Recaps

Yemo and the other contestants began the first Chunin exam, a race in which half the participants had to be caught for the rest to pass. After the contestants entered the forest, Mite Seiun sent twelve examiners to hunt them down, forbidding the examiners from killing anyone.

• Shikaku worked out that the contestants could pass by surviving until half their number had been eliminated, and that they were allowed to attack one another.
• The contestants gathered at the starting line, and the race began after Mite Seiun gave the signal.
• Yemo ran near the front of the group without taking the lead as the contestants entered the forest.
• Several contestants left the main group to pursue opponents, while Yemo stayed near the front and judged their choice reckless.
• Mite Seiun ordered the twelve Chunin and Jonin examiners to hunt the contestants, warning them not to kill anyone.

During the Genin exam, Yemo was attacked by an assassin from the Hidden Village while running through the forest. He defeated the ninja with his Lightning Release and continued on, leaving the exam underway.

• Yemo and the remaining Konoha Ninja ran through the forest as battles broke out among the exam contestants.
• A ninja attacked Yemo with a Kunai, used the Substitution Technique, and struck at him from behind with a sword.
• Yemo formed a lightning sword and wounded the attacker with a thrown Kunai as the ninja tried to flee.
• Yemo caught up to the ninja, cut through his sword with Lightning Release, and knocked him unconscious with a punch.

Yemo defeated a hidden-village ninja and left two Grass Ninja behind, who were then eliminated by a pursuing Konoha Jonin. As Yemo hurried onward, he detected and shattered a Genjutsu, revealing examiner Yūhi Shinku.

• Yemo knocked out the hidden-village ninja who attacked him and spared the two Grass Ninja watching nearby.
• The two Grass Ninja identified Yemo as Konoha's powerful Uzumaki and continued through the forest after he left.
• A pursuing Konoha Jonin trapped the Grass Ninja in Genjutsu and counted them among the eliminated candidates.
• Yemo sensed something wrong in the forest, stopped his Chakra briefly, and shattered the Genjutsu surrounding him.
• Yemo recognized the revealed examiner as Yūhi Shinku and greeted him.

Yemo fought Yūhi Shinku, an Elite Jonin and powerful Genjutsu specialist, during the Chunin Ninja Exams. The exam ended before either could finish the fight, and Yūhi Shinku acknowledged that Yemo had lasted through strength, not luck.

• Yūhi Shinku revealed himself as Yemo’s examiner and challenged him to win the first exam by defeating him.
• Yemo attacked with the Great Fireball Technique, but Shinku’s Genjutsu made the flames pass through an illusion of him.
• Yemo broke the illusion and exchanged Kunai and Taijutsu blows with Shinku, who pushed him onto the defensive.
• Yemo’s fist clashed with Shinku’s, leaving Yemo’s hand mangled while his rapid healing closed the wound.
• As Yemo prepared Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Bullet, an announcement declared the exam over, and both fighters stopped.
• Shinku told Yemo he had lasted until the final Genin was eliminated because of his strength, not luck.

Yemo learned that Shikaku’s team had been injured by Genin from Star Ninja Village who could shape their Chakra, then waited with the other successful candidates for the next exam. The chapter ended when Mite Seiun announced that three participants had died during the third group’s exam, placing everyone who passed that group under suspicion.

• Yemo reunited with Shikaku, Choji, and Hyuga Hiashi after the first exam, and learned Choji had been injured fighting a team from Star Ninja Village.
• Shikaku explained that the Star Ninja Genin had activated their Chakra and formed it into unusual shapes, catching his team off guard.
• Yemo and the other successful candidates waited in the auditorium as all four groups completed the first exam, leaving just over a hundred participants.
• Mite Seiun arrived late with a grim expression and announced that three ninja had died during the third group’s exam.
• The candidates speculated about the deaths, and those who passed in the third group came under suspicion.

After three Genin were killed in the first exam, Mite Seiun promised Konoha would find the killer but announced that the second exam would proceed. Yemo and the others learned they would enter a sealed forest in mixed groups and need to gather two scrolls per teammate, then Shikaku planned how the Konoha participants could regroup.

• Yemo suspected that hatred between villages had caused the three Genin's deaths and doubted the exam would be postponed.
• Mite Seiun said Konoha would hunt down the killer, then confirmed that the second exam would begin that afternoon.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke explained that participants would enter the forest in ten randomly mixed groups and could reunite with their teammates inside.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke said teams had to reach the central clearing within twenty-four hours with two scrolls for each member, or the whole team would be eliminated.
• Shikaku told the twelve Konoha participants to avoid unnecessary fights, regroup at a huge tree to the southwest, and protect every teammate.

Yemo and the other contestants received their supplies and entered the forest for the second Chunin Ninja Exam, where squads had to survive and collect scrolls within twenty-four hours. Yemo reached the giant tree where his squad had agreed to regroup, but his teammates had not yet arrived.

• Shikaku worried that the exam’s unexpected rules would make it difficult for his squad to stay together, and Yemo noted that Teacher Orochimaru had arranged things this way.
• Yemo collected a scroll and signal flare, drew a red slip, and was assigned to a group that included Mei Terumi but no other Konoha Ninja.
• After waiting at the forest barrier with the other contestants in his group, Yemo entered last when the starting signal sounded.
• Yemo headed southwest toward the giant tree, moving openly through the forest in hopes of drawing opponents into a fight.
• Yemo reached the giant tree after traveling more than ten kilometers, while his teammates were still absent.

Yemo was ambushed by an unseen attacker whose strange Chakra traces covered the surrounding trees, but he could not identify or locate them. When he sensed Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga surrounded by five ninja, he rushed to help them.

• Yemo dodged a sudden attack, but his assailant and the weapon vanished without a trace.
• Yemo used Mind's Eye of the Kagura and found Chakra traces across the nearby trees, but could not locate the attacker.
• Yemo considered who might be targeting him and concluded that the attacker was powerful or unusually elusive.
• After waiting for the other Konoha teams, Yemo sensed Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga surrounded by five ninja.
• Yemo raced through the forest to reach Hiashi and Hizashi before they were eliminated.

Yemo encountered Mei Terumi in the forest during the Chunin Exam after she killed two ninja who tried to steal her scroll. He left to continue toward Hiashi and Hizashi, while Mei recognized him as the Konoha ninja.

• Hozuki Mangetsu killed a Kusagakure ninja, took his scroll, and set off to check on Mei Terumi and Onibi Hotaru.
• Two ninja attacked Mei Terumi and demanded her scroll, but she countered their attacks with Water Release and Boil Release.
• Mei Terumi killed both attackers with her acidic mist technique.
• Yemo, who had been heading toward Hiashi and Hizashi, stopped to watch Mei fight and applauded, alerting her to his presence.
• Mei Terumi recognized Yemo as the Konoha ninja, and he greeted her.

Yemo pressured Mei Terumi into giving him one of the scrolls she had taken from two defeated ninja. He then rushed to help Hiashi and Hizashi, who were surrounded by four ninja.

• Yemo demanded one of Mei Terumi's scrolls and threatened to fight her, warning that her team's elimination would follow if she lost.
• Mei Terumi chose her teammate Hozuki Mangetsu's safety over fighting and reluctantly handed Yemo a scroll.
• Mei Terumi cursed Yemo after he left and vowed to take revenge on him.
• Yemo hurried toward Hiashi and Hizashi, ignoring other fights along the way.
• Hiashi and Hizashi were surrounded by four ninja and in serious trouble.

Hiashi and Hizashi were cornered by Iwagakure ninja, and Hizashi tried to hold off their leader so Hiashi could escape. The leader’s Explosion Release: Landmine Fist blasted Hizashi away, leaving the brothers’ fate uncertain.

• Hiashi and Hizashi killed two Iwagakure ninja but were injured and surrounded by four more.
• Hizashi told Hiashi to escape, explaining that his injured leg made him unable to flee, while Hiashi refused to abandon him.
• Hizashi charged the Iwagakure leader to buy Hiashi time, and the leader announced his Explosion Release.
• Hizashi used the Byakugan and Eight Trigrams Vacuum Wall Palm to block the leader’s chakra flow, but the leader used explosive-tag kunai to break free.
• The Iwagakure leader charged through the smoke and struck Hizashi with Explosion Release: Landmine Fist, blasting him more than ten meters away.

Yemo arrived as Gari’s Iwa team cornered Hizashi and Hiashi, then challenged Gari, who wielded Explosion Release. Gari badly mangled Yemo’s right hand with an explosive punch, but Yemo regenerated it in seconds, leaving both sides stunned.

• Hiashi deflected the Iwa Ninja’s kunai with Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation, while Gari’s Explosion Release blasted Hizashi and the other three Iwa Ninja kept Hiashi occupied.
• Gari introduced himself to the wounded Hizashi and threatened to kill him, but Yemo appeared and offered to let the Iwa Ninja leave if they released his companions.
• Gari recognized Yemo Uzumaki as the Genin who had killed a Kumogakure Jonin, then refused to surrender and mocked Yemo’s request.
• Yemo unleashed his killing intent and attacked Gari at close range, but Gari’s explosive punch tore apart Yemo’s right arm.
• Yemo dismissed Gari’s Explosion Release as weak, then rapidly healed his shattered hand, shocking Gari, the other Iwa Ninja, Hiashi, and Hizashi.

Yemo fought Gari, overwhelming him with powerful Fire Release techniques and a lightning sword attack, but Gari escaped during a smoke-screen retreat by the other Iwa Ninja. Yemo chose not to pursue, staying with Hiashi and the injured Hizashi while their team still had time to obtain the scrolls.

• Hizashi marveled at Yemo’s regenerative power as Yemo and Gari resumed their fight.
• Yemo blasted Gari’s hiding place with a Great Fireball Technique, then followed with a Fire Rain Jutsu that forced Gari to use the Substitution Technique.
• Yemo anticipated Gari’s ambush and struck him with Lightning Flash Slash, badly injuring his right hand.
• Gari used Explosion Release: Earth Explosion to drive Yemo back while three Iwa Ninja threw smoke bombs and retreated.
• Yemo saw that Gari had escaped but abandoned the pursuit because Hiashi was guarding the injured Hizashi and the team still had twenty-two hours to find the scrolls.

Yemo healed Hizashi with his Revival Technique, and the three decided to return to the southwest meeting point to check on the other teams. Elsewhere, Anbu discovered the bodies of the real Kusagakure team and realized impostors had infiltrated Konoha, prompting them to race back with a warning.

• Yemo used the Revival Technique to heal Hizashi’s leg and treat his internal injuries, leaving him able to fight again.
• Yemo told Hizashi and Hiashi that he had found them using Mind’s Eye of the Kagura, and the three headed back to the giant tree in the southwest.
• Gari hid with the surviving Iwa Ninja and vowed to make Yemo pay.
• An Anbu squad investigated a remote battlefield and uncovered the bodies of the Kusagakure team traveling to Konoha.
• The Anbu recognized that impostors had entered Konoha in the Grass Ninja’s place and hurried back to alert the village.

Yemo, Hizashi, and Hiashi waited for their teammates before deciding to find the scrolls they needed, but three Grass Ninja appeared and challenged them. Yemo discovered that his opponent was far stronger than an ordinary Kusagakure ninja and suspected that the group had infiltrated the Chunin Exams under false identities; he prepared to uncover their purpose.

• Yemo, Hizashi, and Hiashi waited at the giant tree for their teammates, then decided to seek a team carrying the scrolls they needed.
• Three apparent Grass Ninja arrived, and Yemo, Hizashi, and Hiashi charged in to fight them.
• Yemo's opponent matched and slightly surpassed his strength in a direct punch, then withstood Yemo's Cannon Fist without injury.
• Yemo questioned the opponent's Kusagakure identity, and the man hinted that he was not really a Grass Ninja.
• Yemo suspected the impostors had infiltrated the Chunin Exams for a significant purpose and vowed to expose the opponent's mask.

Yemo fought a Grass Ninja impostor and discovered that he was White Zetsu, who could use genuine Wood Release. White Zetsu revealed that he had come for Yemo because of his complete Sage Body, then hinted that Yemo knew why they were after him.

• Yemo clashed with the Grass Ninja, trapping him with Earth Release and attacking with Fire Style, but the impostor defended himself with Water Release.
• The Grass Ninja used Wood Release to bind Yemo with a branch, and Yemo recognized the technique as genuine.
• Yemo identified the impostor as White Zetsu, who admitted that Black Zetsu had told him about Yemo.
• Yemo challenged White Zetsu to explain why he had risked infiltrating Konoha, and White Zetsu said killing Yemo would not be worth enough.
• White Zetsu said Yemo should already know why they had come for him, leaving Yemo to suspect they wanted something he would not give them.

Yemo learned that White Zetsu had found Chiyuki Uzumaki and offered to trade her for the Death God Mask, so he demanded proof before agreeing. White Zetsu fled before confirming anything, and Yemo concealed their conversation when Minato arrived to investigate Grass Ninja impostors.

• White Zetsu claimed the real Death God Mask was still with Yemo and revealed that his group had found Chiyuki Uzumaki.
• White Zetsu offered to hand Chiyuki over in exchange for the mask, and Yemo demanded to see her first.
• White Zetsu abruptly fled after something changed his expression, leaving Yemo without confirmation of Chiyuki's whereabouts.
• Minato arrived with three Anbu and questioned Yemo about the signs of a fight nearby.
• Yemo told Minato he had fought a Grass Ninja but hid his conversation with White Zetsu, and Minato accepted his account despite his suspicions.

After the White Zetsu infiltration was exposed, Konoha’s leadership suppressed the news and the Chunin Ninja Exams continued. Yemo, Hiashi, and Hizashi headed for the forest’s central tower, where an unexpected sound broke the silence inside.

• The Anbu defeated two White Zetsu posing as Grass Ninja, but the third escaped, and the bodies dissolved into white liquid.
• The Third Hokage ordered Minato to capture the Grass Ninja without disrupting the exam, while Orochimaru’s target killed himself before he could be captured.
• Yemo, Hiashi, and Hizashi gathered six scrolls and decided to reach the center of the forest to pass the second exam.
• The three approached the tower at night, found no ambush, and entered its dark, empty hall.
• As Yemo walked farther inside with Hiashi and Hizashi, several soft sounds suddenly rang out.

Yemo's team and the Kirigakure team reached the tower first and passed the second exam, then waited as battered teams from Sunagakure and Kumogakure arrived. By noon, no Iwagakure team had appeared, leaving Yemo to realize that even the village's strong candidates had been eliminated.

• Yemo, Hiashi, and Hizashi encountered Hozuki Mangetsu, Onibi Hotaru, and Mei Terumi after the Kirigakure team attacked Yemo with kunai.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke announced that both teams were the first to pass the second exam and told them to wait in the tower until the next day.
• Yemo and the others rested in the tower while Konoha guards kept watch, and Mei Terumi set up a tent with supplies from her scroll.
• A wounded Sunagakure team led by Sasori of the Red Sands and Pakura arrived, followed by a Kumogakure team led by Yugito Nii with Samui and Toroi.
• Yemo saw that only one team each from Sunagakure and Kumogakure had passed and worried that Shikaku and the others were likely dead.
• No Iwagakure team arrived by noon, and Yemo realized that the village had failed to send anyone through the exam.

Only twelve Genin from four villages passed the brutal second exam, and Orochimaru announced that the survivors would compete in the third exam. The first-round draw matched Yemo against Mei Terumi, who was eager to take revenge on him.

• Only one team each from Konoha, Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure passed the second exam, while every Iwagakure team was eliminated.
• Orochimaru reviewed the twelve survivors’ records and noted their rare Kekkei Genkai before going to meet them.
• Medical-nin and Anbu entered the forest to treat the wounded, while Orochimaru declared the survivors Chunin and distributed numbered slips.
• Yemo drew number six, and a computer matched him against number ten in the first round.
• Mei Terumi revealed that she had drawn number ten and looked forward to defeating Yemo, while Yemo regretted the pairing.

The Five Kage appeared before the packed arena as the Chunin Exams' third-round duels were about to begin, while Yemo watched the rival shinobi and Sasori. Elsewhere, Danzo ordered Root to search for people who had infiltrated Konoha after hearing a report of Wood Release traces, and renewed his resolve to become Hokage.

• Fifty thousand spectators filled the arena as contestants, including Hizashi, Hiashi, and Yemo, reacted to the crowd and the scale of the event.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Third Raikage A, Third Mizukage, Ōnoki of Both Scales, and Third Kazekage took their seats as the crowd chanted for the Five Kage.
• Yemo watched Sasori of the Red Sands, and the two exchanged a long, tense stare before Yemo looked toward Kirigakure and hoped they would be matched.
• A Root member reported to Shimura Danzō that an investigation with Orochimaru's cooperation had found traces of Wood Release in the dense forest.
• Danzo ordered Root to search the forest, Konoha, and the surrounding area for infiltrators, then declared that he would take the Hokage's seat from Hiruzen.

Yemo faced Mei Terumi in the Chunin Ninja Exams while the Kage traded insults over their villages’ past clashes. Yemo and Mei exchanged Earth Release techniques, and Mei launched a powerful Water Dragon Bullet at him.

• The Third Mizukage and Third Raikage A taunted each other over the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist Ninja and Kumogakure’s Jonin before the Third Hokage redirected their attention to the match.
• Yemo and Mei Terumi began their fight, with Mei throwing Kunai and declaring she would avenge the humiliation he had caused her.
• Yemo created more than ten shadow clones, but Mei used Earth Release: Burial to trap them in a fissure.
• Yemo grabbed Mei’s ankle from underground and pulled her into the earth, then struck her head, only to discover he had hit her Earth Clone.
• Mei appeared behind Yemo and unleashed Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet, sending a giant dragon toward him.

Yemo defeated Mei Terumi in the fifth match by using a Wind Clone to clear the steam and sneak up behind her. After the fight, Ōnoki and the other village leaders regarded Yemo as a dangerous Konoha prodigy and considered killing him.

• Yemo and Mei Terumi's water and fire dragons collided, filling the arena with steam.
• Yemo used a Wind Clone to disperse the mist, then caught Mei Terumi off guard with a lightning sword at her neck.
• Mei Terumi argued that Yemo had ambushed her, but accepted defeat, and Orochimaru declared Yemo the winner.
• The Third taunted the Third Mizukage over Kirigakure's loss, while Ōnoki resolved that Yemo had to be killed.
• Yemo returned to the waiting room unaware that Ōnoki, the Mizukage, Sunagakure, and the Raikage viewed him as a threat.

Hozuki Mangetsu faced Sasori of the Red Sands in the second round and won after a fierce battle, though both fighters were knocked unconscious and taken for treatment. The tournament continued with the remaining second-round matches still ahead.

• Toroi defeated Itoro, completing the first round, and the six victors were assigned their second-round matchups.
• Yemo Uzumaki and the other fighters watched as Hozuki Mangetsu opened his match against Sasori of the Red Sands with Water Release while Sasori used three puppets.
• Hozuki Mangetsu destroyed Sasori's first three puppets, but Sasori summoned six more, and Mangetsu countered with four Ninja Blades.
• Sasori's puppet fragments reassembled and ambushed Hozuki Mangetsu, leaving him badly wounded and giving Sasori the advantage.
• Hozuki Mangetsu used Kiba to unleash Lightning Release: Sky-Rending Lightning Snakes, electrocuting Sasori and then threatening to kill him with lightning swords.
• Orochimaru stopped Mangetsu's attack and saved Sasori; Mangetsu then lost consciousness from the technique's backlash, and both fighters were taken to Konoha's medical facility.

Hozuki Mangetsu and Sasori of the Red Sands were eliminated after their match left them too injured to continue, and Yemo Uzumaki and Yugito Nii advanced through their fights to become the final contestants. After receiving treatment, Yemo and Yugito Nii took the stage for the championship match.

• Hozuki Mangetsu collapsed after defeating Sasori of the Red Sands, and the Five Kage ruled that neither could continue in the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Yemo Uzumaki defeated Toroi by blinding him with Lightning Release: Flash Sharp Spear and pressing a lightning spear to his throat.
• Yugito Nii defeated Hizashi Hyuga after borrowing Tailed Beast Chakra overcame the effects of his Gentle Fist.
• The Third Hokage announced Yemo Uzumaki and Yugito Nii as the finalists, and medical-nin treated them before the championship match.
• Yemo and Yugito Nii shook hands, took their positions, and prepared to fight for the championship.