Recaps

Uka and his friends returned from their missions, while Senju Chiharu took command of a unit and received a secret intelligence assignment. Back in Konoha, Uka handled clan disputes, made plans with friends, and left for the South Battlefield, where he and his teammates confronted Root pursuers.

• Uka, Shimei, and Sawa reunited with their friends at a camp, shared a meal, and then continued their convoy mission under Fukami’s supervision.
• Jigen ordered Tsukidera to collect the forest corpses and examined one with Ōtsutsuki power, while Uka’s team later returned to Konoha and received payment for their missions.
• Chiharu became vice-captain of the Sixth Large Unit, received a secret mission to gather intelligence on the Land of Bears, and organized her unit’s deployment and investigation plan.
• Uka returned home to Maki and Toka, was punished by Toka, and later chose to focus his training on Wood Release as Maki healed him and began teaching at the Ninja Academy.
• Uka took charge of Senju marriage and personnel disputes, imposed penalties and restrictions on several families, then sold mission spoils and sought advice from Sakumo.
• Uka gathered friends, asked Might Duy to teach him moves, and learned that Nobusada, Nobuhiko, and Nobuhide had mastered an incomplete Flying Thunder God Formation.
• Toka promoted Uka, Furin, and Kaun to Special Jōnin and sent them to the South Battlefield, where they defeated Root pursuers and captured their leader.

Uka Senju led the Senju campaign against Hoshigakure and the Land of Bears, then returned to Konoha and took command of a mission against the Merchant Ninja Organization. The stretch left Uka’s forces fighting Jiraiya’s troops on the island as Jiraiya summoned Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima for a counterattack.

• Uka Senju led the campaign against Hoshigakure, killed the Third Hoshikage, and joined the advance on the Land of Bears’ capital while Kirigakure forces sailed to attack Aburame Gyokusei’s camp.
• Senju Chiharu and the coalition defeated the Kirigakure invasion, while Uchiha Motohisa persuaded the Five Clans to propose restoring the Valley of the End and Uka questioned the cost of his pursuit of strength.
• Senju Toka and Senju Yoshika ambushed Shimura Danzō, but unknown black-robed rescuers saved him, prompting Mito Uzumaki and Toka to investigate the organization.
• Uka Senju returned to Konoha, received command of a Wood Release Squadron, and departed with his forces to suppress the Merchant Ninja leader after learning the organization had split into rival factions.
• Uka’s forces ambushed Command Ship No. 2, then prepared a direct assault on Kisen Island as Jiraiya gathered defenders and the three outlying front-line squads were reported likely wiped out.
• Uka Senju attacked Jiraiya’s force from the air in heavy rain, then fought Jiraiya while Yoshikazu Senju coordinated the assault ship’s advance.
• Uka Senju collapsed the cliffs and sent a wave through the gap, allowing his forces to land and attack survivors before he summoned Katsuyu Sage to face Jiraiya and the giant toads.
• Jiraiya sent Utatane Kunio, Shūei Gyōji, and Fusamae Ōnishi to evacuate survivors, then summoned Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima to prepare a counterattack.

Uka Senju’s mission to secure summoning contracts turned into a devastating battle against Kumogakure and Konoha forces, drawing the Senju and their allies into a wider conflict. After surviving the fighting and accepting Katsuyu’s help, Uka gained a powerful Sage Body that alarmed Mito Uzumaki and left his future training uncertain.

• Uka Senju drove Jiraiya from Kisen Island, secured the city for the Senju, and finalized a contract transferring the Merchant Ninja Organization to his clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned from Gamamaru that Uka’s Wood Release might revive the God Tree, then spread the prophecy and authorized Orochimaru’s forbidden research under restrictions.
• Uka Senju led an expedition to Summoning Island, negotiated contracts with the Bear, Albatross, and Golden Eagle clans, and returned toward home with his squad.
• The Third Raikage and Shimura Danzō ambushed Uka’s force at sea, and Inuzuka Furin died saving him as Mito Uzumaki, Katsuyu, and reinforcements joined the battle.
• Senju and allied forces battled Kumogakure and Konoha units while Mito Uzumaki fought the Third Raikage and Blue B manifested the Eight-Tails.
• Katsuyu took Uka Senju to Shikkotsu Forest, explained her predicament and her need for his future strength, and gave him stored energy before sending him back to the fighting.
• After the battle, Uka Senju returned to help his teacher, while Senju Toka mourned the Second Elder and other forces repositioned amid the spreading conflict.
• Uka Senju used accumulated energy to create a Sage Body, then trained with his new strength as Mito Uzumaki sensed chakra like Hashirama’s and questioned whether Tsukika should train him.

Uka Senju and Senju Toka uncover plans to attack the Uzumaki and prepare the Senju for a wider war. The arc ends with the elders agreeing on evacuation forces and battlefield deployments as the clans mobilize.

• Uka Senju revealed his Wood Release and Sage Body to his family, then married Senju Chiharu, Senju Maki, and Tsunade as Senju Toka reorganized the clan’s forces.
• Senju Toka and Mito Uzumaki approved a secret campaign against the Uchiha to gather energy, and Uka Senju’s forces killed Uchiha Yashiro before Senju and Uchiha leaders began negotiations.
• The three wives were confirmed pregnant, while Jigen and Madara Uchiha advanced plans involving the other nations and Madara began testing Impure World Reincarnation.
• Yūya Uzumaki moved against the Council of Elders and ordered the clan to prepare an evacuation as foreign powers and Konoha coordinated an attack on the Uzumaki.
• Senju Toka’s council learned that enemy forces were pinning down the southern fronts, and Uka Senju proposed evacuating Uzumaki children while striking Sarutobi’s forces.
• Senju Toka revealed Wood Release to the elders and assigned ten large units to help the Uzumaki retreat toward Ihyo Castle while other Senju forces attacked and contained their enemies.
• The elders negotiated evacuation escorts and troop assignments, keeping Uka Senju’s main force unit intact while dividing other units and preparing mobilization orders.