Recaps

Hinata confronted Sasuke, helped him pursue the Mangekyō Sharingan, and continued navigating her plans with Orochimaru and the Akatsuki. After helping Kakashi fight Kakuzu and Hidan, she returned to Naruto’s training as Akatsuki laid out its plan to conquer the world.

• Tsunade sent Hinata and Naruto to retrieve Sasuke, and Hinata fought him before he was captured by Yamato and Kakashi.
• Hinata brought Sasuke to Orochimaru and used Urashiki’s chakra to try to awaken Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan, but he refused to kill a friend for it.
• Hinata discussed Kaguya, Black Zetsu, and the Tailed Beasts with Orochimaru and Hyuga Hiashi as she prepared for Kaguya’s possible revival.
• Hinata helped Naruto develop Wind Release for his Rasengan, then warned Tsunade that Asuma might be in danger.
• Hinata and Kakashi joined Asuma’s team against Kakuzu and Hidan, and Kakashi used Kamui to drive them off while Hinata secretly entrusted their fate to Obito.
• Kakuzu escaped underground, and Hinata took one of his boxes before returning to Konoha with Kakashi.
• Hinata calmed Naruto in his Sealed Space while Pain assigned Kisame to capture the Three-Tails and explained Akatsuki’s plan to use the Tailed Beasts to conquer the world.

Hinata rescued Itachi and Naruto while steering Sasuke toward greater power and planning for the threats surrounding Akatsuki. After Urashiki arrived in the altered timeline and attacked Sasuke, Hinata drove him off and pursued him as he moved toward Naruto at Mount Myōboku.

• Hinata joined Jiraiya and Naruto on the mission to guard the Three-Tails, but Pain ambushed them and threatened Naruto to keep them from interfering with Akatsuki.
• Hinata used Sage Art Genjutsu to escape Pain with Naruto, then rescued Itachi after Sasuke defeated him and healed him in a cave.
• Hinata reunited Sasuke and Itachi, encouraged Sasuke to pursue the Uchiha clan’s restoration, and directed him to seek Hashirama Cells and challenge Nagato.
• Hinata and Sasuke discussed the Sage of Six Paths and Kaguya Otsutsuki, while Urashiki entered the Ninja World to investigate Kaguya and the Chakra Fruit.
• Urashiki attacked Sasuke and drained his strength, but Hinata arrived, pinned him with Truth-Seeking Orb rods, and restored some of Sasuke’s power.
• Hinata struck Urashiki as he escaped through a Space Gate, then searched for him while Sasuke left to fuse with Hashirama Cells.
• Urashiki appeared above Mount Myōboku, recognized Naruto’s chakra, and decided to reclaim some of it.

Hinata hunted Urashiki, took his Chakra Fruit, and gained immense power while preparing to challenge the Otsutsuki and reshape the Hyuga Clan’s future. As Pain devastated Kumogakure and Akatsuki moved against the Tailed Beasts, Hinata gathered their chakra and arrived late at Sasuke’s meeting after Minato was revived.

• Jiraiya defended Naruto from Urashiki at Mount Myōboku, while Hinata traveled to the moon, investigated Toneri’s Tenseigan, and warned Tsunade about the Otsutsuki threat.
• Pain attacked Kumogakure, killed the Fourth Raikage, and captured Killer B, while Hinata tracked Urashiki, subdued him, and consumed the Chakra Fruit he became.
• Hinata gained a Six-Tomoe Rinnegan and Urashiki’s time-rewind ability, destroyed Ryūchi Cave, and began forming a new Chakra Fruit through her God Tree and Yin-Yang Seal.
• Hinata summoned the Sage of Six Paths and declared her ambition to surpass Kaguya and make the Hyuga Clan the strongest in the universe, while the villages prepared a Five Kage Summit against Akatsuki.
• Hinata allied with Black Zetsu to deal with Nagato and absorbed the chakra sources of the One-Tail through the Eight-Tails, gradually converting their merged chakra into Ten-Tails Chakra.
• Orochimaru revived Minato Namikaze, who confronted Pain over his plan for peace, while Hinata arrived late to meet Sasuke, who noticed her new Rinnegan.

Hinata manipulated the struggle over the Ten-Tails, helped bring Kaguya back, and allied with her against the Otsutsuki clan. With the Infinite Tsukuyomi ended, Hinata turned to unifying the Ninja World under her rule.

• Hinata seized the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, revived Madara, and watched Sasuke challenge him as the Five Kage learned Akatsuki had gathered the Tailed Beasts.
• Madara became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, summoned the God Tree, and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Hinata and the others resisted its effects.
• Hinata fought Six Paths Madara, and Sasuke helped her place Black Zetsu behind him so Black Zetsu could trigger Kaguya’s revival.
• Kaguya took over Madara’s body and revived, while Black Zetsu revealed his alliance with Hinata and Obito abandoned the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.
• Hinata persuaded Kaguya to ally with her against the Otsutsuki clan, then promised Sasuke a return to Konoha and a restored standing for the Uchiha.
• Kaguya released Infinite Tsukuyomi and left with Black Zetsu, while Hinata recruited Sasuke and Orochimaru and declared Akatsuki destroyed.
• Hinata restrained the Five Kage and proposed unifying the Ninja World under a government that would end wars and direct shinobi strength toward other planets.