Recaps

Nagato confronted Obito and Kabuto at the Akatsuki Base, where Kabuto summoned four reincarnated Kage to fight him. Meanwhile, Tetsuya persuaded the Small Country Alliance to form the Shinobi World Federation, leaving him poised to lead the new power as the great nations' war began.

• Obito arrived at the Akatsuki Base with Zetsu and Kabuto and demanded Nagato's Rinnegan, but Nagato revealed he had already killed Obito's planted agents.
• Kabuto used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Mu, Hozuki Gengetsu, A, and Rasa, who attacked Nagato together.
• Nagato unleashed Super Shinra Tensei against the four Kage, and Obito used Kamui to protect himself and Kabuto.
• Tetsuya told the Small Country Alliance that its members had become one commercial power and urged them to let the great nations exhaust themselves in war before striking.
• Yahiko supported Tetsuya's plan, and supporters killed the dissenters before the Shinobi World Federation was founded with Tetsuya as its intended first head of state.

Nagato recovered his sight after Orochimaru replaced his Rinnegan, then learned that Tetsuya had founded the Shinobi World Federation. As the war widened and jinchūriki were sent to the front, Tetsuya prepared the Federation to enter the fighting and anticipated Obito’s next move.

• Orochimaru told Nagato that his new eyes would not be rejected and explained that the Rinnegan had constantly drained his chakra.
• Yahiko and Konan checked on Nagato, then Yahiko explained that Tetsuya had established the Shinobi World Federation and become its first President.
• At the President’s Residence, Tetsuya heard that Kumogakure and Kirigakure had joined Iwagakure against the Konoha-Sunagakure alliance, pushing the war into the Land of Fire.
• Tetsuya learned that Killer B and Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki were heading toward a clash and predicted Obito would try to capture both tailed beasts.
• Tetsuya ordered the Federation’s ninjas to prepare for war, planning to enter after the current forces had weakened each other.

Kumogakure's war council learned that the Akatsuki had attacked its mausoleum while its forces were away, but Raikage A chose to continue the advance on Konoha. At the front, Neji and Might Guy went on patrol as an unknown group raced toward them through the night.

• Raikage A learned that the Akatsuki had destroyed the mausoleum where Kinkaku's and Ginkaku's ashes were stored, then ordered Kumogakure's forces to follow their original plan against Konoha.
• Neji treated wounded Hyuga Branch Family members and vowed that things would change once the Federation entered the war.
• Konoha's Jonin learned that Kumogakure's main force was approaching and that Kakashi and Team 7 would arrive as reinforcements the next morning.
• Might Guy invited Neji on patrol, and they left the camp together as an unknown group raced toward them under cover of darkness.

Might Guy and Neji discovered Darui’s Kumogakure squad during a night patrol, and the signal flare alerted Konoha’s camp. After Darui’s team attacked, Raikage A abandoned the camp preparations and ordered a rapid advance to reinforce Darui and blitz Konoha.

• Guy and Neji spotted Kumogakure ninja, and Neji fired a signal flare to warn Konoha.
• Guy attacked Darui’s squad while Neji faced the other Kumogakure ninja.
• Darui used lightning and Storm Release techniques against Guy, who fought back with his nunchaku.
• Neji used the Tai Chi Breathing Method to counter and subdue a Kumogakure attacker as the squad rushed him.
• Raikage A saw the signal flare, ordered his forces to travel light, and set out to reinforce Darui and blitz Konoha.

Might Guy and Neji fought off Darui’s scouting squad, but Konoha reinforcements arrived and surrounded the Kumogakure ninja. The Fourth Raikage A and Killer B then joined the battle, and A launched an attack on the Konoha forces.

• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and overwhelmed Darui, while Neji held off the rest of the scouting squad.
• Darui ordered his squad to retreat, but Konoha reinforcements arrived and surrounded them.
• Konoha’s ninja attacked, and Might Guy knocked Darui down and called for him to surrender.
• The Fourth Raikage A arrived with Killer B, told Darui their plan had changed, and declared they would attack Konoha head-on.
• Raikage A charged at the Konoha forces with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop.

Might Guy battled Fourth Raikage A and was badly injured, while Neji unleashed the Yang Realm to strike Killer B and tried to reach his sensei. The chapter ended with Guy preparing to open the Eighth Gate as the Raikage approached.

• Might Guy used Morning Peacock against Fourth Raikage A, but A countered with Liger Bomb and wounded him despite Guy's substitution.
• Fourth Raikage A broke through Guy's Daytime Tiger with Lariat, leaving Guy with several broken ribs and a near-fatal injury.
• Killer B blocked Neji from reaching Might Guy, so Neji activated the Tai Chi Breathing Method's Yang Realm.
• Neji caught Killer B's sword strike barehanded, punched him into the air, and rushed toward Might Guy.
• Gyuki sent tentacles after Neji as Might Guy rose and began invoking the Eighth Gate.

Naruto and Kakashi arrived as reinforcements after the Fourth Raikage attacked Konoha’s front line, saving Might Guy and helping Neji withstand the Raikage and Killer B’s combined attack. Naruto identified himself as Minato Namikaze’s son and tried to persuade the Raikage to end the war, but the Raikage rejected him and attacked.

• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to rescue Might Guy from the Fourth Raikage’s Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop, and Kakashi arranged for Sakura and Hinata to treat Guy.
• The Fourth Raikage shifted his focus to Neji, who was fighting Killer B, and the two brothers launched their Double Lariat against him.
• Naruto appeared behind Neji, and Naruto and Neji met the Raikage and Killer B’s attack with a Rasengan and Mountain-Breaking Strike, forcing both enemies to retreat.
• Kakashi arrived on the battlefield and used Lightning Blade to take down several Kumogakure ninja.
• The Fourth Raikage recognized Naruto’s Flying Thunder God and Rasengan, and Naruto confirmed he was Minato Namikaze’s son.
• Naruto urged the Raikage to stop the war, but the Raikage rejected his appeal and charged at him with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop.

Naruto and Kakashi fought the Fourth Raikage while Neji held off Killer B, as Tsunade sought reinforcements from Konoha. Naruto and Kakashi coordinated an attack on Raikage A, ending with a barrage of Big Ball Rasengans closing in on him.

• Naruto and Kakashi teamed up against Raikage A, while Neji confronted Killer B to keep him away from the fight.
• Hinata told Tsunade that Guy had been seriously injured and that Naruto and Kakashi had gone ahead to the battlefield, prompting Tsunade to search for reinforcements.
• The skirmish sparked by Darui’s scout squad expanded into a large-scale battle across the forest as fighters from both sides arrived.
• Naruto struck Raikage A with a Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, but the injured Raikage burst from the explosion and attacked again.
• Kakashi used earth walls and Lightning Transmission to create an opening, and Naruto’s clones then hurled a barrage of Big Ball Rasengans at Raikage A.

Naruto’s attack failed to defeat Raikage A, who survived with Ōnoki’s help while Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails. Neji awakened the Tenseigan and repelled Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb, leaving Naruto and Kakashi ready to face Raikage A and Ōnoki.

• Naruto’s Multiple Rasengan struck Raikage A, but Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails after believing his brother had been killed.
• Ōnoki revealed that he had shielded Raikage A with an Earth Release: Golem Technique, and the two leaders reaffirmed their plan to defeat Konoha and claim the Nine-Tails.
• Killer B attacked the Konoha ninja with the Eight-Tails’ tentacles, prompting Neji to awaken the Tenseigan and enter Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
• Killer B fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Neji, but Neji’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion forced it back and destroyed several mountains.
• Naruto praised Neji, then joined Kakashi in preparing to fight Raikage A and Ōnoki.

Naruto, Kakashi, and the Allied Shinobi forces fought Raikage A and Ōnoki, whose Rock Golem and Dust Release threatened Naruto. Gaara arrived to protect Naruto and helped him counter Ōnoki, but the Rock Golem remained largely unharmed as Naruto prepared to attack it with Rasenshuriken.

• Naruto and Kakashi fought Raikage A and Ōnoki, with Kakashi using Kamui to divert Ōnoki's Dust Release attack.
• Ōnoki empowered the Rock Golem, which knocked Naruto away and came crashing down on him.
• Gaara arrived from Sunagakure and stopped the Rock Golem with sand, then helped Naruto face Ōnoki.
• Gaara's sand waves overwhelmed Ōnoki's Dust Release, and Naruto struck the Rock Golem with a Big Ball Rasengan without breaking through its defenses.
• Gaara and Naruto agreed to break the Rock Golem's defenses, and Naruto launched Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.

Naruto and his allies faced the assembled Raikage A, Ōnoki, and Mizukage as the three villages pressed their attack on Konoha. Naruto released Kurama and joined forces with him, while Minato appeared inside the sealing space and Kushina stopped him from interfering.

• Naruto destroyed Ōnoki's stone giant with Rasenshuriken, then used Flying Thunder God to attack Ōnoki while Gaara pursued him with Sand Hand.
• The Mizukage arrived and joined Ōnoki and Raikage A, surrounding Naruto, Gaara, and Kakashi as the three Kage declared their intention to take Konoha.
• Neji struck down Killer B in his Complete Tailed Beast Transformation and challenged the three Kage, surprising Naruto and the Konoha forces with his power.
• Naruto asked the Kage to end the war, but they refused, so he entered the sealing space to ask Kushina and Kurama for their strength.
• Minato tried to stop Naruto from removing the seal, but Kushina dragged him aside, and Naruto freed Kurama and bumped fists with him.

Obito and Kabuto prepared to exploit the villages’ depleted forces, then entered the battlefield with the White Zetsu army and an army of reanimated dead. The chapter ended as Mu began summoning more reanimated fighters and Kakashi recognized the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

• Kurama and Gyuki resumed fighting as reinforcements poured into the battlefield, and Tsunade ordered Konoha’s available ninjas to join them.
• Obito confirmed Kabuto’s reanimated army and Zetsu’s White Zetsu army were ready, then left the Kamui Dimension with Zetsu.
• Kabuto summoned four coffins as Kurama and Gyuki’s Tailed Beast Bombs collided, and Obito appeared between the two beasts with a Rinnegan.
• Raikage A attacked Obito but passed through him, and Obito repelled him with a Kamui-twisted fire technique.
• The coffins revealed four reanimated Kage, then Mu began summoning more dead ninjas as Kakashi identified the technique as Impure World Reincarnation.

Obito fought the Allied forces with resurrected Kage and an Impure World Army while targeting the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails to revive the Ten-Tails. As the tailed beasts shielded the Konoha forces from the summoned Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Tetsuya examined a Shinigami Mask in the Federation’s capital.

• The Fourth Raikage A charged Obito, but the resurrected Impure World Raikage intercepted him and urged him to fight for the village.
• Obito ordered the remaining Impure World Kage and army to attack, then demanded that the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails return to the Ten-Tails.
• Kurama explained to Naruto that the Sage of Six Paths had divided the Ten-Tails into nine tailed beasts, and Naruto realized Obito meant to revive it and activate a dangerous jutsu.
• Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails shielded the Konoha forces from its attack.
• Tetsuya examined a Shinigami Mask in the Federation’s capital while Orochimaru watched after visiting the confined Jiraiya.

Tetsuya summoned the Shinigami to release the souls sealed by the Reaper Death Seal, then tested whether his bond to the Evil God Space could protect him from the death god. The Shinigami failed to seize Tetsuya's soul and fled, but the Shinigami Mask cracked as he vanished.

• Tobirama and Izuna warned Tetsuya against summoning the Shinigami, while Orochimaru offered to attempt the ritual himself.
• Tetsuya refused their suggestions, put on the Shinigami Mask, and summoned the Shinigami.
• The Shinigami cut open his belly, releasing three clusters of Reincarnation Flames while the same wound appeared on Tetsuya.
• Tetsuya used Death Controlling Possessed Blood to stab himself, causing a matching wound to appear on the Shinigami.
• The Shinigami tried to take Tetsuya's soul but failed because Tetsuya was bound to the Evil God Space, then fled.
• Tetsuya called after the fleeing Shinigami, but the Shinigami Mask cracked before he could finish speaking.

Tetsuya released Jiraiya and gave him Orochimaru’s scroll containing the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to use against the threat uniting the Five Great Shinobi Villages. On the battlefield, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path overpowered the tailed beasts and seized Gyuki.

• Tetsuya let Jiraiya go, restored his chakra, and explained that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had united against a shadowy enemy with the Rinnegan and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Tetsuya gave Jiraiya Orochimaru’s Transcription Seal Scroll and relayed Orochimaru’s challenge to his former disciple.
• Obito ordered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to attack the allied forces, and Naruto and Killer B sent the Nine-Tails and the Eight-Tails forward to fight it.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path broke through the tailed beasts’ combined attack and swallowed Gyuki’s Tailed Beast Bomb with its chains.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path grabbed Gyuki and bit down on the Eight-Tails.

Gyuki and Kurama fought Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but the statue drained Kurama’s chakra and forced him back into Naruto’s seal. Naruto struck Obito and shattered his mask, revealing him as Kakashi’s former comrade, before a masked figure rescued Naruto and Rin was wounded after recognizing the figure.

• Gyuki escaped the statue’s grasp with a tentacle decoy, then joined Kurama in attacking it and knocking Obito from its shoulder.
• The statue’s chakra dragon drained Kurama, so Kushina and Minato resealed him while Gyuki distracted Obito.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God and a Rasengan to knock Obito from the air, shattering his mask and revealing his face to Kakashi.
• Obito kicked Naruto toward the statue, but a white-masked figure used Flying Thunder God to rescue him.
• Obito attacked the rescuer with Wood Release, and Rin was struck by the flying branches after recognizing the figure.

Obito battled the masked Three-Tails Jinchūriki, only to discover she was Rin after extracting Isobu and killing her. He stood frozen as he realized he had killed the person he had spent years searching for.

• Naruto recognized the masked Three-Tails Jinchūriki as Sister Aoi, and Obito attacked her while Naruto tried to intervene.
• Obito summoned Roshi and the other Six Paths puppets, who engaged Naruto and kept him occupied.
• Black Zetsu restrained Rin long enough for Obito to pierce her with a Black Rod and extract Isobu.
• Obito removed Rin’s mask and heard her call him a bastard before she fell dead.
• Obito realized Rin had survived the war and that he had killed her with his own hands.

After the Three-Tails was sealed and the Ten-Tails began to form, Obito nearly broke down after killing Rin, but Black Zetsu reminded him of the Eye of the Moon Plan. Obito confronted Kakashi, revealed that he had caused the Nine-Tails' Attack, and vanished with him into the Kamui Dimension; meanwhile, Tsunade saved Naruto before Jiraiya arrived on Gamabunta.

• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path transformed into the Ten-Tails' first form, while Black Zetsu tried to keep Obito focused on their plan after Rin's death.
• Black Zetsu reminded Obito that capturing the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails would let them launch the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Obito regained his resolve.
• Kakashi attacked Obito, who taunted him about Rin and confessed that he had unleashed the Nine-Tails and caused Minato and his wife's deaths.
• Obito and Kakashi activated Kamui and disappeared from the battlefield together, while Black Zetsu said they still had a backup plan.
• The Six Paths Puppets overwhelmed Naruto until Tsunade arrived and knocked Han into the ground, but the enemy jinchūriki continued the fight.
• Jiraiya arrived on Gamabunta, forcing the Six Paths Puppet jinchūriki back and startling Naruto and Tsunade.

Jiraiya returned to the battlefield and revealed that Chiba Tetsuya had engineered the war, while the Allied Shinobi Forces fought to contain Obito’s forces. As Gaara nearly sealed the Reanimated Four Kage, Madara Uchiha arrived and was identified as the Asura of the Ninja World.

• Jiraiya and Gamabunta held back the Six Paths Puppets Jinchūriki, and Jiraiya told Naruto and Tsunade that Chiba Tetsuya had started the war.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Naruto fought the Jinchūriki while Black Zetsu ordered Kabuto Yakushi to revive Madara Uchiha as a contingency.
• Kabuto called Tetsuya, who sent Madara to the battlefield through a portal opened by Izuna.
• Naruto and his companions defeated Obito’s five puppet Jinchūriki, while the Allied Shinobi Forces defeated the Reanimated Four Kage and tried to seal them.
• Madara crashed down and destroyed Gaara’s sealing technique, and Ōnoki recognized him as the Asura of the Ninja World.

Kakashi and Obito fought their final battle inside the Kamui Dimension, where Obito could not rely on his usual intangibility. Their fight ended with Kakashi piercing Obito’s heart with Lightning Blade as Obito drove a black rod through Kakashi’s shoulder.

• Kakashi attacked Obito with his lightning-coated swordsmanship while Obito defended with black rods and searched for an opening.
• Obito struck Kakashi’s hand, disarmed him, and forced him into close combat before using Kakashi’s hand to form seals for a Great Fireball Technique.
• Kakashi blocked the fireball with an Earth-Style Wall, but Obito used the smoke to attack from behind and tried to finish him with a black rod.
• Kakashi’s underground clone caught Obito, but Obito revealed that the clone was bait and stabbed at Kakashi with his other rod.
• Kakashi transformed into lightning to shock Obito, then kicked him down and charged with Lightning Blade.
• Kakashi pierced Obito’s heart as Obito’s black rod pierced Kakashi’s shoulder.

Madara Uchiha joined the battlefield and attacked the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ Kage while Kabuto Yakushi directed the Reanimated Four Kage. The four Kage fought Madara as Jiraiya and Tsunade engaged the reanimated opponents, while Naruto went to help Killer B and Neji against the Ten-Tails.

• Madara Uchiha appeared on the battlefield, and Kabuto Yakushi explained that Madara was a special reanimation.
• Jiraiya recognized Kabuto as Orochimaru’s former student, who had joined the Akatsuki.
• Madara charged the four Kage, knocked Raikage A aside, and struck Gaara through his sand defenses.
• The four Kage attacked Madara together, but Kabuto stopped the Reanimated Four Kage from joining the fight.
• Kabuto sent the Reanimated Four Kage against Jiraiya and Tsunade, while Naruto went to help Killer B and Neji fight the Ten-Tails.

Jiraiya used Orochimaru’s scroll to summon Hashirama, Hiruzen, and Minato with Impure World Reincarnation, and Madara immediately challenged Hashirama. As Naruto sensed Minato on the battlefield and Obito returned from the Kamui Dimension, Obito found himself bewildered by the giant Susanoo and wooden figure.

• Jiraiya summoned Hashirama, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Minato with Impure World Reincarnation to face Kabuto Yakushi and the Reanimated Four Kage.
• Tsunade recognized Hashirama as her grandfather, while Hiruzen and Minato assessed the battlefield and learned that the shinobi world faced a war and the Ten-Tails.
• Madara charged at Hashirama, and the two clashed before Hashirama created a giant wooden figure to face Madara’s Susanoo.
• Minato sensed Naruto fighting nearby, and Naruto sensed Minato and called out to his father.
• Obito escaped the Kamui Dimension after Kakashi pierced his heart and emerged to find Hashirama’s wooden giant facing Madara’s Susanoo.

Hashirama and Madara clashed with matching Wood Release techniques, and Madara defeated Hashirama in their battle. The shock wave knocked Obito unconscious and injured the Raikage and Kazekage, while Tsunade's group prepared to seal the Reanimated Kage blocking their path.

• Hashirama and Madara argued over whether peace through mutual understanding was possible, then summoned matching True Several Thousand Hands techniques and unleashed a devastating clash.
• The shock wave tore across the battlefield, shattered the Reanimated fighters, and caused Obito to cough up blood and fall headfirst to the ground.
• Madara defeated Hashirama, whose scattered Reanimated Body began slowly reassembling in an abyss while Madara waited nearby.
• Minato, Jiraiya, and Tsunade prepared to help Hashirama, but the Reanimated Four Kage blocked them on orders from the hooded man.
• Ōnoki and Mei Terumi joined Tsunade's group, who learned the Raikage and Kazekage had been knocked unconscious and taken for treatment.
• Jiraiya proposed sealing the Reanimated Kage because their bodies could not be killed.

Black Zetsu revived the injured Obito, who returned to the battlefield and ordered the Ten-Tails to attack the Allied Shinobi Forces. The Ten-Tails transformed into its second form and overwhelmed the combined assault of the Eight-Tails, the Nine-Tails, and Neji.

• Black Zetsu used a White Zetsu to heal Obito and told him that Madara had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Obito spotted Minato, then evaded Kakashi’s Lightning Blade by using Kamui and reappeared atop the Ten-Tails.
• Naruto urged Obito to abandon his plan, but Obito declared that nobody in the Shinobi World could judge or condemn him and commanded the Ten-Tails.
• The Ten-Tails transformed into its second form and gathered an enormous Tailed Beast Bomb.
• The Eight-Tails, the Nine-Tails, and Neji combined their attacks against the Ten-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb, but their assault was swept aside.

Naruto, Neji, and Gyuki attacked Obito Uchiha while Madara Uchiha recovered his Rinnegan and resumed fighting Hashirama. As the Allied Shinobi Forces gained ground, Black Zetsu sent out the White Zetsu Army, and the Kage divided their forces to confront the escalating threats.

• Naruto, Neji, and Gyuki charged Obito Uchiha together, while Madara Uchiha sensed Black Zetsu nearby at the Abyss.
• Black Zetsu returned Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan, and Madara replaced his Sharingan before challenging Hashirama to fight again.
• The major Shinobi Villages sent their Ninja to join the Allied Shinobi Forces, prompting Black Zetsu to order the White Zetsu Army into battle.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Reanimated Four Kage defeated and sealed the Reanimated Four Kage, freeing Konoha's strongest fighters.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent himself and Minato to support Hashirama, directed Tsunade and Jiraiya to help Naruto's group, and ordered Mei Terumi and Ōnoki to aid the fight against the reanimated Ninja.