Recaps

Miya grew stronger through fights, hunting, and a breakthrough in his chakra, then captured an Iwagakure spy and bargained with Hiruzen for early graduation. After passing the exam and becoming Orochimaru’s disciple, Miya began testing his strength against his new teacher.

• Miya intimidated his classmates, defeated Asuma in a terrifying illusion, and became the focus of Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi’s rivalry.
• Miya hunted a giant bear in the Forest of Death, while Hiruzen Sarutobi comforted Asuma and recalled Miya’s difficult past.
• Miya agreed to a practical combat test, then fought Obito Uchiha and Minato Namikaze, pushing his body into Overload Mode before collapsing from his injuries.
• Miya recovered by eating hunted beasts, broke through his physical limit, and discovered that his Nuclear Fission Furnace could produce atomic Chakra for an Atomic Rasengan.
• Miya caught Miyayama Uemon, an Iwagakure spy, and demanded two hundred thousand ryo from Hiruzen Sarutobi before handing him over.
• Miya bargained with Hiruzen for early graduation in exchange for a month of barbecue meals and a powerful teacher, then submitted his application.
• Miya passed the graduation exam with the Three Basic Techniques, accepted Orochimaru as his teacher, and celebrated with Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi as Hiruzen received a huge barbecue bill.
• Miya fought Orochimaru using Limit Mode, substitutions, and a Serious Punch, keeping up with his teacher as Orochimaru smiled with satisfaction.

Miya completed dangerous solo missions, negotiated a hefty payment to enter the Chunin Ninja Exams, and gained access to Ryūchi Cave. He left Susu with the White Snake Sage for training as the exams approached.

• Orochimaru tested Miya’s strength, gave him a perfect graduation score, and agreed to train him for the Chunin Ninja Exams while investigating Miya’s unusual ability to grow stronger from food.
• Miya completed a series of solo missions, killing bandits and Iwagakure shinobi at Mount Batō before capturing Daisuke Ono and Akito Otsuka.
• Miya helped Kakashi defend a carriage in the Land of Grass and defeated Karubin, then tracked down Tashiro Masato and captured him after fighting Sugihiro Chōhei and Sugihiro Chōsen.
• Miya returned Tashiro Masato to Hiruzen Sarutobi, rejected a Chunin promotion, and eventually agreed to participate in the Chunin Ninja Exams for ten million ryō.
• Orochimaru took Miya to sign Ryūchi Cave’s Summoning Scroll, and Miya summoned Susu, whom he named and asked about finding snakes to eat.
• Miya defended Kakashi after Kakashi struck Kengo, a Sunagakure Genin, and later accompanied Orochimaru to Ryūchi Cave, where the White Snake Sage accepted him as a summoner.
• Miya brought Susu before the White Snake Sage and asked her to train Susu, and the White Snake Sage agreed as the Chunin Ninja Exams drew near.

Miya entered the Chunin Ninja Exams alone, then slaughtered and overwhelmed rival teams in the Forest of Death before battling Orochimaru until Hiruzen ordered the exam stopped. After recovering from his devastating Overload Mode, Miya escaped Danzō’s attempt to recruit him into Root and returned to Ryūchi Cave, where he reunited with Susu and planned a technique to make her happy.

• Miya arrived at the Konoha Ninja Academy just before the gates closed and took the first exam alone, where he recognized Yūhi Shinku’s genjutsu and passed.
• Orochimaru led the second exam in the Forest of Death, and Miya entered hoping to defeat enough teams to earn a larger reward.
• Miya killed rival examinees and took their scrolls, then intervened in Hyūga Juta’s fight and killed the Takigakure Genin before demanding Juta’s scroll.
• Miya confronted Pakura, Sato, and Gansanji, killed Gansanji, and pursued the survivors until Orochimaru stopped him and told him Hiruzen had ended his exam.
• Miya refused to leave and fought Orochimaru, who summoned snakes to drain his strength, while Hiruzen concealed the battle from the other villages’ Jonin.
• Miya unleashed Nuclear Release: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, devastating the Forest of Death, and Jiraiya carried him unconscious to Konoha Hospital as Orochimaru escaped.
• Hiruzen had the exam attendees’ memories altered and ended the exams, while Tsunade treated Miya and warned him that Overload Mode could damage his body.
• Danzō tried to recruit Miya into Root, but Miya refused and escaped to Ryūchi Cave using a Shadow Clone and Reverse Summoning Technique.
• After recovering for nearly half a month, Miya reached Jonin-level physique, reunited with Susu, and decided to develop a special technique that would make her happy.

Miya mastered Sage Mode, returned to Konoha, and strengthened his ties with Rin and Kurenai before leaving to obtain the Star and a swordsmith. After absorbing the Star’s energy and commissioning a blade in Takumigakure, he headed to an Underground Exchange base to earn the remaining payment.

• Miya mastered Sage Mode in Ryūchi Cave, defeated Ichikishimahime, and returned to Konoha after recovering.
• Miya rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s offer to join the Anbu, reunited with Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi, and defeated Kakashi in a wager that earned him the Chidori scroll.
• Miya obtained permission from Hiruzen Sarutobi to leave Konoha and traveled to Hoshigakure to take the Star and learn the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Miya killed Akahoshi, memorized his notes and secret technique, then absorbed the Star’s energy until it shattered and formed a Chakra tiger with the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• As the Third Kazekage’s disappearance stirred the villages toward war, Miya traveled to Takumigakure and asked Mihyō Watari to forge him a Ninja Blade.
• Miya offered Watari the Star fragment and Chakra Metal, and Watari agreed to forge the blade for twenty million ryō.
• Miya paid part of the forging fee and headed for an Underground Exchange base near Iron Town to earn the remaining money.