Chapter Summaries

Shihui Aburame hunted wild boars in the Forest of Death and collected tusks for refining the White Jade Gu, but decided to save the combination for later. Meanwhile, Tsunade encountered Naruto Uzumaki, and Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Naruto thought Shiki was a good person.

• Hinata Hyuga reluctantly said goodbye to Shihui Aburame after enjoying their time together.
• Shihui Aburame used the Jade Skin Gu and Bone Spear Gu to defeat a herd of wild boars and kill their king.
• Shihui Aburame collected the boar king's tusks but postponed combining the Jade Skin Gu and White Boar Gu into the White Jade Gu.
• Shihui Aburame left nectar wine at Tsunade's residence, inspected his kikaichū, and began cultivating while Tsunade and Shizune returned from the casino.
• Tsunade met Hiruzen Sarutobi and Naruto Uzumaki, who called her Granny Tsunade, and then left.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Naruto what he thought of Shiki, and Naruto said he was a good person.

Shihui Aburame gave Tsunade nectar wine and asked to learn Superhuman Strength, so she lent him a guide and assigned Shizune to teach him. Tsunade drank until she fell asleep, while Shihui continued practicing medical techniques and planned to study more the next day.

• Shihui Aburame gave Tsunade homemade nectar wine, and she enjoyed it enough to promise him lessons while appointing Shizune to teach him that evening.
• Shihui asked to learn Superhuman Strength, and Tsunade lent him a guide to study before he began learning its techniques after mastering basic Medical Ninjutsu.
• Tsunade watched Shihui practice chakra control on a carp, then drank the rest of the wine and fell asleep at the dinner table.
• Shizune helped Tsunade to bed, served Shihui milk, and offered him pointers as he continued practicing on the carp.
• Shihui trained his primeval essence until ten at night, then went to sleep after resolving to keep practicing Medical Ninjutsu.

Sasuke Uchiha practiced the Shuriken Manipulation Technique and joined Naruto Uzumaki on the way to a fishing competition so he could challenge Shihui Aburame again. At the gathering in Konoha Forest, Shihui received a Hidden Stone Gu achievement reward, while Naruto revealed he did not know how to use a fishing rod.

• Uchiha Mikoto found Sasuke Uchiha practicing early and learned he planned to go fishing with his classmates.
• Uchiha Mikoto packed Sasuke Uchiha fishing gear and lunch, but Sasuke realized he did not know where the others were fishing.
• Sasuke Uchiha helped Naruto Uzumaki buy a fishing rod from a shopkeeper who had refused to sell to him.
• Shihui Aburame arrived at the Konoha Forest and received a Hidden Stone Gu reward after Naruto Uzumaki triggered an achievement.
• Sasuke Uchiha joined the group, and Sakura Haruno questioned why he had come after he had declined the invitation.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha both claimed they would win the fishing competition, but Naruto admitted he did not know how to use a fishing rod.

Shihui Aburame dominated a fishing contest, then defeated Sasuke Uchiha in another spar. After seeing Shihui’s speed with the Body Flicker Technique, Sasuke asked how he had achieved it, and Shihui said it was simply practice.

• Shihui Aburame fished with Ino Yamanaka, Hinata Hyuga, and the others, while his first catch was a promotional card rather than a fish.
• Shihui Aburame caught eighteen fish, beating Sasuke Uchiha’s seventeen, while Shino Aburame caught only one tiny fish.
• Sasuke Uchiha challenged Shihui Aburame to spar, and Shihui deflected Sasuke’s kunai before striking him down with a faster Body Flicker Technique.
• Sasuke Uchiha recovered and asked Shihui Aburame why his Body Flicker Technique was so fast, but Shihui answered that it came from practice.

Shihui Aburame prepared a meal with his classmates, impressing Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga with how capable he was. The group shared grilled fish, while their interactions revealed Naruto Uzumaki’s lack of everyday knowledge and left Hinata still too shy to admit she was not full.

• Shihui Aburame cleaned and prepared the fish while Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga chatted about him and grew closer.
• Choji Akimichi realized they had forgotten a lighter, so Shikamaru Nara asked Sasuke Uchiha to use Fire Release to light the grills.
• Sasuke Uchiha performed a small Great Fireball Technique, and Naruto Uzumaki praised him as a rival.
• Shihui Aburame seasoned and grilled the fish, while Naruto Uzumaki admitted he did not know what cumin was.
• The classmates enjoyed the meal, and Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga thanked Shihui Aburame.

Shihui Aburame walked Hinata Hyuga home, explained the Three Basic Techniques to Naruto Uzumaki, and considered finding him a taijutsu teacher. Later, Hiruzen Sarutobi heard Kakashi Hatake’s report and asked him to lead Naruto’s team, leaving Kakashi’s answer open to interpretation.

• Shihui Aburame walked Hinata Hyuga home, and she found a large pile of food inside the storage scroll he had given her.
• Naruto Uzumaki asked Shihui Aburame about the Three Basic Techniques, and Shihui suggested taijutsu might suit him better and told him to wait after school the next day.
• Shihui Aburame returned to Tsunade’s residence, where Tsunade teased him about her Yin Seal and Shizune noticed her laughter.
• Kakashi Hatake reported Naruto Uzumaki’s day to Hiruzen Sarutobi, including Shihui Aburame’s spar with Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto’s request for guidance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Kakashi Hatake if he would lead Naruto’s team, and Kakashi said he would follow the Hokage’s arrangements.

Shihui Aburame and Tsunade grew closer as he asked to call her Big Sister, though she did not formally accept. After he left for school, Tsunade was reminded of her brother Nawaki when Shihui called goodbye.

• Tsunade praised Shihui Aburame’s progress with the revived carp, then dried his hair and carried him to bed.
• Shihui asked Tsunade if he could call her Big Sister, and she teased that becoming her little brother would not be easy.
• The next morning, Shihui called Tsunade Big Sister again, and she let him stay close while they brushed their teeth and ate breakfast.
• A noble from the Land of Fire arrived to ask Tsunade to perform surgery, and Tsunade punched him away before Shizune explained he had come several times.
• Shihui said goodbye to Tsunade and Shizune on his way to school, and Tsunade remembered Nawaki declaring he would become Hokage.

Sasuke Uchiha worried about his father and brother being too busy to train him, while Hinata Hyuga walked to school with Shihui Aburame. Shihui convinced Hinata to face the bullies’ expected backup, leaving her nervous but newly determined.

• Sasuke Uchiha asked when Uchiha Itachi would return and considered seeking training from Shihui Aburame after deciding not to approach Uchiha Fugaku.
• Hanabi Hyuga greeted Shihui Aburame outside her home, accepted a lollipop, and teased Hinata Hyuga before Hinata sent her back to study.
• Shihui Aburame showed Hinata Hyuga a note from the Cockroach Bully Group challenging him to fight after school.
• Shihui Aburame told Hinata Hyuga to defeat the bullies’ possible backup herself, and she froze when he said he believed in her.
• Hinata Hyuga agreed to face the challenge, and Shihui Aburame gave her sushi that calmed her tangled emotions.

Shihui Aburame reassured Naruto Uzumaki about meeting a teacher, while Sasuke Uchiha planned to trade ninja tool lessons for more sparring. At lunch, Ino Yamanaka shared a homemade meal with Shihui, Hinata joined them, and Shihui received a Gu insect reward.

• Ino Yamanaka greeted Shihui Aburame after he noticed her hair was flattened from sleeping at her desk.
• Naruto Uzumaki asked whether the teacher Shihui had found would hate him, and Shihui firmly reassured him.
• Sasuke Uchiha decided to teach Shihui ninja tool throwing in exchange for more chances to spar.
• Ino Yamanaka offered Shihui a homemade lunch, and Shino Aburame brought Hinata Hyuga a stool so she could join them.
• Shihui opened Ino's lunch box and received the Moonlight Creeper Gu insect as a reward for Naruto's achievement.

Shihui Aburame shared lunch with Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga, then outperformed Sasuke Uchiha in ninja tool throwing. After class, he took Naruto Uzumaki to look for Might Guy, whom they found running on his hands in the Forest of Death.

• Shihui Aburame let Hinata Hyuga and Ino Yamanaka share his lunch, and Ino offered to wash his lunch box.
• Umino Iruka demonstrated ninja tool throwing, and Sasuke Uchiha impressed the class by copying his technique and recalling the kunai.
• Naruto Uzumaki missed the target on his first throw, while Shihui Aburame struck the bull's-eye and made two kunai collide twice before hitting it in a cross.
• Sasuke Uchiha felt defeated when Shihui Aburame surpassed him, then stepped back as Naruto approached Shihui after class.
• Shihui Aburame asked Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki about Might Guy, then took Naruto to the Forest of Death and found Guy running on his hands.

Naruto Uzumaki began learning Taijutsu from Might Guy after Shihui Aburame encouraged him to seek out the instructor. Shihui returned to the Senju residence and practiced medical ninjutsu preparations with Shizune, who brought him dango.

• Naruto Uzumaki asked Might Guy to teach him Taijutsu, and Guy agreed to train him by running together.
• Shihui Aburame unlocked an achievement for inspiring Might Guy and received the single-use Flower Boar Gu.
• Kakashi Hatake reported Naruto’s new training to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who approved it and watched Naruto and Guy run with the Telescope Technique.
• Shihui Aburame returned to the old Senju residence, found Tsunade away gambling, and brought his carp out of the kitchen.
• Shizune gave Shihui Aburame a skewer of three-color dango, but he found it too sweet and handed it back.

Sasuke asked Uchiha Mikoto to help him spend more time sparring with Shihui Aburame, and she visited Tsunade to arrange for Sasuke to join Shihui's play. Shihui agreed, then earned a strange reward called the One Birth Gu.

• Sasuke told Uchiha Mikoto he wanted more chances to spar with Shihui, and she offered to help.
• Uchiha Mikoto visited Tsunade and explained that Sasuke wanted to be friends with Shihui.
• Uchiha Mikoto asked Shihui to include Sasuke when he played, and Shihui agreed.
• Shihui earned the "Mommy diplomacy" achievement and received a One Birth Gu, which left him confused.

Shihui Aburame left Tsunade’s home after she warned him about the Uchiha and cared for him like a mother. At school, Naruto Uzumaki showed off his new green outfit and vowed to become the top student, while Hinata Hyuga prepared nervously to face her bullies.

• Uchiha Mikoto invited Shihui Aburame to visit, and Tsunade warned him to be careful around the Uchiha Clan.
• Tsunade gave Shihui Aburame milk before bed, and he reflected that her care felt maternal.
• Shihui Aburame met Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga, gave both girls lollipops, and reminded Hinata to face her bullies after school.
• Shihui Aburame arrived at class and saw Naruto Uzumaki wearing a green bodysuit.
• Naruto Uzumaki announced that he would beat the class and become its top student, while Sasuke Uchiha protested that he had only lost two matches through carelessness.

Shihui Aburame arranged a confrontation in the grove to help Hinata Hyuga stand up to the boys who had bullied her. Hinata awakened her Byakugan and defeated them, then blushed when Shihui told her that her eyes were beautiful.

• Shihui Aburame spent class and the midday break cultivating while Hinata Hyuga and Sasuke Uchiha worried about what would happen after school.
• Ino Yamanaka brought lunch for Shihui Aburame, who shared it with Hinata Hyuga and offered Naruto Uzumaki cooking recipes.
• After school, Shihui Aburame left with Hinata Hyuga while Sasuke Uchiha rejected Sakura Haruno and hurried away.
• In the grove, Shihui Aburame faced the older student and three boys who had bullied Hinata Hyuga, then urged Hinata to stop them from attacking him.
• Hinata Hyuga activated her Byakugan and knocked out the three boys, sending the older student fleeing.
• Shihui Aburame praised Hinata Hyuga's eyes, and she blushed and lowered her head.

Hinata Hyuga awakened her Byakugan after Shihui Aburame arranged a confrontation, and Hyuga Hiashi learned what had happened. Hiashi recognized Shihui’s role and began considering how Tsunade might help him resist the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird Seal customs.

• Shihui Aburame told Hinata Hyuga the three boys would wake soon, then took her to his cabin for a meal.
• Hinata Hyuga wondered whether the boys had been forced into the confrontation, but Shihui Aburame neither confirmed nor denied it.
• Tokuma Hyuga reported Hinata Hyuga’s Byakugan awakening to Hyuga Hiashi and recounted the incident.
• Hyuga Hiashi realized Shihui Aburame had staged the confrontation and credited him with helping Hinata awaken her Byakugan.
• Hyuga Hiashi reflected on the Caged Bird Seal and considered backing Tsunade as a possible Hokage who could help him resist the clan’s customs.

Shihui Aburame gave Naruto Uzumaki a cookbook once owned by Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, then arranged to take Sasuke Uchiha fishing after school. Sasuke earned Shihui a White Boar Gu achievement reward, while Ino Yamanaka invited Shihui to dinner and Hinata Hyuga watched him from behind a tree.

• Tsunade gave Shihui Aburame a cookbook signed by Minato Namikaze, and he decided to pass it on to Naruto Uzumaki.
• Naruto Uzumaki asked Shihui when they could go fishing again, and Shihui said they would go that day.
• Uchiha Mikoto asked Shihui to spend time with Sasuke Uchiha, and Shihui persuaded Sasuke to join the fishing trip by promising a future sparring match.
• Sasuke Uchiha agreed to fish despite his vow, earning Shihui a White Boar Gu as an achievement reward.
• Ino Yamanaka invited Shihui to dinner, but he said he was going fishing with their friends instead.
• Shihui spotted Hinata Hyuga peeking at him from behind a tree.

Shihui Aburame spent the morning with Naruto Uzumaki and Choji Akimichi before the class practiced flower arranging. He chose sunflowers for the theme “the blooming flower of hope,” while Hinata Hyuga chose moonflowers inspired by his courtyard.

• Shihui Aburame gave Naruto Uzumaki Minato Namikaze’s recipe book and promised to teach him to cook.
• Choji Akimichi invited Shihui Aburame fishing, shared his potato chips, and agreed to meet him after class.
• Haruna Yamanaka led a practical flower-arranging lesson and asked the students to choose a theme and flowers.
• Ino Yamanaka suggested sunflowers for Shihui Aburame’s theme of hope, and he told her that cosmos suited her.
• Hinata Hyuga chose moonflowers for warm beauty, while Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki both chose balsam flowers.
• Shihui Aburame arranged sunflowers under the theme “the blooming flower of hope.”

After flower-arranging class, Shihui Aburame traded arrangements with Ino Yamanaka and later joined his classmates for fishing. When Sasuke Uchiha asked how much strength Shihui had used in their fights, Shihui answered thirty percent, leaving Sasuke in disbelief.

• Ino Yamanaka followed Shihui Aburame and traded her cosmos arrangement for his sunflowers, then invited him to visit her house.
• Umino Iruka announced that he would cover second-year Class A next week and hold practical lessons with the class, including Neji Hyuga.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha competed at fishing, and Sasuke caught nine fish to Naruto's seven.
• Sasuke Uchiha asked Shihui Aburame how much strength he had used in their fights, and Shihui said thirty percent.
• Sasuke Uchiha accused Shihui Aburame of lying.

Shihui Aburame cleaned the fish while Sasuke Uchiha recovered his confidence after losing to him, and Naruto Uzumaki arranged to learn cooking and taijutsu with Shihui. Ino Yamanaka helped Shihui prepare the fish and left delighted after he caught her wrist and adjusted her sleeve; the group later returned to Konoha, where Shihui gave Hinata Hyuga a storage scroll.

• Sasuke Uchiha brooded over losing to Shihui Aburame, then regained confidence by telling himself the Sharingan would let him win in the future.
• Naruto Uzumaki asked Shihui Aburame to teach him cooking, and Shihui agreed to teach him on Sunday and suggested he spar with Sasuke after learning Konoha Whirlwind.
• Ino Yamanaka joined Shihui Aburame to wash the cleaned fish and asked whether she could preserve the sunflower he had given her as a pressed flower.
• After Ino Yamanaka's legs began to ache, Shihui Aburame caught her wrist and pulled down her sleeve, leaving her delighted.
• Shihui Aburame and the others returned to Konoha after eating, and he gave Hinata Hyuga a storage scroll.

Naruto Uzumaki asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to tell him stories about the Fourth Hokage after learning Minato Namikaze’s cooking had been delicious. Back home, Shihui Aburame massaged Tsunade and unexpectedly earned a Liquor Worm from the system.

• Naruto Uzumaki found expired food in his refrigerator before Hiruzen Sarutobi visited and noticed Minato Namikaze’s cookbook.
• Naruto Uzumaki told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Shiki had given him the cookbook and said he wanted to cook better than the Fourth Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reassured himself that Shiki posed no threat and agreed to tell Naruto Uzumaki stories about Minato Namikaze.
• Shihui Aburame returned home to find Tsunade resting alone, and she ordered him to give her a massage.
• Shihui Aburame massaged Tsunade’s legs and feet, then went to the kitchen and received a Liquor Worm for completing the “Porridge-proper” achievement.