Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Uchiha Takashi, a reincarnated anime fan, worried that he would not survive the brutal Warring States era and its coming battlefield. He set his fears aside to train with Homura Uchiha and Aka Uchiha, while reflecting on the ninja ranks of the period.

• Uchiha Takashi recalled his reincarnation and the dangers of the Warring States era, where children were sent to battle at eight.
• Uchiha Takashi worried that he lacked Sharingan and jutsu skills and would die when he reached the battlefield.
• Homura Uchiha invited Uchiha Takashi to practice kunai throwing, and Takashi agreed to go to the training ground.
• Homura Uchiha greeted Aka Uchiha, who showed off his jutsu; the three discussed sparring and their Genin status.
• Uchiha Takashi considered the era's rank system, from Genin and Chunin to Jonin, Elite Jonin, and Clan Head Level.

Uchiha Takashi woke to find the Uchiha Clan headquarters under attack and fought alongside Aka Uchiha against the invading ninjas. An Uchiha with the Sharingan rescued Aka and directed the boys toward the evacuation, as most of the clan had already fled.

• After fighting his fellow Uchiha, Uchiha Takashi went to sleep exhausted beside the river.
• Uchiha Takashi woke amid a surprise attack on the clan grounds and killed a young enemy ninja with fire and a kunai.
• A tall ninja attacked Uchiha Takashi, but Aka Uchiha arrived and helped him face the stronger enemy.
• Uchiha Takashi and Aka Uchiha combined their techniques to attack the tall ninja, who used a substitution to strike at Aka.
• An Uchiha with the Sharingan killed the tall ninja, then sent Uchiha Takashi and Aka Uchiha toward the evacuation.

After escaping an attack on the Uchiha clan grounds, Uchiha Takashi, Aka Uchiha, and Homura Uchiha returned the next day to find many clansmen dead. At headquarters, Ryō Uchiha ordered an investigation into how the attackers bypassed the front lines and which clan was responsible.

• Uchiha Takashi and Aka Uchiha reached a guarded gathering of Uchiha survivors and worried that Homura Uchiha was still missing.
• Homura Uchiha arrived safely and told them an intruder had chased him from his home.
• After the clan's signal whistle announced it was safe, the survivors returned to the clan grounds and found bodies scattered everywhere, including dead children.
• Uchiha Takashi returned to the house where he had been raised while clansmen cleared the grounds and mourned their dead.
• Ryō Uchiha questioned the first elder and third elder about the failed patrols, then ordered an investigation into the attackers and how they had reached the clan grounds.

After learning the Hagoromo Clan had killed dozens of Uchiha children, Ryō Uchiha led a retaliatory strike against them, then attacked the Senju and won a decade of peace at the cost of his life. Uchiha Takashi mourned Ryō at his funeral as the clan faced an uncertain future without its capable leader.

• Ryō Uchiha learned that more than sixty young Uchiha had died and resolved to avenge them and cripple the Senju before the clan's generations weakened.
• Uchiha Satoshi discovered that the Hagoromo Clan had attacked Uchiha headquarters, and Ryō led forty-five elites to destroy the Hagoromo compound and capture its surviving women and children.
• Ryō Uchiha returned to the front and led an assault on the Senju, where he and Senju Sun fought until both were mortally wounded.
• Senju Sun died on the battlefield, and Ryō Uchiha later died from his injuries after securing roughly ten years of peace for the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Takashi attended Ryō Uchiha's funeral and grieved as the clan wondered how it would fare without him.

After Ryō Uchiha’s death, the Uchiha Clan endured a surprise attack from the Uzumaki Clan and withdrew to protect its headquarters. Two years later, eight-year-old Uchiha Takashi and his friends learned they would be sent to the battlefield, leaving their fragile peace behind.

• After Ryō Uchiha was buried, the Uzumaki Clan attacked the Uchiha front lines, and the Uchiha elders argued over whether to retaliate.
• The third elder persuaded the grand elder and second elder to avoid an offensive and let the clan recover, while Uchiha Takashi noticed troops returning and the Uchiha defenses tightening.
• Uchiha Takashi agreed to go fishing with Aka Uchiha, and the two spent the following two years training and enjoying time with their companions.
• Two years later, Homura Uchiha found Uchiha Takashi and Aka Uchiha by the river and told them they would go to the battlefield the next day.
• Aka Uchiha tried to reassure his friends that they would return, and Uchiha Takashi teased him about tempting fate before the three headed back to the clan grounds.

Uchiha Takashi, Aka Uchiha, and Homura Uchiha fought off an Uzumaki attack and helped clear the battlefield. They discovered and captured a Senju Clan observer hiding nearby.

• Uchiha Takashi, Aka Uchiha, and Homura Uchiha defended their position as the Uzumaki Clan sent children into battle.
• Aka Uchiha broke the chains of an Uzumaki clansman, and the Uchiha fighters drove the attackers back.
• Uchiha Takashi and Homura Uchiha rested after the fight while Aka Uchiha criticized their stamina.
• Uchiha Takashi and Aka Uchiha found a survivor among the corpses and made sure he was dead.
• Uchiha Takashi spotted someone hiding in burning bushes, and an Uchiha clansman used genjutsu to capture him.
• Uchiha Takashi identified the captive as a Senju Clan member sent to observe the battle.

Aka Uchiha, Homura Uchiha, and Uchiha Takashi escorted a captured Senju spy toward headquarters, where they learned she was an elder’s daughter. A Senju attack forced the three to flee with her, and an Uchiha patrol intercepted their pursuers while the Senju withdrew.

• Aka Uchiha took charge of escorting the captured Senju woman to headquarters with Homura Uchiha and Uchiha Takashi.
• The Senju woman tried to manipulate her captors into freeing her, but Uchiha Takashi wounded her until she revealed she was an elder’s daughter sent to gather intelligence.
• A group of Senju attacked, and Uchiha clansmen ordered the three young Uchiha to carry the prisoner back while they held off the enemy.
• Aka Uchiha, Homura Uchiha, and Uchiha Takashi fled with the prisoner as the Senju pursued them, and Aka Uchiha prepared to stay behind until Homura refused to leave him.
• An Uchiha patrol intercepted the pursuers, summoned nearby reinforcements, and forced the Senju to retreat without rescuing their prisoner.

Uchiha Takashi returned to the front with Aka Uchiha and Homura Uchiha, where they found the battlefield devastated and Rekka Uchiha mortally wounded. Rekka’s death awakened Takashi’s One-Tomoe Sharingan, while the Third Elder learned that the captured Senju clanswoman was Yuki Senju, daughter of Tsuru Senju.

• Uchiha Takashi and his companions delivered Yuki Senju to the Third Elder, who ordered her imprisoned and promised them rewards before sending them back to the front.
• Katsu Uchiha gave the three their rewards, and they hurried back toward the battlefield after learning nothing about what had happened there.
• Uchiha Takashi and Aka Uchiha smelled blood near the front and found the area covered with dead and wounded clansmen.
• Aka Uchiha and Uchiha Takashi found Rekka Uchiha gravely injured, but a medical-nin said he could not be saved, and Rekka died.
• Uchiha Takashi mourned Rekka and awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan.
• The Third Elder interrogated Yuki Senju under his Sharingan and learned that her father was Tsuru Senju, the Senju Clan’s Fourth Elder.

Uchiha Takashi and the Uchiha forces turned back an Uzumaki attack and trapped the enemy in a counterattack. After the Uchiha defeated the invading force, Takashi and the other children were recalled from the front lines.

• Raku Uchiha announced that the Uchiha would counterattack the next Uzumaki force, but the Uzumaki attacked before his briefing ended.
• Raku Uchiha, Aka Uchiha, Homura Uchiha, and Uchiha Takashi led the forward position in repelling the attackers, who broke and fled.
• The Uchiha pursued the retreating Uzumaki and met Uchiha Satoshi's squad, which had positioned itself to surround them.
• Uchiha Satoshi's forces joined the battle and overwhelmed the surrounded Uzumaki until their commander surrendered.
• The counterattack crippled the Uzumaki Clan's ability to wage a large-scale war for five years, and Uchiha Takashi and the other young fighters returned to headquarters.

With the major clans temporarily quiet, Uchiha Takashi reflected on the Warring States era’s mercenary ninja economy before visiting the City of Fire with Aka Uchiha and Homura Uchiha. The three encountered boys from the Senju Clan, leaving a possible clash ahead.

• Uchiha Takashi described how ninja clans earned money through missions, warfare, and trade while daimyo and samurai remained in power.
• Uchiha Takashi, Aka Uchiha, and Homura Uchiha traveled to the City of Fire, where the two younger boys eagerly sampled street food.
• Uchiha Takashi urged Aka Uchiha and Homura Uchiha to stop eating and head to the mission hall before the best jobs were taken.
• Uchiha Takashi noticed several boys wearing the Senju Clan’s symbol and recognized them as Senju Clan members.
• The Senju Clan boys noticed Uchiha Takashi and his companions, and both groups eyed each other warily inside the city.

Uchiha Takashi, Aka Uchiha, and Homura Uchiha planned to ambush a Senju squad outside the city, but their watch stretched on for three days. After the Senju finally headed toward the south gate, Takashi alerted his teammates, who set off to intercept them near the Sarutobi Clan’s passage.

• Aka Uchiha spotted Senju clansmen, and Takashi proposed following them out of the city to ambush them while obeying the rule against fighting inside it.
• Takashi secretly watched the Senju while Aka and Homura accepted a city mission and waited for word.
• Both groups lingered in the city for three days, each waiting for the other to leave.
• The Senju squad leader finally led his group toward the city gates, and Takashi summoned Ninja Cat to deliver their route to Aka and Homura.
• Aka and Homura hurried south after receiving the message, and Aka worried that the Senju were taking the Sarutobi passage and reflected on the Uchiha Clan’s worsening position.

Aka Uchiha, Homura Uchiha, and Uchiha Takashi abandoned their plan to attack the Senju group after learning the route passed through Sarutobi territory, then discovered Aka and Homura had spent their mission earnings. They stayed in town doing low-risk missions to save money, while Homura longed to go home.

• Uchiha Takashi warned Aka Uchiha and Homura Uchiha that ten Sarutobi members were stationed along the Senju group's route, so Aka chose to wait rather than attack.
• Uchiha Takashi learned that Aka Uchiha and Homura Uchiha had spent their remaining mission money on food, entertainment, and equipment, and scolded them for leaving the group short on living expenses.
• Uchiha Takashi decided to let the Senju group go and keep doing missions until they had enough money to return.
• Over the next few days, the three completed numerous safe D-rank missions, despite Homura Uchiha asking to take more dangerous work.
• Uchiha Takashi told Homura Uchiha they could not return to the clan grounds until they had saved 100,000, and Aka Uchiha reminded Homura that their expenses included 50,000 for replacement ninja tools and other costs.

After two years of peace, Uchiha Takashi and his friends learned that another war was approaching. The Third Elder appointed ten-year-old Uchiha Takashi as his successor, entrusting him with the care of the clan’s orphans and the title of Third Elder.

• Uchiha Takashi, Homura Uchiha, and Aka Uchiha went fishing, where Homura Uchiha showed off a tiny fry and argued with Aka Uchiha about whether it counted as a catch.
• Uchiha Takashi had awakened a Two-Tomoe Sharingan, while Homura Uchiha and Aka Uchiha each had one tomoe.
• The narration established that the Uchiha Clan had grown stronger during two peaceful years, but the Senju, Uzumaki, and Sarutobi clans appeared to be preparing for war.
• A clan member summoned Uchiha Takashi to meet the Third Elder, who asked him to take over responsibility for raising the clan’s orphans.
• Uchiha Takashi accepted the responsibility, and the Third Elder named him the Uchiha Clan’s new Third Elder.

Uchiha Takashi unexpectedly became the Uchiha Clan's Third Elder and attended a council meeting about rising tensions with the Senju, Uzumaki, and Sarutobi Clans. He urged the elders to seek allies to reduce casualties, but they rejected the idea, leaving the clan's response unresolved.

• Uchiha Takashi showed Aka Uchiha and Homura Uchiha his genuine elder's token and told them the Third Elder had appointed him successor.
• Uchiha Takashi went to Naka Shrine, where the First Elder and Second Elder explained his duties and the clan's logistical responsibilities.
• The First Elder described provocations from the Senju Clan and the Uzumaki Clan and their apparent partnership with the Sarutobi Clan.
• Uchiha Takashi proposed forming alliances to limit Uchiha casualties, but the First Elder and Second Elder resisted because they distrusted allies and lacked diplomatic skill.

Uchiha Takashi led a supply convoy toward the front, where an Uzumaki ambush and a Senju squad forced his force into a brutal battle. After the Uchiha won, Takashi found Aka Uchiha dead, and his grief awakened a new pattern in his Sharingan.

• Uchiha Takashi volunteered to negotiate with the Sarutobi Clan, but news arrived that Senju and Sarutobi forces had attacked the front.
• Uchiha Takashi warned that the supply route could be ambushed, so the Uchiha divided their forces and sent him with the supply convoy.
• The Uzumaki Clan trapped Uchiha Takashi's force in a canyon, and a Senju squad joined the battle after the Uchiha pushed back the initial attack.
• Uchiha Takashi rallied his clansmen and fought until the Uchiha defeated the Senju and Uzumaki forces, then searched for Homura Uchiha and Aka Uchiha.
• Homura Uchiha found Aka Uchiha's corpse, and Uchiha Takashi's grief triggered pinwheel patterns in his Sharingan.

Uchiha Takashi delivered supplies to starving Uchiha clansmen at the front and forced them to line up for food. Seeing the suffering caused by war, he rejected fate and resolved to end the fighting in his generation.

• An exhausted Uchiha clansman found a single Military Rations Pill, then spotted the approaching supply convoy and alerted the others.
• Hungry Uchiha clansmen rushed the handcarts and fought over food, ignoring an escort’s demand that they line up.
• Uchiha Takashi kicked one clansman aside and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make the crowd obey, then ordered the supplies distributed.
• Uchiha Takashi reflected on the front’s shortages and suffering, blaming war and the Sage of Six Paths for the world’s repeated conflicts.
• Uchiha Takashi rejected the idea of fate and resolved to break it by ending the war in his generation.

Uchiha Takashi persuaded the second elder to support his plan to build an Uchiha nation, beginning with a village and eventually unifying the Shinobi World. The clan was set to move forward under Takashi’s direction, though the undertaking would bring further conflict and casualties.

• Uchiha Takashi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to the second elder and warned that overusing it would make him blind.
• Uchiha Takashi proposed taking in refugees to produce goods, freeing Uchiha shinobi to train and preparing to expand a camp into a town and nation.
• The second elder worried that the Land of Fire’s Daimyo would oppose the plan, and Takashi proposed using Genjutsu to control him while keeping the project secret from the Senju Clan and other clans.
• Uchiha Takashi invoked the Uchiha Clan’s strength and ancestor Indra’s will to overcome the second elder’s concerns and win his support.
• Uchiha Takashi decided to establish a village first, then expand it into a town and eventually proclaim an Uchiha nation to unify the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Takashi persuaded the first and second elders to support a long-term plan to build a village and expand toward founding a country. They appointed him the Uchiha Clan’s new head, and he turned to planning the first steps.

• The second elder brought Uchiha Takashi to the first elder, who objected to the danger and break with tradition involved in founding a country.
• Uchiha Takashi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and explained a plan to secretly take in refugees, establish a village, and expand its territory and population.
• The first elder accepted the risks of the plan and agreed that the Uchiha Clan should pursue it.
• The first and second elders named Uchiha Takashi the new clan head, and he asked to prioritize planning the village’s founding over a grand inauguration.

Uchiha Takashi led seventeen Uchiha clan members to seize a remote, failing village as a secret base. After killing the corrupt village chief, the group left the village under Uchiha control.

• Uchiha Takashi and the grand elder assembled seventeen clan members for a secret mission to establish a base.
• Uchiha Takashi led the group to a dilapidated village far from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire's control.
• The village chief extorted the remaining villagers and ordered a samurai to collect another fee.
• Uchiha Takashi's group killed the samurai and entered the village chief's house.
• Uchiha Takashi took the village chief's money and had him killed, revealing the attackers as Uchiha.

Uchiha Takashi took control of the village and renamed it Uchiha Village, promising the villagers protection under Uchiha rule. When the villagers welcomed rules that seemed harsh to the Uchiha, their complaints revealed that the dead village chief had exploited and abandoned them far worse.

• Uchiha Takashi learned that the Uchiha clansmen had killed all fifteen samurai and declared the village the clan’s second base.
• Uchiha Takashi told the villagers that the Uchiha Clan now ruled the village, which would be called Uchiha Village.
• Uchiha Takashi claimed bandits had killed the former village chief and promised the villagers Uchiha protection.
• A Three-Tomoe Sharingan Uchiha clansman laid out the clan’s rules, including taking farmland and thirty percent of the villagers’ grain, but the villagers cheered and begged him to keep his word.
• The villagers explained that the former chief had taken most of their grain, charged them for tools, stolen their savings, and left them unprotected, shocking the Uchiha Clan.