Recaps

Yūto finished writing the second volume of his Icha Icha Paradise sequel, then found Chino trying to make breakfast at his home. When Shisui visited, Yūto persuaded him to take over teaching Chino.

• Yūto completed the second volume of his Icha Icha Paradise sequel and put the manuscript away.
• Yūto found Chino cooking breakfast with an explosive tag and took it from her.
• Shisui visited Yūto after returning to Konoha from the Iwagakure front.
• Yūto pretended he had no time to teach Chino, prompting Shisui to offer to train her.
• Yūto agreed to entrust Chino to Shisui, who thanked him tearfully.

Yūto tricked Shisui into agreeing to train Chino, then showed him a fabricated manuscript depicting Danzo in a scandalous light. Yūto planned to sell it as a book, but at the bookstore he learned that his first Icha Icha Paradise volume was already a huge hit.

• Chino revealed she had cooked breakfast so she could use Explosive Tags, and Shisui reluctantly vowed to train her.
• Yūto showed Shisui his draft of "Icha Icha Paradise: Danzo Special" and falsely claimed it came from a reliable source.
• Shisui resolved to expose Danzo, but Yūto persuaded him to sell the manuscript as a book instead of handing out copies.
• At Konoha's largest bookstore, the owner told Yūto that the first volume of Icha Icha Paradise was selling wildly across the Land of Fire and beyond.

Yūto published a scandalous second volume of Icha Icha Paradise that damaged Danzo’s reputation, then arrested Root shinobi who threatened the bookstore owner. Danzo confronted Yūto at the Police Force, where Tsunade and Hiruzen arrived as Yūto presented evidence against Root.

• Yūto gave the bookstore owner volume two of Icha Icha Paradise and offered him a fifty-fifty profit split to publish it.
• Villagers and shinobi clans spread rumors about Danzo and Root after reading the book, and Danzo ordered an investigation.
• Root shinobi tried to seize the bookstore owner, but Yūto incapacitated them and took them to the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Danzo arrived at the Police Force with more than twenty Root shinobi to demand their comrades’ release.
• Tsunade arrived with Hiruzen and challenged Danzo, while Yūto presented a record scroll containing the bookstore owner’s testimony against Root.

Yūto used public rumors about his novel to pressure Danzo, and Hiruzen ultimately confined Danzo and ended Root’s harassment of the Chinoike Clan. As Tsunade prepared to take Yūto away, Hiruzen stopped her.

• Hiruzen tried to defuse the standoff between Danzo, Tsunade, and Yūto in front of the villagers.
• Yūto hinted that his next novel would reveal details about Danzo, prompting the crowd to clamor for a third volume.
• In Hiruzen’s office, Yūto offered Hiruzen a collector’s edition of Icha Icha Paradise, and Hiruzen accepted it while Tsunade warned Yūto not to write another such book.
• Yūto argued that the Konoha Military Police Force had authority to arrest Root members who threatened civilians, and Hiruzen agreed.
• Hiruzen ordered Danzo to remain confined and reflect on Root’s conduct, resolving the harassment of the Chinoike Clan.
• As Tsunade prepared to take Yūto away, Hiruzen asked her to wait.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Tsunade to the Sunagakure front to counter Chiyo’s poison, and Tsunade forced Yūto to go with her. Yūto recruited Shisui to escape looking after Chino, then brought them to the Chinoike Clan, where the clan welcomed him and praised his book.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tsunade that Konoha’s troops were dying from Chiyo’s poison, and Tsunade agreed to go to the Sunagakure front.
• Tsunade grabbed Yūto and threatened to spread a rumor about him until he agreed to accompany her.
• Yūto found Shisui battered by Chino’s explosive mishaps, and Shisui eagerly asked to join the trip to the front.
• Chino caught up with them and asked to come along, so Yūto told her they were going to buy explosive tags and fled with Shisui.
• Yūto brought Chino and Shisui to the Chinoike Clan’s residence, where the clanspeople welcomed him and said they were studying Icha Icha Paradise.

Yūto told Yūna that he and Shisui were leaving for the Sunagakure front, and Yūna punished Chino for nearly blowing Shisui up with Explosive Tags. At Konoha’s entrance the next morning, Tsunade mistook Yūto and Shisui’s closeness for romance before learning why Shisui was joining them.

• Yūto told Yūna he had been assigned to the front line and explained that Shisui had helped look after Chino.
• Yūna spanked Chino for using Explosive Tags on Shisui, then apologized to Shisui and thanked him and Yūto for their help.
• Yūto told Yūna that he and Shisui would leave for the Sunagakure front the next morning, and Yūna agreed to look after Chino.
• Tsunade saw Yūto and Shisui arriving together at Konoha’s entrance and privately suspected they were more than friends.
• Yūto explained that Chino’s Explosive Tags had nearly killed Shisui, leaving Tsunade stunned.

Yūto and Shisui escorted Tsunade through the desert when they encountered a Sunagakure infiltration unit, and Yūto swiftly defeated them. At Konoha’s front-line camp, Yūto discovered that roughly half the Konoha ninja had been poisoned.

• Tsunade ordered Yūto to handle the Sunagakure ninja, and he revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan by killing their Chunin leader in an instant.
• Yūto used Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Fire to block the unit’s escape and killed or incapacitated several attackers with his speed and Sharingan.
• Yūto burned the Wind Release commander to death when he tried to flee, and the last Sunagakure ninja surrendered.
• Shisui praised Yūto’s strength, while fragments of Yūto’s memories of the Elder reminded him that he had been entrusted with another request.
• Yūto let the two surviving prisoners follow the group, and the party reached Konoha’s front-line camp, where he found roughly half its ninja poisoned.

Yūto and Shisui arrived at the Konoha front line with Tsunade, then joined Tsume Inuzuka on patrol. When Sunagakure ninja ambushed them, the two Uchiha revealed their three-tomoe Sharingan and quickly defeated the attackers, leaving Tsume stunned.

• Hyuga Hiashi welcomed Tsunade, who went straight to the Medical Tent to prepare antidotes for the poisoned Konoha ninja.
• Tsume Inuzuka ordered Yūto and Shisui to patrol the camp perimeter with her, warning them to run if they encountered enemies.
• Tsume detected blood and spotted a Sunagakure reconnaissance unit of seven or eight ninja, including a Jonin.
• Tsume prepared to hold off the enemy while Yūto and Shisui revealed their three-tomoe Sharingan.
• Yūto and Shisui used genjutsu, close combat, and paired Great Fireball Techniques to defeat the attackers in under ten seconds.

Tsume assigned Yūto to Konoha’s frontline after learning that he and Shisui had defeated six Sunagakure ninja, and Tsunade refused to let Yūto escort her back. The next morning, Yūto discovered he had been made commander of a company of rookie ninja, apparently thanks to Shisui’s recommendation.

• Tsume brought Yūto and Shisui to Hiashi and reported that they had defeated six Sunagakure ninja, including a jonin, in ten seconds.
• Tsume proposed assigning the boys to the main force, and Shisui volunteered both himself and Yūto to fight for Konoha.
• Tsunade approved Yūto’s assignment to the front and told him that escorting her had only been his punishment for writing dirty books.
• Tsume gave Yūto a tent and explained that Shisui had volunteered for reconnaissance near Sunagakure’s main camp.
• The next morning, Tsume introduced more than twenty young ninja, including Genma Shiranui and Ebisu, as members of Yūto’s Fifth Company.
• Yūto realized Shisui had recommended him as their commander and suspected Shisui was getting revenge on him.

Yūto led the inexperienced Fifth Company toward Stronghold No. 7, where he discovered Konoha’s forces were struggling against poisoned casualties. He routed a Sunagakure attack with his Sharingan and a powerful Fire Release, then faced the challenge of steadying his shaken rookies.

• Genma and the other young ninja crowded around Yūto, and Ebisu excitedly asked for an autograph after learning he wrote Icha Icha Paradise.
• Yūto received orders to move the Fifth Company to Stronghold No. 7 and learned that poison had left Konoha too depleted to counterattack.
• Yūto led the rookies toward the stronghold, then went to investigate distant fighting while Ebisu and Genma secretly followed.
• Yūto rescued a poisoned Konoha ninja, destroyed a puppet, and drove Sunagakure’s forces back with Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.
• A Konoha captain introduced Yūto as the hero of the Kumogakure front, while the rookies arrived at the devastated battlefield in shock.
• Yūto assigned Genma to inspect the battlefield and Ebisu to watch, but Ebisu asked when the next volume of Icha Icha Paradise would be released.

Yūto settled the young recruits at the outpost and learned that Sunagakure’s poison was devastating Konoha’s forces, while Tsunade worked on an antidote. After Sunagakure’s commander reported heavy losses against Uchiha ninja, Rasa stripped him of command and appointed Pakura to lead the front.

• Yūto helped the new recruits settle into their quarters and warned them against fighting, slacking off, or sneaking out.
• The Seventh Company's captain told Yūto that Sunagakure’s poison had caused severe losses, and Yūto said Tsunade was developing an antidote.
• Several girls competed for Yūto’s attention, so he punished them with all-night guard duty.
• A Sunagakure commander reported heavy losses against Uchiha ninja and requested reinforcements, prompting Rasa to demote him to logistics duty.
• Pakura volunteered to take command of Sunagakure’s forces against Konoha, and Rasa appointed her.

Yūto spent the lull in fighting pondering how to revive the Uchiha Clan, while Sunagakure prepared a decisive attack under Pakura. The chapter ended with Maki capturing Yūto by mistake as Pakura waited uneasily in ambush.

• Yūto dismissed Ebisu after the boy suggested using female Sunagakure prisoners to help revive the Uchiha Clan.
• Pakura learned that Tsunade was nearing an antidote and ordered Sunagakure to attack Konoha's Outpost Seven the next day.
• Pakura warned her disciple Maki to survive the coming battle, but Maki volunteered to lead the decoy squad.
• Maki and three Sunagakure ninja captured Yūto near a stream without recognizing him.
• Pakura felt an ominous unease and ordered the ambush force to remain hidden.

Maki captured Yūto and tried to use him to lure Konoha ninjas into an ambush, but no one came to rescue him. She brought him to Pakura at Sunagakure's main ambush site, where his identity was revealed and he broke free, leaving the Sunagakure squad preparing for battle.

• Genma reported that Sunagakure ninjas had captured Yūto, but Ebisu assumed Yūto had arranged his capture to investigate the enemy camp.
• When no Konoha ninjas came to the trap, Yūto tricked Maki into believing he was friendless and wanted to join Sunagakure.
• Maki took Yūto to meet her teacher, Pakura, at Sunagakure's main ambush site.
• Pakura recognized Yūto as Uchiha Yūto, and the Sunagakure ninjas panicked when they realized who Maki had brought in.
• Yūto thanked Maki for leading him to the ambush site, snapped his chains, and restrained her as Pakura ordered her ninjas to prepare for battle.

Yūto defeated Pakura during a Sunagakure ambush and forced her to surrender by taking Maki captive. He brought both women back to the Konoha outpost, where the Sealing Squad imprisoned them, before he noticed something was wrong.

• Yūto used Maki as a shield against Pakura's Scorch Release, then unleashed Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame on the Sunagakure ranks.
• Yūto attacked Pakura with taijutsu, used a controlled Sunagakure ninja to deflect her counterattack, and captured her.
• Maki pursued Yūto, who put her to sleep with Sharingan Genjutsu and used her safety to make Pakura stop resisting.
• Yūto returned to the outpost with Pakura and Maki, brushed off Ebisu's lewd remarks, and ordered the Sealing Squad to seal and imprison them.
• After leaving the sealing tent, Yūto noticed that something was wrong.

Yūto captured Pakura and scattered Sunagakure’s troops, while Rasa suffered a public setback and decided to lead the next attack himself. Tsunade prepared to join Konoha’s front, and Sunagakure’s large-scale assault reached Outpost No. 7 with Rasa at its head.

• Yūto punished Ebisu for spreading rumors, then learned Commander Mitarashi was Anko’s father.
• Rasa heard that Pakura had been captured and his troops had suffered heavy losses, so he vowed to lead the army himself.
• Tsunade finished treating the poisoned ninja and said they would recover in two days.
• Hiashi told Tsunade that Yūto had helped defend Outpost No. 7, and she decided to head to the front after the ninja recovered.
• Two days later, a scout reported to Mitarashi and Yūto that Sunagakure was launching a large-scale attack led by Acting Kazekage Rasa.

Yūto tried to recruit Pakura into the Uchiha before Rasa led Sunagakure’s army against the Konoha stronghold. As the battle began, Yūto and his comrades chose to stand and fight, and Yūto faced Rasa with a Great Dragon Fire Technique.

• Yūto brought ramen to Pakura and pitched the Uchiha compound and its handsome men as reasons for her to join the clan.
• Pakura refused Yūto’s offer and argued that Sunagakure, led by Rasa, would overwhelm the stronghold.
• Mitarashi Sen warned Yūto that Rasa’s gold dust could break through the perimeter wall and urged him to escape, but Yūto stayed.
• Yūto ordered Genma Shiranui and Ebisu to retreat with the children if the fighting went badly, but they refused to abandon him.
• Sunagakure’s troops attacked the wall, and Yūto used a Great Fireball to repel the lead attackers.
• Rasa unleashed a wave of gold dust, and Yūto interrupted his assault with Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique.

Yūto used a planned explosion to escape Rasa’s Gold Dust Burial, but Rasa injured him and forced the Konoha forces to retreat. Yūto and Mitarashi Sen stayed behind to cover their escape and prepared one last attack against the advancing Sunagakure army.

• Yūto used genjutsu to distract Rasa, landed a Dynamic Entry, and dodged Rasa’s gold dust attacks until he was trapped by Gold Dust Burial.
• Yūto heated the sweat on his body inside the gold dust mound, causing an explosion that freed him and scalded Rasa and nearby Sunagakure ninja.
• Rasa struck Yūto with gold dust and sent him crashing into the outpost wall, so Yūto ordered Mitarashi Sen to lead the Konoha ninja in retreat.
• Genma refused to leave, but Mitarashi Sen knocked him unconscious and sent Ebisu away with him.
• Mitarashi Sen stayed with Yūto, and their combined Fire Release and Wind Release attacks melted Rasa’s gold dust and covered the Konoha retreat.
• With the Konoha ninja gone, Yūto and Mitarashi Sen faced the Sunagakure army alone and prepared one final attack.

Tsunade arrived at Outpost No. 7 in time to save Yūto from Rasa, then kissed him and helped treat his injuries. After Sunagakure retreated, Yūto joked about recruiting powerful women for the Uchiha clan and angered Tsunade by calling her too old for its eligible men.

• Yūto used his Sharingan to make a Sunagakure ninja spit phlegm on Rasa, then prepared to answer Blue Star's summons as Rasa's gold dust threatened him.
• Tsunade crashed down on Rasa, defeated him with a punch, and forced the Sunagakure army to retreat; she summoned Katsuyu to heal Yūto and kissed him as a reward.
• Tsunade threatened Mitarashi Sen into keeping the kiss secret, while Konoha ninjas cheered Yūto's return and Ebisu and Genma wondered whether Tsunade liked him.
• Tsunade saw Pakura and Maki bound in the detention tent, and Yūto explained that he wanted powerful female ninjas to marry into the Uchiha clan and strengthen its bloodlines.
• Yūto told Tsunade she was too old for the clan's eligible men, so she punched him through three layers of tents; he tried to explain that he meant she was too outstanding for them.

Rasa returned to Sunagakure after another defeat and survived the elders’ attempt to force him from leadership. With Baki’s advice, he proposed feigning surrender to Konoha and handing Pakura over to Kirigakure, then attacking Konoha once its forces were redeployed.

• Rasa faced the elders’ accusations over Sunagakure’s defeats, but Chiyo’s report that her own force had also been defeated helped him remain acting Kazekage.
• After the meeting, Rasa admitted that Sunagakure could not defeat Konoha head-on, and Baki suggested feigning surrender to draw Konoha’s forces away.
• Baki proposed handing Pakura to Kirigakure in exchange for a ceasefire, then joining Kirigakure in a surprise attack on Konoha.
• Rasa recalled the elders and had Baki present the plan, which they accepted.
• Rasa ordered Baki to draft the surrender document and secretly contact Kirigakure.

Yūto grew suspicious after Danzo rushed through peace talks with Sunagakure on harsh terms and ordered Konoha to withdraw. Hiashi agreed the deal seemed suspicious, but the signed agreement made it difficult to act.

• Hiashi heard Baki explain that Sunagakure sought peace because Kirigakure had seized three coastal strongholds, and he said the Hokage would decide whether to negotiate.
• Yūto brought eligible Uchiha men to Pakura and urged her to choose a husband, provoking her to throw objects at him and send the men fleeing.
• Tsume Inuzuka told Yūto that Sunagakure had sent an envoy to surrender because it needed troops to fight Kirigakure.
• Danzo arrived with Hiruzen Sarutobi's orders and pushed Hiashi to begin peace talks immediately, refusing to wait for Tsunade and Yūto.
• While Yūto was away, Danzo concluded the talks in half a day, securing two billion ryo and thirty percent of Sunagakure's missions, then ordered Konoha to withdraw.
• Yūto warned Hiashi that Sunagakure had agreed too readily and might be setting a trap, but Hiashi said the agreement was signed and Danzo would not listen.

Yūto and Hiashi arranged for Tsunade to delay the withdrawal by promising her a share of Yūto’s royalties, while Yūto warned Pakura that Sunagakure might betray her. After Pakura returned to the village, Baki manipulated her into heading alone toward Kirigakure, leaving her in danger.

• Yūto suggested secretly keeping Konoha shinobi behind, but Hiashi refused because the village had ordered them to withdraw.
• Tsunade demanded a share of Sunagakure’s compensation, then agreed to reexamine the wounded for a month in exchange for Yūto’s royalties.
• Yūto told Pakura a story about a loyal knight betrayed by his king, but Pakura rejected his warning and refused to defect.
• Rasa welcomed Pakura back to Sunagakure and sent her toward the front lines, while Maki was ordered to remain in the village.
• Baki told Pakura that Sunagakure needed a powerful ninja to attack Kirigakure from within, and she volunteered for the mission.
• Baki watched Pakura depart and smiled coldly.

Yūto enlisted Shisui to spy on Sunagakure and keep watch on Pakura, whom he hoped to recruit into the Uchiha Clan. Meanwhile, Yūto and Tsunade used a weakening potion to delay Konoha’s withdrawal and outmaneuver Danzo, who left without proof of misconduct.

• Yūto asked Shisui to monitor Sunagakure and especially Pakura, explaining that he wanted to recruit her to strengthen the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiashi directed Konoha’s withdrawal while secretly keeping elite ninja at a temporary camp on Yūto’s plan.
• Danzo learned that some ninja had stopped and forced Hiashi and Tsume Inuzuka to take him to the medical camp.
• Danzo found that the resting ninja’s chakra was genuinely disrupted, then accused Tsunade of preparing the wrong medicine.
• Tsunade defended her treatment, and Danzo left without evidence against Yūto or her.
• Tsunade revealed that her specially formulated potion disrupted chakra for three hours, and Yūto praised her performance.

After learning that Sunagakure had sent Pakura into a trap, Yūto rescued her from Kirigakure and offered her a place with the Uchiha. Pakura accepted, overwhelmed by the betrayal and Yūto’s kindness.

• Shisui told Yūto that Pakura had headed for the Land of Water with a Sunagakure spy, and Yūto decided to save her.
• The spy led Pakura to a secluded valley, where he met Kirigakure ninjas and confirmed she was waiting there.
• A Kirigakure ninja stabbed Pakura and revealed that Sunagakure had traded her life for a ceasefire.
• Yūto blasted the attacker away with a Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique and helped Pakura escape to a cave.
• Yūto invited Pakura to join the Uchiha Clan, and she accepted while crying in his arms.

Yūto brought the defecting Pakura to Konoha’s camp, where Tsunade treated her wound and grew jealous of their closeness. At a war council, Pakura proposed seizing Sunagakure’s One-Tail before its jinchūriki died, and the chapter ended with the jonin looking to Yūto to lead the dangerous mission.

• Yūto brought Pakura to Tsunade, who treated her wound while feeling jealous of the pair’s closeness.
• Tsunade learned that Sunagakure had broken its agreement and sent Hiashi to repel its raiders, while Yūto took Pakura to the command tent.
• Yūto vouched for Pakura as an Uchiha and persuaded Hiashi to let her attend the war council.
• Pakura told the council that Bunpuku was nearing death and suggested Konoha seize the One-Tail when Sunagakure moved it.
• Hiashi acknowledged the plan’s risks and asked who would lead the mission, and the jonin all looked toward Yūto.

Yūto and Pakura prepared to steal Bunpuku, while Tsunade and Pakura’s late-night advances on the sleeping Yūto were interrupted by Tsume. After reaching Bunpuku’s temple, Yūto decided to wait until nightfall to infiltrate it.

• Yūto protested being chosen to steal a Tailed Beast alone, but the Jonin dismissed the meeting and left him with Pakura.
• Tsunade drugged Yūto and tried to kiss him, then argued with Pakura, who also advanced on him; Tsume walked in and caught them.
• Yūto and Pakura set out the next morning, and Pakura concealed why he felt weak and sore.
• After two days, Yūto and Pakura reached Bunpuku’s temple and found only a few guards because Sunagakure kept the Jinchūriki’s location secret.
• Pakura offered to draw the guards away, but Yūto refused because he wanted to preserve her Scorch Release Kekkei Genkai; he chose to wait until night to act.