Recaps

Anyo mastered Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Mode, returned to the world, and traveled to Sunagakure before joining the Chunin Ninja Exams in disguise. The preliminary rounds ended with the finalists set for the exams in one month, while Anyo was trapped inside a giant tree by a genjutsu.

• Anyo activated Sage Mode, accepted the White Snake Sage’s offer to become Ryūchi Cave Guardian, and asked her to send him away before Orochimaru could claim or study him.
• At Shikkotsu Forest, Anyo combined the three kinds of senjutsu chakra in a corrosive pool to attempt rebirth, then later met Naruto and Iruka and treated them to ramen.
• Anyo traveled to Sunagakure with Tenten, reunited with Sasori, gave him three senjutsu scrolls, and took on Mabui’s office work before helping her relax.
• After learning Orochimaru planned to attack Konoha during the Chunin Ninja Exams, Anyo set out for Konoha with Sasori, Mabui, and Tenten, and the group entered the exams in disguise.
• During the Forest of Death, Anyo removed Neji’s Caged Bird Seal, while Sasuke succumbed to his cursed seal and Naruto was affected by Orochimaru’s Five Elements Seal.
• Anyo and his companions reached the tower and entered the elimination rounds, where Sasori’s controlled draw set up their matches against Naruto, Kiba, and Kankuro.
• Sasori defeated Kankuro, Tenten beat Temari with help from Sasori’s puppet, and Minato’s Bumblebee lost to Naruto after the Nine-Tails lent him power.
• Anyo defeated Kiba, Neji won a grueling match against Hinata, and Gaara crushed Rock Lee’s hand and foot after Lee opened the Fifth Gate.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced the finals for one month later and revealed matchups including Naruto versus Megatron and Sasuke versus Gaara, then a genjutsu trapped Anyo inside a giant tree.

Anyo helped orchestrate the Konoha Crush while reconnecting with Kurenai Yuhi, Itachi, Tsunade, and Kikyo. Tsunade agreed to become the Fifth Hokage, and Anyo set off with her and the others as Kikyo asked to train.

• Minato defeated Ebisu and began training Naruto, while Anyo agreed to follow Orochimaru’s plan if Orochimaru settled his grudge with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Yugao reunited with Anyo, joined the Zero Organization, and Sasori took command of Sunagakure’s forces for the Konoha Crush.
• Sasori and Orochimaru launched the invasion, Shukaku attacked the arena, and Sarutobi sealed the reincarnated Hokage before dying in his fight with Orochimaru.
• Anyo helped Yugao survive Orochimaru’s attack, then arranged for Sasori to withdraw and pursue diplomatic ties with Konoha.
• Anyo rescued Kurenai Yuhi from Itachi and Kisame, reunited with her, and began a relationship after telling her about his damaged body and chakra.
• Anyo met Itachi and learned about Kikyo through Genno, then confronted Orochimaru when he attacked Tsunade and Kikyo.
• Tsunade agreed to become the Fifth Hokage, and Anyo used his time-reversal ability to undo his self-inflicted wound as they began to reconcile.
• Anyo traveled with Tsunade, Kikyo, Shizune, and Naruto, advised Naruto on Rasengan training, and heard Kikyo ask to train too.

Anyo led Team 7 on missions while helping Mikoto reclaim the Uchiha name and training Kikyo in new abilities. After pursuing a kidnapped actress to the Land of Snow, Anyo found Haku sealed in ice and brought her back to life.

• Tsunade refused to let Kikyo become a ninja, but Anyo promised to persuade her, then helped Tsunade heal Kakashi and successfully treat Rock Lee.
• Anyo taught Tsunade to begin refining natural energy, and she was inaugurated as the Fifth Hokage.
• Anyo led Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to Takigakure, where he reunited Mikoto with Sasuke and agreed to help her reclaim the Uchiha grounds and revive the clan.
• Mikoto returned to the Uchiha compound, while Anyo taught Kikyo the Spirit Transformation Technique and commissioned her a powerful bow.
• Anyo’s matchmaking flyers spread across the Shinobi World, and Sasuke left Konoha to seek Orochimaru, prompting Anyo to recruit Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro for the pursuit.
• Anyo helped Tsunade save the injured from Sasuke’s retrieval mission, then trained Kikyo and Sakura as they joined Team 7’s assignment to protect Princess Gale in the Land of Snow.
• After the Snow ninja kidnapped Princess Gale, Anyo tracked them to Dotō’s castle, where he found Haku sealed in an ice crystal and restored her with senjutsu and his blood.

Anyo returned to Konoha, reshaped alliances and built a family before traveling to Sunagakure for the Chunin Ninja Exams. There he arranged the extraction of Shukaku and Chōmei while ensuring Gaara and Fū would survive.

• Anyo killed Dotō and the three Snow ninja, gave Princess Koyuki the hexagonal necklace, and later fused four Senjutsu chakra streams to create a new Sage Mode.
• Anyo returned to Konoha, confronted Tsunade about the leaders’ deal with Kumogakure, and used Time Reversal to restore her youth.
• Anyo staged a play about Tsunade’s life, then married Kurenai Yuhi as the performance strengthened Tsunade’s standing with the villagers.
• Anyo reunited Samui with Mabui in Sunagakure and planned with Sasori to develop the village and build roads and railways.
• Anyo and Kurenai Yuhi welcomed Rainbow, while Haku gave birth to Little White, and Anyo learned that Pain had captured Han and the Chunin Ninja Exams would be held in Sunagakure.
• Anyo promised the dying Genno that Fū would live, then traveled to Sunagakure and learned that Yamato had helped transform the village.
• During the exams, Fū and Gaara became friends while protecting candidates from a sandstorm, but Anyo attacked them and incapacitated both.
• Anyo persuaded Chōmei to leave chakra and wings behind for Fū, then used genjutsu to make Shukaku sever its tail as Fayi extracted both Tailed Beasts into separate vessels.