Naruto Uzumaki
Naruto Uzumaki (うずまきナルト, Uzumaki Naruto?) is the main character of the manga and anime Naruto, created by the mangaka Masashi Kishimoto. Initially, Kishimoto wanted to create a character that was "simple and stupid", but later endowed him with a "dark past" to, in Kishimoto's own words, make him unique. The initial design was modified several times, constantly changing his costume to give him a more striking appearance and to facilitate the drawing process.
In both the manga and anime, Naruto is a ninja from Konoha and is part of "Team 7", made up of Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno and their leader and sensei, Kakashi Hatake. Later, Sasuke leaves the team after fleeing the village in search of Orochimaru, so he is later replaced in the group by Sai. At first, the villagers of Konoha hated Naruto because he has the Nine-Tailed Fox sealed inside him ( 九尾の狐, Kyūbi no Yōko ?) called by his true name Kurama, a beast that had attacked Konoha previously. Thus, these feelings caused the character to He aspires to become the Hokage of the village, in order to gain his recognition. On the other hand, Naruto maintains a cheerful and hyperactive personality throughout the plot, which allows him to make early friends with various ninjas from Konoha and other villages. Later, it is revealed that his father was the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, who had sealed the Yang part of Kurama inside his son to save the village from being destroyed. While his mother was Kushina Uzumaki, a ninja. from the Country of Whirlpool who had been taken to Konoha to become Kurama's jinchūriki. 34;) of Konoha, as well as the husband of Hinata Hyūga, father of Boruto Uzumaki and Himawari Uzumaki and adoptive father of Kawaki.
As the protagonist, Naruto appears in all the films in the series as well as in other media related to the franchise, including video games, original animations, and numerous anime and manga publications that, additionally, have positively criticized the anime. character. Some specialists compare him to stellar characters of the shōnen genre. While others have praised his personality and his development in the series. Likewise, Naruto maintains a high popularity among fans, appearing among the first preferences of the reading public. In addition, several accessories have been released for sale that bear a resemblance to Naruto, mainly imitating his appearance in the two current seasons, including action figures, plush stuffed animals and key chains.
Creation and conception
In creating Naruto, Kishimoto incorporated into him a number of traits that he felt made him an "ideal hero": an easy-going way of thinking, a little mischievous, and with the demeanor of the protagonist of the franchise. Dragon Ball, Son Goku. At the same time, he primarily made sure that this one was "simple and stupid", although he later decided to add a past around a "dark context" in order to make him a unique character. Although the above would create some complexity in Naruto, the mangaka was interested in endowing him with an optimistic and childish attitude, an aspect that he considered would make him unique. Also, the initial design of the character was modified several times, so Naruto constantly wore different clothes, this with the main purpose of making him more attractive to Western audiences, in addition to not having difficulty when drawing him.
Naruto's wardrobe is based on the clothes that Kishimoto himself wore when he was young; the orange color of his clothes is due to the fact that the author determined that it was the most appropriate to combine it with blue. the character is frequently related to spirals, certain patterns of curved lines were introduced into his clothing. In the initial illustrations of the character, he was drawn with boots, but the author decided to replace them with the usual ninja sandals, apologizing for his condition. for drawing the characters' toes. The goggles Naruto wore at the beginning of the play were also replaced with a shinobi protector, since drawing the goggles took too long. Shortly after, Kishimoto said he was satisfied that his character He had blonde hair and blue eyes.
In designing the protagonist for Part 2, Kishimoto noted that he had taken to the task of enlarging the protagonist's forehead protector to make the eyebrows easier for him to draw, something that had bothered him in his design. former. He also commented that Naruto's original pants gave him a childish appearance so, to remedy this, he determined to roll up the bottom of the pants in his subsequent designs, thus giving it a more mature look.
Personality
Shortly after Naruto's birth, his father, Minato Namikaze and Fourth Hokage of the village, sealed Kurama the Nine-Tailed Fox (九尾の狐, Kyūbi no Yōko ?) inside the body of his son and after that he died, leaving him an orphan; for For this reason, Naruto never had a persistent source of love and attention in his childhood. This, on the other hand, originated his desires to become the Hokage of his village, in order to obtain recognition and respect from it. To achieve In his task, Naruto possesses great determination, something that is evidenced by his self-confidence, being able to complete missions with ease, and although he does not always manage to complete them all, Naruto's efforts are successful as the story progresses, for this reason, many secondary characters consider that one day Naruto will become an excellent Hokage. However, at first it was not easy for Naruto to be recognized by his peers, who considered him a loser or a failure, constantly comparing him with Sasuke, making him which creates a strong competitiveness that helps him move forward, persevere and become as strong as Sasuke.
Since his childhood, it was common for Naruto to play pranks to attract the attention of others; even, on one occasion he transformed into a naked woman by using the «Oiroke no Jutsu» (おいろけの術, Adult technique?). In addition to this, he made Konohamaru his disciple, in order to teach him how to perform his jutsus and jokes. Later, the character would quickly make friends with the people around him, so that, in the second part, his sensei Kakashi pointed out that it was a unique power of the young man. In the fight against Gaara, the latter discovers, thanks to Naruto, that the true strength lies in the fight for friends, and not in particular goals of each individual. After Jiraiya's death, the protagonist was determined to avenge him; however, he later decides not to do it since that was not what Jiraiya himself would have wanted in life.
Through his ability to change others, Naruto wins over the friends he missed in his childhood. However, his most prominent friends in the series are his two teammates, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha, coming to consider the latter as a brother. Although Sasuke betrays Naruto and the rest of Konoha at the end of the series, In the first part, Naruto still maintains an attachment to him. He also has a deep dedication to Sakura, the bond being so strong that he would do anything to make her happy, even if it meant bringing Sasuke back to Konoha one day. Mention that when Naruto was an academy student, the first to develop a close relationship with him was Iruka Umino, his first sensei.
History
Part One
As the protagonist of the series, Naruto appears in every season and usually plays a prominent role in each season. During the first part, Naruto accompanies the rest of Team 7 as they carry out their initial missions.Over time, the character improves his ninja skills and pursues his own goals. Later, after an invasion of Konoha's Hidden Village by two renegade ninjas, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, Naruto discovers the Akatsuki, a criminal organization trying to extract the Kyūbi from his body. Although Jiraiya prevents this, it is not until the second part that conflicts between the jinchūriki and Akatsuki really occur. When Sasuke tries to leave Konoha and go in search of Orochimaru's hideout to gain more strength, Naruto he emphasizes his role in the story and, in an effort to stop him, they begin a battle where Sasuke attempts to kill his friend, though in the end he states that he is not capable of such a thing. Later, both continue on different paths; however, Naruto does not give up on trying to bring Sasuke back, so he leaves Konoha to go train with Jiraiya so he will be prepared for the next time he meets him.
Part Two
Two and a half years later, the protagonist returns to Konoha, while the Akatsuki begins to become more active, even kidnapping Gaara, who wields the Shukaku (一尾, Shukaku?). Upon learning of this, Naruto comes to her rescue along with other ninja from his village. On the mission, Sakura, with the help of Chiyo, has a battle with an Akatsuki member named Sasori, who also happens to be Chiyo's grandson. However, after an arduous fight, the kunoichi manage to emerge victorious. As a result of their triumph, Sasori reveals that he has a spy watching Orochimaru, and that he would meet him at the Bridge of Heaven and Earth, a detail that it might lead them to Sasuke's location. Naruto, Sakura, and new Team 7 members Yamato and Sai use this clue to find Sasuke, but are once again unable to stop him from escaping. their target, Team 7 tries again to find Sasuke, and although they nearly capture him, they lose his trail and are forced to return home.
Later, in Jiraiya's fight against Pain, the sannin dies; prior to that, the latter leaves a code that showed how Pain could be defeated on the back of the old toad Fukasaku. Once the code reaches the village, Naruto, Shikamaru, and Kakashi manage to discover its meaning almost completely. Fukasaku then offers Naruto to take him to Mount Myobokuzan to train him and teach him the hermit's techniques, with which he could avenge the sannin, so he accepts. When Pain and Konan invade the Hidden Village of Konoha, Pain meets Tsunade and he uses a powerful technique called "Shinra Tensei", which destroys almost all of Konoha through a large explosion. Later, Naruto returns to Konoha and fights a battle with the Akatsuki. Once the young man manages to defeat him, Danzō Shimura is named as the new Hokage, since Tsunade was unconscious after the event. At that very moment, the Raikage sends a letter to the new Hokage, who accepts the request to place Sasuke in the Bingo Book, in which the names of the most dangerous criminals are written. Because of this, Naruto decides to go talk to the Raikage along with Kakashi and Yamato to reconsider that decision. Failing to talk to the Raikage, Naruto decides to go find Sasuke, who was near the place, and upon finding him they have a brief confrontation, but later both teams return to their respective villages. Ninja. For this reason, the Kages decide to hide Naruto —without him knowing that the war has broken out—, on a secret island in the Country of Lightning, along with Killer Bee, the jinchūriki of the Hachibi. While both hide from Madara, Bee tries to train the young ninja so that he can control the Kyūbi's chakra.When Naruto finds out about the war and that all his companions are fighting, the young man and Killerbee decide to join them. During the war, Naruto, Kakashi, Gai and Bee discover that Tobi was actually Obito Uchiha, the latter's former partner but who was believed dead after the Third Ninja War. After a high-powered battle in which Obito would obtain the power of the Ten Tails and end the life of Neji Hyuga, he would manage to redeem Obito, who joins the Shinobi Alliance's offensive against a new enemy: Madara. Uchiha, rival of the First Hokage and co-founder of the Leaf Village, for which Naruto receives the help of the first Sage of the Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsustsuki and Sasuke. Once Madara is betrayed, Naruto and Sasuke join forces to fight against Kaguya Otsutsuki, whom they would also defeat. After two years of the Ninja War, Naruto, now married to Hinata Hyuga, would have two children, Boruto Uzumaki and Himawari Uzumaki and would become the Seventh Hokage of the village.
Skills
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Because Naruto has Kurama sealed within him, he is able to access a large source of chakra, which allows him to perform ninja techniques that someone his age could not perform. However, it is only when he feels anger he draws on the bijū's chakra reserves. Once Kurama shares his chakra with Naruto, the latter begins to take the form of the demon fox. While each tail that appears at him drastically increases his combat strength, the jinchūriki begins to lose his reasoning, as well as being able to inflict considerable physical damage on himself. Naruto taps into these chakra reserves throughout throughout the entire series; He constantly resorts to them to perform the «Kage Bunshin no Jutsu» (影分身の術, Shadow Clone Technique ?), an ability that allows the creation of numerous physical copies of the performer. Also, thanks to this same energy, he has the ability to invoke, through the "Kuchiyose no Jutsu » (口寄せの術, Summoning Technique?), some varieties of toads. Later, after learning to use the hermit's techniques (仙術 , Senjutsu?), it can even improve your ability to obtain natural energy. In addition, as the story progresses, Naruto acquired the kyùbi mode that would give him his characteristic appearance in yellow flames and shortly after he would awaken the senjutsu mode of the six paths, where his flaming appearance would be observed in a longer suit and his power increased to the level " rikudo" of a god.
One of the greatest techniques Naruto has learned is the «Rasengan» (螺旋丸, Spiral Sphere?), a sphere of energy that concentrates a large amount of chakra. When performing this technique, he often creates shadow clones to help him manipulate energy in a manner more suitable. Additionally, through maneuvers performed simultaneously with his shadow clones, Naruto infuses the Rasengan with the wind element chakra, thus resulting in the "Fūton: Rasen Shuriken" (風遁・螺旋手裏剣, Wind Release: Spiral Shuriken?), which allows him to damage the opponent in a significant way. When he manages to master the techniques of the hermit, Naruto learns to use the Fūton: Rasen Shuriken correctly, being able to launch it as an attack against his enemies. From the Rasen Shuriken Naruto has extended a large number of techniques derived from it, the most powerful is the planetary Rasen shuriken, in which he mixes this technique with bijüdamas, a type of technique typical of bijüs with a tail, the result is a capable Rasengan to destroy entire areas. Additionally, he has been able to use other variations of the Rasengan over time.
Completed missions
Over the course of the story, Naruto has gone on a total of seventeen missions with the rest of Team 7:
- Missions D: 7
- Missions C: 1
- Missions B: 2
- Missions A: 6
- Missions S: 1
Appearances in other media
In addition to the manga and anime, Naruto has made several appearances in other media related to the franchise, and being the protagonist of the eponymous series, he participates in all the spin-off films: in the first, Naruto the movie: Snow Princess Rescue!, along with her team, she is tasked with protecting some actors during the filming of a movie, fighting various criminals during the course of the mission. In the second, Naruto the Movie 2: The Illusory Ruins Deep Under the Earth, he is tasked with uniting with Shikamaru and Sakura in the middle of a war, in which some members of the Hidden Village are also involved. of the Arena and a large number of warriors. While in the third adaptation, Naruto the movie 3: The great excitement! Animal panic on the island of the Moon, Naruto, Sakura, Lee and Kakashi must protect the future prince of the Land of the Moon, in the fourth, Naruto Shippūden: The Movie, the which is based on the second part of the work, he, Sakura, Lee and Neji have to protect the priestess Shion, who begins to have visions of her death. He also appears in Naruto Shippūden 2: Kizuna, the fifth film that is also based on the second part, where the Country of Heaven attacks the Hidden Village of Konoha and, to stop these attacks, Sasuke and Naruto work together again. In Naruto Shippūden 3: The Inheritors of the Will of Fire, where the plot centers on the start of a fourth Great Shinobi World War when ninjas possessing Kekkei Genkai begin to disappear from the five main ninja villages, and finally, in the seventh film, Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower, in which Naruto must capture a renegade ninja.
It is also present in all five of the original Naruto animations. In the first, Naruto: In Search of the Crimson Four-Leaf Clover, help Konohamaru find a four-leaf clover, in the second, Naruto: Battle at the Hidden Waterfall: I'm the hero!, along with his team, they escort a ninja named Shibuki to his village and help him fight a hunter, in the third, Naruto: Mixed Fighting Tournament!, he participates in a tournament programmed by Tsunade. While in the fourth, Naruto: Konoha Sports Festival!, he participates in a sports tournament, and in the fifth animation, Naruto: Crossed Paths, although this focuses primarily on Sasuke during his time on Team 7. Additionally, Naruto is a playable character in all of the franchise's video games, including they include the Clash of Ninja and Ultimate Ninja sagas. In some games, it is possible to unlock and play as an enhanced version of Naruto when he uses the power of the Kyūbi. Likewise, in Ultimate Ninja he can perform several of Rock Lee and Might Guy's techniques, while wearing the same suit as them. As well as Naruto Shippūden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX It is the first video game of the second part in which Naruto appears. On the other hand, there are other video games in which the young man fights against various characters from other manga and anime; these include Battle Stadium D.O.N, Jump Super Stars, and Jump Ultimate Stars.
Reception
In various polls conducted by Shūkan Shōnen Jump magazine on the popularity of the play's characters, Naruto has repeatedly managed to reach the top five spots, ranking first on two of the occasions. them. However, in 2006 the last survey to date was carried out, and there the character ranked fourth, being only surpassed by Deidara, Kakashi and Sasuke. Several accessories have been released for sale that have a certain affinity with the appearance of Naruto, including plush dolls,
Various publications for manga, anime, video games, and other related media have praised the character in turn; GameSpot's Joe Dodson commented that Naruto lives the life of an ideal teenager, though he is otherwise parentless and shunned by his village's villagers. Carl Kimlinger, a reviewer for Anime News Network, considered Naruto as " a person with optimistic energy", but commented that his fights were not as good as other characters. Theron Martin, another reviewer for Anime News Network, stated that his fight against Gaara had been one of Naruto's best moments in the series, as it exceeds the stereotypes of most shōnen manga. actions driven by bitter feelings." About.com's Deb Aoki called Naruto "a prankster who would do anything for attention." Similarly, reviewers from Mania Entertainment called him a suitable character for the story, albeit a bit "stupid and stubborn". However, after his fight with Gaara, they praised his development calling him "a good hero". Todd Douglass, reviewer for DVD Talk, commented that he liked the story. Naruto's personality, calling him a "playful" character, while Adam Arseneau of DVD Verdict noted that Naruto's ego "is the size of a small mountain". Joseph Szadkowski of The Washington Times , wrote that Naruto "has become a pop culture sensation". IGN reviewers commented that in his relationships with Tsunade "there is excellent chemistry", and with Jiraiya he "shares a lot in common"., while with Sasuke he "shows signs of maturity".
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