Chapter Summaries

Anyo told Mikoto he could not heal Sasuke because he had exhausted his chakra, and Mikoto spoke with her son through a soul conversation. She then laid out five demands for Anyo, who agreed to fulfill them.

• Mikoto found Sasuke burning with fever and asked Anyo to heal him, but he said he had no chakra left.
• Mikoto questioned Anyo about failing to prevent the Uchiha clan’s deaths and explained that she would not abandon her children to his protection.
• Anyo used the Spirit Control Technique to let Mikoto speak with Sasuke inside his mind, and she returned grateful for the chance to see him.
• Mikoto demanded to return to Konoha, reclaim the Uchiha Clan Grounds, revive the Uchiha Clan, clear Itachi’s name, and receive a great deal of money.
• Anyo agreed to all five demands without hesitation.

Anyo learned that Mikoto’s Mangekyō ability, the Heavenly Eye, had weakened her soul, and agreed to take her back to Konoha and teach Sasuke. After arranging to bring Mikoto home, he reviewed Takigakure’s finances and discovered that Hanzō was draining the Land of Hot Water’s income, but told Genno to leave the matter alone.

• Anyo caught Mikoto as she collapsed and warned her that using the Heavenly Eye had exhausted her soul and body.
• Mikoto explained that her Mangekyō let her see people at any distance, and said she had told Sasuke to follow Anyo and seek power.
• Anyo agreed to take Mikoto back to Konoha and teach Sasuke swordsmanship, and Mikoto fell asleep after expressing her gratitude.
• Anyo told Genno and Shibuki that he would take Mikoto from Takigakure and ordered Genno to keep one billion and give him the rest of the village’s funds.
• Genno showed Anyo accounts suggesting Hanzō was siphoning money from the Land of Hot Water, and Anyo told him to keep the matter quiet.

After returning to Konoha with Mikoto and an unconscious Sasuke, Anyo helped Mikoto reveal that he was an Uchiha and ask Tsunade for the clan grounds. Tsunade agreed to transfer the land, while warning Anyo about the dangers of reclaiming the Uchiha name.

• Naruto and Sakura returned from their mission to Takigakure with Sasuke and Mikoto, and Sakura asked Tsunade to let her care for Sasuke at the hospital.
• After hearing Naruto's mission report, Tsunade learned that Anyo had saved Mikoto during the Uchiha massacre.
• Mikoto told Tsunade that Anyo was an Uchiha who planned to reclaim the surname, and asked for the Uchiha clan grounds.
• Anyo spoke with Tsunade alone and explained that he had agreed to help Mikoto revitalize the clan.
• Tsunade warned Anyo that reclaiming the Uchiha name would bring danger, but agreed to hand over the clan land.
• Anyo said he needed to replenish himself after treating Mikoto, and Tsunade angrily sent him away.

Mikoto returned to the Uchiha clan grounds, and Anyo helped her leave its painful past behind as she planned to make the grounds their home. Anyo reunited with Kikyo, introduced her to Yugao, and began considering what fighting style would best keep his daughter safe.

• Mikoto returned to the deserted clan grounds, and Anyo destroyed the house where she had died so she could start over.
• Mikoto said she would renovate the grounds and make them Anyo's home, while Anyo left to visit the Ninja Academy.
• Anyo watched Kikyo train, met Yugao, and asked her to protect Kikyo and secretly beat boys who flirted with her.
• Anyo took Kikyo and Yugao to a restaurant, where he explained Yugao's protective role and Kikyo asked Yugao to teach her after graduation.
• Anyo rejected swordsmanship, taijutsu, and ninjutsu as training options for Kikyo, then considered developing a new combat system.

Anyo developed an archery-based combat system for Kikyo and taught her the Spirit Transformation Technique, combining it with her Sharingan and Monster Strength. As news spread that Anyo was an Uchiha seeking marriage partners, Tsunade learned of his public matchmaking campaign and demanded that he come to her office.

• Anyo tested Kikyo's archery and discovered that her Monster Strength made an ordinary bow and arrow extremely powerful.
• Kikyo revealed her Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Anyo began teaching her the Spirit Transformation Technique after learning she could sense his soul.
• Kikyo soon learned to send her soul out for reconnaissance, while Anyo commissioned craftsmen in the Land of Crafts to make her a powerful bow and arrows.
• News spread that Uchiha Anyo had returned to Konoha and was seeking marriage partners to revitalize the Uchiha Clan.
• Niannian spread Anyo's matchmaking flyers throughout the Shinobi World, making him known to the Kage of Each Nation.
• Tsunade smashed her desk after seeing the news and ordered Shizune to bring Anyo to the Hokage Office.

Villages across the shinobi world reacted to Uchiha Anyo’s matchmaking flyers, with some trying to contain their effects and others considering how to respond. At Konoha Hospital, Sasuke woke and angrily rejected Anyo as a fake, accusing him of manipulating his dream.

• Sasori ordered an Anbu to distribute the flyers throughout Sunagakure and send attractive young women to Konoha.
• Ōnoki and Kitsuchi discussed the threat of the Uchiha Clan’s revival, while Kitsuchi felt an unexplained loathing toward the person on the flyer.
• Raikage A learned that women and academy girls in Kumogakure wanted to leave for Konoha, then agreed to hold a beauty pageant and send a selected woman there.
• Genji ordered Kirigakure’s flyers confiscated and forbidden, then burned his own copy while hoping a girl had forgotten Anyo.
• Sasuke woke in the hospital, and Sakura told him Anyo was an Uchiha who planned to revive the clan.
• Sasuke called Anyo a fake and accused him of impersonating his mother and causing his dream, leaving Sakura confused and worried.

Sasuke left the village with Orochimaru’s Sound Ninja after taking an Awakening Heart Pill to force his Cursed Seal to stage two. Anyo faced Tsunade’s anger over Mikoto’s plan to revive the Uchiha Clan, but Sakura’s news that Sasuke had deserted the village stopped their argument.

• Sasuke knocked Sakura unconscious, leaped out the hospital window, and agreed to leave with four Sound Ninja.
• The Sound Ninja gave Sasuke an Awakening Heart Pill and sealed him in a container to manage the Cursed Seal’s deadly effects.
• Shizune brought Anyo to Tsunade’s office, where Tsunade punched him and nearly struck him with a powerful kick.
• Kikyo stopped Tsunade and asked Anyo what they should do about Mikoto’s plan to revive the Uchiha Clan.
• Sakura arrived in tears and announced that Sasuke had left the village.

After Sasuke left Konoha to seek power from Orochimaru, Anyo arranged for Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro to join the mission to bring him back. Anyo returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound to tell Mikoto, but found her screening a line of young women to revitalize the clan.

• Sakura urged Tsunade to send someone after Sasuke, and Tsunade called for Shikamaru to lead a Konoha squad.
• Anyo ruled out Yugao and considered the risks posed by Orochimaru and Kimimaro before deciding to recruit the Sunagakure trio.
• Anyo asked Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro to help bring Sasuke back, and Gaara agreed on behalf of the three of them.
• Anyo returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and found Mikoto interviewing young women as part of her effort to revitalize the clan.

Anyo gave Mikoto the Moon in the Well seal to prevent her from using her Mangekyō, then told her Sasuke had deserted Konoha to find Orochimaru. After Sasuke’s pursuers failed to bring him back, Anyo treated the injured mission team, while Kakashi returned Naruto alive.

• Anyo placed the Moon in the Well seal on Mikoto’s forehead, restricting her dōjutsu when she tried to use her Mangekyō.
• Anyo told Mikoto that Sasuke had deserted Konoha to seek Orochimaru, and reassured her that he had left a safeguard on Sasuke.
• Shizune told Anyo that Tsunade needed his help with badly injured people, and Mikoto accepted that Sasuke had left.
• Anyo joined Tsunade in the operating room and helped save everyone who had been brought in.
• Shizune reported that Kakashi had brought Naruto back alive, though Naruto was seriously injured.

Kikyo graduated and received a powerful transformable bow made by Sasori, while Anyo prepared to take Naruto and Sakura on missions to train and pursue Sasuke. The chapter ended with the group getting ready to set out.

• Kikyo told Anyo that Tsunade had assigned her to his Team 7, and he warned her he would train her strictly.
• Anyo gave Kikyo Sasori's gift: a metal bow that transformed from a glove, and Kikyo tested it by firing an arrow with tremendous force.
• Kikyo asked Anyo to introduce her to Sasori, and Anyo agreed to take her to meet her teammates.
• At Konoha Hospital, Sakura told Naruto she wanted to work harder, and Anyo invited her to hear his advice before deciding what to do.
• Anyo freed Naruto from his ropes, and Naruto vowed to bring Sasuke back as Anyo prepared missions to train them on the way.

Team 7 began an escort mission to the Land of Snow after Princess Gale was chased by armored warriors. Anyo stopped the pursuers and set out to train Sakura as a Medical Ninja, while Naruto was left with the actress.

• Naruto, Kikyo, and Sakura watched a movie while waiting for Anyo, then fled the theater after the audience pelted them with bottles and cans.
• Anyo arrived late, and Princess Gale galloped past on a white horse with armored warriors pursuing her.
• Naruto rushed after Princess Gale, while Anyo halted the warriors by raising an earthen wall.
• Sandayu introduced himself as the lead actress's manager and explained that the crew would travel with Team 7 to the Land of Snow.
• Sakura questioned why the mission took priority over finding Sasuke, and Anyo explained that she needed strength and training to bring him back.
• Anyo taught Sakura the basics of the Mystical Palm Technique, and Sakura resolved to become a strong Medical Ninja.

Anyo, Naruto, Sakura, and Kikyo accompanied Princess Gale and her cast to the Land of Snow, where three Ninja attacked them. Kikyo fought their leader and defeated him with an arrow, while Naruto and the other Ninja engaged the remaining opponents.

• Naruto rejoined the mission, and Anyo reminded him that protecting Princess Gale was the purpose of their A-rank assignment.
• Kikyo revealed her connection to Anyo and Tsunade, then teased Anyo about his reputation with women.
• The cast landed on an iceberg after it blocked their ship, and Kikyo revealed a weapon Sasori had given her and confronted a Ninja emerging from the ice.
• Anyo assigned the three enemy Ninja to Naruto and Kikyo while he protected Princess Gale; Naruto charged one opponent, and Kikyo faced their leader.
• Kikyo copied the leader’s Ice Release with her Sharingan and learned that his Chakra Armor enhanced his techniques and resisted chakra attacks.
• Kikyo used archery against the leader’s ice wall, and her arrow pierced through it and struck him into the snow.

Anyo, Kikyo, and Sakura pursued the kidnappers after they abducted Princess Gale, whose real identity was Koyuki, and learned that she held the key to a mysterious treasure called the Snow Queen. Anyo revealed he had secretly marked Koyuki with his soul and sent the team after the kidnappers’ headquarters.

• Kikyo, Naruto, and Sakura fought the Land of Snow ninja, but the enemy captured the actress playing Princess Gale and took her aboard an airship.
• Naruto leaped onto the departing airship, while Anyo rescued the frozen Sakura and stopped Kikyo from shooting at it.
• Anyo told Kikyo he had marked the actress with his soul and had let the kidnappers escape so they could track them to their headquarters.
• Sandayu revealed that Princess Gale was actually Koyuki, daughter of the former king, and that she carried the key to a secret vault containing the Snow Queen treasure.
• Anyo equipped himself, Kikyo, and Sakura with flying devices, and the three pursued the airship.

Anyo, Kikyo, and Sakura reached Dotō’s castle to rescue Naruto and Princess Koyuki, while Anyo confronted Dotō over the Queen of Ice and Snow. When Dotō opened the seal, Anyo recognized the woman inside the ice as Haku.

• Kikyo revealed her Three-Tomoe Sharingan to Sakura during their flight to Dotō’s castle.
• Anyo sensed that Naruto and Princess Koyuki were inside the castle and sent Kikyo and Sakura to rescue them while he confronted Dotō.
• Dotō discovered that the necklace he had first obtained was fake, and Anyo handed him the genuine necklace.
• Dotō placed the necklace in the altar’s iron door, releasing the Goddess of Ice and Snow from a giant ice crystal.
• Anyo’s senjutsu chakra shattered the Snow ninja’s armor and immobilized everyone as he approached the woman in the ice.
• Anyo recognized the sealed woman as Haku and called her his beloved.

Anyo used Senjutsu and his Mangekyō to find a way through Absolute Zero and revive Haku, whom he had finally found after more than a decade. The chapter ended with Anyo embracing and kissing Haku while his companions watched and Kikyo called him her scumbag dad.

• Anyo discovered Haku had survived in Absolute Zero, but the ice had frozen her body and soul so thoroughly that his Spirit Transformation Technique could not reach her.
• Anyo used Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation and allowed himself to experience the Absolute Zero, then used Time Reversal after the ice overcame him.
• Anyo expanded the ice with Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu until he could touch Haku, then used Senjutsu and his blood to restore her body and vitality.
• Haku opened her eyes, and Anyo pulled her into his arms after the ice crystal shattered.
• Dotō accused Anyo of profaning a deity, so Anyo kissed Haku in front of him and the other onlookers.
• Sakura and Naruto commented on Anyo's behavior, and Kikyo called him her scumbag dad.

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.