Danzō Shimura

Sasuke and Danzō run each other through with the Chidori Sharp Spear and the Wind Release: Vacuum Blade. Danzō moves to undo his wounds with Izanagi, only to find every Sharingan eye on his right arm sealed shut. Madara realizes Sasuke used genjutsu to trick Danzō into believing his Izanagi window had grown, so Danzō spent all ten eyes while thinking he had used only eight.

As Danzō pulls free, his right shoulder swells uncontrollably and sprouts a tree, forcing him to sever the arm entirely, since his low chakra cannot govern Hashirama Senju's cells or the Wood Release. He unwraps his head to reveal Shisui Uchiha's Sharingan, the eye able to cast Kotoamatsukami. Choosing to save that power to control Madara, Danzō seizes Karin as a human shield. She pleads with Sasuke to save her, but he impales them both, striking one of Danzō's vital points.

Danzō flees across the Samurai Bridge as Sasuke follows, smirking, until Madara blocks the path to claim Shisui's eye. A flashback recalls the First Shinobi World War, when Danzō served in an escort unit beside Kagami Uchiha, Torifu Akimichi, and his rival Hiruzen Sarutobi. Pursued by twenty Kumo-nin, the team needed one member to stay behind, and when Danzō hesitated out of his hunger to live, Hiruzen volunteered. Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, scolded Danzō for competing rather than cooperating, then chose to be the decoy himself, naming Hiruzen the Third Hokage before departing on his suicide mission. In the present, Danzō resolves to sacrifice himself as Hiruzen once did, unleashing his Reverse Four Symbols Sealing to draw Madara and Sasuke's souls into his body, but both escape the sphere's reach. Dying, he reflects on his lifelong rivalry with Hiruzen and laments never becoming Hokage.

Sasuke's genjutsu tricks Danzō into exhausting all ten of his Izanagi eyes. Danzō reveals Shisui's implanted Sharingan and takes Karin hostage, but Sasuke stabs through both of them. A flashback details Danzō's rivalry with Hiruzen and Tobirama's self-sacrifice, framing Danzō's final failed attempt to seal Sasuke and Madara away as he dies.

The episode is part of the Five Kage Summit arc and adapts manga chapters 480 and 481. Its opening theme is Lovers and the ending theme is Freedom. It aired in Japan on May 12, 2011, and in English on October 19, 2013.