Kōki Itō entered the Ninja Academy, earned early graduation, and joined Team Uehara as war with Sunagakure approached. After growing into a capable teammate, he faced a deadly ambush that left Mei and Kazushi dead and brought him into combat with the remaining Sand ninja.
After losing Mamoru Uehara, Katsuto, and Yui, Kōki joined the Anbu and resolved to grow strong enough to revive them. As the Third Shinobi World War began, he studied Yin Release, created a body-possessing clone from Kurama Some’s corpse, and gained Kushina’s help with sealing jutsu.
Kōki’s missions with Butterfly Squad escalated into a battle against Sunagakure, while Aizen hunted targets and gathered secrets independently. Sunagakure identified Kōki as the force behind the attacks, and Kōki left seeking another way to obtain Tobirama Senju’s research.
Kōki refined his Special Shadow Clone Technique, and Jörmungandr tested his enhanced body against Iwagakure fighters before Aizen negotiated future missions with Ōnoki. Back on the front, Kōki and his comrades were surrounded by Sunagakure ninja, and Kōki refused to leave them behind.
After Kōki’s Wood Release devastated a Sunagakure force, the village targeted him while Konoha sent him to the front, where he served in the medical camp. Chiyo’s poison overwhelmed Konoha’s wounded, and Kōki developed an antidote that Rin Takakura tested successfully before they brought it to Genji Ryōma.
Kōki developed an antidote that let Konoha turn the tide against Sunagakure, then joined the fighting and confronted the Chikamatsu Three. The arc left Kōki facing their puppets as they raised a barrier against his diverted Rasengan.
Kōki defeated Rasa, Chiyo, Ebizo, and Shukaku, forcing Sunagakure to surrender and withdraw from the Land of Rivers. As Konoha prepared to reinforce its other fronts, Kōki headed toward Iwagakure and tested Setsugetsu’s unusual ice power.
Kōki defeated Iwagakure’s Jinchūriki and learned Sage Mode in Shikkotsu Forest. As Kōki left to reinforce Konoha’s failing Kumogakure front, Ōnoki hired the Light Organization to pursue a mission after losing Roshi.
Aizen’s group captured Roshi for Iwagakure, escaped Konoha’s pursuit, and rejected Butō’s offer of an alliance. As Konoha fought Kumogakure, Dodai revealed that the Third Raikage planned to ally with Iwagakure against Konoha.
Minato earned the Yellow Flash name by routing Iwagakure’s elite, while Yusuke’s counsel reshaped Yahiko’s understanding of peace. Danzo sent the Uchiha to fight the Light Organization, whose ambush left the clan’s survivors captured or defeated.
Uchiha Seika and Uchiha Ryuko were manipulated into awakening their Mangekyō Sharingan, while Kōki pursued his plans and helped Konoha turn the war against Kumogakure. The story then followed Yusuke’s rise with the Akatsuki and Team Minato’s Kannabi Bridge mission, ending with Obito taken to Madara’s hideout as Setsuna and Jörmungandr tracked them.
Kōki and the Light Organization stopped Madara, but Obito was drawn into Madara’s plan after witnessing Rin’s apparent death. As Kōki returned to the war effort, he helped Kakashi and negotiated with the Uchiha over Obito’s Sharingan.
Kōki helped Minato stage Rin’s apparent death and a controlled Three-Tails attack, using the ensuing chaos to eliminate Danzo while securing Rin’s safety. As peace settled and Kōki’s experiments advanced toward kekkei mōra, a test to evolve Setsuna’s Eternal Eye overwhelmed the clones and left Kōki’s own clone in Konoha petrified.
No recap yet. An arc gets one once it has 25 chapters.