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Though Hiruzen knew the potential evil his former pupil had in him, he hoped to stir Orochimaru from the path before slowly realizing that he was beyond anyone's help. While Orochimaru's ambitions did include becoming the Fourth Hokage, he intended to use the title for his own agenda. It was during that time that Orochimaru met Kabuto Yakushi while accompanying Danzō in forcing the boy's guardian, Nonō, into a mission.

Some time after Team Hiruzen was disbanded, Orochimaru became an Anbu member and joined Root to work directly under Danzō Shimura, while also becoming a mentor to Anko Mitarashi. After its rampage, Orochimaru obtained the severed horn of the Eight-Tails and harvested Blue B's DNA from it. In the anime, Orochimaru orchestrated the last known rampage of the Eight-Tails in Kumogakure by infiltrating the village while disguised as a Kumo-nin and posing as Blue B's doctor in order to trick him into taking special genjutsu inducing pills, allowing him to extract the tailed beast. On their way back to Konoha, they encountered three Amegakure orphans, with Orochimaru proposing a mercy killing before Jiraiya chose to train them instead. Jiraiya theorised that Orochimaru went down this path in an attempt to forget his painful memories.ĭuring the Second Shinobi World War, Orochimaru joined Jiraiya and Tsunade in fighting Hanzō, who gave them the title of Konoha's 'Three Legendary Shinobi' (伝説の三忍, Densetsu no Sannin) as a reward for surviving their battle with him, while the rest of their group were easily slaughtered in the process. Near his parents' grave, with Hiruzen's explanation of it representing fortune and rebirth inspiring Orochimaru to study kinjutsu and obtain knowledge of all techniques. At some point after losing them, Orochimaru found a white snake His sadistic attitude was presumably due to the death of his parents. According to Tsunade, Orochimaru had a twisted personality even as a child. Compared to the more laid back Jiraiya, Orochimaru stood out as a genius - his talents, knowledge, and determination were considered by Hiruzen to be that of a prodigy seen only once in a generation. Orochimaru was once an orphan who became a pupil of Hiruzen Sarutobi alongside Jiraiya and Tsunade. 3 List of summoning of the Reanimation Jutsu.In Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals, he is voiced by Vic Mignogna in the English Version. He is voiced by Kujira in the Japanese version, and by Steve Blum in the English Version. By the end of Part II, Orochimaru saw how flawed his goals were and gave up his previous villainous ambitions, becoming an anti-hero throughout the New Era. Since then, his influence still affected the events leading to the Fourth Shinobi World War. Orochimaru would eventually return to Konoha and plot revenge against the village. When his secrets were discovered, Orochimaru abandoned Konoha and was branded as both a criminal and a traitor. In order to accomplish this goal, he began to conduct illegal experiments that involved experimenting with the corpse of deceased people, as a mean of cheating death. He is one of the three legendary Sannin of Konoha that trained under Hiruzen Sarutobi, alongside his former friends, Jiraiya and Tsunade.Įver since the Second Shinobi World War, Orochimaru became fascinated with the idea of learning all jutsu around the world.

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He started off as the main antagonist of Part I of the manga and anime series Naruto, then later as a major antagonist in Part II of Naruto Shippuden. Redeemed Anti-Heroic Traitor Orochimaru (in Japanese: 大蛇丸, Orochimaru) is one of the main characters of the Naruto franchise.

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