Naruto: Starting with Sensing the Air

When Rock Lee awakens in the desperate struggle of the Chunin Exams, he breaks more than the limits of his body: he shatters the shackles that have bound the shinobi world for a thousand years. Chakra? That is merely a degraded power, stolen from the essence of planets by the Otsutsuki. What he has grasped is the essence of life itself: “Qi.”

Under the name Azure Flame, he walks alone beneath the weight of his burdens. With absolute strength and speed, he will kick apart the cages of bloodline and fate, overturning the entire power system of the shinobi world. As the shadows of the Akatsuki intertwine with the technology of Kara, he will join hands with companions who have changed alongside him, not only to undo every regret, but to usher in a new era where Qi blazes across the stars and everyone can become a dragon.

“This is my way of the ninja!”