Sadly, Gaara’s father coerced Yashamaru into attempting an assassination on the boy in an attempt to strip him of all love. Since his Kazekage father was only interested in using the child as a Jinchuriki weapon, it was left to Gaara’s kind-hearted uncle, Yashamaru, to bring up the youngster and attempt to impart his mother’s kindness and love onto him. The resulting flashbacks did just that and much more with a deeply upsetting story that both explained Gaara’s hate and anger and endeared him to fans for the remainder of the series.Īfter Gaara was born prematurely, his mother tragically passed away. Subsequently, Gaara needed a strong backstory to explain to viewers why he was originally so dastardly and to help them understand why he'd now aligned himself with Naruto. After sustaining injuries during their investigation, Naruto and the rest of Team Kakashi head back to Konoha to heal, however not long after their return an apparition of a boy. Across the great shinobi nations, ninja with special bloodline limits have gone missing without a trace. Gaara originally appeared as a villain in the early days of Naruto the titular hero managed to coax Gaara over to the good guys’ side after a huge showdown. Alt title: Naruto Shippuden Movie 3: Hi no Ishi wo Tsugu Mono.
Get your forehead protectors on and a pack of tissues at the ready as we chronicle the 16 Most Emotional Moments in Naruto! 16 Zabuza and Haku Depart Side-By-Side
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Sequences from movies and the Boruto series will be excluded as those could warrant whole new lists entirely. Indeed, moments of both joy and sorrow will be covered in the list, with entries drawn from the original Naruto series, as well as its successor Naruto Shippuuden. These are the scenes that stuck with the audience long after the credits rolled and although there are, predictably, many deaths on this list (spoilers ahoy if you’re not caught up!) also included are scenes that are inspiring and uplifting. With Naruto’s own chapter now closed, it’s perhaps time to examine the moments in the series that had the most emotional impact on viewers and made fans fall in love with Masashi Kishimoto’s fictional world and characters in the first place. Naruto’s story has now concluded and a follow-up anime and manga series focusing on his son Boruto is currently in production, as is a live-action Hollywood adaptation. In seven hundred chapters of manga and an even greater number of anime episodes, Naruto established itself as one of Japan’s biggest exports in the genre, with the enthusiastic ninja’s tale gathering immense popularity both in its homeland and across the globe.