Recaps

Uka Senju struggled to make conversation with his fiancée, Senju Maki, and accidentally comforted her with an embrace after she recalled the Senju relatives lost during the war. Chiharu interrupted them for dinner, leaving Uka embarrassed and unsure how to face what he had done.

• Uka Senju brought Senju Maki orange juice and awkwardly asked whether she worked or trained as a ninja.
• Maki explained that she had recently resumed ninja training after her grandfather ordered the Senju to prepare for their futures.
• Maki recalled the relatives she had lost over the years and began to cry, so Uka offered her tissues.
• Uka instinctively pulled Maki into an embrace, and she relaxed against his chest.
• Chiharu called them to dinner, and Maki went to join her while Uka remained behind, flustered by his actions.

After Danzo lost an eye during the confrontation with Kaito Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his allies discussed the Senju’s finances and planned their response. They assigned Koharu to manage village placements and funds, Homura to oversee hidden bases and training, and Danzo to move Root toward the Grass Ninja.

• Utatane Koharu angrily questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about agreeing to the Senju’s demands and Danzo’s lost eye, and Hiruzen said signing had been necessary to escape alive.
• Hiruzen told Koharu to accelerate medical-nin training and arrange a replacement eye for Danzo.
• Mitokado Homura warned that the Senju school, southern region, and two billion ryo could become problems, but Hiruzen argued the Senju would eventually run out of money.
• Hiruzen assigned Koharu to manage village troop placements, future school graduates, and funds.
• Hiruzen put Homura in charge of the four clans’ funds, hidden bases, and personnel training, with Root and the Anbu serving as cover.
• Hiruzen told Danzo to keep commanding and training Root without his one-in-ten method, then move Root toward the Grass Ninja with a squadron from each of the three clans.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his allies agreed to avoid acting against the Senju directly for now, build their strength, and recruit the Uchiha. Senju Toka divided the clan’s urgent responsibilities among its leaders, including control of the southern battlefield and its ports.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura not to target Wood Release or the Senju yet, and Shimura Danzō agreed to keep watching him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to visit the Uchiha and consider taking another disciple, while ordering that actions against them in the village stop for now.
• Senju Toka told the clan leaders that Rikima’s betrayal required them to change security information and reorganize the clan’s operations.
• Senju Toka assigned Mito Uzumaki responsibility for barriers, southern battlefield preparation points, and daimyō intelligence, and Mito named people to assist her.
• Senju Toka put Sawagen Senju in charge of the southern battlefield and port operations, and he reluctantly agreed to take the fifth elder rather than Moshige.

Senju Toka assigned clan members to manage bases and other duties, then punished the Third Elder and Fifth Elder for fighting in the council hall. She began appointing leaders for the school and mission center, leaving the Sealing Squad without an assignment.

• Senju Toka put the Third Elder in charge of the clan's bases and tasked the Second Elder with overseeing the younger members, clan affairs, and allied clans.
• The Fifth Elder mocked the Third Elder, who threw an eyeball into his mouth, and the two prepared to fight.
• Senju Toka stopped the fight, docked both elders' allowances, and ordered them to clean the floor.
• Senju Toka told the Sixth Elder to invite allied clan patriarchs to a meeting that afternoon.
• Senju Raizan volunteered to lead the school, and Senju Toka approved his appointment and Hatsuhana's role at the Relief Hall.
• Senju Yusuke volunteered for the mission center, and Senju Toka ordered him to handle only the Senju's work and carefully check mission intelligence.

Senju Toka assigned clan members new duties and ordered Senju Yoshika and Senju Fukei to improve security and intelligence. After training with Senju Chiharu, Uka Senju began practicing Subterranean Voyage and managed to emerge from the ground before exhausting his Chakra.

• Senju Toka appointed Sekisei Senju to lead the Sealing Squad and assigned other Senju clan members to battlefield, merchant, security, and intelligence duties.
• Senju Maki left Senju Chiharu's home after lunch, and Chiharu invited Uka Senju to train with her.
• Senju Chiharu defeated Uka in a wooden-sword spar and advised him to focus on building his strength.
• Uka studied a Ninjutsu scroll, chose the C-rank Subterranean Voyage technique, and asked Chiharu to watch him practice.
• Uka struggled to move underground, injured his leg, then practiced lifting his feet until he could burst safely back above the ground.

Senju Uka continued practicing underground movement while Senju Chiharu advised him on Chakra sensing. Senju Toka then met with four allied clan heads to plan the Senju’s withdrawal from most fronts and village departments, ending with the Aburame offering personnel and cash.

• Senju Uka said he could jog underground but struggled to sense his surroundings, and Senju Chiharu advised him to practice Tobirama’s Chakra Sensing Technique.
• Senju Chiharu suggested Uka follow her footsteps underground, but he sat down to refine Chakra instead after suspecting she meant to step on his head.
• Senju Toka met with the Inuzuka, Kurama, Hatake, and Aburame clan heads, who pledged support against the Sarutobi group of four.
• Senju Toka said the Senju would withdraw from the eastern, western, and northern battlefronts within a month and from most village departments within a week.
• Senju Toka told the allied clans to move south and take positions in departments including the medical unit, school, mission center, and Sealing Squad.
• After the Inuzuka clan head warned that the school could weaken their advantage over time, the Aburame clan head offered five hundred people a year and 1.5 billion in cash.

Senju Toka secured manpower commitments from the Aburame, Inuzuka, Kurama, and Hatake clans while limiting their financial contributions. After discussing their plans, she returned home to Uka Senju and shared dinner with him and Chiharu.

• The Inuzuka, Kurama, Hatake, and Aburame leaders offered money and personnel to support the Senju.
• Senju Toka accepted the proposed manpower but reduced the clans' financial contributions and urged them to invest in training.
• The Aburame Clan leader suggested that the Senju could fund themselves by targeting southern countries, and the Inuzuka Clan leader committed seven hundred people under Inuzuka Kawa.
• Senju Toka and the four clan leaders discussed their joint arrangements and other internal and external matters.
• Senju Toka returned home, where Uka Senju and Chiharu served her dinner.

Uka Senju learned that Senju Tsukika would replace Chiharu as his bodyguard and instructor, then visited Mito to begin learning about Wood Release. He arrived at Mito’s residence and sat down with her, ready to start.

• Senju Toka arranged for Chiharu to return to clan duties and told Uka that Senju Tsukika would protect him instead.
• Uka trained in hand-to-hand combat, swordsmanship, and jutsu before breakfasting with Senju Toka and Chiharu.
• Uka went to Mito’s residence with Senju Tsukika, who had been assigned to protect and instruct him.
• Uka greeted Mito, sat with her at the tea table, and noticed the contrast between the estate’s grand exterior and its plain interior.

Mito Uzumaki told Uka Senju why Hashirama Senju had given the Senju family's wealth to an orphanage, then showed him Hashirama's Wood Release techniques. Uka left with scrolls of techniques suited to his current abilities and guidance on adapting them.

• Mito Uzumaki explained that Hashirama Senju regretted letting the Senju clan down and donated the family's possessions after the Valley of the End.
• Uka Senju's desire to gain power intensified as he considered Hashirama's fate and drank tea with Mito Uzumaki.
• Mito Uzumaki gave Uka Senju a scroll of Hashirama's Wood Release techniques, and he found many lower-ranked techniques he could use or modify.
• Mito Uzumaki advised Uka Senju to change techniques focused on restraint and contact into ones focused on strangling and piercing.
• Mito Uzumaki gave Uka Senju scrolls containing C- and B-rank techniques and Hashirama's insights, telling him to practice before learning A-rank techniques.

Mito Uzumaki gave Uka Senju Katsuyu Sage’s summoning contract as protection, and Uka successfully summoned Katsuyu in the courtyard. After demonstrating her corrosive attack, Katsuyu prepared to show him her defensive ability.

• Mito Uzumaki explained that Katsuyu Sage could protect Uka by using Reverse Summoning to take him to Shikkotsu Forest, then let him sign her Summoning Scroll.
• Uka Senju memorized the five seals, practiced them, and summoned a 1.5-meter-tall Katsuyu.
• Katsuyu invited Uka to visit Shikkotsu Forest and demonstrated Tongue Tooth Sticky Acid by corroding an iron training dummy and the ground beneath it.
• Katsuyu told Uka that her attack’s amount and frequency increased with her size, then asked him to punch her so she could demonstrate her defense.

Uka Senju practiced the Katsuyu Summoning Technique and received a training plan from Senju Tsukika. Meanwhile, the Uchiha clan leaders debated how to respond to the Senju’s renewed Wood Release, and their meeting ended in a bitter dispute over Madara and Kagami.

• Uka Senju tested Katsuyu’s defensive Ninjutsu and learned that physical attacks could not harm her.
• Katsuyu explained her abilities to Uka, then returned from the training ground.
• Senju Tsukika told Uka to practice summoning Katsuyu at different sizes and outlined his future training in Wood Release, elemental techniques, swordsmanship, and Taijutsu.
• Uka repeatedly practiced the Summoning Technique until Katsuyu began returning on her own.
• The Uchiha clan head asked six clan leaders how they should respond after confirming that the Senju had Wood Release again.
• Uchiha Setsuna criticized the Uchiha for yielding to the Senju, and an elderly clan leader angrily blamed Madara for the clan’s decline and Kagami’s lost chance to become Hokage.

Uchiha Yukito argued that the Uchiha should support the Senju against Hiruzen Sarutobi’s interference, while the clan debated whether to exploit the Senju-Sarutobi conflict. A quarrel between Yukito and Uchiha Setsuna escalated into a fight, and the Uchiha Clan Head engulfed the meeting hall in flames.

• Uchiha Setsuna put away his kunai after remembering Kagami had saved his life, and Uchiha Yukito called on the clan to oppose Hiruzen Sarutobi’s interference in the Senju Clan.
• Uchiha Hikaku rebuked Yukito for losing his temper and sent him back to his seat so the clan could hear everyone’s views.
• A clan member proposed using the Senju-Sarutobi conflict to strengthen the Uchiha and asked whether they should accept an offer from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Yukito warned that the Uchiha would face disaster if they joined the conflict, and Setsuna challenged his loyalty to the Senju, prompting Yukito to attack him with a Great Fireball.
• Setsuna countered Yukito’s Fire Style techniques, and the Uchiha Clan Head unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame, engulfing the hall and everyone inside.

Senju Uka pushed himself through intense training until he could summon the Katsuyu Sage at any size, then recovered and reviewed a Wood Release Ninjutsu scroll with Senju Tsukika. The chapter left him considering which technique to learn first and understanding that his attacks needed stronger vines and roots than Hashirama’s.

• Senju Uka trained relentlessly through the morning and learned to summon the Katsuyu Sage at whatever size he wanted.
• Senju Tsukika sent Senju Uka to soak in a medicinal bath and then led him to lunch.
• Senju Uka brewed tea and brought out the Wood Release Ninjutsu scroll, unsure which technique to choose.
• Senju Tsukika explained that Senju Uka needed to strengthen his vines and roots because his Wood Release lacked Hashirama’s overwhelming suppression and Chakra absorption.

Uka Senju practiced Wood Release: Tree Spear under Senju Tsukika’s guidance, learning to improve the spears’ hardness before working on their range and number. After refining his Chakra, he strengthened the spears enough to meet Tsukika’s target, and she directed him to continue training their control and then practice growing a tree.

• Senju Tsukika explained why Uka Senju should begin with direct-damage Wood Release techniques and suggested Earth and Water Release as guides for later techniques.
• Uka Senju used Wood Release: Tree Spear for the first time, producing three weak spears that his Kunai easily cut through.
• Uka Senju practiced for an hour, gradually hardening the spears, and Senju Tsukika told him to rest and refine Chakra.
• While recovering, Uka Senju considered how to improve the spears’ hardness and found an approach to try.
• Uka Senju’s next attempt made the spears strong enough to stop a Senbon after it penetrated about a centimeter, meeting Senju Tsukika’s target.
• Senju Tsukika instructed Uka Senju to practice the spears’ angle, distance, and number, then use Chakra to grow a tree.

Uka Senju spent his morning off helping Senju Chiharu prepare breakfast, then used Wood Release to rapidly grow the cherry sapling in their backyard. He left the tree six meters tall and leafy as breakfast aromas came from the kitchen.

• Uka Senju woke early despite having the morning off and decided to help Senju Chiharu make breakfast.
• Uka Senju tried to shape steamed buns, then smeared flour across Chiharu’s face and ran from the kitchen.
• Uka Senju washed his hands and went to the backyard, where he used Wood Release Chakra to stimulate the cherry sapling’s growth.
• After an hour, Uka Senju had grown the cherry tree to six meters tall as breakfast began to smell ready.

Uka Senju used Wood Release to bring Senju Chiharu’s cherry tree into bloom, then began training the Shadow Clone Technique and discovered his clones shared his reluctance to work. Meanwhile, Kumogakure’s Third Raikage received reports that the Senju had openly broken with the Third Hokage and withdrawn from Konoha’s forces.

• Uka Senju made the cherry tree bloom and sent blossoms falling around a delighted Senju Chiharu.
• Senju Toka watched Uka and Chiharu from the house and approved of their closeness.
• Uka Senju summoned a Shadow Clone that complained about training and dispelled itself.
• Uka Senju summoned another Shadow Clone, gave it a Wood Release: Substitution Technique scroll, and continued practicing the basic techniques.
• Kumogakure’s intelligence chief told the Third Raikage that the Senju had fallen out with the Third Hokage, rumors of Uka’s Wood Release were spreading, and Senju personnel had left Konoha’s forces.

The Third Raikage learned that the Senju Wood Release user's parents were killed by him and ordered Kumogakure to prepare a careful assassination while using bounties to test the waters. The Third Tsuchikage chose to stay out of the conflict, offering limited help to the Senju while secretly placing a bounty on the Wood Release user.

• The Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure's front line to advance into the Land of Rice Fields and learned that the Wood Release user's parents were Senju Toka's younger brother and his wife, whom he had killed.
• The Third Raikage decided to help Hiruzen Sarutobi eliminate the Wood Release user, instructing his intelligence chief to wait for a sure chance and kill him in one strike.
• The Third Raikage ordered a ten-million bounty on the Wood Release user, with larger bounties to be added when he became a Chunin and a Jonin.
• The Third Tsuchikage confirmed the Senju-Sarutobi falling-out and the Wood Release user's connection to the Senju, then ordered his forces to hold position and avoid the conflict.
• The Third Tsuchikage allowed his forces to help the Senju if necessary and secretly arranged a ten-million bounty on the Wood Release user using the Land of Lightning's identity.

Senju Uka trained with Senju Tsukika, then used his day off to prepare fishing bait and visit Harumi at the Relief Hall. He met Senju Nobusada there and asked about Nobusada’s brothers and school.

• Senju Tsukika sparred with Senju Uka and explained how his repeated knee strikes had left him open to defeat.
• Senju Uka reflected on his recent progress in ninjutsu, taijutsu, and swordsmanship after training through the morning.
• Senju Uka mixed a large batch of grain bait and told Senju Tsukika he planned to go fishing after visiting Harumi.
• Senju Uka passed clan members training along the way to the Relief Hall and thought the clan had begun making its moves.
• Senju Nobusada greeted Senju Uka at the Relief Hall, and Uka ruffled his hair before asking where his older brothers were and why he was not at school.

Uka Senju visited Senju Harumi to check on her recovery and gave her grenades as a gift. After catching up with his classmates, he left with Senju Nobusada to take care of another important matter.

• Uka Senju teased Senju Nobusada about his rivalry with his twin younger brothers, then asked where Harumi was.
• Senju Harumi arrived and greeted Uka after Nobusada mentioned her.
• Uka apologized for Harumi being caught up in the previous incident and gave her a scroll containing grenades from his workshop.
• Harumi invited Uka and Nobusada to her quarters, where they talked for three hours.
• Harumi passed Uka an envelope for Inuzuka Furin, and Uka dragged the reluctant Nobusada away to handle his remaining business.

Uka Senju supplied Senju Nobusada with a scroll and grenades, then used bait and explosives to gather fish for energy. Five days later, the Senju leaders reviewed their preparations for southern operations and discussed support from the Uzumaki Clan and the daimyo.

• Uka Senju gave Senju Nobusada a scroll and grenades for him and his brothers as they prepared to begin their ninja careers.
• Uka Senju lured fish with bait, then blew them up with grenades and used a Water Formation Wall to shield himself.
• Five days later, Uka Senju shortened his exercise routine because of the rain and studied a new Ninjutsu under shelter.
• Sawagen Senju reported that the southern front handover and the new four-clan force's reorganization were complete, and described plans for the battlefield and trade association.
• Mito Uzumaki reported that Uzumaki ninja and barrier plans were ready, while Miko arranged orphans, tax revenue, and private support for the Senju.

Senju Toka and the elders discussed Root’s likely plans, threats against Uka, and ways to protect him from a thirty-million bounty. They agreed to reveal some of Uka’s abilities early to distinguish his Wood Release from Hashirama’s and reduce the danger he faced.

• Senju Toka arranged for Miko to thank the daimyō and for the Senju to cover the expenses of his collection work.
• The Second Elder reported that Root had gained over a hundred subordinates and was likely planning to attack the divided Land of Grass for recruits.
• Senju Toka said bounty hunters had already targeted Uka near the river, prompting the elders to send intelligence to the Uchiha and assign future samurai attackers to Uka as training.
• The Second Elder warned that Uka’s thirty-million bounty could rise and proposed revealing some of his abilities early to discourage further targeting.
• Senju Toka and the elders agreed to reveal that Uka’s Earth, Water, and Wood Release differed from Hashirama’s.

Senju Toka and the clan elders agreed to have Uka display Wood Release at the academy assessment while Moshige researched Tobirama's dangerous technique. Toka ordered Uka to win first place, and he fled after accidentally offending her.

• The second elder proposed using Uka's academy assessment to showcase Wood Release and attract future subordinates, and Senju Toka agreed to tell him to win decisively.
• Mito Uzumaki reported that Moshige could not master the Flying Thunder God Technique but could develop Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Formation.
• The second elder persuaded Mito Uzumaki to let Moshige research Tobirama's other technique, despite Hashirama's disapproval and its threat to the Pure Land.
• Senju Toka asked Senju Chiharu about the meeting, and Chiharu said the Senju should leave the consequences of the technique to future generations.
• Senju Toka ordered Uka Senju to take first place in the academy assessment, use Wood Release, and leave his creations behind.
• Uka Senju accidentally passed gas beside Senju Toka, used the Substitution Technique to evade her anger, and ran toward the kitchen.

Uka Senju woke to a family life more than ten years after his memories of being a young shinobi, his wife Chiharu, and their daughter Yūgumo had returned. After discovering that his status still showed him as nine years old, he panicked and used the Substitution Technique, leaving Chiharu baffled.

• Uka remembered that he had married Chiharu and that Yūgumo was their daughter, then spent the day with his family.
• Uka learned that Yūgumo had inherited his Wood Release but lacked strong physical talent.
• Uka checked his system panel and found that he was still listed as nine years old, with his old skills and 4982 energy.
• Uka suspected a supernatural resurgence, substituted a log for himself, and readied kunai by the window.
• Chiharu saw Uka hiding with weapons and wondered what had happened.

Senju Uka experienced Senju Chiharu’s Genjutsu: Homecoming and was terrified by its suggestion effect, then asked her to explain how it worked. Chiharu tested him with Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique, but Uka broke free and hugged her, leaving her blushing and gently patting his back.

• Senju Uka panicked after Genjutsu: Homecoming shifted his surroundings, then put away his kunai when he realized Senju Chiharu was no longer lying beside him.
• Senju Chiharu explained that forcibly breaking Homecoming had triggered its suggestion effect, and Uka admitted through his actions that he had overestimated his ability to resist it.
• Senju Chiharu proposed testing Uka with Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique, and he agreed.
• Senju Uka saw Chiharu as Sadako digging out his heart and lungs, then broke free of the genjutsu by stirring his Chakra.
• Senju Uka hugged Chiharu, and she blushed before gently stroking his hair and patting his back.

Uka Senju entered the forest for Senju Tsukika’s seven-hour test to bring back six ninja beast ears, while also seeking energy. After baiting predators at a river, he attacked three tiger-like ninja beasts with Wood Release, skewering one and badly wounding another as the largest tiger stood guard.

• Senju Tsukika sent Uka Senju into the forest at 9:34 and ordered him to return by 16:35 with the left ears of six ninja beasts, while a team followed to observe him.
• Uka Senju traveled into the forest’s depths, found a water source, and killed two wild boars to use as bait.
• After killing several ordinary predators, Uka Senju sensed three large ninja beasts and set a trap before hiding near the river.
• Uka Senju used Wood Release: Tree Spear against two tigers feeding on the bait, skewering the smaller one and leaving the tigress with a severe abdominal wound while the largest tiger watched.