Recaps

Shihōin Naraku helped Akame enter the Akatsuki, where she took part in the capture of the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails. The villages reacted to the losses, while Konoha debated how to prepare for the Akatsuki without exposing Uchiha Itachi as a spy.

• Shihōin Naraku pushed Akame to her limits, awakening her strength, then named her sword Kogarasu and arranged for her to join the Akatsuki under a fabricated identity.
• Akame defeated Konan’s test and became a provisional Akatsuki member, while Obito revealed to Kakashi that he had caused the Nine-Tails’ Attack and wanted to create a world where Rin could be happy.
• Akame, Nagato, and the Akatsuki ambushed the revived Two-Tails in the Land of Lightning, but Shihōin Naraku secretly suppressed Akame’s attack so Kumogakure could seal Matatabi.
• Akame killed Cloud Ninja and took the sealed Two-Tails, then helped Nagato’s Paths and Kakuzu capture Killer B and the Eight-Tails before the Akatsuki withdrew to the Land of Rain.
• Nagato gave Akame the provisional ring and code name [Void], ordered her to kill Orochimaru to earn full membership, and began sealing the captured tailed beasts.
• Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure reacted to the Akatsuki’s attacks, while Gaara continued trying to negotiate for Kankuro’s return.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha with Naruto but abandoned his plan to investigate Amegakure after Tsunade forbade him from going.
• Tsunade, Shikaku Nara, and Shihōin Naraku debated sharing intelligence about the Akatsuki, and Naraku urged Konoha to brief its jonin without exposing Uchiha Itachi as a spy.

Naraku led Konoha’s rescue mission to save Gaara, and Chiyo gave her life to revive him after the Akatsuki extracted Shukaku. The villages moved toward a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron while the Akatsuki prepared to target the remaining jinchūriki.

• Tsunade appointed Naraku to lead Naruto, Sakura, and Neji on Sunagakure’s rescue mission, and the team joined Chiyo and Kumogakure’s forces.
• Naraku’s team fought Akatsuki members and pushed through repeated delays before locating the cave where the Akatsuki were extracting Shukaku from Gaara.
• The Akatsuki completed the extraction and Gaara died, but Naraku’s team defeated Sasori and Deidara while Naruto recovered Gaara’s body.
• Chiyo used her life force to revive Gaara, then died, and Nagato decided the Akatsuki would target Kirigakure next.
• Naraku predicted Kirigakure would be the Akatsuki’s next target, and Tsunade proposed a Five Kage Summit to coordinate the villages.
• The Kage agreed to meet in the neutral Land of Iron but rejected Naraku as one of Tsunade’s guards, while Nagato and Obito planned to pursue the jinchūriki.
• Tsunade left for the summit with Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Might Guy, assigning Naraku to help Shikaku manage Konoha and oversee Naruto’s training.
• Mei and Gaara traveled to the Land of Iron, while Kumogakure chose Dodai as its temporary Raikage and prepared him to attend the summit.

Shihōin Naraku revealed Naruto’s parentage, helped him advance his training, and became commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces. As Akatsuki captured the Three-Tails and Han and killed Ōnoki, Naraku recruited Kabuto and sent him to learn Senjutsu.

• Shihōin Naraku told Naruto Uzumaki that his parents were Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, and Naruto learned that his father was the Fourth Hokage.
• Akatsuki captured the Three-Tails and Utakata, while Haku and Hōzuki Sakuya died during the operations.
• The Five Kage formed the Allied Shinobi Forces and appointed Shihōin Naraku as their commander.
• Naruto mastered the Rasengan and Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, but the Rasenshuriken severely damaged his chakra pathways.
• Sasuke Uchiha defeated Orochimaru, while Akatsuki ambushed Ōnoki and Han, captured Han, and killed Ōnoki.
• The Kage regrouped after the attack, and Tsunade’s party returned to Konoha without finding Han.
• Shihōin Naraku found Kabuto Yakushi, learned that Orochimaru had staged his death and taken over Sasuke’s body, then recruited Kabuto and ordered him to learn Senjutsu at Ryūchi Cave.

Shihōin Naraku prepared Konoha and led the Allied Shinobi Forces against Akatsuki while Nagato launched an attack on Konoha to capture Naruto. The arc left Naraku marching with the alliance as Jiraiya confronted Nagato in the village.

• Tsunade and Shihōin Naraku briefed Konoha’s leaders on the Akatsuki’s threat, suspected Obito Uchiha and Madara Uchiha’s involvement, and the danger of the Ten-Tails before ordering preparations for war.
• Naraku proposed sending Naruto to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Mode, while Tsunade ordered Jiraiya to keep him there and instructed Naraku to weaken Akatsuki’s peripheral forces without provoking a wider war.
• Naraku met Black Zetsu, learned Akatsuki planned to attack Konoha after testing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and agreed to lead the Allied Shinobi Forces away from the village.
• Obito and Black Zetsu monitored Nagato’s plans as Sasuke’s team fought Akame, and Obito then told Sasuke where to find Itachi and sent him to the Uchiha Clan’s ruins alone.
• Naraku addressed the assembled Allied Shinobi Forces in the Land of Iron, asserted his command, and dispatched teams to investigate suspected Akatsuki bases while keeping two important sites untouched.
• Naraku’s forces collapsed an Underground Base in the Land of Rice Fields and exposed White Zetsu infiltrators, while Nagato sent the Six Paths of Pain into Konoha to find Naruto.
• Tsunade ordered Konoha’s defenders to respond as Pain and Konan attacked, and Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku to protect the village after the toads prevented Naruto from returning.
• Naraku identified another White Zetsu disguised as Kumogakure’s leader, then learned through his shadow clone that Nagato had attacked Konoha and continued with the alliance because Jiraiya was there, and Jiraiya struck the Human Path and recognized Nagato.