Recaps

Yuu’s drinking strengthened his swordsmanship and led him to dominate the Ninja Academy, while Kurenai and Rin competed for his attention. During a practical assessment, Yuu humiliated Obito and mistook Kakashi and the Anbu for spies, leaving Kakashi pinned beneath Shusui.

• Yuu drank through Tanaka Shuichi’s lessons, frightened Asuma with his sword aura, and was rewarded with Shusui.
• Rin and Kurenai brought Yuu food and wine, and Yuu’s drinking raised his Constitution and Chakra to Elite Chunin level.
• Tanaka Shuichi chose Yuu to defend the ring in a practical test, and Obito’s angry challenge led Yuu to cut his clothes to rags without seriously injuring him.
• The system rewarded Yuu with greater Swordsmanship Comprehension and the ability to Listen to the Breath of All Things in the Steel Cutting Realm.
• Yuu mistook Kakashi and two others for spies, flung two Anbu into the air, and called Kakashi their leader.
• Kakashi volunteered to fight Yuu, but Yuu’s flying slash grazed Kakashi and split a Great Tree in two.
• Yuu kicked Kakashi down and held Shusui to his throat, insisting he was a spy until Kurenai, Rin, and Tanaka Shuichi explained the situation.
• Yuu recognized the Konoha symbol on Kakashi’s forehead protector and realized he had gone too far, though he still held Shusui across Kakashi’s neck.

Hiruzen Sarutobi recruited Yuu for the Chunin Exams to demonstrate Konoha’s strength, promising him a roomful of liquor if he took first place. Yuu entered the exam unprepared and drunk, and Hiruzen arranged for Matsushita Tomoya to help him pass, but Matsushita was disqualified after swapping papers with him.

• Yuu defeated Kakashi, and Hiruzen Sarutobi learned of Yuu’s strength and worried about Konoha’s weakened standing.
• Yuu repeatedly slashed Obito while drunk, with Rin and Kurenai helping tend to Obito’s injuries.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Yuu to join the Chunin Exams, and Yuu agreed after Hiruzen promised a roomful of liquor if he took first place.
• Yuu struggled through Tanaka Shuichi’s tutoring, while Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged for Tanaka to give him the written exam answers.
• Kirigakure and Kumogakure sent candidates to Konoha, while Iwagakure and Sunagakure declined the invitation.
• Yuu arrived at the exam drinking, then fell asleep during the written test with a blank answer sheet.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Matsushita Tomoya to ensure Yuu passed, but Matsushita was caught swapping papers and disqualified.

Yuu entered the Forest of Death with a supply of alcohol and a rule to spare anyone wearing a Little Red Flower, then slaughtered enemy examinees after they attacked him or threatened his wine. His rampage left the other villages’ teams in terror, and Kisame and Hada Kaito searched for flowers to avoid being mistaken for targets.

• Orochimaru began the second exam by ordering Konoha’s examinees to wear Little Red Flower stickers, which Yuu said would keep him from cutting them down while drunk.
• Yuu entered the Forest of Death with Shusui and a backpack of alcohol, then killed the Takigakure team that ambushed him and gained the Three Types of Haki from the system.
• The Cloud Trio injured Kiba Inuzuka, Hayate Gekko, and Shikuro Aburame, then spilled Yuu’s last bottle and enraged him.
• Yuu entered Drunken Fury State and unleashed an Asura slash that disintegrated the Cloud Trio and carved a deep chasm through the forest, raising his swordsmanship to Swordmaster.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Yuu was hunting the other villages’ examinees, faced their protests, and recognized that Yuu had gone too far.
• Yuu tore through the forest searching for targets while Kisame and Hada Kaito hid in a cave after his earlier attack killed Ooiwa Ryo and wounded Kisame.
• After Yuu’s slash split their mountain and threatened to collapse their cave, Hada Kaito urged Kisame to find Konoha ninja and obtain Little Red Flowers, and Kisame agreed.

Yuu’s rampage through the Forest of Death endangered the foreign contestants and led to a fierce battle with Orochimaru. After the fight ended and the exam ran out of time, Yuu reached the Central Tower but was told he lacked the required scrolls.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged Konoha’s participants to wear Little Red Flowers so Yuu would spare them, and Kiba Inuzuka distributed flowers to the group and the foreign shinobi in exchange for their scrolls.
• Yuu attacked the foreign contestants, but Orochimaru’s Rashomon blocked his slash and Orochimaru arrived to confront him.
• Yuu dodged Orochimaru’s attacks, cut down his summoned snakes, and overwhelmed the Myriad Serpent Formation with his sword techniques.
• Yuu unleashed his One-Sword Style—Dark Heavenly Demon God slash, which destroyed Orochimaru’s Triple Rashomon before Yuu stopped the attack.
• Yuu demanded Orochimaru’s wine, then deflected the remaining slash, drank the bottle, and returned to his senses while Orochimaru agreed not to report the incident to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Orochimaru stopped Yuu from attacking the foreign shinobi by telling him the exam time had run out, and Yuu headed for the Central Tower.
• The tower guards told Yuu he had failed because he lacked two scrolls, and Orochimaru refused to help him resolve the problem.