Tsunade is one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha. Considered the strongest kunoichi in the world and the greatest ninja doctor, the repeated deaths of her loved ones caused Tsunade to abandon the shinobi life for several years. She was finally persuaded to return to Konoha and became the Fifth Hokage (Godaime Hokage, literally meaning: Fifth Fire Shadow), where her skills proved invaluable to the village.
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History
Tsunade is the granddaughter of the First Hokage, founder of the hidden village of Konoha, as well as the grandniece of the Second Hokage, which earned her the title of "Princess" (Hime). In fact also, even if she doesn't have the family name, Tsunade is a descendant of the famous Senju clan.
She was trained in ninja arts, together with Jiraya and Orochimaru, by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. At that time, it is funny to note that she was nicknamed by Jiraya "The Breadboard" because of her total lack of breasts. Things had changed a lot because according to Jiraya's estimate she would be about 106 cm tall today.
Jiraya, although always rejected (and sometimes in an extremely violent, even deadly way), was since that time an eternal suitor of Tsunade. It was during the Second Great Ninja War that the trio distinguished themselves. Hanzo, the powerful leader of the village of Ame at that time, was impressed by these three ninjas who were able to survive the battle and stand up to him, and gave them the title that they kept from then on, that of "Legendary Sannin" (Densetsu no Sannin). After that, Jiraya stayed in Ame for a while to take care of orphans, while Orochimaru and Tsunade went back to Konoha village. It is also during this Great War that Tsunade showed the extent of her talents as a ninja doctor, especially on the front line against the village of Suna. She managed to find antidotes that could counter all the poisons of Chiyo of Suna, who was well known in this field.
But all will not be rosy for Tsunade who had to live the tragedy of the loss of the two beings she loved the most. First she lost her brother Nawaki. As Nawaki dreamed of becoming a Hokage like his grandfather, Tsunade gave him for his twelfth birthday a very valuable crystal pendant that belonged to their illustrious grandfather. Excited by this gift, Nawaki left for his first mission where he was killed. It was affected by this death that Tsunade supported the Konoha Council's plan to assign a medic-nin to each team on a mission in order to limit losses. Although the Third Hokage and the Council considered this idea unfeasible for the time being in view of the training required, she was supported by another ninja, Dan.
It was from there that their relationship would begin. Dan also had a dream of becoming a Hokage, so as she had done for her younger brother, Tsunade gave her boyfriend the pendant of the First Hokage. But again, like her brother, the jewel was a symbol of death. Dan was mortally wounded during a mission in which Tsunade also participated. She used all her medical skills to save him, but could not. And like his brother before him, Dan died in a pool of blood. Torn by this tragedy, frightened by the blood of her beloved that covered her hands, Tsunade became hematophobic.
After that, having lost taste for life, no longer believing in ninja ideals, she left the village with Shizune, Dan's niece, and went on the road looking for oblivion in the game.
Personality
Tsunade is a woman of character and even of bad character. She is cynical, angry, likes to drink and play rather than work, and easily reproaches others for their faults, especially Jiraya and Naruto. However, she also possesses, on rare occasions, a certain kindness and solicitude. Thus, she was the one who reassured and comforted Shikamaru after the failure of his mission to get Sasuke back, and she was also the one who decided to do everything possible, in spite of the low percentage of success, to heal Rock Lee.
She has at heart to take care of her fellow citizens and fulfills with devotion her role of Hokage not hesitating to put her life at stake to protect the one of the village inhabitants. She showed it, in particular, during the attack of Pain, where she gave all her chakra to heal and protect each ninja and villager. However, she had at the beginning categorically refused the position of Hokage announcing with cynicism and bitterness that only crazy people wanted to become Hokage. Indeed her little brother and her boyfriend who coveted this position died before they could realize their dream, and moreover Tsunade saw all the previous Hokage die, sometimes even young like the Fourth. She didn't have the flame anymore. But Naruto was able to awaken the Fire Will of Konoha in her.
Tsunade is also an inveterate gambler, a character trait she got from her grandfather who spoiled her too much and introduced her to gambling when she was little. She wrote on the back of her jacket, as a symbol, the kanji (kake) meaning "Bet". But Tsunade, despite her love of gambling, suffers from a legendary bad luck that earned her the nickname of Legendary Loser (Densetsu no Kamo). So much so that the rare times she wins always herald a tragedy. Thus she won the pachinko before her encounter with Orochimaru and the lottery when Suna and Gaara were attacked by the Akatsuki. Counting on this bad luck to chase away the bad feeling she has, she bet that Jiraya would not come back alive from Ame. But unfortunately for her this time, it didn't work. She didn't show her sadness about the loss of her lifelong friend in public, as she should have done in her role as Hokage, but she mourned him once alone, and it is clear that although she always pushed him away, Tsunade cared a lot about Jiraya.
Apparence
Sunade is blonde with medium-length hair tied in two ponytails in the back, and two shorter bangs that frame her face. When she was younger, she used to tie her hair in a ponytail. She has hazel eyes, and a blue diamond shaped tilak on her forehead, which is actually a chakra seal, which she put on after leaving the village, she also wears pink lipstick. She wears a blue pantacourt, sandals with heels showing the top of her feet, red nail polish, a green jacket with the kanji Kake (meaning literally: Bet) on the back, and a kind of white kimono tied with a blue belt, underlining a cleavage that shows her opulent chest. By the way, Jiraya likes to joke about it. Before she gave it to Naruto, she also wore the necklace of her grandfather, the First Hokage.
When she uses all the power of her seal, her appearance changes and has many wrinkles, much more than she should have at her current age. But thanks to her regeneration power, she always keeps the appearance of a young girl. Although she was known for not having a chest in her youth, now her chest is quite round; 106 centimeters in circumference, according to Jiraya. Her beauty had been pointed out many times, and many people to this day say that she is the most beautiful kunoichi in the world. When she released the Yin seal, the mark on her forehead became active and spread all along her face to her jaw. And when she uses Byakugô, the mark spreads all over her body.
Skills
Tsunade has a perfect mastery of ninjutsu. This, combined with her great handling of seals, has allowed her to be the greatest ninja doctor known to this day. She has developed a jutsu that allows her to regenerate every cell in her body by releasing a large amount of chakra and activating a seal on her forehead. This allows her to instantly heal any wound (even fatal ones), but at the expense of her life span. She also hates getting old and constantly uses a technique to keep her appearance young. But her mastery of ninjutsu is not limited to medical jutsu, so by combining her total control of her chakra with her perfect knowledge of taijutsu, she is also able to fight hand-to-hand and inflict unbelievably powerful blows by releasing her chakra in one go. Tsunade is today in the manga the ninja with the most physical strength known to date, she can destroy a village with a single kick without necessarily needing to concentrate chakra.
Exceptional physical strength
Because of her perfect control of her chakra, Tsunade can concentrate a large amount of chakra in every part of her body and give them more power. Thus, she can crush huge pillars, walls or even break Susano's armor while the Fourth Raikage himself did not manage to do so which proves her exceptional strength. She broke several of Jiraya's ribs and caused several fractures by hitting him with all her strength. This strength is, according to Madara Uchiwa, the heritage of Hashirama who is Tsunade's grandfather. Tsunade's physical strength is not only limited to her fists but also to her feet and fingers. The first time she faced Naruto she defeated him using only one finger and almost without effort.
Medical Ninjutsu
She became a legend not only because of her physical strength but mainly because she was the best doctor kunoichi on the planet. Her reputation is not usurped, when she visited Sasuke she healed him in a few moments thanks to her ninjutsu. This requires a very sharp chakra control which indicates her great chakra mastery. She also knows a lot of healing spells and the right way to use them but she will find her master in this field where Kabuto will show her his incredible talents in medicine. Tsunade even says that he is stronger than her when she was at the peak of her art. She also heals very quickly and efficiently.
Her formidable knowledge of the human body and the functioning of its nervous network allows her to inject electrical currents into her opponent's nervous system by striking the neck. This disrupts the victim's electrical signals and disrupts the body's movements, such as trying to move the right hand causes the left leg to move instead, and so on. It is not known if this is a Raiton technique. In a similar way, Tsunade showed her ability to use medical ninjutsu in combat in order to injure or even kill instead of healing. She can with a single chakra-enhanced strike cause effortless internal damage or incapacitate a target as she later did against Shizune when she tried to stop Tsunade from going to meet Orochimaru. Tsunade is also able to create a Chakra Scalpel for both surgery and inflicting internal lacerations, even attacking internal organs.
Tsunade's most powerful medical technique is a seal on her forehead that allows her to instantly regenerate all her wounds through the regeneration of red blood cells: "Byakugô". This technique is also similar to the one of Hashirama Senju who could heal himself without making a seal. It seems that she inherited this fabulous technique. So when Madara pierced her with his blade, she cut his blade and tried to counterattack as quickly as possible and then her wound closed immediately. However this technique is very risky because it requires a huge amount of chakra and the number of times that red blood cells can regenerate is limited.
Invocations
Tsunade has for invocation Katsuyu his devoted slug. She is very devoted to her and carries out all her orders without reluctance. She summoned Katsuyu during her fight against Orochimaru and when she saved the village from Pain's attack. Katsuyu can throw an acidic mucus from her mouth that can melt even very hard rock. But like her master, Katsuyu has a healing power. When she doesn't have enough chakra, she draws from Tsunade's. Katsuyu also has the property to split into hundreds of smaller bodies. She multiplied into hundreds of bodies to go near each villager and heal them. It is a kind of multi-cloning because each body of Katsuyu can see what another body sees. She is also remarkably intelligent and even gives information or advice to her master. Katsuyu is not just a summoner, she is also a relentless armor, when Pain launched his Shinra Tensei during his attack on the village of Konoha, Katsuyu absorbed all the villagers in her body, so they did not receive any damage from this devastating attack.
Part I
Search for Tsunade
After the failure of his invasion of Konoha, Orochimaru went looking for Tsunade. He asked her for a favor, but she refused, having noticed the wounds on his arms. Orochimaru then explained that he owed them to the Third Hokage, who had died because of him, and that he wanted her to heal them. Tsunade, shocked, tried to kill him, but Orochimaru made a last attempt by offering to bring back to life the two people who were the most dear to him: Dan and Nawaki. He gave her a week to decide.
Soon after, she was approached by Jiraya and Naruto Uzumaki, having been chosen to become the next Hokage. Having declined the offer and ridiculed the title, Tsunade was challenged by an angry Naruto. Tsunade won their fight with a disconcerting ease, but she nevertheless witnessed Naruto's attempt to use the Rasengan. Intrigued, she offered him a bet: if he could master this technique in one week, he would get the pendant of the First Hokage, but if he failed, she would take all his money. Naruto agreed and started to practice. During the week Tsunade watched Naruto's progress while continuing to consider Orochimaru's offer. Last week, when Naruto still failed the bet, Tsunade went to meet Orochimaru, while taking the precaution of drugging Jiraya to prevent him from intervening.
Facing Orochimaru, Tsunade made him promise not to destroy Konoha if she healed his arms. Orochimaru agreed, but Kabuto Yakushi, his right-hand man, interfered. Being an expert in medical techniques, he immediately noticed that Tsunade was actually preparing to kill Orochimaru. Tsunade confessed that she guessed that Orochimaru would never keep his promise, and that she could not allow Dan and Nawaki's dreams to be dashed. Naruto's determination reminded her to do what was necessary to protect her dreams and those of her loved ones.
Following Tsunade's assault on Orochimaru, Kabuto found himself facing her. During their confrontation, Kabuto realized that he was up against the Legendary Kunoichi, who was much too strong for him, so he decided to use Tsunade's hematophobia to his advantage: he slit his wrist, petrifying her with terror. While he was attacking her, Shizune and Naruto came to her rescue. Although they were beaten to a pulp, Naruto recovered from his injuries and continued to protect Tsunade. Although she was yelling at him to run away, he refused to do so and hit Kabuto with a real Rasengan. As he collapsed, Tsunade rushed to heal him, refusing to let him die. She succeeded, and Naruto declared that he deserved the pendant before he lost consciousness. Tsunade then put the necklace around Naruto's neck, and wished one last time that the wearer would become Hokage.
Orochimaru, worried about the threat that Naruto could represent in the future, tried to kill him. Tsunade attacked instead, and Orochimaru asked her why she would sacrifice herself for a kid. She answered that Naruto would not die before becoming Hokage, and then agreed to become the Godaime Hokage, overcoming her phobia of blood and pushing Orochimaru away. She then joined forces with Jiraya, who was still drugged, to start a battle between the three Legendary Ninjas and their summonses. Tsunade struck the final blow against Orochimaru, causing him to flee after declaring his intention to finish off Konoha once he had recovered. Once Naruto was healed, the group returned to Konoha. Tsunade, ready to take on the role that Dan and Nawaki had always wanted, secretly expressed her wish that Naruto would one day become Hokage.
Mission of recovery of Sasuke
As soon as she returned to Konoha, Tsunade, who had become Hokage, treated the brain injuries inflicted by Itachi Uchiwa's Tsukoyomi on Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiwa. She then made a terrible prognosis about Rock Lee's condition. She revealed that the only possible operation was by herself, and that she had only a 50% chance of success. Failure would be fatal to Lee. Reluctant to take the risk, she advised Lee to abandon the idea of becoming a ninja again. However, he eventually survived.
After Sasuke deserted in order to join Orochimaru, Tsunade was forced to send a group of ninjas to arrest him and bring him back. She then decided to call in reinforcements from Suna ninjas who had recently joined forces with Konoha. Despite their efforts, the mission was an abject failure. Tsunade helped to heal the mortal wounds of the group members, allowing them to recover. As a result of Sasuke's betrayal, Sakura Haruno asked Tsunade to become her apprentice and Tsunade agreed to take Sakura as her disciple.
Mizuki Tracking Mission
Tsunade appeared many times in all the arcs, however, she only sent the ninjas on missions, she also tried to form teams, independently of their respective teams to form better teams. Her goal during this time, was to keep Naruto busy, until Jiraya returned to the village after his mission to take him in hand, and to make him forget the idea of going to find Sasuke alone. When the Legendary Idiots escaped from prison, she threatened to use all her strength and genjutsu on them.
Strange visitors
In the anime, Tsunade learned that two ninjas from outside the village had disguised themselves as Rock Lee and Gai who had left the village to train. Deciding to have fun with them, Tsunade pretended to believe in their disguises and made them do many hard tasks for her. The workload horrified the two of them and they eventually fled the village.
Interlude
In the Footsteps of Naruto: The Paths of Friends
Sakura progressed rapidly under Tsunade's tutelage. In the anime, Ino Yamanaka also asked to train with Tsunade and seeing the rivalry between Sakura and Ino and how this competition pushed them to improve, Tsunade agreed to take her under her wing. However, she only taught Ino medical ninjutsu and not the additional skills that she taught Sakura, believing that it would be better for Ino to focus on her clan's hiden techniques.
About two years after Naruto left Konoha to train with Jiraya, Tsunade proposed to the Fifth Kazekage of Suna that their two villages hold a Chûnin Exam. Publicly, the exam would demonstrate the alliance that now existed between their two villages. Secretly, the exam would attract the Akatsuki, who were looking for jinchuri like the Kazekage. The Kazekage agreed and the two villages shared the responsibility of organizing the exams. She sent Kakashi Hatake to invite Ame to the exams with the instruction to check if the rumors that Ame's leader Hanzo had been overthrown were true. Ame accepted the invitation and Kakashi could not find out anything, but both were convinced that something unusual was happening in Ame.
The first round of exams in Konoha went off without a hitch. Before the candidates and proctors went to Suna for the second test, Tsunade warned the Konoha staff to be careful about attacks on the Kazekage. The Kazekage was indeed attacked during this test, which forced them to cancel the exams prematurely. The performance reports of the remaining participants were sent to their respective villages to decide who would be promoted to chûnin and Tsunade promoted the members of Team 8, Team 10 (Sakura having replaced Shikamaru who was already chûnin) and Team Gaï. She also promoted Neji Hyuga to jônin because of his role in protecting the Kazekage.
Part II
Since Jiraya and Naruto left the village to train him, Tsunade continued to perform her duties as Hokage and trained Sakura to become a good medicinal ninja. Also, during this period, Tsunade's face was engraved in the Hokage monument next to Minato Namikaze, the fourth Hokage.
Rescue of the Kazekage
While she was assigning missions to the genin, she was told that Jiraya and Naruto had returned. She then made Naruto and Sakura who had become a shunin take the Kakashi bell test to see their progress. When the two youngsters passed their test, and declared that they will form Team Kakashi.
A little later, she received a message from Suna that their Kazekage was kidnapped by the Akatsuki and therefore sent Team Kakashi to Suna to rescue Gaara. After she won a game, she sent Team Gai to help Team Kakashi.
Sasuke and Sai
When the Kakashi team and the Gai team returned from their mission, Tsunade was informed that Sasori was going to meet one of these agents who was in charge of spying on Orochimaru's every move. She decided to send Kakashi's team to meet him to capture him, but Kakashi was not fit to be part of the team, so only Sakura and Naruto were left. The elders Koharu and Homura questioned Tsunade about her decision to send Naruto on a mission when the Akatsuki was looking for him. Tsunade was then forced to integrate a ninja under the command of Danzo Shimura, a strong opponent of the Sandaime Hokage, into Team Kakashi. Given her complete lack of confidence in Danzo, Tsunade chose Yamato to take over the command of the team and to supervise Danzo's subordinate, Sai.
Back in the village after failing in their mission, they managed to get some information about Sasuke, Tsunade thought that Sasuke's progress was surely due to the use of Kinjutsu, where Orochimaru is very strong, and Kabuto's medical ninjutsu. She was furious when she saw the information that Danzo gave to Orochimaru about the members of the village Anbu.
Twelve Guardian Ninjas
In the anime, a report circulated that several villages in the Fire Country were attacked, so she decided to send several teams to investigate the scene. She also sent Team Yamato to inspect several tombs near the Fire Temple that had been excavated. When Team Yamato returned to the village, they informed Tsunade that the grave robbers wanted the bodies of four former members of the Guardian Ninja. The Yamato team recruited a member to replace Sai who was injured, Sora. She also received a message explaining Sora's past and his power, and his inability to control it.
Later, the Anbu members captured a ninja from the hidden village of Ame who was working for Danzo as a spy. But before they could interrogate the ninja, the two Konoha advisors arrived, revealing to him that the ninja was in fact a double agent working for them. They explained to him that the grave robbers were also after Sora. Homura, Koharu and Danzo came to the conclusion that they should either confine Sora or eliminate him. Before she could give her answer, that is, refusal, Sora was found spying on them. Convinced that Tsunade wanted to eliminate him, Sora became furious with her. He asked Asuma if he had really killed his father Kazuma. Asuma sadly confessed that it was true, and Sora was so angry that he released his power which allowed him to escape.
A little later, while Tsunade was thinking about what to do for Sora, the village was attacked by the Furido team, who had surrounded the village with a giant barrier, their goal being to destroy Konoha village. They used a technique that allowed them to resurrect the dead, who were ninjas from different countries that were previously attacked by the Furido team. Tsunade discussed with Shikamaru to try to find a strategy. Asuma told them that the grave robbers wanted to destroy the village with a technique called Limelight.
After the Furido Team was defeated and Sora was released from his powers, Tsunade forgave him for everything he had done and was allowed to leave the village.
Hidan and Kakuzu
While two Akatsuki members, Hidan and Kakuzu, were rampaging through the Land of Fire, Tsunade mobilized elite ninjas to pursue and attempt to capture the duo. The capture proved impossible, so Tsunade performed an autopsy on Kakuzu's corpse and discovered that Naruto's Futeon Rasen Shuriken technique was working at the cellular level. After examining Kakuzu's body and Naruto's arm, she explained that the use of the technique was too dangerous for the user in the long run and informed Kakashi and Yamato that Naruto should never use it again.
Sanbi
In the anime, after Kakuzu's autopsy, Tsunade received a report from a member of the Anbu just before his death about the location of one of Orochimaru's hideouts where he was at that moment with Sasuke. She summoned Kakashi and entrusted him with Team 8, which would be very useful for spotting the targets. Moreover, there was a chance that this team would come face to face with Sasuke, so Tsunade did everything possible to keep Naruto away from this mission, but unfortunately for her he discovered her plans, so she didn't hesitate to send the Yamato team, including Naruto, as reinforcements.
Later, Tsunade received news that the Kakashi team met Sanbi. Having decided to capture Sanbi as soon as possible, not to leave him in the hands of Akatsuki or Orochimaru, she ordered Tenten, Rock Lee and Ino Yamanaka to go as reinforcements and help the Kakashi team to seal Sanbi. Before sending them, she created a big scroll that would allow the sealing team to seal the three-tailed demon. In addition, she summoned Katsuyu and sent a part of her in miniature to help them. Although reinforcements were sent, they were still having trouble sealing Sanbi, so she told them to return to the village and sent members of the Anbu to replace them. Later, she lost contact with the special forces members, she concluded that Akatsuki had captured Sanbi.
Search for Itachi
Tsunade assigned Team Kakashi and Team Kurenai to a mission to find Itachi Uchiwa in the hope that they would run into Sasuke. Later, Jiraya came to inform her that he had found the Akatsuki leader's hideout. She tried to convince him to send an ambush team to attack her, but Jiraya instead of giving an answer invited her to drink, which she finally accepted. To Shushuya, Jiraya told her all the details about the Akatsuki leader. According to his information, he was in the village of Ame, and informed her about the difficulty of infiltrating this village. For this kind of mission, only one ninja could infiltrate it without being noticed and he told her that he was going to do it himself. Tsunade refused but he reminded her that he was one of the three legendary ninjas of Konoha and what that meant. After a discussion between them, Tsunade told her childhood friend to come back safe and sound and that if he needed reinforcement, he would only have to send a frog, and she will come to help him. As he left her, he told her to beware of the members of the Root.
Forbidden technique of Tsuchigumo clan
In the anime, Konoha was informed that the Tsuchigumo Clan members who were protecting a very powerful forbidden technique were in danger. The Kakashi and Kurenai teams were the closest to their hideout. Tsunade sent Katsuyu to inform them of their new mission, which was to help the Tsuchigumo Clan, to fulfill the peace treaty that the Third Hokage had made with them. She later received a message from Kakashi informing her that the scroll revealing the secret technique of the Tsuchigumo clan had been destroyed and that it would not cause any more danger.
Bread Invasion
When the news of Jiraya's death reached Konoha, Tsunade made it the top priority of the village to analyze the clues left behind about Pain's identity. While trusted people such as Shikamaru, Ibiki Morino and Shizune worked hard on this, Tsunade was able to take a short break to mourn her old friend. Naruto, who was just as affected by Jiraya's death as she was, left to train with her approval, both knowing that he was Pain's next target.
As Pain's invasion began, Tsunade tried to send a message to Naruto asking him to return. At first she was stopped by the two elders Koharu and Homura, who were afraid that the young Jinchuri would be captured by the Akatsuki. However, Tsunade insisted violently on the trust they should have in him and in the whole next generation, which made them abdicate. Tsunade then began to focus on the defense of the village, strengthening the protection around the people who were still trying to figure out Pain's secret. She summoned Katsuyu, who divided herself in order to guarantee Tsunade's care to as many villagers as possible. Sitting in the middle of a seal guarded by Anbu members, transferring her chakra to Katsuyu, she was interrupted by Tendô, whom she recognized as one of the orphans that Jiraya had taken care of in the past. Tsunade refused to tell Naruto's whereabouts, proclaiming that Akatsuki was nothing but a terrorist group. When Pain found out Naruto's whereabouts in another way, Tendô decided to reveal to Tsunade the real purpose of Akatsuki.
Tendô then destroyed the village. During the short time it took to destroy Konoha, Tsunade transferred all her chakra to Katsuyu to make sure the people would survive. She then faced Pain, who tried to kill her with Shurado. He was stopped by Naruto, who informed Tsunade that he was going to face Pain personally. Having used almost all of her chakra, Tsunade's body returned to its real age and weakness and she fell into a coma, and did not see Naruto's victory against Pain.
Fourth Great Ninja War: Beginnings
During Tsunade's coma, Danzo was chosen to replace her as Hokage. He died shortly after the Five Kage Summit, and just as the village was about to give the position to Kakashi, Tsunade woke up. She learned of all the recent events: the declaration of the Fourth Great Ninja War, the Shinobi Alliance, and Tobi's identity. Once she had fully recovered, she organized a war council to prepare the village for the impending conflicts. Three days later, she went to Kumo with Shikaku Nara, her bodyguard, to attend the Alliance meeting with the other Kage. The Sandaime Tsuchikage worried about the Hokage's health and the legitimacy of her position due to her age (causing Tsunade's annoyance), while the Godaime Mizukage was reassured by Tsunade's return.
The Godaime Hokage informed the others that Konoha had started to search for possible enemy bases. While Onoki reminded them of the need to hide the Jinchuri in a safe place, Tsunade protested against the decision, claiming that Naruto and Killer B, as excellent fighters, could be important allies in the war. The Godaime Kazekage then informed her that the removal of the jinchuri from the combat zones was decided unanimously during the previous meeting, and that she could not oppose it. He also reminded her that since he knew Naruto well, he was aware of his tendency to act rashly for his comrades.
Chikara
Tsunade sent Team Kakashi on a mission to investigate the massacre that had taken place in Tonika's village. She wanted to send more ninjas on this mission, but they were assigned to other missions. She was later seen in her office with Kakashi, Gai and Shikamaru, showing them the reports of Team Kakashi and decided to send all three of them to assist.
Excursion to Kumo
In the anime, Tsunade sent Sakura to Benisu Island to collect medicinal herbs that the Medical Assistance Unit would need for the war. She then refused Konohamaru Sarutobi's request to join the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Fourth Great Ninja War: Confrontation
At the last meeting of the five Kage, Tsunade informed the other Kage that her information teams had discovered that the enemy had about one hundred thousand soldiers. She asked Shikaku Nara, her bodyguard and advisor at her meetings, to make sure that the medical teams had sufficient equipment and that the members of the information gathering teams were in position.
The Raikage told him the story of the Gold and Silver Brothers and why he was worried. He also showed her the fifth treasure in Kumo's possession. She and the Raikage heard that B and Naruto were heading to the battlefield. When they arrived, the two Kage blocked their way. Naruto tried to overtake them but could not. Tsunade decided to help them pass and Bee used her lariat against her brother's because of her strong feelings towards him. Naruto managed to beat the Raikage in speed and he let him pass.
Fourth Great Ninja War: Paroxysm
Back at the headquarters, she and the Raikage were informed that Tobi was not Madara Uchiwa and that the real one was fighting Naruto, Gaara and the Tsuchikage, so Tsunade decided to go and fight and she told Mabui to teleport her to the battlefield despite her protest that this technique was not meant to be used on living organisms and that the Third Raikage was the only one who was able to withstand this technique because of his strong body.
Shikaku suggested her to use the technique of the God of Flying Thunder but she said that it was not necessary and that she was going to use her regeneration technique. Shikaku advised her against it and reminded her of her bad luck in betting. She told him that it only applied when it was about money and that her life was something else since she was still alive, so the Raikage decided to follow her too.
Then she said that they had to find a way to counter Madara's fire jutsu and that they had to keep the Hiraishin no jutsu for "that" and then she and the Raikage were teleported by Mabui. Arriving on the battlefield, Tsunade immediately attacked Madara with a very powerful kick and sent him far away while A hit the Second Tsuchikage. Tsunade, who had suffered minor injuries from the trip, released the seal on her forehead and used her regeneration technique to heal, standing next to all the Kage, she faced Madara ready to fight.
As the battle with Madara began, Tsunade declared that she would first heal Onoki and Gaara's wounds, and asked Mei and A to keep Madara at bay and she began to heal them. Naruto asked her why she didn't collapse after using "Creation and Rebirth" after he arrived. Tsunade told him that this case was different from the extent to which she had to use it during Pain's invasion, and that this time she had to heal only her own wounds and they were nowhere near as injured as the wounds she had healed during Pain's invasion.
Naruto asked to be healed in spite of being a clone, so that he could join the battle, but Tsunade told him that it was not necessary, Ônoki then explained to him that the war was not only to protect him anymore. After being completely healed, Gaara and Onoki joined the battle, just in time to protect their allies from Madara's attack. As Madara was felled by the combined assault of the Kage, Naruto turned to Tsunade, but Onoki told him that this battle is not just for him. Tsunade then told him that they could not win if they did not fight. She said that while they were protecting him from Madara, they needed to be protected from Tobi. With that, Tsunade and the rest of the Kage gave him a message, simply saying "Win" and Naruto's clone disappeared. Tsunade then went with the rest of the Kage to fight Madara mercilessly, she went and declared this fight as her own and fought Madara without restraint.
While the Tsuchikage and the Raikage led an offensive on Madara, Tsunade took care of the Mizukage with Gaara next to her. Madara used Mokuton and pushed the Tsuchikage and Raikage back forcing Gaara to levitate the Mizukage and Tsunade. The Kage praised Madara's power but they didn't have time to rave about it when they were surprised and hit by Susano's fist. The Kage tried to get up with difficulty but they fainted because of the pollen of the flowers. Onoki saved them with his Jinton and made Hashirama's face reveal itself on Madara's chest.
Madara asked Tsunade if she was a descendant of Hashirama Senju and told her that she would be the first to die. Mei told her that she knows that the basic strategy is to kill the medical ninja but Madara interrupted her and told her that it has nothing to do with that, it's just because she is a descendant of Hashirama. He belittled Tsunade with abject words about her lack of talent compared to Hashirama. Tsunade told him that it will be the strength of her will that will change everything and then she stated the three rules of the ninja doctor and used her most powerful regeneration spell and dashed at Madara.
She fractured Susano and with the help of the Raikage's physical strength and Mei's Suiton, she pushed Madara back. Madara admitted that she is not that weak but continued to say that Hashirama is more powerful than them and the only thing that can be left when he dies is his hatred. Tsunade charged at him again and tore off half of his body with a punch then Gaara tried to seal him. The Kage rejoiced but the next moment Tsunade was pierced by Susano's blade and Madara rose from the ground. He stated that he had used wooden cloning which for him was perfect, undetectable and prepared to choose the next Kage he would kill.
Tsunade pulled herself together and destroyed the blade that pierced her, took it and tried to hit Madara with it but she was pushed back. Madara noticed that Tsunade's wound was closing and saw the healing power of Hashirama. Onoki came from behind and threw a jinton at him but Madara absorbed it and told him that the only way to get him is through direct attacks or by sealing him. Onoki told him that he had hit him before and Madara revealed that he wanted to make the Kage lose their determination by showing them Hashirama's face but it caused the opposite effect.
Tsunade asked him if using a clone proved that he was in trouble, Madara muttered, "After all it's 5 to 1..." and he threw twenty-five woody clones, five for each Kage. The Kage then faced the clones using Susano and struggled to defend themselves. Onoki encouraged them which motivated the Kage and they gathered to form a common front. Tsunade gave some of her chakra to Onoki and he cast a long range Jinton spell which destroyed the Susano. The Jinton spell split open in front of Madara and Mei's water dragon was seen hurtling towards him with Gaara's sand and A's lightning inside. Madara found himself being enveloped by the sand. He thought "they are finally worthy of the title of Kage" but told them that no matter what their title is their defeat is inevitable and unleashed a gigantic Susanô.
He then stabilized the Susanô, forming his perfect Susanô and destroyed a mountain, revealing a destructive power equal to that of a bijû. As Mei was about to give up, Onoki told him to shut up and the Susanô disappeared. Indeed, the Edo Tensei was cancelled by Itachi Uchiwa causing Madara to disappear. But Madara managed to overcome the hold of the Edo Tensei and thus stay alive despite the cancellation after Itachi's victory over Kabuto. The five Kage were defeated and Tsunade in a last burst of strength tried to heal the other Kage, all of whom were seriously injured by Madara who left to join Tobi.
Resurrection of Jûbi
Much later, when Orochimaru appeared again, he went to join the five Kage with Karin, Jûgo and Suigetsu. There he saw that Tsunade was not dead, although the lower part of her body was no longer attached to the upper part. Tsunade had ordered Katsuyu to take each Kage in his body in order to heal them. But Tsunade was so weak that the operation was taking a long time, since Katsuyu was using Tsunade's chakra to heal her. So Orochimaru decided to help her by reuniting the two parts of her body, allowing Tsunade to accelerate the healing used on the other four Kage and thus, putting them back on their feet in a very short time. Caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, she dreamt that Jiraya, Nawaki and Dan were still alive, that the latter was the Hokage and that Orochimaru had stayed in Konoha.
Off-peak period
Kakashi Hiden - Lightning in a frozen sky
Kakashi was appointed Sixth Hokage at the end of the Fourth Great Shinobi War. However, a year after the end of the war, he still did not officially accept the duties of his position. Tsunade continued to assume all responsibilities until he was ready, but also pressured his successor to make a decision. Kakashi asked him to wait until he had completed his mission of guarding the Tobishachimaru on its top secret maiden voyage. The Tobishachimaru was eventually hijacked by the Ryuha Weapons Alliance during its journey and the pirates threatened to kill the passengers if Konoha did not release their leader, Garyo, from the Hôzukijô in Kusa, they also stipulated that Naruto should not be involved. After being informed that Kakashi was aboard the Tobishachimaru, Tsunade summoned the available Konoha personnel, except for Naruto.
While trying to plan what to do, Tsunade was contacted by the Third Tsuchikage, who informed her that the secret Tobishachimaru was visible from several countries, including Iwa. Although she assured him that he was heading for Kusa, he warned her that he would have to destroy him if he threatened her village, which would complicate relations between Konoha and Iwa. Tsunade shared this threat with one of the pirates, Rahyo, but this did not deter him. With few options left, Tsunade decided that the ship had to be destroyed before Iwa was forced to intervene. She asked Ino Yamanaka to tell Kakashi to do what he could, but also to warn him of her decision. She led the gathered and available Konoha ninjas to the prison to be ready in case the worst happened.
Kakashi eventually crashed the Tobishachimaru just outside the prison, thus avoiding an incident with Iwa. However, several passengers died during the hijacking and the whole incident was an embarrassment to Konoha. Tsunade was outraged by this outcome and ordered that Kahyo, the highest ranking surviving pirate, be taken into custody. Kakashi intervened, asking to be allowed to pass the sentence on Kahyo instead. Tsunade allowed it on the condition that Kakashi make it his first act as Sixth Hokage, which he accepted.
After the war, Tsunade studied the material that White Zetsu was made of and from her research was able to create prosthetic arms for Naruto and Sasuke, although Sasuke refused his.
The Last: Naruto the movie
Two years after the Fourth Great Shinobi War, Tsunade supervised the evacuation of the citizens of the Land of Fire to a fallout shelter to escape the crashing moon. However, Naruto eventually prevented the disaster, and Tsunade listened happily to the announcement.
Sakura Hiden - Feelings of love carried away by a spring breeze
Tsunade met Sakura for a drink, partly to congratulate her on her recent work at the Konoha hospital, but also to try to convince her to rest, as she was working far too hard. Sakura changed the subject by asking her how to get the attention of men. Since Tsunade couldn't give her any specific advice, Sakura then asked her to bet against her love life, hoping that Tsunade's bad luck would work in her favor.
Later, Sakura met Tsunade for a drink, where she told her about rumors that a person with the same appearance and chakra as Sasuke Uchiwa was conspiring against Konoha. The appearance was easily falsifiable, but the chakra signature puzzled Sakura, so she asked Tsunade if it would be possible to replicate someone's chakra signature by gathering large amounts of skin and hair that fell out naturally. Tsunade thought it was a plausible idea and Sakura was reassured. Tsunade told her that she was happy to help her, but reminded her that she was retired and should try to figure things out for herself.
Konoha Hiden - A perfect day for a wedding
Tsunade attended the wedding of Naruto and Hinata Hyuga. Yamato worked as fast as he could to finish the final preparations for the ceremony, which Tsunade occasionally advised him on.
New Era
Later, Tsunade remained close to Naruto, observing his development as a family man and Seventh Hokage. Twelve years after Naruto's marriage, while a Five Kage Summit was being held in Konoha, Tsunade and the other retired Kage visited the Third Tsuchikage to, as Tsunade put it, get drunk and complain.
Disappearance of Mitsuki
In the anime, when two hunnin guards were attacked by unknown assailants, the village was put under lockdown. Tsunade returned from her trip to meet Naruto to discuss the recent events. She joined him afterwards when Ino probed the mind of a guard for answers, learning that Mitsuki had gone willingly with the attackers. When Tsunade asked who the boy was, Naruto revealed that Mitsuki was in fact Orochimaru's son. Tsunade was furious that Naruto would allow the offspring of the man who killed the Third Hokage to live in Konoha, let alone keep it a secret. Naruto justified this decision by saying that Orochimaru's behavior had changed since the war and that his help in the investigation of the Ôtsutsuki was invaluable. Despite this, noting Orochimaru's unpredictable nature, the meeting ended with the Oto-born boy being considered a threat. As the council and the Hokage continued to discuss how best to handle this situation, Tsunade concluded that it was a waste of time to discuss the merits of Naruto's decision to allow Mitsuki to live in the village and that they should instead focus on how to handle the current situation.
While Tsunade continued to keep silent about Mitsuki and prevent the council from taking any drastic measures, the questions about Mitsuki continued to pile up, Naruto and Shikamaru still felt that there was no reason for Mitsuki to betray them. They started to wonder if the enemy's target was Mitsuki himself because of his unique past. They learned that one of the guards was recovering and would soon wake up to give them answers. When Shikadai contacted his father by phone, he revealed that Iwa was involved in a crisis because of a plan by Onoki. Knowing that they could not act in haste, Kakashi and Tsunade were sent to meet with the other major ninja countries to get their support in dealing with this matter that concerned both villages.
Time jump
In the anime, when the adult Sasuke and Naruto's son Boruto were sent to the past, shortly after Sasuke's desertion, they came upon Jiraya and Naruto. Jiraya was spotted while peeping and, giving his binoculars to Boruto in the hope that the boy would get caught instead, Tsunade arrived and resolved the situation.
Tsunade asked about the arrival of Boruto and Sasuke, the latter said that they were travelling artists who used ninjutsu during their performances. Still somewhat suspicious, Tsunade ordered Naruto and Jiraya to guard Boruto and Sasuke, proclaiming that a genin had recently deserted the village and that Konoha was still recovering from an attack during the Chûnin Examinations. They had to be on guard at all times and could not afford to let outsiders into their village. Later, Tsunade instructed all the genin of Konoha to clean the public baths to repair the damage that Naruto and Jiraya had caused earlier.
A few days later, after Sasuke and Boruto finished their mission to defeat Urashiki Ôtsutsuki, Sasuke used his Sharingan to erase Tsunade's memories of their meeting in order to protect the timeline.
Starting up Kara
In the anime, after Victor's defeat and the fall of his company, they learned that he was in league with Kara. They were horrified to learn of Victor's attempt to recreate the Divine Tree. Tsunade asked if it was possible that Victor was the head of Kara, which was considered unlikely. After investigating the company, they realized that Kara had spies all over the world. In light of this news, the question of whether or not to close the village gates arose..
Receptacle
In the anime, Tsunade attended the memorial service for those who fell in the Fourth Great Shinobi War. She gave a speech to honor those people and express her condolences to the families of the victims.
Kawaki
Dans l'anime, Tsunade aida Shikamaru dans ses efforts de coordination pour préparer le village de l'invasion d'Ishiki.
Films
Naruto Shippuden Movie 1: A Fateful Omen
The demon Monyo raised an army of stone warriors in order to take over the world. Tsunade sent most of Konoha's forces to fight these warriors. She also sent a team of Naruto, Sakura, Neji Hyuga and Rock Lee to escort Shion, a priestess who can stop Monryo.
Naruto Shippuden Movie 3: The Flame of Will
Hiruko, an old friend of the Sannin, declared the beginning of the Fourth Great Shinobi War. Because of the way he made his announcement, the other villages came to believe that Konoha was in league with Hiruko and started to gather against Konoha. As Tsunade tried to calm the situation, Kakashi told her that he had met Hiruko many years ago and that he was marked by a mind control technique that would force him to go to Hiruko. Knowing that this would happen soon and that Hiruko would try to take his Sharingan at some point, Kakashi asked Tsunade to place a seal on him that would activate his Mangekyô Sharingan when Hiruko tried to do so, which would kill him and prevent the war. Tsunade complied and once Kakashi left, she declared him a nukenin to keep her plans secret. She forbade anyone to go after him, but Naruto eventually ignored her.
Naruto Shippuden Movie 5: Blood Prison
When Naruto was accused of trying to assassinate the Fourth Raikage, Tsunade ordered him to be imprisoned in the Blood Prison despite his claims of innocence. Tsunade was fully aware that Naruto had done nothing wrong, but she had to go through with it in order to unmask a conspiracy rooted in the Blood Prison. Once the conspiracy was uncovered, Tsunade led the forces of Konoha to rescue Naruto from his wrongful imprisonment.
Naruto, the movie: Road to Ninja
The Tsunade of this alternative world, has the same appearance as the Tsunade we know, and is still the Fifth Hokage. However, this Tsunade wears glasses and has a small chest.
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