A Shinobi's Dream

Carried across the terrain on Gaara's sand, the five Kage close in on the front while Katsuyu briefs them on the towering tree that the Ten-Tails has become. On the ground the situation is dire: Shikamaru barely clings to life after the holy tree siphons his chakra, and Sakura's attempt to have Katsuyu mend him fails when the slug's clones are killed off. Watching comrades fall, Naruto breaks down in tears, giving Obito an opening to chip at his spirit once more. Hashirama counters by pleading with the Alliance to hold on, warning that Obito's design for them is a fate crueler than dying. Orochimaru then strides onto the field flanked by Suigetsu and Karin.

Still trading blows with Madara, Hashirama learns the tree will flower in roughly fifteen minutes, and that Madara intends to trade places with Obito by exploiting Hashirama's senjutsu. Ino's mind-linking technique broadcasts this warning to every fighter. A Susanoo-cloaked Sasuke shears off one of the tree's limbs and challenges Naruto over whether he has hit his ceiling. Naruto answers by igniting both Tailed Beast Mode and Sage Mode, his resolve carried to all through Ino's connection, while Sasuke has Jugo trigger his Sage Transformation across the Susanoo so the two can charge Obito together.

With morale still faltering, Hashirama opens his memory of the very first gathering of village leaders and lays bare the dream that drove him: a shinobi world knit together in unity. The recollection reignites the exhausted troops just as the five Kage complete their journey and take their stand together at the battlefront. Naruto's dual activation of Tailed Beast and Sage modes, along with Sasuke and Jugo's combined assault on Obito, marks the turn from despair back to offense.

The episode sits within the Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki arc and adapts manga chapters 647 and 648. Its Japanese premiere was 16 October 2014, with the English airing on 4 April 2017. Silhouette is the opening theme and It's Absolutely No Good the ending. Reto, Byakuren, the First Raikage A, and Ishikawa all speak in the episode yet go unlisted in its credits.