Why in Naruto every character has pain full childhood

[uchihamad]

 

[itachifan7]

i dont know cause kish felt like it

 

[ShinraRengan]

not madara, itachi, kiba, shino, shikamaru, hashirama, etc...

 

[Sabuto Hayashi]

Because pain and overcoming it is a general theme of the series. xd

 

[iMicLykTyson]

The ninja world is full of pain,, it is to be expected

 

[GiantShuriken]

From the first arc its like Zabuza said, the ninjas are merely tools and their feelings are neglected. It is a story of sadness and despair. And it culminated in Pain's attack on Konoha and Obito's project tsuki no me.

 

[KGB Kakuzu]

Relatively Normal

Shikamaru
Choji
Kiba
Shino
Ino
Sakura
Tenten
Gai
Kurenai
Itachi

SOL

Naruto
Sasuke
Hinata
Neji
Kakashi
Nagato, Konan, Yahiko
Kabuto

I guess it just happens that a lot of the more story driven characters tend to have bad backgrounds (Sakura being an exception)

 

[GiantShuriken]

Relatively Normal

Shikamaru
Choji
Kiba
Shino
Ino
Sakura
Tenten
Gai
Kurenai
Itachi

SOL

Naruto
Sasuke
Hinata
Neji
Kakashi
Nagato, Konan, Yahiko
Kabuto

I guess it just happens that a lot of the more story driven characters tend to have bad backgrounds (Sakura being an exception)

Gaara's past is pretty terrible too.

I agree that in stories like these people with bad backgrounds are the norm.

 

[LOVELESS]

It gives Kishi an excuse to make anyone anyone turn evil

 

[supino]

because most of the characters are just kids, not enough time for them to grow up and have painful experiences throughout their lives.

for the few characters which the above statement is not entirely true, ie Kakashi, Nagato, you can see that their entire lives are more realistic given the context. Kakashi was born in a big and powerful village of a big and powerful country, he had his share of bad experiences but in a way he was better shielded than Nagato who had to grow up in a small country and see not just his family and friends die but also live in a whole mess out of a village.