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Naruto

"I never go back on my word, thats my Ninja way" - Naruto's signature phrase

 

Naruto is an orphan who, as a newborn, had the dangerous Nine-Tailed Demon Fox sealed within his body by the Fourth Hokage, the leader of Konoha's ninja force, at the cost of his own life. Because he became a Jinchuriki to the Nine Tails, Naruto suffered strong animosity from a majority of Konoha's residents during his early childhood. Since then, Naruto has commonly made jokes and played pranks to attract attention.  Desiring what he lacked in early life, Naruto dreams of becoming Hokage the village leader hoping it will bring him the villagers' recognition and respect. In an attempt to become a ninja, Naruto is horrified to learn that the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox is sealed inside him, but finds acceptance from his teacher Iruka Umino, whom he views as a father. After learning the powerful move Shadow Clone Technique, which creates physical copies of the user, Naruto becomes a ninja.

 He joins a ninja group under the leadership of Kakashi Hatake, where Naruto gains the friends he lacked during his childhood. He forms bonds with his two teammates: Sasuke Uchiha, with whom he has a brother-like rivalry, and Sakura Haruno, on whom he has a crush.

While going through an exam to increase his ninja rank, Naruto meets the legendary ninja Jiraiya and learns how to summon toads to aid him in battle and to control part of the Fox's vital energy, the chakra. He later learns the Rasengan, a sphere of chakra for offensive purposes. The exams are interrupted as a result of the invasion of Konohagakure by the criminal Orochimaruand Sunagakure. Shortly afterward, Naruto discovers the Akatsuki, a criminal organization that seeks to extract the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox from his body. Though Jiraiya drives them off during this first meeting, the Akatsuki still plan to kidnap Naruto. When Sasuke leaves the village to join Orochimaru's forces, 

Team 7 under the guidance of Kakashi

 Naruto becomes part of a rescue team to retrieve him. Naruto and Sasuke ultimately have a one-on-one battle, though neither can convince himself to finish off the other.The two go their separate ways, but Naruto does not give up on Sasuke, leaving Konohagakure with Jiraiya to prepare himself for his next encounter with Sasuke and the Akatsuki.

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