Recaps

Kazan returned from senjutsu training and helped Konoha defeat the Cloud Shinobi, killing the Third Raikage and forcing Kumogakure to accept a ceasefire. After learning Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Kazan left with a thousand troops for the Land of Rain to join Orochimaru and Tsunade.

• Kazan returned to the battlefield and stopped Matatabi’s Tailed Beast Bomb, then battled Matatabi and the Third Raikage while Konoha fought the Cloud Shinobi.
• Kazan defeated and killed the Third Raikage as Dodai led the Cloud Shinobi retreat, and he treated wounded Uchiha and other Konoha ninja alike.
• Konoha withdrew from the Land of Sound, and Kazan traveled with Shikaku Nara to negotiate a ceasefire with Kumogakure in the Land of Iron.
• Kazan threatened to invade the Land of Lightning until Dodai accepted Konoha’s reparations terms and signed the agreement.
• Kazan received the Lightning Release Chakra Mode scroll from Uchiha Fugaku and trained until he could combine the technique with Sage Mode to match Minato’s speed.
• Jiraiya assigned Kazan to join Orochimaru and Tsunade in the Land of Rain, and Kazan departed with a thousand troops as Kurenai gave him an Omamori.

Kazan killed Hanzō, helped Akatsuki take control of Amegakure, and devastated Iwagakure’s forces before Ōnoki surrendered. After the war ended, Kazan returned to Konoha and settled back into life at the Back Mountain.

• Kazan allied with Yahiko’s Akatsuki to kill Hanzō, defeated him, and helped Akatsuki take control of Amegakure.
• Kazan invaded Iwagakure, defeated Han and Roshi and their Tailed Beasts, and stole the village’s technique scrolls.
• Kazan rescued Kakashi, Obito, and Rin from the Rock Shinobi, then helped Minato destroy Kannabi Bridge.
• Kazan led Konoha’s forces against Ōnoki, defeated him, and secured the Rock Shinobi’s surrender, prompting the Sand Shinobi to withdraw.
• Kazan sent Orochimaru to negotiate with the Rock Shinobi, taught Kakashi from a training scroll, and escorted Konoha’s wounded home.
• Hiruzen urged Kazan to become Hokage, but Kazan refused and returned to his rebuilt home at the Back Mountain.

Kazan destroyed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and stopped the Mist assault, but Misa’s death drove Jing Uchiha into Madara Uchiha’s plan. After returning to Konoha, Kazan defeated Anrokuzan in Rōran and used the Ryumyaku to begin strengthening the Forest of Death with natural energy.

• Kazan killed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, then warned Jiraiya that the Mist forces were preparing to attack Konoha’s headquarters.
• Kazan fought the Three-Tails after it was implanted in Misa Uchiha, but his attempt to destroy the Binding Talisman killed her, and Jing Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kazan routed the Mist forces and killed the Third Mizukage, then joined Jiraiya in persuading Konoha to end the war without demanding reparations.
• Madara Uchiha recruited Jing Uchiha into the Eye of the Moon Plan before dying, while Konoha and the Mist Ninja concluded negotiations and withdrew.
• After returning to Konoha, Kazan agreed to consider the Uchiha Clan’s request that he run for Hokage, then left for Rōran to investigate reports of weapons production.
• Kazan caught Sara as she fell from Rōran’s tower, discovered that Anrokuzan had replaced the city’s people with puppets, and defeated him and his puppet army.
• Kazan destroyed Anrokuzan’s workshops and factories, rescued the captured workers, and received a Ryumyaku gem from the Ryumyaku.
• Kazan buried a Ryumyaku core in the Forest of Death to gather natural energy, and Hiruzen Sarutobi backed his plan despite Danzo’s objections.

Kazan confronted Orochimaru’s defection, trained Itachi, and fought Jing Uchiha as the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha. The arc left Kazan battling Uchiha Hikari while Hakimi and the Forest of Death’s beasts joined the fight against the Nine-Tails.

• Danzo ordered Kusagakure to seize the Rinnegan, then turned to Orochimaru’s research into Hashirama’s cells after the Uchiha refused to help.
• Kazan took Itachi as an apprentice and gave him harsh survival lessons, while Yahiko died in Kusagakure and Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue to save Konan.
• Minato became Fourth Hokage, and Kazan joined Jiraiya and Tsunade in mourning the war dead before pursuing Orochimaru’s human experiments with the Iburi clan.
• Orochimaru escaped with Danzo’s help, and Minato declared him an S-Rank Missing-nin as Anko struggled with her teacher’s defection.
• Kazan trained to use the Eight Gates Released Formation, while Jing Uchiha and Uchiha Hikari set plans in motion around Kushina’s delivery and the weakened Nine-Tails seal.
• Jing lured Kazan away as Uchiha Hikari released the Nine-Tails in Konoha, and Kazan defeated Jing before returning to fight the beast.
• Kazan overwhelmed the Nine-Tails, but Uchiha Hikari controlled and armored it with Susanoo as Minato and his allies worked to seal it inside Kushina.
• Kazan battled Hikari’s Susanoo and Yachihoko, resisting her mental control with his Haki, while Hakimi and Tiger Girl arrived to attack the Nine-Tails.