The Promise of Victory

The promise of victory rallies the alliance as Itachi, having broken free of Kabuto's control, turns his will toward ending the Reanimation Jutsu itself. The episode is the canon war's turning hope — Itachi and Naruto fighting side by side, the elder Uchiha vowing to stop the technique enslaving the dead. A promise of victory forms around the brother who chose to be a villain for love. It's the canon arc's pivot, Itachi's freed will becoming the alliance's path toward unmaking Kabuto's deathless army from within.