Recaps

Tejima Shinichi graduated, joined Team 1 under Yamato, and drew Shimura Danzō’s attention after resisting Root’s attempt to seize him. On Team 1’s first C-rank mission, the team uncovered the bandits’ divided forces and set out to stop them.

• Tejima Shinichi passed the graduation exam, awakened Wood Release, and joined Team 1 with Kobayashi Ken and Sato Yu under Yamato.
• Team 1 passed Yamato’s bell test when Shinichi shared the Bells with his teammates and they chose to return them rather than leave him behind.
• Shimura Danzō sent Root Ninja to take Shinichi, but Shinichi fought back and exposed Root’s unauthorized actions to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who ordered Root to leave him and his family alone.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen allowed Shinichi to choose a Water Release technique from the Scroll of Seals, and Shinichi selected Hard Vortex Water Blade as Danzō ordered Root to keep watching him.
• Yamato led Team 1 on a C-rank mission to Hozumi Village, where Heiji explained that bandits had attacked nearby villages and killed villagers.
• Ken, Yu, and Shinichi tracked and captured five bandits, then learned that the chief and second-in-command had split their forces toward Ishikawa Village and Kasahara Village.
• Yamato divided Team 1 to pursue the two bandit groups, assigning Shinichi to the chief’s group and Ken and Yu to the second-in-command’s group.

Tejima Shinichi defeated Root’s ambush, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen to dismantle Root and name Shinichi his disciple and heir. As Shinichi began training for the Chunin Exam, Sasuke asked for his guidance and Shinichi confronted Gaara’s team over bullying children in Konoha.

• Kobayashi Ken and Sato Yu were ambushed after defeating bandits, and Yamato rushed to their aid while Tejima Shinichi faced Root pursuers near Ishikawa Village.
• Tejima Shinichi defeated most of the Root squad, resisted Yamanaka Fu’s Mind Transfer Jutsu, and killed the Tanuki Mask Jonin despite Yamato’s objections.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Shimura Danzō with evidence of the ambush, disbanded Root, stripped Danzō of his authority, and told Shinichi that the attack had been dealt with.
• Tejima Shinichi questioned Hiruzen about Konoha’s failures and Danzō’s motives, then revealed his Wood Release and accepted Hiruzen as his teacher.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Shinichi the Wood Release scroll and publicly declared him his disciple, drawing attention from Konoha’s clans, Shinichi’s parents, and Danzō’s remaining loyalists.
• Yamato began special training for Team 1 and set their sights on the Chunin Exam, while Shinichi impressed Kakashi’s team and demonstrated an improved Sexy Jutsu.
• Sasuke asked Shinichi to teach him how to become stronger, and Shinichi agreed to train him.
• Tejima Shinichi restrained Kankuro and Temari after they bullied Konohamaru and his friends, then warned Gaara to control his subordinates before they left.

Tejima Shinichi entered the Chunin Exam and faced Gaara after Orochimaru infiltrated the Forest of Death. Shinichi defeated Shukaku and fought off Orochimaru, while the exam’s security tightened and Gaara was reunited with Temari and Kankuro.

• Tejima Shinichi trained Sasuke in Lightning Release and Taijutsu before Sarutobi Hiruzen exempted him from the Chunin Exam’s preliminary test.
• Tejima Shinichi joined Kobayashi Ken and Sato Yu for the exam, defeated Rock Lee in a Taijutsu match, and passed the first round with his teammates.
• At the Forest of Death, Tejima Shinichi confronted Gaara while Orochimaru targeted Sasuke and placed a Cursed Seal on him.
• Gaara transformed into Shukaku, and Tejima Shinichi used Water and Wood Release techniques to battle and restrain the beast.
• Tejima Shinichi summoned a Wood Golem and Wood Dragon, drained Shukaku’s Chakra, and defeated it with an Iron Sand Ball.
• After Tejima Shinichi defeated Shukaku, Orochimaru attacked him in disguise, but Shinichi injured him before Orochimaru escaped.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered a pursuit of Orochimaru and stronger security for the examinees, while Temari and Kankuro found the exhausted Gaara and comforted him.

Tejima Shinichi exposed Orochimaru’s plan to attack Konoha, took charge of the village’s wartime preparations, and brought Tsunade back to accept the role of Fifth Hokage. As the Chunin Exam finals began, Orochimaru arrived disguised as the Fourth Kazekage, and Shinichi entered the arena.

• After rescuing Uzumaki Karin from her Kusagakure teammates, Tejima Shinichi brought her to Konoha, where Sarutobi Hiruzen approved her staying and publicized Shinichi’s Wood Release victory over Shukaku.
• At the Chunin Exam preliminaries, Sasuke defeated Akado Yoroi, Dosu Kinata conceded to Shinichi, and Shinichi disrupted Orochimaru’s attempt to reach Sasuke.
• Shinichi overheard Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto coordinating with Baki for the Konoha Collapse Plan and reported it to Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha’s leaders.
• Shinichi volunteered to oversee medical support and elite combat forces, then left to find Tsunade and learn the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Technique and Sage Art.
• After revealing Shimura Danzō’s attempts to capture and control him, Shinichi persuaded Tsunade to return to Konoha and become Fifth Hokage.
• Orochimaru killed Rasa and ordered Kabuto to disguise him as the Fourth Kazekage so he could enter Konoha and pursue Sasuke and another vessel.
• As the Chunin Exam finals began, Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s plan into motion, Naruto flew into the arena, and Shinichi arrived late.