Recaps

Uchiha Yao cleared Orochimaru's name publicly and appointed him director of the new Konoha First Science and Technology Research Institute. He then assigned Kabuto Yakushi to assist Orochimaru, leaving them ready to begin their work together.

• Uchiha Yao revoked Orochimaru's arrest warrants, restored his title as one of Konoha's Sannin, and received Orochimaru's pledge of loyalty to Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao established the Konoha First Science and Technology Research Institute and appointed Orochimaru as its first director.
• Shikaku Nara continued exposing Shimura Danzō's crimes and the Third Hokage's misconduct to the public.
• Uchiha Yao visited Orochimaru at the Eastern Research District and explained that the institute's researchers might struggle to keep up with him.
• Uchiha Yao transferred Kabuto Yakushi from the Medical Department to become Orochimaru's assistant, and Kabuto eagerly accepted the appointment.

After learning that Orochimaru had returned to Konoha, Jiraiya rushed back and reunited with him at the Research Institute. Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru met over drinks, where Tsunade warned Orochimaru against repeating his past crimes and Jiraiya urged them to give him another chance.

• Jiraiya received Shikaku Nara's message that Orochimaru had been cleared of his past crimes and appointed director of Konoha's First Research Institute.
• Jiraiya abandoned his hot spring outing and returned to Konoha, where he found Orochimaru working in the Research Institute.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru exchanged familiar barbs and laughed together before deciding to invite Tsunade to reunite.
• Tsunade confronted Orochimaru at an izakaya and warned him not to conduct illicit human experiments or harm anyone in the village.
• Orochimaru promised to follow Konoha's rules, and Jiraiya urged Tsunade and Orochimaru to leave the past behind and give him another chance.

After the Sannin reunited over drinks, Uchiha Yao summoned Kakashi and told him they needed to deal with Obito. Kakashi recalled their past and steeled himself to confront the friend who had become a threat to the Shinobi World.

• Tsunade agreed to trust Orochimaru because Yao had allowed him back into Konoha, and the three Sannin drank together.
• More than ten days later, Uchiha Yao summoned Kakashi and said it was time to deal with Obito.
• Kakashi offered to mobilize the ANBU and intelligence division, but Uchiha Yao said he had another way to find Obito.
• Uchiha Yao asked Kakashi whether he had steeled himself to face Obito, who had killed Minato and sought to destroy the Shinobi World.
• Kakashi remembered Obito's sacrifice at Kannabi Bridge, Rin's death, and Obito's role in the Nine-Tails attack, then resolved that his pain did not excuse harming others.

Uchiha Yao resurrected Rin Nohara and reunited her with Kakashi, who then began explaining how Obito survived and became Konoha’s enemy. Rin learned that Madara manipulated events surrounding her death, and Kakashi revealed that Obito had witnessed her throw herself onto his Lightning Cutter.

• Kakashi vowed to confront Obito himself if Obito refused to change.
• Uchiha Yao summoned the adult Rin Nohara he had resurrected, leaving Kakashi stunned and overjoyed.
• Uchiha Yao asked Kakashi to tell Rin the truth about Obito’s survival, the Nine-Tails’ attack, and his plans for the Shinobi World.
• Rin questioned how Obito could have survived and become responsible for Minato’s death and the threat to the world.
• Kakashi explained that Uchiha Madara rescued Obito and manipulated events, including Rin’s abduction and the sealing of the Three-Tails inside her.
• Kakashi revealed that Obito had arrived in time to see Rin throw herself onto Kakashi’s Lightning Cutter.

Kakashi told Rin Nohara how Obito had joined Madara, attacked Konoha with the Nine-Tails, and caused Minato and Kushina’s deaths, and Rin vowed to help stop him. As Kakashi took Rin around Konoha, he explained that Uchiha Yao had united the shinobi villages and nations, leaving the Shinobi World at peace.

• Kakashi explained that Madara had manipulated Obito into pursuing the Infinite Tsukuyomi and that Obito had later attacked Konoha with the Nine-Tails, leading to Minato and Kushina’s deaths.
• Rin Nohara grieved for Obito but agreed with Kakashi that they had to stop him from continuing down his path.
• Uchiha Yao gave Kakashi and Rin a day off to reunite and said he had personal matters to handle before pursuing Obito.
• Kakashi led Rin through Konoha, where she marveled at the village’s growth and changed streets.
• Kakashi told Rin that Uchiha Yao had united the shinobi villages and former nations under Konoha, ending wars across the Shinobi World.

Kakashi took Rin Nohara on a day trip around Konoha, where they shared ramen and caught up with old friends. Might Guy recognized Rin after Kakashi explained that the Hokage had brought her back to life, then left them to continue their walk.

• Rin Nohara admired peaceful Konoha and told Kakashi she wanted to help protect it.
• Kakashi showed Rin around the shopping street and treated her to ramen at Ichiraku, where Teuchi failed to recognize her at first.
• Might Guy burst into the shop and challenged Kakashi to a duel, then asked who Rin was.
• Kakashi told Might Guy that Rin Nohara had been brought back to life by the Hokage, and Might Guy finally recognized her.
• Might Guy invited Rin and Kakashi to go running, but Rin declined so she could enjoy her ramen and adjust to Konoha.
• Might Guy left in a burst of enthusiasm, and Rin and Kakashi shared a laugh before continuing their day together.

Uchiha Yao stripped Tsukuyomi from Uchiha Itachi and transformed it into Lunar Prison Reincarnation, then told Itachi that the Shinobi World had been unified and the Uchiha Clan had become its foremost clan. Itachi was left questioning what his sacrifices had been for.

• Uchiha Yao visited Uchiha Itachi in the Heavenly Imperial Space and used Divine: Return to Silence to strip away Tsukuyomi.
• Uchiha Yao integrated Tsukuyomi and evolved it into Lunar Prison Reincarnation, a technique that could trap its victim in an endless dream world.
• Uchiha Yao stopped the torment inside Itachi's crystal pillar and restored his ability to see and sense the outside world.
• Uchiha Yao told Itachi that the four great ninja villages and every nation had been incorporated into Konoha and the Land of Fire, unifying the Shinobi World.
• Uchiha Yao told Itachi that the Uchiha Clan had become the foremost great clan, leaving Itachi to wonder what his past actions had accomplished.

Uchiha Yao trapped Uchiha Itachi in [Lunar Prison Reincarnation] and forced him to relive the agony of having his eyes gouged out. He then placed Itachi inside a Genjutsu reenacting the Uchiha Clan’s massacre, where Itachi’s body was made to attack Sasuke.

• Uchiha Itachi admitted that Uchiha Yao had been right and begged him for death, but Uchiha Yao refused to release him.
• Uchiha Yao activated [Lunar Prison Reincarnation], trapping Itachi in a Genjutsu where his eyes were repeatedly gouged out.
• Uchiha Yao changed the Genjutsu to recreate the Night of the Clan Annihilation, and Itachi found himself at home after killing his parents.
• Uchiha Sasuke arrived and saw his parents’ bodies, while Itachi prepared to use [Tsukuyomi] on him.
• An external force took control of Itachi’s body, making him draw a Ninja Blade and aim it at Sasuke.

Uchiha Yao trapped Uchiha Itachi in Lunar Prison Reincarnation, forcing him to repeatedly kill Sasuke, then placed Hiruzen Sarutobi in the same genjutsu. Hiruzen awoke during the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha and joined the battle, only to discover that Minato was occupied by a masked enemy as the Nine-Tails began gathering chakra for an attack.

• Uchiha Itachi was forced to kill Sasuke through repeated nightmare cycles, and Uchiha Yao approved of the genjutsu's effects.
• Uchiha Yao activated Lunar Prison Reincarnation on Hiruzen Sarutobi, making him relive Konoha's destruction under his leadership.
• Hiruzen awoke on the Hokage Building terrace during the Nine-Tails' attack and summoned Enma to fight beside him.
• Hiruzen led Konoha shinobi against the Nine-Tails and learned that Minato was being held up by a masked enemy.
• The Nine-Tails stopped its rampage and began gathering black and white chakra in its mouth.

Hiruzen Sarutobi repeatedly relived Konoha’s destruction, first in a vision of the Nine-Tails’ attack and then in cycles caused by his decisions and increasingly powerful enemies. Each reset brought a new catastrophe, ending with the Otsutsuki annihilating Konoha again.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the Nine-Tails destroy Konoha with a Tailed Beast Ball and died as the village was reduced to ruins, then woke in his office.
• Mitokado Homura reported that the Hidden Cloud Village demanded a culprit for Hinata’s kidnapping, and Hiruzen ordered Hizashi Hyuga handed over despite Danzo’s objections.
• After Hizashi took his own life, the Hidden Cloud Village invaded, Iwagakure and Sunagakure abandoned their treaties, the Uchiha Hawk Faction rebelled, and Hyuga Hiashi led the Hyuga Clan out of Konoha; Hiruzen died amid the collapse.
• Hiruzen woke again as Deva Path Pain used Universal Pull to crush Konoha and its people, killing Hiruzen once more.
• Hiruzen returned for a fourth cycle as the Otsutsuki descended through a rift and destroyed Konoha and Hiruzen with a pillar of light.

Hiruzen Sarutobi endured another horrifying illusion created by Uchiha Yao, first waking beside Danzo and then being reduced to a chained dog while Danzo ruled Konoha. After Uchiha Yao returned to Konoha, Kakashi and the resurrected Rin Nohara headed to the Hokage Building to resolve matters involving Obito.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi woke beside Danzo, who claimed they shared a special bond, and panicked as Homura, Koharu, clan leaders, and ANBU saw them together.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi vomited blood from humiliation, causing the space to collapse and reset.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi found himself transformed into a chained dog as Danzo, wearing the Hokage Robe, mocked him before Konoha's cheering villagers and ninja.
• Uchiha Yao scoffed and left the Heavenly Imperial Space, returning to Konoha.
• The next morning, Kakashi and Rin Nohara walked toward the Hokage Building, where Kakashi said the day had come to resolve everything and see Obito.

Kakashi and Rin Nohara went with Uchiha Yao to confront Obito, but Yao arranged for Kakashi to speak with him first while Rin watched unseen. Obito had given up on the Moon Eye Plan when Kakashi arrived, and Rin watched him from a hidden space, silently crying.

• Kakashi and Rin Nohara told Uchiha Yao they were ready to face Obito, and Yao sent Kakashi ahead while keeping Rin hidden in a temporary space.
• Uchiha Obito despaired over the Moon Eye Plan's failure, while Black Zetsu urged him to keep waiting for a chance to defeat Uchiha Yao.
• Obito rejected Black Zetsu's pleas and said he had nothing left without Rin and could no longer even dream.
• Kakashi Hatake appeared in the cave, and Obito asked whether Uchiha Yao had come to crush him himself.
• Rin Nohara watched Obito from beside Uchiha Yao in the hidden space and cried silently.

Kakashi confronted Obito in the cavern and tried to turn him away from the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Obito rejected his pleas and clung to his plan. Kakashi challenged him to consider what Rin would think of his actions, leaving Obito shaken but still in denial.

• Rin Nohara watched Obito’s confrontation with Kakashi and realized that Obito had blamed the world for her death.
• Obito insisted that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would create a world without war or death, while Kakashi argued that real peace had already begun under Uchiha Yao.
• Kakashi and Obito exchanged several blows, with Kakashi gaining a slight advantage but failing to subdue him.
• Kakashi asked whether Rin would approve of Obito’s actions and reminded him that she loved Konoha and admired those who protected their comrades.
• Obito briefly showed uncertainty, then rejected Kakashi’s words and claimed that the real Rin had already been swallowed by the world’s hell.

Kakashi told Obito that Rin had been brought back to life, and Uchiha Yao revealed the living Rin to him. Obito recognized her, but terror at his changed appearance stopped him from approaching her.

• Black Zetsu urged Obito to blame Kakashi and Konoha for Rin's death, while Kakashi calmly told Obito that Rin was alive again.
• Obito rejected Kakashi's claim, and Black Zetsu insisted that Rin was only an Impure World Reincarnation puppet under Konoha's control.
• Kakashi called for Hokage-sama, and Uchiha Yao brought Rin Nohara out of the concealed space beside him.
• Obito recognized the adult Rin as real and felt overwhelmed with joy at seeing her alive.
• Obito began to approach Rin, then looked at his tattered robe and altered body and became terrified that she would see him that way.

Obito tried to escape Rin’s judgment, but Uchiha Yao’s Boundless Void prevented him from using Kamui. After Rin condemned his actions, Obito fled by leaping away, and a White Zetsu Clone emerged from the ground.

• Obito panicked and tried to use Kamui, but the technique failed, leaving him unable to enter the Kamui Dimension.
• Rin Nohara demanded that Obito explain what he had become, while Black Zetsu urged him to escape.
• Obito told Black Zetsu that Kamui would not work, and Uchiha Yao revealed that Boundless Void had sealed the surrounding space.
• Rin confronted Obito over his crimes and told him he had disappointed her, leaving him devastated.
• Obito leaped away from Rin, Kakashi, and Uchiha Yao, and a White Zetsu Clone burst out of the ground nearby.

Uchiha Yao stopped Obito and Black Zetsu from escaping by folding space and returning them to the cavern. After Obito gave up hope of activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi and charged at Yao, Yao restrained him and refused to let him die, so Obito begged Kakashi to kill him instead.

• Black Zetsu attached himself to Obito and used the Mayfly Technique to flee underground, but Uchiha Yao folded space and sent them back to the cavern.
• Obito and Black Zetsu repeatedly tried to escape aboveground and underground, but space returned them to Uchiha Yao each time.
• Obito concluded that his dream of creating a world with Rin was meaningless because the real Rin had returned and despised him, and he resolved to die.
• Obito charged at Uchiha Yao and demanded that he kill him, while Rin Nohara tried to intervene and Kakashi held her back.
• Uchiha Yao froze Obito in place and declared that he would not grant him death, so Obito begged Kakashi to kill him for old times' sake.

Kakashi refused Obito’s plea for death, and Rin begged Uchiha Yao to ease Obito’s suffering. As Obito repented, Black Zetsu escaped and realized that Uchiha Yao had ruined his thousand-year plan.

• Kakashi refused to kill Obito, saying he had to face the consequences of his choices.
• Rin Nohara knelt before Uchiha Yao and pleaded for Obito, but Kakashi pulled her up and urged her to build a new life in Konoha.
• Obito apologized to Rin and admitted that his plan to create a world with her had only been self-deception.
• Black Zetsu slipped out of the cave while everyone focused on Obito, and Uchiha Yao let him escape.
• After fleeing, Black Zetsu cursed Uchiha Yao and realized the Moon Eye Plan had collapsed.

Uchiha Yao imprisoned Obito and declared that he would face a public Uchiha Clan trial before receiving punishment as a traitor. After sending Kakashi and Rin Nohara back to the Hokage Building, Yao tracked down the fleeing Black Zetsu and caught him again.

• Black Zetsu fled farther away and vowed to rescue his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, despite the setback.
• Uchiha Yao sealed Obito's voice and imprisoned him in the Heavenly Imperial Space.
• Yao told Kakashi and Rin Nohara that Obito would face a public Uchiha Clan trial before Yao determined his punishment as Hokage.
• Kakashi reassured Rin that Yao would deliver a fair judgment, and Yao transported them back to the Hokage Building.
• Uchiha Yao used Causal Severance to locate Black Zetsu and hauled him out of the ground.

Uchiha Yao exposed Black Zetsu’s identity and his scheme to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki, then offered to help free her. Black Zetsu remained distrustful, and Yao said he would take him to see Kaguya soon.

• Uchiha Yao held Black Zetsu and revealed that he was Kaguya Otsutsuki’s will, created to bring her back from her lunar seal.
• Uchiha Yao explained that Black Zetsu had altered the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet to manipulate Uchiha Madara into pursuing Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Black Zetsu denied the accusations and told Uchiha Yao to kill him rather than expect him to plead for mercy.
• Uchiha Yao offered to help Black Zetsu rescue Kaguya Otsutsuki, but Black Zetsu disbelieved him and stayed silent.
• Uchiha Yao said he would take Black Zetsu to see Kaguya soon and told him to remain quiet until then.

Uchiha Yao imprisoned Black Zetsu and summoned Fugaku to arrange a gathering of the entire Uchiha Clan. At Naka Shrine, Yao revealed that he had captured Uchiha Obito, the traitor responsible for the Nine-Tails' attack.

• Uchiha Yao threw Black Zetsu into the Heavenly Imperial Space and sealed him inside a crystal prison.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Uchiha Fugaku to summon the clan to Naka Shrine for a public trial of Uchiha Obito.
• Fugaku recalled clansmen from missions and notified the elders and branch Jonin.
• The Uchiha gathered at Naka Shrine, where Sasuke and other clansmen wondered why they had been summoned.
• Uchiha Yao addressed the assembled clan and announced that he had personally apprehended Uchiha Obito for causing the Nine-Tails' attack.

Uchiha Yao publicly tried Uchiha Obito, expelled him from the clan, and gouged out his remaining Sharingan. He sentenced Obito to endless torment in the Heavenly Imperial Space and took him there after the trial.

• Uchiha Yao brought Uchiha Obito before the Uchiha clansmen, who cursed him for betraying the clan and causing the Nine-Tails attack.
• Uchiha Yao declared Obito expelled from the Uchiha and condemned him as a disgrace, like Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Yao gouged out Obito's remaining Mangekyō Sharingan and sealed it in a scroll.
• Uchiha Yao sentenced Obito to endless torment in the Heavenly Imperial Space instead of allowing him to die.
• Uchiha Yao transported himself and Obito from Naka Shrine into the Heavenly Imperial Space.

Uchiha Yao tortured Obito, who begged to die after accepting that he could never be with Rin. After destroying Obito’s body, Yao trapped his soul in a crystal pillar and sent him into an endless dream prison centered on his obsession with Rin.

• Obito begged Uchiha Yao to kill him, but Yao told him that Kakashi and Rin would live happily in Konoha without him.
• Obito despaired over his past choices and admitted he no longer deserved Rin.
• Uchiha Yao amplified Obito’s senses and kept him conscious as Space Blades stripped away his flesh over several hours.
• Uchiha Yao destroyed Obito’s heart, seized his soul, and imprisoned it in a Transparent Crystal Pillar.
• Uchiha Yao sealed away Obito’s memories except for his attachment to Rin and activated Lunar Prison Reincarnation, trapping Obito in an endless dream hell.

Uchiha Obito confessed his love to Rin Nohara, but she rejected him and revealed that she loved Kakashi. Obito hid his heartbreak by claiming his confession was a joke and promised to support Rin as her best teammate.

• Obito met Rin on a mountain cliff behind Konoha and nervously offered her a gift.
• Obito confessed that he had loved Rin since the Ninja Academy and asked her to be his girlfriend.
• Rin gently rejected Obito, saying she saw him as a best friend and teammate and that she loved Kakashi.
• Obito dropped the gift, then picked it up and claimed his confession had only been a joke and a lost dare.
• Obito told Rin he would support her relationship with Kakashi and resolved to keep protecting her smile.

After Rin declared that she and Obito would always be best friends, Obito hid his heartbreak and vowed to protect her. During the Third Shinobi World War, he failed to save Rin from Iwagakure ninja, who killed her before his eyes, leaving him overcome with despair.

• Rin thanked Obito and said they would always be the best of friends, and Obito ran off in tears before deciding to protect her happiness.
• During the Third Shinobi World War, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin were surrounded by Iwagakure ninja after Minato-sensei separated from them.
• Kakashi was cut off from Obito and Rin, while Obito stood between Rin and their attackers and used the Great Fireball Technique.
• The Iwagakure ninja countered Obito's attack, trapped him in a swamp, and bound him with steel wires as one of them advanced on Rin.
• An Iwagakure ninja stabbed Rin through the chest and killed her while Obito and Kakashi watched helplessly.
• Obito cried out in grief after Rin collapsed dead before him.