Recaps

Yūto took Shukaku from Sunagakure, helped secure peace, and brought Pakura and Maki to Konoha. At the Land of Water front, he recruited Kisame after uncovering Suikazan Fuguki’s betrayal and set out to confront the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

• Yūto and Pakura persuaded Bunpuku to let them take Shukaku, then escaped the temple as Rasa and Baki pursued them.
• Yūto became Shukaku’s jinchūriki and defeated Rasa, while Pakura stopped Baki from escaping, and Rasa later killed Sunagakure’s elders and blamed Konoha for their deaths.
• Yūto fought Sunagakure’s forces, captured Maki, and helped her reconcile with Pakura after she learned how Rasa and Baki had betrayed Pakura.
• Baki and Danzo negotiated peace terms, and Yūto returned to Konoha with Pakura and Maki, where Hiruzen approved Pakura’s Uchiha marriage registration and Maki’s stay.
• Pakura drugged Yūto in an attempt to sleep with him, but Mikoto brought her to Tsunade, who confirmed Pakura was not pregnant.
• Mikoto sent Yūto to the Land of Water front, where he captured Kisame and learned he was willing to investigate Suikazan Fuguki’s loyalty.
• Kisame confirmed that Fuguki planned to betray Kirigakure by passing the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s attack plans to a Konoha contact, then joined Yūto.
• Yūto warned Ebisu, Genma, and Guy that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were approaching Outpost 3, and led the group toward the coast with Kisame following.

Yūto helped save Rin from the Three-Tails and later confronted Madara, dying before returning with awakened Mangekyō Sharingan abilities. Back in Konoha, he settled the Uchiha clan’s dispute over the Hokage candidate and began a relationship with Tsunade, while Pakura grew jealous and Mikoto appeared pregnant.

• Yūto defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist with Shukaku’s power, and Might Duy stopped himself from opening the Eighth Gate.
• After Kisame killed Suikazan Fuguki, Kisame chose to leave Kirigakure with Chisa, then joined Yūto to pursue Kirigakure forces heading toward Sunagakure.
• Yūto and Kisame rescued Rin from Kakashi’s Lightning Blade, but Obito arrived as the Three-Tails broke free and attacked them.
• Yūto sealed the Three-Tails after arranging for it to give Rin half its chakra, then took Kushina to Tanzaku Town, where Tsunade joined them.
• Madara confronted the group and nearly killed Yūto, but Yūto returned after awakening his Mangekyō, exposed Madara’s weakness, and helped send him back to the Pure Land.
• Yūto returned to Konoha, where Fugaku warned him about his Mangekyō and the Uchiha clan debated whether to support Fugaku or Yūto for Hokage.
• Yūto staged a loss to Fugaku in their spar, and Hiruzen Sarutobi declared Fugaku the winner while promising to consider Yūto for Fifth Hokage.
• Yūto kissed Tsunade and arranged to visit her again, then returned home as Pakura grew jealous and Mikoto arrived looking noticeably fuller.

Yūto helped secure peace with Kirigakure, then fought Iwagakure’s forces and recovered in Konoha as Minato became Hokage. He accepted a secret request to aid the Land of Snow and agreed to oppose Kazahana Dōtō after his students chose to help.

• Yūto trained Itachi, Chino, and Izumi, then led Konoha’s peace talks with Kirigakure and helped Izumi and Chino win the contest for the Hydrification Technique.
• Yūto protected Ringo Ameyuri from Root Shinobi, secured peace terms with Kirigakure, and brought Ringo to live in Konoha.
• Yūto joined Pakura and Tsunade in a relationship, then left for the Iwagakure front at Hiruzen Sarutobi’s request.
• Yūto destroyed Iwagakure outposts and defeated Kakuzu, but Ōnoki, Roshi, and Han wounded him in battle before Minato and Tsukimi arrived.
• Yūto recovered in Konoha as Iwagakure sued for peace and Minato won the Jonin vote to become Hokage.
• Yūto accepted Minato’s offer to become Anbu Captain and agreed to help the Land of Snow without an official mission.
• Yūto took Itachi, Chino, and Izumi to the Land of Snow, where they learned of Kazahana Dōtō’s coup and defeated patrolmen sent to search their room.
• Yūto agreed to help oppose Dōtō after Chino and Izumi insisted that they should get involved.

Yūto rescued Koyuki in the Land of Snow, then helped Tsunade free Yíngsháo and stopped Mui’s attempt to use the Box of Ultimate Bliss. Back in Konoha, Yūto investigated missing children, uncovered links to Orochimaru and Danzo, and confronted Danzo during a raid on Root.

• Yūto helped Chino, Izumi, and Itachi rescue Koyuki and Kazahana Sōsetsu, then defeated Dōtō’s forces and restored the valley’s geothermal generator.
• Yūto and Tsunade rescued Yíngsháo from Kusagakure, forced its leaders to compensate her and surrender to Hozuki Castle, and thwarted Mui’s plot involving the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Yūto sealed the Box of Ultimate Bliss after burning back Satori, then erased Muku’s memories and entrusted him to Ryūzetsu’s family.
• Minato asked Yūto to investigate missing children, and Yūto organized ANBU and the Konoha Military Police Force into a joint investigation.
• Yūto and Fugaku agreed to pursue Danzo and Root, while evidence from the investigation implicated them and Orochimaru in experiments on abducted children.
• Minato authorized Yūto to lead the arrests at Root and ordered him to bring Danzo back alive.
• Yūto led ANBU and the Uchiha police force against Root, blocked Danzo’s escape, and knocked him down before Danzo used Izanagi to appear behind him and attack with a kunai that broke.