Recaps

Tobirama Senju learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had publicly confessed his love to Uchiha Shingetsu and blamed her for turning his student against him. Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha taught the academy children the bloody history of shinobi, leaving them to confront what choosing that life would mean.

• Tobirama Senju read a report that Hiruzen Sarutobi had confessed to Uchiha Shingetsu and angrily decided he could no longer keep Hiruzen as a student.
• Shingetsu endured her classmates’ stares and found Tobirama Senju’s textbook superficial and lacking in shinobi history.
• Madara Uchiha discarded the textbook and began teaching the class about the Warring States Period and the brutal lives of shinobi.
• Madara Uchiha explained how Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha ended the wars and founded the village.
• Shingetsu noticed the students’ fear, worried that Yakushi Chinatsu might leave the academy, and recognized that Madara wanted them to choose their futures with an honest understanding of shinobi life.

Madara Uchiha’s history lesson left the students eager for more, but lunchtime revealed the hardship faced by ordinary people in Konoha. Shingetsu learned that Chinatsu’s dream was to earn enough as a shinobi to share white rice with everyone at the Orphanage.

• Madara Uchiha finished his lesson on the founding of Konoha and dismissed the class, leaving with Hashirama.
• Torifu Akimichi’s growling stomach prompted the students to begin eating their packed lunches.
• Shingetsu and Uchiha Inari traded unwanted food with Miki until Miki stopped them, while Shingetsu envied the Nara boy’s venison.
• Shingetsu discovered that Chinatsu’s lunch was millet and barnyard millet, and offered her an untouched rice ball.
• Chinatsu refused the rice ball, explaining that her family at the Orphanage ate the same food and that her dream was to earn money as a shinobi and share white rice with everyone.

Shingetsu reassured Yakushi Chinatsu that she would help make rice available to everyone, then shared her konpeito with the class and gave the remainder to Chinatsu for the orphanage children. Chinatsu accepted Shingetsu’s friendship, and the chapter ended with them embracing.

• Chinatsu shyly asked Shingetsu to come with her when she became a shinobi, and Shingetsu promised everyone would be able to eat rice before then.
• Shingetsu planned to use her future harvest to help the orphanage and poor civilians, then shared konpeito with her classmates.
• Shingetsu gave Chinatsu a candy, which brought Chinatsu to tears as she tasted sweetness for the first time.
• Shingetsu gave Chinatsu the remaining candy and her handkerchief to take back to the orphanage children.
• Chinatsu asked Shingetsu for a hug and asked if they could be friends; Shingetsu embraced her and said they already were friends.

Shingetsu endured four months of school, training, and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s repeated confessions before autumn arrived. She visited the golden rice fields and celebrated a bumper harvest with Kazuko, Hayato Uchiha, and Yōta Uchiha, leaving the story as she admired the abundant crop.

• Shingetsu became a top student under the constant supervision of Tōka, Hashirama, and Madara Uchiha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi kept confessing to her and getting beaten by those around him.
• Shingetsu and Chinatsu grew into close friends, and Chinatsu caught up at the Ninja Academy while showing talent in Medical Ninjutsu and intelligence gathering.
• Four months passed, and Shingetsu arrived at the fields to find a bumper rice harvest.
• Kazuko thanked Shingetsu, Hayato Uchiha, and Yōta Uchiha for supporting the tenant farmers, and she felt she had found a new home.
• Hayato and Yōta took pride in the harvest after helping reclaim and tend the fields, while Shingetsu admired a rice stalk heavy with grain.

Shingetsu bought winnowing fans from Cat Granny through Kana and paid for the delivery with money and Silver Vine. Cat Granny revealed that the rice seeds she had sold Shingetsu came from a secluded shinobi clan, and she looked forward to seeing the Uchiha Clan farm them.

• Shingetsu gave Kana Silver Vine, collected the delivered scroll, and paid Cat Granny for the winnowing fans.
• Kana returned to the Vacant District Ruins, where Xiaoling checked her for signs that she had been won over by Shingetsu.
• Cat Granny counted Shingetsu’s payment while Xiaoling complained that Shingetsu was spending Madara Uchiha’s money and had received precious seeds at a low price.
• Cat Granny recalled that the rice seeds Shingetsu bought were cultivated by a secluded shinobi clan and were prized for their taste, yield, and vigorous growth.
• Cat Granny said she had chosen to sell the seeds to Shingetsu instead of a wealthy merchant because she wanted to see the Uchiha Clan take up farming.

Shingetsu discovered that Cat Granny’s expensive rice seeds produced a harvest far beyond local standards, while she reconsidered her low land tax after learning how harshly the Land of Fire exploited its farmers. The successful harvest brought hope to Kazuko and the other tenant farmers, but Shingetsu’s farming plan still had a long road ahead.

• Kazuko and the tenant farmers estimated that Shingetsu’s rice would yield at least thirty to forty percent more than ordinary rice, and Shingetsu realized Cat Granny’s seeds were worth their high price.
• Shingetsu watched the farmers bring rice into the granary and regretted setting their land tax at only thirty percent.
• After studying the Land of Fire’s tax system, Shingetsu learned how nobles imposed heavy levies and recognized that her generous terms had helped persuade desperate commoners to work for her.
• The chapter noted that Madara Uchiha, Cat Granny, Kazuko and the farmers, and Hayato and Yota had all contributed to the farming project’s success.
• In September of Konoha’s sixth year, the rice fields yielded a plentiful harvest, and the tenant farmers celebrated their newfound hopes while Shingetsu prepared to continue her work.

Shingetsu’s tenant farmers delivered a bountiful rice harvest to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where sweet rice cakes won over the clan. Hōkaku learned that the carts held only part of the harvest and set out to see the fields for himself.

• Kazuko and the tenant farmers brought carts of polished rice to the Uchiha compound, drawing envious villagers along the way.
• Hayato and Yota proudly announced the delivery and went to find Hōkaku after learning that Madara and Shingetsu were at school.
• Kazuko handed out sweet, jam-filled rice cakes, and Uchiha clansmen eagerly formed a long line to get one.
• Hōkaku arrived, scolded the Uchiha for gathering around the cakes, and watched them scatter with their treats.
• Kazuko explained that the carts held only part of the harvest, so Hōkaku gathered Uchiha to accompany her to the fields.

Uchiha villagers returned food and produce to the clan, leaving its members well supplied and unexpectedly cheerful. Madara and Shingetsu returned to the compound, where Shingetsu shared a warm rice cake with him.

• Uchiha villagers carried rice back to the compound while curious Konoha residents watched enviously.
• Madara carried an uneasy Shingetsu past the staring villagers and returned with her to the compound.
• Kazuko and the others delivered grain, produce, and other food, while Hōkaku realized the supply could feed the clan for nearly half a year and ease its expenses.
• Kazuko led Madara and Shingetsu to the warehouses, where the children were eating rice cakes made with fruit jam.
• Shingetsu split her rice cake and gave half to Madara, and they ate together.

Shingetsu and Madara showed the Uchiha children their abundant rice harvest, while Kazuko hired Uchiha shinobi to guard her fields. As word of the Uchiha’s wealth spread through Konoha, Madara urged Shingetsu to survive any danger and promised to protect her.

• Shingetsu, Madara Uchiha, and the Uchiha children visited the newly cleaned granary, where Madara promised Kaen and the other children they could eat as much as they wanted.
• Kazuko asked Shingetsu and Madara to send Uchiha shinobi to guard her fields, and they agreed to her grain-paid mission.
• News of the Uchiha harvest spread across Konoha, and Hashirama Senju praised the idea of village farming while Tobirama Senju worried about the daimyō’s reaction and wondered who had inspired it.
• Hayato and Yota escorted Kazuko home after she settled the mission details with Shingetsu and Madara.
• At the compound gates, Madara told Shingetsu to flee danger if necessary, then embraced her and promised to come for her and protect her.

Shingetsu promised Madara she would stay alive, calming his grief and rage, while Black Zetsu watched from hiding. She considered practical next steps for the Uchiha Farming Plan and decided to bring white rice to the Orphanage, leaving her visit planned for the following day.

• Shingetsu embraced Madara and promised she would keep living, calming his rampaging chakra.
• Madara carried Shingetsu into the Uchiha compound while Black Zetsu secretly watched and mocked her promise.
• Shingetsu reviewed the clan's farming ledger and considered livestock and new crops for the next stage of the Uchiha Farming Plan.
• Shingetsu set aside her impractical ideas and decided to consult Hōkaku, Kazuko, clan members, and villagers about what was needed.
• Shingetsu resolved to bring grain to the Orphanage and visit Chinatsu and the other children after school the next day.

Shingetsu visited the Konoha Orphanage with Chinatsu, met Director Yakushi and the children, and joined them for a meal. In the kitchen, Shingetsu killed Matron and revealed that the woman had already been dead for some time, leaving Chinatsu in shock and grief.

• Shingetsu and Chinatsu visited the orphanage, where the children welcomed Chinatsu and thanked Shingetsu for sending food.
• Director Yakushi told Shingetsu and Chinatsu about her family’s exile and how Hashirama Senju had helped establish and support the orphanage.
• The children surrounded Shingetsu with questions and gratitude, while Matron invited her and Chinatsu to eat.
• Shingetsu followed Chinatsu and Matron into the kitchen and shut the door behind them.
• Shingetsu cut Matron in two, then told Chinatsu that Matron had already been dead because no blood came from the wound.
• Chinatsu confirmed the truth, collapsed in grief, and stopped struggling in Shingetsu’s arms.

The Beast Fang Trio decided to attack the Orphanage after Shingetsu exposed their attempt to abduct Yakushi Chinatsu for information about Konoha’s Ninja Academy. Shingetsu and Chinatsu discovered the children had been poisoned, and Shingetsu hoped to hold the attackers off until Madara Uchiha arrived.

• The Beast Fang Trio discussed retreating after Kang’s puppet was destroyed, but their leader Di ordered them to attack and kill anyone who stood in their way.
• Di ordered Kang to activate the poison he had planted in the Orphanage, while telling him to kill Shingetsu and take her eyes.
• Shingetsu recognized the matron as a corpse controlled by the Dead Soul Technique and realized the attackers were targeting Chinatsu.
• Shingetsu and Chinatsu deduced that the Orphanage’s lunch had been poisoned and found the children collapsed in the corridor.
• Chinatsu used her medical training to identify the poison and ease the children’s suffering, while Shingetsu said they needed to hold out for twenty minutes until Madara arrived.

Shingetsu prepared the Orphanage for an attack, exposed its spy, and fought the Beast Fang Trio as they searched for her. She killed Ji with a trap and the Dragon Fire Technique, while the other attackers remained at large and Chinatsu prepared the sole dose of antidote for Shingetsu.

• Shingetsu gathered her weapons, used the Sharingan to locate and disrupt the spy's scouting eye, and strung traps throughout the Orphanage.
• The Beast Fang Trio argued, then Di ordered Ji, Di, and Kang to split up and search for Shingetsu and the other target.
• Chinatsu moved the children and director into Hashirama Senju's shelter and prepared the only dose of antidote for Shingetsu.
• Ji used the Third Eye to find a safe path through Shingetsu's traps, followed her, and attacked with a storm of sand bullets.
• Shingetsu used her Sharingan to evade the sand bullets, bound Ji with steel wire, and burned him to ashes with the Dragon Fire Technique.

Shingetsu fought Kang and Di while poisoned, and Chinatsu was gravely wounded protecting her. As Shingetsu pushed her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception beyond their limits, she saved Chinatsu by killing the poison, but Di impaled her and tried to take her eyes; her chakra then erupted and transformed the Orphanage into a forest.

• Shingetsu killed the Orange-Haired Shinobi, but Kang poisoned her and attacked while she struggled to keep her Sharingan active.
• Shingetsu cut Kang along his death line, while Chinatsu restrained him and was stabbed; before collapsing, Chinatsu gave Shingetsu the antidote.
• Di arrived and offered to spare Shingetsu if she abandoned Chinatsu, but Shingetsu took the antidote and used her Mystic Eyes to kill the poison inside Chinatsu.
• Shingetsu shattered Di's sword, but he revealed his Kaguya Clan bloodline, pierced her with bone spikes, and pinned her to the floor as he reached for her eyes.
• Shingetsu unleashed her remaining chakra, causing roots and towering trees to burst from the ground and transform the Orphanage into a forest.

After Hashirama Senju unexpectedly won a bet, he feared disaster and mobilized Konoha to search for trouble. The search led to the Orphanage, where Madara Uchiha found the wounded Shingetsu in a forest created by her newly awakened Wood Release.

• Hashirama Senju won a gamble and rushed out with Wood Clones to search Konoha for signs of danger.
• Hashirama alerted Tobirama Senju, who joined the search, while Madara Uchiha realized Shingetsu might be at risk and ran toward the Orphanage.
• Hōkaku and Tōka led Uchiha and Senju Shinobi in searches that also converged on the Orphanage.
• Tobirama sensed abnormal chakra at the Orphanage, and the Senju brothers found a lush forest where the building had stood.
• Madara Uchiha used Susanoo to open the forest and retrieve the blood-soaked Shingetsu, whose Wood Release had awakened.

Madara and Hashirama saved Shingetsu from the God Tree's chakra drain, and her awakening of Wood Release sparked a confrontation between the Senju and Uchiha over her. Tōka ended the dispute by declaring that Shingetsu was her child.

• Madara found Shingetsu unconscious and nearly chakra-depleted, then poured his chakra into her without waking her.
• Madara asked Hashirama to save Shingetsu, and Hashirama transferred his chakra to her, reviving the God Tree and triggering a Wood Release resonance.
• Tobirama rescued the orphanage children and Director Yakushi from the rubble, while the arriving shinobi witnessed Shingetsu's Wood Release.
• Senju elders demanded that Madara hand Shingetsu over because she had awakened Wood Release, but Madara refused and the Senju and Uchiha prepared to clash.
• Tōka reached Shingetsu, wept as she cleaned the blood from her, and declared that Shingetsu was her child.

Senju Toka revealed that Shingetsu was her child, and Uchiha Hōkaku publicly claimed her as his daughter while defending Tōka from the Senju elders. Shingetsu awakened after Hashirama helped her, confirmed that the orphanage was safe, and asked Madara to take her home.

• Senju Toka declared that Shingetsu was her child, and the Senju elders condemned her for having a child with an Uchiha.
• Uchiha Hōkaku attacked the elders with a fire technique, stood beside Tōka, and announced that Shingetsu was his child too.
• Tobirama Senju tried to disperse the crowd, but a Senju elder demanded that the Uchiha name a price for Shingetsu.
• Uchiha Hōkaku grabbed the elder by the throat until Tobirama told him to let the man go.
• Hashirama Senju helped Shingetsu regain consciousness, and she asked Madara whether Chinatsu and everyone at the orphanage were safe.
• Madara reassured Shingetsu that everyone was fine, and she asked him to take her home.

After nearly a month unconscious, Shingetsu awakened Wood Release and used it to revive plants on her balcony, only to discover she had eaten the strawberries she had grown with it. Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju found her awake, and Hashirama warned that Wood Release crops were not safe to eat.

• Shingetsu encountered the God Tree in her consciousness and recognized it had grown after absorbing chakra and yang power from Hashirama.
• Shingetsu woke after nearly a month in bed, and a new power in her blood healed her body and suppressed her Sharingan's rampage.
• Shingetsu realized she had awakened Wood Release and used it to restore dying balcony plants, which grew into strawberry plants.
• Shingetsu ate the strawberries before Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju entered and found her awake.
• Hashirama Senju warned Shingetsu not to eat fruit grown with Wood Release, and she realized she had already eaten the strawberries.

Shingetsu recovered enough to eat after Hashirama and Madara ruined their attempt at cooking, so Hashirama brought Tobirama to prepare her a proper meal. She enjoyed Tobirama’s porridge and egg until she found shiitake mushrooms, and Hashirama urged her to eat them.

• Shingetsu threw up the strawberries grown with Wood Release and waited for food while Hashirama and Madara tried cooking, burning their porridge.
• Hashirama summoned a Wood Dragon and fetched Tobirama from the Hokage Building to cook for Shingetsu.
• Tobirama prepared rice porridge and a fried egg, cleaned the kitchen, and told Shingetsu the food was not poisoned.
• Shingetsu tasted the meal and happily ate until she discovered shiitake mushrooms in the porridge.
• Hashirama patted Shingetsu’s head and coaxed her to try the mushrooms, despite her dislike of them.

After recovering from the attack on the Orphanage, Shingetsu learned that Madara and Hashirama had retaliated against the Daimyō behind it while Madara and Tobirama argued over her safety and training. A discussion of the Uzumaki Clan’s planned arrival and Hashirama’s proposed marriage ended with Shingetsu discovering that everyone knew her parentage and Wood Release had awakened.

• Hashirama told Shingetsu that the Orphanage and Chinatsu were safe and that Konoha had dealt with the Beast Fang Trio and their employers.
• Madara led the Uchiha in destroying Fire Country bounty exchanges and used his Perfect Susanoo to demolish the Tenshukaku, while the other great nations’ Daimyō also lost power or died.
• Tobirama proposed bringing the Uzumaki Clan to Konoha to establish a village barrier and announced that Mito Uzumaki would come with them.
• Tobirama urged Hashirama to marry Mito, but Hashirama objected to a political marriage and Madara kicked the arguing Senju brothers outside.
• Tobirama insisted that Hashirama should teach Shingetsu to use Wood Release, and Shingetsu learned that everyone knew she was Tōka and Hōkaku’s daughter.

After Shingetsu learned that her parentage and Wood Release were known, she stayed home with her family while Tobirama examined the plant she had grown. Tobirama discovered that her Wood Release produced unusually vigorous, fruit-bearing plants and urged Hashirama to teach her Wood Release.

• Shingetsu panicked when she learned everyone knew she was Tōka and Hōkaku's daughter, while Hashirama teased her and Tobirama took away the potted plant she had grown with Wood Release.
• Tōka reunited tearfully with Shingetsu, and Hōkaku watched them after spending the past month fighting those he believed threatened his family.
• Shingetsu stayed inside the clan compound, received visits and gifts from Uchiha children, and used Wood Release to hang Kazuma and Kaen upside down from a tree.
• Tobirama tested Shingetsu's plant and found that it continued growing without chakra and quickly produced edible strawberries.
• Tobirama concluded that Shingetsu's Wood Release was extraordinarily vital and told Hashirama it was time to teach her.

Madara gave Shingetsu a custom chakra-metal bracelet that let him sense her approximate location, then brought her to learn Wood Release from Hashirama. Shingetsu created an orchard of fruit trees, but Hashirama accidentally ate a lemon and recoiled from its sourness.

• Hashirama agreed to teach Shingetsu Wood Release after Tobirama pressed him, while warning Tobirama not to scheme against her.
• Madara gave Shingetsu a fitted chakra-metal bangle infused with his chakra so he could track her approximate location.
• Madara brought Shingetsu to meet Hashirama and Tobirama, who watched as Hashirama began her Wood Release lesson.
• Hashirama told Shingetsu to form a Snake Hand Seal and imagine fruit-bearing trees, and she raised a fruit-filled orchard from the ground.
• Shingetsu felt dizzy after using Wood Release and remembered that Hashirama had once made her vomit strawberries.
• Hashirama ate a lemon from the orchard despite Shingetsu's warning and cried out at its sourness.

Hashirama shared the orchard’s strange fruits with Shingetsu, Madara, and Tobirama, then taught Shingetsu to practice Wood Release by weaving baskets. When curious villagers arrived and Hashirama let them eat the fruit, he revealed that Shingetsu was responsible for the orchard.

• Hashirama bit into a lemon and recoiled from its sourness, while Madara and Tobirama watched in disgust.
• Madara left the orchard with Shingetsu, and Hashirama tried to stop them by pestering Madara.
• Hashirama demonstrated how to weave a flower basket with Wood Release and asked Shingetsu to practice while he picked more fruit.
• Shingetsu made many clumsy baskets but gradually improved her control over Wood Release and chakra.
• Curious Konoha villagers entered the orchard, and Hashirama invited them to eat the fruit.
• When a Senju shinobi asked about the orchard, Hashirama told the villagers that Shingetsu was responsible for it.

Shingetsu created a vast orchard with Wood Release, and its abundant fruit brought joy and relief to Konoha’s villagers. After Madara and Hashirama joined her for a picnic, Hashirama’s son Senju Ryūju arrived, revealing the strain in their relationship.

• Shingetsu finished weaving baskets, admired the orchard she had created, and ate fruit until she became lost among the trees.
• Madara found Shingetsu and carried her through the orchard as villagers arrived to gather fruit and learned that she had created it.
• Shingetsu shared grapes with Madara, then gave Hashirama a basket, and the three sat down to eat together.
• Tobirama joined the picnic and examined a lemon, considering its possible uses as incense or seasoning.
• Senju Ryūju arrived, greeted his father, uncle, Madara, and Shingetsu, and stood awkwardly apart as Shingetsu noticed the tension between him and Hashirama.

Senju Ryūju confronted the Senju elders’ plans to use Shingetsu’s Wood Release and fled rather than take part. After Shingetsu woke in the orchard, Hiruzen Sarutobi accosted her with love poems, drawing the fury of Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju.

• Senju Ryūju recalled how his failure to awaken Wood Release had alienated him from his clan, while Hashirama Senju protected and loved him.
• Senju Ryūju realized the elders had coerced him to approach Shingetsu, hoping to use her as a marriage prospect, and left the orchard in anger.
• Shingetsu fell asleep against Madara Uchiha, then woke in the afternoon as Kagami Uchiha arrived with dango.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi knocked Kagami aside, took his dango, and recited love poems to Shingetsu while dodging her Wood Release vines.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi spotted Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju glaring at him, then dropped to his knees and begged them to spare him.