Recaps

Uchiha Minamoto and Hashirama Senju fought with their greatest techniques, and Minamoto’s flying Perfect Susanoo destroyed Hashirama’s Wood Human Technique. Though most spectators thought Hashirama had lost, the tailed beasts and skilled sensors sensed that both Hokage still had plenty of chakra, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Uchiha Minamoto summoned Sage Art: Perfect Susanoo, whose wings let it fly and match Hashirama Senju’s Wood Human Technique in size.
• Hashirama Senju met Susanoo’s diving punch with the wooden giant, then attacked it with Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.
• Uchiha Minamoto threw Sage Art: Scorch Release: Light Wheel Gale Black Arrow Zero Style, which split the wooden giant while Susanoo withstood Hashirama’s assault.
• Kakashi Hatake used the Byakugan to see that Susanoo remained unharmed as the wooden giant burned away, and Kurama celebrated Minamoto’s victory.
• Tobirama Senju worried that Hashirama had been unable to suppress Minamoto despite using his senjutsu trump card, while the tailed beasts and skilled sensors sensed the fight was not over.

Uchiha Minamoto defeated Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju in a brief spar, establishing himself as Konoha’s strongest Hokage. The battered brothers and the watching ninja recognized the vast gap in strength, while Tobirama wondered whether Minamoto could become the second Sage of Six Paths.

• Uchiha Minamoto dispelled his Susanoo and challenged Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to fight him together.
• Tobirama Senju attacked with Flying Thunder God Slash, but Uchiha Minamoto caught his wrist and swatted him into a crater with his Gunbai.
• Uchiha Minamoto disrupted Hashirama Senju’s chakra with a Chakra Black Rod and struck him into a second crater.
• The tailed beasts and Konoha ninja witnessed the Senju brothers’ defeat and recognized Uchiha Minamoto as Konoha’s strongest Hokage.
• Tobirama Senju admitted that neither he nor Hashirama Senju could match Uchiha Minamoto and wondered whether he might become the second Sage of Six Paths.

Uchiha Minamoto explained his Chakra Black Rods to Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, then used Yatagarasu to clear the battlefield after their battle. He returned to Konoha with the tailed beasts and headed with them to the Naka River Reservoir.

• Uchiha Minamoto showed Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju his Chakra Black Rods and revealed that Nagato used them to control the Six Paths of Pain.
• Tobirama Senju privately suspected that Uchiha Minamoto had awakened the Rinnegan, though he questioned why Minamoto's eyes did not resemble Pain's.
• Hashirama Senju accidentally snapped a Black Rod, and Uchiha Minamoto gave him a larger replacement.
• Uchiha Minamoto called Yatagarasu, who devoured the Blaze Release flames and cleared the battlefield.
• Uchiha Minamoto brought the tailed beasts and Konoha ninja back to Konoha, left a Lightning Doppelganger to handle village affairs, and took the tailed beasts to the Naka River Reservoir.

Uchiha Minamoto arranged habitats for the tailed beasts gathered near Konoha, then returned to an island to upgrade Light Release. He spent one hundred million Great Love Points to create the SSS-rank Kekkei Mōra ability Sunlight Shines Everywhere.

• Uchiha Minamoto told the tailed beasts that he would negotiate with Kirigakure to unseal Six-Tails Saiken and that One-Tail Shukaku's whereabouts were unknown.
• Seven-Tails Chōmei chose a high-elevation mountain forest, and Uchiha Minamoto let him select one of Konoha's surrounding mountains.
• The tailed beasts returned to their chosen habitats, and Uchiha Minamoto went back to a deserted island to upgrade Light Release.
• Uchiha Minamoto revised his plan and spent one hundred million Great Love Points to create Sunlight Shines Everywhere, an SSS-rank Kekkei Mōra jutsu formula.

Uchiha Minamoto tested his newly awakened Kekkei Mōra, Universal Sunlight, and returned to Konoha after mastering his new abilities. There, he agreed to help Jiraiya revive Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan, and Jiraiya brought out the scrolls containing their sealed bodies.

• Uchiha Minamoto used Universal Sunlight to destroy a Wood Release clone and a Light Release clone almost instantly.
• Uchiha Minamoto tested his other new abilities on a deserted island before returning to Konoha through Divine Lightning.
• Uchiha Minamoto learned that Jiraiya had asked for help reviving Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan.
• Uchiha Minamoto summoned Jiraiya and asked him to take out the three scrolls containing their sealed bodies.
• Jiraiya brought out the three scrolls in the Hokage's Office.

Uchiha Minamoto used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan, and Jiraiya explained the changes in the Shinobi World and urged them to repent. Yahiko and Konan understood that the Fifth Hokage wanted Akatsuki to return to being an organization for peace.

• Uchiha Minamoto revived Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Jiraiya resealed the trio’s corpses, then Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan awakened in their reanimated bodies.
• Konan reacted defensively and accused Uchiha Minamoto of harming Nagato, while Nagato reminded her that his legs had been crippled before his death.
• Yahiko joked to ease the tension, and Jiraiya recounted the events of the Five Kage Summit and what had happened afterward.
• Jiraiya told Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan that times had changed and urged Akatsuki to repent.
• Yahiko and Konan understood that Uchiha Minamoto wanted Akatsuki to return to its original mission of peace.

Nagato agreed to abandon the Akatsuki’s violent approach, and Uchiha Minamoto laid out conditions for a reformed organization in the Land of Rain. He then resurrected Yahiko, leaving the former leader alive and able to guide the new Akatsuki.

• Nagato accepted that the Akatsuki needed to change, relieving Yahiko, Konan, and Jiraiya.
• Uchiha Minamoto demanded that the Akatsuki abandon its name and cooperate with or join the Great Love Group, whose branch would be established in the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Minamoto used [Resurrection of the Dead] to restore Yahiko to life.
• Yahiko thanked Uchiha Minamoto, who said Yahiko should do what he needed to do.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan spent three days experiencing life in Konoha and grew to approve of the Great Love Group’s work. As they headed to meet Uchiha Minamoto, they worried whether the group’s ideals could be sustained in Amegakure, where the Akatsuki still awaited them.

• Yahiko asked Uchiha Minamoto to bring Nagato and Konan back to life, and Minamoto promised to do so if the Akatsuki served the people of Amegakure and the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Minamoto gave Nagato chakra with a Big Ball Rasengan, restoring his strength, then restricted his body again through the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Uchiha Minamoto sent Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to experience Konoha’s peaceful life as ordinary members of the Great Love Group.
• Over three days, Yahiko’s trio worked for the Great Love Group, sold newspapers, and experienced life in the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Yahiko led Nagato and Konan toward the Hokage Building after they watched Great Love Group members help villagers and accepted the group’s principles.
• Yahiko’s trio worried that the Great Love Group’s operations might depend on Konoha’s abundant resources and Uchiha Minamoto’s wealth.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan signed the Great Love Alliance Pact, bringing the Land of Rain in as its seventh member nation. Uchiha Minamoto received the SS-rank Paper Release, and the chapter ended with him asking whether the trio planned to abandon Akatsuki and join the Great Love Group’s Rain branch.

• Nagato dropped his Transformation Technique in the Hokage’s Office, and Yahiko confirmed that the trio had enjoyed their peaceful stay in Konoha.
• Yahiko signed the Great Love Alliance Pact on behalf of the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Minamoto received ten million Great Love Points and the SS-rank Paper Release Kekkei Tōta.
• Uchiha Minamoto welcomed the Land of Rain into the alliance and promised that attacks on its peace would be treated as provocations against the alliance.
• Yahiko thanked Uchiha Minamoto as the Great Love Group Leader, and Uchiha Minamoto asked whether the trio planned to join the Rain branch instead of rebuilding Akatsuki.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan agreed to establish a Great Love Group branch in the Land of Rain, and Uchiha Minamoto sent them with a Konoha squad led by Uchiha Yakumi. On the way, Yakumi reflected on his place in the Uchiha Clan and learned more about the trio’s Akatsuki past.

• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan decided to return to the Land of Rain as Great Love Group members and build a branch there.
• Uchiha Minamoto approved their plan and sent them off with a Konoha Great Love Group squad.
• After leaving Konoha, Yahiko asked Nagato to end his disguise, revealing his Rinnegan to the squad.
• Uchiha Yakumi reflected on his diminished standing in the Uchiha Clan and hoped to earn Uchiha Minamoto’s favor through the mission.
• Yahiko greeted Yakumi and acknowledged his importance in the Third Squad, while Yakumi remarked that the trio had been Akatsuki members.

Hashirama Senju and Jiraiya arrived in Sunagakure to lead its Great Love Group branch, with Hashirama tasked with planting forests and watching for Madara Uchiha. Chiyo and the Sunagakure leadership feared Konoha’s powerful delegation would take control of their village.

• Yahiko explained to Uchiha Yakumi that he served as the Great Love Group branch minister in the Land of Rain, and the two groups traveled together toward Rain.
• Hashirama Senju and Jiraiya arrived outside Sunagakure, where Hashirama admired the desert landscape.
• Jiraiya recalled that Uchiha Minamoto had ordered him to help in Sunagakure while searching for Orochimaru, though he hoped to leave for the western small countries.
• Hashirama Senju planned to improve the Land of Wind by planting forests, one of the tasks Uchiha Minamoto had assigned him.
• Yamato led Chiyo and Sunagakure’s ninja to meet Hashirama Senju, and Chiyo feared Konoha’s delegation would effectively control the village.
• Chiyo stumbled over her greeting to Hashirama Senju, and Jiraiya laughed at her embarrassment.

Minato Namikaze oversaw the Great Love Group branch in Iwagakure while Ōnoki learned that other villages faced similarly imposing Konoha visitors. Tobirama Senju arrived at Turtle Island, where Isobu and Eight-Tails Gyuki accepted his presence, and he discussed the changed world with Kagami Uchiha.

• Minato Namikaze arrived in Iwagakure with Body Flicker Shisui to establish its Great Love Group branch, alarming Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki learned that Hashirama Senju and Jiraiya had gone to Sunagakure and Tobirama Senju had gone to Kumogakure, easing his resentment by comparing Iwagakure’s situation with theirs.
• Tobirama Senju introduced himself to Isobu and Eight-Tails Gyuki on Turtle Island, and Isobu told the Konoha ninja not to disturb them.
• Eight-Tails Gyuki praised the Great Love Group and referred to Konoha’s people as Asura’s descendants, prompting Tobirama to reflect on the tailed beasts’ knowledge.
• Tobirama Senju asked Kagami Uchiha how he felt about the changed world, and Kagami remarked on the Fifth Hokage’s extraordinary deeds.

Tobirama Senju led a Konoha team to Turtle Island to establish Kumogakure’s Great Love Group branch, while Uchiha Minamoto arranged to trade with Kirigakure for Six-Tails Saiken. Mei Terumi rejected the prospect of losing another tailed beast and cursed Uchiha Minamoto.

• Kagami Uchiha reflected on being resurrected by Uchiha Minamoto and on the Uchiha Clan’s new place in Konoha.
• Samui arrived on Turtle Island, feared Tobirama Senju had come to punish Kumogakure, and agreed to guide him as he established a Great Love Group branch there.
• Tobirama Senju led the Konoha team to Turtle Island, which had been allocated to Konoha, and intended to study its ecosystem.
• Kakashi Hatake explained to Mei Terumi that Uchiha Minamoto wanted to trade for Six-Tails Saiken and promised to remove the beast without harming Utakata.
• Mei Terumi angrily cursed Uchiha Minamoto over the proposed trade.

Kakashi Hatake explained Konoha’s offer for Kirigakure to give up the Six-Tails, including leaving enough chakra in Utakata for him to become a Perfect Jinchuriki. Mei Terumi agreed to sell the tailed beast, then summoned Uchiha Minamoto to discuss the terms in person.

• Kakashi Hatake told Mei Terumi that Utakata could retain his strength and control the Six-Tails’ remaining chakra after the beast was removed.
• Mei Terumi initially refused to give up Kirigakure’s only jinchūriki, but Kakashi Hatake revealed that Konoha would reduce Kirigakure’s war reparations in exchange for the Six-Tails.
• Kakashi Hatake warned that Uchiha Minamoto would come negotiate personally if Mei Terumi rejected the offer, and she agreed to sell the Six-Tails.
• Mei Terumi summoned a giant clam to send Uchiha Minamoto her letter, and he used Divine Lightning to appear in her office.
• Uchiha Minamoto thanked Kakashi Hatake, while Mei Terumi complained about dealing with him and asked whether he had read her terms.

Uchiha Minamoto and Mei Terumi settled Kirigakure’s sale of the Six-Tails, and Minamoto transported her to Utakata. Utakata was shocked to learn the Six-Tails had been sold, but Minamoto explained that Akatsuki remnants still threatened the tailed beasts.

• Mei Terumi demanded more for Kirigakure’s Six-Tails, but Uchiha Minamoto insisted Konoha’s offer was generous and dismissed her attempts to seek support from other villages.
• Mei Terumi agreed to take Minamoto to Utakata, but Minamoto used his space-time abilities to bring her directly to the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Utakata greeted Mei Terumi, then showed even greater respect to Minamoto, frustrating the Mizukage.
• Minamoto told Utakata that Mei Terumi had sold the Six-Tails to Konoha, leaving Utakata shocked and questioning her loyalty to Kirigakure.
• Minamoto explained that Akatsuki remnants had not abandoned their plan to capture the tailed beasts, prompting Utakata and Mei Terumi to look at him in surprise.

Uchiha Minamoto persuaded Utakata and Mei Terumi to accept a deal to release Six-Tails Saiken, then entered Utakata’s sealing space and freed the tailed beast. Saiken emerged in Kirigakure, where Uchiha Minamoto cleared the village’s fog with [Sunlight Shines Everywhere], leaving Mei Terumi stunned.

• Uchiha Minamoto warned Utakata that Madara Uchiha was Akatsuki’s true mastermind, and Mei Terumi explained the deal that would leave Utakata some of the Six-Tails’ chakra.
• Uchiha Minamoto used genjutsu to put Utakata to sleep and entered the sealing space to negotiate with Six-Tails Saiken.
• Six-Tails Saiken gave Utakata a tail’s worth of chakra, and Uchiha Minamoto undid the seal.
• Six-Tails Saiken emerged in Kirigakure and released thick white mist, which Mei Terumi feared was acidic.
• Uchiha Minamoto reassured Mei Terumi, then used [Sunlight Shines Everywhere] to dispel Kirigakure’s fog and leave her astonished.

Uchiha Minamoto freed Six-Tails Saiken, gained a Lava Release formula, and signed Saiken to a summoning contract. Saiken chose to live with Isobu and the octopus on Turtle Island while Minamoto dealt with the threats still watching the Tailed Beasts.

• Uchiha Minamoto received ten million Great Love Points and an SS-rank Lava Release formula for freeing Six-Tails Saiken, though he judged the technique unimpressive.
• Uchiha Minamoto signed a summoning contract with Six-Tails Saiken and summoned Isobu, who reunited with Saiken.
• Mei Terumi left to care for the unconscious Utakata as Isobu and Saiken glared at her, then traded insults until Uchiha Minamoto stopped their quarrel.
• Isobu explained the Tailed Beasts' circumstances to Saiken, who noted that all the others except One-Tail Shukaku were free again.
• Six-Tails Saiken chose to live with Isobu and the octopus in a damp environment, staying close to the other Tailed Beasts while Uchiha Minamoto dealt with their enemies.

Uchiha Minamoto arranged for Utakata to retain access to Six-Tails' chakra and offered Kirigakure a deal to make Karatachi Yagura a perfect Three-Tails jinchuriki. Mei Terumi accepted, and Karatachi Yagura was brought in and told about the transaction, though he privately opposed the village spending its resources on it.

• Uchiha Minamoto sent Isobu back to Turtle Island and placed Six-Tails Saiken in the Kamui dimension.
• Mei Terumi had Uchiha Minamoto release the genjutsu on Utakata, who woke feeling refreshed and confirmed he could still use Six-Tails' chakra.
• Uchiha Minamoto explained that Utakata could replenish his chakra through Six-Tails for an additional cost, then offered to make Karatachi Yagura a perfect Three-Tails jinchuriki.
• Mei Terumi agreed to the deal, which exchanged Six-Tails Saiken for perfect jinchuriki status for Utakata and Karatachi Yagura, while restoring the original reparations terms.
• Kirigakure Anbu brought Karatachi Yagura to meet Uchiha Minamoto, and Mei Terumi explained the transaction; Yagura privately wished the village would spend its resources on its residents instead.

Uchiha Minamoto transferred Isobu’s chakra to Karatachi Yagura, making him a perfect Three-Tails jinchūriki again. Mei Terumi learned Konoha had Seven-Tails and realized Kirigakure would have to remain close to Konoha to preserve its standing.

• Karatachi Yagura accepted Mei Terumi’s arrangement to receive Three-Tails chakra.
• Uchiha Minamoto summoned Isobu, noticed his damaged shell, and learned he had fought Six-Tails Saiken on Turtle Island.
• Uchiha Minamoto extracted nearly one tail’s worth of chakra from Isobu and sealed it into Karatachi Yagura, restoring him as a perfect jinchūriki.
• Uchiha Minamoto healed Isobu, warned him not to let fights on Turtle Island get out of hand, and returned him there.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Mei Terumi that Konoha was choosing a Seven-Tails jinchūriki, shocking her with the news that Konoha had obtained Seven-Tails.
• Mei Terumi realized Konoha now held seven tailed beasts and saw Karatachi Yagura and Utakata as Kirigakure’s hopes for the future.

Uchiha Minamoto returned to Konoha after arranging matters in Kirigakure and officially began an open selection for the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. As applicants gathered outside the village, Sasuke Uchiha found his older brother among the order-keeping Eighth Squad, while Konoha’s clans and students showed strong interest in becoming jinchūriki.

• Uchiha Minamoto left Kirigakure after giving Kakashi Hatake instructions at the Great Love Group branch and returned to Konoha.
• Uchiha Minamoto reviewed the applicants for the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki selection and noticed that many Aburame Clan members, including Shino Aburame, had signed up.
• Uchiha Minamoto officially opened the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki selection, and Uchiha Itachi helped direct applicants to a mountain outside the village.
• Sasuke Uchiha recognized Uchiha Itachi in the Eighth Squad and asked whether he was entering the selection.
• Sasuke Uchiha and many Ninja Academy students joined the applicants, while Naruto Uzumaki and Shikamaru Nara stayed out; Shikamaru Nara was reportedly waiting for the Five-Tails selection.

Uchiha Minamoto began the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki selection by asking candidates to endure close contact with Chōmei’s chakra. As Chōmei released it, the gathered Konoha ninja felt its oppressive force and remembered the Nine-Tails’ terror.

• Sasuke Uchiha found Uchiha Itachi among the preliminary selection crowd, but Itachi said he was only performing official duties and told Sasuke that he was his last hope.
• Uchiha Minamoto explained that the first test required candidates to approach Seven-Tails Chōmei’s chakra without being injured.
• Seven-Tails Chōmei arrived at the mountain clearing, and Uchiha Minamoto had it stand beside the sealed portion of its chakra.
• Uchiha Minamoto asked whether Chōmei had enough chakra, then ordered it to begin releasing chakra.
• Seven-Tails Chōmei spread dark red chakra through the air, making many Konoha ninja struggle to breathe and feel burning pain on their skin.

Uchiha Minamoto oversaw the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki selection, leaving a handful of candidates to decide whether to risk injury in the final stage or wait for another Tailed Beast. Sasuke Uchiha asked whether Matatabi would choose a Jinchuriki, while Uchiha Itachi reacted with alarm to his brother's casual address.

• Uchiha Minamoto stopped Seven-Tails Chōmei from releasing chakra after most applicants withdrew, and the remaining candidates passed a second test by touching its shell.
• Uchiha Minamoto identified Sasuke Uchiha, Karin Uzumaki, Neji Hyuga, Sakura Haruno, four Aburame Ninja, and Kabuto Yakushi among the finalists.
• Uchiha Minamoto warned the candidates that containing Seven-Tails chakra could seriously damage their nervous and chakra meridian systems.
• Uchiha Minamoto said the other Tailed Beasts would also choose Jinchuriki, prompting some candidates to reconsider continuing.
• Sasuke Uchiha asked whether Matatabi would choose a Jinchuriki, and Uchiha Itachi reacted to his informal address to the Hokage.

Uchiha Minamoto confirmed that Yatagarasu could eventually have a Jinchūriki, prompting Sasuke Uchiha to withdraw from the Seven-Tails selection. Four Aburame candidates tolerated Seven-Tails chakra, and Seven-Tails Chōmei chose Shino Aburame as his Jinchūriki.

• Sasuke Uchiha asked whether Yatagarasu would choose a Jinchūriki, and Uchiha Minamoto said it could but not yet.
• Sasuke Uchiha withdrew from the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki selection, followed by Karin Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Kabuto Yakushi.
• Uchiha Minamoto tested the five remaining candidates with Seven-Tails chakra; Neji Hyuga suffered a rejection reaction and was disqualified, while the four Aburame candidates tolerated it.
• Uchiha Minamoto let Seven-Tails Chōmei choose among the four Aburame candidates, and Chōmei selected Shino Aburame.

Uchiha Minamoto reassured the Aburame Clan that Seven-Tails Chōmei would choose more jinchūriki, then sealed Seven-Tails chakra into Shino Aburame. Shino became the first Perfect Jinchuriki of Minamoto’s strategy, and Minamoto received a large reward from the panel.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Shibi Aburame, Aburame Shikuroo, and Torune Aburame that there would be more Seven-Tails jinchūriki selections.
• Uchiha Minamoto explained that the next selection depended on Seven-Tails Chōmei, who flew away as the Aburame trio stared eagerly at him.
• Uchiha Minamoto asked Shibi Aburame, Aburame Shikuroo, and Torune Aburame to step aside, then prepared to seal Seven-Tails chakra into Shino Aburame.
• Uchiha Minamoto used the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style to transfer the chakra from the amber into Shino Aburame, making him the first Perfect Jinchuriki of the strategy.
• The panel awarded Uchiha Minamoto seven million Great Love Points and the Aburame Clan’s insect-rearing and breeding materials.

Uchiha Minamoto gained seven million great love points for making Shino Aburame a Seven-Tails jinchūriki, then began training him to master his tailed beast chakra. Shino became Minamoto’s disciple, while his delighted father watched.

• Uchiha Minamoto reviewed his nearly forty million great love points and calculated the huge cost of upgrading his Rinne Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Shino Aburame woke with Seven-Tails chakra sealed inside him, and Uchiha Minamoto told him he was now the Seven-Tails jinchūriki.
• Uchiha Minamoto explained that Shino could learn a Seven-Tails Chakra Mode like Naruto Uzumaki’s Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and told him to stay on the mountain for training.
• Shino Aburame thanked Uchiha Minamoto and, prompted by him, called him Teacher.
• Shibi Aburame watched with delight as Shino became Uchiha Minamoto’s disciple.