Upon arriving, they were met with Karatachi Kagura, who was appointed by the Mizukage to act as the class' tour guide. While his least favorite is foods that are strong-smelling. Still, Shino also enjoys fighting, and dislikes being denied a chance to battle a skilled opponent, as seen when he went out of his way during the Invasion of Konoha to fight Kankuro, after the latter had forfeited to avoid revealing his puppets' secrets.
The team battles against the animals, who prove to be a handful for them. Shino faced off with Muyami, too which the two equally-quite ninja stared each other down. Upon awakening, Kiba and Akamaru thanked the indifferent Shino for his assistance in saving them. He came to aid Kakashi, Sai, and Shikamaru by singlehandedly destroying the enemy base with his insects. Later, Shino assigned his class choose a workplace within Konohagakure to better understand non-shinobi life. Seeking out Kakashi, the only available jōnin sensei currently, he asks him to help him train. When Iruka sees that Naruto is absent in class, Hibachi says he hasn't seen him, but Shikamaru, having heard of his trick, tells Iruka who runs out the classroom to find Naruto.Iruka tells the class to have study hall, which confuses eveyone. Later he learns from Konohamaru that Naruto is fighting a powerful enemy so he and Team Asuma decides to go save him. Shino is also one of the youngest Aburame members, an incredibly powerful character who just happens to be in the already massively powerful Aburame clan.Another clan hailing from Konohagakure, the Akimichi have the ability to manipulate their bodies to grow in size. By being ranked in third place alongside Ino who was ranked second. After Naruto finally agreed, Shino added that his students better not be reckless in their efforts. While Shino subtly had one of his insect survey the room, he noticed that one of the participants, Fu, had a chakra essence similar to a bug-user, but showed no signs of being one. As the test began, Shino intercepted Mitsuki and Boruto. He is then seen watching the shuriken technique, but comments to Iruka about his clan's insects, which frightens Naruto & Kiba. Even though he was able to completely encase Tobi in his bugs, Tobi escaped, and was subsequently able to get to Sasuke before them. Naruto makes an insult about Mr. Ostrich's father but makes a fool of himself instead. Later, Shino began teaching his class shurikenjutsu only to be discouraged when they weren't listen to his instructions and merely began throwing around their shuriken. Each of them point out who have caused their share of trouble. He speaks in a manner most simply described as "nitpicking" and uses the word Shino is fairly confident in his abilities and that he will win a battle, and tends to try to communicate this to an opponent for their own well-being. However, Shino reveals he is immune to poisons thanks to breeding a new breed of kikaichu from Torune's bugs.
He reunited with Kurenai after the Ido's defeat. The next day during her training with Neji she tells him that she bore no ill will towards him for her father's decision and that he was the right person to lead them in the war. On a monitor, Shikamaru, as proctor, explained that everyone only needs to answer one question on the test, but their combined score with their team-mates will determine if they pass or fail the exam as they need exactly 100 points to pass. Lee runs after him but runs into a boxing kangaroo. At a meeting held by the Hyuga clan regarding the impending war, Neji is appointed as the commander of the clan on the frontlines by Hiashi which shocked some of the members. The next day, Naruto learns that Sasuke is the only surviving member of the Uchiha clan. As he runs, he states that he would flawlessly support Naruto with his power and that this time, there was no because. Later on he helps clean up the bathhouse with his friends. After the storm passed and the second exam was concluded, it was learned that the Chunin Exams were ended early due to controversy happening in the second exam. Later, a different Shino appeared in the alternate world. Shino and Kiba (who had figured out the signals during that game) rooted out the White Zetsu clone impersonating Hinata and defeat it. There, the two time-travelers pretended to be traveling performers and were put under watch by Naruto. As the two battle, they find themselves catching up on each other's lives, Torune genuinely glad how Shino turned out. After the mission, he, Kiba, and Choji watched Tenten as she argues with Lee of she being the only one left out in the last mission. Before joining the clone-Naruto to help their allies, Shino thanks Torune for all his help.