Recaps

Chiba protected Mira and her siblings from debt collectors, hostile mages, and villagers before Mira’s awakened Take Over Magic forced the family to flee. After fighting snow wolves and strange birds in the mountains, Chiba was separated from them and became Ultear’s attendant as she led him toward Grimoire Heart’s base.

• Chiba awoke in the Strauss home in 776, discovered his Sharingan and Chakra, and drove off Alili’s debt collectors while beginning to learn ninjutsu.
• Chiba met Hodrian Cross, trained in Taijutsu and body tempering, and used Chakra to complete Hodrian’s training method.
• Chiba rescued Mira from five mages, then defeated Bobbit after Bobbit’s demon awakened Mira’s Take Over Magic and transformed her right hand.
• Chiba reassured Mira after Bobbit’s death, but villagers blamed her and demanded that the family leave, so Chiba burned their home and led Mira, Lisanna, and Elfman into the mountains.
• Chiba and his companions fought snow wolves and their king, but an avalanche swept them toward a cliff, where strange white birds attacked Mira and Chiba.
• Chiba drew the birds’ attacks onto himself and fell with them, while Mira and the others believed he had died, and Chiba survived and woke near Ultear.
• Ultear defeated Chiba, made him her personal attendant, and led him through a spatial illusion toward Grimoire Heart’s base, where he met Sawen.

Chiba joined Ultear on a mission against Shadow Skull, fought through a deadly guild war, and survived in the wilderness with her while training. After they met Wendy and traveled with her, Chiba clashed with Frog in the Pond and faced Alili, a former friend now aligned with Shadow Skull.

• Ultear took Chiba on a mission against Shadow Skull, and Chiba chose to fight the rebellion rather than kill ordinary townspeople.
• Chiba killed two attackers who had ambushed him, and Ultear protected him from their father, Qiaote.
• Sawen revealed himself as a spy, and Chiba fought beside Ultear against Shadow Skull within Puroke’s magic-sealing barrier.
• Chiba defeated Puroke in their final clash, then built a cabin to shelter himself and the magic-sealed Ultear from the cold.
• Feiyin revealed that she was this world’s Ten-Tails and had created Chiba’s body, then helped him train for months with Ultear.
• Chiba and Ultear protected Wendy from Frog in the Pond and joined her after Jellal returned and then left to destroy the 'souls'.
• Chiba fought Frog in the Pond’s mages in Deli Town and escaped with Ultear and Wendy after unleashing Lava Release.
• Chiba discovered that Shadow Skull had identified Ultear, refused to abandon her, and confronted Alili, who attacked him with dark magic.

Chiba survived the hunt for the Lava Monster, reunited with Mira, and joined Fairy Tail. His escort mission with Mira drew them into Shadow Skull's affairs and ended with Chiba fighting Kamuer while Makarov hurried to Shanwu Town.

• Chiba buried Alili and two Shadow Skull mages in lava, then escaped Qilin with Ultear and Wendy.
• Chiba left Wendy with Rob before defeating Rina and the pursuing forces with a Tailed Beast Bomb, after which Ultear protected the unconscious Chiba and departed.
• Qilin captured Chiba and arranged his public execution, but Chiba broke free and Erza intervened while Mira attacked Frog in the Pond's headquarters.
• Chiba reunited with Mira, accepted Erza's invitation to Fairy Tail, and received his guild mark after Makarov stopped his clash with Laxus.
• Chiba built a house, practiced Demon Flash for more than two months, and took a cargo-escort mission with Mira.
• Chiba and Mira defeated monsters threatening Labi's caravan, then repelled Kamuer and learned that Shadow Skull had forced Labi to work for it.
• Chiba sent Shadow Clones to alert Makarov after confirming that masked men were watching the caravan, and Makarov hurried to Shanwu Town.
• Yaro revealed that the escort job had been designed for Chiba, and Chiba exhausted much of Kamuer's magic with water techniques before Kamuer unleashed Shadow Burst.

Chiba and his companions escaped Shadow Skull’s mountain base, rescued Seele, and defeated Labi at the cost of Ailong’s life. After recovering and beginning training for the Sword Mountain Contest, Chiba joined Nuolin on a mission against the Sword of Slaughter and earned a place in the army’s camp.

• Yaro revealed Shadow Skull’s plan to capture Chiba, and Makarov confronted the guild’s leaders to protect Chiba and his companions.
• Chiba escaped captivity, reunited with Mira and the others, and helped free Seele from the laboratory where her blood was used to make red wine.
• Yaro’s attack killed Ailong as he shielded Chiba, and Chiba killed Yaro before Mira carried him out of the underground base.
• After Feiyin helped Chiba draw on the volcano’s Heart of Lava, he fought Labi and the Water King, but Labi took Seele’s core and turned against the wizards.
• Chiba defeated Labi and subdued the Water King, while Labi died remembering the daughter he had raised, and Feiyin used the core to heal Seele, who later joined Fairy Tail.
• After recovering, Chiba agreed to train with Hodrian for the Sword Mountain Contest, and Mira’s growing affection for him led to awkward encounters at the hospital and guild.
• Mira helped Chiba obtain the crimson sword Heaven’s Blazing Sun, and Nuolin invited him on a subjugation quest that led them into a snowy conflict with a Magic Council unit.
• Tianna brought Chiba and Nuolin to her captain, who dismissed them until Nuolin held a blade to his neck, and he accepted them but warned them about the dangers of war.