Recaps

Obito and Black Zetsu attacked Turtle Island to capture the Eight-Tails, and Obito confronted Killer B after separating him from his ANBU escorts. Killer B’s attacks failed against Obito’s phasing ability, and the chapter left them fighting as Obito unleashed a massive fire tornado.

• Obito and Black Zetsu arrived on Turtle Island after the White Zetsu located the Eight-Tails.
• Cloud ANBU evacuated Killer B from the fighting, but Obito ambushed them in the forest and absorbed one of them with his space-time ability.
• Gyūki recognized Obito’s Rinnegan and warned Killer B that they were the Sage of Six Paths’ eyes.
• Killer B attacked Obito with his Lariat and Eight-Sword Style, but Obito phased through his strikes and gradually matched his speed.
• Obito used Fire Release: Flame Fan Great Fire to send a massive fire tornado surging toward Killer B.

Obito used the Gunbai and the Rinnegan’s powers to defeat Killer B, but the Rinnegan’s strain briefly left him vulnerable. Killer B survived a Tailed Beast Bomb attack, only for Obito to seize his soul and leave him unconscious.

• Obito enhanced a fire tornado with the Gunbai, and Killer B transformed with Gyūki’s chakra to charge through the flames with a Lariat.
• Killer B’s Lariat passed through Obito, who counterattacked with Asura Path, Banshō Ten'in, and Shinra Tensei, leaving Killer B barely alive.
• Obito paused as the Rinnegan’s strain caused him pain, while Gyūki transferred chakra to revive Killer B.
• Killer B gathered and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, engulfing Obito in an explosion.
• Obito recovered and used Human Path to pull Killer B’s soul partly from his body, ending his transformation and knocking him unconscious.

Obito captured Killer B and set out with Black Zetsu to capture Yugito, while Yugito sensed the Tailed Beast Bomb and led Cloud ninja toward B. Their groups headed toward each other across Turtle Island.

• Obito used the Rinnegan to extract most of Gyūki from Killer B, then returned the soul to keep him alive and took him into the Kamui Dimension.
• Black Zetsu encouraged Obito with a false promise that he could become immortal, and Obito decided to capture the Two-Tails next.
• Yugito and Matatabi sensed Gyūki’s Tailed Beast Bomb, and Yugito feared that Killer B had been attacked.
• Cloud ninja argued over whether to aid Killer B or protect Yugito, but Yugito ordered them to go support B.
• Yugito used Fire Rat Bomb to burn back the White Zetsu, then led the Cloud ninja toward Killer B as Obito and Black Zetsu approached from the other side.

Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu ambushed Yugito Nii and the Cloud ninja, captured the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and killed her guards. As Obito prepared to leave, an unseen speaker addressed him by name and asked how his eyes were working.

• Yugito sensed danger and warned the Cloud ninja, but Obito's Fire Release attack burned several of them to ashes.
• Black Zetsu used Wood Release to kill a Cloud ninja while Obito attacked Yugito with Kamui.
• Obito phased through Yugito's claws, subdued her with genjutsu and the Rinnegan, and sent her into the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito unleashed Kamui: Shinra Tensei, killing the remaining Cloud ninja as Black Zetsu praised him and suggested Tobirama Senju would be surprised.
• As Obito prepared to leave, an unseen voice called him by name and asked how his eyes were working out for him.

Madara Uchiha confronted Obito Uchiha and tried to make him abandon the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Obito refused and Black Zetsu warned him that Madara was controlled. Madara attacked Black Zetsu and Obito, then unleashed Susanoo and brought its sword down toward Obito on Turtle Island.

• Madara Uchiha arrived before Obito Uchiha and urged him to end the Eye of the Moon Plan, admitting his role in turning Obito against the world.
• Black Zetsu warned Obito that Madara had fallen under Kotoamatsukami, and Obito refused to trust Madara and raised his Gunbai.
• Madara attacked Black Zetsu with four fire dragons, but Black Zetsu escaped underground and Obito reflected the flames with Uchiha Reflection.
• Madara summoned Perfect Susanoo, searched unsuccessfully for Black Zetsu, and turned his attention to Obito.
• Madara's Susanoo drew its sword and swung it down at Obito with overwhelming force.

Madara used Obito’s implanted curse seal to torment him, but Obito escaped into the Kamui Dimension through sheer will. There, Obito discovered the two Jinchuriki were missing and heard a familiar voice behind him.

• Madara’s Susanoo devastated Turtle Island, but Obito remained unharmed by using Kamui.
• Madara activated the curse seal he had implanted over Obito’s heart, causing Obito intense pain.
• Obito resisted Madara’s control and escaped into the Kamui Dimension, while Madara resumed attacking Turtle Island in anger.
• Obito found that the two Jinchuriki he had stored in the Kamui Dimension had vanished.
• A familiar voice called out to Obito from behind, leaving him shaken.

Kakashi confronted Obito in the Kamui Dimension and rejected his offer to join the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Tobirama Senju intervened before Obito could kill Kakashi and battered him with three punches.

• Kakashi asked Obito why he had turned against the world, but Obito defended the Infinite Tsukuyomi and invited him to join.
• Kakashi apologized for Rin's death but condemned Obito's plan and attacked him with Lightning Cutter.
• Obito absorbed Kakashi's Lightning Cutter with the Preta Path and thrust a Black Receiver at Kakashi's heart.
• Tobirama Senju appeared and kicked Obito away, saving Kakashi from the attack.
• Obito tried to escape with Kamui, but Tobirama Senju used Heavenly Shinobi Time to freeze him and strike him three times, driving him into the ground.

Tobirama defeated Obito in the Kamui Dimension, removed his eyes, and took him back to the village. On Turtle Island, Madara exposed Black Zetsu’s identity, leaving him stranded after the White Zetsu turned against him.

• Tobirama gouged out Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan, then agreed to spare his life and let Kakashi take him away.
• Kakashi confronted Obito over his actions and carried him out of the Kamui Dimension.
• Black Zetsu begged Madara to stop, but Madara revealed that he knew Black Zetsu was Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s will.
• Black Zetsu summoned the White Zetsu to escape through the Four Violet Flames Formation, but they gathered behind Madara instead.
• The Spiral White Zetsu resisted Black Zetsu, forcing him out of its body and leaving him exposed before Madara.

Tobirama used the Rinnegan and Planetary Devastation to seal Black Zetsu inside a massive sphere of rock, ending Madara’s struggle against him. Madara celebrated the defeat and the lifting of one of his greatest grudges.

• Madara failed to kill or seal Black Zetsu with his own techniques and summoned Tobirama for help.
• Tobirama told Black Zetsu that he had already dealt with Uchiha Obito, then revealed his Rinnegan.
• Tobirama used Planetary Devastation to draw up Turtle Island’s soil and rocks and trap Black Zetsu inside a sphere hundreds of meters across.
• Tobirama declared the fight over, and Madara praised him for settling the grudge.

After agreeing to search for Jigen and Kara, Tobirama Senju confronted A in the devastated Kumogakure and repeated his demand that the village submit to Konoha or be destroyed. A considered whether sacrificing himself could save the village, while Darui and others fled with the survivors.

• Tobirama Senju told Madara Uchiha to send the White Zetsu across the ninja world to find Jigen and Kara.
• A and the Cloud ninja defeated the White Zetsu that had attacked Kumogakure, but the battle left the village heavily damaged and many Cloud ninja dead.
• A spotted Tobirama Senju in the sky and secretly signaled Darui to lead others away with Kumogakure's surviving forces.
• Tobirama Senju landed on the Raikage Building and demanded that A kill himself so Kumogakure would merge into Konoha, or refuse and have the village destroyed.
• Tobirama Senju revealed that Killer B and Yugito Nii were in his hands, and A began considering whether his death could protect the village.

A chose to die to spare Kumogakure, but Darui and the village’s people rejected his sacrifice and rallied to fight. A charged Tobirama Senju, who killed him with a flash of blue light.

• A asked Tobirama Senju to spare Kumogakure if he killed himself, and Tobirama agreed to absorb the village into Konoha.
• A raised his lightning-charged hand blade to kill himself, but Darui returned with Kumogakure’s civilians and ninja to stop him.
• Darui and the gathered people declared they would rather die than live under Konoha’s rule, rekindling A’s resolve to fight.
• A abandoned his plan to die and led the charge against Tobirama Senju.
• Tobirama Senju acknowledged A’s resolve, then killed him with a flash of blue light.

Tobirama Senju killed the Fourth Raikage and destroyed Kumogakure with a meteorite after the Cloud ninja resisted him. He left the ruined village behind and abandoned his plan to use the Raikage’s corpse for Impure World Reincarnation.

• Tobirama Senju used Heavenly Shinobi Time to stop A and killed the Fourth Raikage in a single exchange.
• Tobirama Senju repelled the Cloud ninja’s attacks with Shinra Tensei as they charged to avenge A.
• Tobirama Senju rose above Kumogakure and overwhelmed its people with his chakra; Darui rallied the ninja to stand against him.
• Tobirama Senju killed Darui with Water Release: Heavenly Weeping and summoned a meteorite with Tengai Shinsei.
• The meteorite leveled Kumogakure and killed countless Cloud ninja, and Tobirama Senju departed without using A’s corpse for Impure World Reincarnation.

After Tobirama Senju destroyed Kumogakure, Genji warned Mei Terumi that Kirigakure would likely be next and urged her to obey the Hokage. In Konoha, Naruto learned that he was Minato Namikaze’s son and headed to the Hokage Building with questions about his past.

• Genji told Mei Terumi that Tobirama Senju would not leave Kirigakure untouched if he intended to unify the ninja world, and warned her not to resist.
• The Land of Lightning's daimyo grew furious after Kumogakure was destroyed and ordered his ministers to contact the daimyos of the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind.
• Naruto saw Konoha villagers apologizing for their past treatment of him after learning he was the son of Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto recalled that his parents had died as heroes and wondered why Konoha had treated him so cruelly.
• Naruto hurried to the Hokage Building to ask Tobirama Senju about his origins.

Tobirama Senju brought Obito Uchiha before Konoha’s officials and let Naruto decide whether to seek revenge for his parents. After Naruto could not bring himself to act, Tobirama ordered Obito imprisoned and announced that the dead would soon be revived.

• Konoha’s officials examined the captured Obito Uchiha, and Tobirama Senju said Obito’s victims’ families would decide his fate.
• Naruto entered the Hokage Office and asked whether he was Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki’s son and whether his parents had been heroes.
• Jiraiya confirmed that Naruto’s parents had died protecting the village, and Tobirama Senju pointed out that Obito had killed them.
• Naruto could not decide how to deal with Obito, so Tobirama Senju sent him with Jiraiya to hear from Hiruzen Sarutobi why his identity had been concealed.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Obito imprisoned and announced that the dead would return to life, saying Hidan had nearly mastered One’s Own Life Reincarnation.

Tobirama Senju used Hidan to test whether One's Own Life Reincarnation could revive Madara Uchiha. Madara was successfully restored to life, while Hidan collapsed but remained alive.

• Orochimaru prepared Hidan for the revival by training him in One's Own Life Reincarnation and secretly increasing his chakra with Hashirama Cells.
• Tobirama Senju brought Madara Uchiha and the others to the Root laboratory, explaining that Hidan would first test the technique on Madara.
• Hidan performed One's Own Life Reincarnation, and his body rapidly weakened as Madara's body regained life and the marks of Impure World Reincarnation disappeared.
• Hidan collapsed after calling out to Lord Jashin, and Orochimaru confirmed that he was still breathing.
• Madara celebrated his revival as Tsunade and the others examined his living body.

Tobirama confirmed that Hidan could revive the dead and promised to arrange the revivals people wanted, then returned Madara’s Rinnegan. Meanwhile, Fujiki faced the daimyō of the Lands of Wind, Earth, and Lightning over Tobirama’s actions and prepared to summon him.

• Tobirama told Madara that Hidan had been revived with weak chakra and ordered Orochimaru to restore Hidan so he could revive others.
• Tobirama promised to revive the people the others had lost and gave Madara his Rinnegan in test tubes.
• Fujiki dismissed his concerns about Tobirama’s destruction of Iwagakure and Kumogakure until Minister Saito reported that three angry daimyō had arrived.
• Fujiki ordered Saito to retrieve the marked kunai Tobirama had given him so he could summon his ancestor.
• The daimyō of the Lands of Wind, Earth, and Lightning demanded explanations from Fujiki, who denied responsibility for the Hokage’s actions.

Fujiki rejected the three daimyo’s demand to divide Konoha’s ninja forces among their countries and warned that the Hokage could destroy them. He summoned Tobirama Senju and Madara Uchiha to give them their answer, leaving the daimyo terrified as the two appeared.

• The daimyo of Earth, Wind, and Lightning demanded that Fujiki explain the destruction of their ninja villages and divide Konoha’s ninjas among their countries.
• The Land of Lightning’s daimyo insulted Kato To when he tried to speak, and Fujiki objected to the treatment of his commander.
• The Land of Earth’s daimyo proposed dividing Konoha’s forces, but Fujiki laughed and warned the three daimyo that the Hokage might wipe out their countries.
• The daimyo of Earth threatened joint economic sanctions if Fujiki refused, while the three dismissed the possibility that the Hokage would attack them.
• Saito Shizumo returned with a strange kunai, and Fujiki infused it with chakra to summon Tobirama Senju and Madara Uchiha into the hall.
• Madara questioned why Tobirama had brought him, and Tobirama turned to face the three frightened daimyo.

Tobirama Senju killed the three daimyo who demanded Konoha be divided, then began a campaign to unify the ninja world. He ordered Fujiki to declare war on every country that retained the daimyo system and to enlist Sunagakure and Kirigakure.

• Tobirama Senju arrived as Fujiki explained that the three daimyo had demanded Konoha be split into three.
• Madara Uchiha insulted the daimyo, and Tobirama Senju confronted them after they demanded he discipline his subordinate.
• Tobirama Senju killed the three daimyo and froze their bodies, while Kato To removed the evidence and warned Saito Shizumo to keep silent.
• Tobirama Senju told Fujiki to return to the Senju Clan and become its head, then ordered him to declare war on the ninja world and contact Sunagakure and Kirigakure.
• Tobirama Senju and Madara Uchiha returned to Konoha, and the Land of Fire declared war at the start of Konoha's sixty-first year.

Temari and Chiyo learned that Tobirama Senju had ordered nations to abolish the daimyo system or face war, and Kirigakure began enforcing the order by killing the Land of Water’s daimyo. As Konoha celebrated the new year, Tobirama treated Deidara’s injury and promised Sasori that his parents would soon be resurrected, then met Madara, who wanted to make amends for his past actions.

• Temari delivered Konoha’s ultimatum to Chiyo, who realized it amounted to a declaration of war against the ninja world.
• Mei Terumi and Genji ordered Kirigakure to act alongside Konoha, and Ao led Mist ninja in killing the Land of Water’s daimyo.
• The other daimyo realized Tobirama Senju’s threat was serious after Kirigakure’s attack.
• Tobirama Senju visited Deidara in Konoha Hospital, where Tsunade healed the leg he had blown off while testing an explosive technique.
• Tobirama Senju promised Sasori that his parents would soon be resurrected, then went to meet Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha told Tobirama Senju that he wanted to make amends for some of his past actions.

Madara Uchiha agreed to use the Rinnegan to revive those tied to the Nine-Tails Rebellion and other victims, while Hiruzen Sarutobi heard that Tobirama Senju had announced a New Year’s gathering for the bereaved. The chapter ended with Hiruzen reflecting on Tobirama’s achievements and his own failures as he remained confined at home.

• Madara Uchiha persuaded Tobirama Senju that he would revive the dead from the Nine-Tails incident, along with Nagato, Yahiko, Izuna Uchiha, and members of the Uchiha clan.
• ANBU announced that families whose relatives died in the Nine-Tails Rebellion could gather at the Hokage Building on New Year’s Eve to receive a special gift.
• Konoha residents spread the announcement throughout the village, wondering what the New Year’s gift would be.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned about the announcement from the ANBU guarding him and recalled the village’s recent victories and prosperity.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi compared himself unfavorably to Tobirama Senju and reflected on how his own scheming had left him diminished.

Tobirama Senju revealed that Madara Uchiha would use the Rinnegan to resurrect those killed during the Nine-Tails Rebellion, presenting the plan as Konoha’s New Year’s gift. The chapter ended with Madara’s status as a Konoha shinobi restored and the crowd reacting to the promise of resurrection.

• Tsunade pressed Tobirama Senju to explain the New Year’s gift, and he told her Madara Uchiha planned to resurrect the Nine-Tails Rebellion’s victims.
• Tobirama Senju asked Tsunade to tell Kakashi and the others and bring Naruto, while he considered his own eventual resurrection.
• On New Year’s Eve, villagers gathered at Konoha’s back mountain as ANBU and Hyūga shinobi maintained order.
• Tobirama Senju appeared on the platform and introduced Madara Uchiha to the crowd.
• Tobirama Senju announced that Madara’s status as a Konoha shinobi was restored and that Madara would resurrect everyone killed during the Nine-Tails Rebellion.

Tobirama arranged registrations for resurrecting those killed in the Nine-Tails Rebellion, while Madara prepared to bring them back using the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique. The chapter ended as Madara began the resurrection of 3,560 people, including the Uchiha clan.

• Tobirama announced that people could register relatives killed in the Nine-Tails Rebellion for resurrection, and Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi reacted to the news.
• Iruka registered his parents, Umino Ikkaku and Kairi, and Jiraiya thanked him for caring for Naruto.
• Tsunade registered Hashirama Senju and Nawaki Senju, while Kakashi registered Hatake Sakumo and Nohara Rin.
• Naruto registered Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki under the name Namikaze Naruto, and Jiraiya set his form aside.
• The ANBU counted 2,672 registrants, or 3,560 including the Uchiha clan, and Tobirama brought out Hidan to support the resurrection.
• Madara memorized the names, opened his Rinnegan, formed the Snake hand seal, and began the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.

Madara Uchiha summoned the King of Hell to revive the dead, while Hidan used One's Own Life Reincarnation to keep Madara alive as the King drained his life force. Among the revived was Kushina Uzumaki, who reunited with Naruto, while Minato Namikaze remained trapped with the Shinigami.

• Madara Uchiha summoned the King of Hell, which explained that Minato Namikaze's soul was with the Shinigami and agreed to revive everyone else.
• The King of Hell released thousands of souls, which returned to their corresponding bodies as Madara's life force began to drain away.
• Tobirama Senju sent Hidan to use One's Own Life Reincarnation on Madara, and Hidan survived the life-draining ritual through his immortality.
• The revived villagers reunited with their families while Naruto Uzumaki searched for his parents with Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya helped Naruto find Kushina Uzumaki, who learned she had been revived and embraced her son.

Kakashi reunited with Hatake Sakumo and finally understood why his father had chosen to save his comrades, freeing him from the pain of his disgrace. Hashirama Senju discovered that his grandson Nawaki had died in the Second Shinobi World War, just as three familiar voices called out to him.

• Kakashi asked Hatake Sakumo to tell him his story and listened as his father explained the choices that had led to his disgrace and death.
• Kakashi told Hatake Sakumo that he was proud of him for putting his comrades first, and Hatake Sakumo was freed from the darkness that had haunted him.
• Kakashi embraced Hatake Sakumo as his father prepared to accept death.
• Hashirama Senju awoke beside Nawaki, realized he was alive, and learned that Nawaki was his grandson and had died in an Explosive Tag trap during the Second Shinobi World War.
• Hashirama Senju reflected on the wars that had killed Tobirama Senju and Nawaki, then heard three familiar voices call out to him.

Hashirama reunited with Tsunade, Nawaki, Tobirama, and Madara after his revival. Madara then revived the Uchiha clan, and Itachi faced the family and clansmen he had killed, ending the chapter after fifty bloody kowtows of apology.

• Hashirama joyfully embraced Tsunade and Nawaki, then reunited with Tobirama and Madara.
• Madara revived the 998 Uchiha who had died in the massacre, leaving Itachi and Sasuke to face them.
• Sasuke rushed to Fugaku and Mikoto, while the revived Uchiha recognized Itachi and accused him of killing them.
• Shisui and Izumi saw Itachi, and Fugaku and Mikoto turned their attention toward him.
• Itachi knelt before the Uchiha, apologized, and struck his head against the ground fifty times before Shisui stopped him.