Recaps

Didaze’s long-range Explosion Release turned Iwagakure’s war against Konoha into a series of devastating victories, drawing the attention of Konoha’s leaders and clan forces. As Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Fugaku entered the fight, Didaze’s weakness to Lightning Release became known, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Didaze regained his memories, used explosive clay to devastate Yotsuki A’s forces, and was appointed commander-in-chief before Ōnoki summoned him to Iwagakure.
• Didaze joined Kitsuchi’s campaign against Konoha and inflicted enormous losses on its clans, helping Iwagakure win the first battle and forcing Shimura Danzō to request reinforcements.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rallied Konoha’s clan forces and sent Hatake Sakumo to the Iwagakure front, while Didaze continued experimenting with ways to trigger his bombs without Lightning Release.
• Didaze and Han led a renewed assault that annihilated Orochimaru’s forces, killing Orochimaru and leaving Shimura Danzō as the lone survivor before Hatake Sakumo’s reinforcements arrived.
• Didaze’s Nano Bombs and Clay Spiders devastated Sakumo’s army, but Sakumo discovered that Lightning Release countered the clay bombs and led the surviving Konoha elites into battle.
• Didaze returned to support Iwagakure as Sakumo’s attacks caused heavy casualties, then used the Explosion Release Corps to destroy the Nara Clan’s Earth Style Walls.
• Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo against Didaze and Han, while Kitsuchi trapped him with the Mountain Earth Technique before Fugaku broke free in Susanoo’s third stage.

Didaze rescued Nanako Uzumaki, helped Iwagakure secure a ceasefire with Konoha, and led a mission against Ōiwa and Kakuzu. As he recounted Hashirama Senju’s final battle, Uchiha Fugaku sought Tsunade’s help against Shimura Danzō’s crackdown, which culminated in Tsunade attacking Root at the Uchiha compound.

• Fugaku escaped Kitsuchi’s technique, but Didaze’s clay bomb shattered his Susanoo before Rewind restored him at the cost of straining his right eye.
• Didaze rescued Nanako Uzumaki from Kusagakure, destroyed the village, and brought her to Iwagakure, where she vowed revenge on the villages responsible for the Land of Whirlpools’ destruction.
• Ōnoki and Hiruzen Sarutobi negotiated an end to hostilities, exchanging sealing jutsu for a ceasefire agreement and reparations.
• Didaze recruited Deido, then captured Ōiwa and Sakyū with Umu before confronting Kakuzu and forcing him to flee badly injured.
• Didaze told Umu, Clown, and Red Boar about Hashirama Senju’s strength as Fugaku faced Root’s confinement of the Uchiha Clan and sought Tsunade’s help.
• Tsunade confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō over Root’s actions, but Danzō refused to withdraw his men from the Uchiha compound.
• Tsunade arrived at the Uchiha Clan Compound and sent dozens of Root members flying, prompting Fugaku to resolve to support her as the next Hokage.

Didaze’s attacks on Kirigakure helped trigger a war between Iwagakure and the Cloud and Mist alliance, ending in Iwagakure’s capture of the Six-Tails and Didaze becoming its jinchūriki. As the Five Kage Summit was arranged, Didaze and Ōnoki plotted to give Iwagakure’s Sharingan to Hiruzen Sarutobi to win his support and deepen tensions with the Uchiha Clan.

• Tsunade drove Danzō’s Root forces from the Uchiha Compound, while Didaze returned to Iwagakure with Sakyū and secured the Puppet Technique for the village.
• Didaze attacked Kirigakure with clay bombs, destroyed much of the village, and stole three Ninja Blades, which he later gave to Iwagakure.
• The Third Raikage and Third Mizukage formed an alliance against Iwagakure, and Didaze and Ōnoki led Iwagakure’s forces into battle against them.
• Didaze’s attacks helped Iwagakure capture the Three-Tails and Six-Tails Jinchūriki, while the Third Mizukage withdrew and the Third Raikage eventually ordered Kumogakure to retreat.
• Didaze and Ōnoki sealed the Six-Tails inside Didaze with help from Nanako Uzumaki and Karen, and Didaze later made peace with the tailed beast Saiken.
• The Third Mizukage called a Five Kage Summit, and the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages agreed to attend after Yagura reached Konoha and Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed Orochimaru back.
• Didaze proposed giving Iwagakure’s Sharingan to Hiruzen Sarutobi to gain his support and worsen tensions between him and the Uchiha Clan, and Ōnoki ordered the transfer.

Didaze trained Nanako Uzumaki, Reigyō, and Watanabe Kawa while Iwagakure prepared for war, and Hatake Sakumo’s defection drew him into Madara Uchiha’s plans. The arc ended with Sasori killing the Third Kazekage and Didaze taking command of Iwagakure’s front against Konoha.

• Ōnoki and the other Kage settled the Tailed Beast dispute at the summit, ending the Second Shinobi World War with Kirigakure agreeing to pay for the Three-Tails.
• Didaze formed Team One with Nanako Uzumaki, Reigyō, and Watanabe Kawa, trained them, and led them through missions that included protecting the Land of Birds’ daimyo.
• Kakuzu attacked Didaze’s home to steal the Jashin Statue, but Didaze fought him off with clay bombs and Kakuzu escaped badly wounded.
• Shimura Danzō spread rumors against Hatake Sakumo, who attacked Root and fled Konoha after Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped him from killing Danzō.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to prepare for war, while Didaze created a clone with Saiken’s power and learned the coming conflict would begin within a year.
• Madara Uchiha defeated Hatake Sakumo, placed a Cursed Seal on his heart, and released him under orders to obey a future successor.
• Sasori poisoned and killed the Third Kazekage, then disappeared into the desert with his corpse.
• Ōnoki assigned Didaze and Roshi to command Iwagakure’s front against Konoha, and Roshi agreed to join him.