Recaps

Shin navigated the Hyuga Clan’s plans for his Byakugan while Orochimaru maneuvered to gain power during Konoha’s worsening war with Iwagakure. As the fighting threatened the village, Shin and Hizashi confronted the possibility of escape, and Kitsuchi’s forces launched a rear attack.

• Hyuga Shin learned that his Caged Bird Seal had vanished and his original eyes were destroyed, while the clan arranged a replacement Byakugan and he wondered whether he would be caged again.
• Shin met Orochimaru through Anko and offered to help him become Hokage in exchange for protection from the Caged Bird Seal.
• Orochimaru pursued a plan to provoke Iwagakure into pushing Konoha toward disaster, while Shin warned him that the resulting chaos would endanger the village.
• Konoha suffered severe losses as Stone Ninja ambushed its forces and supply missions, and Sarutobi faced pressure to send young ninja to the front.
• Shin trained without the Byakugan and grew closer to Ayari, Natsu, and other Hyuga while the war and rumors of a mole weighed on Konoha.
• Hizashi told Shin that Taikei planned to evacuate five Hyuga and preserve the clan, but Shin argued they could not abandon Konoha without becoming deserters.
• Shin told Hizashi about Orochimaru’s efforts to unite other villages against Iwagakure, and the two discussed freedom and whether they would choose to leave.
• Kitsuchi led a thousand Stone Ninja in a rear attack on Konoha, while Sarutobi assigned Minato to flank them and Rin asked Kakashi to stay apart from her in the next battle.

As Konoha fought the Stone and Mist, Shin exposed Hiashi as a traitor and took control of the Hyuga Clan after Orochimaru became Fourth Hokage. Shin strengthened Orochimaru’s position, killed a White Zetsu targeting Rin, and the arc ended with Orochimaru and Makoto considering how to counter Uchiha Madara.

• Fugaku’s forces endured the Stone Ninja assault until Orochimaru and Sand reinforcements arrived, forcing Ōnoki to retreat and Konoha’s survivors to return home.
• Shin warned Orochimaru that an unresolved spy threatened Konoha, while Hizashi offered Shin help in exchange for freedom from the Hyuga Clan’s restrictions.
• Hiashi’s mission to escort the captured mole ended in a Mist ambush, and Hiashi later met Orochimaru, who exposed him as a traitor and left him to flee toward Konoha.
• Sarutobi presented evidence of Hiashi’s treason and stepped down as Hokage, after which Orochimaru became Fourth Hokage and Hiashi was executed.
• Shin declared himself head of the Hyuga Clan, promised to end the Caged Bird Seal for young and future members, and gained the clan’s support when Hizashi’s seal disappeared.
• Shin helped Orochimaru manage village affairs and place Hyuga members in the Anbu, then killed a White Zetsu hiding in Konoha Hospital after it targeted Rin.
• Rin invited Shin to dinner before leaving for the front lines, unaware that Shin had assigned her the mission himself.
• Makoto told Orochimaru that the White Zetsu had identified itself as Uchiha Madara and targeted Rin, and they considered how to investigate while Minato protected her.

Shin helped Konoha handle the war’s aftermath while managing the Police Force, the orphanage, and growing tensions between the Uchiha and Root. As the Chunin Exam approached, he also responded to Yahiko and wondered whether the exam would bring trouble.

• Fugaku introduced Shin to his family and proposed recruiting villagers outside the Uchiha Clan to fill the Police Force, while Shin anticipated another war for Konoha.
• Kakashi, Keiji, and Hayama rescued Rin from Kirigakure’s plot to make her a Three-Tails Jinchuriki, while Orochimaru captured Obito and brought him back to Konoha.
• Shin removed Rin’s curse mark, arranged support and training for children at the orphanage, and freed Yakushi Nonō from her Root seal.
• Fugaku and Shin struggled over Root’s presence in the Police Force, while Fugaku urged the Uchiha to serve villagers and avoid violence.
• Orochimaru restored Obito’s arm, Kakashi joined Shin’s Anbu squad, and Guy later won a duel that led Shin to consider him for the Anbu.
• Shin accepted Orochimaru’s plan to experiment on human bodies using orphanage children, while offering to resolve the Uchiha Clan’s demand for Kakashi’s Sharingan.
• Fugaku appealed to Sarutobi over the Uchiha’s treatment, and Sarutobi promised to protect innocent people and urged Fugaku to keep leading the Police Force.
• Shinichi sent Yahiko a reply and toxin-sealing vials, then agreed with Fugaku and Danzo to defer discussion of the Uchiha estate until after the coming Chunin Exam.

Shin helped Konoha purge Danzo’s conspiracy, then led the fight against Kumogakure’s invasion and brought Akatsuki reinforcements to Kikyō Pass. As Kushina’s Nine-Tails faced the Eight-Tails, the Nine-Tails rose with a changed aura and spoke in an ancient voice.

• Shin received forged letters exposing Danzo’s plot with Hanzo, helped Orochimaru remove Danzo, and prepared Konoha for war with Kumogakure.
• Shin joined Minato’s forces against the Cloud invasion, and Konoha destroyed the enemy’s teleportation array before Yugito’s Two-Tails turned on her own comrades and devastated the battlefield.
• Shin immobilized Yugito and led Konoha’s withdrawal, then returned to battle and used a gigantic illusion to help drive back the advancing Cloud Ninja.
• Shin visited Amegakure, gave Yahiko Jiraiya’s letter, and secured Akatsuki’s support before finding a Cloud Ninja camp inside the Land of Fire.
• Fugaku awakened Mangekyo Sharingan and used Susanoo against the Cloud Ninja, while Shin appeared above the battlefield in a mountain-sized body and rallied Konoha.
• Kushina reached the front with healed Konoha ninja, and Zhen found the injured Minato and brought him back to Kikyō Pass.
• Yahiko arrived with one thousand Rain Ninja as Konoha prepared to face the advancing Cloud army, led by the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails.
• Kushina transformed into the Nine-Tails and fought the Eight-Tails, then rose after a close-range explosion with a changed aura and spoke to it in an ancient voice.