root ninja and their attacks, forcing Danzo to order a retreat.
• Danzo removed his bandages and revealed the Sharingan implanted in his arm, leading Jiraiya to suspect his involvement in the Uchiha massacre.
• Danzo used Shisui’s eye to cast Kotoamatsukami on Kakashi, but Kakashi’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan resisted it and Kamui tore Danzo apart.
• Danzo survived by using Izanagi and sacrificing a Sharingan, then ordered Root to delay Kakashi as he tried to escape.
• Kakashi tore Danzo apart with Kamui again just as Danzo ordered Root to stop him.

Kakashi and Orochimaru captured Danzo and his Root operatives, while Jiraiya and Tsunade realized Konoha had no one strong enough to oppose them. As Orochimaru’s group continued toward Konoha, the village’s leaders waited for Tsunade to become Hokage and dismissed Danzo’s chances of gaining support.

• Kakashi dragged the Root ninja into the Kamui Dimension and suppressed them, while repeatedly killing Danzo as he revived with Izanagi.
• Orochimaru restrained Danzo with Black Rods, took Shisui’s eye, and told Danzo his era had ended; Kakashi released the Root ninja from the dimension.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade recognized that they could not resist Kakashi and Orochimaru, and Kakashi’s group set off for Konoha with Danzo and Obito.
• Danzo accused Jiraiya and Tsunade of abandoning Konoha, but Tsunade said they would regret it if Danzo became Hokage.
• Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and other Konoha officials discussed whether Danzo would cause trouble and concluded that nobody in the village supported him.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Kakashi confronted Konoha’s leaders, exposing Danzo’s crimes and demanding a change in power. Orochimaru and Kakashi demonstrated their overwhelming strength and left Konoha with a choice between destruction and compromise.

• An ANBU member reported that Jiraiya and Tsunade had returned with Orochimaru, prompting Konoha’s leaders to gather at the village entrance.
• Konoha’s ANBU and Jonin confronted the group, and Kakashi threw out the captured, half-dead Danzo and several Root ninja.
• Tsunade declared that Danzo had tried to assassinate her and announced that Root was disbanded.
• Kakashi revealed Obito as the culprit behind the Nine-Tails Uprising and accused Danzo of conspiring with him, challenging Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane to explain their ties to Danzo.
• Orochimaru said he had returned to assist Tsunade and warned that Konoha would not survive another Shinobi World War as it was.
• Kakashi activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan as Orochimaru transformed into the Eight-Headed Serpent, and Orochimaru demanded that Konoha choose destruction or compromise.

Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage and began reshaping Konoha while deciding how to handle Orochimaru’s return and his proposals for war and control over the Land of Fire. The village’s leadership was purged, but Tsunade remained uncertain whether to use Shisui’s eye to influence the daimyo.

• Orochimaru appeared as the Eight-Headed Serpent and demanded that Konoha accept his return or face war, while Kakashi sent the two advisors into the Kamui Dimension.
• Tsunade returned to the village, took office as the Fifth Hokage, and announced trials for Danzo and those responsible for the Nine-Tails Uprising.
• Orochimaru urged Tsunade and Jiraiya to wage war for resources, but Tsunade postponed the decision because Konoha was too weak and burdened with problems.
• Orochimaru gave Tsunade Shisui’s eye and suggested she use Kotoamatsukami to change the daimyo’s will, leaving her conflicted about the forbidden technique.
• Tsunade lowered ninja academy entry requirements for civilian children and increased funding for Konoha Hospital, while villagers largely accepted Orochimaru’s return and waited to see what would change.

The daimyo worried about Orochimaru’s return and Danzo’s capture, while Tsunade agreed to Orochimaru’s plan to expose Danzo’s crimes and reform Konoha. Kakashi then questioned his counterpart about keeping Obito’s Sharingan after Obito learned the truth behind Rin’s death and his role as a pawn.

• The Land of Fire’s daimyo accepted Tsunade becoming Hokage but objected to Orochimaru’s return and Danzo’s capture, while fearing Konoha’s decline amid pressure from rival nations.
• Orochimaru urged Tsunade to reveal Danzo’s crimes and push through sweeping reforms, and Tsunade eventually agreed despite wanting to preserve Hiruzen Sarutobi’s dignity.
• Orochimaru learned from Kakashi that this world had no spacetime tunnel east of the Land of Water and could not reach the Pirate World.
• Konoha decided to execute Danzo on the day Tsunade took office, and its leaders and major clans accepted Orochimaru’s return.
• Obito learned that Black Zetsu and Madara had manipulated him and that Rin’s death was part of their conspiracy, then knelt silently before Konoha’s Memorial Stone.
• Kakashi asked his counterpart whether he would keep living with Obito’s eye, leaving him uncertain about the bond that had shaped his life.

Kakashi decided to give up his Sharingan, while Guy tried to comfort him and claimed the place of his best friend. Sasuke sought power from Orochimaru, who revealed Itachi’s true feelings and left Sasuke awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan before he collapsed.

• Guy arrived and supported Kakashi, who decided to ask Tsunade to remove his Sharingan.
• Sasuke, hoping to gain enough power to take revenge, went to Orochimaru’s residence and asked for strength.
• Orochimaru questioned Sasuke’s motives and explained that the Curse Mark could not make him stronger than Itachi.
• Orochimaru told Sasuke the truth about Itachi’s choices and love for him.
• Sasuke awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan from the shock and immediately fainted.

Sasuke awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan with Huang Jin-jian and Kagutsuchi after learning the truth about Itachi, and Orochimaru sent him back to face his brother. At Tsunade’s inauguration, Konoha publicly condemned Danzo and Obito for their crimes, leaving the village ready for their punishment.

• Sasuke awakened Huang Jin-jian, a healing ocular technique, and Kagutsuchi after learning that Itachi had a Bloodline Disease and had deceived him.
• Orochimaru injected the unconscious Sasuke with improved First Hokage Cells and arranged for him to be sent back to settle things with Itachi.
• Tsunade took office as Hokage and spoke about the Will of Fire and reforms for Konoha.
• Tsunade publicly named Obito as the mastermind behind the Uchiha massacre and Nine-Tails Uprising, and condemned Danzo for conspiring with rogue ninja and ambushing the Hokage.
• Tsunade declared that Konoha would no longer tolerate anyone who destroyed its peace, drawing cheers from the crowd.

Kakashi executed Danzo and Obito, awakening his Dark-Dark Fruit, while Tsunade began her tenure as Hokage under the shadow of Orochimaru’s power. After waking in the hospital with Mangekyo Sharingan and an Enhanced Sage Body, Sasuke rushed to find Itachi, leaving Naruto afraid he would lose his friend.

• Kakashi beheaded Danzo and Obito, then entered the Kamui Dimension to study his awakened Dark-Dark Fruit power.
• Tsunade’s Hokage succession ceremony ended, and she worried that letting Orochimaru continue unchecked could destroy Konoha.
• Naruto and Sakura visited Sasuke in Konoha Hospital, where Sasuke woke and activated his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Sasuke recognized his immense new strength and left the hospital to confront Itachi about the Uchiha clan’s fate.
• Naruto asked where Sasuke was going and feared that he was about to lose his closest friend.

Sasuke left Konoha to keep his actions from endangering the village and to pursue his plan to find and change Itachi. Naruto and Sakura failed to stop him, and Sasuke departed after using his Mangekyo Sharingan to incapacitate Naruto.

• Sasuke cut the Konoha symbol on his forehead protector and declared himself a rogue ninja.
• Naruto and Sakura questioned Sasuke, but he said they could not understand his reasons for leaving.
• Sasuke kicked Naruto aside and easily deflected Naruto’s unpracticed Rasengan.
• When Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra emerged, Sasuke used his Mangekyo Sharingan to enter Naruto’s mental world and make him faint.
• Sasuke left, while Sakura collapsed to her knees, unable to follow him.

Konoha adjusted to Sasuke's departure while Tsunade considered using Shisui's eye to gain power, and Orochimaru sent Kakashi to deal with the Akatsuki and the other villages. Sasuke headed for the Land of Rain to confront Itachi as the Akatsuki continued its plans and Kisame grew suspicious of Itachi.

• Tsunade considered using Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan to influence the daimyo and strengthen Konoha.
• Orochimaru ordered Kakashi to deal with the Akatsuki and teach the Hidden Rock Village and Cloud Hidden Village a lesson, and Kakashi departed.
• Sasuke traveled to the Land of Rain to confront Itachi and challenge his choices.
• Nagato and Itachi worried that Konoha's changes and Kakashi's strength could disrupt their plans, but Nagato continued the Akatsuki's missions.
• Kisame suspected that Itachi might betray the Akatsuki as Sasuke drew closer to them.

Sasuke searched for information about Itachi and encountered Orochimaru, who was preparing to conquer Hidden Waterfall Village. Sasuke healed Orochimaru and agreed to work with him to find Itachi, build a nation, and face the Ōtsutsuki.

• While gathering intelligence, Sasuke learned that Orochimaru had taken control of several small nations and was preparing to attack Hidden Waterfall Village.
• Sasuke met Kabuto, learned Orochimaru was nearby, and followed him to Orochimaru.
• Sasuke asked Orochimaru for information about Itachi and used Huang Jin-jian to heal Orochimaru’s damaged body and soothe his soul.
• Orochimaru proposed that Sasuke help him build a nation and confront the Ōtsutsuki in exchange for help finding Itachi, and Sasuke agreed.
• At Orochimaru’s temporary base, Orochimaru learned that another version of himself had helped Sasuke and asked Sasuke for blood to research; Sasuke agreed.

Itachi and Kisame pursued the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki while Sasuke and Orochimaru also arrived in the Hidden Waterfall Village. Sasuke confronted Itachi over the Uchiha massacre, and Itachi realized he might have to carry out his plan ahead of schedule.

• Kisame asked Itachi whether the legendary Hero's Water existed, while Itachi warned that it would likely have severe side effects.
• Orochimaru examined Sasuke's blood and found powerful inherited traits, then asked Sasuke to become his disciple.
• Sasuke learned that Konoha had executed two of the culprits behind the Uchiha massacre, but still blamed Itachi and sensed his arrival.
• Itachi and Kisame encountered Sasuke and Orochimaru, and Sasuke revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan before declaring that he would never forgive Itachi.
• Sasuke attacked Itachi with Susanoo and accused him of choosing Konoha over the Uchiha clan, forcing Itachi to consider dying by Sasuke's hand and using Kotoamatsukami to make him protect Konoha.

Sasuke defeated Itachi and resisted Kotoamatsukami, then chose to keep his brother alive and join Orochimaru in a campaign to take control of the Shinobi World. Kisame fled to report their alliance to the organization.

• Sasuke overwhelmed Itachi in battle while Orochimaru kept Kisame occupied.
• Sasuke shattered Itachi's Susanoo, but felt no joy in defeating his brother and rejected Itachi's pleas to kill him.
• A Ninja Crow used Kotoamatsukami to alter Sasuke's consciousness, but Sasuke's Huangjin Technique cleansed the effect.
• Sasuke removed Itachi's eyes and declared that he would keep Itachi alive while destroying Konoha and starting a war.
• Sasuke asked Orochimaru to support his plans, and Orochimaru agreed to begin with Hidden Waterfall Village before moving on to the Land of Fire.
• Kisame fled to report that Sasuke and Orochimaru had joined forces to overturn the Shinobi World.

Sasuke gained Itachi’s eyes and joined Orochimaru in planning Konoha’s destruction, while Kakashi confronted Nagato over Black Zetsu’s schemes and forced him to disband Akatsuki. Nagato and Konan returned to the Hidden Rain Village, and Akatsuki’s members were left scrambling to learn why their organization had ended.

• Sasuke sealed Itachi’s mouth, and Orochimaru replaced Itachi’s eyes before transplanting them into Sasuke, who gained the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Kakashi exposed Black Zetsu’s scheme and revealed the origins of Nagato’s Rinnegan to Nagato and Konan.
• Nagato refused Kakashi’s demand to disband Akatsuki, so Kakashi brought Nagato and Konan into his Kamui Dimension and threatened the Hidden Rain Village.
• Nagato surrendered after realizing Kakashi was far stronger, and Kakashi returned him and Konan to the Hidden Rain Village before disappearing.
• Kisame and the other Akatsuki members learned that Akatsuki had disbanded and rushed toward the Hidden Rain Village for answers.

Tsunade placed the Fire Daimyo under control and launched Konoha into war against the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth, committing its strongest fighters to the campaign. Orochimaru and Kakashi crossed the borders and overwhelmed enemy ninja, forcing both nations to mobilize as the conflict escalated.

• Akatsuki’s members struggled to believe the organization was going to disband.
• Tsunade agreed to wage war against the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth, expecting Kakashi and Orochimaru to leave Konoha afterward.
• The Fire Daimyo arrived in Konoha, where Tsunade had him placed under control before declaring war.
• Orochimaru and Kakashi led Konoha teams into the two nations, while Jiraiya and Tsunade joined the campaign.
• Orochimaru and Kakashi quickly overwhelmed the enemy ninja they encountered, prompting Onoki and A to mobilize their villages and formally enter the war.

After helping Konoha win a swift war in another timeline, Orochimaru and Kakashi returned to their own world and sealed the Dragon Vein against further time travel. Orochimaru planned to tighten Konoha’s control over rival countries, while Danzo returned to Hiruzen Sarutobi’s home and was stunned to find Kaguya Otsutsuki there.

• Kakashi and Orochimaru helped Konoha defeat Hidden Rock Village and the Cloud Hidden Village, which signed a treaty and paid reparations.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya learned that Orochimaru controlled several small countries, while Sasuke had left Konoha and conquered Hidden Waterfall Village.
• Orochimaru and Kakashi left the alternate timeline after Orochimaru sealed the Dragon Vein so no one could use it for time travel.
• Back in their own world, Orochimaru noticed the Dragon Vein had weakened and decided to seal it completely.
• Orochimaru returned with plans to make the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth vassals of Konoha Country.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki warned Hiruzen Sarutobi to prepare for the Otsutsuki Clan, then Danzo arrived boasting that he had another son and was shocked to see her.

Danzo visited Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kaguya Otsutsuki, then left in embarrassment. Hiruzen took Kaguya through Konoha’s space-time passage to the Pirate World, where she proposed planting a Divine Tree, but he rejected her method of gaining strength.

• Danzo realized Konoha’s villagers supported Orochimaru and left after feeling ashamed before Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Kaguya considered the Shinobi World’s new power system and wondered whether it could challenge the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Hiruzen finished tea with Kaguya and brought her to Konoha’s space-time passage.
• Hiruzen led Kaguya through the passage to the larger Pirate World.
• Kaguya proposed planting a Divine Tree and eating its Chakra Fruit to gain strength, but Hiruzen had no interest in that method.