Recaps

Yūto intercepted the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist before they could reach Konoha and revealed his Shukaku-powered abilities. After he knocked Munashi Jinpachi and Kushimaru Kuriarare through trees, both battered swordsmen got back up, and the fight continued.

• Yūto let Genma, Ebisu, and Guy remain behind as decoys while warning them to prioritize their safety.
• Suikazan Fuguki led the Seven Swordsmen ashore, while secretly hoping the mission would strengthen his bid for the Mizukage position.
• The Seven Swordsmen spotted Genma, Ebisu, and Guy and prepared to kill them before Yūto arrived.
• Yūto confronted the Seven Swordsmen, activated Shukaku’s markings, and struck Munashi Jinpachi with a giant sand fist.
• Yūto froze Kushimaru Kuriarare with his Sharingan and sent him flying with another sand strike.
• Munashi Jinpachi and Kushimaru Kuriarare crawled out of the rubble, battered but still ready to fight.

Yūto held off the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist before unleashing his combination ninjutsu, Gale-Flamed Calamity, and forcing them to retreat. Kisame used the cover of his Hidden Mist Technique to betray and kill Suikazan Fuguki.

• Yūto fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist with Shukaku's sand, Fire Release, and Sharingan genjutsu, but neither side gained a decisive advantage.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist tried to withdraw, but Yūto stopped them and used Great Fire Annihilation with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to create Gale-Flamed Calamity.
• The flames overwhelmed the swordsmen's Water Formation Wall, leaving them scorched and prompting Suikazan Fuguki to order a retreat.
• Kisame spread the Hidden Mist Technique and pretended to guide the swordsmen to safety.
• Kisame stabbed Suikazan Fuguki from behind, accusing him of lying and making him kill their comrades, then killed him by pulling out his blade.

Might Duy joined Yūto’s fight against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, but Yūto stopped him from opening the Eighth Gate with Thousand Years of Death. Yūto transformed into Shukaku, killed one swordsman, and forced three others to surrender before Jiraiya arrived.

• Might Duy opened the Seventh Gate and attacked the swordsmen with Morning Peacock, then killed Raiga Kurosuki with another strike.
• As Might Duy prepared to open the Eighth Gate, Yūto used Thousand Years of Death to stop him.
• The five remaining swordsmen attacked Yūto, who transformed into Shukaku and overwhelmed them; Hiramekarei's wielder died.
• Shukaku buried Munashi Jinpachi and trapped Kushimaru Kuriarare, while Juzo Biwa and Jinin Akebino surrendered; Munashi Jinpachi surrendered as well.
• Jiraiya and the others arrived after the battle, and Yūto returned to normal and apologized to the injured Might Duy.

At the Mountain Graveyard, Madara reconsidered choosing Obito after learning of Yūto’s strength and his possession of Shukaku. Meanwhile, Yūto arranged a spar between Might Guy and Kisame, and the fight’s outcome remained uncertain as Guy prepared to use a hidden technique.

• Madara learned that Yūto had defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and could wield Shukaku’s power, making him worry about his Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Jiraiya questioned Yūto about acting without warning and his control of Shukaku, but Yūto kept the reason secret.
• Might Guy challenged Yūto, who redirected him to fight Kisame instead.
• Jiraiya objected to the dangerous match, but Might Duy encouraged his son, and Yūto urged Jiraiya to watch.
• Guy attacked Kisame, but Kisame easily blocked his strikes and forced him back with Samehada.
• As Kisame prepared to end the fight, Might Duy told Guy to use a hidden technique.

Guy opened the Fifth Gate and fought Kisame, then broke free from Kisame’s Water Prison Technique by opening the Sixth Gate. Kisame surrendered rather than continue fighting, leaving Guy puzzled and Yūto aware that Kisame had deliberately gone easy on him.

• Might Duy urged Guy to fight seriously, and Guy opened the Fifth Gate to attack Kisame.
• Kisame countered Guy with water techniques, trapped him in a Water Prison Technique, and appeared ready to finish the fight.
• Might Duy reminded Guy of his oath, and Guy opened the Sixth Gate and shattered the water prison.
• Kisame surrendered, choosing not to fight Guy to the death, while Yūto recognized that Kisame could have continued fighting.
• Guy deactivated the Eight Gates and wondered why Kisame had surrendered.

Kisame left Kirigakure behind and invited Chisa to join him, finding companionship in his new life with Yūto's support. The chapter ended with Tekka informing Jiraiya that Kirigakure ANBU had begun a large-scale deployment for an unknown objective.

• Yūto fed Samehada tailed beast chakra, and Kisame reclaimed the sword before asking Yūto whether he deserved a real life.
• Yūto reassured Kisame, who returned to camp and crossed out Kirigakure's emblem on his forehead protector.
• Kisame asked Chisa to leave Kirigakure with him, and she accepted so she could see the life he would build.
• Chisa told Kisame he no longer had to be lonely, while Jiraiya secretly tried to record their conversation outside the detention tent.
• Tekka caught Jiraiya and reported that Kirigakure ANBU had deployed on a large scale for an unknown purpose.

Jiraiya sent Yūto and Kisame to intercept Kirigakure ANBU approaching the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire. As they pursued the enemy through the rain, Yūto remembered a dangerous encounter involving Obito and grew wary of what lay ahead.

• Tekka told Jiraiya that Kirigakure forces had bypassed the main defensive line and appeared to be heading toward Sunagakure.
• Jiraiya recruited Yūto to stop the Kirigakure ANBU, and Yūto chose Kisame as his partner instead of Might Duy.
• Yūto learned that Chisa had chosen to leave Kirigakure and promised Kisame he would ask Jiraiya to remove her from the Prisoner List.
• Yūto and Kisame reached the border, discovered the Kirigakure ninja had already passed, and continued after their trail.
• When rain began to fall, Yūto recalled a rainy-night encounter involving Kirigakure Anbu Ninja and Obito awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, and worried about confronting Obito after he gained Kamui.

Yūto rescued Rin from Kakashi’s Lightning Blade and drove off the pursuing Kirigakure ANBU, but Rin’s Three-Tails seal was collapsing. Obito then appeared under genjutsu and charged at Kakashi, leaving Yūto facing Madara’s altered plan.

• Yūto stopped Rin from being struck by Kakashi’s Lightning Blade and handed her to Kisame, whose Samehada began absorbing the Three-Tails’ chakra.
• Yūto and Kisame fought off the Kirigakure ANBU and let two injured survivors go with a warning for their superiors.
• Yūto told Kakashi to stand back as Rin’s seal began collapsing, then prepared to reinforce it with Shukaku’s Sealing Jutsu.
• Yūto sensed someone watching and held Kakashi back when Obito emerged from the trees, repeating that Rin should be given back.
• Yūto recognized that Obito appeared to be under genjutsu, failed to dispel it with his Sharingan, and watched Obito charge at Kakashi.

Obito awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after seeing Rin transform into the rampaging Three-Tails, while Yūto transformed into Shukaku to fight the beast. Yūto freed Shukaku from the Three-Tails’ coral restraints and sought a way to create enough sand to seal it in the rain-soaked forest.

• Obito attacked Kakashi with Wood Release while White Zetsu disrupted Yūto’s sealing jutsu, and Samehada became too bloated with chakra to help.
• The Three-Tails broke free of Rin and went berserk, prompting Obito to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and blame Kakashi and Kirigakure for Rin’s condition.
• Obito attacked Yūto, Kisame defended him, and the Three-Tails formed a Tailed Beast Bomb as Yūto transformed into Shukaku.
• Shukaku struck the Three-Tails, but the beast retaliated with Shadow Stroke and Coral Palm before Shukaku escaped the coral by turning into sand.
• Yūto decided he needed to use Fire Release to make sand for a sealing jutsu, since the rain and the forest’s lack of sand made sealing the Three-Tails difficult.

Yūto used Shukaku’s overwhelming Fire Release and sealing techniques to subdue the Three-Tails, then fought Obito and burned him unconscious. White Zetsu rescued Obito before Yūto could capture him, so Yūto, Kakashi, and Kisame headed back to Konoha to find help for Rin.

• Shukaku unleashed Tailed Beast: Gale-Flamed Calamity, turning the battlefield into an inferno and forcing Kakashi and Kisame to retreat.
• Shukaku trapped the Three-Tails in a sealed black-sand pyramid with Desert Layer Imperial Funeral.
• After Yūto returned to human form, Obito attacked him, demanding that he give Rin back.
• Yūto baited Obito into focusing on him, then prolonged Great Fire Annihilation until Obito’s intangibility ended and the flames burned him unconscious.
• White Zetsu emerged from the ground, took Obito with the Mayfly Technique, and escaped.
• Yūto told Kakashi and Kisame they could not catch Obito and led them back to Konoha to seek help for Rin.

Yūto left Kisame to guard the sealed Three-Tails and took Kakashi to get Rin treatment while a shadow clone reported to Jiraiya. In Konoha, Mikoto found Shukaku with Kushina, who invited them inside, but Shukaku sensed someone approaching.

• Yūto ordered Kisame to guard the sealed Three-Tails, then sent a shadow clone to report to Jiraiya and took Kakashi toward Konoha to get Rin treated.
• Mikoto searched for Shukaku and learned from Pakura that he had disappeared again.
• Shukaku provoked the Nine-Tails in Kushina’s mental space, but Kushina caught him in her backyard and carried him inside.
• Mikoto found Shukaku in Kushina’s arms and explained that he was a tailed beast whose chakra was sealed inside Yūto.
• Kushina persuaded Mikoto to stay for tea while Shukaku ate pastries, then Shukaku sensed someone approaching.

Yūto and Kakashi sought Hiruzen Sarutobi’s permission for Kushina to help save Rin, who was losing control of the Three-Tails sealed inside her. Hiruzen reluctantly approved a one-day mission, and the group left with a plan to separate the beast’s chakra from Rin; Mikoto realized she was pregnant again.

• Yūto and Kakashi entered Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office and told him that the Three-Tails was sealed inside Rin and rampaging.
• Hiruzen refused to let Kushina leave until Yūto threatened to write about his crystal-ball spying, then approved her departure for one day under Yūto’s protection.
• Yūto and Kakashi went to Minato’s House, where Kakashi told Kushina that Kirigakure had sealed the Three-Tails inside Rin.
• Shukaku proposed extracting some of the Three-Tails’ chakra and sealing it in another vessel or releasing it, and the group set off to help Rin.
• After they left, Mikoto felt nauseated and realized she was pregnant again.

Yūto and Kushina freed the Three-Tails and negotiated for him to give up some chakra to keep Rin alive. After Kushina confirmed Rin was stable, Kakashi prepared to take her back to Konoha while Kushina stayed behind to see the seaside.

• Kushina used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to extract the Three-Tails from the seal, and Yūto restrained the giant beast with Shukaku's chakra.
• Shukaku persuaded the Three-Tails that Yūto had fought to save Rin and offered him freedom in exchange for half his chakra to sustain her life.
• The Three-Tails agreed, thanked the group, and crawled toward the sea after Yūto released him.
• Yūto collapsed the seal, and Kushina checked Rin and said she would recover after a couple of days' sleep.
• Kakashi offered to take Rin back to Konoha while Kushina refused to leave before seeing the seaside.

Yūto, Kushina, and Kisame visited Tanzaku Town, where they ran into Tsunade gambling and drinking. After the group left the tavern, Tsunade asked Yūto to stay with her and talk, and he reluctantly agreed.

• Kushina persuaded Yūto to take her to Tanzaku Town, and Kisame accompanied them.
• Tsunade spotted Kushina at a gambling house, and Yūto explained the Three-Tails situation before Tsunade let Kushina off for leaving the village.
• Yūto won several rounds while Tsunade lost, then the gambling house dealer discovered Tsunade had actually won the final round but the owner decided to count it against her debts.
• Tsunade drank with Yūto and Kushina at a tavern, teased Yūto, and got drunk while Kisame kept watch.
• Yūto helped Tsunade back to the inn, and she asked him to stay and talk, so he agreed to remain for a little while.

Yūto and Tsunade shared a late-night conversation about romance before the group set out for Konoha the next morning. Their journey was interrupted when Madara Uchiha, revived through Impure World Reincarnation, appeared and confronted Yūto.

• Tsunade asked Yūto what kind of girl he liked, and he said Tsukimi was a good companion while noting that Pakura was too old for him.
• Tsunade asked Yūto to drink with her again, and he agreed before leaving.
• Yūto and the others prepared to return to Konoha, and Tsunade said she was returning as well because the hospital was busy during the war.
• Yūto, Kisame, and Tsunade sensed danger in the silent woods while Kushina continued ahead, unaware.
• Madara Uchiha appeared before the group, and Yūto recognized his Impure World Reincarnation body and shouted for everyone to run.
• Madara used the Body Flicker Technique to reach the group and told Yūto he had finally met him.

Madara overwhelmed Yūto, Tsunade, and Kisame, forcing Yūto and Kushina to use sealing jutsu against him. Kushina completed a Four Symbols Seal on the sand pyramid, but a cracking sound suggested the seal might not hold.

• Madara appeared before Tsunade and the others, then easily overpowered Tsunade and Kisame while freezing Kushina with his gaze.
• Yūto used Shukaku’s chakra to fight Madara, but Madara defeated him and moved to tear out his heart.
• The Nine-Tails lent Kushina its chakra, allowing her to attack Madara while Tsunade healed Yūto.
• Yūto proposed sealing Madara, and Tsunade and Kisame restrained him while Yūto trapped him in a sand pyramid.
• Kushina placed a Four Symbols Seal on the pyramid, which fell still before a faint crack sounded.

Madara broke free of the Four Symbols Seal with Wood Release and overwhelmed the group, gravely injuring Kisame. Yūto weakened Madara with a powerful fire attack and moved to seal him, but stopped when Madara awakened the Rinnegan, leaving Yūto to urge Kushina and Tsunade to flee.

• Madara shattered the Desert Layer Imperial Funeral with Wood Release and demanded that the group hand over Yūto.
• Tsunade and Kisame stood by Yūto, but Madara pierced Kisame through the abdomen and threw him aside.
• Yūto told Tsunade and Kushina to weaken Madara before sealing him, then challenged Madara to a Fire Release contest.
• Yūto combined his fire jutsu with a Tailed Beast Transformation and overwhelmed Madara's flames, tearing Madara's body apart.
• Yūto stopped halfway through forming the sealing jutsu when Madara's eyes turned purple, then grabbed Kushina and told her and Tsunade to run.

Madara sealed Kushina with Chibaku Tensei and killed Yūto when he sacrificed himself to save Tsunade. After Yūto died, a clerk in the Transmigrator Administration Bureau tried to process his promised compensation, but the department chief pressured him to stop.

• Madara used the Rinnegan's Chibaku Tensei to seal Kushina inside a floating sphere of rock.
• Madara summoned his Susanoo and swung its Chakra katana at Tsunade, but Yūto shoved her out of the way and was cut in half.
• Tsunade tried to heal Yūto, confessed that she liked him, and watched him die after he urged her to escape.
• At the Transmigrator Administration Bureau, Xiao Liu found Yūto's death record and began processing the compensation the department had promised him.
• The chief warned Xiao Liu that processing compensation would expose the department's mistake and cost everyone promotions, raises, and bonuses, leaving Xiao Liu conflicted.

After the Transmigrator Administration Bureau sent Yūto back to the Shinobi World, his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened and gave him new powers. He left the chapter fighting Madara, having pierced Susanoo’s defenses.

• The section chief tricked Yūto into giving up his compensation and returning to the Shinobi World rather than becoming a catgirl.
• After Yūto reappeared, his severed body regenerated, and his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened as he remembered his regrets about Tsunade.
• Yūto discovered that his left eye, Ōkuninushi, could protect Tsunade with Susanoo chakra, while his right eye, Magatsu, could reveal and magnify weaknesses.
• Yūto used Magatsu to spot the lines of death in Madara’s Susanoo and break through its armor with a sand-transformed hand.

Yūto severed Madara’s connection to the Pure Land, ending his Impure World Reincarnation and freeing Kushina. Kisame revealed he had survived thanks to Samehada, and Tsunade then dragged Yūto back to Konoha to explain his return.

• Yūto used his Mangekyō to spot Madara’s death line and tricked him into approaching while Tsunade attacked.
• Yūto severed the death line with a kunai, causing Madara to dissolve and leaving a White Zetsu corpse behind.
• Madara’s Chibaku Tensei collapsed, and Kushina fell free and learned he had returned to the Pure Land.
• Yūto mourned Kisame until Kisame suddenly revealed he was alive because Samehada had kept him breathing with stored Three-Tails chakra.
• Tsunade grabbed Yūto and ordered him to return to Konoha, where he would have to explain how he came back to life.

Yūto tested his Mangekyō ability on Tsunade, accidentally destroying her clothes, and learned that she liked him a little. Back at the Uchiha Clan Compound, Fugaku recognized Yūto’s Mangekyō and asked him to attend a Clan Meeting.

• Tsunade made Yūto test his Mangekyō ability on her, and its use cut apart her clothing.
• After Tsunade changed, Yūto asked whether she had meant it when she said she liked him, and she admitted that she liked him a little.
• Yūto returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and overheard Chino and Izumi arguing about Itachi.
• Fugaku noticed Yūto’s Mangekyō, warned him that overusing it could damage his eyesight, and said he had awakened his own after losing his closest friend.
• Fugaku asked Yūto to attend a Clan Meeting, leaving him wondering what the Uchiha planned to discuss.

Yūto told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Madara Uchiha had been revived with Impure World Reincarnation and defeated, prompting the Hokage to contact Jiraiya about peace talks with Kirigakure. Back home, Yūto shared an awkward embrace with Pakura before Maki interrupted, and dinner left him thinking about Tsukimi, who was still on the battlefield.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reprimanded Yūto for bringing Kushina back late, then questioned him about the chakra fluctuations near Tanzaku Town.
• Yūto revealed that Madara Uchiha had been summoned with Impure World Reincarnation and had lost his chance to return.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked who knew about Madara and ordered an ANBU to tell Jiraiya to pursue peace talks with Kirigakure.
• Pakura greeted Yūto with a tight hug, and Yūto awkwardly returned it until Maki entered and caught them.
• Pakura cooked dinner for Yūto and Maki, and Yūto thought about Tsukimi, who remained on the battlefield.

At an Uchiha clan meeting, members argued over who should become Hokage if Hiruzen Sarutobi retired, and Yūto was unexpectedly nominated. The clan’s dispute led to a planned spar between Yūto and Fugaku, which Hiruzen interrupted after mistaking the match for a fight over clan leadership.

• Yūto attended the Uchiha clan meeting and learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi might retire after the Shinobi War.
• Fugaku urged the clan to support Minato as the next Hokage, but some members argued that an Uchiha should take the position.
• Uchiha clan members nominated Yūto for Hokage, and Yūto privately told Fugaku he did not want the job.
• As the clan members demanded a fight to decide who would represent the Uchiha, Yūto and Fugaku agreed to stage a spar with Yūto pretending to lose.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped the pair, mistakenly believing Fugaku was suppressing Yūto’s bid to become Clan Head, until Yūto clarified that the dispute concerned the Hokage position.

Yūto staged a loss to Fugaku in a match over whom the Uchiha should support for Hokage, with Hiruzen Sarutobi refereeing. After the crowd mistakenly treated Yūto’s defeat as evidence of a dirty trick, Hiruzen promised to seriously consider him for Fifth Hokage in the future.

• Yūto explained to Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Uchiha had arranged a match between him and Fugaku because the clan could not agree on whom to support for Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to referee and quietly accepted Yūto’s plan to throw the match.
• An Uchiha in the crowd prompted Yūto to use a powerful fire combination, which nearly overwhelmed Fugaku’s Earth-Style Wall.
• Yūto pretended to run out of chakra, let Fugaku land a light strike, and conceded; Hiruzen Sarutobi declared Fugaku the winner.
• The Uchiha crowd doubted the result and comforted Yūto, while Hiruzen Sarutobi promised to give him serious consideration for Fifth Hokage.

Yūto visited Tsunade, and the two shared their first kiss before she agreed to see him again in two days. When Yūto returned home late, Pakura grew jealous, and Mikoto arrived with food and kept a watchful eye on the two of them.

• After the clan meeting ended without Fugaku, Yūto went to Tsunade's home and persuaded her to let him stay in her courtyard.
• Yūto and Tsunade spent the evening together, kissed, and agreed that he could visit again the day after tomorrow.
• Yūto returned home late, and Pakura smelled a woman's scent on him and angrily went to her room.
• Mikoto arrived with snacks, and Pakura came out of her room to greet her.
• Yūto served tea and noticed that Mikoto had grown noticeably fuller.