Recaps

Hyuga Akira arrived at the battlefield as Third A fought Ōnoki and ten thousand Iwa Ninja, then revealed himself by launching a fireball into the sky. Ōnoki realized Akira was alone, leaving the battle poised to change with the Blue Devil’s arrival.

• Ōnoki brought reinforcements to the battlefield, forcing Third A to order the Cloud Ninja to retreat while he stayed behind to face the Iwa forces.
• Machi summoned Hyuga Akira, who stored her in a card and watched the battle from a rock.
• Third A and Ōnoki clashed repeatedly as A fought off the Iwa Ninja, and both were wounded.
• Hyuga Akira launched a fireball into the sky, drawing the fighters’ attention and revealing his presence.
• Ōnoki asked whether Konoha had caught up, and Hyuga Akira said he had come alone.

Hyuga Akira used his Zanpakutō and powerful flame techniques to devastate Ōnoki’s Iwa forces, then declared himself the Shinobi World’s new god and unleashed a massive fireball. The attack left Third A barely alive and most of the Iwa Ninja burned to ashes.

• Hyuga Akira released Graduation and shattered Ōnoki’s Dust Release barrier with his Dark Zanpakutō.
• Hyuga Akira countered the Iwa Ninja’s Earth and Stone Dragon Technique with a Flame Nine-Headed Dragon, then bombarded them with Flame Arrows.
• Hyuga Akira destroyed Ōnoki’s Rock Giant with his Phoenix True Form and forced the battle to a halt.
• Hyuga Akira said he had come to make a name for himself and declared himself the Shinobi World’s new god before hurling a massive fireball at the battlefield.
• Hyuga Akira’s flames killed most of the Iwa Ninja, while Third A survived on one knee and Ōnoki recognized the power as resembling Madara Uchiha’s.

Hyuga Akira defeated the Third Raikage and devastated the Iwa and Cloud forces, prompting both villages to surrender and bringing the Third Shinobi World War toward its end. He then threatened Hiruzen Sarutobi and pushed him toward giving up the Hokage position, leaving Hiruzen to reconsider succession.

• Ōnoki ordered the remaining Iwa Ninja to retreat, and Hyuga Akira let them escape before collecting their dropped items and taking Lightning Release.
• Hyuga Akira selected the Lightning god trait, then flew after the Cloud Ninja to continue fighting.
• News of Hyuga Akira's victories spread, and Iwagakure and Kumogakure surrendered to Konoha as the war began to wind down.
• Hyuga Akira confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi in the Hokage's office, threatened him, and ordered him not to interfere in his affairs.
• Hyuga Akira warned Hiruzen Sarutobi to step down soon, and Hiruzen decided to relinquish the Hokage position and wondered what Hyuga Akira wanted instead.

Hyuga Akira kept Danzo at a distance while consolidating his influence, as Nawaki and Minato Namikaze faced mounting pressure on separate battlefronts. After Kirigakure launched attacks against Minato’s forces, Akira hinted that he planned to bring Madara Uchiha’s role to an end, then received a summons from the Hokage.

• Danzo ordered Root to avoid Hyuga Akira, moved his office and base, and Aburame Ryoma pledged allegiance to Akira after Akira removed his Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal.
• Hyuga Akira assigned Hyuga Sora to explain his personnel deployment to Ryoma and considered how his growing strength was pressuring Nawaki and Minato Namikaze.
• On the Sand Ninja battlefield, Nawaki heard Shinobi praise Akira and struggled against thoughts urging him to stop Akira and prevent conflict.
• Minato Namikaze received reports that Mist Ninja were attacking his defensive line from multiple directions and ordered his forces to prepare for battle, warning Kakashi and Rin Nohara to be careful.
• Hyuga Akira told Machi he intended to see an old man off on his final journey, referring to Madara Uchiha, and an Anbu member summoned him to the Hokage.

Hyuga Akira left Konoha to confront Madara Uchiha, while Madara prepared to return to his prime and use Rin Nohara in his plans. Akira reached Kirigakure through the shadow world and came face-to-face with Madara and Black Zetsu.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Hyuga Akira to reinforce Konoha's front against Kirigakure, and Akira left for the Mist front.
• Madara Uchiha learned that Akira had left Konoha, questioned whether Black Zetsu was truly his will, and ordered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path prepared so he could return to his prime.
• Hyuga Akira found Mist Anbu escorting Rin Nohara and decided to head straight for Madara Uchiha.
• Hyuga Akira entered Kirigakure through the shadow world and found Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu in the Mizukage's Office.
• Madara Uchiha sensed Akira, and Akira emerged from the shadows and greeted him.

Hyuga Akira followed Madara Uchiha to the Mountain Graveyard, where Madara connected himself to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as Obito rushed to save Kakashi and Rin. Obito arrived too late to stop Rin’s death, and his Sharingan awakened into the Mangekyō as Kakashi collapsed.

• Hyuga Akira revealed that he knew Madara Uchiha planned to regain his strength and offered to help him.
• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu led Hyuga Akira through a secret passage to the Mountain Graveyard.
• Madara Uchiha connected himself to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and opened his Sharingan.
• Kakashi fled Kirigakure's pursuing Anbu with Rin, but they surrounded the pair and Rin revealed she had become the Three-Tails' jinchūriki.
• Rin asked Kakashi to kill her, and Kakashi pierced her heart with Chidori as Obito arrived.
• Obito awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, Kakashi collapsed, and the Mist Anbu prepared to attack before a masked figure appeared.

Hyuga Akira and Madara Uchiha began their long-awaited final battle, trading powerful attacks across the mountains and forest. After Madara escaped Akira’s finishing strike with a genjutsu, their clash continued as Akira unleashed a massive attack and Madara answered with Wood Release.

• Madara Uchiha restored his body with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and challenged Hyuga Akira to a final battle.
• Hyuga Akira struck first, sending Madara crashing through mountains before the two began fighting hand to hand and with weapons.
• Madara used Fire Release and black lightning, but Akira countered and struck him with his Four Flows technique, apparently pulverizing him.
• Madara trapped Akira in a Sharingan genjutsu, escaped inside a wooden shield, and attacked with a Wood Dragon.
• Akira destroyed Madara’s Wood Dragon with Fire Release and hurled a Gaia Energy Cannon at him, while Madara countered with Wood Release: Nativity of a World of Trees.

Hyuga Akira unleashed Demon Form and Bankai against Madara Uchiha’s Warrior God Susanoo, revealing that his power could destroy anything connected to time. He gained the upper hand, but Madara continued fighting as Hyuga Akira’s relentless barrage drove Susanoo into the sky.

• Madara Uchiha’s Warrior God Susanoo struck Hyuga Akira into the ground and demanded that he show his full power.
• Hyuga Akira rose in Demon Form, then activated Bankai and covered himself, his weapons, and his energy spheres in white numbers.
• Hyuga Akira broke Susanoo’s blade and explained that his Bankai could utterly destroy anything connected to time.
• Madara Uchiha attacked with Susanoo’s wings and blade, sending Hyuga Akira through several mountains.
• Hyuga Akira appeared behind Susanoo and used Prince's Battle Technique, bombarding it with white spheres and blasting it into the sky.

Hyuga Akira killed Madara Uchiha, spared Black Zetsu for his plan to summon Kaguya, and reached the Mist Ninja battlefield after the fighting had ended. With Genji recalling Kirigakure’s forces and a surrender letter arriving in Konoha, the war came to an end.

• Hyuga Akira defeated Madara Uchiha, who died after declaring that they would fight again.
• Hyuga Akira wounded Black Zetsu but spared him because he needed him to summon Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Obito returned to find the battlefield devastated, while Minato Namikaze mourned with Kakashi over a fallen comrade.
• Hyuga Akira told Minato Namikaze that he had killed Madara Uchiha and that the Mist Ninja would withdraw.
• Genji regained control of himself and ordered Kirigakure’s forces recalled for a meeting.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received a surrender letter from the Mist Ninja and recognized that the war was over.

After Kirigakure surrendered, Hyuga Akira studied Madara Uchiha’s drops, strengthened his Wood Release, and used a Pain Crystal to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan. His Byakugan evolved as well, gaining space-manipulation abilities, and he began examining his new ocular techniques.

• Hyuga Akira equipped Six Paths Will, learned Izanagi and Wood Release, and chose the God Tree trait for Wood Release.
• Hyuga Akira considered the Ōtsutsuki threat and decided to save his experience for a later surge in power.
• Hyuga Akira used Madara Uchiha’s Pain Crystal to upgrade his Sharingan into a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hyuga Akira’s Byakugan changed and showed signs of evolution, so he raised it to level ten and selected the space trait.
• Hyuga Akira tested his ability to perceive and pass through space, then examined his Mangekyō techniques, Hikochi and Uka no Mitama.

After Sunagakure surrendered and the war ended, Hiruzen Sarutobi worried about Hyuga Akira’s influence in Konoha. On the journey home, Hyuga Akira told Minato Namikaze he had no interest in becoming Hokage, and the returning force reached Konoha.

• Chiyo and the Sunagakure elders agreed that the village had to surrender, and Rasa offered to negotiate its reparations with Konoha.
• Sunagakure sent its surrender, leaving all Four Great Ninja Villages defeated; Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo discussed Hyuga Akira’s power and warned Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura not to provoke him.
• Hyuga Akira pretended to be wounded on the journey back to Konoha and told Minato Namikaze that the Hokage’s job was too restrictive for him.
• Minato Namikaze vowed to pursue the Hokage position against Nawaki, while Hyuga Akira declined to support either candidate.
• The main force reached Konoha, and Hyuga Akira skipped the return procedures and went straight home.

After attending Konoha’s funeral for its fallen shinobi, Hyuga Akira argued with Nawaki about peace and unification, while Nawaki resolved to become Hokage. Later, Akira told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had killed Hatake Sakumo, and said the Hyuga Clan’s affairs would soon be settled.

• Hyuga Xia Nai cared for Hyuga Akira at home, then joined him and Machi at the funeral for Konoha’s fallen shinobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi honored the dead at the cemetery as Kakashi watched from a tree in the rain.
• Hyuga Akira told Nawaki that unification was the only path to peace, while an opposing voice surfaced in Nawaki’s mind.
• Nawaki asked Hyuga Akira whether he wanted to become Hokage, and Akira refused, saying he would soon be unqualified.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Akira about Hatake Sakumo, and Akira revealed that he had killed him after Danzo and Hiruzen’s actions left him wanting to die.

Hyuga Akira rebuffed Kakashi and considered plans for unifying the Shinobi World with Minato Namikaze and Nawaki. He proposed creating a common enemy for the villages, while the Hyuga Main Family feared his promised retaliation and Danzo plotted against him.

• Hyuga Akira dodged Kakashi's Chidori, struck him down, and urged him to explore the power of his Sharingan despite Hiruzen Sarutobi's protest.
• Danzo ordered Root to spread the claim that Madara Uchiha was behind Kirigakure and to intercept Amegakure's request for aid.
• The Hyuga Main Family discussed Hyuga Akira's threat, but Hyuga Hi concluded that neither reconciliation nor the Hokage could restrain him.
• Minato Namikaze and Nawaki debated whether Konoha should unify the Shinobi World through immediate war or gradual persuasion.
• Hyuga Akira proposed giving the villages a common enemy, then clarified that he could use another identity rather than sacrifice himself.

Hyuga Akira fought Nawaki and Minato Namikaze at the Valley of the End, overwhelming their combined attacks and leaving them determined to grow stronger. He carried the injured pair back to Konoha after defeating them with a second Gaia Energy Cannon.

• Nawaki and Minato Namikaze challenged Hyuga Akira to see how much they still needed to improve.
• At the Valley of the End, Minato Namikaze and Nawaki combined their techniques and fought Hyuga Akira to a temporary standstill.
• Hyuga Akira unleashed his Firewing Whirlwind Slash and Gaia Energy Cannon, but Nawaki and Minato Namikaze briefly pushed back the first energy sphere with their combination beam.
• Hyuga Akira formed a second Gaia Energy Cannon, defeated the pair, and carried them back toward Konoha.
• Nawaki and Minato Namikaze acknowledged the gap between them and Hyuga Akira, then resolved to keep growing stronger.

Hyuga Akira dealt with the aftermath of his fight with Nawaki and Minato Namikaze as Konoha’s factions maneuvered over the next Hokage. As Rasa and Karatachi Yagura arrived to negotiate, Akira and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed keeping the rival factions in check.

• Hyuga Akira returned Nawaki and Minato Namikaze to Tsunade and Kushina, then fought Tsunade and went home bruised.
• Hyuga Akira read Root intelligence about Nawaki’s and Minato Namikaze’s supporters canvassing for their candidates, and told Yakushi Nonō to bring him information about the other ninja villages.
• Rasa and Karatachi Yagura entered Konoha, where Shikaku Nara escorted them after the village’s shinobi screened their party.
• Hyuga Akira watched the visiting Sand and Mist shinobi from the Hokage’s Office while Hiruzen Sarutobi urged him not to cause trouble during the negotiations.
• Hyuga Akira suggested arresting supporters from both rival factions until the new Hokage took office, and Hiruzen Sarutobi considered the plan.

Hyuga Akira visited Nawaki and Minato Namikaze in the hospital and prepared them for the coming negotiations, while Kakashi mourned Hatake Sakumo and despaired of ever avenging him. At the negotiation table, Konoha pressed for surrender documents, but Rasa and Karatachi Yagura resisted, and Rasa warned that Konoha could not fight all the villages at once.

• Kakashi placed flowers at Hatake Sakumo's grave and admitted he lacked the strength to avenge his father against Hyuga Akira.
• Hyuga Akira visited Nawaki and Minato Namikaze, urged Minato to recover, and reminded them that negotiations would begin soon.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Kushina joined the hospital visit, where Orochimaru protested being called a freak and Kushina showed anger toward Hyuga Akira.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi opened the negotiations by asking the village representatives whether their surrender documents were ready.
• Hyuga Akira's killing intent pressured the delegates, but Rasa and Karatachi Yagura insisted on discussing the terms.
• Rasa warned that Konoha could not withstand simultaneous attacks from the other villages, unsettling Hiruzen Sarutobi before Hyuga Akira withdrew his killing intent.

Hyuga Akira withdrew from negotiations as Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted limited reparations rather than risk another war. Meanwhile, Akira’s clone directed Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to spread Chakra User power and prepare to intercept the departing village representatives.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s negotiators met after the first day, but Akira refused to urge war and said he would not attend the remaining sessions.
• Akira met Orochimaru atop Hokage Rock, hinted at plans to change the Shinobi World, and withdrew his Dark Battle Blade after threatening him.
• Akira’s clone ordered Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to recruit people in the Land of Rain and spread Chakra User power.
• The three-day negotiations ended with Konoha receiving only enough reparations to cover wartime losses, while Hiruzen Sarutobi continued to avoid another war.
• Akira invited Minato Namikaze and Nawaki to eat with him after criticizing the negotiation outcome.
• Akira’s clone told Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to disguise themselves and intercept the departing representatives, assigning each a village to target.

Hyuga Akira and the Akatsuki spread Nen abilities among the surviving Cloud, Mist, Sand, and Stone ninja, leaving training manuals for them. After his clone returned, Akira planned to use their growing strength to prepare the Akatsuki to confront the shinobi world.

• Hyuga Akira, disguised as Hasagi, attacked the Cloud Ninja, gave survivors Nen power and a training booklet, and told them to grow stronger and take revenge on Konoha.
• Yahiko gave Karatachi Yagura and the Mist Ninja Nen power; Yagura's chakra became easier to control, and a training booklet remained behind.
• Nagato sent chakra balls past Rasa's defenses to strike the Sand Ninja and left Rasa a booklet before flying away.
• Konan bombarded the Iwagakure group with paper rocks that channeled chakra into them, then left a Nen training manual.
• Hyuga Akira told Yahiko and the others that the villages were too exhausted for war to break out soon and urged the Akatsuki to grow strong enough to confront the shinobi world.
• Hyuga Akira's original body opened his eyes and received his clone's memories, realizing that the spread of Nen would increase his power as the ninja trained.

Hyuga Akira’s supporters waited as Konoha began choosing a successor to Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Akira sealed off the Hyuga compound and confronted the clan over its Main Family. The chapter left the clan divided, with Akira threatening those who continued to defend the Main Family.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced the start of the Hokage selection, as supporters of Hyuga Akira, Minato Namikaze, and Nawaki struggled for influence.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō discussed the selection before an Anbu reported that Root personnel had sealed off the Hyuga compound.
• Minato Namikaze and Nawaki saw the barrier around the compound and decided not to intervene against Akira.
• Hyuga Akira entered the compound with Machi and Yakushi Nonō, while Machi used puppet filaments to make two guards resume their posts.
• Akira gave the Hyuga members a choice between defending the Main Family and returning to their homes, then froze one outspoken opponent with insects.
• Some Hyuga members began retreating, prompting a loyalist to demand what they were doing.

Hyuga Akira and his forces crushed the Main Family loyalists who resisted, while allowing other Hyuga members to stay in their homes. Hyuga Dema confronted Akira over the massacre and admitted his support for the Main Family, leaving their conflict poised to turn deadly.

• Hyuga Akira stopped a Hyuga clansman from attacking those who wanted to withdraw, then gave them one hour to return to their rooms while Root and the Hundred Demons surrounded the holdouts.
• Root and the Hundred Demons overwhelmed the resisting Hyuga members, and Hyuga Akira ordered the deaths of anyone still outside after the hour passed.
• Hyuga Dema left the Branch Family members guarding him and asked to see Hyuga Akira, naming Hyuga Debang as his successor as Branch Family elder.
• A Hundred Demons member escorted Hyuga Dema through the massacre to Hyuga Akira, who said he was clearing away the Main Family's influence and would lead the Hyuga Clan to strength.
• Hyuga Dema recognized Hyuga Akira's pale-blue eyes as resembling Hyuga Tennin's, then declared that he was a supporter of the Main Family and had helped its influence spread.

Hyuga Akira confronted the Hyuga Main Family elders and destroyed their forces after uncovering their plan to move Branch Family members out of Konoha. He claimed the clan head’s seat, but Hyuga Hi warned that the Main Family system would remain difficult to uproot.

• Hyuga Akira hypnotized Hyuga Dema and went to confront the Main Family elders, accusing them of oppressing talented Branch Family members.
• Hyuga Akira revealed that he knew the elders were arranging for Hyuga Branch Family members to leave Konoha.
• Hyuga Hikaru intercepted Hyuga Xiao and his escort, killed the escort, and took Xiao with him.
• The Main Family members attacked Hyuga Akira, who engulfed them and their meeting room in deep blue flames.
• Hyuga Akira declared himself the Hyuga Clan head, and Hyuga Hi warned that destroying the Main Family would not erase its system.

Hyuga Akira took control of the Hyuga Clan after killing Hyuga Hi, ended the Main Family system, and agreed to marry Hyuga Xia Nai. As the village prepared for a wider war, Akira’s incarnation began dealing with the Land of Fire’s nobles.

• Hyuga Hi died after persuading Hyuga Akira to marry Hyuga Xia Nai, and Akira’s flames consumed the corpses and wreckage.
• Hyuga Akira claimed leadership of the Hyuga Clan, promised to end the Caged Bird Seal for future generations, and challenged anyone seeking to restore the old system.
• Hyuga Xia Nai accepted Hyuga Hi’s wish to marry Akira, and Akira agreed to marry her in the future.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo discussed Akira’s growing influence over Root, while Nawaki and Minato Namikaze considered the coming war for unification.
• Hyuga Akira’s incarnation selected a woman at the Daimyo Mansion and told a noble to send her to his room that night.

Hyuga Akira redefined the Hyuga Clan’s Main and branch family roles, promised to protect their Byakugan, and prepared to marry Hyuga Xia Nai. After taking control of the clan’s assets and secrets, he considered researching Byakugan evolution while plotting how to manage Danzo and Root.

• Hyuga Akira declared himself the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family and set new rules that freed the branch family from the Caged Bird Seal while making Main Family members bear the clan’s burdens.
• Hyuga Akira ordered the clan to retrieve or destroy any Byakugan taken by outsiders and announced that he would marry Hyuga Xia Nai.
• Hyuga Xia Nai showed Hyuga Akira the hidden store of preserved Byakugan and the clan’s secret techniques and research, including failed experiments to fuse Byakugan.
• Hyuga Akira took control of the Hyuga Clan’s finances, personnel, and supplies, then considered whether he could use the stored eyes to evolve his own Byakugan.
• Machi told Hyuga Akira that Danzo had noticed problems in Root and might purge its members; Hyuga Akira said he would not take over Root yet and planned to direct Danzo toward his own people.

Hyuga Akira moved into the Hyuga compound, ordered Root to kill people spreading rumors about him, and attended Konoha’s Hokage assembly as Nawaki and Minato Namikaze remained closely matched. The selection began with Akira refusing to support either candidate, while their followers gathered around them.

• Hyuga Akira finished clearing his former house and told Nawaki he would stay neutral in the Hokage election.
• After Nawaki worried that Akira might harm villagers, Akira joked about wiping out their families, then ordered Machi to kill those spreading rumors about him.
• Root killed the rumor-mongers, and fear of Akira spread through Konoha as the Hokage assembly approached.
• At the assembly, Orochimaru told Akira that Nawaki and Minato Namikaze were evenly matched, while Akira said the result would not affect his position.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and other officials arrived, and Uchiha Fugaku greeted Akira respectfully.
• Nawaki and Minato Namikaze entered with their respective supporters, whose rivalry left both candidates looking helpless.

Konoha’s jonin and elite shinobi voted for the next Hokage, and Nawaki defeated Minato Namikaze to become the Fourth Hokage. After the inauguration, Hyuga Akira and Tsunade reflected on Nawaki’s new position, while Minato looked ahead to competing for Fifth Hokage.

• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Uchiha Fugaku, a Root member, and Hyuga Akira nominated Nawaki, Minato Namikaze, Hyuga Akira, Orochimaru, Danzo, and Danzo, respectively.
• The jonin vote eliminated Danzo, Orochimaru, and Hyuga Akira, while Nawaki and Minato Namikaze tied and advanced to the second round.
• The elite shinobi voted thirteen to eight for Nawaki over Minato Namikaze, making Nawaki the next Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi handed Nawaki the Hokage hat, and Nawaki vowed to protect Konoha with his life.
• Minato Namikaze said he would compete for Fifth Hokage, while Hyuga Akira and Tsunade discussed Nawaki becoming Hokage.