Recaps

Tianshou stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre’s secret vault, killed a rival thief, and was caught in a missile strike that sent him through a spatial rift into an unknown world. A fat man who had hacked the missile system fled after admitting he had arranged the attack to eliminate his competitors.

• Tianshou entered the Louvre’s secret vault ahead of the agreed contest and found the Mona Lisa suspended before him.
• A masked woman confronted Tianshou and tried to claim the painting, but he cut through her gun and pressed his knife to her throat.
• The woman tried to seduce Tianshou and poison him with a silver needle, but he killed her first and took the Mona Lisa.
• Removing the painting triggered the vault alarm, and missiles struck the Louvre, knocking Tianshou unconscious.
• A spatial rift swallowed Tianshou and carried him to an unknown world.
• A fat man revealed that he had hacked a country’s missile system to kill Tianshou and the other rival, then prepared to flee.

After surviving the spatial rift, Tianshou awoke in the body of Uchiha Anyo in the Naruto world and learned that his parents had died in battle. He decided to train as a ninja while distancing himself from the Uchiha Clan, then left his home after promising himself he would save Uchiha Mikoto if he could.

• Tianshou endured the darkness of the spatial rift until Uchiha Mikoto woke him in a new body and told him his parents had died.
• Uchiha Anyo accepted that he had transmigrated into the Uchiha Clan and realized he was in an era before Uchiha Itachi had been born.
• Uchiha Anyo used his strong spiritual power to gather chakra and perform the Clone, Transformation, and Substitution Techniques.
• Uchiha Anyo decided that becoming a ninja and strengthening his body were his best chances of surviving.
• Uchiha Anyo refused the clan's offer to place him with an elder, gathered his belongings and battle compensation, and left after recalling Uchiha Mikoto's name.

After settling into Konoha under the name Anyo, Anyo enrolled in the Ninja Academy and met Minato Namikaze. Their spar ended with Anyo pretending to be injured, leaving Minato watching him as he departed.

• Anyo claimed an abandoned house as his home and enrolled in the Ninja Academy using his new identity.
• Anyo impressed his teacher with how much he learned, then rebuffed a group of girls who tried to meet him.
• Anyo recognized the blond student Minato Namikaze during class and watched him excel at the Three Body Techniques.
• Anyo and Minato sparred, trading attacks until Anyo deliberately let Minato kick him down.
• Minato helped Anyo up, and the instructor excused him from cleaning so he could go home and rest.
• Minato stayed behind and silently watched Anyo leave.

Anyo stole the Scroll of Seals from the Third Hokage’s home, but Minato caught him in the forest. As the boys read the forbidden techniques together, an old man received a file identifying Anyo as Uchiha Anyo.

• Anyo snuck into the Third Hokage’s room and stole the Scroll of Seals from a hidden compartment in the wall.
• Minato confronted Anyo outside the house and learned he had stolen the scroll to become stronger after his parents died on the battlefield.
• Anyo persuaded Minato to examine the scroll with him, and Minato became fascinated by the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Anyo studied the scroll, memorizing the Impure World Reincarnation and becoming engrossed in the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• An old man watched the boys from hiding as a man in a cat mask delivered a file bearing the name Uchiha Anyo.

Anyo and Minato secretly read the Scroll of Seals, learned techniques, and returned it before the Third Hokage could catch them. The next day, they met Kushina Uzumaki at school, where Anyo urged Minato to defend her from classmates’ mockery.

• The Third Hokage learned that no Uchiha had visited Anyo and decided to wait and see what he did next.
• Minato learned Flying Thunder God: Stage One from the Scroll of Seals, while Anyo attempted the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and sensed they were being watched.
• Anyo persuaded Minato to keep watch while he returned the Scroll of Seals, and the two left together with a shared secret.
• At school the next day, Minato announced that he wanted to become Hokage, and Anyo learned that the new red-haired student was Kushina Uzumaki.
• Classmates mocked Kushina and called her Tomato, but Minato said she did not need his help, prompting Anyo to call him clueless.

Anyo watched Kushina Uzumaki fight back against classmates who mocked her red hair, earning the nickname Blood Red Pepper. After Minato failed to intervene at first, Kushina defeated an older ninja but left hurt by his silence, while Anyo encouraged Minato to give her time to adjust.

• Anyo watched boys surround Kushina Uzumaki and mock her red hair, while Minato hesitated to help.
• Kushina beat the boys, and they began calling her Blood Red Pepper after Anyo used the nickname.
• Anyo warned Minato that one boy had gone to get help, so Minato used a Body Flicker Technique to follow Kushina.
• An older boy attacked Kushina with a kunai and a Substitution Technique, but she broke free of his grip and defeated him with a flurry of punches.
• Kushina accused Minato of refusing to help her because she was an outsider, then ran off before he could explain.
• Anyo told Minato to give Kushina time, and Minato vowed to train hard with Anyo so they could live well.

Anyo trained with Minato while hiding his strength, then encountered the powerful swordsman Hatake Sakumo and pursued him to ask for training. Sakumo revealed that he was Konoha's White Fang, leaving Anyo face-to-face with the swordsman he hoped would teach him.

• Anyo and Minato sparred after school for a year, and Minato questioned why Anyo kept concealing his strength before their graduation exam.
• Anyo wandered through Konoha and discovered a silver-haired swordsman whose blade technique and killing intent overwhelmed him.
• Anyo asked the swordsman to take him as a student, then chased him for an hour after the man ignored his request.
• The swordsman asked why Anyo wanted to learn from him, and Anyo said he wanted to become stronger and study his swordsmanship.
• The man introduced himself as Hatake Sakumo, known as Konoha's White Fang, and Anyo recognized him.

White Fang gave Anyo a deadly mission as an entrance test for becoming his student. Anyo killed the bandits and earned White Fang’s approval, leaving him set to begin training after graduation.

• White Fang challenged Anyo to kill a bandit gang of thirty-one before dawn, then lent him the White Light Chakra Sabre.
• Anyo descended the cliff using chakra and silently killed twenty bandits in their camp.
• Anyo killed the two guards at the leader’s house and used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to stop the nine men who fled.
• White Fang arrived, declared that Anyo had passed, and accepted him as his student.
• White Fang told Anyo to come to his home after graduating, and Anyo celebrated becoming his student.

At the Genin graduation examination, Anyo chose a seemingly overlooked Chunin but was unexpectedly tested by Orochimaru, who summoned a giant snake and ordered him to last thirty seconds. Anyo survived its attacks with Substitution and Fire Release, then held back from finishing it off as Orochimaru watched with interest.

• The instructor announced that graduates could choose from the visiting ninja, including the famed Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya.
• As the students raced to choose their instructors, Anyo ambled behind them and selected a Chunin while Minato led the group.
• Orochimaru appeared and took over Anyo's test, telling him to last thirty seconds against a summoned giant snake.
• Anyo escaped the snake's first attack with Substitution Technique and burned its tail with Great Fireball Technique.
• Anyo chose not to press his advantage, and Orochimaru reacted to his performance with interest.

Anyo avoided becoming Orochimaru’s student and reached Hatake Sakumo, who accepted him as his pupil. Sakumo began teaching him swordsmanship after demonstrating a devastating technique.

• Orochimaru offered to teach Anyo, but Anyo claimed he had already arranged to study under the Konoha White Fang.
• Orochimaru sent Anyo to Hatake Sakumo’s home on a giant snake, then watched him go inside.
• Anyo met Kakashi Hatake, dodged the kunai Kakashi threw, and learned that Kakashi was Sakumo’s son.
• Hatake Sakumo gave Anyo a Konoha forehead protector, named him his student, and told Kakashi to call him big brother.
• Sakumo asked Anyo to choose a blade, then demonstrated swordsmanship that cut all seven wooden posts in a flash.

White Fang taught Anyo the principles and basic forms of his close-range swordsmanship, while the Third Hokage assessed Anyo’s potential and entrusted White Fang with guiding him. White Fang accepted a Hokage robe, and Anyo kept practicing until his body neared its limit.

• White Fang explained that his sword style was designed to defeat long weapons at close range and required exceptional speed, precise killing techniques, and the resolve to fight to the death.
• White Fang demonstrated the Thirteen Forms and left Anyo to practice them until they became muscle memory.
• The Third Hokage asked White Fang to judge Anyo, and White Fang said Anyo’s potential was limitless and above his own.
• The Third Hokage revealed that Anyo belonged to the Uchiha Clan and asked White Fang to guide him and stop him if he went astray.
• The Third Hokage presented White Fang with a Hokage Half-Sleeved Robe, and White Fang accepted it.
• Anyo practiced sword swings relentlessly into the evening, pushing through exhaustion as he worked to build instinctive reactions.

Anyo spent half a year training with White Fang while growing close to Kakashi, until White Fang summoned him for a mission and revealed that the Second Shinobi World War was beginning. They headed toward Sunagakure as Hanzo of the Salamander fought the Land of Iron.

• Anyo woke beside Kakashi, teased him awake, and took him to Ichiraku Ramen for breakfast.
• Anyo and Kakashi trained side by side in White Fang's courtyard, and Anyo continued practicing there for half a year without taking a mission.
• White Fang arrived in ninja gear and ordered Anyo to gather his equipment and leave with him.
• White Fang told Anyo that Hanzo of the Salamander had declared war on Sunagakure, Konoha, and the Land of Iron.
• Anyo admitted he was afraid but would follow orders, and White Fang said they were heading to Sunagakure while Hanzo was still fighting the Land of Iron.

Anyo joined White Fang on a mission to eliminate Sand ninja operating near Konoha, and White Fang assigned him to kill them all. Anyo ambushed a group of ten Sand ninja at night, killed most of them, and confronted the two terrified survivors.

• White Fang told Anyo that they were going to attack Sunagakure’s forces and assigned him all the Sand ninja targeted by the mission.
• Anyo memorized the intelligence about forty Sand ninja led by two Jonin and told White Fang he could eliminate them in one night if the Jonin were separated.
• White Fang gave Anyo the White Light Chakra Sabre, and Anyo waited in the forest until nightfall.
• A group of ten Sand ninja discovered Anyo, but he escaped their Earth Release attacks with a Shadow Clone and retaliated with Fire and Lightning Release techniques.
• Anyo ambushed the Sand ninja as they retreated, killed their leader and most of the group, then offered the two surviving young ninja a chance to surrender.

Anyo used a Sand Ninja’s puppet strings and a disguise to ambush and eliminate two groups of Sand Ninja without letting them signal for help. After defeating another group, he prepared to separate the remaining two Jonin and ten ninja before attacking them.

• Anyo stopped a Sand Ninja from killing himself, questioned him about the enemy’s detection method, and then killed both captured Sand Ninja.
• Anyo learned to use the Puppeteer’s chakra strings and disguised himself as the dead leader to approach another group.
• Anyo exposed and killed the group’s Puppeteer, then used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and Lightning Release to kill the rest of the group.
• Anyo recovered his chakra and used the same approach to eliminate a third group, which had eight members and no Jonin.
• Anyo concluded that the two remaining Jonin were together with ten other ninja and decided to separate them before attacking.

Anyo fought off Sunagakure’s remaining force, using a powerful darkness technique and a lightning-fast sword strike to kill the two jonin and complete the wipeout. After collapsing from the strain, he was found by White Fang, who carried him back toward Konoha.

• Two Sand Ninja jonin spotted Anyo, mistook his White Light Chakra Sabre for proof that White Fang was nearby, and ordered their squad to flee.
• Anyo chased the twelve Sand Ninja and killed half of them before the jonin turned back to attack him.
• Anyo used a lightning clone to deceive the jonin, then killed the remaining fleeing ninja and revealed that only the two jonin were left.
• Anyo trapped the jonin in a terrifying darkness and killed them with a lightning-fast sword strike, wiping out Sunagakure’s entire forty-man force.
• Anyo collapsed from the strain of his attack, and White Fang carried him toward Konoha.

Anyo passed out after exhausting himself with his newly named Iaido strike, and White Fang rushed him to the hospital, where Tsunade treated his damaged chakra pathways. After waking and smoothing over an embarrassing moment with a story about his mother, Anyo recovered enough to ask Tsunade if he could court her.

• White Fang praised Anyo's final sword strike and named it Iaido before Anyo passed out from overexertion.
• White Fang brought Anyo to the hospital and persuaded Tsunade to interrupt her Medical Ninjutsu research to treat him.
• Tsunade found that Anyo's chakra pathway system was damaged and warned that he could lose his future as a ninja without prompt treatment.
• Tsunade healed Anyo with green chakra and a slug, but Anyo woke in her arms and was slapped when he reflexively leaned into her.
• Anyo claimed he had mistaken Tsunade for his mother while dazed, and Tsunade resumed treating him gently.
• After recovering, Anyo told Tsunade she was beautiful and asked if he could court her.

After Tsunade rebuffed Anyo’s confession and White Fang reported Anyo’s battlefield feat to the Third, Dan Katō treated Anyo and explained his unusual Spirit Transformation Technique. Anyo realized the soul-based technique might also be useful for killing, leaving him intrigued by Dan’s ability.

• Tsunade ended Anyo’s treatment after he confessed his feelings, and White Fang reprimanded him for having ulterior motives.
• White Fang told the Third that Anyo had killed all the Sand ninja alone, and the Third ordered him to guide Anyo carefully while worrying that Anyo might become the next Madara Uchiha.
• Dan Katō treated Anyo’s injuries and restored his mental energy, then agreed to let Anyo buy him a meal in thanks.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Anyo asked Dan how his Medical Ninjutsu restored mental energy, and Dan explained that he could control his soul and had named the technique the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Anyo realized Dan’s soul-based technique could potentially be used for assassination.

Anyo discovered that his soul could manifest after reliving the darkness he had experienced before returning to life. Dan Katō saw Anyo's soul and began teaching him the Spirit Transformation Technique, while White Fang watched their training from hiding.

• Anyo tried to trigger soul perception by leaping from a cliff, but the fall stirred no strong emotions in him.
• Anyo used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to recall his time in the void and manifested his powerful soul.
• The Third Hokage sensed a dark force at the cliff, mistook Anyo's thread marks for evidence of a Sunagakure infiltrator, and ordered an investigation.
• Anyo told Dan Katō that he had seen his soul, and Dan invited him to train at the training ground.
• Dan Katō taught Anyo the Spirit Transformation Technique, and they practiced through the night as White Fang watched from the shadows.

After Dan Katō left, White Fang warned Anyō that the Spirit Transformation Technique left his body vulnerable and should not be used carelessly. Later, Anyō recognized a disguised infiltrator in Konoha and confronted him, leaving the man demanding to know how he had been exposed.

• Dan Katō and Anyō agreed to meet regularly after practicing the Spirit Transformation Technique, which Anyō had nearly mastered.
• White Fang warned Anyō not to use the technique on the battlefield because enemies could attack his unprotected body, then gave him his mission payment.
• Anyō considered spending his earnings as the war spread and the village filled with wounded ninja.
• Anyō suspected a bespectacled middle-aged man he passed on the street was a skilled thief and infiltrator.
• Anyō shared breakfast with the man, then revealed that he knew the man had infiltrated Konoha and ordered him to put away his weapon.
• The man dropped his harmless-worker act and asked Anyō how he had seen through his disguise.

Anyo persuaded Genno to help steal the Scroll of Seals when the Third Hokage left Konoha, then focused on refining his swordsmanship. He deployed with White Fang and nearly a thousand ninja to fight Amegakure, where the Third Hokage’s disciples would lead the campaign against Hanzo of the Salamander.

• Anyo told Genno he wanted the Scroll of Seals and got him to agree to help steal it when the Third Hokage left the village.
• Anyo returned to White Fang’s training grounds and practiced the iaido slash while Kakashi watched.
• White Fang told Anyo they were heading to the battlefield and warned him he might not return; Kakashi asked to come along but was told to wait until he graduated from the Ninja Academy.
• White Fang led Anyo and a large force of Konoha ninja toward the battlefield, explaining that Amegakure had defeated the Land of Iron and that Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya would lead the war effort against Hanzo of the Salamander.

Anyo and Minato hunted enemy ninja near Konoha, then raced back to rescue Kushina from three Cloud ninja. After Minato saved her, Anyo wondered whether the Third Hokage was away from the village, leaving an opportunity for him.

• Anyo asked White Fang to let him hunt enemy ninja lurking near the rear, and White Fang assigned him to work with Minato Namikaze.
• Anyo and Minato quickly defeated enemy ninja while searching Konoha's territory, and Minato explained that Hanzo was wearing down the front lines with cautious tactics.
• Minato found intelligence revealing that Cloud ninja planned to capture Kushina for her clan's Sealing Jutsu, so he and Anyo hurried back to Konoha.
• Anyo and Minato learned that Kushina had been abducted, followed her red hair, and caught up with the three Cloud Jonin.
• Minato defeated the three Jonin and rescued Kushina, while Anyo killed them and suspected the Third Hokage was absent from the village.

After Kushina was rescued, Anyo and Minato asked Shinku whether she could go to the battlefield, and Shinku ordered both her and Minato to remain in Konoha. Anyo discovered Shinku had trapped him in genjutsu, then persuaded Shinku to let Kurenai Yuhi teach him genjutsu.

• Kushina asked to join Minato at the battlefield, but Anyo and Minato took her to Shinku for permission.
• Shinku forbade Kushina and Minato from going to the battlefield and told Anyo to wait in Konoha for White Fang's reply.
• Anyo tried to leave, but Shinku trapped him in a powerful genjutsu; Anyo recognized the illusion and agreed to stay.
• Anyo asked Shinku to teach him genjutsu, and Shinku offered to have his daughter Kurenai Yuhi teach him instead.
• Kurenai Yuhi angrily agreed to teach Anyo after he called her a little brat, and she began explaining genjutsu theory.

Anyo studied genjutsu with Kurenai Yuhi, who later brought him her father Shinku Yuhi’s notes and scrolls. After learning three methods of breaking genjutsu, Anyo asked Kurenai to test him by casting an illusion for him to break.

• Anyo practiced genjutsu through the night while Kurenai Yuhi fell asleep, then woke her and offered her candy.
• Anyo carried Kurenai Yuhi out for breakfast, and she brought him home to continue teaching him.
• Anyo suggested staying with Kurenai Yuhi at night after learning she was afraid to sleep at home alone; he told her his parents had died on the battlefield.
• Kurenai Yuhi brought out the genjutsu books and scrolls compiled by her father, Shinku Yuhi, and Anyo read about three ways to break illusions.
• Anyo asked Kurenai Yuhi to cast genjutsu on him so he could practice breaking it, and she eagerly agreed.

Anyo tested his genjutsu on Kurenai Yuhi, frightened her with the Hell Viewing Technique, then calmed her by entering her mind and showing her beautiful scenery. After studying genjutsu at Kurenai Yuhi’s house with help from Shinku, Anyo took her to the Ninja Academy while Genno prepared to begin their theft plan.

• Anyo’s Hell Viewing Technique terrified Kurenai Yuhi, so he used the Spirit Transformation Technique to soothe her with visions of beautiful places.
• Anyo cooked for Kurenai Yuhi and spent the day studying genjutsu at her house while she slept.
• Shinku visited, thanked Anyo for keeping Kurenai Yuhi company, and answered his questions about genjutsu.
• Anyo carried Kurenai Yuhi to breakfast, where Genno arrived and quietly ate the same meal.
• Anyo carried Kurenai Yuhi toward the Ninja Academy as Genno followed, thinking that the theft plan had begun and that he had prepared backup measures.

Anyo confronted Genno, a Kagerō Village infiltrator, and told him that Takigakure had attacked his village. Genno agreed to follow Anyo after he promised to help Kagerō Village once he reached Kage Level strength, while their plan to steal a book remained set for that night.

• Anyo left Kurenai Yuhi at the Ninja Academy and spoke with Genno, who was hiding inside a tree.
• Anyo revealed that he knew Genno was from Kagerō Village and said Takigakure had attacked it.
• Genno abandoned thoughts of returning alone and asked Konoha for reinforcements, but Anyo explained that their treaty was only a peace treaty and Konoha had none to spare.
• Anyo asked Genno to follow him and promised on his Uchiha bloodline to aid Kagerō Village once he reached Kage Level strength.
• Genno accepted Anyo's offer, and Anyo left to scout the location before they met again that night.