Chapter Summaries

Anyo left Konoha after studying genjutsu with Shinku and joined White Fang on the Sunagakure battlefield. He attacked an enemy base, shattered its barrier with Iaido, and left its defender bleeding as the fight began.

• Shinku offered to teach Anyo genjutsu during his three days at the house, and Anyo improved his control of the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• Anyo left a bird-shaped puppet for Kurenai Yuhi before departing for his mission, and Shinku encouraged her to train so she could become a ninja.
• Anyo reached White Fang’s base and explained that he feared the Uchiha Clan’s future and had felt lost without his teacher’s guidance.
• White Fang gave Anyo a map of suspected enemy positions in Sunagakure, and Anyo set out alone to attack them.
• Anyo struck the first enemy base with a Great Fireball Technique, then broke its barrier with an Iaido slash and wounded the defender.

Anyo wiped out a Sand Ninja outpost, then listened to White Fang’s advice and resolved to master his Sharingan. After three months of fighting and recovering from a near-fatal wound, he received White Fang’s signal to return and abandoned his next attack.

• Anyo slaughtered the ninja at the outpost, using his sword techniques and the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, and collapsed from exhaustion and injuries.
• White Fang revealed that he had followed Anyo, urged him to use and master his Sharingan, and learned that Lady Tsunade had taught him Medical Ninjutsu.
• White Fang promised to record Anyo’s military achievements and left, while Anyo continued fighting alone for three months.
• A near-fatal wound awakened more of Anyo’s Sharingan potential, and he used its perception and genjutsu to gain an advantage in battle.
• Anyo spotted White Fang’s mark on an eagle’s talon, inferred that he was being summoned back, and left the outpost without attacking.

Anyo agreed to White Fang’s request to return the rescued Sand Ninja children to Sunagakure, despite discovering that their parents were his friend’s parents. After sneaking into the village, he reunited with Sasori, promised they would fight side by side one day, and accepted a puppet he could use to contact him.

• White Fang asked Anyo to take the surviving children from the battlefield back to Sunagakure, explaining that the dying Puppeteers had pleaded for their safety.
• Anyo recognized the dead Puppeteers as the parents of a friend he had made in Sunagakure, then agreed to transport the children after White Fang erased their memories.
• Anyo carried the sleeping children inside a Wooden Ox, disguised himself as a Puppeteer, and entered Sunagakure through a secret passage.
• Sasori recognized Anyo as Brother Kurotsuchi and rejoiced that he was alive, though he had been told Anyo died on the battlefield.
• Anyo promised Sasori they would fight side by side when Sasori became a Ninja, and Sasori gave him a marked bird-shaped puppet to contact him.

After Dan Katō died in battle, Anyo used the Spirit Transformation Technique to kill the Sand Ninja responsible and promised to protect Dan’s niece, Shizune. Tsunade took command of Konoha’s forces, and the chapter left the two armies facing off as Chiyo unleashed poisonous mist.

• Sunagakure’s Third Kazekage called for a final decisive battle against Konoha after Chiyo rejected his peace plan and prepared deadly poisons.
• Sunagakure’s poison attacks pushed Konoha back until the Iwagakure ninja withdrew, allowing the Third Hokage to stabilize the front with the Sannin.
• Sand Ninja attacked Dan Katō while he used the Spirit Transformation Technique, and Tsunade could not save him; Dan asked Anyo to protect his niece, Shizune, before dying.
• Anyo sent his soul after Dan’s killers and silently killed them, then returned to his body as Tsunade realized what he had done.
• White Fang handed command to Tsunade, who accepted; when Chiyo attacked Konoha with poisonous mist, Tsunade challenged her over seeking revenge on the battlefield.

Tsunade and Konoha defeated Sunagakure’s forces, securing an armistice that brought the Second Shinobi World War to an end. As the Sannin returned through Amegakure, Anyo revealed that he had led the Anbu squad that destroyed Iwagakure’s Logistics Outpost.

• Tsunade identified Chiyo’s poison gases and neutralized them with prepared pills, then proved Chiyo’s poisoned needles could not harm her.
• Orochimaru ordered Konoha’s army to charge, and Ebizo persuaded Chiyo to retreat rather than risk Sunagakure’s forces in a direct fight.
• The Third Kazekage offered an armistice near Sunagakure, Tsunade accepted, and Konoha’s victory ended the fighting on the remaining fronts.
• Tsunade gave the peace agreement to White Fang and called Anyo to travel with her and the other Sannin through Amegakure.
• Orochimaru asked who had led the Anbu raid on Iwagakure’s Logistics Outpost, and Anyo admitted that he had been the squad leader.

After the war, Anyo recognized Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan in a cave and considered taking Nagato’s Rinnegan, but changed his plans when Jiraiya agreed to care for them. Anyo offered to take Konan to Konoha for training, leaving her future with the group undecided.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade he might travel again because he believed he would meet the Person of Destiny.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan emerged from the cave to ask the Konoha ninja for food, and Anyo recognized them.
• Yahiko asked to learn ninjutsu, and Jiraiya decided to stay and look after the three orphans.
• Anyo revealed that he had met Yahiko and Konan before, while Nagato recoiled in fear at the sight of him.
• Anyo decided not to pursue Nagato’s Rinnegan and offered to take Konan to Konoha for an education.

Anyo persuaded Yahiko and Nagato to let Konan leave with him so he could train her, despite her distress at being separated from them. After taking her to town, he bought food and explained that he wanted her help in a future war, while Tsunade returned from gambling in a foul mood.

• Anyo argued that Konan could escape hardship by leaving with him, and Yahiko and Nagato reluctantly urged her to go.
• Konan tearfully left with Anyo, Tsunade, and Orochimaru while Jiraiya stayed behind with Yahiko and Nagato.
• Anyo won money at the town casino and bought a large amount of food for the group.
• Orochimaru asked why Anyo had chosen Konan, and Anyo said he wanted to train her to help him in a possible Third Shinobi World War.
• Tsunade returned after losing money, saw that the food was gone, and smashed the table in anger.

Anyo brought Konan to Konoha after the war and arranged for her to live with him and attend the Ninja Academy. After reporting to the Third Hokage, he chose to recruit his own Anbu squad members.

• Tsunade taught Anyo poison neutralization and Medical Ninjutsu while Konan listened, and Anyo promised Konan she would reunite with her friends once she could protect herself.
• Anyo and Konan arrived in a jubilant Konoha, where he showed her the Ninja Academy and promised to teach her after she graduated.
• Anyo gave Konan a home and arranged for her to begin attending academy classes the next day.
• Anyo reported to the Third Hokage, who praised his wartime service and confirmed that Konan could become part of Konoha.
• The Third Hokage offered to assign Anbu members to Anyo, but Anyo chose to recruit his own squad as the Anbu were reduced to five members per squad.

Kurenai Yuhi met Anyo’s student Konan and offered to take her to the Ninja Academy. Anyo then began searching for Uchiha Mikoto, but found her home empty and decided to look for Uchiha Fugaku.

• Kurenai Yuhi arrived at Anyo’s house and met Konan, who explained that she was Anyo’s student.
• Anyo introduced Kurenai Yuhi as his Genjutsu teacher, and Kurenai warmly offered to help Konan at school.
• Kurenai Yuhi volunteered to take Konan to the Ninja Academy, and Anyo gave her Konan’s identification tag.
• Anyo set out to recruit Uchiha Mikoto and found his former home abandoned and in disrepair.
• Anyo infiltrated the Uchiha Clan’s residence and found that Uchiha Mikoto’s house was empty.
• Anyo found Uchiha Fugaku’s name among Mikoto’s books and notes and decided to visit his home.

Anyo went to the Military Police Force headquarters to find Mikoto and recruit her into his Anbu squad. Fugaku intervened and fought Anyo, but Mikoto stopped them before either could land a fatal blow.

• Anyo entered the Military Police Force headquarters by bringing a Sand Ninja prisoner to be locked up.
• Anyo found Mikoto and asked her to join his Anbu squad, and she recognized him from years earlier.
• Fugaku arrived and told Anyo that Mikoto would not be joining him.
• Fugaku attacked Anyo with his Sharingan, and Anyo countered with a sword technique that threatened Fugaku's life.
• Mikoto rushed between them, so Anyo withdrew his attack and Fugaku lowered his kunai.

After Mikoto refused Anyo’s offer to join the Anbu, he asked White Fang for advice on finding a squad member and improving his skills. White Fang sent him to seek instruction from Heiye, a master of Konoha-Style Swordsmanship whose dangerous lessons had once permanently injured his child.

• Mikoto told Anyo she would not join the Anbu because she and Fugaku were engaged and planned to start a family, and Anyo left the Police Force wishing her well.
• Anyo visited White Fang at the Interrogation Department and asked for advice about finding Anbu squad members and choosing what to train.
• White Fang criticized Anyo for dividing his attention among too many skills, then gave him his sword and told him to seek out Heiye.
• Anyo brought White Fang’s sword to the Third Hokage, who warned him that Heiye’s swordsmanship instruction was dangerous and had once badly injured his own child.
• Anyo insisted he could handle the risks, and the Third Hokage agreed to notify Heiye as Anyo waited at the training ground in Konoha Forest.

Anyo faced Heiye in a fierce swordsmanship duel, countering his secret techniques before Heiye vanished into the darkness. Afterward, Anyo discovered that Gekko Hayate and Uzuki Yugao had watched the fight, and Hayate asked his name.

• Anyo waited at the training ground until Heiye ambushed him with Konoha Style: Dance of the Crescent Moon, but Anyo evaded the attack.
• Heiye used Secret technique: Moon Shadow, and Anyo met his sword with the Dancing Blade Technique.
• Heiye unleashed Secret technique: Night of the Hazy Moon, but Anyo destroyed the phantom blades with his Blade-Breaking Technique.
• Anyo began an Iaido counterattack, but Heiye disappeared into the darkness and said they could continue tomorrow.
• Anyo called out two hidden children, and Gekko Hayate introduced himself and Uzuki Yugao before asking Anyo's name.

Anyo used Genjutsu to learn that Heiye's Kekkei Genkai was Transparent Release, then agreed to teach Gekko Hayate and Yugao swordsmanship. He began testing their foundations by demonstrating a technique that resembled Dance of the Crescent Moon and setting them a sword-striking challenge.

• Gekko Hayate asked Anyo to teach him and Yugao swordsmanship, and Anyo asked how Heiye had disappeared.
• Anyo used Genjutsu to make Gekko Hayate reveal that Heiye's Kekkei Genkai was Transparent Release.
• Yugao confronted Anyo, then agreed to let him teach them after he promised to release the Genjutsu and keep Hayate unaware of what had happened.
• Anyo released the Genjutsu and told the two children he would stop teaching them if they lacked the talent to master the basics.
• Anyo demonstrated a sword attack that resembled Dance of the Crescent Moon, then challenged them to strike three marks on the training dummy within three seconds.
• Gekko Hayate picked up a Wooden Sword and charged at the training dummy, determined to pass Anyo's test.

Anyo developed the idea of a sword technique that could block all five senses after studying Heiye’s swordsmanship, then got White Fang’s permission to test his skills on prisoners. He entered a chamber holding more than a hundred disgraced ninja and killed the first one to attack him.

• Anyo treated Gekko Hayate after he overtrained, then told him and Yugao to practice for a week before he judged their progress.
• Anyo analyzed Heiye’s swordsmanship and resolved to develop techniques that could block an opponent’s five senses.
• Anyo visited White Fang and explained that he wanted to create a sword technique for perfect one-hit kills.
• White Fang gave Anyo a key and warned him not to underestimate his opponents.
• Anyo entered the underground chamber of imprisoned ninja, offered them a chance to escape by defeating him, and killed the first attacker.

Anyo developed the Illusion Blade Technique after a night of killing prisoners, prompting White Fang to direct him toward a genjutsu expert who could help him overcome its remaining weakness. Before he could seek that instruction, Kurenai Yuhi asked him to take her to his house so she could walk to school with Konan.

• White Fang and Yamanaka Ertian discovered that Anyo had killed most of the prisoners, and the surviving prisoners begged to be taken away from him.
• Anyo explained that he had developed the Illusion Blade Technique to block sight and hearing, but still needed a way to defeat an opponent’s sense of touch.
• White Fang suggested that a genjutsu specialist who could create a Genjutsu Space might teach Anyo how to overcome that limitation.
• Anyo burned and buried the bodies, then set off to find the genjutsu specialist.
• Kurenai Yuhi mistook Anyo’s arrival for an offer to escort her to school and asked him to take her to his house so she could go with Konan.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Anyo that Konan had become popular at school by folding paper cranes and had made her a paper flower.

Anyo asked Shinku to use Genjutsu Space to help him develop a sword technique that concealed his attacks by disrupting an opponent’s senses. As Anyo studied the illusion, his sword began to vanish from sight, and he cut Shinku’s table in two.

• Anyo brought Kurenai Yuhi home and gave Konan money as a loan, while Kurenai Yuhi gave Konan breakfast.
• Anyo visited Shinku and asked to experience Genjutsu Space again so he could improve his swordsmanship.
• Anyo demonstrated a nearly silent sword slash, and Shinku realized he wanted to combine Genjutsu with swordsmanship to shut out an opponent’s sense of touch.
• Shinku explained how Genjutsu Space controlled an opponent’s chakra and cast Genjutsu: Dream Space on Anyo.
• While immersed in the illusion, Anyo practiced sword techniques, made his blade appear to vanish, and split the table between himself and Shinku.

Anyo took Hayate to Tsunade after noticing that intense training was worsening his condition. Tsunade warned Hayate to stop training until he was older, then grabbed Anyo before he could leave.

• Anyo watched Yugao and Hayate practice, then treated Hayate when he collapsed from exhaustion.
• Anyo told Hayate to stop training and brought him and Yugao to the hospital to seek Tsunade's help.
• Tsunade examined Hayate and explained that his body could not withstand sword training until he was older.
• Hayate left dejected, and Yugao chased after him.
• Tsunade stopped Anyo from leaving and threatened him after he admitted he had noticed Hayate growing weaker.

After a torturous night assisting Tsunade, Anyo decided to bring Shizune to share his burden and asked Tsunade to take her in. Tsunade agreed to let Shizune study under her for a few days, leaving Anyo relieved.

• Anyo endured Tsunade's demands through the night, then learned from Katsuyu that he had to return the next evening.
• Anyo decided to bring Shizune, Dan Katō's niece, to Tsunade's laboratory and waited for her at the Ninja Academy.
• Anyo introduced himself to Shizune as the man Dan had entrusted to care for her, then treated her to a meal.
• Anyo brought Shizune to Tsunade and asked her to take the girl in.
• Tsunade agreed to let Shizune study under her for a couple of days, and Shizune eagerly accepted.

Anyo worked through Tsunade’s poison assignments, then discovered Yugao training alone and recruited her as his first Anbu team member. He began teaching her sword techniques at the Training Ground.

• Tsunade left Anyo alone in the laboratory with a long list of poison tasks, and he summoned Katsuyu to watch over him.
• Anyo studied Tsunade’s notes and completed his first poison task after working until dark.
• Anyo sent a shadow clone to the Training Ground, where he found Yugao practicing sword strikes alone.
• Anyo caught Yugao when she was exhausted, learned she wanted sword techniques so she could teach Hayate, and offered her a place on his future Anbu team.
• Yugao agreed to join Anyo’s team, and he demonstrated the Thirteen Forms before they practiced together beneath the moonlight.

After completing Tsunade’s poison research, Anyo tried to escape her workload by seeking a mission, only to learn the Third Hokage had assigned him to help Tsunade improve the village’s medical system. While accepting his fate, he discovered that a little girl named Rin Nohara could see his soul.

• Anyo finished the two bottles of poison Tsunade had assigned him, but she refused to give him the night off.
• Anyo went to find Sakumo Hatake and learned that his teacher had already left on an urgent mission.
• Anyo asked the Third Hokage for another mission, accepted an envelope, and discovered it ordered him to assist Tsunade with the village’s medical system.
• Anyo imagined developing a poison Tsunade could not counter when a little girl remarked that his smile looked wicked despite his mask.
• Anyo used the Spirit Transformation Technique and confirmed that the girl could see his soul; she introduced herself as Rin Nohara.