Recaps

Uchiha Jin killed the Shimura clanspeople sent after him, then confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi, whom he accused of being the true criminal. Hiruzen demanded Jin surrender his Mangekyō Sharingan, and their battle began with Hiruzen gaining the upper hand.

• Uchiha Jin killed the attacking Shimura clanspeople, using Mangekyō genjutsu to defeat their Jonin leader.
• Uchiha Jin reflected on the Mangekyō's heavy drain on his eyes and his need to obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and accused Uchiha Jin of murdering fellow villagers, while Jin accused Hiruzen of sending assassins and called him a heinous criminal.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi demanded that Uchiha Jin hand over his eyes in exchange for being allowed to leave.
• Uchiha Jin attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Hiruzen struck back with his Adamantine Staff, gaining the advantage in close combat.

Hiruzen Sarutobi fought Uchiha Jin in the Forest of Death before Obito Uchiha arrived and revealed himself as a separate threat. Hiruzen summoned four reincarnated dead using Impure World Reincarnation, leaving Jin and Obito facing the newly formed figures.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Jin exchanged attacks until Hiruzen’s lightning-charged staff struck Jin’s Susanoo skeleton, then both paused to recover.
• Obito Uchiha appeared in an Akatsuki robe, and Jin realized that he and Hiruzen had secretly joined forces.
• Hiruzen declared that he intended to eliminate both Jin and Obito, then two Sarutobi Clan Jonin brought him four bound death-row prisoners.
• Jin recognized Hiruzen’s plan to use Impure World Reincarnation and abandoned an attempted strike on Obito.
• Hiruzen performed Impure World Reincarnation, transforming the four prisoners into the appearances of four dead people.

Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hatake Sakumo, and Shimura Danzō were resurrected through Impure World Reincarnation to confront Uchiha Jin and Obito Uchiha. Hatake Sakumo recognized Jin as the boy who had once comforted him before his suicide, while Tobirama suspected the Sharingan had contributed to his death.

• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju realized they had been resurrected, and Tobirama recalled being ambushed by Kinkaku and Ginkaku after spotting hidden Sharingan.
• Hatake Sakumo identified himself to Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, while Shimura Danzō accused Uchiha Jin and Obito Uchiha of arranging his death.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged the resurrected shinobi to join forces and kill Uchiha Jin and Obito Uchiha.
• Tobirama Senju recognized Jin's Mangekyō Sharingan and condemned him, while Hashirama Senju recalled his old friend Madara.
• Hatake Sakumo recognized Jin as the boy who had comforted him after the village turned against him, and remembered that he had later taken his own life.

Uchiha Jin and Obito Uchiha faced Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Shimura Danzō, and Hatake Sakumo after Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the two Hokage. The battle began, and Jin quickly overwhelmed Tobirama and Danzō, leaving them humiliated.

• Hashirama Senju challenged Obito Uchiha for claiming to be Madara Uchiha, while Tobirama Senju chose to fight Uchiha Jin.
• Obito Uchiha agreed to fight alongside Jin after Jin warned him not to flee, and he charged at Hashirama Senju and Hatake Sakumo.
• Tobirama Senju attacked Jin with Flying Thunder God, but Jin caught his hand and cut off his arm.
• Jin kicked Tobirama into a tree and pinned Shimura Danzō to the ground, mocking the strength of the reanimated Hokage and Danzō.

Tobirama Senju and Shimura Danzō teamed up against Uchiha Jin, while Hashirama Senju and Hatake Sakumo tried to counter Obito Uchiha's intangibility. As Hashirama Senju unleashed Wood Release, Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to help Tobirama Senju and Shimura Danzō finish Jin before reinforcements arrived.

• Tobirama Senju returned to the fight and coordinated with Shimura Danzō to trap Uchiha Jin between a Flying Thunder God kunai and a Wind Release attack.
• Uchiha Jin summoned a skeletal Susanoo to evade the wind sphere and block Tobirama Senju's kunai, while Tobirama Senju wondered why so few Konoha ninja had come to help.
• Hashirama Senju and Hatake Sakumo failed to hit Obito Uchiha, and Hatake Sakumo deduced that Obito's intangibility had limits.
• Hashirama Senju clapped his hands and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, releasing a terrifying aura despite his reduced strength.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi feared Hashirama Senju's Wood Release would draw Minato Namikaze and reinforcements, so he moved to help Tobirama Senju and Shimura Danzō attack Uchiha Jin.

Hashirama Senju unleashed Wood Release against Uchiha Jin and Obito Uchiha, drawing Minato Namikaze and the village’s attention to the Forest of Death. After Hashirama’s attack ended without hitting them, Jin remembered his Mangekyō’s rule-based ability and used it on Hashirama, prompting Obito to activate Izanagi.

• Hashirama Senju filled the Forest of Death with new trees and vines, forcing Uchiha Jin to dodge while Obito Uchiha used Kamui to evade the attacks.
• Minato Namikaze saw the forest’s sudden expansion and led Anbu toward it as villagers watched the Wood Release, while Uchiha Itachi worried about Jin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi waited outside the forest as Tobirama Senju questioned him, and Shimura Danzō blamed Jin and Obito for the Nine-Tails attack and explained how he had died.
• Hashirama Senju stopped his Wood Release after failing to hit either opponent, and Jin complained when he saw Obito lounging on a vine.
• Jin remembered his Mangekyō ocular technique could enforce rules, focused on Hashirama, and caused blood to run from his left eye as Obito used Izanagi.

Uchiha Jin used his Mangekyō ability to release the Impure World Reincarnation binding Hashirama Senju, Hatake Sakumo, Tobirama Senju, and Shimura Danzō, but the effort left him nearly out of chakra. With Jin and Obito Uchiha weighing whether to attack each other, Hiruzen Sarutobi hoped to exploit their conflict.

• Uchiha Jin used Heavenly Punishment Edict to release Hashirama Senju and Hatake Sakumo from Impure World Reincarnation, leaving Tobirama Senju and the others horrified.
• Uchiha Jin released Tobirama Senju and Shimura Danzō from Impure World Reincarnation, and Tobirama urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to protect Konoha before disappearing.
• Shimura Danzō turned to dust while demanding that Hiruzen avenge him, and Hiruzen admitted that Jin had undone his plans.
• Uchiha Jin struggled with the heavy cost of his eye ability and realized he was vulnerable if Obito Uchiha attacked.
• Uchiha Clan Dai noted Jin’s poor condition, and Jin pointed his blade at him as Hiruzen hoped the two Mangekyō wielders would fight.
• Obito Uchiha weighed killing Jin against recruiting him after he became a rogue ninja, then made his decision.

Uchiha Jin and Obito Uchiha avoided turning on each other while Hiruzen Sarutobi mistakenly believed Jin was allied with the masked man and attacked him. After a fierce fight, Jin ran his tachi through Hiruzen, leaving the Third Hokage pierced through the abdomen.

• Obito Uchiha abandoned his chance to attack Jin and considered helping him to gain his trust and eventually recruit him into Akatsuki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi declared that he would protect the village, while Jin and Obito denied threatening it and Jin demanded to know why Hiruzen was trying to kill him.
• Hiruzen mistook Jin for a co-conspirator with the masked man and attacked, believing Jin had helped cause the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
• Obito Uchiha stayed out of the battle and hoped Konoha ninja would see Jin fighting the Hokage and force him to leave the village.
• After hundreds of exchanges, Jin pierced Hiruzen Sarutobi's abdomen with his tachi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal against Uchiha Jin and Obito Uchiha, but Jin escaped with Obito into the Kamui Dimension. Hiruzen died after warning Minato Namikaze that Jin was working with the culprit behind the Nine-Tails' Rampage, and Minato ordered the village to find Jin.

• Wounded and near death, Hiruzen Sarutobi formed the seals for the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and summoned the Death God to seize Uchiha Jin.
• Jin ran to Obito Uchiha and asked him to escape; Obito found his spatial ability briefly blocked, then took Jin into the Kamui Dimension.
• The Death God failed to catch Jin and severed Hiruzen Sarutobi's soul instead, killing him.
• Minato Namikaze reached Hiruzen, who identified Uchiha Jin as his attacker and warned that Jin was allied with the culprit behind the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
• After Hiruzen died, Minato Namikaze ordered his men to find Uchiha Jin.

Obito Uchiha brought Uchiha Jin into the Kamui Dimension, where Jin found Rin Nohara preserved in an ice coffin and mocked Obito for changing her clothes. When Jin asked to leave, Obito refused and revealed he had no intention of letting him go easily.

• Obito Uchiha brought Uchiha Jin into the Kamui Dimension, and Jin criticized the empty space.
• Jin discovered Rin Nohara's body in an ice coffin, and Obito confessed that he had failed to protect her.
• Jin asked who had changed Rin's clothes, then accused Obito of abusing her corpse.
• Obito insisted he had only cleaned and dressed Rin out of respect for her, and Jin accepted that he was telling the truth.
• Jin asked Obito to send him out, but Obito said Jin could not leave his private space as he pleased.

Uchiha Jin and Obito Uchiha remained trapped together in the Kamui Dimension after Jin killed Hiruzen Sarutobi. Obito tried to recruit Jin into the Akatsuki, but Jin stayed wary and condemned Obito’s hypocrisy.

• Uchiha Jin realized he could not escape the Kamui Dimension and regretted using Obito Uchiha’s ability to dodge the Death God’s attack.
• Obito Uchiha removed his mask, warned Jin that overusing the Mangekyō could make him blind, and considered offering him Hashirama cells if he joined the Akatsuki.
• Uchiha Jin received 25,000 justice points for killing Hiruzen Sarutobi, bringing his total to 66,666, and eyed Obito as a possible source of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Jin bandaged his wounds beside Rin’s coffin while both men watched each other warily.
• Obito Uchiha warned Jin that killing Hiruzen Sarutobi could make it difficult for him to remain in Konoha and urged him to join the Akatsuki.
• Uchiha Jin dismissed Obito’s warning and accused him of hypocrisy for backing assassination attempts against him while claiming to seek peace.

Uchiha Jin rejected Obito Uchiha’s belief that Infinite Tsukuyomi would bring peace and tried to turn him toward resurrecting Rin instead. Obito caught Jin preparing to attack and waited for Jin’s spatial restraint to fade so he could escape with Kamui.

• Uchiha Jin mocked Obito Uchiha’s faith in the Eye of the Moon plan and questioned whether the Sage of Six Paths’ tablet was genuine.
• Obito Uchiha argued that Infinite Tsukuyomi would end war and bring true justice across the Shinobi World.
• Uchiha Jin suggested killing the Akatsuki leader and using the leader’s eyes to resurrect Rin, tempting Obito with the prospect of a life together.
• Uchiha Jin tightened his grip on his Tachi to strike while Obito was distracted, but Obito noticed and stepped away.
• Obito Uchiha realized Jin’s spatial restraint was fading and planned to use Kamui to escape once it ended.

Uchiha Jin tried to persuade Obito Uchiha to abandon his plan and revive Rin, but Obito remained committed to changing the Shinobi World. After Obito released Jin and escaped, Minato Namikaze searched for Jin and began doubting his innocence as space rippled behind him.

• Uchiha Jin urged Obito Uchiha to revive Rin and protect her in the existing Shinobi World, briefly wavering Obito’s resolve.
• Obito Uchiha rejected Jin’s persuasion and reaffirmed his plan to change the world for Rin.
• Uchiha Jin threatened to kill Obito Uchiha if he did not release him, while Obito warned that Jin’s Mangekyō use could make him blind.
• Obito Uchiha released Jin’s restraints and used Kamui to escape after admitting he would let Jin leave.
• Minato Namikaze searched the Forest of Death for Uchiha Jin, struggled to believe Jin had helped kill Hiruzen Sarutobi, and turned toward a ripple in space.

After Obito Uchiha vanished, Uchiha Jin explained his encounter with Hiruzen Sarutobi to Minato Namikaze and revealed that the masked man was Obito. Minato struggled to accept that his former student had orchestrated the Nine-Tails' Rampage and asked where Obito was.

• Obito Uchiha appeared with Uchiha Jin, then vanished after deliberately making their familiarity look suspicious to Minato Namikaze.
• Uchiha Jin told Minato that Hiruzen Sarutobi had worked with Obito to kill him and had used Impure World Reincarnation.
• Minato suspected Shisui Uchiha, but Jin insisted Shisui was not the masked man and criticized Minato for doubting him.
• Uchiha Jin revealed that the masked man was Minato's former student, Obito Uchiha.
• Jin explained that Obito had been manipulated into gathering the Nine Tailed Beasts to bring peace, and Minato asked where he was.

Minato Namikaze accepted Uchiha Jin’s warning about Akatsuki and concealed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s role in the attack by publicly portraying him as a hero who died defending Konoha. Jin returned to the Military Police Force, where his Mangekyō’s eye power continued to deteriorate as he sought more justice points.

• Minato Namikaze decided to gather intelligence before confronting Obito in Amegakure after Uchiha Jin warned him about Akatsuki’s Rinnegan-wielding leader.
• Jin suggested stricter Ninja Academy graduation requirements, and Minato agreed to draft a new plan.
• Minato ordered the Anbu to keep Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attempted assassination of Jin secret and announced that Hiruzen and the Shimura clanspeople had died fighting the Mysterious Man.
• Villagers mourned Hiruzen at a grand funeral, while Jin stayed away and resumed his post in the Konoha Military Police Force Troops.
• Jin discovered that using Heavenly Punishment Edict had badly weakened his eyesight and resolved to gather seventy thousand justice points.
• Jin heard villagers worry that his return meant the Living Yama might arrest them after they had beaten their fathers.

Shisui Uchiha searched Kumogakure for a doctor to treat his friend Jin’s severe antisocial personality disorder, but found no help and decided to use Kotoamatsukami. Back at the Uchiha compound, Jin sensed something was wrong and suspected Obito was plotting against him, unaware of Shisui’s plan.

• Shisui Uchiha threatened Ketsuki Seiji to ask him to treat his friend, then released him after learning he could not treat mental illness.
• Shisui Uchiha left Kumogakure and resolved to use Kotoamatsukami on Jin, though he feared it might change his friend’s personality.
• At the Uchiha Clan Compound, Uchiha Jin felt uneasy as Uchiha Izumi played with Fat Cat.
• Uchiha Jin blamed Obito for his unease and considered striking first by infiltrating the Akatsuki with Shisui Uchiha.
• Uchiha Jin reflected that rumors spread by Uchiha Itachi had shifted villagers’ attention away from the clan, while leaving Itachi under suspicion from other clans.

Uchiha Jin responded to a bathhouse proprietor’s report of a peeping Tom and caught Jiraiya spying on the women’s baths. Jiraiya fled before Jin could take him to the Konoha Military Police Force, leaving Jin to head home frustrated.

• The bathhouse proprietor told Uchiha Jin that a man was peeping at customers from a tree.
• Jin found Jiraiya in the branches, watching the women’s baths and taking notes.
• Jiraiya tried to bluff his way out and claimed he had been cooling off, but Jin called him a peeping Tom.
• Jin offered Jiraiya a reprimand and compensation instead of detention, but Jiraiya asked whether Jin knew who he was.
• Jiraiya escaped into an alley, and Jin complained that the chase had delayed his trip home for dinner.

Uchiha Jin chased Jiraiya through Konoha after catching him peeping at the women's bathhouse, then confronted him about the offense and its fine. Jiraiya left without paying, and he learned the boy's name was Uchiha Jin.

• Jiraiya fled through Konoha, but Uchiha Jin caught up and accused him of resisting arrest after peeping at the women's bathhouse.
• Jiraiya asked what Jin wanted, and Jin demanded that he report to the Konoha Military Police Force Troops and pay a hundred thousand ryo.
• Jiraiya produced his savings and crumpled banknotes hidden in his crotch, but he still could not pay the full fine.
• Jiraiya explained that he had lent his royalties to a friend, and Jin realized that Tsunade had likely taken the money.
• Jin waived the fine and warned Jiraiya not to repeat his indecent behavior in the village.
• Jiraiya asked Jin's name, and Jin introduced himself as Uchiha Jin.

Uchiha Jin met Jiraiya after catching him peeping into the women's bath and traded insults with him before going home to Uchiha Izumi. Jiraiya reunited with Minato and Kushina, learned about Jin and Hiruzen Sarutobi's death, and later a Sharingan-wielding figure raced through the Land of Fire's border, promising to return and cure Jin.

• Uchiha Jin mocked Jiraiya for peeping into the women's bath and left him fuming as he headed home.
• Uchiha Izumi complained that the family had waited for Jin, and he teased her before going inside.
• Jiraiya visited Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, met their son Naruto, and heard why they had named him after the hero of his novel.
• Minato told Jiraiya about Uchiha Jin's deeds and Hiruzen Sarutobi's death, while withholding the cause of Hiruzen's death.
• Late at night, a figure with Three-Tomoe Sharingan raced through the Land of Fire's border and vowed to return to cure Jin.

Uchiha Jin spent the morning doing eye exercises, while Shisui Uchiha returned from a long mission burdened by guilt over considering using Kotoamatsukami on his friend. Jin mistook Shisui’s distress for trouble with Obito and planned to take him on a dungeon run against the Akatsuki.

• Uchiha Izumi teased Jin about finding her a sister-in-law before leaving for school with Fat Cat.
• Shisui arrived while Jin was doing eye exercises and briefly prepared to use Kotoamatsukami, believing Jin needed treatment.
• Shisui hid his guilt and insisted he was fine when Jin asked what was wrong.
• Jin suspected Obito or the Akatsuki had bullied Shisui and planned to bring him along on a dungeon run.
• Jin asked whether Shisui had used Kotoamatsukami and told him to save it for their upcoming dungeon run.

Uchiha Jin agreed to make Shisui a squad leader in the Konoha Military Police Force Troops, while planning a dungeon expedition with Minato. At home, Fugaku told Mikoto he intended to retire and let Jin take over as clan leader.

• Shisui told Jin he had left the Anbu and would join the Konoha Military Police Force Troops to patrol with him.
• Jin agreed to arrange a squad leader position for Shisui, believing it would keep him occupied.
• Jin said they would set out for the dungeon after he discussed the trip with the Fourth.
• Fugaku told Mikoto that Jin had more prestige in the clan than he did and that he planned to retire and make Jin the next clan leader.
• Mikoto reassured Fugaku that staying home with her and Sasuke was worthwhile.

Uchiha Jin and Minato Namikaze planned a trip to Amegakure to confront the Akatsuki and find Obito, with Minato recruiting Jiraiya and Orochimaru. Orochimaru privately deduced the truth about Hiruzen Sarutobi’s final battle, while Jiraiya suspected the Akatsuki leader with the Rinnegan might be Nagato.

• Uchiha Jin proposed that he and Minato Namikaze investigate the Akatsuki, and Minato agreed to leave the next day with Shisui Uchiha and other allies.
• Jiraiya visited Orochimaru and questioned him about Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death, but Orochimaru claimed he knew nothing.
• Orochimaru privately deduced that Hiruzen had used Impure World Reincarnation against Uchiha Jin and the Mysterious Man in the Forest of Death.
• Minato Namikaze arrived and told Jiraiya and Orochimaru that Obito was responsible for the Nine-Tails’ Rampage and that he planned to find him in Amegakure.
• Jiraiya agreed to accompany Minato Namikaze and suspected that the Akatsuki leader with the Rinnegan might be Nagato.
• Orochimaru volunteered to join them, eager to study the Rinnegan.

Uchiha Jin, Shisui Uchiha, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and Kakashi Hatake set out from Konoha to confront Obito Uchiha, whom Jin revealed was behind the Nine-Tails' Rampage. In Amegakure, Deva Path Pain wondered about Madara and decided the Akatsuki needed more members, then dismissed his growing unease.

• Uchiha Jin and Shisui Uchiha met Orochimaru and Jiraiya at Konoha's gates before Minato Namikaze arrived with Kakashi Hatake.
• Uchiha Jin told Shisui Uchiha that Obito Uchiha had caused the Nine-Tails' Rampage, shocking Shisui and upsetting Kakashi Hatake.
• Minato Namikaze led the group out of Konoha, and Anbu Ninja escorted the gate guards away to protect the classified information.
• Deva Path Pain asked Konan about Madara's whereabouts and said the Akatsuki needed to recruit more talent.
• After Konan left, Deva Path Pain felt that something bad was coming, then declared himself invincible.

Obito Uchiha learned that Uchiha Jin was coming to kill him with Minato Namikaze, Shisui Uchiha, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Kakashi Hatake. Confident he had discovered a weakness in Jin’s Mangekyō, Obito chose to fight and ordered Black Zetsu to inform Nagato and the others.

• Black Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that Uchiha Jin and several allies were coming, and that Kakashi Hatake had revealed Obito was alive.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito to flee with Nagato and the others, but Obito rejected his advice and insisted that he was in charge.
• Obito said Uchiha Jin’s left eye had limited uses and explained that Jin’s Mangekyō rules only covered a restricted area.
• Obito told Black Zetsu to inform Nagato and the others that he had found Jin’s Mangekyō weakness.
• Obito gave up on recruiting Jin and declared that he would kill anyone who stood in the way of the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Nagato and Konan prepared to confront Jiraiya, while Minato’s team camped near Amegakure on their way to find Obito. Obito appeared and accused Minato of failing him, but Jin challenged him to stop blaming others and train harder.

• Nagato rejected Konan’s suggestion to persuade Jiraiya and declared that their old bond would end if it stood against Akatsuki’s ideals.
• Minato, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Shisui, and Jin camped near Amegakure before planning to infiltrate the village and find Obito.
• Orochimaru eyed Jin and Shisui, and the idea of developing a body-transfer technique sparked his interest in pursuing that power.
• Obito appeared at the camp and asked Jin whether joining Minato’s group was his choice.
• Minato urged Obito to return to the village, but Obito accused him of arriving too late to save Rin and his other students.
• Jin mocked Obito for blaming others and told him to train harder.