Recaps

Andy’s Sky Screen exposed the Uchiha Clan Massacre and followed Team 7 through the Chunin Exams, while Sasuke’s pursuit of power brought him into conflict with Orochimaru and Gaara. The arc ended with Gaara fleeing as Sunagakure and Otogakure launched an attack on Konoha, leaving the Third Hokage to decide how to respond.

• Andy activated the Sky Screen, which revealed Shimura Danzō and Root desecrating the Uchiha dead, while Uchiha Sen survived and vowed revenge.
• The Sky Screen followed Team 7’s missions and exposed Naruto Uzumaki as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki before a mysterious Uchiha survivor severed Sasuke Uchiha’s left arm.
• Sasuke insisted on entering the Chunin Exams despite his injury, and Kakashi agreed to train him after the preliminaries.
• Orochimaru placed the Cursed Seal of Heaven on Sasuke and offered him power to kill Uchiha Itachi, while Itachi confronted Orochimaru.
• Sasuke’s cursed power let him defeat the Sound Ninja, and he later won his preliminary match before watching Rock Lee lose to Gaara.
• Kakashi trained Sasuke in Sharingan techniques, Lightning Release, and swordsmanship, and Sasuke wounded Gaara with Chidori in the finals.
• White feathers put most spectators to sleep, and Temari and Kankuro fled with Gaara as Sasuke chased them from the arena.
• Sunagakure and Otogakure shinobi attacked Konoha, while Rasa revealed his plan to the High Command and the Third Hokage remained silent as the elders argued over a response.

Sasuke left Konoha to gain the power to kill Itachi, defeated Orochimaru, and finally confronted his brother. Itachi died after their battle, and the masked man Tobi took Sasuke away and began to explain himself.

• Orochimaru led the invasion of Konoha, and Hiruzen died in the fighting before Tsunade returned as Fifth Hokage.
• After Itachi defeated and traumatized him, Sasuke left Konoha for Orochimaru, fought Naruto at the Valley of the End, and continued on alone.
• Orochimaru trained Sasuke and challenged him to think beyond personal strength about how the Uchiha Clan could survive.
• Sasuke defeated Orochimaru’s attempt to take his body, then recruited Karin, Jūgo, and Suigetsu into the Snake Squad to find Itachi.
• Sasuke confronted Itachi, who claimed he had massacred the Uchiha to make Sasuke awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and eventually take his eyes.
• Sasuke used Kirin against Itachi, but Itachi survived with Susanoo and sealed Orochimaru when he emerged from Sasuke’s body.
• Itachi died after gently tapping Sasuke’s forehead, leaving Sasuke confused about his brother’s motives and the meaning of their fight.
• Tobi removed Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, carried the unconscious Sasuke to a cave, and identified himself when Sasuke woke.

Uchiha Sen revealed the truth behind Itachi’s massacre, and Sasuke chose revenge against Konoha before Danzo’s defeat and Tsunade’s rise as Hokage. As Konoha confronted its past and Naruto learned about his parents, the Sky Screen revealed startling futures for Itachi, Sasuke, and Team 7.

• Uchiha Sen revealed that Itachi had massacred the Uchiha under Konoha High Command’s coercion to protect Sasuke and arrange for him to return as a hero, and Sasuke vowed to destroy Konoha.
• Sasuke killed Danzo at the Five Kage Summit, while Hiruzen took control of Root and later resigned as Hokage amid public outrage over the massacre.
• Orochimaru rescued Karin from Kusagakure and took her to his secret base, where she agreed to become his assistant.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha, stripped Danzo of power, disbanded Root, and became the Fifth Hokage while challenging Hiruzen’s centralized rule.
• Tsunade acknowledged Konoha’s wrongs to Sasuke and offered to restore the Uchiha’s standing, but Sasuke refused and declared that he would kill Danzo.
• Jiraiya told Naruto that he was Minato and Kushina’s son, and Naruto visited his parents’ former home as villagers condemned Konoha’s leaders for hiding the truth.
• The Sky Screen revealed that Itachi had fathered a son named Sarana and later showed Sasuke imprisoned after awakening the Rinnegan and helping save the world.
• Tsunade rebuked Sarutobi Mu’s demand to execute Sasuke, announced Kakashi as the Sixth Hokage and Naruto as the Seventh, and said Team 7 surpassed Konoha’s legends.

Tsunade stepped down and Kakashi became Sixth Hokage, while the Sky Screen later revealed Sarada’s efforts to rebuild the Land of Rain and Naruto’s future rise to power. Naruto’s childhood neglect and hidden parentage were finally exposed, explaining his hatred of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Tsunade resigned as Fifth Hokage, Kakashi succeeded her, and Sasuke accepted a mission to travel the shinobi world and protect Konoha.
• Years later, Sarada vowed to rebuild the war-torn Land of Rain by forming a new Akatsuki, with Kisame agreeing to guide her.
• Sarada built up her faction and began trading with Konoha, while Kisame told her that Konoha had exploited Sunagakure’s miners and demanded their execution.
• Naruto’s future self used Konoha’s economic power to control other nations and secretly maneuvered against the Sarutobi Clan, alarming viewers across the shinobi world.
• Sasuke returned and warned Naruto that purging the Sarutobi Clan could destabilize Konoha, but Naruto’s hatred of Hiruzen surfaced.
• Naruto told Sasuke that Hiruzen had hidden his parentage and allowed him to suffer neglect and hostility as a child.
• Naruto revealed that he was Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki’s son, and people across the shinobi world learned the truth about his childhood.