Recaps

Konoha intervened in the war at Marineford, allied with Whitebeard, and rescued Ace while capturing Blackbeard. It then brought Fish-Man Island under Konoha’s protection, though resistance remained and a new passage between the island and Konoha awaited testing.

• Fugaku temporarily took Konoha’s Shichibukai position, while Jiraiya and Fugaku attended the Marine meeting as Sengoku announced Ace’s execution.
• Shisui persuaded Whitebeard to ally with Konoha, and Orochimaru restored Whitebeard’s youth before the Whitebeard Pirates joined Konoha as its navy after the war.
• At Marineford, Whitebeard, Luffy, and Konoha’s forces battled the Marines, and Jiraiya intervened as Whitebeard confronted Blackbeard.
• Shisui and Fugaku captured Blackbeard, and Whitebeard’s pirates escaped Marineford with Ace and Luffy while Konoha took over Whitebeard’s territories.
• Kisame, Itachi, Kabuto, and Anko traveled toward Fish-Man Island with Jinbe and Rayleigh, bringing the captured Celestial Dragon Shalria along after she targeted Itachi.
• Orochimaru offered Konoha’s protection to Neptune, and Neptune agreed that Fish-Man Island would join Konoha Country in exchange for equal status and a passage to the surface.
• Minato arrived to prepare the passage, while Konoha’s ninja defeated the New Fish-Man Pirates and Flying Pirates and purged Fish-Man District.
• Neptune remained in charge of Fish-Man Island as Konoha’s ninja patrolled and supervised it, and the new spatial passage awaited stability tests.

Konoha expanded its influence in the Pirate World, defeated Isshiki and secured recognition from the World Government while Naruto’s crew began its voyage. As Konoha tightened its control over trade and territory, Kakashi gained new powers and Kaido set out to attack the island.

• Kakashi tested Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Karin, and the other rookies, then declared them fit to pass their evaluation.
• Konoha welcomed the Ryugu Kingdom and other intelligent races, while Itachi rejected Shalria’s claim that he would marry into her family.
• Naruto and Luffy sparred on Konoha Island, escalating their powers until Whitebeard and Minato stopped the fight.
• Obito joined Kara and abducted children, but Whitebeard helped Konoha capture him and defeat Isshiki, who died after the Ten-Tails was sealed.
• Konoha executed Obito, while Hiruzen advanced to Core Formation and Konoha reached an agreement with the World Government to recognize its standing and cooperate.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Karin, Kimimaro, and Haku set sail, encountering the Big Mom Pirates and later meeting Aokiji on the sea.
• Konoha restricted illegal trade and expanded its control, prompting underworld forces to align with Kaido as Doflamingo considered seeking cooperation.
• Hiruzen extracted Blackbeard’s Dark-Dark Fruit power into an apple, Konoha chose Kakashi to receive it and Obito’s modified Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and Kaido transformed into an Azure Dragon to attack Konoha.

Konoha captured Kaido, took control of Wano Country and Amazon Lily, and Hiruzen and Orochimaru unsealed Kaguya before discovering a route through the Dragon Vein to another world. There, Orochimaru and Kakashi pursued separate goals, as Kakashi gained Itachi’s help against Obito while Orochimaru urged Tsunade and Jiraiya to prepare for the threats facing their world.

• Orochimaru revived Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, and Kushina, while Kaido attacked Konoha Island and Konoha captured him after a coordinated assault.
• Konoha released Kaido after King accepted its terms, then took control of Wano Country after Kakashi killed Kurozumi Orochi and Orochimaru claimed the Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit.
• Hashirama and Tobirama defeated Ryokugyu’s forces at Amazon Lily, and Tobirama brought the island under Konoha’s protection while preserving local self-government.
• Hiruzen entered the Pure Land, spoke with the Sage of Six Paths, and returned with spiritual herbs and Yellow Springs Stones before joining Orochimaru’s plan to reach the moon.
• Hiruzen, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Nagato reached the moon, unsealed Kaguya, and brought her and Toneri Ōtsutsuki back, where Hiruzen bound Kaguya to him with a Master-Servant Contract.
• Orochimaru and Kakashi activated the Dragon Vein in Ancient Loulan and arrived in a parallel world, where they split up to investigate its events and counterparts.
• In the parallel world, Orochimaru met Tsunade, Jiraiya, Naruto, and his local counterpart, while Kakashi met Itachi and Kisame and persuaded Itachi to help capture Obito and oppose Madara’s conspiracy.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade and Jiraiya that his Konoha had united the shinobi world against the Otsutsuki and offered to govern their Konoha temporarily, but Tsunade refused.

Orochimaru returned to Konoha with Kakashi, exposed Danzo and Obito, and helped Tsunade take power and reform the village. As Sasuke allied with Orochimaru and Kakashi dismantled Akatsuki, Konoha won a war against the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth before Orochimaru and Kakashi returned to their own world, where Hiruzen took Kaguya to the Pirate World.

• Orochimaru persuaded Tsunade and Jiraiya to confront Konoha’s corruption, while Kakashi captured Obito and brought him back with Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru declared himself Fifth Hokage and confronted Danzo, whose attack on the group ended with Kakashi and Orochimaru capturing him and exposing his crimes.
• Tsunade became Hokage, disbanded Root, announced trials for Danzo and Obito, and began reforms as Konoha accepted Orochimaru’s return.
• Orochimaru told Sasuke the truth about Itachi, awakening Sasuke’s Mangekyo Sharingan, and Sasuke left Konoha to confront his brother.
• Sasuke defeated Itachi, rejected Kotoamatsukami, took Itachi’s eyes to gain the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and joined Orochimaru in plans to overturn the Shinobi World.
• Kakashi forced Nagato to disband Akatsuki, while Tsunade declared war against the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth and led Konoha’s campaign with Kakashi, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya.
• Konoha defeated Hidden Rock Village and the Cloud Hidden Village, while Sasuke conquered Hidden Waterfall Village, and Orochimaru and Kakashi then sealed the Dragon Vein and returned to their own world.
• Hiruzen brought Kaguya through the space-time passage to the Pirate World, where she proposed planting a Divine Tree and Hiruzen rejected the idea.