Was it ever shown in the manga

[Soloist]

That kurama could breath fire

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[RustledJimmies]

Lol ? Kurama is a dragon ? Wouldn't that mean that Naruto is the Dragonborn ?

 

[Zealous Sparks]

Naruto's 6 Tailed form shot mini TBBs at the CT [

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], but the fire breathing was an added effect in the anime.

 

[Darkdro]

He can't. Is that pic fake?? Or is the anime full of shit?

 

[Soloist]

He can't. Is that pic fake?? Or is the anime full of shit?

I watched this happen in the episode so I think the anime just add shit

 

[Decimo Blaze]

lel no, i wonder why the anime did that

 

[Kazehime Seirin]

Dat Kurama XD

 

[Shruikan]

He looks like Alduin from Skyrim

 

[Natsu Shazneel]

KuramaballZ

 

[Sennin of Logic]

Original scan.

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No fire. I suppose this was more of the BS the animators pulled during that time.

 

[SkyGodHorus]

It was a mistake done by studio pierrot and from what I hear, Kishimoto wasn't very happy about it lol.

If you want to get literal though, in the nine bijuu Japanese folklore, Kurama was in fact a fire elemental.