Recaps

As Naruto fought Pain, Anyo waited for the battle to reach its turning point, preparing a mysterious plan connected to Pain's real body. Naruto overcame the Nine-Tails’ control and returned to Sage Mode, leaving Anyo and Sasori ready to act.

• Anyo observed that Tsunade’s clash with Pain had deepened Nagato’s resentment toward Konoha, and he waited for Naruto to arrive with Sage Mode.
• Sasori rescued Niannian from the collapsing ruins and reassured him that Konoha would rise again.
• Naruto initially suppressed Pain with Sage Mode, but Pain overwhelmed him and prepared to capture him; Hinata intervened and declared her love for Naruto.
• Pain impaled Hinata, driving Naruto into a Nine-Tails transformation that led to a fierce battle across Konoha’s ruins and underground river.
• Pain trapped Naruto with Planetary Devastation, but Naruto broke free before Minato’s chakra helped him regain control and enter Sage Mode.
• Anyo confirmed with Sasori that preparations had been made at Pain’s real body, then set out to carry out his plan.

Anyo used Nagato’s life-and-death technique to revive White Fang and Sasori’s parents, then revealed he had been waiting for this chance. As Nagato died, he asked Anyo to protect Konan, and the reunited family embraced.

• Anyo followed Naruto to Nagato and waited as Naruto persuaded Nagato to believe in his future.
• As Nagato began the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, Anyo used Kotoamatsukami and directed the revival toward three coffins.
• Anyo restrained Konan and Naruto, then thanked Nagato and promised to improve his village; Nagato asked him to protect Konan before dying.
• White Fang awoke from the first coffin and greeted Anyo, who joked that he would teach his former teacher swordsmanship.
• Sasori’s parents emerged from the other coffins, recognized him, and embraced him while Konan wept silently.

Anyo sent Sasori and White Fang back to Konoha, then freed Konan and confronted her about living beyond Yahiko and Nagato. He gave her Hanzō and Danzo as a chance for revenge, but Haku and Kurenai Yuhi stopped her from mutilating their corpses and welcomed her back.

• Anyo sent Sasori to Konoha with his resurrected parents and urged White Fang to return and see Kakashi.
• Anyo freed Konan, told her that someone had already been sent to retrieve Yahiko, and urged her to live independently of the dead.
• Anyo brought Konan to the Uchiha Clan compound and revealed that he had captured Hanzō and Danzo for her.
• Konan killed Hanzō and Danzo with Dance of the Shikigami, then continued attacking their bodies.
• Haku stopped Konan and comforted her, while Kurenai Yuhi offered her a place among her old friends.
• Konan stopped her Ninjutsu and embraced Haku and Kurenai Yuhi.

After being reborn, Hatake Sakumo reached Konoha and helped rescue survivors, learning that Kakashi had been badly injured. At the Five Kage Summit, Obito appeared and declared war on the Five Kage on behalf of the Akatsuki.

• Hatake Sakumo reached Konoha, joined the rescue effort, and told Sakura that he was Kakashi’s father.
• Sakura told Hatake Sakumo that Kakashi was badly injured, and he hurried to the intensive care room to see him.
• Anyo told Samui that he wanted her to become the Fifth Raikage after the current Raikage died.
• Tsunade’s Katsuyu clone exhausted its chakra while treating Konoha, and Tsunade learned the village had been attacked and insisted on returning.
• Sasori explained that the Akatsuki would target the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails next, prompting the Raikage to leave the summit.
• Obito appeared before the Five Kage and declared war on their behalf of the Akatsuki.

Anyo pressured Samui to replace the Raikage and take control of Kumogakure, then revived Kakuzu and recovered Hidan. The chapter ended with Anyo and Kakuzu setting out with Hidan after Anyo suggested he could find sacrifices in women's restrooms.

• Anyo told Samui he planned to end the Shinobi era and asked her to control Kumogakure, warning that he had killed the Third Raikage.
• Anyo entered Konoha's secret research facility and used a powerful new heart and black threads to revive Kakuzu.
• Kakuzu realized his new heart let him use all five chakra natures and gave him greater Chakra reserves.
• Anyo and Kakuzu found Hidan buried underground, and Kakuzu reassembled him while Anyo treated his body.
• Anyo explained that Hidan could handle people he could not conveniently attack himself and joked that Hidan should search women's restrooms for sacrifices.

Anyo controlled Hidan and sent him away with Kakuzu before welcoming Yamato back to Konoha with supplies for a village reconstruction mission. Kakashi woke to find his father, White Fang, revived by the Rinnegan, and accepted him after finally understanding his choices.

• Anyo used Kotoamatsukami to make Hidan obey him and Kakuzu, then put a mask on Hidan before Kakuzu led him away.
• Anyo met Yamato and assigned him an SSS-rank mission to begin Konoha's reconstruction with plans, personnel, and gold from Sunagakure.
• Kakashi woke in intensive care and told White Fang that he understood and was proud of his decision to save his comrades.
• Anyo told White Fang that Konoha's reconstruction was underway and explained to Kakashi that the Rinnegan had revived his father without side effects.
• Kakashi realized White Fang was truly alive and wept with happiness at having his father back.

Kakuzu discovered that his vault had been emptied and headed for Konoha with Hidan, while Obito revealed his plan to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi at the Five Kage Summit. The summit broke apart amid distrust, and Mabui stopped Tsunade with a message from her boss.

• Kakuzu found his vault on Nameless Island completely empty and concluded that Konoha was the likely culprit.
• Kakuzu returned to the beach and told Hidan they were going to Konoha.
• Obito identified himself as Madara Uchiha and explained his plan to gather the tailed beasts, become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• The Five Kage rejected Obito's plan, and he declared the beginning of the Fourth Shinobi World War before vanishing.
• The Raikage left the summit, Tsunade prepared to return to Konoha, and Mabui stopped her with a message from her boss.

Tsunade returned to the ruined Konoha, where Anyo told her Pain was dead and promised to handle the threat behind the man claiming to be Madara Uchiha. As Tsunade took charge of the recovery effort, Anyo headed toward the Five Kage Summit with Samui and spotted Kakuzu flying back toward him.

• Mabui used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to send Tsunade to Konoha, while Mei Terumi and Ōnoki stayed at the summit.
• Anyo healed Tsunade and explained that Pain was dead, Konoha’s casualties were limited, and reconstruction was underway.
• Anyo told Tsunade that the masked man was not Madara Uchiha, though Madara was behind him, and promised to protect Naruto and bring Kikyo back.
• Katsuyu told Tsunade that Yamato’s construction crew had built a hospital and stabilized the wounded, so Tsunade went to help restore Konoha.
• Anyo left for the Five Kage Summit with Samui and called out to Kakuzu, who stopped his flying monster and leaped down toward him.

Anyo admitted that he had taken Kakuzu’s money and persuaded him to consider investing in Sunagakure and running a bank. After Kakuzu documented Anyo’s debt, Anyo asked him to kill the Fourth Raikage, A, and Kakuzu set off to do it.

• Samui drew her sword to protect Anyo from Kakuzu, then left for the Land of Hot Water when Anyo told her Kakuzu was an ally.
• Anyo admitted to Kakuzu that he had taken the money from his vault and offered him Rasa’s puppet as a consolation.
• Anyo urged Kakuzu to invest in Sunagakure and promised him the presidency of a bank after the Shinobi World was unified.
• Kakuzu listed Anyo’s debt in a ledger and agreed to deduct forty million for Anyo saving him.
• Anyo asked Kakuzu to kill the Fourth Raikage, A, and Kakuzu left to take on the mission.

Anyo revealed that he intended to unify the Shinobi World, and the Five Kage Summit became a confrontation over whether the great nations would accept his plan. Konoha, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure agreed, leaving Ōnoki to decide Iwagakure’s response.

• Samui met Mabui in the Land of Hot Water and learned that Mabui believed Anyo could create a better world and that resistance was futile.
• At the resumed summit, Samui sat in the Raikage’s seat as his successor, while Minato Namikaze and Anyo arrived and identified themselves to the other Kage.
• Anyo revealed his role in founding Zero and declared that he wanted to unify the Shinobi World, prompting Ōnoki to reject his ambition.
• Samui announced Kumogakure’s support for unification, and Minato agreed on behalf of Konoha.
• Mei Terumi asked Anyo whether she could trust him, then agreed to unification, leaving Ōnoki as the sole holdout among the Five Great Nations.
• Anyo stepped forward with the Unintentional Blade and asked Ōnoki for his answer.

Minato persuaded Ōnoki to visit the transformed Sunagakure before deciding whether to accept Anyo’s plan to unify the Shinobi World. As the Kage boarded an airship, Anyo sent Yugao to assassinate the Fourth Raikage and asked Minato to serve as a safeguard against his own possible future corruption; the chapter ended with Mei Terumi confronting Minato about Anyo calling her his first wife.

• Ōnoki prepared to refuse Anyo’s demand, but Minato stopped the confrontation and explained how Konoha’s destruction had convinced him that the ninja system bred hatred and war.
• Minato cited Sunagakure’s transformation as evidence that Anyo could create a better order, and Anyo invited the Kage to see it for themselves.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi to return to Iwagakure and named Kitsuchi as his successor if he did not return within five days, then boarded Anyo’s airship with the other Kage.
• Anyo instructed Yugao to assassinate the Fourth Raikage but told her to withdraw rather than risk her life, and Yugao accepted the mission.
• On the airship, Anyo asked Minato to act as his safeguard if he ever lost his way, and Minato agreed.
• Mei Terumi approached Minato, and Anyo introduced her as his first wife, prompting Mei to glare at him over the word “first.”

Anyo and Mei Terumi flew from the airship to investigate a battle over Sunagakure, where Deidara and Clay fought Gaara and Fū. Mei joined the fight with a powerful Water Release attack, sweeping toward all four combatants.

• Anyo noticed powerful chakra ahead and stopped the airship, then flew out with Mei Terumi to investigate.
• Ao identified Deidara fighting Gaara and Fū, while Ōnoki tried to capture Deidara and Sasori stopped him.
• Deidara and Clay used clay bombs, quicklime, and cement against Gaara and Fū, who countered with sand and devouring insects.
• Mei Terumi asked which side to attack, and Anyo told her to attack everyone.
• Mei Terumi unleashed Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet at all four fighters.

Mei Terumi and Anyo defeated Gaara, Fū, and Deidara with a combined water and lightning attack, then brought them aboard the airship for treatment. Minato explained the plan to unite the shinobi villages and learned that Fū and Naruto were already friends as the airship approached Sunagakure.

• Mei Terumi overwhelmed Gaara, Fū, and Deidara with her Lava Release and Boil Release, but none of them was seriously injured.
• At Anyo's suggestion, Mei Terumi unleashed a massive Water Release attack, which Anyo strengthened with the Six Paths Sharp Edge and lightning.
• Gaara and Fū shielded themselves with sand while Deidara used a giant clay bomb to survive the attack, and Ōnoki helped bring them aboard the airship for treatment.
• Deidara endured Ōnoki's scolding while Gaara and Fū kept to themselves, and Minato approached them to talk.
• Minato told Gaara and Fū that the villages were preparing to unite and end war, then revealed that he was Naruto's father after Fū mentioned her friendship with Naruto.
• The airship neared Sunagakure.

Ōnoki toured Sunagakure and, shaken by its prosperity, agreed on Iwagakure’s behalf to Anyo’s proposed unification of the Shinobi World. He immediately demanded blueprints, cars, and a huge loan, prompting Anyo to threaten him.

• Sasori left to reassure his parents that he had not abandoned his body for puppetry.
• Ōnoki entered Sunagakure and was astonished by its cool air, modern buildings, cheerful residents, and busy streets.
• Temari and Kankuro collided their cars, and Kankuro began repairing them while Temari blamed his slow driving.
• Ōnoki and Mei Terumi visited the Fantasy Children's Amusement Park, where Anyo explained that he had suggested its attractions.
• Convinced that Iwagakure had fallen behind, Ōnoki agreed to unification but demanded Sunagakure's blueprints, cars, and money.
• Anyo threatened to slaughter Ōnoki if he made another demand.

Anyo negotiated a deal with Ōnoki and forced him to name Deidara as Iwagakure’s next Tsuchikage so he could sign the contract. Anyo then took Mei Terumi to Sasori’s base and gave her the Heart of the Ocean, which controlled a powerful Giant Ship.

• Anyo offered Ōnoki ten designers, one car, and a billion in loans, and Ōnoki agreed to the contract.
• Anyo insisted that Ōnoki’s successor sign the contract, so Ōnoki named Deidara his designated successor as the next Tsuchikage.
• Deidara reluctantly signed the contract, and Mabui led Ōnoki away for the handover.
• Anyo took Mei Terumi to Sasori’s base, where she saw the Mechanical Army and learned of Anyo’s plans to unify the Shinobi World.
• Anyo demonstrated the Giant Ship and gave Mei Terumi the Azure Gemstone necklace that controlled it, naming it the Heart of the Ocean.

Anyo prepared the villages for the Fourth Shinobi World War, assigning Minato to command the Allied Forces while he searched for his missing daughter. As the final village, Kumogakure, came into the alliance, Samui asked Anyo to place her under a genjutsu so she could act without feeling responsible.

• Mei Terumi accepted Anyo's giant ship and agreed to help prepare Kirigakure for the war.
• Sasori confronted Gaara and Fū as they left to clear Death Poison Valley, but Anyo let them go and ordered Sasori to prepare the village for war.
• Deidara learned that Tobi had declared war and joked that Tobi had done it because Deidara died, prompting Sasori to slap him away.
• Anyo appointed the recovered Minato commander of the five nations' Allied Forces and said he would search for his missing daughter, Kikyo.
• Samui asked Anyo to cast a genjutsu on her, and he claimed to have used Kotoamatsukami so she could feel free of responsibility.

Anyo gave Samui a powerful sword and armor, then sent her back to Kumogakure with Mabui’s Heavenly Transfer Technique. He agreed to let Mabui join the Intelligence Analysis Department and kissed her forehead before asking Mabui to send him to Orochimaru’s northern hideout.

• Anyo gave Samui a sword and armor, and she named the blade the Sun Blade.
• Mabui told Anyo that the Tsuchikage had left with Deidara and that the Mizukage had also departed.
• Anyo used Senjutsu Chakra and ice crystals to protect Samui while Mabui sent her to Kumogakure.
• Anyo asked Mabui to send him to Orochimaru’s northern hideout, but Mabui demanded to join the coming battle.
• Anyo agreed to assign Mabui to the Intelligence Analysis Department, then embraced and kissed her forehead.

Anyo revived Itachi with Impure World Reincarnation so he could reunite with his mother, Mikoto, and keep her from grieving over his death. After leaving them together, Anyo returned to his children and Kurenai, who told him Haku had gone with Konan to Amegakure.

• Anyo gave Orochimaru Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan and a Sand Ninja sacrifice, and Orochimaru revived Itachi with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Anyo told Itachi that Mikoto was alive and that her Mangekyō could react dangerously to his death, so Itachi agreed to see her.
• Anyo took Itachi to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, where Itachi hesitated before entering Mikoto's courtyard and reuniting with her in tears.
• Anyo left Mikoto and Itachi alone, then joined Kurenai and his children in the courtyard.
• Kurenai told Anyo that Konan had gone to Amegakure to bury her friends and that Haku had accompanied her.

Anyo helped Mikoto receive Itachi’s eyes, awakening her Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, then used her Heavenly Eye to locate the missing Kikyo. He found Kikyo stranded at sea beside a strange, chakra-draining creature and rescued her, leaving her to return home as the Shinobi World approached a major change.

• Itachi freed his soul from Impure World Reincarnation, entrusted Mikoto and Sasuke to Anyo, and left his eyes to Mikoto.
• Anyo transplanted Itachi’s eyes into Mikoto, giving her the second Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan in history and removing the danger to her body.
• Anyo asked Mikoto to use her Heavenly Eye to find Kikyo, and Mikoto located her far out at sea beside a strange creature linked to her chakra.
• Kikyo struggled against the creature’s chakra drain until Anyo arrived and severed their connection with his sword.
• Anyo replenished Kikyo’s chakra and reassured her that her dangerous experience would help her grow, while Kikyo promised not to secretly follow Jiraiya again.

Anyo investigated the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and confronted Hagoromo, who admitted he had used Kikyo’s chakra to repair it because he feared Anyo would release his mother. Meanwhile, Sasori learned that fighting between the Raikage, Akatsuki members, and Konoha forces threatened to trigger a three-way war, so he set out to kill the Raikage.

• Anyo stopped Kikyo from attacking the statue and used his Mangekyō Sharingan, senjutsu chakra, and soul power to investigate it.
• Hagoromo revealed that he had made the statue absorb Kikyo’s chakra to repair it and give the Shinobi World hope, while Anyo declared that he would build a new era.
• Sasori received intelligence that Taka had tried to capture Killer B, then clashed with the Raikage alongside Kakuzu, Hidan, and Yugao, while Kumogakure mobilized for battle.
• Sasori warned Mabui that the fighting could start a three-way war and that Kurotsuchi would target Kumogakure first.
• Sasori and Mabui agreed that the Raikage had to die quickly, and Mabui used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to send Sasori to the battlefield.

Anyo persuaded Hagoromo that his power could help end the cycle of war, then revealed his evolving abilities to Kikyo. When Sage Mode sensed a battle nearby, Anyo took Kikyo and flew to intervene.

• Kakuzu decided to stop hiding the Zero Organization’s strength, sent Yugao away, and fought the Raikage while Yugao and Hidan attacked the Anbu.
• Anyo’s eyes transformed as he spoke with Hagoromo, who accepted that Anyo might change the world before fading away.
• Anyo told Kikyo about his Sharingan, his blindness, and how senjutsu had helped him reshape his body and power.
• Anyo began transforming with his new Senjutsu Chakra, but Sage Mode detected a battle nearby.
• Anyo drew the statue into his body, took Kikyo with him, and flew toward the fighting.

Kakuzu’s forces struggled against Kumogakure until Sasori arrived with a fleet of Flying Mecha and devastated the battlefield. Sasori trapped the Raikage in a massive Wind Release attack, but a Tailed Beast Bomb detonated in the clash, and the Raikage vanished when the smoke cleared.

• The Raikage and Kakuzu’s Wind Release attack clashed while more than five hundred ninja fought across the battlefield.
• The Raikage questioned Hi about the unknown fighters, and Hi identified them as a disorganized mix of techniques resembling a mercenary organization.
• Kakuzu considered retreating until Sasori ordered the Zero Organization members to fall back and arrived with hundreds of Flying Mecha.
• Sasori’s mecha unleashed a devastating barrage that nearly wiped out the fighters, and the Raikage emerged from the ruins to challenge him.
• Sasori entered Sage Mode and used the mecha to form a growing Wind Release net, while Kakuzu fled with Hidan and Yugao.
• Sasori’s Infinite Hurricane trapped the Raikage, but a Tailed Beast Bomb struck the clash, and the Raikage disappeared in the resulting explosion.

Anyo stopped Sasori from attacking Kumogakure and went to confront the Raikage himself, while Killer B stayed behind to fight Kisame. At the village entrance, Samui killed the Raikage under genjutsu, leaving Anyo stunned because he had not controlled her.

• Anyo arrived at the ruined battlefield, ordered Sasori to take Kikyo to Sunagakure, and left to deal with the Raikage.
• Killer B carried the Raikage toward Kumogakure and persuaded him to return to protect the village, then stayed to face Kisame.
• The Raikage reached Kumogakure and ordered Samui to gather the village's ninjas, but she warned that fighting could doom them all.
• Anyo appeared and confronted the Raikage, recalling their encounters during the Third Shinobi World War.
• Samui stabbed the Raikage through the heart and said someone had controlled her with genjutsu, while Anyo realized he had given her no such order.

After Samui killed the Raikage, Anyo helped her steady herself and arranged for Hidan to take the blame. Samui became the Fifth Raikage, and after the memorial she confronted Anyo in the Raikage's Office; the next morning, he left Kumogakure wondering who had been under a genjutsu.

• Samui broke down after killing the Raikage, and Anyo comforted her before asking Kakuzu to lend him Hidan as a scapegoat.
• Kakuzu agreed to let Anyo use Hidan for forty million per job.
• Samui was elected Fifth Raikage and presided over the memorial, where Hidan confessed to killing the Raikage and was burned at the stake.
• Anyo guarded Samui during the memorial and stayed with her as Kumogakure's senior officials confirmed her succession.
• In the Raikage's Office, Samui told Anyo she understood his plans and seduced him.
• Anyo left Kumogakure the next morning, wondering who had really been under a genjutsu.

As the Five Nations mobilized against the Akatsuki for the Fourth Shinobi World War, Anyo set out to bring someone home and encountered Sasuke. Sasuke attacked him with Susanoo, but Anyo caught and shattered the arrow, leaving the two facing off.

• Konan told Obito that Nagato's Rinnegan were gone and warned him that Teacher knew of his plans, while Haku joined her after he left.
• Minato returned to Konoha, explained that he had survived the Nine-Tails Rampage, and agreed with Tsunade to form the Allied Forces and protect Naruto and Killer B.
• Sasori, Deidara, Mei Terumi, and Samui assembled their villages' ninja armies and sent them toward Konoha, while Mabui arranged for Killer B to be guarded on Turtle Island.
• Anyo left Kumogakure for the Land of Fire and used Sage Mode to detect Taka as they traveled toward Konoha.
• Sasuke recognized Anyo and attacked him with a Susanoo arrow, but Anyo caught it, shattered it, and asked if Sasuke had finished making a scene.