Recaps

Obito endured another reprimand at the Ninja Academy before learning that the system he had waited two and a half years for had finally finished loading. The divine-level copy system gave him two chances to copy an ability from anyone within two hundred meters.

• Obito fell asleep during Liangtian's lesson, and Rin woke him after he asked whether class was over.
• Liangtian punished Obito by assigning him classroom cleaning for the week, while the other students watched and laughed.
• Obito recalled that Chen Fan's soul had entered his body two and a half years earlier and that helping elderly women on the way to school often made him late.
• Obito silently taunted Hokoku Shimura, who became furious and planned to teach him a lesson.
• The divine-level copy system finished loading and told Obito he could copy one ability from anyone within two hundred meters, granting him two copying opportunities.

Obito discovered that his copying system gave him ordinary skills unless he had strong intimacy with his target, then used its beginner’s gift pack to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. The lesson ended with Rin offering to help him clean the classroom.

• Obito copied Might Guy’s handstand-eating skill and Asuma’s cigarette-brand identification skill, then learned powerful abilities required greater intimacy with the target.
• Obito complained about the system’s long absence, and it gave him a beginner’s gift pack with eye power and five copying chances.
• Obito opened the eye power gift pack and rapidly awakened the One-Tomoe, Two-Tomoe, Three-Tomoe, and Mangekyō Sharingan, gaining the Eye of Kamui.
• Rin mistook Obito’s suppressed laughter for sadness and offered to stay behind to help him clean the classroom.
• The lesson ended, and the students rushed out of the classroom.

Teacher Liangtian held a ninja tool throwing practice, and Hokoku Shimura provoked Obito into accepting a shuriken match and a later sparring challenge. Obito agreed to a month of toilet cleaning for whoever lost, and the shuriken throwing began.

• Liangtian had Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, and Might Guy throw kunai, then announced their scores.
• Liangtian called Obito Uchiha, Mitaraishi Anko, and Hokoku Shimura to take their turns.
• Hokoku challenged Obito to a later sparring match, and Obito accepted.
• Hokoku set a month of toilet cleaning as the wager, while their classmates watched and reacted to the challenge.
• Liangtian ordered Obito, Hokoku, and Anko to begin throwing their shuriken.

Obito surprised his classmates and Teacher Liangtian by earning a perfect score in kunai throwing after years of training. His performance exposed a hidden skill he had deliberately kept concealed to avoid attracting the attention of Konoha’s leadership.

• Obito, Mitaraishi Anko, and Baoguo Shimura threw their kunai, and Anko scored 90 while Baoguo scored 95.
• Liangtian found all three of Obito’s kunai embedded in the bull’s-eye and announced that Obito had earned 100 points.
• Asuma and Mizuki questioned the result, but Liangtian firmly confirmed that he had checked the right target.
• Kurenai Yuhi rebuked Mizuki for criticizing Obito, while Anko remarked that Obito seemed more confident than before.
• Obito watched his classmates react and reflected that he had trained in secret while hiding his abilities to avoid Konoha’s leaders and their surveillance.

Obito impressed the class with a perfect ninja tool throwing score, then faced Hokoku Shimura in a sparring match. Obito blocked Hokoku’s attacks and sent him staggering with a kick, but Hokoku charged at him again.

• Hokoku Shimura checked Obito’s targets and realized his perfect score was genuine, changing the other students’ opinions of Obito.
• Hokoku Shimura challenged Obito to a spar, while Mizuki tried to provoke him.
• Shizune scored 92 in ninja tool throwing, Ibiki scored 86, and Mizuki scored 76 as the class completed the test.
• Liangtian began paired sparring and chose Obito and Hokoku Shimura to fight first.
• Obito dodged Hokoku Shimura’s punch, blocked his kick, and struck his abdomen, sending him staggering backward.
• Hokoku Shimura claimed he had been careless and charged at Obito again.

Obito used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to turn Baoguo Shimura's challenge around, then trapped him in a genjutsu that made him act like a prostitute. Baoguo approached their teacher, Liangtian, while Obito's classmates watched.

• Baoguo Shimura attacked Obito with his Lightning Five-Strike Whip, but Obito activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and struck him.
• Baoguo recognized Obito's Sharingan and considered giving up, but Obito and the watching students goaded him into continuing.
• Obito used the Sharingan to predict Baoguo's attacks and repeatedly punched him, leaving his face bruised and swollen.
• Baoguo lost his temper and charged Obito, who pretended to cast a past-life technique before activating a genjutsu.
• Under Obito's genjutsu, Baoguo turned toward the students, flirted with Liangtian, and began tearing at his clothes.

Obito used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to put Baoguo Shimura under a genjutsu, making him behave lewdly before Kurenai Yuhi released him. Obito emerged as a powerful dark horse, while Baoguo swore revenge and Liangtian grew suspicious of Obito's hidden strength.

• Obito's genjutsu made Baoguo Shimura tear his clothes and lunge at Liangtian while the students laughed.
• Liangtian restrained Baoguo and asked Kurenai Yuhi to examine him; she identified Obito's genjutsu and dispelled it.
• Baoguo remembered his humiliating behavior, threatened Obito, and charged at him before Liangtian pinned him down again.
• The students' opinion of Baoguo fell, while Obito gained attention as a promising ninja with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Baoguo vowed revenge, Liangtian resolved to report Obito to the Third Hokage, and Kurenai watched Obito with curiosity and admiration.

Obito left the academy with Rin after defeating Baoguo and awakening the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, while Baoguo and Mizuki stayed behind to clean the toilets. Teacher Liangtian reported Obito’s feat to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who rewarded him and took notice of Obito.

• Obito and Rin finished cleaning the classroom, then Obito taunted Baoguo and Mizuki as they scrubbed the toilets.
• Rin asked Obito how he had become so strong and awakened his Sharingan, and Obito claimed he had always been strong before offering to beat Baoguo up again if he upset her.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi was watching women bathe with a crystal ball when an attendant announced that Teacher Liangtian had come to see him.
• Liangtian told Hiruzen that Obito had defeated Hokoku Shimura and awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, which Hiruzen initially found hard to believe.
• After Liangtian confirmed that the whole class had witnessed it, Hiruzen gave him a twenty-percent raise and murmured Obito’s name as Liangtian left.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō both learned that Obito Uchiha had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and began planning to recruit him into their factions. The chapter ended with Danzō summoning two subordinates to give them orders.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed Obito Uchiha's records and learned that Shisui Uchiha was his younger cousin.
• Hiruzen ordered an Anbu ninja to watch Obito and arrange for him to join Minato's team after the graduation examination.
• Baoguo complained to Shimura Danzō that Obito had beaten him and recounted rumors about Obito.
• Shimura Danzō dismissed Baoguo's demand for revenge and decided to recruit Obito into Root.
• Baoguo cried and stormed out, and Danzō summoned two figures into the room.

Obito Uchiha welcomed two Root ninja sent by Danzo, who brought expensive gifts and asked him to join Root after graduation. The chapter ended with Obito hearing Danzo's offer and wondering if the visit was connected to his fight with Baoguo.

• Obito shared dinner with his grandmother, who had made his favorite corn stewed ribs before his graduation exam.
• Two Anbu-masked Root ninja arrived at Obito's home carrying gifts and said they had come on Danzo's instructions.
• Obito and his grandmother accepted the gifts and invited the Root ninja inside, while Obito resumed eating and refused to share their dinner.
• The bear-masked ninja explained that Danzo praised Obito's abilities and hoped he would join Root after graduation.

Obito declined Danzo’s invitation to join Root and used Kamui to travel to the Ninja Academy, where he unexpectedly stumbled upon his teacher Liangtian with a woman. The chapter ended with Obito recognizing Liangtian.

• Obito politely turned down the Root ninjas’ recruitment offer, saying he needed time to think, and warned Grandmother that Root’s members were not good people.
• Obito carried an old lady to her home on his way to school, accidentally knocked her unconscious, and fled when her son demanded 100,000 ryo.
• Obito used a Kamui mark outside the Ninja Academy to travel there quickly instead of arriving late.
• Obito emerged from the bushes near a disheveled man and woman, then recognized the man as his homeroom teacher, Liangtian.

Obito exposed Teacher Liangtian and Teacher Keiko by setting a thicket ablaze, then arrived at school to find himself famous for awakening the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. When Kurenai Yuhi asked to train with him, the system ordered him to deliver an embarrassing invitation or lose all his copying opportunities, leaving him calling after her as she turned away.

• Obito used Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique to ignite dry grass, then shouted for help and exposed Liangtian and Keiko together in the thicket.
• Students and teachers praised Obito’s newly awakened Three-Tomoe Sharingan as he entered the school and became the subject of gossip.
• Rin congratulated Obito, and Kurenai Yuhi asked him to train with her after class.
• Asuma mourned Kurenai Yuhi’s interest in Obito, while Mizuki urged Hokoku Shimura to retaliate against him.
• The system demanded that Obito invite Kurenai Yuhi to the grove for “dual cultivation” or lose his copying opportunities, and Obito called her back as she started to leave.

Obito completed the system’s embarrassing dialogue task in front of Kurenai Yuhi and copied her Tree Binding Death genjutsu. A new teacher replaced Liangtian, and Obito ended the day by inviting Kurenai to train with him.

• Obito shouted the system-prescribed invitation to Kurenai Yuhi, embarrassing them both and earning a copying opportunity.
• Obito copied Kurenai Yuhi’s Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death and concluded her affection for him had not faded.
• Teacher Muki replaced Liangtian and said Liangtian could not teach for the time being; students later heard Liangtian and Keiko had been taken to the Third Hokage’s office.
• Obito invited Kurenai Yuhi to train after class, and she blushed but agreed.
• Rin linked arms with Kurenai Yuhi and reassured her that Obito had not meant any harm.

Obito, Rin, and Kurenai heard villagers publicly blame Hatake Sakumo for a failed mission, while Rin objected to their cruel gossip. After Rin left to help at her family’s shop, Obito continued on alone with Kurenai to get ramen.

• Kurenai agreed with Rin that Obito was dumb, and the two girls left the classroom together while Obito hurried after them.
• Hokoku Shimura and Mizuki stayed behind to clean the toilets because Hokoku had lost a bet to Obito and wanted to keep his promise.
• Obito, Rin, and Kurenai heard villagers accuse Hatake Sakumo of abandoning a mission and causing losses for Konoha.
• Rin said people should not bad-mouth Sakumo, even if he had made a mistake, and Obito agreed with her.
• Obito invited Rin and Kurenai to eat ramen and train, but Rin left to help her mother at the shop, so Obito went with Kurenai.

Obito and Kurenai ate ramen together after she explained that her father had encouraged them to train together. Outside the shop, three men sent by Shimura Baoguo tried to frame Obito, but he exposed their identities, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Obito asked Kurenai why she had wanted to train with him, and she explained that her father, Shinku Yuhi, hoped their shared interest in Genjutsu would benefit her.
• Three men changed into ragged clothes and planned to confront Obito on Shimura Baoguo's orders.
• Obito finished Kurenai's leftover noodles, and the two left Ichiraku Ramen together.
• The three men accused Obito of stealing 200,000 ryo, and Obito stepped in front of Kurenai to protect her.
• Obito tricked the men into checking their clothes and revealed that Shimura Baoguo had sent them, while Kurenai laughed at their blunder.

Obito fought Taro and his two companions after they attacked him and Kurenai, while Kurenai tried to help with a genjutsu that the fat ninja broke. After catching Kurenai and setting her safely atop a wall, Obito vowed to injure the three Shimura men and insisted he could handle them.

• Taro ordered his companions to attack Obito and Kurenai after they recognized the men.
• Obito used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to dodge Taro's punch, then struck him before Taro grabbed and threw him into a wall.
• Kurenai rushed in to help Obito and trapped the fat ninja with Genjutsu: Tree Binding Death, but he broke free and injured her with the backlash.
• Obito cast Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, forcing the fat ninja to dodge, then carried the injured Kurenai to safety atop a wall.
• Obito threatened the three men, and despite Kurenai urging him to retreat, he set her down and said he could handle them.

Obito Uchiha fought three attackers alongside Kurenai, using Sharingan genjutsu and powerful taijutsu to defeat them. The spectators recognized him as a young classmate named Obito Uchiha.

• The Bald Man and his two companions revealed themselves and attacked Obito and Kurenai with shuriken.
• Obito used Great Fireball Technique, but the Bald Man blocked it with an Earth-Style Wall and sent his companions after Obito.
• Obito caught the Bald Man in Sharingan genjutsu, making him dance, then knocked the thin ninja unconscious with a surprise kick.
• Obito dodged the fat man's punches and defeated him with Lightning Five-Strike Whip and a flurry of punches.
• Onlookers gathered to watch, and one identified the goggles-wearing boy as their classmate Obito Uchiha.

After Obito defeated three Shimura Clan men who had harassed Kurenai, Uchiha Fugaku arrived with the Konoha Military Police Force and learned what had happened. Fugaku arranged for Obito to report the incident to the Third Hokage, leaving the men bound and on their way to the Hokage’s Office.

• Obito prepared to punish the three unconscious men, but Kurenai urged him to leave them alone.
• Uchiha Fugaku and two Uchiha officers arrived, and Fugaku recognized Obito’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Kurenai explained that Baoguo had started the conflict and that the three men were Shimura Clan subordinates sent on his orders.
• Fugaku warned that Danzo might retaliate and proposed bringing Obito to the Third Hokage to resolve the dispute.
• Obito agreed, and Fugaku ordered the two officers to tie up the three men and take them to the Hokage’s Office.

Obito Uchiha accompanied Fugaku to the Hokage’s office after capturing three Shimura Clan men who had attacked him, and Hiruzen Sarutobi reassured him that he was not at fault. Hiruzen called for Danzo and Baoguo to come in, leaving Obito and Kurenai waiting as he spoke with Fugaku.

• Obito told Kurenai Yuhi that he was confident the incident would not cause trouble for him, then followed Fugaku to the Hokage’s office.
• Fugaku and Obito presented the three bound Shimura Clan men to Hiruzen Sarutobi and explained that they had attacked Obito after Hokoku Shimura lost a school sparring match.
• Hiruzen recognized Obito’s growing importance to Fugaku and decided to nurture him as a link between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen told Obito that the attack was not his fault and ordered a guard to bring Danzo and Baoguo to the office.
• Hiruzen asked Fugaku about the Konoha Military Police Force while Kurenai congratulated Obito and teased him for keeping her worried.

Danzo arrived at the Hokage’s office and made Baoguo apologize to Obito for bringing clan adults to confront him. Obito accepted the apology while insulting Baoguo, and Danzo asked Hiruzen to consider the matter settled.

• Obito quietly told Kurenai that Root members had brought him gifts and considered stringing Danzo along for more.
• Danzo entered with Baoguo, announced that Baoguo would be punished, and praised Obito’s Sharingan and the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo ordered Baoguo to apologize to Obito, and Baoguo reluctantly did so.
• Obito pretended not to hear Baoguo’s first apology, then accepted it while calling Baoguo pathetic for seeking adult help.
• Danzo promised to scold Baoguo again and asked Hiruzen whether the matter was settled.

After leaving the Hokage Office Building, Obito walked home with Fugaku, who explained the Uchiha Clan’s strained position in Konoha and said he valued Obito’s talent. Obito copied two of Fugaku’s Fire Release techniques but decided to postpone getting involved in the clan’s troubles.

• Kurenai said she was unwell and went home, while Obito and Fugaku headed back to the Uchiha Clan Grounds together.
• Fugaku congratulated Obito on awakening the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and acknowledged that his sudden attention might seem self-serving.
• Fugaku described the Uchiha Clan’s conflicts with villagers, its isolation within Konoha, and his suspicion that someone was stirring up trouble behind the scenes.
• Fugaku warned Obito not to discuss the suspected plot in public and said the clan would expect him to help shoulder its burdens.
• Obito copied Fugaku’s Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Jutsu and Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique, then chose to focus on building his strength before involving himself in clan affairs.

Obito trained with the prodigious young Shisui and looked ahead to copying his techniques, while the chapter recounted events leading up to the Ninja Academy graduation. Hiruzen summoned Minato to discuss guiding the new graduates but had not yet told him which students he would lead.

• Obito returned home late after eating with classmates, apologized to Grandma, and joined Shisui for training after learning Shisui had mastered the Phoenix Flower Jutsu.
• Three months passed, during which Obito and Kurenai grew closer, Hatake Sakumo died by suicide, and Liangtian and Keiko were reassigned to patrol duty.
• Obito accepted gifts from Danzo's subordinates but refused to show interest in joining Root, while Uchiha Mikoto became pregnant with the child expected to be Uchiha Itachi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Minato Namikaze and asked him to guide the Ninja Academy's graduating class.
• Minato asked Hiruzen which children he would be leading.

Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Minato Namikaze to lead Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, and Kakashi Hatake, hoping he would guide Kakashi through his grief and help Obito connect Konoha with the Uchiha. Minato gathered Team 7 after their assignments were announced and brought them to a wooded area to begin their first mission.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Kakashi had become isolated and extreme after Hatake Sakumo's death, and asked Minato to guide him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi also asked Minato to keep an eye on Obito and help ease tensions between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Muki announced Team 7's members as Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, and Kakashi Hatake, prompting other students to wonder why Kakashi had returned to a team.
• Minato arrived late to meet Obito and Rin, then called Kakashi into the classroom and formally introduced himself as their supervising teacher.
• Minato led Team 7 to a wooded area behind the academy and announced that they would carry out their first mission since graduating.

Minato tested Obito, Rin, and Kakashi by challenging them to defeat his shadow clone, and Obito and Kakashi nearly clashed before Rin redirected them toward the mission. Kakashi attacked the clone first, and Obito and Rin began a coordinated plan as Rin threw kunai at it.

• Minato created a shadow clone and tasked the three students with defeating it together to pass their graduation test.
• Minato revealed that Obito had defeated a Special Jōnin, surprising Rin and Kakashi and prompting Kakashi to question Obito's past.
• Obito challenged Kakashi to a match, but Rin stepped between them and reminded them to focus on Minato's test.
• Obito whispered a plan to Rin, and Minato started the test while watching from a tree.
• Kakashi attacked Minato's clone with kunai and a short sword, but the clone knocked him down and aimed a kunai at his face.
• Obito called for Rin, who threw a volley of kunai at Minato's clone from behind Kakashi.

Obito, Rin, and Kakashi defeated Minato’s shadow clone by working together, passing Minato’s teamwork-focused graduation test. Minato officially formed Team 7 and told them to meet the next morning for their first missions.

• Obito and Rin coordinated to block Minato’s marked kunai while Obito attacked with fire techniques, and Kakashi joined the fight.
• Obito restrained Minato’s shadow clone with Tree Binding Death, allowing Kakashi to destroy it with his short blade.
• Minato praised the team’s coordination and explained that teamwork was the test’s main purpose, while warning Kakashi about charging in recklessly.
• Minato officially formed Team 7 and told the three to meet by the bridge outside the Ninja Academy at eight the next morning.
• Rin thanked Obito for giving her a supporting role, and Obito said they had worked together as a team.