Recaps

After parting from Rin, Obito received a system mission to visit Might Guy and build their friendship. He met Guy and his father, Might Duy, and began talking with Guy about their team assignments.

• Rin praised Obito as more dependable, stronger, and smarter before leaving to help her mother at the shop.
• Obito received a system mission to visit Might Guy and increase his friendship affinity in exchange for a copying opportunity and a novel related to Icha Icha Paradise.
• Obito went to Might Guy's home and met Might Duy, who tearfully welcomed him and asked him to spend more time with Guy.
• Guy came out to greet Obito and said Team Three would begin carrying out ninja missions the next day.
• Might Duy invited them inside, and Guy asked Obito about being assigned to the same team as Kakashi.

Obito visited Might Guy and Might Duy, earning rewards from his system and copying several Taijutsu techniques. After receiving Might Duy’s nunchaku, he fought Guy in the courtyard before heading home to shower.

• Obito visited Might Guy’s home, where Might Duy warmly welcomed him and served him fruit.
• The system rewarded Obito with a copy attempt and Make-Out Paradise, and Obito copied Might Duy’s Nunchaku Technique and several of Might Guy’s techniques, including the first two gates of the Eight Gates Formation.
• Obito asked to try the nunchaku, and Might Duy gave them to him as a gift.
• Obito and Might Guy fought in the courtyard, trading Taijutsu blows while Obito used the nunchaku and his Sharingan to keep up.
• After fighting for over half an hour, Obito declined Might Duy’s invitation to dinner and went home to shower.

Obito returned home after graduating and learned he had been assigned to Minato Namikaze's team, while Danzo discovered a child had survived an experiment with the First Hokage's cells and ordered Obito killed for refusing to join Root. The next morning, Obito met Kakashi and Rin at the bridge, where Rin noticed his dark circles.

• Obito told his grandmother he had graduated and been assigned to Minato Namikaze's team, then stayed up late reading Make-Out Paradise.
• Orochimaru told Danzo that experiments transplanting the First Hokage's cells had killed the children, but Danzo discovered one child had survived and manifested Wood Release.
• Danzo learned Obito had joined Minato Namikaze's team instead of Root and ordered A and B to kill him and retrieve his Sharingan discreetly.
• Obito arrived late to the bridge where Kakashi and Rin were waiting, and Rin noticed his dark circles.

Minato assigned Obito, Rin, and Kakashi a D-rank mission to drive wild boars away from a farmer’s cornfield, then turned it into a competition between his team and the students. The students began hunting together, but Kakashi killed their first boar before Obito could claim it, setting off a contest between them.

• Minato arrived late and told Obito, Rin, and Kakashi that their mission was to deal with wild boars threatening a farmer’s cornfield.
• Minato split the mission into a competition, sending his shadow clone with the students while he worked separately, with lunch at stake.
• Rin spotted movement in the bushes, and Obito threw kunai that struck a wild boar and drew it out.
• Kakashi killed the boar with his short sword before Obito could finish it, prompting Obito to complain that Kakashi had stolen his kill.
• Kakashi took the lead and decided to kill more boars than Obito.

After Team Minato completed the boar-hunting mission, Obito brought a giant tiger under his Sharingan’s control back to the village and set out to sell it as a summoning beast. He left the tiger on display at a ninja equipment street and named his price when a buyer approached.

• Team Minato hunted down the large wild boars, and Minato won the competition by killing more than four hundred.
• Obito controlled a giant tiger with his Sharingan and decided to take it back to the village to sell as a summoning beast.
• Villagers whispered negatively about the Uchiha Clan, and Minato and Rin comforted Obito before Team Minato returned to report the mission.
• Obito took the tiger to a ninja equipment street and put up a sign advertising a summoning beast for sale.
• A burly man asked Obito the tiger’s price, and Obito offered it for a hundred thousand ryō with a Summoning Contract.

Obito sold a giant tiger Summoning Beast for one hundred thousand ryō, then accepted a system mission to deepen his relationship with Kurenai Yuhi. He visited Kurenai and took her to their usual training woods, where he nervously considered holding her hand.

• Obito sold the giant tiger to a burly man for one hundred thousand ryō, and the man formed a contract with it.
• The system assigned Obito a mission to find Kurenai Yuhi and further develop their relationship, with a copying opportunity and Make-Out Paradise, Volume Two as rewards.
• Obito treated Minato and the others to barbecue, then went to Kurenai's home and invited her to train.
• Inako and Shinku Yuhi watched Obito and Kurenai leave together and discussed whether their closeness might bring Kurenai trouble because Obito was an Uchiha.
• Obito and Kurenai reached their training woods, where Obito hesitated to take her hand when she asked why he had been so quiet.

Obito completed the system task by kissing Kurenai, then spent the afternoon sparring with her while three black-robed men watched and plotted to capture them. As Obito and Kurenai headed out of the woods, he spotted disturbed soil that suggested a trap ahead.

• Obito kissed Kurenai, completing the system task and earning a copying opportunity and the second volume of Make-Out Paradise.
• Obito ran from Kurenai, and they later sparred together in the woods throughout the afternoon.
• Three men in black robes watched Obito and Kurenai and discussed knocking Kurenai unconscious before dealing with Obito.
• As Obito and Kurenai started back through the woods, Obito noticed freshly disturbed soil and stopped her.
• Kurenai realized that someone might have set a trap.

Obito and Kurenai were ambushed by three masked attackers in the woods, but Obito protected her and used Kamui to send her to the Alternate Dimension. The attackers revealed they had been ordered to kill Obito and bring back his Sharingan, and they charged him again.

• Obito spotted threads attached to the disturbed soil, but the attackers triggered the traps and bombarded him and Kurenai with weapons and swinging logs.
• Three black-robed figures surrounded Obito and Kurenai, and one sent a swarm of black insects at them.
• Obito burned the insects with Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, knocked Kurenai unconscious, and sent her into the Alternate Dimension with Kamui.
• The attackers' swords passed through Obito, and he kicked one of them down before questioning them about Hokoku Shimura and Danzo.
• The attackers said their orders were to make Obito Uchiha disappear and bring back his Sharingan, then charged him again.

Obito fought three black-clad ninja, using his strange intangibility and ocular techniques to kill one and capture another. When the last ninja refused to reveal who sent them, Obito killed his captive and faced the insect-controlling ninja’s desperate final attack.

• Obito evaded the three ninja’s combined attacks by sinking underground, then used genjutsu and Kamui to make one of them vanish.
• Obito caught another ninja in a Skeletal Arm and demanded to know who had sent them.
• The captive refused to talk, so Obito crushed him to death.
• The insect-controlling ninja panicked, exposed his upper body, and sent insects crawling from holes in his skin toward Obito.

Obito captured two Root operatives and suspected Danzo had sent them after him. He staged a public complaint outside the Hokage Office Building, drawing a crowd and bringing Hiruzen Sarutobi downstairs.

• Obito used his Sharingan to control the insect-controlling ninja, then freed the other operative from the Kamui Dimension and questioned both men.
• The operatives said they only knew their masked leader was a captain in Root, leading Obito to suspect Danzo.
• Obito decided to pursue the system mission to make Danzo lose face rather than attack Root directly.
• Covered in blood, Obito dragged the two bound corpses through the village to the Hokage Office Building and asked to lodge a complaint with the Third Hokage.
• A guard went upstairs to alert the Hokage, while hundreds of villagers gathered outside.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi came downstairs and asked Obito what had happened.

Obito publicly accused Root of sending two ninjas to assassinate him, forcing Hiruzen Sarutobi to investigate in front of the gathered villagers. After a former Root member identified the dead attackers as jōnin Yamanaka Kine and Shimura Yuri, Shimura Danzō arrived to answer Hiruzen’s summons.

• Obito told Hiruzen Sarutobi and the villagers that two people had tried to assassinate him while he was training, and he insisted on explaining the incident publicly.
• Obito accused Root of sending the attackers, and Hiruzen ordered Anbu to summon Danzo and identify the bodies.
• A former Root member identified the dead ninjas as Yamanaka Kine and Shimura Yuri, both elite Root jōnin, startling the villagers.
• Shimura Danzō arrived with masked Root ninjas and asked Sarutobi why he had summoned him.

Danzo denied responsibility for the failed assassination attempt on Obito, while Hiruzen Sarutobi chose to shield him and let the matter be handled quietly. Obito left disappointed in the Hokage and was met by Uchiha Fugaku and clan members who had come to support him.

• Danzo saw the dead Root ninja and blamed the incident on Baoguo, while Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Obito how he wanted the matter handled.
• Obito accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi's decision without protest, received his system mission rewards, and left for the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Anbu ninja discussed Obito's strength and concluded that he had lost faith in Hiruzen Sarutobi's attempts to recruit him.
• Uchiha Fugaku and a group of Uchiha ninja came to support Obito after hearing someone had tried to assassinate him.
• Obito reassured Fugaku that he was unharmed and felt grateful that his clan had come to protect him.

Obito went with Fugaku to the Uchiha compound, where he copied Fugaku’s eye power and explained Root’s attack to the clan elders. The clan decided it could not confront Danzo without proof, while Obito resolved to protect the Uchiha from destruction.

• Fugaku brought Obito to the Uchiha compound, and Obito copied Fugaku’s eye power and shuriken-throwing skill.
• Mikoto let Obito bathe before Fugaku and the clan elders gathered to discuss the attack and the Uchiha’s standing in Konoha.
• Obito told the elders what had happened but concealed that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Tekka and the third elder accused the Third and Danzo of conspiring against Obito and demanded action.
• Fugaku said the clan lacked enough evidence and strength to confront Danzo, so the meeting ended without a plan.
• Obito left Fugaku’s house determined to prevent the Uchiha’s destruction and to kill Danzo if he attacked the clan again.

Obito brought unconscious Kurenai home, where Grandmother caught him leaning in to kiss her and beat him before he could explain. A year later, after helping an elderly woman reach Konoha Hospital for a system reward, Obito arrived late to meet Team Minato and admitted to Kakashi that he had been helping her.

• Obito brought unconscious Kurenai out of the Kamui Dimension, but Grandmother mistook his attempt to kiss her for misconduct and attacked him with a broom.
• Over the next year, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin completed forty-eight D-rank and twenty-three C-rank missions as Team Minato.
• Obito triggered a system mission to carry an elderly woman princess-style and took her to Konoha Hospital.
• The system rewarded Obito with a copying opportunity and a set of assorted ninja tools, while the elderly woman gave him candy.
• Obito arrived late to meet Kakashi, Rin, and Minato, and told Kakashi he had taken the elderly woman to the hospital.

Minato gave Team 7 forms for the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams and explained that Kakashi would retake them so the three-person team could enter together. After Minato collected the forms, Obito copied the Shadow Clone Technique and Rasengan from him, then found that Kakashi and Rin were both unavailable to train.

• Minato announced the Chunin Ninja Exams and handed registration forms to Obito, Kakashi, and Rin.
• Minato explained that Kakashi had to retake the exam because Konoha required a three-person team, and said the team would have time off from missions before the exams.
• Obito used his copying ability on Minato and gained the Shadow Clone Technique, Rasengan, and ten points of earth-nature chakra.
• After Minato left with the forms, Kakashi declined to train with Obito and went to develop a new technique.
• Rin also declined to train because she had to help at the shop while her mother went to the hospital, then left after pinching Obito's cheek.

Minato reported that Obito and the other children under his supervision had applied for the chunin exams, while Hiruzen accepted that Obito would remain under Minato's command despite refusing the Anbu. Five days later, the Konoha-only exams began, and Obito sat down for the written test hungry as Anko guarded her dango.

• Minato gave Hiruzen the chunin exam applications and explained that Obito still resisted joining the Anbu after Danzo's assassination attempt.
• Hiruzen recalled that Obito had defeated three elite jōnin and agreed to let him remain on Minato's team.
• Five days later, Konoha began its chunin exams, which had three stages and admitted only Konoha ninja because the nations were at war.
• Obito recognized classmates and other candidates in the written-test classroom while Kakashi, Rin, and Kurenai sat in the front rows.
• Obito asked Anko for some of her dango, but she refused and he called her stingy.

Obito quickly passed the Chunin Ninja Exams’ written test by using his Sharingan to copy a plant’s answers, then secretly helped Anko pass as well. At the Forest of Death, he reunited with his friends and drew teasing and jealousy over Kurenai’s affection for him while they waited for the scroll battle.

• Obito used his Sharingan to copy a plant’s answers and finished the written test first, then slipped Anko a note containing the answers and a promise to buy her dango next time.
• Obito’s quick submission astonished the proctors, who discussed rumors of his strength, while Kakashi, Rin, Kurenai, Asuma, Might Guy, and the other familiar candidates also passed.
• The surviving candidates gathered outside the Forest of Death to wait for the next round, the battle for scrolls.
• Rin asked Obito how he had finished so quickly, and Obito bragged that he had figured out the test’s rules.
• Kurenai defended Obito from Kakashi’s teasing and stood close to him, while Asuma mourned her affection and Might Guy wondered why Obito had become popular.

Obito, Kakashi, and Rin entered the Forest of Death for the second Chunin exam, while Rin remained hurt by Obito’s closeness with Kurenai. Their team encountered Hokoku Shimura, Mizuki, and Midori Nara, and Hokoku feared Obito might attack him.

• Might Guy tried to comfort Kakashi by declaring himself Kakashi’s best friend, but Kakashi rejected him.
• Obito chatted with Kurenai while Rin quietly stepped away, feeling hurt and lonely.
• The chief examiner explained that teams had to collect both a Heaven Scroll and an Earth Scroll and reach the Central Tower within three days.
• Obito, Kakashi, and Rin entered the Forest of Death, where Rin rebuffed Obito’s attempts to cheer her up.
• Obito’s team encountered Mizuki, Hokoku Shimura, and Midori Nara in the bushes, and Obito mocked Hokoku as Baoguo.
• Hokoku watched Obito warily and reminded him that the exam rules prohibited killing.

Obito frightened Baoguo and Mizuki before chasing them through the Forest of Death to settle his grudge with Baoguo. As other competing ninja noticed the commotion and followed, Obito continued closing in on the fleeing Baoguo.

• Obito threatened Baoguo and Mizuki, then charged at them while Midori Nara tried to restrain him with Shadow Imitation.
• Mizuki and Baoguo abandoned Midori and fled, and Midori let Obito pass after blocking his shuriken.
• Baoguo threw Mizuki at Obito to slow him down, but Obito kicked Mizuki aside and continued after Baoguo.
• Obito terrorized Baoguo as he chased him through the woods, drawing the attention of nearby competing ninja.

Obito interrogated Baoguo with the Sharingan and learned that Danzo had sent him to take responsibility for Root without telling him the details. After taking Baoguo’s scroll and beating him, Obito was stopped by Rin as Kakashi and the others caught up.

• Kakashi and Rin hurried after Obito, and Midori Nara followed them while supporting Mizuki.
• Obito used the Sharingan to question Baoguo, who revealed that Danzo had told him to take responsibility for Root but had not explained why.
• Obito concluded that Baoguo had not known about the attempt on his life, took Baoguo’s Earth Scroll, and beat him.
• The watching exam participants quietly retreated, while Kakashi and Rin arrived and Mizuki refused to approach Obito.
• Rin pulled Obito away from Baoguo, and Obito teased her about no longer being angry with him.

Obito left Kakashi and Rin to gather firewood and game, but discovered three Konoha classmates fighting three spies from Kumogakure who wanted Yoko Hyuga’s Byakugan. As Yoko tried to escape, one of the spies caught her with a Lightning Release technique.

• Obito, Kakashi, and Rin made camp beside a stream as evening fell in the Forest of Death.
• Obito went to gather firewood and hunt, then heard fighting and followed the noise.
• Obito saw Aoba Yamashiro, Namiashi Raidō, and Yoko Hyuga battling three older Konoha ninja who were secretly Kumogakure spies.
• The spies demanded Yoko’s Byakugan, while Aoba and Namiashi urged her to escape and alert reinforcements.
• Yoko tried to climb a tree, but a bald spy used Lightning Release: Lightning Binding to capture her.

Obito rescued Yoko Hyuga, Aoba Yamashiro, and Namiashi Raidō from three spies attempting to steal Yoko’s Byakugan, then pursued the two survivors after they fled. He caught up with them in the Forest of Death, with a mission to capture them still underway.

• Obito used Shadow Clones and his Sharingan to stop the attackers, killing one spy while the other two escaped.
• Yoko Hyuga, Aoba Yamashiro, and Namiashi Raidō thanked Obito, and Raidō identified the men as spies trying to steal Yoko’s Byakugan.
• The surviving spies released purple smoke and fled into the woods, triggering Obito’s mission to capture them and take them to the Central Tower.
• Obito asked Yoko to treat the injured teammates and chased after the two spies, catching up to within ten meters of them.

Obito pursued two ninja and used clones and Ninjutsu to outmaneuver their attacks. He struck the bearded ninja in the back with a Rasengan, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The bearded man used Lightning Release: Thunderclap Strike, but the attack passed through Obito and destroyed a tree.
• Obito dodged another lightning attack by leaping through the treetops and threw kunai at the two ninja.
• The Bald Man cut down an apparent Obito with Cloud Style: Mask-Breaking Slash, but the target vanished as a Shadow Clone.
• Obito emerged from behind a tree and attacked the two ninja with Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.
• The bearded man struck Obito with Lightning Release: Thunderclap Strike, but that Obito also vanished in white smoke.
• Obito appeared behind the bearded man and hit him with a Rasengan, making him scream and spit blood.

Obito defeated the two spies and captured them alive after forcing the bald man to surrender and bind his unconscious companion. He returned to Yoko Hyuga’s group, where Might Guy, Shizune, and Yata Shimura were stunned by his victory.

• Obito beat the bald ninja with his nunchaku until the man surrendered and followed his orders.
• Obito had the bald ninja bind the unconscious Luosahu and carry him toward Yoko Hyuga’s group.
• Obito reached Yoko Hyuga, Aoba Yamashiro, and Namiashi Raidō, who had received basic treatment and were unconscious.
• Yoko Hyuga welcomed Obito and asked if he was hurt while Might Guy, Shizune, and Yata Shimura reacted with disbelief to the captured spies.
• Might Guy praised Obito as his eternal rival and celebrated his victory.

Obito returned to Kakashi and Rin's camp with Guy, Shizune, several captives, and the unconscious Yoko Hyuga. The group settled in by the stream while Kakashi went to catch more fish for dinner.

• Obito knocked Yoko unconscious when she refused to let go of his arm, then carried her as he led the others back to camp.
• Obito and the group reached Kakashi and Rin, who had been worried about his long absence.
• Obito handed Yoko to Kakashi and teased him for worrying, while Kakashi denied caring.
• Guy argued with Kakashi about his green jumpsuit and accidentally dropped the injured Aoba Yamashiro, who woke in pain.
• Rin lectured Kakashi, Shizune and Guy helped Aoba, and Obito secured the burly bald captive.
• Kakashi went back to the stream to catch more fish for the enlarged group.