Chapter Summaries

After the war, Sakura Haruno and the medical teams struggled to treat the huge number of wounded while Kakashi arranged evacuations and emergency supplies. Ōnoki learned that the Third Division had suffered catastrophic losses and began reviewing the other divisions’ casualty counts.

• Sakura Haruno operated on wounded ninja in the overcrowded medical camp, removing wooden spikes and stitching their injuries.
• Kakashi sent treated and less severely wounded ninja to a field hospital and requested medicine and supplies from headquarters.
• Headquarters transported medical supplies to the front, and Kakashi arranged for the next shipment to include combat equipment.
• Ōnoki learned that the Third Division had suffered more than ten thousand casualties, with most believed to be dead.
• Ōnoki asked for the other divisions’ losses and began reviewing the Fifth Division’s count while the Second Division’s count remained unfinished.

Ōnoki assessed the Allied Shinobi Forces’ devastating casualties from the first day of the Fourth Shinobi World War and hurried to consult Kakashi. Meanwhile, Obito prepared a White Zetsu night raid against the Allied camp, targeting its temporary medical station.

• Ōnoki learned that the Fifth Division had suffered around eight thousand casualties while rescuing the Third Division, bringing the Main Battlefield’s estimated Allied losses to about twenty-five thousand.
• Ōnoki realized that casualties from two other battles had not yet been counted and ordered his subordinate to tally the Second Division’s losses before going to find Kakashi.
• Black Zetsu reported that only twenty-seven thousand Enhanced White Zetsu and two Impure World Reincarnation Ninja remained, and Obito estimated that Allied casualties exceeded twenty thousand.
• Obito ordered two thousand White Zetsu to raid the Allied camp that night and focus on its temporary medical station.
• Black Zetsu agreed to prepare the raid and asked Obito how the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was doing.

Obito Uchiha discussed protecting the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and ordered White Zetsu to ask Kabuto Yakushi for more reincarnated ninja. On the coast of the Land of Waves, Hyuga Hiashi fought his brother Hizashi until reinforcements arrived, giving Hizashi hope of seeing Neji.

• Obito Uchiha told Black Zetsu he would decide when to deploy the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and said he had kept enough Tailed Beast chakra inside it for the Ten-Tails' birth.
• Obito Uchiha ordered White Zetsu to tell Kabuto Yakushi to summon more Impure World Reincarnation Ninja.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga fought a fierce Gentle Fist duel while waiting for Neji and delaying the sealing squad.
• Hizashi Hyuga defended himself from the sealing squad's weapons, but Hyuga Hiashi struck him with an Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and sent him into the White Zetsu Army.
• Second Division reinforcements arrived, and Hizashi Hyuga rushed out toward them after hearing the news.

Kurotsuchi led reinforcements into the battle against the White Zetsu Army, where Neji fought to protect his comrades and Hizashi searched the battlefield for his son. Hizashi finally found Neji, but as Neji renewed his Rotation to repel an ambush, a hand breached the defense and touched his shoulder.

• Kurotsuchi led the Allied Shinobi Forces in a charge that pushed into the White Zetsu Army.
• Neji Hyuga saved a Konoha chunin from a disguised White Zetsu, then continued fighting as other ninja fell around him.
• Hizashi Hyuga searched the battlefield for Neji and spotted him using Eight Trigrams Palms: Heavenly Spin to fend off White Zetsu.
• Hizashi rushed toward Neji, while Tenten warned him that an enemy was approaching from behind.
• Neji restarted Rotation, but a hand broke through its defenses and landed on his shoulder.

Neji Hyuga discovered that the enemy restraining him was his resurrected father, Hizashi Hyuga, and the two reunited on the battlefield. As the First Division gained the advantage with reinforcements, Hyuga Hiashi watched the reunion and expected the battle to end soon.

• Hizashi Hyuga countered Neji's Gentle Fist and revealed himself, leaving Neji stunned to see his father.
• Neji and Hizashi exchanged emotional words, and Neji told his father that he had grown up.
• Tenten checked on Neji, recognized Hizashi as his father, and moved nearby to guard them from White Zetsu.
• Hizashi apologized for leaving Neji behind, and Neji said he understood that his father had loved him.
• Hyuga Hiashi watched the reunion and judged that the Allied Shinobi Forces would win after the Second Division's reinforcements arrived.

Kurotsuchi’s reinforcements helped the Allied Shinobi Forces break the White Zetsu Army’s lines and drive the enemy into the sea. Hiashi directed the final assault, which wiped out the remaining White Zetsu and ended the battle in victory.

• Kurotsuchi led the Allied Shinobi Forces in a counterattack that forced the White Zetsu Army to retreat.
• Hiashi detected White Zetsu tunneling underground, and Kurotsuchi and the Iwa Shinobi blasted them out and impaled them with earth techniques.
• Hiashi led the Hyuga and taijutsu fighters against the White Zetsu, then saw Hizashi say goodbye to Neji and return to the world of the dead.
• Hiashi directed the Allied Shinobi Forces’ final assault, combining Water and Wind Release to sweep most of the remaining White Zetsu into the sea.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces killed the last surviving White Zetsu and won the battle.

After the Allied Shinobi Forces defeated the White Zetsu Army, Hiashi and Kurotsuchi oversaw the wounded, battlefield cleanup, and casualty reports. The First Division had lost around fifteen thousand Ninja, and the war continued as Shihōin Naraku still fought Madara Uchiha on another battlefield.

• Hiashi and Kurotsuchi arranged for wounded Ninja to be escorted to the Field Hospital and discussed the heavy casualties caused by the White Zetsu Army and Impure World Reincarnation Ninja.
• Hiashi confirmed that a nighttime watch had been arranged to guard against surviving White Zetsu infiltrating the camp.
• Hiashi and Kurotsuchi watched Ninja recover fallen comrades and carry their bodies to a designated area.
• Ninja compilers reported the battlefield figures: of more than thirty thousand Ninja in the First and Second Divisions, around sixteen thousand survived, including the wounded.
• The reports showed that the First Division had lost around fifteen thousand Ninja, while the Second Division had suffered fewer than two thousand deaths.
• The battle's end did not end the war, as Shihōin Naraku continued fighting Madara Uchiha on another battlefield.

After the coastal battle, Hyuga Hiashi and Kurotsuchi organized supplies, casualty care, and preparations to reinforce the main battlefield. Their camp was then infiltrated by a White Zetsu disguised as a wounded Chunin, who was exposed and struck down.

• Hyuga Hiashi ordered supplies replenished, wounded troops transferred, fallen soldiers recorded, and battle reports sent to headquarters.
• Kurotsuchi warned Hiashi that the exhausted First Division might not recover after only one night, but Hiashi said they would reinforce the main battlefield if ordered.
• Hiashi arranged for ninja to remain behind and finish clearing the battlefield, then persuaded Kurotsuchi to rest her injured arm.
• A blood-soaked Chunin stumbled into camp claiming that disguised White Zetsu had attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces from the rear.
• The Chunin failed to provide the password, revealed himself as a White Zetsu, and lunged at a medical ninja before someone punched him into the ground.

Hyuga Hiashi organized camp security after a disguised White Zetsu was caught attempting an ambush, while Naruto Uzumaki hunted infiltrators on the Main Battlefield. The Allied Shinobi Forces repelled more than seven hundred White Zetsu, but Kakashi Hatate suspected the attackers numbered over a thousand.

• Hyuga Hiashi ordered the captured White Zetsu taken away, sent resting ninja back to their tents, and increased guards around the camp, especially the medical camp.
• Hiashi patrolled the camp and caught two more White Zetsu attempting ambushes as the prepared security measures contained further disturbances.
• Naruto Uzumaki struck down a disguised White Zetsu with a Rasengan, and Kakashi Hatate directed the other ninja to keep following their plans rather than relying only on Naruto.
• Naruto used his Shadow Clones to hunt attackers across the Main Battlefield camp, where he had defeated 460 White Zetsu and other ninja had rooted out more than 200.
• Kakashi concluded that more than 700 White Zetsu had attacked so far and suspected the enemy had sent over a thousand to disrupt the Allied Shinobi Forces.

Kakashi coordinated the Allied Shinobi Forces’ response to a night raid by two thousand White Zetsu, while Naruto and his Shadow Clones helped identify and eliminate the infiltrators. After Sakura warned Naruto that Medical Ninja were especially vulnerable, he reinforced the medical camp, and the Allied forces wiped out every White Zetsu in the camp.

• Kakashi ordered the ninja to work with Naruto to clear the infiltrators quickly and warned Naruto not to exhaust himself with too many Shadow Clones.
• Naruto summoned seventeen Shadow Clones and helped the squads identify White Zetsu throughout the camp, where ninja such as Rock Lee and members of the Aburame Clan attacked them.
• As the White Zetsu were eliminated, the camp’s chaos subsided, and the ninja began to rest.
• Sakura Haruno exposed a White Zetsu that had tried to attack her while she operated on a wounded patient and warned Naruto that Medical Ninja were vulnerable.
• Naruto sent more Shadow Clones and ninja to protect the medical camp, then joined them as the Allied Shinobi Forces wiped out all the infiltrating White Zetsu.

After Naruto helped clear White Zetsu from the Allied Shinobi Forces’ camp, Minato told Kakashi that the Fourth Division was nearing the Main Battlefield and that Naraku was still fighting the real Madara Uchiha. Kakashi prepared to receive the division while wondering how the battle against Madara was going.

• Kakashi praised Naruto for clearing the camp, then told him to rest before more fighting began.
• Minato arrived after transporting the critically wounded to the field hospital and told Kakashi that the Kazekage and Tsunade were bringing the Fourth Division to the Main Battlefield in about half an hour.
• Minato said the Fourth Division had probably suffered few casualties and that Naraku had joined them on their previous battlefield.
• Minato revealed that Naraku was still fighting the real Madara Uchiha, whom Tsunade and the Kazekage had seen themselves.
• Kakashi questioned why the Fourth Division had left Naraku to face Madara, and Minato told him to ask Tsunade and the others when they arrived and to prepare a place for them to rest.

Kakashi prepared the Main Battlefield camp for the Fourth Division’s arrival while learning that Shihōin Naraku had gone to fight Madara Uchiha. Gaara and Tsunade arrived with the division, and the commanders welcomed them before discussing the battle and arranging places for the troops to rest.

• Kakashi rushed to prepare space for the approaching Fourth Division, and Ōnoki and Mifune came to investigate the commotion.
• Kakashi told Ōnoki and Mifune that Shihōin Naraku was fighting Madara Uchiha, prompting Ōnoki to worry that the Fourth Division should have stayed to help.
• Mifune voiced confidence that Naraku could defeat Madara, while Ōnoki listened without further objection.
• Kakashi, Ōnoki, and Mifune went to the camp’s outskirts and welcomed Gaara and Tsunade as the Fourth Division arrived.
• Kakashi directed the Fourth Division to its resting areas and explained that the camp had not prepared enough tents yet; Tsunade accepted the delay without complaint.

Ōnoki, Gaara, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Mifune discussed Madara Uchiha’s revival and his battle with Shihōin Naraku, then reviewed the situation on the Main Battlefield. They learned that the Land of Waves force had won decisively, and agreed to let its exhausted troops rest before sending reinforcements.

• Ōnoki led Gaara, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Mifune into the command tent to discuss Madara Uchiha’s appearance.
• Tsunade and Gaara confirmed Madara had been revived through the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Tsunade described his battle with Shihōin Naraku and the two meteorites.
• Gaara and Tsunade said they could not judge who would win, though Tsunade declared that she believed Naraku would prevail.
• Kakashi and Mifune explained that the enemy had withdrawn during the battle and that White Zetsu had infiltrated the camp in a night raid before Naruto helped wipe them out.
• Kakashi shared Headquarters’ report that the Land of Waves force had destroyed the White Zetsu Army of thirty thousand, and the five agreed to let those troops rest before reinforcing the Main Battlefield.

Kakashi, Tsunade, Gaara, Ōnoki, and Mifune discussed how to use the lull after the battle in the Land of Waves to rest, reorganize the Allied Shinobi Forces, and prepare for the final showdown at the Main Battlefield. They agreed to strengthen reconnaissance and camp defenses while the enemy’s main force remained unlocated.

• Tsunade approved sending Headquarters a recommendation to let the forces in the Land of Waves rest overnight before moving toward the Main Battlefield at dawn.
• Kakashi proposed integrating the Fourth Division into the main force, and Gaara and Tsunade agreed to reorganize it during the lull.
• Kakashi, Ōnoki, and Gaara took charge of reorganizing the Fourth Division while Tsunade was assigned to treat the wounded.
• Mifune reported that the White Zetsu Army had withdrawn and hidden, prompting the commanders to call for stronger aerial and ground reconnaissance.
• Kakashi said the Allied Shinobi Forces had strengthened the Camp Perimeter with barriers, patrols, and sentries to detect further infiltration.

Allied Shinobi Forces Headquarters approved a night of rest for the forces in the Land of Waves and discussed reorganizing the Main Battlefield. Shikaku Nara and Dodai realized their forces outnumbered the remaining White Zetsu Army but struggled to choose a commander for the enlarged force.

• Dodai and Shikaku ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces in the Land of Waves to rest and regroup, then set their departure for first light.
• Dodai and Shikaku approved the Main Battlefield commanders’ plan to reorganize the Fourth Division.
• Shikaku counted roughly forty-five thousand Allied Shinobi Forces on the Main Battlefield, including about four thousand with Kakashi Hatake and Tatami Iwashi, and noted that Kakashi’s original Third Division had suffered devastating losses.
• Dodai estimated that the Allied Shinobi Forces now outnumbered the White Zetsu Army, while Shikaku worried that such a large force needed an outstanding commander.
• Dodai suggested Ōnoki, but Shikaku rejected him because he would be needed in battle, and the two found no suitable choice among the other leaders.

Shikaku Nara and Dodai struggled to find a suitable commander for the reorganized Allied Shinobi Forces on the main battlefield. After Shikaku rejected Shikamaru and they ruled out other candidates, Shikaku proposed that Dodai take command, though Dodai worried that leaving headquarters would be too late.

• The reorganized Allied Shinobi Forces needed a commander, but Mifune and the other commanders faced difficulties leading the combined forces.
• Dodai suggested Tatami Iwashi, but Shikaku said he could not command the forces assembled from several divisions.
• Dodai proposed Shikamaru Nara, but Shikaku rejected the idea because his son lacked experience and the war’s pressure was too great.
• Dodai considered Hyuga Hiashi, but Hiashi was occupied in the Land of Waves, where Kurotsuchi might not be able to manage the forces alone.
• Shikaku suggested that Dodai command the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Dodai wondered whether there was still time to leave headquarters.

Dodai departed Headquarters to take command of the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Shikaku awaited the outcome of Shihōin Naraku’s battle with Madara Uchiha. Naraku gained the upper hand against Madara, who attacked him with Susanoo’s fists.

• Shikaku Nara sent Dodai to the Main Battlefield and agreed that Shikamaru would assist him in commanding the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Dodai left Headquarters with three ninja protecting him, and the Liaison Unit informed the Main Battlefield of his departure.
• Shikaku and Headquarters waited for news of Shihōin Naraku and Madara Uchiha because they feared contacting Naraku would disrupt the fight.
• Naraku and Madara resumed their battle with their enormous constructs, the Immovable Heavenly King and Perfect Susanoo, trading devastating sword blows.
• Naraku’s blade overpowered Susanoo and pinned two of its swords, prompting Madara to attack Naraku with Susanoo’s fists.

Shihōin Naraku and Madara Uchiha clashed with their giant constructs as the black dragon overwhelmed Madara’s wood dragon with its soul-based power and flames. Madara then sent the forest’s living branches after Naraku and the Immovable Heavenly King.

• The Immovable Heavenly King knocked Perfect Susanoo off balance and kicked it backward, forcing Madara to retreat.
• Naraku sent his black dragon at Madara, who countered with Yasaka Magatama and summoned a wood dragon with Wood Release.
• The black dragon and wood dragon fought, and Madara expected the wood dragon to devour the black dragon’s chakra.
• Naraku explained that the black dragon was formed from his soul, then its flames ignited the wood dragon and let it regain the upper hand.
• Madara called the black dragon’s flames cheap tricks and used Deep Forest Emergence to send giant branches sweeping toward Naraku and the Immovable Heavenly King.

Madara Uchiha combined Wood Release with his Perfect Susanoo to overwhelm Shihōin Naraku, but Naraku erased the assault with a flame-infused slash from the Immovable Heavenly King. Madara recognized Naraku as a threat to the Eye of the Moon Plan and launched a full-force attack as Naraku prepared to meet him.

• Madara Uchiha unleashed poisonous pollen and enormous wooden hands with Wood Release against Shihōin Naraku.
• Naraku made the Immovable Heavenly King erase Madara’s attacks and the surrounding forest with a ring-shaped black slash.
• Madara Uchiha realized Naraku’s power surpassed his reanimated strength and feared that Naraku would disrupt the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Madara sent the Perfect Susanoo diving at Naraku with four swords, while Naraku compressed chakra and flames into the Immovable Heavenly King’s blade.

Shihōin Naraku and Madara Uchiha unleashed a devastating clash between the Immovable Heavenly King and Perfect Susanoo, then continued fighting as Naraku's Black Dragon and giant construct overwhelmed Madara. Madara tore the Black Dragon apart but remained trapped in the battle, furious at Naraku's condescending praise.

• Madara Uchiha's Perfect Susanoo collided with Shihōin Naraku's Immovable Heavenly King, and the impact devastated the surrounding battlefield.
• The clash shattered both giants' weapons and badly damaged their bodies, but Madara and the Immovable Heavenly King rapidly regenerated.
• Naraku sent the Immovable Heavenly King and Black Dragon to attack Madara's recovering Susanoo, while black flames from Getsuga Tenshō burned it.
• Madara forced Susanoo to recover and struck the Immovable Heavenly King, then grabbed the Black Dragon and tore its body apart with a re-formed chakra sword.
• The severed Black Dragon returned to the Kurikara Blade, and Naraku praised Madara, who recognized and resented the condescension in his voice.