Recaps

After escaping Nagato’s Planetary Devastation, Hashirama Senju offered to explain Konoha’s founding and his history with Madara Uchiha to help Sasuke understand his doubts. He began recounting the Senju and Uchiha clans’ bitter rivalry during the Warring States Period.

• Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique to rescue Hashirama Senju, Jiraiya, and the Uchiha brothers from Planetary Devastation.
• Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Itachi identified Nagato’s black sphere as the seal’s key and explained that destroying it quickly would break the technique.
• After Planetary Devastation’s pull stopped, Jiraiya went to meet Nagato while Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju stayed with Sasuke Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi.
• Tobirama Senju explained what had happened, and Hashirama Senju learned why Sasuke had come seeking answers.
• Hashirama Senju offered to tell Sasuke and Uchiha Itachi about Konoha’s founding and his relationship with Madara Uchiha.
• Hashirama Senju began describing the Warring States Period, when the Senju and Uchiha clans fought bitterly and both he and Madara lost brothers.

Nagato and Jiraiya put aside their past conflict to talk, while Kabuto Yakushi listened and began reflecting on his own uncertain path. At the Land of Waves, the First Division struggled against the White Zetsu Army and reanimated ninja, and Hizashi Hyuga disrupted a sealing attempt.

• Nagato admitted to Jiraiya that he was no longer lost, and the two began sharing stories from their pasts.
• Kabuto Yakushi realized Nagato and Uchiha Itachi were no longer bound by the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and listened to the battlefield conversations.
• After hearing Nagato and Hashirama Senju recount their histories, Kabuto Yakushi began to think about his own future.
• At the Land of Waves, Hyuga Hiashi's First Division fought the thirty-thousand-strong White Zetsu Army as casualties mounted and reanimated ninja resisted sealing.
• Hizashi Hyuga used Eight Trigrams Palms: Heavenly Spin to break the Allied Shinobi Forces' formation and ruin their sealing ritual.

Choza Akimichi and Hyuga Hiashi confronted the resurrected Dan Katō and Hizashi Hyuga while trying to seal them. Hizashi learned that his son Neji had become a Konoha jonin but was not present, while Hiashi concealed that Neji might be on his way to reinforce them.

• Choza Akimichi recognized Hizashi Hyuga and Dan Katō, then signaled Allied Shinobi Forces ninja to surround them.
• Choza told Dan that Tsunade had become the Fifth Hokage and that Shihōin Naraku now led Konoha as the Sixth Hokage, before launching an attack.
• Choza warned his allies about Dan's Spirit Transformation Technique and pressed him with attacks to prevent him from using it.
• Hyuga Hiashi intervened to stop Hizashi's Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, and the brothers began fighting with the Gentle Fist.
• Hizashi asked about Neji, and Hiashi told him that Neji was a Konoha jonin but withheld that he might be coming to reinforce them.

Hizashi learned that Neji knew the truth about his death and had reconciled with Hinata, then resumed fighting Hiashi. Elsewhere, the Allied Shinobi Forces gathered intelligence on Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s Six Paths Treasures and gradually forced the brothers onto the defensive.

• Hizashi asked Hiashi whether Neji knew the truth about his death, and Hiashi said Neji had learned it and made peace with Hinata.
• Hizashi felt relieved about Neji and Hinata, then asked Hiashi to defeat him and lead their forces to victory.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku rampaged through the Allied Shinobi Forces with the Six Paths Treasures, killing several ninja with the Banana Palm Fan.
• A Kirigakure jonin received headquarters’ intelligence about the treasures and sent ninja to probe their abilities.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces learned more about the treasures and attacked from range, while Kinkaku and Ginkaku weakened as their chakra dwindled.

Naraku watched the Eastern Battlefield through Akame as the Allied Shinobi Forces fought the White Zetsu Army and Impure World Reincarnation Ninja. Kinkaku and Ginkaku were defeated and sealed, while Naraku expected the fighting to continue until sunset.

• Akame stayed outside the battle and defeated the First Division ninja who tried to attack her, while Naraku used her vision to gather intelligence.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku retreated to the shore and called for Akame's help, but Naraku ignored them.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces separated Kinkaku from Ginkaku, took his Six Paths Treasures, and sealed him.
• The allied ninja kept Ginkaku under pressure until the Sealing Squad sealed him as well.
• Naraku estimated that many White Zetsu and fewer than ten Impure World Reincarnation Ninja would remain by sunset.

Shihōin Naraku concluded that the Allied Shinobi Forces would win in the Land of Waves once the Second Division arrived, while the battle in the Land of Frost ended in victory for Tatami Iwashi’s forces. Might Guy recovered after using the Eight Gates Formation and was summoned by Tatami Iwashi amid the battlefield cleanup.

• Shihōin Naraku judged that White Zetsu disguises could disrupt the Allied Shinobi Forces but would not change the war’s outcome, and he planned for Akame to leave the Land of Waves the next day.
• Tatami Iwashi’s seven thousand ninja defeated the ten thousand White Zetsu in the Land of Frost after sealing the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the other Impure World Reincarnation Ninja.
• Might Guy recovered from using the Eight Gates Formation and learned from a medical ninja that the Allied Shinobi Forces had won the battle.
• Tatami Iwashi summoned Might Guy and praised him for defeating the reincarnated Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, which had prevented heavier losses.

After the battle against the White Zetsu Army, Tatami Iwashi divided the remaining Allied Shinobi Forces between an advance mission to reinforce the main battlefield and cleanup and medical duties. Sakura Haruno continued treating the wounded, earning recognition for her own medical skill.

• Tatami Iwashi ordered Might Guy to lead an advance force of elite troops toward the main battlefield while the main force prepared to follow.
• Might Guy selected dozens of battle-hardened ninja and set out after Tatami Iwashi told him to report enemies and retreat if they proved too strong.
• Tatami Iwashi assigned Nara Yanshui five hundred ninja to manage the cleanup, protect the wounded, and eventually escort them to the Land of Fire.
• Tatami Iwashi planned to rest before leading the remaining thirty-five hundred ninja to reinforce the main battlefield.
• Sakura Haruno treated wounded ninja in the field hospital, impressing others with her own medical abilities.

Sakura prepared to leave the temporary medical camp and join Tatami Iwashi’s force as it set out to reinforce Kakashi’s main battlefield. At headquarters, Shikaku Nara questioned whether the five hundred troops left behind could protect the wounded and clear the battlefield.

• Rock Lee told Sakura that Tatami Iwashi’s main force would leave in an hour to reinforce the main battlefield, and Sakura agreed to join them after confirming the wounded would be transferred to rear hospitals.
• Sakura packed her medical bag, rested briefly, and met Rock Lee at the assembly point when the hour was up.
• Tatami Iwashi gathered thirty-five hundred ninja and ordered them to move out, leaving Nara Yanshui to oversee the wounded and battlefield cleanup.
• At Allied Shinobi Forces Headquarters, Shihōin Naraku ordered staff to plan a safe withdrawal route, arrange border support, and prepare field hospitals for the wounded.
• Shikaku Nara asked Shihōin Naraku whether the five hundred troops left behind would be enough to protect the wounded from a surprise attack.

Shihōin Naraku assessed the Allied Shinobi Forces’ movements and learned that Gaara’s Fourth Division was stalled by three reanimated former Kage. He decided to leave headquarters and reinforce the Fourth Division before leading it to the main battlefield.

• Shihōin Naraku outlined how four armies were converging on the main battlefield and ordered the Liaison Unit to check in with Nara Ryūsui regularly.
• Shihōin Naraku asked about Gaara’s Fourth Division and learned that the Third Hokage and Fourth Kazekage had been sealed, while the Second Tsuchikage, Second Mizukage, and Third Raikage remained.
• Shihōin Naraku read the Fourth Division’s intelligence and realized its forces were pinned down by the three remaining Kage.
• Shikaku Nara argued that the main battlefield could manage without the Fourth Division, but Shihōin Naraku decided to reinforce it himself.
• Shihōin Naraku left Shikaku Nara in charge of headquarters and prepared to move out.

Shihōin Naraku left headquarters to reinforce the Fourth Division, while Shikaku Nara relayed urgent orders to Kakashi Hatake as enemy forces appeared on the main front. Kakashi prepared his troops to hold their positions, and Naruto Uzumaki arrived asking where Sakura was.

• Shihōin Naraku told Shikaku Nara he would reinforce the Fourth Division to confront the reincarnated Kage and provoke Obito Uchiha into acting, while remaining ready to teleport to the main front.
• Shihōin Naraku used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave headquarters, and the Liaison Unit immediately reported enemy forces at the main front.
• Shikaku Nara ordered Kakashi Hatake to hold key positions, engage the enemy early, and prepare for reinforcements.
• Kakashi Hatake ordered the Sixth and Seventh Squads to attack the White Zetsu Army and told the Sealing Squad to prepare for Impure World Reincarnation Ninja.
• Naruto Uzumaki entered the defensive installation and asked Kakashi Hatake where Sakura was.

Naruto learned Sakura was absent and worried that Sasuke had become an enemy, but Minato encouraged him not to give up on saving his friend. After White Zetsu were detected near the front, the main battlefield erupted, while the Fourth Division struggled against Gengetsu Hozuki’s explosive clone.

• Kakashi told Naruto that Sakura had been assigned to another unit and would arrive later with reinforcements.
• Naruto admitted to Minato that he considered Sakura his girlfriend, and Minato joked warmly with his son.
• Naruto asked about Sasuke, and Minato encouraged him to keep believing he could bring his friend back to Konoha.
• A scout reported more than thirty thousand White Zetsu underground near the front, and Kakashi led the Allied Shinobi Forces to meet them.
• Gengetsu Hozuki mocked the Fourth Division’s attempts to seal him and summoned his explosive clone, leaving the allied ninja panicked by its repeated blasts.

The Allied Shinobi Forces struggled against Hozuki Gengetsu and his endlessly exploding clone until Shihōin Naraku arrived and destroyed the clone. Naraku then confronted Gengetsu, pierced him with a kunai, and destroyed his giant clam summon with a punch.

• Hozuki Gengetsu complained that the Allied Shinobi Forces were attacking his illusion instead of finding a way to seal or kill him.
• The Fourth Division's troops suffered heavy losses as Gengetsu's self-destructing clone repeatedly attacked their disorganized formation.
• Shihōin Naraku appeared, touched the clone, and transported it roughly ten kilometers away, where it exploded and was destroyed.
• Hozuki Gengetsu emerged beside a stone pillar and tried to identify the stronger fighter who had dealt with his clone.
• Naraku suddenly appeared before Gengetsu, pierced his chest with a kunai, and shattered Gengetsu's giant clam summon with a punch.

Shihōin Naraku defeated and sealed Hozuki Gengetsu, then put Shikamaru in charge of the battered Fourth Division. He left to confront the Second Tsuchikage and Third Raikage while the unit rested and treated its wounded.

• Shihōin Naraku destroyed Hozuki Gengetsu's clone and Giant Clam, then struck him into a crater and sealed him.
• Hozuki Gengetsu recognized Shihōin Naraku as the current God of Shinobi and was satisfied to have seen his strength before being sealed away.
• Shihōin Naraku ordered the Sealing Squad to take Hozuki Gengetsu away and asked Shikamaru about the unit's condition.
• Shikamaru reported that roughly a fifth of the ninja were casualties, and Shihōin Naraku appointed him acting captain of the Fourth Division.
• Shihōin Naraku declined Shikamaru's offer of reinforcements and left to deal with the Second Tsuchikage and Third Raikage.
• Shikamaru ordered the ninja to rest and the medical ninja to treat the wounded.

Shikamaru reorganized the Fourth Division after Shihōin Naraku defeated Hozuki Gengetsu, while headquarters prepared to send Naraku intelligence about the main battlefield. Shikamaru dispatched a messenger to reach Naraku, who was still fighting, and worried that the division’s remaining opponents would be difficult to defeat.

• Shikamaru took command of the Fourth Division, reorganized its squads, and ordered the Liaison Unit to report Shihōin Naraku’s arrival and victory over Hozuki Gengetsu to headquarters.
• At headquarters, Shikaku Nara decided against having Inoichi Yamanaka contact Naraku directly in case it interfered with his fighting, and instead ordered the main battlefield intelligence sent to the Fourth Division.
• After receiving the intelligence, Shikamaru sent a ninja to deliver it to Naraku, who was fighting about ten kilometers away.
• Shikamaru worried that the Fourth Division had been delayed too long to reinforce the main battlefield and that the Third Raikage and Second Tsuchikage would be difficult opponents.

Kabuto Yakushi concealed his knowledge of Shihōin Naraku’s arrival from Black Zetsu until Black Zetsu ordered him to summon a powerful reanimated fighter to confront Naraku. As Kabuto prepared the custom reanimated body, the battle between Gaara and Mu continued on the front lines.

• Black Zetsu startled Kabuto Yakushi in his cave and demanded to know why he had not reported Shihōin Naraku’s appearance.
• Kabuto Yakushi claimed he had only just received the news, hiding that he had known since Naraku sealed Hozuki Gengetsu.
• Black Zetsu ordered Kabuto Yakushi to summon a man who could defeat Shihōin Naraku and keep him from the main battlefield.
• Kabuto Yakushi prepared the custom reanimated body, doubting whether Lord Naraku could withstand the fighter and admitting he could not control him.
• Mu evaded Gaara’s sand attack, turned invisible, and forced Gaara to scatter sand in every direction to find him.

Gaara fought Mu to a stalemate while Kabuto prepared to summon Madara Uchiha to keep Shihōin Naraku occupied, secretly planning to warn Naraku through Third Raikage A. Meanwhile, Tsunade and A clashed in a brutal battle, which ended with A striking her shoulder.

• Gaara warned the Allied Shinobi Forces' sensor ninja to watch for Mu, who had turned invisible.
• Kabuto controlled Mu and prepared to summon Madara Uchiha, whom Obito and Black Zetsu intended to use to hold Shihōin Naraku back.
• Kabuto decided to send Naraku a discreet warning through Third Raikage A while continuing the summoning.
• Tsunade and A exchanged powerful blows, neither gaining the upper hand as their speed, strength, and defenses kept the fight at a standstill.
• A attacked with Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite, grazing Tsunade's ribs, then struck her left shoulder while she was off balance.

Tsunade fought Third Raikage A, enduring his powerful attacks until she tricked him into taking a devastating punch that cracked his defenses. Shihōin Naraku arrived as the battle was about to resume and helped Tsunade recover, leaving him to take over the fight.

• Third Raikage A struck Tsunade’s shoulder and warned her to stay focused as she dodged his increasingly powerful Nukite attacks.
• Tsunade used her injured left arm to bait A into a close-range strike, then punched his chest hard enough to crack his reanimated body and Lightning Release Armor.
• Shihōin Naraku appeared beside Tsunade and remarked that she should have released her Yin Seal for the punch.
• Naraku retrieved Tsunade’s severed arm and handed it to her so she could heal while he took over the battle.

Shihōin Naraku confronted the Third Raikage A after revealing that he had already sealed Hozuki Gengetsu. A struck Naraku with Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite, but Naraku unleashed a firestorm that engulfed A and overwhelmed his reanimated body.

• Tsunade reattached her arm and urged Naraku to help the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Naraku told her he had already sealed Hozuki Gengetsu and that the forces were resting and regrouping.
• Naraku turned to face the Third Raikage A while Tsunade warned him about A’s speed and defense.
• Naraku told A he might end the fight instantly, and A answered by charging with Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite.
• A’s attack pierced Naraku, whose body swelled and exploded into a vast firestorm that sent Tsunade and the allied ninja flying.
• The firestorm contracted around A, consumed his lightning armor, and burned his reanimated body to ash faster than it could regenerate.

Tsunade ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to withdraw while Shihōin Naraku and A continued their battle. After A’s apparent defeat proved to be a Lightning Clone, the two fighters resumed their high-speed clash, which remained unresolved.

• Tsunade reassured the Ninja that her reattached arm was healing and ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to retreat and rest.
• Tsunade realized that the burning Third Raikage had transformed into black lightning and exploded, revealing that the figure had been a Lightning Clone.
• Shihōin Naraku and A reappeared and charged at each other, colliding with enough force to shake the battlefield.
• Naraku blocked A’s One-Finger Nukite and countered with a Chakra Enhanced Strength punch, but A turned into lightning and escaped.
• Naraku pursued A, and the two collided again in midair as their battle continued.

Shihōin Naraku overwhelmed Third Raikage A in a fierce taijutsu battle and left him badly damaged in a crater. As Naraku and Tsunade waited for the Sealing Squad, A suddenly opened his eyes and fixed his gaze on Naraku.

• Shihōin Naraku gradually gained the advantage over Third Raikage A by keeping up with his speed and relentlessly striking his reanimated body.
• Naraku dodged A’s One-Finger Nukite, blasted open his chest, and drove him into the ground with a crushing final attack.
• Naraku found A’s battered body still intact and decided to wait for the Allied Shinobi Forces’ Sealing Squad to seal him.
• Tsunade landed beside Naraku with her arm healed and praised how quickly he had defeated A.
• A suddenly opened his eyes in the crater and focused on Shihōin Naraku.

Kabuto Yakushi used A's body to warn Shihōin Naraku that he had prepared a surprise, then A broke free of the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and vanished. Naraku left to support Gaara against the Second Tsuchikage while Tsunade stayed behind to regroup the Allied Shinobi Forces.

• Tsunade warned Naraku when A opened his eyes, but Naraku recognized that Kabuto Yakushi was controlling him and told her to wait.
• Kabuto Yakushi spoke through A, claiming he had prepared a gift for the Sixth Hokage and urging Naraku to look forward to a surprise.
• After Kabuto Yakushi withdrew, A said he would not fight them again, broke free of the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu through his will, and vanished.
• Naraku explained A's release to Tsunade, who wondered whether the method could help defeat other reanimated ninja.
• Naraku told Tsunade to regroup the Allied Shinobi Forces and rendezvous with the others while he went to support Gaara against the Second Tsuchikage.

Tsunade stayed with the Allied Shinobi Forces while Naraku pursued Kabuto Yakushi’s warning, and Kabuto prepared to summon Madara Uchiha. On the battlefield, Naraku arrived, used observation haki to locate the invisible Mu, and vanished toward him.

• Tsunade decided to remain with the allied forces in case Kabuto Yakushi’s surprise threatened them.
• Kabuto Yakushi prepared the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to summon Madara Uchiha and planned to escape Obito and Black Zetsu’s surveillance afterward.
• Gaara and the allied ninja failed to locate the invisible Mu, whose concealment blocked their sensing abilities.
• Shihōin Naraku arrived and used observation haki to find Mu three kilometers to the southeast.
• Naraku vanished toward Mu, leaving the allied ninja astonished by his sensory abilities.

Shihōin Naraku quickly sealed Mu, then told Gaara that the Second Mizukage and Third Raikage had also been sealed. As Naraku and Gaara planned to reinforce the main battlefield, Mu reappeared and began summoning with Impure World Reincarnation.

• Shihōin Naraku rushed to Mu's position and sealed him after allowing Mu's clone to escape.
• Gaara arrived and helped restrain the sealed Mu with sand while they waited for the Sealing Squad.
• Shihōin Naraku told Gaara that the Second Mizukage and Third Raikage had also been sealed.
• Shihōin Naraku and Gaara planned to rest briefly before reinforcing the main battlefield.
• Mu suddenly appeared nearby, completed his hand seals, and used Summoning Technique and Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

Second Tsuchikage Mu used a clone to summon a powerful Impure World Reincarnation Ninja while the real Mu remained sealed. The coffin burst open to reveal Madara Uchiha, and Shihōin Naraku prepared to face him as Gaara dealt with Mu's clone.

• Mu's clone completed the Impure World Reincarnation ritual while Gaara and Shihōin Naraku watched, and Naraku explained that the real Mu remained sealed.
• Naraku told Gaara to fight Mu's clone and reserved the newly summoned ninja for himself.
• The coffin exploded, and Madara Uchiha emerged before Naraku, Gaara, and Mu.
• Naraku identified Madara Uchiha, leaving Gaara unsettled by the powerful presence he sensed.

Madara Uchiha was revived in an Impure World Reincarnation body and learned that Nagato was dead. After identifying Shihōin Naraku as Konoha's Sixth Hokage and the Allied Shinobi Forces' Supreme Commander, Madara prepared to face him.

• Madara Uchiha examined his reanimated body and learned from Kabuto Yakushi that he had been brought back using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, not Rinne Rebirth.
• Kabuto Yakushi told Madara that Nagato was dead, prompting Madara to demand an explanation of what had happened.
• Kabuto Yakushi identified Shihōin Naraku and Gaara as enemies, and Madara focused on Naraku after sensing his threat.
• Naraku mocked Madara, and Kabuto Yakushi revealed that Naraku was Konoha's Sixth Hokage and the Allied Shinobi Forces' Supreme Commander.
• Naraku signaled the Allied Shinobi Forces to stop at a distance, while Madara dismissed them and declared that Naraku was not worthy to stand before him.