Bloom, Hana! The Teacher's Gifts

Walking to the Academy, Himawari and Kawaki talk over how his undercover assignment is going, with Himawari noting that Hana is glad he has made friends. Word of visiting instructors has the class buzzing, and their delight peaks when Hana ushers in Team 7, much to Kawaki's discomfort. Boruto's Rasengan wows the students, Sarada and Mitsuki show off elemental techniques, and soon many of the children are begging Team 7 to teach them instead. Beside such spectacle, Hana feels small, painfully aware that she has no dazzling jutsu of her own to offer.

For a mock mission on empty stomachs, Boruto hands out fewer Lightning Burgers than there are students, letting them scrap over the food so they might discover on their own that sharing is the answer. The plan curdles instead: a quarrel over Mimi's candy bar hardens into rival factions behind Eho and Soul, and by the next day nearly the whole class is boycotting. Neither card games nor shared meals thaw the standoff, so Hana studies each student's record for common ground and pays personal visits, giving Soul a tracksuit modeled on her idol Might Guy and reminding her how rivalry once helped Guy and Kakashi grow.

Hana hands both Soul and Eho heartfelt letters, still fearing she is not suited to teaching yet resolved to help her students anyway. The following morning she cancels class entirely for a cherry blossom viewing, scattering paper petals with a jutsu, and the sight of her effort brings the two ringleaders back around. Asked what she would have done had no one appeared, she answers that faith in her students is what lets her keep faith in herself. Shino and Anko note her growth, and the episode first aired in Japan on 21 August 2022.