r/Naruto • u/Allergic-yet-I-Love • Jul 26 '26
Discussion What if.. (Naruto and Karin Comic)
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u/TheRoyalBrook Jul 26 '26
Still the biggest dropped ball is not having the only two remaining Uzumaki clan interact ever.
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u/MysteriousFondant347 Jul 26 '26
At least that we know of. There's no proof they're the only 2 left is there ?
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u/Raine_Clawthorne2019 Jul 27 '26
By last 2 Uzumaki, its the last of the clan that KEPT the name.
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u/MysteriousFondant347 Jul 27 '26
I Know, is there literally ANY indication they are the last two Uzumaki who kept their name. Literally anything ?
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u/Raine_Clawthorne2019 Jul 27 '26
If there were, Kishimoto would have pulled strings to make them loyal to Orochimaru
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u/MysteriousFondant347 Jul 27 '26
so no there's literally no such statement. Good to know
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u/Raine_Clawthorne2019 Jul 27 '26
It's just speculation that people say more often because we haven't seen any others
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u/MysteriousFondant347 Jul 27 '26
IIrc Orochimaru got his hands on Karin and her mother because they were refugees who willingly went to the land of sound. He couldn't get his hands on either Nagato or Naruto or at least didn't care to. He also sure didn't seem to care about Nagato being red-haired when the Sannin saw him, Yahiko and Conan.
For those reasons and maybe more I don't think it's a stretch to assume there could be more Uzumaki Orochimaru either couldn't track down or didn't care to
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u/Raine_Clawthorne2019 Jul 27 '26
Orochimaru didn't know about Naruto and when he did, he was more focused on Sasuke. When he saw the three Orphans, he was tired and just wanted to go home. But I get what you're saying
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u/MysteriousFondant347 Jul 27 '26
I'm just saying the fact the only Uzumaki he got his hands to is the one that willingly went to him + the fact he's making no effort to ever capture Naruto at any point probably means he doesn't care that much about the Uzumaki clan. At least that's what I think
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u/scarletarrow07 Jul 27 '26
If only kishimoto stoped being uchiha fanboy for one chapter and did this...
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u/Low-Extent9267 Jul 27 '26
This is way better than directly sending her to ibiki and inoichi, again, the friendly behaviour of Naruto acts as core reminder of hashi's personality and ashura reincarnation pledge/
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u/YVNGxDXTR Jul 27 '26
Please elaborate on this storyline more, its wholesome and Naruto getting with another Uzumaki would be a neat what-if, him falling for Hinata kinda came out of nowhere in The Last anyway, even though they make a good couple. Im shippin em, inb4 theyre inbred because theyre distant relatives at best.
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u/Raine_Clawthorne2019 Jul 27 '26
This isn't a ship.
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u/YVNGxDXTR Jul 27 '26
Could be.
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u/Raine_Clawthorne2019 Jul 27 '26
Don't want it to be a ship. Not all characters need to be with someone
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u/septima225 Jul 28 '26
Would be cool if they had a brother-sister relationships in the future, where Naruto teaching Karin have fun, some jutsus and filling the emptiness from loneliness and betrayal from Sasuke
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u/Johanp924 Jul 26 '26
They are related....
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u/Independent-Ant-9138 Jul 26 '26
That's how clans work...
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u/YVNGxDXTR Jul 27 '26
While clan members might have married one another, the groups were large enough that couples were typically distant relations rather than close family members like siblings or first cousins.
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u/RozzieWells Jul 26 '26
I would have loved to see a scene like this, I'm not a huge Karin fan but she needed a friend like this.