Naruto Headband

The Naruto headband, or forehead protector as it's more properly called, has many different functions. Though it is supposed to be used to protect the forehead during battle, the prime focus of the protector seems to be to show allegiance or past allegiance to certain villages in the Naruto anime. Many people have been curious about whether wearing the forehead protector on a part of the body has any significant meaning. The answer is no.

The Naruto headband consists of a cloth band that wraps all the way around the head and ties in the back. To the front of the headband is a forehead length metal plate that is affixed to the cloth and is designed to protect the forehead from damage. It is specifically designed to deflect sharp projectiles or other objects.

While a few characters of the anime series wear the Naruto headband as it was intended, there are some that do not. Female characters typically where the protector as more of an accessory.

For example, Ino wears it as a belt and Sakura wears it, quite literally, as a headband. The male population is half and half. You almost never see Naruto without his forehead protector. He wears it with pride and honor. While other characters, such as Shikimaru and Rock Lee, don't see it as necessary to wear it the way it was intended. This isn't met with much opposition from the village. As long as the protector is displayed somewhere on the body, it seems to be alright.

The most important aspect of the Naruto headband is the fact that it shows allegiance for or against a village. The metal plate on each forehead protector is inscribed with the symbol of a village. Just looking at the protector can help you distinguish where the ninja wearing it comes from and whether they are a friend or foe. Rogue ninjas wear the forehead protector of the village they came from with a line scratched through the symbol. This signifies their origin, and that they are now an enemy of the village.

The Naruto headband is one of the most interesting and talked about accessories of the ninjas of Naruto. It's also one of the first items that people buy when they start putting together a cosplay costume. There are very few characters that don't wear a protector at all, all of which are either civilians or rogue ninjas. There's no question that the forehead protector is a very important part of the Naruto anime series.

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Who Is Naruto's Father?

The identity of Naruto's father has been the subject of speculation for Naruto fans for a long time. There have been heated debates - even full-blown internet flaming wars - about the mystery that is Naruto's father.

The Fourth Hokage Theory

Most people believed that Naruto's father was the Yondaime or the Fourth Hokage. The resemblance between the Yondaime and Naruto is striking - they both have blue eyes and yellow hair and they even have the same smile. And since Naruto is an orphan and the fourth died fighting with the Kyuubi - it all made sense.

Some people even went so far as to believe that the Yondaime, though it was clearly stated that he died fighting the Kyuubi, somehow survived and lived on to become the Akatsuki leader.

They believed that everything - from the sealing of the Kyuubi inside Naruto until the hunting of the Jinchuuruki by the Akatsuki - was all part of an elaborate plot concocted by the genius mind of the Fourth Hokage. They believed that what was shown about the Yondaime was just a hoax, he was actually evil despite the fact that all the people of Konoha loved him and that he was willing to die for them.

However, there were many people who disagreed with these believers of 'Yondaime is Naruto's father theory' because they couldn't understand why a father would seal something like the Kyuubi inside his own son. Some believed that it would just be 'too obvious' and that Kishimoto can't possibly write something so obvious - there has to be a twist. Some believed that the Yondaime was Naruto's uncle, or brother, or some other distant relative - just not his father.

There were even people who believed that the Akatsuki leader (who they believed was not Yondaime) was actually Naruto's father. And, for some reason, he was hunting his own son. This theory was reinforced by the fact that the Akatsuki Leader's shadow looked somewhat like he had the same hair as Naruto. And when the Akatsuki's leaders face was revealed to have a striking resemblance to Naruto too, this theory gathered more supporters. And they believed that a Star Wars scene with the Akatsuki Leader saying "Naruto, I am your father" was not such a far off possibility.

There were other theories - some so farfetched and random that you'd have to wonder what the fans smoked in order to come up with it. But all those theories were dispelled once Chapter 367 of the manga came.

The Revelation

Chapter 367 is a perfect example of how the simplest answers are almost always the right ones. It turned out that the blatant was actually true and the Fourth Hokage really is Naruto's father. Jiraiya and Tsunade confirmed it all and even revealed the Yondaime's name to be Namikaze Minato.

But if the fourth is Naruto's father, then why is his name Uzumaki Naruto and not Namikaze Naruto? Where does the Uzumaki come from? It turns out that, for some reason, Naruto got his mother's surname instead of his father's. And it's not really heartless for Minato to seal Kyuubi inside Naruto since it was, after all, his dying wish that Naruto be treated as a hero for having to contend with having a monster inside him. He died believing that the villagers would love Naruto, he had no idea that they would do the opposite. This chapter has yet to be made into a Naruto episode, but it should be revealed in Naruto Shippuden pretty soon.

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Review of Naruto Shippuden Story Arc One

Since this is essentially a restart of the series they needed to reconnect us to the characters. I don't want to give too much away if you are still watching the original series, but at this point Sasuke is with Orochimaru and Naruto has gone off to train for two and a half years.

The series starts with Naruto's return and his reconnection to his friends (and vicariously us). At this same time; to keep the action moving, two members of the group that are after the tailed demons are moving in on the village of sand. Their goal is Garra.

Battles abound throughout this Arc, since they wanted to keep the action fans happy. The real story is in the new maturity level of Naruto, and the rest of the characters. Sakura has advanced considerably under the eye of Lady Tsunade, and an early segment with Kakashi testing Naruto and Sakura is very fun.

The only complaint I have, is that they jumped back into the action a little too fast for my taste. Even one or two more episodes with more of naruto reconnecting with his friends, would have added to the restart of the series. As is, they still did pretty well. Letting several of the supporting cast; including team guy and some old friends from the Sand Village, get some good air time.

Naruto's ability to change even the most jaded individuals comes into play, and some interesting things are set up for later. The biggest revelations in this arc involve Akatsuki (the group after the tailed demons). We get to see something of what they're up to and the extreme methods they are using. We also get to see the whole group for the first time.

I will give this story Arc the Following ratings: Story Development: B+ -Several important events occur in this story arc, but they could have spent more time in some areas. Action: A -I doubt I will ever rate this under A, the action is superb as always. Arc Story: C+ -They should have spent a bit more time on Naruto's return, and some less important parts seem to drag on forever.

Overall I will say it's a B+ story Arc.
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Naruto Character Profile - Hyuga Neji

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Neji is a member of the Hyuga clan and possesses the Byakugan. He is a child prodigy and a genius. But as a member of a branch family of the Hyuga clan he is ineligible to learn their most secret techniques. Despite this however, he has managed to deduce their workings simply through observation, and has learned many of them.

Neji is highly proficient with the Gentle Fist style of hand-to-hand combat, which, in combination with the byakugan is used to attack an enemy's Chakra pathway system (the network of vessels which carry chakra), thus causing internal injury.

On the third birthday of Hinata (his cousin) when Neji was four years old, he was branded with the Main family's Juinjutsu which serves two purposes. The first is to seal their byakugan ability when they die (shielding its secrets from enemies) and the second is to control the branch family members with the ability to destroy their brain cells with a secret hand seal.

A night soon after this, an incident occurred involving the main family's Hiashi (Neji's uncle and his father's twin brother) which could result in war for Konoha. To avoid this, Neji's father sacrificed himself. Neji mistakenly believed that the main branch had forced him to do so, and from this he developed a fierce grudge against them.

His feeling of oppression from the main family resulted in him adopting a fatalism philosophy - "fate is something decided at birth and no matter what one does, people cannot escape their destiny". Neji attempts to condescend Naruto during their Chuunin exam match saying "that someone who is weak will always remain weak" but this fails and he goes on to be defeated. Naruto then suggests that if a "failure" like himself can change his destiny, a "genius" like Neji can, too.

After this match, and having been proven wrong, he abandons his philosophy. He also learns the truth about his father's sacrifice and is given the opportunity to resolve his estranged relationships with members of the main family by training with their leader (his uncle).

Neji is a member of Team Guy, along with Tenten and Rock Lee. During the two and a half year time skip between Part 1 and Part 2, when all the other rookie team members have advanced to Chuunin, Neji has gone one step further and advanced to Jounin - further emphasizing his abilities as a genius.

He is one of the best examples of the true talent which resides in Konoha, along with the likes of Naruto and Shikamaru. He trains constantly and vigorously. This is one character which deserves your attention.

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The Start of Uzumaki Naruto

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Naruto is a complex and delightful story of a difficult child who wants to be the greatest Ninja ever. Like many of the anime that were derived from their manga, it has developed a great and loyal following, not merely because of the complexity, but the intense emotions and deep motivations. Uzumaki Naruto is a child that many children his age can identify with. It is a story of heroes and challenges, with just the right amount of silliness, humor, and budding romance.

In the beginning, Naruto is a noisy, arrogant, troublesome child, who performs disrespectful pranks around his village. He thinks he is going to be the greatest ninja ever, yet when he is tested, cannot perform even the simplest of techniques which all the other students have mastered. Alone, without any parents to look after him, he is identified with by his teacher, Iruka-sensei, who has also been alone since he was a child. It is known to everyone in the village, but not to Naruto, that he has a monster nine-tailed fox sealed inside of him. Twelve years earlier, the demon fox had attacked the village, destroying it, and killing Iruka's parents. But the village recovered, and the demon fox was neutralized by sealing it inside the newly-born child, Uzumaki Naruto. It was forbidden for anyone in the village to ever reveal the truth to others, especially to the child himself.

Alone, unrecognized and despised by everybody, Naruto performs his pranks to try to gain attention. In the end, when another final exam comes by, all the students are given the chance to demonstrate their developing ninja powers. Everyone passes, except Naruto, who attempts to create a replication of himself, but only succeeds in creating an absurd, weak, useless replication. Iruka, his teacher, has no choice but to fail him. Naruto is depressed, seeing everyone else graduate and acquire the symbol of graduation, a metal plate with the village symbol that they wear as a forehead protector.

Fate and an evil force conspire to give Naruto a second chance. A sly and untrustworthy teacher, Mizuki-sensei, befriends Naruto and convinces him that he can graduate if he steals the Scroll of Sealing and uses its immense and dangerous powers to learn impressive techniques that will allow him to pass. Secretly, Mizuki manipulates Naruto for his own ambition to steal the scroll. He is prepared to kill Naruto in the process.

Naruto steals the scroll and learns one primary and powerful technique. The head of the village, the Hokage-sama is angry by the theft, and sends the village ninjas out to find the childish thief. They are angry, saying that this was no mere prank, but a very dangerous act. Even Hokage-sama realizes that Naruto can cause great damage, and may even be able to unwittingly unseal the demon fox within him.

When Iruka has found Naruto, the boy is confused and exhausted. He has practised over and over one of the forbidden techniques. The teacher and student are set upon by Mizuki. The traitorous sensei injures and disables Iruka, ready to take the next step and steal the scroll and kill both witnesses. Iruka protects Naruto, who runs away, scampering off on all fours just like a fox. Mizuki pursues and catches up, but Iruka appears and is able to protect his student once more. When Naruto finds out the truth about the demon fox sealed inside of him, he realizes that Iruka is a loyal teacher and friend, who has only ever tried to help him. Mizuki attacks, but Naruto, still just a boy, unleashes his newly-developed technique of multiple shadow replication. The astonished Mizuki is beaten up by the hundreds of Naruto duplicates. Iruka is impressed, deciding then to graduate the boy. He gives Naruto his metal forehead protector as a symbol, and the boy is pleased and proud. But the wise Iruka-sensei warns the boy that the path of the ninja is just beginning and it will be a lot harder from here-on. Episode one ends on a note that is upbeat and with the anticipation of many adventures and lessons to come.

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The World of Naruto

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The seriousness of the Naruto story is often intermixed by pure silliness, but it all serves a purpose, propelling the young superhero forward on his path of adventure and growth.
After meeting Konohamaru, the annoying and aggressive grandson of the village Hokage, Naruto shows him no mercy, smacking him down before heading out the door. The child, seeking to become the next great village master ninja, The Fifth Hokage, becomes Naruto's follower, trying at first to remain unseen, but his efforts are ridiculously inadequate. He quickly learns to respect the older and somewhat wiser Naruto, deciding that he should become a student of the new graduate.

We are then introduced to information about the ninja's energy source, a substance that Naruto incorrectly identifies as chatora, meaning brown tiger. His young student is confused, envisions a large brown cat, then corrects his master, revealing that the word is actually chakra. Naruto covers his error, by telling the kid to "Shut up. Good Ninjas call it Chatora." We then learn that Chakra is the energy that you use to execute a technique. It is the inside body and spirit energy which can accumulate through experience and training. When you mix together training and experience, a seal is formed and the technique can be executed. It was Konohamaru who quoted this to his new-found teacher, Naruto being unfamiliar with the actual definition, although of its use his skills were much advanced.

Given this knowledge, the two young students embark on a training exercise, Naruto, teaching his very young charge, the silly and sexy "temptation" technique. The older Naruto is able to transform into a very beautiful girl, while the younger boy's efforts results in a fat, ugly hag. The combination of comedy and the logic behind the ninja lifestyle, lead to Naruto conducting the boy to various locations not very suitable for a boy his age. They go to a book store that sells girlie magazines so that they can "research pheromones". After the owner kicks them out, they head off to a woman's change room where they transform into girls before entering. Once again they are kicked out, with Naruto receiving a beating in the process. Here, we are introduced to the topic that Naruto is an older boy with a developing interest in girls, which will lead to complications in upcoming episodes.

When the younger boy's guardian, an elite Ninja master, finally catches up to them, he is upset that Naruto should be teaching so much nonsense to the grandson of the Third Hokage. "Young master, you are only going to get dumber and dumber if you hang around Naruto."
A showdown then ensues, but unlike the more serious and damaging fight of the earlier episode when Naruto earned his right to graduate by defeating a dangerous rival, the fight is much more comedic. Naruto surprises everyone by executing a combination of his Shadow Replication Technique (producing a hundred copies of himself) and his Temptation Technique, changing all of his duplicates into sexy women who ultimately subdue the distracted elite teacher. Witnessing this conflict on his crystal ball, the Third Hokage can only sadly conclude: "He made another stupid technique. I'll fall for it for sure, probably."

As the two young students part company, both realize they have parallel ambitions of becoming great Ninjas and achieving wide recognition. For now, this light-hearted view of the two immature students, much like the blind leading the blind, has introduced us to a variety of Ninja principles, attitudes, techniques, and resources, the most important of all being the power that could reside within all of us. Known as "chakra" here, the substance has been referenced in many works of fantasy and science fiction, not the least of which includes Star Wars, where it is known as "The Force." Here it is much more complex, though we are reminded of the growth of the youthful hero, Luke Skywalker, whenever we encounter Uzumaki Naruto.

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Team Gaara

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Baki

Temari

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SEX:FEMALE
SANDS
ENSI:NOT SAID IN THE CURRENT CHAPTERS OF SHONEN JUMP BUT HAS BEEN SEEN
SQUAD MEMBERS:GAARA,KANKURO
FAVE FOOD:N/A
FAVE JUTSU:WIND SCYTHE
MOST LIKE TO FIGHT:N/A

Temari is one of the very powerfull sand ninja she uses her wind scythe to attack her oppents with a very powerfull wind jutsu from the huge fan as seen above in the pic. Just as gaara its very hard for a ninja wepon or tool to attack her thanks to the powefull wind.

Naruto Characters: Temari