RaeRae Reacts · Naruto Shippuden Episode 424 · Fourth Shinobi World War

To Rise Up

Naruto and Sasuke return with complementary senses and seals, and their first combined pressure makes Madara flee toward the eye that can complete him.

Bottom line

“To Rise Up” brings Naruto and Sasuke back from death with complementary power and immediately tests whether they can fight as a pair. Naruto stabilizes Guy before turning Six Paths Sage Mode against Madara. Son Gokū’s chakra gives his Rasenshuriken lava, enough cutting force to sever the God Tree and enough senjutsu to strike the invisible Limbo shadow. Sasuke frees Tobirama, arrives with a six-tomoe Rinnegan, and can see the double Naruto senses. Together they create a sealing attempt: Naruto restrains the shadow with Magnet Release while Sasuke uses Amenotejikara to exchange Madara’s position with the double. Madara escapes by sacrificing the Limbo shadow, then recognizes the larger danger. Naruto and Sasuke carry the two powers needed to seal him, while his second Rinnegan remains inside Obito. Madara tears Kakashi’s Sharingan from its socket, implants the eye, and uses Kamui to enter the separate dimension. Sakura is already holding a kunai over Obito’s Rinnegan at his request. The episode does not end on Team 7’s triumphant reunion. The returned heroes force Madara to abandon direct combat and race toward the eye that can complete him.

Episode 424 returns to manga canon

Episodes 422–423 paused the battlefield for Konohamaru’s anime-original Rasengan story. Episode 424 resumes moments after Naruto returned with Six Paths power.

The chronology should be explicit for readers using the directory in order.

This episode adapts chapters 673–674

Chapter 673 covers Naruto’s first counterattack and Sasuke’s arrival. Chapter 674 develops Limbo, Amenotejikara, and Madara’s escape into Kamui.

The final React should credit both chapters.

Madara cannot explain Guy’s survival

The Eighth Gate had already begun extinguishing Guy’s chakra and turning his body to ash. Naruto’s marked hand stops the immediate decline.

The intervention exceeds ordinary medical ninjutsu.

Naruto stabilizes rather than restores Guy

Guy remains unconscious with catastrophic damage, especially to the leg destroyed by Night Guy. Preventing death does not return his body to its previous condition.

The article should preserve the lasting cost.

Naruto turns from patient to combatant

Minutes earlier, Sakura was manually keeping his heart beating. He now stands between Guy and the Ten-Tails’ jinchūriki with controlled chakra and unfamiliar sensory power.

The reversal depends on an entire rescue chain.

Madara blocks Naruto’s punch

His remaining Truth-Seeking Ball absorbs the direct threat, but the impact drives him backward and shakes the God Tree. Madara recognizes that Naruto’s physical power has changed.

Defense succeeds without restoring confidence.

Six Paths Sage Mode changes Naruto’s perception

He can sense threats ordinary eyes and chakra detection cannot locate. That perception lets him respond to Madara’s Limbo shadow.

The new form supplies information as well as force.

Son Gokū lends lava chakra

Naruto draws on the Four-Tails’ kekkei genkai through the connection formed during their earlier encounter. The ability remains tied to a named tailed beast rather than anonymous stored energy.

Relationship becomes usable power.

Naruto creates Lava Style Rasenshuriken

He combines the Rasenshuriken structure with molten chakra. The technique carries wind’s cutting properties and lava’s heat through a Six Paths senjutsu attack.

Several inheritances meet in one sphere.

Madara uses Limbo: Border Jail

An invisible double exists in a parallel plane adjacent to the physical battlefield. Ordinary shinobi cannot see, sense, or strike the shadow.

The defense attacks without revealing a body.

Naruto evades the Limbo strike

Six Paths sensing alerts him to the unseen motion. Avoidance proves the double is no longer an uncontested advantage.

Madara loses the protection of secrecy.

Senjutsu can affect the Limbo shadow

Naruto’s Six Paths chakra lets his attacks make contact across the boundary. Perception alone would not matter if every counter passed through harmlessly.

Information and compatible force arrive together.

The Rasenshuriken strikes Madara

The expanded blade catches him and carries the attack through the enormous structure behind him. Regeneration keeps the injury from becoming final.

Naruto establishes threat without defeating the jinchūriki.

The God Tree is severed

Lava Style cuts through the trunk and sends the massive form falling. The environmental damage reveals a scale beyond Naruto’s earlier Rasenshuriken.

The battlefield’s central object becomes unstable.

A voice tells Madara to absorb the tree

He interprets the command as guidance toward greater completeness. The voice is not treated as a neutral battlefield observation.

Another will is moving him toward the next stage.

Madara absorbs the God Tree

The trunk collapses into his body, consolidating the Ten-Tails’ remaining form and increasing his connection to the power required for Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Destruction becomes intake.

Naruto carries Guy to Lee and Gaara

He removes the stabilized body from Madara’s immediate reach and entrusts Guy to people who will protect him. Combat power does not replace patient handoff.

The rescue remains active after intervention.

Lee receives his teacher alive

Guy’s survival interrupts the pattern created by Might Duy’s Eighth Gate death. The student still faces a body permanently changed by the technique.

Inheritance gains a different ending without losing consequence.

Sakura thanks Obito inside Kamui

Obito transferred Yin-Kurama and the missing tailed-beast chakra fragments into Naruto. Sakura recognizes the specific action that made Naruto’s return possible.

Gratitude does not erase the war Obito caused.

Obito asks Sakura to destroy the Rinnegan

Black Zetsu still controls part of his body, and Madara needs the left eye to restore both Rinnegan. Obito cannot guarantee continued resistance.

Destruction becomes the safest containment option.

Sakura faces a medically and morally brutal task

The eye belongs to a dying ally who explicitly requests removal or destruction. Hesitation has consequences, but the request still demands precision under extreme pressure.

The scene should not reduce her pause to weakness.

Sasuke wakes beside Kabuto

Kabuto’s medical treatment, Hashirama-derived material, and Hagoromo’s intervention have restored enough function for him to rise. His body carries evidence of help from a former enemy.

Recovery is collaborative even when Sasuke speaks little.

Sasuke frees Tobirama

Madara’s black rods had pinned the Second Hokage and disrupted his chakra. Sasuke removes the restraints before asking for transportation.

Aid precedes request.

Tobirama senses that Sasuke has changed

The chakra and ocular power differ from the wounded shinobi who fell earlier. Tobirama recognizes a transformation without knowing the complete inner meeting.

Observation replaces immediate suspicion.

Sasuke asks for Flying Thunder God transport

He needs to reach Naruto and Madara faster than ordinary travel allows. Tobirama’s space-time ninjutsu offers the direct route.

The new power still relies on an older specialist.

Madara returns after absorbing the tree

He claims that ordinary defeat is impossible because the tree and Ten-Tails power now exist within him. The declaration assumes greater accumulation guarantees control.

Naruto’s answer arrives with another person.

Naruto picks up Minato’s marked kunai

The weapon connects his return to the father who lost both arms trying to save him. Naruto carries the tool without using Flying Thunder God himself.

Symbol and technique should remain separate.

Truth-Seeking Balls appear behind Naruto

His Six Paths state manifests black spheres responsive to his control. Their composition and uses differ from ordinary chakra projectiles.

Visual similarity to Madara’s arsenal signals comparable access, not identical intent.

Naruto says he will not fight alone

The statement rejects Madara’s model of complete power concentrated in one body. Sasuke arrives as the sentence’s proof.

Partnership becomes tactical fact.

Sasuke arrives with a six-tomoe Rinnegan

His left eye combines Rinnegan power with tomoe, reflecting the transformation produced through Hagoromo’s Yin power and the conditions around his recovery.

The ocular change is not cosmetic.

Madara recognizes two complementary inheritances

Naruto carries Six Paths senjutsu and tailed-beast power. Sasuke carries the Rinnegan and ocular perception associated with Indra’s line.

Together they reproduce the sealing threat Madara cannot dismiss.

Madara claims to possess both powers himself

His body contains the Ten-Tails, Hashirama’s cells, Uchiha chakra, and one Rinnegan. He treats accumulation as proof that he remains superior to the pair.

Possession is his answer to cooperation.

Madara attacks with Yin Release lightning

The branching technique tests their new defenses and movement. Naruto deflects while Sasuke evades through his ocular ability.

Their responses reveal different strengths.

Sasuke can see the Limbo shadow

The Rinnegan makes the parallel double visually accessible. Naruto can sense the shadow, while Sasuke can track its location and movement directly.

Their information is complementary.

Naruto can physically engage the shadow

Six Paths senjutsu lets his attacks connect with the Limbo body. Sasuke’s sight and Naruto’s contact solve separate halves of the problem.

Coordination converts perception into restraint.

Naruto uses Magnet Release Rasengan

Shukaku’s chakra gives the Rasengan sealing properties associated with Magnet Release. Naruto applies the technique to the Limbo shadow.

Another named tailed-beast relationship enters the fight.

The shadow is pinned in place

Naruto’s attack restricts the parallel double long enough for the team to target Madara’s physical body. The Limbo advantage becomes a temporary liability.

Control creates the sealing window.

Sasuke reveals Amenotejikara

His Rinnegan ability exchanges the positions of targets within range. The technique turns spatial arrangement into an immediate tactical resource.

Movement occurs through substitution rather than ordinary speed.

Naruto and Sasuke attempt the Six Paths seal

They move their marked palms toward Madara from opposite sides. Contact from both Yin and Yang seals could reproduce Hagoromo’s sealing method.

The threat requires simultaneous cooperation.

Madara substitutes his Limbo shadow

Amenotejikara and the sealing attempt force him to exchange his physical position with the parallel double. The maneuver sacrifices the shadow’s trapped position to preserve his body.

Escape confirms that the pair came close enough to matter.

Madara flies toward Kakashi

He abandons the immediate duel and chooses a resource needed for a different battlefield. Obito and the second Rinnegan are inaccessible without Kamui.

Retreat becomes an acquisition plan.

Sasuke pursues and cuts Madara in half

The sword strike lands before the escape is complete. Madara’s regenerative body lets the separated upper half continue moving.

Extreme damage no longer guarantees interruption.

Madara tears out Kakashi’s Sharingan

The eye originally belonged to Obito and has powered Kakashi’s Kamui for years. Madara removes the Sharingan without warning or medical care.

Theft turns a gift between teammates into a transport tool.

Kakashi loses the eye before he can respond

Madara’s speed and regeneration compress the act into a moment. Kakashi is left injured and without the dōjutsu that shaped his adult fighting identity.

Power loss also reopens personal history.

Madara implants the Sharingan immediately

As an Uchiha with extensive ocular knowledge and regenerative ability, he can use the transplanted eye fast enough to activate Kamui. The procedure bypasses every ordinary medical constraint.

Urgency is answered through bodily violation.

Madara enters the Kamui dimension

The stolen eye gives him access to Obito and Sakura. Sasuke’s cut does not prevent the warp because Madara’s upper body remains functional.

The battlefield threat crosses dimensions.

Sakura is poised over Obito’s Rinnegan

She is preparing to fulfill his request when Madara arrives. The scene ends before the eye is destroyed.

The missed interval becomes the next episode’s crisis.

Episode 425 begins inside the interrupted decision

“The Infinite Dream” continues Madara’s attack on Sakura and Obito, the recovery of his second Rinnegan, and the path toward Infinite Tsukuyomi.

The cliffhanger should remain unresolved here.

The title belongs to more than the heroes waking

Naruto and Sasuke rise from near death, Guy remains alive, Madara rises after Night Guy and Lava Rasenshuriken, and the God Tree rises into Madara through absorption.

Recovery carries opposing purposes.

Naruto’s power preserves before attacking

His first decisive use of the Yang mark saves Guy. Only afterward does he turn the new force against Madara.

The order establishes character.

Sasuke’s power frees before attacking

He removes Tobirama’s rods and requests help reaching the battlefield. His first actions also depend on another shinobi’s expertise.

Independence is not the whole return.

Madara’s power consumes and steals

He absorbs the tree, sacrifices the Limbo double, takes Kakashi’s eye, and moves toward Obito’s Rinnegan. Every recovery increases through appropriation.

The contrast is structural rather than verbal.

The final React should distinguish sensing from seeing Limbo

Naruto senses and strikes the shadow through Six Paths senjutsu. Sasuke sees the shadow through his Rinnegan.

Combining those facts explains their strategy accurately.

The final React should name Amenotejikara carefully

Sasuke exchanges positions within a limited range. The ability is not generic teleportation without conditions.

Mechanics matter in the sealing attempt.

The final React should not blame Sakura for Madara’s speed

Obito’s request places her in a traumatic, high-stakes procedure, and Madara arrives through a stolen eye during the decision. Analysis can examine timing without reducing the scene to cowardice.

Context belongs beside consequence.

Japanese performance requires direct listening

Claims about Naruto’s calm, Sasuke’s focus, Madara’s alarm, Sakura’s hesitation, Obito’s urgency, or Kakashi’s shock require lawful scene-level Japanese listening.

No invented vocal analysis belongs in publication.

Naruto rises on top of a rescue chain

The glowing entrance belongs to Naruto, but his return belongs to Sakura’s hands on his heart, Gaara’s transport, Minato’s sacrifice, Obito’s transfer, Kurama’s cooperation, and the tailed beasts who entrusted him with chakra.

Calling him self-made would erase the labor that kept a body available for Hagoromo’s gift.

Sasuke also returns through people he once rejected

Kabuto performs the medical work, Hashirama’s power changes the conditions of recovery, Hagoromo grants the seal, and Tobirama provides transportation. Sasuke’s new eye is spectacular, but independence is not what brings him back to Naruto.

The episode quietly makes survival communal even for its most solitary character.

Guy’s survival does not cancel the price he paid

Naruto stops death, not consequence. Guy’s ruined leg and unconscious body prevent the scene from becoming a magical refund for the Eighth Gate.

Lee receives his teacher alive, which is a mercy, yet caretaking and disability now belong to the future the battlefield rarely pauses to imagine.

Sakura is being asked to harm an ally for his protection

Obito’s consent matters, but consent does not make the task emotionally simple. Sakura must destroy an eye inside the body of a man she is also trying to keep alive while Black Zetsu threatens control.

Her hesitation is the human cost of containment, not evidence that she forgot the stakes.

Kakashi’s eye is a relationship before Madara makes it equipment

Obito’s gift shaped Kakashi’s adulthood, his techniques, and the promise he carried from Team Minato. Madara crosses the battlefield and turns that history into a key.

The speed of the theft should not flatten its violence. A body part given through trust is taken without warning to reach another victim.

Madara answers cooperation by collecting more bodies

Naruto and Sasuke combine different forms of knowledge. Madara absorbs the God Tree, sacrifices Limbo, steals Kakashi’s eye, and pursues Obito’s Rinnegan.

He calls accumulation completeness, but every new piece exposes dependence on someone he treats as storage.

Complementary power is the episode’s real threat

Naruto senses and touches what Sasuke can see. Sasuke rearranges positions while Naruto restrains. Neither function is decorative, and neither hero can complete the seal alone.

The choreography rejects the fantasy that partnership means two identical attacks launched side by side.

Naruto’s first instinct establishes the moral difference

Power arrives in his hand, yet he uses it first to keep Guy alive. Madara receives greater power and immediately turns bodies, eyes, and histories into supplies. The contrast is not softness against strength. It is preservation against ownership. That choice tells us who Naruto remains.

RaeRae’s verdict

“To Rise Up” makes Naruto and Sasuke frightening to Madara because their powers do not duplicate each other. Naruto senses Limbo and can touch the shadow. Sasuke sees the double and can rearrange positions. Naruto restrains. Sasuke exchanges. Their two palm seals create a threat only through simultaneous contact. Madara has accumulated versions of both lineages inside one body, but he cannot reproduce the information and timing created by two people acting together.

The episode also refuses to let resurrection feel clean. Guy is alive but ruined. Naruto stands because Sakura, Gaara, Minato, Obito, Kurama, and the other tailed beasts preserved him. Sasuke stands because Karin’s group reached him, Kabuto treated him, and Tobirama transports him. Madara rises by consuming the God Tree and stealing Kakashi’s eye. Everyone returns through other bodies and other people. The ethical difference lies in consent, relationship, and purpose. That difference becomes urgent when Madara enters Kamui and finds Sakura one moment away from destroying the eye he wants.

What I am carrying forward

Naruto stabilized Guy, attacked Madara with Son Gokū’s Lava Style Rasenshuriken, evaded Limbo, and severed the God Tree. Madara absorbed the tree. Sasuke freed Tobirama, reached the battlefield with a six-tomoe Rinnegan, and joined Naruto. Sasuke could see Limbo while Naruto could sense and strike the shadow.

Naruto restrained the Limbo double with Shukaku’s Magnet Release Rasengan, and Sasuke used Amenotejikara during their Six Paths sealing attempt. Madara substituted the shadow, fled, stole Kakashi’s Sharingan, and used Kamui to reach Obito’s dimension even after Sasuke cut him in half. Sakura was preparing to destroy Obito’s Rinnegan at his request when Madara arrived. Episode 425 continues that interrupted act.