Recaps

Hinata and the Hidden Leaf defeated powerful enemies while Konoha brought other villages under its control. After rescuing Nagato from a secret organization, Hinata left the story with the Land of Wind’s submission and the organization’s threat still unresolved.

• Sasuke defeated A in Kumogakure, and the Raikage accepted the village’s surrender to the Hidden Leaf.
• Konoha invaded Sunagakure and Iwagakure, and Tsunade defeated Chiyo before Itachi explained the Leaf’s plan to unite the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Hinata fought a Starry Sky Beast beyond the atmosphere while Ōtsutsuki Isshiki attacked Naruto and Sasuke for the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto and Sasuke received the Sage of Six Paths’ power and battled Isshiki until Hinata killed him and took control of the Ten-Tails.
• Hinata used water from the Land of Water to bring rain to the Land of Wind and planned to transform the desert while making Sunagakure submit.
• Konan asked Hinata to find Nagato, and Hinata traced him to an underground base where an organization had imprisoned him and removed his eyes.
• Hinata told Nagato that Isshiki had been defeated, and Nagato relaxed and fell asleep.

Hinata brought the Five Great Shinobi Villages under the Hidden Leaf’s control, transformed herself by fusing Isshiki’s Ten-Tails with the Evil God’s Husk, and prepared for a Starry Sky Giant Snake threatening the world. She met the beast in space and continued fighting as the others watched from the moon.

• Hinata freed Nagato and rescued captives from Isshiki’s base, then defeated the other villages and forced their Kage to submit to the Hidden Leaf Village.
• Hinata arranged for a forest to grow in the Land of Wind and secured the Daimyo’s submission while Nagato took charge of the minor nations.
• Hinata encountered Otsutsuki Toneri and Hamura Otsutsuki on the moon, learned of the Ōtsutsuki threat, and helped restore the Giant Tenseigan.
• Hinata learned that a Starry Sky Beast was approaching, then fused Isshiki’s Ten-Tails with the Evil God’s Husk and awakened her Rinne Sharingan.
• Hinata completed her transformation, absorbed the Ten-Tails into her living armor, and revealed herself to Naruto and the others on the moon.
• Hinata flew into space to face the Starry Sky Giant Snake, blocked its attacks, wounded it, and slowed its regeneration with divine power.
• Hinata used Amaterasu and her black-and-red Susanoo to attack the snake as it lunged for Susanoo’s shoulder.