Recaps

Hinata helped Konoha confront threats in the Land of Water, then traveled with Kakashi to Sunagakure to collect war reparations and arrange a study group. As they escorted the Sand ninja home, Akatsuki ambushed Baki’s group, leaving Hinata and Kakashi to question the enemy’s true target.

• Hinata defeated Fugai’s Iwagakure force, but Mei Terumi arrived with Kirigakure ninja and challenged Konoha over the fighting on the Land of Water’s territory.
• Back in Konoha, Tsunade investigated suspicious orders and Danzo, while Hinata proposed developing ocean resources and began planning a film meant to draw Black Zetsu’s attention.
• Tsunade sent Hinata and Kakashi to Sunagakure to collect war reparations and select Sand ninja for training in Konoha, and the pair departed by car.
• Hinata and Kakashi reached Sunagakure, negotiated the reparations and study group, then left with the Sand delegation for the Land of Rivers.
• Hinata detected White Zetsu’s malice and chased him away, while Kakuzu, Hidan, Deidara, and Sasori prepared to attack the traveling groups.
• Deidara bombed Baki’s sixteen-person Sunagakure group, and the resulting forest-wide explosion made Kakashi question whether the attackers wanted the war reparations at all.

Hinata fought Akatsuki, secretly negotiated with Black Zetsu over Kaguya’s revival, and began training to face a new threat. The arc ended with future Hinata’s daughter Himawari teaching her about her future abilities and preparing her for Urashiki.

• Hinata and Kakashi fought Akatsuki to protect the wounded Sunagakure ninjas, but the attackers escaped after Hinata defeated Deidara and Kakuzu withdrew with Hidan.
• Akatsuki killed Baki and pursued Hinata’s group, but Hinata hid the injured Kakashi, Kankuro, and Temari before tracking and defeating Deidara.
• Hinata met Black Zetsu, offered to help revive Kaguya if she spared the Shinobi World, and arranged for him to collect Tailed Beast chakra and influence Naruto and Sasuke.
• After returning to Konoha, Hinata reported Akatsuki’s threat to Tsunade, prepared for the Jonin exam, and trained to improve her Sage Jutsu.
• Sasuke and Himawari arrived from another time-space, and Hinata learned that she would someday travel with Kaguya and return to Konoha with infant Himawari.
• Himawari stayed with Hinata while Sasuke went to visit Orochimaru, then trained Hinata and explained that her future Dojutsu could read and attack through opponents’ intentions.

Hinata and Sasuke joined forces with Himawari to capture Urashiki, and Hinata absorbed God Tree chakra that transformed her strength. After sharing some of the chakra with Hyuga Hiashi and earning her Jonin rank, Hinata traveled to the Land of Rainbow and began working with Black Zetsu on the Reaper Death Seal and cell-fusion techniques.

• Himawari told Hinata about the Otsutsuki and her battles with Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Isshiki, then asked Hinata if she had a father.
• Future Sasuke persuaded the younger Sasuke not to destroy Konoha and told him that Itachi could be saved, while Himawari trained Hinata in powerful techniques.
• Sasuke arranged an S-rank escort mission to draw Urashiki away from Konoha and planned with Hinata and Himawari to capture him.
• Hinata, Sasuke, and Himawari fought Urashiki, and Himawari sealed him while Sasuke trapped his body in Planetary Devastation and sent it into space.
• Sasuke divided the extracted God Tree chakra among allies, and Hinata absorbed her portion, gaining a surge of life force and power.
• Hinata returned to Konoha, gave Hyuga Hiashi a portion of the chakra, and watched his Byakugan transform into a blue Rinnegan.
• Hinata passed her Jonin examination with Asuma, and Tsunade sent her to the Land of Rainbow to investigate an ancient ruin with Jiraiya.
• Hinata met Black Zetsu, agreed to help find a way to undo the Reaper Death Seal, and learned how Kimimaro’s cells and chakra could be fused before deciding to seek Orochimaru.

Hinata uncovered hidden truths about the Sage of Six Paths and the Ten-Tails, then helped Konoha launch an assault on Orochimaru. When Pain intervened, Hinata fought the Six Paths while Nagato escalated the battle with Planetary Devastation.

• Hinata explored a cave with Jiraiya and Naruto, where a vision revealed the conflict between Indra and Asura and the origins of the Ten-Tails and Tailed Beasts.
• Hinata and Jiraiya compared the vision with Mount Myōboku’s records, and Hinata reported their findings to Tsunade after returning to Konoha.
• Hinata joined Kakashi and Nara Saltwater to locate Orochimaru’s base, then helped Konoha’s forces launch an assault.
• Hinata battled Orochimaru’s reanimated Kage while Kakashi and Inoichi Yamanaka tried to restrain Orochimaru and end Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru escaped with Kabuto Yakushi and accepted Pain’s invitation to rejoin Akatsuki as Konoha’s shinobi pursued them.
• Pain attacked Konoha’s forces, and Hinata rescued them from Shinra Tensei before confronting the Six Paths of Pain.
• Hinata destroyed several Paths of Pain, while Nagato resolved to eliminate her and Obito watched the battle.
• Hinata formed an imitation Susanoo as Nagato unleashed Planetary Devastation.