Recaps

Hinata balanced her academy life with her training, befriended Naruto and her classmates, and began developing original ninjutsu. The arc left her heading back to class after creating the Twenty Gods Vacuum Attack, while Hiashi recognized its potential.

• Hinata began the Ninja Academy despite Hiashi’s wish that she graduate early, and defeated Sasuke in their first spar.
• Hinata impressed Naruto by redirecting his shuriken to hit a bullseye, then encouraged him to pursue his dream of becoming Hokage.
• Hinata befriended Choji, Shikamaru, and Kiba, and later became friends with Ino and Sakura while trying to redirect Sasuke toward rebuilding his clan through descendants.
• After the Uchiha massacre, Sasuke returned to school and repeatedly challenged Hinata, but she continued defeating him.
• Hinata accidentally created the Rasengan and tried to develop a stronger Gentle Fist technique, but Hiashi judged her first experiment too slow.
• Hinata shaped chakra into a fist and launched it with Air Palm, creating the Twenty Gods Vacuum Attack and continuing to refine it with Hanabi watching.
• Hiashi recognized the technique’s potential for the Hyuga Clan, while Hinata overslept and arrived late to class, where her classmates defended her.

Hinata graduated, joined Team 7, and showed her formidable strength during Kakashi’s test and the team’s early missions. On the Land of Waves mission, she killed Zabuza alongside Kakashi, leaving Team 7 to face the danger that might follow.

• Hinata graduated from the Academy and was assigned to Team 7 with Naruto and Sasuke under Kakashi.
• Hinata and Naruto set traps for Kakashi, then joined Sasuke in the Survival Exercise and passed after demonstrating teamwork.
• Hinata persuaded Kakashi to pay for Team 7’s barbecue and trained with Naruto and Sasuke after their first D-rank mission.
• After more than a month of menial assignments, Team 7 accepted Tazuna’s escort mission to the Land of Waves.
• Hinata and Kakashi faked their deaths during the Ghost Brothers’ ambush, and Naruto’s grief triggered a burst of Nine-Tails chakra.
• Hinata spotted Zabuza and Haku near the dock, then chased Zabuza with Kakashi after he attacked Team 7.
• Hinata killed Zabuza with her Twenty Gods Vacuum Attack and Eight Trigrams Mountain Breaker, and Team 7 buried him and Haku.

Hinata led Team 7 through the Chunin Exam with ambushes, bargains, and victories, while Orochimaru’s attempt to reach Sasuke was repeatedly thwarted. After advancing to the Third Exam, Hinata organized Konoha’s Genin to help Choji prepare for his match.

• Hinata protected Tazuna, trained with the Hyuga, and helped Team 7 drive off Gato’s samurai before returning to Konoha with seafood gifts.
• Hinata entered the Chunin Exam with Naruto and Sasuke, passed Ibiki’s first stage, and persuaded her teammates to race toward the Forest of Death tower and ambush other teams.
• Hinata and her teammates defeated Gaara’s group, took their scrolls, and tied them up, then forced Kiba’s group to promise meals before letting them pass.
• Orochimaru approached Hinata’s team in disguise, but Hinata used Naruto’s clones and a transformation to escape with Naruto and Sasuke to the tower, where they passed the second stage.
• Hinata passed the preliminary selection, defeating the Sand Village’s Extra A and advancing after Zaku forfeited, while Naruto also defeated Kiba.
• After Neji narrowly defeated Shino, Hinata gathered Konoha’s Genin and Asuma’s supplies so Choji could prepare about 126 Kunai Bombs for his match.

Hinata developed Sage Chakra techniques and defeated Naruto before uncovering Sunagakure’s alliance with Orochimaru. When the Konoha Crush began, she helped stop Gaara’s transformation and led the others to take him back to Konoha.

• Sasuke defeated Kankuro, and Rock Lee’s match against Gaara ended with Gaara’s sand protecting him despite Lee opening five Gates and using the Front Lotus.
• The Third Hokage announced the final matches, and Hinata was paired with Naruto while Orochimaru ordered Kabuto to draw Sasuke toward him.
• Hinata trained with Hyuga Hiashi, learned about the Hyuga Clan’s secrets, and began using her Byakugan and Gentle Fist to sense Natural Energy.
• With Jiraiya and the toad sages’ guidance, Hinata developed Sage Chakra Fists and named her technique Forty Gods Vacuum Attack, then taught Hiashi the method and received permission to teach Neji.
• Hinata defeated Naruto in the Official Match, including repelling the Nine-Tails’ chakra, then gathered intelligence that Sunagakure had joined forces with Orochimaru.
• During the Konoha Crush, Hinata dispelled the arena’s Genjutsu, joined the pursuit of Gaara, and helped her team subdue Kankuro while Gaara began transforming into Shukaku.
• Hinata and the others used the Nine-Tails’ chakra to fight Gaara, and Hinata’s Sage Chakra-infused Sixty-Four Palms suppressed Gaara and Shukaku before she ordered the group to take him back to Konoha.