Recaps

Yuzuru killed the two Chunin who had blamed Hatake Sakumo for abandoning a mission, then renounced the Hatake family’s ninja status by destroying Sakumo’s and Kakashi’s forehead protectors. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo argued over Yuzuru and Ice Release, leaving Danzo furious as he stormed out of the Hokage’s office.

• Yuzuru demanded that the two Chunin apologize, killed them, and froze three Root members to death when they tried to arrest him.
• Yuzuru declared that Sakumo was no longer a ninja, and Kakashi followed by giving up his own forehead protector.
• Yuzuru told Tsunade that the Hatake family would become businesspeople and refuse missions and wars, then left with Sakumo and Kakashi.
• Orochimaru watched the family leave and remarked that Yuzuru was interesting.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to put Yuzuru in Root and seize his Ice Release, but Hiruzen refused, and Danzo stormed out.

After Sakumo settled into retirement, he trained Yuzuru and Kakashi while the war intensified and Konoha began graduating children early. Kurenai graduated as a Genin, and Yuzuru gave her a Flying Thunder God kunai to carry as he prepared to test her strength.

• Yuzuru urged Sakumo to manage the family properties and train Kakashi, and Sakumo embraced his new life with his sons.
• Yuzuru told Kakashi to learn Flying Thunder God, and Sakumo helped Kakashi develop Chidori earlier, though its speed remained difficult for Kakashi to handle.
• Yuzuru suggested Sage Mode as a way for Kakashi to master Chidori, while Sakumo reported that the Shinobi World had grown increasingly unsettled and the Third Hokage had asked him to return.
• Kurenai arrived and told Yuzuru that she had graduated early as a Genin because the village wanted children to adjust to Genin life sooner.
• Yuzuru gave Kurenai a Flying Thunder God kunai and told her to keep it with her, then offered to test whether she had been training.

As border clashes intensified, Yuzuru continued training and finally sensed natural energy in Shikkotsu Forest. He left Konoha to seek a way to change the Shinobi World, after telling Sakumo and warning Shisui to hide any Sharingan power beyond the mitsudomoe.

• Yuzuru sensed natural energy after two months of training with Katsuyu, who told him to become more familiar with it before absorbing it.
• Yuzuru told Hatake Sakumo he planned to leave the village, and Sakumo reluctantly warned him to return if he encountered danger.
• Yuzuru visited Shisui Uchiha, said he was searching for a way to change the Shinobi World, and urged him to keep his Sharingan at the mitsudomoe stage in public.
• Yuzuru left Konoha before Sakumo could stop him, and Sakumo realized he was gone when the shadow clones at home disappeared.

After Yuzuru left Konoha, Danzo tried to have him branded a missing-nin, but Hiruzen refused and ordered Root to the front lines instead. Two months later, Yuzuru reached an ancient battlefield in the Land of Lightning, following traces of chakra and natural energy toward a hidden presence.

• Danzo told Hiruzen that Yuzuru had left the village and demanded that he be declared a missing-nin, but Hiruzen refused because Yuzuru was not a ninja and Sakumo had raised him.
• Hiruzen ordered Danzo to send Root to the front lines, and Danzo left the Hokage's office furious.
• Tsunade learned from Shizune that Yuzuru had left the village and wondered what he was trying to do.
• Yuzuru reached the Land of Lightning after two months, having shaken off or dealt with everyone watching him.
• Yuzuru used Senju records to locate an ancient battlefield and considered how creatures might have used natural energy before the Ōtsutsuki arrived.
• Yuzuru sensed a faint pull in the battlefield's chakra and natural energy and walked deeper into the forest to find its source.

Yuzuru found the place where Uchiha Hikari was sealed but postponed freeing her until he could resist her genjutsu. On his first mission, Shisui confronted the poverty and violence behind the bandits he was sent to kill, then returned to Konoha and was approached by Kakashi.

• Yuzuru tracked chakra to a tree and buried a Flying Thunder God Kunai nearby, deciding to return after mastering resistance to genjutsu.
• Tsunade left Konoha with Shizune, and Shisui graduated early and went on his first mission to deal with bandits.
• Shisui saw the villagers’ poverty and learned that their young people had been sold or driven away to earn money.
• A captured bandit blamed ninja and nobles for the misery that had made him a bandit, then attacked Shisui and was killed by their instructor.
• Shisui and his teammates killed the remaining bandits, and Shisui returned to Konoha troubled by the small mission payment.
• Kakashi approached Shisui on the way back to the Uchiha Clan and asked him to come along.

After Shisui joined Kakashi, Kurenai, and Guy in their resolve to change the shinobi world, Yuzuru followed natural energy to a remote island and encountered a talking blue hawk. The hawk took him toward a distant mountain after hearing a mysterious call.

• Kakashi told Shisui that Yuzuru had expected him to despise the shinobi world after his first mission, and Shisui agreed to join their cause.
• Shisui awakened two tomoe in his Sharingan and vowed to move forward with them in the name of the Uchiha.
• Months later, as Cloud Ninja and Kirigakure attacked Konoha, Yuzuru continued searching for natural energy far from the shinobi world.
• Yuzuru reached an uninhabited island and met a blue hawk that could speak and sensed the chakra in his body.
• After a distant hawk cry sounded, the blue hawk carried Yuzuru toward a towering mountain.

Yuzuru met Hakujun, Purple Eagle, and Gen'a in their hidden mountain sanctuary and told them about the Shinobi World, the Otsutsuki, and chakra. Gen'a offered to teach Yuzuru to use natural energy in exchange for chakra, and Yuzuru accepted.

• Blue Eagle brought Yuzuru through a hidden barrier to a frozen mountain peak, where Hakujun, Purple Eagle, and Gen'a confronted him.
• Yuzuru told the giant birds that he came from the Shinobi World and revealed that the Otsutsuki had once fought them; Purple Eagle described how the Otsutsuki leader devoured his own people to gain power.
• Hakujun explained that their kind had lost half the planet and could rarely leave their sanctuary, while Yuzuru described the Three Great Sage Regions and how he had followed natural energy to find them.
• Yuzuru revealed that Hamura Otsutsuki and his descendants learned to use natural energy, angering Hakujun and Purple Eagle until Gen'a calmed them.
• Gen'a recognized chakra in Yuzuru and learned that the Otsutsuki used chakra to grow God Tree fruit and feed on it; Gen'a offered to teach Yuzuru natural energy in exchange for chakra, and Yuzuru agreed.

Yuzuru began training with Hakujun to use natural energy while teaching the ancient creatures to mold chakra, and the years passed unnoticed. In Konoha, the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams stirred little interest among Kurenai, Guy, and Kakashi, while Obito and Rin considered participating; Kakashi returned home to find Minato visiting his father.

• Yuzuru agreed to teach Hakujun natural energy alongside Xiaobai, while he taught the three ancient creatures how to mold chakra.
• Yūhi Shinku told Kurenai about the Chunin Ninja Exams, but she said she preferred remaining a Genin.
• Guy and Kakashi sparred until they were injured, and Rin healed them with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Shisui told Kakashi, Rin, Guy, and Obito about the exams; Guy declined, while Rin and Obito said they might participate.
• Kakashi returned home and found Minato drinking tea with his father.

Kakashi helped oversee Konoha’s hastily arranged Chunin Ninja Exams and learned that he would be sent to the front with Minato. Meanwhile, Tsunade received word that Yuzuru was safe and learning Sage Mode beyond the seas, and Sakumo advised Kakashi to prepare for the battlefield.

• Minato asked Kakashi to help keep order at the Chunin Ninja Exams, and Kakashi agreed.
• Sakumo and Kakashi discussed Yuzuru’s long silence and the pressure to send Sakumo back to combat, while Kakashi described his progress with Purple Lightning.
• Katsuyu delivered Yuzuru’s message to Tsunade, explaining that he had found a sage land far beyond the eastern seas and was learning Sage Mode.
• Kakashi supervised Konoha’s Chunin Ninja Exams, where about half the candidates were promoted despite their limited skills.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that the newly promoted chunin would leave for the front in two days, and Sakumo told Kakashi he would go with Minato and advised him to keep chakra in reserve for escape.

Yuzuru mastered Ice Release Sage Mode by combining natural energy with chakra, then showed his senjutsu chakra to Gen'a. Gen'a sent him to Purple Eagle to strengthen his body, and Purple Eagle began a month of training with a feather that made Yuzuru's hair stand on end.

• Yuzuru trained with Hakujun to absorb cold natural energy and worked out how to fuse it with chakra without wasting as much natural energy.
• After several more months, Yuzuru completed Sage Mode, with white hair, pale blue markings, and a greatly reduced natural energy cost.
• Hakujun took Yuzuru to Gen'a, who examined his senjutsu chakra and asked him to return in a month after improving his physical constitution with Purple Eagle.
• Hakujun brought Yuzuru to Purple Eagle, who agreed to train him for a month and gave him a feather to wear every day.

Yuzuru endured training in the lightning pool while Konoha fought on several fronts, and Might Duy sacrificed himself to save Guy and his teammates from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Kakashi, Obito, and Rin then encountered the events of the Kannabi Bridge battle, where Obito was left behind and abducted as a pawn.

• The purple eagle threw Yuzuru into the lightning pool, where he used Sage Mode to endure the pain and continued training.
• Kakashi earned the battlefield title Konoha Blue Fang, while Shisui worried that four-year-old Itachi had been sent to the dangerous Cloud Ninja front.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist attacked Guy, Kurenai, Shisui, Genma Shiranui, and Ebisu, and Might Duy opened the Eight Gates to save them, defeating the swordsmen at the cost of his life.
• The Third Raikage raided the Land of Earth, prompting Ōnoki to send ten thousand Stone Ninja against him; after the Third Raikage died, the Stone Ninja broke their treaty with Konoha and attacked the Land of Fire.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin confronted three elite Stone Ninja near Kannabi Bridge, and Obito was presumed dead after giving Kakashi one of his eyes and asking him to protect Rin.
• Kakashi and Rin escaped the collapsing cave, while Obito was abducted and made a pawn.

After nearly a year in the lightning pool, Yuzuru perfected Sage Mode and mastered Lightning Release and Storm Release before leaving Ten Thousand Fathom Peak. He returned to the Shinobi World during the Third Shinobi World War, while Kakashi and Rin faced a Kirigakure ambush.

• Kakashi returned Rin to camp, questioned how the man he had stabbed in the heart survived, and decided to wait for Yuzuru before using Obito’s Sharingan.
• Yuzuru emerged from the lightning egg with perfected Sage Mode, Lightning Release, and Storm Release, then agreed to discuss a summoning contract with Gen'a.
• Yuzuru left Ten Thousand Fathom Peak on an ice dragon, and Hakujun watched him go before returning to her cave.
• Yuzuru reached the Land of Water, met Mei Terumi, and escaped her attack by turning into ice fragments.
• Kakashi rescued Rin from abduction but was surrounded by Kirigakure Anbu and jonin.

Kakashi and Yuzuru manipulated the events around Rin’s death to awaken Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan. Yuzuru confronted Obito and Madara, took Obito’s remaining eye, and left the story poised for his plan to begin.

• Kakashi tried to rescue Rin, but she refused to return to Konoha as the Three-Tails began to emerge from her.
• Obito watched Rin transform, then awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan in grief and used it to subdue the Three-Tails.
• Kakashi met Yuzuru above the battlefield and gave him the scroll containing Obito’s sealed Sharingan.
• Yuzuru appeared before Obito, froze him, and confronted Madara, who attacked with Susanoo to stop him.
• Yuzuru removed Obito’s remaining Sharingan, defeated Madara’s Susanoo, and sent Madara away with the unconscious Obito.
• Yuzuru examined both of Obito’s Sharingan and declared that it was time for his plan to begin.

Yuzuru revived Rin, made her the Three-Tails’ Jinchūriki, and announced plans to seize the Land of Water with Kakashi and Rin. After traveling to the Land of Lightning, he freed a sealed black-haired girl with Mangekyō Sharingan from a stone coffin.

• Yuzuru revived Rin, gave her fresh clothes, marked her abdomen with a technique formula, and destroyed her Konoha forehead protector.
• Yuzuru told Kakashi and Rin that he planned to take control of Kirigakure and the Land of Water by force, while Kakashi objected to the extreme plan.
• Yuzuru revealed that Obito was alive and had been manipulated by Madara, and he showed Kakashi Obito’s Sharingan.
• Kakashi sent a secret letter to his father through a Ninja Dog, then Yuzuru, Kakashi, and Rin left the battlefield on Yakyū.
• Yuzuru brought Kakashi and Rin to an underground altar in the Land of Lightning, broke the weakened seal, and opened a stone coffin containing a black-haired girl.
• Yuzuru released the final seal on the girl, and she opened her eyes with Mangekyō Sharingan.

Yuzuru freed Uchiha Hikari from her stone coffin and persuaded her to join his plan to overthrow the Shinobi World’s old order. The group traveled to the Land of Water, where Yuzuru prepared to exploit Kirigakure’s coming defeat and target the daimyo, while Rin considered mastering the Three-Tails.

• Uchiha Hikari awoke, recognized her name, and caused the Three-Tails sealed inside Rin Nohara to recoil in fear.
• Yuzuru explained that centuries had passed and invited Hikari to become a companion rather than an ultimate weapon; she accepted and was welcomed by Kakashi and Rin.
• As they flew toward Kirigakure, Yuzuru told Hikari how the Shinobi World had changed and described his plan to overturn its corrupt order.
• In a town in the Land of Water, Yuzuru said he would kill the daimyo and use Kirigakure’s expected defeat to advance his plan; Hikari, Kakashi, and Rin agreed to support him.
• Yuzuru told Rin to focus on mastering the Three-Tails’ power and explained that she would not match Kushina’s strength.

Yuzuru and his allies prepared to seize Kirigakure while the village was weakened by war, and he claimed the title of Mizukage after eliminating its leadership. The chapter ended with Yuzuru asking the assembled village who supported his rule and who opposed it.

• Minato found Kakashi's discarded kunai and scraps of a Konoha forehead protector, realized Yuzuru might have helped Kakashi and Rin survive, and wished him success.
• Yuzuru trained Kakashi, Uchiha Hikari, and Rin on Ten Thousand Fathom Peak while the war shifted and Kirigakure became vulnerable.
• Yuzuru sent Hikari to control the Land of Water's nobles and daimyo, while Kakashi and Rin infiltrated Kirigakure and located its leaders.
• Yuzuru, Kakashi, and Rin killed Kirigakure's higher-ups and its chunin-or-higher defenders, including Yagura, while most of the village's ninja were away.
• When Kirigakure's returning ninja arrived, Yuzuru and Kakashi sealed the village with the Four Violet Flames Formation, and Yuzuru declared himself Mizukage.

Minazuki Yuzuru seized control of Kirigakure and imposed sweeping reforms, renaming it the Sea Capital and replacing its ninja system with a military and schools. He appointed Mei Terumi and Ao to key roles, then ordered the Land of Water’s borders sealed while the reforms were carried out.

• Yuzuru killed Kirigakure’s Jonin and leaders, used Isobu and a giant ice sphere to end resistance, and declared himself the village’s highest authority.
• Yuzuru ordered Kirigakure’s Anbu and ninja department disbanded and announced the creation of the Sea Capital, a military, and military and science academies.
• Yuzuru appointed Mei Terumi as the school’s first principal and military deputy commander, made Ao head of the Oversight Department, and abolished policies targeting bloodline clans.
• Yuzuru instructed Mei Terumi to distribute the reform plans and establish the new system within a week, while Kakashi expressed admiration for his plans.
• Yuzuru ordered Mei Terumi to seal the Land of Water’s borders against foreign ninja and said the daimyo and nobles would fund the reforms.

Yuzuru tasked Mei Terumi with preparing Kirigakure’s school reforms and a sweeping campaign against the Land of Water’s nobles, revealing that the daimyo had already been replaced and the capital’s nobles controlled. Mei agreed to carry out the plans, while Yuzuru turned his attention to bringing Orochimaru into his project.

• Mei Terumi reported that the shinobi reforms were complete and the Sea Capital school had been established, and Yuzuru set enrollment to begin in a month.
• Yuzuru explained that the school would educate future elites rather than turn everyone into soldiers, and Mei agreed to oversee recruitment and prepare new textbooks.
• Yuzuru gave Mei a list of nobles and a document detailing a plan to eliminate them, and she warned that the reforms would be difficult to pass through the daimyo.
• Yuzuru revealed that the daimyo was already dead, an impostor occupied the position, and the nobles in the capital were under his control.
• Mei promised to complete the mission in three months, and Yuzuru told her to work with Kakashi.
• After Mei left, Yuzuru thought about bringing Orochimaru into his effort to transform the Shinobi World.

Kirigakure transformed the Land of Water under Mei Terumi and Kakashi, ending exploitation and bringing prosperity to ordinary people. Meanwhile, Orochimaru received Yuzuru's invitation and considered joining his plan, and Mei was summoned to the president's office.

• Orochimaru read a letter from Yuzuru about the Shinobi World's origins and eternal life, then visited Hatake Sakumo to ask about Yuzuru's plans.
• Sakumo urged Orochimaru to accept Yuzuru's invitation, explaining that Yuzuru intended to end the rotten era and had asked Sakumo to protect young people in Konoha.
• Orochimaru returned to his laboratory, kept the letter, and resumed his experiments with Hashirama Cells and his pursuit of eternal life.
• Three months later, Mei Terumi and Kakashi had removed bandits and nobles from the Land of Water, distributed land to ordinary people, and established strict rules for local garrisons.
• Mei inspected the towns and villages, saw residents living in greater peace and prosperity, and recognized how the Shinobi World had failed ordinary people.
• After a woman summoned Mei to the president's office, Mei changed into a deep-blue dress and fishnet stockings before setting out.

Yuzuru assigned Mei Terumi and Uchiha Hikari to destroy the Land of Water’s capital and negotiate with Sunagakure to help secure Pakura’s defection. As he planned Sea Capital’s development, he learned how few kekkei genkai clan members remained and ordered their protection.

• Yuzuru introduced Uchiha Hikari to Mei Terumi and explained her ancient origins and powerful Sharingan abilities.
• Yuzuru ordered Mei Terumi and Hikari to eliminate the Land of Water’s nobles and daimyo, rescue children and slaves, and destroy the capital.
• Yuzuru sent Mei Terumi and Hikari to Sunagakure to demand an explanation for its wartime attack and arrange for Pakura to be abandoned and rescued.
• Yuzuru began planning Sea Capital’s infrastructure, and Rin proposed building a large hospital.
• Kakashi gave Yuzuru a census showing the kekkei genkai clans had dwindled to a handful of members, prompting Yuzuru to order Rin and Kakashi to bring the Chinoike Clan safely to him.

Yuzuru reorganized the bloodline clans in the Sea Capital, offering them safety and new opportunities while setting strict rules for their children’s education and military service. After assigning the clans new residences, he worked through the backlog with Mei Terumi and continued planning the city’s future.

• Yuzuru met Ringo Ameyuri, Zabuza, and Kisame, warned them to keep Ameyuri from fighting, and brought them to the presidential building.
• Yuzuru sent Kakashi to find the Chinoike Clan and had Mei Terumi help him with paperwork before addressing the bloodline clans.
• Yuzuru promised the clans places to live in the Sea Capital and required their children aged six to fourteen to attend school, while forbidding forced military service and attacks on civilians.
• Yuzuru set special graduation and enlistment requirements for Kaguya Clan children and ordered the clans to move within two days.
• Yuzuru and Mei Terumi finished most of the paperwork by lunchtime, and he then continued drafting the Sea Capital’s three-year plan as she leaned against him.

Mei Terumi and Uchiha Hikari negotiated with Chiyo and Ebizo over Sunagakure’s wartime attack on Kirigakure, demanding compensation and Pakura’s surrender. They reached a deal that included a hostage arrangement involving Rasa’s infant daughter, though the child would remain in Sunagakure for five years first.

• Mei Terumi demanded an explanation and two hundred million ryo in compensation for Sunagakure’s surprise attack on Kirigakure.
• Chiyo and Ebizo refused to hand over Pakura, calling her a war hero, so Mei threatened to treat nonpayment as a provocation of war.
• Mei described Kirigakure’s renewed strength and argued that Pakura was not essential to Sunagakure’s future, prompting Chiyo to offer fifty million ryo over five years in exchange for Pakura.
• Mei demanded a hostage to prevent another surprise attack and proposed Rasa’s infant daughter; Chiyo objected, then negotiated for the child to remain in Sunagakure for five years before being sent to the Land of Water.
• Mei accepted the arrangement with the understanding that the child would be watched, and Chiyo agreed to the deal.

After Mei Terumi reported the peace treaty, Yuzuru welcomed the Ketsuryūgan-wielding Chinoike Clan into Sea Capital and learned that Minato had become Fourth Hokage. He sent Kakashi to find an Uzumaki mother and daughter in Kusagakure, while warning that Obito would soon attack Minato and Kushina.

• Mei Terumi told Yuzuru that Temari would serve as the Land of Wind's hostage, and he assigned Mei Terumi and Uchiha Hikari to watch over Pakura.
• Kakashi brought seven Chinoike Clan members to Yuzuru, who welcomed them as Sea Capital citizens and explained their military and education opportunities.
• Kakashi told Yuzuru that Minato had become Fourth Hokage, and Yuzuru warned that Obito would soon attack Minato and Kushina.
• Yuzuru sent Kakashi to Kusagakure to find a red-haired mother and daughter, and Kakashi left immediately on a Thunder Eagle.

Kakashi brought Mie Uzumaki and Karin to the Land of Water, where Yuzuru arranged their citizenship, housing, and training. Back at military headquarters, Mei Terumi learned Yuzuru had been close to Kurenai since childhood and decided she needed to win him over.

• Kakashi brought Mie Uzumaki and Karin to the Sea Capital, and Yuzuru arranged citizen IDs, housing, and medical training for them.
• Mie asked Yuzuru about Kushina, and he said she was in Konoha and could teach her sealing jutsu.
• Kakashi helped Mie and Karin settle in and introduced them to Rin before returning to military headquarters.
• Mei Terumi and Kakashi reviewed the military's staffing shortages and the bloodline clans' assessments.
• Mei asked Kakashi what Yuzuru liked, learned he had spent time with Kurenai since childhood, and resolved to win him over.

Yuzuru and his allies rescued Pakura from a Sand Ninja plot and brought her into the Military Department. Sea Capital Academy opened its first enrollment, and the chapter ended with Kakashi reporting that Konoha had tightened security.

• Mei Terumi and Uchiha Hikari intercepted the Sand Ninja Anbu as they tried to kill Pakura, then took her to the Sea Capital.
• After Yuzuru treated Pakura, Mei Terumi explained that Rasa had targeted her as a political rival and offered her a place in the Military Department.
• Sea Capital Academy opened enrollment to nearly two thousand students, and Yuzuru gave the first-day speech before discussing early graduation plans with Mei Terumi.
• Kakashi arrived at Yuzuru's office and reported that spies had noticed a sudden tightening of security inside Konoha.