Recaps

Takahashi Yū attacked Tsunade after she accused him of slandering Hyūga Tenmei, then fought the Third Hokage when he intervened. The Third unleashed his most powerful techniques, but the chapter ended with Takahashi Yū’s murderous intent rising again from the crater left by their battle.

• Takahashi Yū pinned Tsunade beneath his murderous aura and blamed her for making the forty-two brothers he lost in battle die for nothing.
• The Third Hokage and Orochimaru arrived, but Takahashi Yū kicked Tsunade through Enma’s staff and left her severely injured.
• Takahashi Yū declared he would leave Konoha, knocked Mitokado Homura down, and fought the Third Hokage as he evaded attacks with clones and substitutions.
• The Third Hokage trapped Takahashi Yū in a Three-Way Seal and struck him with the Five Release: Great Combo Technique, blasting the Hyuga Clan Compound into ruins.
• The ninja rose from the explosion and felt Takahashi Yū’s murderous intent return as Orochimaru watched the destruction with excitement.

Takahashi Yū stopped his attack on the Hyūga after Mito Uzumaki intervened, but demanded justice for his fallen teammates and killed Hyūga Tenmei. After arranging for the survivors and bodies to be cared for, he returned to the Farm and resolved to change the world.

• The Third Hokage's attack failed to stop Takahashi Yū, and Mito Uzumaki restrained him with Adamantine Sealing Chains before offering to protect Hyūga Ryūhei from the Caged Bird Seal.
• Takahashi Yū demanded Hyūga Tenmei's death and Byakugan for Ryūhei and Takeshi, then killed Tenmei and declared the Hyūga responsible for repaying Takeshi's military merits.
• Yamanaka Ayano reported Takeshi's and Ryūhei's enemy counts, and Takahashi Yū assigned Ryūhei's merits to the Hyūga and demanded they compensate for Takeshi's.
• Mito Uzumaki ordered the wounded taken to Konoha Hospital, while Yamanaka Ayano took Ryūhei and Gekko Yūma sealed Takeshi's body and Tenmei's head.
• Takahashi Yū returned home, washed and changed, then went to the Farm, where he found the neighbors and children gathered and told everyone it was time to go home.

Takahashi Yū visited the hospitalized Hyūga Ryūhei and learned that he remained unconscious, then saw Tsunade seeking help for Dan Katō’s badly damaged soul. Back home, Takahashi Yū watched Mizuki and the others study sealing techniques until Hizashi Hyuga arrived.

• Takahashi Yū went to Konoha Hospital and frightened an injured patient as a joke before meeting Ryūhei’s attending physician, Zhipin.
• Takahashi Yū visited Hyūga Ryūhei, whose mind had stabilized somewhat but who remained unconscious, and told Yamanaka Ayano to keep their fallen teammates’ bodies safe.
• Tsunade consulted the Yamanaka Clan Head about Dan Katō, whose soul was incomplete, and learned the clan had secret soul-nourishing methods that might help if he woke.
• Takahashi Yū returned home and watched Mizuki and the Three Little Ones study sealing techniques.
• Hizashi Hyuga arrived at Takahashi Yū’s home.

Hizashi Hyuga visited Takahashi Yū to deliver Byakugan for Ryūhei and asked to exchange anything for his father’s head. Takahashi Yū demanded the Caged Bird Seal Inscription instead, so Hizashi left to consult his brother Hiashi.

• Hyūga Tenmei told Hiashi and Hizashi to lead the Main and branch families and unite them after his death.
• Hizashi brought two Byakugan to Takahashi Yū, who ordered them taken to Konoha Hospital for Ryūhei.
• Hizashi explained that the Main Family had gone to the Land of Water Frontline and that the branch family would recover their bodies.
• Hizashi asked Takahashi Yū what the Hyūga could offer for Hyūga Tenmei’s head, and Takahashi Yū threatened him with killing intent.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling proposed that Hizashi hand over the Caged Bird Seal Inscription, and Hizashi left to ask Hiashi for permission.

Takahashi Yū helped the orphanage children and Carpenter build up his Farm, then visited Ryūhei at the hospital and learned that Dan Katō was unlikely to wake. As the Hyūga and Uchiha shifted their attention toward the Land of Water front, Takahashi Yū kept a troubling suspicion to himself until he had more evidence.

• Takahashi Yū discussed the Caged Bird Seal with Uzumaki Shui Ling, then left to inspect his Farm.
• Takahashi Yū helped the Carpenter and orphanage children by felling trees and made them a swing.
• Takahashi Yū visited Ryūhei and heard from Yamanaka Ayano that Dan Katō had little chance of waking.
• Hizashi delivered the eyes to the hospital, while Hyuga Hiashi took over the Hyuga Clan and Uchiha Fugaku led elites to the Land of Water front.
• Takahashi Yū considered an outrageous suspicion but decided he needed more evidence.

Takahashi Yū uncovered a mission report showing that his actions had led to the deaths of Sasori's parents and began to suspect that changes he caused were creating unforeseen consequences for others. He left the archive determined to fight the forces shaping events, wondering who would suffer next.

• Takahashi Yū rushed to the Hokage Building and demanded the Undying Squad's Land of Wind mission files.
• Takahashi Yū found a report stating that his unit had killed Yūji and Maki, Sasori's parents, during a mission that also cost the lives of eight members of the Second Reconnaissance Unit.
• Takahashi Yū recalled the deaths of his comrades and connected Sasori's parents' deaths and Dan Katō's condition to changes caused by his actions.
• The Third Hokage found Takahashi Yū in the archive, but Takahashi Yū said nothing and walked away.
• Takahashi Yū wondered whether Nawaki, Yūma, or the Uchiha would suffer next and vowed to beat the world into the ground.

Takahashi Yū visited the Aburame and Inuzuka clans to settle his worries over fallen teammates, adopted Rimaru’s puppy Simba, and settled into his new farm manor. When Uzumaki Shui Ling sensed Kushina nearby, Takahashi Yū and Mizuki followed Simba into the woods to search for her.

• Takahashi Yū visited the Aburame Clan Head, apologized for Tomoya’s death, and learned that Tomoya had no family; his arrival had also scared the clan’s insects into the woods.
• Takahashi Yū visited the Inuzuka Clan Head, learned Inuzuka Ayako had no family, and took in Rimaru’s puppy, naming it Simba.
• Takahashi Yū moved into his completed farm manor, celebrated his birthday and housewarming, and heard that Ryūhei was close to waking.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling sensed Kushina briefly in the farm’s woods, so Takahashi Yū and Mizuki went to investigate with Simba.
• Simba picked up a stranger’s scent and led Takahashi Yū and Mizuki deeper into the woods as they searched for Kushina.

Takahashi Yū and Mizuki tracked the Cloud ninja who had abducted Kushina, only to discover that the rescue had not been part of a Konoha plan. After the attackers were captured and Minato arrived, Takahashi Yū confronted the Third Hokage, then returned to the Farm Estate frustrated by his mistaken suspicions.

• Takahashi Yū and Mizuki followed Kushina’s red hair through the forest while Simba returned home and led Minato toward her trail.
• Aruyi boasted that the Cloud ninja’s barrier would hide them as they carried Kushina toward Konoha’s wall.
• Takahashi Yū carried Mizuki ahead of the Cloud ninja, and Mizuki used Adamantine Sealing Chains to bind the group.
• Takahashi Yū found Kushina, learned she had moved out from Mito’s home without protection, and waited with Mizuki for help to arrive.
• Minato reached the group with Simba, and Takahashi Yū shook him by the head before the Uchiha and the Third Hokage arrived.
• Takahashi Yū accused the Third Hokage of staging Kushina’s rescue, learned there had been no plan, and returned to the Farm Estate with Mizuki and Simba.

Takahashi Yū accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s promise to protect his people and decided to return to the battlefield with the Undying Squad. As the squad prepared to leave, Mizuki asked to join them, but Yū ordered her to stay and manage the Farm.

• Mito Uzumaki told Hiruzen Sarutobi to prepare for Kushina’s Nine-Tails transfer and arrange for Takahashi Yū to leave the village, while warning him not to make Yū an enemy.
• Hiruzen sent Yū a letter from Shimura Danzō requesting reinforcements for the Land of Lightning front, then summoned Yū to the Hokage’s office.
• Hiruzen promised that Yū’s people would face no persecution, and Yū gathered Uchiha Delia, Uchiha Kenichi, Gekko Yūma, Uchiha Shunji, Nara Yūma, and Yamanaka Ayano to announce they would return to war.
• Yū visited Ryūhei in the hospital and learned from Doctor Zhipin that the Byakugan transplant had been adjusted to suit him, then visited his neighbors on Hot Springs Street before returning to the Farm.
• Mizuki Uzumaki asked to accompany Yū to the battlefield, but he refused and told her to manage the Farm and care for the household.

On the Land of Lightning battlefield, Shimura Danzō tried to sustain Konoha’s forces as casualties mounted and wounded ninja lost hope. After promising to restore their missing limbs, he resolved to seek the First Hokage’s cells.

• Shimura Danzō studied the battlefield map and judged that Konoha lacked the strength to stop the Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Shimura Danzō visited the field hospital, where he saw a wounded subordinate who had lost an arm and comforted the injured with promises that Konoha would not abandon them.
• Shimura Danzō learned that only 138 of the 324 wounded from the last major battle remained alive, and the Medical Ninja explained that many had lost the will to live.
• Shimura Danzō ordered the Medical Ninja to do whatever was necessary to keep the wounded alive, then promised the men he would bring them home and make their missing limbs whole again.
• Shimura Danzō concluded that the First Hokage’s cells might restore severed limbs and resolved to obtain them, whatever the cost.

Takahashi Yū led the Undying Squad from Konoha toward the Land of Lightning, stopping near the front for the night. A large night raid erupted nearby, where the Third Raikage was rampaging through Konoha's camp while Shimura Danzō and other shinobi pursued him.

• Takahashi Yū met the Undying Squad at Konoha's gate and led them northeast toward the Land of Lightning.
• After a day of travel, the squad camped near Konoha's forces, and Takahashi Yū fell asleep by the fire.
• The squad joked and ate grilled fish until a distant explosion made them assume defensive positions.
• Nara Yūma assessed the disturbance as a routine perimeter raid, but Gekko Yūma spotted lightning flashing inside the camp.
• The Third Raikage attacked Konoha's camp and killed rank-and-file shinobi while Shimura Danzō and others chased him; Hatake Sakumo fought the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki outside.

Takahashi Yū charged into the Cloud encampment and confronted the Third Raikage, matching his strength and speed. After surviving the Raikage’s Liger Bomb, Yū laughed and challenged him to continue the fight.

• Takahashi Yū left Nara Yūma and the others behind, sprinting toward the sounds of battle.
• Takahashi Yū crashed into the Cloud encampment from above, creating a crater and drawing the attention of the Third Raikage.
• Shimura Danzō led his elite troops toward the outskirts while Takahashi Yū attacked Third Raikage A with a powerful punch.
• The Third Raikage activated his strongest Lightning Release Armor and struck Takahashi Yū with a Liger Bomb.
• Takahashi Yū withstood the blow, recovered from the pain, and eagerly urged the Third Raikage to fight on.

Takahashi Yū fought the Third Raikage A with overwhelming strength, while Danzo and Hatake Sakumo battled B and the Cloud Shinobi. The Third Raikage unleashed his One-Finger Nukite against Takahashi Yū’s strongest punch, and the chapter ended as their attacks collided.

• Takahashi Yū charged the Third Raikage A and endured his lightning-powered blows before kicking him through the camp.
• B ordered the Cloud sensory ninja to send up signals and called for backup, while the Cloud Shinobi abandoned their delaying tactics and attacked.
• Danzo destroyed the sensory ninja’s signal flares, then joined Hatake Sakumo in fighting B.
• B partially transformed under the Eight-Tails’ chakra and trapped Hatake Sakumo and Danzo in a fierce battle.
• The Third Raikage prepared his One-Finger Nukite as Takahashi Yū pushed his body to its limits and charged with a powerful punch.
• The Third Raikage shouted “Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite” as he and Takahashi Yū struck at each other.

Takahashi Yū and the Third Raikage survived their devastating clash and resumed fighting, each unable to break through the other’s defenses. Outside the camp, Danzo and Hatake Sakumo retreated as Cloud Shinobi arrived to contain the Eight-Tails, while Danzo’s binding seal provoked the beast to roar.

• Takahashi Yū and the Third Raikage traded attacks that destroyed much of the camp, then recovered and recognized that neither could penetrate the other’s defenses.
• Takahashi Yū restarted his stopped heart, and both fighters prepared to continue their battle as an endurance contest.
• Danzo and Hatake Sakumo struggled to damage the partially transformed Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, while Sakumo urged Danzo to retreat.
• Danzo spotted the arriving Cloud Shinobi and ordered Sakumo to withdraw, then used the Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal to immobilize the Eight-Tails.
• The Eight-Tails roared and struggled against the seal as Danzo and Sakumo abandoned the camp.

Takahashi Yū fought the Third Raikage, gaining the upper hand with a series of close-range attacks while the Raikage looked toward the camp after hearing a roar. There, the Eight-Tails Gyuki broke free, leaving the Third Raikage to realize that he had lost B again.

• The Third Raikage attacked Takahashi Yū with rapid strikes, but Takahashi Yū defended himself and hurled the Raikage into the ground.
• The Third Raikage exploited Takahashi Yū's vulnerability in midair, then struck him with a Liger Bomb.
• Takahashi Yū caught the Third Raikage's leg, performed a Tombstone Piledriver, and explained the move's name.
• A roar from the camp distracted the Third Raikage, allowing Takahashi Yū to punch him into a rock.
• Kai tried to calm the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki by calling him Fukaru, but the Eight-Tails bit off Ika's head and transformed fully into Gyuki.
• The Eight-Tails ravaged the Cloud Shinobi, and the Third Raikage realized that the A-B Combo had lost B again.

The Eight-Tails rampaged across the battlefield while Takahashi Yū kept the Third Raikage from reaching him, forcing Danzo to balance a chance at victory against the danger of Kumogakure’s destruction. As the Third Raikage revealed Black Lightning and the Eight-Tails launched a Tailed Beast Bomb, the two fighters charged into the blast.

• The Eight-Tails used Eight-Tails Twister, wiping out the first Cloud Shinobi scout squad and sweeping nearly five hundred troops into the air.
• Takahashi Yū pinned the Third Raikage, while Danzo learned that the Raikage was occupied and ordered Uchiha Shunji to control the Eight-Tails; Shunji admitted he could not.
• Danzo asked Yamanaka Ayano to tell Takahashi Yū to release the Raikage, then ordered Konoha’s forces to withdraw as the Eight-Tails formed a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• The Third Raikage activated Black Lightning Chakra Mode, and he explained that the Eight-Tails had once gone berserk and that he had sealed it again.
• The Tailed Beast Bomb struck between Takahashi Yū and the Third Raikage as they attacked each other with Black Lightning: One-Finger Nukite and Slam Fist.

Takahashi Yū’s wound triggered a savage surge of killing intent, letting him overpower the Third Raikage in a brutal clash. He realized that fighting for his life had awakened his body’s potential and prepared to attack with killing-intent fists enhanced by [Dan-Ability].

• The Third Raikage wounded Takahashi Yū with One-Finger Nukite, and the injury triggered Takahashi Yū’s adrenaline and dark red killing intent.
• Takahashi Yū charged the Third Raikage, endured a Black Lightning strike to the chest, and healed as he attacked.
• Takahashi Yū and the Third Raikage collided with Flying Shoulder Charge and Lariat, and Takahashi Yū hurled the Third Raikage into the crater wall.
• The Third Raikage discovered that Takahashi Yū’s killing intent had worn away his Lightning Chakra Mode and impaired his judgment.
• Takahashi Yū recognized that being wounded had awakened his body’s potential and formed dark red fists imbued with [Dan-Ability].

Takahashi Yū and the Third Raikage unleashed their strongest attacks in a head-on clash that obliterated most of Eight-Tails and left both fighters gravely wounded. Takahashi Yū found the Third Raikage nearby, barely able to speak, as Konoha forces rushed toward the crater.

• Eight-Tails charged into Takahashi Yū’s Killing Intent field, lost control, and leapt between him and the Third Raikage.
• Takahashi Yū charged through Eight-Tails’ tentacles and struck with Haymaker as the Third Raikage attacked with One-Finger Nukite.
• The attacks collided, triggering a massive blast and shock wave that devastated the crater and surrounding area.
• Danzo led the others toward the crater while Eight-Tails, badly mutilated, collapsed and lost chakra.
• Takahashi Yū woke with a hole through his chest and discovered that his Haymaker had struck the Third Raikage’s shoulder.
• The Third Raikage lay nearby with his right hand severed and his body shattered, and he struggled to say, “Konoha.”

Takahashi Yū survived his battle with the Third Raikage, leaving the Raikage gravely wounded and Kumogakure's forces devastated. As Cloud Shinobi prepared to attack him, Yū played the part of a noble warrior facing death, and Danzo and Konoha's arriving shinobi mistook his act for genuine patriotism.

• Takahashi Yū heard the wounded Third Raikage speaking underground and learned that Kumogakure had suffered heavy losses.
• Yamanaka Ayano contacted Yū, celebrated his victory, and relayed Danzo's order to let the Raikage go; Yū asked her to send food.
• Cloud Shinobi pulled the unconscious Third Raikage from the crater and began tending to him while sealing specialists approached the Eight-Tails' remains.
• A Cloud Shinobi drew his sword to kill Yū, but Yū delivered a speech about duty and dying for his country that made the warrior hesitate.
• Hatake Sakumo stopped the sword with Wind Release and carried Yū to Danzo's group, where Danzo praised Yū's supposed Will of Fire.

Shimura Danzō and Hatake Sakumo stood between the Cloud Shinobi and the gravely wounded Takahashi Yū, refusing to let him be killed. As the Cloud forces closed in, Takahashi Yū’s comrades arrived to reinforce them, leaving both sides facing off in the crater.

• Shimura Danzō unleashed Wind Release to stop a Cloud Shinobi from striking Takahashi Yū, then pulled the wounded man behind him and vowed to defend him.
• Hatake Sakumo joined Danzō as they faced the Cloud force, while Takahashi Yū wondered why everyone believed he was dying.
• Tomoi considered attacking the Konoha group and signaled his Cloud Shinobi to advance; Danzō exposed his cursed seals and prepared to fight.
• Uchiha Shunji, Delia, Kenichi, Yamanaka Ayano, and Nara Yūma arrived to support Danzō’s group, and Ayano began treating Takahashi Yū.
• The Cloud Shinobi recognized the Konoha reinforcements and grew wary as Yūma revealed himself beside Takahashi Yū.

After Takahashi Yū defeated the Third Raikage, Danzo led the wounded Konoha group back to camp, where Takahashi Yū astonished the gathered ninja by demanding food and rapidly healing as he ate. Watching him, Danzo doubted Hiruzen's suspicions about Takahashi Yū and wondered whether his old friend had deliberately set them against each other.

• The Third Raikage ordered the Cloud Shinobi to let Danzo's group leave, avoiding further losses for Kumogakure.
• Danzo led the group toward the Land of Fire and learned from Ayano that Takahashi Yū was recovering quickly but needed energy.
• Danzo reached the temporary Konoha camp and announced that Takahashi Yū had defeated the Third Raikage and was gravely injured.
• Konoha's ninja gathered to welcome Takahashi Yū, but he refused the stretcher and demanded food instead.
• Takahashi Yū devoured the camp's supplies while his wounds healed, leaving the medical ninja bewildered.
• Danzo watched Takahashi Yū and questioned Hiruzen's claims that he lacked affection for Konoha and his motives for requesting land.

After Danzo’s party left, the Third Raikage collapsed into a coma, leaving Tomoi to protect him and conceal the Eight-Tails’ apparent death. At the Konoha camp, Danzo arranged more food for the ravenous Takahashi Yū, who recovered from his wounds after eating his fill.

• The Third Raikage fell into a deep coma, and Tomoi ordered the Medical Ninja to stabilize him and summoned Cloud Shinobi with type O blood.
• Tomoi told a sensory Cloud Shinobi to warn the village about the Raikage’s condition and strengthen its defenses, then ordered the Sealing Squad to keep the Eight-Tails’ apparent death secret.
• Yamanaka Arashi told Danzo that Takahashi Yū was consuming the camp’s supplies, and Danzo ordered Arashi to find more food.
• Takahashi Yū finished eating, and his wounds had closed and begun healing.
• Hatake Sakumo brought a wild boar to camp, and several Konoha Ninja collapsed after struggling to keep up with Takahashi Yū’s appetite.

After recovering from the battle, Takahashi Yū met with Shimura Danzō, who mistakenly interpreted Yū’s boastful ideals as a shared ambition to help Konoha conquer the world. Danzo welcomed him as a comrade and called for wine.

• Takahashi Yū slept through a day and night while Konoha’s camp searched the mountains for food he had eaten.
• Shimura Danzō read Root’s intelligence about Konoha and blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for the village’s troubles.
• Hatake Sakumo and Danzō visited Takahashi Yū after he woke and began eating.
• Danzō asked Sakumo to keep others away, then questioned Takahashi Yū about his ideals.
• Takahashi Yū declared that he wanted to conquer the world and create a world where people stood up to worldly power.
• Danzō mistook Takahashi Yū’s words as support for Konoha conquering the world and called for wine to celebrate their supposed bond.

Danzo misread Takahashi Yū’s question about Sakumo as a warning about Konoha’s succession and political schemes, then vowed to protect Sakumo and restore Konoha’s principles. He left Takahashi’s tent determined to thank him, telling Sakumo that Takahashi’s warning had nearly saved his life.

• Danzo noticed the bottle was medical alcohol and set it aside, then praised Takahashi Yū and warned him not to share his ambitions with outsiders.
• Takahashi Yū asked whether Danzo planned to use rumors to drive Sakumo to his death, and Danzo interpreted the question as a warning about malicious gossip and the ninja code.
• Danzo concluded that Hiruzen Sarutobi’s mission-first code could be used to undermine the Will of Fire and keep ordinary people from power.
• Danzo told Takahashi Yū he would protect Sakumo and help put Konoha back on the right track, then left the tent without noticing Takahashi’s confusion.
• Danzo told Sakumo they needed to thank Takahashi Yū for his warning, and admitted that he had almost lost him.

Takahashi Yū returned from a fruitless scouting trip as Konoha waited for Kumogakure to surrender after the Third Raikage’s defeat. In Kumogakure, A and Dodai struggled to respond to Danzo’s ultimatum, while Konoha’s troops hoped the war would soon end.

• Danzo kept his suspicions about Konoha’s internal threats from Sakumo and resolved to protect his adjutant from dirty tricks.
• Takahashi Yū and Yamanaka Ayano returned to camp with rabbits after scouting near the Land of Rice Fields, while Konoha’s army waited near the Land of Lightning.
• Danzo threatened to expose the Third Raikage’s condition and the Eight-Tails’ death unless Kumogakure surrendered.
• A accused Kumogakure’s leaders of leaking information, but Dodai warned him that Konoha and other countries could exploit the village’s weakness.
• Dodai proposed sending Danzo a letter to stall for time and appealing directly to Konoha for surrender terms with reduced reparations.
• Takahashi Yū joined Konoha’s hungry ninja at the mess camp as Danzo ordered them to avoid reckless advances and wait for Kumogakure’s surrender.