Recaps

Tsunade forced the Cloud army to retreat three hundred li from the Land of Grass after defeating A and crippling Blue B. As the Cloud withdrew, she revealed that she planned to reinforce Konoha’s other fronts herself.

• Tsunade demanded that A retreat with his forces to the Land of Lightning border in exchange for Blue B.
• A weighed the danger of fighting and agreed to withdraw, ordering the five thousand Cloud troops to leave the Land of Grass.
• Tsunade returned the unconscious Blue B to A and taunted him to bring Blue B against her next time.
• A led the retreating Cloud forces away, vowing to return and kill Tsunade after he and Blue B recovered.
• Tsunade watched the Cloud depart and revealed that she had let them go so she could reinforce Konoha’s other fronts.

Tsunade left the northern front after forcing Cloud to retreat and rushed with Minato to reinforce Konoha at Kikyō Mountain. She arrived in the middle of Jiraiya’s battle with Chiyo and destroyed one of the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, then declared she had come to kill Chiyo.

• Tsunade ordered the Konoha forces to fortify the northern front and remain alert while Cloud recovered.
• Tsunade told Minato they would exploit A and Blue B’s injuries by reinforcing the Land of Wind front at Kikyō Mountain.
• Minato used Jiraiya’s Flying Thunder God marker to teleport himself and Tsunade to a cliff overlooking the battle.
• Tsunade saw Jiraiya pinned down by Chiyo’s Chikamatsu Ten Puppets and teleported behind him on Gamabunta.
• Tsunade smashed one of Chiyo’s puppets with a single punch, shocking Chiyo and the Sunagakure ranks.
• Tsunade told Chiyo she had come to kill her.

Tsunade held off Chiyo’s puppets to give Jiraiya time to prepare a Sage Mode attack, but Chiyo trapped her with Three Treasures Suction Crushing. Jiraiya then unleashed Sage Art: Goemon from behind Tsunade.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya to take Minato somewhere safe and prepare Sage Mode while she kept Chiyo occupied.
• Jiraiya left on Gamabunta, and Tsunade used the Fourth Gate to evade and disrupt Chiyo’s nine remaining puppets.
• Chiyo realized Tsunade was stalling and launched Three Treasures Suction Crushing, dragging Tsunade toward its crushing force field.
• As Tsunade struggled against the suction, Jiraiya called out Sage Art: Goemon from behind her.

Tsunade and Jiraiya destroyed Chiyo and her puppets with Sage Art, while Hatake Sakumo killed Sasori’s parents, breaking Sunagakure’s morale. Ebizo ordered a retreat, but Tsunade, Jiraiya, and a yellow-haired boy appeared in his path.

• Jiraiya’s Sage Art: Goemon destroyed the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets and engulfed Chiyo in flames, while Tsunade punched her back into the fire, killing her.
• After Chiyo’s death distracted Sasori’s parents, Hatake Sakumo killed both puppeteers with swift sword strikes.
• Ebizo ordered Sunagakure’s forces to retreat as Konoha’s troops pursued the fleeing army.
• Tsunade rallied Konoha’s ninja to chase and kill the retreating Sunagakure troops.
• Ebizo tried to escape with his aides, but Tsunade, Jiraiya, and a yellow-haired boy appeared in front of him.

After Konoha annihilated Sunagakure’s army, Tsunade sent Hatake Sakumo to capture the Land of Wind’s daimyo and begin a campaign to unify the Shinobi World. Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Minato prepared to leave for the Land of Water to aid Konoha’s forces against Kirigakure.

• Tsunade ordered Konoha’s forces to pursue and kill the fleeing Sunagakure ninja, and they wiped out the remaining army after three hours of slaughter.
• Tsunade ordered Hatake Sakumo to lead three thousand Konoha elites into the Land of Wind and bring back the daimyo’s head.
• Hatake Sakumo pledged his allegiance to Tsunade and led the force toward the Land of Wind’s capital.
• Tsunade told Jiraiya and Minato to recover before they departed for the Land of Water in two hours.
• Jiraiya, Minato, and Tsunade began replenishing their strength on the battlefield.

Minato Namikaze brought Tsunade and Jiraiya to the eastern coast, where Konoha was suffering heavy losses against Kirigakure’s forces. Tsunade prepared to join Orochimaru in attacking the wounded Third Mizukage, and Jiraiya entered Sage Mode as Minato readied his teleportation.

• Minato Namikaze teleported Tsunade and Jiraiya from Kikyō Mountain to the eastern coast of the Land of Fire, where a massive battle between Konoha and Kirigakure was underway.
• Orochimaru and Manda fought the Third Mizukage offshore while the Seven Swords of Kirigakure cut through Konoha’s ranks.
• The Ino–Shika–Cho team struggled to hold back four swordsmen, and Tsunade saw that Konoha’s defenses were close to collapse.
• Tsunade asked Jiraiya to enter Sage Mode and planned to teleport behind Orochimaru so they could attack the wounded Third Mizukage together.
• Tsunade opened five of the Eight Gates, Jiraiya gathered natural energy, and Minato confirmed he could teleport them to Orochimaru’s mark.
• Jiraiya announced that he was ready.

Tsunade and Jiraiya unleashed their powers and, with Minato and Orochimaru’s help, killed the Third Mizukage in a rapid combined assault. The Kirigakure ANBU realized their leader was dead as the battlefield fell momentarily still.

• Tsunade opened the Sixth Gate while Jiraiya entered Sage Mode, and the Third Mizukage sensed their power from across the battlefield.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God to place Jiraiya behind the Third Mizukage as Orochimaru’s snakes restrained him.
• Tsunade struck the Third Mizukage with Heavenly Foot of Pain, smashing him through his water shield and into the ground.
• Jiraiya pierced the injured Third Mizukage with a barrage of Senpo: Kebari Senbon, killing him.
• A Kirigakure ANBU captain saw the Third Mizukage’s corpse and dropped his kunai in shock.

After Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru killed the Third Mizukage, Tsunade ordered Konoha to counterattack and turned her attention to the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. She defeated Samehada’s Hozuki Clan wielder, leaving the battle in Konoha’s favor.

• The Kirigakure forces panicked when they saw the Third Mizukage’s corpse, and Tsunade ordered Konoha to kill every enemy.
• Konoha’s fighters surged into a counterattack, while Torifu Akimichi smashed a Kirigakure Chunin with his enlarged strength.
• Tsunade ordered Jiraiya and Orochimaru to kill the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist; Jiraiya charged the Samehada wielder, and Orochimaru summoned Manda against another swordsman.
• Tsunade confronted the Hozuki Clan ninja wielding Samehada, and her Taijutsu resisted the sword’s Chakra absorption.
• Tsunade slammed the Hozuki ninja into the ground and crushed his head with a kick, killing him while Samehada remained embedded in the crater.

Jiraiya and Orochimaru killed two more Seven Ninja Swordsmen, helping send Kirigakure’s troops into a rout. Yagura arrived with the four remaining blade wielders and the hidden Three-Tails jinchūriki, and Tsunade ordered her team to attack as she charged the Kirigakure formation.

• Jiraiya killed the twin-blade wielder with Sage Art: Frog Call and a strike to the neck.
• Orochimaru poisoned and killed the Kiba wielder as he tried to flee.
• Kirigakure’s troops panicked after the Third Mizukage and three blade wielders were lost, until Yagura rallied them and summoned the four remaining blade wielders.
• Tsunade recognized Yagura as a threat and identified the middle-aged man beside him as Kirigakure’s hidden Three-Tails jinchūriki.
• Tsunade assigned Jiraiya to fight Yagura and Orochimaru to hold off the jinchūriki, then charged the four blade wielders and Kirigakure’s elite troops.

Orochimaru and Manda fought the rampaging Three-Tails, Isobu, and defeated it with poison and crushing force. Orochimaru sealed the unconscious jinchūriki, then collapsed, already thinking of the Tailed Beast as experimental material.

• The Three-Tails jinchūriki lost control and transformed completely into the berserk Isobu.
• Orochimaru and Manda attacked Isobu as Konoha’s troops followed Tsunade’s orders to pursue the retreating Kirigakure soldiers.
• Isobu fired a Tailed Beast Ball, but Manda struck it away while Orochimaru’s Yamata no Orochi bound the beast and injected venom.
• Orochimaru and Manda kept Isobu from reaching deep water, broke its shell, and poured more venom into the fracture until its physical form collapsed.
• Orochimaru sealed the unconscious Three-Tails jinchūriki, then collapsed as Manda returned to Ryūchi Cave.
• Orochimaru smiled and regarded the jinchūriki and the Tailed Beast as experimental material.

Tsunade used the last chakra stored in her Yin Seal to defeat the four remaining Ninja Blade wielders despite her wounds and exhaustion. After killing them all, she nearly collapsed as Konoha's pursuit continued and Jiraiya's fight with Yagura approached its end.

• Tsunade activated Strength of a Hundred and seized Kubikiribōchō while Nuibari pierced her shoulder and Kabutowari's wielder attacked.
• Tsunade killed Kabutowari's wielder with a hand strike, then used Kabutowari to cleave Kubikiribōchō's wielder in two.
• Tsunade threw Kubikiribōchō's broken tip through Shibuki's wielder, pinning him to a tree and killing him.
• Tsunade chased down Nuibari's fleeing wielder, broke her thread web with Kabutowari, and killed her with a hammer blow.
• Tsunade watched the Strength of a Hundred fade and struggled to remain standing as Konoha pursued the enemy and Jiraiya's battle with Yagura neared its end.

Jiraiya defeated and killed Yagura after his Senjutsu overwhelmed Yagura’s Water Mirror Technique. With Tsunade’s battle over and Orochimaru having sealed the Three-Tails jinchūriki, Kirigakure’s elite forces were wiped out and the war neared its end.

• Jiraiya’s Senjutsu-enhanced Dragon Flame Song overwhelmed Yagura’s copied fire dragons and burned his shoulder.
• Jiraiya used Frog Call and close-range attacks to disorient and batter Yagura, breaking his staff.
• Jiraiya killed Yagura with Senpo: Kebari Senbon, pinning him to a reef with countless needles.
• Jiraiya confirmed the fighting on all three battlefields had ended and called out to Tsunade.
• Tsunade saw Yagura’s corpse and surveyed the bloodied coastline as Kirigakure’s elite forces lay defeated.

After Konoha’s victories over Sunagakure and Kirigakure, Tsunade warned Orochimaru to restrain his research ambitions and ordered him to inject her with the untested Cell Enhancement Serum 2.0. The injection succeeded, raising her Hashirama-cell constitution to one-third as she prepared to face the Raikage.

• Jiraiya celebrated Konoha’s victories with Tsunade and Orochimaru, while Tsunade warned Orochimaru to know where to draw the line with his research.
• Tsunade asked Orochimaru about Cell Enhancement Serum 2.0 and insisted he inject it immediately because the Land of Lightning was expected to attack again within two days.
• Tsunade revealed that Iwagakure might also enter the war and ordered Jiraiya and Orochimaru to guard Kannabi Bridge against a surprise attack.
• Orochimaru injected Tsunade with the pale golden serum as Jiraiya stood guard, and Tsunade endured a violent cellular rejection reaction.
• Tsunade survived the transformation, healed her shoulder wound, and sensed that her life force had risen to one-third of the Hashirama Body’s constitution.

After decisive victories against Kirigakure and Sunagakure, Tsunade returned to Konoha and assigned Danzo to defend Kannabi Bridge against Iwagakure. She left for the northern front to stop the Third Raikage, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru headed to the Land of Rain.

• Tsunade ordered Konoha's forces to pursue Kirigakure into the Land of Water after the battle left more than three thousand Kirigakure shinobi dead and 1,420 Konoha shinobi dead.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to take Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru back to Konoha, where Jiraiya reported the deaths of the Third Kazekage and Third Mizukage and the capture of the Three-Tails jinchūriki.
• Danzo called the victory report impossible, and Tsunade punched him into the office wall and warned him not to undermine morale again.
• Tsunade said she would go to the northern front to stop the Third Raikage and ordered Danzo to take the Uchiha clan to defend Kannabi Bridge against a possible Iwagakure attack.
• Danzo accepted the Kannabi Bridge assignment, while Tsunade sent Jiraiya and Orochimaru to the Land of Rain to guard against Hanzo.

Tsunade sent Jiraiya and Orochimaru to the Land of Rain with an antidote for Hanzo’s poison, then arranged to face Cloud’s main force in the Land of Lightning with Hiruzen and Mito. The group planned to leave the day after tomorrow.

• Tsunade ordered Jiraiya and Orochimaru to take an elite squad and the Hyuga Clan to the Land of Rain to keep Hanzo away from the main battlefield.
• Tsunade gave Jiraiya thirty doses of an antidote that protected against Ibuse’s poison for twelve hours.
• Tsunade told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Cloud would attack with A, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and asked him to join her in the Land of Lightning.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed bringing Mito into the fight, and Tsunade agreed.
• Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi set their departure for the morning of the day after tomorrow.

Tsunade faced A and the five-thousand-strong Cloud army at the Land of Grass border, rejected his marriage proposal, and revealed Konoha’s victories over Sunagakure and Kirigakure. A ordered Cloud’s forces to attack, and Tsunade prepared to meet him, Blue B, and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki in battle.

• Tsunade faced A, Blue B, and the previous Two-Tails Jinchuriki as the Cloud army approached the Konoha line.
• A asked Tsunade to marry him and promised to spare Konoha’s northern defenses and protect the Senju.
• Tsunade told A that Chiyo, Ebizo, and the Third Mizukage were dead, and that Konoha had defeated Sunagakure and Kirigakure.
• Tsunade offered to spare A if he submitted to her and Konoha, but A refused and warned that Cloud outnumbered her forces.
• A ordered the Cloud army to attack, and Tsunade held her ground as the troops charged.

Tsunade fought A as Gyuki and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki joined the battle, but Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mito Uzumaki arrived to face them. Mito pinned the Two-Tails Jinchuriki beneath a Nine-Tails Chakra claw, leaving the Cloud army stunned.

• Tsunade opened the Sixth Gate and clashed with A, who demanded that she marry him or die.
• Blue B transformed into Gyuki and charged at Tsunade, but Hiruzen Sarutobi struck Gyuki down with the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
• Hiruzen told A that Sunagakure and Kirigakure were finished, then faced the Cloud army alongside Tsunade.
• A summoned Sachi, who partially transformed with Matatabi's power and lunged at Tsunade.
• Mito Uzumaki appeared in a Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak and pinned Sachi beneath a giant red Chakra claw.

Mito Uzumaki used the Nine-Tails’ power to pin Saqi and began breaking his Tailed Beast Transformation, shifting the battlefield’s morale in Konoha’s favor. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade blocked Blue B and A, who charged Tsunade determined to win.

• Mito Uzumaki pinned Saqi beneath the Nine-Tails’ claw, frightening the Cloud forces and rallying Konoha’s ranks.
• Blue B gathered the Eight-Tails’ Chakra and tried to reach Saqi, but Hiruzen Sarutobi blocked him with the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
• A moved toward Mito, but Tsunade stepped in to fight him.
• Mito raised the Nine-Tails’ claw and struck Saqi again, making his blue Chakra flicker as his transformation began to break.
• A charged at Tsunade in a burst of Lightning Release, vowing to win the battle.

Tsunade and A fought at full strength as their allies battled elsewhere on the field. After surviving A’s attacks, Tsunade opened the Seventh Gate and left their duel poised to escalate.

• A saw Blue B struggling against Hiruzen Sarutobi and Sachi being beaten by Mito Uzumaki, so he resolved to defeat Tsunade quickly.
• A seized Tsunade and slammed her into the ground with Liger Bomb, but she rose with only minor injuries.
• A attacked Tsunade with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop and a combination of lethal strikes, while she countered his descending kick with Heavenly Foot of Pain.
• Tsunade opened the Seventh Gate—Gate of Wonder after the clash sent them both reeling.

Tsunade and the Third Raikage, A, unleashed their final attacks against each other, and both pierced the other's heart. Hashirama Body cells kept Tsunade alive as she announced A's death, leaving Konoha cheering and the Cloud forces shaken.

• Tsunade opened the Seventh Gate and gathered Chakra for a final strike as A compressed his Lightning Release into One-Finger Nukite.
• Tsunade's Daytime Tiger collided with A's One-Finger Nukite, creating a massive blast and crater.
• A pierced Tsunade's heart, while Tsunade punched through A's chest and heart.
• A died in the crater, and Tsunade survived as her Hashirama Body cells repaired her heart.
• Tsunade declared A dead, prompting Konoha's forces to cheer and the Cloud forces to lose hope.

After A fell, Tsunade offered the Land of Lightning's defeated troops a chance to surrender, and most laid down their weapons. Hiruzen stopped and sealed Blue B, leaving Konoha victorious and Tsunade looking toward Ōnoki as the last remaining foe.

• Tsunade declared that the Land of Lightning's army had lost and offered its shinobi their lives if they surrendered.
• Sachi, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, raised his hands and surrendered, prompting Cloud shinobi to lay down their weapons.
• Blue B refused to surrender and attempted to transform fully, but Hiruzen Sarutobi defeated him and sealed him in a scroll.
• The remaining Land of Lightning troops surrendered, and Tsunade ordered Konoha shinobi to collect weapons, organize prisoners, and count casualties.
• Tsunade watched the battlefield and identified Ōnoki as the last remaining foe.

Tsunade left the aftermath of the Land of Lightning battle and arrived at Kannabi Bridge, where Danzo and the Uchiha were fighting Ōnoki’s overwhelming forces. She confronted Ōnoki as Mito moved to face Roshi, leaving the battle poised for a decisive clash.

• Tsunade insisted on heading to Kannabi Bridge, fearing Danzo’s actions would get the Uchiha Clan killed, and Hiruzen agreed to go with her and Minato.
• Minato transported Tsunade, Hiruzen, and Mito to Kannabi Bridge, where Iwagakure forces had inflicted heavy casualties on Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Tsunade arrived in the heart of the fighting and killed an Iwagakure jōnin with a single backward strike as she advanced toward Ōnoki.
• Danzo spotted Tsunade and realized she had arrived while he and Uchiha Feiquan struggled to hold off Ōnoki.
• Tsunade sent Mito to face Roshi, who had entered Partial Tailed Beast Transformation, then charged Ōnoki with Hiruzen following her.

Tsunade confronted Ōnoki at Kannabi Bridge and proved that Konoha had defeated the Land of Lightning, the Land of Water, and the Land of Wind by showing him the Third Raikage A’s corpse. She demanded that Ōnoki swear fealty to Konoha, leaving him silent as he faced her ultimatum.

• Ōnoki saw Tsunade arrive with Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and Uchiha Feiquan, who deferred to her as their superior.
• Tsunade told Ōnoki that A was dead, the Third Mizukage had been killed, and Konoha had destroyed the forces of the Land of Wind, Water, and Lightning.
• Ōnoki rejected her claims until Tsunade produced the corpse of the Third Raikage A, confirming that she had told the truth.
• Ōnoki angrily challenged Tsunade, pointing to his nearly ten-thousand-strong army and Konoha’s battered survivors.
• Tsunade offered Ōnoki a choice: submit to Konoha and swear fealty, or die; Ōnoki fell silent when he realized she was serious.

Tsunade agreed to fight Ōnoki one-on-one, with Iwagakure’s surrender at stake. As their battle intensified, Ōnoki realized Tsunade had not yet shown her full strength and prepared to use a powerful technique.

• Ōnoki decided he would make Iwagakure submit if Tsunade defeated him, but would otherwise refuse to surrender even if his army died.
• Tsunade accepted the challenge despite Hiruzen Sarutobi’s warning about Ōnoki’s Dust Release.
• Ōnoki and Tsunade fought in the center of the battlefield, where Tsunade smashed his stone armor, golem, and other Earth Release attacks.
• Ōnoki used his Added-Weight Rock Technique to restrain Tsunade, but she opened the Sixth Gate and charged at him.
• As Tsunade continued to overwhelm his attacks, Ōnoki grew exhausted and resolved to use another technique.

Tsunade defeated Ōnoki with the Seventh Gate and forced Iwagakure to surrender, then collapsed from her injuries after Minato teleported them away. A mysterious black-and-white figure emerged in the hollow where she had fallen and found that she was gone.

• Tsunade opened the Seventh Gate and evaded Ōnoki's Dust Release until she struck him down.
• Ōnoki admitted Iwagakure had lost and ordered his ninja to stop fighting.
• Tsunade asked Minato to get her out of the battlefield, and he teleported them to a hollow ten li from Kannabi Bridge.
• Tsunade vomited blood, told Minato to return to Konoha, and lost consciousness.
• Minato carried Tsunade away, and a black-and-white figure emerged from beneath the stones and searched the spot where she had been.