Recaps

Madara and the shinobi explored the Kaguya Ruins, where an inscription revealed the Senju and Uchiha shared ancestors and described the Rinnegan’s powers. While the others read, Shingetsu activated an ancient technique that drew Kaguya Otsutsuki’s consciousness from the moon into a rabbit, and she eagerly picked it up.

• Madara led the shinobi into the ruins, and Shingetsu’s chakra lit the markings that guided them to a statue of the Rabbit Goddess.
• Shingetsu awakened the inscription, and Madara and Tobirama learned that Indra and Asura were ancestors of the Uchiha and Senju, respectively.
• Madara and Tobirama read about the Rinnegan’s powers, and Madara became determined to obtain its power to resurrect Izuna and others.
• While the adults were distracted, Shingetsu followed a white glow to a hidden formation and poured her chakra and blood into a white, mud-like substance.
• The ancient technique drew Kaguya Otsutsuki’s consciousness from the moon into a rabbit, and Shingetsu hugged the bewildered animal.

Shingetsu refused to give up the rabbit, and Madara eventually let her keep it despite Black Zetsu’s desperate efforts to reclaim Kaguya. Back in Konoha, the revelation that the Senju and Uchiha were descended from brothers caused turmoil, while Madara pursued a way to awaken the Rinnegan and asked Hashirama for his flesh.

• Shingetsu threatened to run away rather than surrender the rabbit, and Madara and Tobirama argued over her while Black Zetsu recognized the rabbit as Kaguya.
• Madara threatened to roast the rabbit, but Shingetsu pleaded with him until he let her keep it and doubled her training as punishment.
• The returned explorers revealed that the Senju and Uchiha ancestors were biological brothers, shocking both clans; Hashirama welcomed the news, while Tobirama planned a pamphlet and a play about shinobi’s divine ancestry.
• Madara studied the ruins’ account of the Rinnegan and decided to follow the Moon Worship Cult’s claim that Indra and Asura’s flesh and chakra could awaken it.
• Madara interrupted Hashirama and Tsunade’s card game and asked Hashirama for a piece of his flesh; Hashirama cheerfully cut off a bowl-sized chunk.

After Hashirama and Madara’s gruesome experiment left Tsunade with hemophobia, Tobirama took her away from them. Meanwhile, Kaguya the bunny discovered a taste for sweets, and Shingetsu learned that Madara was weakened by Hashirama’s transplanted flesh before ordering Tobirama to implant her cells in her master.

• Hashirama and Madara’s attempt to give Madara Hashirama’s flesh frightened Tsunade into fainting and developing hemophobia.
• Tobirama blamed Hashirama and Madara, took Tsunade into his care, and teleported away with her, leaving Hashirama distraught.
• Shingetsu tried feeding Kaguya the bunny grass and carrots, then discovered that Kaguya eagerly ate candy and other snacks.
• Kaguya enjoyed Shingetsu’s attention and sweets while Black Zetsu watched helplessly and wondered about Shingetsu’s unusual connection to the God Tree.
• Madara told Shingetsu that the transplanted Hashirama flesh had left him weak and might take twenty years to integrate.
• Shingetsu went to Tobirama and ordered him to implant her cells into Madara’s body.

Tobirama treated Madara after he implanted Hashirama’s cells, and Shingetsu’s cells helped the two powers harmonize while awakening Madara’s bloodline. Meanwhile, Tsunade struggled under Tobirama’s strict care until Madara snatched her and fled, with Tobirama in pursuit.

• Tobirama discovered that Madara had implanted Hashirama’s flesh, examined him, and injected Shingetsu’s cells after finding the transplanted cells unusually compatible with Madara.
• Madara regained his strength as the Uchiha and Senju powers began harmonizing, and Shingetsu explained her power as the circle enclosing yin and yang.
• Madara thanked Shingetsu and told her about his family, while Tsunade’s fear of blood and Tobirama’s strict rules became her chief worries.
• Tsunade cried to Momoka and Tatsuki about Tobirama, and they comforted her with candy and her favorite baked treats.
• Madara jumped from the Bakery roof, grabbed Tsunade, and ran as Tobirama shouted that Madara was stealing a child and chased after them.

Madara impulsively took Tsunade and Hashirama out of Konoha, where he unexpectedly awakened Wood Release and the group’s chaotic outing quickly wore down his patience. After Tsunade rejected their grilled fish and Shingetsu caused a cooking disaster, Hashirama suggested finding a town to stay in.

• Madara carried Tsunade away from Tobirama, and Hashirama chose to follow rather than face his angry brother.
• Madara summoned a Wood Dragon, took Shingetsu with him, and flew out of Konoha with Hashirama and Tsunade as Tobirama shouted after them.
• On the dragon, Madara discovered he had awakened Wood Release, which he attributed to Hashirama’s cells.
• Tsunade tried to bite Kaguya Bunny for food, then bit Hashirama’s arm and fainted at the sight of blood.
• The group landed by a lake, but Tsunade disliked Hashirama’s grilled fish and Shingetsu’s attempt at fish soup sent hot oil flying.
• Hashirama suggested they find a town, and Madara reluctantly agreed.

Hashirama, Madara, Shingetsu, and Tsunade reached Pine Mountain Town, where Yuhi Qiang hurried to prepare for their arrival while the group ate at a restaurant. Shingetsu and Tsunade tasted rice wine for the first time, and the chapter ended with both wanting more.

• Hashirama ran wild in the forest, and Madara struggled to keep him, Shingetsu, and Tsunade under control.
• The group arrived in Pine Mountain Town and redirected their planned factory tour to find food for hungry Tsunade.
• Yuhi Qiang learned that Hashirama, Madara, Shingetsu, and Tsunade had arrived and rushed to conceal her lavish office before welcoming them.
• At the restaurant, workers praised Yuhi Qiang's leadership and Shingetsu's contributions to their improved lives.
• Shingetsu drank a cup of rice wine, and Tsunade drank one too before they both asked for more.

Shingetsu and Tsunade sneaked away from the factory tour to drink Yuhi Qiang’s plum wine, while Yuhi Qiang joined them and taught them about drinking. Madara found them celebrating and erupted in anger, leaving Shingetsu pleading for Hashirama to save her.

• Madara stopped Shingetsu from drinking more at the restaurant, then ordered Yuhi Qiang to take the group to the factory.
• Yuhi Qiang showed Madara, Hashirama, Shingetsu, and Tsunade the factory and explained its goal of employing ten thousand civilian shinobi.
• Shingetsu volunteered to take Tsunade to the bathroom, but the girls slipped away to play, and Yuhi Qiang eventually found them in her factory break room.
• Shingetsu took Yuhi Qiang’s plum wine from the refrigerator, and Yuhi Qiang gave the girls drinking snacks and lessons while joining them.
• Madara found the three drinking together, became furious, and Shingetsu cried out for Hashirama to save her.

Madara’s fury over Shingetsu drinking wine erupted into a fight with Hashirama, and he beat Shingetsu before noticing his Rinnegan had awakened. As Madara considered using its power to revive Izuna, his new eye revealed strange presences within Hashirama and Shingetsu.

• Madara attacked Shingetsu over the wine, and Hashirama stepped in to stop him as their chakra clash wrecked Yuhi Qiang’s factory.
• Madara threw Hashirama through several walls, then caught Shingetsu and beat her while workers watched from a distance.
• Hashirama returned and shielded Shingetsu, while Madara blamed her mischief on her Senju blood.
• Hashirama noticed Madara’s left eye had turned purple, and Madara recognized it as an incomplete Rinnegan awakened during his fury.
• Madara learned that Rinne Rebirth could revive the dead but demanded a terrible price, and he decided to make Tobirama Senju help him find a way to revive Izuna.
• Madara sensed an unfamiliar man within Hashirama’s chakra and then saw what appeared to be a tree inside Shingetsu.

After Madara returned to Konoha with the Rinnegan, he asked Tobirama to help resurrect Izuna and tried to make peace with Shingetsu. He discovered she had run away from home, while Shingetsu fled the Land of Fire with Kurama to avoid being caught and punished.

• Madara returned to Konoha and asked Tobirama to help him resurrect Izuna, and Tobirama agreed.
• Madara told Hashirama he would give him one of his Rinnegan after Izuna was resurrected.
• Madara and Hashirama brought Shingetsu a cake, but found her room empty and a note saying she had run away.
• Shingetsu packed her belongings, removed the tracking bracelet Madara had given her, and prepared to leave the Land of Fire.
• Shingetsu took Kaguya Rabbit and forced Kurama to come with her as she set off.

After Shingetsu ran away, Madara and Konoha launched a frantic search while Kurama helped her understand Madara’s fear of losing her. Still reluctant to return, Shingetsu devised a plan to blame Black Zetsu and captured him, threatening Kaguya Bunny to stop his escape.

• Madara blamed Hōkaku for failing to watch Shingetsu, while Tobirama confronted Madara for hitting her in public.
• Hashirama sent Hōkaku and Tobirama to search for Shingetsu, then urged Madara to give her more freedom.
• Tobirama mobilized Konoha’s search parties, and ninja villages across the Shinobi World dispatched teams to find Shingetsu.
• In the wilderness, Kurama explained that Madara’s overprotectiveness came from his fear of losing the last member of his family, and Shingetsu cried as she listened.
• Shingetsu hesitated to return because she feared Madara’s reaction, then decided she and Kurama should blame someone for luring them away.
• Shingetsu trapped Black Zetsu with Wood Release and threatened Kaguya Bunny to prevent him from escaping.

Shingetsu lured Black Zetsu out by holding Kaguya Bunny hostage, then exposed him to the gathered shinobi. Madara read Black Zetsu’s memories and learned how he had manipulated history for a thousand years, but spared him for a possible Rinne Rebirth sacrifice.

• Shingetsu admitted she had bluffed to lure Black Zetsu out, then claimed the Sage of Six Paths had revealed his identity and his connection to Kaguya.
• Tōka, Tobirama, and the search parties reached Shingetsu, where they found Black Zetsu pinned by Wood Release spikes.
• Shingetsu identified Black Zetsu as Kaguya’s third son, and Tobirama brought Hashirama and Madara to the scene.
• Madara used the Human Path to read Black Zetsu’s memories and discovered his thousand-year plot to falsify history and keep the Uchiha and Senju fighting.
• Madara stopped himself from killing Black Zetsu because he considered using him as the living sacrifice for Rinne Rebirth.

Madara captured Black Zetsu and learned that it had manipulated him and shaped the Shinobi World's history for a thousand years. Shingetsu comforted Madara over the future he had nearly chosen, and he reunited with the people who had come to check on him.

• Madara impaled Black Zetsu with black chakra rods, and Hashirama pinned it with the Gate of the Great God.
• Madara showed Hashirama and Tobirama Black Zetsu's memories, revealing its schemes and prompting Tobirama to demand its death; Madara said he would use its life to revive Izuna.
• Madara searched Kaguya Bunny's memories and saw the Ōtsutsuki Clan and the God Tree, then took Shingetsu and the others back to Konoha.
• Madara withdrew to his room, where he told Shingetsu that he had once planned to leave Konoha and feared how close he had come to Black Zetsu's trap.
• Shingetsu reassured Madara that Konoha and the Shinobi World were at peace and that Izuna would return, and Madara told her she had saved him.
• Hōkaku, Hashirama, Tsunade, the Uchiha clansmen, and Madara's students gathered to comfort him and ask him to come eat or teach again.

Tobirama developed Impure World Reincarnation, allowing Madara and his allies to revive Izuna with Rinne Rebirth. Izuna reunited with Madara, then noticed Shingetsu and asked whether she was Madara’s daughter.

• Tobirama tested Impure World Reincarnation on a condemned prisoner, and Madara rejected using a prisoner as Izuna’s sacrifice.
• Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and provided a White Zetsu as the sacrifice to reincarnate Izuna.
• Izuna awoke and attacked Tobirama before recognizing Madara, who immediately began the Rinne Rebirth ritual using Black Zetsu as the sacrifice.
• Shingetsu intimidated the King of Hell into taking Black Zetsu, and Izuna regained a living body through Rinne Rebirth.
• Hashirama helped Izuna receive Tajima’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Izuna embraced Madara after regaining his sight.
• Izuna noticed Shingetsu and asked Madara whether she was his daughter.

Izuna reunited with Madara and explored Konoha, learning how the village had changed since his death and how Shingetsu’s ideas had helped shape it. He began to wonder whether Shingetsu had been sent to save Madara and the Uchiha Clan.

• Hōkaku reunited with Izuna, who teased him about Shingetsu before discovering that she was his daughter with Senju Toka.
• Madara introduced Izuna to Shingetsu as his student, and Tobirama Senju urged them to keep Izuna’s resurrection secret.
• Madara and Hōkaku showed Izuna prosperous Konoha, where he learned that Shingetsu had proposed civilian shinobi and Konoha Currency.
• Izuna learned that Madara taught at Konoha Academy, which had also been Shingetsu’s idea.
• As Shingetsu spent the outing eating sweets and playing, Izuna wondered whether she had been sent to save Madara and the Uchiha Clan.

Izuna returned to the Uchiha compound, reunited with Madara, and settled into domestic life with him and Shingetsu. After Madara revealed that the Uchiha and Senju ancestors were brothers, Izuna recovered from the shock and braided Shingetsu’s hair before asking whether she wanted to move in with them.

• Izuna was shocked to find the Uchiha clanspeople overweight, then explained to Madara that their prosperity and love of sweets had made their indulgence a sign of happiness.
• Madara embraced Izuna, and Shingetsu led them away from the curious clanspeople.
• Madara panicked when he awoke and could not find Izuna, then found him preparing breakfast and relaxed after drinking his hangover soup.
• Izuna learned that Shingetsu had used Wood Release to grow the fruit trees, but Madara then told him that the Uchiha and Senju ancestors were brothers and that he and Hashirama were their reincarnations.
• Izuna recovered from his shock, braided Shingetsu’s hair into twin ponytails, and asked whether she wanted to move in with him and Madara.

Shingetsu refused Izuna’s invitation to move in with him and Madara, while Hōkaku made a dramatic threat to hang himself if she left. As Izuna learned how Shingetsu had helped transform Konoha, he confronted Tobirama, who vanished using a Shadow Clone and left Izuna to take over his paperwork.

• Shingetsu declined to move into the Clan Leader’s Mansion because she feared Hōkaku would not bear it, and Hōkaku rushed in and threatened to hang himself if she moved.
• Izuna took over the clan’s work from Hōkaku, then shared sweet porridge with Hōkaku, Madara, and Shingetsu.
• With Hōkaku’s help, Izuna learned how Konoha had risen to power and how Shingetsu’s reforms had reshaped the Shinobi World.
• Izuna questioned Madara about whether Shingetsu was truly Hōkaku’s biological daughter, and Madara confirmed that she was.
• Izuna confronted Tobirama in the Hokage Building, rejected his claim that the Uchiha should have united with the Senju, and accused him of taking credit for Shingetsu’s achievements.
• Tobirama explained his duties to Izuna and then disappeared as a Shadow Clone, so Izuna took his seat and began handling the paperwork.

Izuna endured the crushing workload of Konoha’s administration, then began training a new generation of Uchiha disciples. At an emergency meeting about the Five Kage Summit, Izuna sought permission to attend, but Tobirama objected.

• Izuna worked himself to exhaustion handling Konoha’s government affairs, and Madara found him and confronted Hashirama, demanding that Tobirama return.
• Izuna welcomed Tsunade after learning her mother was from the Uchiha Clan, while Tobirama enjoyed his time away until Madara found and beat him, then burned down his laboratory.
• Izuna recruited Kagami, Miki, Inari, Kazuma, and Kaen as his disciples, hoping to strengthen the Uchiha’s younger generation.
• Izuna attended an emergency meeting about the upcoming Five Kage Summit and asked to attend it.
• Madara, Shingetsu, Hashirama, Hōkaku, and Tōka approved Izuna’s request, but Tobirama stood up and objected.

Tobirama argued that Izuna could not attend the Five Kage Summit without drawing suspicion, then proposed that Izuna impersonate him and was beaten by the Uchiha brothers. Shingetsu suggested revealing the Ōtsutsuki threat at the summit, and the group later gathered at the Uchiha Clan Compound to meet Izuna’s five apprentices and share a king crab.

• Tobirama challenged Izuna’s plan to attend the Five Kage Summit, then suggested Izuna take his place by impersonating him.
• Madara and Izuna beat Tobirama until Shingetsu stopped them and proposed revealing information about the Ōtsutsuki Clan at the summit.
• Izuna invited Madara, Shingetsu, Hashirama, and the others to dinner and introduced his apprentices Kagami, Miki, Inari, Kazuma, and Kaen.
• Madara warned the five apprentices to obey Izuna, while Izuna insisted he could handle raising them.
• Izuna brought out a giant king crab sent by the Yuki Clan, and everyone cheered while Hashirama regretted that Tobirama would miss dinner.

Izuna settled into life in Konoha, where the family shared a feast and the village’s gossip papers forced them to invent a cover story for him. Shingetsu rescued Kaguya Bunny from Tobirama’s laboratory, but Hagoromo appeared and sealed Kaguya’s power before Shingetsu fainted at the sight of his ghost.

• Izuna cooked crab hot pot for the household, and Madara fell asleep with Shingetsu and Izuna leaning against him.
• Gossip newspapers spread false stories about Izuna and Madara, so the group gave Izuna a branch-family identity and planted a rumor that he was Izuna’s illegitimate child.
• Shingetsu searched for Kaguya Bunny and found her trapped in a Sealing Jutsu in one of Tobirama’s laboratories.
• Shingetsu freed Kaguya Bunny and carried her home, while Kaguya resolved to place her Kāma on Shingetsu and use her as a vessel.
• Hagoromo appeared as a ghost, sealed Kaguya’s remaining power and fixed her in rabbit form, then Shingetsu fainted after seeing him.

Shingetsu met Hagoromo and Hamura in her consciousness sea, where they discussed peace, her God Tree, and her powers. The brothers reinforced Kaguya’s seal and left Shingetsu with messages to pass on.

• Shingetsu fainted after seeing Hagoromo, then confronted him when he followed her into her consciousness sea.
• Hagoromo admitted that Ninshu had failed to bring peace, and Shingetsu argued that conflicts could never be eliminated entirely.
• Hagoromo took leaves and a branch from Shingetsu’s God Tree, then used his power to spur its growth and help her approach awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hamura appeared, also took a branch from the tree, thanked Shingetsu for helping the Hyuga Clan, and invited her to visit his descendants on the moon.
• Hagoromo said he had reinforced Kaguya’s seal and asked Shingetsu to tell Tobirama not to mistreat her, encourage Indra and Ashura’s reincarnations to reconcile, and pass along his apology.

After Shingetsu woke, she claimed the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki had visited her and warned that Hamura’s descendants would come for her, though the others doubted her story. Two Ōtsutsuki family factions arrived from the moon to claim her, and the Branch Family’s attempt to break into Konoha triggered an alarm.

• Madara and the others panicked over Shingetsu’s unconsciousness until Tobirama’s loud clap woke her, and she blamed two old men for frightening her.
• Shingetsu told the group she had met the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki, who had strengthened the rabbit’s seal and said Hamura’s descendants would invite her to the moon.
• The leaders of the Ōtsutsuki Main Family and Branch Family ordered their sons to prepare to travel to the Shinobi World and welcome Shingetsu.
• After leaving Tobirama’s laboratory, Shingetsu and the others saw an unusually large moon, and Madara decided to stay awake and keep watch.
• The Main Family chose to enter Konoha through its checkpoint, while the Branch Family tried to break through the barrier and triggered the village alarm.
• Tobirama, the Senju brothers, and Konoha’s forces responded to the intrusion, and Tobirama mistook the Byakugan-wielding visitors for Hyuga rebels.

Two Ōtsutsuki father-and-son pairs arrived in Konoha from the moon seeking Shingetsu, whom they called the Princess of the God Tree. After Shingetsu rejected their appearance and tried to leave, the Uchiha brothers continued beating them.

• A Combat Shinobi at Konoha's gate learned that Ōtsutsuki Terukuru and Ōtsutsuki Takayuki had come from the moon to find Shingetsu and raised the alarm.
• Tobirama and Hashirama captured the pair, and a Yamanaka Anbu discovered through their memories that they were from the moon.
• Hashirama woke Madara and Izuna, but Izuna stopped Shingetsu from following them until the Ōtsutsuki father and son escaped their escort and rushed toward her.
• Ōtsutsuki Takayuki tried to propose to Shingetsu, and Madara, Izuna, and Hōkaku joined in beating the two Ōtsutsuki.
• Shingetsu lost interest when she mistook the moon people for Hyuga and headed home, prompting the Uchiha brothers to resume the beating when the Ōtsutsuki reached for her.

Madara and Izuna interrogated the Ōtsutsuki Main Family father and son, learned that Hamura had arranged a marriage between Shingetsu and an Ōtsutsuki, and resolved to visit the moon. Hashirama reassured Shingetsu that he and Madara would protect her, while Madara threatened to dig up Hamura's grave.

• Ōtsutsuki Terukuru said the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had broken free on the moon and begged Madara and the others for help.
• Madara learned from Terukuru's memories that Hamura had arranged a marriage with Shingetsu, became enraged, and beat Terukuru and his son.
• Madara demanded to know where Hamura's grave was so he could dig it up and flog the corpse.
• Hashirama comforted Shingetsu after she said her suitors wanted her kekkei genkai rather than her, and promised that he and Madara would protect her.
• Izuna proposed visiting the moon, and Madara agreed; Izuna then declared he would join Madara in digging up the ancestors' graves.

Tobirama, Madara, and their companions traveled to the moon with the Ōtsutsuki father and son, making the shinobi world's first moon landing. On the moon, Shingetsu revealed signs that she was about to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and the group followed Ōtsutsuki Terukuru toward the sealed Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Tobirama kept Ōtsutsuki Terukuru and Ōtsutsuki Takayuki in custody while they waited for the journey to the moon.
• Hashirama spread word of the moon trip, prompting children, disciples, and students to beg Madara, Izuna, and Tobirama to take them along.
• Madara agreed to take Hinata Kotoma to the moon, then beat the students who crowded around him and tripled their homework and training.
• Madara used Perfect Susanoo to carry the spring outing party into space, where Shingetsu asked what color her Susanoo would be and nodded when Madara asked if she was awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The party landed safely on the moon, and Ōtsutsuki Terukuru told Shingetsu that Hamura Otsutsuki had altered its environment before leading everyone to the sealed Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Madara Uchiha sealed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path inside the moon and forced Ōtsutsuki Terukuru to lead him to Hamura Otsutsuki's grave. As the group explored the Ōtsutsuki clan's hidden paradise, Tobirama proposed placing a Byakugan-destroying seal on every member of the clan.

• Madara Uchiha restrained the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with Chakra Black Rods and Wood Release, then sealed it inside a massive sphere with Planetary Devastation.
• Madara rejected Ōtsutsuki Terukuru's thanks and demanded to know where Hamura Otsutsuki's grave was; Terukuru's clanspeople caused trouble, and Terukuru eventually agreed to lead the way.
• Madara, Shingetsu, and the others passed through a barrier into the lush world Hamura Otsutsuki had created inside the moon.
• Tobirama privately told Ōtsutsuki Terukuru about an improved Caged Bird Seal that destroyed a person's Byakugan upon death or removal, then said he intended to place it on everyone in the clan.