Recaps

Sasuke defeated Kisame Hoshigaki after escaping his Water Release and pursuing him through a battlefield engulfed in Black Flame. Just as Sasuke prepared to finish Kisame, a hidden chakra emerged from Kisame and formed Itachi, causing Sasuke to loosen Susanoo’s grip.

• Sasuke escaped Kisame’s Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave and pierced its Water Release sphere with Susanoo’s Dark Flame Arrow, leaving Kisame severely burned.
• After recovering, Kisame resisted Sasuke’s questioning, but Sasuke trapped him in a poisonous forest with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
• Kisame used a Water Prison to shield himself from the pollen, transformed it into a Water Shark Bullet, and fled while Sasuke gave chase.
• Kisame launched a Great Shark Bullet to stop Sasuke, but Sasuke shattered it and caught Kisame with Susanoo: Earth Grudge Fear Fist.
• When Susanoo clenched its palm around Kisame, black miasma and crows emerged from his body and formed Itachi, making Sasuke release his grip.

After Sasuke defeated Kisame, Itachi’s Crow Clone invited Sasuke to meet him at the Uchiha Hideout in one month and demanded that he leave the Akatsuki alone until then. Sasuke accepted, while Itachi traveled to Shikkotsu Forest to request a meeting with the Slug Sage.

• Itachi’s Crow Clone appeared through Kisame and challenged Sasuke to meet him alone at the Uchiha Hideout in one month, asking him to stop attacking Akatsuki members until their confrontation.
• Sasuke accepted Itachi’s condition and let Kisame leave, then returned to Blue Moon Island with Kabuto, Karin, and Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru glanced toward the Black Flame before leaving, and Black Zetsu emerged, absorbed the flames, and decided to watch Sasuke’s coming battle with Itachi.
• Itachi met Miaomiao in Shikkotsu Forest and asked her to take him to the Slug Sage.

Itachi visited Katsuyu in Shikkotsu Forest and asked her to teach him Senjutsu so he could face Sasuke and uncover what had changed him. Katsuyu agreed to perform the ritual that would grant him Stillness Sage Power, leaving Itachi to prepare for their confrontation one month later.

• Itachi recalled how he had befriended Katsuyu after rescuing her child, Miaomiao, and how she had once given him medicine and eye drops to prolong his life and eyesight.
• Guided by Miaomiao, Itachi met Katsuyu, explained Sasuke's alarming actions and strength, and said he needed to confront him in a month.
• Katsuyu described Shikkotsu Forest's Stillness Sage Art and judged that Itachi could learn part of it, though his physical energy was a weakness.
• Katsuyu took Itachi to Stillness Forest to perform the ritual that would bestow Stillness Sage Power upon him.
• Itachi resolved to use Kotoamatsukami on Sasuke if necessary, while privately hoping Sasuke would overturn his expectations; the month passed as both brothers held new convictions.

As the Akatsuki sealed the Three-Tails, Sasuke traveled to the Uchiha Hideout to face Itachi in the fourth match of the Ten Battles. Deidara tried to intercept Sasuke but was thrown away, and Sasuke and Itachi began their battle with a clash of illusions.

• Pain ordered Kisame to tell Deidara where Sasuke and Itachi would fight, and Deidara set off for the Uchiha Hideout.
• Orochimaru explained that Sasuke had to trust Itachi’s strength to attack him without holding back as they approached the hideout.
• Deidara ambushed Sasuke from the air, but Sasuke caught him with Susanoo and hurled him into the distance.
• Obito watched Sasuke pass and said he could replace Nagato in the future, while Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, and Karin continued on behind Sasuke.
• At the Uchiha Hideout, Orochimaru stopped and left Sasuke to face Itachi alone.
• Sasuke and Itachi exchanged attacks in an apparent illusion, then returned to their original positions, each smiling as they recognized the other’s growth.

Sasuke and Itachi reunited at the Hall and fought with their Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo, each revealing that they knew more about the other's abilities than expected. After Sasuke demanded Itachi's true full power, Itachi activated Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode.

• Itachi asked Sasuke about his goals, and Sasuke questioned what the clan, village, and brotherhood meant to him.
• Itachi declared that the clan, village, and their bond were obstacles or tools, then attacked Sasuke with flaming shuriken.
• Sasuke countered Itachi's Amaterasu with Kagutsuchi, and their Susanoo weapons collided before Sasuke pierced Itachi's Susanoo with a black-flame greatsword.
• Sasuke identified Itachi's hidden real body, but Itachi's Susanoo used the Totsuka Blade to seal Sasuke's Susanoo before Sasuke revealed himself as a Wood Release Clone.
• Itachi admitted he had visited the place Sasuke mentioned, and Sasuke advanced in White Cursed Seal: State Two as Itachi activated Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode.

Itachi and Sasuke fought an intense battle inside Tsukuyomi, with Itachi using Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode and Sasuke eventually breaking the illusion with his Yang Seal. The genjutsu collapsed, leaving Itachi staggering and Sasuke's chakra surging as Orochimaru questioned what Itachi had done.

• Itachi activated Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode and immobilized Sasuke with Katsuyu Sage Palm, but Sasuke escaped by shedding his dissolving body through Snake Transformation.
• Itachi cloaked Sage Art: Fire God Crow in Susanoo armor, and its exploding fragments severed Sasuke's left arm before Sasuke healed it with the White Cursed Seal.
• Sasuke trapped Itachi's Susanoo in a Woodland Realm and covered it with black flames, but Itachi froze the flames and forest with Sage Art Ice Release: Flame Ring.
• Kabuto Yakushi, Karin, and Orochimaru observed that Itachi and Sasuke had not moved in the hall and realized they were fighting within Tsukuyomi.
• Sasuke released his Yang Seal and broke Tsukuyomi, causing Itachi to stagger and Karin to notice Sasuke's chakra surging.

Sasuke fought Itachi through a four-layer genjutsu, breaking free only to discover that Itachi had drawn closer to taking his eyes. Itachi reached for Sasuke, insisting that this was reality.

• Sasuke saw through Itachi’s first Tsukuyomi illusion and realized the apparent battle had been a test.
• Itachi revealed that he had absorbed the chakra Sasuke spent fighting in the genjutsu, then attacked with Sage Art: Fire Release God Crow and Yasaka Magatama.
• Orochimaru explained to Kabuto Yakushi that Itachi’s Inner Illusion hid multiple layers of Tsukuyomi.
• Itachi impaled Sasuke with the Totsuka Blade and demanded that he reveal what Orochimaru had told him.
• Sasuke absorbed the power of his Cursed Seal: State Two and used Amaterasu to break through the genjutsu.
• Orochimaru revealed that the supposed triple-layered Inner Illusion contained four layers, while Itachi reached for Sasuke’s eyes and called the scene reality.

Kabuto and Orochimaru realized Itachi had redirected his inner illusion onto them while Sasuke and Itachi continued their fight. Sasuke committed to fighting Itachi even if he was still trapped in genjutsu, and their clash destroyed the Uchiha Stronghold as Sasuke revealed he could now use Wood Release.

• Itachi redirected his inner illusion onto the spectators, and Orochimaru stopped Kabuto from trying to break it by stabbing himself.
• Orochimaru explained that Itachi had used the illusion to shake Sasuke’s resolve and warned that Itachi still held Kotoamatsukami as a trump card.
• Sasuke decided to fight Itachi with everything he had, even if the battle was still taking place inside genjutsu.
• Sasuke countered Itachi’s Fire God Crow with Flame Warrior Ascending Dragon, then used Kirin to blast apart the hall and surrounding mountain.
• Sasuke revealed Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique after absorbing State Two of the White Cursed Seal.

Sasuke defeated Itachi in their battle, while Itachi’s failing health left him unable to keep fighting. As a hidden crow carrying Kotoamatsukami approached Sasuke, he stopped it and told Itachi that he already knew the truth about him.

• Sasuke used a Wood Dragon to bind Itachi’s Susanoo and trap the hand wielding the Totsuka Blade, then forced Itachi to leave the Susanoo.
• Sasuke attacked with a lightning technique infused with Amaterasu, while Itachi’s hesitation let Sasuke wound him and Itachi’s body began to fail in Sage Mode.
• Itachi’s Susanoo collapsed, and Sasuke used his Susanoo’s arrow to drive Itachi into a crow substitution and leave him unable to maintain his Sharingan.
• Itachi summoned a flock of crows as a last resort, but Sasuke reached him and demanded to know what the shinobi world, their clan, and their brotherly bond meant to him.
• A crow carrying Kotoamatsukami approached Sasuke, but its cry stopped as Sasuke drew Itachi close and told him he knew everything about him.

Sasuke revealed that he understood Itachi’s past and helped his dying brother confront his regrets. Obito tried to seize Itachi’s eyes, but Sasuke and his allies escaped, leaving Obito to plan to reclaim Shisui Uchiha’s right eye.

• Sasuke recounted how Itachi had acted as a double agent, killed the Uchiha Clan to prevent a coup, and planned for Sasuke to gain the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Itachi admitted that he regretted never seeking a better solution and thanked Sasuke for teaching him one last lesson.
• Sasuke urged Itachi to live and look toward the future, but Obito appeared and tried to attack Sasuke with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Karin attacked Obito, and Kabuto used Wood Release to restrain him while Great Serpent Maru protected Sasuke.
• Sasuke revealed that he knew Obito was Uchiha, then escaped with Itachi, Karin, Kabuto, and Great Serpent Maru through the Blade Reversal Vortex.
• Obito broke free, summoned Black Zetsu, and ordered him to watch Danzo while Obito went to reclaim Shisui Uchiha’s right eye.

Sasuke and Orochimaru sought the White Snake Sage’s medicine to cure Itachi, and Sasuke told Itachi the story of his previous life. Itachi chose to stand with Sasuke, while Orochimaru proposed making Shisui Uchiha’s eyes usable for Itachi by making them brothers.

• Orochimaru told Sasuke that Itachi needed the White Snake Sage’s Sage Medicine to recover fully, and Sasuke vowed to obtain it.
• After three days of rest, Itachi joined Sasuke by the lake, where the brothers shared wine and talked about their childhood.
• Sasuke recounted his previous life, beginning forty years ago at the Valley of the End, while Itachi listened until dawn.
• Itachi wept with relief that Sasuke had survived and said he was grateful Sasuke had come back alive.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto Yakushi that Shisui Uchiha’s eyes could be used for Itachi, then proposed making the two Uchiha brothers.

Itachi joined Sasuke’s group on Blue Moon Island and agreed to pursue an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan using Shisui’s eyes. The group learned that Itachi had hidden Shisui’s remains, leaving them to reclaim Shisui’s right eye from Danzō.

• Itachi bowed to Orochimaru in gratitude, exchanged introductions with Kabuto, and welcomed Karin as Sasuke’s friend.
• Orochimaru explained that Itachi would receive treatment for his illness and Hashirama cells to support an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan transplant.
• Orochimaru proposed using Shisui’s eyes and described a technique that could overcome the blood-relation restriction on the transplant.
• Itachi accepted the proposal, despite his reservations about gaining lasting eyesight this way.
• Itachi revealed that he had hidden Shisui’s remains after finding the body downstream in the Naka River.
• Orochimaru said they only needed to reclaim Shisui’s right eye from Danzō, and Sasuke silently set down his teacup.

Kabuto, Obito, and White Zetsu each tried to capture Danzo and claim Shisui’s right eye, but Danzo used multiple living doubles and Izanagi to survive and learn that Orochimaru and the Akatsuki were both targeting him. At Blue Moon Island, Orochimaru began a new jutsu to summon Danzo directly, preparing Sasuke for the coming Fifth Battle.

• Kabuto lured a Danzo double to their meeting place, took its ordinary eye, and watched it kill itself before realizing the real Danzo had never come.
• Obito attacked Danzo in the mountains outside Konoha, killed another living double and Root members, then discovered the target had no Sharingan.
• White Zetsu killed a Danzo double at Root headquarters, but Obito recognized it as another decoy and left with White Zetsu to reconsider their plan.
• The real Danzo rose from among the dead, used Izanagi to restore his lost eye, and revealed a Mangekyo with four angular tomoe after learning that Orochimaru and the Akatsuki were both pursuing him.
• Orochimaru used Danzo’s preserved life substance to prepare the Soul-Summoning Lock and told Sasuke to get ready for the Fifth Battle.

Orochimaru summoned Shimura Danzō and demanded Shisui’s right eye, but Danzo attacked and Sasuke faced him with Susanoo. After Sasuke repeatedly stopped Danzo’s attempts to reach Itachi, Danzo agreed to fight Sasuke alone and began a summoning technique.

• Orochimaru used Death Release: Soul-Summoning Lock to summon Shimura Danzō and demanded that he surrender Shisui’s right eye.
• Itachi accused Danzo of stealing Shisui’s eye, while Danzo called Itachi a traitor and prepared to use Kotoamatsukami.
• Sasuke covered his eyes with a black bandage, formed Susanoo, and struck Danzo with a heavy fist.
• Danzo used Izanagi to return after each apparent death, but Sasuke tracked him and repeatedly stopped him with Susanoo’s arrows.
• Orochimaru promised to let Danzo go if he got past Sasuke, and Danzo turned to fight Sasuke alone.
• Danzo formed hand seals and began a Summoning Technique.

Sasuke fought Danzo while secretly pretending to run out of chakra, drawing Danzo into range and preventing him from using Shisui’s eye. Sasuke gouged out Danzo’s right eye, leaving Danzo screaming as Orochimaru declared the plan complete.

• Danzo used Baku’s suction to pin Susanoo and attack, but Sasuke trapped him with Wood Release and poisoned Baku with Flower-Tree World pollen.
• Danzo revived with Izanagi and kept attacking as Sasuke appeared to exhaust his chakra, while the spectators began to suspect Sasuke was acting.
• Danzo’s final Sharingan closed, and he rushed to remove Sasuke’s blindfold and use Kotoamatsukami, while Itachi assured Kabuto that Sasuke had everything under control.
• Orochimaru explained that Sasuke had feigned weakness throughout the fight and that his snake corneas protected him from Kotoamatsukami.
• Sasuke used heat-sensing to locate Danzo’s right eye and gouged it out, completing Orochimaru’s plan.

Sasuke, Itachi, Orochimaru, and Karin defeated Danzo, who died after his attempt to use the Reverse Four Symbols Seal failed. Orochimaru revealed Sasuke's opponent in the Fifth Battle: Jiraiya.

• Sasuke stored Shisui's right eye, then used Amaterasu to burn Danzo after Danzo attacked him with Wood Release.
• Itachi refused to save Danzo, and Karin used her Ketsuryūgan to make Danzo suffer a wound to his chest before healing herself.
• Orochimaru questioned Danzo about Kagami Uchiha's missing eyes, but Danzo denied possessing them and refused to reveal what he knew.
• Danzo tried to activate the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, but Sasuke kicked him into Baku's corpse, and the technique consumed them both.
• Orochimaru dissolved Danzo's remains and said Shisui's eyes were secured, then told Sasuke that Jiraiya would be his opponent in the Fifth Battle.

Obito revealed his identity as Madara to Kisame and accelerated the Akatsuki’s hunt for the remaining tailed beasts, while Orochimaru prepared to clone White Zetsu. Kabuto returned with news that the man they sought was at the ruins of the Uzumaki Clan in the Land of Whirlpools.

• Deidara captured Roshi, and Kisame captured the Five-Tails, prompting Ōnoki to sever ties with the Akatsuki.
• Obito learned that Danzo had died and grew concerned that Orochimaru and Sasuke posed a threat to the Akatsuki.
• Obito removed his mask and revealed himself to Kisame, then ordered him to capture the Six-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Eight-Tails within a month.
• Orochimaru showed Itachi cloning equipment and explained that he planned to mass-produce White Zetsu clones for warfare and intelligence gathering.
• Kabuto arrived at Orochimaru’s laboratory and reported that the man they sought was in the Land of Whirlpools.

Jiraiya discovered that the mask Sasuke took could release the souls sealed inside the Shinigami, potentially giving Orochimaru access to the four Hokage and the other half of the Nine-Tails. As Jiraiya prepared to return to Konoha with Naruto, Sasuke appeared and challenged him to a fight.

• Naruto trained relentlessly with Yamato, rapidly advancing his Rasengan training and resolving to grow strong enough to bring Sasuke back.
• Jiraiya entered the Uzumaki Clan's Archive Room and found a document explaining how the Reaper Death Seal could be undone with the mask Sasuke had taken.
• Jiraiya realized the ritual would cost a sacrificer's life and could release every soul sealed inside the Shinigami, including the four Hokage and the other half of the Nine-Tails.
• Jiraiya decided to stop Naruto's training and return to Konoha to warn Tsunade about Orochimaru's potential plans.
• Sasuke arrived in the Land of Whirlpools and asked to test his skills against Jiraiya.

Sasuke fought Jiraiya to force him into using Sage Mode, overwhelming him with powerful Fire Release, Susanoo, and Wood Release while Jiraiya evaded and prepared to summon the Two Great Sage Toads. As two powerful chakra signatures arrived, Jiraiya began activating Sage Mode and Sasuke pursued him.

• Jiraiya questioned whether Sasuke challenged him willingly or on Orochimaru's orders, and Sasuke answered that it was both.
• Sasuke's Flame Martial Dragon absorbed Jiraiya's Flame Bullet, and the two traded attacks as Jiraiya summoned toads and Sasuke revealed Susanoo.
• Jiraiya trapped Susanoo in an Underworld Swamp and sealed it beneath hardened rock, but Sasuke broke free and unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
• Jiraiya used a Shadow Clone while his real body hid underground, then tried to summon the Two Great Sage Toads as Sasuke pursued him with Susanoo arrows.
• Orochimaru, Itachi, Kabuto Yakushi, and Karin watched the fight through a Crystal Ball, and Karin sensed two powerful chakra signatures approaching.
• Jiraiya sensed the arrivals and began activating Sage Mode while Sasuke continued chasing him.

Jiraiya summoned Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku to help him fight Sasuke, and the three used Sage Mode techniques against Sasuke’s Susanoo and Wood Release. The battle escalated when Shima unleashed an acid rain technique over the battlefield.

• Jiraiya summoned Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku and explained that Sasuke possessed Mangekyō Sharingan and Wood Release.
• Sasuke’s Susanoo fired an arrow, but Jiraiya dodged it, restrained the Susanoo with Wild Lion’s Mane, and struck it with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.
• Sasuke used Amaterasu against the Rasengan, and Fukasaku severed Jiraiya’s burning hair with Sage Art: Water Slash.
• Shima spread a sandstorm to obscure Sasuke’s vision, and Jiraiya used Sage sensing to gain the advantage in taijutsu and knock Sasuke into a rock wall.
• Sasuke countered with Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, forcing Jiraiya to retreat from the poisonous pollen.
• Shima ignored Fukasaku’s warning and unleashed Sage Art: Acid-Eroding Rain over the battlefield.

Sasuke and Jiraiya escalated their battle as Jiraiya broke through Susanoo with a fire-infused Rasengan, but Sasuke escaped and prepared a lightning strike. Sasuke then armored Kirin with Susanoo and unleashed a new technique called Takemikazuchi.

• Sasuke used Susanoo and a Flame Arrow to destroy the clouds producing his acid rain, while Jiraiya and the sages attacked with Goemon.
• Jiraiya and the sages concentrated Goemon's flames into a Rasengan, and Jiraiya sealed away Sasuke's black flame armor at the cost of severely burning his left arm.
• Jiraiya's Rasengan shattered Susanoo and struck Sasuke, who escaped by shedding his body and fleeing with white cursed wings.
• Sasuke's earlier attack on the clouds helped create Kirin, and he covered the lightning beast with Susanoo armor.
• Sasuke named his new technique Thunderclap: Takemikazuchi and sent the armored Kirin crashing down.

Jiraiya trapped Sasuke with the Toad Confrontation Chant and stabbed him through the heart, but Sasuke survived and awakened the White Cursed Seal’s State Three. The fight continued as Sasuke sought to unleash his newly released power.

• Jiraiya survived Sasuke’s Takemikazuchi by hiding inside the Toad Gourd Prison, where he and the Two Great Sage Toads prepared the Toad Confrontation Chant.
• Jiraiya emerged near a distant pond and used the chant to trap Sasuke in auditory genjutsu.
• Jiraiya stabbed Sasuke through the heart while he was incapacitated, believing the attack had killed him.
• Sasuke rose again as his heart wound healed, then told Jiraiya he wanted to continue fighting openly.
• Sasuke’s White Cursed Seal entered its penultimate stage, State Three.

Sasuke activated White Cursed Seal State Three, gaining the ability to harmonize chakra natures and create kekkei genkai releases. Jiraiya realized Sasuke was not fighting to kill him, but the duel continued as Sasuke tested his new powers and prepared a final technique.

• Sasuke manifested the Cursed Garment, and Jiraiya questioned whether he had wrongly assumed Sasuke was Orochimaru's accomplice.
• Jiraiya raised the Seal of Confrontation and declared that their fight would no longer be to the death, while Sasuke learned State Three could harmonize chakra natures.
• Sasuke used Lava Release and Storm Release against Jiraiya, who defended himself with Earth-Style Walls and was wounded by the lasers.
• Sasuke formed an iron sand blade with Magnet Release, broke Jiraiya's Greatsword, and explained that he was trying out unfamiliar kekkei genkai.
• Sasuke summoned a Wood Dragon and covered it with Amaterasu, then unveiled Fire-Wood Release: Fire Dragon Torch as the technique meant to end their Fifth Battle.

Sasuke defeated Jiraiya by trapping him in a barrier and filling it with black flames, then prepared to explain his purpose. Orochimaru, Itachi, and the others appeared, leaving Jiraiya to suspect that Sasuke had returned from the future.

• Sasuke used the Fire Dragon Torch and Uchiha Flame Formation to spread black flames across the battlefield and corner Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya accepted that he had lost, and Sasuke approached him but decided someone else should explain the truth.
• Orochimaru, Kabuto, Karin, and Itachi arrived through the Blade Reversal Vortex, shocking Jiraiya with Itachi's presence.
• Fukasaku told Jiraiya that the Great Toad Sage had entered a long slumber, signaling a new prophecy.
• Jiraiya reflected on Sasuke's unusual maturity and wondered whether Sasuke had traveled back from the future.

Orochimaru brought Jiraiya to Blue Moon Island and revealed the truth about his past and future, including how he had changed. After Jiraiya accepted him as he was, Orochimaru abruptly used the Thousand Years of Death on him.

• Karin remembered the fall of her homeland before Sasuke led her and the others back to Blue Moon Island.
• Kabuto told Sasuke that Naruto was nearby with Yamato, but Sasuke said it was not yet time to meet him.
• Orochimaru explained to Jiraiya the future he had witnessed and described himself as caught between his past and future selves.
• Jiraiya admitted he felt defeated that he had not been the one to change Orochimaru, and Orochimaru said Jiraiya's novels had inspired him to want a child.
• Jiraiya told Orochimaru to be the person he truly wanted to be, and Orochimaru sneaked behind him and performed the Thousand Years of Death.