Recaps

Mu Yue’s students advanced through special training and impressed Hiruzen at their final exams, earning Mu Yue a promotion and new teaching opportunities. As he was released from Root and began expanding large-class lessons, he continued training his students and building his career at the Ninja Academy.

• Obito mastered three stacked uses of Soru and beat Might Guy in a race, while Mu Yue introduced Obito, Shisui, and Might Guy to Flame and Stone Breathing.
• Might Guy used Stone Breathing to defeat two men who insulted his father, and his proficiency rose sharply as Mu Yue prepared the students for their final exam.
• Hiruzen and the teachers watched Mu Yue’s students demonstrate their progress, including Shisui defeating Namiashi Raidō and Obito beating Asuma.
• Hiruzen promoted Mu Yue to Special Jonin, and the students celebrated him with a birthday cake after their final assessment.
• Hiruzen confronted Danzo about Root’s hidden agents and ordered him to remove Mu Yue’s curse seal, after which Mu Yue was released from Root and encouraged to continue teaching at the Academy.
• Mu Yue became First Grade director and won approval for a pilot combining four classes for theory lessons, while Hiruzen supported his plan to expand large-class instruction.
• Mu Yue taught Obito and Might Guy the Shadow Clone Technique, and Obito used a clone to attend school while spending a day off with Nohara Rin and Kakashi.
• Mu Yue began teaching combined first-grade theory classes and earned new jutsu rewards, then tried spicy food as a way to help Obito and Shisui advance their Flame Breathing.

Mu Yue strengthened his students through training, celebrated Shisui’s birthday, and gained powerful new abilities while Konoha prepared for war. The stretch ended with Obito confronting Kakashi over his teammates’ deaths and Kakashi’s belief that mission failure was worse than sacrifice.

• Mu Yue appraised Konoha’s jonin as Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared the village for war with Iwagakure, then Konoha learned that Kumogakure had declared war as well.
• Obito’s Flame Breathing improved through training and acts of kindness, and he defeated Might Guy to win first place in his grade.
• Mu Yue taught Obito Phoenix Sage Fire Claw, began forging a birthday blade for Shisui, and helped Might Guy understand how Stone Breathing could support his Eight Gates training.
• Mu Yue and the others surprised Shisui for his birthday with gifts, and Mu Yue gave him a handmade Chakra Metal blade, and Shisui awakened his Sharingan, while Mu Yue gained Thunder Breathing and a Byakugan.
• Obito challenged Kakashi and briefly surprised him with Flame Breathing and flame-coated explosive kunai, but Kakashi used a Shadow Clone and his combat experience to defeat him.
• Mu Yue set sparring rules for Obito and Shisui, and Shisui won their fights as Mu Yue trained Rin in Super Strength and planned to develop her as a Medical Ninja.
• Kakashi’s teammates died on a mission, and Nagatomo Toda resigned as their instructor, and Kakashi told Obito and Rin that he would be without a team for a while.
• Obito challenged Kakashi’s belief that accepting a teammate’s sacrifice was easier than accepting mission failure, and their fight stopped when Rin intervened.

Mu Yue brought Kakashi into his team with Obito and Might Guy, guiding the three through teamwork, missions, and Kakashi’s doubts about his father’s choices. Their escort mission turned into a battle with disguised Kumogakure ninja, and Hiruzen Sarutobi upgraded it to an A-rank mission after Mu Yue reported the attack.

• Mu Yue arranged for Kakashi to join Obito and Might Guy, then tested the three with a bell challenge that they passed by working together.
• Mu Yue’s team completed a series of D-rank missions, and Mu Yue helped Kakashi reconsider his belief that a ninja must always put the mission first by defending Hatake Sakumo’s choice to save his comrades.
• Mu Yue established a master-disciple relationship with Kakashi and taught him Lightning Release: False Darkness as Obito and Might Guy continued training alongside him.
• After the team exhausted Konoha’s available D-rank work, Hiruzen Sarutobi let them accept C-rank missions, and Mu Yue chose an escort to the Land of Fields.
• Disguised Kumogakure ninja ambushed the escort, and Mu Yue, Kakashi, Obito, and Might Guy defeated them while protecting Numata Yoshihiro and his family.
• Mu Yue escorted the family safely to the Land of Fields’ capital, and Kakashi reflected on how Mu Yue had protected him and wondered whether he would do the same for his teammates.
• Mu Yue reported the attack to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who suspected Kumogakure had tried to inflame tensions and upgraded the mission to A-rank with 800,000 Ryo in compensation.

Mu Yue advanced his disciples’ training, helped Might Duy become a chunin, and taught his students Armament Haki. The arc left Mu Yue’s team fighting Kumogakure ninja after uncovering their plot around the Giant Eagle.

• Mu Yue warned Minato about possible Kumogakure attacks, studied sealing techniques, and trained his Evil Sealing Method.
• Mu Yue arranged for Might Duy to demonstrate the Eight Gates to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who promoted Duy to chunin, and Duy celebrated his promotion with Might Guy on Guy’s birthday.
• Mu Yue gained Armament Haki and taught it to his disciples, while Might Guy opened the first gate and defeated Kakashi, Obito, and Shisui in sparring matches.
• Mu Yue discussed chakra-storing seals with Jiraiya, then took his disciples on a C-rank mission to investigate a Giant Eagle near Kawakita Town.
• Mu Yue healed the Giant Eagle’s Lightning Release wound and learned that the town chief had falsely accused it while trying to capture it.
• Mu Yue discovered that Kumogakure ninja Iraka, Hairo, and Beroka had been hired to deal with the eagle, then sent his disciples to confront them.
• Kakashi, Might Guy, and Obito chose their opponents as the teams raced toward the mountain, and Might Guy fought Beroka after dodging his lightning-wreathed punch.