Recaps

At the Ninja Academy, Miya Hanama ignored his teacher’s request to stop eating during class, leaving Masaki Kuhara afraid to challenge him. The chapter revealed that Miya’s Nuclear Fission Reactor let him turn food into Chakra Particles that strengthened his body.

• Miya ate a roasted pig trotter during class, distracting his classmates and prompting Masaki Kuhara to ask him to stop.
• Miya refused, and Masaki remembered that Miya had injured the previous teacher, Shuichi Tanaka, with one punch.
• Masaki recalled the Third Hokage’s warning to tolerate Miya and protect himself.
• Miya finished the trotter, including its bones, as the Nuclear Fission Reactor in his body processed the food into strength-enhancing Chakra Particles.

Miya ate through his food during class and provoked Asuma Sarutobi, who attacked him over his closeness with Kurenai Yuhi. The class saw Miya kill Asuma with one punch, but Asuma was unharmed, and Masaki Kuhara suspected Genjutsu.

• Miya finished his roasted pig's trotter and accepted Kurenai Yuhi's lunchbox.
• Miya pulled Kurenai Yuhi close, prompting Asuma Sarutobi to confront him and charge at him.
• Miya revealed a terrifying aura and swung his fist at Asuma as Masaki Kuhara cried out for him to stop.
• The class saw Asuma's head burst apart, but Miya remained seated and eating while Asuma lay unharmed.
• Masaki Kuhara suspected that Miya had used Genjutsu to create the vision.

Miya’s killing-intent aura left Asuma convinced he had died, though Miya simply returned to eating while the class watched him warily. After class, Rin and Kurenai accepted Miya’s attention, while Rin rejected Obito and told him to stop bothering her, leaving him heartbroken.

• Miya’s aura terrified Asuma, who collapsed, and Masaki Kuhara resumed the lesson after confirming he was unharmed.
• The students watched Miya eat, then hurried out when class ended, while Asuma fled in shame.
• Obito invited Rin to eat with him, but Rin went to Miya and offered him her bento instead.
• Miya patted Rin and Kurenai’s heads and promised to bring them grilled meat later.
• Obito tried to confront Miya, but Rin scolded him for blocking Miya’s way.
• Rin rejected Obito’s bento and told him to stop bothering her so Miya would not misunderstand, and Obito left in silence.

Miya hunted in the Forest of Death and used his Chakra Particle Battle Armor to defeat a giant bear. He took down the forest’s powerful bear with a single attack and secured food for the next day.

• Miya searched the Forest of Death for prey and activated his concealed Chakra Particle Battle Armor.
• Miya spotted a giant bear drinking from a stream and charged at it with a flying kick.
• Miya sent the bear crashing into the ground, where it rose and roared in anger.
• Miya sliced through half the bear’s neck with Chakra particles gathered on his hand, killing it.
• Miya smiled at the bear’s body and said its size meant he had food for the next day.

Miya hunted and prepared a large bear while Rin and Kurenai admitted they both liked him and declared themselves rivals. At home, Asuma remained shaken by his encounter with Miya, and Hiruzen showed unexpected concern for his son.

• Miya used chakra-coated hands to kill a bear, then butchered it and roasted its paws over a fire.
• Rin told Kurenai she had liked Miya since childhood, and Kurenai declared she would not give him up easily.
• Rin and Kurenai vowed to become rivals for Miya and refused to back down.
• Hiruzen learned that Asuma had come home early and shut himself in his room, so he went to check on him.
• Asuma opened the door to Hiruzen, ashamed and frightened, while Hiruzen softened and invited him out to eat.

Asuma told Hiruzen about his defeat by Miya, and Hiruzen helped him regain his confidence while explaining the burden of being the Hokage’s son. Later, Hiruzen reflected on Miya’s tragic past and resolved to meet him again, considering training him as a ninja like his father, Miroku.

• Hiruzen comforted Asuma and listened as he recounted what happened in class with Miya.
• Hiruzen told Asuma to accept defeat, train hard, and turn his identity as the Hokage’s son into motivation; Asuma thanked him and returned to his room.
• Hiruzen and Biwako felt relieved that Asuma had recovered from his distress.
• In his study, Hiruzen remembered that Miya’s father, Miroku, had died with his squad on a mission because of faulty intelligence, and that Miya’s mother had died after giving birth to him prematurely.
• Hiruzen recalled protecting Miya from punishment after he injured a Chunin teacher and decided to find another opportunity to see him.

Miya enjoyed the attention and meals Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi brought him, and broke through a long-standing strength bottleneck. After class, Masaki Kuhara announced a practical combat test and regarded Miya’s results as especially important.

• Rin Nohara gave Miya a homemade bento while Kurenai Yuhi brought him alcohol, and Miya happily ate and drank both.
• Miya broke through his bottleneck after lunch, increasing his chakra reserves and reaching Elite Chunin-level taijutsu.
• During Masaki Kuhara’s lecture, Miya quietly ate meat while the teacher tried not to provoke him.
• Masaki Kuhara announced a practical combat test and told the class to assemble on the playground.
• Miya agreed to attend the test, and Masaki Kuhara hurried out, concerned about how Miya would perform.

During the academy’s practical combat test, Miya considered graduating early because the lessons no longer challenged him and hunting had become harder. Obito demanded to fight Miya, shocking the class and disrupting Masaki Kuhara’s test plan.

• Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi walked with Miya while Obito watched jealously and Asuma avoided facing him.
• Masaki Kuhara paired the students for their practical combat test, and everyone except Obito was relieved that Miya had no opponent.
• Miya watched the matches with boredom and thought about graduating early to earn money and prepare for the Third Shinobi World War.
• Masaki Kuhara called Obito Uchiha and Shikō Aburame as the next pair, but Obito refused to fight Shikō and asked to challenge Miya instead.
• The class erupted in surprise, Rin told Miya that Obito had challenged him, and Masaki Kuhara reconsidered his testing plan as Miya insulted Obito and the others.

Miya threatened to fight Obito after Masaki Kuhara failed him and ordered him to leave the practical combat test. Masaki tried to stop Miya, but Miya reached Obito in the sparring area.

• The students turned their resentment toward Obito after Miya insulted them, while Obito glared at Miya in anger and jealousy over Rin Nohara.
• Masaki Kuhara marked Obito as failed and told him to leave the test, but Obito refused because he still wanted to fight Miya.
• Miya challenged Obito to face him and warned that he might put him in the hospital.
• Masaki Kuhara stepped in to block Miya, but froze when Miya threatened him and begged Miya to stop too late.
• Miya walked into the sparring area and stood in front of Obito as Masaki Kuhara pleaded with him.

Obito attacked Miya out of jealousy over Rin Nohara, but Miya repeatedly kicked him aside without moving from his spot. Obito then used the Great Fireball Technique, engulfing Miya in flames as Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi rushed to help him.

• Obito charged at Miya, who repeatedly kicked him away and humiliated him in front of the watching students.
• Masaki Kuhara told Obito to stop, but Obito refused and began forming hand seals for a ninjutsu.
• Miya warned Masaki Kuhara not to interfere as Obito completed his hand seals.
• Obito unleashed the Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique, and the flames engulfed Miya.
• Masaki Kuhara feared the consequences, while Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi cried out and prepared to rush toward the fire.

Miya survived Obito’s Fire Release and beat him down after Minato Namikaze intervened to stop his punch. The chapter left Obito vowing revenge while Miya’s words about Rin Nohara embarrassed her and frustrated Kurenai Yuhi.

• Miya emerged unharmed from Obito’s flames, protected by azure Chakra, and charged him with a Normal Punch.
• Minato Namikaze blocked Miya’s punch but was knocked back, then discovered Miya had used a clone to attack Obito from behind.
• Miya beat Obito black and blue, warned him to stay away from Rin Nohara, and told him he would be beaten again if he caused trouble.
• Rin Nohara blushed at Miya’s remark, while Kurenai Yuhi silently resolved to claim Miya for herself.
• Obito, lying injured on the ground, swore that he would not let Miya get away with it.

Miya stopped short of attacking Obito again when Minato Namikaze intervened, then demanded that Minato defeat him before he would let Obito go. Minato accepted, and Miya launched a powerful taijutsu assault that forced him to rely on speed and reflexes to dodge.

• Miya's killing intent frightened Obito, and Minato Namikaze blocked Miya's first stomp before rescuing Obito from a second attack.
• Miya warned Minato that he could only save Obito that day and said he would let Obito go if Minato beat him.
• Minato accepted the challenge and approached Miya, still regarding the encounter as a sparring exercise.
• Miya activated his azure Chakra Particle Battle Armor and struck with a Serious Punch, which Minato narrowly dodged.
• Miya continued attacking with powerful, fast punches, forcing Minato backward while Minato chose not to use an A-rank Ninjutsu.

Miya escalated his fight with Minato Namikaze by activating Overload Mode, which drove his power beyond what his body could safely withstand. Minato evaded Miya’s devastating punch with the Flying Thunder God and appeared above him with a Big Ball Rasengan.

• Miya’s classmates watched in awe as he and Minato fought too quickly for them to follow, while Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi cheered Miya on.
• Miya grew excited at being able to fight without holding back and struck Minato with a punch that sent him stumbling back.
• Miya activated Overload Mode, pushing the Nuclear Fission Furnace beyond his body’s limits and igniting the Chakra particles covering him.
• Miya rushed at Minato and threw a powerful punch, but Minato used the Flying Thunder God Kunai to teleport away as the blow blasted the training ground.
• Minato appeared above Miya with a Big Ball Rasengan in his hand.

Miya fought Minato Namikaze and ended their match after Overload Mode left him gravely injured. He survived surgery at Konoha Hospital, while Minato reported Miya's power and dangerous technique to Hiruzen Sarutobi before leaving on a mission.

• Miya anticipated Minato Namikaze's teleportation and punched through his Big Ball Rasengan, though the clash injured Miya's arm and sent him skidding back.
• Miya ended Overload Mode, admitted defeat, and collapsed; Minato caught him and rushed him to the hospital.
• Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi worried about Miya as Minato waited more than two hours for news from the emergency room.
• Hiromura told Minato that Miya was out of danger but would need to remain hospitalized, and Minato then left to report to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Miya had mastered a powerful Nintaijutsu with severe side effects and promised to have someone care for him while Minato departed for a mission.

After Miya woke in Konoha Hospital, Hiruzen Sarutobi offered him early graduation and a Genin promotion, but Miya refused for now. Miya hinted that he expected to gain something from Hiruzen’s offer, while Hiruzen left an Anbu ninja watching him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi wondered about Miya’s unusual techniques and summoned Masaki Kuhara to ask about him.
• Miya woke in Konoha Hospital two days later, and an Anbu ninja reported his recovery to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• After Hiromura examined Miya, Hiruzen Sarutobi visited and offered to make him a Genin once he left the hospital.
• Miya refused to graduate early, telling Hiruzen Sarutobi that he wanted to become a Genin but not yet.
• Miya pretended to fall asleep, then smiled to himself and decided to get something out of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s offer.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to the Hokage Building and ordered an Anbu ninja to keep watching Miya.

Miya left the hospital against his doctor's orders and took Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi to hunt in the Forest of Death. After the girls were frightened by the dangerous forest, Miya reassured them as they shared a meal beside a campfire.

• Miya told Doctor Hiromura he was leaving the hospital and escaped through a window despite the doctor's protests.
• Miya returned home, where Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi arrived with food and asked if he was all right.
• Miya invited Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi to eat with him, then led them by the hand to the Forest of Death.
• Miya hunted two enormous wild boars and cooked them beside a river as night fell.
• Miya teased Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi for being frightened, then reassured them that they were safe with him.

Miya recovered from his injuries by eating the Forest of Death’s large beasts and grew stronger as his body rebuilt itself. When his final wound healed, his physique broke through its limit, leaving him at a new level of strength.

• Miya ate a roasted boar with Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi, and the nutrients rapidly healed his internal injuries.
• After taking Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi home, Miya checked his wounds, ate their lunchboxes, and decided to keep hunting beasts to recover faster.
• Over the next five days, Miya hunted nearly all the large, ferocious beasts in the Forest of Death and discovered that recovering from his injuries had strengthened his physique.
• As Miya’s final wound healed, his body trembled and Particle Chakra spread through him.
• Miya activated Limit Mode, and his physique broke through its current limit.

Miya's breakthrough let him create and test the powerful Atomic Rasengan, and he returned home to find an Iwagakure spy hiding in his bedroom. The spy prepared to ambush him, but Miya paused outside the door to deal with something else first.

• Miya discovered that his Nuclear Fission Furnace now produced atomic Chakra and formed an Atomic Rasengan.
• Miya tested the Atomic Rasengan, creating a crater about three meters across, then decided to return to school instead of pursuing early graduation.
• Miya sensed someone breathing in his bedroom after returning home and realized an uninvited guest was inside.
• Miyayama Uemon, an Iwagakure spy carrying stolen intelligence, hid in Miya's house to evade Konoha Anbu and prepared to kill Miya if he entered.
• Miya stopped at the bedroom door, then said he would take care of the things he had brought back first.

Miya outwitted and captured the spy Miyayama Uemon, crippling him before Konoha’s Anbu arrived. The Anbu identified Miyayama Uemon as their target and asked Miya to hand him over.

• Miya tricked Miyayama Uemon into opening the bedroom door, then evaded his attack with the Clone Technique.
• Miyayama Uemon charged at Miya, but Miya seized his kunai hand and threw him to the ground, breaking his right arm.
• Miya used the Atomic Rasengan to destroy Miyayama Uemon’s spine, leaving him unconscious and crippled.
• Konoha Anbu rushed inside after hearing Miyayama Uemon’s screams and found Miya pinning the spy.
• An Anbu wearing a bird-faced mask told Miya that Miyayama Uemon was their target and asked him to hand the spy over.

Miya brought the captured spy Miyayama Uemon to Hiruzen Sarutobi but refused to hand him over until he received a reward. After bargaining, Miya collected two hundred thousand ryo and left, while Hiruzen’s Anbu took custody of the prisoner.

• Miya agreed to bring Miyayama Uemon to Hiruzen Sarutobi with the Anbu escorting him, while Hanatsume went ahead to inform the Hokage.
• Miya refused to hand over Miyayama Uemon until Hiruzen paid him for capturing the spy.
• Hiruzen offered ten thousand ryo, but Miya demanded two hundred thousand and insisted on payment before surrendering the prisoner.
• Hiruzen ordered Hato to bring the money, and Hato exchanged the two hundred thousand ryo for Miyayama Uemon.
• Miya counted the money, thanked Hiruzen, and left in a cheerful mood.

Miya rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s renewed efforts to convince him to graduate early, while angling to get something out of the Hokage. Hiruzen invited him to barbecue as a new way to persuade him, unaware Miya was leading him into a trap.

• Miya tried to leave with his reward money, but Hiruzen called him back to discuss early graduation.
• Miya refused and insulted Hiruzen’s smile, provoking the Hokage’s anger.
• Hiruzen tried to persuade Miya by promising prestige and a powerful private teacher, but Miya rejected both offers.
• Miya pretended to leave, then let his growling stomach prompt Hiruzen to offer him barbecue.
• Miya eagerly accepted the meal, while Hiruzen grinned and believed the invitation might help him win Miya over.

Miya manipulated Hiruzen Sarutobi into promising him a month of barbecue and a powerful teacher in exchange for agreeing to graduate early. Hiruzen went home believing Miya would help secure his larger plans, while Miya hid their written agreement as a meal ticket.

• At the barbecue restaurant, Miya pretended to be too full to eat more, convincing Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Academy teachers had exaggerated his appetite.
• Hiruzen offered Miya a week of barbecue if he graduated early, but Miya rejected the deal and negotiated for a longer commitment.
• Miya asked for a year of meals, then accepted a month after confirming Hiruzen would still find him a powerful teacher.
• Hiruzen and Miya signed a three-copy agreement, and the restaurant owner agreed to keep a copy and bill Hiruzen for Miya's meals.
• Miya hid his copy at home, while Hiruzen returned home confident that Miya could help with Konoha's predicament.
• Biwako Sarutobi noticed the agreement on Hiruzen's desk, and Hiruzen called it something that could ease Konoha's predicament before going to bed with her.

Miya returned to the Academy, frightened Asuma away from Kurenai Yuhi, and submitted an application for early graduation. Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the application and summoned Orochimaru to review a file, leaving its contents unrevealed.

• Miya gave Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara silk scarves and promised to take them to barbecue, while Asuma watched in despair.
• Miya trapped Asuma in a genjutsu, terrified him, and left him unconscious before warning him not to pester Kurenai again.
• Miya submitted his early graduation application to Masaki Kuhara and left the Academy, while Obito narrowly avoided becoming his next target.
• Masaki Kuhara brought Miya's application to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who approved it and scheduled the exam for three days later.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Orochimaru and asked him to look at a file.

Miya passed the early graduation exam with an ingenious display of the Three Basic Techniques and accepted Orochimaru as his teacher. The next morning, Hiruzen discovered that Miya had eaten one million ryo's worth of barbecue and had tricked him into paying for it.

• Miya used the Three Basic Techniques with a single hand seal to pass his graduation exam, impressing Hiruzen, Masaki Kuhara, and Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru claimed Miya as his disciple, and Miya accepted him as Teacher Orochimaru before leaving a substitution log behind.
• Miya celebrated his graduation by taking Kurenai and Rin to the barbecue restaurant, where the owner planned to charge Hiruzen for Miya's meals.
• The restaurant owner brought Hiruzen a bill for one million ryo, and Hiruzen realized Miya had been putting on an act when he pretended to be full.

Miya fought Orochimaru to demonstrate his strength, overpowering him with Taijutsu before Orochimaru began counterattacking with Ninjutsu. Miya surprised Orochimaru with a hidden substitution and continued pressing his attack, leaving Orochimaru pleased with his abilities despite taking a beating.

• Orochimaru asked Miya to attack him with Taijutsu, and Miya activated Limit Mode and struck him with a powerful series of attacks.
• Orochimaru appeared to lie defeated, then shed his damaged body and emerged unharmed; Miya complained about the technique and challenged him to continue.
• Orochimaru dodged Miya's next punch, used Hidden Shadow Snake Hands and Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, and drove Miya back.
• Miya revealed that the Miya blown away had been a substitution, appeared beside Orochimaru, and hit him with Serious Punch.
• Miya pursued Orochimaru with a flurry of feints and attacks while Orochimaru struggled to keep up and smiled with satisfaction.