Why Naruto’s Greatest Redemption Arc Isn’t Sasuke’s

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Naruto's journey to become the Hokage was not easy. He lost his parents during the Nine-Tails' attack and while growing up, was treated as a monster by the people living inside the Hidden Leaf. They cursed him for being responsible for the deaths of so many people, and that took a toll on him.

Throughout the entire Naruto series, he endured many hardships, but he stayed true to his beliefs and never strayed from his path. On his journey, Naruto met many new people— some of them became his friends while others were his enemies. Naruto's speeches helped numerous people to make peace with themselves. One of the many characters that Naruto influenced is Nagato Uzumaki.

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Nagato Uzumaki was a kind child, who loved his parents, but he lost them during the Second Great Ninja War. He joined Yahiko and Konan, and together they roamed the battlefields until they finally met Jiraiya, who trained them. Then they decided to form Akatsuki, but due to Hanzo's demands, Yahiko had to kill himself and this caused a big change in Nagato's personality. He was filled with rage and used his Rinnegan's power to kill Hanzo, and then he took over Amegakure.

This started a whole new era of terror in Amegakure and soon the rest of the world would be engulfed in Nagato's ambition for peace. To achieve his goal, Nagato recruited new members, who were S-rank rogue ninjas. He needed their power to steal the tailed beasts from the villages and seal them inside the Demonic Statue. He needed the power of the nine tailed beasts in order to revive the Ten-Tails, which would allow him to create peace throughout the world.

Undoubtedly, Nagato's two worst transgressions were when he killed his master, Jiraiya,