Recaps

Sasuke tracked down Deidara, an Akatsuki member, hoping to learn where Itachi was, but the two fought instead. Their aerial battle left both grounded, and Deidara wondered why Sasuke’s sword had not triggered a land mine.

• Sasuke confronted Deidara and demanded to know where Itachi was.
• Deidara recognized Sasuke as Itachi’s younger brother, and they began fighting.
• Sasuke used Chidori and the Body Flicker Technique to wound Deidara at close range.
• Deidara flew above Sasuke, while a clone planted land mines that injured Sasuke when he landed.
• Deidara bombarded Sasuke from the air, blowing off one of Sasuke’s wings, and Sasuke used his sword and a snake-made wing to reach him.
• Sasuke destroyed Deidara’s Clay Bird with Chidori Sharp Spear, and Deidara wondered why Sasuke’s sword had not set off a land mine.

Sasuke fought Deidara while demanding to know where Itachi was, and Deidara grew furious when Sasuke refused to believe he did not know. After dodging Deidara’s explosive clay, Sasuke put on the Golden Chelsea boots, suddenly feeling more confident.

• Sasuke neutralized Deidara’s buried mines with his Kusanagi Sword and demanded to know where Itachi was.
• Deidara insisted he did not know, but Sasuke threatened to beat him until he talked.
• Deidara attacked with an Exploding Little Flying Stick, then hurled a variety of explosive clay creations at Sasuke.
• While dodging the attacks, Sasuke recalled Meihui’s advice and retrieved the Golden Chelsea boots from his storage scroll.
• Sasuke put on the boots and felt more confident, leaving Deidara puzzled by his changed demeanor.

Sasuke fought Deidara, survived his C4 Karura by neutralizing the tiny clay spiders inside his body with Lightning Release, and demanded to know where Itachi was. Deidara detonated himself with his ultimate technique, leaving Sasuke in mortal danger.

• Sasuke chased Deidara with his lightning-infused Kusanagi Sword, forcing Deidara to escape into the air on a clay bird.
• Deidara used C4 Karura, and Sasuke realized the giant clay figure had released invisible spiders that were disintegrating the forest’s living creatures.
• Sasuke survived by using Lightning Release to render the spiders inside his body inert, then struck Deidara with Genjutsu and a punch.
• Deidara tried to trap Sasuke with a clay snake, but Sasuke destroyed it with Lightning Release and asked where Itachi was.
• Deidara released the seal on the mouth in his chest and detonated himself with an explosion covering ten kilometers, while Sasuke had nearly exhausted his chakra.

Sasuke survived Deidara’s final explosion by hiding inside Manda, then recovered with help from Karin and the others. News of his victory spread through the Shinobi World, while Kabuto Yakushi continued experimenting on himself with kekkei genkai samples.

• Sasuke summoned Manda and crawled into his mouth, using him as a shield against Deidara’s explosion.
• Manda returned to Ryūchi Cave badly injured, and Sasuke later emerged from the scroll and collapsed.
• Karin treated Sasuke until his condition stabilized while Suigetsu and Jūgo helped.
• The Akatsuki learned Deidara had died, Naruto praised Sasuke’s victory, and Meihui warned Naruto to keep improving.
• Kabuto Yakushi injected himself with something in his laboratory, and his arm began to mutate.

After Deidara's self-destruction, Itachi found Sasuke's boot at the blasted battlefield and inferred that his brother had survived. Itachi left with Kisame, then secretly sent a Shadow Clone back to retrieve the boot while Kisame pretended not to notice.

• Itachi and Kisame reached the battlefield and found it devastated by Deidara's self-destruction.
• Itachi spotted Sasuke's Golden Chelsea boot and guessed that Sasuke was still alive because Meihui could have saved him.
• Itachi told Kisame that his foolish little brother was alive, though Kisame privately doubted Sasuke had survived.
• Sasuke recovered under Karin's care while Itachi and Kisame left to prepare for what came next.
• Itachi put Kisame under genjutsu and sent a Shadow Clone back to collect Sasuke's boot, and Kisame chose not to expose him.

Sasuke recovered and went to confront Itachi, who lured him toward the Uchiha Clan's secret base. Naruto learned of the coming battle and tried to follow Sasuke, while Meihui held him back as Sasuke reached Kisame's checkpoint.

• Suigetsu told Sasuke where to find Itachi, and Karin stopped Sasuke from leaving the hospital before he had recovered.
• Sasuke challenged Itachi to a battle in three days, and Itachi accepted despite his worsening illness.
• Sasuke found Itachi at the Akatsuki hideout, struck him with a Chidori Sharp Spear, and followed Itachi's invitation to the Uchiha Clan's nearby secret base.
• Naruto insisted on looking for Sasuke, and Meihui took him along but later forbade him from watching the battle.
• Sasuke reached the Uchiha Clan's base, where Kisame allowed only Sasuke to pass, and Sasuke charged past him.

Sasuke fought Itachi at the former Uchiha base and demanded to know who the third Mangekyō Sharingan user was. Itachi named Madara Uchiha, then explained that the Mangekyō Sharingan inevitably went blind, leaving Sasuke disturbed and furious.

• Sasuke arrived at the former Uchiha base and began fighting Itachi, who disarmed him before Sasuke struck back with Chidori.
• Sasuke pierced Itachi with the Kusanagi Sword, but Itachi revealed that the apparent victory was a genjutsu.
• Sasuke demanded the identity of the third Mangekyō Sharingan user, and Itachi answered that it was Madara Uchiha.
• Sasuke rejected the claim and attacked Itachi, but his Chidori Sharp Spear missed the real body.
• Itachi told Sasuke that the Mangekyō Sharingan inevitably went blind, and Sasuke's chakra turned cold as his gaze grew vicious.

Sasuke and Itachi fought in the Uchiha secret chamber and outside it, with Itachi secretly holding back while making Sasuke believe he was winning. Both brothers were nearly out of chakra as rain fell around the lingering black flames of Amaterasu.

• Sasuke and Itachi exchanged attacks until Itachi used Tsukuyomi, but Sasuke broke free by concentrating his Cursed Seal's power into his remaining Sharingan.
• Itachi and Sasuke resumed fighting, and Sasuke wounded Itachi with a Mechanical Shuriken.
• Sasuke forced Itachi out of the secret chamber, where they clashed with Great Fireball Technique.
• Itachi used Amaterasu to extinguish their fireballs and chased Sasuke with black flames, burning off his chicken wing.
• Sasuke used Snake Substitution, then fired Great Dragon Fire at Itachi, who dodged it despite his weakened state.
• Sasuke and Itachi neared the end of their chakra as rain fell among the inextinguishable Amaterasu flames.

Sasuke unleashed Kirin against Itachi, but Itachi survived and sealed Orochimaru with the Totsuka Blade before collapsing. Meihui revived Itachi with a Senzu Bean, took him and Sasuke away, and left Naruto to confront Zetsu.

• Sasuke used Kirin, exhausted his chakra, and believed he had killed Itachi, but Itachi revealed he had survived with Susanoo.
• Orochimaru emerged from Sasuke as the Eight-Headed Serpent, and Itachi sealed him with the Totsuka Blade.
• Itachi tapped Sasuke's forehead, apologized, and collapsed; Sasuke broke down and lost consciousness.
• Meihui and Naruto arrived, and Meihui found the Senzu Bean still clutched in Itachi's hand.
• Meihui fed Itachi the bean, healing his injuries, then took Itachi and Sasuke away while leaving a clone with Naruto.
• Naruto entered Sage Mode, found Zetsu, and attacked him with a Big Ball Rasengan.

Meihui saved Itachi and Sasuke and kept them hidden while they recovered. When Sasuke woke to find Itachi alive, Meihui prepared to explain the truth about their past after Itachi refused to tell him himself.

• Meihui treated the unconscious Itachi and Sasuke and kept them away from Konoha.
• The Akatsuki learned that Itachi had supposedly died, while Obito suspected something was wrong and reconsidered his plans for Sasuke.
• Itachi woke, found Sasuke alive, and tried to leave after thanking Meihui for saving them.
• Meihui stopped Itachi and urged him to tell Sasuke what had happened in the past.
• Sasuke woke and reacted warily to Itachi, and Meihui announced that he would explain the brothers' history.

Meihui told Sasuke how Konoha’s leaders persecuted the Uchiha and how Itachi was forced to massacre his clan to protect him. Itachi confirmed the story, and Sasuke embraced him in tears.

• Meihui began recounting Konoha’s history and explained how Hiruzen Sarutobi retained influence after Minato Namikaze became Hokage.
• Meihui said the village blamed the Uchiha Clan after the Nine-Tails attack, while Minato and Kushina died sealing the beast inside Naruto and Meihui.
• Meihui revealed that Shimura Danzō threatened Sasuke’s life and forced Itachi to kill the Uchiha Clan, and that Itachi had saved a Senzu Bean for Sasuke.
• Sasuke asked Itachi whether Meihui’s account was true, and Itachi confirmed it and offered to accept Sasuke’s revenge.
• Sasuke embraced Itachi and wept.

Sasuke accepted the truth about Itachi and reconciled with him, then vowed to destroy Konoha. Meihui redirected Sasuke toward their real enemies and laid out a plan to stop the Akatsuki, though no one understood his explanation.

• Sasuke confirmed that Meihui had told the truth, embraced Itachi, and cried as they reconciled.
• Sasuke announced that he would destroy Konoha, but Meihui blamed Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi for their suffering and stopped Sasuke from going after Danzo immediately.
• Meihui told Sasuke that a masked Akatsuki member called himself Madara Uchiha and had helped cause the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
• Meihui explained a plan to make their move, but Sasuke, Naruto, and Itachi admitted they had not understood it, so Meihui explained it again.

Meihui arranged for Sasuke and Itachi to reunite with their squad and recruit Kisame, while he and Naruto returned to Konoha to tell Tsunade what had happened. Sasuke reconciled with Itachi and reunited with his teammates, and Tsunade agreed to let the brothers treat Konoha as home and take responsibility for dealing with Danzo.

• Meihui told Itachi and Sasuke that Itachi had a bloodline disease and that Itachi had gone easy on Sasuke during their fight, then assured Sasuke he could save Itachi.
• Meihui sent Sasuke and Itachi to find the Snake Squad and invite Kisame to their side, and asked them to stage an attack on Kumogakure's Eight-Tails before meeting in Konoha.
• Meihui gave Sasuke a marked Kunai, and Sasuke called Itachi his big brother and proposed that they rebuild the Uchiha Clan together.
• Sasuke and Itachi found the Snake Squad, where Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo initially moved to protect Sasuke from Itachi before learning the brothers had reconciled.
• Itachi thanked Sasuke's teammates for looking after him and called Karin Sasuke's girlfriend, leaving Karin lovestruck.
• Meihui and Naruto told Tsunade about Sasuke and Itachi, and Tsunade welcomed the brothers to Konoha and said she would take responsibility if they dealt with Danzo.

Itachi, Sasuke, and Sasuke’s former teammates traveled to Kumogakure to capture Killer B in a mock operation. Sasuke challenged Killer B and quickly learned he had underestimated him, while Itachi intervened to save him from a counterattack.

• Itachi reunited Sasuke with Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo, and the group agreed to help him.
• Itachi handed out Flame Cloud Robes and used a Transformation Technique to disguise himself, embarrassing Sasuke with his appearance.
• The group reached Kumogakure and found Killer B at his home.
• Sasuke assigned positions to the others, then challenged Killer B to a duel.
• Killer B dodged Sasuke’s opening strike and counterattacked, but Itachi threw a kunai at him, forcing him to retreat.
• Sasuke realized he had underestimated Killer B’s skill.

Sasuke and his teammates fought Killer B, and Sasuke defeated him with Amaterasu after recovering from Killer B’s attacks. They captured the unconscious Killer B and carried him away, while Sasuke ignored Itachi’s warning about using the Mangekyō recklessly.

• Sasuke, Suigetsu, and Jūgo attacked Killer B, but his Acrobat sword technique left them badly injured.
• Suigetsu blocked Killer B’s finishing blow, and Sasuke recovered by biting Karin before striking Killer B with Amaterasu.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and launched a Tailed Beast Bomb, which Sasuke and the others dodged.
• Sasuke used Amaterasu again to set Gyuki on fire, leaving Killer B and the Eight-Tails unconscious.
• Itachi warned Sasuke to control the flames and avoid using the Mangekyō recklessly, while Jūgo tied up Killer B and the group carried him away.

Meihui joined Sasuke's team after they captured what turned out to be one of Killer B's tentacles, then grilled it for everyone. He used the failed capture to teach Sasuke not to show off against enemies, and left the team training while warning that something big might happen soon.

• Meihui appeared beside Sasuke's team and realized their unconscious captive was only a tentacle from Killer B.
• Meihui set up a griddle, and Sasuke heated it with a Great Fireball until the captive vanished and left a giant octopus tentacle behind.
• Meihui cut up the tentacle with Sasuke's Kusanagi Sword and calmed Sasuke when he realized Killer B had fooled them.
• Meihui scolded Sasuke for wasting time competing in swordsmanship instead of using his strongest move, warning that his mistakes could put his comrades in danger.
• Meihui grilled the octopus tentacle and shared it with the team, then told them to keep training and return to Konoha in a few days because something big might happen.
• In Amegakure, a man carrying rice sneezed and wondered who was talking about him.

After returning to Konoha, Meihui learned that Jiraiya had gone to Amegakure and realized he was in grave danger. Meihui decided to go rescue him and agreed to take Shizuku along.

• Meihui told Tsunade about his arrangements for Sasuke, Itachi, and the others, then went home with the griddle-cooked octopus.
• Tsunade and Shizune visited Meihui to share the octopus, and Meihui revealed that Sasuke and the others had captured one of the Eight-Tails' tentacles.
• Tsunade told Meihui that Jiraiya had gone to Amegakure while Meihui was away.
• Meihui warned that Amegakure was Akatsuki's headquarters and Pain wielded the Rinnegan, then decided to go save Jiraiya.
• Shizuku asked to accompany Meihui, and he agreed after considering that he might need her help.

Jiraiya infiltrated Amegakure to investigate Pain and Akatsuki, but Konan confronted him before he could learn much. Their fight ended with Jiraiya trying to appeal to his former student, while Konan remained unwilling to talk.

• Jiraiya entered Amegakure inside a toad and began asking villagers about Pain and Ibuse.
• The bun seller and nearby villagers reacted with hostility when Jiraiya mentioned Ibuse, so he left and sought information at a tavern.
• Konan found Jiraiya after the rain stopped and attacked him with paper spears.
• Jiraiya blocked Konan's attacks with Fire Release and immobilized her paper with Toad Oil.
• Konan said Akatsuki acted on God's command, while Jiraiya asked why she had changed and said he wished she were not in Akatsuki.

Jiraiya fought the Human Path and Animal Path Pain, struggling against their summons while Gamaken protected him. After entering Sage Mode, Jiraiya sent the badly injured Gamaken back to Mount Myōboku, where everyone mistook the unconscious toad for dead.

• The Human Path Pain interrupted Jiraiya as he trapped Konan and forced him to release her.
• The Animal Path Pain summoned a three-headed Hellhound, and Jiraiya summoned Gamaken to hold it off.
• The Hellhound split into more dogs when struck, while the Animal Path Pain summoned an invisible chameleon that ambushed Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya prepared Sage Mode as Gamaken fought the summons and suffered injuries, then sent Gamaken back to Mount Myōboku.
• Gamabunta and the two Toad Sages saw the unconscious Gamaken and believed he had died before Jiraiya completed Sage Mode.

Jiraiya summoned Fukasaku and Shima to fight Pain, whose presence and Rinnegan intrigued them. After the Toad Sages killed Pain’s chameleon summon, three more of Pain’s bodies appeared, and Jiraiya prepared to face them.

• Pain sensed Jiraiya in the rubble and noticed that his presence had become powerful and unfamiliar.
• Jiraiya told Fukasaku and Shima that he faced the legendary Rinnegan, but Shima scolded him and Fukasaku for losing heart.
• Shima captured the invisible chameleon with her tongue, and Fukasaku killed it with a slicing jet of water.
• Pain’s Human Path, Naraka Path, and Asura Path appeared, and Jiraiya realized that all three had the Rinnegan.
• Jiraiya began to announce himself as the gallant Jiraiya, but Fukasaku and Shima punched him and cut him off.

Jiraiya fought Pain with Fukasaku and Shima on his shoulders, but the Preta Path absorbed his strongest attacks. The chapter ended with the Loli Path summoning Panda to block Jiraiya’s hair attack.

• The Human Path rushed Jiraiya, but Jiraiya kicked him away while Fukasaku and Shima bickered on his shoulders.
• Jiraiya used Sage Art: Goemon, but the Preta Path absorbed the attack.
• Jiraiya struck the Preta Path with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, which the Preta Path absorbed before belching.
• The Human Path tried to ambush Jiraiya, but Fukasaku warned him and created an opening with a smoke bomb.
• Jiraiya used Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon, but the Loli Path summoned Panda to block the attack.

Jiraiya and Fukasaku realized Pain’s bodies shared vision, so they fled and discussed how to counter them. Shima proposed using a genjutsu that required her and Jiraiya to sing a duet, leaving Jiraiya surprised.

• Jiraiya’s attacks failed against the summoning panda, and he realized the Pains could anticipate attacks from their shared vision.
• Jiraiya and Fukasaku fled while discussing the Pains’ identical Rinnegan and the body that absorbed ninjutsu.
• Fukasaku advised Jiraiya to stay calm and focus on defeating the Pains one at a time.
• Shima suggested using a genjutsu that Jiraiya’s enemies did not know about.
• Shima complained that using the technique meant singing a duet with Jiraiya, who reacted with disbelief.

Jiraiya and the Toad Sages trapped three Pains with a song-based genjutsu and defeated them, but the Naraka Path ambushed Jiraiya as he walked away.

• Jiraiya asked Fukasaku and Shima to use their song-based genjutsu while he fought the Pains in the passage.
• Jiraiya used a Great Fireball to force the Preta Path, Human Path, and Animal Path out of position, trapping the Human Path in an Underworld Swamp and kicking the Animal Path into a wall.
• Fukasaku and Shima completed their song and caught the three Pains in the Golden Binding Technique genjutsu.
• Jiraiya finished off the three trapped Pains, and Fukasaku and Shima rested after straining their throats.
• The Naraka Path appeared behind Jiraiya and ambushed him while he was distracted.

Jiraiya fought Pain’s newly revealed Paths, but their attack burned off his hair and their numbers kept growing. When the Deva Path appeared, Jiraiya recognized the face of his former student Yahiko.

• Fukasaku scolded Jiraiya after the Naraka Path’s attack sent him flying, but Jiraiya stood up unharmed in Sage Mode.
• Pain summoned the King of Hell, and the Animal Path joined the fight by firing a laser that burned off the top of Jiraiya’s hair.
• Jiraiya joked that Nagato should bring out all his Paths at once and declared he could fight ten of them.
• The Deva Path arrived with dramatic music and greeted Jiraiya, who stared at him and murmured, “Yahiko?”

Jiraiya discovered that all six Pains shared the Rinnegan and was overwhelmed by their coordinated attacks. Just as Pain moved to kill him, Meihui arrived using Flying Thunder God and confronted the Pains.

• Naraka Path used the King of Hell to restore the three Pains Jiraiya had defeated, and all six gathered to face him.
• Jiraiya learned that the six of them called themselves Pain and claimed to be God.
• The Pains overpowered Jiraiya, pinned him to a wall with a Black Rod, and separated him from Fukasaku and Shima.
• As Deva Path Pain thrust a Black Rod toward Jiraiya's heart, Meihui appeared and knocked it aside with a harpoon-shaped Kunai.
• Meihui formed a Rasengan, told Jiraiya he was strong, and challenged the Pains.