Recaps

Soji resisted Danzo’s attempt to recruit him, helped Minato abolish Root, and used his growing powers to secure Sasori’s service and rescue Pakura. The arc ended with Pakura joining Soji in the Land of Snow to build its intelligence unit.

• Soji exposed Danzo’s weak case against him, and the Third Hokage ended the confrontation by taking the Orochimaru investigation from Root.
• Soji awakened Shikotsumyaku and endured a dangerous transformation that greatly increased his strength, Chakra reserves, and Byakugan range.
• Soji advised Minato to rally the Jonin against Root, and the Jonin Assembly backed its abolition despite Danzo’s objections.
• Soji found Sasori at Roran, revived Sasori’s parents, and secured Sasori’s service and intelligence in exchange for teaching him Impure World Reincarnation.
• Soji rescued Pakura from the Mist Ninjas after Sunagakure and Kirigakure arranged her death, then helped her confirm that Sunagakure had abandoned her.
• Pakura chose to leave the Land of Wind with Soji without seeking revenge, and he brought her to the Land of Snow to establish an intelligence unit.

Soji fought the Moon Otsutsuki Branch Family during the Nine-Tails’ attack, then helped preserve Minato and Kushina while Konoha dealt with the aftermath. Months later, his Byakugan evolved and revealed a hidden connection between the Hyuga Clan and ruins on the moon.

• Koyuki announced that she was Soji’s fiancée, and Soji left Pakura with a Soaring Eagle summon and Nuibari before returning to Konoha.
• Soji warned Minato and Fugaku Uchiha that the Uchiha Clan would remain under suspicion unless it opened its grounds, while Danzo prepared for a coup as the Nine-Tails Night approached.
• The Moon Otsutsuki Branch Family attacked the Hyuga Clan, and Soji fought the elders while the Nine-Tails ravaged Konoha under Obito’s control.
• Uchiha Homura used his Mangekyō Sharingan to turn the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball back on it and protect the Third Hokage, while Minato drove Obito away.
• Soji defeated the Moon Otsutsuki elders and stopped their meteor with a vast ice formation, then helped Minato seal the Nine-Tails into Naruto.
• Minato and Kushina entrusted Naruto and their Return Plan to Soji, who preserved them with Ice Coffins after the Third Hokage took Naruto into his care.
• Soji opposed Danzo’s accusations against the Uchiha Clan, refused to become Hyuga Clan Head, and learned that Hyuga Ryusuke had been his maternal uncle.
• After months researching the Moon Otsutsuki Branch Family’s genes, Soji’s Byakugan evolved, absorbed power from the Giant Tenseigan, and revealed Hyuga ruins on the moon.

Soji strengthened his new abilities, trapped Uchiha Homura in an elaborate genjutsu, and agreed to accompany Shisui Uchiha on a mission. After asking Orochimaru to research the Reaper Death Seal, Soji guided Shisui across the sea and secretly followed him into the Land of Hot Water to burn Kumogakure’s supplies.

• Soji uncovered the moon temple’s history of the Otsutsuki and Hyuga clans, found eight pairs of Byakugan, and absorbed power from the Reincarnation Mirror.
• Soji tested his new abilities against Uchiha Homura, breaking his Susanoo and trapping him in Mirror Flower, Water Moon until Homura accepted its world as real.
• Soji gave Uchiha Homura ninjutsu and genjutsu scrolls, then agreed to replace him on an A-rank mission with Shisui Uchiha.
• Soji accompanied Shisui through the Land of Sound and asked Orochimaru to find a way to break the Reaper Death Seal.
• Soji and Shisui crossed the sea to the Land of the Moon as Soji froze a tsunami and taught Shisui to stay cautious.
• At the Land of Hot Water border, Soji sent Shisui ahead to burn Kumogakure’s supplies, then secretly followed him while tracking him with his Byakugan.

Shisui infiltrated and destroyed a Kumogakure supply camp, then defeated Toroi after a punishing battle before Soji rescued him. As Uchiha Homura took command and Konoha gained the advantage in the Land of Hot Water, Soji turned his attention to Danzo’s schemes.

• Shisui infiltrated Kumogakure’s logistics camp disguised as a medicine boy, studied its routines, and burned its supplies before escaping through the defenders.
• Toroi and his forces caught Shisui, who learned to counter Toroi’s magnetized weapons and ultimately killed him with the Phantom Body Flicker Technique.
• Soji rescued the exhausted Shisui, subdued the remaining Kumogakure ninja with Byakugan: Pressure, and took Shisui to the Land of Sound for treatment.
• After Shisui recovered, Soji confirmed that he had completed both his mission and training, while Uchiha Homura and Fugaku arranged for Homura to command the Land of Hot Water front.
• The Third Hokage appointed Homura commander despite Danzo’s objections, and Soji returned to Konoha with Shisui to learn that Homura and the Uchiha forces had already departed.
• Homura and the Uchiha forces joined Konoha’s army, helped defeat Kumogakure’s forces, and forced their withdrawal after heavy losses.
• At a meeting celebrating Konoha’s victory, Soji mocked Danzo’s gloomy expression, and Danzo left resentful as Soji began preparing to expose his schemes.