Summary

WARNING : The following contains SPOILERS forNarutoandBoruto . Despite defeating many a villain , Naruto ’s claim character only forthwith kills one mortal in both the original serial andShippuden . It ’s no surprisal thatNarutois fierce and has included its share of blood , gore , and impalement . Fortunately , Naruto himself favors a far kinder school of thought that throw scoundrel the hazard to redeem themselves . Still though , Naruto did terminate up take a biography on his journeying toward Hokage .

Shōnen Jump protagonists are seldom portray as murderers , often taking the eminent ground or showing their enemies mercy , promoting the magazine ’s values of benignity and teamwork . When villain do bite the dust in Shonen manga and anime , the narrative unremarkably go around the number , so the champion is not directly creditworthy for the death .

Narutodoes on the button that after the fight against Pain , where the exuberant unseasoned lead ninja change the baddie ’s outlook and prompts Pain to sacrifice himself and revive all his late victims . EvenKaguya Otsutsuki , the terminal villain ofNaruto , was safely sealed away , rather than destroy outright . It ’s this response to major threat that makes Naruto ’s one confirmed kill so surprising .

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Naruto’s Only Killed One Person: A Sand Ninja Named Yura

Despite defeat legion enemy throughout his story , Naruto Uzumaki has only kill one person – a single Sand Village jonin named Yura . Yura was ab initio consider to be a trustworthy member of the Kazekage ’s council . However , it later was revealed that he was a cloak-and-dagger agent play on behalf of the Akatsuki . His retention was reactivated on the arrival of Sasori and Deidara . After Yura ’s espionage stop , Pain transform him into an Itachi dead ringer . Under theguise of the brother of Sasuke , Naruto , Kakashi , Sakura , and Chiyo front off against Yura , who finally is killed by Naruto ’s Giant Rasengan technique . TV audience later see Yura ’s remains , confirming his end .

While Sakura eventually ended up tie Sasuke , fans believed she ’d be better off with Naruto . But how would they get past their platonic connection ?

For a series that actively avoids show Naruto as a killer , it ’s odd that the aspiring Hokage finishes off Yura when bigger , more despicable villain take the air off with their life intact - even if Narutowasunder the impression he was fighting Itachi . Perhaps the Akatsuki tool was conceive a minor enough character that Naruto could destroy him without his morals being questioned , or maybe the dying was meant to highlight Naruto ’s increase adulthood after the prison term skip since the fight occurs at the very beginning ofNaruto Shippuden .

Naruto in a battle pose, throwing a kunai while he holds three more. Behind him, Kaguya and Madara can be seen.

Naruto Has Killed More Than Yura in the Anime

While Yura is the only canon kill under Naruto ’s knock , delving into the land of filler spread up a few additional possibilities . For instance , the Hidden Mist ninja Raiga was place fly off a cliff byNaruto ’s signature jutsu Rasengan . Raiga actually committed suicide while fall , credibly realize the fall would kill him anyway , so Naruto perhaps isn’tentirelyresponsible for Raiga ’s end . moreover , Naruto had a hand in the frustration of Urashiki Otsutsuki . This scoundrel trip to the past in aBorutofiller arc to attack Naruto ’s young ego . Urashiki was demolish thanks to the combined efforts of Naruto , Sasuke , Boruto , and Jiraiya , making Naruto jointly responsible for for the fictitious character ’s death in this non - canon escapade .

Naruto’s Helped Kill Many Villains But Rarely Dealt The Finishing Blow

Ignoring the deaths because of Naruto in makeweight fabric , Yura ’s death is an exception to the ad-lib shonen principle that champion should n’t be killer . Because of this , there has been some surmisal that Pain ’s Shapeshifting jutsu had already claimed Yura ’s life and Naruto ’s boastful Rasengan just break up the transformation and leave behind a corpse behind . Although nothing in canon suggests this is the typesetter’s case , Yura being killed by Pain rather than Naruto would permit the title character to maintain his moral superiority by not shoot down the final blow . In officialNarutocanon , however , Yura is the only fibre whose death was immediately administer byNarutohimself .

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