Recaps

Jin Uchiha concealed his strength while entering the war as part of Team Seven, where a disastrous supply mission brought him closer to Kazama Nara and made Itsuki Ishikawa an enemy. At Outpost 27, Jin sensed another battle approaching as thick mist spread through the woods.

• Jin Uchiha awakened a system that strengthened him whenever he lay flat and resolved to survive the coming war while keeping a low profile.
• After Shisui Uchiha learned how the clan had mistreated Jin, he secured compensation and supplies for him, while Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo Shimura’s attempt to recruit Jin into Root.
• Jin killed Yoshio Uchiha, Yu Uchiha, and Ryo Uchiha, then hid his involvement as Hiruzen and Shikaku Nara blamed the deaths on the Hidden Cloud Village.
• Jin joined Team Seven with Kazama Nara and Itsuki Ishikawa, and Shisui gave him armor before revealing their mission might sacrifice them to buy the village time.
• When Hidden Mist ninja ambushed their supply convoy, Jin and Kazama saved Itsuki, concealed the enemy dead, and agreed to blame the lost carts on Itsuki’s reckless attack.
• Kazama told Jin that Shikaku had sent him to assess Jin and would support him from the shadows, while Itsuki returned to their squad and vowed revenge.
• At Outpost 27, Jin warned Kazama that a battle was coming after thick mist spread through the woods, and Shin Kudo agreed to take the team to investigate.

Jin Uchiha led his team through the Hidden Mist invasion, then used the crisis to draw Shisui Uchiha into a plan to protect the Uchiha clan. After Jin defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, the squad blamed the victory on his supposed Mangekyo Sharingan and Susanoo, leaving Fugaku Uchiha and the assembled jonin stunned.

• Kazama Nara revealed that four thousand Hidden Mist ninja had infiltrated the Land of Whirlpools, and Shin Kudo agreed to follow Jin Uchiha’s lead as the team escaped.
• Jinin Akebino killed Itsuki Ishikawa and led the Hidden Mist attack on the Frontline Camp, where Juzo Biwa killed Yukie Miyamoto and the Leaf forces fell into chaos.
• Jin Uchiha, Kazama Nara, and Shin Kudo evaded Hidden Mist pursuers and reached the arriving Leaf fleet, after which Shin was promoted to Elite Jonin and Jin and Kazama to Chunin.
• Kazama Nara proposed building a power base with Jin, while Jin told Shisui Uchiha that the village’s fear and manipulation made the Uchiha’s destruction likely.
• Jin urged Shisui to unite his supporters and use ruthless tactics to protect the clan, and Shisui accepted his advice and joined Jin’s new team with Kazama Nara and Aya Hyuga.
• Aya Hyuga revealed that a Hyuga main-family member had killed her parents and planned to make her his concubine, and Jin proposed covertly killing the man despite the risk of becoming rogue ninja.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen surrounded the team, and Jin killed Raiga Kurosuki, Kuro Oni Oiwa, Jinpachi Munashi, Kushimaru Kuriarare, and Jinin Akebino before Shisui and Jin killed Fuguki Suikazan and Juzo Biwa.
• Jin rejected giving Shisui credit for the victory, exhausted himself with Great Fire Annihilation, and Shisui told Fugaku Uchiha that Jin had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and defeated the swordsmen with Susanoo.

Yan Uchiha awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, gained status within the Uchiha, and secretly carried out a massacre in the Hyuga compound. After returning to Konoha, he became Itachi’s teacher and explained the political forces behind war, prompting Fugaku to consider giving him command of the Military Police Force.

• Shisui and others confirmed Yan’s Mangekyo, and Fugaku recognized his victory over the Seven Ninja Swordsmen before ordering an assault on the Hidden Mist forces.
• Hiruzen refused Danzo’s demand to control Yan, while Yan awakened the Mangekyo and learned that its powers could rend souls, shred bodies, and make spoken words reality.
• Fugaku made Yan an Uchiha Elder with clan rights, and Yan returned to Konoha after the Hidden Leaf and Kirigakure agreed to an armistice.
• Yan used Observation Haki to infiltrate the Hyuga compound, killed members of the Main and Branch Families, and stole nine pairs of Byakugan.
• The Hyuga and ANBU failed to find the killer, while Hiruzen rejected Danzo’s offer to deal with Yan and kept him under village protection.
• Fugaku left Itachi in Yan’s care, and Yan later met Minato, Rin, Kakashi, and Obito through Teuchi’s family.
• Yan explained to Itachi that wars arose from scarcity and political interests, leading Itachi to reconsider his views and Fugaku to plan to put Yan in charge of the Military Police Force.
• Itachi arrived early for training, but Yan woke late, canceled the session, and sent him home to rest before their next lesson.

Jin Uchiha took control of the Military Police Force and used a staged crisis to expose the village leadership’s efforts to undermine the Uchiha. The confrontation ended with Hiruzen forced to retreat and the village elders preparing for a prolonged struggle with Jin.

• Jin explained to Itachi that the Uchiha were widely disliked because the village had failed to recognize their sacrifices, then warned Teuchi and Ayame not to investigate and altered their memories.
• At the Uchiha clan meeting, Jin silenced the elders with his Mangekyo and defeated Setsuna, then argued that the clan could not take power without risking destruction by Konoha’s enemies.
• Fugaku and the clan chose to maintain the status quo and put Jin in charge of the Military Police Force, while Jin told the clan to follow his orders and kept Itachi’s training focused on health and discipline.
• Jin took control of a disputed theft case, publicly apologized to Kobe Manyō, dismissed Shinichi, and privately compensated him to improve the Uchiha’s reputation.
• Jin revealed to Tekka that the supposed spies were ANBU sent to provoke conflict, then ordered the Military Police Force to highlight its lack of funding and pressure Hiruzen without giving him grounds to punish the Uchiha.
• Danzō sent Root squads to kill Jin and free the captured ANBU, but Jin used his Mangekyo technique Void to destroy the attackers while the Uchiha watched.
• Hiruzen confronted Jin with Konoha’s leaders, but Jin challenged him to verify the dead men’s identities and exposed the lack of official grounds for the attack, forcing Hiruzen to accept his account and take the captured spies away.
• Fugaku agreed to let Jin handle the village’s affairs, while Hiruzen and the elders recognized that Jin had weakened Root and began discussing how to contain him in a prolonged struggle.