Top 10 Naruto Moments That Will Make You Cry

It took hundreds of episodes and a handful of movies to get here, but it happened at long last! Naruto just happened to notice he had a Grade-A-Girl watching him from afar this whole time and decides to get on it! Of course, he had to kick the shit out of a man from the moon beforehand, but at the very least we got a rather enchanting scene of the pair kissing before a beautiful moonlit night. Hinata confessing her love just before Pain sent her flying was pretty potent too but we’re pretty sure the shippers lost their minds over this little exchange!

For the longest time, the older brother of the Uchiha clan was believed to be nothing more than an unfeeling murderer who had killed his family, igniting the flame of vengeance that fuelled Sasuke. Then we found out he’s possibly the most tragic and kind-hearted among Naruto’s pantheon. In order to suppress a coup among his own clan that would have spiralled into another war, Itachi painted himself as the villain and killed everyone he loved…except for Sasuke, choosing instead to make his sibling believe his older brother was a monster so he could grow up one day to avenge the Uchiha and be hailed a hero. Selfless doesn’t even begin to cover it.

Going from a rival to a rather mellow dude, Neji’s turnaround was certainly one of the more staggering, even becoming downright likable by the time the Fourth Great Ninja War rolled around, which made his passing all the more painful. Stepping in the way of an attack meant for Naruto and Hinata, the once embittered Hyuga takes a full brunt of Madara’s attack, dying in service to the cousin he used to despise and the one man who would end up knocking her up. RIP my dude.

Not to downplay just how saddening it was to see Asuma die at the hands of Hidan’s zealot justu but there was just something about the way in which the always composed Shikamaru broke down just days later that really tore into us. While the grieving process is certainly necessary for him to move on, the way in which he tosses the shogi board before allowing himself to mourn his beloved teacher feels so genuinely human, you’re bound to shed a tear or two.

It’s no secret that Naruto’s an orphan, but who would have guessed that hundreds of episodes on we’d actually get to see Ma and Pa Uzumaki bite the big one. After Obito successfully summons the Nine Tailed Fox, Minato and Kushina are left with no choice but to seal away the Tailed Beast’s power into their newborn son, sacrificing their lives in the process. With only a handful of seconds to say goodbye to their child, Kushina offers a tearful rundown of motherly advice. And we’ll be damned if it wasn’t heart-breaking!

With a childhood that mirrored Naruto’s in many aspects, it’s little wonder Gaara spent his early teens as a bloodthirsty monster that killed anyone who crossed him – which is somewhat understandable when his own father tried to have him assassinated. After getting the One Tailed Shukaku sealed inside him, Gaara became a pariah of the Sand Village, feared by the masses due to the way his sand jutsu automatically lashed out at those who would come near him. Throw in a dead mother and a father who viewed him as an experiment gone wrong, and its kind of amazing he turned out for the better!

The fact this entry could almost be multiple choice is depressing in of itself, but for argument’s sake we’re going with his secondary demise following the fight against Kaguya! Not only because he finally made his peace with Kakashi, but because he got to see Rin again! Given all the torment he had endured all throughout his life, this beautiful, afterlife reunion was sweeter than it had any right to be! Good on him for finally getting the girl of his dreams. Posthumously, but still!

This one still hurts. A lot. While he may have been a perverted hermit, Jiraya slowly grew on us a beloved mentor and surrogate father figure to Naruto. Seeking out the Akatsuki leader, the Toad Sage hoped to defeat Pain himself to save the village from his wrath…only to discover that the mastermind was actually his old student. We won’t deny the battle between them was one of the best the series has ever produced, but it still gets us each time we see Jiraya fall to the bottom of the lake, passing the will of fire onto his knucklehead apprentice.

Ever since Sasuke learned the truth about his brother’s courage and sacrifice, we were all dying to see the once hate-filled sibling reunite and confront Itachi over the truth of his actions. Thankfully, after being brought back as a zombie, not only did we see the two Sharingan users work side by side in combat, but Itachi was finally able to make amends with his brother Sasuke and tell him he loved him. Both in life and in death – Itachi was the man.

Before we reveal our number one pick, here are a few honourable mentions.

Nagato’s Past

Guy’s Childhood

Naruto & Sasuke Make Amends

Gaara Learns His Mother Loved Him

While you could argue that the demises of other characters hit closer to home, all are technically standing in the shadow of the first major, heartrending deaths of the series – which is pretty impressive that up until the end, the Demon of the Mist and his icy assassin were Team 7’s first true villains. The way in which a monster like Zabuza found some manner of redemption in mourning his one and only friend proved to be just that potent, especially for the early days of Naruto!