| “ | Naruto… I'll be returning to where our master is, so I can see your story… If you ask me… You're the third part that concludes the series… The first part was Jiraiya… He was flawless… But… The second part was me, an almost complete failure… I couldn't even get our master to acknowledge me… Ending the series is the third part… The final work will settle it all! Become such a masterpiece that that failure will be like it was cancelled altogether… Naruto! | „ |
| ~ Nagato's last words to Naruto before sealing away by Itachi's Sword of Totsuka |
Nagato Uzumaki is a former villain from Naruto. He was a former shinobi who wished to bring peace to the world, but turned cold and corrupt over the time. He was convinced of his junior apprentice, Naruto Uzumaki about the true meaning of peace, and died by using Rinne Rebirth Jutsu to revive the shinobis of the Hidden Leaf Village.that he killed. After revived from the Reanimation Jutsu by Kabuto Yakushi, His personality changed back to his old self.
History[]
Nagato lived with his parents Fusô and Ise near the village of Ame. He was very young when Madara Uchiha secretly transplanted the Rinnegan into him; his parents never knew anything about it, just like him. Some time later, during the Second Shinobi World War, Nagato and his parents took refuge at home to avoid the fighting raging around them. But one day, two Konoha ninjas entered hoping to find food, and the trio tried to hide. Once discovered, the parents attacked the intruders so Nagato could escape. The ninjas, defending themselves, killed them and realizing that they were civilians, tried to apologize to the young boy. Overwhelmed by grief, Nagato used his Rinnegan and killed them.
After burying his parents, Nagato was forced to leave his home and began wandering in search of food and shelter. With resources becoming scarce due to the war, he did not meet anyone willing to help him until they came across Nagato and Konan, also orphans. They formed alliances, did their best to survive, and shared dreams of a future where they would be in power and could make war disappear. Yahiko was very passionate about this subject which inspired Nagato to adopt the same goal. In order to fulfill their dreams, they decided to become ninjas and not having many options, they approached the three legendary ninjas of Konoha and asked them to teach them ninjutsu. One of them, Jiraiya, feeling guilty for his involvement in the war, accepted.
Personality[]
Nagato was a sensitive child, prone to crying over the sufferings of himself and others. When he met Yahiko, he tried to break this habit by following Yahiko's philosophy that crying wouldn't change anything, but the attempt was unsuccessful. Jiraiya later pointed out to him that his sensitivity was actually a strength, as it allowed him to understand pain better and, in turn, be kinder to others. This view resonated with Nagato and caused him to realise that he wanted to take on all of his friends' pain so that they wouldn't have to. It also finally succeeded in ending his crying; when Jiraiya left their group it was Yahiko who cried to see him go, while Nagato only thanked him for all the guidance he'd provided.
In one form or another, Nagato spent his entire life placing the needs of others before his own: his main motivation for becoming a ninja in the first place was so that he could protect Yahiko and Konan; he viewed his role in the original Akatsuki as a powerful tool meant to help Yahiko bring peace to their country; as leader of his own version of Akatsuki, he felt it was his responsibility to save the world from itself, inflicting pains of such magnitude that nobody would ever harm anyone else ever again. While this indicates a growing self-importance Nagato regarded himself with, it was encouraged by the similarly growing esteem others regarded him with due to his Rinnegan: Jiraiya believed he was the reincarnation of the Sage of the Six Paths; Yahiko and the rest of Akatsuki believed he was the "Saviour of the World"; the villagers of Amegakure believed in him as if he were a "God".
As a child that grew up in the middle of other countries' wars, Nagato detested killing and was horrified by his early acts of violence against those who had harmed his friends and family. He supported Yahiko's Akatsuki because it wanted to end the wars and deaths that he despised so much. After Yahiko's death, Nagato compromised his aversion to killing to a large extent, believing the deaths of specific individuals or even hundreds at a time could be justified if it served a greater and/or long-term purpose. But Nagato remains very clear in this distinction, as he shows mercy to those willing to cooperate with him and discourages others from defying him because it will only force him to strike them down. Minato Namikaze believes that, at some point along the way, Nagato's views were corrupted and subsequently manipulated by Tobi.
Despite his conviction in Akatsuki's goals, Nagato is re-convinced of his former pacifism by Naruto Uzumaki, who believes the struggle for peace is worth any personal cost to the point of sacrificing his life to atone for his actions. Recognising the person he once was, Nagato decides to believe in Naruto's answer for peace, also regaining his faith in Jiraiya. Upon his revival, Nagato demonstrates a far more cordial side, joking with and praising Naruto. Before he is sealed away, Nagato reveals that he has gone from viewing himself as a god to viewing himself as the failed middle volume of a trilogy started by Jiraiya and ended with Naruto.
