Recaps

Shinji returned to Konoha, rose to become Uchiha Clan Head, and redirected the clan away from a coup by reshaping its leadership and Military Police Force. At a meeting with Hiruzen and the clan heads, he confronted Danzō over the deaths of his parents and Shisui’s stolen eye, then attacked him and laid out his accusations.

• Shinji returned to Konoha, reassured Naruto, and told Hiruzen he intended to become Uchiha Clan Head and restore the clan.
• Shinji survived a Root ambush, then gathered Uchiha support and challenged Fugaku’s leadership as Itachi and Shisui faced their own crises.
• Shinji killed elders who had conspired against the clan, then defeated Fugaku in a duel and became Clan Head.
• Shinji persuaded the Uchiha to abandon a coup, appointed Shisui to lead the Military Police Force, and organized a clan Self-Defense Force.
• Shinji strengthened his abilities and defended the Uchiha’s reforms before Hiruzen and the village leaders, citing Tobirama’s authorization for the Military Police Force’s expanded duties.
• Shinji accused Danzō of causing his parents’ deaths and stealing Shisui’s eye, attacked him in the Hokage Building, and listed his alleged crimes before the shocked clan heads.

Shinji defeated Danzo, reshaped the Uchiha clan’s relationship with Konoha, and set Itachi on a path into Akatsuki. As Shinji prepared to travel to the Land of Rain, a Kirigakure delegation arrived amid a conspiracy to provoke war.

• Shinji defeated Danzo, removed Shisui’s eye, and left him alive with uncontrollable Hashirama Cells before securing the Uchiha clan’s leadership and police force.
• Shinji sparred with Kakashi, revealed what he knew about the Mizukage, and obtained the Uchiha forbidden techniques from Genshiki.
• Shinji’s plan to fake Izumi’s death collapsed when Itachi killed her, but Shinji revived her and helped her take the name Pulao.
• Shinji and Hiruzen negotiated academy recruitment for the Military Police Force, while Itachi revealed Danzo’s order to destroy the Uchiha and joined Madara’s organization as a spy.
• Shinji took Yakumo as his student, accepted Hiruzen’s mission to investigate Akatsuki and retrieve Itachi, and prepared to travel with Kakashi.
• Itachi’s defection devastated Sasuke and Mikoto, while Shinji promised to bring Itachi back and recruited Shisui into the Dawn Organization.
• Sasuke befriended Naruto after trying to protect him from villagers, as Mei Terumi arrived in Konoha with a Kirigakure delegation.
• Mist Ninja attacked during Mei’s escort, trapped her in a Four Violet Flames Formation, and sought to provoke war by killing Konoha villagers.

Shinji Uchiha subdued the Nine-Tails, confronted Obito, and made plans involving Mei Terumi and Root. The arc left Shinji leading a mission outside Konoha as Jiraiya considered approaching him as a disciple.

• Shinji Uchiha fought Naruto’s Nine-Tails transformation inside the Four Red Yang Formation, drew the beast into the Heavenly Pillar Time realm, and subdued it.
• Shinji confronted Obito at Kage Rock and later ambushed him in the Land of Rain, forcing Obito to seek Akatsuki’s power.
• Shinji offered Mei Terumi help to kill Karatachi Yagura in exchange for Kirigakure’s seven Ninja Blades, while Tsunade refused Hiruzen’s request to become Hokage.
• Shinji visited Gekko Hayate in the hospital and encouraged Uzuki Yugao to join the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Shinji recruited Kakashi, Anko, and Yugao for a mission, while Itachi sent him a warning about Orochimaru and Shisui sent him a note about Root.
• Root ninja asked Shinji to lead them, and he removed their seals and helped sixteen of them leave Konoha to form an independent organization.
• Jiraiya heard the Great Toad Sage’s incomplete prophecy about a gentle boy with red eyes, then asked Tsunade whether Shinji would accept him as a disciple.

Shinji established Reed Hideout in Kusagakure, recruited Karin, and continued his research with Orochimaru. After returning to Konoha as war began, he organized the village’s forces to fight on four fronts.

• Shinji defeated Orochimaru and Manda, then enlisted Orochimaru to study Hashirama Cells and investigate Shinji’s own cells.
• Shinji brought Hiruko to Orochimaru and helped establish a base in the Land of Rice Fields, then told Shisui that Dawn would appear before the Shinobi World.
• Shinji and Shisui exposed the suffering in Kusagakure, defeated its resistance, and made the village Reed Hideout under Mu’s leadership.
• Shinji made Karin his second disciple and tasked Shisui with creating a new ANBU before returning to his squad.
• At the Ninja Academy, Shinji reassured Naruto, confronted Kurama, and told Hiruzen that he had returned because war had begun.
• Shinji warned Konoha’s leaders about the threat of a tailed-beast-collecting scheme as the four great villages launched attacks on Konoha.
• Shinji assigned commanders to four battlefield units, organized central intelligence and supplies, and gave the commanders emergency Flying Thunder God Kunai.