Chapter Summaries

Kanami sensed an attack on Konoha involving the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and warned the village before joining Hinata at the entrance. There, he identified the approaching reanimated enemies as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and suspected Kabuto Yakushi was behind them.

• Kanami sensed the chakra of the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and warned Sasuke that Konoha might be attacked.
• Kanami alerted Tsunade and the village through Shadow Clones, then brought Hinata to the village entrance.
• Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane confronted the approaching strangers until Kanami and Hinata arrived.
• Hinata activated her Byakugan, and Kanami used his Rinnegan and Mangekyō Sharingan to inspect the attackers.
• Kanami recognized the attackers as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and wondered whether Kabuto Yakushi had brought the Fourth Shinobi World War early.

Kanami sensed that the Fourth Shinobi World War might be approaching and faced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen while Kabuto Yakushi, Obito Uchiha, and Ōnoki observed. Kanami found Obito and Ōnoki, revealed that he knew Obito's identity, and left them wary of his speed.

• Kanami told Hinata Hyuga that the Fourth Shinobi World War might begin and promised to protect her.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen drew their blades as Kabuto Yakushi watched from a distant hiding place.
• Obito Uchiha and Ōnoki discussed whether the Seven Ninja Swordsmen could defeat Kanami, with Obito insisting they could not.
• Kanami appeared beside Obito Uchiha and Ōnoki, surprising them by finding their hiding place.
• Kanami evaded Obito's Kamui and called him Obito Uchiha, shocking him and alerting Ōnoki to his possible identity.
• Ōnoki admitted he could not predict Kanami's movements, while Obito claimed he had other ways to kill him.

Kanami used the Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan to evade Obito Uchiha and Ōnoki’s attacks, then struck Ōnoki and escaped. He reappeared beside Hinata and opened the Sixth Gate to kick Zabuza’s Kubikiribōchō away.

• Obito Uchiha mistook Kanami’s Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan for proof that he was Minato Namikaze’s illegitimate son.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release on Kanami and Obito Uchiha, but Kanami escaped and appeared beside Ōnoki.
• Kanami hit Ōnoki in the face with a Rasengan, and Ōnoki survived by using the Super Heavy Rock Technique.
• Kanami vanished, and Obito Uchiha realized he had escaped using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Kanami appeared beside Hinata, opened the Sixth Gate, and kicked Kubikiribōchō out of Zabuza’s hand.

Kanami and Hinata stopped the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and Konoha’s Sealing Team sealed them. Kanami then confronted Tobi and Ōnoki, revealing that he had Nagato’s Rinnegan, as Konoha ninja surrounded them.

• Kanami and Hinata fought the immortal Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and Kanami’s clones kept them pinned down with Rasengan.
• Tsunade arrived with the Sealing Team, which sealed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen while Kanami went after Tobi and Ōnoki.
• Kanami attacked Tobi with a Rasengan and revealed his Rinnegan, prompting Tobi to demand that Kanami return the eye.
• Tobi threatened Kanami, while Ōnoki sensed danger and urged them to run as rustling sounds surrounded them.

Tsunade and Konoha's shinobi cornered Ōnoki after Obito Uchiha escaped underground, and they fought to capture the Third Earth Shadow. Ōnoki's Dust Release killed and crippled many shinobi, but Konoha completed a sealing formation around him.

• Tsunade surrounded Ōnoki and ordered the shinobi to take him down after Kanami chased the fleeing Obito Uchiha.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release and Earth Release to kill several shinobi and raise the ground, while his strained waist slowed him down.
• Sai's ink tiger sealing technique briefly immobilized Ōnoki, but Ōnoki erased it with Dust Release before Tsunade could land a punch.
• Ōnoki unleashed Boundary Reincarnation, killing and crippling Konoha shinobi as Tsunade dodged its range.
• The seal squad completed a sealing formation around Ōnoki, and the barrier began to shrink.

Tsunade trapped Ōnoki in a chakra-erasing sealing barrier while Kanami pursued Obito Uchiha and confronted him about his past and the Eye of the Moon Plan. The chapter ended with Obito demanding to know how Kanami had learned of the plan.

• Tsunade's sealing barrier erased Ōnoki's Dust Release and began closing around him as he cursed Obito Uchiha and Akatsuki.
• Kanami repeatedly caught up with Obito as he burrowed underground, then used the same Earth Release technique to follow him.
• Kanami questioned Obito about Kabuto Yakushi's role in the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and condemned him for his part in the Nine-Tails attack and Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki's deaths.
• Obito insisted he felt no guilt and challenged Kanami to take revenge, while Kanami called him a deceived clown.
• Kanami told Obito that a dying old man's schemes had deceived him about the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Obito demanded to know how Kanami knew about it.

Kanami revealed that Madara Uchiha had manipulated Obito Uchiha and challenged his beliefs about the Eye of the Moon Plan. Obito attacked Kanami with Sharingan Genjutsu, and Kanami countered with Kotoamatsukami.

• Kanami told Obito Uchiha that Madara Uchiha had placed the Cursed Seal on his heart and likely arranged Rin's capture and seal as well.
• Obito Uchiha rejected Kanami's claims about Madara's deception and insisted that the Eye of the Moon Plan could create the ideal Ninja World.
• Kanami said Obito could choose whether to continue the plan but declared that he would not succeed, and he revealed that Kamui Intangibility had a cooldown.
• Kanami questioned why Obito had not used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive Rin, provoking Obito to charge at him.
• Obito Uchiha used Sharingan Genjutsu, and Kanami countered with the Mangekyō Technique, Kotoamatsukami.

Kanami took Obito Uchiha's Kamui eye, leaving him without his Mangekyō abilities, then returned to Konoha as Tsunade's team captured Ōnoki. After Kanami showed Hinata the eye, Kabuto Yakushi realized the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had been sealed and waited for the Masked Man and Ōnoki to return.

• Kanami used Kotoamatsukami to disorient Obito Uchiha, stole his right Sharingan, and left him unable to use Kamui or Intangibility.
• Kanami returned to Konoha as Tsunade and the Sealing Team captured Ōnoki.
• Kanami went home and showed Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan to Hinata, explaining that it had enabled his Intangibility.
• Kabuto Yakushi lost contact with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and learned through Zabuza's eyes that they had been defeated and sealed.
• Kabuto Yakushi expected the Masked Man and Ōnoki to return, and a figure staggered into his hideout.

Obito Uchiha returned to Kabuto Yakushi after his failed attack on Konoha, and rumors soon spread that Ōnoki had died. Kitsuchi confronted Obito at Akatsuki’s base and learned that Konoha had killed his father.

• Obito Uchiha angrily confronted Kabuto Yakushi over the failed Impure World Reincarnation attack and left to practice fighting without his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Rumors spread that Ōnoki had disappeared and that Konoha had killed him during a second raid.
• Kitsuchi heard the rumors and hurried to Akatsuki’s base to ask Obito Uchiha where his father had gone.
• Obito told Kitsuchi that Ōnoki was dead and that Konoha had killed him, leaving Kitsuchi stunned.

After Ōnoki’s death, Kitsuchi joined Tobi in seeking revenge on Konoha, and they prepared a final assault with Kabuto Yakushi’s reincarnated shinobi. The hopeless Allied Shinobi Forces reached Konoha at night, where Kanami appeared before the gate guards.

• Kitsuchi mourned Ōnoki, then asked Tobi to help him destroy Konoha and avenge his father.
• Tobi agreed to cooperate with Kitsuchi and told him to keep acting as Kage until the final assault.
• Tobi learned that Kabuto Yakushi had revived over twenty shinobi through Impure World Reincarnation, and he agreed to attack Konoha.
• Kitsuchi gathered forces from both villages, and the Allied Shinobi Forces marched toward Konoha despite their soldiers believing the attack was hopeless.
• Kitsuchi, Tobi, and Kabuto Yakushi led the army to Konoha at night, where Kanami appeared before the gate guards.

Kanami faced Kitsuchi, Obito Uchiha, and Kabuto Yakushi’s forces as Kabuto summoned a large group of Impure World Reincarnation ninja. The coffins opened despite Kanami’s attempt to bind them, and the reincarnated fighters emerged to attack.

• Kanami created four Wood Man Clones and told Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane to hide as the Allied Shinobi Forces approached.
• Obito Uchiha confronted Kanami over his stolen Mangekyō Sharingan, while Kitsuchi proposed that he and Obito hold Kanami off as Kabuto destroyed the clones.
• Kabuto Yakushi summoned more than a dozen coffins, and Kanami bound them with trees while Obito and Kitsuchi tried to break the bindings.
• Kabuto opened the coffins with sliding lids, allowing the reincarnated ninja to emerge and break through the trees.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Chūkichi, Toroi, Kari, Pakura, Gekko Hayate, Hizashi Hyuga, and four members of the Sound Ninja Five appeared among the undying fighters.

Kanami split into wood clones to confront Kabuto Yakushi, Obito Uchiha, Kitsuchi, and the Allied Shinobi Forces while the original faced the summoned ninja. His clone began destroying the Sound Four, pursued Obito, and fought Kitsuchi as Kitsuchi ordered the other ninja to attack Konoha.

• Kanami opened the sixth gate and kicked Kitsuchi away, then used Flying Thunder God to evade the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and dispatched four wood clones to pursue separate targets.
• Kanami's clone cut Sakon and Ukon in half with Chidori, then used golden chains to halt their Impure World Reincarnation regeneration as Kabuto fled and the remaining Sound Four attacked.
• Kanami's clone pursued Obito, countered his Great Fire Dragon Technique with Water Dragon Bullet, and followed him underground after he tried to escape.
• Kanami's clone fought Kitsuchi in close combat and used Morning Peacock, but Kitsuchi raised an Earth-Style Wall to block the fiery punches.
• Kitsuchi urged the other ninja to ignore Kanami's clone, spread out, and charge into Konoha to fight among its shinobi.

Kanami's wood clone defeated Kitsuchi and devastated the Iwagakure forces with Wood Release. Tsunade arrived and said she would step down as Hokage if Kakashi and Might Guy could persuade Kanami to take the position.

• Kanami's wood clone used Daytime Tiger to smash through Kitsuchi's Double Earth-Style Wall and send him crashing into the ground.
• The frightened Allied Shinobi Forces tried to charge toward Konoha, but Kanami's clone attacked them with Wood Release and Deep Forest Emergence.
• Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane praised Kanami while finishing off the wounded Iwagakure ninja.
• Kakashi and Might Guy arrived, followed by Tsunade and a group of ninja.
• Tsunade told Kakashi and Might Guy that she would abdicate if they could convince Kanami to become Hokage.

Kanami and Might Guy fought Impure World Reincarnation ninjas together, while Kakashi discovered that Gekko Hayate was among them. Kanami explained that sealing Hayate would send his soul back to the Pure Land, as a masked woman arrived demanding to know why he had abandoned her.

• Tsunade told Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki that she would be free if they persuaded Kanami to become Hokage.
• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and joined Kanami, who also opened the gate so they could fight side by side.
• Kanami used Banshō Ten'in to pull an attacking Impure World Reincarnation ninja toward him and throw him into another attacker.
• Kanami warned Kakashi that thirteen Impure World Reincarnation ninjas were present and that he still had most of his chakra.
• Gekko Hayate used Transparent Escape to approach Kakashi, and Kanami explained that sealing him would return his soul to the Pure Land.
• A masked woman with long purple hair leaped over and asked Gekko Hayate why he had abandoned her.

Kanami helped Uzuki Yugao restrain the reanimated Gekko Hayate while the Sealing Team captured other Impure World Reincarnation ninja. He then took Hizashi Hyuga home to visit the Hyuga Clan, leaving Tsunade stunned by the report.

• Gekko Hayate warned Uzuki Yugao that he could not control himself, and Kanami pulled him away and stabbed him through the heart.
• Kanami urged Yugao to stab Hayate with a Kunai so Hayate would not attack her again, and Yugao reluctantly did so as Hayate asked her to move on.
• Sai and the Sealing Team arrived and began sealing the remaining Impure World Reincarnation ninja while Kakashi returned to the village to rest.
• Kanami identified himself to Hizashi Hyuga as Hinata Hyuga’s husband, removed the seal holding Hizashi, and took him home to visit the Hyuga Clan.
• A Sealing Team ninja reported to Tsunade that Kanami had taken an Impure World Reincarnation ninja home, and Tsunade reacted in disbelief.

Kanami brought Hizashi Hyuga back to the Hyuga Estate with Impure World Reincarnation, where he reunited with Hiashi, Hinata, and Neji. After Hizashi’s wish to see his family was fulfilled, his soul began returning to the Pure Land, and Kanami prepared to guide him through the next step.

• Kanami brought Hizashi Hyuga to the Hyuga Estate and stabbed him repeatedly with Kunai to slow his recovery and prevent him from attacking the others.
• Hiashi Hyuga and Hinata Hyuga recognized Hizashi, and Hinata flew off to bring Neji Hyuga to see him.
• Hizashi learned that Neji and Hinata had reconciled and that Hiashi was ending the distinction between the Main House and Branch House.
• Hizashi’s body began steaming as his wish was fulfilled, and Neji tearfully told him about the years they had spent apart and the changes in the clan.
• As Hizashi’s soul began to fade, Kanami told him to follow along while he formed Hand Seals.

Kanami used Kotoamatsukami to make Hizashi Hyuga release his Impure World Reincarnation body, restoring him to a living, flesh-and-blood state. Hizashi’s Byakugan disappeared with the release, leaving Hiashi to seek a pair of eyes for him.

• Kanami controlled Hizashi with Kotoamatsukami and made him form the hand signs to release Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hizashi’s body became flesh and blood, but his Byakugan vanished because Kumogakure had taken his eyes long ago.
• Neji celebrated his father’s revival and offered to make Kanami his godfather, but Kanami refused and left using Flying Thunder God.
• Hizashi realized he was truly alive, while Hiashi urged Hinata to marry Kanami after the busy period.
• Hiashi said he would find a pair of eyes to transplant for Hizashi.

Kanami defeated Kabuto Yakushi’s forces, sealed Tayuya, and returned home after capturing Kitsuchi and the Allied Shinobi Forces. He then took Matatabi and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to confront Obito Uchiha.

• Kabuto Yakushi sent Tayuya and her summoned angry ghosts against Kanami’s wood clone, but Kanami’s Susanoo defeated them.
• Kanami captured and sealed Tayuya while Kabuto Yakushi fled, then pursued him with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Tsunade’s forces subdued the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Kanami revealed that his apparent presence beside Kitsuchi was also a clone.
• Kanami returned home, brought Matatabi along, and teleported to Obito Uchiha, who realized he was facing Kanami’s main body.

Kanami captured Tobi and brought Kakashi to face him, exposing Tobi as Obito Uchiha. Obito accused Kakashi of failing to protect Rin and killing her, leaving Kakashi shaken as he tried to explain what happened.

• Kanami restrained Tobi with Wood Release and removed his mask after Tobi mistakenly tried to use Kamui without his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kanami brought Kakashi to the wilderness, where Kakashi recognized Tobi as an Akatsuki member but initially could not place his face.
• Tobi claimed to be Madara Uchiha, but his angry response to Kakashi calling him weak revealed his identity as Obito Uchiha.
• Kakashi excitedly confronted Obito, then asked why he had joined Akatsuki.
• Obito blamed Kakashi for Rin's death, and Kakashi staggered back, insisting that he had been trying to attack the Kirigakure ninja.

Tobi revealed to Kakashi that grief over Rin drove him to seek the Infinite Tsukuyomi, while confessing that he had caused the Nine-Tails' Rampage and Minato's death. Kakashi urged him to return and atone, but finally punched him after Tobi asked to be killed.

• Tobi told Kakashi he had witnessed Rin's death and blamed the shinobi world for it.
• Tobi explained that he planned to gather the Tailed Beasts, become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and use Infinite Tsukuyomi to give everyone a dream world.
• Tobi confessed that he had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, sustained Kirigakure's blood mist policy, and caused the Nine-Tails' Rampage that killed Minato Namikaze.
• Kakashi urged Tobi to return with him and atone, saying their teacher would give him a chance.
• Tobi asked Kakashi to kill him, and Kakashi punched him for disregarding their shared teacher and his wife.