Recaps

Hyuga Shinichi trained to grow strong enough to protect his friends and challenge the Hyuga clan’s unfair system, while building a family with Mito, Nawaki, and Minato. After awakening a new Byakugan ability and accepting Minato as a prospective disciple, Shinichi was left preparing to help him develop his ninjutsu safely.

• Hyuga Shinichi joined the Ninja Academy, befriended Nawaki, Gai, and Tomohiro, and began developing wind techniques and Taiji Fist.
• Shinichi offered to teach Taiji Fist to the Hyuga clan in exchange for Chakra Metal, then rejected the clan’s system and vowed to become strong enough to change it.
• After celebrating his third birthday with Nawaki and Mito’s family, Shinichi learned that his parents had loved him and moved in with Mito as her apprentice.
• Years later, Shinichi befriended the orphaned Minato, formed the Eye-Nose-Ear Squad with Gai and Tomohiro, and led them on an escort mission to the Land of Iron.
• Shinichi’s Yin Seal activated, and Hamura Otsutsuki appeared to him and sent him a sphere of light that began changing his Byakugan.
• Shinichi defeated Nawaki in a spar, declared him his rival, and helped Jiraiya accept Minato as his student.
• Minato revealed Wind, Lightning, and Fire chakra natures, and Shinichi suggested that he might develop a Kekkei Genkai while Jiraiya cautioned him about the danger.

Hyuga Shinichi helped Namikaze Minato grow stronger, supported the Hyuga Clan, and joined Jiraiya on a secret mission to bring Uzumaki Kushina to Konoha. The mission reached Uzushio Village, where Shinichi befriended the summoning snake Ao Qing and learned how few people remained there.

• Hyuga Shinichi taught Minato combination techniques and Shadow Clone, then encouraged him as he mastered a Wind-and-Fire attack and accepted the Flying Thunder God Formula scroll from Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Uchiha Zuho awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, befriended Shinichi, and lost a challenge match to him before Uchiha Setsuna ordered him to stay away from Shinichi.
• Shinichi visited the Hyuga Clan, helped select two promising twins for Gentle Fist training, and was promoted to Special Jonin as the Eye-Nose-Ear Team gained recognition.
• Uzumaki Mito asked Shinichi to bring a girl from the Land of Whirlpools to Konoha, and Jiraiya led Shinichi, Nawaki, Inuzuka Gai, and Aburame Tomohiro on the secret mission.
• In Uzushio Village, Shinichi learned from Uzumaki Michiko that repeated attacks over its Sealing Jutsu had left the village with few residents, and he defeated a talking Little Green Snake before naming it Ao Qing and signing a summoning contract.
• Shinichi and the others met Uzumaki Kushina, who agreed to go to Konoha, while the Village Chief hesitated when Shinichi offered to ask Uzumaki Mito to help the remaining villagers move there.

Hyuga Shinichi helped rescue the Uzumaki Clan from an attack on Uzushio Village and secure its relocation to Konoha, nearly losing his sight in the fighting. As the clan settled in and trained in medicine, Uzumaki Kushina entered the Academy, and Uzumaki Mito brought everyone together for a New Year's Eve feast.

• Hyuga Shinichi urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to shelter the Uzumaki Clan and proposed training its members as medical ninja.
• Hyuga Shinichi diverted the attackers while Nawaki evacuated the Uzumaki Clan through a secret tunnel, and the Village Chief stayed behind and died fighting.
• Hyuga Shinichi collapsed after using his special Byakugan technique, and Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Dan Katō arrived to help defeat the remaining enemies.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced the Uzumaki Clan's entry into Konoha, and Uzumaki Mito and Tsunade began teaching its members medicine.
• Uzumaki Mito comforted Uzumaki Kushina about becoming the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Kushina entered the Academy and fought classmates who mocked her.
• Hyuga Shinichi befriended Might Duy, encouraged Xiao Chun's pursuit of him, and reconciled with Ao Qing after sending her away during the battle.
• Hyuga Shinichi tested a prototype Military Ration Pill on Ao Qing, who grew a large tree before collapsing from chakra overuse.
• Uzumaki Mito hosted a New Year's Eve celebration at the Senju Clan Compound, and Hyuga Shinichi organized the cooking for the feast.

Hyuga Shinichi helped Konoha prepare for the war sparked by Hanzo’s invasion and watched Konoha and Sunagakure become trapped in a widening conflict. After comforting Kushina and celebrating Minato’s graduation, Shinichi and his squad assembled to leave for the battlefield.

• Uzumaki Mito stopped the elders’ matchmaking plans for Hyuga Shinichi, while Uzumaki Gangwu realized that Michiko cared for Nawaki and hoped the two could find happiness together.
• Hyuga Shinichi and Nawaki entertained Konoha at New Year’s, then Shinichi taught Uzumaki Kushina Wind Style: Gale Palm, after Brown Brother bullied her, she wondered whether becoming Hokage would make others accept her.
• Hyuga Shinichi helped establish Konoha’s first hospital, attended Hatake Sakumo and Inuzuka Oto’s wedding, and learned that Xiao Chun was marrying Might Duy.
• After Hanzo’s forces invaded the Land of Iron, Shinichi’s team rescued Mifune and confirmed that the invaders came from the Land of Rain, and Shinichi became Konoha’s youngest Jonin as the conflict escalated.
• Hanzo’s attacks drew Konoha and Sunagakure into the Land of Rain, where Chiyo countered Ibuse’s poison, but Amegakure maneuvered the two great villages into fighting each other.
• After raids and failed negotiations led Konoha and Sunagakure to declare war, Shinichi comforted Kushina at Minato’s graduation and encouraged her dream of becoming Hokage.
• Shinichi advised Nawaki on Water Release techniques, celebrated Minato’s promotion to Genin, and attended Hiruzen’s briefing on reinforcing Konoha’s outpost and counterattacking Amegakure and Sunagakure.
• Hiruzen assigned battlefield command positions and ordered the Jonin to assemble at the gate, and Shinichi arrived with Nawaki, Gai, and Tomohiro, exchanged a nod with Uchiha Zuho, and traded insults with Uchiha Fun.