Recaps

Shuo and the fragments reached the far side of the moon and rescued Kaguya from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s shadows using the golden light in his palm. They returned toward Konoha, unaware that Isshiki had survived and might be setting a trap.

• Shuo and the fragments flew to the moon’s far side, where Isshiki’s shadows attacked Kaguya.
• Shuo’s golden light destroyed one shadow, and he went to Kaguya and said he had come to take her back.
• Shuo unleashed the light across the moon, apparently destroying Isshiki and the remaining shadows, but he said Isshiki had escaped.
• Kaguya followed Shuo and the fragments as they left the moon for Konoha.
• Isshiki reappeared in the darkness and watched them depart, hinting that the rescue might be part of a conspiracy.

Shuo returned to Konoha with Kaguya, who apologized for the destruction and joined him at Miyoko's store, where she and her fragments tasted candy. Tsunade summoned the Five Kage, while a mysterious figure watched Shuo and Kaguya from the clouds before disappearing.

• Shuo arrived in Konoha with Kaguya, and the villagers fled when they recognized her as the Progenitor of Chakra.
• Kaguya said she was sorry, then told Shuo she wanted somewhere to stay because he had promised to feed her.
• Shuo took Kaguya to Miyoko's general store, where Miyoko gave him her last bag of chestnut candies.
• Kaguya and her fragments tried the candies and called them sweet, while Kaguya smiled at the scene around Shuo.
• Tsunade saw Kaguya eating candy and ordered the Five Kage to be summoned immediately.
• A dark shape watched Shuo and Kaguya from the clouds, murmured that they were interesting, and vanished.

Konoha’s reconstruction continued with Kaguya’s fragments working for candy, while Shuo helped Kaguya find a little happiness. Isshiki appeared on the horizon and announced that he would return in three days to face them.

• Kaguya’s fragments helped rebuild Konoha in exchange for candy, and Kaguya admitted to Miyoko that Shuo impressed her.
• Sai warned Shuo that the candy supply was running low, and they discussed finding a lasting solution.
• Shuo offered Kaguya a candy, and she said she felt a little happy after tasting it.
• Kaguya warned Shuo that Isshiki would return and was stronger than she was, and Shuo said he would run while she held Isshiki off.
• Isshiki watched Konoha from a distant shadow and announced that he would face them again in three days.

Shuo and Kaguya prepared for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s arrival, knowing Kaguya could not defeat him and Shuo’s light remained weak. When Isshiki attacked Kaguya and the fragments, they rose again and gathered their light into Shuo’s palm, beginning the fight with their combined power.

• Shuo learned from Sai that Isshiki had recovered and Kaguya could not beat him, but resolved to face him with her.
• As Isshiki approached, Shuo and Kaguya discussed fleeing if they could not win, and Kaguya agreed to hold him off while Shuo ran.
• Isshiki arrived over Konoha and struck Kaguya and the fragments with black light, leaving them badly hurt.
• Isshiki advanced on Shuo and mocked his weak light, but the fallen fragments rose and gathered behind him.
• Shuo declared that the fragments were his light, and their combined glow surged into his palm as Isshiki’s expression changed.

Shuo and the fragments defended each other against Isshiki, whose black light weakened them as their light gathered in Shuo. Shuo drove Isshiki away with a burst of golden light, and the fragments revived after he gave them candy, while Isshiki watched from afar and promised to return.

• Isshiki attacked the fragments with black light, but they kept rising and shielding Shuo despite their injuries.
• Shuo absorbed the fragments’ light, stepped in front of Hand Princess Big, and unleashed it against Isshiki.
• Isshiki survived the golden blast, then vanished through a twist in space as Shuo collapsed and the fragments lay motionless.
• Hand Princess Big woke when Shuo gave it candy, and the other fragments gradually opened their eyes as he shared Kaguya’s remaining candy.
• Isshiki watched Shuo and the revived fragments from a distant shadow, then disappeared into the clouds while promising to return.

After the Fragments exhausted themselves and fell asleep, Kaguya realized Shuo had become their core, with their light nourishing his own. As Shuo rested among them, Isshiki observed from afar, then withdrew to heal and prepare for the threat Shuo might become.

• The Fragments finished their candy and collapsed into an exhausted sleep while Shuo and Kaguya watched over them.
• Kaguya gave Shuo a chestnut candy, then noticed his light had grown brighter as the sleeping Fragments’ light flowed back to him.
• Kaguya told Shuo that he had become the Fragments’ core and that they were bound together inseparably.
• Shuo settled down to sleep beside Hand Princess Five, and Kaguya stayed to guard him and the Fragments.
• Isshiki watched Shuo from the distant horizon, recognized him as a core, and vanished to heal, gather strength, and devise a strategy.

Shuo waited among the sleeping Fragments as their faint light slowly gathered in his palm, while Isshiki recovered and prepared a stronger attack. Hand Princess Big woke and assured Shuo that the others would wake too, just as Isshiki readied a force of shadows to destroy them all.

• Shuo spent two days watching the Fragments sleep as their faint light flowed toward his palm.
• Shuo learned that only 123 pieces of candy remained, and Kaguya said Isshiki was recovering from the blow Shuo had dealt him.
• Shuo told Kaguya that his light was not yet strong enough to face Isshiki and that he was waiting for the Fragments to wake.
• Hand Princess Big woke, ate Shuo's last piece of candy, and said the others would wake because Shuo's light was inside them.
• Isshiki opened his golden eyes and gathered ten times as many shadows, planning to destroy the Fragments once they were fully awake.

Over six days, Shuo watched the Fragments wake one by one, each revived by the faint light inside them and greeted with candy. With all the Fragments gathered around him, Shuo accepted that Isshiki could defeat him alone, while the Black Tide began moving toward Konoha.

• Hand Princess Small woke and told Shuo that the other Fragments would wake because his light was inside them.
• Hand Princess Three, Hand Princess Four, and Hand Princess Five woke over the next three days, each asking Shuo for candy.
• On the sixth day, the thirty-two smaller pieces woke, and Shuo shared the last bag of candy with them.
• The Fragments gathered around Shuo, their joined light growing brighter until it shone like a little star in his palm.
• Kaguya warned that Isshiki would come for the Fragments, and Shuo said he could not beat Isshiki one-on-one but might with their help.
• Isshiki saw the Fragments awaken and ordered the Black Tide to surge toward Konoha.

Isshiki brought a vast Black Tide of faceless shadows to attack Konoha, but Shuo shared his light with the forty-five Fragments and forced Isshiki to retreat. Afterward, a tiny creature emerged from Isshiki’s ash and said it had found the core.

• Shuo and Kaguya saw Isshiki’s Black Tide approaching Konoha, while the Fragments gathered to protect Shuo.
• The Fragments stood between Shuo and the advancing shadows, and Shuo stepped in front of them with Kaguya at his side.
• Shuo’s light spread to all forty-five Fragments, forming a complete core that made Isshiki halt his attack and withdraw.
• Shuo found Isshiki’s pale-gold eye left behind, but it shattered after warning that it would remember his light.
• A tiny creature crawled from the ash and murmured that it had found the core.

A strange creature emerged from the ashes and set off away from Konoha while Shuo suspected Isshiki was still watching. Shuo revealed that he had planted a trace of light inside Isshiki, and their connection pointed toward a coming journey to the moon.

• A transparent creature grew to the size of a stray dog, said it had found its target, and sprinted away from Konoha in the direction Isshiki had gone.
• Shuo told Hand Princess Big that he could not sleep because Isshiki had said he would remember their encounter, and Shuo suspected Isshiki was waiting for them to lower their guard.
• Shuo revealed to Kaguya and the Fragments that he had planted a wisp of light inside Isshiki during their fight.
• Isshiki discovered the golden light embedded in his chest and realized it resonated with Shuo's light in Konoha.
• Isshiki turned his shadows toward the moon and told them to wait for Shuo and the others to come to them.

Isshiki enlarged the Ten-Tails’ true body on the moon and planned to take Shuo’s light. As the Ten-Tails began to emerge, Shuo, Kaguya, and the Fragments prepared to face it, with Kaguya choosing to protect Shuo.

• Isshiki failed to extinguish the golden light pulsing inside his chest and focused on growing the Ten-Tails’ true body.
• Shuo woke to find the moon swollen and cracking, and Kaguya warned that the Ten-Tails would emerge within three days.
• The Fragments admitted they were afraid but gathered in front of Shuo to shield him.
• Shuo declared he would fight to protect the Fragments, and Kaguya stepped in front of him to protect him in turn.
• Shuo and Kaguya shared candies as the enormous, pale Ten-Tails began crawling out of the moon.

After the Ten-Tails emerged from the shattered moon and attacked Konoha, Shuo and the Fragments fought back together. Shuo poured all his light into the Fragments and used it to bring the Ten-Tails down, but collapsed afterward as the monster stirred again.

• The Ten-Tails fell from the broken moon into Konoha and demanded Shuo’s light.
• Shuo blocked two attacks from the Ten-Tails, while the Fragments refused to flee and stood between them.
• Hand Princess Big told Shuo that the Fragments would block for him, and they formed a wall in front of him.
• Shuo gave the Fragments all his light, drew their power into himself, and blasted the Ten-Tails until it fell motionless.
• The Fragments tried to revive the unconscious Shuo with candy, while a pale-gold eye opened on the Ten-Tails and an inky-black shadow writhed inside it.

Shuo woke after nearly dying, then joined forces with the fragments to destroy the Ten-Tails. He collapsed from exhaustion, unaware that a black remnant had awakened with a golden eye and was watching him.

• Kaguya slapped Shuo awake, and he confirmed to the tearful fragments that he was still alive.
• Shuo ate a chestnut candy, shared one with Hand Princess Big, and learned that his own light was gone.
• As the Ten-Tails' black substance crept closer, Shuo asked the fragments to share their light with him, and they filled his palm with golden light.
• Shuo fired a pillar of light into the Ten-Tails, causing its body to explode into black fragments.
• Shuo collapsed, then reassured Hand Princess Big that he was only tired, while an intact black fragment opened a golden eye and watched him.

After three days of recovery, Shuo woke with Isshiki possessing his body, but fought him off and regained control. Shuo revealed that Isshiki had split himself in two, with one half still inside him and the other among the Ten-Tails fragments.

• Sai watched over Shuo as the Fragments waited for him to wake, and he noticed the light in Shuo's palm growing.
• Isshiki awakened in Shuo's body, revealed that he had left part of his soul inside Shuo, and attacked the Fragments.
• Shuo's light flared inside him, forcing Isshiki to release Hand Princess Big as their consciousnesses fought for control.
• Shuo regained control of his body and told the Fragments that Isshiki was still alive inside him.
• Shuo explained that Isshiki had split himself in two, with the other half remaining among the Ten-Tails fragments.

Shuo confronted the Isshiki living inside him and learned that the two were linked by the light within them. He accepted Isshiki as one of the Fragments for now, while Isshiki’s other body watched from afar and planned to merge with him when Shuo died.

• Shuo argued with the black light inside his chest, which claimed his body and asked to taste his candy.
• Isshiki admitted that he had intended to devour Shuo, but said their lights had made them even, then revealed his name.
• Shuo learned that the other Isshiki was the same being and that they would merge when Shuo died.
• Hand Princess Big asked whether Isshiki counted as one of them, and Shuo accepted him into the group for now.
• The other Isshiki watched from the ruins, sensed Shuo eating candy through Shuo’s light, and walked into the darkness.

On the fifth day of sharing Shuo’s body, Isshiki grew comfortable with Shuo and the Fragments, bonding with them over candy. Far away, Isshiki’s other half drew closer, still intent on reuniting with him.

• Isshiki repeatedly asked Shuo for candy, and the two joked and shared a piece.
• The Fragments gathered around the black light in Shuo’s chest, which greeted them and delighted Hand Princess Big.
• Isshiki told Shuo that his other half was waiting outside to merge with him, but he wanted to stay inside for now because it was comfortable and the candy was sweet.
• Isshiki’s other half watched from the shadows, called off their advance, and walked deeper into the darkness with the shadows following.
• Shuo and the Fragments fell asleep as the shadows quietly moved closer, while Isshiki’s other half watched Shuo and whispered that their reunion was near.

Shuo learned that Isshiki's other half was approaching to merge with him, which would make Isshiki complete and kill Shuo. After the two halves recognized that both were real and questioned who would remain after merging, Isshiki left to think about it.

• Shuo learned that Isshiki would reach Konoha's ruins within a day and that merging would cause him to be devoured.
• Shuo and Kaguya went to meet Isshiki's other half before he could destroy the village.
• Shuo's inner voice told Isshiki that it did not want to return, partly because it liked the candy.
• Isshiki surrounded Shuo and the Fragments but did not attack, and Shuo confirmed he had shared his light with them and with Isshiki.
• Shuo asked which half was real and who would remain after they merged, then walked away with Kaguya and the Fragments.
• Isshiki dispersed the shadows and left after saying he would return when he had figured out the answer.

After seven days without Isshiki’s return, Shuo helped the black presence inside him emerge as Little Black, who discovered that candy gave him light. Far away, the other half of Isshiki watched them and chose to wait until he could decide which of them was the real Isshiki.

• Shuo told the voice inside him that Isshiki might still be trying to determine which of them was real.
• Hand Princess Big invited the black presence to come out, and he formed a small figure who called himself Isshiki but said Shuo called him Little Black.
• Little Black asked whether he could have light, and Shuo gave him a chestnut candy to try.
• Little Black absorbed the candy and began to glow faintly, then smiled as the fragments gathered around him.
• The other half of Isshiki watched from the ruins, said he wanted candy too, and withdrew into the darkness to wait while he sought the real Isshiki.

Little Black told Shuo that Isshiki watched them from afar and wanted to come closer. Shuo brought Isshiki into the gathering with the fragments, where candy and Little Black’s welcome helped him join them.

• Little Black spent three days among the fragments and learned that they were happy because Shuo gave them candy and light.
• Little Black told Shuo that his other half, Isshiki, watched them every day and wanted to come over because he had been alone too long.
• Shuo, Kaguya, Little Black, and the fragments approached Isshiki, who revealed himself without his former killing intent.
• Shuo gave Isshiki candy, and Isshiki tasted it and said it was sweet.
• Little Black invited Isshiki to have candy, and Isshiki stepped into the gathering of fragments.

Isshiki bonded with Little Black and the fragments after Shuo gave them his light because they wanted candy. The true Ten-Tails emerged from the destroyed moon, attacked Isshiki, and killed Hand Princess Big, prompting Shuo to order an attack.

• Hand Princess Big and the other fragments gathered around Isshiki, who admitted that the candy was sweet and considered staying with them.
• Little Black explained that Shuo had given Isshiki and the fragments his light, and Shuo said he shared it because they wanted candy.
• The moon exploded, revealing the enormous true Ten-Tails, which Kaguya identified as the source of the new threat.
• The Ten-Tails accused Isshiki of abandoning his mission for candy and fired a black beam at him.
• Hand Princess Big blocked the beam and was killed, so Shuo ordered everyone to attack the Ten-Tails.

The Fragments sacrificed themselves to trap the Ten-Tails in a net of light, and Shuo used their gathered power to destroy it. Shuo collapsed without breathing, while Isshiki believed he would wake because the light still lived in their chests.

• Hand Princess Small and Hand Princess Three attacked the Ten-Tails and were killed, while Hand Princess Four scattered into points of light that damaged its eyes.
• Hand Princess Five joined the points of light into a net that trapped the Ten-Tails, as the smaller Fragments gave themselves to strengthen it.
• Shuo entered the net, absorbed the Fragments' light, and poured it into the Ten-Tails' core, causing the creature to disintegrate into ash.
• Kaguya caught Shuo as he collapsed, and all the Fragments vanished without a trace.
• Isshiki told Little Black that Shuo would wake because the light remained alive in their chests.

Shuo remained unconscious for three days while Kaguya, Isshiki, and Little Black watched over him, and starlike lights inside him revealed that the beings lost in the battle had survived. The true Kaguya Ōtsutsuki said Shuo had become the core of the light and that everything should be over once he woke, leaving everyone waiting beside him.

• Little Black and Isshiki told Kaguya that Shuo's shared light pulsed with his heartbeat and could not be severed.
• Sai brought candy from Miyoko, and Kaguya tried to feed Shuo while Little Black and Isshiki tasted the sweets for him.
• Kaguya noticed the moon had returned to normal and saw white points of light drifting inside Shuo, which Little Black said contained the beings who had survived.
• The true Kaguya Ōtsutsuki arrived, recognized Shuo as the core of the light, and told the others that everything should be over once he woke.
• The true Kaguya Ōtsutsuki left after asking them to tell Shuo that the candy was good, and Kaguya, Isshiki, and Little Black continued watching over him.

Shuo woke after seven days and learned that the lights inside him had become inseparable from his chakra, while Isshiki and Little Black chose not to merge. With the conflict over and Kaguya's original body declaring the enemy had gone home, Shuo led the group away from the ruins, unaware that the brightest light still held an unspoken hope.

• Little Black noticed Shuo stir, and Shuo woke to find tiny lights moving across his palm.
• Shuo learned that the lights had slept inside him for seven days, and Isshiki and Little Black said they had decided not to merge.
• Kaguya's original body explained that the lights inside Shuo and the golden light inside her could no longer be separated from their chakra.
• Kaguya's original body said the fighting was over because the other figure had gone home, and Shuo watched a golden speck disappear over the horizon.
• Shuo stood and led Sai, Isshiki, Little Black, and the Kaguya Fragments across the ruins as the lights followed him.

As Konoha neared the end of its reconstruction, Shuo shared a quiet day with Isshiki, Little Black, and the white fragments as they decided to stay with him. Kaguya left to find her original self, while Isshiki accepted that his shadows would wait for him to die and followed Shuo back to the rebuilt village.

• Hand Princess Big bought fifty orange chestnut candies from Miyoko for Shuo and the other white fragments.
• Isshiki told Shuo that the shadows no longer recognized him and would wait for him to die, while Little Black and Isshiki decided to stay with Shuo.
• Kaguya told Shuo she was leaving to find her original self, and Shuo gave her a candy for the road.
• Shuo asked Sai whether Isshiki and Little Black would stay, and Sai said they were not leaving for now.
• Isshiki approached the shadows, which came to his side and knelt, then followed him back toward Shuo and the rebuilt Konoha.

Konoha recovered from the war, and Shuo lived peacefully with the fragments, Isshiki, and Little Black. Three years later, Shuo returned to Miyoko’s shop and decided to stay, setting off through the village with the fragments following him.

• Konoha finished rebuilding, and its residents grew accustomed to the fragments living among them.
• Miyoko handed out chestnut candies to the fragments, who gathered around her and eagerly shared them.
• Shuo welcomed Little Black and Isshiki inside him, where they joined the white specks of light.
• Three years later, Shuo returned to Miyoko’s shop, and she gave him the 175 candies she had saved for him.
• Shuo decided not to leave again and walked through Konoha with the fragments following him.