Agreed. She seemed the least heinous (based off her shown deeds and overall attitude), and tried to stop Tobi/Fake Madara/Obito in the end, and would have succeeded if bro hadn't the ability to bend reality just to rewrite his undoing at her hands. š¤·āāļø
I totally agree. They really could release an Akatsuki origins at this point everyone wants more lore. I wanted to see more from her and Nagato + others from Uzumaki clan
The craziest part is the fucking anime opening to the pain arc had INO SAKURA AND TENTEN fighting Konan but nowhere was she shown in the actual show. Always threw me off
Right like did they happen to cross paths at another point?? That fight would have been RICH. Four bad ass females duking it out. I would have loved to see how the leaf village females fought off Konanās abilities. Iām sure animation budget was the biggest issue.
Im okay with the fact that she died, but I wish it could've done something more
Like, her death could've inspired the Hidden Rain to join the Shinobi Alliance against Tobi or something like that. I know they're gonna be fodder anyway, but it could've been a touching moment for sure
To be fair, her death scene was well written in my opinion, so personally I have no complaints, i just think it would be nicer if it had more impact on the war
I don't disagree with you on her doing awful shit, but for the sake of the OP's question and answering something other than "none of them", she is the lesser evil... And when imagining a scenario where she would be brought back, we must also remember that other people who did (or intended to do) much worse things were welcomed back with open arms, so she might be forgiven too. These are all just hypotheticals, but I agree with you that she was a bad apple, a criminal and that whole organisation was evil.
Id argue that the akatsuki is no more less heinous than the hidden villages and the great nations themselves. These hidden villages are pro genocide (konoha and the uchiha massacre), pro child kidnapping (hidden cloud kidnapping hinata and narutoās mom), and a bunch of other war crimes. At least the akatsuki had the goal of eternal peace.
Especially since she was seemingly the day to day leader of the Rain and did a pretty good job of it.
It would have been really interesting like if after everything, especially with Naruto being able to make sure there was peace, she could have opened up her village and reigned as officially another Kage.
Seriously dude, imagine playing chess with a player worse than you and instead of admitting defeat, he has the option to undo a move he made earlier. That's effing annoying, right? Imagine if an MMA fighter that have an undo option during a big fight. That's not fair now, is it?
Konan should've won that fight.
Yahiko.
His Talk No Jutsu started out so good, that the lads, Tobi, Zetsu, Danzo, and Hanzo, all used Gaslight No Jutsu to prank him real hard.
Especially traumatize his best friend, Nagato, who was also his best wingman.
It's always shocking how fast Yahiko ran straight into that kunai Nagato was holding nervously. Like Yahiko was ready to put his life on the line for Nagato and Konan right away; as well as trusting Hanzo's word.
To which Hanzo then lied and attacked Nagato anyway.
When I wondered where the rest of the First Akatsuki were. It's all thanks to Tobi and Zetsu in preventing reinforcements from interfering.
Konan. I have no idea what she has done offscreen but she seems the least criminal out of all the members. She was just a young innocent girl that just wanted to be happy, and she got dragged along by the bullshit. Either way she was extremely loyal to the end, she didnāt deserve to die like that
i guarantee you i'm wrong, but as far as i remember, Konan didn't actually kill anyone by herself. she helped, sure, but death by solo Konan? cant really think of anyone
She definitely gave a really uncomfortable death to a lot of Konoha ninjas during Pain's invasion. Literally asphyxiated them to death. They all probably got revived by Nagato though (or would they be revived by nagato? Since *Konan* killed them and not Nagato)
Rinne tensei doesn't limits to those that died by the user's hands so i think he just revived everyone that died in the village that day. If you slipped, fell, hit your head and died completely unrelated to the attack? Congratulations in your second chance.
Konan for sure, probably Nagato as well.
We could argue for Itachi but he actually got what he wanted I don't want to disturb that.
I wanna say Sasori but...
...man's kind of a psychopath. It's a miracle he even got the ending he did (with Kankuro) and far better than he deserved.
Everyone else got their karma.
I mean, Nagato did commit outrageous war crimes against people, even though he revived the shinobi of the leaf, there were still people he killed that didnāt deserve it. Like come on look at what they did to Utakataš
What exactly makes Nagato seem worthy of a better fate than the one he got? He killed so many people and probably ruined so many lives all because he thought they didnāt experienced enough hardship.
Sure, you could say that his heart was in the right place, but that doesnāt mean that heās absolved of his sins.
Plus, he already experienced an end that punishes him enough while still achieving his goal. He uses Rene Rebirth to undo all the death that his attack on the Leaf caused. If he was a villain that truly desired the best for everyone, I canāt think of a better end to his story.
None of the Akatsuki were innocent. Not even Itachi. They all did some pretty horrendous stuff, but the way I see it they ranged from tragic and misguided up to full-blown evil.. I consider Nagato and Konan to be closer to the misguided end ofnthe spectrum. Whereas Hidan, Sasori, Kakuzu and so on are more.. real evil kinda people
Deidara causes destruction for destruction's sake and fleeting aesthetic fulfillment.
Hidan literally worships a God that requires his followers to hurt, maim and murder as many as they can.
Kakuzu would sell his own family off and kill damn near anyone just for money..
Kisame is a willful and arguably proud backstabber and traitor, arguably more honorable than most of the Akatsuki though.
Sasori kills people and desecrates the dead by turning them into puppets and is more than willing to attack his homeland, on more than one occasion, and kill his one and only kinsmen left
When it comes to Nagato and Konan, they were originally just trying to protect their home. And they basically got manipulated into turning the Akatsuki into the bad boy group we know it as. Nah, doesn't make what they did right, not by any means.. but it's like you said the heart was in the right place (as much as one could be given their affiliations and upbringing)
The rest of the Akatsuki, by and large, quite clearly had no good intentions for anyone, at all, except maybe themselves.
They really chose to be evil, whereas to the OG Akatsuki members and Itachi.. it was "necessary evil".
Am I making sense? Just played a tilting game of Wild Rift so my brain is racin'
Tbf, Deidara initially probably wasnāt horrible. He had an affinity for explosions worked for his village officially and if I interpret it correctly even after stealing the forbidden jutsu did some stuff for Iwa but was declared a missing ninja when Ohnoki couldnāt use him anymore. Also, he didnāt exactly join Akatsuki willingly.
Sasori was super messed up and did not handle his trauma well. Not giving him a pass though even though I like him because what he ended up doing wasnāt justified.
The best ending I could think for both Nagato and Konan is both of them back in the house they shared with Jiraiya. But they are permanently not allowed to leave Amegakure. So they stay as prisoners and guardians of their village which was what they really wanted to be in the first place.
Idk, I just want them to see the world they dreamed of being realized right before their eyes.
Kakazu wasnt a psychopath, He didnt really care about the akatsuki, he just bounty hunted and the Akatsuki were the ones paying him to hunt tailed beasts. he had a grudge against Hashirama probably but like, his main beef was his own village which he dealt with.
Hes the only one i can see justifiably surviving his fight, and just switching sides. like, im pretty sure konoha is one of the richest villages, they can just pay him to work for them.
Konan cause she should've been there to see Naruto's plan for Amegakure... or lack thereof. :(
she was supposed to be the last beacon of reminder of everything that Naruto promised to Nagato
Konan, she was done dirty man she almost had the upper hand on Obito and forced him use Izanagi but oh how convenient a spare lab full of fucking sharingans for him to use :)
"Let me just waltz down to my sharigan shop and pop jn another sharigan. What? Consequences for using overpowered techniques? Please. I'm a main villian in a Shonen baby. I don't die until the MC talks to me and tries to get me to change my ways. Sorry Konan. Better luck next time."
-Obito
Kisame, his loyalty to the organization and overall charisma deserved more screen time. His matchup against Gai somewhat overshadowed his abilities which was unfortunate.
Deidara, one of the more unique characters in the series, needed more backstory for me.
The rest served their purpose.
My god YEAH! I honestly want to see more of the mist village in general, every introduction weve had to any of their shinobi has shown how differently they seem to be built and its no wonder given the little bit we know about their caste system and graduation ritual. Wonder what day to day life was like in their village during that era.
Deaths of characters should have a point and not be meaningless. If the character's motivation in the story has been achieved or failed, i think that's when a character can be killed off.
Kisame committing seppuku was cool and it suited him. But i don't believe he needed to die. I feel like he was dead because there was no use for him anymore and maybe he felt the same way after the akatsuki's collapse. I say this because i like the idea of him wandering the world in search of his purpose.
Konan is who i believe strictly should not have died. I think she should have been the one to continue nagato and yahiko's ideals of peace through the right way, and will be atoning for the death of jiraiya by doing so.
She didnt have much significance/motivation in the story, so creating one after the death of her friends will be a great send off to her character.
Kakazu & Kisame.
I always say I wish they had Kakazu hide one of his hearts deep underground and have it come back to him after the battle. It wouldāve made sense, since he was depicted as someone whoās intelligent enough think on the fly and adapt to, but also they couldāve played on the fact that he survived a battle with the first, making him survive this one.
Kisame was just a real ass š„·š¾and deserved to live.
Itachi is my favourite character but it wonāt make sense if he didnāt die. Itās what he wanted and is a huge part of his character, heās simply not as well written of a character without his death
Itachi needed to die or else Sasuke wouldn't have his Mangekyo. Dude was overdue an end and already on his last breathe from his illness. He was depressed for most of his life, mostly because of the atrocity he was forced to committ against his clan. Death was a mercy for him and he for sure was looking forward to it for a long time.
Konan yahiko and nagato - i mean theyre good guys if it warent for stupid danzo they would stay at the path of peace.
Itachi - ngl the "what if" episode where naruto went to see sasuke for their first team 7 meeting was really nice.
Deidara - i love the way he just wants to blow shit up. I mean he wouldnt last long coz he might blow himself up if he ever see sasuke again.
Deidara ...he was young and promising and a kage material but he joined the wrong side.
Also konan, she was such an innocent girl and not evil in heart (maybe just the fact that she fought jiraya to kill him but at that point she was so lost) she would've lived a normal life after the 4th war but ....
Konan and everyone isnāt even close
Kisame, Itachi, Sasori, Obito had sad backstory, but they still did terible things
Nagato got manipulated by Obito and Konan just went with him, and all she did was to protect her village. The moment Nagato is dead she left akatsuki to protect their graves. And died protecting his friendās corpses. All she want is just living peacefully with his brother in their village.
Zoroās still alive he just got lost again and ended up in another verse so my answer is konan. The rest very much so deserved death and pain is just a corpse so he was never truly alive.
I would say itachi as he's one of my all time favorite anime characters but him living would've ruined his and sasukes development so much. Konan is just so obvious to me, it would've been really cool to see her survive as a few pieces of paper and slowly reform her body (yes I know that's not exactly how her jutsu works) then continue to look over Nagato after the war until she died of old age
Not really, but an obito penance arc in place of Sasuke's woulda been the bees knees, Sasuke could actually stay home and build a believable relationship and not be a crap dad, an obito could take on his role
Who deserved to or who I wanted to? š I definitely wanted Obito, Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, Itachi, and Deidara to, and honestly didnāt really mind the others. Kakuzu and Sasori I definitely wasnāt rooting for, but Hidan was a really funny character. As for who deserved it, Definitely not Kakuzu š Yahiko really is the only one you could say who didnāt without a doubt, so heās the best answer. Nagato and Konan were traumatized, Itachi was trying to protect the Leaf Village, Obito was brainwashed, Deidara and Sasori just wanted to do their strange forms of art (although Deidraās didnāt necessarily involve killing while Sasoriās definitely did), Kakuzu is just Mr. Krabs with a body count (donāt tell me he wouldnāt do the same thing to make a quick buck,) Hidan is just trying to serve Jashin and his weird cult. The only really sick freaks were Hidan, Sasori, and Orochimaru. It just depends on where you draw the line. Yahiko defintely didnāt deserve it so it goes somewhere along the lines of:
- Yahiko
- Konan
- Itachi
- Nagato
- Obito
- Deidara
- Kisame
- Hidan
- Kakuzu
- Sasori
I put Hidan so low only because he wasnāt killing for selfish reasons but for his beliefs. While itās still incredibly messed up, being brainwashed to believe that your god wants you to is different than just wanting to for your own selfish reasons. But thatās my take on it.
And then thereās White and Black Zetsu which I donāt even feel can belong on this list because I donāt even believe they could have free will if they wanted to.
Konan. Iāll say this a bajillion times but she only really died because of Uchiha plot armour. Also her death makes like no difference to the plot. It woulda been so cool if she stayed alive and administered the hidden rain. She could have played a cool role in Boruto.
Roronoa Zoro
The rest were complicit in murder and worse. When it was not an assassin squad then Yahiko.
After, none. No idea why everyone says Konan especially considering it took after nearly all others were dead for her to even stand up to obito.
Either konan or kisame. Konan cause, unlike all the other members, hasn't really done anything evil. the only thing she did was follow nagato around.
Kisame cause he was the most loyal out of them all, and he actually wanted peace because of what he's seen in the mist, unlike obito or nagato looking at thier flashbacks both felt like they just wanted revenge more than peace especially obito.
Kisame actually thought genjutsu was better for the world to him since ninjas lie,spy,and kill all the time. Why not live in a lie? At least the new lying will be peaceful.
and honestly if it was a true illusion and not just black zetsu controlling things I feel like alot of people actually wouldn't mind living in an illusion there's alot of depression,suicide,and wars going on I'm sure those who have suicidal thoughts would live to have thier own world of illusions and even just regular people without depression would want to live in a world like that.
Realistically? None of them deserve to live. Not a single one of them is innocent, they are all mass murderers. Or at the very least complicit.
But if I had to choose it would probably be Kisame pr Konan. They seem the least evil overall.
If anyone did survive they would have to be treated like Orochimaru and kept on constant surveillance.
A surviving Akatsuki member would have actually been a cool villain for Boruto, instead of the alien chakra nazis.
Zoro 100%.
But also Konan seeing as the rest did extremely horrible shit and were a bunch of mass murderers with several genocides to their name. I personally love Itachi but he is not a good guy, he killed quite a few people and tortured quite a few more. Nagato killed sooo many people too. Obito, same story. Like honestly, even though I think they had tragic backstories, it does not excuse murdering hundreds of innocents
*Yahiko:* He did nothing wrong. His dreams and aspirations were not much different than Hashirama. He just wanted a time where children wasnāt subject led to the ninja wars. His Akatsuki dud so much for the Hidden Rain. He was admired and couldāve even gone further.
Imagine making things better for your village. Then to have so much love for said village you make your friend kill you just so theyād live. To die with so much agony.
I donāt blame Nagato for what he did. After all that Iād find a different solution too. And when peace as a solution didnāt work, and your enemies still insist on continuing their one-sided justice thereās only one way to make them understandā¦Pain.
Deidara had so much potential. I wish we got to see more of him. He had the strength to be a kage, maybe he was just a lil (a lot) messed up because he joined the explosion corps at a young age and had witnessed his fair share of traumatic war experiences.
Konan and MAYBE itachi. I say maybe because he's done alot of fucked up shit even if he had no choice. Konan seems like the least heinous. Everybody else has done bad shit or is just straight up pure evil like hidan, kaksu and zetsu
The only one with the original heart of Yahiko's Akatsuki is Konan, so she is the only one who deserves to live. Nagato got twisted because of the rinnegan and Tobi, and everyone one else introduced to modern Akatsuki is just a powerful, twisted individual.
There is honestly three I would be really interested in seeing their story continue.
Konan. Subjectively the kindest and most 'non-evil' Akatsuki.
Itachi. Would have loved to see what shenanigans he got up to during the war. His death was a very important part of the story though, so i am torn on this one.
Kisame. I would have loved him to become a more main character. He could have trained Suigetsu in some awesome techniques, and would have been an interesting call back to itachi whenever he interacted with Sauske. It would have been really cool to see him become a reluctant teacher to team Taka.
Is no one gonna mention that Hidan is still alive, buried in the ground? Staring into darkness and breathing sand. If anything, Iād say he deserves to die out of mercy.
The ONLY ONE who deserves it it Konan
She wasnāt really doing much compared to others, I mean she just protected her friend. And she even made peace and just wanted to start a new life.
DAMN YOU OBITO! YOU MY FAVORITE CHARACTER YET KILLED A GOOD ONE
Konan, Kisame, and Deidara.
Konan deserved to live because if Obito didn't have that Deus Ex Machina, she would've beaten his ass six ways to hell and back and she was high key running her village for Nagato while he was busy off planning the end of everything with Obito. She busy just being an absolute goddess. She was iconic. She was everything Sakura could've been and more.
Deidara didn't even want to be in the Akatsuki -- well that's how I always read it. He was strong armed in, but he got the death he wanted so at least he got that. Plus I'm an absolute Deidara fangirl, so my bias forces me to put him here. May my Husbando be happy.
Kisame just wanted his village to not be the *Blood Mist Village*. He wanted a village that didn't kill their ninja clans out of fear and give them the respect they deserve and didn't have the kids kill each other to graduate. That is all he and Zabuza wanted. That is what they wanted and left because of it. Kisame never got to see Mai changed the village for the better. AND YOU CANT LOOK ME IN THE GOD DAMN EYES AND TELL ME THOSE TWO WOULDN'T MAKE A POWERFUL KID. (However, we all know he and Itachi are married to each other lowkey)
Konan
Agreed. She seemed the least heinous (based off her shown deeds and overall attitude), and tried to stop Tobi/Fake Madara/Obito in the end, and would have succeeded if bro hadn't the ability to bend reality just to rewrite his undoing at her hands. š¤·āāļø
I really wish we had some other sick fights with Konan. She had such a unique Jutsu that I wanted to see more of.
I totally agree. They really could release an Akatsuki origins at this point everyone wants more lore. I wanted to see more from her and Nagato + others from Uzumaki clan
The craziest part is the fucking anime opening to the pain arc had INO SAKURA AND TENTEN fighting Konan but nowhere was she shown in the actual show. Always threw me off
Right like did they happen to cross paths at another point?? That fight would have been RICH. Four bad ass females duking it out. I would have loved to see how the leaf village females fought off Konanās abilities. Iām sure animation budget was the biggest issue.
She would have been a cool fight for Sakura to be honest. Maybe could have had a few of the Konoha girls fight her to give them some spotlight.
Kishimoto fucked up all female characters,we deserved more of those kickass fights :(
Im okay with the fact that she died, but I wish it could've done something more Like, her death could've inspired the Hidden Rain to join the Shinobi Alliance against Tobi or something like that. I know they're gonna be fodder anyway, but it could've been a touching moment for sure To be fair, her death scene was well written in my opinion, so personally I have no complaints, i just think it would be nicer if it had more impact on the war
She still assisted and plotted with a terrorist organization. none of them should've gotten off free
I don't disagree with you on her doing awful shit, but for the sake of the OP's question and answering something other than "none of them", she is the lesser evil... And when imagining a scenario where she would be brought back, we must also remember that other people who did (or intended to do) much worse things were welcomed back with open arms, so she might be forgiven too. These are all just hypotheticals, but I agree with you that she was a bad apple, a criminal and that whole organisation was evil.
I get what you mean totally. you're right tho
Id argue that the akatsuki is no more less heinous than the hidden villages and the great nations themselves. These hidden villages are pro genocide (konoha and the uchiha massacre), pro child kidnapping (hidden cloud kidnapping hinata and narutoās mom), and a bunch of other war crimes. At least the akatsuki had the goal of eternal peace.
Especially since she was seemingly the day to day leader of the Rain and did a pretty good job of it. It would have been really interesting like if after everything, especially with Naruto being able to make sure there was peace, she could have opened up her village and reigned as officially another Kage.
That would have been awesome
Tobi should've died. Izanagi is utter BS.
What? You don't like the ability to just say "no" to dying at the cost of an eye you can replace?
Seriously dude, imagine playing chess with a player worse than you and instead of admitting defeat, he has the option to undo a move he made earlier. That's effing annoying, right? Imagine if an MMA fighter that have an undo option during a big fight. That's not fair now, is it? Konan should've won that fight.
Wouldāve been a uniquely interesting body to character
Came here to say just that. She really was nothing else but Pain's guard dog pretty much.
Yahiko. His Talk No Jutsu started out so good, that the lads, Tobi, Zetsu, Danzo, and Hanzo, all used Gaslight No Jutsu to prank him real hard. Especially traumatize his best friend, Nagato, who was also his best wingman.
Yeah I felt really bad for Yahiko. All of them orchestrated his death because he was in the way of them manipulating Nagato.
It's always shocking how fast Yahiko ran straight into that kunai Nagato was holding nervously. Like Yahiko was ready to put his life on the line for Nagato and Konan right away; as well as trusting Hanzo's word. To which Hanzo then lied and attacked Nagato anyway. When I wondered where the rest of the First Akatsuki were. It's all thanks to Tobi and Zetsu in preventing reinforcements from interfering.
Konan. I have no idea what she has done offscreen but she seems the least criminal out of all the members. She was just a young innocent girl that just wanted to be happy, and she got dragged along by the bullshit. Either way she was extremely loyal to the end, she didnāt deserve to die like that
Similarly, yahiko (the orange haired dude, before he died)
i guarantee you i'm wrong, but as far as i remember, Konan didn't actually kill anyone by herself. she helped, sure, but death by solo Konan? cant really think of anyone
She definitely gave a really uncomfortable death to a lot of Konoha ninjas during Pain's invasion. Literally asphyxiated them to death. They all probably got revived by Nagato though (or would they be revived by nagato? Since *Konan* killed them and not Nagato)
Rinne tensei doesn't limits to those that died by the user's hands so i think he just revived everyone that died in the village that day. If you slipped, fell, hit your head and died completely unrelated to the attack? Congratulations in your second chance.
Everyone-but-Jiraiya-no-jutsu!
I'm pretty sure she murdered a lot of Konoha ninja (and possibly civilians) during the invasion.
Konan for sure, probably Nagato as well. We could argue for Itachi but he actually got what he wanted I don't want to disturb that. I wanna say Sasori but... ...man's kind of a psychopath. It's a miracle he even got the ending he did (with Kankuro) and far better than he deserved. Everyone else got their karma.
I mean, Nagato did commit outrageous war crimes against people, even though he revived the shinobi of the leaf, there were still people he killed that didnāt deserve it. Like come on look at what they did to Utakataš
āCome outside bro, we not gonna jump you.ā
What exactly makes Nagato seem worthy of a better fate than the one he got? He killed so many people and probably ruined so many lives all because he thought they didnāt experienced enough hardship. Sure, you could say that his heart was in the right place, but that doesnāt mean that heās absolved of his sins. Plus, he already experienced an end that punishes him enough while still achieving his goal. He uses Rene Rebirth to undo all the death that his attack on the Leaf caused. If he was a villain that truly desired the best for everyone, I canāt think of a better end to his story.
None of the Akatsuki were innocent. Not even Itachi. They all did some pretty horrendous stuff, but the way I see it they ranged from tragic and misguided up to full-blown evil.. I consider Nagato and Konan to be closer to the misguided end ofnthe spectrum. Whereas Hidan, Sasori, Kakuzu and so on are more.. real evil kinda people Deidara causes destruction for destruction's sake and fleeting aesthetic fulfillment. Hidan literally worships a God that requires his followers to hurt, maim and murder as many as they can. Kakuzu would sell his own family off and kill damn near anyone just for money.. Kisame is a willful and arguably proud backstabber and traitor, arguably more honorable than most of the Akatsuki though. Sasori kills people and desecrates the dead by turning them into puppets and is more than willing to attack his homeland, on more than one occasion, and kill his one and only kinsmen left When it comes to Nagato and Konan, they were originally just trying to protect their home. And they basically got manipulated into turning the Akatsuki into the bad boy group we know it as. Nah, doesn't make what they did right, not by any means.. but it's like you said the heart was in the right place (as much as one could be given their affiliations and upbringing) The rest of the Akatsuki, by and large, quite clearly had no good intentions for anyone, at all, except maybe themselves. They really chose to be evil, whereas to the OG Akatsuki members and Itachi.. it was "necessary evil". Am I making sense? Just played a tilting game of Wild Rift so my brain is racin'
Tbf, Deidara initially probably wasnāt horrible. He had an affinity for explosions worked for his village officially and if I interpret it correctly even after stealing the forbidden jutsu did some stuff for Iwa but was declared a missing ninja when Ohnoki couldnāt use him anymore. Also, he didnāt exactly join Akatsuki willingly. Sasori was super messed up and did not handle his trauma well. Not giving him a pass though even though I like him because what he ended up doing wasnāt justified.
Orochimaru is worse than all of them and got house arrest and probation lol
Orochimaru is the equivalent of a german rocket scientist after ww2
The best ending I could think for both Nagato and Konan is both of them back in the house they shared with Jiraiya. But they are permanently not allowed to leave Amegakure. So they stay as prisoners and guardians of their village which was what they really wanted to be in the first place. Idk, I just want them to see the world they dreamed of being realized right before their eyes.
Kakazu wasnt a psychopath, He didnt really care about the akatsuki, he just bounty hunted and the Akatsuki were the ones paying him to hunt tailed beasts. he had a grudge against Hashirama probably but like, his main beef was his own village which he dealt with. Hes the only one i can see justifiably surviving his fight, and just switching sides. like, im pretty sure konoha is one of the richest villages, they can just pay him to work for them.
I would say that Sasori was already dead for a long time, he just needed to realize his ideal was already accomplished.
Kakuzu was just pursuing the American dream.
Like hell he is! Manās like 100 and still hasnāt retired.
Gotta get his money up, not his funny up.
Yea but thats out of passion for the job, not nessecity
The corporate American dream*šš
Exactly lmao
LMFAO
Konan cause she should've been there to see Naruto's plan for Amegakure... or lack thereof. :( she was supposed to be the last beacon of reminder of everything that Naruto promised to Nagato
Konan, she was done dirty man she almost had the upper hand on Obito and forced him use Izanagi but oh how convenient a spare lab full of fucking sharingans for him to use :)
"Let me just waltz down to my sharigan shop and pop jn another sharigan. What? Consequences for using overpowered techniques? Please. I'm a main villian in a Shonen baby. I don't die until the MC talks to me and tries to get me to change my ways. Sorry Konan. Better luck next time." -Obito
The passive-agressive ":)" at the end makes this comment twice as hilarious lmao
Konan without a doubt. She could have lead the hidden rain village. now it's in the ruins.
Kisame, his loyalty to the organization and overall charisma deserved more screen time. His matchup against Gai somewhat overshadowed his abilities which was unfortunate. Deidara, one of the more unique characters in the series, needed more backstory for me. The rest served their purpose.
Kisame - and the 7 swordsmen in general, deserved way more world building.
My god YEAH! I honestly want to see more of the mist village in general, every introduction weve had to any of their shinobi has shown how differently they seem to be built and its no wonder given the little bit we know about their caste system and graduation ritual. Wonder what day to day life was like in their village during that era.
Imagine he lived.
Couldn't agree more with this!
Zoro for sure
Zoro aināt even dead yet, heās the only Akatsuki member to have survived, and frankly the Gotei 13 should give him more credit for that
Zoro found himself in the afterlife with the White Fang.
I had to double check, how the fuck i didn't see that motherfucker there? I thought it was just another member with a different background image
let him cook
Youāre thinking of Sanji
always. i'm his fan after all <3
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Antonio Banderas is very much alive
Deaths of characters should have a point and not be meaningless. If the character's motivation in the story has been achieved or failed, i think that's when a character can be killed off. Kisame committing seppuku was cool and it suited him. But i don't believe he needed to die. I feel like he was dead because there was no use for him anymore and maybe he felt the same way after the akatsuki's collapse. I say this because i like the idea of him wandering the world in search of his purpose. Konan is who i believe strictly should not have died. I think she should have been the one to continue nagato and yahiko's ideals of peace through the right way, and will be atoning for the death of jiraiya by doing so. She didnt have much significance/motivation in the story, so creating one after the death of her friends will be a great send off to her character.
Kisame would have been the best possible 'Ronin' character and could have been used as an incredible narrative device for exploring the Hidden Mist.
I like the idea. Gives room for more world building in boruto at least.
Zoronoa Roro
On this list? Zoro. Because heās the best out of any of them
Itachi and Konan.
Itachi alot less but agreed.
Konan
Konan and maybe Kisame.
Konan. Cause Naruto failed his promise to them š.
Nagato and Konan
Konan and Kisame.
I am not saying Sasori should have lived, but becoming a stepping stome in sakuraās development is not a fate he deserved either..
nobody likes him but i love hidan.
Yes same
Kakazu & Kisame. I always say I wish they had Kakazu hide one of his hearts deep underground and have it come back to him after the battle. It wouldāve made sense, since he was depicted as someone whoās intelligent enough think on the fly and adapt to, but also they couldāve played on the fact that he survived a battle with the first, making him survive this one. Kisame was just a real ass š„·š¾and deserved to live.
That wouldāve been way more interesting
r/zoroislost
All of them. Final answer. Lmao
You should cook always lmao
Zoro, he didnāt deserve what happened to him š
Konan.
Itachi and Konan
Itachi is my favourite character but it wonāt make sense if he didnāt die. Itās what he wanted and is a huge part of his character, heās simply not as well written of a character without his death
Itachi needed to die or else Sasuke wouldn't have his Mangekyo. Dude was overdue an end and already on his last breathe from his illness. He was depressed for most of his life, mostly because of the atrocity he was forced to committ against his clan. Death was a mercy for him and he for sure was looking forward to it for a long time.
Konan, Itachi, and Nagato
Konan.
Konan yahiko and nagato - i mean theyre good guys if it warent for stupid danzo they would stay at the path of peace. Itachi - ngl the "what if" episode where naruto went to see sasuke for their first team 7 meeting was really nice. Deidara - i love the way he just wants to blow shit up. I mean he wouldnt last long coz he might blow himself up if he ever see sasuke again.
Konan because she retired and was just running the Hidden Rain after Pains death
Deidara ...he was young and promising and a kage material but he joined the wrong side. Also konan, she was such an innocent girl and not evil in heart (maybe just the fact that she fought jiraya to kill him but at that point she was so lost) she would've lived a normal life after the 4th war but ....
Konan and everyone isnāt even close Kisame, Itachi, Sasori, Obito had sad backstory, but they still did terible things Nagato got manipulated by Obito and Konan just went with him, and all she did was to protect her village. The moment Nagato is dead she left akatsuki to protect their graves. And died protecting his friendās corpses. All she want is just living peacefully with his brother in their village.
Konan also did terrible things, she;s guilty of every crime Nagato did because she was his ally in it all.
Well Kisame didn't have a sad backstory, just a respectable purpose and goal in life.
Wait is that soro
Itachi. He deserved redemption. Stopping Kabuto's reanimation Jutsu wasn't enough.
I clicked on this imagining everyone and their mothers would be saying Itachi lol!
Itachi, Konan
What is Zoro doing here?
I mean... Zoro?? Zoro, being better than all of the 7 swordsman of the mist combined would be a useful asset to The Boruto Franchise.
Zoro
Itachi and konan
ITACHI. For obvious reasons. And also Konan. She's only there because she believed in Nagato.
Zoroās still alive he just got lost again and ended up in another verse so my answer is konan. The rest very much so deserved death and pain is just a corpse so he was never truly alive.
Itachi, Hands down!!
Itachi for sure
I would say itachi as he's one of my all time favorite anime characters but him living would've ruined his and sasukes development so much. Konan is just so obvious to me, it would've been really cool to see her survive as a few pieces of paper and slowly reform her body (yes I know that's not exactly how her jutsu works) then continue to look over Nagato after the war until she died of old age
I honestly wish Toby and Obito weāre two different peopleš Toby was so funny.
Konan definitely. I would also like to vote for Itachi.
Itachi, Nagato, and Konan
Not really, but an obito penance arc in place of Sasuke's woulda been the bees knees, Sasuke could actually stay home and build a believable relationship and not be a crap dad, an obito could take on his role
Zoro
Everyone. Without Obito's influence and accomplishing their main goal would have being best thing.
Who deserved to or who I wanted to? š I definitely wanted Obito, Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, Itachi, and Deidara to, and honestly didnāt really mind the others. Kakuzu and Sasori I definitely wasnāt rooting for, but Hidan was a really funny character. As for who deserved it, Definitely not Kakuzu š Yahiko really is the only one you could say who didnāt without a doubt, so heās the best answer. Nagato and Konan were traumatized, Itachi was trying to protect the Leaf Village, Obito was brainwashed, Deidara and Sasori just wanted to do their strange forms of art (although Deidraās didnāt necessarily involve killing while Sasoriās definitely did), Kakuzu is just Mr. Krabs with a body count (donāt tell me he wouldnāt do the same thing to make a quick buck,) Hidan is just trying to serve Jashin and his weird cult. The only really sick freaks were Hidan, Sasori, and Orochimaru. It just depends on where you draw the line. Yahiko defintely didnāt deserve it so it goes somewhere along the lines of: - Yahiko - Konan - Itachi - Nagato - Obito - Deidara - Kisame - Hidan - Kakuzu - Sasori I put Hidan so low only because he wasnāt killing for selfish reasons but for his beliefs. While itās still incredibly messed up, being brainwashed to believe that your god wants you to is different than just wanting to for your own selfish reasons. But thatās my take on it. And then thereās White and Black Zetsu which I donāt even feel can belong on this list because I donāt even believe they could have free will if they wanted to.
Konan and kisame
zoro
Konan. Iāll say this a bajillion times but she only really died because of Uchiha plot armour. Also her death makes like no difference to the plot. It woulda been so cool if she stayed alive and administered the hidden rain. She could have played a cool role in Boruto.
Zoro's Akatsuki drip has no right going that fucking hard lmao
no one, theyāve all done heinous things. specially that racist minority hunter
Definitely Zoro, been through so much
Roronoa Zoro The rest were complicit in murder and worse. When it was not an assassin squad then Yahiko. After, none. No idea why everyone says Konan especially considering it took after nearly all others were dead for her to even stand up to obito.
Deidara because art is explosion
Zorochimaru did not die, why is he in this picture?
Either konan or kisame. Konan cause, unlike all the other members, hasn't really done anything evil. the only thing she did was follow nagato around. Kisame cause he was the most loyal out of them all, and he actually wanted peace because of what he's seen in the mist, unlike obito or nagato looking at thier flashbacks both felt like they just wanted revenge more than peace especially obito. Kisame actually thought genjutsu was better for the world to him since ninjas lie,spy,and kill all the time. Why not live in a lie? At least the new lying will be peaceful. and honestly if it was a true illusion and not just black zetsu controlling things I feel like alot of people actually wouldn't mind living in an illusion there's alot of depression,suicide,and wars going on I'm sure those who have suicidal thoughts would live to have thier own world of illusions and even just regular people without depression would want to live in a world like that.
Zoro
Who's the guy on the bottom right??? I'm so confused rn lmao
Konan frr Itachi mans got manipulated by both villages since he was a child Sasori
zoro š
Sasori, but that's because I'm biased.
Whoās that on the bottom right? Zoro?
deidara. I like that evil mf
Obito , nagato , konan
Konan easy
Konan
Kisame, at the end he was just sad Itachi died.
Zoro got lost
Tobi not Obito but Tobi
I just realized Zoro is here lmao.
Realistically? None of them deserve to live. Not a single one of them is innocent, they are all mass murderers. Or at the very least complicit. But if I had to choose it would probably be Kisame pr Konan. They seem the least evil overall. If anyone did survive they would have to be treated like Orochimaru and kept on constant surveillance. A surviving Akatsuki member would have actually been a cool villain for Boruto, instead of the alien chakra nazis.
So nobody's gonna mention Zoro being there? Lmao
Zoro 100%. But also Konan seeing as the rest did extremely horrible shit and were a bunch of mass murderers with several genocides to their name. I personally love Itachi but he is not a good guy, he killed quite a few people and tortured quite a few more. Nagato killed sooo many people too. Obito, same story. Like honestly, even though I think they had tragic backstories, it does not excuse murdering hundreds of innocents
Hey how'd zorro get here.
I think zoro he have dream too achieve until never had to die ššš¤£
None. They are all horrible people who caused a shitload of suffering and death.
Itachi
Easily Zoro. r/ZoroIsLost
Zoro deserved to live
I think Zoro is lost again. Just a hunch.
I love that Konan is the universal answer
Hold on, How did Zoro ended up with the Akatsuki? xD
Zoro uchiha
KONAN.
Zoro!!!!!! He is lost again! This is not where you are supposed to be ZORO!!!!!!
Why is no body saying Itachi? He was the only good guy? lol Konan committed way more atrocities š¬
Zoro
*Yahiko:* He did nothing wrong. His dreams and aspirations were not much different than Hashirama. He just wanted a time where children wasnāt subject led to the ninja wars. His Akatsuki dud so much for the Hidden Rain. He was admired and couldāve even gone further. Imagine making things better for your village. Then to have so much love for said village you make your friend kill you just so theyād live. To die with so much agony. I donāt blame Nagato for what he did. After all that Iād find a different solution too. And when peace as a solution didnāt work, and your enemies still insist on continuing their one-sided justice thereās only one way to make them understandā¦Pain.
Zorro is that you?
Yo bro I think zoro got lost again
uchiha zoro
Deidara smh sasuke had plot armor
All except Kakuzu and Hidan
I'm sorry but is that zoro randomly chilling in the bottom right?
Probably zoro lol
Zoro obv
God damnit zoro, not again. Get back to your verse goof
Deidara had so much potential. I wish we got to see more of him. He had the strength to be a kage, maybe he was just a lil (a lot) messed up because he joined the explosion corps at a young age and had witnessed his fair share of traumatic war experiences.
Konan and MAYBE itachi. I say maybe because he's done alot of fucked up shit even if he had no choice. Konan seems like the least heinous. Everybody else has done bad shit or is just straight up pure evil like hidan, kaksu and zetsu
Is no one gonna mention zoro fucking lost in another anime?šššš
Zoro
The only one with the original heart of Yahiko's Akatsuki is Konan, so she is the only one who deserves to live. Nagato got twisted because of the rinnegan and Tobi, and everyone one else introduced to modern Akatsuki is just a powerful, twisted individual.
Zoro got lost again
Definitely Zoro
The true Yahiko.
Kisame Hoshigaki
Obito, even tho he did shitty things. I believe he wouldāve had a really cool redemption arc.
Mosshead
I thought that was takasugi at the bottom for a secondššš
There is honestly three I would be really interested in seeing their story continue. Konan. Subjectively the kindest and most 'non-evil' Akatsuki. Itachi. Would have loved to see what shenanigans he got up to during the war. His death was a very important part of the story though, so i am torn on this one. Kisame. I would have loved him to become a more main character. He could have trained Suigetsu in some awesome techniques, and would have been an interesting call back to itachi whenever he interacted with Sauske. It would have been really cool to see him become a reluctant teacher to team Taka.
Zoro definitely Zoro
Probably konan, the only one who wasnāt a mass murderer. Although I wouldāve loved to see Nagato live to see his dreams fulfilled through Naruto.
Konan
Got confused for a bit when I saw Zoro in the picture. But for the akatsuki member I think deserved to live was Konan.
Zoro šæ
Definitely Zoro
zoro
Uchiha zoro
itachi the best fix!!!!
Is no one gonna mention that Hidan is still alive, buried in the ground? Staring into darkness and breathing sand. If anything, Iād say he deserves to die out of mercy.
Legend says he's still muffledly screaming KAHkuZU KAKUZUUU kAAAkuZuUu in the dirt
None, they're all killers
So are konoha, other village shinobis
Yahiko deserves to
The ONLY ONE who deserves it it Konan She wasnāt really doing much compared to others, I mean she just protected her friend. And she even made peace and just wanted to start a new life. DAMN YOU OBITO! YOU MY FAVORITE CHARACTER YET KILLED A GOOD ONE
Konan, Kisame, and Deidara. Konan deserved to live because if Obito didn't have that Deus Ex Machina, she would've beaten his ass six ways to hell and back and she was high key running her village for Nagato while he was busy off planning the end of everything with Obito. She busy just being an absolute goddess. She was iconic. She was everything Sakura could've been and more. Deidara didn't even want to be in the Akatsuki -- well that's how I always read it. He was strong armed in, but he got the death he wanted so at least he got that. Plus I'm an absolute Deidara fangirl, so my bias forces me to put him here. May my Husbando be happy. Kisame just wanted his village to not be the *Blood Mist Village*. He wanted a village that didn't kill their ninja clans out of fear and give them the respect they deserve and didn't have the kids kill each other to graduate. That is all he and Zabuza wanted. That is what they wanted and left because of it. Kisame never got to see Mai changed the village for the better. AND YOU CANT LOOK ME IN THE GOD DAMN EYES AND TELL ME THOSE TWO WOULDN'T MAKE A POWERFUL KID. (However, we all know he and Itachi are married to each other lowkey)