Recaps

Obito Uchiha battled the A and B Brothers, surviving their coordinated attacks with Kamui and snake techniques. After sustaining serious injuries, he activated Sage Art: Dragon Riding as an Honored Guest, turning the damage into increased power and sending young A flying.

• Young A and Killer B coordinated a Double Lariat, but Obito Uchiha avoided it with Kamui.
• Young A and Killer B deduced that Obito Uchiha could not use Kamui repeatedly and burned away Killer B’s Flying Thunder God mark with Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Young A struck Obito Uchiha with a Lariat and Guillotine Drop, but Obito escaped from a snake and revealed he was badly hurt.
• Obito Uchiha activated Sage Art: Dragon Riding as an Honored Guest, which made him stronger as he took damage.
• Obito Uchiha counterattacked and blasted the injured young A dozens of meters away.

Obito Uchiha escaped Killer B’s Eight-Tails attack and reached Minato Namikaze’s battlefield just as Minato was about to sacrifice himself against the Third Raikage. Obito, Kakashi, Rin, and Minato combined their chakra into a massive Rasengan to face the enemy.

• Killer B transformed into Gyuki and fought Obito Uchiha, but Obito defeated him and discovered that A had escaped while Killer B had left behind a tentacle clone.
• Obito Uchiha retreated to the Kamui Dimension to recover, then went to find Minato Namikaze after deciding to avoid revealing Kamui and considering seeking Hashirama Cells from Madara Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha found Rin at Shinku Yūhi’s camp and brought her with him to Minato’s battlefield.
• Minato Namikaze and Kakashi struggled against the Third Raikage and Darui as their chakra ran low, and Minato prepared to use the Reaper Death Seal to protect the surviving Konoha ninja.
• Obito Uchiha stopped Minato’s sacrifice, and Obito, Kakashi, Rin, and Minato pooled their chakra to create a gigantic Rasengan.

Minato’s Team killed the Third Raikage and fought off the Hidden Cloud shinobi, while Hiruzen Sarutobi received the news and rewarded the team. Hiruzen rejected objections to promoting Obito and Kakashi and revealed that he planned to remain Hokage after the war.

• Obito Uchiha, Minato Namikaze, and Kakashi Hatake killed the Third Raikage, but the Hidden Cloud shinobi refused to surrender and charged into battle.
• Obito Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake joined Minato Namikaze and Rin Nohara in fighting the Hidden Cloud forces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received reports that Obito had intercepted the A-Bee brothers and Minato’s Team had killed the Third Raikage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Minato Namikaze a Hokage cloak and appointed Obito Uchiha ANBU captain and Kakashi Hatake vice-captain, despite Danzo Shimura’s objections.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he would continue as Hokage after the war and eventually pass responsibility to Minato, shocking Danzo Shimura.

Obito Uchiha killed Madara Uchiha while disguised as Kenji, then took control of Black Zetsu and the White Zetsu to inherit Madara’s plans. Kenji traveled to the Land of Rain to approach Nagato and Yahiko.

• Minato congratulated Obito, Kakashi, and Rin, and Obito used Flying Thunder God to leave and disguise himself as Kenji.
• Kenji found Madara Uchiha at his base and killed him instantly with Kamui.
• Kenji forced Black Zetsu to submit, learned that Madara’s Rinnegan were with Nagato, and claimed Black Zetsu and the White Zetsu for himself.
• Kenji decided to use both Konoha and the Akatsuki to pursue the Tailed Beasts and left for the Land of Rain with Black Zetsu and a White Zetsu.
• Kenji appeared before Yahiko and Nagato, who raised their guard as he greeted them.

Kenji revealed himself to Yahiko and Nagato, proposed gathering the Tailed Beasts to end war through pain, and rejoined Akatsuki as its strategist. After Kenji departed, Obito disguised his sudden change of clothes with an awkward explanation to Minato.

• Kenji proved his identity to Yahiko and Nagato by recalling their shared past, then learned that Konan was dead.
• Kenji proposed gathering all nine Tailed Beasts to create an ultimate biological weapon and asked to return as Akatsuki's strategist.
• Yahiko gave Kenji the Daizong ring, and Kenji assigned Zetsu the Genbu ring and intelligence work.
• Kenji gave Yahiko a scroll of potential recruits, then vanished after telling Zetsu to support Akatsuki's leaders.
• Obito met Minato after changing into a robe and claimed he had bought new clothes and recycled his old ones.
• Minato told Obito that the war was about to end and that the Third Hokage would soon order them back to the village.

Konoha celebrated its wartime victory as Obito Uchiha returned and was appointed an ANBU captain alongside Kakashi Hatake. Fugaku Uchiha asked Obito to report on the Hokage’s actions, but Obito agreed only outwardly before leaving the clan estate.

• Konoha welcomed its returning forces, and Obito Uchiha exchanged a knowing look with Shisui Uchiha as the procession passed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Obito and appointed him and Kakashi Hatake as ANBU captain and vice-captain under his command.
• Obito returned to his dusty home, then went to meet Fugaku Uchiha at the Clan Head Estate.
• Fugaku Uchiha asked Obito to pass along information about the Hokage’s decisions, and Obito agreed without intending to serve as the clan’s spy.
• As Obito left the estate, a child with prominent nasolabial folds greeted him as Big Brother Obito.

Obito Uchiha decided to steal Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyo Sharingan so he could use Kotoamatsukami to control Konoha and gather the Tailed Beasts. Kenji attacked Shisui at the Kitaika River and ripped out his right eye.

• Itachi Uchiha asked Obito Uchiha about the meaning of life and said he wanted to dedicate his life to the village.
• Obito Uchiha considered using Kotoamatsukami to control Hiruzen Sarutobi and make Konoha gather the Tailed Beasts, then plotted to take Shisui Uchiha’s eyes.
• Shisui Uchiha reflected on the conflict between the village and the clan beside the Kitaika River when Kenji appeared behind him.
• Kenji revealed he knew Shisui’s Mangekyo ability was Kotoamatsukami and said he wanted to use it to rule the world.
• Shisui Uchiha trapped Kenji with a genjutsu, but Kenji vanished and reappeared to strike him and rip out his right eye.

Kenji stole Shisui Uchiha’s right Mangekyo Sharingan, then used Kotoamatsukami to influence Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen canceled surveillance of the Uchiha Clan, while Danzo Shimura objected, unaware that Hiruzen had been manipulated.

• Kenji defeated Shisui Uchiha, but Shisui destroyed his left eye before Kenji could take it, leaving Kenji with only the right Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Kenji used the Kamui Dimension to escape attention and took Shisui’s remaining eye after killing him.
• Kenji posed as Obito Uchiha and used Kotoamatsukami on Hiruzen Sarutobi, who then let him leave the Hokage Building.
• The real Obito Uchiha confronted Tobi, revealed that Tobi had used the eye, and warned him against misusing it.
• Hiruzen called Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and Danzo Shimura together and canceled surveillance of the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo Shimura challenged Hiruzen’s decision, but Hiruzen defended treating the Uchiha fairly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi removed Shimura Danzō as Hokage Assistant and forced Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to retire, appointing Minato Namikaze, Shikaku Nara, and Inoichi Yamanaka to new roles. Obito Uchiha believed Hiruzen was under his control as Konoha prepared for a political upheaval.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi convened Konoha's leaders and proposed disbanding Shimura Danzō's ANBU Training Program, replacing him with Minato Namikaze, and appointing Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka as advisors.
• Konoha's clan and department leaders supported Hiruzen Sarutobi's proposal, and he declared the appointments and dismissals final.
• Shimura Danzō protested and was dragged from the Hokage Building by ANBU, while Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura's request to keep nominal positions.
• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Shimura Danzō left the village's upper ranks in resentment and predicted Hiruzen would soon be sidelined.
• Obito Uchiha imagined Hiruzen Sarutobi as a puppet under his control as Konoha's leaders sensed a new era approaching.

Fugaku Uchiha left Konoha on an investigation mission while Obito and Rin helped Minato and Kushina choose Menma as their child’s name. In the Land of Rain, Kenji waited for Fugaku, intent on taking his Mangekyo.

• Fugaku Uchiha accepted an ANBU mission and left Konoha after telling Mikoto Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha to look after each other.
• Rin Nohara told Obito Uchiha that Kushina was pregnant, and they went to congratulate her and Minato.
• Obito Uchiha suggested Menma as the baby’s name, and the group adopted it instead of Naruto.
• Jiraiya revealed that Obito Uchiha had helped inspire Make-Out Paradise, prompting teasing from Kakashi and Rin and a scolding from Kushina.
• Kenji appeared on an overpass in the Land of Rain and said he would take Fugaku Uchiha’s Mangekyo.

Fugaku Uchiha infiltrated the Land of Rain to investigate its conditions, but Yahiko and Nagato found and attacked him. As Nagato began extracting Fugaku’s soul, Fugaku’s Mangekyo had shown him that he would die in the battle.

• Fugaku Uchiha secretly entered the Land of Rain and recorded observations about its struggling economy.
• Nagato sensed Fugaku, and Yahiko, Nagato, and Kenji set out to confront him; Kenji asked to keep Fugaku’s eyes.
• Fugaku sensed he was being watched and confronted Yahiko and Nagato near a sewer entrance.
• Nagato used gravitational techniques to repel Fugaku’s Great Fireball and smash him into the ground, prompting Fugaku to summon Susanoo.
• Fugaku used his Mangekyo to deduce the battle’s outcome and saw that he would die, but Nagato trapped him with a chameleon and began extracting his soul.

Kenji killed Fugaku Uchiha and took his Sharingan while Obito Uchiha advanced plans to use the Five Kage Summit to provoke a war. At Three Wolf Peaks in the Land of Iron, Obito angered Raikage A, who activated his Lightning Release Armor despite Mifune's plea for peace.

• Kenji took Fugaku Uchiha's Sharingan after Fugaku died in the Land of Rain.
• Obito Uchiha learned of Fugaku's death and ordered White Zetsu to infiltrate the Land of Iron, while reassuring Tekka Uchiha and Yashiro Uchiha that the clan was safe.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Minato's Team, including Obito Uchiha, to protect him at the Five Kage Summit, and Hyuga Hiashi noticed that Obito seemed unusually cold.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Ōnoki, A, Rasa, and Yagura gathered with their guards at Three Wolf Peaks for the summit.
• Obito Uchiha taunted Raikage A about his dead father and missing arm, prompting A to activate his Strongest Lightning Release Armor as Mifune urged everyone not to fight.

Ao exposed that Obito Uchiha was a white Zetsu using Shisui Uchiha’s eye to control Hiruzen Sarutobi. Obito killed Hiruzen, captured Yagura and the Three-Tails, then moved to attack Killer B as Gyuki urged him to transform.

• Ao used his Byakugan to uncover Obito Uchiha’s disguise and identify Shisui Uchiha’s Chakra in the eye controlling Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Obito Uchiha escaped Ao’s accusation with the Mayfly Technique and unleashed Sage Art: White Rage Technique as a red dragon appeared amid blinding light.
• Obito Uchiha stabbed Hiruzen Sarutobi through the chest and beheaded him while the other Kage watched.
• Obito Uchiha controlled Yagura with his Mangekyo Sharingan and sent him and the Three-Tails into a mysterious space.
• Obito Uchiha charged at Killer B, and Gyuki warned him to assume his complete Tailed Beast form; Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails.

Minato Namikaze learned that Obito Uchiha had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and taken the Fourth Mizukage, then found Obito with Rin. Obito admitted to both crimes, leaving Minato shocked and Rin pleading for him to explain.

• Minato Namikaze arrived at the ruined site, where the Kage accused Konoha and learned from Onoki that Obito had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Kakashi confirmed that Obito had murdered the Third Generation, and Minato used his sensory abilities to search for him.
• Obito appeared behind Rin in the lounge and asked what kind of relationship they shared; Rin said they were friends.
• Minato arrived before Obito could act and asked whether he had killed Lord Third.
• Obito admitted that he had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and taken the Fourth Mizukage, while Minato struggled to accept the truth.
• Rin urged Obito to explain himself to Minato, insisting that someone must have controlled him.

Obito Uchiha refused Minato Namikaze’s plea to surrender and escaped with Rin Nohara as a hostage. Minato was left facing the death of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Obito’s betrayal, and the threat of war as rival nations watched Konoha weaken.

• Minato Namikaze confronted Obito Uchiha and offered to spare him if he surrendered, but Obito insisted he had acted for his own interests.
• Obito held a blade to Rin Nohara’s throat and warned Minato not to approach.
• Obito vanished with Rin, leaving Minato unable to stop them.
• A the Raikage, Killer B, Ao, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki arrived and demanded to know where Obito had gone.
• Ōnoki saw Konoha’s crisis as an opportunity for Iwagakure, while Minato wondered whether he could shoulder the burden of becoming Hokage.

Obito Uchiha fled with Rin to the Valley of the End, where Kakashi confronted him and tried to bring him back to the village. Their fight escalated into a clash between Rasengan and Chidori as Rin pleaded for them to stop.

• Obito Uchiha carried Rin through the forest to the Valley of the End, where Kakashi confronted him and said he would take him back to the village.
• Kakashi urged Obito to return as a comrade, but Obito refused, fearing execution or lifelong imprisonment for his crimes.
• Kakashi and Obito fought atop the statues, trading taijutsu and Ninjutsu after Kakashi opened the Gate of Life and revealed he had learned Flying Thunder God.
• Obito formed a Rasengan as Kakashi unleashed Chidori, while Rin watched helplessly and begged them to stop fighting.

Obito Uchiha defeated Kakashi and took Rin to the Kamui Dimension after she agreed to go with him to save Kakashi. There, Obito revealed his threatening intentions toward Rin and cornered her, leaving her trapped on the bed.

• Obito Uchiha defeated Kakashi, but Rin shielded Kakashi and begged Obito to spare him, offering to go with Obito instead.
• Obito Uchiha slashed Kakashi's Headband with a Kunai and left with Rin, and Kakashi later woke to find the damaged Headband.
• Obito Uchiha brought Rin into the Kamui Dimension and tossed her dry clothes before leaving.
• When Rin began changing, Obito Uchiha returned through a vortex and embarrassed her by watching and making a mocking remark.
• Obito Uchiha threatened Rin, threw her clothing aside, and advanced as she backed into a bed and fell onto it.

Obito Uchiha joined the Akatsuki after capturing Mizukage Yagura, while Kenji retrieved Kotoamatsukami from Tobi. In the Kamui Dimension, Rin rejected Obito’s attempt to care for her, and he responded by striking and chaining her.

• Obito Uchiha left Rin in the Kamui Dimension and arrived at the Akatsuki meeting with Mizukage Yagura.
• Yahiko welcomed Obito Uchiha as a new member and assigned the Akatsuki’s pairs, leaving Obito to work alone.
• Kenji confronted Tobi, found him hiding pork, and removed Kotoamatsukami from his eye.
• Obito Uchiha brought Rin red-bean porridge, but she knocked it away and called him a demon.
• Obito Uchiha struck Rin and chained her after she rejected him.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi was killed at the Five Kage Summit, Danzo Shimura chose to wait while Minato Namikaze faced political pressure and Konoha prepared for the fallout. Obito Uchiha traveled to the ruins of Loulan to investigate the Dragon Vein mission and found a Flying Thunder God Kunai.

• A Root member told Danzo Shimura, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane that Obito Uchiha had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi, abducted Yagura, and left Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara missing.
• Danzo Shimura urged patience rather than returning to Konoha, while Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane worried that Minato Namikaze might become Hokage.
• News of the summit spread, the Hidden Mist Village descended into civil war, and Iwagakure and the Hidden Cloud Village demanded that Konoha take responsibility.
• Minato Namikaze faced blame from other nations and within Konoha while arranging Hiruzen Sarutobi's funeral.
• Obito Uchiha reached Loulan to investigate the sealed Dragon Vein mission and entered a temple-like structure where he found a Flying Thunder God Kunai on a platform.

Obito Uchiha used the Dragon Vein to travel through time with Rin and discovered that he had arrived in the era of Kaguya Otsutsuki, near a gigantic, chakra-rich God Tree. He built a cabin on a mountain and brought Rin out of the Kamui Dimension, where he threatened her and told her they would live there for a while.

• Obito Uchiha removed the sealing technique from the platform and used the Dragon Vein to travel through time and space with Rin.
• Obito Uchiha woke in a dark forest, confirmed Rin was still in the Kamui Dimension, and searched the unfamiliar surroundings.
• Obito Uchiha spotted a colossal tree with chakra stronger than the Nine-Tails and concluded he had arrived in ancient times.
• The tree's branches tried to absorb Obito Uchiha's chakra, but he escaped with Kamui and went to a nearby mountain.
• Obito Uchiha built a cabin, released the chained Rin, and told her they would live there while threatening her when she refused to respond warmly.

Obito Uchiha appeared before Hagoromo and Hamura, warning them that the God Tree was draining the land and urging them to explore beyond the ridge. The brothers chose to obey their mother for now, but their curiosity about what lay beyond the wall remained.

• Hagoromo and Hamura wondered why the land around them was barren despite their mother's claim that the great tree nourished the world.
• Hagoromo and Hamura confronted a black-robed stranger, and Hamura discovered with his Byakugan that he had no physical body.
• Obito Uchiha claimed to be a sage and told the brothers that the God Tree drained the earth, then vanished in a swirl.
• Hagoromo and Hamura considered exploring beyond the ridge but decided not to defy their mother.
• Obito Uchiha watched the brothers from nearby as their curiosity about the unknown persisted.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura investigated a water shortage and found the black-robed person clearing a boulder blocking the river with a Rasengan. The brothers witnessed the stranger’s power, while Gamamaru wondered why the jutsu seemed to have a snake-like quality.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura discussed their mother’s secrecy about the towering tree and the villagers’ deadly sacrifices there.
• Haori told the brothers that the irrigation ditches had run dry and asked them to investigate.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura followed the dry river upstream and found a huge boulder blocking its flow, with the black-robed person beside it.
• The black-robed person used a Rasengan to smash the boulder, restoring the river’s flow.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura stared in surprise at the black-robed person’s power, while Gamamaru wondered why the jutsu had a snake-like quality.

Obito Uchiha caught Rin after she escaped down the mountain and brought her back unconscious, then stayed up caring for her. The next morning, he kissed her despite her resistance, and Rin slapped him.

• Obito Uchiha discovered that Rin had broken her chains and escaped, then set out after her.
• Rin struggled down the mountain while exhausted and in pain, until a Giant Python confronted her.
• Obito Uchiha appeared and frightened the Giant Python away, then seized Rin as she tried to flee.
• Rin told Obito Uchiha she would rather be eaten by a snake than endure his cruelty, then fainted.
• Obito Uchiha brought Rin back, noticed her bleeding, and spent the night watching over her.
• The next morning, Obito Uchiha kissed Rin, and she struggled before slapping him.

Obito Uchiha abused Rin and trapped her in an isolated place, while Hagoromo Otsutsuki tried to stop a sacrifice after seeing Haori in the procession. Kaguya Otsutsuki rejected his questions and kept the truth about the Otsutsuki Clan and her plans to herself.

• Obito Uchiha struck Rin, threatened her, and left her with medicine after sealing her chakra and placing a curse seal in her heart.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki recognized Haori in a sacrificial procession and rushed to ask why she was going to the sacrifice.
• Haori gave Hagoromo her necklace and continued with the procession despite his concern.
• Hagoromo confronted Kaguya Otsutsuki about the sacrifices and argued that people did not need the God Tree to live well.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki warned Hagoromo not to trust humans and refused to explain why she needed the God Tree.

Obito Uchiha overwhelmed Ryūchi Cave’s snakes and demanded their submission, while Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura discovered Haori’s lifeless body beneath the God Tree. After awakening the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, Hagoromo appeared before Obito and accepted his conditions, asking to learn the power to oppose his mother.

• Obito Uchiha defeated Ryūchi Cave’s snakes with Sage Art and ordered them to submit or disappear, and the snakes prostrated themselves before him.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki told Hamura Otsutsuki that Kaguya Otsutsuki had refused to answer his questions, so the brothers set out to investigate the God Tree.
• Hamura Otsutsuki used the Byakugan and discovered strange objects in the God Tree’s branches, leading the brothers to rows of massive cocoons.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki opened a cocoon and found Haori’s lifeless body, then awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan as he grieved.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki appeared before Obito Uchiha and accepted his conditions, asking him to teach the power to deal with Kaguya Otsutsuki.