Recaps

Anyo and Genno stole the Scroll of Seals from Konoha, and Anyo copied its useful forbidden techniques before Genno escaped with the original. Shinku Yuhi recovered the scroll after an explosion at the village wall and ordered an investigation, while Anyo stayed with Kurenai Yuhi.

• Anyo and Genno planned the theft, with Anyo drawing away the Anbu while Genno took the Scroll of Seals.
• Anyo's Shadow Clones caused a disturbance near the Hokage's room, and Genno stole the scroll during the confusion.
• Genno brought the scroll to Anyo's hideout, where Anyo copied its useful forbidden techniques.
• Anyo told Genno he could reveal his involvement if captured, and Genno escaped with the original scroll.
• An explosion sounded near Konoha's walls, waking Kurenai Yuhi, whom Anyo comforted as she fell back asleep.
• Shinku Yuhi recovered the Scroll of Seals near the damaged wall and ordered the Anbu to investigate the intruder's identity and movements.

Anyo studied forbidden techniques and genjutsu before learning that he had been promoted to chunin and ordered to lead a squad against Iwagakure. The chapter ended with Anyo accepting the mission and setting out for the battlefield.

• Anyo studied the Scroll of Seals, considered the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags and Rashomon, and then reviewed genjutsu.
• Anyo carried Kurenai Yuhi toward school, where Asuma threw a pebble at him before running away from class.
• A Messenger Hawk bearing White Fang’s mark arrived, and Anyo said goodbye to Kurenai Yuhi before heading to the Hokage Office.
• Shinku told Anyo that Amegakure had retreated and that Hanzo had named Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade the Konoha Sannin.
• Shinku informed Anyo that he had been promoted to chunin and ordered him to form a four-man squad for the Iwagakure battlefield; Anyo accepted.

Anyo formed a four-person squad for the Iwagakure front, recruiting Dan Katō, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki. After introducing their abilities at the Konoha Gate, the team headed into the night toward the battlefield.

• Anyo invited Dan Katō to join his squad, and Dan agreed to leave the hospital for the battlefield.
• Anyo found Minato Namikaze at Kushina Uzumaki's house and recruited him for the mission.
• Kushina insisted on joining the squad and offered to teach Anyo the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu, so Anyo accepted her on the condition that she follow orders.
• Anyo, Minato, Dan, and Kushina met at the Konoha Gate and introduced their strengths to one another.
• Anyo led the newly formed squad toward the battlefield.

Anyo reached the battlefield and watched White Fang break free of an Iwagakure formation and stop Konoha’s reckless pursuit. When White Fang pursued the surviving enemies, two Tailed Beast Bombs suddenly targeted him, and he met them with a sword strike.

• Anyo and the other three found the underground route blocked by Iwagakure’s Earth Release, so Anyo went ahead to scout the battlefield.
• Anyo saw White Fang trapped by eight Iwagakure Ninja as the enemy forces suddenly withdrew and Konoha Ninja began chasing them.
• White Fang shattered the formation with a powerful slash, killed five of the eight men, and ordered Konoha Ninja to halt.
• White Fang pursued the surviving Iwagakure Ninja, but two Tailed Beasts appeared and launched Tailed Beast Bombs at him and the fleeing men.
• White Fang swung his Short Sword at the two Tailed Beast Bombs, and their collision devastated the battlefield.

White Fang escaped the Tsuchikage’s Dust Release with Roshi’s help, then gave Anyo an S-rank mission to infiltrate Iwagakure and cause a diversion. Anyo planned to draw attention himself while Minato, Kushina, and Dan Katō prepared to sneak in and create chaos.

• The Tsuchikage trapped White Fang in Dust Release, but Roshi broke the technique with a Lava Release attack, allowing White Fang to escape.
• White Fang ordered the Konoha forces to retreat and told Anyo that Dust Release was a Kekkei Tōta developed by the previous Tsuchikage.
• White Fang explained Konoha’s precarious position amid conflicts involving Amegakure, Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and Kumogakure, then assigned Anyo an S-rank mission to infiltrate Iwagakure and stir up trouble.
• White Fang planned to challenge Roshi the next day to draw Iwagakure’s attention while Anyo’s team infiltrated the village.
• Anyo told Minato, Kushina, and Dan Katō to sneak in and set up a Sealing Array while he wore a Kumogakure forehead protector and prepared to draw the enemy’s attention.

Anyo attacked Iwagakure and fought Kitsuchi while Minato, Dan Katō, and Kushina infiltrated the village and destroyed the Tsuchikage's office. The team escaped, and Kitsuchi withdrew after Anyo bluffed that pursuing him across the border would bring worse consequences.

• Anyo triggered explosive tags to collapse part of a mountain and sent lightning-charged rocks toward Iwagakure.
• Anyo killed the ninja who confronted him, then encountered Kitsuchi and fought him with his lightning-coated sword.
• Minato destroyed the Tsuchikage's office with Wind Release while Dan Katō and Kushina helped conceal the infiltration.
• Minato returned to the sealing formation and escaped Iwagakure with the others without being discovered.
• Anyo warned Kitsuchi against pursuing him across the border, and Kitsuchi turned back toward Iwagakure.

Anyo’s team completed its mission as White Fang defeated Roshi in a duel but spared him, and Roshi chose to abandon Iwagakure. White Fang prepared a pursuit operation while Anyo stayed behind and pressed Little Chili Pepper to teach him Sealing Jutsu.

• Anyo explained that the departing enemy would make Iwagakure blame Kumogakure, and his team returned to White Fang’s battle.
• White Fang defeated Roshi’s Complete Tailed Beast Transformation with a sword strike but spared him because their duel was not to the death.
• Roshi thanked White Fang, declared that he would leave Iwagakure and wander the world, and walked away from the village.
• Anyo reported that the Iwa Ninja would withdraw within two days, and White Fang ordered the others to eliminate as many Ninja as possible while he covered them.
• Dan Katō warned that Anyo’s distinctive swordsmanship could expose the mission, and White Fang barred Little Chili Pepper from the pursuit because she was still a Genin.
• Anyo reminded Little Chili Pepper of her promise to teach him, and she dragged him aside to begin.

Anyo’s attempt to learn Uzumaki sealing techniques led him to trouble Kushina, and White Fang confined him to a Sealing Barrier to focus on swordsmanship. Meanwhile, the Tsuchikage suspected Konoha was behind the attack on Iwagakure, but Kitsuchi headed toward Kumogakure anyway as the Tsuchikage secretly ordered a retreat.

• Little Chili Pepper taught Anyo her Sealing Jutsu, but he discovered that the techniques worked poorly without her constitution and chakra.
• Anyo asked Kushina to let him bite her, so she fled and called for White Fang; White Fang struck Anyo and warned him to stop collecting jutsu.
• White Fang disbanded Anyo’s squad and confined him inside a Sealing Barrier to practice swordsmanship until the war ended.
• Anyo reflected on his neglected swordsmanship and began practicing the original Thirteen Forms with renewed resolve.
• The Tsuchikage suspected Konoha had staged the attack on Iwagakure, but Kitsuchi led a squad toward Kumogakure to demand answers.
• The Tsuchikage ordered Akatsuchi to withdraw the front-line ninja in squads and prepare traps along their retreat routes, then angrily forbade mention of Roshi.

After the battle between Konoha and Iwa ended in a devastating toll, White Fang prepared to return with the survivors. He assigned Anyo a solo intelligence-gathering mission and warned him to come back alive.

• White Fang and the Tsuchikage halted the bloody battle and ordered their forces to retreat, while Kitsuchi's confrontation with the Raikage worsened relations between the villages.
• Little Chili Pepper found Minato and learned Dan Katō was treating the wounded; Minato grieved for the fallen before collapsing from chakra exhaustion, and she carried him to rest.
• Anyo asked White Fang about returning to the village and learned that Hyuga Clan ninja would take over defending the established strongholds.
• White Fang told Anyo he would receive a mission after one day's rest and assigned him to gather intelligence on the major and minor ninja villages alone.
• White Fang warned Anyo that Konoha would disavow him if captured and threatened to kill him if he revealed village secrets, then urged him not to overexert himself, take risks, or fail to return alive.

After returning to Konoha, Anyo prepared to leave on a mission while White Fang took Kakashi to the Ninja Academy, where they met Might Duy and young Might Guy. White Fang sealed Anyo’s chakra to Genin level before Anyo quietly departed Konoha to train and gather intelligence.

• White Fang returned home and told Kakashi he would take him to the Ninja Academy, while explaining that Anyo had become a Chunin.
• Anyo brought breakfast and showed White Fang his planned intelligence-gathering route; White Fang warned him to stay outside Kirigakure, and Anyo crossed it off the map.
• White Fang, Kakashi, and Anyo went to the Ninja Academy, where they met Might Duy and Might Guy, who vowed to become stronger than anyone.
• White Fang told Kakashi that Might Guy might become his rival, while Anyo chatted with Guy and learned about the Eight Gates Released Formation.
• White Fang sealed Anyo’s chakra to Genin level and gave him a scroll to release the seal only in a life-or-death crisis.
• Anyo realized White Fang intended the mission to train him, felt moved by his concern, and left Konoha.

Anyo found Genno and the surviving people of Kagerō Village hiding underground after Takigakure destroyed their home. He persuaded Genno to consider rebuilding the village by taking Takigakure, then hinted that he would use the Bounty Station as part of his plan.

• Anyo followed Genno's marks to Kagerō Village and found its ruins, then discovered a little girl watching him.
• Anyo used genjutsu to make the girl lead him to the survivors' underground shelter, where Genno told him their agreement was over.
• Anyo urged Genno and the survivors to rebuild Kagerō Village instead of living in seclusion, and Genno agreed to hear his plan.
• Anyo pointed to Takigakure on his map as the place to rebuild, and Genno warned him that it possessed the Seven-Tails, Chōmei.
• Anyo asked Genno about the Bounty Station, and Genno realized Anyo intended to use it for his plan.

Anyo and Genno stole Takigakure’s treasury and used part of it to post a billion-bounty job against every ninja in the village. They waited at the Bounty Station, where Anyo expected Kakuzu to accept the contract.

• Anyo persuaded Genno to hire someone to destroy Takigakure using money stolen from the village.
• Genno revealed that his son had died in the war, and Anyo urged him to turn his grief into resolve.
• Anyo and Genno infiltrated Takigakure by Bamboo Dragonfly and waited until nightfall.
• The pair broke into Takigakure’s Kage Level office, found its treasury, and carried off all the money with Genno’s Mechanism Beasts.
• Anyo and Genno posted a billion-bounty job at the Bounty Station against every ninja in Takigakure and waited for a capable contractor to arrive.

Anyo hired Kakuzu to eliminate Takigakure’s Ninjas and negotiated an extra bounty to keep the fighting away from the village. Anyo and Genno followed Kakuzu into Takigakure, where Anyo planned to help the remnants take control and establish a new home.

• Kakuzu arrived at the hut, and Genno warned Anyo that the dangerous stranger seemed to be the person he had been waiting for.
• Kakuzu revealed that he was a Ninja from Takigakure and demanded extra money to eliminate everyone there.
• Anyo agreed to pay another five hundred million and asked Kakuzu to lure the Seven-Tails away from the village if they fought.
• Anyo explained to Genno how the remnants could take control of Takigakure, negotiate neutrality, and rebuild as Kagerō Village.
• Kakuzu crossed Takigakure’s water defenses, and Anyo and Genno followed him into the village.

Anyo used the Spirit Transformation Technique to find and confront the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, negotiating with the old man to protect his granddaughter Fū in exchange for help taking Takigakure. By dawn, Kakuzu had slaughtered most of the village’s ninja and arrived to demand payment.

• Anyo hid with Genno, then sent his soul to locate the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and sealed the old man’s senses.
• Anyo spoke with the old man and Chōmei, explaining his plan to take Takigakure in revenge for the attack on Kagerō Village.
• The old man agreed to help Anyo take the village if Anyo protected his granddaughter Fū and ensured she could inherit the Seven-Tails.
• Anyo returned to his body and waited with Genno while Kakuzu attacked Takigakure.
• At dawn, Kakuzu came to Anyo and Genno, battered from the fight, and demanded payment.

Anyo hired Kakuzu as a traveling companion and used a false identity to get them into Kumogakure. They entered the village under the guise of a local boy seeking ninja training and his injured, mute uncle.

• Anyo paid Kakuzu the agreed five hundred million and told Genno to bring Kagerō Village’s survivors to Takigakure while he pursued their plans for the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.
• At the bounty exchange, Anyo persuaded Kakuzu to let him tag along by offering to help gather information and find stronger hearts.
• Anyo and Kakuzu reached Kumogakure, where Anyo proposed posing as a local resident seeking ninjutsu training with his uncle.
• At the village gate, Anyo presented a damaged document and claimed Iwagakure ninja had destroyed his hometown, while Kakuzu remained silent.
• A Cloud ninja believed Anyo’s story and escorted him and Kakuzu into Kumogakure.

Anyo entered the Ninja Academy to find a suitable Lightning Release heart for Kakuzu and encountered Killer B, whose seven-sword style impressed him. After class, Anyo followed Killer B and challenged him to a swordsmanship match, leaving the two about to fight.

• Kakuzu questioned why Anyo was helping him, and Anyo said they would help each other while Kakuzu looked for somewhere to stay.
• Anyo entered the Ninja Academy as Baiyun and asked his classmates about powerful Lightning Release users, ruling out the Raikage and his son as targets for Kakuzu.
• Killer B arrived to teach the class, demonstrated his seven-sword style, and amazed Anyo with its speed and range.
• After the lesson, Anyo followed Killer B and asked to spar, so Killer B lent him a sword.
• Anyo tested the sword and charged at Killer B.

Anyo developed a powerful new sword strike while sparring with Killer B, who named it the Dancing Blade Technique. After learning Killer B was the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Anyo hurried off to find Kakuzu and try to stop him from attacking.

• Anyo used a spinning counter to disarm Killer B and held his sword to Killer B's throat, then chose not to kill him and returned his weapon.
• Killer B named Anyo's new strike the Dancing Blade Technique and invited him to visit, but Anyo declined and went back to school.
• Kakuzu emerged from the shadows, said he would watch Killer B for a chance to act, and followed Anyo.
• Anyo realized Killer B carried the Eight-Tails after hearing classmates describe a bull-headed monster with a broken horn.
• Fearing Kakuzu would attack and involve him, Anyo pretended to have a stomachache and hurried after Kakuzu.

Anyo found Kakuzu fighting Killer B and helped him escape Kumogakure by posing as a hostage. After Anyo’s clone was declared dead and Kumogakure and Iwagakure began fighting, Kakuzu agreed to accompany him to Sunagakure.

• Anyo found Kakuzu battling Killer B, who had transformed into the Eight-Tails, and learned Kakuzu had taken a Lightning Release ninja’s heart.
• Anyo told Kakuzu to take him hostage, and Killer B stopped attacking so Kakuzu could flee with him.
• Anyo guided Kakuzu through the pursuing Cloud ninja and into a group of Stone ninja led by Kitsuchi.
• Kitsuchi attacked them, and the Cloud ninja believed Anyo was dead, sparking a battle between Kumogakure and Iwagakure.
• Anyo revealed he had used a clone, and Kakuzu agreed to go with him to Sunagakure.

Anyo and Kakuzu traveled toward Sunagakure, gambling for money along the way and passing through war-torn Amegakure. After Anyo gave money to Yahiko, he and Kakuzu were stopped by Rain Ninja who revealed that Amegakure was at war with Sunagakure.

• Anyo invited Kakuzu to join an organization of equals, but Kakuzu refused.
• Anyo won a large amount of money at a casino, while Kakuzu lost his chips.
• In Amegakure, Anyo gave banknotes to Yahiko, who reunited with Konan and Nagato and shared the money with them.
• Nagato sensed an unusual darkness within Anyo and felt uneasy, though Anyo did not realize the Rinnegan was nearby.
• Rain Ninja stopped Anyo and Kakuzu and explained that Hanzō was leading Amegakure into war against Sunagakure.

Anyo and Kakuzu went to observe Hanzō’s battle against Sunagakure, where Hanzō’s poison initially drove the Sand Ninja back. Chiyo discovered that Hanzō needed five minutes to replenish his poison, leaving him worried that Sunagakure could exploit the weakness.

• Kakuzu killed the Rain Ninja who insulted him, and Anyo decided to meet Hanzō and study his poison.
• Anyo interrogated a captured Rain Ninja and learned that Amegakure had gained the upper hand with its poison attack.
• Anyo and Kakuzu saw Hanzō use poisonous mist to force Sunagakure’s forces to retreat.
• Chiyo confronted Hanzō with her puppets, then drew out the battle to measure how long his poison took to replenish.
• Chiyo told Hanzō she had timed the replenishment interval at five minutes and left, causing Hanzō to doubt his chances against Sunagakure.

Anyo and Kakuzu met Hanzō, and Anyo proposed helping Amegakure seek an alliance with Kumogakure. After leaving Hanzō, the pair traveled toward Sunagakure, where Kakuzu asked how Anyo planned to sneak in.

• Hanzō challenged Kakuzu and asked why he and Anyo had been spying on him.
• Anyo warned Hanzō that his enemies had learned when he needed to replenish his poison and argued that Amegakure needed allies.
• Anyo proposed forming an alliance with another village, and Hanzō asked him to bring back an agreement from Kumogakure.
• Anyo told Kakuzu he could not visit Kumogakure because its ninja would recognize him as a dead man returned to life, and Kakuzu deduced that he was a Konoha ninja.
• Anyo and Kakuzu crossed the desert toward Sunagakure, and Kakuzu asked how they would sneak in.

Anyo and Kakuzu entered Sunagakure openly, where Anyo met the puppeteer Ebizo and discussed learning the Puppet Technique from him. After Ebizo warned that training would take years, Anyo left to consider it, and Kakuzu cautioned him about the danger of his identity being exposed.

• Anyo rode a wooden ox puppet with Kakuzu into Sunagakure and treated a bald middle-aged man to a meal.
• Anyo told the man he hoped to study puppetry, and the man revealed that he was Ebizo, Chiyo's younger brother and the maker of Anyo's puppet.
• Ebizo offered to teach Anyo, but explained that learning the Puppet Technique would take years, so Anyo said he needed to discuss it with Kakuzu.
• After Anyo and Kakuzu left the restaurant, Kakuzu warned him about staying in Sunagakure and risking exposure, and Anyo laughed that Kakuzu seemed worried about him.

Anyo joined Sunagakure as Kurotsuchi to study the Puppet Technique under Ebizo and quickly surpassed his teacher’s study plan. When Ebizo and Chiyo left for the war against Konoha, Anyo discovered that young Sasori could make a flying puppet and invited him to build a larger one together.

• Anyo gave Kakuzu intelligence to deliver to the Konoha White Fang, and Kakuzu accepted the job before leaving Sunagakure.
• Anyo introduced himself to Ebizo as Kurotsuchi and joined Sunagakure so Ebizo would teach him the Puppet Technique.
• Anyo showed extraordinary skill with puppets while also training his swordsmanship and studying puppet-making.
• After more than two months, Anyo completed Ebizo’s study plan and went to find him for advice on building a flying puppet.
• Anyo learned from Sasori that Ebizo and Chiyo had left to fight Konoha, then watched Sasori’s bird puppet fly briefly.
• Anyo praised Sasori’s skill and proposed that they work together to build a larger flying puppet.

Anyo and Sasori worked together on puppet designs, tested a flying eagle puppet, and explored Chiyo’s secret poison room. The eagle’s flight remained unstable, but Sasori began teaching Anyo about poisons and their effects.

• Anyo sensed Sasori’s parents watching them from the shadows, while they decided to leave the boys alone.
• Sasori chose Anyo’s Transformer design, but Anyo persuaded him to build an eagle puppet while telling him about Megatron and Optimus Prime.
• Anyo and Sasori completed the eagle and tested it, but its slow, unstable flight disappointed Anyo.
• Sasori led Anyo through the corridors using puppet scouts and opened the door to Chiyo’s secret room.
• Sasori showed Anyo the poisons and explained how different substances and combinations affected people.

Anyo and Sasori improved their puppet-making and poison skills, and Chiyo upgraded their flying Eagle Puppet. As Sasori’s parents left for the front, Anyo persuaded Chiyo to let him join the battlefield, where he planned to make his identity as Kurotsuchi disappear.

• Anyo and Sasori tested their Eagle Puppet, and Chiyo returned from the front and praised their work.
• Chiyo modified the Eagle Puppet using her Power Core, making it larger, faster, and capable of attacking.
• Anyo took Sasori for a flight, while Sasori’s parents told Chiyo they were leaving to fight at the front.
• After sealing the Eagle Puppet into a scroll, Anyo asked Chiyo to let him join the battlefield and she agreed.