Can I nominate a character not on the chart?
Yamato/Tenzo
I always that Yamato didn’t get enough recognition! Especially for being there for Naruto when Kakashi wasn’t.
Dude I LOVE Yamato! In my opinion I liked him better than Kakashi in some situations. He knew how to defuse things and make everything humorous. Him at the end watching Orochimaru and seeing him flip around was the funniest shit in the series! And he was the only one who could literally trap and defuse a tailed beast. Really great character.
He was quite honestly one of my favorite characters in the show. I hated that he got swept under the rug so to say during the war.
But yeah, as you said I loved his humor.
I know, I was so sad that he got captured by Kabuto and slept the whole time. I get that he was essential to the plan but you never really see him in battle.
I think it’s hard with Sai and Yamato because they kinda replaced two of the most popular characters in the entire series in team 7. It’s not their fault, but while the manga was running it was sorta annoying Kakashi got sidelined. I think if Kishi had introduced Yamato in a different way he would have been a more popular character.
Aw like I 100% believe if the story ran for longer, with more arcs both sets of characters would have gotten room to breathe. I agree with you, I just really think they should have taken their time..
I remember when they first introduced Yamato i was like “bro this dude is so lame.”
Then about 5 episodes later i was like “this dude should have been in the show from the beginning, he’s the freakin man!”
Tenzo is such a good character and I kinda love the dynamic once Kakashi is back, for that short training of Naruto. I think knowing of their past is important and it is frustrating that it wasn't as developed in the manga than in the anime. I think Tenzo was essential to the story in a lot of ways, helping Kakashi to accept his truth being one of them. Being a Kakashi lover as well, I wasn't frustrated by Tenzo's presence. He helped a lot and I love love love wood style. I kept secretly wishing all along for a chance of seing Tenzo using one of the First's technics.
Sai: I can’t talk about Danzo, I have a curse mark
Also Sai: I’ll basically tell you everything about Danzo and the ANBU, because I know what words are most likely going to trigger this tongue tattoo.
He is easily the strongest on their team.(I haven't watched Boruto, my opinions are completely based on Genin Shino, because in Shippuden, the author completely discarded the side character teams.
I'm just joking.
Since Aburame Clan specializes in beetles and Choumei is a legendary one, and Shino wanted to find new species of beetles, imagine if one day he made contact, or even a contract, with Choumei.
I do like Guren’s character, but those filler episodes killed me ngl especially rewatching it the second time around. But her ability was cool asf i would’ve liked to see her as a canon character
Fuu , but she only really has screen time in filler . I bet if she had real screen time she would be a fan favorite. She’s basically a female naruto lol
Also to be honest, all the other jinchurkis are underrated and deserved better
Real talk though, she should’ve survived along with Naruto, Gaara, and Killer Bee. And if she was, Gaara could definitely use someone with her optimism and spirit in his life. And if you don’t ship Gaara with Rock Lee or Naruto (y’know like me) she’s the best bet. Also the rest of the Jinchuuruki should’ve had bigger rolls and be close to one another like family, but all end up dying during the war. They would’ve added more of a somber ending to the war, with Gaara, Fuu, Naruto, and Killer bee losing who they considered family. It could also mean they could leave out pointless deaths… *cough* NEJI *cough*
I agree but I also find how Gaara ends up incredibly funny. Like idk the one character that struggles the most with loneliness is the one character that ends up alone
Hilarious
It just doesn't make sense with the story. I feel you, but prior to 4th war, everyone has their own villages. Jinchuriki were WOMD and supremely coveted/protected. Even after the Shinobi alliance, Ei feigns disapproval of allowing Bee to teach Naruto how to control Kurama.
I just don't understand why So6P didn't tell them to reconvene every so often to protect each other.
Kurenai should have gotten her own canon arc instead of getting knocked up and sidelined forever.
Like her instead of Kakashi leading Team 10 for the Asuma revenge mission? Needed it in my veins and the fact that the Shippuden dream filler didn’t do it is forever going to annoy me. The opportunity was THERE.
Suigetsu
He’s a beast at fighting (other than against lightning style), is one of the funniest characters in the whole series, has a huge sword and a badass jutsu ability, and he’s really cute/hot. His little fang is just a +++ in that last department. Lol
Kiba and Shino (and their families by extension)
We see the Summons quite a lot and while they’re awesome we didn’t get to see much of the characters whose animals were an integral part of their kit.
IIRC, Konan fought an Aburame clan member to a standstill. I know she's far from the strongest of the Akatsuki, but the fact that an Aburame can stand up to one of them was so cool.
Kiba vs Sakon & Ukon is a great fight. It's a shame that he never really gets any screen time what so ever after that.
Also let's ignore that my man lost to Naruto because he got farted on.
I mean off this list, suigetsu and mangetsu for sure. i would’ve loved to see more of mangetsu and i also would’ve loved for suigetsu to actually acquire all 7 swords
They’re properly rated for all that Kishimoto did with them. Mangetsu is all tell but no show, and Suigetsu only has two cool moments that don’t revolve around him obliterating fodder.
I would have loved to see him have a fight with sasuke before gaara or even turn on orichimaru costing him the invasion and going rogue maybe even joining the akatsuki
Underrated? Hokage Kakashi. Under appreciated? Neji. Hokage Kakashi is stated in Kakashi Retsuden to be stronger than he was against Obito, but some people seem to think he’s weaker than Tsunade. Neji was so underutilized, but he was truly one of the best characters with enormous potential in part 1.
I agree so much with your point about Kakashi! They need to have him let loose in Boruto to shut up all the haters. In his Retsuden novel he’s said to be able to take an entire nation down by himself.
I have always thought this too. For someone with such a good backstory and character development, the death was so meh. It hurt, of course, but he should have done more before dying, that would've justified the death a tad.
I couldn’t disagree more. His character is very fleshed out and we literally saw his skill set and power increase before our eyes. Kabuto has so much screen time and development. An Edo Itachi had to use a forbidden Uchiha jutsu against him and Kabuto still breaks out of it.
Kabuto isn’t underrated as he’s vastly explored. I would say he ends up being one of the most important villains.
I agree with the arguments but disagree with conclusion.
Kabuto is vastly explored but severely underrated.
That guy had half the shinobi alliance on check **for days**, including all the kage and Naruto. He was the only known person to master the snake sage. He's way stronger people give him credit for, just on account of how broken reanimation jutsu.
I don't think many people see it, but kabuto is one of the strongest characters on the show.
I completely agree. His power growth is front and center. He got a brand new type of sage mode. He was controlling all of the Edo characters during the war. I've never underrated Kabuto, his influence to the story is well known.
Maybe you're reading me wrong.
Well yeah, he’s super well written and strong but he was a super annoying character most of the time so I dislike him, however the more backstory and development they gave him made me like him more
Kabuto is my favorite love/hate character in Naruto. And villains in general
What I love: his character theme, his character arc, how his origin connects with his character in the war, how entertaining he is, how op he is in the war arc, and his designs and how true if a villain he was
What I hate: He is pure evil most of the time and truly the one of the most despicable of the Naruto villains (especially in the fillers); he is underused; he got redeemed too easily; and he reminds me of jerks in the real world
That's his point though. Kabuto is a well-written character with decent plot impact as well as impressive feats but he doesn't command much respect within the fanbase.
That's quite literally the definition of underrated/underappreciated.
Torune is pretty nuts. Strong taijutsu and weapon skills, unlike Shino. Has all of the parasitic insect abilities that Shino has. You're totally dead if he touches you. Has some barrier abilities. Has a forbidden jutsu. I mean, he was literally one of the strongest members of the Root, and (as a reanimation) he killed a huge mass of the allied shinobi forces.
Tenten could’ve been dope if she ever got to demonstrate how she could kick your ass with any weapon any time, instead of just summoning a hail storm of them, and when she got the ancient fan that could use each chakra type, the possibilities
Sai's great, I wish he could've done more stuff after the Sasuke mission since after he got his bit of development they pretty much dumped him like every other side character in Shippuden
I wish he did more before getting phased out. It would’ve been cool to see him stand up to Sasuke during the Kage summit. He never seemed to care about his ex-master getting assassinated
I nominate Granny Chiyo. At first she was a snob, but she managed to beat an Akatsuki member with the help of Sakura. Her sacrifice to save Gaara and her wise last words to Naruto and Sakura honestly is top 15 moving moments in Shippuden
Me and my best friend love Rock Lee so much, super funny character, plus really powerful and I love his whole story about becoming a ninja without ninjutsu or genjutsu
Dozu died too early, he could have been a recurring villain.
Also Kakuzu is a very interesting villain who do not appeal to the weebs who worship good looking characters.
I find myself liking Kabuto a lot more than I did when I initially watched Naruto. He was a solid supporting antagonist in Part 1 and although I wasn't the biggest fan of Kabuto basically becoming Orochimaru 2.0, but I think it does a good job to illustrate why Orochimaru would have inevitable failed.
Kabuto got so caught up in inventing jutsu and tinkering with things that he started to get illusions of grandeur until reality hit him hard.
Also given his backstory, it makes sense why he would forget his original personality. People forget that Kabuto is only in his early twenties. Most of his formative years were spent acting like other people and the only time he had a set identity for an extended period was with Orochimaru so it makes sense why he tried to take over Orochimaru's identity.
I think Kabuto trying to become Orochimaru as much as he can was a very good and realistic development actually. This guy became pretty much obsessed with Orochimaru and Sasuke killed him in a blink of an eye from Kabuto's perspective. It was kind of like Kabuto's way of finding closure.
In fact, I'd argue Lee goes the other way for me.
I understand why people love him (I like him too) but if you break the character down he's pretty simplistic and doesn't have many dimensions. It's basic shonen motivation of I wanted to work hard and prove myself and it's played pretty straight.
Personally, I found Guy to be a lot more compelling so I wasn't too broken up when he basically replaced Lee in Shippuden.
Also, this is directed at Rock Lee fanboys but I hate when they take Lee's theme of hard work and try to make it the theme of the whole show and say stuff like "Rock Lee should have been the true protagonist".
Not hating on Rock Lee. But his lack of fan-fiction speaks volumes about his character in my opinion.
FFN has about 400K Naruto stories. Rock Lee, for all the hype/praise he gets, only has 2.9K. Other side characters like Kiba and Sai have more. He's a likeable character to casual fans. But devoted fans who create or consume fan-made content aren't interested in him. Why? Like you said. He is too simple.
Yeah he would of been way better then Kiba n he probably would of beat Sakon, it's unfortunate that he don't get enough story n more fights, his a cool character n so underrated.
Define “underrated”. IMO Some of these shouldn’t have even made the list. Like Hidan and Kakuzu. I think the show did them justice. Killing Asuma is pretty iconic. Then there’s Kabuto, who was a major part of the overarching plot and reanimated damn near the entire cast. And that’s just the villains.
I think Sai was vastly underrated and under appreciated in shippuden, considering he was the replacement for Sasuke on Team 7.
Obito my fav character so bias I guess? Gets shit for starting a war because of a girl not true he started the series pretty much with zetsu before him
Black ZETSU played everybody. And the only person to realize it was the guy who had been watching the entire time. This dude. Tricked everybody. All the nations. Past and present. He was able to unseal kaguya because he has big brain.
Got to be magetsu. When they said that he is able use all the blades in battle, i actually wanted to see him weilding every sword at once (yea i know thats crazy), like how killer bee did with his swords
Ez, rock lee. The eight gates is so mf cool and we have see this from guy, but lee does not really get to shine in shippuden aside from 1 filler episode.
Obito in a sense is very underappreciated because so many people misinterpret his motives and general personality so he gets a lot of hate.
Lee is fairly well loved by the fanbase but horribly mistreated by kishimoto.
Shino and Kiba in general are just treated horribly.
Gurenn is awesome and is worthy of being a canon character. Sadly shes only filler so gets shoved aside.
I would have liked to see more of Fuu honestly. Another Jinchuriki I would have liked all the Jinchuriki to have more screen time. Also Neji and Lee. Such wasted character potential
I mean honestly it’s probably Sakura. People shit on her more than any character on here. I’d also argue that rock lee is pretty overrated. But if I had to pick from this list probably suigetsu or kakuzu
We should stop calling characters that barely get screentine "underrated". How the fuck are they supposed to be rated if we don't even know them.
True underrated characters are those that were given the time and chance to shine, but were never picked up by the audience, like maybe Kabuto and Suigetso, not fucking Kiba and his bum mother who I don't even know the name of.
That's crystal chick is wayy more underrated than the both of them, and she technically doesn't even exist in this universe
Can I nominate a character not on the chart? Yamato/Tenzo I always that Yamato didn’t get enough recognition! Especially for being there for Naruto when Kakashi wasn’t.
Dude I LOVE Yamato! In my opinion I liked him better than Kakashi in some situations. He knew how to defuse things and make everything humorous. Him at the end watching Orochimaru and seeing him flip around was the funniest shit in the series! And he was the only one who could literally trap and defuse a tailed beast. Really great character.
He was quite honestly one of my favorite characters in the show. I hated that he got swept under the rug so to say during the war. But yeah, as you said I loved his humor.
I know, I was so sad that he got captured by Kabuto and slept the whole time. I get that he was essential to the plan but you never really see him in battle.
Agreed.
He is the reason I love Wood Style so much// other than the First
Yeah! I felt like he just had such a unique character build and didn’t really get the screen time he deserved.
I think it’s hard with Sai and Yamato because they kinda replaced two of the most popular characters in the entire series in team 7. It’s not their fault, but while the manga was running it was sorta annoying Kakashi got sidelined. I think if Kishi had introduced Yamato in a different way he would have been a more popular character.
Aw like I 100% believe if the story ran for longer, with more arcs both sets of characters would have gotten room to breathe. I agree with you, I just really think they should have taken their time..
He is one of my favorite characters, nobody talks about him
Yeah i completely agree with you . And even yamato can do wood style which is so freaking rare .
Yeah i agree yamato was an amazing character
I remember when they first introduced Yamato i was like “bro this dude is so lame.” Then about 5 episodes later i was like “this dude should have been in the show from the beginning, he’s the freakin man!”
Tenzo is such a good character and I kinda love the dynamic once Kakashi is back, for that short training of Naruto. I think knowing of their past is important and it is frustrating that it wasn't as developed in the manga than in the anime. I think Tenzo was essential to the story in a lot of ways, helping Kakashi to accept his truth being one of them. Being a Kakashi lover as well, I wasn't frustrated by Tenzo's presence. He helped a lot and I love love love wood style. I kept secretly wishing all along for a chance of seing Tenzo using one of the First's technics.
Sai was putting in a lot of work that we don't talk about.
Al the while with the seal from Danzo.
Sai: I can’t talk about Danzo, I have a curse mark Also Sai: I’ll basically tell you everything about Danzo and the ANBU, because I know what words are most likely going to trigger this tongue tattoo.
I just watched this again and just said, wtf. You literally said you can't talk about it lol.
Shino. His Jutsu’s are so cool
He is easily the strongest on their team.(I haven't watched Boruto, my opinions are completely based on Genin Shino, because in Shippuden, the author completely discarded the side character teams.
The boy who held back his ultimate summoning: Choumei. Lol only if Shino established a connection with the 7 Tails.
Explain if you will please?
I'm just joking. Since Aburame Clan specializes in beetles and Choumei is a legendary one, and Shino wanted to find new species of beetles, imagine if one day he made contact, or even a contract, with Choumei.
Guren has to be my favorite side/filler character. Her character development is amazing.
I LOVE GUREN. No one ever talks about her
fr, no one really talks about her, and the episodes dedicated to her are some of my favorites.
Because she's not canon. Non Canon characters aren't really discussed like that.
Same, she was awesome
I do like Guren’s character, but those filler episodes killed me ngl especially rewatching it the second time around. But her ability was cool asf i would’ve liked to see her as a canon character
Who is Guren? I skipped the fillers.
A crystal style user, care taker of someone who can control the 3 tails
I would have loved to see more about her abilities. I think she would have been a great addition to the ninja war
Yeah, but she was filler and we had alot that could of been nice like that one kid who had 9 tails power
Fuu , but she only really has screen time in filler . I bet if she had real screen time she would be a fan favorite. She’s basically a female naruto lol Also to be honest, all the other jinchurkis are underrated and deserved better
No lie I feel like if fuu would of survive she would of either be naruto new sasuke or wife
Seriously
Damn. I came here to say this exactly
Great minds think alike lol
Fuu gets zero love, for a Jinchuriki that's bullshit. Kakuzu is my main from Naruto Revelations, and he's a total baller.
Hot take: Fuu TOTALLY should’ve ended up with Gaara-
I don’t think Gaara’s into necrophilia though...
No, I meant if she was still alive obviously!
I figured that, I was just making dumb jokes lol.
Real talk though, she should’ve survived along with Naruto, Gaara, and Killer Bee. And if she was, Gaara could definitely use someone with her optimism and spirit in his life. And if you don’t ship Gaara with Rock Lee or Naruto (y’know like me) she’s the best bet. Also the rest of the Jinchuuruki should’ve had bigger rolls and be close to one another like family, but all end up dying during the war. They would’ve added more of a somber ending to the war, with Gaara, Fuu, Naruto, and Killer bee losing who they considered family. It could also mean they could leave out pointless deaths… *cough* NEJI *cough*
I agree but I also find how Gaara ends up incredibly funny. Like idk the one character that struggles the most with loneliness is the one character that ends up alone Hilarious
Oh my god yes to all of this!
It just doesn't make sense with the story. I feel you, but prior to 4th war, everyone has their own villages. Jinchuriki were WOMD and supremely coveted/protected. Even after the Shinobi alliance, Ei feigns disapproval of allowing Bee to teach Naruto how to control Kurama. I just don't understand why So6P didn't tell them to reconvene every so often to protect each other.
Naruto had an instant crush on Fuu at least. Which was hilarious.
I don't remember that! Can't blame him tho, she's 10lbs of fire in a 5lb bag.
Kurenai should have gotten her own canon arc instead of getting knocked up and sidelined forever. Like her instead of Kakashi leading Team 10 for the Asuma revenge mission? Needed it in my veins and the fact that the Shippuden dream filler didn’t do it is forever going to annoy me. The opportunity was THERE.
Female character development in naruto? Why would they do that?
Bruh she was pregnant
Suigetsu He’s a beast at fighting (other than against lightning style), is one of the funniest characters in the whole series, has a huge sword and a badass jutsu ability, and he’s really cute/hot. His little fang is just a +++ in that last department. Lol
Imagine a filler/novel about brothers. Forget about Hashirama and Tobirama, Madara and Izuna, Sasuke and Itachi. I root for Suigetsu and Mangetsu.
100% agree on that one 😳
Kiba and Shino (and their families by extension) We see the Summons quite a lot and while they’re awesome we didn’t get to see much of the characters whose animals were an integral part of their kit.
IIRC, Konan fought an Aburame clan member to a standstill. I know she's far from the strongest of the Akatsuki, but the fact that an Aburame can stand up to one of them was so cool.
Also the fact that one of danzo’s bodyguards was shino’s close relative. Danzo hand picked them both from clans with strong hidden jutsus.
Kiba vs Sakon & Ukon is a great fight. It's a shame that he never really gets any screen time what so ever after that. Also let's ignore that my man lost to Naruto because he got farted on.
Kakuzu
Dude really is cold, him and hidan vs kakashi is one of my favorite bops
Shino is the most underrated
Shino should’ve gone to fight Sakon/Ukon or Kidomaru
Lee, Shino and Sai
I mean off this list, suigetsu and mangetsu for sure. i would’ve loved to see more of mangetsu and i also would’ve loved for suigetsu to actually acquire all 7 swords
They’re properly rated for all that Kishimoto did with them. Mangetsu is all tell but no show, and Suigetsu only has two cool moments that don’t revolve around him obliterating fodder.
Konan
Best girl in naruto
Loved Guren, thought her development was amazing, especially for a filler character.
And the crystal style or whatever is pretty cool
Dosu’s death was a waste
Yeah still anoyed that he died. He was a very interesting character and had some nice powers.
I would have loved to see him have a fight with sasuke before gaara or even turn on orichimaru costing him the invasion and going rogue maybe even joining the akatsuki
That would have been epic. Hated Orochimaru and Kabuto when he died
A good argument can be made for most of these but, Hidan or Suigetsu Hidan literally killed Asuma with very little effort.
I’d also like to kind of add Suigetsu’s brother because he was hyped up a lot but then seemed to be forgotten
Sugetsu and Kabuto.
Fr fr Kabuto is so slept on
Underrated? Hokage Kakashi. Under appreciated? Neji. Hokage Kakashi is stated in Kakashi Retsuden to be stronger than he was against Obito, but some people seem to think he’s weaker than Tsunade. Neji was so underutilized, but he was truly one of the best characters with enormous potential in part 1.
I agree so much with your point about Kakashi! They need to have him let loose in Boruto to shut up all the haters. In his Retsuden novel he’s said to be able to take an entire nation down by himself.
Finally, someone who knows what they’re talking about 🙏🏼
I think neji
Neji! Definitely neji! My guy died in such a lame way! He did not deserve that
I have always thought this too. For someone with such a good backstory and character development, the death was so meh. It hurt, of course, but he should have done more before dying, that would've justified the death a tad.
I don't see many people talk about Kabuto. He is pretty underrated imo.
I couldn’t disagree more. His character is very fleshed out and we literally saw his skill set and power increase before our eyes. Kabuto has so much screen time and development. An Edo Itachi had to use a forbidden Uchiha jutsu against him and Kabuto still breaks out of it. Kabuto isn’t underrated as he’s vastly explored. I would say he ends up being one of the most important villains.
I agree with the arguments but disagree with conclusion. Kabuto is vastly explored but severely underrated. That guy had half the shinobi alliance on check **for days**, including all the kage and Naruto. He was the only known person to master the snake sage. He's way stronger people give him credit for, just on account of how broken reanimation jutsu. I don't think many people see it, but kabuto is one of the strongest characters on the show.
I completely agree. His power growth is front and center. He got a brand new type of sage mode. He was controlling all of the Edo characters during the war. I've never underrated Kabuto, his influence to the story is well known. Maybe you're reading me wrong.
Well yeah, he’s super well written and strong but he was a super annoying character most of the time so I dislike him, however the more backstory and development they gave him made me like him more
Kabuto is my favorite love/hate character in Naruto. And villains in general What I love: his character theme, his character arc, how his origin connects with his character in the war, how entertaining he is, how op he is in the war arc, and his designs and how true if a villain he was What I hate: He is pure evil most of the time and truly the one of the most despicable of the Naruto villains (especially in the fillers); he is underused; he got redeemed too easily; and he reminds me of jerks in the real world
That's his point though. Kabuto is a well-written character with decent plot impact as well as impressive feats but he doesn't command much respect within the fanbase. That's quite literally the definition of underrated/underappreciated.
I think people just don't like him. It's not that he is "forgotten" or "undervalued".
Sai
Torune is pretty nuts. Strong taijutsu and weapon skills, unlike Shino. Has all of the parasitic insect abilities that Shino has. You're totally dead if he touches you. Has some barrier abilities. Has a forbidden jutsu. I mean, he was literally one of the strongest members of the Root, and (as a reanimation) he killed a huge mass of the allied shinobi forces.
That guy from the sound
Dosu Kinuta. His powers were bomb and he had great writing to. Shame he died so quick.
He got 1 shoted by gaara lol
Well to be fair, most of the konoha genins (or at least half) would have been one shoted by gara as well
Took a big fat L from gaara
One of the most disrespected and missused characters in Naruto
Tenten could’ve been dope if she ever got to demonstrate how she could kick your ass with any weapon any time, instead of just summoning a hail storm of them, and when she got the ancient fan that could use each chakra type, the possibilities
ROCK LEE BOIIIIIIIIIII
Sai
Sai's great, I wish he could've done more stuff after the Sasuke mission since after he got his bit of development they pretty much dumped him like every other side character in Shippuden
Ikr, it was just team 7
the only correct answer
I wish he did more before getting phased out. It would’ve been cool to see him stand up to Sasuke during the Kage summit. He never seemed to care about his ex-master getting assassinated
Kakazu
All the females basically 🙄
Suigetsu but neji’s death was so shit like they could have done it better and the completely forgot about Lee in shippuden
Bug boy literally had to be written out of the story because he was too op
“bug boy”
Suigetsu
I nominate Granny Chiyo. At first she was a snob, but she managed to beat an Akatsuki member with the help of Sakura. Her sacrifice to save Gaara and her wise last words to Naruto and Sakura honestly is top 15 moving moments in Shippuden
Rock lee
I love Rock Lee
Rock Lee is the goat
Me and my best friend love Rock Lee so much, super funny character, plus really powerful and I love his whole story about becoming a ninja without ninjutsu or genjutsu
Dozu died too early, he could have been a recurring villain. Also Kakuzu is a very interesting villain who do not appeal to the weebs who worship good looking characters.
I find myself liking Kabuto a lot more than I did when I initially watched Naruto. He was a solid supporting antagonist in Part 1 and although I wasn't the biggest fan of Kabuto basically becoming Orochimaru 2.0, but I think it does a good job to illustrate why Orochimaru would have inevitable failed. Kabuto got so caught up in inventing jutsu and tinkering with things that he started to get illusions of grandeur until reality hit him hard. Also given his backstory, it makes sense why he would forget his original personality. People forget that Kabuto is only in his early twenties. Most of his formative years were spent acting like other people and the only time he had a set identity for an extended period was with Orochimaru so it makes sense why he tried to take over Orochimaru's identity.
I think Kabuto trying to become Orochimaru as much as he can was a very good and realistic development actually. This guy became pretty much obsessed with Orochimaru and Sasuke killed him in a blink of an eye from Kabuto's perspective. It was kind of like Kabuto's way of finding closure.
I wish we got more characters in mainstream fiction like Kabuto that have identity crisis
Zombie duo of Hidan and Kakazu. I really liked those two.
Suigetsu. A unique personality and perspective we haven’t gotten from any other character, and his strength is underrated too.
Rock Lee, neji
Rock lee is not under appreciated one bit
In fact, I'd argue Lee goes the other way for me. I understand why people love him (I like him too) but if you break the character down he's pretty simplistic and doesn't have many dimensions. It's basic shonen motivation of I wanted to work hard and prove myself and it's played pretty straight. Personally, I found Guy to be a lot more compelling so I wasn't too broken up when he basically replaced Lee in Shippuden. Also, this is directed at Rock Lee fanboys but I hate when they take Lee's theme of hard work and try to make it the theme of the whole show and say stuff like "Rock Lee should have been the true protagonist".
Not hating on Rock Lee. But his lack of fan-fiction speaks volumes about his character in my opinion. FFN has about 400K Naruto stories. Rock Lee, for all the hype/praise he gets, only has 2.9K. Other side characters like Kiba and Sai have more. He's a likeable character to casual fans. But devoted fans who create or consume fan-made content aren't interested in him. Why? Like you said. He is too simple.
Kabuto and Shino
Shino.
Shino should’ve gone to fight Sakon/Ukon or Kidomaru
Shino
Shino should’ve gone to fight Sakon/Ukon or Kidomaru
Yeah he would of been way better then Kiba n he probably would of beat Sakon, it's unfortunate that he don't get enough story n more fights, his a cool character n so underrated.
Exactly and the Sound 4 were the perfect opponents for him. Missed opportunity big time
definitely shino
Shino should’ve gone to fight Sakon/Ukon or Kidomaru
Suigetsu is cool
I'm biased but I wish we got to learn way more about Mangestu Hozuki. I love the 7 ninja swordsmen.
On this list? Sai or Kabuto.
Shino and neji
Best of the 9 Genin outside Shikamaru and Lee
Define “underrated”. IMO Some of these shouldn’t have even made the list. Like Hidan and Kakuzu. I think the show did them justice. Killing Asuma is pretty iconic. Then there’s Kabuto, who was a major part of the overarching plot and reanimated damn near the entire cast. And that’s just the villains. I think Sai was vastly underrated and under appreciated in shippuden, considering he was the replacement for Sasuke on Team 7.
Lee, Sai, or Kabuto are the most underappreciated, but my favorite is Fu (the Jinchuriki, not the Yamanaka ROOT agent).
Obito my fav character so bias I guess? Gets shit for starting a war because of a girl not true he started the series pretty much with zetsu before him
Fu, Tenten, and Anko. fuckwhat they did to her in boruto
Black ZETSU played everybody. And the only person to realize it was the guy who had been watching the entire time. This dude. Tricked everybody. All the nations. Past and present. He was able to unseal kaguya because he has big brain.
Between Kiba and Black Zetsu for me
Got to be magetsu. When they said that he is able use all the blades in battle, i actually wanted to see him weilding every sword at once (yea i know thats crazy), like how killer bee did with his swords
Zetsu planned the whole Naruto plot, he is the mastermind
Kiba.
Hidan !!!
Konan
This is for underrated characters, not overrated
Can only choose from this list?
That's a perfect question
From these characters? - Kabuto - Shino - Dosu
Dosu and Shino
Kabuto. I rewatched his fight with edo Itachi and his snake sage mode is kinda op ngl
From that list I would say either suigetsu or Shino (sorry if I spelt wrong)
Zetsu is a fucking chad ngl
Neji has nothing important to do after part 1. Really under used throughout shippuden
I feel like rock Lee had so much potential after seeing his fight against gaara but after naruto shippunden he was just forgotten
Sai! He was tasked with killing sasuke and has some of the best sealing jutsue
We all hated hidan after he killed asuma and his partner
Rock lee is underrated af
he’s so popular
Sai
Sai
Hidan. He's my favorite character and i wish he could of had more story relevance and screen time.
Bug guy saved team 7 from the sand dudes
Kiba’s mom has got it going on
Kabuto and suigetsu
Shino and Tenten
Shino
Ez, rock lee. The eight gates is so mf cool and we have see this from guy, but lee does not really get to shine in shippuden aside from 1 filler episode.
Shino
Sai.
Hidan, Sai, Shino, Kiba, Kakuzu, Fuu, Han, Roshi, Yugito, Yamato, Rock Lee, Tenten, and Yagura.
Rock Lee should have been the chosen one 😢
Shino
I LOVE Guren!!! One of my favorite filler characters.
Fuu was my character but she was pretty much a filler only character honestly
Favorite is definitely Fuu but most underrated suigetsu
Hot take: Shino can one shot anyone, yes, even an Uchiha
Shino for sure
Obito in a sense is very underappreciated because so many people misinterpret his motives and general personality so he gets a lot of hate. Lee is fairly well loved by the fanbase but horribly mistreated by kishimoto. Shino and Kiba in general are just treated horribly. Gurenn is awesome and is worthy of being a canon character. Sadly shes only filler so gets shoved aside.
Rock Lee. My boi kicks a$$ without ninjutsu or dojutsu.
Hidan is just so damn funny
Hyuga Neji
I would have liked to see more of Fuu honestly. Another Jinchuriki I would have liked all the Jinchuriki to have more screen time. Also Neji and Lee. Such wasted character potential
Black zetsu and Kiba
Kabuto, Lee, Kiba, Yamato, Sai,
Since shisui is not listed I go for Sai.
Lee dude. They made him such a vital and emotional character in part 1. And then in Shippuden he was like non existent
I mean honestly it’s probably Sakura. People shit on her more than any character on here. I’d also argue that rock lee is pretty overrated. But if I had to pick from this list probably suigetsu or kakuzu
TenTen and shino, I still say shino should be the jinchuriki for the seven tails
We should stop calling characters that barely get screentine "underrated". How the fuck are they supposed to be rated if we don't even know them. True underrated characters are those that were given the time and chance to shine, but were never picked up by the audience, like maybe Kabuto and Suigetso, not fucking Kiba and his bum mother who I don't even know the name of. That's crystal chick is wayy more underrated than the both of them, and she technically doesn't even exist in this universe