Recaps

After losing to Nagato and Rin, Yahiko challenged Obito and managed to knock him out by anticipating when Obito would become tangible. Kakuzu’s criticism helped Yahiko recognize that he had gained power without learning how to use it, so he asked Kakuzu and Rin to train him and resolved to build his skills from the beginning.

• Yahiko challenged Rin, who defeated him with basic taijutsu and told him that his strength was wasted on an unsettled mind.
• Yahiko blamed Obito for encouraging his challenge to Nagato and attacked him, but Obito used his Mangekyō Sharingan to evade his punches.
• Yahiko sensed the spatial fluctuations around Obito and struck him as he became tangible, knocking him out.
• Kakuzu mocked Yahiko for relying on Pero’s power without learning how to use it, prompting Yahiko to realize that his skills and mindset had not improved.
• Yahiko asked Kakuzu to teach him combat and ninjutsu and asked Rin to help him train his taijutsu and combat awareness.
• Yahiko resolved to set aside his gift as a trump card and master his power through his own training.

Pero trained Nagato and Konan after turning them into Pero Jinchūriki, then explained their limits and his plans to leave his main body inside the sun. He outlined how the Akatsuki should provoke Kumogakure and set up Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s resurrection so he could return as the final opponent.

• Pero’s clones finished modifying Nagato and Konan, and they discovered golden energy and new power within themselves.
• Pero told the group they were beta Pero Jinchūriki who could grow stronger by absorbing sunlight, but would need to test their limits and record their results.
• Pero said he would leave a weakened clone with the Akatsuki while his main body went to sleep inside the sun.
• Pero instructed the Akatsuki to stir up trouble in Kumogakure and encourage the major shinobi villages to form an alliance.
• Pero revealed that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was sealed inside the moon and explained Black Zetsu’s plan to resurrect her through Madara Uchiha and Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Pero told the Akatsuki to let the resurrection plan unfold, then call for him so he could return from the sun and face Kaguya.

After the Akatsuki captured Kirigakure’s Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Mizukage Yagura called on the Five Great Shinobi Villages to unite against them, and Konoha prepared to host another Five Kage Summit. Minato committed to confronting the Akatsuki, while privately reflecting that the gathering was part of Pero’s plan.

• Yagura sent an urgent appeal to the other four Kage after the Akatsuki captured Kirigakure’s Six-Tails Jinchuriki, prompting the villages to prepare for a Five Kage Summit in Konoha.
• Ōnoki, the Acting Kazekage, and Yagura led elite forces toward the Land of Fire and stationed their troops near Konoha’s border.
• Hiruzen challenged Minato’s decision to prepare for war, but Minato insisted that the Akatsuki had to be stopped before it gathered all the Tailed Beasts.
• Minato asserted his authority as Hokage, and Hiruzen left after warning him that he would regret his decision.
• An intelligence shinobi reported that the three Kage were nearing Konoha and that Kumogakure’s movements remained unclear.
• Minato watched over Konoha and thought that Pero’s show was about to begin.

Pero created a golden clone to oversee the Akatsuki, then traveled to the Sun to absorb energy and grow stronger. As he settled into a sunbath, his clone opened its eyes and smiled, signaling that the show had begun.

• Pero created a golden clone and told Nagato, Konan, Yahiko, Rin, and Obito that it would manage the Akatsuki while he was away.
• Pero left for the Sun, telling the group to contact him when the Otsutsuki appeared and warning them not to make trouble.
• Pero traveled beyond the planet and saw his energy absorption efficiency surge as he approached the Sun.
• Pero ignored the system's warning and plunged into the Sun, where his energy absorption increased dramatically.
• Pero lay on a lava flow to enjoy his sunbath, while the clone opened its eyes and smiled back at the office.

Nagato’s attack on Kumogakure forced Raikage A to join the alliance, and the Five Kage began planning an assault on Akatsuki after learning its strongest fighter was away. Black Zetsu watched their preparations and moved toward resurrecting his mother with a red-haired Uzumaki girl.

• Nagato and the others devastated Kumogakure, wounded Killer B, and captured Yugito Nii.
• Raikage A found his village ruined and agreed to join the alliance against Akatsuki.
• The Kage mocked A until he arrived at their meeting and demanded an immediate attack.
• Minato shared intelligence that Akatsuki’s strongest fighter was absent, and the Five Kage began planning their assault.
• Black Zetsu observed the meeting, then returned beneath Mountain's Grave and prepared to use the sleeping Uzumaki girl for Rinne Rebirth.

Obito struggled to keep up with Rin and Yahiko in training, then discovered Kakuzu had tricked him about owing money for repairs. Yahiko spotted an approaching force and sent a paper crane to alert the office.

• Obito used Wood Release to chase Yahiko, but Yahiko dodged his attacks and teased him about his weakened technique.
• Rin advised Obito to improve his chakra control, then defeated him in a spar by striking his openings and returning his attacks against him.
• Kakuzu demanded that Obito pay for training-ground repairs, prompting Obito to ask Yahiko for a loan.
• Yahiko explained that Akatsuki had a fixed budget for repairs, and Obito realized Kakuzu had tricked him.
• Yahiko spotted figures and chess pieces approaching in the distance, sent a paper crane toward the office, and recognized them as the allied forces Pero had mentioned.

The Five Kage assembled the Allied Shinobi Forces and led them into the Land of Rain, where they found Amegakure silent and apparently undefended. As the army prepared to face the city, a figure beneath the Pure Land sensed that history had gone off course.

• Minato rallied the gathered shinobi, and the Allied Shinobi Forces marched toward the Land of Rain.
• Kakashi followed Minato while privately troubled by growing power in Obito’s Sharingan and recurring dreams of his Lightning Blade being stopped by an indistinct figure.
• The army entered the Land of Rain and crushed hidden posts and traps, but found no Rain Ninja patrols.
• At dusk, the Five Kage reached a hill and saw the silent, steel-built Amegakure across a lake.
• Beneath the Pure Land, the White Old Man opened his Rinnegan and wondered why history seemed to have gone off course.

The Allied Shinobi Forces attacked Amegakure, but Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko effortlessly countered their opening assault and destroyed a massive combined ninjutsu with Yahiko’s enormous Water Release. The Five Kage, two jinchūriki, and Minato joined the battle, and the Allies’ coordinated attacks began to turn the tide.

• The Raikage ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to attack Amegakure, but Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko appeared and warned them to stop.
• The Raikage declared that the Allies had come to destroy Akatsuki, and Yahiko announced that Akatsuki would bring peace under its leadership.
• Konan’s paper shield and Nagato’s Shinra Tensei neutralized the Allies’ initial ninjutsu barrage.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces launched a combined attack of five chakra natures, but Yahiko’s enormous Water Release scattered it and left the army in despair.
• The Raikage ordered the Allies to retreat and provide support as he, Ōnoki, Yagura, the Acting Kazekage, Hán, Killer B, and Minato entered the battle.
• The Five Kage, jinchūriki, and Minato coordinated their attacks against the Akatsuki trio, and the Raikage sensed that the Allies were close to gaining an advantage.

The Five Kage and allied shinobi unleashed a second combined attack, but Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan entered their strongest states and erased it with a single punch. Obito and Rin appeared on the battlefield, and Kakashi remembered Pero’s role in his nightmares and began to suspect Minato.

• The Five Kage and the two jinchūriki kept Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan occupied while the allied shinobi prepared a second combined ninjutsu.
• Kakashi used Kamui on Yahiko, but Yahiko escaped the spatial technique in a burst of golden light.
• The allied forces launched a huge chakra sphere, and Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan transformed and dispersed it with a single punch.
• Obito and Rin arrived, and Kakashi recognized his lost friend and the girl from his nightmares.
• Kakashi remembered Pero, Obito, Rin, and Minato, then turned toward Minato with growing terror.

Kakashi recognized Obito and Rin alive among the Akatsuki, while Nagato captured the Five-Tails and Eight-Tails and prepared a sealing formation. Madara arrived on the battlefield carrying an unknown winged figure and challenged the allied forces.

• Kakashi saw Obito and Rin in Akatsuki robes and realized Minato had confirmed they were alive, while Minato encouraged him with a nod.
• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to pull Hán and Killer B to him, then changed their eyes to Rinnegan.
• Konan stopped Ōnoki and A from reaching Nagato as he extracted the Five-Tails and Eight-Tails, sealed them in urns, and returned the unconscious Jinchūriki alive.
• Nagato summoned six more sealing urns and arranged them with the two tailed beasts' urns, leaving one gap in the circle.
• Madara crashed into the lake carrying an unknown winged figure, emerged in Warring States-era armor, and challenged the allied ninja to dance.

Black Zetsu resurrected Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju outside Takigakure, where Madara drained Hashirama’s senjutsu chakra before attacking the village. Madara captured Fū, the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki, and set out for Amegakure to claim the remaining Tailed Beasts.

• Black Zetsu used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Madara Uchiha with a Takigakure shinobi as a sacrifice.
• Black Zetsu explained that the Five Kage and Akatsuki’s core members were gathered in Amegakure and that the Seven-Tails was in Takigakure.
• Madara ordered Black Zetsu to revive Hashirama Senju, then drained Hashirama’s senjutsu chakra after Hashirama briefly broke free of the reincarnation’s control.
• Madara attacked Takigakure and left the village burning with the unconscious Seven-Tails Jinchūriki, Fū, in his possession.
• Madara handed Fū to Black Zetsu and headed toward the Land of Rain to join the battle in Amegakure.

Madara Uchiha emerged on the battlefield and overwhelmed the Allied Shinobi Forces, defeating Raikage A and devastating the army with his Susanoo and taijutsu. After the fighting left the Five Kage wounded and most allied shinobi fallen, Madara turned his attention to Nagato and the other Akatsuki members.

• Madara Uchiha appeared before the Allied Shinobi Forces, and the Five Kage and allied ranks recognized him as the legendary shinobi.
• Madara used an invisible repulsive force to stop Raikage A’s charge, then kicked him back into the allied ranks.
• Ōnoki and the other Kage led a combined assault, but Madara summoned his Perfect Susanoo to withstand the barrage.
• Madara entered the allied army, battered shinobi with taijutsu, and used Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame to inflict heavy losses.
• Madara left more than half the allied shinobi fallen and the Five Kage wounded, then told the five Akatsuki members that their turn had come.

Madara Uchiha defeated the five Akatsuki members, took Nagato’s Rinnegan, and used Rinne Rebirth to revive himself. After draining senjutsu chakra from a newly reincarnated Hashirama and restoring his other eye, Madara prepared to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Black Zetsu secretly undid the seals on the eight tailed beasts while Madara fought Nagato, Yahiko, Rin, Obito, and Konan.
• Madara exploited the Akatsuki’s distraction to grievously wound all five, then gouged out Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu used Rinne Rebirth to revive Madara, who discovered that the technique had removed the senjutsu chakra he had absorbed.
• Madara had Black Zetsu reincarnate Hashirama with Impure World Reincarnation and drained his senjutsu chakra, healing his wounds and gaining sage markings.
• Madara restored his second Rinnegan and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Madara Uchiha used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to capture and absorb all Nine Tailed Beasts, restoring it as the Ten-Tails. He celebrated its return and turned his attention to the five members of the Akatsuki for the final step.

• Madara Uchiha poured his chakra and Senjutsu into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, awakening it and unleashing chains that seized the Tailed Beasts.
• The chains impaled Fū and extracted Seven-Tails Chōmei, leaving Fū fatally wounded as Chōmei was dragged toward the statue.
• The statue absorbed the Nine Tailed Beasts as torrents of chakra and began to transform.
• The Ten-Tails fully emerged, and the five members of the Akatsuki watched in shock.
• Madara Uchiha addressed Hashirama and declared that the Ten-Tails embodied the power he had sought, then turned his Rinnegan toward the Akatsuki members for the final step.

Nagato and Yahiko tried to stop the Ten-Tails from destroying Amegakure, but their attacks failed to restrain it. Pero’s clone appeared and knocked the beast away, leaving Madara to realize Pero had never left the village.

• Nagato and Yahiko rushed to stop the Ten-Tails as its awakening threatened to destroy Amegakure.
• Yahiko attacked Madara Uchiha, but Madara calmly blocked his kick.
• Nagato used Adamantine Sealing Chains to restrain the Ten-Tails, but the beast broke them within seconds.
• Pero’s clone arrived and punched the Ten-Tails into the distant hills, giving Nagato a moment of relief.
• Madara recognized Pero’s overwhelming power and concluded that Pero had never left Amegakure.

Pero's clone easily countered the Ten-Tails and Madara Uchiha's attacks, then Madara absorbed the Ten-Tails into a white sphere that began to pulse with a heartbeat.

• The Ten-Tails formed a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Pero's clone split it with red beams and its energy wounded the beast.
• Madara Uchiha connected himself to the Ten-Tails and took control of it before directing its tails at Pero's clone.
• Pero's clone dodged and blocked the Ten-Tails' attacks, then stopped Madara Uchiha's Limbo: Border Jail strike.
• Madara Uchiha realized Pero was only a clone, erupted in rage, and began absorbing the Ten-Tails into a singularity.
• The Ten-Tails and Madara Uchiha vanished into a glowing white sphere, which gave off a heartbeat.

Madara Uchiha absorbed the remaining Ten-Tails power and became the new Sage of Six Paths, then challenged Pero’s clone. The clone effortlessly defeated him and turned its attention to Black Zetsu, who was lurking nearby.

• Madara Uchiha absorbed the white sphere, transformed into a Six Paths sage, and confronted Pero’s clone.
• Pero’s clone struck Madara Uchiha with a single punch, sending him crashing through hills into a mountain range.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed powerful sage arts and Limbo Clones, but Pero’s clone dispelled the attacks and blocked the shadows with an invisible field.
• Pero’s clone punched Madara Uchiha into a deep crater, leaving him badly broken and stripped of his Rinnegan’s luster.
• Pero’s clone addressed Black Zetsu, who had been waiting nearby to move against Madara Uchiha’s body.

Madara Uchiha activated Infinite Tsukuyomi, trapping the world’s inhabitants in dreams and binding them in cocoons, while Minato Namikaze protected Amegakure with a barrier. Pero completed his energy absorption in the Sun’s core and raced toward the planet as his clone waited for Black Zetsu to make a move.

• Black Zetsu realized Pero’s clone had seen through his disguise and urged Madara Uchiha to use Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara Uchiha recovered enough to open his forehead’s Rinne Sharingan and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi across the planet.
• The scarlet moonlight trapped people in eternal genjutsu, and Madara Uchiha’s roots and vines wrapped them in cocoons.
• Minato Namikaze teleported the Akatsuki and Kakashi to Amegakure, where Nagato, Yahiko, Konan, and Rin raised a barrier against the moonlight.
• Pero’s clone watched the catastrophe unfold and waited for Black Zetsu to act.
• Pero completed his energy absorption in the Sun’s core and flew toward the planet.

Madara Uchiha’s Infinite Tsukuyomi failed to affect Pero’s clone, and Black Zetsu betrayed him to resurrect Kaguya. Kaguya emerged and confronted Pero’s clone, declaring the planet hers.

• Madara Uchiha watched the Infinite Tsukuyomi fail to harm Pero’s clone and gave up hope of defeating him.
• Black Zetsu pierced Madara Uchiha’s heart and revealed that his true will was Kaguya’s, and that Madara had been a pawn in her resurrection.
• Black Zetsu drew chakra from the God Tree and the trapped ninja into Madara Uchiha, whose body swelled and transformed as his consciousness was consumed.
• Kaguya emerged in Madara Uchiha’s reshaped body and examined Pero’s clone, finding that it was composed entirely of chakra.
• Kaguya identified Pero’s clone as a being from beyond the world and declared the planet hers.

Pero merged with his golden clone and defeated Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, freeing the world from the Infinite Tsukuyomi. With the final boss gone and the dreamers awakening, Pero turned his attention back to the altar where the Ryūmyaku was sealed.

• Kaguya demanded that Pero's clone return its chakra, while Pero's clone said his original self was ready to act.
• Pero appeared and destroyed Kaguya's upper body with a single punch, but she regenerated using the planet's chakra.
• Kaguya attacked Pero with All-Killing Ash Bones, but his bio-electric field stopped and reduced them to powder.
• Pero declared that Kaguya had to die for world peace, then consumed her with a burst of light.
• Kaguya's released chakra returned to the earth and the cocoons, awakening those trapped by the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Pero looked toward the altar where the Ryūmyaku was sealed and prepared to set things in order.

After establishing peace under the Akatsuki, Pero prepared to leave the Naruto world and used the Ryūmyaku to unlock dimensional travel. He stepped through a portal toward a darker, unknown world.

• Months after Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's defeat, the Five Great Shinobi Villages bowed to Pero and the Akatsuki, whose rule brought peace and transformed Amegakure.
• Pero created a golden clone and hid it beneath Amegakure as an anchor in case he wanted to return.
• Obito lost to Yahiko and Rin during training, while Nagato meditated with restored eyes and Konan managed the new world's paperwork.
• Pero traveled to the Land of Wind, found the Ryūmyaku beneath the desert, and absorbed its space-time energy.
• After the system unlocked dimensional travel, Pero opened a portal and stepped into the unknown world.

Pero arrived in the world of The Boys, identified the timeline as midway through season two, and found Starlight, Maeve, and Kimiko attacking Storm near an abandoned garage. He watched the chaotic fight with eager interest.

• Pero stepped through a spatial rift and arrived in a modern city, where a poster and the Vought International tower confirmed he was in The Boys.
• Pero recognized Homelander and Storm appearing together on a talk show and placed the story around the middle of season two.
• Pero heard a fight and flew to an abandoned garage, where Starlight, Maeve, and Kimiko were beating Storm.
• Pero watched Storm struggle against the three women and declared that he enjoyed watching women fight.

Pero arrived during the aftermath of Storm’s fight with Starlight, Queen Maeve, and Kimiko, then offered to help the stranded group in exchange for answers. Meanwhile, Ryan’s first use of his heat vision killed Storm but also fatally wounded Becca, and Homelander and Pero arrived as Becca died.

• Storm blasted Starlight, Queen Maeve, and Kimiko away and fled toward Billy.
• Homelander appeared over the stranded group, but Pero descended instead and offered help in exchange for answers.
• Storm seized Becca and threatened her while Butcher tried unsuccessfully to stop her.
• Ryan unleashed his heat vision, badly wounding Storm and accidentally striking Becca in the neck.
• Becca died after asking Billy to keep Ryan safe.
• Homelander arrived and saw Storm, Becca, and Ryan, then Pero descended nearby.

After Becca died, Homelander tried to take Ryan from Butcher, then attacked Pero, who effortlessly overpowered him. Pero flew away carrying the battered Homelander, leaving Butcher and Ryan stunned beside the bodies.

• Homelander asked Ryan to come with him, but Ryan hid behind Butcher, who refused to hand him over after promising Becca to protect him.
• Pero silently assessed the tangled relationships between Ryan, Becca, Butcher, Homelander, and Storm.
• Homelander attacked Pero with Heat Vision, but Pero stopped the beams with his palm without being harmed.
• Homelander charged Pero, who caught his wrist, punched him, and repeatedly slammed him into the ground.
• Pero grabbed the battered Homelander by the hair and flew into the sky with him, leaving Butcher and Ryan behind in shock.

Pero brutally beat Homelander after Homelander tried to attack him, but Homelander mistook the beating for fatherly affection. Pero fled in alarm, while Homelander followed him with a devoted gaze.

• Pero carried Homelander high above the ground and ignored his offers of money, power, and a place in The Seven.
• Homelander tried to punch Pero and use Heat Vision, but Pero stopped him and slammed him into a crater.
• Pero burned Homelander with golden Heat Vision, then repeatedly punched him as punishment.
• Pero noticed Homelander seemed happy and realized he had interpreted the beating as fatherly discipline.
• Pero fled from Homelander, who shakily took flight and followed him like a devoted son.