Recaps

Anyo reunited with Haku, introduced her to Kikyo, and ended Dotō’s rebellion in the Land of Snow. After taking Haku away, he told her about his past and discovered that her altered chakra resembled senjutsu chakra.

• Anyo stopped kissing Haku to cripple Dotō after Dotō attacked him, then Haku reassured Anyo that she would not disappear again.
• Anyo introduced Haku to Kikyo as her little mom, and Haku warmly welcomed Kikyo into the family.
• Anyo promised Princess Koyuki help and a favor, gave her the hexagonal necklace, and killed Dotō and the three Snow ninja.
• Anyo carried Haku to an ice house, where they became intimate and he told her about his near-death experiences and the person he blamed for their separation.
• Anyo sensed that Haku’s chakra had changed into a form resembling senjutsu chakra and realized she might become the fourth Sage in the world of Naruto.

Anyo studied the new cold energy Senjutsu within Haku and then began absorbing the Land of Snow’s natural energy to master it. As the freezing power threatened to stop his body and thoughts, he used Time Stop and drew the energy into himself.

• Anyo examined Haku’s cold-based Senjutsu chakra and explained that his body was still rebuilding after he had revived Haku.
• Anyo and Haku resumed their intimacy, postponing his research.
• After Princess Koyuki became queen, Anyo contacted Kikyo, promised her new weapons, and persuaded her to return to Konoha without him.
• Anyo began absorbing the Land of Snow’s cold energy, freezing water around himself and Haku.
• Anyo activated Time Stop, unleashed his three other Senjutsu chakra streams, and pulled the gathered cold energy into his body as it threatened to freeze him.

Anyo used cold energy to fuse four types of senjutsu chakra, gaining a powerful new Sage Mode before returning from the Land of Snow with Haku. Meanwhile, Konoha’s leaders concealed their talks with Kumogakure from Tsunade, bringing her into a confrontation with Danzo.

• Anyo controlled the cold energy with Inorganic Reincarnation, stored it as ice crystals, and used it to keep his three other senjutsu chakra streams apart as he fused all four.
• Anyo’s new Sage Mode let him sense life and the Land of Snow around him and control the weather; he credited Haku for helping him and said he no longer needed others to replenish his senjutsu chakra.
• Anyo and Haku met Queen Koyuki, learned that his three students had left a month earlier, and agreed to travel with her by ship as she continued her acting career.
• Sunagakure sent young women to Konoha after they received Uchiha Clan flyers, while Kumogakure sent envoys and left the ninja Samui at the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Tsunade demanded that Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Danzo reveal what they had discussed with Kumogakure, and threatened to arrest Samui for espionage.
• Danzo accused Tsunade of letting personal feelings affect her judgment, and Tsunade warned him to stop as their confrontation escalated.

Tsunade learned that Konoha’s elders planned to use a Cloud Ninja and Uchiha Anyo’s bloodline as a bond between the villages, while Jiraiya prepared to train Naruto against Akatsuki. At sea, Anyo invited Koyuki to Konoha to learn stage acting.

• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Danzo explained that they intended to make a child of the Uchiha and Cloud villages a bond between Konoha and Kumogakure.
• Tsunade rejected their plan and left, then told Jiraiya she regretted leaving Konoha and feared what the village had become.
• Jiraiya decided to take Naruto away for training because Akatsuki was targeting the Tailed Beasts, and Tsunade entrusted Naruto to him.
• Aboard a ship, Koyuki told Anyo she was considering traveling to the desert after filming in the Land of Snow.
• Anyo invited Koyuki to Konoha and offered to teach her stage acting.

Anyo arranged for Koyuki and a director to stage his play about the Fifth Hokage, then returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound to find it crowded with women drawn by flyers. He welcomed them and recruited Samui into the performance after she imitated the Raikage.

• Anyo gave Koyuki his script, and she agreed to take on the play while recognizing his novels Ōbu and Sailor Moon.
• After reaching shore, Anyo carried Haku into a carriage as Koyuki expanded the script, and the director decided to take the troupe to Konoha.
• Near Konoha, Anyo used the Spirit Transformation Technique to learn why the village was unusually lively and led the party to the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Anyo welcomed the women gathered there and left the director to rehearse them for the play.
• Anyo met Mikoto and Samui, realized women from the Five Great Nations had answered the flyers, and recruited Samui after she imitated the Raikage.

Anyo introduced Haku to Mikoto, then visited Tsunade and learned that Konoha’s leaders had agreed to a deal with Kumogakure targeting the Uchiha bloodline. He calmed Tsunade, promised not to attack the leaders, and used Time Reversal to begin restoring her youth.

• Anyo introduced Haku to Mikoto, who welcomed her and agreed to arrange a room for her.
• Anyo soothed Tsunade while she slept in the Hokage Office, and Tsunade woke to find him beside her.
• Tsunade scolded Anyo for his long absence, then told him about Konoha High Command’s deal with Kumogakure.
• Anyo dismissed the leaders as ants and offered to kill them, but he agreed to spare them after Tsunade objected.
• Anyo activated Time Reversal on Tsunade to return her to her younger years.

Anyo used his Mangekyō Sharingan to turn back Tsunade’s body by a year, then revealed his new Sage Mode and gave her a performance celebrating her as the Fifth Hokage. As he recruited young ninja for the play, he learned Ino was confined at home and went to visit her.

• Anyo explained that his Mangekyō Sharingan controlled time and that reversing Tsunade’s age by a year had exhausted his eye power.
• Tsunade invited Anyo into the small room in her office, where they were intimate, and he told her he had mastered a new Sage Mode.
• Anyo revealed that Yukie Fujikaze would perform a play about Tsunade’s life, and villagers’ demand led Tsunade to move it to the Chunin Finals venue.
• Anyo confronted Niannian about sending flyers to other nations, then told him that Tenten was staying in Sunagakure with its Kazekage, Blackarachnia, also known as Sasori.
• Anyo recruited several young ninja for the play, learned that Naruto had left with Jiraiya and that Ino was confined at home, and headed to visit her.

Anyo visited Ino and recruited her squad to provide security for a play, alarming Inoichi, who warned Ino to stay away from him because he had killed more people than any living ninja. Anyo then confronted Danzo and demanded to borrow Tenzo, the child who survived Danzo's Wood Release Experiment; Danzo agreed to bring him the next day.

• Anyo visited Ino, gave her a cosmos, and persuaded her to have her squad handle security for a play.
• Inoichi returned home, recognized Anyo as his former Anbu captain, and warned Ino against further contact with him.
• Inoichi explained that he had kept Ino home because he feared she would join Anyo's event after seeing his blind date flyer, and said Anyo had killed more people than any living ninja.
• Anyo went to Danzo's underground base and demanded to borrow the child who had survived the Wood Release Experiment.
• Anyo threatened Danzo with his strength and Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, and Danzo agreed to bring Tenzo the next day.

Anyo brought Konoha’s young talents together to help stage a play about the village’s history, using Tenzo’s Wood Release for scenery. The performance began by depicting Konoha’s founding and the bond between Hashirama and Madara, then ended with the two turning against each other.

• Anyo recruited Tenzo and other young talents, including the Sunagakure trio, to join the play’s production.
• The director gathered the group at the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Koyuki practiced as the lead actress and the cast received their assignments.
• The play opened at the Chunin arena, where Shizune narrated the founding of Konoha as the audience watched a battle between Hashirama’s and Madara’s forces.
• Hashirama offered to die to prove his sincerity, but Madara stopped him and agreed to build a village together.
• Tenzo used Wood Release to raise the village’s trees, while an unexplained surge of power replenished his chakra.
• Hashirama and Madara named the village Konoha Ninja Village and its leader the Hokage, before the scene shifted to their renewed conflict.

Tsunade watched Anyo’s play portray Hashirama’s regret over killing Madara, then saw Kikyo bring her mischievous childhood self to life. After Kikyo graduated and began growing up alongside her future Sannin teammates, the play announced the start of the Second Shinobi World War.

• Tsunade reflected that the Uchiha Clan should never have been exterminated and that she had indulged Anyo because she hoped he could help the Uchiha become part of Konoha.
• The play showed Hashirama killing Madara at the Valley of the End, then introduced Kikyo as the young Tsunade.
• Kikyo portrayed young Tsunade sneaking off to gamble with Hashirama, and Tobirama caught and scolded them as the audience laughed.
• Kikyo displayed her talents at the Ninja Academy, graduated, and joined two teammates as the future Konoha Sannin.
• The play showed the three teammates growing up and displaying their signature ninjutsu before Shizune announced the start of the Second Shinobi World War.

Anyo staged a play about Tsunade’s youth, portraying the Sannin’s rise during the Second Shinobi World War before beginning an invented account of her sorrow in the Third. The chapter ended with Tsunade watching Nawaki face death onstage and struggling to hold back tears.

• Anyo used special effects and transformed Katsuyu to stage Hanzō’s battle with Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, ending with Hanzō naming them the Konoha Sannin.
• Tsunade watched the play and asked Anyo to correct its portrayal of her gambling.
• Shizune announced Act Four, and Anyo told Tsunade he had blended her younger experiences into the Third Shinobi World War with artistic license.
• The play showed Nawaki promising Tsunade he would become Hokage and bring peace after their parents died.
• A captor threatened to kill Nawaki unless Tsunade ordered Konoha’s ninja to retreat, while Nawaki urged her to kill him; Tsunade trembled and grew tearful as she watched.

The play showed Nawaki sacrificing himself, prompting Tsunade to grieve while Anyo comforted her, before the story turned to the Four-Nation Allied Forces’ attack on Konoha. It left Tsunade standing alone at Konoha’s gate, rallying its defenders against the invading Kage.

• Nawaki used an Explosive Tag to kill himself and the burly ninja, and Konoha went on to win the battle.
• Tsunade broke down over Nawaki’s death, and Anyo comforted her by reminding her of his dream and their family.
• The Mizukage, Tsuchikage, Kazekage, and Raikage agreed to form the Four-Nation Allied Forces and launch Operation Hurricane against Konoha.
• Tenzo used Anyo’s chakra to create a replica of Konoha’s gate for the next scene of the play.
• Samui, Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari played the invading Kage, while Tsunade declared that Konoha would defend its home to the death.

During a performance that turns into a serious battle, Tsunade and Konoha’s young ninja face the four Kage, who have been told not to hold back. The fight ends with a staged disappearance and Tsunade honored before the cheering crowd.

• Tsunade asks Anyo about the poisoning from years ago, and he explains that the clan responsible for Pot Poison must be the ones to purify Death Poison Valley.
• The four Kage attack Tsunade, and the security detail is transported into the grounds to join the fight.
• Shikamaru organizes the young ninja against Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, and Samui, while Hinata tries to reach Kankuro and Tsunade restores everyone’s injuries and chakra.
• The two sides unleash glowing powers that make everyone vanish, leaving the crowd wondering whether the fight was real.
• Shizune announces the final curtain, and Tsunade appears beneath the lights as Anyo and Yugao disappear from the platform.
• Tsunade waves to the crowd as cheers resound throughout Konoha.

Anyo married Kurenai Yuhi in a red-and-black ceremony at the Uchiha Clan Compound, while Haku quietly supported him despite her pregnancy. After the wedding, Mikoto welcomed Kikyo into the Uchiha Clan.

• Tsunade realized the villagers’ respect had grown after Anyo’s play, while Shizune learned that Kurenai Yuhi and Anyo planned to marry.
• At the Uchiha Clan Compound, Mikoto spoke with pregnant Haku, who said Anyo’s happiness mattered most to her.
• Sakura and Kikyo met Kiba, Hinata, and Shino, who revealed that Kurenai Yuhi was the bride; Kikyo then explained that Anyo was her father.
• Anyo and Kurenai Yuhi held their wedding ceremony before their friends and clan, then watched fireworks together and celebrated privately.
• Mikoto invited Kikyo to join the Uchiha Clan, and Kikyo agreed.

Anyo learned that Haku was pregnant, accepted her name for the baby, and later brought Samui to Sunagakure to reunite her with Mabui. Meanwhile, Neji joined Anyo’s Zero Organization after Sasori revealed that the Byakugan might evolve, and the chapter ended with Mabui telling Samui that Anyo had created Death Poison Valley.

• Haku told Anyo she was pregnant, and they agreed to name the baby Little White before a knock interrupted them.
• Samui confronted Anyo, who told her she would accompany him to Sunagakure to keep Mabui company.
• Tenten showed Neji and Rock Lee her Mecha Wings, then gave Neji a pair so he could fly to meet the Kazekage.
• Sasori revealed his identity to Neji and invited him to join Zero, and Neji accepted; Anyo then identified himself as the organization’s leader.
• Anyo brought Samui to Mabui in Sunagakure, where the two reunited after Mabui had been missing for over ten years.
• Mabui warned Samui about Anyo and revealed that he had created Death Poison Valley.

Mabui warned Samui that assassinating Anyo would endanger Kumogakure and could provoke a war, while Sasori reported the Akatsuki’s Tailed Beast hunt to Anyo. Anyo chose to wait before confronting Pain so he could draw out the Rinnegan’s power over life and death, then began planning a New World with Sasori.

• Mabui told Samui that Sasori was the Kazekage and warned that attacking Anyo could endanger Kumogakure and trigger the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Sasori met Anyo, who asked whether he had considered marrying Tenten, leaving Sasori flustered before they turned to business.
• Sasori reported that the Akatsuki had located nearly all the Tailed Beasts and divided its members into pairs to capture them.
• Anyo told Sasori that he had found Megatron, mastered another Senjutsu, and was strong enough to fight, but chose to wait before acting against Pain.
• Anyo explained that he wanted to draw out the Rinnegan’s power over life and death, then spread a map and began planning the New World with Sasori.

Anyo and Sasori planned Sunagakure’s transformation, using Gaara and Yamato to improve the desert and proposing roads and railways to modernize transportation. Anyo left the project in Sasori’s hands and went to spend time with Ebizo while preparing to recover and remain with pregnant Megatron.

• Anyo rejected Sasori’s suggestion to abandon Sunagakure and proposed having Gaara and Yamato reshape its environment.
• Anyo and Sasori decided to use Da’an’s money-finding ability to locate a vast hidden fortune, with Sasori planning to place a Cursed Seal on him.
• Anyo drew plans for highways and railway lines, assigning Sasori and the Land of Crafts’ craftsmen to help build the roads.
• Anyo told Sasori he would stay in Konoha with pregnant Megatron, recover using senjutsu, and leave the work to him.
• Anyo reunited with Ebizo to fish, caught the first fish, and challenged his teacher to keep competing.

Anyo arranged for Yamato to help Sunagakure, then returned to caring for Haku as her pregnancy progressed. Kurenai learned from Tsunade that Anyo’s heightened vitality might prevent her from conceiving, leaving her distraught.

• Anyo checked Minato and found that he only needed time to recover his depleted soul power.
• Anyo told Tsunade he planned to send Yamato to Sunagakure long-term to strengthen the alliance, and he refused to reveal Mikoto’s identity publicly to protect Itachi.
• Anyo assured Tsunade he would support her, and they went to the little room together.
• Anyo updated his novels, cared for pregnant Haku, and received Koyuki’s offer to buy the rights to Sailor Moon.
• Kurenai asked Tsunade why she had not become pregnant, and Tsunade explained that Anyo’s extraordinary vitality might be incompatible with her body.
• Kurenai was left wondering whether she would ever be able to conceive.

Anyo finished a tragic novel for Yugao, who named her new blade Waning Moon, while Haku urged him to pursue Yugao. When Kurenai Yuhi returned from a mission, she gave Anyo a lethal poison disguised as a fertility remedy from Tsunade, and he drank it.

• Tsunade gave Kurenai Yuhi a multicolored pill to try on Anyo, though she was unsure it would work.
• Anyo showed Yugao his finished novel, and she questioned its tragic ending before deciding to accept it.
• Yugao named her new blade Waning Moon, and Haku told Anyo that Yugao had likely fallen for him.
• Anyo explained that he knew his wife in Kirigakure was Mei Terumi but could not yet reunite with her.
• Kurenai Yuhi brought Anyo a bowl of poison from Tsunade, believing it would improve his constitution and help her get pregnant, and Anyo drank it.

Anyo survived the potent poison Tsunade had given him, and Kurenai Yuhi became pregnant after they were intimate. Two and a half years later, letters about the Chunin Ninja Exams and Akatsuki’s Tailed Beast operation stirred Anyo into action.

• Anyo drank Tsunade’s poison, and Kurenai Yuhi learned that it would not kill him before they became intimate.
• A month later, Kurenai Yuhi discovered she was pregnant, left frontline duty, and stopped taking missions outside the village.
• Anyo exchanged the Eight Forms Sword Technique for Orochimaru’s videotapes of Sasuke’s training, and Mikoto watched the tapes of Sasuke and Itachi.
• Haku and Kurenai Yuhi gave birth to Little White and Rainbow, and Kikyo spent more time caring for her younger siblings.
• Anyo received letters saying the Chunin Ninja Exams would be held in Sunagakure, Pain had captured Han, and Sasori wanted Fū to attend the exams.
• After learning that Genno had come to meet him, Anyo stood and declared that the Hayate Chronicle had begun.

Anyo left home to serve as Konoha’s lead instructor for the Chunin Ninja Exams, but first visited Genno and learned that his old companion was choosing to die in exchange for Fū’s safety. After Genno’s death, Anyo headed toward Sunagakure, determined to change the world, and saw how much its surroundings had transformed.

• Anyo told Kikyo he was leaving to serve as Konoha’s lead instructor for the Chunin Ninja Exams, then departed without explaining his reasons.
• Anyo met Genno for breakfast and discovered that Genno’s health had deteriorated and he was nearing the end of his life.
• Genno refused Anyo’s offer to extend his life and asked him to protect Fū, who had gone to take the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Anyo promised that Fū would live and told Genno that he would not have protected him if Genno had betrayed him in the past; Genno laughed and died.
• Village Chief Shibuki and the villagers collected Genno’s body and carried it toward Takigakure as Anyo flew away, resolved to change the world.
• Anyo entered Sunagakure’s territory and saw planned oases and milder conditions, then wondered how Yamato was doing.

Yamato continued working on Sunagakure’s oasis project while hoping to return to Konoha through the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams. Anyo arrived to find Sunagakure transformed and discussed the organization’s finances, Yamato, and the loyalty of Samui and Mabui with Sasori.

• Yamato resolved to finish the oasis quickly so he could contact the Konoha team leader at the Chunin Ninja Exams and ask to return home.
• Anyo arrived in a greatly renovated Sunagakure, where Sasori welcomed him and credited the village’s transformation to its abundant funding and leadership.
• Sasori reported that Hanzō had been tampering with the organization’s income from its Hideout in the Land of Hot Water, but Anyo told him to leave Hanzō alone for now.
• Sasori said Yamato deserved the greatest credit for Sunagakure’s development and admitted he had considered turning him into a puppet, but Anyo forbade it and said he had other plans for Yamato.
• Sasori told Anyo that Samui had repeatedly tried to escape after gathering information from Mabui, and Anyo dismissed the threat and said the villages would eventually become one family.

Anyo learned that Fayi believed a Jinchūriki could survive a Tailed Beast’s extraction only if the beast willingly left some chakra behind, and Anyo remained determined to save Fū. After Sasori and Mabui clashed over trust, Anyo and Sasori turned to the Chunin Ninja Exams, where Gaara met Fū after she rescued other candidates and agreed to be her first friend.

• Anyo asked Fayi whether a Jinchūriki could survive having a Tailed Beast extracted, and Fayi said it was only possible if the beast willingly left some chakra behind.
• Fayi asked why Anyo cared about saving a Jinchūriki, and Anyo said some people should live regardless of what the world thought.
• Mabui confronted Sasori for restricting Samui, while Sasori admitted he suspected everyone except Kurotsuchi; Mabui left after warning she could leak the organization’s intelligence with one Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Anyo told Sasori that conflict was normal and promised to speak with Mabui before they left to handle business.
• During the Chunin Ninja Exams, Fū rescued three candidates from a sandstorm, and Gaara stopped the wind and sand with a wall.
• Fū asked Gaara to be her first friend since leaving her village, and he agreed.

Anyo confronted Fū and Gaara, blaming Fū’s grandfather Genno for angering him and ending Fū’s Chunin Ninja Exams. After defeating Gaara’s defenses, Anyo incapacitated both Jinchūriki and revealed that Genno was dead.

• Fū and Gaara helped the examinees escape the raging winds, but Gaara sensed danger when Anyo, Sasori, and Fayi approached.
• Anyo told Fū that Genno had angered him, then attacked her and Gaara with a lightning-infused blade.
• Gaara defended them with the Shield of Shukaku, but Anyo broke through it and wounded Gaara before pinning him to the ground with blades.
• Anyo told Fū that Genno was dead, then struck her neck with a Chakra Scalpel and incapacitated her.
• Fayi watched Anyo defeat both Jinchūriki and realized why the Kazekage listened to him.

Anyo arranged for Fayi to extract the One-Tail from Gaara and the Seven-Tails from Fū, while ensuring both jinchūriki survived. When Fayi struggled to pull the Tailed Beasts free, Anyo strengthened the sealing chains and helped him seal them in separate vessels.

• Fū shielded Gaara and pleaded with Anyo to spare him, and Anyo assured her that he would not kill either of them.
• Anyo entered Fū's mental space and made the Seven-Tails Chōmei agree to leave chakra and wings behind to keep Fū alive.
• Anyo used genjutsu to make Shukaku sever his tail, then told Fayi to begin the extraction.
• Fayi played the biwa and used purple chains to draw the Tailed Beasts' chakra from Gaara and Fū into separate vessels.
• When Fayi could not pull the Tailed Beasts' bodies free, Anyo activated Mount Myōboku Senjutsu and reinforced the chains.
• Fayi pulled out the One-Tail and Seven-Tails and sealed them separately in the vessels.