Recaps

Miya visited the White Snake Sage to ask how he could learn Senjutsu, accepting the danger of dying during training. The White Snake Sage warned him of the risks, while Miya remained certain that he would survive.

• Miya left Susu with Ichikishimahime and prepared to enter the Snake Sage Hall, but Ichikishimahime tried to stop him.
• The White Snake Sage ordered Ichikishimahime to let Miya in, and Miya warned her to protect Susu before entering.
• Miya asked the White Snake Sage what was required to learn Senjutsu.
• The White Snake Sage explained the danger of balancing Natural Energy with physical and spiritual energy, warning that mistakes could be fatal.
• Miya declared that he would not die, and the White Snake Sage sensed a towering figure within him.

After Miya mastered the first stage of Senjutsu, the White Snake Sage brought him to the Ten Thousand Poisons Pool and made him choose between plunging into it or being bitten. Miya chose the bite, and the White Snake Sage sank her fangs into his neck.

• Miya completed the first stage of Senjutsu after a week of training under the White Snake Sage.
• The White Snake Sage took Miya to the Ten Thousand Poisons Pool and explained how Ryūchi Cave's dangerous Senjutsu training worked.
• The White Snake Sage offered Miya a choice between jumping into the poison pool and letting her bite him.
• Miya chose to be bitten, trusting his Nuclear Fission Furnace to help him survive the venom.
• The White Snake Sage wrapped herself around Miya and bit his neck instead of his outstretched arm.

Miya endured the White Snake Sage’s venom to absorb Natural Energy and used his Nuclear Fission Furnace to overcome Ryūchi Cave’s dangerous Sage Mode training. After reaching a perfect state, he asked the White Snake Sage to bite him again, and his body began adapting to absorbing Natural Energy.

• The White Snake Sage injected venom into Miya, triggering Snake Transformation as Natural Energy flooded his body.
• Miya activated Nuclear Release: Overload Mode, using the Nuclear Fission Furnace to break down the venom and Natural Energy and form Senjutsu Chakra.
• Miya’s Snake Transformation receded, leaving him with snake eyes and faint Sage markings in a perfect state of Sage Mode.
• Miya asked the astonished White Snake Sage to bite him again because he needed more Natural Energy to heal his damaged body and improve his absorption.
• The White Snake Sage bit Miya on the opposite side of his neck, and he absorbed the new surge of Natural Energy before shifting from Overload Mode into Limit Mode.

Miya mastered Ryūchi Cave’s Perfect Sage Mode and learned that Kurenai and Rin had graduated, so he prepared to return to Konoha. Before leaving, he challenged Ichikishimahime and began testing his Senjutsu against her, refusing to escape her trap.

• Miya healed from his injuries, entered Sage Mode with the White Snake Sage’s help, and later perfected it during three months of training in Ryūchi Cave.
• After hearing that Kurenai and Rin had graduated, Miya decided to return to Konoha and went to say goodbye to the White Snake Sage.
• Ichikishimahime confronted Miya, and he threatened to make snake soup before accepting her challenge in the Giant Snake Forest.
• Ichikishimahime ambushed Miya with a Water Gun Technique, then trapped him underground and offered him crystals that would drain his Chakra if he used them to escape.
• Miya activated Sage Mode, rejected the crystals, and formed a Sage Art: Lightning Release Rasengan to fight Ichikishimahime.

Miya fought Ichikishimahime in the underground cavern beneath the Great Snake Forest, using Nuclear Release techniques to surprise and injure her. After Ichikishimahime revealed her serpent form and pursued him aboveground, Miya unleashed Overload Mode and drove her into a crater, leaving them locked in battle.

• Miya struck Ichikishimahime with an invisible Nuclear Release: Rasengan, then attacked her with Nuclear Release: Lightning Palm while she suspended falling rocks.
• Ichikishimahime emerged from the rubble in her human-headed serpent form and lunged at Miya, who dodged and countered with a Lightning Cannon.
• Their fierce battle shook the cavern and sent snakes fleeing from the Great Snake Forest.
• Miya and Ichikishimahime burst through the ground into the sky, where Miya punched her enormous snake head.
• Miya increased his strength and slammed Ichikishimahime into a crater, then hovered above her, exhausted after unleashing Overload Mode.

Miya fought Ichikishimahime in a fierce aerial battle over Ryūchi Cave, using his final attack after paralyzing her with an electrical technique. Ichikishimahime broke free just enough to survive the blast, while Miya fell from the sky after leaving Overload Mode.

• Miya and Ichikishimahime traded powerful Senjutsu attacks as Miya sustained serious injuries.
• Tagorihime and Tagitsuhime judged that Miya was close to defeat, while the White Snake Sage watched silently and Susu worried for him.
• Miya secretly left chakra inside Ichikishimahime, then paralyzed her with Sage Art: Nuclear Release: Lightning Binding Body Technique.
• Miya formed and launched Sage Art: Nuclear Release: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, then fell toward the ground after exiting Overload Mode.
• Ichikishimahime forced her body to move at the last moment, but the Rasengan struck her and exploded, devastating part of the Great Snake Forest.

After recovering in Ryūchi Cave, Miya returned to Konoha and learned that Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi had already been assigned to teams. He found Minato Namikaze, Rin, Obito, and Kakashi on a mission, where he confronted Kakashi about his unpaid meal debt.

• Miya defeated Ichikishimahime, then spent half a month recovering before saying goodbye to Susu and returning to Konoha.
• Miya rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi's offer to join the Anbu and said he wanted to study under Orochimaru-sensei, then reminded Hiruzen about his promised reward.
• Miya learned that Rin Nohara was on Minato Namikaze's team with Obito and Kakashi, while Kurenai Yuhi was teamed with Asuma.
• Miya found Minato Namikaze, Rin Nohara, Obito, and Kakashi at the riverbank and teased Kakashi for sitting while Rin cleared the river channel.
• Miya reminded Kakashi that he still owed him two meals, and Minato Namikaze stepped in after noticing Kakashi's unease.

Miya returned and gathered Rin and Kurenai for a meal, leaving Kakashi, Minato, Obito, and Asuma behind. He planned to take Rin to see Orochimaru for ninjutsu, while Obito resolved to become strong enough to defeat Miya.

• Miya persuaded Kakashi to pay for a meal with Minato and one more guest, then used the Body Flicker Technique to leave with Minato impressed by his speed.
• Miya reunited with Rin, patted her head, and kicked Obito away when he charged at him; Minato caught Obito and told him not to provoke Miya again.
• Rin left with Miya, while Obito vowed to defeat him after Rin said he could not beat him.
• Miya told Rin he would take her to ask Orochimaru for ninjutsu and encouraged her to choose whatever she wanted.
• Miya found Kurenai with Asuma, invited her to lunch, and left with Rin and Kurenai while Asuma watched angrily.

Miya took Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi to Orochimaru’s home, where they selected Ninjutsu in exchange for Orochimaru drawing Miya’s blood. After they left, Kakashi redirected them to a picnic at Training Ground 44 instead of the barbecue restaurant they had planned to visit.

• Miya brought Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi to Orochimaru’s house and asked him to provide Ninjutsu for them.
• Orochimaru drew a vial of Miya’s blood and let the group choose Ninjutsu from his collection.
• Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi left pleased with their selections, while Miya assured Rin that the arrangement was fine.
• Kakashi appeared at a street corner and told them the gathering had moved to Training Ground 44 for a picnic.
• Rin Nohara urged Miya to hurry so they could help Kakashi and the others prepare.

After dinner, Kakashi challenged Miya to a fight over his old defeat, and Miya agreed after proposing a wager for Kakashi’s Lightning Release technique. They left the campfire for a nearby clearing to face off.

• Miya ate most of another wild boar, leaving Minato astonished by his appetite.
• Kakashi challenged Miya to exercise after dinner, hoping to avenge his defeat from three years earlier.
• Miya accepted the challenge and wagered that Kakashi would teach him his Lightning Release Ninjutsu if Kakashi lost.
• Kakashi agreed to teach the technique, while Miya offered a Lightning Release Ninjutsu of the same level if he lost.
• Rin and Kurenai encouraged Miya, and Obito urged Kakashi to win as the two fighters used the Body Flicker Technique to reach a nearby clearing.

Miya dominated Kakashi in their sparring match, blocking his attacks and breaking through his Earth Prison Wall. As Kakashi charged with Chidori, Miya countered with an upgraded Rasengan, leaving Minato stunned and Kakashi in danger.

• Kakashi charged at Miya with White Fang, but Miya blocked his attacks and kicked him in the stomach.
• Miya rushed at Kakashi, who raised an Earth Prison Wall to defend himself.
• Miya shattered the wall with a powerful kick, and Kakashi emerged with Chidori.
• Miya formed an upgraded Rasengan, which Minato recognized as his own technique and feared would endanger Kakashi.

Miya defeated Kakashi and learned Chidori from the scroll Kakashi gave him. The next morning, he set out with Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara for the opening of the Ichiraku Otsutsuki ramen shop, unaware that they had arrived early to compete for time with him.

• Miya defeated Kakashi in a clash of Rasengan and Chidori, while Minato Namikaze saw that Miya had held back.
• Miya reassured Rin Nohara that Kakashi would recover, then left with Rin and Kurenai Yuhi.
• The next day, Kakashi gave Miya the Chidori scroll, and Minato Namikaze received an S-rank mission from Hiruzen Sarutobi and asked to bring Kakashi along.
• Miya studied the scroll overnight and learned Chidori before heading out for the opening of the Ichiraku Otsutsuki ramen shop.
• Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara waited at Miya's door, each having hurried there to keep the other from getting time alone with him.

Miya took Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara to Ichiraku Ramen, where a huge crowd had gathered, and learned that Minato Namikaze was taking Kakashi away on a mission. After waiting in line, Miya amazed the shop and its customers by eating ramen for two hours; he left them stunned by his appetite.

• Miya, Kurenai Yuhi, and Rin Nohara found a long line at Ichiraku Ramen and joined it.
• Rin spotted Minato Namikaze, who found Kakashi and ordered him to prepare for a mission.
• Miya recognized the mission as connected to Ryūmyaku and The Lost Tower, but kept his thoughts to himself.
• After waiting more than an hour, Miya ordered one of every kind of ramen and began eating with Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara.
• Miya ate ramen for two hours, astonishing Ichiraku and the other customers with his appetite.

After realizing he had forgotten to bring enough money to Ichiraku, Miya paid with his stash and remembered he had a piece of Chakra Metal. He decided to fetch more metal and visit the Land of Artisans to have a weapon forged, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi to consider whether to grant him a departure permit.

• Miya's Shadow Clone brought his ten-million-ryo stash to Ichiraku, allowing him to pay his bill.
• Miya remembered the Chakra Metal in his case and considered using it to forge a sword.
• Miya told Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara he would leave the village, and both resolved to prepare a surprise for his return.
• Miya went to Hiruzen Sarutobi and asked for a permit to leave the village, threatening to go without one if refused.
• Miya told Hiruzen Sarutobi he planned to fetch something and have a weapon forged in the Land of Artisans.

Miya left Konohagakure for Hoshigakure to test his Nuclear Fission Furnace against the radioactive meteorite that powered the village’s techniques. On the way, Akahoshi, Yotaka, and Shiso discussed the growing threat of war and the need to become stronger.

• Miya convinced Hiruzen Sarutobi that he was strong enough to leave the village and received permission to go.
• Seven days later, Miya arrived in the Land of Bears, intending to compare his Nuclear Fission Furnace with Hoshigakure’s meteorite.
• Miya planned to use the meteorite and his Chakra Metal to forge a weapon if his furnace could suppress the meteorite’s harmful effects.
• Akahoshi, Yotaka, and Shiso returned from a mission and discussed the possibility of war creating an opportunity for Hoshigakure.
• Akahoshi said they should become stronger to prepare for future changes, and Yotaka agreed to train to master the Mysterious Peacock Method.

Miya followed Akahoshi and his companions back to Hoshigakure, then infiltrated the village to find the Star. After the Third Hoshikage approved Akahoshi, Yotaka, and Shiso’s request to train near it, Miya tailed Akahoshi toward its location and hoped to obtain the Mysterious Peacock Method as well.

• Miya overheard Akahoshi and his two companions discussing their return, then followed them to Hoshigakure.
• Akahoshi, Yotaka, and Shiso reported to the Third Hoshikage and asked permission to train near the Star.
• The Third Hoshikage granted their request but warned them to stop if the training became too dangerous.
• Miya secretly watched the Hoshikage building and judged that Hoshigakure had no Jonin-level ninja.
• After dark, Miya followed Akahoshi and a kindly-looking old man, expecting them to lead him to the Star.

Miya infiltrated Hoshigakure’s guarded house and stole the meteorite, discovering that its radiation fused with his Chakra through the nuclear fission furnace. Akahoshi returned home dreaming of using the star’s power to make Hoshigakure surpass Konoha, unaware that Miya had taken it.

• Miya followed the Third Hoshikage, Akahoshi, Yotaka, and Shiso to the sealed house where Hoshigakure kept the star.
• After the four men left, Miya killed the hidden guards and entered the house.
• Miya touched the meteorite and found that its radiation fused with his Chakra after the nuclear fission furnace processed it.
• Miya sealed the star in a scroll and escaped from the house.
• Akahoshi returned home and resolved to grow strong enough to make Hoshigakure the world’s leading ninja village and replace Konoha.

Miya broke into Akahoshi’s home to obtain the Mysterious Peacock Method, killed him when he resisted, and stole the cultivation notes and scroll. After memorizing the method and securing the “star,” Miya left Hoshigakure, while Yotaka and Shiso discovered Akahoshi’s body the next day.

• Miya confronted Akahoshi in his home and demanded that he explain how to cultivate the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Akahoshi broke free and attacked Miya with the Mysterious Peacock Method, but Miya killed him with Nuclear Release: Chidori.
• Miya searched Akahoshi’s home, found his training notes and the secret technique scroll, and memorized the cultivation method.
• Miya decided he had obtained everything he wanted and slipped out of Hoshigakure under cover of night.
• The next day, Yotaka and Shiso found Akahoshi dead, while Miya was already gone.

Miya drained the stolen Star to absorb its energy into his Chakra and body, destroying the treasure in the process. He tested his strengthened Chakra by forming a tiger that burst through the cave entrance.

• Miya sealed himself inside a cave and used his nuclear fission furnace to draw energy from the Star.
• For three days and two nights, Miya absorbed the Star's energy, filling the cave with visible azure Chakra.
• The Star cracked and shattered after Miya drained its energy, and he realized his Chakra had become more active and destructive.
• Miya used the Mysterious Peacock Method to form a Chakra tiger, which smashed through the cave entrance and soared outside.

Miya heard in Takumigakure that the Third Kazekage had disappeared and recognized that the news could bring the Shinobi World closer to war. Chiyo, secretly using the search for Sasori as cover to find the Third Kazekage, confronted Sunagakure's officials over the leak.

• Miya arrived in Takumigakure to look for an outstanding swordsmith.
• Villagers said the Third Kazekage had disappeared and Sand Ninja had entered the Land of Fire's borderlands.
• Miya concluded the Third Kazekage was dead and thought Kumogakure might trigger the Third Shinobi World War.
• Chiyo took charge of Sunagakure and sent ninja openly to search for Sasori, while secretly directing them to find the Third Kazekage.
• Chiyo slammed the conference table and demanded to know which official had leaked the news.

Chiyo pushed Sunagakure to choose a Fourth Kazekage after news of the Third Kazekage’s disappearance spread. In response to Sand Ninja crossing Konoha’s border, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s leaders to prepare for war.

• Chiyo calmed down after her outburst and called for the selection of a Fourth Kazekage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi convened Konoha’s leaders and senior shinobi to address the Sand Ninja on the border.
• Hiruzen declared that Konoha would drive every Sand Ninja out of its border.
• Hiruzen told the assembled shinobi to prepare for war, while they privately weighed their own interests.

Kumogakure prepared to launch a surprise attack on Sunagakure, setting the Third Shinobi World War in motion as other villages made their own preparations. In Takumigakure, Miya found the swordsmith Watarito’s shop and asked to speak with the person in charge.

• The Third Raikage seized the chance created by the Third Kazekage’s disappearance and ordered Kumogakure to strike Sunagakure.
• Iwagakure reinforced its borders, while Kirigakure sent elite ninja inland to gather intelligence and prepared for war.
• Miya tracked down Watarito, a retired artisan ninja renowned as a master swordsmith in Takumigakure.
• Miya entered Watarito’s Gyohei Ninja Tool Shop and asked an employee whether the person in charge was there.

Miya asked Mihyō Kazuki to arrange for Master Watari to forge him a Ninja Blade, offering at least ten million ryō and rare materials. Kazuki was tempted by the offer, and the Chakra Metal could fulfill his father’s dream of creating a legendary blade.

• Mihyō Kazuki introduced himself as the owner of the ninja tool shop and asked what Miya wanted.
• Miya asked for Master Watari to forge him a Ninja Blade, but Kazuki initially refused.
• Miya offered at least ten million ryō and said he would supply the main materials, including a whole block of Chakra Metal.
• Kazuki was tempted by the fortune and recognized that the Chakra Metal might persuade his father to take the commission.
• Mihyō Watari had stopped forging ordinary blades because he wanted to create famed blades that would be passed down through the ages, but he lacked the materials.

Miya met with Mihyō Watari to ask him to forge a blade from chakra metal and a fragment of the shattered Star. Watari examined the materials, recognized the fragment as meteorite, and Miya asked whether they were enough to secure his help.

• Kazuki invited Miya upstairs and went to fetch his father, Mihyō Watari.
• Watari arrived with Kazuki and asked Miya whether he had a whole piece of chakra metal.
• Miya released the chakra metal and the shattered Star from a sealing scroll and presented them as the blade's main materials.
• Watari examined both materials, then asked if the Star fragment was a meteorite.
• Miya confirmed it was an old meteorite and asked Watari whether the materials would persuade him to forge the blade.

Miya commissioned Watarito to forge a blade from the Star fragment and left to earn the remaining fourteen million ryo. He entered an Underground Exchange base in disguise, where his transformed appearance stunned everyone.

• Watarito agreed to forge Miya's blade from the Star fragment, charging ten million ryo for the work and ten million for materials.
• Miya paid six million ryo of the forging fee and promised to bring the remaining balance in two months.
• Miya headed east from Takumigakure toward a base of the Underground Exchange near Iron Town to earn the money.
• Miya used the Transformation Technique and concealed his Konoha Ninja Forehead Protector before entering the base through a toilet.
• Everyone inside the Underground Exchange stared at Miya's transformed handsome appearance in astonishment.