| “ | "We shinobi spend our whole lives in battles. Fighting only for our villages. Our nations and ourselves. The hatred was consumed and led the world to three terrible wars!... I have lived longer than you, and I have learned more than you and it is because I understand the suffering that we have had in our lives, that I can think of a better way... To create our future!... This war is special! , now we fight, Together. AS ONE. When I look at you... I realize that we are not a simple antecedent... No... We are building on the horrible mistakes of the past... We are improving, slowly, but constantly, moving towards peace... Once I lost sight of who I really was... and it was all because of you damn... But this time I will rise up... And rediscover who I am!... Madara, you are the one who will fall..." | „ |
| ~ Determination of Onoki. |
Ōnoki was a major supporting character in the manga and anime series Naruto: Shippuden. He was the third Tsuchikage of the village hidden in the stones. He was trained by Mū (the Second Tsuchikage) and had fought Madara Uchiha years ago.
He was voiced Tomomichi Nishimura in the Japanese version, and by Steve Blum in English Version.
History[]
He was the Third Tsuchikage of the Hidden Stone Village and he is a powerful older man who has a jutsu called Atomic Dismantling Jutsu which gathers rocks to make a huge blast that can kill the opponent. His loyal partners are Akatsuchi and Onoki's granddaughter, Kurotsuchi. After Kaguya's defeat, He retired as Tsuchikage due to his powers getting weaker with old age, and his granddaughter Kurotsuchi succeeded him, becoming the Fourth Tsuchiage.
As shown in Boruto, Ōnoki's retirement years aren't kind for him. The deaths of many young citizens of his village, including his grandson, during Iwagakure's pyrrhic victory against a group of missing-nin sees him revisiting a jutsu as an alternative to shinobi protecting his village, devising the creatures to do the fighting so humans would remain safe and unharmed. Despite Kurotsuchi's disapproval, Ōnoki continues his research in solitude and makes a significant progress with aid of White Zetsu remains and cloning technology which still in its infancy, creating Kū and his fellow Fabrications in process. Unfortunately, the Fabrications gradually turn against him and the rest of Iwagakure as they worked on perfecting them, with Boruto Uzumaki and co. who inevitably got caught in this sordid affair because of Fabrications kidnapping Mistuki doesn't help either. Having seen his errors, Ōnoki join forces with Boruto and co. to undo his mistakes and defeat Kū along the way. Ōnoki ended up dying a hero after exerting himself too much, but not before reaffirming Boruto and co. that one must always hold on to their will but not despair if they lose their way. To preserve his reputation as his people would likely divisive if they learned the truth and acknowledged his redemption, a cover up stories where Kū's forces had nothing to do with Ōnoki and that the former Tsuchikage passed away from health-related issues are made.
Personality[]
Ōnoki was a very proud, headstrong, and boastful individual. He refused to retire and choose a successor as Tsuchikagedespite being up in age, insisting that he was still strong enough to continue to rule the village. At the same time, he was slightly hypocritical as he encouraged Tsunade to step down as Hokage after awakening from her coma noting that she may be too old. Kurotsuchi described him as a "stubborn old man". His pride has caused him to have very little respect for those younger than him, as he verbally attacked Gaara (the current Kazekage who is many years his junior) on numerous occasions, dismissing his presumed naivety on dealing with politics. Ōnoki attributed his behaviour as a result of his encounter(s) with Madara in his youth, stating that he had lost sight of who he was because of him. Despite this, he remained an open-minded individual and even regained a sense of himself after seeing Gaara's attitude, gaining great respect for Gaara's skill and power as a Kage, as well as his wisdom even in spite of his young age. He had also come to view Naruto in a similar light. In the end, he credited the friendship between the two men for making him see the errors of his ways. This was also seen during the time he told Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi that he remembered what he really used to be before he became a stubborn old man, likely meaning he had a kinder and friendlier heart in his youth. Ōnoki also held his master in high regard, addressing him with the "-sama" suffix even after becoming Tsuchikage like his predecessor.
Deidara also noted that Ōnoki hated art, possibly because he ridiculed his Explosive Clayartwork. During the chaos Sasuke Uchiha had started at the summit, Ōnoki didn't seem to be alarmed once the battle in the Summit Room began. He appeared to be calm enough to let the Mizukage Mei Terumī deal with the current situation. Upon observing the fight between the two, he seemed quite entertained, which led him to join the fight.
Ōnoki seemed to be quite ruthless, taking down a heavily-injured Sasuke who had just been saved yet again after facing the wrath of three other Kage before him, on the claim that the ninja world wanted Sasuke dead, even though Ōnoki himself had no grudge against Sasuke personally. He then immediately turned his attention to a devastated Karin, claiming that she was next to die with his Dust Release technique. He did however, seem to be considerate enough to let Tobi speak for his actions, reasoning with the Raikage to listen to his reasons before making their own.
Appearance[]
Ōnoki was a very short, old man with a triangular beard and a moustache that had angular corners, a big red nose and thick eyebrows. The top of his head was completely bald, although, he had long white hair on the lower-half of his head which is styled in a traditional chonmage hair cut, the back of which was tied with a yellow ribbon into a topknot. Ōnoki wore a split apart green coat divided into four sections with yellow trimmings, and a red collar (which in the anime was seen to be worn by other high-ranking members of Iwagakure). Underneath he wore the traditional Iwagakure outfit consistent of a light green version of Iwagakure's flak jacket and mesh armour. He however had both his sleeves of his shirt, but kept the single lapel on his right side. Along with this, he wore sandals.
Abilities[]
As the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki was easily one of the strongest shinobi Iwagakure ever produced. At over 80 years old, despite his considerably advanced age leaving his general health somewhat frail (constantly complaining about back and hip pain), he still proved able to lead his village with no waving doubt of the people. In battle, he still proved very capable, able to compete against various powerful foes including his reincarnated former master. He was well-regarded as a legendary shinobi, as Madara himself acknowledged Ōnoki as the main threat among Allied Shinobi Forces and the most difficult to break. At full strength, he could wipe out twenty-five of Madara's Susanoo-clad wood clones. Ultimately, at over 100 years old, his advancing age forced him to retire and mostly stay in a wheelchair. Even more, he required several more hours of sleep a day to keep up his health and strong exertions like ninjutsu could tire him out enough to pass out. At the same time, he still proved to be as quick-witted and skilled as ever.
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Trivia[]
- He share same English Voice Actor with Orochimaru, Zabuza Momochi, and Ao.
- His English voice actor, Steve Blum, also voiced Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop, Flamedramon, Magnamon, Raidramon, Poromon, BlackWarGreymon in Digimon Adventure 02, Guilmon, and Kenta Kitagawa in Digimon Tamers, J.P. Shibayama in Digimon Frontier, Falcomon, in Digimon Data Squad, and Kyohei Kadota in Durarara!! series.
