Naruto has some of the most beloved antagonists in anime.
This is because most of these characters are well built, with key elements that make us fear and love them at the same time. But among the most popular is one that curiously did not even make it to the middle of Shippuden: the mysterious leader Pain.
In this article we will explore why Pain ended up being the best antagonist of Naruto, and was one of the candidates for a new story. For this we will mention events in history, that if you have not seen it, here is a guide to see it Naruto Unfilled.
A fearsome and mysterious design
If the antagonists of Naruto is with their amazing original designs. But Pain wasn’t like any villain.
Pain and Yahiko’s body he is a pale man with a cold and apathetic gaze. All of his emotions seem dead, which helps give off an aura that he isn’t afraid of the consequences.
The Rinnegan design in his eyes was innovative and mysterious. The strange piercings on her body gave her a rebellious air, while the Akatsuki robe seemed to hide more secrets.
He went undefeated looking for Naru to
It’s hard to reveal an antagonist and create an impact on the audience when you don’t know anything about him. Something similar happened with Pain in Narutoalthough with one exception.
It sure was a big surprise to find out that Madara Uchiha was the one who really pulled the strings in Akatsuki. However, the biggest concern comes moments later, when he orders Pain to go hunting for Konoha’s nine-tailed fox: Naruto. The tension rises when Konan confirms that Pain had never lost a fight.
He murdered one of our favorite characters
When it comes to emotional deaths, Naruto has some of the best in the entire anime industry. And the battle between Pain and Jiraiya has brought tears to millions around the world.
Pain in general was just a name and a face by the time Jiraiya arrived at the rain village. However, after the epic fight against his former master, we were left in no doubt that Pain was dangerous.
It’s hard to think of bad antagonists when they don’t really change anything. For example, the reanimated ninjas from the war didn’t really affect the plot. Sasori also doesn’t seem to have given us more than a moment of fame for Sakura. However, Pain took Jiraiya the gallant away from us forever.
After a worse childhood than Narutostill wished for world peace
Many fans of Naruto they had the inconvenience of ending up understanding Pain, who was the leader of Akatsuki.
Pain’s childhood, or Naga to Uzumaki, was not easy at all. But despite having lived through a nightmare as a child, and after having lost everything, he created an organization to seek peace with his friends. However, Nagato continued to lose everything, giving birth to a new ideology.
Pain’s plan was to achieve world peace. The organization wanted to monopolize the weapons of war to enact combat between countries. After laying waste to entire territories, the pain of war would bring a momentary peace.
According to Pain, this was the most realistic form of peace that could exist in a world of war. He would play god, and see that humans unite through pain.
He kept his potential hidden until the end
The design and words may have given Pain a fearsome aura. However, what terrified us most about this antagonist of Naruto It was what we still didn’t know about him.
But the most interesting thing was that the more we knew about Pain, the more doubts appeared. We fans had to theorize about the mystery of his multiple bodies, his relationship with Jiraiya, and the legendary Rinnegan.
The entire Pain arc was about discovering Pain’s powers. Not to defeat him, of course, since Jiraiya confirmed that he was already dead. All the information collected seemed to be just to survive until finding the real body.
However, even up to the time of her death, Nagato seemed to hide several secrets from Pain. These involved the massive use of his visual techniques and the strange chakra-draining rods. Even his potential for goodness was put to the test, and he ended up surprising us all.
He had well-defined skills
It is true that while searching for NarutoWe knew next to nothing about Pain and he seemed like some kind of god. Konoha only had the information gathered by Jiraiya, and even then it was not enough to save the village.
However, little by little all of his abilities and limitations were revealed, which made Pain more interesting as a character. Unlike Madara Uchiha who made and broke the established rules, Nagato suffered with every skill he used. In fact, the reason for his death was to have abused his power to revive after an extensive battle.
Knowing that Pain had limitations but was very strong and talented added a lot of value to him as an antagonist and character.
affected the purpose of Naruto forever
The protagonists of shonen anime do not usually have much personality. However, Kishimoto wanted to do something different with Narutowho at first only talked about peace.
In the fight against Pain, the antagonist showed him that the attack on Konoha was justice for him. it was like that Naruto He understood that conflicts can be seen from different points of view, however unpleasant it may be.
It was from this fight that Naruto expanded his goals. He still dreamed of becoming Hokage, but now he had a more meaningful reason for it than just being recognized. He would do it to create a world where people could understand each other.
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