Warning: The following contains spoilers Naruto and Boruto.Despite defeating many villains, NarutoThe main character outright kills one person in the entire series.Taking place in a world filled with warring ninja nations and otherworldly powers, it’s no surprise that Naruto It is one of the more violent properties in Shonen Jump, containing blood, gore, and piercing. Despite this, Uzumaki Naruto’s kill count was extremely low. As Konoha’s protagonist and unlikely hero, Naruto finds himself at the center of numerous seismic battles on his journey to become Hokage, and the subject of some pretty brutal attacks himself.
That being said, Shonen Jump’s protagonists are rarely portrayed as murderers and more often seen as taking the high ground or showing kindness to their enemies, promoting the magazine’s values of kindness and teamwork.The quintessential sympathetic anime hero is Goku dragon ball, he often chooses to spare his enemies rather than kill them, much to Vegeta’s annoyance. When villains in shonen manga and anime do die, the story usually revolves around the issue, so the protagonist is not directly responsible for the death. Naruto After the fight with Pain, the energetic young ninja protagonist changes the villain’s view and prompts Pain to sacrifice himself and resurrect all previous victims.Even the last villain Otsutsuki Kaguya Narutobeing safely sealed instead of being completely destroyed.
Naruto, the hero of the story, defeats countless enemies throughout the story, so it’s natural to assume that he has blood on his hands. Despite this belief, Uzumaki Naruto actually only killed one person – a Sand Village jounin named Yura. Yura is initially considered a trustworthy member of the committee, but it is later revealed that he is a secret agent representing the Akatsuki organization. When Sasori and Deidara arrived at the Hidden Sands, his memories were reactivated. After Yura’s espionage activities were over, Pain turned him into a clone of Itachi. Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura and Chiyo confront Yura as Sasuke’s brother, and Yura is eventually killed by Naruto’s giant Rasengan. Viewers later see Yura’s body, confirming his death.
Naruto was directly responsible for more than one death
Oddly for a series that actively avoided showing Naruto as a killer, the aspiring Hokage killed Yura when the bigger, meaner villain left unscathed – even though Naruto used to be Giving the impression that he was fighting Itachi.Maybe the Akatsuki puppet was considered a small enough character that Naruto could eliminate him without questioning his morality, or maybe the death was to emphasize that Naruto had become more mature after the time jump, since the fight takes place at the end of the story at the beginning Naruto Shippuden.
While Yura is Naruto’s only canon slayer, delving into the realm of fillers opens up some additional possibilities. For example, the Kirigakure ninja Raiga was knocked off a cliff by Naruto’s signature ninjutsu, the Rasengan.Rhaegar actually committed suicide when he fell, probably realizing that the fall would kill him anyway, so maybe Naruto isn’t completely Even if his daughter did come years later to avenge him, he was responsible for Rhaegar’s death. In addition, Naruto also participated in the defeat of Otsutsuki Urashiki.This villain has traveled back in time blogger The filler arc attacks Naruto’s younger self. Urashiki was destroyed through the combined efforts of Naruto, Sasuke, Boruto, and Jiraiya, making Naruto jointly responsible for the demise of the character in this unorthodox adventure.
Yura’s death is an exception to the unwritten rule of juveniles that the main character should not be a ruthless killer. Because of this, some speculated that Yura’s life had been taken away by Pain’s transformation, and that Naruto’s Large Rasengan simply broke the transformation, leaving a corpse behind. Although nothing in canon indicates that this is the case, Yura was killed by Pain instead of Naruto, which would have allowed the protagonist to maintain his moral superiority by not delivering the final blow. However, from an official point of view, Yura is the only character to be directly killed by Naruto himself.
Naruto’s son Boruto never actually killed anyone (but did kill gods)
Although Naruto’s son Boruto never killed any actual people either, Boruto is notable for killing Otsutsuki Momoiro using Kodama Spiral, a fatal blow set only by Naruto and Sasuke, That means it’s included in Naruto’s kill count. Also, as Naruto once explained, he doesn’t think Momoshiki has anything resembling a human being, not because Momoshiki has divine powers, but because he lacks redeeming qualities. In fact, before the fateful encounter between Momoshiki and Boruto, Momoshiki was particularly focused on doing whatever was necessary to achieve divinity and become one of the gods. Naruto The most powerful villain in the franchise. It’s worth noting that after Boruto killed Momoshi, the gods used Kama to mark Boruto, actually retaining Momoji’s soul, and Momoji explained that he would only die if Boruto died. A long time later, Boruto’s adoptive brother Chuanmu killed the peachy Boruto. Kawaki may have killed Momoiro for good, but Boruto delivered the coup de grace to Otsutsuki Kami first.That is, given how variable death is throughout a person’s life Naruto/Boruto Franchise, it remains to be seen whether Peach-style is actually gone.