Recaps

Uzumaki Hane used his Magma-Magma Fruit and new training to survive the invasion of Konoha, a mission to recover the Sword of the Thunder God, and the pursuit of Sasuke. The rescue team split up to fight the Sound Ninja, leaving Hane chasing Kimimaro while Choji collapsed after using the Red Chili Pill.

• Uzumaki Hane killed Umino Ta, survived the Chunin Exam invasion, and helped Naruto defeat Gaara before discovering his father’s training scroll and Uzumaki Shingan’s message.
• Uzumaki Hane trained under Might Guy and Tsunade, opened the first gate, and accepted Tsunade’s offer to become her disciple.
• Uzumaki Hane, Hyuga Tanaka, and Yamano Koromo protected Morino Idate and fought Fuka, with Hane killing Aoi Rokushō and surviving Fuka’s explosive Scorch Release attack.
• Uzumaki Hane recovered in the hospital, trained with Tsunade, and joined Shikamaru’s team to pursue Sasuke after the Sound Ninja took him from Konoha.
• Uzumaki Hane melted Jirobo’s Earth Prison Dome, defeated him after he activated Curse Mark Stage Two, and continued after the others.
• Uzumaki Hane reached Neji’s battle with Kidomaru and left to pursue Sasuke after Neji urged him to continue.
• Uzumaki Hane and Naruto chased Kimimaro after he took Sasuke’s barrel, while Shikamaru stayed behind to face Tayuya.
• Choji, Kiba, and Akamaru battled Sakon and Ukon, and Choji used the Red Chili Pill to strike them into a crater before collapsing beside Kiba.

Uzumaki Hane survived the Sound Four pursuit, trained to improve his taijutsu, and uncovered Danzo’s attempts to kill him. On a mission investigating missing people, Hane exposed the Sakai family’s use of meteor fragments, but Sakai Jiro transformed and attacked him.

• Hane held Kimimaro back so Naruto could pursue Sasuke, then fought alongside Gaara until Kimimaro’s bone forest left them exhausted.
• After returning to Konoha, Hane resolved to improve his taijutsu and trained with Might Guy, Rock Lee, and Mitarashi Anko.
• Tsunade sent Hane, Hyuga Tanaka, and Yamano Koromo to help a village, where they rescued Yamamoto Naka and defeated the bandits.
• Yamamoto Tomoko revealed that Danzo had sent her to kill Hane and detonated Explosive Tags around them, but Hane survived the blast.
• Hane continued training with Tsunade and Anko, while Naruto brought him to the prison, where escaped convicts attacked Asuma and Kurenai before Tsunade subdued them.
• Hane investigated a missing Konoha ninja with Tanaka and Koromo and discovered that the Sakai family was hiding a secret in a cave.
• Hane found Sakai Fuji and an unconscious Tanaka, killed the Sakai guards, and defeated Sakumo and Sasuke.
• Fuji revealed that Sakai Ichiro had used meteor fragments to strengthen his fighters, and Hane killed Ichiro and defeated Jiro before Jiro swallowed the meteor and attacked him with a destructive shockwave.

Uzumaki Hane left Konoha to train and became the target of a large black-market bounty, leading him into repeated battles with bounty hunters and Kakuzu. After Hidan killed Uesugii, Hane spent months hunting the pair and finally lured Hidan and Kakuzu into a prepared battlefield.

• Uzumaki Hane defeated Amachi and helped save Isaribi, then returned to Konoha and decided to seek a volcano for training.
• Uzumaki Hane left Konoha with intelligence about the Akatsuki, defeated Sōma and several bounty hunters, and first fought Kakuzu.
• Uzumaki Hane discovered that the black market had placed a thirty-five-million-ryo bounty on him and battled waves of hunters before Kakuzu arrived.
• Uzumaki Hane and Uesugii survived more ambushes while seeking the source of the bounty, but a black-market manager’s trap led Hane to destroy an outpost.
• Hidan attacked Uzumaki Hane and Uesugi I, and although Hane decapitated him, Kakuzu restored Hidan and the pair fought them again.
• Hidan used his ritual to kill Uesugii, and Uzumaki Hane spent the next three months hunting for him and Kakuzu.
• Uzumaki Hane learned that Hidan and Kakuzu had passed through the area, prepared a battlefield, and lured them into a barren forest.
• Uzumaki Hane trapped Hidan in lava and injured Kakuzu with lava streams and explosive tags, while Kakuzu reattached his severed limbs and pursued them into the woods.

Uzumaki Hane protected Shion, defeated Moryo, and helped her survive the destruction of the Sealing Shrine. As the shrine was rebuilt, Kakuzu returned to the Land of Demons to challenge Hane again.

• Uzumaki Hane defeated Hidan and Kakuzu’s attacks, then woke in the Land of Demons after Jidairō’s caravan found him unconscious.
• Uzumaki Hane became Shion’s guard, fought Fudō and Fūka, and trained in the crater’s magma until he opened the Third Gate.
• Yomi freed Moryo, who possessed him and awakened the Ghost Army, while Shion foresaw Uzumaki Hane’s apparent death.
• Uzumaki Hane returned to save Shion from Fudō, Kusuna, and Shūri, then joined Might Guy and his team to escort her to the Sealing Shrine.
• Moryo trapped Shion in the sealing formation, but Uzumaki Hane survived the lava, reached her, and helped her bury Moryo beneath lava with Meteor Volcano.
• Uzumaki Hane and Shion escaped the collapsing cavern, and Shion vowed to continue the shrine maiden’s mission as the shrine was rebuilt.
• Kakuzu arrived at Shion’s palace seeking revenge, and Uzumaki Hane led him away from the palace before they prepared to fight in the forest.