Recaps

Naruto’s grief over his parents’ neglected keepsakes deepened Konoha’s reckoning with its past, while the village faced new threats from Orochimaru and Danzo’s faction. The Sky Screen then revealed Kaguya’s ancient sacrifices and the God Tree’s danger, leaving Hagoromo and Hamura newly aware that the world itself was at risk.

• Naruto erupted in grief and fury over his ruined scarf, and Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted he had stored Minato and Kushina’s belongings away as Tsunade warned that Naruto’s resentment had taken root.
• Orochimaru infiltrated the Hyuga Compound and stole two Byakugan, prompting Hiashi and Tsunade to tighten security and plan a replacement for Konoha’s aging barriers.
• A masked Itachi rescued Sakura from an attacker who wanted to prevent Sasuke and Sakura’s future child from becoming Hokage, then killed Shimura Danzō and purged his faction.
• Tsunade took Sakura as her personal disciple, while Sasuke apologized to her and promised she would not be put in danger again.
• The Sky Screen showed Kaguya Otsutsuki in the ancient world, and the sages of the Three Great Sage Lands realized its history differed from what they remembered.
• Gamamaru urged Katsuyu and White Snake to help overthrow Kaguya, but White Snake pursued its own ambition and Katsuyu chose a peaceful life.
• The Sky Screen revealed that Kaguya sacrificed mortals to feed the God Tree, and Hagoromo and Hamura began considering how to stop her.
• Gamamaru warned Hagoromo and Hamura that the God Tree was draining the world’s natural energy, leaving them shaken by the threat to all life.

Hagoromo and Hamura united the Knights and Celestial Dragons to stop Kaguya and Hara, then sealed Kaguya and the Ten-Tails after a devastating battle. Hagoromo stayed to restore the world and spread Ninshu while Hara sought a way to free Kaguya and watched his plans for his sons.

• Gamamaru taught Hagoromo and Hamura Senjutsu and revealed that their awakening powers could help them stop Kaguya and the God Tree.
• Hagoromo and Hamura formed an alliance with the Knights and Celestial Dragons, then lured Hara into a trap while they confronted Kaguya.
• Kaguya controlled Hamura and forced him to attack Hagoromo, who wounded him to break her control before awakening the Rinnegan and reviving him with Gamamaru’s talisman.
• Hagoromo and Hamura fought Kaguya together and sealed her in the moon as the God Tree transformed into the Ten-Tails.
• Hara arrived after Kaguya’s sealing, but Hamura persuaded Hagoromo to let their sister escape, and Hagoromo sealed the Ten-Tails inside himself.
• Hagoromo vowed to repair the devastated world while Hamura left to watch over it from the moon, and Hara ordered White Zetsu to find a way to free Kaguya.
• Hagoromo traveled the world, restored its damage, and spread Ninshu as Hara evaded his searches, while White Zetsu later told her that Hagoromo planned to pass leadership to Asura rather than Indra.

Black Zetsu guided generations of conflict toward Kaguya’s revival, while Hashirama and Madara’s friendship broke under Konoha’s politics and war. Madara and Black Zetsu then manipulated Nagato and Obito, leaving Obito to embrace the Eye of the Moon Plan as Nagato rejected his claims.

• Hara merged with White Zetsu to become Black Zetsu, hid her sleeping body in the deepest ocean, and vowed to free Kaguya from the moon as Isshiki’s return became a concern.
• After Hagoromo died, Ninshu fractured into warring clans, and Black Zetsu watched Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha meet as boys and planned to use them to revive Kaguya.
• Hashirama and Madara shared a dream of peace, but their clans’ fighting and Tobirama’s opposition to Madara’s appointment as First Hokage drove the friends apart.
• Madara left Konoha, subdued the Nine-Tails, and fought Hashirama at the Valley of the End, where Hashirama appeared to kill him and Madara secretly escaped using Izanagi.
• Hashirama became the First Hokage, distributed the Tailed Beasts to the other villages, and died, after which the First Shinobi World War began and Tobirama named Hiruzen Sarutobi the Third Hokage before dying.
• Madara awakened the Rinnegan with Hashirama’s cells, implanted it in young Nagato, and directed Black Zetsu to find an Uchiha heir to carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Black Zetsu chose Obito as Madara’s pawn and watched as Obito lost Rin, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, joined Madara’s plan, and became the Masked Man.
• Obito told Nagato that the Akatsuki’s peace efforts were futile, but Nagato refused to trust him, and Obito left predicting that Nagato would fall into despair.

Obito’s past crimes and the history of Kaguya’s enemies came to light as the Shinobi World faced the destruction of Kirigakure. Naruto and Sasuke confronted the Uzumaki elder responsible and tried to convince him that his clan’s revenge had already been fulfilled.

• Black Zetsu guided Obito’s plans against Kushina, Minato, and the Uchiha, while the Sky Screen revealed how Obito’s actions helped bring about Minato’s death and the Uchiha massacre.
• The Sky Screen showed Itachi’s brutal childhood, Shisui’s death, and the Uchiha coup, ending with Itachi and Obito massacring the clan and sparing Sasuke.
• Naruto and Sasuke learned from Lucci that Isshiki had survived Kaguya’s betrayal and that her daughter Hara had disappeared, so they vowed to investigate both Otsutsuki.
• An enemy destroyed Kirigakure with enormous chains, and Naruto placed the Shinobi World on alert as the villages searched for the attacker.
• Tsunade and Hiruzen connected the chains to Uzumaki techniques and suspected the destruction was revenge for Kirigakure’s role in Uzushiogakure’s fall.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Lucci intercepted an Uzumaki elder marching toward Kumogakure, and Naruto revealed that he was Kushina’s son and that Uzumaki survivors were safe.
• The elder insisted on continuing his revenge, but Naruto argued that the perpetrators had died and Uzumaki descendants now ruled the defeated villages, leading the elder to reconsider.