Recaps

Hinata pursued her plans for the Hyuga Clan and investigated how Natural Energy could transform chakra while Akatsuki and the villages prepared for conflict. As Konoha sent forces to face Kumogakure, Hinata realized the village had made her a deterrent and possible bait.

• Hinata returned to Konoha after the battle, while Pain welcomed Orochimaru back into Akatsuki and began planning to obtain the Fourth Hokage’s sealed half of the Nine-Tails.
• Hinata and Tsunade examined Senju records, while Black Zetsu offered Orochimaru secrets about the Rinnegan, the Tailed Beasts, and immortality, and Orochimaru accepted.
• Hinata resigned as Tsunade’s secretary and told Hyuga Hiashi she would lead the Hyuga Clan into the unknown, while Hiashi agreed to establish a separate main house under her leadership.
• Hinata experimented with Natural Energy and chakra, while Hiashi and the Hyuga debated whether to support Konoha or seek greater power amid the villages’ rising tensions.
• Tsunade and Danzo disputed whether Konoha should pursue peace or unify the Shinobi World by force, and the Jonin backed Shikaku’s peaceful approach.
• Hinata and Hiashi tested Natural Energy’s interaction with chakra and concluded that it could feed back into chakra, while Hinata continued exploring how people might use that relationship.
• Tsunade sent Kakashi, Asuma, Shizune, Hinata, and 2,300 ninja to the border after Kumogakure assembled forces there, and Kakashi ordered his troops to defend the Land of Fire without provoking a fight.
• Hinata analyzed the villages’ positions with Kakashi and realized Konoha had sent her as a deterrent, making her a likely target for a powerful Kumogakure fighter.

Hinata’s clash with Kumogakure awakened her Tenseigan and exposed Obito’s role in controlling Killer B, while Konoha avoided war. After returning home, Hinata secretly partnered with Orochimaru and gained Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku, setting her sights on Wood Release.

• Hinata weighed Black Zetsu’s arguments about the Tailed Beasts and chose to follow Konoha’s will while preparing to fight Kumogakure and Iwagakure if they attacked.
• Obito controlled Killer B and sent him toward Konoha, but Hinata intercepted him and awakened the Tenseigan while draining his chakra.
• Hinata used her new power to locate Obito and shatter his mask, then concealed the Tenseigan’s awakening from Kakashi and the other Konoha ninja.
• Hinata defeated Yugito’s attack, and Kakashi returned Killer B to Dodai as Kumogakure withdrew without a fight.
• Hinata secretly left Konoha and met Orochimaru, offering him research on Natural Energy in exchange for an equal partnership.
• Hinata and Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Kimimaro, and Hinata absorbed his chakra and acquired the Shikotsumyaku.
• Hinata tested her new bone power and announced that Wood Release was her next goal.

Hinata strengthened herself with Hashirama Cells, rejected the temptation to consume Urashiki, and began planning for the Otsutsuki threat while balancing the Hyuga Clan’s ambitions. She helped Sasuke understand the larger conflict and supplied him with information for his revenge against Danzo, then learned he had infiltrated Konoha and escaped pursuit.

• Hinata fused Hashirama Cells with her bloodline powers, then challenged the Sage of Six Paths’ opposition to Kaguya’s return and killed Urashiki rather than consume him.
• Hinata sought Hyuga Hiashi’s counsel, accepted his warning to hold to her moral limits, and considered the dangers of the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan and the villages’ growing suspicion of Konoha.
• At the Kage Summit, Tsunade and Kakashi shared Konoha’s intelligence on the Rinnegan and Impure World Reincarnation, leaving the other leaders alarmed by Hinata’s strength.
• Sasuke confronted Orochimaru, fought Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release, and escaped the collapsing base after realizing he could not yet defeat Orochimaru.
• Hinata built and launched Chang'e-1, used its telescope to survey the Land of Fire, and spotted Sasuke as he prepared to pursue Danzo.
• Hinata met Sasuke and told him her account of the Sage of Six Paths, Kaguya, and the Otsutsuki threat, then invited him to help the Hyuga Clan explore the universe.
• Hinata explained Danzo’s abilities and gave Sasuke a map of Root’s base, but warned that she and the Hokage would oppose an attack inside Konoha.
• Shikamaru told Hinata that Sasuke had infiltrated Konoha, defeated the Anbu who found him, and escaped as the village pursued him, leaving Hinata unsure of his plan.

After Sasuke killed Danzo and fled Konoha, Hinata tracked the fallout while developing a new teleportation technique and seeking answers about Natural Energy. She began experimenting with storing Natural Energy inside her body, convinced she had found a new path to greater power.

• Hinata secretly aided Sasuke as he fought Danzo, drained Danzo’s chakra, and watched Sasuke kill him and take Shisui’s eye.
• Sasuke killed Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura before escaping Konoha, and Hinata returned to the village as Tsunade ordered a lockdown.
• Hinata and Obito each considered how to use Sasuke, while Hinata expanded her satellite network and contacted Itachi about Sasuke and the Akatsuki.
• Hinata accompanied Kakashi to Gaara’s inauguration in Sunagakure, where Gaara became the Fifth Kazekage and village officials postponed treaty talks until the Joint Chunin Exam.
• Hinata developed the All-Knowing, All-Powerful technique, teleported to Itachi’s bedroom, and hid under his bed while Kisame spoke with him.
• Hinata contacted Orochimaru and proposed that they stir up trouble together, then explained Jugo’s connection to Natural Energy and sent Orochimaru to investigate Ryūchi Cave.
• Hinata studied ways to use Ryūchi Cave snake meat and Natural Energy, then guided Natural Energy into a space around her abdomen and concluded that the experiment had succeeded.