Recaps

Yuzuru discussed Hiruzen’s declining health and Konoha’s coming power struggle, while Obito’s group prepared a White Zetsu army and resented Yuzuru for taking the tailed beasts. The chapter ended with Big Tsunade demanding twice the time Yuzuru had spent with her other self in Amenominaka.

• Yuzuru explained that Hiruzen had survived the Dead Demon Seal but had suffered lasting damage, and wondered whether Jiraiya would confront Danzo over Konoha’s leadership.
• Obito, Black Zetsu, and White Zetsu used Yamato’s Wood Release to create an army, while Obito blamed Yuzuru for taking several tailed beasts and for separating him from Rin.
• Kakashi and Rin prepared to marry in the stable Land of Water, while Hatake Sakumo looked forward to having a grandchild.
• Kurenai and Hikari refused Yuzuru because they were still recovering, so Big Tsunade took him to her room and the two entered Amenominaka.
• Big Tsunade learned that Yuzuru and the other Tsunade had spent a week together and demanded double that time for herself.

Yuzuru returned from a night with the older Tsunade, who rested while he spoke with his teacher Tsunade. After learning that Kakashi and Rin would marry next month, Yuzuru decided to make Obito witness Rin’s happiness.

• Yuzuru cared for the exhausted older Tsunade and stayed by her while she slept.
• Yuzuru told his teacher Tsunade that the older Tsunade had used Sage Mode, amplifying her senses, and his teacher said she wanted to try it too.
• Tsunade told Yuzuru that the wedding date for Kakashi and Rin had been set for next month.
• Yuzuru reflected on Kakashi’s past losses and blamed Obito for choosing cruelty despite his comparatively fortunate life.
• Yuzuru decided that Obito would witness Kakashi and Rin’s wedding and see Rin happy.

Yuzuru made Kakashi a lightning-conductive blade as a wedding gift, then helped the family prepare a joyful wedding for Kakashi and Rin. After the newlyweds began their life together, Kakashi asked when Yuzuru planned to have his own wedding, drawing several expectant gazes.

• Yuzuru asked Kaguya to help shape a chakra-black-rod blade for Kakashi, and she agreed in exchange for his company.
• Yuzuru and his family prepared for Kakashi and Rin's wedding, and Yuzuru arranged to record it.
• Rin and Kakashi exchanged vows and kissed, officially becoming husband and wife.
• Kakashi and Rin moved into their own home, and Yuzuru congratulated them while teasing Kakashi about having a son.
• Kakashi asked Yuzuru about his own wedding, and several people turned their attention toward him.

Yuzuru used Kakashi and Rin’s wedding video to torment Obito, whose reaction deepened Black Zetsu’s frustration. As Konoha prepared for the final Chunin exam, Ameyuri ordered Haku, Kimimaro, and Suigetsu to conceal their abilities and demonstrate Scientific Ninja Tools to the nobles.

• Yuzuru visited Pakura and Mei Terumi after Kurenai and the others turned in early.
• Yuzuru delivered an edited wedding video to the Land of Rain, where White Zetsu brought it to Obito.
• Obito watched Kakashi and Rin’s wedding, broke everything around him, and refused to let go of the recording until Black Zetsu smashed it.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Obito gathered the recording’s broken pieces and resolved to endure for Kaguya’s sake.
• Nobles gathered in Konoha to watch the final Chunin exam, and Haku, Zabuza, and Ameyuri criticized their treatment of ninja.
• Ameyuri told Haku, Kimimaro, and Suigetsu to hide their special abilities and use only Scientific Ninja Tools during the exam.

Ameyuri explained that Scientific Ninja Tools were meant to loosen the nobles’ dependence on hidden villages and expose the conflict between nobles and shinobi, potentially igniting a new war. As the Chunin Exams began, she prepared her group to demonstrate the tools and show the old-era shinobi the Sea Capital’s strength.

• Ameyuri explained to Yuki Haku and the others that Scientific Ninja Tools could give nobles loyal shinobi of their own and weaken their ties to hidden villages.
• Yuki Haku realized that the resulting conflict between nobles and shinobi could lead to war, and Ameyuri confirmed that provoking that conflict was their goal.
• Ameyuri handed Haku a beer to chill with Ice Release, then brought out drinks for the group as they waited for the Chunin Exams.
• Jiraiya announced the start of the Chunin Exams with Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Shimura Danzō behind him, displaying Konoha’s strength.
• Ameyuri dismissed Konoha’s show of strength as a hollow facade and told her group to prepare to demonstrate the future of the shinobi world.

After the Chunin Exams, Yuzuru and Mei Terumi planned to profit from nobles seeking Scientific Ninja Tools by selling them inferior models and using the buyers as test subjects. Disguised as Mr. Arashi, Yuzuru met the nobles’ representatives and explained that their tools would be customized to account for their bodies’ lower tolerance for chakra.

• Nobles saw Scientific Ninja Tools defeat traditional ninja and began seeking ways to equip their own retainers.
• A noble’s envoy approached Ameyuri, Zabuza, and Yuki Haku; Zabuza handled the negotiations and directed the envoy to the Sea Region Academy.
• Zabuza and Ameyuri returned to the Sea Capital and reported to Mei Terumi and Yuzuru.
• Yuzuru and Mei Terumi planned to sell nobles obsolete, lower-quality tools with limited Ninjutsu cartridges and use them as test subjects for experimental tools.
• A week later, Yuzuru met the nobles’ representatives on an island in the Land of Waves as Mr. Arashi and explained that their tools would be customized to reduce side effects from chakra use.

Yuzuru sold a limited batch of specialized Scientific Ninja Tools to nobles and daimyo for a steep price, then returned to the Sea Capital with the money. Meanwhile, Jiraiya struggled with his growing workload in Konoha as Hiruzen Sarutobi kept watch on Danzo and Root remained mostly dismantled.

• Yuzuru quoted the noble representatives thirty million ryo per special Scientific Ninja Tool and warned that only three hundred were available.
• Yuzuru left the representatives to decide, and one buyer purchased a third of the stock the next day before others rushed to bid for what remained.
• Yuzuru sold the tools on a first-come, first-served basis, returned to the Sea Capital, and deposited the proceeds in the treasury.
• Mei Terumi remarked on the nobles' wealth, while Yuzuru and Orochimaru treated the money as useful funding for experiments.
• Jiraiya struggled with his growing workload in Konoha and suspected Danzo was making it worse.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi kept a closer watch on Danzo and had nearly dismantled Root, forcing Danzo to give up most of his power.

Yuzuru brought Hinata to Kaguya after her Byakugan began changing, and Kaguya explained that Hinata’s body and eyes were evolving together into a powerful Ōtsutsuki Sage Body. Kaguya prepared to help relieve the blockage Hinata felt, leaving the next step of her transformation about to begin.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi tightened his control over Root while working with Jiraiya to help Konoha recover and preserve its strength.
• Hinata visited Yuzuru because her eyes had become clearer but felt blocked when chakra flowed through them.
• Yuzuru took Hinata to the moon to ask Kaguya to examine her Byakugan.
• Kaguya discovered that Hinata’s natural energy had prompted her body and exceptionally pure Byakugan to evolve together.
• Kaguya beckoned Hinata over, warned that her treatment would hurt, and reached to help her.

Kaguya infused Hinata with Isshiki’s eye-derived chakra, evolving her Byakugan and greatly increasing her power. After Hinata awakened the Pure Eye, she declared her romantic interest in Yuzuru, leaving him flustered as Kaguya watched approvingly.

• Kaguya channeled chakra into Hinata’s eyes, and Hinata fell asleep as they evolved.
• Hinata woke with increased chakra and discovered she could manifest both a Rinnegan and a Tenseigan.
• Hinata’s eyes transformed into the Pure Eye, whose pressure forced Yuzuru and Kaguya to activate their Nine Tomoe Sharingan.
• Hinata hugged Yuzuru and told him she had grown stronger and no longer needed training.
• Hinata insisted she wanted to join Yuzuru’s romantic partners, and Kaguya called it a tradition.

After the Akatsuki captured Gaara and extracted the One-Tail, Yuzuru and Kakashi went to retrieve his body, intending to return him to Sunagakure. They encountered Obito in the Land of Rain, where Obito noticed Kakashi’s wedding ring and asked whether Rin was alive and well.

• The Akatsuki attacked Sunagakure: Sasori killed Rasa and took his remains, while Deidara captured Gaara.
• Temari learned that Gaara had been captured and asked Mei Terumi to save him; Yuzuru explained that Chiyo would sacrifice herself to revive him.
• Yuzuru told Kakashi about the attack, and the two left to retrieve Gaara’s body after the One-Tail had been extracted.
• Yuzuru and Kakashi found Gaara’s body in the Land of Rain, learned its location from Nagato, and prepared to leave with it.
• Kakashi confronted Obito, who noticed Kakashi’s wedding ring and asked whether Rin was alive and well.

Kakashi and Yuzuru drove Obito off, then brought Gaara back to the Sea Capital and sent him to Sunagakure. Chiyo questioned whether Temari could return, but Yuki Haku defended Kirigakure’s agreement by describing its supposed devastation, leaving Chiyo convinced the village was too fragile to risk further upheaval.

• Kakashi tried to kill Obito, but Black Zetsu saved him, and Yuzuru removed Obito’s Sharingan before Black Zetsu escaped with him.
• Yuzuru explained that Obito’s Mangekyō abilities came from his own power and that the Sharingan merely served as a medium, then took Kakashi and Gaara back to the Sea Capital.
• Temari visited Gaara’s frozen body, and Yuzuru promised to send him to Sunagakure the next day.
• Haku led a team carrying Gaara to Sunagakure, where Chiyo asked whether Temari could return to her village.
• Haku told Chiyo that Kirigakure had been devastated by the Blood Mist Policy, and Chiyo accepted that the village was too fragile to withstand further upheaval.

Chiyo sacrificed her life with One's Own Life Reincarnation to revive Gaara, who woke in Sunagakure without Shukaku. Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari returned to Sea Capital with the jutsu, where Temari learned Gaara was alive and Chiyo had died.

• Yuki Haku and his party left Sunagakure after returning Gaara's body, and Chiyo told Ebizo that Gaara should become Kazekage.
• Chiyo used One's Own Life Reincarnation to revive Gaara and died after entrusting the village to Ebizo.
• Gaara woke up, realized Shukaku had been extracted, and left the basement followed by Sunagakure's Anbu.
• Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari revealed themselves after witnessing Chiyo's sacrifice and left with a copy of the jutsu to show their teacher.
• At Sea Capital, Temari learned Gaara had revived and Chiyo had died, while Yuzuru asked Uchiha Hikari to reproduce the jutsu and send it to Orochimaru.

Yuzuru flirted with Konan and arranged to spend the night with her before consulting the two Tsunades about Chiyo’s revival technique. Tsunade explained that One's Own Life Reincarnation exchanged the user’s soul for the life of someone who had only recently died, leaving Yuzuru with no easy way to remove its cost.

• Yuzuru teased Konan in the office, kissed her, and told her to wear a swimsuit that night.
• Konan returned to work, eager to finish her tasks so she could spend the evening with Yuzuru.
• Yuzuru met the two Tsunades and asked them to examine the copy of One's Own Life Reincarnation.
• Tsunade explained that Chiyo’s technique used chakra to form a trade with the Pure Land and the user’s soul as its price.
• Tsunade said the technique could revive only someone who had died recently, since older souls would already have merged into the Pure Land.

Yuzuru gave Tsunade and Big Tsunade a Sharingan to study, then returned home to Konan. Konan, pent-up after weeks of being neglected, took the lead in an intense night together.

• Yuzuru told Tsunade and Big Tsunade that combining Uchiha power with the power of all creation could lead to the Six Paths, and gave them a Sharingan to study.
• Tsunade and Big Tsunade discussed experimenting with the Sharingan and their desire to remain with Yuzuru.
• Konan left work, went home, and joined Yuzuru for dinner before inviting him to bathe with her.
• Konan bound Yuzuru to the bed with paper chains and dressed in stockings and a swimsuit, insisting she would take the lead.
• Konan and Yuzuru continued their passionate night together after she declared that he still needed to be punished.

Yuzuru comforted Konan, discussed the Akatsuki’s attacks and alliance requests with Mei Terumi, then encountered Hinata, who revealed she could use Yomotsu Hirasaka freely and pressed her romantic interest in him. Meanwhile, the Akatsuki regrouped after failing to capture the Eight-Tails, and Nagato secretly observed their plans while cooperating with Yuzuru and Konan.

• Yuzuru spent the afternoon with Konan, then left her resting after they ate together.
• Mei Terumi showed Yuzuru reports that the Akatsuki had captured the Four-Tails and Five-Tails and attacked Kumogakure for the Eight-Tails; Yuzuru dismissed other villages’ alliance offers and decided to wait for Kumogakure to contact them.
• Hinata used Yomotsu Hirasaka to bring Yuzuru to her, explained that she could now use it freely, and openly declared her possessive interest in him.
• Hidan mocked Deidara and Sasori for failing to capture the Eight-Tails, while Pain planned to seal the Four-Tails and Five-Tails before attacking Kumogakure again.
• Obito said the Akatsuki was searching for Minazuki Yuzuru and the reborn Three-Tails and Six-Tails; Nagato secretly watched the group and continued trusting Yuzuru and Konan.

Yuzuru learned that Orochimaru’s aerospace warship was ready for its first launch and scheduled its deployment for a week later. At Tsunade’s medical department, he also learned that their combined Senju and Uchiha power overwhelmed an ordinary Sharingan, leaving them in need of a stronger one.

• Orochimaru told Yuzuru that the warship’s tests had succeeded and that it could remain airborne for at least a year when used as a base.
• Yuzuru scheduled the warship’s launch for a week later and warned Orochimaru to ensure its stability.
• Orochimaru enthusiastically promised that no one in the shinobi world could shoot the warship down.
• Yuzuru visited Tsunade and Big Tsunade, who reported that their cells made an ordinary Three-Tomoe Sharingan shrivel before they could collect data.
• Big Tsunade explained that their merged Senju, Uzumaki, and natural-energy powers required a stronger Sharingan to withstand them.

Yuzuru and his allies successfully launched their massive battleship, demonstrating its power and preparing it to watch the Akatsuki’s next move. A month later, Nagato received Konan’s message that their preparations were complete, while the Shinobi World remained unaware that Akatsuki’s leader had defected to Yuzuru’s side.

• Yuzuru gave Tsunade Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan so she could borrow cells from them without destroying the eyes.
• Yuzuru, Kakashi, Minato, Orochimaru, and others boarded the battleship and watched it ascend to more than fifteen thousand meters, where its systems were confirmed operational.
• Yuzuru ordered the battleship to travel over the sea near the Land of Lightning and activate camouflage cloaking in preparation for the Akatsuki’s move against Kumogakure.
• Mei Terumi, Kushina, and others visited the battleship and saw the Shinobi World from above as Yuzuru explained the planet and the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• After returning to the Sea Capital, Yuzuru began the next stage of his plan, and a month later Nagato received Konan’s message that all preparations were complete.

Yuzuru explained to Mei Terumi that Obito’s hundred-thousand-strong White Zetsu army made a major war inevitable, while the Akatsuki prepared to capture Killer B. The Akatsuki attacked Kumogakure, took B, and left A calling for a Five Kage Summit.

• Yuzuru told Mei Terumi that Obito could field a hundred thousand White Zetsu, created from ancient corpses with Yamato’s Wood Release, and that the coming conflict would likely be devastating.
• Pain announced that the Akatsuki would attack Kumogakure in three days, while its members anticipated capturing Killer B.
• Three days later, the Akatsuki caught Kumogakure by surprise, and Killer B fought several attackers while A faced Kakuzu, Hidan, and Deidara.
• A black iron rod pierced Killer B, and the Fourth Kazekage carried him away in an iron-sand coffin.
• Obito promised A a coming cleansing, and A ordered the Anbu to convene a Five Kage Summit.

The Four Kage prepared for war against Akatsuki while Mei Terumi cooperated with the Sea Region Academy to keep Minazuki Yuzuru occupied. As both sides assembled their forces, Yuzuru waited aboard the warship, intending to limit casualties while the conflict ushered in a new era.

• The Sea Capital's warship watched Akatsuki battle Kumogakure, and three days later the Four Kage held a summit without Mei Terumi, who was working with the Sea Region Academy to stop Minazuki Yuzuru.
• Sea Capital residents seized a man who sympathized with ninjas, and Inoichi Yamanaka searched his memories and found that he was a local ninja who had escaped the reforms.
• Inoichi Yamanaka reflected on how his time in the Sea Capital had changed his views of ninjas and blamed Hashirama Senju for elevating the ninja profession and its violent methods.
• The Sea Capital assembled its forces, sending a thousand elites aboard the warship, while the Allied Shinobi Forces gathered eighty thousand soldiers against Akatsuki's hundred thousand White Zetsu.
• Minazuki Yuzuru watched the Shinobi World from the warship and waited for the war to reach its fiercest point, planning to reduce casualties while the people came to understand the cost of the new era.

The Allied Shinobi Forces chose Hiruzen Sarutobi as their leader as the Fourth Shinobi World War began. Meanwhile, Yuzuru waited for the fighting to intensify, while Itachi and Shisui plotted with Naruto and Haku to provoke Sasuke into awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Gaara asked the other Kage to choose a leader for the Allied Shinobi Forces, and they agreed on Hiruzen Sarutobi after A and Ōnoki argued.
• Obito began orderly probing attacks with White Zetsu, officially starting the Fourth Shinobi World War, while Yuzuru chose to wait for greater casualties before acting.
• Sasuke asked Naruto to train with him, but Naruto left to train with Haku, stirring Sasuke's jealousy and desire for greater power.
• Itachi and Shisui decided Naruto and Haku needed to put on a convincing fight to give Sasuke a stronger emotional stimulus.
• Naruto agreed to fight Haku, and they planned to use Mikoto's Mangekyō ability to strengthen Haku while Sasuke remained unaware.

Yuzuru learned that Sasuke’s growing ocular power still could not awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan, while tests of cloned Sharingan revealed that they had lost their power. He abandoned that approach to preserve Tsunade’s happiness, then spent two weeks with both Tsunades before returning ravenous and eating bamboo shoots.

• Uchiha Hikari told Yuzuru that Sasuke’s ocular power had caught up to Uchiha Itachi’s but that his Three-Tomoe Sharingan still blocked him from awakening the Mangekyō; Yuzuru told her to keep Naruto and Haku training and to prepare Itachi for surgery to receive Obito’s eyes.
• Yuzuru visited Tsunade’s laboratory and learned that the cloned Sharingan looked normal but had lost their ocular power, leaving Tsunade unable to use them to awaken the Mangekyō.
• Yuzuru decided to destroy the powerless eyes rather than risk them becoming a danger, and promised Tsunade he would seek another way to help her, possibly with Kaguya’s assistance.
• Tsunade and Big Tsunade took Yuzuru to the Void Bamboo Sea, where he activated Amenominaka and spent two weeks in a fierce encounter with both women.
• After returning to the Void Bamboo Sea, Yuzuru sent a Shadow Clone to the Panda Clan for bamboo shoots and devoured the meal when it was ready.

After Itachi received Obito’s reinforced Mangekyō Sharingan, Yuzuru finally responded to Mikoto’s complaints about being stood up, and Konan joined them at her home. As tensions grew around Kumogakure, Sasuke set out to find Naruto and Haku, unaware that Itachi and the others had arranged an ambush-like spectacle for him.

• Yuzuru explained that Obito’s eyes had been strengthened by Madara’s research and Tsunade’s work, and Itachi left the hospital through a window.
• Yuzuru took Mikoto to Konan’s home, where they spent the afternoon together until Konan returned and joined them.
• Mikoto began staying at Konan’s home almost every night, while Yuzuru visited every few days.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces became more cautious as tensions around Kumogakure rose and they discovered the White Zetsu’s seemingly inexhaustible numbers.
• After nearly half a month alone in the Sea Capital, Sasuke decided to watch Naruto and Haku train, and Itachi alerted the others to prepare their scheme.

Naruto and Haku fought a sparring match in a reinforced training ground, with Haku showcasing the overwhelming power of Ice Release. Naruto unleashed perfect Kurama Mode, but Haku answered with a colossal ice giant and forced Naruto to avoid its devastating sword strike.

• Luo Xuan reinforced the training ground and added a special barrier before Naruto and Haku began their sparring match.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones with the first three gates opened, while Haku trapped him inside a rotating formation of sixty-four ice mirrors.
• Naruto entered Sage Mode and perfect Kurama Mode, broke through Haku’s ice mirrors, and launched two Rasenshuriken and a Tailed Beast Bomb at Haku’s ice giant.
• Haku’s ice shield shattered but absorbed most of Naruto’s attacks, and Haku created a giant ice sword and swung it at Kurama.
• Naruto and Kurama avoided the ice giant’s horizontal slash as Kurama compared Haku’s strength to Madara Uchiha’s.

Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo after seeing Naruto’s overwhelming strength, then challenged Naruto to a fight. Naruto answered with his perfect Kurama Mode, leaving Itachi worried that the two would clash beyond anyone’s ability to stop.

• Watching Naruto battle Haku, Sasuke craved greater power, and Indra’s power surged in response to Naruto’s Asura chakra.
• Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and manifested a purple Susanoo, laughing wildly as he felt his new power.
• Naruto and Haku ended their staged battle after Haku explained that his chakra was nearly depleted and praised Naruto’s endurance.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto to fight, and his Susanoo rapidly grew into its complete form.
• Naruto activated his perfect Kurama Mode, and Itachi ordered the others to contact Lord Yuzuru before the two could fight.

Sasuke awakened a powerful Mangekyō Sharingan and demonstrated its abilities to Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari. As war broke out between the Akatsuki and several countries, Sasuke agreed to receive Itachi’s Mangekyō in a transplant.

• Yuzuru brought Naruto and Sasuke to Amenominaka so they could fight freely, then stopped them when their battle became fierce.
• Sasuke explained that his Mangekyō abilities were Kagutsuchi, which controlled Amaterasu’s flames, and an enhancement that multiplied his chakra’s strength and quantity fivefold.
• Uchiha Hikari used Imprinting to copy Sasuke’s Dōjutsu, while Yuzuru ordered Sasuke to undergo a full examination.
• Naruto and Sasuke returned to the Shinobi World and reaffirmed their friendship as the Sea Capital Twin Stars.
• A month later, war erupted between the Akatsuki and several countries, and Sasuke agreed to receive Itachi’s prepared Mangekyō in a transplant.