Recaps

After Konoha’s victory, Hagoromo helped prepare the village for the Akatsuki’s hunt for tailed beasts and investigated the masked man behind the Nine-Tails attack. The arc ended with Kakashi’s Sharingan sealed and Hiruzen preparing to act on evidence that Obito might still be alive.

• Konoha secured Sunagakure and Iwagakure’s surrender, and Hiruzen Sarutobi named Hagoromo, Jiraiya, and Tsunade elders of the Council of Elders.
• Hagoromo trained Karin, Naruto, and Sasuke while gathering intelligence that the Akatsuki had captured the Six-Tails and was targeting other Jinchūriki.
• Hagoromo gave Uchiha Itachi a Flying Thunder God Formation scroll for escape, while Fugaku and Hiruzen investigated whether an Uchiha had controlled the Fourth Mizukage and the Nine-Tails.
• Hagoromo examined Fugaku’s and Kakashi’s eyes, found matching Mangekyo Sharingan chakra, and learned that Kakashi’s transplanted eye consumed about forty percent of his chakra.
• Hagoromo proposed sealing Kakashi’s Sharingan, and Tsunade agreed to help perform the risky procedure after Jiraiya encouraged her to face her fear of blood.
• Kakashi chose to undergo the operation, and Hagoromo, Tsunade, and Inoichi successfully sealed his Sharingan so it no longer drained his chakra.
• Hagoromo returned to Hiruzen’s office as Hiruzen prepared to act on the report that Obito was alive, while Hagoromo worried that Black Zetsu could disrupt the Shinobi World.

Hagoromo helped Naruto master the Flying Thunder God Technique while Naruto and his classmates advanced their training and prepared for early fieldwork. As the villages formed a joint response to Akatsuki, Hagoromo and Jiraiya joined Kumogakure’s search for the Five-Tails, while Hiruko and Shinnō set out to capture it.

• Naruto learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, then said goodbye to Minato as his father’s spiritual imprint faded.
• Hagoromo comforted Naruto while Konoha, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure began sharing intelligence and planning a coordinated response to Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya learned that his former students had founded Akatsuki and agreed to help Konoha despite being unable to lead the mission to find them.
• Hagoromo trained Sakura in basic Medical Ninjutsu, and Tsunade agreed to teach her in exchange for Hagoromo helping Shizune improve her fighting skills.
• Shizune and Karin sparred using Inch Power Eight Gates, and Hagoromo arranged for Might Guy to assess Rock Lee as a possible student.
• Naruto defeated Sasuke by using Flying Thunder God and hidden Chakra marks, then Hagoromo offered the students an early route to fieldwork.
• Obito sent Nagato after the Five-Tails and planned to target the Seven-Tails, while Kabuto left Hagoromo after asking about Cellular Failure Syndrome.
• Hagoromo and Jiraiya joined a Kumogakure-led operation to locate the Five-Tails, as Hiruko and Shinnō also set out to hunt it.

Hagoromo helped rescue Han and preserve Fū’s spirit while uncovering more about Akatsuki. He then led Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata through their graduation tests and first missions, ending with their discovery that Raiga had been an Akatsuki member.

• Hagoromo and the allied shinobi interrupted Shinnō’s extraction of Han’s Tailed Beast chakra, but Hiruko and Shinnō escaped as the cave collapsed.
• Hagoromo stabilized Han and arranged for Konoha to treat him, while the villages agreed to share Akatsuki research data.
• Hagoromo preserved Fū’s spirit in a treasure bead and brought Chōmei’s consciousness to Naruto’s Sealing Space.
• Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji passed Asuma’s bell test, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata passed Kakashi’s test through teamwork.
• Hagoromo formed Team 7 with Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata, then led them through D-rank missions before taking them on their first C-rank assignment.
• The team investigated a village’s chameleon attacks and discovered that Raiga Kurosuki had been capturing villagers and staging mock funerals.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata defeated Raiga, and Hagoromo revealed that Raiga had belonged to Akatsuki.

Hagoromo helped Neji awaken the Tenseigan and trained his students for the coming Chunin Exams while taking them on missions. An escort mission led the team to a hidden chamber in the Land of Whirlpools, where they discovered a sealed Rinnegan and learned that destroying its altar could devastate the surrounding region.

• Hagoromo returned to Konoha with Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata after defeating Raiga Kurosuki, and Hiruzen upgraded their mission to A-rank.
• Hagoromo removed Neji’s Caged Bird Seal, awakening Neji’s Tenseigan and drawing the attention of the Ōtsutsuki clans on the moon.
• Hagoromo treated Rock Lee, gave Might Guy a pill, and sparred with Guy before helping Karin study Water Release.
• Naruto worked with Kurama to shape his Wind Release: Rasengan into an unfinished Rasenshuriken, then Hagoromo took his students on a bandit-clearing mission.
• Hiruzen told Hagoromo that Konoha would host joint Chunin Exams, and Hagoromo planned to prepare his students with more training and missions.
• Hagoromo escorted Professor Kenzaburo toward the coast, where the team captured suspicious attackers and learned that Kenzaburo had ties to the destroyed Land of Whirlpools.
• Kenzaburo identified the attackers as Remnant Kara and led Hagoromo and the students into a hidden chamber, where they passed its defenses and reached an altar.
• Hagoromo recognized the chained crystal on the altar as the Rinnegan, and Kenzaburo warned that throwing the crest into it would destroy the altar and engulf everything within fifty kilometers.