Recaps

Ryuuzaki Eiji and Kushina Uzumaki faced Warui, the Third Raikage's brother, and a force of Kumogakure ninja sent to capture them. Kushina escaped toward Konoha, while Eiji stopped the pursuing force and prepared to fight Warui.

• Eiji sensed that Warui had Kage-level strength and told Kushina to escape while he held off the attackers.
• Eiji used Azure to open a path, and Kushina fled toward the Konoha Residential District to find Tsunade.
• Warui ordered his ninja to pursue Kushina and capture or kill her, but Eiji's Azure swept through them and killed scores.
• Warui activated Lightning Release Body and resolved to kill Eiji before the boy could become a threat to Kumogakure.

Eiji faced Warui’s Hell Stab in the forest while Kushina headed through the invaded village toward the Senju Ancestral Home. After seeing a massive blast erupt from the forest, Kushina confronted three Kumogakure ninja and attacked them with hundreds of shadow clones and a Rasengan.

• Warui charged Eiji with Lightning Release: Hell Stab, and Eiji calmly met him at close range.
• Kushina ran through battle-torn Konoha toward the Senju Ancestral Home, where three Kumogakure ninja ambushed her and demanded directions.
• The Kumogakure ninja recognized Kushina as an Uzumaki and wondered what had happened to Lord B’s group after an enormous blast engulfed the forest.
• Kushina created over five hundred shadow clones, formed a Rasengan, and charged the three ninja, determined to fight alongside Eiji.

The Third Raikage led Kumogakure ninja in a devastating assault on Konoha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village’s fighters struggled to defend the village and uncover the attack’s purpose. After learning that the Konoha Military Police Force had been assassinated, Hiruzen avoided the Raikage’s strike and prepared to counterattack with Wind Release.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted the Third Raikage, who blocked Hiruzen’s staff and sent him flying with a lightning-powered chop.
• Tsunade warned Hiruzen that Kumogakure ninja were attacking throughout Konoha, while the Third Raikage refused to stop and pressed his assault.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya fought off Kumogakure ninja and protected Konoha’s defenders with their techniques.
• Jiraiya urged Hiruzen to end the battle before Konoha was further ruined, but Hiruzen learned that every on-duty member of the Konoha Military Police Force had been assassinated.
• The Third Raikage attacked Hiruzen while he was distracted, but Hiruzen evaded the blow and began forming hand seals for a Wind Release counterattack.

Eiji hunted down the fleeing Kumogakure Ninja in the forest, while Kushina defeated the last members of her squad. The battle left Kushina exhausted and worried about Eiji, and she resolved to find Tsunade as soon as possible.

• Eiji used Azure to evade the Kumogakure Ninja’s attacks and killed more than thirty of them in half an hour.
• Eiji defeated a charging Kumogakure Ninja with his Fierce Bull Azure Dragon Slash, gaining 0.3% Fusion Rate.
• Kushina struck the Kumogakure squad leader with a Rasengan and knocked him unconscious.
• Kushina celebrated the victory with her Shadow Clones, who encouraged her to train and win Eiji over before disappearing.
• Kushina collapsed from exhaustion and decided to find Tsunade, then wondered what Grandma and Nawaki were doing.

Mito Uzumaki defended the Senju Ancestral Home from Kumogakure intruders while Nawaki helped defeat them. In Konoha Forest, Ryuuzaki Eiji continued fighting the invading force and turned his attention to the skilled Ramui, who attacked him with water and lightning.

• Mito Uzumaki confronted the Kumogakure ninja who invaded the Senju Ancestral Home and used her chakra to suppress them.
• Mito Uzumaki restrained the Nine-Tails inside her mind with Adamantine Sealing Chains, then unleashed the chains against the intruders.
• Nawaki struck the last Kumogakure ninja with the Rasengan Eiji had taught him, and Mito chose to stay and guard the Senju scrolls and tools.
• Ryuuzaki Eiji continued killing the Kumogakure force in Konoha Forest while its jonin tried to attack from a distance.
• Eiji noticed Ramui's skill and moved to attack him, but Ramui used Water Release: Water Formation Wall followed by Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder.

Ryuuzaki Eiji defeated Ramui after cutting apart his Black Panther lightning technique and crushing him against a rock face with Azure and Limitless. He confronted Warui and the other Kumogakure ninjas over their invasion of Konoha, then prepared to continue fighting as they recoiled from his killing intent.

• Ramui unleashed Lightning Release: Black Panther, but Eiji split the lightning leopard with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Eiji used Azure to appear before Ramui and punch him into a distant rock mountain.
• Eiji pinned Ramui against the rock with Azure and Limitless, crushing him until only blood remained in the crater.
• Warui grieved Ramui’s death and attacked Eiji, but his fist could not reach him.
• Eiji challenged the Kumogakure ninjas for invading Konoha and declared they should be ready to die.

Eiji fought off the Kumogakure Ninja until Warui and four Jonin trapped him inside a Four Violet Flames Formation, leaving him to face Warui and the remaining fighters. Elsewhere, Konoha’s clans and Minato repelled most of the Kumogakure force attacking the village.

• Eiji killed several fleeing Kumogakure Genin with Azure, then felt pain from overusing his cursed energy and decided to finish the fight quickly.
• Warui gathered more than thirty Kumogakure Ninja around Eiji, and four Jonin formed a Four Violet Flames Formation that enclosed them together.
• Eiji realized the barrier’s anchors could not attack directly and focused on Warui as Azure gathered around his fists.
• Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Yai, Uchiha Yo, Hyuga Hiashi, and Hyuga Yamashiro fought Kumogakure Ninja in Konoha’s streets, with Hiashi praising Yamashiro’s performance.
• Minato defeated three Kumogakure Ninja with a Rasengan, a substitution, and thrown Kunai, then saw that Konoha’s great clans had dealt with most of the attackers.

Konoha's leaders learned that Eiji had been trapped inside a barrier in the forest while fighting Kumogakure forces, and the clans and Tsunade's team rushed to help him. The Third Raikage broke away from his fight with Hiruzen Sarutobi to confirm Eiji's death, with Hiruzen pursuing him.

• Kushina told Minato, Fugaku, and Hiashi that Eiji was surrounded by over a hundred Kumogakure ninja in Konoha Forest.
• A purple Four Violet Flames Formation rose around part of the forest, and Shikaku suspected Eiji was trapped inside.
• Uchiha Somei and Hyuga Soichiro led their clans toward the forest, while other clans joined them.
• Jiraiya realized Eiji might be the enemy's real target, and Orochimaru and Tsunade left the fight with the Third Raikage to support him.
• The Third Raikage admitted that Eiji was the target and sped toward the forest, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to give chase.

Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya found the devastation Eiji had wrought before reaching him trapped inside the Four Violet Flames Formation with the Third Raikage. Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to negotiate an end to the invasion, while suspecting Danzo had helped enable it, but the Raikage refused to leave Eiji alive.

• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya crossed the devastated forest and found a Kumogakure Ninja who raved that Eiji had killed everyone.
• The three reached the Four Violet Flames Formation and saw Eiji standing atop a mound of Kumogakure Ninja corpses, facing a wounded, lightning-clad opponent.
• The Third Raikage arrived with Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Hiruzen stopped Tsunade from attacking because the Raikage could escape and massacre people across Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi wondered whether Danzo and Root had helped assassinate Konoha's guards, destroy its Sensory Barrier, and deliver the Four Violet Flames Formation to Kumogakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered to let the Third Raikage leave if his men released the formation, but the Raikage refused because Eiji had killed so many of his people.

Eiji fought Warui inside the barrier while struggling to maintain Limitless and Azure, then appeared to die after Warui pierced his chest. As the onlookers recoiled, Hyuga Hiashi sensed something terrifying about Eiji’s body, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi raged at the Third Raikage, while Eiji struggled to keep up with Warui and felt his brain nearing its limit.
• Eiji decided to risk another full-power Azure, hoping to raise his Fusion Rate and obtain Reverse Cursed Technique before the Third Raikage could reach him.
• Eiji unleashed Azure inside the barrier, and Warui dodged as the attack churned through the dust and strained the four Kumogakure Jonin holding the barrier.
• When the dust cleared, Warui had pierced Eiji’s chest and thrown his apparently lifeless body to the ground.
• Warui felt an inexplicable dread around Eiji’s body, and Hyuga Hiashi recoiled after seeing something with his Byakugan that he called impossible Ninjutsu.

Ryūzaki Eiji appeared to die after the Third Raikage pierced his heart, leaving Kushina and Konoha’s shinobi devastated. As Kushina called out to him, Eiji spoke again from within the barrier.

• Kushina collapsed as memories of her friendship with Eiji flooded her mind.
• Tsunade tried to rush through the Four Violet Flames Formation, while Jiraiya restrained her and Hiruzen vowed not to forgive the Third Raikage.
• The Third Raikage offered Konoha one hundred million ryo in compensation, but Hiruzen and the gathered shinobi saw the death as an unforgivable loss.
• Hyuga Hiashi secretly told Uchiha Fugaku that Eiji’s body had been healing since his chest was pierced.
• Kushina insisted Eiji would not abandon her and called for him to answer.
• Eiji’s familiar voice came from within the barrier, saying he had needed time to adjust.

Eiji revived after unlocking Reverse Cursed Technique and restored his heart, then revealed that he could maintain Limitless indefinitely. He turned back to Warui, who refused to accept defeat and insisted their fight had only begun.

• Eiji rose from the ground as Reverse Cursed Technique healed his body and restored his heart.
• Tsunade and Kushina scolded Eiji for making them believe he had died, while the Konoha ninja celebrated his return.
• The Third Raikage realized Kumogakure had lost nearly two hundred elite fighters and had made a lasting enemy of Eiji.
• Eiji explained Reverse Cursed Technique and announced that he could now maintain Limitless for an infinite duration.
• Eiji told Warui that he had lost because he had failed to cut off Eiji's head, but Warui rejected the claim and vowed the fight had only begun.

Ryuuzaki Eiji defeated Warui with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red, destroying the Four Violet Flames Formation and killing the Third Raikage’s brother. With his fusion rate increased and Hollow Purple unlocked, Eiji rose above the battlefield and declared himself honored throughout heaven and earth.

• Warui charged at Eiji, convinced he could break through Limitless, but Eiji evaded his punch and prepared a crimson attack.
• Eiji fired Cursed Technique Reversal: Red, which pierced Warui’s head, shattered the Four Violet Flames Formation, and struck the ground beyond it.
• The barrier’s destruction knocked out its four Kumogakure Jonin, while the Third Raikage mourned Warui and vowed revenge against Eiji.
• Eiji’s fusion rate rose to 39 percent and Hollow Technique: Hollow Purple was unlocked.
• Eiji floated above the battlefield and declared, “Throughout the heavens and earth, I alone am honored.”

Ryuuzaki Eiji faced the Third Raikage as Konoha’s shinobi attacked, but his Limitless stopped the Raikage’s assaults. Eiji struck the Raikage with an unchanted Red, leaving him furious and determined to kill Eiji.

• The Third Raikage charged at Eiji, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha shinobi attacked him with ninjutsu and weapons.
• The Raikage guessed that Eiji’s invisible defensive barrier had a limit and continued attacking, even as crossfire injured him.
• Tsunade and Hiruzen urged Eiji to retreat, but Eiji calmly refused and fired Red without an incantation.
• Red blasted the Raikage into the ground, leaving him badly wounded, though he survived by concentrating his chakra in his chest.
• Eiji told the Raikage that he had chanted before only because he thought it looked cool, enraging the Raikage into another surge of chakra.

Ryuuzaki Eiji opened the first four gates of the Eight Gates and fought the Third Raikage at close range, using Azure to land a devastating punch. After knocking the Raikage into a crater, Eiji said he wanted to show off for Kushina, who blushed as she watched him.

• Might Duy urged Eiji to test his training, and Eiji opened the first four gates while his Limitless rapidly healed the strain on his body.
• Eiji and the Third Raikage exchanged high-speed punches across the forest as Eiji used the fight to practice dodging.
• Eiji struck the Third Raikage in the abdomen with an Azure-enhanced punch, sending him crashing into the ground.
• Eiji said he wanted to show off for Kushina, who blushed and watched him with admiration as the other female ninjas envied her.

Eiji defeated the Third Raikage with Hollow Technique "Purple" after the Raikage refused to retreat. The Third Raikage died in the Konoha Forest after asking Eiji to spare Kumogakure and his son.

• Tsunade reflected on her growing feelings for Eiji and resolved to suppress them for Kushina's sake.
• The wounded Third Raikage rose and continued toward Eiji, insisting that he would not be underestimated.
• Eiji combined Cursed Technique Lapse "Azure" and Cursed Technique Reversal "Hollow" to fire Hollow Technique "Purple" at the Third Raikage.
• As the attack approached, the Third Raikage recalled his pride, his desire to surpass Hashirama Senju, and the choices that had led him there.
• The Third Raikage acknowledged Eiji's victory, took responsibility for his actions, and asked him to spare Kumogakure and his son.
• Hyuga clan members confirmed that the Third Raikage had died.

Ryuuzaki Eiji defeated the Third Raikage but collapsed from exhaustion and hunger, leaving Tsunade and Kushina to care for him. As Konoha celebrated, Hiashi and Fugaku realized how little Eiji’s techniques had depleted his chakra, and Shimura Danzō arrived with Root as the village’s mood turned hostile.

• Eiji raised his fists to signal victory, and the Konoha shinobi cheered after the Third Raikage’s death.
• Eiji lost consciousness from depleted stamina, and Tsunade caught him before he fell; she told Kushina he was unharmed and needed food and rest.
• Hiashi told Fugaku that Eiji’s powerful techniques had barely depleted his chakra, and Fugaku grew anxious about strengthening ties with him.
• Shimura Danzō arrived with forty or fifty Root ninja who had not participated in the battle, and the Konoha shinobi’s celebration turned cold.

Danzo tried to seize Eiji’s Six Eyes after the battle, but Hiruzen stopped him before he could touch Eiji. As Danzo left, Hiruzen began to suspect that he had been involved in the crisis.

• Hiruzen questioned Danzo about Root’s absence during the fighting, and Danzo claimed Root had been protecting Konoha’s secrets.
• Danzo planned to destroy the Third Raikage’s brain to conceal his dealings with him, then became fixated on taking Eiji’s eyes.
• Danzo approached the unconscious Eiji in Tsunade’s arms and reached toward his face, but Tsunade threatened him and Hiruzen pulled him away.
• Uchiha Fugaku and the Ino-Shika-Cho Clan leaders prepared to intervene, suspecting Danzo might attack Eiji.
• Tsunade carried Eiji to Konoha Hospital with Kushina, while Danzo exchanged tense words with Hiruzen and left with Root ninja.
• Hiruzen watched Danzo leave and wondered whether he had been behind the events.

After Ryuuzaki Eiji defeated the Third Raikage and his forces, Konoha's Great Families investigated the incident and focused on his extraordinary strength. The Hyuga and Uchiha clans discussed securing alliances with Eiji, with Hiashi proposing to arrange a marriage match through his future daughter.

• Ryuuzaki Eiji's victory over the Third Raikage and Kumogakure's elite ninja left Konoha investigating the deaths, the failed Sensory Barrier, and the stolen Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Hyuga elders claimed that the Main Family's Byakugan had let them see Eiji's defensive technique, while blaming the Branch Family's supposedly impure eyes for not seeing it.
• Hyuga Hiashi insisted on an alliance with Eiji and Uchiha Fugaku, then declared he would seek a marriage match with Eiji as soon as he had a daughter.
• Uchiha Fugaku urged his clan to formalize an alliance with Eiji and have young women of the clan get close to him.
• A young Uchiha questioned the clan's honor, prompting an anonymous remark about wanting to act cool in front of someone they liked and setting off an uproar.

Eiji woke in Konoha Hospital after defeating the Third Raikage and learned that Danzo was under investigation for helping Kumogakure invade Konoha. Tsunade urged Eiji to let the village deliver justice, and although he agreed, he planned to make Danzo suffer in the meantime.

• The Uchiha clan's younger members debated Eiji's boastful quotes while Fugaku watched their discussion.
• Eiji woke in the hospital and found a get-well card from the Second Year students and teachers, with Kushina asleep beside his bed.
• Tsunade told Eiji that the Third Hokage had raided Root and confined Danzo to the Shimura Clan Grounds after several clans accused him of aiding Kumogakure's invasion.
• Eiji suspected Danzo had cleared Root's base before the raid, and Tsunade said she would investigate him and warned Eiji not to kill him himself.
• Eiji agreed to leave Danzo's punishment to the village but privately resolved not to let him spend the next month in peace.

After defeating the Third Raikage, Eiji woke from a two-day unconscious spell and endured Kushina and Tsunade’s intense care as punishment for worrying them. Meanwhile, the Land of Fire’s Daimyo, Imagawa Yoshiteru, decided to publicize Eiji’s strength and named his Six Eyes the “Eyes of the Blue Sky.”

• Tsunade reflected on her growing attraction to Eiji and resolved to support Kushina’s relationship with him.
• Kushina woke to find Eiji conscious and fed him, while Tsunade joined her in bathing and caring for him despite his protests.
• Tsunade and Kushina warned Eiji not to take reckless risks again and kept him in the hospital for another week.
• Imagawa Yoshiteru read the report of Eiji defeating the Third Raikage and ordered a public commendation to spread his name.
• Imagawa Yoshiteru decided to call Eiji’s Six Eyes the “Eyes of the Blue Sky.”

News spread that Ryuuzaki Eiji had defeated the Third Raikage and gained renown across the Shinobi World, while Kumogakure and Iwagakure received the shocking report. Kumogakure prepared for a leadership transition, and Ōnoki learned that Eiji had killed the Third Raikage.

• Imagawa Sayuri heard of Eiji’s achievement and prayed that he would stay safe.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire helped spread news of Eiji’s victory and the name of his Eyes of the Blue Sky across the Shinobi World.
• Dodai learned that the Third Raikage and his forces had been defeated, and Sakai vowed to avenge his father.
• Dodai persuaded Sakai to succeed the Third Raikage so Kumogakure would remain stable, and Sakai accepted.
• Kitsuchi brought Ōnoki the report that Eiji had slain the Third Raikage, leaving Ōnoki stunned.

Ōnoki and Madara Uchiha learned about Eiji Ryuuzaki’s power and unusual Eyes of the Blue Sky, though Madara dismissed them as no threat to his Rinnegan-based plan. While Eiji remained hospitalized, his dramatic pickup line spread through Konoha and beyond.

• Ōnoki worried that Eiji Ryuuzaki’s strength and bloodline could make him another threat like Madara Uchiha, but decided to pursue gains from the war while Hiruzen Sarutobi kept Eiji out of it.
• White Zetsu reported Eiji’s victory over the Third Raikage and the abilities of his Eyes of the Blue Sky to Madara Uchiha.
• Madara concluded that Eiji’s eyes were not the Rinnegan, but sent Black Zetsu to investigate him because the Uchiha Clan’s changed behavior could interfere with the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• As Eiji spent time hospitalized, his line about looking cool for the person he liked became Konoha’s most popular pickup line and spread to other villages.

After leaving the hospital, Ryuuzaki Eiji returned home and then went to the Shimura Clan Grounds to confront Danzo. He forced his way past Danzo’s guards and entered the room, where Danzo had been plotting to take Eiji’s eyes.

• The hospital Director thanked Ryuuzaki Eiji for defeating Kumogakure’s attackers and invited him to visit again for further examination.
• Villagers admired Eiji and showered him with gifts as he walked through the Busy District.
• Eiji returned to the Senju Ancestral Home, where Kushina, Tsunade, and Nawaki greeted him.
• Eiji went to the Shimura Clan Grounds to make Danzo suffer, and the Anbu guarding the compound allowed him inside.
• Eiji used his Six Eyes to locate Danzo, who was still angry about losing Root and coveted Eiji’s eyes.
• Eiji fought past Danzo’s Root guards and kicked open the door to Danzo’s room.

Ryuuzaki Eiji repeatedly beat Shimura Danzō and a loyal Root ninja at the Shimura Clan Grounds, leaving the clan too frightened to intervene. Meanwhile, suspicion over Danzō’s role in sending the Four Violet Flames Formation scroll to Kumogakure continued to grow among Konoha’s leaders and the Shimura clan.

• Eiji grabbed Danzō and accused him of plotting against the Raikage, then punched him through screens and into a wall.
• A week later, Eiji returned to the Shimura Clan Grounds, smashed Danzō into a wall, forced a steamed bun into his mouth, and left him badly injured.
• When a loyal Root ninja cursed Eiji and tried to free Danzō, Eiji returned, grabbed the ninja, and repeatedly smashed his face into Danzō’s.
• Yusuke Shimura and the clan members stayed silent in the elders’ residence as they heard the beating and feared Eiji.
• Yusuke recalled that Tsunade had publicly suspected Danzō of sending the Four Violet Flames Formation scroll to Kumogakure, while Hiruzen Sarutobi had begun doubting Danzō’s explanation for Root’s absence during the invasion.