Recaps

Shihui Aburame helped Tsunade become Hokage as the Uchiha coup ended in Fugaku’s death and Itachi’s flight from Konoha. After graduating into Team 7, Shihui passed Kakashi’s bell test with Naruto and Sasuke, and the team began a mission to help Kurama Yakumo.

• Shihui Aburame helped Tsunade confront her fear of blood and investigate Root, while Uchiha Itachi uncovered Danzō’s experiments and planned a coup with Uchiha Fugaku.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi led the Uchiha attack on Root, but Shimura Danzō killed Fugaku, Tsunade became Hokage, and Obito Uchiha escaped with Fugaku and Danzō.
• Uchiha Itachi fled Konoha with Obito Uchiha after making Sasuke Uchiha witness their parents’ deaths, while Tsunade abolished the Hokage Advisor positions and protected the Uchiha Clan from punishment.
• Shihui Aburame graduated first alongside Sasuke Uchiha, received Tsunade’s necklace, and joined Team 7 with Sasuke and Naruto Uzumaki under Kakashi Hatake.
• Team 7 passed Kakashi Hatake’s bell test after Shihui seized both bells, and Kakashi agreed to take them on a mission involving Kurama Yakumo.
• Kurenai Yuhi led Kakashi Hatake and Team 7 to the Kurama Clan’s Satomi Hills Villa, where they found Kurama Yakumo painting Kurenai.

Shihui Aburame helped Team 7 complete its mission in the Land of Waves, then trained for Konoha’s Joint Chunin Ninja Exams as Orochimaru and the Akatsuki moved against the village. After Orochimaru attacked Team 7 in the Forest of Death, Shihui led them to the tower, and the exams advanced to the preliminaries.

• Shihui Aburame helped Kurama Yakumo defeat Ido, then supported Tsunade as Naruto Uzumaki’s parentage was revealed and Team 7 began training.
• Team 7 escorted Tazuna to the Land of Waves, where Shihui helped defeat Zabuza Momochi and Haku, and Konoha captured Gato.
• Tsunade rewarded Shihui Aburame and negotiated with Kirigakure over Zabuza, Haku, and the Byakugan while Shihui trained and supported Hinata Hyuga.
• Orochimaru and Shimura Danzō planned to exploit the Joint Chunin Ninja Exams, while Tsunade arranged for Shihui, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha to learn the Rasengan from Jiraiya.
• Uchiha Itachi told Tsunade that the Akatsuki intended to capture the Nine-Tails, then staged an attack with Kisame Hoshigaki that helped Sasuke awaken a second tomoe.
• Shihui Aburame entered the Chunin Ninja Exams with Team 7, passed the written test, and guided Naruto and Sasuke through the Forest of Death.
• Orochimaru attacked Team 7 in disguise, but Shihui Aburame struck him and later healed Anko after Orochimaru escaped.
• Shihui Aburame led Team 7 to the tower, and after five days Tsunade announced that thirty Genin remained and the preliminaries would begin.

Shihui Aburame helped stop the Konoha Crush, countered Orochimaru’s efforts to recruit him, and traveled with Team 7 to the Dragon Vein at Rōran. After being swept into the past and returning with his memories restored, he came back to Konoha as Tsunade prepared for the Chunin Exams to resume.

• Shihui Aburame defeated Gaara and helped end the Konoha Crush, but Orochimaru killed Hiruzen Sarutobi before Tsunade negotiated peace with Sunagakure.
• After the Sound Four approached Shihui Aburame, he pretended to defect and helped capture them and Kimimaro with Sasuke Uchiha, Karin, and the other pursuers.
• Shihui Aburame accompanied Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari to Sunagakure, where Gaara became Fifth Kazekage after Fugi’s death.
• Shihui Aburame led Team 7 to the Rōran Ruins, where Mukade broke the Dragon Vein seal and swept them into the past.
• Shihui Aburame stayed in Rōran while Sasuke Uchiha met Minato Namikaze and Kakashi Hatake in the past, and the group fought Anrokuzan before sealing the Dragon Vein.
• Minato Namikaze erased the group’s memories before Shihui Aburame, Kakashi Hatake, Sasuke Uchiha, and Karin returned to their time, but Shihui recovered his memories through an achievement reward.
• Back in Konoha, Shihui Aburame gave Kakashi Hatake the Dragon Vein, ordered a renewed search for Tanuki Shigaraki, and arranged for Kakashi to have the Dragon Vein implanted.
• Shihui Aburame used a Ten-Year Lifespan Gu on Tsunade, then reviewed Sunagakure’s Chunin Exam roster as Tsunade woke feeling much younger.

Shihui Aburame won the Chunin Exams, became the Sixth Hokage, and used the Box of Ultimate Bliss to awaken Sasuke Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan while defeating Satori. He left the story leading Tsunade and Team 8 on an S-rank mission to confront Raiga Kurosuki at the Katabami Gold Mine.

• Shihui Aburame gave Hinata Hyuga the Snow Woman Gu, and she used her new form to defeat Neji Hyuga and advance through the Chunin Exams.
• Shihui Aburame defeated Sasuke Uchiha in the final, received the Nine Eyes Liquor Worm, and later learned Tsunade intended to make him Hokage.
• Tsunade nominated Shihui Aburame as the Sixth Hokage, the Jonin and villagers approved, and Shihui took office after receiving the Hokage’s hat.
• Shihui Aburame led Sasuke Uchiha, Karin, and Chihori to Hozuki Castle and Kusagakure, where Chihori avenged her family and Shihui secured the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Shihui Aburame opened the Box of Ultimate Bliss with Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha, and Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan but became possessed by Satori.
• Shihui Aburame defeated Satori and had it sealed inside Sasuke Uchiha, then returned to Konoha and continued appointing Hokage assistants.
• Shihui Aburame prepared to join Team 8 on a Bikōchū mission, but revealed that the S-rank mission with Tsunade would instead target Raiga Kurosuki and the Katabami Gold Mine.