Questions tagged [naruto]

Naruto is a shounen manga/anime by Masashi Kishimoto about the young ninja Uzumaki Naruto who strives to become the "Hokage", the leader of his village.

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Use this tag for questions about the manga, the anime or any of the movies in the Naruto (including Shippuden) universe.

Naruto (ナルト) is a media franchise including a manga series and two anime series. The manga is written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of the young ninja Naruto.

The Naruto franchise includes:

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Is anything known about Rock Lee's family?

From what I can remember, the manga has shown or at least referred to the family of most if not all of the Rookie Nine, as well as most of the other major characters in Naruto. However, I don't remember reading anything about Rock Lee's family, and…
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What are Madara Uchiha's weaknesses?

At his current state, how could Madara possibly be defeated? Any physical attack/Taijutsu would be easily deflected by either: The Susano'o The Gunbai (war fan, which proved to easily negate a Bijuudama) Shinra Tensei (which wasn't seen yet,…
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What does Hashirama mean by the effects of the chakra rods?

In Chapter 661, Hashirama said "These rods are forced through our chakra points, which means that the chances of us moulding chakra are probably nil". He said it in the context of "even if the rods are removed". Since those under Edo Tensei can…
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How exactly did Obito escape from Itachi's Amaterasu?

Itachi attacked Obito with Amaterasu through Sasuke's eyes, when Sasuke saw Obito's Sharingan. As soon as Obito was engulfed by the flames, he went into the dark region of the room and got rid of the lethal flame. How did he do it? Did he achieve…
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Do I have to watch Naruto before Naruto Shippuden?

I recently started watching Naruto (I'm only 51 episodes in), and I was wondering if I had to watch Naruto before watching Shippuden. Ninja-themed anime isn't really my favorite, but Shippuden really appealed to me for some reason, and so I started…
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Why did Madara have Rinnegan before activating it and nobody noticed?

While I was watching Episode 322 of Naruto Shippuden, I found what I guess is a mistake: First look at the picture: Since Madara came, he was using only Sharingan, and this can be seen until 07:43 in the picture, while he was dodging Gaara's sand…
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Why didn't the First and Second Hokage's fight with full power against the Third?

When revived by Orochimaru, the First and Second were sent to fight the Third, however, we know today that: The First beat one of the most powerful ninjas in history (me), could heal himself without activating any special jutsu, could summon a…
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Does Naruto consciously control his clones?

I've seen when Kakashi was training Naruto with his elemental affinity that Naruto cannot see what his clone is doing until it is undone. How does he control the clone? Does it move and think like a separate entity? Can it think to try to kill the…
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Did Hinata really confess to Naruto?

When Naruto and Hinata were fighting Pain in Konoha, did Naruto hear Hinata's confession or was it just in Hinata's mind?
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What happened to the Kyuubi's chakra after Orochimaru releases the Dead Demon Consuming Seal?

We know that when the Kyuubi attacked Konoha, the 4th Hokage sealed half of the Kyuubi's chakra using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and half within Naruto. When Orochimaru sliced the stomach of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal "Reaper"/Shinigami…
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Are eye techniques in Naruto based on anything real?

Are the eye techniques in Naruto (Byakugan, Sharingan, Rinnegan) based on true events? Or are they just myth or a fiction created by Masashi-Sensei? Anyone has any references or a story behind it?
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What happened to Konohamaru's parents?

It is known that Konohamaru is the grandson of the Third Hokage. Asuma is shown to be one of the Third Hokage's sons, but he is clearly named as Konohamaru's uncle. Are Konohamaru's parents ever shown and is their lack of appearance ever explained?
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Why did Kabuto heal Hinata?

During the third part of the Chūnin exams when Naruto was fighting Neji, Hinata begins coughing up blood. Kabuto, who was masquerading as a member of ANBU, heals her and then, after she has been taken care of, he knocks Kiba out instead of killing…
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Did Kakashi ever love Rin or at least feel anything for her?

Well like the question says, Did Kakashi ever love Rin or feel anything for her? I'm wondering if Kakashi ever loved or at least liked Rin. I'm wondering this because he got the Mangekyou after he killed her. The Mangekyou is initially awakened by…
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Was Hashirama in Sage Mode while he summoned the huge wooden buddha with few thousand hands?

In Chapter 621 Hashirama summoned a Buddha statue. While doing that, he has some markings on his face similar to the ones Naruto has when in Sage Mode. Does Hashirama have some sort of Sage Mode?
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