Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Akira learned that Danzo’s Root was helping Hiruko develop the Chimera Technique, while Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Minato Namikaze and ordered early graduations to address Konoha’s shortage of shinobi. Hiruzen then appointed Hyuga Akira a team leader, and Minato arrived at Akira’s home just after Hiruzen left.

• Hiruko told Danzo that he needed more Sharingan to balance Wood Release in his Chimera Technique, and Danzo proposed adding several pairs.
• A Hyuga shinobi reported that Akira’s allies controlled one-fifth of Root and briefed him on the fronts, including Nawaki’s stalemate with Iwagakure and Minato’s return from the Cloud Ninja front.
• Hiruzen asked Minato how he viewed Konoha, then told him he would lead a team of students who were to graduate early because the village lacked shinobi.
• Hiruzen visited Akira and offered him a team leader position, which Akira accepted.
• After Hiruzen left Akira’s home, Minato arrived.

Hyuga Akira became the team leader for Kurenai Yuhi, Namiashi Raidō, and Asuma Sarutobi after Minato Namikaze failed to persuade him to stop Hiruzen Sarutobi from sending children to the battlefield. Akira began getting acquainted with his students and promised to help them grow stronger, but left them wondering what his training would involve.

• Minato Namikaze asked Hyuga Akira to oppose Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to send ungraduated students to the battlefield, and Akira told him that becoming Hokage was the way to change it.
• Hyuga Akira arrived late to meet Kurenai Yuhi, Namiashi Raidō, and Asuma Sarutobi, then claimed he had been testing their patience and took them to yakiniku.
• Akira skipped the team leader’s usual test and had his students introduce themselves and describe their skills and ambitions.
• Kurenai said she specialized in Genjutsu, Raidō described his taijutsu and swordsmanship, and Asuma said he used Fire Release and Wind Release.
• Akira promised to tailor training for the three students, but told them to develop teamwork first while he lounged on a tree branch.

Hyuga Akira forced Asuma, Kurenai, and Namiashi Raidō to work, train, and spend the night in the Forest of Death, where they discovered the techniques he had assigned them. He then accepted an invitation to meet Hyuga Hi and Hyuga Huangku, who proposed a deal despite his threats against the Main Family.

• Hyuga Akira made Asuma, Kurenai, and Namiashi Raidō finish village chores before leading them into the Forest of Death and ordering them to stay overnight.
• Hyuga Akira gave the three genin scrolls containing techniques tailored to them, then left after warning them not to escape before morning.
• Asuma discovered the Wind-Fire Mode Technique, Kurenai read about the Self-Hypnosis Technique, and Namiashi Raidō found the Illusion Swordsmanship technique.
• Asuma noticed the forest had gone quiet as beasts' eyes appeared in the darkness, while Hyuga Akira realized he had forgotten to tell them he had applied Beast-Attracting Incense.
• Hyuga Akira went to the Hyuga Clan residence and confronted Hyuga Hi and Hyuga Huangku in the Council Chamber.
• Hyuga Hi proposed a deal, but Hyuga Akira threatened the Main Family and asked what they could offer besides their deaths.

Hyuga Akira rejected the Hyuga Main Family’s offer and vowed to settle their conflict through a fight to the death, then continued pushing his students through grueling training while the war turned against Iwagakure. Ōnoki ordered a retreat, and Machi secretly infiltrated Iwagakure’s troops as Hyuga Akira prepared to test his students’ strength.

• Hyuga Hi and Hyuga Huangku offered Hyuga Akira the clan leadership in exchange for restoring the Caged Bird Seal and marrying Hyuga Xia Nai, but he refused and threatened to destroy the Main Family.
• Hyuga Akira’s exhausted students complained that he had left them fighting beasts overnight, and he sent them to complete missions before reflecting on the war front.
• Ōnoki saw Iwagakure losing ground against Konoha’s forces and ordered his troops to retreat.
• Machi disguised herself as a female Iwagakure Shinobi and blended into the retreating troops unnoticed.
• Hyuga Akira found his three students asleep in the Forest of Death, praised their awareness, and promised them rest before testing their strength.

Hyuga Akira tested Asuma, Kurenai, and Namiashi Raidō in a fight, but destroyed the bell after Raidō managed to take it. Meanwhile, Ōnoki led the Iwa ninja toward the Land of Lightning after learning that the Third Raikage was pursuing them, setting the two forces against each other.

• Hyuga Akira treated Asuma, Kurenai, and Namiashi Raidō to yakiniku after ending their grueling training in the Forest of Death.
• At the training ground, Akira challenged the three to take his bell, and they attacked him with their combined skills.
• Namiashi Raidō secretly grabbed the bell during the fight, but Akira destroyed it and declared that they had lost.
• Ōnoki led the Iwa ninja away from the Konoha front, then ordered them to advance after learning the Third Raikage was pursuing them.
• The Third Raikage prepared to use the Iwa ninja as a military achievement after Cloud's campaign against Konoha had faltered.

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.