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Naruto: The Only Villain Naruto Uzumaki Kills In The Entire Series 

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The Sand Ninja: YURA

Despite defeating numerous enemies throughout his story, Naruto Uzumaki has only killed one person – a single Sand Village jonin named Yura. Yura was at first believed to be a trustworthy member of the Kazekage's council, however, it later was revealed that he was a secret agent acting on behalf of the Akatsuki. His memory was reactivated on the arrival of Sasori and Deidara in the Hidden Sand. After Yura's espionage ends, Pain transforms him into an Itachi clone. Under the guise of the brother of Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, and Chiyo face off against Yura, who eventually is killed by Naruto's Giant Rasengan technique. Viewers later see Yura's corpse, confirming his death.

While Yura is the only canon kill under Naruto's belt, delving into the realm of filler opens up a few additional possibilities. For example, the Hidden Mist ninja Raiga was sent flying off a cliff by Naruto's signature jutsu Rasengan. Raiga actually committed suicide while falling, probably realizing the fall would kill him anyway, so Naruto perhaps isn't entirely responsible for Raiga's death. Furthermore, Naruto had a hand in the defeat of Urashiki Otsutsuki. This villain travels to the past in a Boruto filler arc to attack Naruto's younger self. Urashiki was destroyed thanks to the combined efforts of Naruto, Sasuke, Boruto, and Jiraiya, making Naruto jointly responsible for the character's demise in this non-canon adventure.

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Sage Mode

Naruto Uzumaki is involved in plenty of fights in the Naruto series, but he actually only kills a single villain during the entire story.

Despite defeating many a villain, Naruto's title character directly kills just one person in both the original series and Shippuden. Set in a world of warring ninja nations with otherworldly powers, it's no surprise that Naruto is violent and has included its share of blood, gore, and impalement. Despite this, Naruto Uzumaki's kill count is extremely low. As the lead protagonist and unlikely hero of Konoha, Naruto's journey to become Hokage finds himself at the center of numerous seismic battles and has been on the receiving end of some fairly brutal attacks himself.

With that said, Shōnen Jump protagonists are rarely portrayed as murderers, more often taking the high ground or showing their enemies mercy, promoting the magazine's values of kindness and teamwork. When villains do bite the dust in Shonen manga and anime, the story usually works around the issue, so the protagonist is not directly responsible for the death. Naruto does exactly that after the fight against Pain, where the exuberant young lead ninja changes the villain's outlook and prompts Pain to sacrifice himself and revive all his previous victims. Even Kaguya Otsutsuki, the final villain of Naruto, was safely sealed away, rather than destroyed outright.

WARNING: The following contains SPOILERS for Naruto and Boruto.



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