Naruto 496: Reunion with the Kyuubi

Naruto, Bee, and Yamato entered the waterfalls and are now in a new place. Bee explained that it is where Naruto will fight the Kyuubi. Naruto has to break the seal in order to face the Kyuubi inside him and in order to win he has to steal the Kyuubi's chakra byn using his chakra. It is a dangerous task because there is a possibility that the Kyuubi will steal Naruto's chakra.

When  Naruto entered the training place Bee explained that the beheaded status were former host who did not open the door. In order to open the door the host must place his or her head in the mouth of the wall statue. If he is his/her true self the door would open but if not the wall statue will bite off one's head. Naruto was determined to go to his training and placed his head. He suddenly shouted and Yamato rushed to pull out Naruto and Naruto's head was gone.

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Naruto defeats the Dark Naruto

After hearing the story of Motoi and Bee, Naruto begins to understand why Bee was able to control the Hachibi. At the same time Naruto and Bee started to trust and each other. Naruto returns to the falls of truth and faces Dark Naruto. He realizes that in order to defeat his dark side Naruto has to accept the fact what he is and should be proud instead of sulking or berating himself because of what he is. He now looks as himself rather than the Jinjuriki.

Bee now accepts Naruto as his student and invites him now for training. They both re-entered the Falls of truth and upon entering it Bee told Naruto that he will fight the Kyubi.

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Motoi tells Naruto the story of Bee and the Hachibi.

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The Hachibi was put to Bee when he was just 5 years old. Back then the Hachibi was uncontrollable and has brought great destruction to the Kumogakure. Motoi's faher was killed in one of those incidents when the village was rampaged by the eight-tailed. 

Motoi and Bee were best friends but the thought of Bee being the Jinchuriki consume Motoi and planned to kill Bee. His attempt foiled but keeps his distance from his friend. The other villagers as well distance themselves from Bee but in the end just like Naruto and Gaara the villagers see them as their heroes.

Naruto 493: Dark Naruto

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Finally after quite sometime, Onemanga.com has posted the latest Naruto episode.

Episode 493 is about Naruto facing the dark inside him in the Waterfall of Truth. He faces the dark inside him in which the Kyubi clings because the Kyubi itself is of the full of hatred. Naruto has to surpass his darkside to control his emotions and eventually control the Kyubi just like Bee-san. Motoi explains why Bee was able to surpass the dark side inside him and tame the Hachibi by being confident even being the host. He has to be a good host because he is the Raikage's brother thus bringing greatness and fame to his village.

Naruto asksMotoi to help him know what was Bee's secret in conquering his dark self but instead starts to tell how he attempted to kill Bee 30 years ago

Ninja Ranking in Naruto

 
Academy Students - This is where everyone interested in becoming a Ninja must first start. It's almost like a pre-school stage. You aren't officially considered a ninja yet, but you're in the training of becoming one. This is usually the stage where you'll see all the little kids. Academy Students usually graduate around the age of 12. During the training of the academy, students don't do any missions, but learn about what becoming a ninja means and practicing basic techniques that everyone should know before becoming a real ninja.
 

Genin(Lower Ninja) is the stage an Academy Student reaches after successfully graduating the Academy. They are now considered an official ninja. When this happens the passing students from the academy are split into groups of 3; each group with their own Elite Ninja instructor. The instructor will supervise them on missions and help prepare them for becoming a Middle Ninja. Lower Ninja's missions usually consist of more tedious / unskillful tasks like weeding, finding lost pets and so on.

 

Chuunin(Middle Ninja) once becoming this level of a Ninja, much more skill and responsibility is required. Middle Ninja's now not only protect themselves in a mission, but the team assigned to them. Middle Ninjas usually have less time to train themselves, and spend their days serving the Kages and teaching Academy Students. Becoming a Middle Ninja is an extremely hard thing to do, and if accomplished shows a great amount of skill in a ninja.

Jounin(Elite Ninja) is level of Ninja that is extremely hard to achieve, and is quite an accomplishment if achieved. This is the next level above a Middle Ninja, and just like the jump from Lower Ninja to Middle Ninja, the jump from Middle Ninja to Elite Ninja is big. It hasn't yet been shown how to achieve this rank of Ninja, but judging by how powerful an Elite Ninja is, it's got to be extremely hard. Elite Ninjas take on the highest ranked missions and are sometimes required to teach Lower Ninjas (i.e. Kakashi with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura).

Anbu Ninjas specialize in 3 categories; Assassination, Espionage, and Protection. You could almost think of this ninja level, as a sub-ranking within Special Elites. Like Hunter-Nins, the identity of these ninjas are never revealed, but we do know Sasuke's older brother Itachi used to be one. Like Genins, Anbu Ninjas are split into groups of 3 and lead by a higher ranking ninja, which in this case is a Special Elite.

Special Elite - The same as an Elite Ninja, but specializes in a certain field, like medicine or chakra manipulation. In some ways this can be easier to achieve than a regular Elite Ninja, because you only need to be really good at one aspect of being a Ninja, where regular Elites need to be really good and lots of different things. Anbu captains would fall under this category since they are also very specialized.

Missing-Nin - This is the title given to any ninja, regardless of whatever rank they currently belong to, that have left and abandoned their home village. Because they have left their village, and could leak out important information to enemy villages, they are hunted down and killed. Leaving a village is acceptable, as long as you are to stay affiliated with it.

Hunter-Nin - Also known as Body Erasers, these Ninjas are trained for the soul purpose of hunting down Missing-Nins and killing them. This is to prevent a Missing-Nin from ever leaking out important information about their home village. Hunter-Nins when trained are taught how to kill people, and learn things like where the weak points in a person's body is. All Hunter-Nins wear face masked and they're identity is not revealed.

Sennin is rank the of Ninja consists of Ninjas who are close to, or possibly stronger than that of a Kage Ninja. This type of Ninja will usually choose to live outside of their own village, but are forced to keep in touch with it, so not become a Missing-Nin and get hunted down. 3 examples of Ninjas who fall into this rank of ninja are Jiraiya, Tsunade (Who is now a Kage), and Orochimaru.

Kage - The highest level of Ninja that can be achieved, Kages are extremely powerful, and know many different techniques. There can only be one Kage per village, and this Ninja is the one in charge of that village. Having strength matched by virtually no one (except perhaps a Sage), they are extremely respected by others. Each of Ninja villages calls their Kage a slightly different name. Here are the names used by the villages, along with what that name means. Ho (Fire), Kaze (Wind), Mizu (Water), Rai (Lightning), Tsuchi (Earth). Each of those names is put infront of the word Kage. For example, Ho (Fire), would be Hokage, and Kaze (Wind), would be Kazekage.

Naruto:What is it?

Naruto is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become a Hokage, the ninja in his village that is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. The series is based on a one-shot comic by Kishimoto that was published in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump.

The manga was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Currently, the manga is still being serialized with forty-seven tankōbon volumes released so far. The manga was later adapted into an anime, which was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo network and the anime satellite television network Animax on October 3, 2002. The first series lasted 220 episodes, while Naruto: Shippuden, a sequel to the original series, has been airing since February 15, 2007. In addition to the anime series, Studio Pierrot has developed six movies for the series and several original video animations (OVAs). Other types of merchandise include light novels, video games and trading cards developed by several companies.

Viz Media has licensed the manga and anime for North American production. Viz has been publishing the series in their Shonen Jump magazine, and as well as the indidividual volumes. The anime series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2005, and later in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2006 and 2007, respectively. The films, as well as most OVAs from the series, have also been released by Viz, with the first film premiering in cinemas. The first DVD volume of Naruto: Shippuden was released by Viz in North America on September 29, 2009, and it started broadcast on Disney XD in October of the same year.

As of volume 44, the manga has sold over 89 million copies in Japan. Serialized in Viz's Shonen Jump magazine, Naruto has become one of the company's best-selling manga series. The English adaptation of the series has also appeared in the USA Today Booklist several times and volume 11 won the Quil Award in 2006. Reviewers from the series have praised the balance between fighting and comedy scenes, as well as the characters' personalities, but have criticized it for using standard shōnen plot elements.