Recaps

Hyuga Akira developed his fire techniques and Game Instance while surviving Iwagakure’s assault, then returned to Konoha and entered the Chunin Ninja Exams. After taking on Root missions and joining a mission against Cloud Ninja, he trapped a surrounding force in his Game Instance.

• Hyuga Akira upgraded his abilities and equipment, then used his Long-Range Fire Dragon Strike to kill Iwagakure jonin before escaping Ōnoki’s attack and the collapse of the northeastern front.
• Hyuga Akira used Game Instance to trap and kill an Iwa squad, escaped Ōnoki with Flying Thunder God, and returned to Konoha with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hyuga Akira joined Orochimaru’s squad with Nawaki and Aburame Chūki, passed the Chunin Ninja Exams, and was promoted after his Shadow Clones defeated the candidates.
• Hyuga Akira took a Root mission to eliminate Konoha defectors, killed Fujiwara Qianshu and the other targets, then defeated Hiruko and left him in Root’s custody.
• Hyuga Akira traveled with Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Nawaki, and Aburame Chūki to reinforce the Cloud Ninja Front, where he attacked Cloud Ninja from a distance.
• Blue B transformed into a six-tailed Tailed Beast Cloak and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Hyuga Akira’s position, but Akira escaped with Nawaki and Aburame Chūki and trapped the surrounding Cloud Ninja in Game Instance.

Hyuga Akira forged a dangerous black-blue Fire Release kekkei genkai, defied the Hyuga Main Family, and became a Jonin before carrying out Root’s missions. When the Sannin faced defeat against Ōnoki and the Iwa Ninja, Akira intervened and vanished inside his flames as Ōnoki countered his attack.

• Hyuga Akira used the desert map’s fire boost to devastate the Cloud Ninja, then fused and raised his Fire Release into a black-blue kekkei genkai.
• After the Cloud Ninja withdrew, Akira treated Konoha’s wounded and remained at the front while Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya left to fight elsewhere.
• Akira killed Hyuga Youzhi, Hyuga Zuozhi, and Hyuga Hiashi, then freed Hyuga Hikaru from his Caged Bird Seal and admitted to the Hyuga Clan that he had killed Hiashi.
• Akira defeated the Hyuga clansmen who attacked him, returned to Konoha, and was taken away by Danzo after he challenged the Main Family.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo helped make Akira a Jonin, and Akira selected genjutsu scrolls before joining Hiruko on a mission to kill three Uchiha Jonin and frame Kirigakure.
• Akira and Hiruko killed the Uchiha squad and fleeing Kirigakure witnesses, and Danzo then tasked Akira with persuading Orochimaru to join Root.
• After a rematch with Nawaki, Akira received orders to reinforce the Sannin and found Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru fighting Ōnoki and nearly a thousand Iwa Ninja.
• Akira sent the Sannin away with Kumate, escaped Ōnoki’s pursuit, and attacked the Iwa Ninja with the Nine-Headed Dragon Technique before Ōnoki broke it with Dust Release and Akira vanished in the flames.

Hyuga Akira trained Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, then helped them confront Hanzo while pursuing his own growth and plans in Konoha. The arc left him on a peaceful guard mission with Hatake Sakumo and Kazuma after the Daimyo offered them extra pay.

• Hyuga Akira upgraded his genjutsu, created a powerful clone, and went to the Land of Rain, where he reunited with Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan and began training them in Nen.
• Hyuga Akira’s Incarnation taught the three chakra control and combat, while the children formed Akatsuki and set out to help people and gather ninjutsu.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan fought Rain Ninja and rescued oppressed settlements as Hanzo ordered his forces to capture them and Hyuga Akira prepared to confront him.
• Hyuga Akira rescued the children from Hanzo, trapped the Rain Ninja in his Game Instance, and used Nagato’s Rinnegan to summon a meteor that destroyed the enemy force.
• Hyuga Akira burned White Zetsu, gained new abilities and strength, and returned to Konoha, where he met Minato, Kushina, and Jiraiya’s students before receiving a mission to guard the Daimyo.
• Hyuga Akira and Hatake Sakumo protected Ito and Imi from wandering Shinobi, then joined Kazuma in guarding the Daimyo at the Capital of Fire.
• After nearly a month without incident, the Daimyo offered the three Shinobi extra pay, which Hyuga Akira and Kazuma accepted while Hatake Sakumo objected.

Hyuga Akira killed the Third Kazekage and returned to Konoha, where he became entangled in Danzo’s scheme to ruin Hatake Sakumo’s reputation. As Konoha reeled from Sakumo’s disgrace and Kushina became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Akira was sent to the Kirigakure front with temporary battlefield command.

• Hyuga Akira secretly helped Hiryūsuke seize the Daimyo’s position, then received recognition as the new Daimyo and recruited Kazuma for the Twelve Guardian Ninja.
• Hyuga Akira traveled to Sunagakure and killed the Third Kazekage in his Game Instance, gaining Magnet Release and a large amount of experience.
• Hyuga Akira admitted the killing to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who disbelieved him and suspended him, while Danzo believed him and granted him access to Root’s ninjutsu collection.
• Hyuga Akira defeated Jiraiya in a duel over Tsunade, then declined Danzo’s request to scheme against Hatake Sakumo and agreed only to fight him.
• Hyuga Akira rescued Kushina from Cloud Ninja, then joined Danzo’s plan to trap Hatake Sakumo in the Land of Wind and destroy his standing through a staged mission failure.
• Hyuga Akira withdrew after forcing Hatake Sakumo to choose between the mission intelligence and his captured comrades, and Danzo’s Root shinobi began a slander campaign that ended in two suicides.
• Konoha’s rumors ruined Hatake Sakumo’s reputation as Kushina became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Hiruzen Sarutobi later restored Akira’s Jonin rank and sent him toward the Kirigakure front.
• Hyuga Akira arrived at the front with a force that included one hundred Uchiha shinobi, where Uchiha Fugaku reported that Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen had appeared and gone missing.