Recaps

Orochimaru reanimated Madara Uchiha, who recognized the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] and demanded to know where Obito Uchiha was. After Orochimaru revealed that Obito was dead but had also been reanimated, Madara accepted the news and dismissed Tobirama Senju with a cold snort.

• Orochimaru completed the reanimation of Madara Uchiha and guarded against his intimidating presence.
• Madara recognized the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] and questioned Orochimaru about how he had been revived.
• Orochimaru explained that he had modified Madara's reanimated body so it could wield power from his peak.
• Madara asked where Obito Uchiha was, and Orochimaru first said Obito was dead before clarifying that he had also reanimated him.
• Madara accepted that Obito was dead and remarked that Tobirama Senju's jutsu worked well.

Madara Uchiha learned that Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu had vanished, then discovered that the bearer of his Rinnegan, known to Orochimaru as Pain, was probably dead. He planned to find Nagato and reclaim his eyes, but Orochimaru’s account left Madara without a clear lead.

• Orochimaru told Madara Uchiha that Obito Uchiha had lost contact with them and was probably captured, enraging Madara.
• Madara assessed his reanimated body and decided to continue the Eye of the Moon plan by finding Nagato and reclaiming his Rinnegan.
• Madara asked where Black Zetsu was, and Orochimaru said that Black Zetsu had also disappeared.
• Orochimaru guessed that Madara’s Nagato was Pain, and Madara realized Pain possessed his Rinnegan.
• Orochimaru said Pain was probably dead and recalled how Pain had soundly defeated him.

Madara Uchiha broke free of Orochimaru’s [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] and seized him by the neck. Madara recognized Orochimaru as a heavily modified human whose consciousness had become that of a great white-scaled snake, while the chapter began explaining Ryūchi Cave’s senjutsu training.

• Orochimaru tried to make Madara Uchiha help him deal with Jiraiya and threatened to control him with [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu].
• Madara Uchiha used [Impure World Reincarnation: Release] to free himself from Orochimaru’s control.
• Madara Uchiha caught Orochimaru in his eye power, grabbed him by the neck, and called him neither human nor ghost.
• Madara Uchiha recognized Orochimaru’s altered body and snake-like consciousness as products of human modification experiments.
• The chapter described how Mount Myōboku’s senjutsu training used toad oil and how failed practitioners could turn into stone toad statues before beginning to compare Ryūchi Cave’s training.

Madara Uchiha threw Orochimaru aside, then agreed to hear his information about the Shinobi World. After learning that the Fifth Hokage had killed both Pain and Obito Uchiha, Madara dismissed them as useless.

• Madara Uchiha flung Orochimaru into a laboratory wall after exposing his bodily mutations.
• Orochimaru offered Madara Uchiha information about Konoha and the years since Madara's death in exchange for his cooperation.
• Madara Uchiha asked how Nagato, also known as Pain, had died, and Orochimaru said the Fifth Hokage killed him.
• Orochimaru revealed that the Fifth Hokage had also killed Obito Uchiha multiple times, including after Obito was revived with [Impure World Reincarnation].
• Madara Uchiha condemned Nagato and Obito as useless after hearing they had lost to the Fifth Hokage together.

Orochimaru told Madara Uchiha that Uchiha Minamoto, Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, was hailed as the second Sage of Six Paths and had defeated Hashirama Senju in his prime. Madara rejected the account as fabricated, and Orochimaru prepared to send him to verify it with Jiraiya outside the Underground Base.

• Madara Uchiha learned that the Fifth Hokage was Uchiha Minamoto and scoffed at Konoha calling him the second Sage of Six Paths.
• Orochimaru claimed that Uchiha Minamoto had defeated Hashirama Senju in a head-on fight after resurrecting him at his prime.
• Madara Uchiha refused to believe anyone but himself could defeat Hashirama and accused Orochimaru of making up the story.
• Orochimaru said Madara could verify the information with Jiraiya, a Konoha ninja waiting outside the Underground Base.

Madara Uchiha emerged from Orochimaru’s Underground Base in his enormous Susanoo while Jiraiya mistook him for the Fifth Hokage. Gaara escaped Gamahiro’s tongue prison, and Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone distracted Jiraiya as Madara arrived; the chapter ended with Jiraiya recognizing Madara as an Impure World Reincarnation ninja.

• Madara Uchiha activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to cut through Orochimaru’s Underground Base.
• Jiraiya mistook Madara’s Susanoo for the Fifth Hokage’s, while Gaara heard Shukaku roar about Indra through his seals.
• Gaara used Sand Hand and Sand Body Flicker to escape Gamahiro’s tongue prison and rejoined Orochimaru and Kimimaro.
• Jiraiya released Gamahiro and Gamachu, then told Orochimaru to surrender because he thought the Fifth Hokage had arrived.
• Madara flew toward Jiraiya in Susanoo, and Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone attacked with Multiple Hidden Shadow Snake Hands to delay him.
• Jiraiya recognized Madara’s cracked body as that of an Impure World Reincarnation ninja.

Madara Uchiha confronted Jiraiya in the Land of Swamps, dismissed Orochimaru’s attempt to order him around, and subdued Kimimaro and Gaara. He kept Jiraiya trapped and prepared to deal with him, while Jiraiya could not escape.

• Jiraiya recognized Madara Uchiha and considered retreating to warn the Fifth Hokage.
• Madara dispelled Susanoo, landed near Jiraiya, and used Sharingan genjutsu to slow him down.
• Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone ordered Madara to kill Jiraiya, but Madara destroyed the clone with Susanoo.
• Madara identified Gaara as the One-Tail Jinchuriki and knocked out Gaara and Kimimaro with genjutsu.
• Madara used a Susanoo arm to hold Jiraiya in place and addressed him by name.

Madara Uchiha learned from Jiraiya that Hashirama Senju had been resurrected and went to find him in the Land of Wind. On his way, Madara seized Gaara, leaving Jiraiya and Kimimaro behind.

• Madara Uchiha questioned Jiraiya and learned that Hashirama Senju had been resurrected at his peak by the Fifth Hokage.
• Jiraiya told Madara Uchiha that Hashirama was in the Land of Wind, so Madara left the Land of Swamps to find him.
• Madara Uchiha returned briefly to ask Jiraiya where they were, then disappeared again toward the Land of Wind.
• Madara Uchiha used his [Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan] to control Gaara and Shukaku the One-Tail, then took Gaara away before Kimimaro could react.

Orochimaru arrived too late to stop Madara Uchiha from abducting Gaara, leaving him devastated, and he turned his fury on Jiraiya. Jiraiya’s fire-and-hair attack failed to harm Orochimaru, who summoned Manda as their fight continued.

• Orochimaru crawled from the demolished Underground Base and watched Madara Uchiha escape with Gaara.
• Jiraiya laughed at Orochimaru’s despair, prompting Orochimaru to attack him with the [Kusanagi Sword].
• Jiraiya countered with [Wild Lion's Mane Technique] and [Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet], setting the severed hair alight.
• Orochimaru used [Wind Release: Great Breakthrough] to hold back the flames and retreat without injury.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda, who confronted him about being called again.

Jiraiya used a shadow clone to keep Orochimaru occupied while his real body escaped to Mount Myōboku with the Reverse Summoning Technique. There, he summoned Kosuke the Toad to relay urgent intelligence about Madara Uchiha’s resurrection.

• Orochimaru summoned Manda and promised him ten times the usual live prey if he defeated Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya refused to summon Gamabunta and used Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld against Manda.
• Jiraiya’s shadow clone fought Orochimaru while his real body used the Reverse Summoning Technique to escape to Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya summoned Kosuke the Toad, who had been stationed in Konoha, to receive his message.

Jiraiya sent intelligence about Madara Uchiha’s resurrection to Uchiha Minamoto and Tsunade, then was summoned by the Great Toad Sage. Uchiha Minamoto delivered Jiraiya’s scroll to Tsunade at a gambling house, where they were about to discuss the warning.

• Jiraiya sent one scroll about Madara Uchiha to the Fifth Hokage and another to Tsunade, then answered the Great Toad Sage’s summons.
• Uchiha Minamoto read Jiraiya’s intelligence and used [Divine Lightning] to take Kosuke the Toad to Tsunade.
• Tsunade overturned the gambling table when Uchiha Minamoto appeared, and the gamblers quietly left after hearing Jiraiya had sent intelligence.

Uchiha Minamoto and Tsunade traveled to Sunagakure after learning Madara Uchiha had been resurrected, and Minamoto proposed that Shizune enter the Six-Tails jinchūriki selection. He explained that the Aburame Clan’s affinity for Seven-Tails Chōmei had helped Shino become its jinchūriki, then revealed a miniature image of Six-Tails Saiken to make his point.

• Tsunade joined Uchiha Minamoto on his trip to Sunagakure, and he told Shizune to stay in Konoha and prepare for the Six-Tails jinchūriki selection.
• Uchiha Minamoto and Tsunade arrived in the forest grown in the desert outside Sunagakure by the Great Love Group Branch.
• Minamoto explained that he wanted Shizune to try the selection because she was Tsunade’s student and Six-Tails Saiken’s chakra might strengthen her.
• Minamoto told Tsunade that several Aburame Clan ninja had reached the final stage of the Seven-Tails selection and that Shino Aburame had become its jinchūriki.
• Minamoto transformed Light Release chakra into a miniature image of Six-Tails Saiken, leaving Tsunade astonished.

Uchiha Minamoto suggested Tsunade or Shizune as possible Six-Tails Jinchuriki before Hashirama Senju arrived with news of Madara Uchiha’s resurrection. Hashirama defended Madara as a peace-seeking ninja, while Minamoto explained that Madara’s good intentions had led to the flawed Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.

• Uchiha Minamoto proposed that Shizune’s connection to Katsuyu might make her a candidate for Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and said Tsunade had a better chance.
• Hashirama Senju arrived, heard that Madara Uchiha had been resurrected, and celebrated the news.
• Tsunade objected to Hashirama’s happiness and began to criticize Madara, but Hashirama insisted that Madara dreamed of peace.
• Hashirama asked Uchiha Minamoto to confirm that Madara was a good man, and Minamoto said Madara’s intentions were good but his actions were not.
• Uchiha Minamoto explained that Madara’s Infinite Tsukuyomi plan sought peace by trapping the world in an illusion sustained by the life force of its ninja.

Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju reunited after both had been resurrected, while Madara assessed how Konoha might threaten his plans. Madara knew he would have to fight Konoha to recover his Rinnegan and continue the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Uchiha Minamoto sensed a powerful chakra signature approaching and warned Hashirama Senju that Madara Uchiha was coming.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju met again and recognized that each had returned to life.
• Madara realized Hashirama had been perfectly resurrected and praised the Fifth Hokage's skill in developing the technique.
• Hashirama asked whether Orochimaru had resurrected Madara with Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Madara suspected Konoha had anticipated his return and resolved to fight it, especially to reclaim his Rinnegan.

Madara Uchiha recognized Uchiha Minamoto as Konoha’s Fifth Hokage and considered taking his Mangekyō Sharingan if he could not reclaim his Rinnegan. He challenged Hashirama Senju to test his reanimated strength, but his attempt to summon the Nine-Tails failed, making Hashirama laugh.

• Madara Uchiha noticed Tsunade and Uchiha Minamoto among Hashirama Senju’s companions and identified Minamoto as the Fifth Hokage when he activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Madara Uchiha studied the unusual patterns in Minamoto’s eyes and considered taking them for himself if he could not retrieve his Rinnegan.
• Madara Uchiha focused on Hashirama Senju, roared his name, and challenged him to fight.
• Madara Uchiha used the Summoning Technique to call forth the Nine-Tails, but nothing appeared.
• Hashirama Senju laughed at Madara Uchiha’s failed summoning attempt.

Madara Uchiha failed to summon Kurama because Uchiha Minamoto had placed a Contract Seal on the Nine-Tails, and Minamoto revealed that the Gunbai was also under his control. Madara was left frustrated as Hashirama Senju laughed at his repeated failures.

• Madara Uchiha tried to summon the Nine-Tails, but Uchiha Minamoto explained that Kurama was now his Summoning Beast and had been protected by a Contract Seal.
• Madara Uchiha blamed Obito Uchiha for losing the Nine-Tails and then failed again when he tried to summon his weapon.
• Hashirama Senju laughed at Madara Uchiha's failed attempts while Tsunade watched in surprise.
• Uchiha Minamoto revealed that the Gunbai was his too and summoned the war fan after placing a Contract Seal on it.

Madara Uchiha broke the seal on Gaara to release One-Tail Shukaku, hoping to claim the tailed beast for his Eye of the Moon Plan. Shukaku celebrated his freedom, then noticed Madara beside Gaara’s dying body.

• Madara Uchiha decided to release One-Tail Shukaku from Gaara after losing access to Nine-Tails and his Gunbai.
• Madara Uchiha broke through the ancient sealing jutsu inside Gaara, and Shukaku sensed the seal weakening.
• Shukaku battered the crumbling seal with his chakra as his power spread over Gaara and formed into his enormous body.
• Shukaku laughed and shouted that he was free, while Madara Uchiha called him a noisy beast.
• Shukaku saw Gaara’s dying corpse and another figure standing beside him.

Uchiha Minamoto let Hashirama Senju fight Madara Uchiha and gave him the Uchiha Clan’s Gunbai to pass along. Madara controlled Shukaku the One-Tail and took up the fan, preparing to face Hashirama.

• Uchiha Minamoto explained that he regretted Madara Uchiha had unsealed Shukaku the One-Tail before he could, then yielded the fight to Hashirama Senju.
• Uchiha Minamoto handed Hashirama Senju the Gunbai, and Hashirama understood that he was meant to give it to Madara Uchiha.
• Hashirama Senju charged at Madara Uchiha and Shukaku the One-Tail, calling the Gunbai a hidden weapon as he threw it.
• Madara Uchiha caught the Gunbai, tested its familiar feel, and resolved to defeat Hashirama before facing Uchiha Minamoto.
• Madara Uchiha leapt onto Shukaku the One-Tail’s head and looked down at Hashirama Senju while the tailed beast remained under his genjutsu control.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha fought in the Land of Wind, matching Wood Release against Madara’s Majestic Attire: Susanoo. As their battle continued, Hashirama summoned the Wood Human Technique, and the two giants collided while Tsunade and Uchiha Minamoto watched.

• Madara Uchiha covered Shukaku the One-Tail with Majestic Attire: Susanoo and cut Hashirama Senju’s Wood Dragon Technique in half.
• Hashirama Senju transformed the desert into a forest with Deep Forest Emergence, but Madara Uchiha blasted through it with Yasaka Magatama.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Minamoto why he had never used Susanoo to wrap a tailed beast, and he said he could do the same with Matatabi or Kurama.
• Hashirama Senju summoned the Wood Human Technique and charged Madara Uchiha’s Majestic Attire: Susanoo.
• The Wood Human Technique and Majestic Attire: Susanoo collided, sending a shockwave and clouds of sand across the desert.
• Tsunade said she could not match Hashirama Senju even with Katsuyu, and Uchiha Minamoto explained that her chakra limited the size of the slug she could summon.

Hashirama Senju activated Sage Mode and strengthened his Wood Release against Madara Uchiha’s Majestic Attire: Susanoo. The chapter ended as Hashirama’s Wood Human intercepted Shukaku the One-Tail’s Tailed Beast Bomb.

• Uchiha Minamoto agreed with Tsunade that Susanoo could be a liability against powerful opponents because it was a hollow construct, unlike Hashirama Senju’s solid Wood Human.
• Tsunade noticed black markings appear on Hashirama Senju’s face and recognized that he had activated senjutsu.
• Hashirama Senju used Sage Mode to empower his Wood Human and Wood Dragon, forcing Madara Uchiha’s Majestic Attire: Susanoo onto the defensive.
• Shukaku the One-Tail fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Hashirama Senju from inside Majestic Attire: Susanoo.
• Hashirama Senju grew an extra arm on the Wood Human and intercepted the Tailed Beast Bomb.

Madara Uchiha used the Rinnegan to repel Hashirama Senju’s Wood Human Technique and declared himself invincible, then pulled Hashirama toward Majestic Attire: Susanoo for a killing strike. Hashirama countered with the Sage Art: Gate of the Great God, and the clash remained unresolved.

• Madara Uchiha activated the Rinnegan and used Shinra Tensei to shatter the wooden giant’s hand and stagger the Wood Human Technique.
• Hashirama Senju recognized that Madara’s Rinnegan had once belonged to him and warned that the eyes were not invincible.
• Madara Uchiha laughed, proclaimed that the Rinnegan made him invincible, and used Banshō Ten'in to pull Hashirama from the wooden giant.
• Madara Uchiha directed Majestic Attire: Susanoo and Shukaku the One-Tail to strike Hashirama in midair.
• Hashirama Senju used Sage Art: Gate of the Great God to pin Majestic Attire: Susanoo’s arms, feet, and tail.

Madara Uchiha used Limbo: Border Jail to strike Hashirama Senju from behind, turning the battle in his favor. He appeared behind Hashirama and pierced him again with a Chakra Black Rod.

• Hashirama Senju restrained Shukaku with Sage Art: Gate of the Great God, but Madara Uchiha repelled the torii targeting him with Shinra Tensei.
• Hashirama Senju escaped Banshō Ten'in with Adamantine-Staff Wood, then used the wooden pillars to shield himself from Madara Uchiha's Yin Release: Lightning Dispatch.
• Madara Uchiha cut through the wooden bridge with Storm Release: Light Fang, but Hashirama Senju summoned a Wood Dragon and charged after learning Shinra Tensei had a five-second interval.
• Madara Uchiha used Limbo: Border Jail to strike Hashirama Senju in the abdomen, then switched places with his invisible shadow clone and stabbed Hashirama from behind.
• Madara Uchiha said the attack repaid Hashirama for their Valley of the End battle and pierced him again with a Chakra Black Rod.

Madara Uchiha remembered his old grudges against Hashirama Senju and repeatedly stabbed him with Chakra Black Rods, doubting that ordinary weapons could kill a man with Hashirama cells. Hashirama ended the chapter covered in black rods, resembling a giant hedgehog.

• Madara Uchiha recalled how Hashirama Senju had stabbed him from behind at the Valley of the End and drove a Chakra Black Rod into him in revenge.
• Madara Uchiha remembered Hashirama Senju agreeing to kill himself to secure peace between the Senju and Uchiha clans, and questioned whether Hashirama could have died from a kunai wound.
• Madara Uchiha recalled feeling betrayed when Konoha rejected him as its Second Hokage and he left the village.
• Madara Uchiha decided Hashirama's Hashirama cells made him too resilient for kunai, so he chose Chakra Black Rods instead.
• Madara Uchiha repeatedly created and thrust Chakra Black Rods into Hashirama Senju until a dense mass of rods covered his back.

Madara Uchiha left Hashirama Senju near death after skewering him with chakra-suppressing black rods, but Uchiha Minamoto rescued him with Amenotejikara. Tsunade began treating Hashirama while Minamoto assured her that removing the rods would let him heal.

• Madara Uchiha overwhelmed Hashirama Senju with Limbo and pierced him with black rods until he was gravely injured.
• Tsunade panicked over Hashirama's condition and struggled to decide whether to ask Minamoto for help, fight Madara, or flee.
• Uchiha Minamoto used Amenotejikara to move Hashirama Senju away from Madara and beside himself and Tsunade.
• Tsunade prepared to use the Mystical Palm Technique to stabilize Hashirama, but Minamoto told her to remove the black rods first so Hashirama could heal on his own.

Tsunade removed the Chakra Black Rods from Hashirama Senju, whose body healed but whose defeat by Madara Uchiha left him despondent. Madara then attacked Uchiha Minamoto, and the two clashed with their respective Majestic Destroyer Flame techniques.

• Tsunade pulled the Chakra Black Rods from Hashirama Senju, and his wounds healed as his chakra returned.
• Hashirama Senju realized he had lost to Madara Uchiha and concluded that the Fifth Hokage would have to settle the battle.
• Madara Uchiha waited while Tsunade treated Hashirama Senju, then used Banshō Ten'in to pull Uchiha Minamoto toward him.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame as Uchiha Minamoto answered with Blaze Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame, and their flames collided.