Recaps

Danzo concealed his injuries, tried to secure his Hokage legacy, and secretly left Konoha after receiving a mysterious scroll. Sasuke chose to take Itachi’s eyes to grow stronger, while Naruto gained Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan and set his sights on saving Kisame Hoshigaki.

• Danzo ordered construction of a Hokage Rock carved in his likeness despite concerns about Konoha’s reconstruction and public sentiment.
• Terai returned from hunting Kabuto Yakushi, but a white snake emerged from his mouth and killed him; Danzo read the scroll it carried and secretly arranged to leave Konoha, with a double covering his duties.
• Danzo recalled Aburame Ryoma to serve as his personal guard, then departed Konoha under cover of night.
• Sasuke woke at the Akatsuki Hideout, learned Naruto had escaped the Land of Iron, and told Obito he wanted Itachi’s eyes transplanted so he could defeat Naruto and Konoha.
• Naruto recovered from surgery to receive Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan and told Konan he wanted to save and recruit Kisame Hoshigaki.

Kisame defeated Killer B and set out to deliver the Eight-Tails to the Akatsuki. He traveled alone toward a village where Tobi was expected to meet him, while Kumogakure searched for the captured jinchūriki.

• Kisame defeated Killer B after Samehada's apparent betrayal proved to be part of the plan.
• White Zetsu told Kisame that Tobi was occupied with Sasuke's decision to transplant Itachi's eyes and directed him to a village a hundred li east.
• White Zetsu warned Kisame that Kumogakure was searching for the Eight-Tails and might cross his path.
• Kisame carried the unconscious Killer B on Samehada and set off alone for the village, where his life would be rewritten.

Kisame fought the Raikage while carrying the unconscious Killer B, trapping the Raikage in a massive water prison and draining his chakra. As the Raikage began to falter, Killer B murmured, “The eighth blade.”

• Kumogakure's search party found the battlefield and concluded that Kisame had defeated Killer B, so the Raikage led an all-out pursuit.
• Kisame stopped when the Raikage and Kumogakure forces caught up with him, then chained Killer B to his back and faced the Raikage alone.
• The Raikage struck Kisame with a powerful Lariat, but Kisame countered with water techniques and trapped him inside a vast water prison.
• Kisame fused with Samehada and repeatedly attacked the Raikage underwater, absorbing his chakra until the Raikage unleashed Full Release of Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Kisame tried to evade the Raikage and wait for him to weaken, but Killer B murmured, “The eighth blade.”

Killer B and the Raikage broke free from Kisame's water prison and prepared to finish him with a Double Lariat. Naruto Uzumaki rescued Kisame at the last moment, causing the brothers to collide, and revealed himself to Kisame.

• Samehada rejected Kisame, returned to Killer B, and gave him the chakra it had absorbed.
• The freed Raikage and Killer B powered up and charged Kisame with a Double Lariat.
• Naruto used Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu to pull Kisame underground, making the Raikage and Killer B strike each other instead.
• The Raikage and Killer B fell unconscious, while Kisame recognized that someone was hiding underground.
• Naruto emerged from the earth and greeted the stunned Kisame.

Naruto used Kotoamatsukami to recruit Kisame and took him away from the Raikage’s group. After reuniting with Konan and Orochimaru, Naruto said he still needed to visit somewhere before returning to Amegakure.

• Naruto absorbed Darui’s Storm Release attack and used Kotoamatsukami to make Kisame join him.
• Naruto subdued Samehada, returned it to Kisame, and escaped with him using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• A hidden snake watched Naruto destroy the bloodstained ground and lamented that he had become cautious.
• The Raikage and Killer B woke to learn that Naruto had taken Kisame, and the Raikage scolded Killer B.
• Naruto reunited Kisame with Konan and Orochimaru, then said he needed to visit somewhere before returning to Amegakure.

Naruto secretly returned to Konoha, where he saw the village's hostility toward him and investigated Danzo's return before reuniting with Konan, Orochimaru, and Kisame. He recovered Hidan's still-living head, then set off with the group for Amegakure.

• Naruto used a disguise to eat at Ichiraku and saw Iruka mourning over an untouched bowl of ramen.
• Naruto found hateful words written on the ruins of his former home, and Konohamaru covered them with paint while defending him.
• Naruto watched Kakashi and Uzuki Yugao at the cemetery, then reflected on Jiraiya and his plan to find the body before Amado did.
• Naruto learned Danzo had become the Sixth Hokage, sensed something in the Hokage's tent, and left a Flying Thunder God Mark before teleporting away.
• Naruto returned to the forest and pulled Hidan's head from a pit with Banshō Ten'in, then sealed it in a box.
• Naruto told Konan, Orochimaru, and Kisame to return with him to Amegakure.

Naruto arrived in Amegakure with Konan, Orochimaru, and Kisame, intending to make the neglected village his refuge and repay his past debt to it. Konan raised a hidden tower as their new base, and welcomed Naruto to Amegakure.

• Naruto entered Amegakure with Konan, Orochimaru, and Kisame, while villagers watched the outsiders warily and honored Konan as their Lady Angel.
• Konan explained Amegakure's history and suggested Naruto become village chief after building his reputation; Naruto said taking power immediately would harm her standing.
• Konan told Naruto that Obito had marked Pain's tower with his space-time dōjutsu, so she abandoned it and raised a reserve tower in the north.
• Naruto, Konan, Orochimaru, and Kisame agreed to rest in the new tower and discuss their plans the next day.
• Kisame chose a room on the second floor, Orochimaru chose one on the fourth, and Naruto and Konan took rooms on the seventh floor.
• Naruto chose the middle room, and Konan welcomed him officially to Amegakure.

Naruto tried to reconnect with Kurama, but the Nine-Tails rejected him as someone who was no longer the Naruto he knew. The next morning, Naruto planned the group’s campaign to collect secret techniques and named their organization the Bright Akatsuki.

• Naruto asked Kurama to open their hearts again, but Kurama angrily rejected him and shut off their chakra pathway.
• Naruto asked Konan whether she was helping him because of the memories he had shown her, and she said those memories mattered but were not the only reason.
• Naruto gathered Konan, Orochimaru, and Kisame to plan their future and declared that they would collect secret techniques from the major shinobi villages.
• Orochimaru advised against starting with nearby villages, but Naruto chose to strike Kumogakure first because conflict with it was inevitable.
• Naruto explained that he wanted Kumogakure’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode and declared that their organization would be called the Bright Akatsuki.

After Kisame defected and Kumogakure reclaimed the Eight-Tails, Obito decided to capture the Eight-Tails himself. Tobi returned and chose to accompany him, concerned that Obito’s anger could make him kill the target.

• Obito left after Kisame failed to bring Killer B to their meeting place.
• Sasuke laughed as he felt power surging from Itachi’s transplanted eyes, while Karin trembled nearby.
• Black and White Zetsu reported that Kisame had joined Naruto and Kumogakure had reclaimed the Eight-Tails.
• Obito concluded that Naruto held two of the three elements needed to revive the Ten-Tails and vowed to secure the Eight-Tails himself.
• After Obito left, Tobi returned and said he would accompany him to prevent him from accidentally killing the Eight-Tails.

Naruto and his companions set out for Kumogakure to steal the village’s secret Lightning Release technique. In the Land of Iron, they encountered Jugo and Suigetsu and brought them along after Naruto offered to restrain Jugo’s Cursed Seal.

• Konan gave Naruto the Akatsuki ring bearing the character for zero and fresh soldier pills before joining his group’s journey.
• Naruto left a shadow clone to guard the Amegakure base and planned to use Flying Thunder God to shorten the trip to Kumogakure.
• Jugo absorbed a samurai’s life essence to restore his adult form while Suigetsu stood watch in the Land of Iron.
• Naruto appeared behind Jugo and Suigetsu with Konan, Orochimaru, and Kisame, then offered to restrain Jugo’s Cursed Seal until he could find Sasuke.
• Jugo agreed to join Bright Akatsuki’s operation, and Suigetsu followed as Naruto’s party headed for Kumogakure to steal its Lightning Release Chakra Mode scroll.

Naruto and his companions infiltrated Kumogakure by triggering its Heavenly Retribution Formation and using diversions to draw the village's shinobi away. Naruto approached the Raikage’s residence in disguise, but Dodai exposed him and ordered the Anbu to attack.

• Orochimaru explained the Heavenly Retribution Formation’s flaw, and Naruto sent a shadow clone into it to test the barrier before teleporting to the falling Flying Thunder God kunai.
• Naruto summoned Konan, Orochimaru, Kisame, Suigetsu, and Jugo, then sent the others to create distractions across Kumogakure without killing anyone.
• The Barrier Team detected the intrusion and dispatched shinobi to the Raikage’s residence, while Naruto transformed into Samui and headed there.
• Dodai recognized Naruto’s disguise, exposed him as an Akatsuki member, and ordered the Anbu to attack.
• Kumogakure’s Anbu surrounded Naruto and used Lightning Release: Earth Flow, and Naruto countered with Shinra Tensei.

Naruto overwhelmed Kumogakure’s defenders, sealed the Raikage’s residence behind a modified Four Violet Flames Formation, and entered it while his allies fought the village’s elite. After the Raikage returned to the village using the Heavenly Transfer Technique, Obito appeared before Killer B and the remaining ninja.

• Naruto repelled Kumogakure’s attacks twice with Shinra Tensei, incapacitating the attackers while Dodai protected himself with Rubber Jade.
• Naruto flew above the Raikage’s residence, created a modified Four Violet Flames Formation, and broke into the building as his allies battled Kumogakure’s elite.
• The Raikage warned Killer B to remain in the village, then received word that Kumogakure was under attack.
• The Raikage used Mabui’s Heavenly Transfer Technique to return to Kumogakure, while Killer B and the others prepared to follow.
• Obito emerged from a black space-time vortex and confronted Killer B, noting that the Raikage was gone.

Obito attacked the Kumogakure team guarding Killer B, using Kamui to evade their strikes and Wood Release to kill Mabui and overwhelm the others. Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Obito phased through it and began forming the Uchiha Flame Formation.

• Obito appeared before Darui's team, and Atsui charged him but was pulled into another dimension by Kamui.
• Obito evaded Darui and the Anbu as he advanced on Killer B, while Darui used Black Panther to paralyze B and warned that Obito became solid when attacking.
• Darui ordered Mabui to prepare the Heavenly Transfer Technique to send B away, but Obito impaled and killed her with Wood Release.
• Obito attacked the Kumogakure ninja with Cutting Sprigs, and Darui urged Killer B to run as the team was overwhelmed.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Obito phased through the blast and began using the Uchiha Flame Formation.

Obito trapped Killer B in the Uchiha Flame Formation, but Killer B’s desperate barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs destroyed the barrier and left him badly injured. Meanwhile, Raikage A burst into his office and found Naruto searching for the Lightning Release Chakra Mode scroll.

• Obito sealed Killer B inside the Uchiha Flame Formation and withstood his attacks.
• Killer B unleashed consecutive Tailed Beast Bombs, forcing Obito to escape the barrier before it collapsed in a massive explosion.
• Obito found the charred Killer B alive, but Killer B’s pencil strike through Obito’s mask failed to stop him.
• Obito prepared to attack Killer B with Wood Release: Hellish Rampage.
• Raikage A broke through the barrier around his Residence and found Naruto searching his office for the Lightning Release Chakra Mode scroll.

Naruto defeated the Raikage with Planetary Devastation, then freed him and returned to Amegakure with his team. Elsewhere, Obito captured Killer B and planned to use the Eight-Tails until he recovered the Rinnegan, with Sasuke as the focus of his next move.

• Naruto drove the Raikage from his residence, then trapped him in Planetary Devastation after confronting him over Kumogakure’s past actions.
• Naruto used Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken to make an opening in Planetary Devastation, then returned to Amegakure with Konan, Suigetsu, Jugo, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Orochimaru.
• The Raikage escaped the stone sphere and vowed to make Naruto his and Kumogakure’s number one enemy.
• Obito captured the defeated Killer B with Kamui and told Tobi that the hunt for the Eight-Tails was complete.
• Obito decided to extract the Eight-Tails and use it as a summoning beast until he recovered the Rinnegan, then returned with Tobi to focus their next move on Sasuke.

Naruto sent Jugo and Suigetsu to find Sasuke and warn him that Danzo had left Konoha to seek Kabuto. After the attack on Kumogakure left Killer B captured and Darui gravely injured, Obito and Tobi subdued the Eight-Tails, while Sasuke awakened his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and attacked Obito.

• Naruto let Jugo and Suigetsu leave Amegakure and asked them to tell Sasuke that Danzo was seeking Kabuto and should be struck soon.
• Kumogakure shinobi assessed the battle damage and learned that the Raikage was unconscious and badly injured.
• Darui reached Kumogakure's gate, reported that B had fallen into Akatsuki's hands, and collapsed.
• Obito and Tobi subdued the Eight-Tails in Kamui's dimension, bound it with a summoning contract, and confined it in a space-time prison.
• Sasuke emerged with the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and attacked Obito with an Amaterasu-coated Susanoo sword.

Sasuke challenged Obito and threatened the hideout, but Obito defeated him with the Uchiha Flame Formation and a Tailed Beast Bomb. Obito sealed Sasuke in his time-space dimension and left him there while the Akatsuki sought a new base.

• Obito used Wood Release and Fire Release against Sasuke, who countered with Susanoo, Chidori Stream, and Amaterasu.
• Sasuke summoned Kirin and threatened to destroy the hideout and its White Zetsu, dismissing Obito’s warning about the Red-Haired Woman inside.
• Obito blocked Kirin with the Uchiha Flame Formation and attacked Susanoo with a Tailed Beast Bomb released from his right eye.
• Obito defeated Sasuke, absorbed him into his time-space dimension, and decided to keep him there until the Akatsuki found a new base.

Naruto searched the sea near where Jiraiya died, hoping Kisame could find his body, but the first skeleton they recovered was not Jiraiya’s. After Konan explained how the Rinnegan could reach the Realm of Reincarnation, Naruto made thousands of Shadow Clones to try to enter it through their dreams and find summoning creatures to aid the search.

• Naruto, Konan, and Kisame went to the sea where Jiraiya died, and Kisame fused with Samehada to search underwater.
• Kisame returned with a skeleton that had both arms, and Naruto realized it was not Jiraiya’s body.
• Naruto told Kisame to rest before continuing the search, while Konan apologized for Jiraiya’s death.
• Konan explained that a Rinnegan wielder might reach the Realm of Reincarnation in their sleep, where the Animal Path’s summoning creatures came from.
• Naruto created thousands of Shadow Clones and declared that they would try to enter the Realm of Reincarnation that night.

Naruto and Konan entered the Realm of Reincarnation so Naruto could seek a summoning beast, and Naruto established a contract with one of Nagato’s former chameleons. Konan warned him that far more powerful creatures still inhabited the realm.

• Konan sheltered Naruto and his Shadow Clones from the rain with paper umbrellas while they tried to sleep, and Naruto used Sage Mode meditation to help them fall asleep.
• All of Naruto’s Shadow Clones vanished at once, and Konan used the Paper Curse Technique: Translocation to send her chakra into the Realm of Reincarnation beside him.
• Naruto entered Sage Mode and sensed an invisible chameleon, which Konan identified as one of Nagato’s former summoning beasts.
• Naruto struck the chameleon with Frog Kata, and Konan drove Black Receivers into it to establish a Summoning Contract.
• Konan explained that Naruto could summon the chameleon with the Animal Path, then warned him about stronger creatures in the realm that Nagato had never subdued.

Naruto and Konan searched the Realm of Reincarnation, where Naruto formed contracts with many summons, including Baku and Manda. They ventured into a forbidden area, where Naruto sensed a terrifying evil presence whose Sage Power came from the same source as his.

• Naruto contracted with Crab, then recognized and captured Danzo's summon Baku.
• Naruto sent out Shadow Clones to search for and contract summons, quickly gathering more than a hundred.
• Naruto found Manda, used his Sharingan to subdue him, and ordered him to find the Pervy Sage in exchange for his life.
• Naruto and Konan approached the realm's forbidden zone after Konan told him about the powerful Monkey King and an unknown being that had nearly killed Nagato.
• Naruto sensed an evil, terrifying chakra ahead with Sage Power from the same source as his own.

Naruto and Konan escaped a poison attack, but Konan collapsed with a high fever, so Naruto brought Shizune from Konoha to care for her. As Naruto reflected on life as a rogue ninja, Obito confronted a subdued Sasuke at the Akatsuki hideout.

• Naruto and Konan encountered a sage-powered attacker in the mist, and Naruto used the Realm of Reincarnation to escape the poison arrows with Konan.
• Konan developed a high fever after using her Paper Clones and staying in the rain, and Naruto decided to find a woman to help her.
• Naruto took Shizune from Konoha to Amegakure with Flying Thunder God and asked her to treat Konan.
• Shizune entered Konan's room to care for her while Naruto reflected on his life as a rogue ninja and spoke to Tonton.
• Obito opened a Kamui vortex at the Akatsuki hideout and asked Sasuke whether he had calmed down.

Obito persuaded Sasuke to join the Akatsuki in attacking Konoha, revealing a hundred-thousand-strong White Zetsu army. After Sasuke committed to revenge, Obito tore off Jugo’s arms to remove Naruto’s Flying Thunder God marks, and Sasuke dismissed Naruto’s warning about Danzo.

• Obito explained that Sasuke could not defeat Konoha alone and revealed the Akatsuki’s army of roughly a hundred thousand White Zetsu.
• Obito proposed using an attack on Konoha to draw Naruto into a confrontation, and Sasuke chose revenge and agreed to attack the village.
• White Zetsu reported that Jugo and Suigetsu had arrived, and Obito brought them to the hideout.
• After Suigetsu recounted their time with Naruto, Obito found Flying Thunder God marks on Jugo’s shoulders and tore off his arms before sending them into Kamui.
• Jugo passed on Naruto’s warning that Danzo had gone to Kabuto for help, but Sasuke rejected the advice and said Naruto should worry about his own survival.

Kabuto Yakushi prepared Danzo as a weapon to lure Sasuke into seeking greater power, while Naruto learned the Akatsuki's plans from a captured White Zetsu. Naruto left Shizune with a warning for Tsunade that he intended to kill Danzo and expected her to reclaim the Hokage position.

• Kabuto Yakushi revealed that he had implanted Danzo with First Hokage cells and two hundred Mangekyō Sharingan from Uchiha Shin Clones to make him a devastating opponent for Sasuke.
• Shizune treated Konan, then confronted Naruto about leaving the village, but he refused to explain his reasons and sent her back to Konoha with Tonton.
• Naruto told Shizune to inform Tsunade that he would not let Danzo return to Konoha alive and that Tsunade should prepare to reclaim the Hokage position.
• Naruto used Banshō Ten'in and the Human Path to capture a White Zetsu and read the Akatsuki's plans from its mind.
• Naruto extracted the White Zetsu's soul and vanished into the dawn to prepare countermeasures.

Naruto told Konan that Akatsuki was preparing major moves and began strengthening their intelligence and support efforts. After mourning Killer B in the Valley of Clouds and Lightning, he headed for Kumogakure and threatened war if it did not meet his demands.

• Konan woke, changed, and joined Naruto for a meal, where he shared White Zetsu's intelligence about Akatsuki's plans.
• Konan agreed to assemble Amegakure's reserve ninja for an intelligence division, and Naruto summoned amphibious creatures to support Kisame underwater.
• Naruto and Konan used Flying Thunder God to travel to Kumogakure, stopping at the Valley of Clouds and Lightning so Naruto could mourn Killer B.
• Naruto vowed to keep moving forward despite the deaths along his path, then ordered Kumogakure to prepare his demands or face all-out war when Bright Akatsuki arrived at midnight.

The Raikage prepared to confront Naruto Uzumaki over Killer B’s death and the secret technique scroll, despite Dodai’s warnings. At midnight, Naruto and Konan set out from the foot of Heavenly Thunder Mountain.

• The Raikage received a message from Naruto and rejected Dodai’s advice to avoid a fight and hand over the scroll.
• Dodai analyzed Naruto’s gravity-based sealing technique and proposed destroying its Gravity Core with a barrage of long-range ninjutsu.
• The Raikage ordered Dodai to assemble five hundred long-range fighters for a battle that night.
• Naruto and Konan waited at the foot of Heavenly Thunder Mountain until midnight, when Naruto’s Mechanical Clock vanished and he announced they should go.