Recaps

Hyuga Akira chose Bartholomew Kuma’s Paw-Paw Fruit trait for his max-level Kumate and used newly acquired Exorcism to disable the Caged Bird Seal. He assessed his remaining loot, gaining a major Chakra increase and a powerful weapon while realizing that his close-combat strength had fallen.

• Hyuga Akira selected Bartholomew Kuma’s trait for Kumate, gaining paw pads that could fire powerful air bullets but could not yet support teleportation or other advanced effects.
• Hyuga Akira combined the Exorcist Skill Fragments dropped by Shōzō and Taira, learned Exorcism, and disabled the Caged Bird Seal; he expected complete removal to take at least three years.
• Hyuga Akira activated his Byakugan and confirmed that the seal no longer restricted his vision, then considered whether Exorcism could remove Tailed Beast seals.
• Hyuga Akira equipped Taira’s Chimera Ant Ring and learned Gallery Fake, increasing his maximum Chakra and gaining the ability to copy inanimate objects for an hour.
• Hyuga Akira examined Shōzō’s drops, including the Dark Battle Blade, and realized that changing Kumate had reduced his close-combat strength, so he decided to seek Monster Strength.

Hyuga Akira considered using a Yorknew City invitation but decided to seek protection in Konoha first, where the Hyuga Main Family would threaten him over the disabled Caged Bird Seal. He asked Danzo to let him join Root and revealed that he could undo seals, leaving Danzo demanding proof.

• Hyuga Akira examined the Yorknew City invitation scroll and Hunter server summon card, deciding to save the summon card and postpone visiting the Hunter server.
• Hyuga Akira feared the Hyuga Main Family would imprison or kill him after discovering the Caged Bird Seal no longer worked, so he chose to seek Danzo’s protection.
• Hyuga Akira told a Shinobi he had important intelligence for Danzo and was escorted to Danzo’s tent.
• Hyuga Akira asked to join Root, and Danzo questioned how he had learned about the secret organization before refusing him as a Hyuga Branch Family member.
• Hyuga Akira revealed that he had dealt with the Caged Bird Seal and claimed he could undo all seals, prompting Danzo to demand proof.

Hyuga Akira joined Root and was ordered to return to Konoha rather than fight in the Land of Rain, so he used his free time to enter the Hunter x Hunter world. There, he located himself in Kento City, defeated former Hunter Exam candidates for money, and set off for Heavens Arena.

• Hyuga Akira removed a female Shinobi's Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, and Danzo replanted it before inviting Akira to join Root.
• Hyuga Akira said he wanted to kill Shinobi, even Danzo, and Danzo accepted him as Root material.
• Danzo told Hyuga Akira to return to Konoha and said he could join the war later; Akira reluctantly agreed.
• Hyuga Akira used an instance scroll to enter the Hunter x Hunter world, learned he was in Kento City about a month after the Hunter Exam, and saw a mission to destroy the Phantom Troupe.
• Former Hunter Exam candidates attacked Hyuga Akira for his Hunter License, but he beat them, took their money, and headed toward Heavens Arena.

Hyuga Akira entered Heavens Arena, used his malicious Nen to clear a path through the registration line, and quickly defeated his first opponent. He met Gon, Killua, Wing, and Zushi on the way to the fiftieth floor, then revealed his true appearance and asked Zushi about Nen.

• Hyuga Akira unleashed malicious Nen in the registration line, frightening contestants and forcing his way to the desk, where he received number 1888.
• Hyuga Akira knocked out his first opponent in the ring and earned 21 experience, while Gon and Killua also won their opening fights.
• Hyuga Akira spotted Wing and Zushi, then rode the elevator to the fiftieth floor with them, Gon, and Killua.
• Hyuga Akira greeted Gon and Killua, transformed into Muyu's appearance, and explained that his disguise was an ability before revealing his real face.
• Hyuga Akira told Gon, Killua, and Zushi that Nen was a power anyone could master, and Killua warned Zushi that Hyuga Akira seemed to be targeting him.

Hyuga Akira faced Killua in the Heaven’s Arena and tested the Zoldyck assassin’s techniques, copying Rhythm Echo and defeating him with Gentle Fist. Killua overcame Akira’s pressure-point strikes and stood back up, leaving Akira surprised that he had not earned experience.

• Hyuga Akira and Killua reached the hundredth floor after winning six consecutive matches, and the arena arranged their fight on the hundred-and-tenth floor.
• Killua hesitated to attack Akira, but then launched a series of strikes; Akira blocked them and used Byakugan and Gentle Fist to read his movements.
• Killua used Rhythm Echo, and Akira copied the technique after seeing it once before countering it with his own version.
• Killua attacked with Snake Alive, but Akira used Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms to disable his arms and send him crashing to the edge of the ring.
• Killua forced his pressure points open through blood flow, stood back up, and surprised Akira, who wondered why no experience notification had appeared.

Hyuga Akira learned from Wing that Hatsu was a way of using Nen, not a single ability that had to form on its own, and he developed his own approach. After reaching the two-hundredth floor, he met Hisoka and began his first match against Gido, testing an ability that transformed his body into wind.

• Hyuga Akira revealed his identity to Wing and asked for advice about developing Hatsu; Wing explained that Nen Abilities came from a person's understanding of Nen and that anyone could develop more than one.
• Hyuga Akira continued climbing Heavens Arena, gaining experience from nine matches and refining his understanding of martial arts and Hatsu.
• At the two-hundredth floor, Hyuga Akira encountered Hisoka, who recognized him and agreed to wait until they understood the arena's rules before fighting.
• Hyuga Akira registered for a match and faced Gido, who attacked him with spinning tops using Battle Dance Waltz.
• Hyuga Akira transformed his body into wind to let Gido's tops pass through him, then stopped using the transformation because it consumed too much Chakra and ignited flames over his hands.

Hyuga Akira killed Gido, learned new abilities from item drops, and challenged Hisoka after other fighters stopped accepting matches. Their long-awaited fight began with both probing each other in close combat.

• Hyuga Akira used hand-seal-free Fire Release techniques to kill Gido, then learned the Whip Strike skill from his dropped item.
• After four more fights, Hyuga Akira collected experience and several items, but no one would fight him because all five of his opponents had died.
• Hyuga Akira asked Hisoka to fight him, and Hisoka agreed to meet him the next day.
• Gon asked Hyuga Akira whether he would fight Hisoka, then left after Hyuga Akira confirmed it.
• Hyuga Akira and Hisoka began their match, trading close-range attacks before leaping apart and exchanging shuriken and cards.

Hyuga Akira defeated Hisoka in the arena and later agreed to work with him to hunt the Phantom Troupe. Hisoka insisted that the Troupe’s leader was his target, while Akira hinted that he might take Hisoka to the Naruto world someday.

• Hisoka used his Nen to pull and maneuver around the arena, but Akira erased his aura and kept fighting despite being wounded.
• Akira filled the arena with flames, then struck Hisoka in midair with a double fireball, leaving him unconscious and badly burned.
• The crowd celebrated Akira’s victory as Gon and Killua reacted to Hisoka’s defeat.
• Afterward, Akira left to hunt the Phantom Troupe, and the apparently healed Hisoka visited him before he departed.
• Hisoka revealed his Spider Tattoo and proposed working together, demanding that Akira leave the Troupe’s leader for him.

Hyuga Akira joined the Nostrade Family’s bodyguards to stop Chrollo from obtaining Neon’s prophecy ability and met Kurapika again. After passing the hiring test, he was assigned as Neon’s personal bodyguard, leaving him to guard the girl whose Scarlet Eyes collection threatened to expose Kurapika’s motives.

• Hyuga Akira entered the Nostrade residence and reunited with Kurapika, who initially failed to recognize his true appearance.
• Hyuga Akira cut Basho’s cheek with an Air Cannon to demonstrate his strength, then reminded Kurapika to suppress his killing intent when he saw the Scarlet Eyes on the assignment list.
• The hiring test began when eleven black-clad attackers stormed the room, but Hyuga Akira made them vanish and warned a dark-skinned man to conceal his Nen.
• Hyuga Akira obtained a rare human-remains item, completed the assignment, and joined Dalzollene’s bodyguard team with Kurapika and three others.
• Neon Nostrade became fascinated with Hyuga Akira’s eyes and persuaded Dalzollene to make him her personal bodyguard, provided another guard was always present.

Hyuga Akira stole Neon's fortune-telling ability in exchange for giving her a Clone ability, then used her prophecy to plan for the Phantom Troupe's attack on the auction. He persuaded Kurapika to cooperate, but after an explosive trap let him escape, a Shadow Beast called Spider appeared in his place, and the Nostrade auction proceeded with the family facing an uncertain future.

• Hyuga Akira used Skill Hunter to take Neon's Nen ability after she told his fortune, then gave her a Clone ability and vanished.
• Kurapika confronted Hyuga Akira in Yorknew City, and Akira proposed they work together against the Phantom Troupe in exchange for the right to kill them himself.
• Hyuga Akira told Kurapika the Phantom Troupe would attack the auction and asked him to capture a member while keeping his identity secret.
• A slender intruder confronted Hyuga Akira, who set off an Explosive Tag; Kurapika was blasted outside while Akira escaped by teleporting.
• A Shadow Beast named Spider emerged from the smoke with a paper and said the blast had not been without gains, while Kurapika suspected something was wrong.
• The Nostrade Family's auction went ahead as planned despite Neon losing her fortune-telling ability.

Hyuga Akira killed Shalnark and manipulated the conflict between the Phantom Troupe and the mafia to create an opening against the Troupe. After sharing information with Kurapika and Hisoka, he planned to kill the captured Uvogin himself.

• Uvogin told Chrollo that the auction vault was empty and that the goods had been moved beforehand.
• Kurapika captured the immobilized Uvogin and escaped with him as the Phantom Troupe pursued them.
• Owl used Big Convenience Cloth to shrink the car, bringing the Shadow Beasts into a confrontation with the Phantom Troupe.
• Hyuga Akira revealed his concealed aura and killed Shalnark with Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, then killed Owl before he could identify him.
• Hyuga Akira gave Kurapika and Hisoka information about the Phantom Troupe and said he intended to kill Uvogin if Kurapika did not stop him.

Hyuga Akira killed Uvogin while disguised at the Nostrade Family’s premises, then hid near the Phantom Troupe’s temporary base. After Gon and Killua escaped, he ambushed Nobunaga and killed him, gaining new drops before rushing off to continue his hunt.

• Hyuga Akira assigned Kurapika to draw the Phantom Troupe’s attention and Hisoka to track its movements while he targeted Nobunaga.
• Chrollo questioned a damaged prophecy attributed to Hyuga Akira, which warned that the Spider would attack on September 1 and lose a leg.
• Disguised as a mafia member, Hyuga Akira killed Uvogin at the Nostrade Family’s premises and received experience, a skill, a talent, and a consumable.
• After learning Gon and Killua had been captured, Hyuga Akira waited near the Phantom Troupe’s temporary base until nightfall.
• Gon and Killua escaped, and Hyuga Akira ambushed Nobunaga as he followed them.
• Hyuga Akira used Naufra and his enhanced strength to kill Nobunaga, gained his swordsmanship and sword drops, leveled up, and ran outside to continue the hunt.

Hyuga Akira killed several Phantom Troupe members during the citywide battle, using his life-burning abilities and leveling up to recover. After killing Bonolenov Ndongo, he reached level 31 and withdrew as Feitan and Phinks discovered the deaths and joined forces.

• Hyuga Akira tracked down Kortopi, Pakunoda, and Machi and killed each of them with his enhanced abilities.
• He ambushed Franklin and Shizuku, killed them both, and gained their skills and items.
• Hyuga Akira rushed to Bonolenov Ndongo and killed him after dodging his Battle Cantabile-Prologue attack.
• He leveled up to 31 and saw that Feitan and Phinks had joined forces after discovering the Phantom Troupe members' deaths.
• Hyuga Akira decided to withdraw, leaving the remaining Phantom Troupe members alive.

Hyuga Akira and his allies attacked Chrollo’s group, splitting the fights between Hisoka, Kurapika, and Akira. Akira killed Feitan, but Feitan’s postmortem Nen unleashed a scorching blast that badly burned Akira as he escaped.

• Hyuga Akira assigned Hisoka to fight Chrollo, Kurapika to fight Phinks, and himself to fight Feitan.
• Hyuga Akira’s fire attack collapsed the building where Chrollo, Feitan, and Phinks were hiding, but all three emerged unharmed.
• Hisoka charged after Chrollo, while Kurapika engaged Phinks and Hyuga Akira confronted Feitan.
• Hyuga Akira used his abilities to sever Feitan’s hand, then killed him with a flaming slash as Feitan began activating his Nen ability.
• Feitan’s postmortem Nen erupted after his death, and Hyuga Akira escaped the blast but was left with a charred back.

Hyuga Akira returned to Konoha with an escort and spent his accumulated experience upgrading Gentle Fist, gaining the ability to calculate movements within a small area around him. He then considered using his remaining experience on Demon Back.

• Hyuga Akira received a quest reward of 100,000 experience, a Phantom Troupe Summoning Scroll, and a Spider Ring after the Phantom Troupe quest was completed.
• Hyuga Akira traveled back toward Konoha with Inuzuka Mu and other shinobi, escorting wounded comrades from the Land of Rain.
• Hyuga Akira chose to spend his experience on skills rather than level up because he wanted to regain control of his body and chakra.
• Hyuga Akira raised Gentle Fist to its maximum level and selected the Eight Trigrams trait, allowing him to sense and calculate movement within a radius of up to twenty meters.
• Hyuga Akira turned his attention to Demon Back as a possible use for the experience he had left.

After returning to Konoha, Hyuga Akira maxed out Demon Back and gained a dramatically more muscular body, shocking Inuzuka Mu and Hiruzen Sarutobi. He completed his debriefing and received his mission payment, but Hiruzen rejected his request to become a Chunin, leaving him to wait for the next exams.

• Hyuga Akira maxed out Demon Back, chose its Evolution trait, and transformed into a muscular version of himself.
• Inuzuka Mu and Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled to recognize Hyuga Akira, who explained that his new appearance came from a Taijutsu he had created.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed Hyuga Akira's records, questioned why Danzo had recruited him into Root, and worried that Danzo was slipping beyond his control.
• Nawaki mistook the muscular Hyuga Akira for someone else, then eagerly praised his brother's new physique until Hyuga Akira threw him away.
• Hyuga Akira completed his debriefing and received two million ryo in payment and compensation, but Hiruzen rejected his Chunin application because he had missed the previous exams.

Hyuga Akira rejected Hyuga Dema’s appeal to obey the Hyuga Main Family and challenged the Branch Family’s subservient role and the purpose of the Caged Bird Seal. After Hyuga Shinobi surrounded him, their leader ordered him to return to report, and Akira calmly questioned whether they had asked the Main Family first.

• Hyuga Dema urged Hyuga Akira to accept the Hyuga Clan’s arrangement in which the Branch Family protected the Main Family.
• Hyuga Akira said the Main Family had given him no favors and questioned why relatives were divided into masters and servants.
• Hyuga Akira challenged whether the Caged Bird Seal protected the Byakugan or prevented the Branch Family from rising up.
• Hyuga Shinobi appeared and surrounded Akira after hearing his criticism.
• The leader ordered Akira to return and report to the Main Family, but Akira calmly asked whether they had asked them first.

Hyuga Akira joined Root under the code name Player and accompanied Crow on his first mission, which targeted an Uchiha squad heading to the Land of Water front. After discovering his former classmate Sōsuke Uchiha among the targets, Akira eagerly prepared to attack.

• The Anbu stopped the Hyuga Main Family from taking Hyuga Akira and said they had orders to protect him and give him an assignment from Danzo.
• Hyuga Akira accepted a Root mask and combat uniform, chose the code name Player, and set out with Crow to eliminate Konoha's rogue Shinobi.
• Crow and Hyuga Akira found an Uchiha squad by a lake, including Akira's former classmate Sōsuke Uchiha.
• Crow identified the squad leader as a Chunin, but Hyuga Akira refused his offer of help and prepared to attack with Byakugan, Kumate, and Sniping: Heavy Firepower.

Hyuga Akira completed a Root test mission by killing Sōsuke Uchiha and his teammates, then collected their drops, including two Sharingan that merged. Back in Konoha, Crow told him Danzo had exempted him from reporting to Root's base and that a second mission would come soon, likely during wartime.

• Hyuga Akira killed Sōsuke Uchiha's teacher and two teammates with long-range kunai, awakening Sōsuke's Sharingan in the process.
• Hyuga Akira confronted Sōsuke, who awakened a three-tomoe Sharingan, and killed him with a blade strike from behind.
• Hyuga Akira collected a Sharingan, learned the Great Fireball Technique, and merged Sōsuke's Sharingan with the first to obtain a one-tomoe Sharingan at two of three progress.
• Crow arrived and confirmed the mission was complete, while Hyuga Akira eagerly asked when his next assignment would be.
• Crow told Hyuga Akira that Danzo had excused him from reporting to Root's base and that another, likely wartime, mission would come soon.

Hyuga Akira equipped a Sharingan and sorted through the items he had gained from the Phantom Troupe before using a summoning scroll. The scroll brought back Machi Komacine, who recognized him from Heavens Arena and questioned his ability to summon the dead.

• Hyuga Akira equipped the one-tomoe Sharingan and found that it appeared as a third eye on his forehead.
• Hyuga Akira reviewed and equipped several Nen-related items, then placed the Gyudondond Tribe's Wind Hole on his wrist.
• Hyuga Akira used the Phantom Troupe Summoning Scroll in his empty room.
• Machi Komacine appeared, recognized Hyuga Akira as the boy who defeated Hisoka, and explained that she had been unable to move while considering an attack.
• Machi asked whether Hyuga Akira could summon the dead, and he answered uncertainly that he probably could.

Hyuga Akira summoned Machi from the Phantom Troupe, tested how the summoning card controlled and recalled her, then sent her to clean his house. The next day, Nawaki challenged him to a fight in the Forest of Death, where their opening exchange showed Nawaki had improved considerably.

• Machi asked Hyuga Akira about the Phantom Troupe, and he told her she was in the world of shinobi.
• Hyuga Akira ordered Machi to clean his house, discovered that her Nen threads could not reach him, and recalled and resummoned her with the card.
• Machi concealed her plan to escape Hyuga Akira's control and kill him, while he realized the invitation ticket now summoned only her.
• Nawaki visited Hyuga Akira on the weekend and challenged him to prove who was stronger.
• At the Forest of Death, Minato Namikaze and Kushina cheered for Nawaki, who rushed Hyuga Akira and landed a quick opening attack that Hyuga Akira dodged.

Hyuga Akira defeated Nawaki by overwhelming him with killing intent, then treated Nawaki, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze to barbecue, where they discussed their ambitions. Later, Tsunade confronted Akira over his influence on Nawaki, but he insisted that Nawaki had to choose his own path, and Tsunade eventually left.

• Hyuga Akira dodged Nawaki’s attacks, then stopped him with his killing intent and a kunai at his neck.
• Hyuga Akira took Nawaki, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze to a barbecue restaurant, where they shared their dreams of defeating the great villages and becoming Hokage.
• Tsunade visited Hyuga Akira and told him to stay away from Nawaki.
• Hyuga Akira argued that Nawaki had to follow his own path, and Tsunade left after lingering outside his house.

Tsunade warned Nawaki to stay away from Hyuga Akira, but Nawaki defended Akira as guarded yet kind, deepening Tsunade’s doubts about him. Akira was then sent with Root to reinforce the Land of Earth front, and the squad arrived in the Land of Grass to report to Nara Rokuji.

• Tsunade told Nawaki to avoid Hyuga Akira, but Nawaki insisted Akira was kind to ordinary people and possessed great wisdom.
• Hyuga Akira directed Machi as she arranged his home, then used the [Machi Invitation Ticket] to put her away when Crow arrived.
• Crow ordered Hyuga Akira to reinforce the Land of Earth Front, explaining that Iwagakure had launched a massive offensive led by the Tsuchikage.
• Hyuga Akira left Konoha with Crow and the Root members, worrying that the battle might become dangerous.
• Crow brought the Root Codename Squad to the Land of Grass, where they reported to Nara Rokuji.

Hyuga Akira used a long-range attack to kill an Iwa Ninja threatening Konoha’s trench, allowing Konoha’s shinobi to defeat the two attackers who had held them back. He told the Sarutobi Jonin that he could snipe more enemies from a suitable position.

• Nara Rokuji sent Crow and the Root members to defend Konoha’s northeastern front and watch Takigakure, while worrying about Ōnoki’s attacks.
• Root arrived at a trench under Iwagakure assault, and the Sarutobi Jonin assigned its members to support Konoha’s forces.
• As three Iwa Jonin tried to collapse the trench, Hyuga Akira offered to stop the one channeling a large technique.
• Hyuga Akira used a kunai-enhanced attack to pierce the Iwa Ninja’s head, disrupting the assault.
• The other two Iwa Ninja attacked Konoha shinobi with explosive tags and died in the blasts, while Akira gained experience.
• Hyuga Akira identified himself as Player and told the Sarutobi Jonin he could snipe enemies from a suitable position.

Hyuga Akira used his Byakugan and a raised watchtower to strike Iwagakure's trench with long-range kunai attacks, forcing the enemy commander to retreat. Konoha's soldiers celebrated their first victory in driving Iwagakure back.

• Hyuga Akira asked Sarutobi for an elevated position and many kunai, and Sarutobi arranged both.
• A female Shinobi summoned scrolls of kunai while a male Shinobi raised a ten-meter earthen tower for Hyuga Akira.
• Hyuga Akira used his Byakugan and techniques to launch fireball-like attacks into Iwagakure's trench, killing and injuring its Shinobi.
• The Iwagakure commander ordered his troops to locate the attacker, and his Shinobi spotted Hyuga Akira's watchtower behind Konoha's trench.
• The Iwagakure commander ordered a retreat, and Konoha's soldiers cheered as the enemy withdrew.