Recaps

Shinku Yuhi began teaching Kazan how to understand and break Genjutsu before the Chunin Ninja Exams. Kazan’s speed and enormous tiger caused chaos in the village, and Hiruzen ordered him to repair the damage.

• Shinku Yuhi invited Kazan to stay at his home and said he would teach him Genjutsu until the Chunin Ninja Exams began.
• Kazan ate all the food at the Yuhi family’s dinner, then used Shave and crashed through their roof because he could not turn.
• Kazan brought a huge beast carcass to the yard and introduced the giant tiger Hakimi, who followed him into the village.
• Hakimi rampaged through the streets, damaging houses and market stalls and knocking Obito Uchiha unconscious, so the Uchiha Military Police complained to Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen summoned Kazan and ordered him to repair the damage, but Kazan smashed another Hokage Building window before leaving.

Shinku Yuhi taught Kazan and Kurenai Yuhi the basics of Genjutsu, then put Kazan under an illusion to practice breaking it. Kazan shattered the technique by violently surging his Chakra, but his reckless method nearly injured Kurenai and left Shinku furious.

• Kazan left his Shadow Clones repairing the damaged house and joined Shinku Yuhi and Kurenai Yuhi inside.
• Shinku explained how Genjutsu reached its targets and described ways to resist sight-, sound-, and touch-based techniques.
• Shinku cast the Falling Cherry Blossom Mirage Technique on Kazan without giving him time to prepare.
• Kazan flooded his body with Chakra and broke the Genjutsu in a sudden blast that sent Kurenai flying and shattered the courtyard stones.
• Shinku caught Kurenai and scolded Kazan, warning that repeatedly forcing Chakra through his body could cause permanent harm.

Kazan demonstrated his Tekkai to Shinku Yuhi, who agreed to train him in combat against genjutsu and attacks. During their sparring, Kazan broke Shinku’s Tree Binding Death and struck a shadow clone, then sensed another threat and punched the ground.

• Kazan convinced Shinku Yuhi that Tekkai existed by letting him punch him, then knocked him into the house when Shinku demanded a test of Kazan’s full strength.
• Kurenai Yuhi told her father that Kazan had been using the mountain behind the Hokage Building as a punching bag, and Shinku accepted that Kazan could withstand his chakra burst.
• The next morning, Kazan rode Hakimi through the woods while Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Anbu to escort the approaching daimyo to Konoha.
• At a Training Ground, Shinku told Kazan that his chakra burst could break most genjutsu but warned that combat required handling attacks at the same time.
• Shinku attacked Kazan with a blade and cast Tree Binding Death, but Kazan shattered the genjutsu and punched apart Shinku’s shadow clone.
• Kazan sensed danger and slammed his fist into the ground beneath him.

Kazan battled Shinku Yuhi, pushing his Observation Haki close to awakening while forcing the exhausted Jonin to end their training. Shinku Yuhi fled home and hid how thoroughly Kazan had worn him down.

• Kazan broke Shinku Yuhi's Genjutsu and overwhelmed him with powerful Taijutsu, but Shinku Yuhi tricked him with Ninjutsu and sent him crashing into a rock.
• Kazan used his heightened senses to anticipate Shinku Yuhi's Body Flicker Technique and struck him, then explained that he was developing Observation Haki.
• Kazan charged again with his shirt off, revealing his scars, while he tried to grasp the sensation of Observation Haki.
• Shinku Yuhi stopped the training because his Chakra was nearly depleted and told Kazan to rest and reflect.
• Kazan called Shinku Yuhi a useless Konoha Jonin, made a Shadow Clone, and continued training.
• Shinku Yuhi returned home exhausted and told his wife that he had repeatedly knocked Kazan down while holding back to avoid injuring him.

Kazan’s punishing training left Shinku Yuhi exhausted, so Shinku went to Hiruzen Sarutobi hoping to escape the assignment. When Kazan arrived, Shinku instead claimed he wanted permission to fight at full strength, and Kazan eagerly agreed to use Monster Strength Fist.

• Shinku Yuhi ended training early after Kazan’s new technique made him difficult to challenge, then went home exhausted.
• The next day, Shinku cut training short again and told Kazan to continue on his own.
• Kazan resumed training that afternoon, and Shinku reluctantly continued after seeing Kazan’s scarred body and hearing that his Observation Haki was close to awakening.
• Shinku told Kurenai Yuhi that Kazan was determined and praised his hard work, though he privately resented the assignment.
• Shinku went to Hiruzen Sarutobi to ask for the order to be withdrawn, but changed course when Kazan appeared and requested permission to fight at full strength.
• Kazan agreed to give the training his all and announced he would use Monster Strength Fist, leaving Shinku regretting his boast.

Kazan trained with Shinku Yuhi and prepared to take the Chunin Ninja Exams as Konoha welcomed candidates from other villages. At the exam venue, he met his assigned teammates, Tsume Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame.

• Kazan trained with Shinku Yuhi, whose fear of Kazan's destructive strength drove him to drink alone at a tavern.
• News of Kazan's upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams inspired students at the Ninja Academy to train harder as candidates from allied villages arrived in Konoha.
• Shinku Yuhi ended Kazan's training early, having taught him combat skills, Genjutsu, and how to awaken Observation Haki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Kazan Tsume Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame as teammates to make up for his lack of reconnaissance ability.
• Tsume introduced herself to Kazan, then urged the reserved Shibi to greet him, and Shibi addressed Kazan as True.

Kazan entered the Chunin Ninja Exams and learned that Kumogakure had sent Yugito Nii, the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, as one of its candidates. Shikaku Nara began the first stage, a written test requiring every member of each team to pass, and strict monitoring made cheating difficult.

• Kazan entered the classroom with Tsume Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame and noticed Yugito Nii among the candidates.
• Kazan recognized Yugito as the Two-Tails Jinchūriki and considered Kumogakure’s unusual ability to use Jinchūriki in battle.
• Matatabi warned Yugito about Kazan, while Yugito dismissed him as a child and promised to be careful.
• Tsume teased Kazan about watching Yugito, and Kazan explained that he wanted to fight her.
• Shikaku Nara announced a written first exam in which every teammate had to pass, then rearranged the candidates and stationed proctors around the room to stop cheating.

Kazan and his teammates passed Shikaku Nara’s first Chunin Ninja Exam after Kazan secretly used a Shadow Clone to find the answer key. A new examiner arrived and warned that the second exam would eliminate more than half of the remaining candidates.

• Shibi Aburame and Tsume Inuzuka asked Kazan about his academic grades, and he assured them he had a way to pass.
• Kazan waited for one of his Shadow Clones to find the answers while candidates used their own methods to gather information.
• A Shadow Clone found the answer key in Shikaku Nara’s office, and Kazan used its memories to complete the exam without being caught.
• Shikaku disqualified a candidate caught cheating, then announced that True Kazan, Shibi Aburame, and Tsume Inuzuka had passed.
• A new examiner arrived and warned the remaining candidates that more than half of them would be eliminated in the second exam.

Kazan entered the Forest of Death with Tsume Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame for the second Chunin exam, which required each squad to obtain both scrolls and reach the Central Building. He found a Sand Shinobi squad and attacked it alone, knocking Irani out with a powerful chakra punch.

• Mitarashi Moriaki explained the Forest of Death exam rules and sent the squads inside after they signed consent forms.
• Kazan told Tsume Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame to track other squads, then raced ahead when Kuromaru found a group nearby.
• Kazan confronted three Sand Shinobi and launched a powerful chakra shock wave that blasted them away.
• Kazan struck Irani before the Sand Shinobi could recover, breaking her back and taking one member out of the squad.

Kazan defeated a Sand Shinobi squad in the Forest of Death and recovered the scroll his team needed. He left with Tsume Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame, who learned he considered the forest his hunting ground.

• Kazan used powerful punches to kill a Sand Shinobi and discovered another was controlling a puppet.
• A genjutsu trapped Kazan, but Hakimi struck the puppeteer while Kazan broke free and killed the genjutsu user.
• Hakimi pinned the last Sand Shinobi as Kazan searched the bodies and found the required scroll.
• Tsume Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame arrived, saw the defeated squad, and learned that Hakimi was Kazan's companion.
• Kazan led the group toward the Central Building, explaining that the Forest of Death was his hunting ground.

Kazan and his teammates passed the Forest of Death stage, where Tsume Inuzuka learned he had hunted there since childhood and watched him train with enormous weights. At the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Kumogakure had entered its Two-Tails Jinchūriki in the exams and feared the village had mastered control of Tailed Beasts.

• Kazan told Tsume Inuzuka that he had hunted in the Forest of Death since childhood and explained how he found Hakimi.
• Kazan sent Hakimi back to the Back Mountain, then he, Tsume Inuzuka, and Shibi Aburame turned in their scrolls and passed the second stage.
• Kazan created Shadow Clones to train and began exercising in heavy weighted gear while Tsume Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame watched in amazement.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the daimyo was still five days from Konoha and that the other Shinobi Villages had sent representatives to the exams.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Telescope Technique to watch Kazan training, then an ANBU operative reported that Kumogakure's Two-Tails Jinchūriki was among the Genin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi concluded that Kumogakure had mastered the art of controlling Tailed Beasts.

Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Might Duy to teach Kazan the Eight Gates Released Formation after learning Kumogakure had entered Yugito Nii, the Two-Tails’ Jinchūriki, in the Chunin Ninja Exams. Kazan arrived at the Hokage Building, where Hiruzen explained the threat and Kazan revealed that he had sensed the monster inside Yugito.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided Kazan needed to learn the Eight Gates Released Formation to face Kumogakure’s Jinchūriki and summoned Might Duy.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi showed Might Duy Kazan’s training ground and offered to have Kazan teach him Tekkai in exchange for the technique.
• Might Duy agreed to teach Kazan the Eight Gates Released Formation, having already wanted to pass it on to him and Guy.
• An ANBU summoned Kazan from the Forest of Death, and Kazan reached Hiruzen Sarutobi and Might Duy by stepping through the air.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kazan that Yugito Nii might perfectly control the Two-Tails, and Kazan said his Observation Haki had sensed a monster inside her.

Kazan began learning the Eight Gates from Might Duy after Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned him the technique to prepare for his mission against a Jinchūriki. He opened the Gate of Opening in one day, while Tsume Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame waited anxiously as the Forest of Death exam neared its end.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged for Might Duy to teach Kazan the Eight Gates, and Kazan agreed while intending to make Hiruzen owe him a favor.
• Might Duy explained the Eight Gates’ dangers and told Kazan to set a Self-Constraint; Kazan vowed not to let his companions die before his eyes.
• Kazan trained with Might Duy and opened the Gate of Opening after one day, impressing his teacher with his taijutsu talent.
• Kazan and Might Duy continued training and clashed fists as they opened the Eight Gates together.
• Tsume Inuzuka worried that Kazan had not returned before the final day of the Forest of Death exam, while Shibi Aburame defended his bugs.

After the second round, Shinku Yuhi held preliminary one-on-one matches to reduce the remaining contestants to sixteen. True Kazan arrived dramatically and defeated Kusagakure's Morodoi with one punch, drawing attention from the other villages and concern from Yugito Nii.

• Mitarashi Moriaki announced that passing the second round only qualified contestants for the final test, and Shinku Yuhi arranged preliminary matches for the remaining ninja.
• Tsume Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame advanced without trouble as the preliminary fights began.
• Morodoi taunted the absent True Kazan, who then burst through the roof of the Central Building and arrived just before their match.
• Shinku Yuhi started the fight, and Kazan crossed the arena in an instant and punched Morodoi into the wall.
• Shinku Yuhi declared Kazan the winner, while Yugito Nii and Matatabi recognized him as a dangerous opponent.

Kazan prepared to compete in the Chunin Ninja Exams’ final round, determined to face Yugito Nii, the Two-Tails Jinchūriki. As Konoha filled with spectators and dignitaries, his friends and neighbors gathered to cheer him on, and Kazan headed into the arena eager to make a name for himself.

• Kazan told his teammates he had spent the past few days training, and he named Yugito Nii as the opponent he wanted to face.
• ANBU and Root guarded Konoha as officials, villagers, and Kazan’s friends arrived to watch the final round.
• Rin Nohara, Obito Uchiha, and Jing Uchiha argued about Kazan’s progress before heading into the Training Ground.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki arrived to cheer for Kazan, while Kushina complained about his past pranks.
• Kazan sneezed, wondered who was insulting him, and resolved to defeat Yugito Nii for an achievement.
• Kazan was told to head out as the final day’s competition was about to begin.

The final round of the Chunin Ninja Exams began, and the draw matched Konoha’s True Kazan against Kumogakure’s Two-Tails Jinchūriki, Yugito Nii. As the two young prodigies prepared to fight, Kazan provoked Yugito by refusing to answer her question.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced the final round, and the draw paired True Kazan with Yugito Nii.
• A taunted Ebizo over the missing Kazekage, while Ebizo warned that the Sand Shinobi would not forgive Kumogakure if it was responsible.
• A Kumogakure ninja defeated a Sand Shinobi and advanced, prompting A to celebrate loudly.
• The earlier matches ended, and Kazan and Yugito Nii entered the Training Ground to cheers from the Konoha crowd.
• Yugito asked Kazan his name, and he insulted her instead of answering, making her angry.

Kazan overwhelmed Yugito Nii with his strength and durability, forcing her to draw on the Two-Tails' power. Her transformation revealed Kumogakure's Jinchūriki to the assembled leaders, who watched to see whether she could control Matatabi.

• Yugito Nii attacked Kazan with her claws, but his Tekkai left him unharmed and his counterpunch sent her flying.
• Kazan pressed his advantage with relentless punches, keeping Yugito on the defensive until she realized she could not beat him in her current state.
• Yugito called on Matatabi and drew on the Two-Tails' power, revealing her Jinchūriki status with a tail of blue-black Chakra.
• Kushina recognized Yugito as a Jinchūriki, while the officials and village representatives reacted with alarm and considered what Kumogakure's apparent progress meant.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to keep watching, hoping to see whether Yugito was a Perfect Jinchūriki.

Kazan fought Yugito Nii as she drew on the Two-Tails’ Chakra, showing enough strength to wound her before she and Matatabi increased their power. Yugito then overwhelmed Kazan and launched him into the sky, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Kazan dodged Yugito’s Fire Rat Ball and traded blows with her while spectators watched anxiously.
• Yugito unleashed dozens of tracking Fire Rat Balls, but Kazan used his sharp senses to evade them and keep pressing forward.
• Kazan struck Yugito with Fist Bone: Impact, sending her into a wall and drawing blood despite Matatabi’s protection.
• Yugito and Matatabi agreed to fight together, increasing her Chakra, healing her injuries, and strengthening her abilities.
• Yugito rushed Kazan, blocked his counterpunch, struck him with her tail, and pursued him into the air.

Kazan fought Yugito Nii while wearing heavy weights, then removed them and used Shadow Clones, smoke, and the Eight Gates to attack her from the air. The chapter ended as he grabbed Yugito Nii by the face and began a powerful finishing attack.

• Kazan traded blows with Yugito Nii, who used Matatabi's Chakra tails to send him crashing into a wall.
• Kazan removed his six-hundred-kilogram armor and weights, astonishing the spectators, then created more than a dozen Shadow Clones.
• Kazan filled the arena with smoke and sent himself and his clones after Yugito Nii, while Hyuga Hiashi used his Byakugan to track the fight.
• Yugito Nii and Matatabi sensed Kazan's attacks and destroyed his Shadow Clones, but Kazan struck her chin with an uppercut that launched her into the air.
• Yugito Nii burned the airborne clones with Fire Rat Balls as Kazan opened the First Gate and leapt after her.
• Kazan grabbed Yugito Nii's face and shouted the names of his finishing attacks, Cherry Blossom Impact and Undersea Drop.

Kazan battled Yugito Nii as she drew on Matatabi’s power, then opened the Sixth Gate of View to gain the strength to fight back. The chapter ended with emerald-green steam surging from him as he prepared to continue the fight.

• Kazan slammed Yugito Nii into the arena and followed with a powerful punch, but she unleashed a partial Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Yugito Nii attacked Kazan with claws, tails, and Fire Rat Balls, keeping him on the defensive while Minato Namikaze stood ready to intervene.
• Asuka Hyuga confirmed that Kazan remained composed as he blocked Yugito Nii’s attacks, but her coordinated strike with Matatabi launched him into the sky.
• Kazan opened the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Gates as Might Duy urged him on.
• Kazan forced open the Sixth Gate of View, releasing vast Chakra as emerald-green steam.

Kazan opened the sixth gate and overwhelmed Yugito Nii in Partial Tailed Beast Transformation while trying to awaken Armament Haki. The fight left Yugito under pressure as Kazan’s punches began striking through her Chakra Cloak with a new force.

• Kazan opened six of the Eight Gates and charged Yugito Nii at extraordinary speed.
• Kazan used Observation Haki to evade Yugito’s claws and attacks, repeatedly driving her backward with powerful blows.
• Yugito unleashed a swarm of Fire Rat Balls, but Kazan weaved through them while seeking to grasp Armament Haki.
• Yugito began forming a small Tailed Beast Bomb, but Kazan hurled an iron ball covered in Explosive Tags and blasted her away.
• Kazan continued attacking Yugito, and his punches grew heavier as they began penetrating her Chakra Cloak and shaking her from within.

Kazan battled Yugito Nii, a Perfect Jinchuriki, with the Eight Gates Released Formation and gradually gained the upper hand despite her healing and immense Chakra. He unleashed his final Infinite Fist Bone attack, breaking through Matatabi’s Chakra defenses and battering Yugito Nii as the fight reached its climax.

• Kazan scattered Yugito Nii’s Fire Rat Balls with Fist Bone: Barrage and charged through the sparks to overwhelm her at close range.
• Kushina worried that Kazan’s body could not sustain the Eight Gates Released Formation as Yugito Nii healed from his attacks with Matatabi’s Chakra.
• Kazan gathered his strength and launched Infinite Fist Bone, striking Yugito Nii with hundreds of punches.
• Matatabi realized Kazan’s blackened fists were dispersing her Chakra and could strike it directly.
• Kazan broke through Matatabi’s tails and continued punching Yugito Nii, battering apart her Chakra Cloak.

Kazan battered Yugito Nii and broke through her Chakra Cloak, but Minato Namikaze and A intervened before she could unleash Matatabi’s full power. A conceded the match and declared that Yugito Nii had completed her mission by demonstrating Kumogakure’s strength, while the other villages considered Konoha and Kumogakure’s prospects.

• Kazan overwhelmed Yugito Nii with Armament Haki-covered punches and shattered her Chakra Cloak.
• As Yugito Nii prepared to complete her Tailed Beast Transformation, Minato Namikaze stopped A from striking Kazan, and A ended the match.
• A told Yugito Nii that Kumogakure had achieved its aim by showing her control of Matatabi, despite her loss.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about Kazan, and Hiruzen praised Kazan’s unusual talent.
• Representatives from the other villages assessed Konoha and Kumogakure as leading contenders for future power.

Kazan won the Chunin Ninja Exams after defeating Yugito Nii, a Grass Ninja, and every remaining opponent. At the victory celebration, he met Kushina Uzumaki, sensed the Nine-Tails inside her, and left her bruised after she tried to punch him.

• Minato Namikaze took Yugito Nii away after she conceded, and Shinku Yuhi declared Kazan the winner and a Chunin.
• Kazan defeated a Grass Ninja who attacked him with sound-based Genjutsu, then won the remaining exam matches and the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Kazan changed into a white suit and walked with Kurenai Yuhi toward his victory party, where he met Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze.
• Kazan sensed the Nine-Tails inside Kushina and told it to cooperate with her like the Two-Tails did with its host.
• Kushina punched Kazan twice, but his Tekkai left her with both fists bruised and red.

Kazan spoke with the Nine-Tails through Kushina, provoking the beast into revealing his distrust of humans and resentment toward the Uchiha. When Kushina asked what they had discussed, Kazan invented insults that sent her into the Sealing Chamber to confront the Nine-Tails, and she returned satisfied after binding him with her chains.

• At Shinku Yuhi's house, Kazan stared at Kushina's stomach and addressed the Nine-Tails inside her seal.
• Kazan urged the Nine-Tails to seek freedom and teased him about human food, while the Nine-Tails angrily rejected his suggestions and voiced his hatred of the Uchiha.
• The Nine-Tails admitted he sensed malice among humans but recognized Kazan as an unusual person without that malice.
• Kushina asked Kazan what the Nine-Tails had said, and Kazan falsely claimed the beast had insulted her appearance, cooking, and future husband.
• Kushina entered the Sealing Chamber, argued with the Nine-Tails, and bound him with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Back at the table, Kushina said the Nine-Tails would not have made such petty remarks, and Kazan acknowledged that she knew him well.