Recaps

Danzo was appointed Fifth Hokage by the Daimyō, but Raito’s trap exposed his alleged deal over Takigakure’s Seven-Tails, and Jiraiya produced evidence tying him to Orochimaru and Hiruzen’s death. As Danzo’s Root forces protected him, Raito’s Kirigakure ANBU surrounded them, leaving the conference room on the brink of a clash.

• The Daimyō appointed Danzo as the Fifth Hokage after weighing the economic risks of conflict with Kirigakure.
• A Takigakure ninja accused Kirigakure of taking the Seven-Tails, and Konoha Jonin accused Danzo of trading it for Kirigakure’s support.
• Raito denied the accusation with apparent innocence, while Tsunade condemned Danzo for betraying Konoha’s allies.
• Jiraiya arrived with Sasuke and others, then presented Tsunade with a scroll containing Danzo and Orochimaru’s secret correspondence about destroying Konoha and killing Hiruzen.
• Tsunade read the scroll and denounced Danzo, but Danzo asserted his authority as Hokage while Root ninja shielded him.
• Raito’s twenty Kirigakure ANBU burst through the conference room wall and surrounded Danzo and Root.

Gekkō Raito and Sasuke ambushed Danzo inside a barrier, and Sasuke struck him through the chest after Danzo admitted the Uchiha Clan had deserved to die. Danzo vanished before Sasuke could finish him, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Gekkō Raito hurled Danzo through the Hokage Building’s ceiling, and the Mist Ninja sealed the rooftop in a barrier.
• Tsunade ordered the Konoha ninjas to watch rather than break the barrier as Sasuke confronted Danzo about the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
• Danzo declared that the Uchiha Clan deserved to die, and Sasuke and Gekkō Raito attacked him with Chidori and Light Release: Light Bullet.
• Gekkō Raito’s beam wounded Danzo, and Sasuke pierced Danzo’s heart area with Chidori.
• Gekkō Raito warned Sasuke to retreat, and Danzo’s apparent corpse dissolved into nothing after he narrowly slashed Sasuke’s cheek with a kunai.

Danzo survived Sasuke’s heart-piercing attack and revealed an arm implanted with Sharingan and Hashirama’s cells, provoking outrage from the gathered Konoha ninjas. Gekkō Raito kicked Danzo and defended against his wind attack, then charged in to restrain him while Sasuke prepared to deliver the finishing blow.

• Danzo reappeared unharmed after Sasuke pierced his heart, leaving the Konoha ninjas bewildered.
• Danzo tore off the bandages on his right arm and exposed numerous Sharingan embedded in it alongside Hashirama’s cells.
• Tsunade condemned Danzo for desecrating Hashirama’s remains, while Danzo claimed his sacrifices were for Konoha.
• Gekkō Raito kicked Danzo into the barrier and mocked him, and Sasuke agreed that Danzo’s appearance was disgusting.
• Danzo attacked Gekkō Raito and Sasuke with Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves, but Gekkō Raito shattered the wind blades with his sword.
• Gekkō Raito charged at Danzo to suppress his movements and told Sasuke to deliver the fatal blow.

Gekkō Raito and Sasuke attacked Danzo, who repeatedly returned unharmed and used Wood Release to strike back. Gekkō Raito survived the attack and deduced that Danzo’s apparent immortality consumed one Sharingan per minute, leaving Danzo with at most ten minutes.

• Gekkō Raito severed Danzo’s arm and struck his abdomen, while Sasuke pierced Danzo’s neck with a Chidori Blade.
• Danzo used Wood Release to attack Sasuke, and Gekkō Raito pulled Sasuke clear before Danzo’s body vanished and he reappeared unharmed.
• Gekkō Raito broke free of the Wood Release branches using a Three-Tails Chakra Cloak and mocked Danzo’s weakened Wood Release.
• Gekkō Raito noticed that one Sharingan on Danzo’s arm had closed and concluded that each eye sustained Danzo’s reality-rewriting invincibility for one minute.
• Sasuke realized Danzo could maintain the technique for at most ten minutes and began calculating how to defeat him.

Gekkō Raito and Sasuke teamed up to kill Danzo repeatedly while Izanagi kept reviving him, turning his remaining time into a prolonged torture. After the last Sharingan on Danzo’s arm closed, Gekkō Raito stopped attacking, and Danzo revealed a jutsu formula on his chest and threatened to take them down with him.

• Danzo revealed that he had many Sharingan to fuel Izanagi, while Jiraiya suggested dropping the barrier and stalling for time.
• Gekkō Raito activated Six-Tails Mode and Sasuke activated Cursed Seal Mode, then they attacked Danzo together.
• Gekkō Raito blasted Danzo into the air with Water Release, allowing Sasuke to pierce his brow with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Danzo revived through Izanagi, and Gekkō Raito and Sasuke repeatedly killed and tortured him with their attacks.
• After Danzo’s remaining Sharingan closed, he revived once more, laughed at Gekkō Raito and Sasuke, and exposed a jutsu formula carved on his chest.

Gekkō Raito stopped Danzo’s Reverse Four Symbols Seal, took Shisui Uchiha’s Sharingan, and killed Danzo, but Tsunade ordered the Konoha forces to seize him and Sasuke. The Kirigakure ninja fought back, leaving Konoha’s forces overwhelmed as the confrontation escalated.

• Gekkō Raito used the Great Sage to disrupt Danzo’s sealing jutsu, then devoured Shisui Uchiha’s Sharingan and gained a defective version of Kotoamatsukami.
• Danzo died, and Gekkō Raito destroyed his head; Sasuke thanked Raito and celebrated Danzo’s death.
• Tsunade declared that Gekkō Raito and Sasuke could not leave Konoha after killing its Acting Hokage, and ordered the Konoha ninja to capture them.
• Kyuji and the Kirigakure ninja attacked the Konoha forces with Shikotsumyaku, Ice Release, Water Release, and Boil Release techniques.
• Kirigakure’s stealth ninja killed Konoha attackers sneaking up behind Gekkō Raito and Sasuke, shocking Jiraiya with the strength of the Mist forces.

Gekkō Raito seized Hinata during the standoff over Danzo’s death and used her as a hostage to secure a safe exit from Konoha. As he and his Kirigakure followers left through the village, Sasuke questioned whether Gekkō Raito had planned the entire chain of events to eliminate Danzo.

• Gekkō Raito charged into the Konoha crowd, swept Hinata into his arms, and declared that he was taking her away.
• Hyuga Hiashi demanded that Gekkō Raito release Hinata, while Tsunade ordered the Konoha forces to stand down and clear a path.
• Gekkō Raito told Sasuke that Hinata would not be scolded, and Sasuke realized Gekkō Raito might be offering her a way out of the Hyuga family.
• Gekkō Raito carried Hinata through Konoha with Sasuke, Jūgo, Guren, and the Kirigakure force as the village’s ninja watched without intervening.
• Sasuke suggested that Gekkō Raito had orchestrated the events leading to Danzo’s death, from taking Takigakure’s Tailed Beast to using Orochimaru’s evidence.

Gekkō Raito left Konoha with Hinata, while Tsunade and Hiashi chose not to pursue him. As Hinata enjoyed flying on the Nimbus Cloud, Gekkō Raito began examining the new dōjutsu power he had gained from Shisui’s eyes.

• Several members of the Gekkō joined Gekkō Raito’s group as they left Konoha, and he told Sasuke they might cooperate later over revenge.
• At Konoha’s gate, Gekkō Raito warned Tsunade and Hiashi not to pursue him, then sped away with Hinata while Sasuke led the others onward.
• Hiashi stopped the Hyuga clansmen from pursuing, recognizing that Hinata’s abduction had become a matter between villages.
• Gekkō Raito sent Kyuji and the others toward Kirigakure and flew ahead with Hinata on the Nimbus Cloud.
• As Hinata explored the clouds, Gekkō Raito examined the Sharingan power he had gained from Shisui’s eyes and sensed a change in his chakra balance.

Gekkō Raito evolved his Sharingan to two tomoe and chose to pursue Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami for a future Mangekyo awakening. After Kisame returned to Kirigakure with Ranmaru, Gekkō Raito devoured the boy and fused the Red Eye with his Sharingan, naming the new ocular kekkei genkai the Fiery Red Eye.

• Gekkō Raito used Great Sage to evolve his Sharingan to two tomoe and learned he could eventually inherit an enhanced Kotoamatsukami by devouring Shisui’s eyes.
• Yu Wucheng Ming reported that Kisame Hoshigaki had returned with Ranmaru and had killed Raiga Kurosuki after Raiga refused to return to Kirigakure.
• Kisame told Gekkō Raito that White Zetsu had asked why he had not returned to the Akatsuki, then accepted Gekkō Raito’s order to resume life under a new identity.
• Ranmaru confronted Gekkō Raito over Raiga’s death and admitted he would kill him for revenge, so Gekkō Raito devoured him with Glutton.
• Gekkō Raito fused Ranmaru’s Red Eye with his Sharingan, gained both abilities, and named the disguised ocular power the Fiery Red Eye.

Gekkō Raito began rebuilding Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen after the village’s victory over Kumogakure, assigning legendary blades to five powerful shinobi. He left the final two places for Kyuji Kaguya and Yu Wucheng Ming.

• Gekkō Raito examined his newly enhanced Fiery Red Eye and ordered the Great Sage to develop more Light Release techniques while he trained on a deserted island.
• Kyuji Kaguya returned to Kirigakure with his group, while Mei Terumi suppressed calls to dissect Hinata Hyuga and study her Byakugan.
• Gekkō Raito gave Ameyuri Ringo a modified Kiba that greatly enhanced her lightning techniques, and she accepted the blade enthusiastically.
• Gekkō Raito appointed Haku to wield Nuibari, Chōjūrō to wield Hiramekarei, Zabuza Momochi to wield Kubikiribōchō, Kisame Hoshigaki to wield Samehada, and Ameyuri Ringo to wield Kiba.
• Gekkō Raito announced that Kyuji Kaguya and Yu Wucheng Ming would fill the remaining two positions in the reorganized Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

Gekkō Raito completed the new Seven Ninja Swordsmen and his killing of Shimura Danzō made him enormously popular in Kirigakure. Mei Terumi realized he had fulfilled the conditions to become Mizukage, just as she received a secret scroll from him.

• Kyuji Kaguya received the Exploding Blade Shibuki, and Yu Wucheng Ming received a modified Kabutowari as the final members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Gekkō Raito warned the assembled swordsmen that they would face challengers when they debuted, and Kyuji Kaguya vowed to defeat anyone who tested them.
• News spread in Kirigakure that Gekkō Raito had killed Shimura Danzō in Konoha, and the Mist Ninja celebrated rather than fearing Konoha's demands.
• Mei Terumi questioned Ao about the Mist Ninja's reaction, and Ao attributed their excitement to their recent victory over Kumogakure and Raito's striking down Konoha's reputation.
• Ao reminded Mei Terumi that Raito had promised to capture a Tailed Beast, rebuild the Seven Swordsmen, and win the Mist Ninja's wholehearted submission; Mei realized he had achieved all three.
• An Anbu Ninja delivered Mei Terumi a secret scroll sent by Gekkō Raito.

Mei Terumi welcomed Gekkō Raito’s plan to become Mizukage, then tried to bind him more closely to Kirigakure. The next morning, Gekkō Raito experimented with Yin-Yang Release, created a grass-producing variant of Wood Release, and mastered the creation of black rods as he considered when to take over the village.

• Mei Terumi read Gekkō Raito’s plans to take over Kirigakure, and Ao questioned whether his rise to Mizukage was happening too quickly.
• Mei Terumi flirted with Gekkō Raito after he put Hinata to bed, and he considered her advances another kind of tie to Kirigakure.
• Gekkō Raito tested how Yin and Yang Chakra affected ninjutsu and used Yin Release with Wood Release to make weeds erupt across an island.
• Gekkō Raito realized that changing Yin-Yang Chakra ratios altered a technique’s form, and he asked the Great Sage to calculate fusion possibilities for all his Kekkei Genkai.
• Gekkō Raito formed a black rod without the Rinnegan and recalled Mei Terumi asking when he would truly take over Kirigakure.

Gekkō Raito returned to Kirigakure and joined Mei Terumi in announcing the reconstruction of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, whose members he had chosen himself. After Mist Ninjas questioned the selection, he invited anyone who doubted it to challenge a swordsman and claim their blade and position by winning.

• Gekkō Raito rode a water dragon back to Kirigakure with Kyuji and Yu Wucheng Ming as the village prepared for the Seven Ninja Swordsmen's reconstruction ceremony.
• Mei Terumi arrived at the stadium with an awkward gait, and Ao suspected that she and Gekkō Raito had become lovers.
• Mei Terumi introduced the seven chosen swordsmen: Kisame Hoshigaki, Zabuza Momochi, Yuki Haku, Chōjūrō, Ameyuri Ringo, Kyuji Kaguya, and Yu Wucheng Ming.
• Gekkō Raito reassured Mei Terumi that the new swordsmen could handle challengers, and the seven made a dramatic entrance before the gathered Mist Ninjas.
• A Mist Ninja objected that the candidates had not been selected through trials, so Gekkō Raito challenged anyone dissatisfied to win a sword and position by defeating its wielder.

Gekkō Raito established the new Seven Ninja Swordsmen and took command of them, then challenged Kirigakure Jonin to test his swordsmanship. He overwhelmed their coordinated attack with Water Breathing, ending the chapter as a water tornado tore at the three Jonin.

• Mist Ninjas challenged the Seven Swordsmen, but the seven defeated the crowd, and Gekkō Raito healed the injured with Water Release: Hydrification Healing Technique.
• Mei Terumi declared the new Seven Ninja Swordsmen established and placed them under Gekkō Raito's command, prompting conservative Kirigakure Ninjas to object.
• Gekkō Raito challenged the objectors to force him back half a step using only swordsmanship and stirred the arena's water into towering waves.
• Several Kirigakure Jonin attacked Gekkō Raito with a Water Dragon Bullet Technique and coordinated sword strikes, but he cut through the water dragon and parried their blades.
• Gekkō Raito sent two attackers flying and used Water Breathing: Sixth Form, Whirlpool to draw the three Jonin into a tearing water tornado.

Gekkō Raito defeated three Jonin with Water Breathing and promised to teach the technique to Kirigakure’s ninjas, strengthening his standing in the village. That night, while considering how he might become Mizukage, he sensed a hidden, cold chakra nearby.

• Gekkō Raito used Water Breathing’s Eighth Form, Waterfall Basin, to crush three Jonin, then healed their wounds with a flash of green light.
• Gekkō Raito told the Mist Ninja that he had created Water Breathing himself and offered to teach it to anyone from Kirigakure who first mastered its supporting breathing technique.
• Gekkō Raito directed the ninjas to Yu Wucheng Ming for instruction in Water Breathing’s moves, while Kyuji and his men held back the eager crowd.
• Mei Terumi and Ao watched as the village celebrated, and Mei Terumi recognized that Gekkō Raito’s growing influence left him close to the Mizukage position.
• Gekkō Raito went to the terrace after Mei Terumi fell asleep and sensed an obscure, cold chakra fluctuation.

Gekkō Raito detected Obito's nighttime visit to Kirigakure and confronted him over Kisame Hoshigaki and the Akatsuki's plans. Their meeting turned violent, and the chapter ended with Obito questioning Gekkō Raito's strange eyes.

• Gekkō Raito sensed an intruder outside Kirigakure and hurried into the forest with two Kozuki Clan ninja.
• Gekkō Raito identified the masked visitor as Obito, whose approach was for Gekkō Raito himself.
• The Kozuki Clan ninja caught Obito by surprise with blades at his neck, but Obito used his intangibility to evade them.
• Obito demanded compensation for losing Kisame Hoshigaki and invited Gekkō Raito to join the Akatsuki, while Gekkō Raito accused him of causing the Bloody Mist Village.
• Obito attacked Gekkō Raito with Sharingan genjutsu, but Gekkō Raito countered with his Red Flame Eye and punched at him.
• Obito turned intangible to avoid the punch, retreated, and asked whether Gekkō Raito's strange eyes were Sharingan.

Gekkō Raito used Ice Release, overwhelming speed, and a laser-refraction trap to corner Obito and wound him despite his intangibility. Obito remained trapped in the frozen forest as Gekkō Raito’s attacks began to penetrate his defenses.

• Gekkō Raito froze Obito’s legs, but Obito phased through the Ninja Blade and tried to escape after his Kunai bounced harmlessly off Gekkō Raito’s hardened, Shikotsumyaku-reinforced neck.
• Obito charged at close range and reached for Gekkō Raito, who forced him to stay intangible with the Chaotic Cloak Blade Technique and drove him into a forest filled with ice spikes.
• Gekkō Raito stopped the wind and snow when Obito seemed ready to burrow underground, then learned from Great Sage that Red Flame Eye power could interfere with Obito’s ocular technique and force part of his body solid.
• Gekkō Raito fired a Light Release: Laser Ray that refracted through the ice pillars, trapping Obito in a web of beams while mist restrained his ankles.
• A laser pierced Obito’s shoulder, and he broke free of the mist and scrambled onto an enormous ice spike.

Gekkō Raito wounded Obito but could not stop him from escaping, then rushed to Kirigakure's docks and found Kakuzu and Hidan attacking the Mist Ninja. He healed the wounded, stomped Kakuzu into a crater, sewed Hidan's mouth shut, and prepared to strike him.

• Gekkō Raito used the Red Flame Eye to disrupt Kamui, froze Obito's leg, and pierced it with a laser.
• Obito escaped through Kamui after explosions elsewhere in Kirigakure distracted Gekkō Raito.
• Gekkō Raito arrived at the docks, where Kakuzu and Hidan had badly wounded Mei Terumi and the Mist Ninja.
• Gekkō Raito healed the injured Mist Ninja and learned that Kyuji and the others had gone looking for him.
• Gekkō Raito stomped Kakuzu into the ground, then sewed Hidan's mouth shut with a chakra thread.

Gekkō Raito overwhelmed Kakuzu and Hidan, then unleashed a gigantic whirlpool that swallowed them both. The Mist Ninja watched in shock as the sea dragged the pair toward the depths.

• Gekkō Raito crushed Kakuzu’s lightning attack, froze him inside a water dragon, and shattered his body, but Kakuzu reassembled himself and fled into the sea.
• Gekkō Raito hurled Hidan across the water after Kakuzu, sending him past his escaping companion.
• Gekkō Raito used Saiken’s chakra and the Great Sage’s support to create a colossal whirlpool.
• The whirlpool swept Kakuzu and Hidan toward the deep sea as enormous waves battered Kirigakure’s harbor.

Gekkō Raito’s overwhelming Water Release victory won Kirigakure’s military, while Mei Terumi proposed using her feigned illness to make him Mizukage. Gekkō Raito accepted the opening and prepared to seek Elder Genshi’s agreement.

• Gekkō Raito shook the sea with a massive Water Release attack, defeating the rebel ninja and inspiring awe among the Mist Ninja.
• Mei Terumi pretended to faint, and Gekkō Raito carried her to the village hospital on a water dragon.
• Obito and Black Zetsu watched from hiding and realized Gekkō Raito had unleashed the tailed beast’s chakra to trigger the tsunami.
• Gekkō Raito found Mei Terumi awake and drinking water, and she suggested that her supposed injury gave him a chance to become Mizukage.
• Gekkō Raito worried Elder Genshi might object, but Mei Terumi assured him that the elder held him in high regard and planned to take a vacation.

After Mei Terumi was declared unconscious from poison, the elders appointed twelve-year-old Gekkō Raito acting Mizukage. As Kirigakure celebrated his appointment, Gekkō Raito began planning a technique to clear the village’s internal mist while preserving its outer defenses.

• Elder Genshi heard that Gekkō Raito had killed two S-Rank Missing-nin, then learned that Mei Terumi was unconscious from poison.
• Elder Genshi summoned Gekkō Raito and appointed him acting Mizukage, telling him the role could become permanent if his performance satisfied the village.
• Gekkō Raito told Kyuji he was only acting Mizukage and went to the office, where he asked the Great Sage to develop a way to control Kirigakure’s mist.
• The Great Sage proposed a composite barrier that would preserve mist around the village while dispersing it inside, and Gekkō Raito ordered it developed.
• Kirigakure residents discussed Gekkō Raito’s appointment and praised his strength despite his age as a beam of golden sunlight pierced the sky.

Raito became Kirigakure’s acting Mizukage, strengthened the village’s defenses, and received news of his rise spreading across the Shinobi World. Konoha worried over Hinata’s captivity, Sunagakure considered Gaara for Kazekage, and Kumogakure prepared to challenge Kirigakure over the sea lanes.

• Raito used Water Release: Sensory Mist Formation to clear the village while keeping the surrounding fog as a chakra-sensing perimeter, then ordered the creation of a Kirigakure Barrier Team.
• Raito assigned Ameyuri Ringo to assist him and demoted Ao to reviewing minor matters before passing major issues to him.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed Raito’s sudden rise and the Hyuga Clan’s demands to rescue Hinata; Tsunade sent Jiraiya to train Naruto instead.
• Sunagakure’s leaders debated making Gaara Kazekage, citing Raito’s appointment as proof that a jinchūriki could lead a village.
• Ōnoki questioned Kirigakure’s decision to appoint Raito and focused on its capture of the Seven-Tails.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Mabui to invite Kirigakure to Kumogakure to discuss dividing the sea lanes, intending to pressure the village into a confrontation.

Obito decided the Akatsuki had to accelerate its plan to capture the Tailed Beasts, while Gekkō Raito efficiently governed Kirigakure and prepared to attend Kumogakure’s contentious banquet. He chose Kyuji Kaguya and Ameyuri Ringo to accompany him and went to check on Zabuza’s progress with Water Breathing.

• Obito hurried to discuss moving the Eye of the Moon Plan forward with Nagato, and Black Zetsu resolved to find a way to kill Gekkō Raito.
• Gekkō Raito cleared Kirigakure’s administrative backlog with the Great Sage’s help, impressing Elder Genshi and Mei Terumi.
• Mei Terumi and Hinata Hyuga learned that Kumogakure had invited Gekkō Raito to discuss sovereignty over a disputed sea route.
• Gekkō Raito decided to attend the banquet despite Ao’s warning, and selected Kyuji Kaguya and Ameyuri Ringo to go with him.
• Gekkō Raito left five Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to guard Kirigakure, then visited the training ground, where Zabuza praised his Water Breathing swordsmanship.

Gekkō Raito traveled to Kumogakure atop a massive Water Dragon Bullet, arriving far earlier than expected and catching the village by surprise. He left the Cloud Ninja and villagers facing the dragon as it plunged toward them from the sky.

• Ao and the Mist Ninja worried about Gekkō Raito traveling to Kumogakure with only Kyuji and Ameyuri, but he ordered them to follow the plan and departed atop a water dragon.
• During the journey, Gekkō Raito reviewed his skills, equipped Fiery Red Eye, and accepted the Great Sage's derivations of Explosion Release, Lava Release, and Scorch Release.
• Kyuji alerted Gekkō Raito that they had reached Kumogakure, and Gekkō Raito enlarged the water dragon and accelerated toward the village.
• Gekkō Raito's water dragon plunged out of the clouds toward Kumogakure, startling the villagers and leaving the patrolling Cloud Ninja frozen in shock.

Gekkō Raito and his Kirigakure companions arrived in Kumogakure on a giant water dragon, then confronted the Fourth Raikage over the village’s hostile reception. After Kyuji and Darui clashed, both sides stood down, leaving tensions high but the meeting unresolved.

• Gekkō Raito, Kyuji, and Ameyuri descended into Kumogakure on a massive water dragon that burst into rain, startling the Cloud Ninja without causing casualties.
• Ameyuri announced that acting Mizukage Gekkō Raito had come by invitation, and Cloud Ninja rushed to inform the Raikage.
• The Fourth Raikage confronted the visitors and blamed them for arriving before the agreed time, while Gekkō Raito criticized Kumogakure’s security and reception.
• The Raikage released his Lightning Release chakra, prompting Kyuji to charge and Darui to block his punch with help from another Cloud Ninja.
• Ameyuri accused the Raikage of provoking the clash, and both the Raikage and Gekkō Raito ordered their fighters to withdraw.
• Darui noticed Kyuji’s bloody fist heal almost instantly and suspected he possessed the Kaguya Clan’s Shikotsumyaku.