Recaps

After leaving prison, Kakashi reflected on Obito and the end of the war while Guy and Team 3 briefly interrupted his solitude. He visited the Memorial Stone and returned home, where he tried to relax but wondered what might happen next.

• Kakashi left the prison and ran into Guy and Team 3, who were on a mission nearby.
• Guy challenged Kakashi to rock, paper, scissors, then tried to comfort him after hearing he had talked with Obito.
• Kakashi watched Guy leave with Team 3 and considered how difficult it would be to take his own students on missions.
• Kakashi visited the Memorial Stone, saw that Obito's name had been erased while Rin's remained, and sat there in silence.
• Kakashi returned to the Hatake Compound, picked up his Icha Icha Paradise: Collector's Edition, and wondered about the unresolved Impure World Reincarnation caster and the people in his life.

Hashirama persuaded Tobirama to let him take Madara on a tour of Konoha, with Naruto accompanying them. On East Street, Hashirama dragged the chakra-sealed Madara through shops in disguise while Kushina realized why Mito used to complain about Hashirama.

• Hashirama pleaded with Tobirama to let him take Madara around Konoha, and Tobirama agreed after Naruto offered to join them.
• Naruto stopped playing cards with Minato and resumed studying the Flying Thunder God Formula with Tobirama.
• On the seventh day after the battle, Hashirama and Naruto met Madara on East Street and convinced him to come along rather than stay imprisoned.
• Hashirama gave Madara a smiling mask to wear and pulled him through Konoha's shops while Naruto followed.
• Watching the trio from the Sealing Space, Kushina understood why Mito had complained about Hashirama.

Naruto introduced Kiba to Hashirama and Madara while they were shopping, and Kiba mistook Madara for Hashirama. After Madara revealed himself and teased Kiba, Hashirama greeted him warmly, and Kiba left while the two continued shopping.

• Kiba and Akamaru encountered Naruto while he was shopping with Hashirama and Madara.
• Kiba learned Naruto's teacher was the First Hokage and mistook Madara for Hashirama when he spotted the two masked men.
• Naruto revealed that the man Kiba had addressed as Hashirama was Madara, who removed his mask and intimidated Kiba and Akamaru.
• Madara stopped teasing Kiba, and Hashirama greeted him and said he had watched Kiba's class grow up.
• Kiba left with Akamaru, and Madara told Hashirama he took too long talking to children.

Hashirama took Naruto and Madara to the Akimichi Clan's barbecue restaurant, where his disastrous grilling knocked him unconscious. After waking, he made Kurama taste-test his cooking, while Madara watched Naruto grill normally and thought about his relationship with Obito.

• Hashirama brought Madara and Naruto to the Akimichi Clan's barbecue restaurant despite Madara reminding him that Impure World Reincarnation bodies could not taste food.
• Hashirama ate his badly burned barbecue, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed, so Naruto threw away the meat and grilled a fresh batch.
• Kurama came out of the Sealing Space, taunted Madara, and offered him some of Naruto's freshly grilled meat in exchange for calling him Lord Kurama.
• Hashirama grabbed Kurama and declared that he would use him to taste-test his cooking, while Madara decided not to torment the fox further.
• Madara watched Naruto grill for Hashirama and Kurama and wondered why Obito had become a rebellious brat.

Hashirama and Madara visited Haku’s shop, where Haku made an ice sculpture of them, then Naruto took them to Ino’s flower shop. Ino’s teasing about a rumor involving Hashirama and Madara upset Madara, and Naruto hurried the group on to the amusement park.

• Naruto introduced Hashirama and Madara to Haku, who made a lifelike ice sculpture of the two.
• Hashirama stored the ice sculpture in the Sealing Space and gave Madara a rough wooden sculpture modeled on Haku’s work.
• Naruto found Ino and Shikamaru at the flower shop and explained his outing with his teacher and his teacher’s friend.
• Ino asked Naruto whether a rumor about the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha was true, and Madara crushed a flower in anger.
• Naruto denied the rumor and urged Hashirama and Madara to leave for the amusement park.

Hashirama took Madara on a Ferris wheel ride and invited him to stay and witness the era Naruto and the others would create, while Madara remained concerned about Zetsu and unsure whether to accept. Afterward, Madara and Hashirama encountered Izuna, Sasuke, and Naruto, and Madara wondered why the Uchiha had never produced a Hokage.

• Hashirama asked Madara what he thought of Konoha, and Madara called it so-so before saying Infinite Tsukuyomi was better.
• Hashirama asked Madara about his dream, and Madara said he wanted to bring about Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Hashirama invited Madara to witness the new era and explained that Tobirama would not use the Reaper Death Seal, though he would not release Madara's soul while Zetsu remained at large.
• Naruto met Hashirama and Madara as they left the Ferris wheel, and Hashirama began taking Madara back.
• Hashirama and Madara ran into Izuna and Sasuke, and Madara learned Sasuke was the son of the Third Hokage's father.
• Madara wondered why the Uchiha had never had a Hokage and thought Infinite Tsukuyomi could give him as many Uchiha Hokage as he wanted.

Black Zetsu tested a talisman that suppressed the will of Impure World Reincarnation subjects, using Hozuki Gengetsu as his first test. He then began preparing to revive Indra and considered how to perfect Asura’s reincarnation.

• Black Zetsu summoned Hozuki Gengetsu and used a kunai to implant a talisman that suppressed Gengetsu’s emotions and will.
• Black Zetsu tested the talisman’s effects on Gengetsu and other reincarnated subjects, finding that they followed commands more decisively.
• Tobi asked Black Zetsu to rescue Obito, but Black Zetsu said there was no rush and used Obito’s tissue to test whether he was dead.
• Black Zetsu performed Impure World Reincarnation on a White Zetsu with Obito’s tissue, but the White Zetsu remained unchanged.
• Black Zetsu finished reproducing an improved Impure World Reincarnation technique for Indra and began thinking about how to perfect Asura’s.

Zetsu used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Indra and Asura, then restrained them with talismans. Indra awoke confused and confronted Black Zetsu, who began to explain why they had returned.

• Zetsu used two specially modified White Zetsu and prepared bodies to revive Indra and Asura.
• Black Zetsu observed the Six Paths power within Asura and covered both brothers with talismans to suppress them.
• Indra awoke in an unfamiliar body and realized he had not truly returned to life.
• Indra recognized Black Zetsu and remembered how he had once encouraged him to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Indra discovered Asura beside him and their corpses in cultivation tanks, then demanded an explanation from Black Zetsu.

Black Zetsu claimed to be Indra’s uncle and told him that Hagoromo and Asura had sealed their mother, the Rabbit Goddess. He persuaded Indra that his past guidance had been part of a plan to revive her, leaving Indra considering the story.

• Black Zetsu paused Asura’s revival and told Indra he was his uncle, prompting Indra to demand an explanation.
• Black Zetsu asked Indra about his grandmother, and Indra recalled that Hagoromo had never spoken of her.
• Black Zetsu claimed that Hagoromo and Asura had betrayed and sealed the Rabbit Goddess, who left part of her will behind to escape someday.
• Indra concluded that Black Zetsu was the Rabbit Goddess’s creation and asked whether he had summoned him to revive her.
• Black Zetsu said he had guided Indra to obtain the Rinnegan so they could summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, gather the tailed beasts, and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Indra learned that more than a thousand years had passed since Hagoromo died and heard Black Zetsu’s account of the plan to free Kaguya. He agreed to help, and Black Zetsu restored Asura’s consciousness, leaving Asura confused about his unfamiliar body and surroundings.

• Indra asked Black Zetsu why he had stayed hidden, and Black Zetsu blamed Hagoromo’s interference and explained that Indra and Asura had both died.
• Black Zetsu told Indra that over a thousand years had passed since Hagoromo left the living world and recounted his efforts to awaken the Rinnegan and free Kaguya.
• Indra agreed to help Black Zetsu, partly because he wanted to make trouble for Hagoromo.
• Indra asked whether Asura would support their plan, and Black Zetsu said he had a way to handle him before restoring Asura’s consciousness.
• Indra kicked the newly awakened Asura to the floor, and Asura recognized his younger-looking elder brother before asking Black Zetsu what was happening.

Black Zetsu explained his plan to free his mother and used a safeguard from the Impure World Reincarnation to control Asura when he refused to help. Indra agreed to assist Black Zetsu, who considered reclaiming the Rinnegan from Konoha as their last option.

• Black Zetsu told Asura that he intended to undo their mother's seal and asked for his power, but Asura refused and defended Hagoromo's decision.
• Black Zetsu used a safeguard to control Asura's body and confined him until the battle or until he changed his mind.
• Asura insisted that people could find happiness through trust and bonds, while Black Zetsu said he only wanted his mother freed from loneliness.
• Indra asked how Black Zetsu controlled Asura, and Black Zetsu admitted that Indra's body had the same safeguard but promised not to use it.
• Indra agreed to help Black Zetsu and asked what he would do next, and Black Zetsu said they might have to take the Rinnegan back from Konoha.

Mui and Kusagakure’s masked leaders argued over the chakra needed to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss, while Mui privately hoped to resurrect his son, Muku. Black Zetsu decided to steal the box before the group could charge it.

• Mui learned from information provided by Konoha’s retired officials that targeting a Jinchūriki could bring the Five Great Shinobi Villages down on Kusagakure.
• Ox Head urged Mui to press ahead while the major villages were weakened by war, but Mui said they still lacked the chakra to open the box.
• Monkey suggested using human lives instead of chakra, and Mui said that would not provide enough energy.
• White Zetsu complained while spying on the meeting, and Black Zetsu explained that the box could not grant wishes and instead produced destructive monsters called Satori.
• Black Zetsu decided the box had been charged too slowly and entered its barrier to take it.

Black Zetsu and Indra confronted Mui and the guards at the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and Indra swiftly incapacitated the guards. Mui pledged loyalty to Black Zetsu to protect his son, while Indra poured chakra into the Box, causing its aura to grow increasingly evil.

• Black Zetsu berated the Kusagakure guards for failing to create a Satori from the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and they attacked him.
• Black Zetsu summoned Indra, who emerged from a coffin and killed Monkey Face with a Mangekyō Sharingan illusion.
• Mui recognized Black Zetsu and the summoned Indra, but stayed because his son was inside the Box; Indra incapacitated the other guards.
• Mui knelt and pledged loyalty to Black Zetsu, who considered whether to kill him before Mui offered his knowledge of the Box.
• At Black Zetsu's signal, Indra fed chakra into the Box of Ultimate Bliss until it consumed more than half his reserves and its aura turned evil.

Black Zetsu helped Mui open the Box of Ultimate Bliss to release his son, Muku, but the boy transformed into the destructive monster Satori. Indra subdued Satori with his Complete Form Susanoo, leaving Muku unconscious and Mui under Black Zetsu's control.

• Black Zetsu learned that Mui had spent eight years gathering chakra to free his son, Muku, who had been swallowed by the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• At Hozuki Castle, Mui opened the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and Muku emerged and ran toward him.
• Indra stopped Muku from attacking Mui and explained that he wanted to test the monster the box had created.
• Muku transformed into Satori, and Black Zetsu told Mui that his son had become a weapon devoted to destruction.
• Indra used his Complete Form Susanoo to overwhelm Satori with a barrage of slaps, forcing him to revert to Muku before Indra descended.

After Hozuki Castle was destroyed, reports of a gigantic purple Susanoo reached Tsunade, prompting her and Jiraiya to investigate the Uchiha Clan’s history with Fugaku. At Root, Itachi and Tobirama discussed the enemy’s likely Eternal Mangekyō and the possibility of reproducing Mangekyō eyes.

• Mui told Ryūzetsu that he had become one of Zetsu’s subordinates, and she joined Zetsu’s camp to stay close to Muku.
• Kusagakure recaptured most of the escaped prisoners from Hozuki Castle and reported the gigantic purple Susanoo to Konoha.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya examined the report, then visited the Uchiha ancestral shrine with Fugaku to search the clan genealogy for a powerful Mangekyō user.
• Fugaku told Tsunade that the Susanoo’s owner might have awakened the Mangekyō in Madara’s era, while Tsunade explained that Zetsu had stolen the wish-granting Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Itachi asked Tobirama whether he and Sasuke could obtain Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan by exchanging eyes, and Tobirama explained the process recorded on the Stone Tablet.
• Tobirama proposed studying Itachi’s Mangekyō to see whether he could replicate it, possibly with Orochimaru’s help.

Black Zetsu tested the Box of Ultimate Bliss with Asura and Fusion White Zetsu, while Indra kept Asura restrained and Muku under control. The first Fusion White Zetsu emerged with its dominant consciousness driven toward destruction, but its other personalities remained coherent enough for Black Zetsu to approve the planned attack.

• Black Zetsu used Asura’s chakra to activate the Box of Ultimate Bliss and sent a Fusion White Zetsu inside as it began filling again.
• Indra stopped Muku’s destructive urges with a quiet warning and retied Asura after he broke free, stuffing the gag back into his mouth.
• A Fusion White Zetsu emerged from the Box of Ultimate Bliss, with its dominant personality overcome by the urge to destroy everything.
• Indra realized the other White Zetsu personalities inside the fusion were affected less severely and could still control themselves.
• Black Zetsu decided they could begin their attack, and Indra agreed.

Itachi, Izumi, and Tenzo investigated the ruins of Hozuki Castle and searched Kusagakure’s records for clues about the Box of Ultimate Bliss. They learned that a small black creature called Satori had been inside the castle, confirming Tenzo’s guess.

• Itachi examined the Susanoo footprints at Hozuki Castle while Izumi found a smaller, unusual print nearby.
• Tenzo suggested that a tailed beast and an Uchiha using Susanoo could account for the different-sized tracks.
• Itachi, Izumi, and Tenzo entered Kusagakure and met with its leader, who gave them books about the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Tenzo complained about having to search through books, but Izumi continued looking for information.
• Kusagakure’s leader reported that recaptured prisoners had seen a small black creature in Hozuki Castle, and Itachi connected the clue to the records identifying the creature as Satori.

Madara returned to Konoha’s prison while Naruto and Karin contacted the tailed beasts trapped inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Karin sensed an underground invasion, and Indra and Black Zetsu began their attack after realizing they had been detected.

• Madara returned to prison and put on the blindfold Tobirama had made for him.
• Karin reached the tailed beasts through a sealing chain, and Naruto told them they had found a way to free them.
• Karin sensed a large force underground and warned Naruto that enemies were invading.
• Naruto used a wood clone and the Flying Thunder God Formula to alert Tsunade, while Karin shared her sensory vision with him.
• Indra realized Karin and Naruto had detected the group, and Black Zetsu decided to begin the attack.

Black Zetsu launched an attack on Konoha with four Satori and White Zetsu, forcing Naruto and the others to defend the village and buy time for an evacuation. Itachi, Izumi, and Tenzo returned from Kusagakure to help fight, while Naruto and Minato moved the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to a safer underground base.

• Black Zetsu ordered the three Fusion White Zetsu and Muku to attack, and the four Satori fired beams at Konoha's Root Base.
• Naruto blocked the beams with Wood Release and sent Wood Clones throughout Konoha to help protect the village and evacuate its residents.
• Karin reported that the Satori were tearing through the earth, while Minato arrived and helped Naruto move the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Root members used Itachi's Flying Thunder God Mark to summon him, Izumi, and Tenzo back from Kusagakure.
• Tenzo raised a Wood Locking Wall around the base, while Itachi and Izumi fought the Satori and White Zetsu.
• Naruto and Minato transported the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to the Underground Base beneath the Forest of Death.

Itachi used Tenzo’s Wood Release and Flying Thunder God to attack Satori with Amaterasu and explosive tags, while Indra entered the battle and struck Itachi with Lightning Release. Itachi escaped to Tenzo, and Indra recognized the Space-Time Ninjutsu as an inventive use of Tobirama’s hand seals.

• Tenzo poured chakra into the Wood Locking Wall to hold back the beam threatening the former Root Base.
• Tenzo raised a wooden path for Itachi, who marked Satori with Flying Thunder God and unleashed Amaterasu and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
• Mui urged Black Zetsu to end the fight quickly after seeing Satori burn, and Black Zetsu sent Indra into battle.
• Indra attacked Itachi with Lightning Release, knocking him from the wooden path.
• Tenzo caught Itachi with Wood Release, and Itachi reappeared beside him using Flying Thunder God.
• Indra recognized Itachi’s Space-Time Ninjutsu and praised the innovations made by later generations.

Itachi, Tenzo, and Naruto confronted Indra, whom Kurama recognized as the Sage of Six Paths’ eldest son. As Naruto prepared to fight, Kurama and the others struggled to understand how Black Zetsu had resurrected someone from a thousand years ago, and Kushina noticed Indra had called Naruto Asura’s reincarnation.

• Indra introduced himself to Itachi as his forefather and unleashed a vast Fire Release that forced Tenzo to raise a massive Wood Locking Wall.
• Itachi told Tenzo that Naruto had moved the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Tenzo dismissed the other Wood Locking Walls to protect the base.
• Naruto arrived and attacked Indra with a senjutsu Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, but Indra emerged behind a purple skeletal Susanoo and identified Naruto as Asura’s reincarnation.
• Kurama recognized Indra’s chakra and revealed to Hashirama, Kushina, and Minato that Indra was the Sage of Six Paths’ eldest son.
• Minato questioned how Black Zetsu had found Indra’s remains, while Hashirama noted that Indra appeared to be working with Zetsu.

Naruto confronted Indra, who denied siding with Madara and said he was attacking because it was fun. Indra unleashed lightning on the base, but Naruto countered with Wood Release, prompting Indra to summon Susanoo as Itachi learned his identity.

• Kurama recognized Indra and began explaining his connection to Naruto and Hashirama inside the Sealing Space.
• Naruto asked Indra why he had joined Madara, and Indra denied it and said he attacked because it was fun.
• Indra commanded lightning from the storm clouds to strike the base, and Naruto blocked much of it with Sage Art: Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees.
• The lightning struck some shinobi and many White Zetsu, who reacted with ecstatic cries, while Black Zetsu lamented their behavior.
• Indra avoided using Fire Release, then summoned a purple skeletal Susanoo as Itachi asked Naruto who he was and reacted with shock.

Itachi and Tenzo fought the four Satori while Naruto faced Indra’s gigantic Susanoo. Naruto’s attack cracked the Susanoo’s knee, but Indra’s sword strike also threatened the Back Mountain, Naruto’s cherished place.

• Indra revealed his gigantic purple Susanoo, and Itachi sent Naruto to fight him while he and Tenzo confronted the Satori.
• Naruto gave Tenzo Nine-Tails chakra, and Tenzo used Wood Release to entangle a Satori as Itachi attacked it with Amaterasu and Fire Release.
• The Satori broke free and unleashed a destructive beam, forcing Itachi to retreat; Tobirama deduced that the Satori grew stronger through their corresponding emotions.
• Naruto charged Indra’s Susanoo with Kurama, dodged its sword strike, and cracked its knee with a golden-lit claw.

Black Zetsu summoned powerful shinobi through Impure World Reincarnation and used control talismans to send them against Konoha. The Third Raikage and Third Kazekage attacked Tenzo and Itachi as the defenders faced the new threat.

• Black Zetsu summoned Roshi, Han, Hozuki Gengetsu, Mū, the Third Kazekage, the Third Raikage, and other shinobi through Impure World Reincarnation.
• The reincarnated shinobi questioned Black Zetsu, but he activated their talismans and ordered them to attack Konoha.
• The Third Raikage charged at Tenzo, and Itachi used Flying Thunder God to teleport them out of the impact.
• The Third Kazekage fired iron-sand needles at Tenzo and Itachi, then shattered Tenzo's Wood Locking Wall with an iron-sand pyramid.
• Itachi and Tenzo split up and retreated as the iron-sand pyramid continued toward them.

Itachi struggled to protect Tenzo against resurrected Kage and Satori while Tobirama joined the battlefield. Just as Tobirama called for Hashirama to hurry, a golden streak descended and cut through several fighters and the forest.

• Itachi used Susanoo to shield Tenzo from Gengetsu’s Water Gun Technique, then used Flying Thunder God to evade Gengetsu’s explosive clone and the Third Raikage and Third Kazekage’s attacks.
• Tobirama awakened in Root’s laboratory, prepared himself, and teleported to the battlefield while a countdown began on the lab screen.
• Itachi continued dodging attacks with Tenzo as Gengetsu, the Third Kazekage, and another attacker pressured him.
• Tobirama pierced Gengetsu, marked him with Flying Thunder God, and fought Han and Roshi while asking Hashirama to hurry.
• A golden streak descended and cleaved Gengetsu, the Third Kazekage, and several other reincarnated fighters in half, along with the forest.