Madara Uchiha (うちはマダラ, Uchiha Madara) was a legendary leader of the Uchiha clan. He founded Konohagakure alongside his rival, Hashirama Senju,
with the intention of beginning an era of peace. When the two couldn't
agree on how to achieve that peace, they fought for control of the
village, a conflict that ended in Madara's death. He rewrote his death and went into hiding to work on his plans. Unable to complete it in his natural life, he entrusted his knowledge and plans to Obito Uchiha shortly before his actual death. Years later, Madara would be revived, only to see his plans foiled before dying one final time.
Background
Madara as a child.
Madara was born during the Warring States Period, and was the eldest of Tajima Uchiha's five sons. Madara and his brothers grew up on the battlefield waging constant war with the Uchiha's rivals: the Senju. Three of his brothers died young, leaving Madara with only his younger brother, Izuna. Madara and Izuna became very close through their shared loss and constantly competed with each other to get stronger.[6]
This, combined with his naturally strong chakra, enabled the young
Madara to defeat adult Senju in battle and develop a reputation as a
genius.[7]
During his infrequent downtime, Madara met a boy his own age named Hashirama.
The two quickly developed a friendly rivalry, be it skipping stones or
urinating in rivers. Like Madara, Hashirama was also a shinobi who had
lost his brothers on the battlefield. Together they imagined a world
where children like themselves wouldn't need to fight.[8]
As a precaution, Madara and Hashirama did not divulge their family
names, but nevertheless discovered each other's identities: Madara was
an Uchiha, Hashirama was a Senju; it was their duty to kill each other,
even if they were friends. Needing to choose between his family and his
dreams of peace, Madara chose to end his friendship with Hashirama so he
would have no reservations over killing him in the future, a resolve
strong enough to awaken his Sharingan.[9]
Madara and Hashirama clash on the battlefield.
Over the following years Madara and Hashirama continued to meet in
combat. Madara could never defeat Hashirama — even after acquiring a Mangekyō Sharingan
— and Hashirama could never bring himself to kill someone he still
considered a friend, resulting in a constant stalemate between the two
that lasted decades. In time, both Madara and Hashirama became leaders
of their respective clans, a position Hashirama tried to use to broker
peace between them.[10]
Although some Uchiha found the offer increasingly tempting, Madara
refused due to Izuna's death at the hands of Hashirama's own brother, Tobirama.
Despite this, some Uchiha defected over to the Senju clan out of
self-preservation. Madara then used Izuna's eyes in order to gain
"eternal" Mangekyō Sharingan and restore his deteriorating vision. With
this new power he waged one final assault against the Senju and was
summarily defeated. Rather than kill Madara to bring the era of war to
an end, Hashirama offered to kill himself if it would stop the fighting.
Madara was moved by Hashirama's gesture and finally assented to peace.[11]
Konohagakure is formed.
The Senju, the Uchiha, and all their affiliated clans came together
to found a village of peace, where children would never need to die in
battle. Madara and Hashirama, rekindling their childhood friendship,
called that village Konohagakure.[12]
But Madara's idea of peace differed from Hashirama's: where Hashirama
envisioned cooperation with the other newly-formed villages, Madara
desired control so the peace could never be lost, evidenced by his
attacking Iwagakure's Mū and Ōnoki so that they would submit to Konoha's authority.[13] When Hashirama was elected as Hokage,
Konoha's leader, Madara also became concerned for the Uchiha's future,
believing this to be but the first step in the Senju's dominance.[14]
Madara with the Nine-Tails battling Hashirama
The Naka Shrine
had been in the Uchiha's possession for generations and was brought
with them when they settled in Konoha. Through careful study, Madara was
able decipher enough of it to learn of the history of shinobi: of the
endless cycle of failed peace and the destiny of battle between Uchiha
and Senju, but also a means of unity for the world.[15]
With this knowledge, Madara decided Konoha was a failed experiment. He
tried to convince his own clan and even Hashirama of the same
conclusion, but none would hear him.[16] Madara chose to abandon the village, returning with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox under his control to challenge Hashirama.[17] They fought to exhaustion, and from the carnage of their battle the Valley of the End was formed.[18] In the end, Madara, too tired to even keep his Sharingan activated, was killed by Hashirama.[19]
An elderly Madara awakens the Rinnegan.
News of Madara's death spread fast and his corpse was secretly hidden
to keep anyone from finding it and profiting from it. But Madara had
planned ahead: he had scheduled an Izanagi
to activate sometime after his death, changing reality to bring him
back to life in exchange for his right eye's vision. He left a copy
in place of his real body and went into hiding with a special trophy
from his fight with Hashirama: a mouthful of Hashirama's flesh that he
transplanted into his wounds. It was not until decades later, towards
the end of Madara's natural life, that the cells had any effect,
awakening the Rinnegan (in the process restoring his right eye). With the Rinnegan he was able to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which he used to cultivate a mindless living clone of Hashirama from which he believed he had produced a White Zetsu Army.[20]
Over the years, Madara had perfected his plans for peace in what he called the Eye of the Moon Plan.
But as his years waned, Madara knew he couldn't complete his plans in
the time he had left. So he transplanted his Rinnegan into a young Nagato without the boy's knowing,[20] intending Nagato to someday use the eyes to restore Madara to life.
If Nagato was to do this, however, Madara would need an agent to act on
his behalf and guide Nagato towards this ultimate goal. Madara waited,
connecting himself to Demonic Statue to keep him alive until someone
could be found.[21] Madara spent this time keeping a close eye on Konoha to find a suitable pawn to take his place.
Madara meeting Obito Uchiha.
During the Third Shinobi World War, Madara found a badly injured Obito Uchiha. Madara used Hashirama's cells to replace Obito's damaged extremities and placed a Forbidden Individual Curse Tag
in Obito's heart as a fail-safe in case Obito ever turned against him.
Until then, Madara began working towards corrupting Obito. He had Kirigakure kidnap the girl Obito loved, Rin Nohara, and seal the Three-Tails into her. He then manipulated events so that Rin would die at the hand of Obito's friend, Kakashi Hatake, while Obito watched.[22] Driven to despair, Obito offered his services to Madara. Madara divulged to Obito the history of the Sage of the Six Paths and the Ten-Tails,
the details of his Eye of the Moon Plan, and various techniques that
Obito would need moving forward. As a final act, he left behind Black Zetsu
— what he believed to be a manifestation of his will — to provide
additional guidance to Obito in pursuit of this goal. With that, Madara
disconnected from the Demonic Statue and, with his dying breath,
entrusted Obito with his name: Madara Uchiha.[23]
Personality
The childhood dynamics between Madara and Hashirama.
Madara's childhood was a product of the times he lived in: the
constant fighting made him a perfectionist that would keep at something
until he mastered it, and his triumphs on the battlefield made him very
confident in his abilities and talent.[24]
Whenever one of these personality traits was challenged, as they tended
to be by Hashirama, Madara's competitive streak would emerge. Madara
did not mind Hashirama's influence in this regard; he believed that the
only way to survive in the shinobi world was to make allies with one's
enemies.[25] In the anime, his exposure to Hashirama is credited for Madara not experiencing the Uchiha's "Curse of Hatred" or at the very least, not being victimised by it as much as Izuna was.[26] Madara's actions and beliefs were singularly focused on protecting Izuna, his only surviving brother.[27] So long as he had Izuna, Madara was reasonable and kind, willing to make concessions for a perceived greater good.[28]
Furthermore, even though he declared he abandoned his original dream of
peace and his friendship with Hashirama, Madara still held onto the
friendship somewhere in his subconscious. As a result, he stopped
Hashirama from killing himself to solidify the truce between them.
Madara's descent into darkness.
Madara changed after Izuna's death, becoming bitter towards the
Senju, particularly Hashirama since he still had a brother. Embracing
his clan's Curse of Hatred, he opted to die for revenge rather than
compromise or forgive.[29]
Although he was briefly convinced to set aside his grief and try to
replace Izuna with the collective family of Konoha, he could never shake
the feeling that he was betraying Izuna's memory. The increasing
isolation of himself and other Uchiha from village politics ultimately
convinced him of this, causing him to fully break with any other
attachments.
During his time as a Konoha shinobi, Madara did what he thought
was in the village's best interests. Unlike Hashirama's compassionate
methods, Madara took a merciless approach: the shinobi of Iwagakure only
had purpose so long as they swore unwavering allegiance to Konoha.[30]
After his defection from Konoha, Madara's priorities became centred
around himself, manipulating countless others in order to satisfy his
own goals and putting in place multiple layers of contingencies so that
nobody could ever diverge from his own intentions. As he valued only
power and possessed so much of it, Madara therefore disliked to waste it
on unworthy causes or unchallenging opponents, claiming disgust when he
was forced to.[31]
Madara loved fighting above all else: the sights, the sounds, even the taste of his own blood;[32] he felt being reincarnated
deprived him of the full experience. Yet he was very disciplined in a
fight, never allowing his failed plans or attacks to upset him and never
letting superior numbers or power intimidate him. and always willing to
do whatever must be done to gain victory. Although he sometimes imposed
limitations on himself, such as not using certain techniques more than
once, he was willing to "lower" himself with unbecoming tactics or
excess displays, ever willing and able to change tactics and exploit
advantages. He was perfectly aware of his talents and did not feign
modesty, bluntly stating when he was stronger than his opponents and
belittling them when they continued to defy him. Conversely, if he was
proven wrong or somebody posed a legitimate challenge to him, he would
admit it, apologise for previous remarks if necessary, and if he gained
the upper hand, he would not drag out his opponent's suffering.[33]
Madara's reaction after sensing Hashirama's chakra.
One of the exceptions Madara makes was Hashirama. Their years of
rivalry left Madara with competing feelings of respect and resentment
for Hashirama. He hated to hear Hashirama's name and at the same time
grew excited at the prospect of fighting him.[30][34]
Madara considered Hashirama the only opponent worthy of his time and
would gladly postpone his own plans if it meant prolonging his time to
fight with Hashirama.[35]
Despite this, Madara is quite open-minded about recognising other
strong individuals besides Hashirama. One example is Guy, who he
declared the strongest in taijutsu.
In his later years, after developing his Eye of the Moon Plan, Madara became pessimistic about human nature, believing the cycle of battle to be inescapable.[36] He also came to believe that humanity and the world are incapable of changing from what they were in the past.[37]
He believed the current, "worthless" reality was built too much on the
idea of winning and losing. For this reason he was deeply committed to
his plan, so much that he would prematurely end a fight he was enjoying
or kill any threat, even, reluctantly, his ownclansmen,
for the sake of its success. The ultimate failure of his plan left
Madara deeply depressed, but it caused him to see its errors: breaking
free of his Curse of Hatred, he regretted the mistakes he'd made and
admitted the superiority of Hashirama's methods for peace. He and
Hashirama were thus able to reconcile in the moments of their friendship
before his death.
Appearance
Madara's appearance after Konoha's founding.
Madara was a fair-skinned man with spiky, black hair that had a
slight blue tint to it. In his childhood, his hair was chin-length that
parted to frame the sides of his face. His casual attire consisted of a
blue long sleeve shirt and white pants. While on the battlefield he wore
the standard Uchiha outfit: a black shirt with a high-collar left
slightly open and the clan's crest on its back, with blue pants and
bandages around his shins. Around his waist he had a white sash that
held a sack, presumably containing his ninja tools.[6]
Later, his sash was replaced by a belt, adorned with pouches and
various weapons. He also wore another sash strapped across his shoulders
which he used to hold his swords.[38]
When he reaches adulthood, Madara let his hair grow to
waist-length with shoulder-length bangs framing the sides of his face,
covering most of his right eye. Although still relatively young, more
prominent creases had developed under each of his eyes. At times, he
wore crimson armour with numerous metal plates, forming protective
guards along his chest, waist, shoulders and thighs. Most of the time,
however, he continued wearing the same basic Uchiha outfit: a blue
high-collared, long sleeve mantle that splits down the lower half and a
simple, light-brown obi and a belt.[39] During battle, he often carried an orange-brown gunbai
which had a long black chain running up it. The anime also shows him
wearing a metal belt, as well as a brown leather sash to hold some of
his other weapons, and a pair of belt sashes to hold two of his swords.
In his old age, Madara became extremely worn and emaciated, with
his hair turned thin and white, and lost all his teeth. He wore a simple
black outfit and used his kama as a makeshift cane.[40][41] When Madara was reincarnated
his body's youth was restored, albeit with the generic effect of
gaining grey sclerae and minor cracks all over his body. These disappear
once he is properly revived.
After becoming the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, Madara had white hair (taupe in the Naruto: Colour Edition)
and pale skin, and he became enveloped by a cloak of chakra that
stabilised into physical clothing: a full-bodied black garment with
black pants, gloves, and boots, over which he wore a flowing white robe
with six black magatama markings across his chest and the familiar
pattern of a black Rinnegan
and nine black magatama markings in rows of three on his back. A grey
horn-like protrusions grew out of his left temple and overlapped his
forehead akin to a protector with an upward-curve on the right temple, giving him an overall appearance very similar to that of the Sage of the Six Paths.
After absorbing the recreated Ten-Tails produced by Obito, Madara
obtained additional black magatama markings around his sleeve cuffs and
the rim of his robe. He reverts to his former appearance after the
Ten-Tails is removed from his body.[42]
Madara absorbing a restrained Hashirama's senjutsu chakra.
Madara was born with very powerful chakra,[38] described as very foul and evil by both the Nine-Tails and Tobirama Senju.[51][52] This is partly because he inherited Indra's chakra.[53] His large chakra reserves allowed him to fight nonstop for twenty-four hours before collapsing,[54] and in his old age, summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from its cage in the moon.[55] He was skilled in chakra control as he could perform complicated techniques with a single hand seal. He could also quickly absorb and synchronise senjutsuchakra with his own, while suffering no adverse effects associated with a lack of proficiency in senjutsu.[56]
Although he primarily used ninjutsu, Madara was skilled in taijutsu. During his confrontation with the Fourth Division,
he fought hundreds of opponents with taijutsu, disarming and dodging
attacks from many directions. He could strike with precision before his
opponent could react, and overpower individuals twice his size.[57] He was fast enough to attack Naruto in Sage Mode,[58] and when using senjutsu chakra, dodge a Flying Thunder God Slash without looking.[59]
While using senjutsu chakra, Madara's pain tolerance was high, as he
neither flinched from the tailed beasts' assault, nor the loss of his
arm.[60]
Body Modifications
A replica of Hashirama's face on Madara's chest.
When Madara was reincarnated, Kabuto Yakushi
modified him to be "beyond his physical and combat prime". The
abilities he had in his old age were now present in his younger body.[61]
In addition, a pale replica of Hashirama's face existed on Madara's
left pectoral region, which granted him Hashirama's Wood Release kekkei
genkai.[62] After being resurrected, he acquired Hashirama's senjutsu chakra, and could now heal most of his injuries in seconds.[63] For severe injuries, like amputation, Madara could replace his limb with material from a White Zetsu's body.[64][65]
Ninjutsu
Madara was well-versed in a variety of ninjutsu styles: he could use juinjutsu powerful enough to restrict the target's actions,[66] perform fūinjutsu strong enough to seal the Ten-Tails,[67] and through an unorthodox use of the Shadow Clone Technique, fake his death by having a clone act as his corpse.[68] He could hide within surfaces to avoid damage and move around the battlefield unnoticed.[69] In the anime, Madara showed the ability to levitate.[70]
Bukijutsu
Madara wielding his gunbai.
Madara could use many weapons, such as giant shuriken, a kama, chains with weights, a kusarigama, and hand-held shuriken.[71] He also demonstrated proficiency with swords while fighting the Fourth Division.[72] His trademark weapon was his gunbai, with which he could shield himself[73] and redirect attacks,[74] or wield it like a mace or flail.[75] He could slice through the giant roots of the Ten-Tails' tree form with it.[76]
Nature Transformation
Madara using Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.
An adept sensor type, he could detect and recognise chakra signatures from a great distance.[34] His skills were refined enough to determine a person's clan and the nature of their kekkei genkai.[87] He could even differentiate species.[88]
When amplified by senjutsu chakra, he could even fight whilst blind, by
locating targets and dodging attacks through his sensory perception.[89]
Dōjutsu
Sharingan
Madara's Sharingan.
Madara awakened his Sharingan as a child, with one tomoe in both eyes.[9].
By adulthood, his Sharingan was fully developed and active
near-constantly. Madara's mastery over the Sharingan surpassed every
other member of the Uchiha clan. Only he could tell the difference
between a shadow or wood clone, and the original.[90][91] With brief eye contact, Madara could place targets under genjutsu and paralyse them or relay information.[92] He could even trap the Nine-Tails, and summon it as a powerful tool in battle. By programming one of his eyes to activate Izanagi after his death, he was able to alter reality and resurrect himself.[68]
Mangekyō Sharingan
Madara's Mangekyō Sharingan.
Madara and his brother Izuna were the first Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
With his eyesight deteriorating from overuse, he replaced his eyes with
Izuna's, restoring his vision and gaining the Eternal Mangekyō
Sharingan.[93] The "straight tomoe" (直巴, Choku Tomoe) of his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan granted him fluidity in his movements when fighting.[94]
Madara's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
Having awakened both his Mangekyō, Madara could use Susanoo. The ribcage could withstand an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan and A's strength,[95][96] and he could produce a legged Susanoo. His Susanoo wielded two to four undulating blades that could be thrown and controlled remotely.[97] He could also use Yasaka Magatama of varying sizes.[98] When fully produced, Madara would hover inside Susanoo to grant him a greater range of movement.[82]
Madara's Complete Body — Susanoo.
Madara could "stabilise" Susanoo into its Complete Body form, causing it to resemble a tengu with outer armour that was nearly impenetrable.[99] A secondary pair of arms wielded sheathed katana which could be used to bisect mountains.[100]
According to Madara, its power was comparable to that of the tailed
beasts, and no one was said to have lived to see it a second time.[101] He was also able to shape his stabilised Susanoo into an armour for Kurama, which synergised their abilities.[102]
Madara knew about other Mangekyō techniques, and was also capable
of discerning the mechanics of these techniques with brief observation.[103] After stealing Kakashi Hatake's Mangekyō Sharingan, he was able to use Kamui immediately.[86]
Rinnegan
Madara's Rinnegan.
Years after infusing himself with Hashirama's DNA, Madara's Sharingan evolved into the Rinnegan.[20] As the eyes' original owner, only he could use them to their fullest power.[104] He was able to switch between both dōjutsu. With the Rinnegan, Madara could use all of the abilities of the Six Paths Technique,[105] such as the Preta Path to absorb chakra.[106] With the Deva Path, he could perform Chibaku Tensei on a massive scale.[107] Also, with the Outer Path, he could create chakra chains that could restrain all nine tailed beasts.[108] In addition, he could create black receivers for various melee and supplementary purposes. Through the usage of his Rinnegan with that of his Sharingan, Madara could summon meteorites to cause widespread destruction.[109]
When under the Impure World Reincarnation, Madara was unable to use all of his Rinnegan abilities. After being revived, and obtaining one of his actual eyes, he could summon and control the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path,[110] as well as generate a corporeal invisible shadow to aid him in battle. With senjutsu chakra, this shadow was powerful enough to physically hurt the tailed beasts.[111] With access to both of his Rinnegan, Madara could produce at least four shadows to aid him.[112]
Rinne Sharingan
Madara's Rinne Sharingan.
As the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki and with both of his Rinnegan, Madara approached the moon and awakened a Rinne Sharingan on his forehead, which he could use to reflect the eye onto the moon, allowing him to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi and trap everyone beside himself in genjutsu.[113]
After sealing
the Ten-Tails into his body, Madara was noted to have obtained more
power than Obito did, and did not go through an adjustment period of
wrestling for control.[114] He was fast enough to react to the Flying Thunder God Technique and Kamui.[115] He was durable enough to survive the Night Guy,
though he nearly died in the process, and after he absorbed the Tree
form of the Ten-Tails, his regenerative powers could circumvent
bisection, and restore his body[116]. In this form, Madara could fly and harness natural energy to enhance his varioustechniques. He was also able to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi as well as God: Nativity of a World of Trees after he awakened the Rinne Sharingan.
Truth-Seeking Ball
When Madara was the Ten Tails' jinchūriki, he had ten Truth-Seeking Balls, which were comprised of the five basic nature transformations and Yin–Yang Release.[117][118] The balls were his primary weapons and floated behind him in a circular formation.[119] Their chakra is highly malleable and versatile. He could use them as high speed projectiles,[120] protective barriers,[121] and various weapons, such as a shakujō with a crescent-shaped curve.[122] With Yin–Yang Release, the balls could nullify all ninjutsu they came into contact with.[123]
Intelligence
Madara's years of experience on the battlefield honed his strategic
ingenuity. He could quickly devise a number of approaches and could
switch approaches immediately. The longer he spent against a particular
opponent, the less he needed backup tactics, as he could eventually
predict what they would do and identify literal or psychological
weaknesses to exploit. He could form and verify any theories he comes up
with using small details.[86]
In addition to his sheer adaptability, Madara was knowledgeable on a
large variety of individuals and abilities, and thus could identify
techniques when used and react with the most appropriate counter to
them.
A researcher, he experimented on and cultivated a clone flower through the Demonic Statue of Outer Path, and from it, he created a life-support system for himself.[124]
He had enough medical knowledge to transplant eyes, treat severe
injuries, and could replace destroyed body parts with White Zetsu
matter.[125]
Tobi, acting under Madara's name, moves into the final stages of the Eye of the Moon Plan by initiating a Fourth Shinobi World War. Before the war's start, Kabuto Yakushi approaches Tobi to try and form an alliance. When Tobi asks what will happen if he refuses, Kabuto resurrects Madara to show he knows that Tobi is not the true Madara and forces him to accept.[126] Tobi reluctantly agrees and Kabuto de-summons Madara.[127]
During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kabuto decides to use Madara against the Allied Shinobi Forces and uses Mū
as a medium to summon him to the battlefield. When he first becomes
aware of his surroundings, Madara believes he has been brought back by Nagato's Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique
but soon realises that he instead has been brought back with the Impure
World Reincarnation. Kabuto speaks through Mū, introduces himself, and
explains recent developments in the world and Tobi's current actions.
After Kabuto points out that he has restored Madara to a state beyond
his prime, Madara tests his body by tearing through the Fourth Division, thinning its numbers. The Fourth Division's initial attempts to stop Madara fail as he protects himself with Susanoo. When the Fifth Kazekage, Third Tsuchikage, and one of Naruto Uzumaki's shadow clones combine efforts, Madara is forced to activate his Rinnegan and absorb the attack.
Realising his enemies were too dangerous for him to hold back to basic ninjutsu and taijutsu, Madara pulls down a meteorite from the atmosphere. When the Kazekage and Tsuchikage successfully stops it,
Madara adds a second meteorite to his attack, both of which fall upon
and devastate the Fourth Division. With most of the Fourth Division
dead, Madara questions Kabuto about just how far off-plan Tobi has gone.
Because Kabuto doesn't actually know much about the plan, Madara is
left to check things for himself and tries to summon the Nine-Tails, only to discover it's sealed in a jinchūriki,
specifically Naruto. Despite knowing the current Naruto was a clone, he
decided to delay his plans to test out his new powers, namely, the Wood Release: Nativity of Trees
which Naruto's clone barely countered. He then moves in to finish off
the remainder of the Fourth Division but is repelled by the arrival of
the Fifth Hokage, the Fifth Mizukage, and the Fourth Raikage. The five Kage combine forces against Madara and propel him from the immediate area.
Madara overwhelms the Kage.
By the time he returns, Naruto's shadow clone is gone and the five
Kage remain his only opponents. They battle for some time, with Madara
equaling and besting the Kage's efforts. When he is hit with the
Tsuchikage's Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, Madara's armour is torn away, revealing the implant of Hashirama's
face on his chest. Madara laments Hashirama's legacy that these Kage
have inherited, having been completely unimpressed by their attacks,
particularly those of the Hokage, Hashirama's granddaughter. Madara then
creates creating twenty-five copies of himself and have them each activate their Susanoo.
Madara's soul remains intact.
By nightfall, the Kage are still alive and are able to pool their
efforts so successfully that he is nearly sealed. Finally impressed by
their display, Madara responds by summoning his perfected Susanoo.
Before he can use it to kill the Kage, his Susanoo starts to fade and
Madara is engulfed in light. Madara realises that Kabuto has elsewhere
released him from the Impure World Reincarnation and his soul is
returning to the afterlife. Madara responds by performing the hand seals
to rescind the Impure World Reincarnation contract that Kabuto has over
him, enabling him to return to his immortal body without further
interference from a summoner. Now able to do whatever he likes and bored
with the Kage, Madara decides to go find Naruto and reclaim the
Nine-Tails. The Kage try to block his escape.
Madara reunites with Obito.
After defeating the five Kage, Madara finds and reunites with Obito while he's engaged in combat with Naruto, Killer B, Kakashi Hatake, and Might Guy. Madara notices the Demonic Statue undergoing a premature transformation into the Ten-Tails and scolds Obito for being too hasty. After Obito returns Madara's gunbai, Madara creates a wood dragon
in an attempt to capture Naruto and Killer B and complete the
Ten-Tails. He at one point manages to restrain and drain B of his energy
but is overwhelmed by Guy's Daytime Tiger.
The Ten-Tails is revived before he can recover, forcing Madara to make
do. He and Obito leap onto the Ten-Tails' head and connect themselves to
it, granting them control of its actions. Their four opponents put up a
resistance but are no match for the Ten-Tails' power. Before the
Ten-Tails can finish them off, however, the combined Allied Shinobi
Forces arrive to join the fight, deflecting the Ten-Tails' attack.
The Allies join forces to immobilise the Ten-Tails, making it an
easy target. The Ten-Tails undergoes a new transformation before their
attacks can connect, freeing it and letting it block the incoming
attacks. Though the immediate problem is solved, Madara realises there's
another issue: the Allies are being coordinated too effectively. He and
Obito direct the Ten-Tails to attack the distant Allied HQ, something
that takes several Tailed Beast Balls due to their lack of control, which Madara attributes to Obito's failure to revive him correctly. Although the Allies' "brain"
is killed, the Allies are given one final battle plan in the time it
takes the Ten-Tails to hit its target. Obito and Madara try to thin the
Allies' numbers before they can get into position and, when that fails,
block against the oncoming attack, but the combined forces manage to
break through and separate Obito and Madara from the Ten-Tails. With the
Ten-Tails now out of their control they must fight the Alliance
directly. Obito eventually disappears to the other dimension, forcing Madara to fend for himself.
During Obito's absence, Madara senses that Hashirama has
elsewhere been brought back to life. Excited at the prospect of fighting
his rival again, Madara eagerly awaits his arrival. When he arrives,
Hashirama sends only a wood clone to face him, being too busy
restraining the Ten-Tails. Madara decides to sit out the fight until the
real Hashirama is ready. When the wood clone persists, Madara easily
defeats it. Madara later senses Obito's return to the battlefield and
decides to make use of one of his fail-safes, activating black receivers planted in Obito to force him to finally revive Madara. Obito resists and instead seals the Ten-Tails into himself.
Though he's frustrated by this setback, Hashirama is no longer
preoccupied, so Madara forces him into a fight. As their battle rages,
Hashirama tries to convince Madara to postpone, but Madara repeatedly
refuses. Nevertheless, he keeps track of Obito's progress and growing
control of the Ten-Tails' power. After Obito's defeat, Madara is
restrained by Hashirama's wood dragons and the Alliance moves in to seal
him.
Madara is properly revived.
With Obito no longer the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, Madara puts another fail-safe into effect: Black Zetsu.
Having been in contact with it since his initial reincarnation, Madara
orders Black Zetsu to take control of Obito's body and use the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
Restored to life, Madara breaks free of his restraints and defects the
converging Alliance. Having died with his real eyes intact and removed
from his body, Madara's reincarnated eyes crumble to nothing. To
compensate for his blindness, he immobilises Hashirama with black
receivers and absorbs his senjutsu chakra, allowing him to sense attacks without the need to see them. His first attacker is Sasuke Uchiha. Madara does not want to kill his own clansman, so he instructs Sasuke to stay out of his way.
Madara impales Sasuke.
Madara goes after the freed tailed beasts so that he can revive the
Ten-Tails once more. He attempts to take on all nine at once, failing
and losing his right arm in the process. While he regroups, a White Zetsu clone
brings him one of his Rinnegan that Obito kept in storage. Madara takes
this and one of the Zetsu's arms, allowing him start round two. He
summons the Demonic Statue from Obito's body and uses Limbo: Border Jail
to repel the nine beasts. Before they can recover, he seals all of them
into the Demonic Statue, including those sealed in Naruto and B. While
the Statue undergoes its transformation into the Ten-Tails again, Madara
asks the Zetsu clone how Black Zetsu is faring with taking his
remaining Rinnegan back from Obito. Tobirama Senju,
having been reincarnated alongside Hashirama, attacks him immediately
afterwards, but is restrained after failing to deal any damage. Sasuke
also attacks him. Having already warned Sasuke once, Madara turns his
own sword against Sasuke and stabs him through the chest.
A reformed Obito steals a portion of Madara's tailed beast chakra.
With nobody left to oppose him, Madara seals the Ten-Tails into
himself once its resurrection is complete. Pleased with himself, Madara
sets off to regain his other Rinnegan. Along the way he spits out the Benihisago and Kohaku no Jōhei,
Obito having used both as part of his premature revival method. When he
arrives at Black Zetsu's location, he discovers that Obito has regained
control of his body. Madara tries to reason with Obito, reminding him
of all they planned and insisting on the impending effectiveness of the
Eye of the Moon Plan. Rather than be convinced, Obito stabs Madara and
manages to steal fragments of the One-Tail's and Eight-Tails' chakra
from him before using Kamui to escape with Naruto.
Madara battling Guy.
While Madara contemplates his next move, he is confronted by Might Guy, a master of taijutsu, which is one of the only effective attacks against Madara in his new form. Guy opens allEight Gates and hits Madara with the Evening Elephant. Madara is taken by surprise and tries to defend himself, but other Allied Shinobi are able to reduce him to a single Truth-Seeking Ball,
leaving him wide open. Madara is thrilled at the prospect of such a
challenging fight, and visibly battered but not beaten, forcing Guy to
use Night Guy.
Madara is nearly killed by the attack, which obliterates the entire
left side of his body. Thanking Guy for giving him such an entertaining
battle, and acknowledging him as a worthy opponent, Madara decides to
show him the ultimate respect by killing him instead of letting him
succumb to his injuries. However, the Truth-Seeking Ball that Madara
launches at Guy is kicked back at him by a revived Naruto, whom Madara
notes has somehow gained power similar to his own.
Madara battling Naruto and Sasuke.
Naruto sends Madara crashing through the recreation of the Ten-Tails
in its giant tree form, a remnant of Obito's earlier battle. Black Zetsu
speaks to Madara, making him believe the tree is telling him to absorb
it. Madara does so and becomes stronger, but is met with a new problem:
Sasuke, also healed from his injuries, has joined forces with Naruto and
is also in possession of new abilities. Despite Madara's efforts, he
can do nothing against them. Knowing he needs his other Rinnegan if he's
to end the fight, Madara steals Kakashi Hatake's Mangekyō Sharingan and uses it to go after Obito. He stops Sakura Haruno
from destroying the Rinnegan, to which Obito responds by sending her
back to the real world before Madara can kill her. However, Obito
himself is too weak to fight back.
Madara activates the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
To give Obito some final words, Madara first congratulates him for removing the Forbidden Individual Curse Tag he had placed on him. He also reveals his role in the death of Rin Nohara,
in doing so admitting that he's been manipulating Obito from the start.
With that, Madara takes back his Rinnegan, returning to Obito his left
Mangekyō Sharingan. Black Zetsu uses Obito's body to perform Kamui and
return them to the real world. Naruto and Sasuke move to attack him as
soon as Madara appears, so Madara delays them with multiple Chibaku Tensei. Madara gains proximity to the moon, awakening the Rinne Sharingan in the process, and succeeds in casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes
Main article: Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes
The entire world is trapped in a dream and then wrapped into Madara's God: Nativity of a World of Trees.
Sasuke is able to save Naruto, Kakashi, and Sakura from the Infinite
Tsukuyomi. Seeing them, Madara announces himself the world's saviour,
one who has saved the world from itself by replacing the hells of
reality with the heavens of dreams. While he is proselytising, Black
Zetsu stabs him in the back. Black Zetsu reveals that it has never
served Madara, but rather Kaguya Ōtsutsuki,
and that it has taken advantage of him in order to bring about her
revival. Black Zetsu transfers from Obito's body to Madara's, completely
covering him and forcing him to start absorbing the chakra of those
trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi. After dramatically increasing in
size, Madara shrinks down until a revived Kaguya is revealed in his
stead.
Madara speaks to Hashirama for the last time.
Naruto and Sasuke eventually seal Kaguya in her own dimension, along with Black Zetsu, at which point she reverts into the Ten-Tails and spits out Madara. The Sage of the Six Paths
summons Madara and everyone else back to the real world, but he can do
nothing to save Madara from his approaching death as a result of having
both the tailed beasts and Demonic Statue removed from his body. Madara
uses his remaining time speaking to Hashirama, noting that his own dream
for peace has died while Hashirama's lives on, and therefore was
apparently the better of the two. Hashirama replies that they are still
friends despite everything, to which Madara agrees as he dies.
Legacy
After his second death, Madara's greatest lasting influence was in Obito's actions, who used Madara's knowledge to create Akatsuki.
Several years later, when Obito began operating under Madara's name,
the mere possibility that he was truly Madara was enough to unify the
ninja of the Five Great Shinobi Countries and trigger the Fourth Shinobi World War.[127]
Madara's actions during life, and even those subsequent actions
of Obito, would end up having disastrous effects for the Uchiha clan.
Following Madara's betrayal of Konoha, the Uchiha were entirely isolated
from any form of control over Konoha's future, chiefly because of the
actions of Tobirama Senju.
At the time, some Uchiha saw this as proof of what Madara always
feared, but the fears subsided with time. Years later, when Obito causes
the Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha,
Konoha once again becomes suspicious of the Uchiha and the Uchiha once
again feel wronged. This time, however, their discontent does not
subside. When the Uchiha began planning to overthrow Konoha, the upper
echelons of Konoha's government ordered the Uchiha Clan Downfall.
