Nagato (Naruto)

Pain is a male character who features in Naruto.

Biography

Nagato (長門, Nagato)

When he was a child, Nagato lived in Amegakure with his parents and Madara Uchiha, secretly, transplanted his Rinnegan into Nagato without his knownledge. During the Second Shinobi World War, Nagato's parents are killed by two Konoha shinobi who broke their home. Overcome with grief, Nagato used Madara's Rinnegan for the first time to kill them and avenge his parents. Nagato, now an orphan, was forced to leave home and begin wandering in search of food and shelter, until he was found by Konan and Yahiko, orphans like himself. They banded together, acquired food to survive through any means, and sharing the dream a future where they could use their power to eliminate war. Yahiko was particularly passionate about this point, which inspired Nagato to adopt the same goal. In order to accomplish this, the three would need to become ninja. With few options to choose from, they approached Konoha's "Legendary Sannin", Jiraiya, who was guilty over his participation in the war, offered to teach them how to look out for themselves and later, change his mind and began teaching them ninjutsu. Jiraiya trained the orphans for three years, until he have decided that three were ready to forge out on their own and he returned to Konoha.

The three formed an organisation they called "Akatsuki", with Yahiko as leader, they began advocating an end to war. Their message proved popular and they gathered many followers and during the Third Shinobi World War, they were approached by a disguised Obito Uchiha, who was introduced as Madara Uchiha, offering to help them in their pursuits and show Nagato how to unlock the full potential of his Rinnegan. Yahiko refused the offer, suspecting Tobi only meant to use them. Hanzō of the Salamander, the leader of Amegakure, decides that Yahiko's group is a threat to his rule. Hanzō kidnaps Konan and tells Nagato that he must kill Yahiko if he wants Konan to live. Yahiko immediately drives himself onto Nagato's kunai, killing himself for Konan's sake. Nagato is horrified and angered by Yahiko's death and uses his Rinnegan to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to defeat Hanzō's men and Danzō's Root shinobi, while Hanzō himself escaped. Afterwards, Nagato severed his ties with Amegakure, no longer wishing to be affiliated with Hanzō's village. After Yahiko's death, Nagato take over the name of "Pain",. As the damage he'd received from Hanzō's attack and the link with the Demonic Statue left him frail and immobile, Nagato create his "Six Paths of Pain", which he controlled remotely.

Notes

• Pain was created by Masashi Kishimoto where he featured in the Naruto universe.
• In Sha no Sho, Kishimoto briefly explains the philosophy behind Pain's design, stating, "He's Akatsuki's leader, so he has to look fairly cool, but I still wanted him to look dangerous. Since his name is 'Pain', I decided to add some piercings to his body, like he's the kind of guy who would inflict pain upon himself". Notable among the few unused concept designs is a small sketch in which Pain appears to wear a partial mask and feather, or horn-like accessories fitted to his forehead protector.

Appearances

• Naruto:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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