Chapter Summaries

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.

Miya fought Orochimaru as his mentor pushed him to reveal his limits, and his Atomic Rasengan nearly killed Orochimaru. Orochimaru survived by using the Shedding Technique, leaving Miya to ask whether they would continue.

• Miya destroyed Orochimaru’s venomous snakes with Rasengan and questioned whether Orochimaru was trying to kill him.
• Orochimaru attacked with a Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, but Miya’s Atomic Chakra Armor deflected every shuriken.
• Orochimaru praised Miya’s abilities and attacked with the Kusanagi Sword to test his defense.
• Miya activated Overload Mode and struck Orochimaru with an Atomic Rasengan, destroying most of his body.
• Orochimaru crawled from the remains using the Shedding Technique, and Miya asked whether they would continue.

After Miya passed his graduation evaluation, Orochimaru told him to enter the Chunin Ninja Exams in two months and train with him until then. Miya asked Orochimaru for nutritious food and revealed that eating strengthened his body, leading Orochimaru to suspect he had a new Kekkei Genkai.

• Orochimaru gave Miya a perfect score on his graduation evaluation after their fight.
• Orochimaru told Miya that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted him to participate in the Chunin Ninja Exams in two months and said he would train him.
• Miya agreed to enter the exams and asked Orochimaru to obtain a large amount of highly nutritious food.
• Miya told Orochimaru that his body absorbed everything he ate and that eating improved his physical abilities.
• Orochimaru suspected Miya's ability was a previously unknown Kekkei Genkai and asked him to confirm it.

After Miya made a deal with Orochimaru, he celebrated graduating with Kurenai and Rin, who drank enough to become drunk. Yūhi Shinku caught Miya carrying the girls home, then confronted Kurenai at home but softened when she cried.

• Orochimaru agreed to verify Miya's claim and promised to find him in a couple of days.
• Miya celebrated his graduation at a barbecue restaurant with Kurenai and Rin, and the three drank until late.
• Miya carried the drunken Kurenai and Rin to Kurenai's house, where Yūhi Shinku confronted them.
• Yūhi Shinku sent Kurenai inside and told Miya and Rin to go home; Rin took Miya away.
• Yūhi Shinku asked Kurenai whether she had been drinking, and she began crying instead of answering.
• Yūhi Shinku immediately comforted Kurenai and apologized.

Miya let Orochimaru study his ability to grow stronger by eating nutritious food, and the tests confirmed that a white jade snake had slightly increased his physical attributes overnight. Orochimaru became eager to investigate Miya’s newly discovered Kekkei Genkai, while Miya left with more Ninjutsu scrolls and hopes of a steady supply of food.

• Kurenai used her tears to soften Yūhi Shinku, then watched him hide his liquor stash and laughed when he failed to notice her.
• Miya walked Rin Nohara home, and two days later Orochimaru brought him to an underground laboratory for testing.
• Orochimaru drew Miya’s blood, examined his physical attributes, and gave him a small white jade snake to eat.
• After eating the snake, Miya returned the next morning, and Orochimaru found that all of his physical attributes had increased slightly.
• Orochimaru called Miya’s ability a newly discovered Kekkei Genkai and continued his research as Miya left with Ninjutsu scrolls and a promise of more food.

Miya studied Lightning Release techniques from Orochimaru’s scrolls and showed his growing skill during a training match. Orochimaru then gave him a solo B-Rank mission outside the village, prompting Miya to head for Hiruzen Sarutobi to protest.

• Miya studied the Lightning Release basics and techniques Orochimaru had given him.
• At Training Ground 40, Miya used Lightning Light Palm and a Lightning Clone against Orochimaru, but Orochimaru outmaneuvered him with clones and trickery.
• Orochimaru handed Miya a mission scroll from Hiruzen Sarutobi and told him to leave immediately for a solo mission outside the village.
• Miya objected to receiving a B-Rank mission so soon after graduating and hurried to the Hokage building to confront Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• After Miya left, Orochimaru revealed that he believed Miya was strong enough to handle the mission alone.

Miya Hanama tried to confront Hiruzen Sarutobi about being sent alone on a B-Rank mission, but Sumi Nara refused to announce him. Miya left Konoha to carry out the mission, while Orochimaru followed with two more mission scrolls.

• Miya arrived at the Hokage Building and demanded that Sumi Nara let him see Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Sumi refused, so Miya left a warning that he would not overlook being sent out alone on a B-Rank mission.
• An Anbu Ninja reported Miya's words to Hiruzen, who revealed that he had assigned the mission partly to escape Miya's enormous food bills.
• Miya prepared his things, left Konoha, and vowed to get even with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Orochimaru followed Miya with two mission scrolls, planning to give them to him after he completed his current mission.

Miya traveled to Mount Batō to eliminate a bandit group led by an Iwagakure spy and obtain the spy’s intelligence. After drawing the bandits out, he used two Shadow Clones to slaughter them, and the three Iwagakure shinobi arrived as the fight continued.

• Miya reached Mount Batō after three days of travel and approached the bandits’ stronghold without trying to infiltrate it.
• A lookout spotted Miya’s Konoha forehead protector and raised the alarm, and Miya killed him from the tower.
• Miya summoned two Shadow Clones and sent them into the crowd of roughly two hundred bandits.
• The Shadow Clones killed about half the bandits, while Miya spotted the three Iwagakure shinobi hurrying toward them.

Miya slaughtered the bandits on Mount Batō and confronted the three Iwagakure ninja leading them. He killed Tomoyuki Sugiyama with an Atomic Rasengan and seized Nao Yara’s wrist, while Akito Otsuka remained ready to fight.

• Orochimaru followed Miya to Mount Batō and sent small snakes ahead to observe how he handled a life-or-death battle.
• Miya’s Shadow Clones killed most of the bandits, and Akito Otsuka, Tomoyuki Sugiyama, and Nao Yara recognized him as a dangerous Konoha prodigy.
• Tomoyuki Sugiyama beheaded a fleeing bandit, and Nao Yara forced the remaining bandits to charge Miya by threatening them.
• After the last bandits fell, Miya demanded information from the three Iwagakure ninja, but Nao Yara and Tomoyuki Sugiyama attacked him while Akito Otsuka prepared a technique.
• Miya dodged their attacks and killed Tomoyuki Sugiyama with an Atomic Rasengan, then caught Nao Yara by the wrist as Akito Otsuka watched.

Miya defeated Akito Otsuka and kept him alive as a captive, then confronted Daisuke Ono, who had tried to kill Akito. Miya overwhelmed Daisuke in their fight and sent him flying.

• Miya broke free of Akito Otsuka's swamp technique, killed Nao Yara, and knocked Akito unconscious.
• Miya dodged Daisuke Ono's Shuriken and saved Akito from being killed by the attack.
• Daisuke Ono confronted Miya and threw more Shuriken before attacking with Earth Release techniques.
• Miya countered Daisuke Ono's Earth Dragon Bullet Technique and clashed with his Rock Fist Technique using Lightning Release.
• Miya increased his strength and sent Daisuke Ono flying with a heavy blow.

Miya defeated Daisuke Ono, captured him and Akito Otsuka, and looted the Mount Batō stronghold before setting out for Konoha. Orochimaru met him on the way back and asked for a mission report, which Miya began to give.

• Miya used his Atomic Chakra and Rasengan to defeat Daisuke Ono after Daisuke escaped his first attacks with the Substitution Technique and Headhunter Jutsu.
• Miya bound the unconscious Daisuke Ono and Akito Otsuka, searched the stronghold for loot, and carried the prisoners away from Mount Batō.
• Miya reflected that he had found no intelligence but expected Konoha's interrogation department to question the two captives.
• Orochimaru emerged from the shadows, congratulated Miya on completing his first mission, and asked him to report what had happened.
• Miya asked Orochimaru for food, then began recounting how he had arrived at the stronghold and planned to infiltrate it for intelligence.

Miya reported capturing two Iwagakure intelligence ninjas but failing to recover their recorded intelligence, then received two more missions from Orochimaru. After Orochimaru left with the prisoners, Miya delayed his assignments to enjoy time in the forest before setting out again.

• Miya told Orochimaru that he had killed the bandits, captured two Iwagakure ninjas, and discovered that Hiruzen Sarutobi's intelligence report had missed one enemy.
• Orochimaru refused Miya's request for another snake and assigned him two more missions, including an A-rank mission in the Land of Grass.
• Orochimaru summoned a giant snake to swallow the prisoners Daisuke Ono and Akito Otsuka, then revealed he was a Shadow Clone and left Miya to finish the missions alone.
• Miya angrily vowed to get even with Hiruzen Sarutobi, hunted two tigers, and spent time camping in the forest.
• Miya set out the next morning, singing his altered version of "Wild and Free" as he traveled.

After completing a long assignment to wipe out bandit strongholds, Miya entered the Land of Grass for his final mission. He stumbled upon Kakashi Hatake and his team under attack, and offered to help.

• Miya finished his bandit-clearing mission, killing fewer than fifteen hundred people, and spent several days sightseeing before heading into the Land of Grass.
• Miya heard fighting in the woods and found a carriage surrounded by attackers.
• Miya recognized Kakashi Hatake on the carriage roof and identified the three Konoha Ninja fighting at the front as Kakashi's Jonin instructor and teammates.
• Kakashi threw Shuriken at Miya, then recognized him as an old classmate and remained wary of his intentions.
• Miya asked Kakashi if he needed a hand.

Miya joined Kakashi’s mission and swiftly defeated the attacking samurai and several enemy ninja. After taking Karubin’s Earth Dragon Bullet head-on, Miya captured Karubin’s two subordinates and fatally struck Karubin, leaving Yunosuke wondering who he was.

• Miya agreed to help Kakashi, then defeated the attacking samurai with his speed and Rasengan, earning Kakashi’s promise of three meals.
• Kakashi asked Miya to help protect his employer, and Miya moved to assist Yunosuke, Shutaku, and Takashi in their battle against Karubin and his subordinates.
• Karubin tried to retreat and used Earth Dragon Bullet to attack Yunosuke, Shutaku, Takashi, and his own subordinates, but Miya blocked the barrage with Atomic Chakra Armor.
• Karubin’s two subordinates tried to flee, but Miya caught them and told the others to keep watch over them.
• Miya pursued Karubin, struck his substitution log, then found him hiding behind a tree and hit him with Atomic Big Ball Rasengan.
• Yunosuke reached the dying Karubin and asked Miya who he was.

Miya reached Asakusa Town to capture Tashiro Masato and obtain his underground black market pass, but Masato returned to the inn through a secret passage after Miya had failed to find him. Two Sunagakure missing-nin brothers also tracked Masato, hoping to recover something he had stolen from them.

• Yunosuke reported encountering Miya on a solo mission, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to summon Orochimaru and ask about Miya and the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Miya traveled to Asakusa Town and spent three days searching for Tashiro Masato at the hot spring inn, unaware that Masato had left shortly before he arrived.
• Tashiro Masato sold intelligence to the underground black market and returned to Asakusa Town through a secret passage while avoiding the main gate.
• Sugihiro Chōsen and Sugihiro Chōhei lost sight of Masato, entered town through the main gate, and began searching for the stolen item they wanted back.

Miya captured Tashiro Masato after the missing-nin attacked him, but the Sugihiro brothers ambushed them and demanded that Miya hand Tashiro over. The brothers launched their puppets at Miya, and the fight was left unresolved.

• Sugihiro Chōhei and Sugihiro Chōsen found Tashiro Masato at an inn and followed him when he left town.
• Tashiro Masato mistook Miya for a Konoha pursuer and attacked him with a Kunai.
• Miya caught Tashiro Masato’s wrist, broke all four of his limbs, and identified him as the missing-nin he had been ordered to capture.
• Sugihiro Chōhei and Sugihiro Chōsen attacked from a rooftop and demanded that Miya surrender Tashiro Masato.
• Miya refused to back down, and the brothers sent their puppets flying toward him.