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I have chosen a winner.
The winner is: Centipede
I also liked Jack Spicer and EdwardSama's entry, but I felt like Centipedes was more thought out.
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I have chosen a winner.
The winner is: Centipede
Best Villain in Naruto
I will be answering Prompt 2. In this post, I will be explaining who I think is the best villain and why I believe so. I personally am under the assumption that Nagato [As well as his guise, Pein] is the greatest villain in Naruto. I will explore a various concepts to prove my point.
Criteria for a Good Villain
Relatable and Human-Like; Three Dimensional Character
Active and Significant Role in Plot/Main Protagonist
Twisted Sense of Morality - Commits Atrocious Act
Intimidating Posture and a Menacing Nature
A Man
Nagato, in comparison to other villains such as Orochimaru and Madara, is very human-like. For example he portrays emotion. As a young lad, Nagato was sensitive about the concept of killing and harming another. This shows he wasn't an unemotional man, but a boy who had feelings and thought about others. He killed Jiraiya and ruthlessly at that, but still took a moment to remember his sensei. In fact, even after the death of Deidara who wasn't too special an Akatsuki member, he told people to mourn his death alone. He respects people, admires people, has feelings and cares about others. In fact, he wanted to protect Konan and Yahiko with his life which he failed to do but his intention was to protect them.
Nagato is one of the three main foils of Naruto Uzumaki. The first being Gaara who resembled Naruto in the sense of them both being Jinchuriki and discriminated against for. They both lived for something - Gaara to prolong and establish his existence while Naruto lived to catch attention. Naruto eventually got Iruka-sensei, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura and others on his side but Gaara never got anyone. Gaara is what Naruto would have became had nobody acknowledged him.
Obito is the third. They were both shinobi who were below-average and constantly competing with another member of their team who they always fell short of. They also possessed feelings for a girl who loved another. They both had the Will of Fire - the will to never give up and constantly staying positive. Obito is what would have happened had Naruto's will was broken.
Nagato is the second. Nagato and Naruto were both students of Jiraiya and both were thought to be the Child of Prophecy, a child who will bring peace to the Ninja-World. Both wanted to bring peace and both cared about their companions and sought about making Jiraiya's ideals reality with their own sense of justice. However, other than a difference in moral, nothing truly distinguishes the two. Naruto and Nagato are identical - Nagato isn't Naruto had ___ happened. Nagato and Naruto don't have anything to truly separate the two - both experienced pain, lost people and made friends.
This is what makes Nagato the perfect-foil and also, the perfect villain.
A Leader
Nagato is clearly a key-figure in the series. First, Nagato is at the top of the hierarchy of the villainous group known as the Akatsuki which already signals his importance. Deidara, Sasori, Kakuzu, Hidan, Konan, Itachi, Tobi, Kisame - these have all perpetrated evil acts but couldn't have done so without the man in charge.. Nagato. The Uzumaki hired and ordered these ninja to do what they did and what have his actions led to?
Capturing and Sealing of Seven of the Nine Bijū
This one act has had a devastating effect on the Shinobi-World. It destabilized the balance that was established by Shodai to create peace in the Ninja-World. By the Invasion of Pain Arc, Konohagakure and Kumogakure held overwhelming power simply due to possessing Kurama and Gyūki while Sunagakure, Kirigakure and Iwagakure had no Bijū. In addition, because of the capturing and sealing of the beasts, Tobi [Obito] had an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield, possessing Six Tailed-Beasts at his disposal to battle the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Recruiting of the Member of the Akatsuki
This was also a very influential and led to all that happened above. The Akatsuki killed thousands of shinobi prior to the Fourth Shinobi World War - it ended with the death of nearly everyone in Konohagakure [prior to everyone getting revived], thousands in Sungakure due to Deidara's Invasion, many in Iwagakure also due to. All the villages and many other large entities felt the damage caused directly by the Akatsuki.
Invasion of Pain
Konohagakure was destroyed. Many, many, many ninja died because of this Invasion. This included Kakashi and thousands of unknown shinobi and led to the near-fatal wounding of Tsunade, Hinata, Shikamaru and many more. Konohagakure, geographically was obliterated and a crater was all that remained when Naruto arrived and launched his counter-attack. After the Invasion, Konohagakure spent months and is presumably still working on repairing all the damage that was caused.
Assassination of Jiraiya the Gallant
Jiraiya was a Sannin and was arguably the strongest ninja in Konohagakure at the time of his death with only Tsunade and Danzou rivalling his strength. Nagato, without too much difficulty killed him - the man who trained him, the man who taught him the ideology he lived by, the man who played the father-figure in Nagato's life and without remorse, Nagato killed him as he was an intruder with no regard to their past experiences.
A Mind
What made Nagato unique is that he wanted peace. He truly wanted to bring peace and actually thought his ideology was the only possible way to create it. His ideology gave birth to a sadistic, extremist-like morale. Here are a couple of things that Nagato did for his interpretation of peace that were not already acknowledged in the previous section.
Declaration of the Amegakure Civil War
This undoubtedly led to the death of thousands of shinobi. It is a war - Hanzou and his henchmen appear quite powerful as the Akatsuki back then was. It would have likely been a war of attrition seeing as subsequent to the completion of the war, the only apparent Akatsuki members were Konan and Nagato.
The Great Amegakure Purges
Nagato slaughtered anyone and everyone who worked for Hanzou. He didn't stop there: he killed anyone and everyone related to them too. If you had a connection with Hanzou and his reign or Yahiko's Death, then Nagato will kill you. He murdered thousands of innocent people in vengeance for the death of Yahiko.
An intelligent analogy was once made to separate people based on their mental fitness.
A mentally fit person thinks and knows that 2+2=4..
A sociopath knows 2+2=4, but refuses to believe it and thinks that 2+2=5..
A psychopaths thinks and knows that 2+2=5..
Nagato, oddly fits under all three. He thinks and knows that his ideology would lead to peace and it arguably can lead to peace. However, Naruto's ideology is the more correct and Obito's is more easier and Nagato deep down knows that love is essential to peace. He knows that love [4] is the right answer but refuses to believe it and goes about his own ideology. He also fits the last one - you could argue his ideology doesn't work.. at all but he thinks and "knows" his ideology does.
A God
Nagato had some of the most extensive hype in the series and some powers that made him different and a unique piglet among the litter.
He was renowned as a Kami [God] among his villagers. In fact, it was to the point that he believed it as well. He was the Child of Prophecy and the Savior of this World. A man sent down by the Gods to restore order and peace to the Shinobi-World [Star War fans might know what I'm pointing at]. Nagato was basically the "Chosen One" and he had the right to believe it. He was the leader of the Akatsuki for crying out loud.
Nagato possessed the Saṃsāra Eye [Rinnegan]. He was the only one since the Rikudo Sennin [From what we knew at the time] to possess those eyes. He had to be special - Rikudo Sennin was the former Savior of this World but Nagato was now his successor. The Uzumaki had uncomparable power. He possessed the Rikudo Jutsu and its subdivisions as well as the ability, which he took full advantage of to master all 5 Basic Transformations. He can see barriers and chakra and adding to this - he had unsurpassed Chakra Reserves.
His power was put to the test and he passed the test - he destroyed a whole village. He fought Konohagakure, Naruto, Kurama, Hinata, Kakashi, Naruto again and then revived everyone. Nobody has feats that can touch this other than possibly Tobi.
Why I think Nagato is the Best Villain, Summary
Illustrious Background
Human-Like
Powerful and Intimidating, Possess an Unsurpassed Cult
Has a dangerous but understandable ideology
Thank-you for reading.
I will be answering Prompt 2. In this post, I will be explaining who I think is the best villain and why I believe so. I personally am under the assumption that Nagato [As well as his guise, Pein] is the greatest villain in Naruto. I will explore a various concepts to prove my point.
Criteria for a Good Villain
Relatable and Human-Like; Three Dimensional Character
Active and Significant Role in Plot/Main Protagonist
Twisted Sense of Morality - Commits Atrocious Act
Intimidating Posture and a Menacing Nature
A Man
Nagato, in comparison to other villains such as Orochimaru and Madara, is very human-like. For example he portrays emotion. As a young lad, Nagato was sensitive about the concept of killing and harming another. This shows he wasn't an unemotional man, but a boy who had feelings and thought about others. He killed Jiraiya and ruthlessly at that, but still took a moment to remember his sensei. In fact, even after the death of Deidara who wasn't too special an Akatsuki member, he told people to mourn his death alone. He respects people, admires people, has feelings and cares about others. In fact, he wanted to protect Konan and Yahiko with his life which he failed to do but his intention was to protect them.
Nagato is one of the three main foils of Naruto Uzumaki. The first being Gaara who resembled Naruto in the sense of them both being Jinchuriki and discriminated against for. They both lived for something - Gaara to prolong and establish his existence while Naruto lived to catch attention. Naruto eventually got Iruka-sensei, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura and others on his side but Gaara never got anyone. Gaara is what Naruto would have became had nobody acknowledged him.
Obito is the third. They were both shinobi who were below-average and constantly competing with another member of their team who they always fell short of. They also possessed feelings for a girl who loved another. They both had the Will of Fire - the will to never give up and constantly staying positive. Obito is what would have happened had Naruto's will was broken.
Nagato is the second. Nagato and Naruto were both students of Jiraiya and both were thought to be the Child of Prophecy, a child who will bring peace to the Ninja-World. Both wanted to bring peace and both cared about their companions and sought about making Jiraiya's ideals reality with their own sense of justice. However, other than a difference in moral, nothing truly distinguishes the two. Naruto and Nagato are identical - Nagato isn't Naruto had ___ happened. Nagato and Naruto don't have anything to truly separate the two - both experienced pain, lost people and made friends.
This is what makes Nagato the perfect-foil and also, the perfect villain.
A Leader
Nagato is clearly a key-figure in the series. First, Nagato is at the top of the hierarchy of the villainous group known as the Akatsuki which already signals his importance. Deidara, Sasori, Kakuzu, Hidan, Konan, Itachi, Tobi, Kisame - these have all perpetrated evil acts but couldn't have done so without the man in charge.. Nagato. The Uzumaki hired and ordered these ninja to do what they did and what have his actions led to?
Capturing and Sealing of Seven of the Nine Bijū
This one act has had a devastating effect on the Shinobi-World. It destabilized the balance that was established by Shodai to create peace in the Ninja-World. By the Invasion of Pain Arc, Konohagakure and Kumogakure held overwhelming power simply due to possessing Kurama and Gyūki while Sunagakure, Kirigakure and Iwagakure had no Bijū. In addition, because of the capturing and sealing of the beasts, Tobi [Obito] had an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield, possessing Six Tailed-Beasts at his disposal to battle the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Recruiting of the Member
This was also a very influential and led to all that happened above. The Akatsuki killed thousands of shinobi prior to the Fourth Shinobi World War - it ended with the death of nearly everyone in Konohagakure [prior to everyone getting revived], thousands in Sungakure due to Deidara's Invasion, many in Iwagakure also due to. All the villages and many other large entities felt the damage caused directly by the Akatsuki.
Invasion of Pain
Konohagakure was destroyed. Many, many, many ninja died because of this Invasion. This included Kakashi and thousands of unknown shinobi and led to the near-fatal wounding
Assassination of Jiraiya the Gallant
Jiraiya was a Sannin and was arguably the strongest ninja in Konohagakure at the time of his death with only Tsunade and Danzou rivalling his strength. Nagato, without too much difficulty killed him - the man who trained him, the man who taught him the ideology he lived by, the man who played the father-figure in Nagato's life and without remorse, Nagato killed him as he was an intruder with no regard to their past experiences.
A Mind
What made Nagato unique is that he wanted peace. He truly wanted to bring peace and actually thought his ideology was the only possible way to create it. His ideology gave birth to a sadistic, extremist-like morale. Here are a couple of things that Nagato did for his interpretation of peace that were not already acknowledged in the previous section.
Declaration of the Amegakure Civil War
This undoubtedly led to the death of thousands of shinobi. It is a war - Hanzou and his henchmen appear quite powerful as the Akatsuki back then was. It would have likely been a war of attrition seeing as subsequent to the completion of the war, the only apparent Akatsuki members were Konan and Nagato.
The Great Amegakure Purges
Nagato slaughtered anyone and everyone who worked for Hanzou. He didn't stop there: he killed anyone and everyone related to them too. If you had a connection with Hanzou and his reign or Yahiko's Death, then Nagato will kill you. He murdered thousands of innocent people in vengeance for the death of Yahiko.
An intelligent analogy was once made to separate people based on their mental fitness.
A mentally fit person thinks and knows that 2+2=4..
A sociopath knows 2+2=4, but refuses to believe it and thinks that 2+2=5..
A psychopaths thinks and knows that 2+2=5..
Nagato, oddly fits under all three. He thinks and knows that his ideology would lead to peace and it arguably can lead to peace. However, Naruto's ideology is the more correct and Obito's is more easier and Nagato deep down knows that love is essential to peace. He knows that love [4] is the right answer but refuses to believe it and goes about his own ideology. He also fits the last one - you could argue his ideology doesn't work.. at all but he thinks and "knows" his ideology does.
A God
Nagato had some of the most extensive hype in the series and some powers that made him different and a unique piglet among the litter.
He was renowned as a Kami [God] among his villagers. In fact, it was to the point that he believed it as well. He was the Child of Prophecy and the Savior of this World. A man sent down by the Gods to restore order and peace to the Shinobi-World [Star War fans might know what I'm pointing at]. Nagato was basically the "Chosen One" and he had the right to believe it. He was the leader of the Akatsuki for crying out loud.
Nagato possessed the Saṃsāra Eye [Rinnegan]. He was the only one since the Rikudo Sennin [From what we knew at the time] to possess those eyes. He had to be special - Rikudo Sennin was the former Savior of this World but Nagato was now his successor. The Uzumaki had uncomparable power. He possessed the Rikudo Jutsu and its subdivisions as well as the ability, which he took full advantage of to master all 5 Basic Transformations. He can see barriers and chakra and adding to this - he had unsurpassed Chakra Reserves.
His power was put to the test and he passed the test - he destroyed a whole village. He fought Konohagakure, Naruto, Kurama, Hinata, Kakashi, Naruto again and then revived everyone. Nobody has feats that can touch this other than possibly Tobi.
Why I think Nagato is the Best Villain, Summary
Illustrious Background
Human-Like
Powerful and Intimidating, Possess an Unsurpassed Cult
Has a dangerous but understandable ideology
Thank-you for reading.
I also liked Jack Spicer and EdwardSama's entry, but I felt like Centipedes was more thought out.
