Recaps

Hane’s growing power and blunt challenges to Konoha’s leadership shaped the Uchiha Clan’s response to relocation and village hostility. After defeating Retsuyō, he persuaded him that the clan needed strength and unity, leaving Retsuyō sworn to follow him.

• Hane began at the Ninja Academy, where he defended the Uchiha and challenged teacher Nomi Ikkaku’s account of the Will of Fire.
• Hane refused to let Fugaku take Itachi to battle, then demonstrated his power by reshaping and dispersing Fugaku’s fire techniques.
• Hane’s Azure Nether Art awakened a scarlet mark and new abilities, and he forged the Five Emperor Swords, whose fight with Fugaku revealed Itachi’s two-tomoe Sharingan to Mikoto.
• At a clan meeting, Hane defeated Liehuo’s attack and persuaded the Uchiha elders to demand fair compensation for relocation.
• Hane awakened the Eye of Truth and Divine Sense, then used his fire clones to kill three Root shinobi who ambushed him and Itachi and Izumi.
• Hane warned Fugaku that Konoha’s leaders could turn the Uchiha’s new grounds into a trap, while assigning his five sword incarnations to gather resources and attend school.
• Retsuyō challenged Hane to a duel, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan during the fight, and was repeatedly defeated by Hane’s swordsmanship.
• Hane told Retsuyō that the Uchiha needed strength and unity against the Konoha Elder Council, and Retsuyō swore to follow him after Hane restored his katana.

Hane strengthened the Uchiha through political reforms, businesses, and a loyal circle of young clan members while resisting Konoha’s leaders. The arc ends with the Uchiha exposing a secret Root base where children had been experimented on, as Sarutobi and the elders faced public questions.

• Hane challenged Danzo over the canceled relocation funds and led the Uchiha in a peaceful march to the Hokage Building, where Fugaku secured compensation and agreed to join the Military Police Force.
• Hane argued with Itachi about the Uchiha’s sacrifices for Konoha, then recruited a group of young clansmen and began using formations and pills to strengthen the clan.
• Hane persuaded Shisui to join him after defeating him in a fight, and Shisui agreed to maintain the Third’s trust while passing information to Hane.
• Hane persuaded Fugaku to reform the Military Police Force, which began focusing on serious crimes and gradually improved the Uchiha’s standing as their businesses made the clan more self-sufficient.
• Hane’s Heart-Refining Formation helped Uchiha awaken powerful Sharingan, while the Third persuaded Itachi to consider early graduation and joining the Anbu as a bridge to the clan.
• Hane and Retsuyō traced missing children to a trafficking network, and the Uchiha Military Police Force arrested a suspect and rescued ten children despite an Anbu squad demanding custody.
• Retsuyō led Uchiha and allied ninja to a secret base near the Forest of Death, where they found the remains of more than a hundred children and evidence implicating Konoha’s leadership.
• Sarutobi arrived at the base and asked the Uchiha to suppress the case, but Retsuyō insisted the public deserved the truth and faced Utatane Koharu’s accusation that he was questioning the Hokage.

Hane used Danzo’s crimes to seize leadership of the Uchiha and weaken the Hokage’s authority, while gaining support through reforms, business, and alliances. The arc ended with the clan expanding beyond Konoha as the village gathered to witness the execution of Case 414’s surviving criminals.

• Hane exposed Danzo’s experiments and ordered the Uchiha to arrest him, then crushed Danzo and Root with a summoned Wind Ghost.
• Hane revealed that Danzo had survived through Izanagi and used the incident to pressure Sarutobi, while Fugaku agreed to hand the clan leadership to his son.
• Fugaku made Hane clan head, and Hane united the Uchiha, called for them to pursue control of Konoha, and led them to the Shinobi Conference.
• Hane challenged the village leadership over Danzo and the Anbu, and Sarutobi agreed to reduce the Anbu and restrict its powers.
• Hane and Hiashi proposed a clan-led Military Police Force and a Hokage assistant position, while Sarutobi retained his office and scheduled a vote for the new position.
• Hane opened Military Police Force posts to other clans, established new ranks and training, and expanded the Uchiha’s business with medicines and plans to trade in the capital.
• Shisui led Uchiha members out of the village to develop the clan’s business, while the Military Police Force announced the public execution of Case 414’s surviving criminals.

Hane led the Uchiha to the battlefield, defeated Kumogakure, and forced Raikage A to apologize after devastating the village. He left with his companions for the Land of Fire’s capital to meet the daimyo.

• After the Uchiha executions weakened Sarutobi’s faction, Hane accepted the order to lead Uchiha reinforcements to the front and arranged clan duties before departing.
• Tsunade investigated the Uchiha’s mysterious medicines and learned that Hane was supporting larger families, while Hane gave her herbs and warned that the Uchiha might someday have no opponents or friends.
• Hane brought his reinforcements to the front, subdued the returning Uchiha faction led by Setsuna, and captured Black Lightning after defeating a Cloud ambush.
• Hane repelled Toroi’s attack, killed the Cloud forces, and extracted Matatabi from Yugito, prompting Kumogakure to demand the Two-Tails, compensation, and the Uchiha responsible.
• At Konoha’s emergency meeting, Hane rejected Kumogakure’s demands and persuaded the village representatives to stand against the Land of Lightning.
• Hane protected neglected Naruto and brought him into the Uchiha household, then left to answer Raikage A’s threat.
• Hane and six Uchiha attacked Kumogakure, where Arayama controlled the Eight-Tails and its Tailed Beast Ball devastated the village, after which Hane forced A to kneel and write an apology.
• After leaving Kumogakure, Hane returned to warn A against venting his anger and then set out with his companions for the Land of Fire’s capital to meet the daimyo.