Recaps

Miki Yūya repeatedly challenged Konoha’s treatment of its own people and its willingness to help outsiders, then became entangled in Kazahana Koyuki’s struggle in the Land of Snow. He ended the stretch heading to the Snow Fortress with the Hexagonal Crystal after forcing three Snow Ninja to apologize.

• Miki Yūya condemned Hiruzen Sarutobi after the Konoha Crush, turning villagers and ninja against the Third Hokage and later confronting Naruto over Konoha’s treatment of him and his parents.
• Miki Yūya clashed with Konoha’s ninja and civilians, encountered Itachi and Kisame, and later traveled with Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Naruto during their confrontation with Orochimaru.
• Miki Yūya continued provoking Konohamaru, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and others, while Tsunade and Jiraiya tried to recruit him and train Naruto.
• After Kazahana Koyuki’s guards trampled Miki Yūya in Konoha, Miki chased them to the Land of Snow and struck Koyuki when she dismissed Naruto’s request for an apology.
• Miki Yūya refused Kakashi’s order to protect Koyuki, arguing that Konoha’s ninja ignored their own people’s suffering, and the Snow Ninja abducted her without resistance.
• Kakashi gave Miki Yūya the Hexagonal Ice Crystal and explained its connection to Koyuki’s family, while Miki questioned whether Sandayu truly wanted what was best for her.
• Sandayu revealed his plan to make Koyuki a puppet ruler, while Kazahana Dōtō told him the real crystal was with Nadare Rōga.
• Nadare Rōga and the Fubuki siblings froze the harbor and demanded the crystal, but Miki Yūya refused to hand it over unless Koyuki received it in person, then made them apologize before agreeing to accompany them to the Snow Fortress.

Miki Yūya’s provocations helped drive Neji from Konoha as Naruto pursued Sasuke and fought Gaara and the Sound Four. After the battle left Miki badly injured, Naruto was drawn into Haido’s Gelel Stone scheme, and Miki warned him that the mission was a trap.

• Miki Yūya helped defeat Sandayu’s forces in the Land of Snow, and Kazahana Koyuki learned that her father’s hidden treasure was a geothermal spring built for her.
• Miki Yūya’s insults reignited Neji’s anger at the Hyuga Clan, and Neji later joined Orochimaru as Sasuke left Konoha.
• Naruto and Miki Yūya pursued the defectors, and Miki fought Kidomaru, Tayuya, and Gaara before Naruto battled Gaara and Shukaku.
• Orochimaru’s group escaped after Hiashi triggered the Caged Bird Seal and destroyed Neji’s eyes, while Tsunade’s reinforcements suppressed Naruto’s rampaging chakra.
• Miki Yūya recovered in a wheelchair, insulted Konoha’s villagers and leaders, and received Hiashi’s apology and promise to pay for his treatment.
• Naruto fell into an abyss after fighting Temujin, then met Haido, who used the Gelel Stone to heal Temujin and invited Naruto to join his Ideal Country project.
• Naruto brought Miki Yūya to Haido, who healed Miki’s throat with the Gelel Stone, but Miki warned Naruto that He Yan’s mission had lured Konoha’s ninja into a trap.

Miki Yūya helped defeat Haido and Temujin’s Gelel-powered scheme, then challenged Konoha’s leadership as Naruto and Shikamaru backed him. Later, Sasuke and Boruto arrived from the future, and Miki protected Naruto from Urashiki before Boruto and Sasuke prepared to return to their own time.

• Miki Yūya, Naruto, and Shikamaru confronted Haido in the Underground Ruins, where Temujin’s blood activated the Gelel power and the ruin began collapsing.
• Temujin recognized that Haido had manipulated him, but died after Miki Yūya, Naruto, and Shikamaru overwhelmed his Gelel-powered defenses.
• Gaara stopped Haido’s escape by transforming into Shukaku, and Miki Yūya returned to Konohagakure with the others.
• Miki Yūya urged Naruto and Shikamaru to challenge Konoha’s leaders, but Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shikaku defeated them.
• Sasuke and Boruto arrived from the future, met young Naruto, and told Tsunade that Urashiki was targeting Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra.
• Miki Yūya humbled Boruto, then fought Urashiki and protected Naruto while Sasuke, Jiraiya, and Boruto helped bring the Ōtsutsuki near defeat.
• Naruto offered Urashiki the Nine-Tails after his own death, but Miki Yūya knocked Urashiki unconscious when he resisted.
• Boruto and Sasuke prepared to leave with Karasuki, and Boruto promised to tell Naruto his real birthday next time.

Miki Yūya challenged Konoha’s shinobi and confronted Gaara, while the Hyuga Clan’s oppression erupted into a battle that ended with Hiashi’s death. The arc left Sasori free after he escaped Granny Chiyo’s puppet cage, with Naruto discovering the empty cage.

• Hinata defended Neji against Hiashi and was banished from the Hyuga compound, while she and Urashiki trained outside the village.
• Naruto returned from training and fought Shikamaru before Miki Yūya overwhelmed Naruto and his Nine-Tails chakra in a sparring match.
• Yūya joined Kakashi’s team on its mission against Kisame, while Gaara fought Deidara and Sasori to defend Sunagakure.
• Gaara’s villagers’ hostility distracted him, allowing Deidara to wound and capture him, but Yūya confronted Gaara in the Spirit World and pushed him to resist Shukaku.
• Yūya’s team clashed with Itachi and Kisame, and the Akatsuki pair withdrew after Kakashi, Guy, and Yūya fought them.
• Yūya defeated Gaara and Shukaku in the desert, while Gaara remembered his mother’s love and began questioning what love meant.
• Neji attacked Hiashi over the Hyuga Clan’s treatment of the branch family, but Hinata intervened as Kumogakure demanded the Hyuga’s Byakugan.
• Hiashi took Tsunade’s life-ending pill, defeated Yugito, and died after apologizing to Neji and Hinata, while Sasori escaped his puppet cage as Yūya argued with Granny Chiyo.