Recaps

Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha reached Kannabi Bridge and fought Iwagakure’s forces, only to discover that they had been lured into a trap. As ten thousand Iwagakure ninja closed in, Madara Uchiha considered whether to rescue Obito and make him the overseer of his plan.

• Minato Namikaze explained Sage Mode to Obito Uchiha as they rushed toward Kannabi Bridge.
• Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha arrived at the battlefield and attacked the fortified bridge from opposite sides.
• Iwagakure’s Jonin triggered a bridge collapse and explosive traps while Daiseki, Sumashi, Mahiru, and Hikaru ambushed the Konoha ninja from behind.
• Hikaru ordered Iwagakure ninja to destroy Flying Thunder God markers, and Minato Namikaze returned to protect his comrades.
• Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi led a force of ten thousand Iwagakure ninja toward the battlefield, while Ōnoki directed the encirclement.
• White Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that ten thousand Iwagakure ninja were surrounding Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha, prompting Madara to consider rescuing Obito.

Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha were surrounded by a massive Iwagakure force, while their Flying Thunder God marks became unusable. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi decided not to send a rescue force, leaving Minato and Obito to face the attack alone.

• Obito Uchiha and Minato Namikaze fought through the encroaching Iwagakure ninja, and Minato sensed thousands of enemies nearby.
• Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha discovered that their Flying Thunder God marks no longer responded, leaving them unable to escape as the Iwagakure force attacked.
• An ANBU member reported that Ōnoki had sent ten thousand ninja to surround Minato and Obito.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Shimura Danzō for Root forces, but Danzō refused to commit his depleted personnel to the front lines.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided that Konoha would abandon Minato and Obito, and he dismissed Danzō's concern that Kushina might retaliate.

Minato Namikaze summoned Gamabunta and asked Obito Uchiha to hold off the Iwagakure army while he prepared to enter Sage Mode and summon Fukasaku and Shima. As the battle dragged on, Obito embraced the slaughter and became a blood-soaked force against the enemy.

• Minato Namikaze asked Obito Uchiha to buy him ten minutes, then summoned Gamabunta to help defend him while he prepared to enter Sage Mode.
• Gamabunta and Obito combined Toad Oil Bullet with Great Fire Annihilation Arrow, setting the battlefield ablaze and killing many Iwagakure ninjas.
• Gamabunta fought off enemies near Minato while Obito used Flying Thunder God kunai and close combat to cut down the advancing troops.
• As Iwagakure sent an endless stream of fighters, Obito saw elderly men and children among them and briefly felt sorrow for the commoners caught in war.
• Obito rejected his pity and resolved to only kill, then fought with increasing frenzy until Gamabunta marveled at his viciousness.

Obito Uchiha was overwhelmed and gravely wounded while fighting Iwagakure shinobi at Kannabi Bridge, but awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Kamui to become intangible. As he ran out of strength, someone rescued him and apologized for keeping him waiting.

• Kitsuchi watched Obito fight and realized why Iwagakure had mobilized so many shinobi against him and Kakashi.
• An Iwagakure shinobi struck Obito with Earth Flow Spear, and Obito continued fighting despite his injuries and fading chakra.
• Obito was cut down and surrounded by Iwagakure shinobi, who prepared to kill him as his consciousness began to fade.
• Obito awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Kamui to let the attackers' blades pass through his body.
• Someone scooped up Obito and apologized for keeping him waiting.

Minato Namikaze arrived to save the badly wounded Obito and fought alongside Fukasaku and Shima to defeat the Iwagakure forces. He captured their commander, Kitsuchi, as a potential bargaining chip, leaving Minato and Obito victorious over the ten-thousand-ninja force.

• Minato rescued Obito, placed him on Gamabunta, and entered battle with Fukasaku and Shima using Sage Mode.
• Minato and the sages’ attacks overwhelmed the Iwagakure ninja as Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi launched attacks against him.
• Minato wounded Kitsuchi, then killed Akatsuchi after evading his self-destruction explosion with Flying Thunder God.
• Minato sealed Kitsuchi instead of killing him, considering him a bargaining chip because he was Ōnoki’s son.
• Minato ended Sage Mode, and Gamabunta dealt with the remaining Iwagakure ninja as Minato realized he and Obito had won.

Obito Uchiha and Minato Namikaze defeated Iwagakure’s force of ten thousand, leaving Ōnoki shocked by the losses and Kitsuchi’s capture. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi wrestled with guilt over preparing a eulogy for the pair, until an ANBU arrived with urgent intelligence.

• Obito Uchiha realized he and Minato Namikaze had survived the battle that had originally been the Third Raikage’s fate, and he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and Kamui.
• Ōnoki learned that the ten thousand Iwagakure shinobi had been wiped out, Kitsuchi had been captured, and Akatsuchi had died, then collapsed from shock.
• Iwagakure’s leaders began considering a ceasefire after the catastrophic losses.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on his guilt over staying behind and preparing a eulogy for Minato and Obito, while Shimura Danzō tried to reassure him.
• An ANBU appeared before Hiruzen Sarutobi with urgent intelligence.

Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha won a major victory at Kannabi Bridge, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the news spread throughout the Shinobi World. Obito later woke in the hospital, where Minato, Rin, and Kakashi told him of his fame and urged him to rest.

• An ANBU ninja reported that Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha had defeated nearly ten thousand Iwagakure ninja, killed Akatsuchi, and captured Kitsuchi alive.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi celebrated the victory, discarded his eulogy, and ordered Root and ANBU to publicize the news.
• Obito Uchiha woke in a hospital bed with Minato Namikaze, Kakashi, and Rin beside him.
• Rin told Obito that the village praised his battle and that nations had adopted a rule allowing their ninja to abandon missions upon encountering him or Minato.
• Minato told Obito to rest and warned that moving around could affect his height, so Obito quickly agreed.

Konoha interrogated Kitsuchi and learned Iwagakure’s defenses, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to pursue a ceasefire while Shimura Danzō reluctantly agreed. At the Iwagakure front, Obito Uchiha was bored until Jiraiya appeared outside his window.

• Konoha ANBU tortured Kitsuchi until he revealed that he was Ōnoki’s son and confessed Iwagakure’s defensive arrangements.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders discussed Obito Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha, then favored peace talks because Konoha faced wars on several fronts.
• Shimura Danzō demanded an offensive against Iwagakure, but accepted a ceasefire after Hiruzen challenged him to commit Root to the fight.
• Obito Uchiha passed the time reading at the Iwagakure front and avoided using his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Jiraiya appeared at Obito Uchiha’s window, and Obito greeted him by asking where he had been making money.

Jiraiya visited Obito, praised his performance, and asked whether he wanted to learn Sage Art, while Obito encouraged Jiraiya’s latest novel. After Konoha celebrated a ceasefire with Iwagakure, Rin cared for Obito’s wounds, stirring feelings he had long suppressed.

• Jiraiya gave Obito a copy of Make-Out Paradise 2, and Obito praised it as a guaranteed hit.
• Jiraiya complimented Obito’s performance at Kannabi Bridge and decided he should wait until he was older to learn Sage Art.
• Konoha shinobi announced that Iwagakure had signed a ceasefire agreement, while Obito expected the wider war to continue.
• Rin visited Obito in a nurse’s uniform and carefully treated his injured hand.
• Obito remembered Rin’s promise to watch over him and let her care for him.

After the Iwagakure front ended, Konoha’s war continued, while Danzō secretly moved to destabilize the Hidden Rain Village and Akatsuki. Akatsuki received Hanzo’s offer of peaceful unification, leaving Yahiko and Nagato hopeful that the Land of Rain could change without bloodshed.

• Kakashi built a reputation on the Hidden Sand Village front by developing his ninjutsu and inheriting Hatake Sakumo’s swordsmanship.
• Danzō learned about Akatsuki, dismissed reports of its Rinnegan wielder as impossible, and sent Root members to investigate and provoke conflict in the Hidden Rain Village.
• Konan showed Yahiko and Nagato her rainproof paper, and the three remembered Kenji while discussing the resemblance between him and Obito Uchiha.
• An Akatsuki member brought Hanzo’s proposal to peacefully merge their forces and create a united government, with Yahiko as Rain Shadow.
• Yahiko and Nagato welcomed the proposal because they hoped to unite the Land of Rain and spare its people further bloodshed.

Yahiko and Nagato agreed to accept Hanzo of the Salamander’s offer despite Konan’s warning, while Obito was invited to learn Sage Art. Orochimaru interrupted Jiraiya’s plan to take Obito to Mount Myoboku and said another Sage Art location would suit him better.

• Konan reminded Yahiko and Nagato that Kenji had warned them Hanzo of the Salamander was untrustworthy, but Yahiko and Nagato reasoned that circumstances had changed.
• Yahiko decided to write back to Hanzo of the Salamander and express the group’s goodwill.
• Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya offered to take Obito Uchiha to Mount Myoboku to train in Sage Art, warning him about its dangers.
• Orochimaru appeared and declared that Obito Uchiha was not suited to Mount Myoboku’s Sage Art because of his Uchiha Yin-natured Chakra.
• Orochimaru told Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya that he knew of a Sage Art location better suited to Obito.

Obito Uchiha chose to learn Sage Art at Ryūchi Cave, despite Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze’s concerns about Orochimaru’s motives and the cave’s deadly trials. As Orochimaru led him there, Obito suspected the sannin wanted his body and bloodline for Living Corpse Reincarnation.

• Orochimaru offered to guide Obito Uchiha to Ryūchi Cave, and Obito chose it over Mount Myoboku.
• Minato Namikaze voiced concern for Obito, while Jiraiya warned Orochimaru not to harm his grand-disciple.
• Jiraiya entrusted Obito to Orochimaru, who assured him he would protect the young ninja.
• After Jiraiya and Minato left, Orochimaru praised Obito’s Sharingan and bloodline and explained that Ryūchi Cave’s trials had killed many aspirants.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had once failed to learn Sage Art because his body was unsuitable, prompting Obito to suspect Orochimaru wanted to use him for Living Corpse Reincarnation.

Obito Uchiha followed Orochimaru into Ryūchi Cave and faced its trials, resisting Tagorihime’s feast and solving Ichikishimahime’s gemstone puzzle. The puzzle’s final block appeared impossible to fit, but Obito broke it apart and completed the wall.

• Orochimaru led Obito Uchiha through a cavern filled with bones and snakeskin to the entrance of Ryūchi Cave.
• Tagorihime offered Obito a lavish feast, but he refused to eat and asked to meet the White Snake Sage.
• Tagorihime disappeared along with the mansion and feast, and Obito found himself in a secret chamber with Ichikishimahime.
• Ichikishimahime challenged Obito to fill a wall with gemstone blocks, threatening to eat him if he failed.
• Obito broke apart the final block and fitted it into the remaining space.

Obito passed the trials of Ichikishimahime, Tagorihime, and Tagitsuhime, proving himself worthy of meeting the White Snake Sage. The Divine Princesses brought him to the Sage’s hall while Orochimaru departed.

• Obito completed Ichikishimahime’s trial by explaining that changing one’s perspective could reveal truths hidden beneath the surface.
• Tagitsuhime attacked Obito, who accepted the blow as part of the final trial, then subjected him to an illusion of the people he had killed accusing him.
• Obito rejected the accusations with contempt, and his forceful will shattered the illusion.
• The three Divine Princesses praised Obito for passing their trials, and Orochimaru encouraged him before leaving.
• Tagorihime brought Obito to the hall of the White Snake Sage, and Tagitsuhime warned him to behave himself.

Obito Uchiha met the White Snake Sage and endured the Sage Art’s first trial, Snake Transformation. After proving he could balance its power, he was sent with the three divine princesses to train in the back mountain, with a warning to avoid Garaga.

• Tagorihime introduced Obito Uchiha to the White Snake Sage, who warned that failure to withstand Snake Transformation could get him eaten.
• Obito Uchiha accepted the risk without hesitation and said he would survive if fate allowed him to remain alive.
• The White Snake Sage bit Obito Uchiha and injected him with a cold, evil power that caused severe pain and began transforming his body.
• Obito Uchiha endured Snake Transformation as black scales covered him and his pupils became vertical slits, while his Three-Tomoe Sharingan remained usable.
• The White Snake Sage recognized Obito Uchiha’s talent and sent him with the three divine princesses to the back mountain for further training, warning him that Garaga hated humans.

Obito Uchiha learned to balance natural, physical, and spiritual energy under Tagorihime’s guidance and began training at Ryūchi Cave while war raged outside. Meanwhile, Gamamaru foresaw a snake bringing disaster to the Shinobi World and urgently warned Fukasaku and Shima to tell Jiraiya.

• Tagorihime explained how to gather Sage Chakra and warned Obito Uchiha about the dangers of taking in too much or too little natural energy.
• Tagorihime struck Obito with a whip when he began to transform, and Obito eventually balanced the three energies and gained control of Sage Chakra.
• Tagorihime advised Obito to stay at Ryūchi Cave to train during the war and warned him not to provoke the red snake in the back mountain.
• At Mount Myoboku, Gamamaru said the future he had foreseen was changing and ordered Fukasaku to warn Jiraiya about snakes.
• Fukasaku suggested Gamamaru’s warning might be metaphorical, while Shima wondered whether he meant to start a war with Ryūchi Cave.

Jiraiya sought clarification from the Great Toad Sage about a prophecy warning him to beware of a snake, but the Sage forgot who he was before explaining it. Meanwhile, Obito Uchiha remained in Ryūchi Cave as the war spread across the Shinobi World and major events unfolded on several fronts.

• Jiraiya read the Great Toad Sage's warning about a snake, suspected Orochimaru, and traveled to Mount Myoboku to ask what the prophecy meant.
• The Great Toad Sage asked Jiraiya who he was, and Sage Shima scolded him before Sage Fukasaku and the Great Toad Sage eased the tension.
• Obito Uchiha spent four years cultivating in Ryūchi Cave while the Shinobi World was consumed by war.
• Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, and Konoha's forces fought the Hidden Sand Village's powerful puppets, and Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Minato, Choza Akimichi, Shibi Aburame, and Kakashi Hatake to investigate the Ancient City of Loulan.
• Kirigakure battled the Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan, and Ao seized a main-family Hyuga member's Byakugan, provoking the Hyuga Clan.
• Hanzo of the Salamander killed Konan after using a meeting to threaten her, so Yahiko and Nagato killed Hanzo and Akatsuki sealed off the Land of Rain.

After four years of training in Ryūchi Cave, Obito Uchiha mastered Sage Mode and prepared to return to the war. When Garaga attacked his cave, Obito decided the furious snake would make a suitable summoning beast and tried to subdue him.

• Obito Uchiha completed his Sage Mode training and set out to leave Ryūchi Cave for the Third Shinobi World War.
• Garaga repeatedly rammed Obito's cave entrance and demanded that the human come out and die.
• Obito dodged Garaga's attacks and offered to make him a summoning beast, but Garaga refused because a human had betrayed him and cost him an eye.
• Garaga sprayed venom at Obito, who avoided it with Kamui and noticed the snake's reverse scale.

Obito Uchiha defeated Garaga by trapping him in a Sharingan illusion and then tamed him. The White Snake Sage urged Garaga to accompany Obito to the Shinobi World and aid Konoha in the ongoing ninja war, and Garaga agreed cautiously.

• Garaga repeatedly attacked Obito Uchiha with strikes and venom, but Obito dodged and remained unharmed.
• Garaga caught Obito in his Death Coil, but Obito told him to examine his own situation.
• Garaga realized Obito had used the Sharingan to make him trap himself, while Obito held Garaga's reverse scale.
• The White Snake Sage restored the petrified animals and plants and encouraged Garaga to follow Obito to help Konoha in the ninja war.
• Garaga agreed to go with Obito as long as Obito did not betray him, and Obito assured him they were heart to heart.

After four years of training in Ryūchi Cave, Obito Uchiha learned that Konoha was in crisis as Hidden Cloud Village attacked on three fronts. As Hiruzen Sarutobi debated how to reinforce the battlefield, Obito headed there while Hiruzen ordered the newest generation of Jonin into action.

• Obito Uchiha left Ryūchi Cave after learning that the Third Raikage, the AB brothers, and Yugito Nii were leading Hidden Cloud Village forces against Konoha.
• Orochimaru defected after Jiraiya discovered his human experiments, and Jiraiya pursued him, leaving Konoha without either Sannin.
• Obito Uchiha formed a seal and vanished toward the front lines.
• Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to face the Third Raikage, but Hiruzen doubted his strength and joked about his age.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō rejected sending Kushina as a reinforcement because she had not mastered the Nine-Tails' power.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to send the newest generation of Jonin, including Shinnosuke Sarutobi, Asuma, and the entire Ino-Shika-Cho, to the Hidden Cloud Village battlefield.

Minato Namikaze learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi would not personally reinforce the Hidden Cloud battlefield, leaving him and Kakashi Hatake to face the Third Raikage’s forces. Meanwhile, A and Killer B attacked Konoha’s troops in the Land of Fire, where Rin Nohara and the others waited desperately for reinforcements.

• Minato Namikaze received Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order and told Kakashi Hatake that they would have to face the Hidden Cloud Village without the Hokage.
• Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s main force to intercept the Third Raikage, thinking of his absent disciple Obito Uchiha.
• A and Killer B led elite Hidden Cloud ninjas in a surprise attack on Konoha’s forces in the Land of Fire, breaking through their defenses.
• Rin Nohara, Asuma, Yuhi Kurenai, and Shinku Yuhi struggled against the A-B combination while the promised reinforcements failed to arrive.
• Rin Nohara called out for Obito Uchiha as Konoha’s troops continued to fall.

Obito Uchiha appeared at the last moment and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to divert Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb away from the Konoha forces. The battle remained unresolved as Obito ordered the wounded ninja to retreat, while Rin urged him not to face the A-B brothers alone.

• Killer B formed and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at the battered Konoha ninja force.
• Obito Uchiha arrived on a crimson serpent and teleported the bomb to the sea a kilometer away.
• Rin Nohara recognized Obito, and the Konoha ninja realized that the Blood-Red Flash had returned.
• Obito told the Konoha ninja to retreat while he faced the Hidden Cloud forces alone.
• Rin urged Obito to retreat with them rather than risk facing A and Killer B alone.

Obito Uchiha stayed behind to cover the Konoha ninja’s retreat and faced the Hidden Cloud Village’s A-B duo. After Killer B challenged him with the Wild Heron-Slaying Blade, Obito entered Sage Mode and met his six-blade assault head-on.

• Obito reassured the Konoha ninja that he did not understand what it meant to be unable to defeat an opponent, and they believed he was sacrificing himself for them.
• Rin urged Obito to win, and he nodded as Sunset Red led her away.
• Garaga approved of Obito’s decision to stay behind, while he and Obito faced the A-B duo across the battlefield.
• A recognized Obito as Konoha’s Blood-Red Flash and sent Killer B to test him with the Wild Heron-Slaying Blade.
• Obito entered Sage Mode, parried Killer B’s six simultaneous blade attacks, and called him pathetically weak.

Obito Uchiha and Killer B fought fiercely, with Obito using Sage Mode, Kamui, and powerful blade strikes to overcome B’s attacks. B survived Obito’s final thrust by sacrificing a tail, and the young A caught him as the battle continued.

• Obito Uchiha matched Killer B’s six-blade swordsmanship and dodged his attacks with Sage Mode-enhanced reactions.
• Killer B threw all six blades at Obito, but Obito used Kamui to let them pass through him and trapped B with Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation.
• Obito slashed through Killer B’s Tailed Beast Cloak, forcing B to retreat to the young A before insisting on fighting alone.
• Killer B charged with Lightning Plow Hot Knife, but Obito turned intangible, appeared behind him, and thrust with his blade.
• Killer B blocked Obito’s fatal thrust by sacrificing a tail, and Obito kicked him away before the young A caught him.

Obito Uchiha used Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb to wipe out the Hidden Cloud ninjas, then fought Killer B and the young A with his White Rage Technique. The chapter ended with the young A taking Obito’s Rasengan on his arm to protect Killer B.

• Killer B fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Obito Uchiha, who used a Flying Thunder God mark to make it explode among the Hidden Cloud forces.
• The blast killed the surrounding Hidden Cloud ninjas, while Killer B and the young A survived behind the Eight-Tails’ protection.
• The young A and Killer B charged Obito Uchiha, who slowed them with Sage Art: White Rage Technique.
• Obito Uchiha ended the technique and teleported behind Killer B to strike him with a Rasengan.
• The young A reached Killer B and blocked the Rasengan with his arm, and Killer B caught his big brother.