Recaps

Might Guy’s Du'e Slash left Pakura physically unharmed but cut through her obsessions and resentment. Pakura left the battlefield after learning Guy’s name, while Rasa shouted for her to return.

• Guy’s golden blade shattered against Pakura, leaving her unharmed, and he collapsed to one knee as Ebisu and Genma guarded him.
• Pakura recalled her first kill, Rasa’s praise, and the identity she had built around being a Sunagakure elite Jonin.
• Pakura asked Guy about the blade, and he named it Du'e and explained that it cut through the heart’s barriers and obsessions.
• Pakura asked Guy’s name, repeated it, and told him she would remember him.
• Pakura walked away from the battlefield despite Rasa shouting for her to return, and disappeared into the smoke.

Guy defeated Pakura with the Du'e Slash but collapsed from exhaustion, while Rasa prepared to crush Choza with a massive Gold Dust cube. As Choza raised a Chili Pill to meet the attack, a mysterious voice called out from behind Rasa.

• Guy collapsed after Pakura disappeared, and Ebisu and Genma caught him as he explained that he was still alive.
• Guy recovered slightly with the Yijin Jing and held onto his last Lesser Restoration Pill while Konoha's outnumbered forces continued fighting.
• Rasa saw Pakura leave and, enraged, summoned a massive Gold Dust cube to kill Choza.
• Choza prepared to swallow a Chili Pill as the Gold Dust cube fell toward him.
• A cold voice behind Rasa called out, "Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"

Orochimaru arrived at Kikyo Mountain and stopped Rasa from crushing Choza, then summoned Manda to devastate Sunagakure’s ranks. With his forces routed and himself wounded and depleted, Rasa ordered a retreat.

• Orochimaru’s purple snakes bound Rasa, interrupting his jutsu and allowing Choza to escape the collapsing Gold Dust cube.
• Choza recognized Orochimaru, while Rasa realized Konoha’s intelligence had concealed the Sannin’s arrival and fresh reinforcements.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda and directed him to attack the Sunagakure forces.
• Manda crushed through Sunagakure’s ranks, shattering their formation and spreading panic.
• Rasa ordered his forces to retreat, and the Sunagakure shinobi fled the battlefield.

After Orochimaru arrived and drove Sunagakure into retreat, Konoha pursued the fleeing forces while the exhausted survivors tended to the wounded and dead. Guy collapsed after the battle, and the chapter ended at dawn as Choza organized the rescue and battlefield cleanup.

• Orochimaru ordered the mobile Konoha ninja to pursue Sunagakure, and Sarutobi Sosuke rushed to the front despite his missing arm and severe injuries.
• Newly arrived reinforcements admired Sarutobi Sosuke, while Kikyo Mountain survivors scorned him for having stayed out of the fighting.
• Guy collapsed from exhaustion, and Ebisu and Genma carried him away from the pursuit to watch over him.
• Choza confirmed that Guy, Ebisu, and Genma had survived, then ordered the remaining Konoha ninja to find the wounded, guard Sunagakure prisoners, and clear the battlefield.
• The survivors worked through the night, and dawn broke as they continued tending to the battlefield.

Might Guy woke in a medical tent after the Battle of Kikyo Mountain and learned that Konoha had won at a heavy cost. Orochimaru took an interest in Guy’s golden phantom technique, while Guy awaited orders about where he would be sent next.

• Kabuto Yakushi treated Might Guy, and Orochimaru questioned Guy about the golden phantom he had manifested while striking Pakura.
• Orochimaru praised Guy’s battlefield performance but left without pressing him for an explanation of the technique.
• Ebisu and Genma told Guy that Konoha had won, Sunagakure’s forces had retreated, and nearly eight hundred Konoha shinobi had died.
• Ebisu and Genma said Sarutobi Sosuke had hurried back to Konoha, while wounded shinobi promised to testify about Guy’s actions and Sosuke’s misconduct.
• Guy wondered whether his next assignment would take him to the Kirigakure battlefield, then fell asleep.

Orochimaru announced the rotation of forces at Kikyo Mountain, and Guy, Ebisu, and Genma were ordered to return to Konoha while Akimichi Choza remained in command. Before they parted, Choza taught them the basic seals and chakra principles of the Akimichi Clan’s Expansion Jutsu, leaving Guy with the clan’s recognition and a new lesson to study.

• Orochimaru announced that Choza would command the Kikyo Mountain defense while Guy, Ebisu, and Genma would return to Konoha with the first group of veterans.
• Ebisu, Genma, and Guy said goodbye to Choza, who urged them to recover and prioritize staying alive on future battlefields.
• Choza privately demonstrated the Expansion Jutsu and told Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to observe its basic seals.
• Choza explained that the Akimichi Clan had approved his teaching them the basic hand seals and chakra-control framework because Guy had saved him three times.
• Choza warned that clan-specific body modifications and secret medicines could not be taught, then explained the five seals as Guy and the others studied.

After mastering the basics of the Multi-Size Technique, Guy and his companions prepared to leave Kikyo Mountain as reinforcements arrived. Choza saw them off and told Guy that the village was working on the special weapon he had requested.

• Guy shattered a boulder with the Multi-Size Technique, which he had learned in three days, while Ebisu and Genma watched.
• Ebisu quit practicing the technique because his physique was too weak, and Genma gave it up because he feared becoming bulky.
• The first replacement reinforcements arrived, and Guy, Ebisu, and Genma prepared to return to Konoha.
• Choza told Guy that he had submitted the blueprints for Guy’s requested weapon and warned him that it was untested.
• Guy declined Choza’s offer to obtain a captured ninja sword and left Kikyo Mountain with Ebisu and Shiranui Genma.

Guy returned to Konoha after six months away and reunited with his anxious father, Might Duy, at the village gates. After sharing an emotional embrace, Guy went home with Duy, who had prepared Red Bean Dumpling Soup for him.

• Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma approached Konoha after two days of travel, and Guy wondered how his father had been during their separation.
• Might Duy waited anxiously at the village gates, spotted Guy, and rushed to embrace him while crying.
• Duy checked Guy's bandaged arm and heard villagers praise his son's service and promotion to chunin.
• Duy beamed with pride when people said Guy had surpassed him, then tried to hug him again, but Guy dodged and said he was hungry.
• Duy told Guy he had made a huge pot of Red Bean Dumpling Soup, and Guy left with him while Ebisu and Shiranui Genma stayed behind.

Guy returned home from Kikyo Mountain and shared a meal with his father, Dai, who had come back on special leave to visit him. Dai revealed that three letters had arrived for Guy, leaving him to discover who had written them.

• Guy came home to a meal of red bean dumpling soup and rice that Dai had prepared.
• Guy and Dai shared stories about their time at war, and Dai became emotional when Guy told him he had held the ridge alone for sixty-eight days.
• Guy told Dai that Orochimaru had led reinforcements to Kikyo Mountain and turned the battle around.
• Dai explained that he had received special approval to visit Guy for three days because of Guy's deeds and injuries.
• Dai brought Guy three letters addressed from Hatake Kakashi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Aburame Shikuroo.

Might Guy read letters from Kakashi, Obito, Rin, Kurenai, and Aburame Shikuroo, then wrote replies reassuring them and returning their affection. After Might Duy praised Guy’s bonds with his companions, Guy began telling his father that the battle at Kikyo Mountain had taught him something else.

• Guy read Kakashi, Obito, and Rin’s letter, which praised his promotion and worried over his long defense of the ridge.
• Guy read Kurenai’s tear-stained letter, which expressed her concern and longing, and Shikuroo’s detailed report on Kurenai and Asuma.
• Guy wrote replies to all three groups, telling them he was safe and promising Kurenai a meal for just the two of them after the war.
• Might Duy praised Guy’s precious companions, and Guy agreed before preparing to send his replies.
• Guy told Might Duy that he had realized something else on the battlefield at Kikyo Mountain.

Guy taught Might Dai the Yijin Jing to strengthen his body and help him survive the war. Dai quickly learned its basic circulation and promised to keep the secret safe, even from Orochimaru and the Third Hokage.

• Guy explained the Yijin Jing's chakra circulation to Might Dai and guided him through practicing it.
• Might Dai quickly learned the basics, and Guy decided to teach him only the Yijin Jing to improve his recovery without encouraging him to risk himself with more dangerous techniques.
• After practicing, Might Dai felt refreshed and celebrated Guy's discovery, then embraced him and cried with happiness for his son's future.
• Guy named the art the Yijin Jing and warned Might Dai never to reveal it to anyone.
• Might Dai solemnly promised to protect the secret, even if Orochimaru or the Third Hokage asked about Guy.

After Might Duy left, Guy read his father’s letter and kept the money and warm soup Duy had prepared for him. At the battle merit office, Guy learned he had earned 506 points for his actions at Kikyo Mountain, and the clerk asked what Sarutobi Sosuke had really done there.

• Guy read Might Duy’s farewell letter, stored it with his earlier letters, and put away the three hundred thousand ryo Duy had left him.
• Guy drank the Red Bean Dumpling Soup Duy had prepared, then went to register his battle merits.
• The clerk told Guy that his total was 506 points, including 300 for warning the camp, 106 for combat and aid, and 100 for helping drive back Pakura.
• The clerk explained that Sarutobi Sosuke had surrendered his share of the 200 points awarded for driving back Pakura, leaving Guy with 100 points and Ebisu and Shiranui Genma with 50 each.
• The clerk quietly asked Guy which account of Sarutobi Sosuke’s performance at Kikyo Mountain was true.

Guy stayed out of the dispute over conflicting accounts of Sarutobi Sosuke’s conduct at Kikyo Mountain and collected the custom weapon he had ordered. He left the merit exchange office with a pair of nunchucks suited to his new ultimate skill, along with supplies bought with his remaining merit.

• A Chunin clerk asked Guy which of the two competing accounts of Sarutobi Sosuke’s battlefield conduct was true, but Guy refused to comment, following Akimichi Choza’s warning to stay out of the controversy.
• The clerk gave Guy a custom-made weapon from the Logistics Department, which had cost 480 merit points.
• Guy opened the box and found a pair of dark-gold nunchucks, then demonstrated how naturally he could wield them.
• Guy recalled that he had received the low-grade ultimate skill Shaolin Nunchucks after perfecting Mercy Blade and recognized how well the weapon suited him.
• Guy spent his remaining 26 merit points on Soldier Pills and Explosive Tags, packed his supplies, and left the office.

Guy practiced Shaolin Nunchucks at the training grounds, then reunited with Ebisu, Genma, Gekko Hayate, and Uzuki Yugao. After hearing about Guy’s actions at Kikyo Mountain and discussing Hayate and Yugao’s mission, the group agreed to go out for a meal, with Hayate offering to pay.

• Guy practiced with his dark-gold nunchucks and shattered a boulder with his final strike.
• Ebisu and Genma arrived with Gekko Hayate and Uzuki Yugao to check on Guy.
• Ebisu recounted how Guy had warned the camp at Kikyo Mountain and how Sarutobi Sosuke had taken credit for the victory.
• Guy asked Hayate and Yugao about their mission, and Hayate described their border patrol.
• Ebisu suggested that the group share a meal, and Hayate offered to treat them to thank Guy for saving him and Yugao from bandits.
• Guy eagerly accepted Hayate’s offer, while Ebisu and Genma exchanged knowing glances.

After treating his friends to a meal, Guy encountered four bullied war orphans and received a system mission to escort one to safety and find a lasting refuge. He led the children toward Konoha Orphanage.

• Guy's friends discussed their new equipment and military merit before the group parted ways.
• Guy heard children bullying a small child and discovered a system mission concerning a war orphan.
• Guy drove off the bullies and offered the child food and shelter.
• Three more children emerged, and Guy led all four toward Konoha Orphanage.

Might Guy brought four war orphans to Yakushi Nonō’s struggling orphanage and gave her all his savings to help care for the children. After leaving, Guy was approached by an Anbu and ordered to meet Lord Third.

• Guy led four children to the Konoha Orphanage and asked Yakushi Nonō to take them in.
• Nonō agreed despite the staff member’s warning that the orphanage lacked food, medicine, and beds.
• Guy gave Nonō all the money he had, including the three hundred thousand ryō left by Might Duy, to support the children.
• Guy left the orphanage, and an Anbu appeared to summon him to Lord Third.

The Third Hokage explained why he had subsidized Guy’s new nunchaku and promised to protect him from Sarutobi Sosuke. After learning Guy had donated all his savings to war orphans, the Third hoped to see him grow into a pillar of Konoha, while Guy returned to training.

• The Third Hokage told Guy that his extraordinary service at Kikyo Mountain merited compensation beyond the points he had received, so he had paid the remaining cost of the nunchaku.
• The Third Hokage revealed that Sarutobi Sosuke was his distant nephew and promised that Sosuke had been demoted, barred from promotion and the front lines, and exposed by survivors’ testimony.
• Guy said he had defended the ridge to save lives, and the Third Hokage told him to rest while his next transfer order was prepared.
• An Anbu member reported that Guy had donated his savings and Might Duy’s 300,000 ryo to support war orphans’ living expenses and education.
• The Third Hokage praised Guy and hoped he would become a pillar of Konoha, while Guy left the Hokage Building and headed for the training grounds.

Guy, Ebisu, and Genma were transferred to the Kirigakure front and assigned to Ninth Squad under Hyuga Yuma. After arriving at the Land of Waves base, they learned their unit was preparing to retake the island from Kirigakure forces.

• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma received orders to report to Mitokado Homura on the Land of Waves front.
• The three shinobi traveled with the transferred Konoha forces to the island base and reported to Mitokado Homura.
• Mitokado Homura assigned them to Ninth Squad under Hyuga Yuma.
• Hyuga Yuma showed the newcomers the camp and explained that Kirigakure occupied the Land of Waves with about five hundred troops.
• Hyuga Yuma warned Guy, Ebisu, and Genma that mission completion came before individual performance and scheduled a tactical briefing.

Team 9 ambushed a Kirigakure supply ship, defeated its guards, and seized its cargo. As they returned to the Land of Waves outpost, Hyuga Yuma spotted another Kirigakure ship carrying three figures.

• Hyuga Yuma briefed Guy, Ebisu, and Genma on their mission to intercept a Kirigakure supply ship and warned them to stay cautious.
• Team 9 ambushed the ship at dawn after Hyuga Yuma confirmed that five guards were aboard.
• Guy defeated the apparent leader with his nunchaku and a Leaf Hurricane, while Hyuga Yuma, Ebisu, and Genma subdued the other guards.
• Team 9 captured three enemies, killed two, and took the ship's cargo of Soldier Pills, medical supplies, and ninja tools.
• During the return voyage, Hyuga Yuma spotted another Kirigakure ship approaching the Land of Waves with three figures on deck.

Team Nine encountered a Kirigakure ship and identified its leader as Ao, a suspected Hozuki youth carrying a Hiramekarei replica, and an unknown girl whom Guy recognized as Mei Terumi. As the ships parted without fighting, Guy realized that Ao was not wearing an eyepatch.

• Hyuga Yujian ordered Team Nine to speed away after sensing the strength of the three Kirigakure shinobi.
• Hyuga Yujian identified the leader as the newly promoted jonin Ao and suspected the weapon-carrying youth belonged to the Hozuki Clan.
• Hyuga Yujian said the youth carried an imitation of Hiramekarei and warned that the unknown girl might also be dangerous.
• Guy recognized the girl as the future Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, and resolved to be wary of her.
• Guy realized that Ao had not been wearing an eyepatch.

Guy realized that Ao might eventually take Hyuga Yuma’s Byakugan, but kept his suspicions to himself. After Team Nine returned to the Konoha outpost with captured supplies and prisoners, Guy remained wary of the dangers ahead.

• Guy noticed that Ao had both eyes uncovered and suspected that Hyuga Yuma might be the source of the Byakugan Ao would later obtain.
• Guy chose not to warn Hyuga Yuma or report his suspicion, while Ebisu and Genma discussed Ao’s weapon and the young Kirigakure kunoichi.
• Hyuga Yuma led Team Nine back to the outpost and reported their successful mission to Mitokado Homura.
• Mitokado Homura praised Team Nine, ordered the supplies stored and prisoners transferred, and gave the team the day to rest.
• As Team Nine rested, Guy stayed on guard and worried that Ao might target Hyuga Yuma on the dangerous Land of Waves battlefield.

After two months of Konoha gaining ground in the Land of Waves, Hyuga Yuma received a mission to investigate Kirigakure’s apparent withdrawal. Guy suspected Ao would use the operation as a chance to steal Yuma’s Byakugan, and Team 9 prepared to infiltrate near Mist Island.

• Konoha won several clashes after Hyuga Yuma spotted Kirigakure’s ambush, allowing Konoha to seize a key island along the shipping route.
• Guy reflected that Kirigakure’s forces were stretched thin, but he remained wary because Ao had not appeared near Team 9 or made an obvious move against Hyuga Yuma.
• Hyuga Yuma reported that Kirigakure was withdrawing from some outposts and said Mitokado Homura had ordered Team 9 to verify whether it was a real retreat or a trap.
• Hyuga Yuma assigned Team 9 to infiltrate near Mist Island, observe Kirigakure’s fleet and evacuation with the Byakugan, and withdraw without engaging.
• Guy suspected the mission could give Ao an opportunity to seize Hyuga Yuma’s Byakugan as the forces disengaged, and Team 9 prepared to depart in one hour.

Guy sensed that the fog around Mist Island was affecting the team and warned Hyuga Yuma, who initially continued their reconnaissance. After Guy stopped Yuma from pursuing Ao’s apparently fleeing ship, the Kirigakure vessel turned back to attack, confirming the ambush.

• Guy’s Sobering Stone detected a persistent abnormality in the fog, and he warned Hyuga Yuma and his teammates that it could signal an ambush.
• Hyuga Yuma examined the area with his Byakugan but found nothing suspicious, so he ordered the team to continue investigating.
• Hyuga Yuma spotted Ao, the Hozuki youth, and the mysterious girl aboard a nearby ship, with a tightly wrapped figure inside, and ordered a pursuit when they appeared to flee.
• Guy argued that pursuit would violate their reconnaissance mission and might lead them into a trap, so Hyuga Yuma ordered the team to withdraw and report.
• As the team turned to leave, Ao’s ship abruptly turned back and charged at them, and Hyuga Yuma realized they had fallen into an ambush.

Hyuga Yuma and his team were cornered by Ao and the Kirigakure shinobi, who wanted to seize Yuma’s Byakugan. Guy’s improvised signal flare raised hope that reinforcements would come, and the team fought together as Guy confronted Mei Terumi.

• Hyuga Yuma identified the pursuers’ strength and ordered his team to retreat, but Hozuki Mangetsu used the Water Hydrification Technique to speed their boat closer.
• Ao offered to spare Yuma and his teammates if Yuma surrendered his Byakugan, but Yuma refused and Ao ordered an attack.
• Yuma told Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to scatter while he held off Ao, but Guy fired a signal arrow that became a bright emergency flare.
• Guy revealed that he had enhanced ten ordinary signal arrows and urged Yuma to fight on until reinforcements arrived, so Yuma resolved to escape with his team.
• Ao and a Kirigakure Chunin attacked Yuma while Hozuki Mangetsu and Mei Terumi boarded the Konoha boat; Guy faced Mei as Ebisu and Genma confronted Mangetsu.

Guy chose to face Mei Terumi while Ebisu and Genma fought the Hozuki swordsman, and Mei revealed the terrifying corrosive power of her Lava Release. The battle remained dangerous on all fronts as Hyuga Yuma realized Guy had taken the greatest threat upon himself and the swordsman was Hozuki Mangetsu.

• Ebisu and Genma trusted Guy’s choice and coordinated their attacks against the Hozuki boy while Hyuga Yuma struggled to hold off Ao.
• Mei Terumi asked Guy if he knew her, then declared him the first test subject for her new technique.
• Mei used Lava Release: Dissolving Monster Technique, forcing Guy to retreat as the corrosive sludge ate through the ship’s deck.
• Ebisu and Genma saw the damage and grew wary of Mei, while Yuma understood that Guy had chosen to protect them from her Kekkei Genkai.
• The Hozuki boy continued to threaten Ebisu and Genma, and Yuma recognized him as Hozuki Mangetsu, the future wielder of the Seven Ninja Swords.