Recaps

Danzo met Mangzhong at the Land of Fire’s border and arranged for Kusagakure to join Konoha without fighting. He offered to relocate the village inside the Land of Fire and build it a new home, leaving Hashirama Senju poised to help.

• Jiraiya’s reconnaissance unit spotted a large group of Kusagakure ninjas gathered at the border, and Danzo ordered his force to continue because they were allies.
• Jiraiya saw Mangzhong waiting eagerly and noticed that the Grass Ninja already wore Konoha forehead protectors.
• Danzo greeted Mangzhong warmly, and Mangzhong said Kusagakure had been waiting for Konoha to arrive and accept them.
• Danzo agreed to bring Kusagakure’s families and ninjas into Konoha, assuring Mangzhong that their children would not be separated from their parents.
• Danzo marked a location inside the Land of Fire for Kusagakure to move to and promised to build a sturdier village there, gesturing toward Hashirama Senju.

Jiraiya’s reconnaissance unit advanced cautiously into the Land of Earth, but Danzo’s force surged ahead after Madara set off alone. At Iwagakure, patrols revealed that Kitsuchi had pulled most shinobi back into the village, leaving it hunkered down behind its natural defenses.

• Jiraiya’s team burned an Iwa border outpost with a Fire Oil Flame Bullet, killing all four shinobi inside but gaining no intelligence.
• Jiraiya studied a map and ordered Hyūga Fū to use his Byakugan regularly while they searched for a safer route.
• Madara grew impatient with the slow advance and went ahead alone, prompting Danzo to order the Konoha force to charge at full speed.
• Jiraiya abandoned the map and led his reconnaissance unit forward, ordering them to kill wildlife and clear suspicious spots to delay Iwagakure’s mobilization.
• Akaishi told a young Iwa shinobi that Iwagakure had stopped accepting most missions and withdrawn its shinobi behind the Natural Barrier.

Ōnoki received word that Shimura Danzō had declared war on the Shinobi World and revealed himself to Iwagakure’s leaders, ordering the village to prepare for Konoha’s attack. Iwagakure mobilized its forces on the surrounding mountains, confident its natural defenses would hold.

• Kitsuchi brought Ōnoki urgent intelligence reporting that Shimura Danzō had led a large force from Konoha and declared war on the Shinobi World.
• Ōnoki told Kitsuchi to announce that he had faked his death and that Kitsuchi had served as his puppet Tsuchikage.
• Ōnoki confronted Iwagakure’s higher-ups, revealed the threat from Konoha, and ordered them to mobilize every ninja in the village.
• Iwa Shinobi gathered atop the surrounding mountains as the village prepared to defend against Konoha’s approaching force.

As Iwagakure prepared for Konoha’s advance, Ōnoki tried to rally himself and the village, but Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo smashed through the natural barrier. Ōnoki stopped the giant’s sword with Dust Release, only to recognize Madara and feel his old terror return.

• Ōnoki received word that the remnants of Kumogakure wanted an alliance and challenged A to come to Iwagakure if he had the courage.
• Ōnoki asked Kitsuchi to carry him through the village, then remembered how Madara’s blue giant had once frightened even Mu.
• A senior official reported that Iwagakure’s defenses were ready, but the natural barrier suddenly broke apart under falling rocks.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release to destroy falling rocks and flew to the wall, urging the terrified Iwa shinobi to stand and defend their home.
• Ōnoki redirected his Dust Release into the Susanoo’s blade, destroying it mid-swing, though the resulting gale swept many Iwa shinobi from the wall.
• Ōnoki looked up at Madara Uchiha inside the Susanoo, and Madara praised the Two Scales brat for daring to face him.

Madara destroyed Iwagakure’s natural barrier and defeated Ōnoki before Danzo’s forces arrived. Danzo revived Ōnoki with Impure World Reincarnation and recruited him to help bring Iwagakure under Konoha’s control.

• Ōnoki recognized Madara as he raised Susanoo’s blade, then attacked with Dust Release while Madara transformed his Mangekyo into Rinnegan and struck Iwagakure.
• Danzo arrived to find a huge breach in the village’s barrier, while Madara waited and Kitsuchi lay gravely wounded but alive.
• Danzo ordered his troops to take over Iwagakure, sent for medical aid for Kitsuchi, and used Ōnoki’s blood to revive him with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Ōnoki realized he had been revived and asked about Kitsuchi and the village’s remaining defenders.
• Ōnoki said Iwagakure’s hard-liners were likely dead and agreed that the village would be unable to resist Konoha’s control.

Tobirama and Hashirama finished settling Kusagakure’s residents before joining Danzo in Iwagakure, where Ōnoki had been revived and sent to take control. As Kumogakure’s remaining forces approached, Madara fought A and unleashed a vast wave of dark flames.

• Tobirama pulled Hashirama away from celebrating with Kusagakure’s residents and took him to Iwagakure.
• Danzo told Tobirama that revived Ōnoki had taken over Iwagakure, while Tobirama warned that Impure World Reincarnation eventually wore away at the soul.
• An explosion drew the Hokage’s attention, and Ōnoki warned them that Kumogakure’s remaining forces were approaching.
• A attacked Madara, who countered with taijutsu and kicked A away.
• Madara used Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame against A, who prepared to withstand the flames with Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Danzo and Ōnoki arrived in the Land of Rain with their forces and met Hanzō, Tobirama, and the others to discuss Konoha’s expanding campaign and the threat posed by the Ōtsutsuki Clan. After Danzo postponed plans to pursue Kaguya, Madara reflected on the village they had built and set out for the Land of Wind.

• Danzo and Ōnoki led their forces into the Land of Rain, where Hanzō had ordered the Rain Ninja to stay out of their way.
• Danzo reached Amegakure with the injured A on a stretcher and followed Hanzō into a meeting with Tobirama, Madara, and Hashirama.
• Tobirama reported that Uchiha forces had returned from the Land of Lightning and that Sakumo had killed the Mizukage and was screening Kirigakure’s hardliners.
• Madara and Tobirama proposed traveling to Takahashi Yū’s world to undo Kaguya’s seal, but Danzo postponed the plan and asserted his authority as Hokage.
• Madara considered how Konoha had become a village for its people, then left the Land of Rain and headed toward the Land of Wind to face the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Madara ignored Nara Yūma and Yamanaka Ayano’s warnings and approached Sunagakure through the poison mist. The Third Kazekage spotted him with the Sand Eye, but after Madara destroyed it, a mysterious voice called out Shinra Tensei.

• Nara Yūma and Yamanaka Ayano failed to dissuade Madara from heading toward Sunagakure.
• Chiyo urged Sasori to rest after he worked on a humanoid puppet for a day and night, and a red light glimmered inside its open abdomen after he left.
• The Third Kazekage used the Sand Eye to survey the area beyond Sunagakure’s poison barrier and saw Madara approaching.
• The Third Kazekage recognized Madara Uchiha, but Madara crushed the Sand Eye in his hand.
• As the Third Kazekage turned back to gather Sunagakure’s senior officials, a voice beyond the poison mist called out, “Shinra Tensei!!!”

Madara attacked Sunagakure and fought the Third Kazekage and Chiyo, overcoming their iron sand, puppets, and explosive decoys. The chapter ended with Madara restraining Chiyo and declaring that schemes were futile against absolute power.

• Madara entered Sunagakure through the poison mist and used Banshō Ten'in to pull the Third Kazekage toward him.
• The Third Kazekage escaped with Sand Substitute and attacked Madara with Iron Sand World Method, but Madara struck him with Shinra Tensei.
• Chiyo intervened with a tiger-headed puppet and tried to trap Madara with sealing formulae and an explosive puppet.
• Madara used Banshō Ten'in to pull Chiyo’s decoy from underground, then survived its explosion with Shinra Tensei.
• Madara seized the real Chiyo with Susanoo, disrupted the Third Kazekage’s chakra with genjutsu, and tore off Chiyo’s puppet arms.
• Madara recognized how Chiyo had disguised her real body and told her that schemes were futile before absolute power.

Madara discovered that Sasori had willingly turned himself into a puppet and was controlling Sunagakure residents as puppets. He judged Sunagakure unworthy of conquest, left the village, and ordered Konoha’s troops to withdraw.

• Madara released Chiyo and confronted the child-sized Sasori after seeing his modified body.
• Sasori explained that he had modified himself willingly and thanked Sunagakure and Konoha for enabling his experiments.
• Sasori sent Chakra Threads into Sunagakure and marched nearly two hundred puppets, including civilians and genin, toward Madara.
• Madara refused to fight Sasori, blasted open the Pot Poison wall, and left Sunagakure to face its own fate.
• Madara returned to Konoha’s camp and ordered Gekko Yūma to withdraw the troops and return to Konoha.

After Danzo’s army conquered nearly the entire shinobi world, it returned to Konoha, which began organizing the unified territories and preparing for the Shinobi World Conference. The chapter ended with the conference set for April 1, Year 41 of Konoha.

• Danzo accepted the Miko’s submission in the Land of Demons, then led his army across the sea to take over the Land of Water.
• Danzo returned to Konoha after traveling around the globe, and Takahashi Yū toasted him at the Farm.
• Konoha announced the unification of the shinobi world, published a new map, and set the Shinobi World Conference for April 1, Year 41 of Konoha.
• Minato and Tobirama relocated civilians across the unified territories while Konoha expanded housing and prepared the Hokage Building for conference attendees.
• Danzo pressured the living A, Hanzō, Ōnoki, and the Third Mizukage to contribute their talents at the upcoming conference.

On April 1, Year 41 of Konoha, Konoha hosted the Shinobi World Conference in its newly expanded Hokage Building. After Danzo raised a barrier around the assembled leaders and ninja, he warned them that the crisis facing the shinobi world had not even begun.

• Konoha prepared to host the conference in the vast new Hokage Building, whose construction extended into the rock face behind Hokage Rock.
• Mizuki woke Takahashi Yū, who hurriedly ate breakfast before Minato used Flying Thunder God to bring them to the conference room.
• Takahashi Yū and Minato took their seats among the gathered ninja and shinobi world's leaders, including Madara Uchiha and Fugaku.
• Danzo ordered Root ninja to raise a barrier around the conference room, making Ōnoki, the Third Mizukage, and Hanzo of the Salamander suspicious.
• Danzo calmed the room and declared that the crisis facing the shinobi world had not even begun.

Danzo opened the First Shinobi World Conference after distributing documents about the Ōtsutsuki threat and introduced a voting system. The meeting ended with a vote on giving Danzo an imposing title, leaving him regretting that Uchiha Shunji had attended.

• Minato distributed documents describing the Shinobi World and the Ōtsutsuki, alarming the representatives from other villages.
• Danzo opened the conference and urged the attendees to identify as humans of the Shinobi World rather than by village or Kage.
• Danzo explained the red and green voting buttons and the rules for approval, opposition, and abstention.
• Ōnoki tried to question Danzo, but Aburame Hideki and Sarutobi Shinnosuke interrupted him over how he addressed Danzo.
• Uchiha Shunji proposed choosing an imposing title for Danzo, and the green vote count quickly rose above 700.
• Danzo sank into his chair and resolved not to let Uchiha Shunji attend the next conference.

Danzo won the hall’s support for the title “Head of State” before opening the Shinobi World governance meeting. Sakumo confirmed that Jigen existed but ANBU could find no trace of Black Zetsu, prompting Danzo to order more searches and portable sealing techniques.

• Yamanaka Arashi proposed calling Danzo “Chief,” while Takahashi Yū quietly suggested “Head of State” to Sakumo.
• Fugaku repeated Takahashi Yū’s suggestion, and the hall overwhelmingly voted to name Danzo the Head of State.
• Danzo set aside the title vote and began the meeting on governing the Shinobi World and integrating ninja from other villages.
• The Third Mizukage asked whether Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Black Zetsu existed, and Danzo asked Sakumo to answer.
• Sakumo reported that ANBU had confirmed Jigen’s presence but had found no trace of Black Zetsu; Madara insisted he had seen Black Zetsu and put most of his memories into him with Yin-Yang Release.
• Danzo ordered Hideki to have Root assist Sakumo and directed the Laboratory to consider portable Sealing Jutsu.

Danzo led the gathered shinobi leaders through discussions on governing the united shinobi world and preserving ninja combat strength in an era of peace. As the meeting dragged into the early morning, they debated how to train younger ninja without making them fight to the death, while Takahashi Yū regretted attending.

• Black Zetsu trembled as Danzo and the others discussed how to find and seal him, while Tsunade mistook his fear for concern about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and comforted him.
• Hanzō asked whether Urashiki Otsutsuki would travel through time, and Danzo explained that time travel was real but Urashiki’s arrival was uncertain.
• Danzo began the meeting’s first agenda item, governing the shinobi world, as Takahashi Yū closed his eyes and went to sleep.
• Danzo opened the final agenda item, maintaining ninja combat strength during peacetime, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke proposed the Konoha Academy Tournament.
• The gathered ninja debated whether tournaments could prepare young ninja for real battles without risking their lives, and Takahashi Yū decided he would not attend the next meeting.

After the Shinobi World Conference, Danzo rejected Tobirama's proposal to enter another Shinobi World, warning that they could turn its people into enemies. The argument escalated into a heated clash between Danzo and Tobirama, interrupted by a tremendous crash from the door.

• Orochimaru proposed a genjutsu world for training the Uchiha Clan's younger generation, and Danzo moved the project up the Laboratory's queue.
• Danzo ended the conference and asked Shikaku to stay and take notes as the remaining powerful shinobi gathered around him.
• Danzo guessed that Madara wanted to visit the world Takahashi Yū had traveled to, but firmly advised against it.
• Tobirama argued that helping the other world fight the Ōtsutsuki would benefit both worlds, while Hashirama initially objected on humanitarian grounds before wavering.
• Danzo warned that failure could make the Shinobi World enemies of another world, and Tobirama countered by proposing that Mito guard the Dragon Vein.
• Tobirama and Danzo shouted at each other over Danzo's responsibility as head of state, until a tremendous crash came from the door.

A researcher reported that Uchiha Shunji’s eye had changed, and Orochimaru discovered it had connected to the other world through a White Zetsu and Danzo’s Wave Seed. Takahashi Yū spoke with Old Danzo, who revealed that the Fourth Shinobi World War had already begun and that he was the one the Allied Shinobi Forces were fighting.

• An ANBU member reported a rebellion plot in the Land of Snow, and Sakumo ordered a squad to deal with it while advising Takahashi Yū to keep the former Daimyō alive.
• Danzo persuaded the assembly to postpone discussing the New World and focus on other threats, including the moon’s descendants, the Tenseigan, Isshiki, and Black Zetsu.
• A researcher announced that Uchiha Shunji’s eye had changed, prompting Orochimaru and Hiruko to rush back to the Laboratory.
• Orochimaru explained that the White Zetsu carrying the Mangekyō Sharingan had connected to Danzo through the Wave Seed, apparently using shared killing intent as a token.
• Takahashi Yū placed his hand on White Zetsu’s head and contacted Old Danzo, who said the Fourth Shinobi World War had begun and that the Allied Shinobi Forces were fighting him.

Takahashi Yū learned that Old Danzo had been recruiting shinobi in other countries and was now facing the Allied Shinobi Forces. As Takahashi Yū considered opening a passage between worlds, Old Danzo grew wary after hearing that the Danzo in his world was supposedly a good person.

• Old Danzo told Takahashi Yū that Sarutobi had exposed his talent recruitment in the Land of Water, bringing the Allied Shinobi Forces against him.
• Tobirama recognized Old Danzo’s voice and tried to speak with him, but Head of State Danzo seized Tobirama and used a cursed seal to restrain him.
• Takahashi Yū told Old Danzo that his allies could study the dragon vein and use sealing and space-time techniques to open a passage between worlds.
• Old Danzo asked what kind of person the other Danzo was, and Takahashi Yū called him a good person.
• Old Danzo wondered whether the other Danzo was pretending and whether he could keep him under control if he crossed worlds.

Orochimaru revived Mito Uzumaki, who was sent with a Sealing Squad to investigate Rōran’s Dragon Vein. In the New World, Obito learned that Kakashi had been branded a rogue ninja and resolved to bring him back despite Minato’s powerlessness.

• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Mito Uzumaki, who asked what year it was and learned that it was the first year of the Shinobi World.
• Three days later, Tobirama brought Mito and members of the Sealing Squad to the emptied city of Rōran, where she sensed the Dragon Vein beneath the royal palace.
• In New World Konoha, villagers gossiped about Minato’s failed leadership as he returned home, where Obito confronted him over Kakashi being listed as a rogue ninja.
• Minato admitted he could do nothing to help, and Obito left determined to bring Kakashi back.
• Obito reached Hokage Rock, shattered his prosthetic limb, and wept blood from his Sharingan as he rejected a Konoha without Kakashi.

Kakashi struggled with his defection from Konoha but reaffirmed his resolve after learning that Konoha’s leadership had contributed to his father’s death. Mei Terumi brought him to meet Danzo, who showed him intelligence documents as Kakashi worried about the Allied Shinobi Forces.

• Kakashi recalled the classified documents linking Konoha’s High Command to his father Hatake Sakumo’s death and decided he did not regret defecting.
• Mei Terumi arrived at Kakashi’s home and escorted him to Danzo at the former Mizukage Building.
• Kakashi noticed Mei Terumi’s fear of Danzo and asked why she was so nervous.
• Danzo welcomed Kakashi, asked about his life in the Land of Water, and invited him to speak freely.
• Kakashi raised his concerns about the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Danzo handed him a stack of intelligence documents.

Kisame, Yugiri?, and Hozuki Mangetsu reported to Danzo as the Allied Shinobi Forces approached the Land of Water. Danzo assigned the Hozuki Clan to defend the islands and sabotage enemy ships, while Mangetsu eagerly awaited Takahashi Yū's arrival and an explanation of his ominous prediction.

• Kisame reflected on how Danzo's rule had improved life in the Land of Water as he walked to headquarters with Yugiri?.
• Kisame and Yugiri? encountered Hozuki Mangetsu, who headed to headquarters in a gloomy mood.
• Danzo told the assembled ninja that the Allied Shinobi Forces would reach the Western Four Islands within three days and said the Kaguya and Yuki Clans had taken positions there.
• Danzo ordered Mangetsu to divide the Hozuki Clan into two groups, with one meeting the enemy alongside the troops and the other using Kabutowari to damage allied ships underwater.
• Danzo promised to ask Takahashi Yū what he had meant by calling Mangetsu short-lived, lifting Mangetsu's spirits and calming the others.

Takahashi Yū learned that Old Danzo was preparing to fight Konoha in the Otherworld and decided to recruit Sakumo to help him win over Kakashi. At the Hatake home, Takahashi Yū convinced little Kakashi to learn his father’s fish-cooking skills, then told Sakumo about the Otherworld, prompting him to leap up in anger over his otherworldly son’s suffering.

• Takahashi Yū heard from Old Danzo that the Cloud and Stone forces were barely participating in the conflict, leaving Konoha and Sunagakure as the main opposition.
• Takahashi Yū decided to ask Sakumo to join him on a publicly funded trip and help persuade the Otherworld's Kakashi to return to Konoha.
• Takahashi Yū visited the Hatake home, picked up little Kakashi, and urged him to learn Sakumo’s fish-cooking skills because the Shinobi World would stay peaceful.
• Takahashi Yū convinced Kakashi that learning to cook fish could help support the Hatake Clan if Sakumo lost his work as a shinobi.
• After dinner, Takahashi Yū explained the Otherworld situation to Sakumo, who sprang up angrily at the thought of his otherworldly son suffering.

At a dinner with Takahashi Yū, Danzo drunkenly vented about Tobirama and the pressure of the Ōtsutsuki, while the brothers celebrated the Shinobi World’s progress. Sakumo tried to start training Kakashi, but Kakashi rejected combat skills and declared he wanted to learn cooking and open a restaurant.

• Sakumo arranged a dinner at the Hatake home, where Danzo and Fugaku joined him and Takahashi Yū for meat and wine.
• Danzo complained about Tobirama questioning his decisions and considered adding fallen soldiers to the Reincarnation Plan, but Fugaku and Sakumo talked him out of it.
• The chapter described Konoha’s census of seventy million civilians and how Danzo’s reforms had improved their lives, even as the Ōtsutsuki threat kept him preparing for the future.
• After Mizuki came to take Takahashi Yū home and the others left, Sakumo called Kakashi downstairs and decided to begin teaching him.
• Kakashi refused chakra training, traps, and Hatake Swordsmanship, saying he wanted to learn to pan-fry river fish and open a restaurant.
• Sakumo was stunned by Kakashi’s ambition and wondered whether he should remarry and have another child.

Kakashi led a group of young Water Country shinobi north to intercept the Iwa-Kumo fleet, while Mei Terumi prepared the Land of Water’s forces for battle at sea. Kakashi’s group reached the fleet and found Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, and his son waiting aboard twelve airborne warships.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to the Raikage and Tsuchikage’s plan to split their fleet and attack the Land of Water from the north.
• Kisame reported the enemy movements to Mei Terumi, who prepared the Hozuki clan, Kisame, Yugiri, and the remaining forces for the sea battle.
• Kakashi led a group of young shinobi north, hoping to intercept the enemy before they advanced inland.
• Kakashi and the young shinobi found twelve warships floating in the sky under Ōnoki’s technique, with the Third Raikage and his son standing aboard them.

Kisame and the Land of Water ninja unleashed a massive Great Waterfall Technique that sent a tsunami crashing toward the Konoha-Sand fleet. As the allied ships reeled from the impact, Kisame withdrew underwater to join Hozuki Mangetsu for the next attack.

• Kisame and the Water Release Unit used the Great Waterfall Technique to raise a colossal tsunami against the approaching fleet.
• Sarutobi ordered the Konoha ninja to form Water Formation Walls after abandoning his plan to use Earth Release at sea.
• Might Guy opened the Sixth Gate and attacked the tsunami with Morning Peacock.
• The tsunami struck the allied fleet, shaking the ships and forcing them backward.
• Kisame praised the exhausted Water Release Unit, told them to recover, and dove underwater after learning that Hozuki Mangetsu was approaching the enemy ships.