Recaps

Kirigakure’s Zabuza Momochi led an attack that destroyed Heaven Village, where its elder used a life-sacrificing heavenly technique to protect the village’s heir and leave Zabuza alive as a future challenge for his grandson. The story then shifted to Yi Shui’s heartbreak over Xiao Nan before a truck struck him.

• Zabuza Momochi led his Kirigakure squad into Heaven Village and ordered them to kill the villagers and seize their ninjutsu scrolls.
• The village elder sent Ichiro Yamada to take Issui Kanna to Konoha and seek the Third Hokage’s protection.
• The elder used Heavenly God Descends to fight Zabuza, then restored Zabuza’s life force and spared him before dying.
• Yi Shui gave Xiao Nan a lily for her birthday, but she rejected him and said she liked Xiao Han, concealing that she had acted under pressure from her family.
• A distracted truck driver struck Yi Shui as he walked away in grief.

After dying in his previous life, Yi Shui reincarnated as Issui Kanna in the Naruto world and awakened the Eye of Heaven while fleeing Kirigakure. He trapped Zabuza Momochi in its sealing domain, but his Chakra was nearly gone and he awaited help from a Konoha ninja.

• Yi Shui died after sharing a final kiss with Xiao Nan and awoke in a boy's body on the way to Konoha.
• Issui Kanna learned that Kirigakure had attacked his clan and that his grandfather had likely been killed.
• Issui awakened the Eye of Heaven Kekkei Genkai, and Ichiro Yamada urged him to flee while he confronted Zabuza Momochi.
• Issui ran until Zabuza caught up, then used White - Sealing Domain to seal Zabuza's Ninjutsu and half his Chakra.
• Zabuza deduced the domain's effects and challenged Issui as the boy's Chakra dwindled and he waited for a Konoha ninja.

After Kakashi rescued Issui Kanna from Zabuza, he brought him to the Third Hokage, where Issui explained the Eye of Heaven and asked to join Konoha. The Hokage approved a plan for Issui to marry into the Hyuga Clan, and Hiashi took him for a required examination.

• Kakashi drove off the injured Zabuza and brought Issui, the surviving heir of Heaven Village, to meet the Third Hokage.
• Issui described the Eye of Heaven’s powers and its seven stages of evolution to the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage summoned Hyuga Hiashi, who explained that the Eye of Heaven could evolve another person’s bloodline through a close, trusting bond.
• Hiashi proposed that Issui marry his daughter Hinata, and Issui agreed after learning the conditions.
• The Third Hokage approved the arrangement and sent Hiashi to take Issui to Inoichi for an examination.

After Konoha’s Intelligence Division examined Issui Kanna’s memories, Hiashi introduced him to Hinata as her future husband and urged them to develop their bloodlines through soul resonance. Issui and Hinata became companions, went to Ichiraku Ramen, and Issui met Naruto, whom he encouraged and befriended.

• Inoichi Yamanaka examined Issui’s memories while Hiashi waited outside.
• Hiashi introduced Issui to Hinata as her future husband and said Issui’s Eye of Heaven could help evolve her Byakugan through soul resonance.
• Issui reassured Hinata that they could be companions for now, and the two agreed to get to know each other.
• Issui and Hinata left the Hyuga mansion to find Ichiraku Ramen, stopping at Ino Yamanaka’s flower shop to ask for directions.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Issui met Naruto Uzumaki, encouraged him to work hard, and shook his hand; Naruto became tearfully grateful for the recognition.

Issui Kanna and Hinata began at the Ninja Academy, where Issui befriended Choji and challenged Sasuke’s arrogance. After Sasuke told Itachi about the confrontation, Itachi encouraged him to train harder to surpass Issui.

• Sarutobi joined Issui and Hinata for ramen, welcomed Issui to Konoha, and offered his help.
• Hyuga Hiashi brought Hinata and Issui to the Academy, where Issui met Choji, Shikamaru, Ino, and their families.
• Iruka led the students’ first roll call, and Issui took Hinata outside to begin weighted training.
• Issui rebuked Sasuke for mocking his training and left with Hinata, while Sasuke stayed behind to brood.
• Sasuke told Itachi about Issui’s remarks, and Itachi praised Issui’s insight before urging Sasuke to train harder.

Issui and Hinata continued their training as unease grew around Konoha and Hiashi warned them to come straight home after school. That night, the Uchiha massacre began, and Itachi forced Sasuke to witness his parents’ deaths before sending him away to survive and seek revenge.

• Issui and Hinata trained together, and Issui worried that a major disaster was approaching.
• Hiashi praised their progress and warned them not to linger after school because Konoha was unsafe.
• Issui and Hinata attended class, then hurried home instead of going to train.
• The Uchiha massacre began, and Sasuke returned home to find his parents dead.
• Itachi trapped Sasuke in a Genjutsu, claimed he had killed the clan to test his limits, and urged Sasuke to hate him and grow stronger.

Issui and Hinata confided in each other, and Issui told her about his village, the Eye of Heaven, and his desire to protect her and Konoha. After an awkward morning together, they found the streets deserted and realized the Uchiha Clan massacre had taken place.

• Hinata comforted Issui over his doubts about the world, and they affirmed their feelings and trust in each other.
• Issui told Hinata that Kirigakure ninjas led by Zabuza Momochi had destroyed his village and explained the Eye of Heaven's abilities.
• Hinata promised to protect their friendship alongside Issui, and they fell asleep in the same bed.
• Issui accidentally licked Hinata's face in his sleep, and she struck him with Eight Trigrams Two Palms before making him promise not to hit back when they sparred.
• Issui and Hinata left the house after breakfast, saw the pale and nearly empty streets, and Issui realized the Uchiha Clan had been wiped out.

After the Uchiha Clan Massacre, Issui visited Sasuke at Konoha Hospital, helped him recover his resolve, and formed a friendship with him. Months later, Sasuke had returned to the Ninja Academy and trained diligently, though his hatred remained.

• Issui heard classmates discussing the Uchiha Clan Massacre and decided to visit Sasuke at the hospital.
• Issui brought Sasuke ramen from Ichiraku and urged him to eat, train, and avoid letting hatred control him.
• Issui told Sasuke that his own home and clan had been destroyed and that Kirigakure and Zabuza Momochi were his enemies.
• Issui and Sasuke traded insults, spilled ramen on each other, and acknowledged each other as friends.
• Issui noticed a cat-masked ninja watching him as he left the hospital.
• Several months later, Sasuke had returned to the Ninja Academy and trained diligently, while the Uchiha massacre's effects gradually faded in Konoha.

Issui trained in precise chakra control outside Konoha after Hyuga Hiashi helped him leave the village. As he headed back at dusk, a Grass missing-nin attacked him, and Issui prepared a concealed counterattack while she approached.

• Issui asked Hyuga Hiashi for permission to train in the nearby forest, and Hiashi gave him a note that allowed him through the village gate.
• Issui practiced tree climbing by a small lake and mastered the technique after many falls.
• As Issui started back toward Konoha, a hidden attacker threw Shuriken at him, and he used the Eye of Heaven to identify a Grass missing-nin.
• Issui launched Shuriken and made the woman believe he was a frightened rookie, while a danger he had set in motion drew close behind her.

Issui Kanna trapped and captured Nanaha Yaja, a Kusagakure missing-nin, then carried her back to Konoha and brought her before the Third Hokage. Nanaha claimed to be the Fire Daimyo’s daughter, but Issui dismissed her story and she remained defiant when she woke in the Hokage’s office.

• Issui used a transformed Shuriken and a Shadow Clone to ambush Nanaha, then paralyzed and subdued her with a Lightning Release attack and physical blows.
• Issui questioned Nanaha and identified her as a Kusagakure missing-nin after she claimed to be the Fire Daimyo’s daughter.
• Issui carried Nanaha toward Konoha, joking that he would turn her in for a reward to buy gifts for Hinata.
• At Konoha’s gate, Issui told Genma Shiranui that he had captured Nanaha, and Genma took them to see the Third Hokage.
• Issui brought Nanaha into the Hokage’s office, where she woke up and shouted threats at him.

Issui discovered that the missing-nin he had defeated was Nanaha, the daimyo's daughter, and the Third Hokage helped resolve their misunderstanding. Nanaha later joined Issui and Hinata for a day of shopping and snacks before her guards escorted her back to the daimyo's residence.

• The Third Hokage recognized Nanaha as the daimyo's daughter, and Issui apologized and reset her dislocated arms.
• Nanaha grabbed Issui by the ear, but Issui escaped with the Substitution Technique and the Third Hokage sent him home.
• Issui told Hinata about meeting a missing-nin, and she worried over his swollen ear.
• Nanaha visited Issui the next morning and asked him and Hinata to show her around Konoha.
• Issui, Hinata, and Nanaha shopped for clothes and snacks, with Nanaha paying for Issui's new outfit.
• Nanaha said goodbye to Issui and Hinata and returned to the daimyo's residence with her guards.

Issui mastered Tree Climbing and steadily improved at Water Walking before deciding to apply for early graduation so he could grow stronger and protect those he cared about. The Third approved a test against a Special Jōnin at Training Ground Three, where Konoha’s leaders, clans, and young ninja gathered to watch.

• Issui invited Hinata to practice Water Walking, and she mastered it quickly while he improved through repeated failures.
• Issui told Hinata he wanted to graduate early and promised he wanted to protect her and their companions.
• Issui asked Hiashi for support, and Hiashi endorsed his decision and affirmed that the Hyuga Clan stood behind him.
• Issui requested early graduation from the Third, who arranged a test against a Special Jōnin at Training Ground Three.
• Issui ate ramen with Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy, then prepared for his test with Hinata and the Hyuga Clan.
• Issui arrived at Training Ground Three with Hinata as Konoha’s leaders, ninja, and young heirs assembled to watch his graduation test.

Eight-year-old Issui Kanna underwent an early graduation test against Aoba Yamashiro, showcasing his powerful Water and Lightning Release techniques and Eye of Heaven before losing to Aoba’s counterattack. The Third passed Issui as a Genin and later asked Kakashi to protect him from Root.

• The Third introduced Issui Kanna’s early graduation request and asked Aoba Yamashiro to test him in combat.
• Issui used Water Release and Lightning Release to challenge Aoba, then activated Eye of Heaven-White - Sealing Domain to prevent Aoba from using Ninjutsu.
• Aoba escaped Issui’s domain and defeated him with a paralyzing secret technique, while acknowledging Issui’s strength.
• The Third declared Issui’s test a pass, and Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and the others reacted to his performance.
• The Third told Kakashi that he worried Root might target Issui and asked him to protect the boy.

Issui and Hinata agreed to become engaged after Hinata graduated, while Hiashi warned Issui that Danzo was targeting him. After Issui officially graduated as a Genin, he received his first mission: taking care of a baby.

• Hiashi arranged Issui and Hinata's engagement, and Hinata shyly agreed.
• Hiashi warned Issui about Danzo and discussed Issui's plans to develop his Kekkei Genkai and seek Heaven Village's secrets.
• Danzo ordered Squad One to capture Issui alive and continued seeking information about the Eye of Heaven.
• Issui and Hinata took a photograph together before Issui registered as a Genin and received his Forehead Protector from Iruka.
• The Third assigned Issui a mission to help Auntie Yoshino care for a baby, and Issui told Hinata to return home while he went to the mission.

Issui completed a grueling babysitting mission and received tender care from Hinata afterward. He then clashed with Neji and was assigned a series of mundane D-rank missions by the Third.

• Issui looked after Kojiro for Auntie Yoshino, struggling with diaper changes, crying, and feeding until the baby fell asleep.
• Auntie Yoshino returned, praised Issui, and let him go home, where he collapsed into bed; Hinata covered him with a blanket and washed his clothes.
• The next morning, Hinata gave Issui rice balls and clean clothes, and Issui tearfully thanked her before setting out for another mission.
• Issui bumped into Neji Hyuga, who called him an outsider; Issui brushed off Neji's remarks and told him to move.
• The Third assigned Issui weeding and then picking up trash, explaining that he lacked experience for harder missions.

Issui accepted a C-rank mission to escort Yamanaka Okamura’s caravan to the Land of Rivers and prepared to leave Konoha. On the journey, a curious girl in the passenger carriage asked him to teach her how to move like a ninja.

• Issui complained about doing low-level missions, so the Third assigned him to escort Yamanaka Okamura’s caravan to the Land of Rivers.
• Issui reassured Sakura about her forehead, gave her a ribbon, and said goodbye before the mission.
• Hinata helped Issui pack and made him rice balls, then saw him off as he left Konoha.
• Issui joined Okamura’s caravan at the village gate, and the group set out toward the Land of Rivers.
• A girl in the passenger carriage summoned Issui after seeing him move quickly, then asked him to teach her ninja skills.

Issui traveled with Yamada Hika’s caravan and sensed danger while keeping watch overnight. When bandits attacked, he confronted them alone and killed their leader, leaving the remaining bandits charging at him.

• Issui learned that Yamada Hika was a merchant’s daughter from the Land of Rivers, and Okamura explained that he had been hired to protect her.
• Issui stayed awake in a tree because he felt danger was near, while bandits nearby planned to rob the caravan despite knowing it had a ninja guard.
• Issui heard the bandits approaching and warned Okamura, who organized the caravan guards into a defensive circle.
• Issui told Okamura to protect Yamada Hika and faced the bandits alone, killing their leader with a Shuriken.
• Duyan urged the frightened bandits to attack Issui together, and they charged at him.

Issui recovered from his first experience killing and completed his escort mission, then set out to visit Heaven Village. On the way, he encountered Kakuzu, who sat down to share his roasted rabbit.

• Issui wiped out the bandits attacking the caravan, then collapsed from the mental strain of killing for the first time.
• After waking, Issui told Okamura and Yamada Hika that he intended to unite the world and end the wars.
• The caravan reached Yamada Hika's home, where Issui stayed overnight before departing for Heaven Village.
• Issui traveled to the Land of Rivers' eastern border and stopped to roast wild rabbits for dinner.
• Kakuzu emerged from the bushes, recognized Issui as a Konoha ninja, and joined him to eat.

Issui fought Kakuzu after refusing his invitation to join the Akatsuki, using the Eye of Heaven’s Sealing Domain to restrict Kakuzu’s ninjutsu. Kakuzu escaped the domain and overwhelmed Issui, leaving him beaten and facing death.

• Kakuzu emerged from the bushes, ate Issui’s roasted rabbit, and invited him to join the Akatsuki.
• Issui refused Kakuzu’s offer, so Kakuzu prepared to fight him.
• Issui used the Eye of Heaven’s Sealing Domain and several ninjutsu to attack Kakuzu, but Kakuzu sacrificed a heart and escaped the domain.
• Kakuzu unleashed Wind and Fire Release attacks, while Issui dodged and launched a Water Dragon Bullet Technique followed by False Darkness.
• Kakuzu anticipated Issui’s attack, criticized his poor ninjutsu tactics, and beat him until Issui could barely move.

Issui Kanna awakened the second stage of his Eye of Heaven and defeated Kakuzu with a giant formed of dark red flames, though he collapsed afterward. Kakuzu survived and reported Issui’s abilities to Pain and the Akatsuki, who marked the young ninja as a potential enemy to kill if they encountered him again.

• Kakuzu taunted the wounded Issui, claiming that battlefield inexperience and emotional weakness had cost him the fight, but Issui insisted that ninja needed feelings and struggled to survive.
• Dark red flames erupted from Issui’s third eye, and he transformed into a fifteen-meter flame giant that struck Kakuzu with Flame Demon Purgatory-Slash.
• Issui’s flame giant vanished after the attack, leaving him unconscious, while Kakuzu survived by sacrificing two hearts and escaped to the Akatsuki base.
• Deidara mocked Kakuzu, and Pain asked him how a child had managed to injure him so badly.
• Kakuzu identified Issui as a Konoha ninja and described the sealing field and flame giant abilities of his Eye of Heaven to the organization.
• Pain decided the Akatsuki should kill Issui if they encountered him, while prioritizing the organization’s plans to take control of the ninja world.

Jiraiya rescued Issui after his battle with Kakuzu, then spent Issui’s money at a brothel before learning about his origins and newly evolved Heaven Eye. Gamabunta recognized Issui as a descendant of the Heaven Clan and left to warn the old master, while Issui and Jiraiya ended the day in the forest.

• Jiraiya reached the battlefield after Kakuzu had fled and carried the unconscious Issui away.
• Jiraiya took Issui to a brothel and admitted he had spent Issui’s money; after they ate, he summoned Gamabunta to impress him.
• Issui told Jiraiya that his village had been destroyed, described his fight with Kakuzu, and explained how his Kekkei Genkai evolved to its second stage.
• Gamabunta identified Issui as a descendant of the Heaven Clan and returned to Mount Myōboku to inform the old master.
• Jiraiya encouraged Issui’s convictions about a future in which ninjas understood one another, and Issui vowed to help bring that era about.
• Jiraiya went hunting after Issui teased him about spending their money, while Issui studied his strengthened Kekkei Genkai.

Issui returned to the ruins of Heaven Village, buried the villagers, and uncovered the Heaven Clan’s hidden scrolls and a contract with winged dragons. He summoned Laxus, proved his strength with Flame Body, and gained the fire dragon as his ninja beast.

• Issui learned the second stage of the Eye of Heaven’s Flame abilities and discussed the villagers’ deaths with Jiraiya before leaving for Heaven Village.
• Issui buried the villagers’ bones, raised a monument, and vowed to carry on Heaven Village’s legacy, revive the Heaven Clan, and kill Zabuza.
• Issui activated the ancestral hall’s blood-calling summoning array and found scrolls containing Heaven secret techniques, a winged-dragon contract, and forbidden techniques.
• Issui studied and burned the Secret and Forbidden Scrolls, signed the Beast Scroll, and summoned the fire dragon Laxus.
• Issui used Flame Body to withstand Laxus’s flames, convincing Laxus to become his ninja beast and remain on the surface.

Issui returned toward Konoha with the gluttonous dragon Laxus, then was ambushed by Danzo’s ninja and forced to fight for his life. Cornered by several attackers, he unleashed Flame Demon Descent to break free of a water prison.

• Laxus flew Issui toward Konoha over three days, eating large quantities of meat and repeatedly delaying the journey.
• Near Konoha, Issui dismissed Laxus and reflected on his limited Chakra and how narrowly he had survived his earlier battle with Kakuzu.
• Five black-clad ninja ambushed Issui and tried to capture him, so he opened his Sealing Domain and fought back with Fire Style.
• Issui burned one attacker unconscious, but the leader struck him down while the remaining ninja kept up their assault.
• Issui activated Flame Body and fled toward Konoha, only to be trapped by a concealed Jonin’s Water Release techniques.
• Issui summoned Flame Demon Descent, and the flame giant burst the water prison and drove the dog-masked ninja back.

Issui Kanna used the forbidden technique Magma Hell to defeat the Root assassins who attacked him, but collapsed from the severe cost. The Third confronted Danzo over the ambush, stripped him of control of the Anbu, and left Issui unconscious in Konoha Hospital.

• The Third learned that Issui Kanna was fighting five unidentified ninja, including an Anbu, outside Konoha and sent Kakashi and Guy to investigate.
• Issui unleashed Magma Hell, killing the attackers and creating a vast field of magma, then collapsed after exhausting his Chakra, spiritual energy, and life force.
• Kakashi and Might Guy found Issui unconscious and carried him back to Konoha, where the Third ordered him taken to the hospital and the magma zone sealed off.
• At a meeting, Hiashi protested the attack on Issui, while Danzo called him dangerous and argued he should be sealed or executed.
• The Third condemned Danzo for attacking a Genin and removed his control of the Anbu, leaving him with Root.

Issui woke from a week-long coma after Naruto slapped him, then recovered and rose through Konoha’s ranks while carefully concealing his strength. On January 1 of Konoha Year 60, he prepared to optimize Hinata’s bloodline with Hiashi and four Hyuga Jonin.

• The medic warned Hiashi that Issui might die if he did not wake by nightfall, while Hinata and Sasuke pleaded for him to recover.
• Naruto slapped Issui, who woke and thanked him before teasing Sasuke and calling Hinata his girlfriend.
• Third offered Issui Fire Release scrolls after learning his bloodline had advanced, and Issui was discharged a week after waking.
• Issui recovered, became a Chunin in July of Konoha Year 58 and a Special Jōnin in August of Year 59, and refused Third’s offer to join Anbu.
• Hiashi prepared four trusted Jonin to maintain a barrier as Issui planned to remove the restriction that kept Hinata from using advanced Ninjutsu.