Recaps

Uchiha Chuan’s confrontation with Konoha’s leadership deepened the rift between the village and the Uchiha Clan, leading him to withdraw from the Ninja Academy. The entire clan’s students followed, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisors debating whether to reconcile with the Uchiha or pressure them further.

• Uchiha Chuan exposed Root’s attempt to recruit him, demanded an explanation from Hiruzen Sarutobi, and accused the Hokage of testing people’s loyalty.
• Uchiha Chuan advised Fugaku Uchiha to challenge the village’s control over education and then withdraw him from the Ninja Academy, and Fugaku agreed.
• Fugaku Uchiha processed Chuan’s withdrawal, and the Hokage approved it despite concerns about what the Uchiha Clan intended.
• Uchiha clansmen debated withdrawing their children, while Obito Uchiha struggled to choose between supporting Chuan and staying near Rin Nohara.
• The Uchiha students withdrew en masse, and Hiruzen Sarutobi reprimanded Shitaka Sarutobi for approving their applications.
• Uchiha Chuan learned the children had left the Academy to train with him and told them to return the next morning.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed apologizing to and accepting the Uchiha, while Shimura Danzō urged using the Jonin Meeting to pressure the clan.

Uchiha Chuan used Stilt Football to improve the Uchiha’s standing in Konoha and bring the clan together, but the tournament awakened Sharingan-related arrogance among young players. As the clan debated Chuan’s billion-ryo plan, a majority rejected the investment, leaving its future uncertain.

• Fugaku challenged Konoha’s leaders over their treatment of the Uchiha, and Hiruzen stripped Danzo of his adviser post and confined him to his home.
• Uchiha Chuan introduced stilt football to Obito and the other children, who built a field and played matches that drew attention across Konoha.
• The Uchiha launched a youth stilt football league, and the opening match between Asuma’s Sarutobi Team and the Uchiha Team ended in a Sarutobi victory as six Uchiha players awakened their Sharingan.
• Uchiha Chuan criticized the awakened players for their arrogance, but they rejected his advice and split from the rest of the Uchiha Youth Soccer Team.
• Uchiha Chuan proposed cultivating a super genius to humble arrogant clan members, and the elders agreed to seek support for a one-billion-ryo plan.
• The Uchiha Police Force exposed and arrested Sarutobi Guaguazhan for trying to extort a tavern owner, earning praise from villagers and worrying the Third Hokage.
• Fugaku announced the clan’s one-billion-ryo plan, but after fierce debate the majority of Uchiha clansmen voted against the investment.

Uchiha Chuan pursued his plan to train Obito and produce a film while the Hokage faction and Danzo plotted against the Uchiha. The arc ended with Chuan assembling his cast and coaching Obito for the lead role.

• Uchiha Chuan gained Fugaku Uchiha and the elders’ personal support for his project, while Uchiha Tieyue revealed that awakened Uchiha looked down on those without Sharingan.
• The Uchiha Stilt Football team fractured as awakened players blamed their teammates, and Uchiha Mion quit after defending them.
• Danzo and the Third Hokage arranged a mission designed to frame Uchiha Tieyue and Hatake Sakumo, but Uchiha Chuan exposed the scheme to Hatake Sakumo, who led the mission anyway.
• Uchiha Chuan recruited a film crew and gave Zheng Buyan Yi the script for “Uchiha Naruto Chronicle,” then named Obito, Meiyin, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara as its leads.
• When Uchiha clansmen demanded that Chuan train their children, he used Genjutsu to incapacitate them, prompting Fugaku and the elders to conceal his power from the village.
• The Third Hokage’s advisers called off their plan against the Uchiha after the hospital found mental injuries among the clansmen, but Danzo pressed to continue investigating them.
• Uchiha Chuan gathered Obito, Kakashi, Rin Nohara, Asuma, and the others for the film, assigning them character names and coaching Obito on how to portray Naruto.

Uchiha Chuan used the backlash against Uchiha Tieyue and the Police Force’s troubles to transfer authority over six divisions and rally the Uchiha Moderates behind him. The clan split, while Tieyue plotted to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and Chuan drew Kushina and Minato into his film.

• Hatake Sakumo returned to Konoha to cheers, but Uchiha Tieyue accused him of abandoning his mission, and villagers attacked Sakumo until the Third Hokage intervened.
• As resentment toward the Uchiha grew and the Police Force withdrew from duty, Uchiha Chuan welcomed Kakashi and Obito and helped Fugaku propose opening the Force to other clans.
• Uchiha Chuan began filming Uchiha Naruto Chronicle, while Fugaku negotiated the transfer of six Police Force divisions to other clans for fees.
• The Third Hokage tried to stop the transfer, but Fugaku and the clan heads completed their agreement, leaving the Third Hokage suspicious and excluded.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura persuaded Uchiha Tieyue to cooperate against Chuan, and Tieyue rallied the Hardliners to challenge Fugaku’s authority.
• Uchiha Chuan revealed Tieyue’s meetings with the advisors, made the clan choose between Tieyue and himself, and won the support of Fugaku, the elders, the Moderates, and some Hardliners.
• Uchiha Tieyue left with his remaining supporters, who made up about thirty percent of the clan, and planned to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan as the Third Hokage’s advisers continued investigating Chuan.
• Kushina demanded that Uchiha Chuan teach her the Loudspeaker Technique, and accepted his offer to use it if she and Minato acted in his movie.