00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today, we'll be counting down our picks for the top 10 saddest
00:14Naruto deaths.
00:31The fathers of Shikamaru and Ino may not take the field in the final war against the Tentails,
00:37but they have a vital role to play.
00:39With the allied HQ, Shikaku devises strategies and Inoichi transmits them to the battlefield.
00:46Unfortunately, Madara has the Tentails target headquarters with a massive attack.
00:57The duo's calm resignation in the face of impending death is admirable, while the quiet
01:03of the distant massive explosion really hits home.
01:11Even so, it's wonderful that they were able to contact their kids before they died, ensuring
01:16one last goodbye, and that they're able to pass on a plan to deal with the apocalyptic
01:21beast.
01:31He may be the architect for a ton of terrible events that occur in the franchise, but Obito
01:36isn't a cut-and-dry villain.
01:38He has a lot of parallels with Naruto, and everyone's favorite knuckle-headed ninja manages to show
01:44Obito the error of his ways.
01:56In the final battle with Kaguya, Obito sacrifices himself to save Naruto and Kakashi when she
02:02attacks them.
02:03As he crumbles away, he tells Naruto to follow his dreams to become Hokage.
02:17We also get to see him reunite with Rin, he and Kakashi's departed childhood friend in
02:22the afterlife.
02:24One of Naruto's biggest lessons is empathy for your enemy, and we do feel for Obito here.
02:31The cousin of Naruto's future wife, Neji is initially at odds with both of them, as
02:43he finds his own station as a subservient part of his own family to be proof that fate cannot
02:49be chosen.
02:50Naruto proves him wrong, and he becomes friendlier with both of them.
02:59During the final war, when Naruto and Hinata are nearly killed by an attack from the Tentails,
03:04Neji throws himself in front of them both.
03:09He is the only one of Naruto's peers to die during the war, but his death makes an impact.
03:15The fact that he chose his own fate, saving the people who showed him he could, is as poetic
03:21as it is tragic.
03:28The sensei of Team 10, including Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji, Azuma gets into a battle with
03:41two members of the Akatsuki along with Shikamaru.
03:44While skilled, neither of the two Akatsuki seem able to die.
03:57Hidan in particular is able to transfer damage from himself to someone whose blood he's ingested.
04:04This lets him deal a mortal blow to Azuma by stabbing himself.
04:17Shikamaru's helplessness as his teacher is killed breaks our hearts.
04:22And when Azuma delivers his final words to his students, we tear up every time.
04:27Good thing it's raining during this scene, that'll hide our tears in real life.
04:43The night-held fox sealed inside Naruto since infancy, Kurama has had a rocky relationship
04:49with his host, but they eventually come to understand each other and become friends.
04:54In the final confrontation with Ishiki Otsutsuki, Kurama and Naruto activate Baryon Mode, a massive
05:10power-up with a heavy cost.
05:12Although Naruto is under the impression that it will kill them both, Kurama reveals that
05:17only he will die.
05:27Naruto's tearful realization of what's happening is absolutely heart-rending.
05:32If that doesn't get your waterworks going, then the flashbacks of their relationship over
05:36the years surely will.
05:42While several villains' deaths are tragic, few have left their mark on the Naruto fanbase
05:50quite like Zabuza and Haku.
05:53After all, they were the first.
06:01Haku gives his life to save Zabuza, taking a blow meant for him delivered by Kakashi.
06:11Although Zabuza initially appears unaffected by his partner's death, Naruto's impassioned
06:17speech drives even a hardened killer like him to tears, and leads to the battered villain
06:22taking down his former employer in badass fashion before succumbing to his wounds.
06:35The duo's deaths left a big impact on not only Naruto himself but also his story in general
06:41and everyone who has experienced it.
07:00Number 4 Itachi Uchiha Itachi is one of the Naruto franchise's most
07:05complex characters.
07:07Initially an object of hatred by his brother Sasuke for killing their clan, Itachi dies
07:12smiling after their fight, imitating a gesture he used to do to him when they were kids.
07:23It's later revealed that Itachi spared his brother out of love and that he was always
07:27loyal to the leaf village.
07:29While this revelation certainly makes his death sadder upon rewatch, it makes his second death
07:34even more of a tearjerker.
07:43Upon being resurrected, Itachi fights side by side with Sasuke.
07:48Upon undoing his resurrection, Itachi gets a proper goodbye with his brother, telling him
07:53how much he loves him.
08:00Number 3 Hiruzen Sarutobi, the third Hokage The grandfatherly third Hokage engages in
08:07a titanic final duel with his former student Orochimaru on a rooftop.
08:12After a lot of back and forth, Hiruzen uses the reaper death seal to seal Orochimaru away.
08:29Ultimately he only gets his arms, taking away his snaky student's ability to use jutsu.
08:35Hiruzen's vision fading and flickering to see his former pupil as a child hits hard, but
08:41not as hard as his funeral.
08:54Nearly everyone in the village turns up and the tears pour nearly as much as the rain does.
08:59He may not be the first Hokage chronologically, but Hiruzen Sarutobi was the first one introduced
09:06to Naruto and to the audience, so he kind of epitomized the title for us all.
09:21Number 2 Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki
09:26The death of Naruto's parents was always going to hit different, but no one is prepared
09:30for how tragic it is when they see it.
09:46During Kurama's attack on the village, instigated by Obito, Kushina and Minato worked together
09:51to contain the beast and drive Obito off.
09:54Unfortunately both of them are impaled by the huge fox before they conceal him completely.
10:13Watching the two of them give dying words of advice to their infant son is so unbearably
10:18sad, especially knowing everything Naruto has gone through growing up.
10:22Only one death manages to elicit more tears than these two.
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10:50Number 1 Jiraiya Teacher to both Minato and Naruto, Jiraiya
10:55is a father or avuncular figure for both of them.
10:59Unfortunately while investigating Akatsuki, Jiraiya finds himself overmatched when facing another
11:05former student, Pain.
11:17Outnumbered by Pain's many bodies, Jiraiya suffers lethal wounds and even has his throat
11:22crushed.
11:23However, he is able to use a toad ally to deliver a final coded message to help the village.
11:29As he sinks down into the water, Jiraiya thinks over his story, as well as his hopes for the
11:43future.
11:44And just when you think you can't sob any harder, his spirit touches Naruto on the shoulder.
11:54Which Naruto death hit you the hardest?
12:02Let us know in those comments below!
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