Chapter Summaries

Danzo urged Hiruzen to take harsh action against Genya Uchiha, but Hiruzen refused to risk escalating tensions with the Uchiha Clan. The next morning, Genya, his parents, Fugaku, and Itachi set out for the Hyuga Clan, while Sasuke resented Genya for taking his brother away.

• Danzo accused Genya of threatening the village and demanded that Hiruzen restrict, monitor, and potentially eliminate him.
• Hiruzen insisted on caution, and Danzo left the Hokage's office after warning that Hiruzen would regret his decision.
• Sosuke and Izumi brought Genya to Fugaku's home, where Genya greeted Sasuke and asked Itachi if he would join their visit.
• Sasuke clung to Itachi and protested his departure, but Mikoto persuaded him to let go.
• Fugaku brought Sosuke, Genya, and Itachi to visit the Hyuga Clan, while Sasuke watched them leave with renewed resentment toward Genya.

Genya apologized to Hiashi for his actions at the Hyuga residence, then proposed an alliance between the Uchiha and Hyuga to challenge pressure from Konoha’s leadership and reform both clans from within. Hiashi considered Genya’s arguments and asked what the Uchiha wanted.

• Fugaku, Sosuke, Izumi, Genya, and Itachi visited Hiashi at the Hyuga Compound, where Fugaku and Genya apologized for Genya’s intrusion and attack on Neji.
• Genya admitted he had also used the confrontation to demonstrate his strength, prompting Hiashi to ask what else the Uchiha intended.
• Genya appealed to Hiashi’s concern for Hinata and Hanabi and argued that the Caged Bird Seal deprived Hyuga Branch Family members of choice.
• Genya proposed that the Uchiha and Hyuga ally against Konoha’s leadership and support each other’s reforms, including removing conservative elders who obstructed change.
• Hiashi reflected on his family, Hizashi, and Genya’s defense of Hinata, then asked what the Uchiha wanted.

After leaving the Hyuga Clan Compound, Genya proposed a New Year cultural event to improve the Uchiha’s reputation among Konoha’s civilians. He sent Itachi to sound out the Third Hokage while Fugaku and Genya’s parents began finding young women to participate.

• As they walked back to the Uchiha Clan Compound, Fugaku praised Genya’s restraint and insight, and Genya said he had a plan to make the Uchiha the talk of Konoha before the New Year.
• At Fugaku’s house, Genya explained that the Uchiha’s distant and intimidating public image reinforced their isolation, and proposed joining Konoha’s New Year celebrations to show the clan’s cultural side.
• Genya asked Fugaku to find ten to fifteen attractive, outgoing young women willing to take part in public events, alarming Izumi until Genya assured her the plan was respectable.
• Genya told Itachi to report their apology to the Hyuga to the Third Hokage and casually mention the Uchiha’s planned cultural event, then hinted that he had a special role in mind for Itachi.
• Fugaku, Sosuke, and Izumi left to recruit clan members, while Genya promised his mother the event would improve the Uchiha’s image and unite its younger generation.

Genya recruited fifteen Uchiha women for a song-and-dance performance at Konoha’s New Year’s gala, hoping to improve the clan’s public image through art. With Fugaku and Sosuke’s support, he prepared to write the music and choreography before the year-end show.

• Fugaku brought fifteen Uchiha women to meet Genya, who told them the performance could change the clan’s future.
• Genya introduced his plan for a stage performance of “Blue Bird,” and Fugaku agreed to arrange costumes, equipment, and a rehearsal space.
• After hearing the women sing, Genya chose Uchiha Chinatsu, Uchiha Akari, and Uchiha Akane as lead singers and assigned the others as backing dancers.
• Genya explained to Izumi, Fugaku, and Sosuke that the performance would show Konoha the Uchiha’s artistic side and counter rumors that they were cold and heartless.
• Sosuke promised Genya the clan’s support, and Genya set out to write the score and work out the choreography.

Genya organized the Uchiha women for a performance of “Blue Bird,” using genjutsu to teach them the choreography. Their first rehearsal impressed Fugaku and the others, and Genya planned to continue preparing for a New Year’s performance in Konoha.

• Genya presented the score for “Blue Bird” to fifteen Uchiha women and Itachi, who had just returned from reporting to the Hokage.
• Genya studied Fugaku’s basic genjutsu scrolls and used Mind-Image Transmission to teach the women the dance moves and formations.
• The fifteen women rehearsed the song and dance, gradually performing the choreography smoothly as Fugaku, Sosuke, Izumi, Mikoto, Sasuke, and Itachi watched.
• Fugaku admitted the performance was unprecedented, while Genya defended the stage outfits and scheduled daily rehearsals leading up to a dress rehearsal in two weeks.
• Genya resolved to have the Uchiha girls perform “Blue Bird” on New Year’s night and hoped their performance would help the clan change how Konoha saw them.

Genya’s song moved the Uchiha, and Itachi pledged to support his plan by taking leave to help prepare the performance. The next day, the fifteen female performers gathered for rehearsal with Itachi at the drums.

• Genya sang a song about breaking free while Itachi played the drums, leaving the Uchiha audience deeply moved.
• Fugaku asked whether Genya had written the song, and Genya explained that it drew inspiration from the clan’s situation.
• Itachi told Genya he would request leave from the Hokage and fully support the plan, while Sasuke pressed Genya to reveal his role.
• The next day, Chinatsu, Akari, Akane, and twelve dancers assembled in costume as Itachi prepared to accompany their rehearsal.

Genya trained the Uchiha women in dance and coached the three lead singers, then led them through a successful full performance. He assigned Itachi more instruments and promised Sasuke that his special role would be revealed at the dress rehearsal.

• Genya corrected the dancers’ posture and taught them to perform with expressive, confident eye contact.
• Genya coached Chinatsu, Akari, and Akane to sing with power, emotion, and audience interaction.
• Itachi played the drum machine as fifteen Uchiha women danced and the three lead singers performed for the watching family and clan members.
• The audience applauded the performance, and Fugaku and Izumi praised the group.
• Genya told Itachi to learn more instruments, promised the singers vocal exercises, and told Sasuke to wait until the dress rehearsal to learn his assignment.
• After training ended, Itachi stayed to discuss arrangements with Genya while Mikoto led the disappointed Sasuke away.

After Fugaku committed Uchiha resources to Genya’s “Blue Bird” performance, Genya trained the fifteen dancers, designed outfits for the three lead singers, and prepared the group for its first full dress rehearsal. The chapter ended as Genya started the rehearsal before Fugaku, Mikoto, and the other invited observers.

• Fugaku ordered a dedicated dance studio built and made Genya’s performance project a high priority.
• Genya coached the dancers while Itachi composed and practiced the music on his own.
• Genya used a ruler to correct the dancers’ movements, and their singing and choreography improved over two weeks.
• Genya presented Fugaku with designs for custom outfits for Akari, Akane, and Chinatsu, and Fugaku commissioned the clan’s tailors to make them.
• At the closed full dress rehearsal, the singers and dancers took their places, Itachi prepared the music, and Genya began “Blue Bird.”

After the first dress rehearsal impressed everyone, Genya refined the performance plans for the New Year’s gala, including lighting, audience interaction, and stage costumes. The Uchiha’s “Blue Bird Plan” entered its final preparations with less than three weeks remaining.

• Genya praised the cast’s first rehearsal and asked Fugaku to arrange professional stage lights and a fog machine.
• Genya instructed Chinatsu, Akari, Akane, and the backing dancers to improve their audience interaction and formation changes.
• Genya told Itachi to wear a fitted black suit and adopt a more artistic hairstyle for the performance.
• Genya persuaded Fugaku to give Sasuke a softer, androgynous stage outfit to present a gentler image of the Uchiha.
• Genya asked Fugaku to find a girl Sasuke’s age with delicate features and a cool demeanor for a special role.
• Genya ended rehearsal and urged everyone to prepare for the gala as the Blue Bird performance entered its final sprint.

Genya persuaded Sasuke to deliver Konoha's New Year address alongside Xuejian Uchiha, despite Sasuke's objections to the script and his planned outfit. Sasuke agreed to practice, while Fugaku remained uneasy about Genya's plan.

• Sasuke objected to giving the address with Xuejian and wearing clothes with feminine touches.
• Genya provoked Sasuke's pride by calling him a coward and comparing him unfavorably with Xuejian, until Sasuke agreed to perform.
• Genya promised to train Sasuke and Xuejian in stage presence, posture, and speaking over the next two weeks.
• Genya explained that Sasuke's soft, genderless look would help the audience feel more warmly toward the Uchiha Clan.
• Genya asked Fugaku and Mikoto to arrange white-and-silver clothes for Sasuke and black-and-silver clothes for Xuejian, and Mikoto said they would be ready to try on in three days.
• Sasuke began reading the script, while Genya anticipated the training ahead and Fugaku wondered what felt off about the plan.

Genya prepared the Uchiha clan for a New Year performance, hoping Danzo would react to their public transformation and expose his hostility. As the clan gathered for an internal rehearsal, the performances were still about to begin.

• Shisui reported that conflicts on several borders and Orochimaru's activity had left Danzo with little time to target the Uchiha.
• Genya argued that the Uchiha's New Year's performance and alliance with the Hyuga would provoke Danzo into exposing himself, and Fugaku called the clan to an internal gala rehearsal.
• Genya styled and applied stage makeup to Itachi, while Sasuke and Xuejian tried on their custom performance outfits and prepared to give the opening address.
• Hundreds of Uchiha gathered at the clan compound's central training ground, where Yashiro and the others watched with resentment and curiosity as they awaited the performances.

Genya provoked Yashiro’s hardliners before welcoming Sasuke and Xuejian to open the Uchiha New Year’s Eve performance. The clan’s celebration began with a fiery display and Chinatsu, Akari, and Akane’s song.

• Genya mocked the recovering Yashiro, sparking a confrontation that moderates, neutrals, and young ninja quickly overwhelmed.
• Genya introduced Sasuke and Xuejian, who delivered a hopeful blessing to the Uchiha clan and earned enthusiastic applause.
• Fugaku, Sosuke, and Genya performed a coordinated Great Dragon Fire Technique, scattering fading sparks above the crowd.
• Itachi played the drums as Chinatsu, Akari, Akane, and twelve backup dancers began their performance under blue lights.

Genya’s Uchiha performance won over the clan, and he used their excitement to announce an exhibition match between the clan’s strongest young fighters. Itachi and Shisui joined him onstage as the crowd prepared to witness their strength.

• The Uchiha girls, Chinatsu, Akari, and Akane performed “Blue Bird” with Itachi on drums, astonishing the clan and earning Uchiha Fugaku’s first applause.
• Genya told the Uchiha that their performance would show Konoha their talent and earn them respect, and the crowd enthusiastically pledged to take part.
• Genya recognized the clan’s reverence for strength and proposed a showdown between the Uchiha’s greatest prodigies, drawing an even louder response.
• Genya used a genjutsu to persuade Itachi to change into combat gear and agree to a spectacular exhibition match with him and Shisui.
• Shisui accepted Genya’s invitation, and Itachi returned in combat gear as the crowd anticipated the match.

Genya fought Itachi and Shisui before the Uchiha clan, first in taijutsu and then with weapons and ninjutsu. The duel remained unresolved as the three regrouped, their fighting spirit still burning.

• Fugaku introduced Itachi, Shisui, and Genya as the clan’s greatest prodigies and started the contest.
• Genya outmaneuvered Itachi and Shisui in a fast taijutsu battle as the Uchiha clan cheered them on.
• Genya called for his ninja blade, and Sosuke Uchiha threw him the sword.
• Genya fought Itachi and Shisui with his blade, overwhelming Itachi with his strength and deflecting Shisui’s kunai.
• Genya countered Itachi’s Great Fireball Technique with Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, then forced Shisui to evade a sword strike aimed at his wrist.
• The three broke apart to face one another, breathing hard but eager to continue fighting.

After Genya’s performance won the Uchiha clan’s support, he prepared the Dawn Girl Group’s public debut for New Year’s Eve. Danzo planned to use the crowded event to discredit the Uchiha.

• The clan’s jonin admitted that Genya, Itachi, and Shisui were far beyond their strength, while Yashiro and other former critics regretted provoking Genya.
• After Fugaku announced the next night’s official performance, Izumi praised Itachi’s appearance and asked whether the Uchiha’s new direction was a good thing.
• Nami told Genya she had worried about him, then asked her mother whether she could still be his friend as he grew more distant.
• On New Year’s Eve, Genya photographed the fifteen members of the Dawn Girl Group and asked Fugaku to arrange publicity through the Hyuga Clan.
• At Root headquarters, Danzo learned of the performance and decided the event would gather villagers who could witness the Uchiha’s supposed disgrace.

Genya’s preparations brought the Uchiha and Hyuga clans’ debut performance to a packed Central Square, where Sasuke and Xuejian took the stage. Sasuke overcame his nerves and began addressing the crowd as the show started.

• Genya directed the construction and lighting of the stage while Hyuga clan members distributed flyers for the Dawn Girl Group’s performance.
• Word of the performance spread, drawing villagers and visitors from surrounding villages to Central Square.
• Backstage, Sasuke and Xuejian prepared for the show while Fugaku worried that Sasuke could not perform.
• Genya watched the stage with Hinata, while Fugaku and Hiashi traded remarks about their children.
• Sasuke and Xuejian appeared before the crowd, and Sasuke steadied himself after seeing his family and Genya encourage him.
• Sasuke addressed everyone in Konoha as the performance began.

Sasuke and Xuejian delivered New Year greetings before Uchiha performers dazzled Konoha with a concert. The crowd celebrated the Uchiha, while Sasuke overheard villagers mistaking him for the clan’s young heiress.

• Sasuke and Xuejian wished Konoha peace and prosperity on behalf of the Uchiha Clan, earning warm applause from the villagers.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village leaders watched the greetings, and Mitokado Homura noted that the Uchiha and Hyuga performing together was better than joining forces to cause trouble.
• Uchiha Itachi played drums as Chinatsu, Akari, Akane, and twelve backup dancers performed “Blue Bird,” drawing the audience into the show.
• The audience erupted in cheers after the performance, and Chinatsu introduced the group as the Uchiha’s Dawn Girl Group and wished Konoha a happy New Year.
• Sasuke overheard villagers call him the Uchiha princess and blushed before shouting for Genya.

After the Dawn Girl Group’s performance, Konoha villagers crowded around the performers and the Uchiha, showering them with gifts and attention. The night ended with laughter inside the compound and Fugaku reflecting on how warmly the village had received his clan.

• The crowd overwhelmed the Uchiha guards as villagers gave flowers, letters, and gifts to Chinatsu, Akari, Akane, and the backup dancers.
• Fugaku told the lingering villagers that the Uchiha would discuss future performances and urged them to go home.
• A group of girls surrounded Itachi with gifts and questions, and he escaped with Mikoto using the Body Flicker Technique.
• The performers gathered at the Training Ground and remarked on how differently Konoha had treated the Uchiha that night.
• Sasuke chased Genya around the compound after villagers mistook him for a girl, while Fugaku watched the clan laugh together.

After the Dawn Girl Group’s performance transformed public opinion of the Uchiha, Genya and Fugaku planned how to manage the group’s growing fame. The chapter ended with villagers enthusiastically befriending Uchiha officers, leaving the Military Police Force short-staffed.

• Fugaku showed Genya and the others the flood of fan mail that arrived after the performance, including a letter addressed to Princess Sasuke that embarrassed Sasuke.
• Tekka reported numerous paid performance invitations, and Genya said the group could accept carefully chosen offers while keeping its earnings.
• A Hyuga Branch Family jonin invited Akari to lunch, prompting Genya and Fugaku to require that invitations go through official Uchiha channels for safety and privacy.
• A Military Police Force member reported that villagers’ opinions of the Uchiha had changed, and Genya proposed regular performances and fan meet-and-greets.
• The officer revealed that villagers had taken many Uchiha officers to group meals, leaving the force short-staffed, and Fugaku allowed the New Year gatherings as long as officers stayed reasonable.

At the Uchiha family feast, Genya coaxed Sasuke into secretly trying sake, and Sasuke coughed through his first drink. Later, Genya took Sasuke, Nami, and Hinata to visit Ino, who eagerly joined their outing.

• At Fugaku's family feast, Genya challenged Sasuke to try sake, and Sasuke downed a cup before coughing and complaining that it burned.
• Mikoto caught Sasuke drinking, scolded both boys, and gave Sasuke soup while Sosuke let Genya have a little sake.
• That afternoon, Genya took Sasuke and Nami to the Hyuga compound, where he met Hinata and held her hand as they set out together.
• At the Yamanaka Flower Shop, Ino rushed to greet Genya and praised his performance, then took his hand and pulled him outside to play.
• Sasuke trailed behind Genya and the three girls, grumbling as he watched them surround his friend.