Recaps

Gengetsu used the Nine-Tails' Rampage to become Hokage, expose Danzo, and take control of Konoha. After the daimyo rejected his authority and Root ambushed him, Gengetsu attacked the Daimyō's Residence and killed the Land of Fire's daimyō, ordering his allies to seize control.

• Gengetsu led the Uchiha against the Nine-Tails, and Minato named him Fifth Hokage before dying after sealing the beast.
• Gengetsu forced Hiruzen to yield the Hokage seat, exposed Danzo's stolen Sharingan and Wood Release, and secured the village leaders' support.
• Gengetsu replaced officials who obstructed his orders, gained the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans' backing, and defied the daimyo's envoy, Fujiwara Takuya.
• After the daimyo stripped him of status and funding, Gengetsu left Konoha for the Daimyō's Residence while Danzo ordered Root to ambush him.
• Gengetsu revived his fallen allies during Root's attack, defeated the ambushers, and continued to the Daimyō's Residence with Shisui and his party.
• Gengetsu killed Fujiwara Taiga and defeated the Twelve Guardian Ninja, while Asuma Sarutobi and Chiriku fled to seek Hiruzen's help.
• Gengetsu killed the Land of Fire's daimyō and ordered Uchiha Inabi and the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans to take over the residence.

Gengetsu seized control of Konoha, defeated the old leadership’s attempts to remove him, and crushed a Kumogakure invasion after the Cloud delegation tried to steal a Hyuga child. The stretch ended with the Fourth Raikage ordering a retreat as Gengetsu pursued the fleeing Cloud forces on Susanoo-armored Matatabi.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo each plotted to take advantage of Gengetsu’s killing of the daimyō, while Obito Uchiha vowed to stop him from obstructing the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Gengetsu returned to Konoha, defeated Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attempt to seize him with Susanoo, stripped Hiruzen and his advisers of their positions, and was welcomed as Fifth Hokage.
• Shimura Danzō escaped prison, but Gengetsu branded him a rogue ninja and raised his standing by improving benefits for fallen ninja’s families.
• Obito Uchiha attacked Gengetsu and retreated after Gengetsu countered his Kamui, Fire Release, and Wood Release, while Black Zetsu considered whether Gengetsu could serve his plans.
• Jiraiya rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s offer to become Hokage, then Gengetsu arrested him for voyeurism and sentenced him to seven days in prison.
• Gengetsu ordered the Kumogakure delegation killed after its ninja tried to abduct a Hyuga Main Family child, rejecting Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plea to release them and avert war.
• The Fourth Raikage sent Kumogakure’s army into the Land of Fire with help from Danzo’s Root, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers waited for Gengetsu to lose power.
• Gengetsu led Konoha’s counterattack alone, fought the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, Yugito Nii, and their tailed beasts, then recovered from grave injuries and bound the beasts with Wood Release.
• Gengetsu controlled Yugito and Matatabi, severed the Fourth Raikage’s right arm, and drove the wounded Raikage and Kumogakure forces into retreat as Konoha celebrated.

Gengetsu defeated Kumogakure, gained the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and survived an effort by Konoha’s elders to remove him. After exposing their misconduct and defeating the Nine-Tails, he faced the elders and their clans as they tried to flee Konoha.

• Gengetsu defeated Kumogakure’s army, captured Yugito Nii, and forced Kumogakure to surrender territory and pay reparations, while Shikaku Nara warned him that Hiruzen Sarutobi’s allies were plotting against him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura accused Gengetsu of stealing Wood Release, but Uchiha Fugaku presented a forged genealogy and Tsunade confirmed that Gengetsu had awakened the kekkei genkai himself.
• Gengetsu had Hiruzen Sarutobi removed as Hokage and detained the elders, then revealed that Shimura Danzō had framed Hatake Sakumo with Hiruzen’s tacit approval and restored Sakumo’s reputation.
• After Uchiha ninja arrested Asuma Sarutobi and hundreds of Sarutobi Clan members, Shimura Danzō persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to escape Konoha with him.
• Shimura Danzō released the Nine-Tails from Naruto Uzumaki’s seal, but Gengetsu restrained it with Susanoo and Wood Release and returned it to Naruto’s seal.
• Gengetsu pursued and repeatedly killed Danzō through Izanagi, while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura led their clans in an attack on Konoha’s defenses and tried to leave through the main gate.
• Gengetsu demanded that the departing clans surrender their wealth and ninjutsu and cripple their chakra pathways, then broke the Sarutobi Clan’s Three-Way Seal and sent Konoha’s forces after the fleeing ninja.
• Gengetsu captured Mitokado Homura after severing his arm and pursued Utatane Koharu as Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to escape, leaving Koharu wounded and begging for mercy after Gengetsu severed her right arm.