Recaps

Yuzuru left the Sea Capital for Konoha with Uchiha Hikari, entrusting Mei Terumi and Kakashi with the government in his absence. He reunited with Sakumo and revealed that he planned to save Minato and his wife, take the Nine-Tails, and bring Kurenai and the others away from Konoha.

• Yuzuru appointed Mei Terumi acting president and left Kakashi in charge of the Military Department while he traveled to Konoha with Uchiha Hikari.
• Yuzuru and Hikari spotted Tsunade and Shizune in a town as they crossed the Land of Fire, and Hikari sensed Tsunade's immense chakra.
• Yuzuru took Hikari to his home in Konoha, where Sakumo welcomed him after years apart.
• Yuzuru told Sakumo that Hikari was an Uchiha from the Warring States period whose Sharingan had led the Senju Clan to seal her away.
• Yuzuru told Sakumo he intended to save Minato and his wife, take the Nine-Tails, and bring Kurenai and the others away from Konoha.

Yuzuru returned to Konoha with Uchiha Hikari, ate barbecue, and reunited with Kurenai, Guy, and Shisui. He invited them to leave with him for the Sea Capital, and Kurenai and Shisui agreed.

• Yuzuru reassured Sakumo that he could move freely in Konoha and asked his father to leave a Shadow Clone behind when he joined him later.
• Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari visited the Akimichi BBQ Restaurant, where Yuzuru explained that he wanted to develop technology and break the Shinobi World's stagnation.
• Yuzuru reunited with Kurenai, Guy, and Shisui at the restaurant and told them he had explored beyond the Shinobi World.
• Yuzuru told them that Kakashi missed him, and revealed that Rin was alive and had become the Three-Tails' perfect jinchuriki.
• Yuzuru invited Kurenai and Shisui to join him in building a future elsewhere, and both agreed to leave Konoha.

Yuzuru introduced Uchiha Hikari to Shisui and Itachi, and she revealed her ability to copy Uchiha dōjutsu and recognize the talents behind Mangekyō abilities. After dinner, Kurenai followed Yuzuru home, where he prepared to sleep between her and Hikari.

• Shisui asked who Hikari was, and Yuzuru explained that she was an ancient Uchiha with powerful dōjutsu who had been sealed away.
• Hikari said she could use every dōjutsu that had appeared in the Uchiha Clan, and Yuzuru congratulated Shisui on awakening his Mangekyō.
• Hikari identified Itachi's future Mangekyō talents as fire and genjutsu, then explained that each Sharingan's innate talent was fixed.
• Yuzuru told Shisui and Itachi to stop asking questions and eat, while he and Hikari noticed an Anbu arriving at the restaurant.
• Kurenai followed Yuzuru home, and Sakumo silently watched him walk between her and Hikari.
• Yuzuru prepared bedding and said he would sleep between Kurenai and Hikari, then pulled them back when they tried to leave.

Yuzuru spent the day with Kurenai Yuhi and Uchiha Hikari, while Yūhi Shinku secretly followed them and worried about his daughter’s relationship with Yuzuru. Kurenai looked forward to a future wedding, but she stayed with Yuzuru that night, where he urged her to eat rabbit meat from Ten Thousand Fathom Peak to help her training.

• Uchiha Hikari told Yuzuru and Kurenai Yuhi that a strange middle-aged man was following them, and Kurenai identified him as her father, Yūhi Shinku.
• Kurenai confronted Yūhi Shinku in a women’s clothing shop, told him she would come home that night, and sent him away after reassuring him about her relationship with Yuzuru.
• Yuzuru teased Kurenai about marrying her, and Uchiha Hikari explained that weddings and marriage registration were required in the Land of Water.
• Yūhi Shinku waited at home with a feast, but Kurenai sent a ninja cat with a letter saying she would stay with Yuzuru to learn new ninjutsu.
• Yuzuru encouraged Kurenai to finish rabbit meat from Ten Thousand Fathom Peak, and Uchiha Hikari explained that its natural energy could aid training in Sage Mode.

Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari arrived during the Nine-Tails’ attack on Konoha, exposed Obito’s identity, and took the Nine-Tails away. Yuzuru overwhelmed Obito with his ice abilities, but Obito escaped, leaving the village to face the aftermath.

• Shisui and Uchiha Itachi left the Uchiha Clan and joined Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, Yūhi Shinku, and Genma Shiranui as the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha.
• Yuzuru exposed Obito Uchiha and revealed that Rin and Kakashi were alive, provoking Obito as Minato demanded an explanation for the attack.
• Yuzuru summoned Hakujun, who threatened the Nine-Tails, while Uchiha Hikari used her Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to take the beast into the Kamui Dimension.
• Yuzuru froze and destroyed Obito’s Wood Release, then conjured an ice dragon, an ice giant, and a greatsword that forced Obito to flee.

Yuzuru seized Naruto and Sasuke, persuaded Minato to leave Konoha with him, and declared that he would destroy the ninja profession. He gathered his companions outside the village, then went to the Hyuga Clan and left with baby Hinata and her mother.

• Yuzuru stopped Uchiha Hikari from pursuing Obito, then had her take Naruto and Sasuke while she subdued Minato and Kushina.
• Yuzuru defeated Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, told Minato he could leave the ninja profession to join a peaceful new era, and Minato accepted.
• Yuzuru vanished from Konoha with Minato, leaving his forehead protector behind, and met Hatake Sakumo, Shisui Uchiha, Kushina, and the others outside the village.
• Yuzuru returned to Konoha and asked Hinata's mother to entrust the baby to him; she agreed and asked him to take a letter to Kushina.
• Yuzuru offered to take Hinata's mother with them, and she asked for time to change before leaving with him and Hinata.

Yuzuru brought people from Konoha to the Sea Capital, including Hinata, Mikoto, Sasuke, and more than twenty Uchiha, then explained the city’s government and gave them a week to study its laws and society. He left the newcomers in Kakashi’s care while Mei Terumi teased him about where he planned to rest.

• Yuzuru explained Hinata’s Byakugan lineage to Sakumo and Minato, then agreed to bring Itachi’s mother to the Sea Capital.
• Uchiha Hikari returned with Mikoto, a girl close to Itachi, and more than twenty Uchiha who wanted to live in peace.
• Yuzuru used Sage Mode and the Nine-Tails’ chakra to teleport everyone from Konoha to the Sea Capital.
• Kakashi and Rin reunited with Minato and Kushina, and Kakashi learned that Obito had attacked Minato.
• Yuzuru told the newcomers that he had abolished Kirigakure, killed the daimyo and nobles, and established the Sea Capital under his rule.
• Yuzuru gave everyone documents about the Sea Capital and a week to study its laws and society, then Kakashi led them to their new homes.

Yuzuru offered the Nine-Tails a place among the Sea Capital’s guardian tailed beasts, and Kurama agreed in exchange for a measure of freedom and protection. As former ninja and their families settled into their new homes, Kushina reunited with Mie Uzumaki and began learning about life in the Sea Capital.

• Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari released the Nine-Tails outside the Sea Capital, where Yuzuru offered him protection and a place among its guardian tailed beasts.
• The Nine-Tails accepted Yuzuru’s offer, and a child from a passing caravan mistook him for a huge fox and threatened to report him to the Military Department.
• Yuzuru visited Kurenai Yuhi’s new home, where Kurenai decided to move in after finding Uchiha Hikari living with him and speaking with Hatake Sakumo.
• Minato and Kushina settled into their new house, and Mie Uzumaki arrived and reunited with Kushina after years apart.
• Mie told Kushina and Minato about her daughter Karin and her work in the medical department, then advised them to ask Kakashi about the Military Department.

Mie urged Kushina to rest after giving birth, while the new arrivals settled into life in the Sea Capital and Kakashi recruited Guy into the Sea Capital Guard. Yuzuru met with the Uchiha, learned about Mikoto’s support-focused Mangekyō abilities, and persuaded her to become his secretary.

• Minato and Mie stopped Kushina from going out to eat and sent her to rest after childbirth and the extraction of the Nine-Tails.
• Kakashi delivered food and money to Karen, then asked Guy to study the Sea Capital Guard documents before they held their promised contest.
• Yuzuru told Shisui and the Uchiha to avoid rivalry with the Chinoike Clan and promised to assign them to a department under the president’s authority.
• Mikoto revealed that grief over being separated from Itachi and Sasuke had awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan, whose eyes could create a protective phantom and transfer chakra to a chosen target.
• Yuzuru asked Mikoto to become his secretary, and she agreed after he assured her she could continue caring for Sasuke and help support the family.

Yuzuru organized the Sea Capital's new government, then secured Mikoto's agreement to become a Jinchūriki and learn Sage Mode. The chapter ended with Mikoto accepting Yuzuru's plans for her despite wishing she could refuse.

• Yuzuru assigned the new officials to their posts and ordered the oversight department to capture spies and White Zetsu infiltrators.
• Mei Terumi became acting president while Mikoto began working as Yuzuru's secretary, and the Sea Capital and Land of Water settled into government operations.
• Shisui Uchiha reported that the oversight department had found four White Zetsu, and Yuzuru ordered one saved for experiments and the others sealed away.
• Yuzuru showed a White Zetsu body to Hakujun, who said a piece of the God Tree would be more useful, and discussed the Ōtsutsuki corpse.
• Yuzuru offered Mikoto the Jinchūriki role in exchange for his future promise to teach Sasuke, and she agreed.
• Yuzuru told Mikoto she would also learn Sage Mode at Ten Thousand Fathom Peak, and she reluctantly agreed after asking whether she could refuse.

Tsunade and Jiraiya returned to Konoha as the village struggled after losing Minato, Kushina, the Nine-Tails, and many of its shinobi. Orochimaru defected after Hiruzen Sarutobi caught him conducting human experiments, while the question of who would become the Fifth Hokage remained unresolved.

• Tsunade decided to return to Konoha after learning of Yuzuru’s actions, and Jiraiya hurried back from abroad.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi caught Orochimaru conducting human experiments, and Orochimaru fought him before escaping with serious injuries.
• Orochimaru became a missing-nin, and Konoha exposed his human experimentation crimes.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya returned to Konoha and refused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s request that either become the Fifth Hokage.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to resume the Hokage position, while Tsunade insulted Danzo and dismissed his ambitions.

Orochimaru arrived in the Land of Water, was astonished by Yuzuru’s reforms, and accepted the post of minister of science and technology. With Orochimaru’s research, the country rapidly developed new technology and a railway network, leaving it transformed into a major industrial power.

• Kakashi escorted Orochimaru through the prosperous Land of Water and Sea Capital, where Orochimaru saw the Nine-Tails surrounded by children.
• Yuzuru explained his reforms and recruited Orochimaru as minister of science and technology, promising help with immortality and assigning him to the laboratory.
• Yuzuru told Minato and Kushina that Konoha’s leadership had pushed Orochimaru out and asked them to work with him on a chakra-suppressing sealing barrier.
• Orochimaru studied a White Zetsu, recognized it as a suitable body for Living Corpse Reincarnation, and achieved his long-held goal of immortality.
• Orochimaru developed Yuzuru’s assigned technologies, and within a year the Land of Water opened electric railways linking its major cities and towns.

Yuzuru strengthened the Sea Capital by ordering Minato and Kakashi to recruit Yakushi Nonō, Kabuto Yakushi, and orphans, while bringing Utakata under the city’s jinchuriki program. The chapter ended with Nonō and Kabuto assigned new roles in the Sea Capital’s medical, orphanage, and technology institutions.

• Yuzuru ordered Minato and Kakashi to bring Yakushi Nonō, Kabuto Yakushi, and the children from their orphanage to the Sea Capital.
• Utakata arrived at the presidential office, where Yuzuru appointed him one of the Sea Capital’s nine guardians and assigned him to teach at Sea Capital Academy.
• Yuzuru discussed possible future Tailed Beast hosts with Mikoto and considered the Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails for her.
• Six days later, Minato and Kakashi returned with Nonō, Kabuto, and a dozen or so orphans.
• Yuzuru appointed Nonō deputy head of the medical department and assigned her to lead the orphanage or teach at the medical academy, then overrode her choice and made her deputy director of the orphanage.
• Yuzuru assigned Kabuto as the orphanage’s deputy director and Orochimaru’s assistant in the technology department.

Yuzuru reviewed the Land of Water’s expanding education system and technological progress while considering weapons for his ambitions beyond the country. When Kakashi reported that the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki had been found in Takigakure, Yuzuru ordered the scouts to watch and treat the Jinchuriki as bait for Obito and Madara Uchiha’s plans.

• Yuzuru reviewed the finalized kindergarten and Sea Capital Academy grade divisions and directed Mikoto to deliver the education plan to Mei Terumi.
• Yuzuru reflected on how electric trains and widespread electrical technology had improved life in the Land of Water and made Lightning Release a common source of income.
• Yuzuru considered the need for advanced weapons and decided to seek Sasori, whose puppet-making skills could support his ambitions to unify the Shinobi World.
• Mei Terumi visited Yuzuru to express her displeasure at being assigned more planning work, then left to begin it.
• Kakashi reported that the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, Kaede, had been found in Takigakure, and Yuzuru ordered the scouts to keep watch without acting because the Jinchuriki could serve as bait for Obito and Madara Uchiha.

Yuzuru traveled to the Land of Earth and defeated Roshi and Son Gokū with an array of powerful ice techniques, freezing them inside a colossal ice pillar. Ōnoki arrived with Han and his men, horrified by the scale of the attack.

• Yuzuru received intelligence about Roshi and Yugito, then left Mikoto to handle his work while he and Uchiha Hikari headed for the Land of Earth.
• Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari tracked Roshi to a town, where Yuzuru confronted him and Roshi attacked.
• Roshi transformed alongside Son Gokū, but Yuzuru trapped them with eight ice dragons and enormous ice mirrors before freezing them inside a hundred-meter ice pillar.
• Yuzuru told Uchiha Hikari he planned to trade Roshi rather than take him back.
• Ōnoki learned of Roshi's defeat, paused the front-line fighting, and went to the ice pillar with Han and his men.

Yuzuru overwhelmed Iwagakure, captured both of its Jinchūriki, and forced Ōnoki to trade Iwagakure’s secret techniques for his people’s release. After Ōnoki delivered the scroll, Yuzuru freed Roshi and left with Uchiha Hikari, while Ōnoki argued that sharing the Dust Release method would not let others master it.

• Yuzuru froze Roshi in a giant ice pillar, then attacked Iwagakure with an ice sphere and phoenix while Han and the shinobi defended themselves.
• Uchiha Hikari used the Yata Mirror to deflect Ōnoki’s Dust Release, and Yuzuru’s genjutsu and ice chains captured Han.
• Yuzuru surrounded Iwagakure’s forces and demanded the training methods for Dust Release and Iwagakure’s weight-manipulation techniques in exchange for everyone’s release.
• Ōnoki flew to Iwagakure and returned before sunset with the requested scroll while Yuzuru and Hikari waited.
• Yuzuru accepted the scroll, left with Hikari, and melted the ice pillar; Han caught the freed Roshi.
• Kitsuchi asked whether Ōnoki had truly given away the Dust Release method, and Ōnoki said that possessing the instructions did not mean anyone could learn the technique.

Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari captured Yugito, the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, and returned to the Sea Capital, where Yuzuru planned military preparations and Naruto’s future. The chapter ended with Yuzuru asking Kushina to seal Yugito.

• Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari entered the Land of Lightning and waited until a message revealed Yugito’s location.
• Yuzuru attacked Yugito with a giant ice man, and Uchiha Hikari hypnotized her and placed her in the Kamui Dimension.
• Yuzuru returned to the Sea Capital and told Minato to train the armies in Iwagakure’s combination Ninjutsu and prepare for a future war.
• Yuzuru warned Minato that their enemies could include resurrected Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, and said Naruto and Sasuke would become guardians of the Sea Capital.
• Yuzuru told Minato that Naruto would become the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki soon and asked how preparations to split the Nine-Tails were progressing.
• Uchiha Hikari released Yugito, and Yuzuru summoned Kushina to set up a Sealing Jutsu.

Yuzuru kept Yugito alive, had Kushina seal her chakra and the Two-Tails, and arranged for her to stay in the Sea Capital. After getting lost and being mistaken for a spy, Yugito was identified and returned to her apartment, where she ended the day mortified.

• Yuzuru explained that Yugito could help govern the Land of Lightning, and Kushina reinforced the seal on her and the Two-Tails.
• Yugito woke in an unfamiliar apartment, discovered she could no longer use chakra, and went outside without her key or money to find out where she was.
• Yugito wandered through the Sea Capital, got lost, and accepted an old woman's help contacting the police.
• Police officers arrested Yugito as a suspected spy, but the oversight department recognized her as the Two-Tails' jinchūriki and confirmed Yuzuru had brought her there.
• The oversight department returned Yugito to her apartment, gave her a map, and left her embarrassed by her ordeal.

Yugito struggled to make sense of the Sharingan, Byakugan, and Ketsuryūgan users sharing a workplace in the Sea Capital. At a family barbecue, Yuzuru discussed plans for Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata, then Kushina urged him to bring Tsunade to the Sea Capital as well.

• Yugito recognized the red eyes as the rare Ketsuryūgan and wondered how three famous dōjutsu clans could work together in the Sea Capital.
• Hyuga Karen visited Kushina and Mikoto, and they discussed Hinata's pure Byakugan, Naruto and Sasuke's future as jinchūriki, and Yuzuru's plans for the children.
• Minato and the others joined Yuzuru and Sakumo's gathering for a barbecue, and Yuzuru told Minato to use no titles in private.
• Yuzuru said Naruto and Sasuke would become jinchūriki in a month and that he had other arrangements for Hinata, with more preparation needed as the children grew.
• Kushina asked when Yuzuru would bring Tsunade to the Sea Capital, and Yuzuru replied that Konoha was her shackle.

Yuzuru explained that Hashirama Senju’s decision to distribute the tailed beasts caused the wars and losses that bound Tsunade to Konoha through grief and obligation. The discussion turned to the Senju Clan’s collapse and the Uchiha Clan’s present strength, before Yuzuru and Orochimaru mocked Fugaku for enduring Konoha’s mistreatment.

• Yuzuru told Kushina that Tsunade knew nothing of their plans and would not abandon Konoha while her family’s sacrifices tied her to it.
• Orochimaru agreed that Konoha held too much weight for Tsunade, and Yuzuru blamed Hashirama Senju’s choices for the wars that killed her loved ones and destroyed the Senju Clan.
• Yuzuru argued that Hashirama’s distribution of the tailed beasts gave other nations confidence to fight and forced the Senju Clan to bear the consequences.
• Uchiha Hikari and Yuzuru discussed how the Senju Clan vanished within decades, and Yuzuru said the Uchiha were now the Shinobi World’s strongest clan.
• Yuzuru and Orochimaru mocked Fugaku for tolerating the Uchiha Clan’s mistreatment, leaving Uchiha Hikari stunned by the contrast with the clan’s former strength.

Yuzuru explained the Ōtsutsuki threat to the Nine-Tails and arranged to split and seal it into Naruto and Sasuke. The twins became Jinchūriki, and Yuzuru planned their future training and education.

• Yuzuru said the Uchiha clan faced eventual destruction and described how his Ice Release could counter Sharingan techniques such as Izanagi.
• Yuzuru asked Kakashi about becoming a Jinchūriki, then reflected on the strength of Kakashi, Shisui, and Itachi.
• A month later, Kushina prepared to split the Nine-Tails while Yuzuru told the fox about Kaguya, the Ōtsutsuki, and the danger they posed to the Tailed Beasts.
• Kushina split the Nine-Tails into Yin and Yang halves and sealed the Yin half inside Sasuke and the Yang half inside Naruto.
• Yuzuru planned to begin teaching the boys to extract chakra at age four and send them to military school at six.

Yuzuru chose Hinata as his future protégé and visited her home to make her his disciple. Afterward, he learned from Katsuyu that Tsunade was still treating Konoha's war wounded and sent her a message, leaving her quietly reflecting on his invitation to the Sea Capital.

• Yuzuru decided Hinata could grow powerful enough to keep Naruto and Sasuke in line, and went to visit her.
• Yuzuru asked Hyuga Karen for permission to take Hinata as his disciple, gave her a million, and said he would begin teaching Hinata personally when she turned six.
• Hinata called Yuzuru “Teacher Big Sister,” and he corrected her, insisting she call him “Teacher Big Brother.”
• Yuzuru learned from Katsuyu that Tsunade was working at Konoha Hospital and that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had secretly escorted their Jinchūriki home.
• Yuzuru told Katsuyu he had captured the Two-Tails and beaten the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, then asked her to tell Tsunade he missed her and that she could always come to the Sea Capital.
• Tsunade angrily blamed Yuzuru for taking the Nine-Tails, then quietly listened to his message and looked out over Konoha.

Yuzuru explained his plans to use Temari to help administer the Land of Wind and met with Yugito after she asked to see him. After describing the Sea Capital’s future and offering her a choice, he gained Yugito as a new member, though she asked not to fight Kumogakure.

• Mei Terumi told Yuzuru that the Sand Ninja wanted Temari collected, and he sent Mei Terumi, Zabuza, and Kisame to Sunagakure with Kakashi providing covert support.
• Yuzuru explained that Temari could help the Sea Capital govern the Land of Wind and that local administrators would reduce conflict after conquest.
• Yugito confronted Yuzuru about his actions and questioned what would happen when the Sea Capital’s existence became known.
• Yuzuru revealed his intention to bring down the old order in a future war and offered Yugito a place among the Sea Capital’s guardian Jinchūriki or extraction of the Two-Tails.
• Yugito agreed to join the Sea Capital but asked Yuzuru to send someone else if it fought Kumogakure; he welcomed her without promising to grant the request.

Yugito joined Pakura as deputy commander in the Sea Capital’s First Military District, while Mei Terumi brought six-year-old Temari from Sunagakure to the Sea Capital. After seeing its prosperity and learning how its Jinchūriki lived, Temari met Yuzuru, who urged her to study so she could one day help change Sunagakure.

• Yugito met Pakura, who assigned her as deputy commander and told her to study the Military Department’s rules and train to become a Perfect Jinchūriki.
• Mei Terumi, Zabuza, Kisame, and Kakashi traveled to Sunagakure, where Mei received Temari as the village’s promised hostage and assured them of her safety and education.
• Mei’s group brought Temari through the Land of Water’s mist barrier and explained that Kirigakure and its ninja system had been replaced by the Sea Capital.
• Temari saw Yugito and Rin practicing with Tailed Beast Chakra and learned that poor sealing and a strained bond with a Tailed Beast could cause the problems Gaara faced.
• Temari entered the Sea Capital, marveled at its modern buildings, and told Yuzuru it was far better than Sunagakure.
• Yuzuru encouraged Temari to study in the Sea Capital, promising to give her an opportunity to help change Sunagakure’s circumstances in the future.

Temari spent two years studying in the Sea Capital and embraced its new ideas, while Yuzuru planned the education of Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke. After Hinata revealed her fire and lightning chakra natures and her recent victories in sparring, Yuzuru arranged for her to begin learning ninjutsu, with Uchiha Hikari set to teach her Fire Style.

• Yuzuru arranged for Temari to attend the Sea Capital's elementary school, where she studied its reforms and gradually abandoned her former identity as a shinobi.
• After two years, Temari had become a third-year student at the Sea Capital's directly administered school.
• Yuzuru planned Sasuke's lessons with Kakashi, Itachi, and Shisui, and Naruto's lessons with Guy, Minato, and Kushina.
• Hinata told Yuzuru that her chakra natures were fire and lightning and that she had beaten Naruto and Sasuke using taijutsu she had copied with her Byakugan.
• Yuzuru arranged to take Hinata to the training grounds to learn ninjutsu, and Uchiha Hikari agreed to teach her Fire Style.
• Hinata joined Yuzuru, Kurenai, and Uchiha Hikari for dinner, where Hikari teased her about her rumbling stomach.