Danzo

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Attempts to Prevent the Uchiha Defection

Danzō urges Hiruzen Sarutobi to strike immediately rather than allow the Uchiha to leave Konoha. Root operatives seal the clan compound and kill Uchiha sentries, prompting Gen'yō to retaliate. When Hiruzen withdraws rather than risk a village-wide battle, Danzō condemns his hesitation and resolves to act independently 5 6.

He proposes exploiting Shisui’s gentleness and Itachi’s attachment to his younger brother to turn them against Gen'yō. He then leads a raid while Hiruzen occupies Gen'yō elsewhere, only to trigger a prepared Kamui formation that devastates his forces. Shisui and Itachi block his escape route at the Root Base 7 8.

Failed Pursuit and Severe Injuries

Danzō joins Hiruzen’s force surrounding the abandoned Uchiha compound. Gen'yō detonates the site, destroying part of Konoha and badly damaging Danzō’s implanted right arm; its Sharingan lose their function 13 17.

Blaming Hiruzen for the clan’s escape, Danzō mobilizes Root’s elite Owl, Crow, and Itachi squads to exterminate the Uchiha and retrieve Gen'yō’s eyes. Root tracks residual chakra with the Soul-Devouring Cursed Seal, but Gen'yō transfers the mark to a clone and diverts the pursuit toward Death Valley 21 22.

Gen'yō subsequently attacks Danzō through the seal’s soul connection from hundreds of kilometers away. Danzō collapses unconscious with devastating soul damage, while the reattached arm remains numb and its Sharingan necrotic. Konoha later receives reports of the pursuing force’s destruction 27 30.

Foreign Conspiracies and Death in Konoha

Danzō opposes Gen'yō’s marriage alliance with Iwagakure and secretly assists Kumogakure’s Sharingan raid. His contributions include intelligence on Uchiha facilities and a guide, Hyuga Gekka, who cooperates in exchange for his promised help removing her Caged Bird Seal. Gen'yō confirms Danzō’s involvement by reading Dodai’s memories 64 71 72 77.

After Mikoto is taken to Root, Gen'yō invades Konoha and extracts Danzō from his underground shelter. He broadcasts Danzō’s conversations about assisting the Raikage, conceding three Land of Fire towns to the Land of Wind, and using Mikoto as bait. Given the choice between killing Danzō and losing Konoha, Hiruzen raises a kunai against him 88 90.

Danzō attempts to take those nearby with him using the Reverse Four Symbols Seal. Gen'yō destroys the seal, removes his right-eye Sharingan, and kills him with a kick that shatters his breastbone 90 91.

Root’s Surviving Network

Following Danzō’s death, Hiruzen identifies Root’s scattered agents as Konoha’s remaining means of infiltrating the Divine Kingdom. Koharu and Homura subsequently visit the largely abandoned Root facility and activate the Faceless Ones Plan 99 100 101.

Return and Alliance with Orochimaru

Danzō later appears alive, opposing Hiruzen’s decision to surrender Konoha. When the Divine Kingdom takes control, he withdraws underground with Root’s most loyal surviving members and plans to resurrect Hashirama Senju 179 191.

Despite objections from his subordinates, he seeks Orochimaru’s cooperation. He offers Tobirama Senju’s intact corpse and Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God kunai to support the creation of a resurrected Hokage force. Orochimaru also reveals modified reincarnations of Fugaku and Shisui, the latter having been recovered after Danzō stole his right eye 192 193 194.

Danzō enthusiastically accepts Orochimaru’s proposal to target Gen'yō’s newborn children. Root also approaches Sunagakure remnants with an offer to join the rebellion 195.

Defeat and Public Judgment

During the rebellion, Danzō orders the resurrected Fugaku and Shisui to attack the Divine Kingdom fleet. Their techniques fail against the flagship Kamui, and the fleet begins a saturation bombardment. The rebels later shelter inside the Six Red Yang Formation as the Uchiha children advance 204 205 210.

Facing defeat, Danzō again attempts the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, intending to destroy himself and the Uchiha children. Orochimaru suppresses his chakra with a cursed seal and offers him to Gen'yō as proof of allegiance. Itachi takes custody of Danzō, who is tied to the rear of the Uchiha parade before being brought to Hokage Rock for judgment 214 215 221.

Danzō responds to worldwide condemnation with a combined Sharingan mental assault, then relies on Izanagi to survive repeated killings. Gen'yō exhausts all ten implanted eyes through successive Kamui attacks. Shō restrains the broken Danzō while Yōko removes the stolen Sharingan; afterward, Danzō begs not to have his very existence erased 223 224 226 227 228 229.

Appearance

• Elderly and heavily wrinkled, with one eye usually exposed and the other covered in bandages 7 90 214.
• Bandaged right arm conceals implanted Sharingan and Hashirama-cell tissue 8 191 224.
• Scarred chest bears formulas for the Reverse Four Symbols Seal 214.
• Walking cane accompanies his appearances in Konoha and underground hideouts 64 90 191.

Personality

Danzō presents himself as Konoha’s indispensable “Root,” claiming that his actions protect the village from the shadows. He treats the Uchiha’s Sharingan as assets that should belong to Konoha and repeatedly orders the clan’s extermination rather than accept its departure 5 21 214.

His methods depend on coercion, secrecy, and expendable subordinates. He identifies personal attachments as tools for manipulating Shisui and Itachi, accepts the deaths of his guards during negotiations with Orochimaru, and deliberately cultivates fanaticism among Root’s survivors 7 191 193.

Beneath his rhetoric lies a personal desire for power, the Hokage position, and recognition from Hiruzen. His confidence repeatedly gives way to terror when his safeguards fail; after Gen'yō exhausts Izanagi, he abandons his defiance and begs for death, then mercy 194 227 229.

Abilities & Skills

Implanted Sharingan and Hashirama Cells

Danzō augments his body with stolen Uchiha eyes and Hashirama-cell tissue rather than possessing an Uchiha bloodline himself 191 222 224.

• His later right arm contains ten Sharingan, including Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan 228.
• His modified physique is described as a half-Sage Body 194.
• The compound explosion disables the earlier arm’s eyes; reattachment does not restore their function 17 27.
• His own Wood Release use is not demonstrated in the supplied passages.

Izanagi

Izanagi rewrites unfavorable outcomes—including death—as dreams, while making favorable outcomes real. Each activation permanently blinds one Sharingan 226.

• Reverses soul destruction, physical crushing, and Gen'yō’s subsequent spatial annihilation attacks 226 227.
• Produces reality distortion within a hundred-meter radius during activation 226.
• Provides a finite supply of reversals, not unlimited immortality: Gen'yō exhausts all ten eyes 227.
• Earlier use had already left Danzō’s soul incomplete before Gen'yō’s remote psychic attack 27.

Combined Sharingan Mental Assault

Danzō combines his implanted eyes’ power into a forceful attempt to destroy and overwrite other people’s wills 224.

• Causes pain among nearby Uchiha children and reaches toward Gen'yō in the Moon Palace 224 225.
• Itachi distinguishes it from true Kotoamatsukami: it lacks that technique’s subtle, subconscious manipulation 224.
• Danzō fails to obtain the submission he demands; Gen'yō subsequently dismantles his remaining defenses 226 227.

Reverse Four Symbols Seal

A mutually destructive sealing technique inscribed on Danzō’s body 90 214.

• Intended to engulf Danzō and surrounding targets in a sealing space 90.
• Gen'yō shreds its first documented activation with Kamui Dimension Crushing 91.
• Orochimaru interrupts the later activation by suppressing Danzō’s chakra 214.

Intelligence and Root Command

Danzō controls assassination squads, infiltrators, hidden facilities, and agents distributed inside and outside Konoha 21 90 100.

• Uses Root’s tracking network and the Soul-Devouring Cursed Seal to pursue Gen'yō 21.
• Supplies foreign forces with patrol routes, shift schedules, security deployments, and sensitive facility coordinates 71 77.
• Maintains secret passages through the Land of Fire and a mole in Otogakure 191 192.
• Relies on Orochimaru for Impure World Reincarnation because no remaining Root member has mastered it 191.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Cane — regularly carried and used to punctuate orders or outbursts 64 179 192.
• Bandages — conceal his right eye and implanted arm 7 191.
• Hashirama-cell material and sacrifices — resources prepared for his resurrection scheme 191.
• Tobirama Senju’s intact corpse — offered to Orochimaru as part of their agreement 193.
• Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God kunai — another bargaining item for the Hokage resurrection plan 193.

Relationships

• Hiruzen Sarutobi — Longtime friend and political partner whom Danzō repeatedly accuses of weakness. Hiruzen eventually attempts to kill him to save Konoha; Danzō later condemns his surrender as betrayal 21 90 179 191.
• Uchiha Gen'yō — Principal enemy and coveted source of ocular power. Danzō’s pursuit escalates from assassination attempts to foreign conspiracies and a resurrection-backed rebellion 8 21 77 193.
• Orochimaru — Uneasy ally whose research supports the rebellion. He ultimately stops Danzō’s suicide attack and offers him as an experimental subject 193 194 214.
• Yamanaka Fū — His most loyal remaining subordinate and Root’s highest-ranking surviving commander beneath him; handles preparations and intelligence for contacting Orochimaru 191 192 193.
• Shisui Uchiha — Target of manipulation and the victim of Danzō’s theft of his right eye. Orochimaru later uses the reincarnated Shisui to demonstrate genjutsu that Danzō cannot resist 7 194.
• Uchiha Itachi — Intended pawn who instead opposes him, takes him into custody, and defeats him during the public confrontation 7 8 214 226.
• Uchiha Yōko and Uchiha Shō — Capture and escort him to judgment; later restrain him and remove his stolen eyes 221 228.
• Hyuga Gekka — Cooperates with the Sharingan raid in exchange for his promised assistance removing her Caged Bird Seal 72.

Notable Quotes

“If we can't act openly, then we'll act in the shadows.” 7

“Your mission is to wipe the Uchiha Clan completely from this world!” 21

“Even if Konoha is destroyed, Root's will shall live forever in the darkness!” 179

“No more, please, kill me.” 227

Continuity Notes

• Death and return: Chapter 91 explicitly states that Danzō stops breathing and dies. Chapters 99–101 treat him as deceased, but Chapter 179 presents him alive again. The supplied context does not explain his return 91 99 100 101 179.
• Restored implants: His arm’s Sharingan become necrotic, and Gen'yō removes his right-eye Sharingan before killing him. Later appearances again give him a bandaged right eye and a functioning Sharingan arm without a documented restoration 27 91 179 191 224.
• Shisui’s recovered eye: Chapter 226 shows Shisui’s implanted Mangekyō closing after Izanagi activates; Chapter 228 nevertheless includes it among the ten eyes physically reclaimed from Danzō 226 228.