Key Takeaways
- Some of the most brutal and questionable moments in the Naruto manga were toned down in the anime.
- The comic features scenes with more visceral and shocking details, reinforcing the shock and brutality of certain events.
- Anime adaptations of Naruto often censor or change certain scenes to comply with broadcast standards, resulting in a more subdued depiction of the manga's content.
naruto One of the most popular shonen anime of all time. Fans love watching the famous character's journey from unwanted jinchuriki to the Seventh Hokage. The anime adaptation brilliantly captured the best of the manga, but couldn't escape the terrifying jaws of censorship.
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8 Best Naruto Characters That Never Fight
The following characters avoid confrontation in the dangerous world of Naruto.
Several brutal and questionable moments from the manga were toned down in the anime for understandable reasons. However, some fans can't help but feel as if the impact of these scenes is a little muted because the animation packs a punch.
8 In the manga, Shikamaru's arm melts to the bone.
Tayuya's genjutsu looks terrible.
- Comic chapter: “Playing without rooks and bishops” (Chapter 207) naruto)
Shikamaru is one of the best characters in the series and has had his fair share of challenging battles. In the Sasuke Retrieval arc, he ensured that the strengths of the squad sent to retrieve Sasuke were highlighted as they tracked down their target.
In the end, the group faced many enemies that stood in their way, and Shikamaru had to do the same in battle with Tayuya. This kunoichi used her flute music to trap Shikamaru in a genjutsu and his arms began to melt. In the manga, Shikamaru's bones are exposed after all his skin is removed, making this scene even more brutal.
7 Kakashi's Genjutsu against Sakura shows her brutally and mortally wounded Sasuke
No wonder Sakura was scared when she saw that.
- Comic chapter: “Only for Sasuke…!!” (Chapter 6 naruto)
Kakashi pulled no punches when training Team 7 and put them through a grueling ordeal that highlighted their inability to be an effective team due to their lack of teamwork. He could go easy on everyone, but the way he tortured Sakura clearly showed how difficult Kakashi-sensei was.
He uses a genjutsu to make Sakura see her crush while seriously injured, and the manga goes one step further. His broken leg and missing arm don't appear in the anime, and there's a good reason for that.
6 Orochimaru's human experiments appear in full force in the manga
The reason for his arrest becomes painfully clear
- Comic chapter: “Horrible experiment…!!” (Chapter 121 naruto)
Orochimaru's human experiments were explained in great detail in the anime, but fans didn't know the true extent of his depravity. This is reserved for the manga, which shows the horrific scene just before the Third Hokage comes to arrest his former student.
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Naruto: 8 Best Non-Combat Jutsu, Ranked
These are some of Naruto's best jutsu that are not combat oriented.
Seeing the human experiments hanging around his lab is an unacceptable sight. Especially since some of the corpses have been dissected. This is missing from the anime, which takes away some of Orochimaru's unbridled cruelty.
5 Sasuke's Chidori stabbed Naruto, leaving a hole in his chest.
Proving how important the Kyuubi's chakra is in healing Naruto in the second round.
- Comic chapter: Kakashi's Premonition (Episode 228) naruto)
Naruto and Sasuke's first battle in the Valley of the End was intense and brutal. After driving Naruto to the ground and breaking his neck, Sasuke uses the Chidori to pierce Naruto's chest and puncture his lung.
It's a cruel sight in the manga, but in the anime, Sasuke's hands are covered with active Chidori to hide the cruelty of the act. If Naruto's Kubbi chakra had not awakened at this point, he would have been dead forever.
4 Kaija's arm was cut off to mock Gato's remarks
A cruel way to destroy the morale of the villagers
- Comic chapter: “A country with heroes…!!” (Chapter 20 naruto)
The Land of Waves arc is a great introduction to: narutoThis mission gets even worse when Zabuza joins the fight. As he seeks asylum at home, Naruto learns from the villagers that a man who tried to save them from Gato's oppression was brutally punished to suppress the rebellion.
The business tycoon cut off both of Kaija's arms and sentenced him to death after mocking his words about using Kaija's hands to protect everyone. In the anime, his arm is still attached to his body after being beaten by Kaiza's bodyguards but before his execution.
3 The way Kimimaro's bones come out of his body looks terrible in the manga.
You can see his muscles pushing the bones together
- Comic chapter: Sakon's Secret (Episode 203) naruto)
Kimimaro is one of the most interesting characters in this work. naruto The series uses Kekkei Genkai to extend bones from the body and use them as weapons. If it weren't for the debilitating illness, he would have been Orochimaru's perfect vessel.
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Naruto: Most Powerful Mangekyou Sharingan Abilities, Ranking
The Mangekyo Sharingan, made famous by the Uchiha clan, is one of the greatest bloodline feats in the Naruto series. This is its most powerful ability.
He appears near the end of the Sasuke Retrieval arc to prevent reinforcements from the Leaf Village from ending the mission prematurely. The way his bones emerge from his body seems more visceral in the comics. Here you can see that his muscles are pushing out some of his skeleton, making this character a bone weapon that can be used to great effect.
2 Naruto's sexy martial arts transformation is less obscene in the anime
The smoke covering Naruto's female body plays a minimal role in the manga.
- Comic chapter: “Naruto Uzumaki!!” (Chapter 1 naruto)
Naruto's Sexy no Jutsu is usually played for laughs, as this dangerous transformation dazzles male enemies and distracts them enough for Naruto to land a powerful blow. The fight with Kaguya featured a callback to this technique when Naruto reversed the effect and summoned a slew of handsome men to distract the mother of all Shinobi.
Fans are well aware of how obscene this form is in the comics. Because a thin wisp of smoke barely covers the sensitive parts of Naruto's female body. The anime couldn't push things too far and had to increase the amount of smoke covering Naruto during this lewd transformation.
1 The final scene of Naruto and Sasuke's rematch has been toned down
The bleeding arm stump is covered in black to hide its gruesome nature.
- Comic chapter: “Naruto and Sasuke 5” (Episode 698) naruto)
Naruto and Sasuke's final fight is an epic way to end the series, with both fighters resolving their differences with Sasuke finally admitting defeat. However, his stubborn nature means that he will not stop before he fires his last Chidori with all his might and collides with Naruto's Rasengan one last time.
The resulting crash drains all of their chakra and blows off their arms, merging into pools of blood, meaning their conflict is over for good. One of the things fans complain about today is that the arms in the anime are blacked out. This may seem like a small change, but it takes away from the meaning of this iconic scene.
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Naruto: Shippuden
- release date
- February 15, 2007
- season
- 22
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naruto
- release date
- October 2, 2002
- season
- 5
