Recaps

Fugaku Uchiha used his Mangekyō Sharingan to force the Uchiha clan to abandon its coup plans and flee Konoha in three days. When a Jonin questioned whether the clan could escape the village’s defenses, First Elder proposed a lethal Forbidden Technique, and Fugaku was left too stunned to object.

• Fugaku Uchiha revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered the Uchiha to flee Konoha in three days instead of launching a coup.
• A Jonin warned that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s allied clans could block the Uchiha’s escape.
• First Elder proposed using a Forbidden Technique that would kill its users and risk harming Uchiha clansmen.
• Second Elder, Third Elder, and Fourth Elder objected to the technique’s deadly and uncontrolled effects.
• First Elder argued that the elders should sacrifice themselves to preserve the Uchiha bloodline, and the other elders reluctantly agreed.
• Fugaku Uchiha was shocked by their plan but could not bring himself to object.

Izumi Uchiha tried to expose Naraka’s influence over the Uchiha clan, but the clan dismissed her warning and detained her. Fugaku Uchiha sensed something abnormal but stayed silent, and Izumi was taken to the Detention Room until the clan fled the village.

• Izumi Uchiha sensed purple-black energy over nearly every clan member and concluded Naraka was inflaming their emotions.
• Izumi Uchiha used a pink tomoe-shaped stone to warn the gathering that Naraka was manipulating them, but the clan members could not see the energy and rejected her claims.
• The First Elder and other clan members accused Izumi Uchiha of madness and spying, then ordered her taken into custody.
• Fugaku Uchiha faintly sensed an abnormal presence but chose not to defend Izumi Uchiha, fearing the clan would split apart.
• Clan members dragged Izumi Uchiha to the Detention Room, and the Four Elders arranged for her release when the clan fled the village.

Naraka’s Clone revealed that it had recovered a fragment of the Four Souls Jewel and planned to let Izumi Uchiha witness her clan’s ruin before killing them. In the Hokage’s Office, Danzo admitted to killing Shisui and taking his right eye, insisting it had been necessary to protect Konoha.

• Naraka’s Clone mocked the Uchiha, recognized Izumi’s ability to sense it, and decided to let her live for a few days so she could watch her family descend into despair.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Danzo whether Naraka, the Four Souls Jewel, and the Uchiha’s unrest were connected, but Danzo denied knowing anything about them.
• Mitokado Homura questioned Danzo about Shisui Uchiha’s death, and Hiruzen demanded to know whether Danzo had killed Shisui and taken his right eye.
• Danzo admitted that he had killed Shisui and that Root held his right eye.
• Danzo argued that Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami was too dangerous to leave unchecked and claimed that killing him had protected Konoha.
• Hiruzen realized that Danzo viewed the murder and theft as achievements rather than crimes.

Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that he would step down as Hokage and named Tsunade as his successor after Jiraiya declined the position. Danzo tried to undermine Tsunade by exposing her gambling debts, but Hiruzen paid them himself, and Tsunade accepted the responsibility and vowed never to gamble again.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that he would resign and asked Jiraiya and Tsunade to become the Fifth Hokage.
• Jiraiya declined the position and recommended Tsunade, who accepted after recognizing Danzo's ambition to take power.
• Shimura Danzō revealed Tsunade's gambling debts and argued that they would damage Konoha if she became Hokage.
• Hiruzen offered to pay Tsunade's debts from his personal savings and told her to give up gambling.
• Tsunade swore she would never gamble again, and Hiruzen said she would take the Hokage Hat after he hosted the next Chunin Ninja Exams.

Fugaku told Itachi that the Uchiha clan would desert Konoha in three days after Shisui’s death and the elders forced a change from coup to escape. Itachi reported the plan to Konoha’s leaders, and Hiruzen chose to seek dialogue while Danzō urged an immediate strike.

• Fugaku returned home and learned from Itachi that Shisui had been killed by Danzō.
• Fugaku told Itachi that the clan had agreed to leave Konoha at midnight in three days and ordered him to take part.
• Fugaku withheld from Itachi that Izumi had been locked away, then left his grieving son alone.
• Itachi confirmed Shisui’s death to Hiruzen, Homura, Danzō, and the other leader, and reported the Uchiha clan’s departure plan.
• Danzō urged Hiruzen to strike first, but Hiruzen said he would try to resolve the crisis through dialogue.

Shimura Danzō forced Itachi Uchiha to choose between dying with his clan or killing them to save Sasuke, and Itachi accepted the mission. Afterward, Danzō told Naraka that he had used Kotoamatsukami to make Itachi believe the Uchiha’s destruction was inevitable, not to directly control his will.

• Shimura Danzō told Itachi Uchiha that refusing Konoha’s request would lead to his death alongside the Uchiha clan.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Itachi to eliminate the entire Uchiha clan before their uprising began.
• Shimura Danzō promised that Sasuke Uchiha would be spared if Itachi accepted the mission.
• Itachi Uchiha reluctantly accepted and vanished into the night.
• Naraka questioned whether Danzō had used Kotoamatsukami to influence Itachi.
• Shimura Danzō denied forcibly changing Itachi’s will and said he had convinced him that the Uchiha’s destruction was unavoidable.

Naraka questioned Shimura Danzō about the Uchiha massacre, and Danzō explained why he planned to spare Sasuke and then decided to confront the clan elders himself. Naraka watched him leave, wary of a hidden quality in Danzō and curious to see what he would reveal.

• Naraka mocked Danzō’s plan to massacre the Uchiha and questioned why he would spare Sasuke.
• Shimura Danzō said Sasuke would motivate Itachi, provide a subject for Sharingan research, and potentially become a weapon for Konoha.
• Naraka warned that the four Uchiha elders might use forbidden techniques and urged Danzō to face them personally.
• Shimura Danzō decided to enter the Uchiha Compound and kill the elders himself before the massacre began.
• After the Canopy Screen’s image ended, Naraka sensed an unexplained aversion to Danzō and hoped the elders would expose what he was hiding.

After learning that Danzo had manipulated Itachi into massacring the Uchiha and regarded Sasuke as a tool, Sasuke redirected his hatred toward Danzo and Konoha’s leadership. Itachi realized Sasuke was in danger and hurried back to Konoha to protect him.

• Sasuke heard Danzo describe him as a specimen, vessel, and useful blade, and his hatred for Danzo eclipsed his confusion about Itachi.
• Sasuke vowed to gain enough power to make Danzo and Konoha pay for what they had done to him and the Uchiha.
• Itachi learned that Danzo and Naraka had sabotaged negotiations and manipulated him into carrying out the Uchiha massacre.
• Itachi feared Danzo would target Sasuke as a specimen and decided Konoha had become dangerous for his brother.
• Itachi transformed into a flock of crows and flew toward Konoha to protect Sasuke.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s plan to place Sasuke Uchiha in Root and told him to address village matters with Tsunade after she took office. After reflecting on their long history and Danzo’s choices, Hiruzen left the Hokage’s Office to visit Konohamaru at the Ninja Academy.

• Danzo urged Hiruzen to put Sasuke Uchiha under Root’s supervision, citing Sasuke’s Uchiha blood and Itachi Uchiha’s Sharingan.
• Hiruzen suggested that he and Danzo retire, then told Danzo to discuss Sasuke and other village matters with Tsunade once she became the Fifth Hokage.
• Danzo angrily slammed the Hokage’s Office door after realizing Hiruzen had already decided to leave the remaining decisions to Tsunade.
• Hiruzen mourned Danzo’s likely fate but accepted that Danzo would bear the consequences of his own choices.
• Hiruzen left the office and headed to the Ninja Academy, looking forward to seeing Konohamaru.

Shimura Danzō persuaded Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to form a covert alliance to limit Tsunade's power as the next Hokage. The Canopy Screen then showed Fugaku Uchiha preparing his clan to break out of Konoha after Setsuna Uchiha announced Shisui's death and blamed Danzō.

• Shimura Danzō confronted Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu and warned them that Tsunade would threaten their influence if she became Hokage.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu tacitly agreed to Danzō's proposal to remain in key positions and check Tsunade's power.
• The Canopy Screen showed Setsuna Uchiha telling the gathered Uchiha that Shisui Uchiha was dead and that Shimura Danzō had killed him.
• Fugaku Uchiha urged his clan to escape Konoha to survive, and the Uchiha used the Enhancement Button to power up their Chunin fighters.
• The Uchiha counted five Elite Jonin, ten regular Jonin, and thirty-seven Special Jonin with awakened Sharingan, while sixty-three Genin remained at home.
• Fugaku Uchiha rallied the clan to carve a path out of Konoha and preserve the Uchiha legacy.

Fugaku Uchiha laid out the Uchiha clan’s plan to escape Konoha as Itachi Uchiha arranged with Obito Uchiha to slaughter the clan that night. After the broadcast ended, Hiruzen Sarutobi gathered Konoha’s leaders to investigate what had driven Obito to hate the village.

• Fugaku Uchiha assigned the clan’s forces and ordered everyone to assemble that night for their escape.
• Itachi Uchiha asked Obito Uchiha to help kill the Uchiha clan, and Obito agreed in exchange for the Sharingan.
• Itachi Uchiha demanded that Obito spare Sasuke Uchiha, and Obito promised not to harm him.
• The broadcast ended, leaving Sasuke Uchiha and the Shinobi World questioning Obito’s motives.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi convened Konoha’s senior officials, and Shimura Danzō blamed Zetsu while Jiraiya suspected Obito had suffered a personal trauma.

Kakashi recounted Rin’s death to Konoha’s leaders, who debated why Obito turned against the village and whether grief or a darker truth had driven him. The meeting ended without a plan to pursue Obito, and the next day Sasuke braced himself for the Canopy Screen to show the Night of the Massacre.

• Kakashi told Tsunade and the others that Kirigakure had sealed the Three-Tails inside Rin and that she had deliberately run into his Lightning Cutter to protect Konoha.
• Tsunade, Hiruzen, and the others considered whether Obito blamed Konoha for Rin’s death, while Kakashi suspected Obito had witnessed a darker truth connected to the village.
• Shimura Danzō argued that Obito’s grief and Uchiha nature had driven him mad, making him hate the world that took Rin from him.
• Hiruzen said Konoha still had to stop Obito, but the leaders ended their meeting without a plan because the village could not spare a Kage Level fighter.
• The next day, Sasuke shut his eyes as the Canopy Screen appeared, and memories of the Night of the Massacre made him tense and sweat.

Naruto comforted Sasuke as he struggled with memories of his nightmare, while the Canopy Screen showed Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha carrying out the massacre of the Uchiha. Obito searched the Military Police Force headquarters for survivors, and Naraka killed Izumi Uchiha's parents after Itachi left.

• Naruto put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder and promised to protect him, briefly warming Sasuke despite his irritation.
• Obito Uchiha attacked the Uchiha guards at the Military Police Force headquarters, using Kamui to evade their attacks and kill them.
• Obito Uchiha killed the surviving Uchiha ninja, took their Sharingan, and entered the headquarters to search for more survivors.
• Itachi Uchiha killed the people he encountered, including Izumi Uchiha's parents.
• Naraka emerged from the shadows, took the heads of Izumi Uchiha's parents, and disappeared.

Itachi Uchiha slaughtered his way through the Uchiha compound and confronted his parents, Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha, who chose to support him and asked him to protect Sasuke. After Itachi killed them, someone opened the room door.

• Itachi Uchiha killed Uchiha clan members, including a young couple and three Elite Jonin who tried to stop him.
• Itachi reached Fugaku Uchiha's home, where Fugaku and Mikoto waited calmly without preparing to fight.
• Fugaku told Itachi that he and Mikoto would support his choice and asked him to take care of Sasuke.
• Itachi broke down in tears, then killed Fugaku and Mikoto as they knelt with their eyes closed.
• Someone opened the door to the room just after Fugaku and Mikoto fell.

Sasuke witnessed Itachi standing over their murdered parents, and Itachi used a mental attack to awaken Sasuke’s one-tomoe Sharingan. The Canopy Screen then showed Danzō ambushing the Four Uchiha Elders, whose combined Fire Release attack he turned back with Wind Release.

• Sasuke returned home and found his parents dead while Itachi knelt beside them in a pool of blood.
• Itachi told Sasuke to hate him, survive, and seek him out once he had eyes like Itachi’s.
• Itachi’s mental attack made Sasuke relive his parents’ deaths, awakening a single tomoe in each of Sasuke’s eyes before he passed out.
• The Canopy Screen shifted to Setsuna Uchiha’s home, where the Four Elders prepared to join Fugaku and the others.
• Danzō attacked the elders’ courtyard, and the elders launched four Fire Release techniques at him.
• Danzō blocked the flames with Great Breakthrough, then sent the wind-fed fire surging back toward the Four Elders.

Shimura Danzō overwhelmed the Four Uchiha Elders with Wind Release, but they transported him to their family vault and invoked the Pig Talisman. The talisman awakened Mangekyō Sharingan in all four elders, who confronted Danzō with Susanoo.

• Shimura Danzō wounded the Four Uchiha Elders with relentless Wind Release and resisted their Genjutsu.
• Setsuna Uchiha and the other elders transported Danzō and themselves into the Uchiha vault using a formation.
• Setsuna released the Pig Talisman and joined the other elders in placing their hands on it and performing a ritual.
• Four orange Susanoo rib cages protected the elders from Danzō's Vacuum Great Sphere.
• The elders revealed their newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan, and Setsuna explained that the Pig Talisman had strengthened their visual powers.

The four Uchiha elders killed Shimura Danzō, but he resurrected and unleashed an aura that overwhelmed them with regret. As their Susanoo crumbled, Setsuna Uchiha detonated his remaining life force and power in a final attempt to take Danzō down, leaving the Stone Chamber engulfed in an explosion.

• The four Uchiha elders cornered Shimura Danzō and destroyed him with their Susanoo attacks.
• Shimura Danzō reassembled himself and released an ominous power that caused the Stone Chamber to decay.
• The four elders were consumed by regret, weakening their wills and causing their Susanoo to collapse.
• Setsuna Uchiha resisted the regret long enough to turn his remaining life force, ocular power, and Susanoo into a bomb.
• The explosion filled the sealed Stone Chamber with blinding light and a devastating shock wave.

Izumi Uchiha attacked Naraka with a purifying arrow, which sealed Danzō's evil spirit and took part of his soul before Naraka betrayed him and fled. Danzō recovered his composure and continued toward the Uchiha Compound, while the Danzō watching the Canopy Screen remained unsure what was real.

• Naraka seized Danzō as a shield when Izumi Uchiha's purifying arrow struck, and the arrow sealed his evil spirit and took part of his soul.
• Izumi pursued Naraka beyond Konoha as it fled in fear.
• Root ninjas found Danzō in the courtyard, and he ordered them to notify Lord Hokage to begin rescue efforts after Itachi Uchiha left.
• Danzō headed into the Uchiha Compound to inspect the massacre's results.
• The Danzō watching the Canopy Screen wondered whether Naraka's betrayal had erased his memories and whether the Death Paper had been on him all along.

Naraka trapped Izumi Uchiha in a Mental Domain and showed her visions of Itachi killing her parents and slaughtering the Uchiha clan, then tempted her to swallow a quarter of the Four Souls Jewel. Memories of Itachi helped Izumi resist despair, and she accused Naraka of controlling him and vowed to purify him.

• Naraka drew on the Uchiha clan’s suffering to restore his power and showed Izumi the severed heads of her parents.
• Naraka showed Izumi visions of Itachi killing her parents and other Uchiha, driving her into despair.
• Naraka offered Izumi a quarter of the Four Souls Jewel and urged her to eat it for power and revenge.
• Izumi swallowed the Jewel, but memories of her time with Itachi helped her recover her resolve.
• Izumi accused Naraka of controlling Itachi and vowed to purify him.

Izumi Uchiha awakened sacred powers in the Uchiha Detention Room, drove Naraka into flight, and pursued him with the spirits of her fallen clan. After the Canopy Screen’s vision ended, Sasuke Uchiha learned that Izumi survived the massacre and wondered why she had never returned to Konoha.

• Izumi Uchiha transformed into a sacred Miko, awakened the Demon-Repelling Bow, and fired a purifying arrow at Naraka.
• Naraka fled deeper into darkness as Izumi’s sacred power gathered the lingering souls of the Uchiha into Dead Soul Worms.
• Izumi rode the Dead Soul Worms into the night to pursue Naraka, leaving her burning clan compound behind.
• The Canopy Screen’s vision ended, and Sasuke Uchiha rejoiced that Izumi had survived the massacre.
• Sasuke’s joy gave way to doubt, and he concluded that Izumi might have stayed away because she rejected Konoha.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shikaku planned how to bring Shimura Danzō to justice, with Shikaku arguing that Hiruzen Sarutobi had left the task for Tsunade to avoid destabilizing Konoha. Danzō ordered Root to search for special stones so he could contact Nine Nether and hire an assassin, while a crow near Sasuke briefly showed a trace of remembrance as Izumi Uchiha’s soul left Konoha.

• Shikaku told Tsunade and Jiraiya that Hiruzen had held back against Danzō to let Tsunade remove him without disrupting Konoha.
• Shikaku proposed gathering intelligence, preparing a sealing technique, and waiting for a chance to strike Danzō at low cost.
• Tsunade put Shikaku in charge of planning and assigned Jiraiya to gather intelligence.
• Danzō ordered Root to suspend its missions and search for the special stones, especially in the Uchiha Clan’s former compound, so he could contact Nine Nether and arrange Tsunade’s assassination.
• A crow beside Sasuke briefly showed a trace of remembrance as Izumi Uchiha’s soul left Konoha.

Konoha’s rescue forces searched the devastated Uchiha Compound and found Sasuke Uchiha alive. Hiruzen Sarutobi stripped Shimura Danzō of his adviser duties and placed Root under his command, while Danzō later realized Itachi Uchiha had been watching him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō entered the ruined Uchiha Compound as rescue forces searched for survivors.
• An ANBU Jonin reported that Sasuke Uchiha had been found unconscious, and Danzō said the Uchiha coup was no longer a concern.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi angrily condemned Danzō and relieved him of his adviser duties, ordering Root to report directly to him.
• Danzō left the Compound, convinced Hiruzen Sarutobi would restore his position and that the other clans had allowed the massacre to happen.
• A Root operative revealed that Itachi Uchiha had been watching, and Itachi warned Danzō not to harm Sasuke before disappearing into crows.

After losing Naraka’s trail, Izumi Uchiha met Morpheus, who offered her a place in the Paradise Organization in exchange for help finding and defeating the demon. Izumi accepted, and Morpheus opened a strange door to take her onward.

• Izumi Uchiha tracked Naraka’s demonic aura into a forest, but it vanished before she could find him.
• Morpheus appeared and invited Izumi to join the Paradise Organization, offering Naraka’s whereabouts and weapons or knowledge to counter him.
• Izumi questioned Morpheus about the organization and Naraka, then asked what she would have to give up.
• Morpheus said she only had to join, and Izumi accepted on the condition that her goal remained destroying Naraka.
• Morpheus opened a strange pink-framed door in the forest.

Izumi Uchiha entered Eden and met the Lord of Heaven, who explained that his organization sought to protect the Shinobi World from potential alien threats. She renamed herself Kikyo and learned that she had been brought to Mars.

• Izumi Uchiha left the forest and entered Eden through the Anywhere Door with the Dead Soul Worms.
• Morpheus apologized to the Lord of Heaven for failing to save the Uchiha clan and introduced Izumi as someone who had changed her fate.
• Izumi rejected the Uchiha name and asked to be called Kikyo.
• The Lord of Heaven showed Kikyo the Shinobi World from Mars and described the countless worlds and civilizations beyond it.
• The Lord of Heaven said their goal was to make the Shinobi World too formidable for other civilizations to covet.

After the Canopy Screen revealed the truth of the Uchiha Clan Massacre, the shinobi world reacted and Kikyo began searching for Naraka. In Amegakure, Black Zetsu revealed that the Lord of Heaven resembled Hagoromo Otsutsuki and that Hagoromo and Hamura had created the moon with Ninjutsu, leaving Akatsuki stunned.

• The Lord of Heaven told Kikyo to gather the scattered Talismans, warned her about Nine Nether, gave her memories of Naraka, and sent her back to Konoha.
• The Canopy Screen announced the end of its Uchiha Clan Massacre broadcast and opened the Soul Chatroom, where the Kage and other shinobi debated the events and Danzō’s ability.
• Kikyo called for Naraka, who taunted her, while Naruto and Sakura discovered they could speak in the Soul Chatroom.
• Sasuke wondered where the Pig Talisman had gone, and Neji resolved to defy the fate of the Caged Bird.
• Obito mocked Black Zetsu for comparing the Lord of Heaven to Hagoromo, but Black Zetsu said the Lord of Heaven resembled Hagoromo and revealed that Hagoromo and Hamura had created the moon with Planetary Devastation.
• Pain, Konan, Obito, and the Zetsus were stunned by Black Zetsu’s revelation about the moon’s creation.