Recaps

Mifune led the Land of Iron's force into the wasteland and set out alone to find Kakashi. He confronted Kakashi in an abandoned village, but his decisive iaido strike failed, and Kakashi killed him.

• Mifune confirmed that all one thousand samurai had arrived and left his deputy in command while he went after Kakashi.
• Mifune charged through the wasteland, killing scouts and rogue ninja with his iaido as he searched for Kakashi.
• Mifune entered the abandoned village and tried to draw Kakashi out by exposing himself as a target.
• Mifune closed his eyes and unleashed his finest iaido strike, but Kakashi blocked it with his newer, thinner blade.
• Kakashi explained that his sword's superior quality had given him the advantage, then cut Mifune's throat and killed him.

Kakashi defeated Mifune in the Third Match but grievously wounded him, then Naruto’s hidden chakra appeared and healed the samurai. Naruto returned to Kakashi’s body after asking him to keep his existence secret.

• Kakashi killed Mifune’s momentum with a decisive sword strike, accepting a cut to his own face to ensure victory.
• Kakashi worried that Mifune’s death would unite the Land of Iron’s samurai against him and regretted failing Naruto’s request.
• Naruto’s chakra appeared before Kakashi, explaining that Naruto had left it inside him when they first met and healing Kakashi’s wound.
• Naruto declared that Mifune could still be saved and used a sunlike glow to close his fatal neck wound and restore his heartbeat.
• Naruto told Kakashi that Mifune would survive but remain unconscious for a while, asked him to keep Naruto’s existence secret, and returned to Kakashi’s body as chakra.

Kakashi carried the wounded Mifune through the Land of Iron’s patrols while keeping him from being publicly disgraced. At the Land of Whirlpools, Itachi arrived to register for the Shinobi War as onlookers feared his reputation.

• Kakashi considered Naruto’s revealing remarks, then retrieved Mifune’s broken sword and carried him toward the Land of Iron’s thousand samurai.
• The Land of Iron dispatched samurai units to fight a suspected force of Sound ninja.
• Kakashi avoided the Land of Iron’s patrols so Mifune could be brought back without humiliating him before the samurai.
• Itachi arrived with an unidentified companion at the Land of Whirlpools’ square, where people whispered about his feared reputation.
• Itachi approached a little toad and registered two people.

Itachi and Obito tried to enter the Fourth Round, but Sasuke confronted Itachi over his plan to use the Shinobi War to revive the Uchiha clan. Sasuke and Izumi revealed that they intended to prevent anyone from winning the war.

• Itachi and Obito asked Gamakichi to sign them up for the Fourth Round, drawing attention from the crowd.
• Sasuke appeared and confronted Itachi, revealing that he knew about Itachi's plan to use the Rinnegan to revive the murdered clansmen.
• Obito explained that the winner could ask a Tailed Beast to help obtain Konoha's Rinnegan, but Sasuke said he wanted to stop anyone from winning the Shinobi War.
• Sasuke confirmed that he meant to stop Itachi as well, and Izumi arrived and signed up with the Reshape Organization.

Izumi confronted Obito, Itachi, and Sasuke, then explained that the Reshape Organization sought the tailed beast power the Shinobi War could provide. Sasuke reflected on Shin’s hidden mission and learned that the wars were designed to select its future members, a truth revealed to victors by the tailed beasts in the black mist.

• Izumi confirmed that Obito had been the masked man and vowed to make him pay, then addressed Itachi and Sasuke.
• Izumi told Sasuke she needed to win the battle because the Reshape Organization’s leader wanted tailed beast power and would otherwise pursue his goal through other means.
• Izumi explained that the leader had promised to fulfill the members’ individual goals and had granted Orochimaru eternal life.
• Sasuke recalled that Shin was created to protect the tailed beasts and preserve their relationship with humanity.
• Sasuke understood that the ten Shinobi Wars were intended to select Shin’s next members, a purpose the tailed beasts revealed to the victors in the black mist.

Kakashi used his apparent cruelty toward Mifune to provoke Chūsuke and assess the Land of Iron’s samurai, while Mifune agreed to cooperate with him. Neji and Toneri tested the second match’s army with a mass genjutsu, as Gamabunta announced the fourth match.

• Kakashi returned to Chūsuke with a disguised clone of Mifune, revealed the trick, and mocked the samurai for refusing to withdraw.
• Kakashi and the real Mifune discussed Kakashi’s plans, and Mifune agreed to help him identify promising samurai, including Chūsuke.
• Neji held off hundreds of thousands of soldiers for ten minutes, then Toneri cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and implanted memories that divided them between loyalty to the tailed beasts and submission to Neji.
• Neji and Toneri prepared to test the remaining soldiers’ potential while keeping the illusion on course.
• Gamabunta announced the fourth match, and Gamakichi told the four waiting Uchiha that it could begin.

Sasuke confronted Itachi about the choices he had made and learned that Itachi intended to atone for the Uchiha massacre, while Izumi trapped Obito in her Tsukuyomi dimension. Itachi remained committed to paying for his actions, and the chapter ended with Sasuke questioning whether there was any other way.

• Izumi attacked Obito with her Susanoo and used Tsukuyomi to prevent him from escaping into the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito struggled to evade Izumi's attacks and silently hoped Itachi would save him.
• Itachi spared a ninja incapacitated by genjutsu, then spoke with an illusion of Fugaku about atonement and accepting responsibility.
• Sasuke met Itachi and learned that Itachi had sacrificed one Mangekyō Sharingan to use Izanami on Obito.
• Itachi explained that Obito's stored Sharingan came from Uchiha corpses, and Sasuke challenged Itachi's belief that atonement required paying the price himself.

Sasuke and Itachi fought a sparring match while discussing the Uchiha Clan and Itachi’s choices. After Sasuke won, Itachi realized Sasuke wanted him to atone by resurrecting their family, not merely their clansmen.

• Sasuke asked whether the Uchiha Clan and its pride still mattered to Itachi, then attacked him.
• Sasuke and Itachi traded shuriken and clashed with Great Fireball Techniques while their shadow clones fought separately.
• Sasuke used steel wires, a Fūma Shuriken, and the Dragon Fire Technique to set up a Chidori strike that defeated Itachi’s shadow clone.
• Sasuke dismissed Itachi’s offer to show him more techniques, leaving Itachi confused by his disappointment.
• Itachi recalled Sasuke’s earlier words and understood that Sasuke wanted him to atone by bringing their family back.

Six Paths Hashirama defeated Madara after discovering the source of his power, but paused to question him about the Reshape Organization. Madara warned Hashirama about Menma’s plans and revealed that Menma had also resurrected Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

• Six Paths Hashirama stopped Madara’s regeneration and confirmed that he had uncovered the source of Madara’s power.
• Madara accepted defeat, and he and Hashirama bickered about who had been better at skipping stones when they were young.
• Madara warned Hashirama that the Reshape Organization and Menma wanted them to pursue the ambitions they had once held.
• Madara explained that Menma had suggested solving Infinite Tsukuyomi’s energy problem so that a dream paradise could be sustained without sacrificing its inhabitants.
• Madara revealed that Menma had resurrected Kaguya Ōtsutsuki as well as him.

Hashirama and Madara discussed Naruto’s disappearance, Hashirama’s fading Six Paths power, and the exhausted Ten-Tails. Madara revealed that the Reshape Organization’s leader had claimed the God of Ōtsutsuki was dead but intended to make one of them a god to oppose Hashirama.

• Hashirama was stunned by the possibility of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s resurrection, while Madara questioned whether Naruto had disappeared.
• Hashirama admitted Naruto was missing, and Madara realized that the Naruto present had been an impostor.
• Madara explained that he had joined the Reshape Organization to repay its leader and fight Hashirama, not to seek revenge.
• Hashirama’s Six Paths Transformation faded, and he showed Madara the nearly powerless Ten-Tails that had sustained it.
• Hashirama said the Ten-Tails would be sealed after the Shinobi War, but Madara warned that sealing it would not end the danger.
• Madara said the Reshape Organization’s leader claimed the God of Ōtsutsuki was dead and planned to make one of them a god to oppose Hashirama.

Izumi battled Obito in Tsukuyomi's chakra-draining space until Itachi arrived and rescued him inside his Susanoo. As Izumi questioned the Reshape Organization's plans, she guessed that its Leader might also be Naruto-kun, and Itachi's Susanoo was struck away.

• Izumi told Obito that the Reshape Organization's members had the potential to become gods, while Susanoo relentlessly attacked him.
• Obito realized the space was draining his chakra and that Izumi could use her Mangekyō abilities without strain, so he decided he had to escape.
• Itachi arrived in an orange-red Susanoo, blocked Izumi's attack, and let Obito enter to protect him from the space's restrictions.
• Izumi and Itachi discussed Sasuke, the tailed beasts, and the Leader's plans as their Susanoo continued fighting.
• Izumi guessed that the Leader might also be Naruto-kun, and Itachi's Susanoo was sent flying by Izumi's blow.

Itachi and Izumi’s fight was interrupted when Hashirama Senju was announced as the first match’s victor, returning alone from his battle with Madara Uchiha. Hashirama entered the black mist to sign a spirit pact with the tailed beasts, while the Shinobi War moved on to its fifth match.

• Itachi used Susanoo to defend against Izumi while avoiding her gaze and trying to control her with Tsukuyomi, as Obito noticed Itachi was already exhausted.
• A bell announced that Hashirama Senju of Konoha had won the first match, and Hashirama returned alone, leaving the crowd to wonder what had happened to Madara Uchiha.
• Gamabunta directed Hashirama to enter the black mist and sign a spirit pact, while the crowd debated whether to join the Shinobi War or wait for more information.
• Hashirama entered the black mist and found the ten tailed beasts waiting for him.
• Zero-Tails approached Hashirama, but Nine-Tails struck it, and Hashirama greeted Kurama familiarly.

Hashirama completed a Spirit Pact with the Zero-Tails and learned that Naruto had become a god who could exist across time and space. He returned to Konoha believing Naruto had gone to fight the God of Ōtsutsuki, while Menma reacted to a sudden crack in Reshape's camp.

• The Nine-Tails urged Hashirama to make his request, and Hashirama asked the Zero-Tails where Naruto had gone.
• The Zero-Tails formed a Spirit Pact with Hashirama and revealed that Naruto had become a god who could exist at any point in time and space.
• The Zero-Tails explained that the Nine-Tails had told the beasts about Naruto but kept the truth from Hashirama to spare him worry.
• Hashirama guessed that Naruto had traveled into the past to fight the God of Ōtsutsuki, and the Nine-Tails sent him back to Konoha.
• Hashirama told Tobirama and the others that he knew where Naruto was, while Menma reacted in alarm to a sudden crack at Reshape's camp.

Menma ordered Orochimaru to help the Reshape Organization win the fifth Shinobi War match, but Orochimaru remained focused on investigating the black mist. He tried to resist its transport with Kabuto, then vanished when the mist passed through his barriers, leaving Kabuto behind.

• Menma pressured Orochimaru to join the organization’s fighters and secure victory in the next match, while Orochimaru realized Menma’s power had become extraordinary.
• Orochimaru showed excitement rather than fear as he tried to understand Menma’s strength, until Minato Namikaze intervened and sent him to the match.
• Orochimaru suspected Menma wanted to see a tailed beast and continued toward the forest, more interested in testing the black mist than competing.
• Orochimaru asked Kabuto to activate five layers of Reverse Space-Time barriers, but the black mist passed through them untouched.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto to hold onto him, but the mist transported Orochimaru away and left Kabuto alone inside the barrier.

Jiraiya and Tsunade confronted Orochimaru in the sewers and questioned why he had joined Reshape. Orochimaru explained his pursuit of immortality and the rules governing life, death, and reincarnation before his bound body exploded into a black eight-trigrams formation.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade ambushed Orochimaru in the sewers, restrained him, and demanded to know why he had joined Reshape.
• Orochimaru said Reshape had fulfilled his dream of eternal life in exchange for his cooperation.
• Orochimaru described becoming a “new human” through evolution and explained his discoveries about the Pure Land, souls, chakra, and reincarnation.
• Orochimaru recalled being expelled from Konoha and said he had seen the village as suffocating and shabby.
• Jiraiya sensed danger and pulled Tsunade back as Orochimaru's bound body erupted, releasing an enormous black eight-trigrams formation.

Jiraiya and Tsunade confronted Orochimaru, whose evolved body was unaffected by the Reverse Four Symbols Seal and whose strength overwhelmed them. After Orochimaru appeared to kill Jiraiya and restrain Tsunade, he realized he had fallen into an illusion reminiscent of his defeat by Uchiha Itachi.

• Tsunade recognized that Orochimaru was using the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, but Jiraiya explained that Orochimaru's evolved body could not be restrained by ordinary chakra-based techniques.
• Orochimaru listened as Jiraiya described Tobirama Senju's assessment of their transformation, then taunted Jiraiya and Tsunade while remaining hidden as they fled through the sewer.
• Tsunade smashed the sewer floor and walls, revealing Orochimaru, but he knocked Jiraiya away with a slap and trapped Tsunade in a mass of snakes.
• Orochimaru thrust his hand into Jiraiya's heart, then discovered that Jiraiya and Tsunade had vanished and recognized that he was caught in an illusion.
• A voice beside Orochimaru urged him to recognize his mistake and suffer again.

Nagato confronted Orochimaru in a sewer, breaking through Orochimaru’s genjutsu and attacking him with the Rinnegan’s abilities. Orochimaru was left crushed and barely moving after Nagato used him to absorb the impact of his summoned beasts.

• Nagato trapped Orochimaru in a genjutsu that made him fall through an abyss, but Orochimaru broke free and found himself alone in the sewer.
• Orochimaru summoned Nagato and taunted him about his past with Jiraiya, Danzo, and the Akatsuki.
• Orochimaru revealed that Reshape had a spy in Konoha, then attacked Nagato before answering who it was.
• Nagato summoned several beasts and used their pull, his repulsive force, and soul absorption to overwhelm Orochimaru.
• Nagato canceled Banshō Ten'in as the beasts struck, leaving Shinra Tensei to flatten Orochimaru while Nagato remained unharmed.

Orochimaru survived Nagato’s attack after it destroyed a control seal hidden in his body, then admitted he had decided to spy on Reshape for Konoha. As Nagato stalled rather than killing him, Orochimaru realized Konoha might be delaying the Shinobi Wars until someone could enter the fight.

• Nagato believed his attack had nearly killed Orochimaru, but Orochimaru regenerated and explained that the blow had destroyed Reshape’s control seal along with his heart and other organs.
• Orochimaru asked Nagato whether Tsunade and Jiraiya had joined the Shinobi War, then said he had recently decided to spy on Reshape without Konoha’s knowledge.
• Orochimaru told Nagato that Menma needed the members to become gods and described the attack at the camp, while noticing Nagato already seemed to know about the plan.
• Nagato considered killing Orochimaru again, but Orochimaru questioned whether Nagato was fighting for Konoha and suggested he was stalling.
• Orochimaru pieced together that Konoha might be delaying the Shinobi Wars until a certain person entered the fray.

Itachi and Obito escaped Izumi’s overwhelming Perfect Susanoo, while Sasuke confronted her about her revenge and Itachi’s plan to atone. Sasuke revealed that Itachi had a reason for saving Obito, hinting at another night before the Uchiha massacre.

• Izumi revealed that she had been holding back and expanded her Susanoo into its Perfect form, preventing Obito from escaping with Kamui.
• Izumi’s spear struck Itachi’s Susanoo, but Itachi and Obito appeared outside the Tsukuyomi Barrier, having escaped the battle.
• Sasuke told Izumi he had dealt with the other participants and explained that Itachi had chosen to face her alone.
• Izumi admitted she accepted Itachi’s plan to sacrifice himself to revive their clansmen but could not understand why he protected Obito.
• Sasuke told Izumi that Itachi had not saved Obito for the Uchiha and revealed, “Before that night with the Family, there was another night.”

Izumi revealed to Sasuke that Itachi and Obito planned to resurrect those killed in the Uchiha massacre and explained why the Leader of Reshape might oppose their plan. As the Shinobi War neared its conclusion, Itachi chose to forfeit so Obito could win and meet the Nine-Tails.

• Sasuke told Izumi that Obito’s crimes included the Nine-Tails’ Attack and said they were the only remaining participants in the Shinobi War.
• Itachi told Obito that Sasuke knew the truth and would help them, and the two headed toward the center of the Land of Whirlpools to atone for their sins.
• Izumi explained to Sasuke that Reshape members carried seals linking them to the Leader, and that the Leader might oppose resurrecting the Fourth Hokage’s true soul, who was now with Reshape.
• Izumi told Sasuke that the Minato in Konoha was only a chakra-based revival, while Orochimaru had released the real Minato’s soul from the Reaper Death Seal.
• Itachi and Obito realized that leaving the battlefield would forfeit the Shinobi War, and Itachi agreed to withdraw so Obito could win and meet the Nine-Tails.

Itachi left the war barrier after Sasuke helped him, while Obito asked the tailed beasts for memories of the Nine-Tails' Attack so he could use Rinne Rebirth. Itachi and Izumi said their final words as Obito viewed memories of the attack from an unexpected perspective.

• Itachi left the barrier, and Obito waited anxiously for the Shinobi War's end to be announced.
• Obito asked the tailed beasts for memories of the Nine-Tails' Attack to identify those he wanted to revive with Rinne Rebirth.
• The Nine-Tails shared memories of Konoha's destruction, but Obito noticed that the scenes were not from the Nine-Tails' perspective.
• Sasuke explained Itachi's knowledge and motives to Izumi, then left her alone with Itachi.
• Itachi and Izumi discussed his plans to use Rinne Rebirth and parted without resolving their sadness.

Konohamaru and Iruka shared a quiet day at the Academy until people who had died in Konoha returned to life, throwing the village into confusion. Iruka reunited with his resurrected parents, while Shikaku tried to assess the crisis with Torifu Akimichi.

• Konohamaru evaded the armored chunin guards, and Iruka caught up with him after they punished him for causing trouble.
• Konohamaru explained that he wanted to follow Naruto's example and keep studying until he could catch up with him, and Iruka reflected on how they had grown close.
• Iruka and Konohamaru heard a commotion in the village and found people reuniting with loved ones who had been dead for years.
• Iruka's resurrected parents approached him at the Academy, and his mother embraced him as he cried out, "Dad! Mom!"
• Shikaku questioned the sudden return of the dead and worried that the chaos might leave Konoha vulnerable, while Torifu asked what had happened.

People who died in the Nine-Tails' Attack returned to life in Konoha, while Shikaku learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki were listed for the seventh round of the Shinobi War. Konohamaru met Biwako Sarutobi, who recognized him as Shinnosuke's son, just as a young man arrived and called her name.

• Shikaku learned that communications with the Land of Whirlpools had resumed and saw that the sixth-round roster included no participants from Konoha or Reshape.
• Shikaku found Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki at the top of the seventh-round roster.
• Konohamaru searched the Sarutobi Clan residence for his family but learned that his parents and grandfather had not died in the Nine-Tails' Attack.
• Konohamaru spoke with Biwako Sarutobi, who recognized him as Shinnosuke's child and affectionately stroked his head.
• Konohamaru realized Biwako was his grandmother, and a young man arrived and called out to her.

Izumi returned to the Reshape Organization’s camp, where Menma exposed his overwhelming power, disbanded the group, and left her trapped in another space-time. In Konoha, Hiruzen reunited with Biwako before joining Tobirama and Jiraiya, who sent him to face Kaguya Ōtsutsuki in the Seventh Shinobi War.

• Izumi returned to the camp to accept punishment, but Menma stopped her attempt to use genjutsu and warned her not to use Itachi’s gift against him.
• Menma disbanded the Reshape Organization and vanished, leaving Izumi trapped after the tent was transferred to another space-time; Itachi’s seal activated when she saw Menma’s Nine-Tails.
• Hiruzen reunited with Biwako and Konohamaru, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to the Konoha meeting room.
• Tobirama and Jiraiya told Hiruzen that Reshape had deployed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and Hiruzen volunteered to confront her.

Hiruzen proposed sacrificing his life to resurrect Hashirama in a living body so he could train for a year and prepare to face Madara, while Hiruzen would confront the Reshape Organization's leader. In the Plaza, Kaguya waited for Konoha's representatives but vanished when black mist appeared, leaving Gamabunta relieved.

• Hiruzen asked Tobirama to study Sunagakure's Reanimation from One's Own Life technique so he could use it to resurrect Hashirama.
• Tobirama agreed to investigate the technique before using it, and Hiruzen said Hashirama would face Madara after a year of training while he handled the Reshape Organization's leader.
• Tobirama recalled Hashirama's immense strength, the burden of leading Konoha, and how he had preserved Hashirama's remains and studied his cells.
• Kaguya waited in the Plaza while Gamabunta guarded the area for Jiraiya and Minato, fearing her presence and murderous intent.
• Black mist appeared, and Kaguya recognized a sealing jutsu before vanishing; Gamabunta sighed with relief and vowed not to return to the shinobi world.