Chapter Summaries

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.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi’s embarrassing confession made Madara Uchiha chase him through the orchard, Shingetsu reunited with Chinatsu and learned how the Orphanage had recovered and moved into the village. The chapter ended with Chinatsu asking when Shingetsu would return to school, a decision Shingetsu could not make for herself.

• Madara Uchiha pursued Hiruzen Sarutobi through the orchard while Hashirama Senju tried to restrain him, and Hiruzen fled for his life.
• Kagami Uchiha brought Shingetsu the dango Hiruzen had dropped and comforted her after the embarrassing incident.
• Chinatsu arrived and tearfully embraced Shingetsu, relieved to see her safe.
• Chinatsu told Shingetsu that Director Yakushi and the Orphanage children had recovered from the poisoning and that Hashirama Senju had helped them move into the village.
• Chinatsu asked Shingetsu when she would return to school, and Shingetsu admitted that the choice was not hers to make.

Shingetsu spent the day with Chinatsu, Kagami, and Tobirama in the orchard while Konoha’s tensions kept her from returning to school. After Chinatsu left with a basket of fruit, Madara returned with Hashirama and the badly beaten but still living Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Madara prepared to take Shingetsu home.

• Shingetsu told Chinatsu she could not say when she would return to school because she was confined to the Uchiha compound amid threats and Madara’s overprotectiveness.
• Kagami offered Chinatsu dango, and Shingetsu shared fruit with her as Tobirama watched the children enjoy each other’s company.
• Shingetsu used Wood Release to weave Chinatsu a large basket, and Chinatsu carried it away full of fruit for the Orphanage.
• Madara returned to the orchard with Hashirama, who carried the battered Hiruzen Sarutobi on his back.
• Shingetsu ran to Madara, who picked her up and told her they were going home; when Kagami hoped to join them, Madara told Hashirama to take the boy back later.

Madara agreed to let Shingetsu return to the Ninja Academy after Hashirama confronted him about sheltering her too tightly and reminded him that she was not Izuna. Tōka and Hōkaku crowded into Shingetsu’s bed overnight, and the family’s breakfast was interrupted by the arrival of the Uzumaki princess in Konoha.

• Madara asked Shingetsu if she wanted to return to the Ninja Academy and promised to protect her.
• Hashirama challenged Madara for treating Shingetsu as though she were Izuna, and Madara beat him before accepting his point about letting children grow up.
• Tōka climbed into bed beside the sleeping Shingetsu, and Hōkaku joined them, squeezing into the remaining space.
• Shingetsu dreamed that two bears were crushing her, then told Hōkaku and Tōka about it at breakfast.
• The princess of the Uzumaki Clan arrived in Konoha after a journey of about a month.

Mito Uzumaki traveled to Konoha for a political marriage but resolved to prove the Uzumaki Clan’s value and seek an alliance with the village instead. Meanwhile, Princess Aoi planned to secure Hashirama Senju’s favor and began plotting revenge against Madara Uchiha through her brother Muneshito.

• Mito reflected on her clan’s dependence on the Senju and resisted the marriage arranged by her father, Uzumaki Ashina.
• Mito decided to use her mission to build Konoha’s barrier to demonstrate the power of Uzumaki Sealing Jutsu and forge ties with Konoha beyond the Senju.
• Princess Aoi considered marrying Hashirama Senju to protect the Land of Fire’s nobles, with Senju Ryūju as her fallback choice.
• Aoi slapped Muneshito when he insulted the woman they were expected to honor, warning him that reckless words could endanger their family.
• Aoi urged Muneshito to win the woman’s love so he could become Daimyō and help avenge their grandfather and the humiliation caused by Madara Uchiha.

Tobirama rejected the Daimyō’s attempt to send Princess Aoi and Muneshito to Konoha, then demanded money and valuable resources in exchange for reconsidering. Meanwhile, Mito arrived in Konoha and Hashirama was tasked with showing her around, leaving him to seek help from Madara and Shingetsu.

• Tobirama refused the Daimyō’s envoy’s request to send Princess Aoi and Muneshito to Konoha, citing the village’s security crisis.
• Tobirama demanded additional funds and valuable resources from the Daimyō, and the envoy left to seek instructions.
• Mito arrived in Konoha, where Hashirama and the villagers welcomed her.
• Hashirama and Mito recognized that neither wanted a political marriage, but a Senju elder sent them on a tour together.
• Hashirama took Mito to the Uchiha Clan Compound, then ran to Madara and Shingetsu and begged them for help.

Hashirama Senju struggled with his arranged marriage to Princess Mito, so Shingetsu urged him to speak with her directly. The four toured Konoha together, where Mito admired Shingetsu’s Wood Release orchard and Shingetsu offered to grow more fruit.

• Madara Uchiha angrily told Hashirama Senju to refuse the marriage, but Hashirama worried that doing so would humiliate Mito.
• Shingetsu suggested Hashirama talk to Mito and learn what she wanted, and Hashirama hurried to meet her at the Uchiha compound’s gate.
• Hashirama returned with Madara and Shingetsu, apologized to Mito for keeping her waiting, and invited the two Uchiha to join their tour.
• The group toured Konoha, and Mito’s curiosity led her to drop some of her formal reserve as she explored the village.
• Mito praised Shingetsu’s orchard, and Shingetsu offered to grow more fruit after Hashirama explained that the villagers had eaten the latest harvest.

Shingetsu used Wood Release to fill her orchard with fruit, then helped Hashirama and Mito admit they both wanted to avoid their arranged marriage. As Madara carried Shingetsu away, Senju elder Senju Yo confronted them and offered the Senju Clan’s help with her recurring bloodline disease.

• Shingetsu made the orchard trees rapidly bear fruit, while realizing that using Wood Release depleted a mysterious reserve in her body that barely recovered.
• Mito and Hashirama admitted they did not want to marry each other, then privately discussed how to persuade their families to cancel the engagement.
• Madara left the orchard with Shingetsu before Hashirama and Mito finished talking, and encountered Senju elder Senju Yo on the street.
• Senju Yo asked Madara to let Shingetsu visit the Senju Clan Compound, arguing that her Wood Release made her important to the Senju.
• Senju Yo said the Senju Clan might be able to treat Shingetsu’s recurring bloodline disease, which the Uchiha Clan could not cure.

Madara considered Senju Yo’s offer to treat Shingetsu’s supposed Bloodline Disease because he would do anything to cure her. He agreed to the treatment but insisted the Senju come to the Uchiha Clan Compound, leaving Senju Yo intimidated and forced to comply.

• Shingetsu realized her chakra-draining weakness had made Senju Yo mistake her condition for Bloodline Disease.
• Madara remembered caring for Shingetsu as a fragile infant and accepted the possibility that the Senju could cure her.
• Senju Yo urged Madara to trust Hashirama, while privately doubting the Senju could treat Shingetsu’s illness.
• Madara ordered Senju Yo to bring Hashirama and the others to the Uchiha Clan Compound that afternoon.
• Senju Yo suggested Shingetsu visit the Senju Compound instead, but Madara threatened him and made him agree to his terms.

Hashirama brought Morika Senju to examine Shingetsu, but she could not identify the cause of Shingetsu’s chakra problems, and Madara seized on Hashirama’s remark about an abundant chakra source as a possible solution. As Princess Aoi and Muneshito arrived in Konoha to find the village barrier blocking their way, the chapter left their welcome in doubt.

• Hashirama brought Morika Senju to the Uchiha compound, where she examined Shingetsu and drew her blood for testing after failing to diagnose her illness.
• Hashirama doubted that Shingetsu had a bloodline disease, and Madara realized he might supply her with chakra from a vast existing source.
• Mito and the Uzumaki continued building Konoha’s barrier, and Madara allowed Shingetsu to return to school as he resumed teaching.
• Tobirama accepted the Daimyō’s investment and approved Princess Aoi and Muneshito’s visit to Konoha.
• Princess Aoi vowed to use Hashirama and punish Shingetsu and Madara, but her procession reached Konoha without a welcome and was stopped outside by the village barrier.

Tobirama humiliated and confined Princess Aoi and Muneshito to keep them from meeting Hashirama and Shingetsu. Muneshito finally approached Shingetsu at the Dumpling Shop, where Kagami and Hiruzen dragged him away to beat him, and Shingetsu left without noticing.

• Tobirama made Princess Aoi and Muneshito choose only a maid and guard to accompany them into Konoha, sending the rest of their entourage home.
• Tobirama restricted the siblings’ movements and concealed their arrival, preventing Aoi from reaching Hashirama and Muneshito from approaching Shingetsu.
• Hashirama saw Aoi being escorted away and asked Tobirama about her, but Tobirama dismissed her as irrelevant.
• Muneshito disguised himself as a commoner and waited at the Dumpling Shop until Shingetsu arrived with Kagami, Chinatsu, and Hiruzen.
• When Muneshito tried to approach Shingetsu, Kagami and Hiruzen seized him and took him into the woods to beat him.
• Chinatsu led Shingetsu back to school without telling her where Kagami, Hiruzen, or Muneshito had gone.