Recaps

Kaguya transformed into a giant rabbit-like beast and resumed fighting Madara while Tetsuya explained that she could only be sealed, not killed. Tetsuya told Naruto the Fourth Shinobi World War had effectively ended because the villages’ forces were gone, delayed reviving the dead to prevent renewed fighting, and went to end the battle himself.

• Kaguya transformed into a gigantic rabbit with a crimson Rinnegan, and Madara fought her again.
• Tetsuya explained that Kaguya’s consciousness had faltered, allowing the God Tree to take control, and said she could only be sealed again.
• Naruto offered to return Hagoromo’s power, but Hagoromo and Tetsuya told him to keep it for the future.
• Kaguya regained her human form and fought Madara with greater control of the God Tree’s power.
• Tetsuya told Naruto the war was already over because the villages had lost the forces needed to keep fighting, and said he would revive the dead later.
• Tetsuya rose into the air and charged toward Madara and Kaguya to end their battle.

Tetsuya joined Madara’s battle against Kaguya and took over, astonishing her by matching her techniques and using abilities associated with the Ōtsutsuki. The fight continued as Tetsuya unleashed a Nine-Headed Dragon attack against Kaguya.

• Tetsuya arrived, and Madara stepped aside after saying he believed he could defeat Kaguya but agreed to let Tetsuya end the fight sooner.
• Kaguya attacked Tetsuya with Eighty-Eight Gods Vacuum Attack, and Tetsuya countered with the identical technique.
• Kaguya used All-Killing Ash Bones and Yomotsu Hirasaka, but Tetsuya matched her techniques and kicked her into a glacier.
• Tetsuya struck the glacier with Kinshiki Otsutsuki’s Kama technique, then attacked Kaguya with Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s Crimson Spiral.
• Kaguya wondered whether Tetsuya had been sent by the Ōtsutsuki Clan to hunt her, as Tetsuya attacked her from behind with Inukai Takeru no Mikoto.

After defeating Kaguya, Tetsuya persuaded her to negotiate and promised to restore her body. Naruto and Neji returned to Konoha with the injured survivors, while Tetsuya gathered Kaguya, Hagoromo, Madara, and Izuna to discuss a business opportunity.

• Tetsuya stopped fighting Kaguya and convinced her to talk, offering to retrieve her sealed body and revive her.
• Tetsuya told Naruto to return to Konoha with Neji and help restore the village.
• Tetsuya sent the three injured patients through a portal on their hospital beds to his villa in Konoha.
• Naruto and Neji decided to stay at the villa until Tsunade and the others recovered and could advise them.
• At the Federation's President's Residence, Tetsuya told Kaguya and the others that he wanted partners for a profitable business venture.

Tetsuya persuaded Kaguya to join his plan to pursue Ōtsutsuki clan members and use them to grow God Trees, showing her Neji’s Karma as proof that more Ōtsutsuki had reached the shinobi world. The group agreed to head to the moon to retrieve Kaguya’s body and seek out her other son’s descendants.

• Tetsuya explained that God Tree seedlings and fruits could serve as the profit in a business deal with Kaguya.
• Jigen emerged from a Space-Time Rift, greeted Kaguya, and joined Tetsuya at the table.
• Tetsuya told Kaguya that he wanted to target Ōtsutsuki clan members who came looking for her, and he summoned Neji to show her the Karma left by Urashiki Otsutsuki.
• Kaguya recognized Urashiki’s soul inside Neji’s Karma, considered Tetsuya’s plan, and agreed to become his business partner.
• Tetsuya welcomed Kaguya to the team and proposed that they first travel to the moon to retrieve her body and visit her other son’s descendants.

Tetsuya revealed that Hamura’s descendants on the moon had once planned to destroy the shinobi world, then led the group to the moon to retrieve Kaguya’s body. They found a temple guarding the weak point in the seal, where a spectral figure appeared as Tetsuya began to break it.

• Tetsuya told Hagoromo that Gamamaru had revealed the God Tree’s secret to Hagoromo and Hamura, and that Hamura’s descendants later tried but failed to destroy the shinobi world.
• Izuna opened a Space-Time Gate, and Tetsuya, Kaguya, Hagoromo, Madara Uchiha, and Izuna traveled to the moon.
• Kaguya identified the weak point above the place where her body was sealed, and Tetsuya opened a golden portal to an underground temple.
• Hagoromo recognized the temple as a seal connected to Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei and warned that it protected the seal’s weakest point.
• Tetsuya pressed his hand against the temple, causing it to tremble, but a spectral figure appeared and shouted for him to stop.

Tetsuya broke into the lunar temple to undo its seal and retrieve Kaguya’s real body, while Hagoromo explained the situation to Hamura. The temple collapsed as Tetsuya pulled Kaguya’s body from the sealing array, leaving her revival within reach.

• Hamura appeared as a soul and was shocked to find Kaguya free, while Tetsuya teased him and Hagoromo.
• Tetsuya told Hamura that Hagoromo had helped bring Kaguya there to recover her body and revive her.
• Kaguya grew furious at the temple’s reliefs and destroyed the statue depicting her sealing.
• Hagoromo explained the Shinobi World’s history to Hamura and said Tetsuya would revive them both so they could return to the Shinobi World.
• Tetsuya deciphered the temple seal, collapsed the underground temple, and dragged Kaguya’s real body out of the golden sealing array by the neck.

Kaguya reclaimed her original body, and Madara recovered his Rinnegan while Tetsuya preserved the weakened Obito. Tetsuya then revealed that the Box of Ultimate Bliss had created Gō, who had become Chiba Satoru, leaving Hagoromo awkwardly connected to Tetsuya’s grandson as his creator.

• Tetsuya pulled Kaguya’s original body from the formation, and Kaguya transferred her chakra and life force back into it.
• Madara removed his Rinnegan from Obito and returned Tetsuya’s eyes, while Tetsuya restored Obito’s Kamui eye.
• Tetsuya sealed Obito’s chakra and placed him in the Box of Ultimate Bliss after Madara denied feeling guilty for using him.
• Hagoromo explained that the box had created Gō, and Tetsuya said he had helped Gō become a real person.
• Izuna told Madara that Gō was Chiba Satoru, prompting Madara to realize that the Sage of Six Paths had created Tetsuya’s grandson.

Tetsuya resurrected Hamura and met Toneri and Hamura’s descendants on the moon. He returned to the Shinobi World with Kaguya, Hagoromo, Madara, and Izuna, while Hamura stayed behind to help his clan prepare to leave.

• Tetsuya used Husky to resurrect Hamura, who reunited emotionally with Hagoromo.
• Toneri and the black-clad members of Hamura’s clan arrived at the underground cavern and recognized the ancestors.
• Tetsuya asked Hamura to find out whether his descendants would return to the Shinobi World, and Hamura confirmed they all wanted to leave.
• Toneri asked for time to gather the clan’s possessions, and Hamura agreed to take everyone back after they packed.
• Tetsuya, Madara, Izuna, Kaguya, and Hagoromo returned through a Space-Time Gate, leaving Hamura to prepare the clan’s departure.

Naruto told Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kakashi how Kaguya had been revived and defeated, and explained that the Chiba Clan's older brother might restore those killed in the war. The survivors turned to Konoha's urgent recovery, with Jiraiya noting that the village had lost nearly an entire generation of ninja.

• Jiraiya woke in a villa after the battlefield disaster, and Naruto told him the war had ended when Madara Uchiha's Tengai Shinsei killed everyone there.
• Naruto reunited with Tsunade and Kakashi, then recounted Black Zetsu's betrayal, Kaguya's revival, and Chiba Tetsuya's battle against her.
• Naruto identified the Chiba Clan's older brother as the person whose Konoha villa sheltered them, while Jiraiya questioned his identity and age.
• Kakashi urged the group to focus on what Konoha should do next rather than matters beyond their reach.
• Naruto said the Chiba Clan's older brother had promised to revive everyone killed on the battlefield, and Jiraiya said they first needed to reassure the village.
• Jiraiya reflected that Konoha had spent its reserves and lost nearly an entire generation of ninja.

Tetsuya ordered Shinada to publicize the Shinobi War’s devastation and the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ weakness, prompting Konoha and the nations to react. The Daimyo of the Land of Wind condemned Sunagakure and announced that he would abolish it.

• Tetsuya learned that the daimyo were largely indifferent to the war and ordered Shinada to publicize Madara Uchiha’s slaughter and the villages’ defenseless state.
• Shinada’s report spread through Konoha, where wounded ninja tried to return to the front to fight or bring back their fallen comrades.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Kakashi arrived at Konoha’s gates as villagers crowded them for answers.
• The daimyo investigated and confirmed that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had been crippled, then convened advisors to discuss what to do.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind blamed Sunagakure for joining the war without permission and announced that he would abolish the village.

The small nations declared the First Shinobi World Federation, prompting the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to demand answers from Chiba Ryo. After Tetsuya refused his call, the furious daimyo ordered Konoha to assemble a force and bring Chiba Ryo to him.

• Shinada of the Salamander reported that the Land of Wind and the Land of Water had abolished their shinobi villages, while Konoha had secured continued funding from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
• Nagato argued that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had lost their strength in the war, and Tetsuya ordered the Federation to reveal itself and prepare for a world war.
• The small nations announced the First Shinobi World Federation, with its capital in the Land of Grass and Chiba Ryo as president.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind, the Daimyo of the Land of Water, and the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning condemned the Federation, while the Daimyo of the Land of Fire tried to call Tetsuya and was refused.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire ordered Konoha to assemble a force and bring Chiba Ryo to him, threatening to abolish Konoha if it refused.

Tsunade and Jiraiya worried over the Daimyo’s order to retrieve Chiba Ryo, but Jiraiya left for Mount Myōboku after Fukasaku summoned him to hear the Great Toad Sage’s final prophecy. The Great Toad Sage died after declaring that peace would soon come and that the Evil God, the sage, and the king of the world would leave the shinobi world for the stars; Kaguya then appeared at Mount Myōboku.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed delaying the Daimyo’s mission to the Land of Grass because they feared the power behind the Federation and Chiba Ryo’s connections.
• Fukasaku arrived in the Hokage Office and told Jiraiya that the Great Toad Sage was dying and had one final prophecy for him.
• Jiraiya went with Fukasaku to Mount Myōboku, where the Toads had gathered outside the Temple.
• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya that his prophecy had changed and that peace would soon arrive as the Evil God, the sage, and the king of the world headed for the stars.
• The Great Toad Sage died, and the Toads mourned him inside the Temple.
• Kaguya appeared at Mount Myōboku and remarked that the Great Toad Sage had already died and gotten off easy.

Kaguya appeared on Mount Myōboku seeking Gamamaru, but learned that the Great Toad Sage had died before she arrived. Jiraiya recognized her as the Rabbit Goddess and explained to Fukasaku and Shima how the recent Shinobi World War had been manipulated to free her, leaving the toads stunned by his account.

• Kaguya arrived on Mount Myōboku, and Jiraiya confronted her with Fukasaku and Shima.
• Kaguya identified herself and said she had come looking for Gamamaru, who had died before she could reach him.
• Jiraiya recognized Kaguya as the Rabbit Goddess, and Kaguya departed without attacking the toads.
• Fukasaku and Shima realized Kaguya had likely come to take revenge on Gamamaru for helping seal her away.
• Jiraiya told Fukasaku and Shima that the Shinobi World War had been engineered to break Kaguya's seal, then recounted Naruto's account of Black Zetsu and the merchant who opposed him.
• Fukasaku and Shima struggled to believe Jiraiya's story about the merchant's power and Kaguya joining his side.

Hagoromo and Hamura arrived at Mount Myōboku and learned that Gamamaru had died before Kaguya came, while Hagoromo apologized for his mother's actions. Meanwhile, Tetsuya began an economic war against the Five Great Nations, leaving the Land of Wind in a food crisis where one naan cost five hundred thousand ryo.

• Hagoromo and Hamura descended onto Mount Myōboku, where Fukasaku recognized them as the Sage of Six Paths and his younger brother.
• Hagoromo learned from Hamura that Gamamaru was dead and apologized to Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima for Kaguya's actions.
• Fukasaku told Hagoromo that Gamamaru had already died after leaving his final prophecy before Kaguya arrived.
• Tetsuya ordered an economic campaign that drove prices higher across the Five Great Nations.
• The Land of Wind's food merchants fled as prices surged, and an adviser told the daimyo that one naan cost five hundred thousand ryo.

Tetsuya exploited famine and rising costs in the Five Great Nations by inviting their citizens to migrate to the Federation, where refugees received housing and jobs. As people began leaving, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire learned that Konoha could not act because Jiraiya had been taken to Mount Myōboku.

• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind ordered grain distributed after advisers failed to offer a lasting solution to famine and mass flight.
• Shinada of the Salamander reported worsening conditions across the Five Great Nations, and Tetsuya ordered him to publicize the Federation’s offer to immigrants.
• Shinada and the Akatsuki spread news that the Federation provided low living costs, plentiful jobs, and enough food, while Yahiko arranged housing and work for refugees arriving in the Land of Rain.
• Citizens, especially from the Lands of Wind and Earth, began heading to the Federation as refugees praised their new lives.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire learned that many citizens had fled to the Federation and was told Konoha could not retrieve Tetsuya because Jiraiya had been taken to Mount Myōboku.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire ordered a National War against the Federation, and the other four Great Nations joined his call. With the Federation offering no response and Konoha refusing to participate, the Land of Fire's Daimyo ordered Konoha abolished and commanded the war to begin.

• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire ordered a recruitment drive and planned to invade the Federation in seven days.
• Tsunade dismissed the threat and said Konoha would stay out of the conflict while its ninja recovered.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind and then the other three Great Nations announced plans to join the war against the Federation.
• The five Daimyo secretly planned to pressure the Federation and the Chiba Commerce Association into negotiations, but Tetsuya had no intention of negotiating.
• As the march date approached, Konoha told the Land of Fire's Daimyo its ninja could not fight, so he ordered Konoha abolished and declared the National War would begin.

Tetsuya ordered the Federation’s forces to crush the five nations’ armies, while Zabuza prepared to fight on the Land of Hot Water’s coast. Kabuto returned with the collected battlefield cells and realized the enemy’s enormous army was mostly starving civilians rather than trained soldiers.

• Representatives reported that the five nations had launched attacks across several borders, and Tetsuya ordered the Federation to mobilize and end the war.
• Zabuza received orders at the Land of Hot Water’s front and prepared for battle with Haku.
• Kabuto Yakushi returned to the President’s Residence with scrolls containing cells collected from the Shinobi World War’s dead.
• Tetsuya told Kabuto he would not need to collect cells from the current war’s dead and asked how long the five nations’ armies could resist.
• Kabuto recalled that the nations had largely disbanded their armies after the ninja villages were established and concluded that most of the newly assembled troops were starving people drafted to fill the ranks.

Tetsuya’s Federation routed the Five Great Nations’ armies in two days and began advancing on their capitals. As the Federation entered the Land of Fire, Jiraiya returned to Konoha with a prophecy that led Tsunade to order the village sealed off and wait for the King of the World to emerge.

• Tetsuya and Kabuto predicted that the Five Great Nations’ poorly motivated armies would collapse after a few defeats.
• The Federation’s ninja forces routed the Five Great Nations’ armies, and Tetsuya ordered a counteroffensive to capture the nations’ Daimyo alive.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha and learned from Tsunade that the Federation had entered the Land of Fire and was advancing toward the royal capital.
• Jiraiya shared the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy that peace was coming and that the Evil God, the sage, and the King of the World would leave the Shinobi World for the stars.
• Tsunade ordered Konoha sealed off, with no one allowed to leave, and chose to wait for the King of the World to emerge.

After the Federation defeated the Land of Fire’s army, the Daimyo refused to flee and prepared to face its forces with the Twelve Guardian Ninja. Sasuke Uchiha led a delegation to the Daimyo’s Mansion, where an Uchiha countered a Guardian Ninja’s Fire Release with a Great Fireball Technique.

• An attendant reported that Konoha had expelled the Land of Fire’s envoy and sealed off the village, while the Daimyo’s officials urged him to flee.
• The Daimyo refused to abandon his territory and called on the Twelve Guardian Ninja to protect him.
• After the Federation routed the Land of Fire’s army, its forces advanced toward the Daimyo’s Mansion.
• Sasuke Uchiha arrived at the mansion with the Uchiha Clan, and the Twelve Guardian Ninja recognized them.
• A Guardian Ninja attacked with Flame Bullet, and an Uchiha answered with Great Fireball Technique, swallowing the flames.

The Federation captured the daimyo of the Land of Fire, completing its conquest of the Five Nations, and Tetsuya agreed to revive Hashirama at Tobirama’s request. Hashirama appeared before Madara, who greeted him with excitement.

• Sasuke and the Uchiha Clan of the Federation captured the daimyo of the Land of Fire and brought him away from his mansion.
• Ibuse Jindai told Tetsuya that all Five Nations’ daimyo had been captured and were being brought back to the Federation.
• Madara asked why Tetsuya planned to keep the daimyo alive, and Tetsuya said they would help him integrate the Five Nations.
• Tobirama asked Tetsuya to revive Hashirama, and Tetsuya agreed before vanishing into the Golden Space.
• Tobirama told Madara and Izuna that Hashirama could grow stronger through God Tree Seeds or Fruits, then Tetsuya returned with Hashirama.
• Madara excitedly stood up and called out to Hashirama.

Hashirama reunited with Madara and Tobirama, then learned that Tetsuya had ended the Shinobi World War and would not age or die. Tetsuya explained how Madara’s attack on Konoha and Hashirama’s relief funds helped him discover his ability and start his business.

• Madara activated Six Paths Mode to celebrate Hashirama’s return, while Tobirama revealed he had asked Tetsuya to resurrect his brother.
• Hashirama learned that the Shinobi World War and the wider world war had ended, and Tetsuya explained that he had attacked the other countries’ daimyo as the Federation’s President.
• Hashirama questioned whether Tetsuya’s use of force could bring lasting peace, and Tetsuya said he would not die.
• Tobirama told Hashirama that Tetsuya was the Chiba clan’s last descendant and had looked the same since Tobirama first met him.
• Tetsuya credited Madara’s attack on Konoha with revealing his ability and Hashirama’s relief funds with providing the money for his first ramen shop.
• Madara laughed that his attack had helped create Tetsuya, Hashirama agreed, and Tobirama objected that Tetsuya would have succeeded anyway.

After the war, Tetsuya took control of the Five Great Nations and prepared a major livestream announcement, while Hashirama learned that Madara had acted to stop the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The broadcast began with a view of an enormous square, but Tetsuya’s announcement had not yet been revealed.

• Tobirama explained to Hashirama that Black Zetsu had deceived Madara and that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would turn people into White Zetsu.
• Tetsuya sensed that Kaguya remained in the shinobi world, where she sat alone in a bamboo grove.
• The five nations’ daimyo arrived at the Federation’s President’s Residence, and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire recognized Tetsuya as the young man he had known decades earlier.
• Tetsuya used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make the five daimyo agree to help him in a few days.
• On the seventh day after the war, the Federation took control of the Five Great Nations and announced that Tetsuya would make an important statement in a livestream three days later.
• The livestream began by showing an enormous square with a stage at its center.

Tetsuya united the Five Great Nations into the Federation during a livestream, declaring himself its head of state and the world’s only king. As he prepared to resurrect the dead before the world, the Uchiha attacked Konoha, where Naruto confronted Sasuke.

• Deidara and Sasori livestreamed Tetsuya’s ceremony as officials and the five Daimyo gathered onstage.
• Tetsuya recounted the shinobi world’s history of division, and the five Daimyo surrendered their tokens and authority to him.
• Tetsuya proclaimed the Federation as the shinobi world’s sole nation and himself as its only king.
• Tetsuya planned to resurrect those killed in the Shinobi War, the Uchiha Clan, and Minato and his wife during the livestream.
• The Uchiha Clan attacked Konoha after Tetsuya gave them permission to force the village’s dissolution, and Sasuke broke through its gates with Susanoo.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Might Guy fought the Uchiha until Naruto confronted Sasuke in Kurama Mode.

Hashirama and Madara stopped Naruto and Sasuke’s battle and called for an end to the fighting in Konoha. Hashirama declared that the Hidden Leaf Village was disbanded, beginning a new era beyond the shinobi villages.

• Naruto and Sasuke fought through Susanoo, Kurama Mode, and ninjutsu before charging at each other with Rasengan and Chidori.
• Hashirama stopped their final attacks, and Madara accused Naruto of hiding the Six Paths power he had received from the Sage of Six Paths.
• Hashirama, Madara, Naruto, and Sasuke went to the other battlefields and stopped the fighting.
• Hashirama told Konoha’s forces that the war had ended and that the dead would be resurrected.
• Hashirama said the shinobi villages had strayed from their founders’ hopes and declared the Hidden Leaf Village disbanded.

Hashirama persuaded Tsunade to disband Konoha and join the Federation, while the livestream showed the Federation’s legendary supporters and began resurrecting those killed in the Shinobi War. In an underground chamber, Obito chose to sacrifice himself for the new world and began the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.

• Hashirama explained that the age of ninja villages had ended, and Tsunade agreed to disband Konoha after Madara said he would attack if it resisted the Federation.
• News of Konoha’s disbandment spread, and many villagers chose to leave while Tsunade, Jiraiya, and others stayed to watch the Federation’s livestream.
• The livestream showed Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and Hamura Otsutsuki backing the Federation.
• Tetsuya ordered the resurrection ceremony, and Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju used modified Impure World Reincarnation and White Zetsu sacrifices to revive the war dead.
• Tetsuya promised Obito he would see Rin in a peaceful world, but Obito refused to appear publicly and asked Tetsuya to apologize to Minato-sensei and Kushina.
• Obito formed hand seals and began the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.