Does Tragedy Make a Character Stronger?

[Ludicrous]

Naruto: Lost his parents, friend and teacher, bullied, emotionally hurt
Sasuke: Entire clan and close brother killed
Madara: Family & brother killed and Uchiha name shunned in Konoha
Obito: Orphaned, treated as weak, lost Rin, etc.
Pain: Lost family, friends and lost sense of peace

What do they have in common? They all turned out to be the strongest.

Is Kishi telling us that to become stronger we have go through a tragedy?

Does this apply to everything?

 

[Angelic.]

It's more interesting but gai seemed ok

 

[Dantee]

Not exactly. It just shaped their will and they all gained a resolve to become as strong as they can be. Coincidentally they ended up getting stronger due to prophecies, gifts, bloodlines and enhacements.

 

[Claymantan]

Naruto: Lost his parents, friend and teacher, bullied, emotionally hurt
Sasuke: Entire clan and close brother killed
Madara: Family & brother killed and Uchiha name shunned in Konoha
Obito: Orphaned, treated as weak, lost Rin, etc.
Pain: Lost family, friends and lost sense of peace

What do they have in common? They all turned out to be the strongest.

Is Kishi telling us that to become stronger we have go through a tragedy?

Does this apply to everything?

I like this thread

Kishi is saying that to become stronger you must overcome obstacles. Might Gai and Lee are strong specifically because they try to be strong. The same goes for characters like Hinata or Shikamaru. No real tragedy befell their increase in strength (Might Gai lost his dad, but that wasn't portrayed as much tragically as much as it was showing Gai what true strength was).

Those quoted characters happened to overcome or have to deal with much stronger tragedies. Logically if the tragedy doesn't destroy you (ex: Sakumo), then you must be pretty strong, right or wrong.

 

[DominiqueX]

Pretty much, in a way at least.
To move on after tragic events requires a lot of strength and definitely makes you stronger, if it doesn't destroy you (mentally).

 

[Rikudou Tobi]

Typically they do. The ones that can't let go usually end up being stronger.

 

[SenseiSama]

Only if the person has the will to do so. Sasuke got stronger with hatred but he needed Naruto and Itachi to motivate him, if he were alone from the start he would never have reached his full potential.

 

[Obito the supreme jin]

No Kishi does not solely imply that tragedy makes you stronger.

Undergoing a heavy traumatic moment might be one thing to making a person's will stronger but it isn't everything. Hard work makes a person get better at being a ninja.

Take for example Sakura or Rock Lee. These two characters had no tragic moment at any points in their lives but they still sought to strive harder. Sakura went from a nobody tonecoming the strongest medic female ninja alive. Storing all the chakra to get Byagoku required effort. Rock Lee knew no ninjutsu not genjutsu but he still capitalized on the skill he knew best Taijutsu. The Gates are pretty OP and the strongest Tai technique.

Tragedies don't really apply to everyone but the character's who went through those big tragic moments were usually the best written characters.

 

[Insomniac Fueled Suicide]

Naruto: Lost his parents, friend and teacher, bullied, emotionally hurt
Sasuke: Entire clan and close brother killed
Madara: Family & brother killed and Uchiha name shunned in Konoha
Obito: Orphaned, treated as weak, lost Rin, etc.
Pain: Lost family, friends and lost sense of peace

What do they have in common? They all turned out to be the strongest.

Is Kishi telling us that to become stronger we have go through a tragedy?

Does this apply to everything?

I feel like if their is a message it is survive through tragedies and getting through hardships makes people strong both emotionally and in some cases physically. But I feel as if the main point is to make the character more relatable if you lost something important or to make you feel sorry for a character.

 

[wanderingcactus]

basically what Kishi is saying is that the more miserable you get, the better the handout you get from a greater being.

 

[lord seventh]

Naruto: Lost his parents, friend and teacher, bullied, emotionally hurt
Sasuke: Entire clan and close brother killed
Madara: Family & brother killed and Uchiha name shunned in Konoha
Obito: Orphaned, treated as weak, lost Rin, etc.
Pain: Lost family, friends and lost sense of peace

What do they have in common? They all turned out to be the strongest.

Is Kishi telling us that to become stronger we have go through a tragedy?

Does this apply to everything?

Its not tragedy that makes them stronger its the motivation that makes them stronger
Like naruto don't even know about incident still he wants to achieve power
Sasuke wants revenge on itachi
Obito's motivation became rin he wants to become stronger to show rin how cool he is
Madara wants to be stronger to establish village with hashi

Yeah but tragedy may provide a way of motivation

 

[NarutoX28]

This was emphasized for the Uchiha as tragedies trigger strong emotions which enhances their chakra as result.

 

[Bolt Uzumaki]

Makes their back stories more interesting.

 

[Guitar Hero]

Uchiha characters would benefit more from tragic backstories(power wise) i guess.