Naruto Shippuden: Tragic backstories

the red hot habanero is the most logical answer.

nah thing is a lot of female characters that do have potential just end up being wasted

Vin Sama

Sakura's life is shit in the community, not in the anime. People really love to scapegoat her instead of calling out the misogynistic anime industry and the Naruto creators who basically created her for the sake of two men. The only reason why people justify their hate for her is because she is the most plot-developed kunoichi even if it's tropey and in a negative context; it's easy for people to like Hinata, Tsunade, and Ino given their conventional anime beauty/aesthetics (which is the sole purpose of their character designs, being over-sexualized and objectified to the extent of Naruto's diegetic world) and lack of screen time as well as personality/connections to the storyline. Another women berated instead of the people who are at fault for how she is created through the series.

Gabby Fernandez

That Robin backstory hits every time. Herasihishishishi ;-;

growupjeff !!

Sakura has a tragic existence not back story lol, shit Hinatas back story more more heart wrenching that Sakura. Sakura got picked on for having a big forehead until she embraced it and no one picked on her any more. Hinata got bullied and she had to live up to her fathers expectations of being the next clan ruler all while getting wrecked by her little sister lol, Oh and Neji who was from the branch family

Dallas Winston

Robin

Otaku27

Saddest backstory is Ramen Guy. Its so sad it doesn't exist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Xanbry

Konan should def be on this list

They have seen the red hot habanero alraedy its not a spoiler wtf

fhiyos_

After watching a filler arc that the Normies are definitely going to skip (and nothing after yet) I have to say it upsets me to no end that a certain konichi who just wanted 100 friends died before we even got to meet her.

Version 0.111

Nope

Her story isn't tragic IMO. Personally, I feel suffering through life is more tragic than a bad death.

The Regret Meter

most tragic is probably random leaf villager # 37 got her family killed in all those leaf attacks and they didnt come back

luke nwagbara

Can’t say her name I ain’t spoiling sh!t here lol but Naruto fans definitely know what I’m talking about (episodes 246 to 249 broooo 💔)

Mike_ice

Karin is a far more fleshed out character than one of the main characters but shes not the most tragic

dannydarko27

There's two I can think of. The character has already been mentioned by others and the other one I'm thinking of gets introduced at the end of Naruto; a character that's divisive in the Naruto fandom because she came out of nowhere. The woman with grey/white hair really does have a tragic backstory.

Chaos T

Someone with red hair, you'll know her when you see her

Hazy Skies

sakura has the least pain yet for some reason she does 10x more crying than every other character lol

Rain

Red Hot Habanero (My favorite female character in Naruto.)

Ruka

I can only think of one Female character they haven't met & I'm gonna say no for that OP ass itch-bay.

Aidin the SEX GOD McDickens

I did, do you not know the tragedy of seeing the cute hot edgy boy you wanna kiss run away.

Dominic Caciappo

Rin IS the tragic backstory she doesn't have one

Paul R Peddy

Why would anyone choose Sakura

Omar Bautista

Ehh her ending was sad but pretty much it.

Abdul Manneh

Rin

Gary King

I think people are saying it’s the red hot habanero. I’d agree.

Konan…..her story is Yahikos

Pro_Hero

Sakura should be replaced on that list

Avalon Glynn

Seen her a few times but, only know one thing about her and know nothing about her.

Your mom

Richard McClure

Not yet.

Michael Diaz

does rin count?

Chris D. Jones

You can't forget about my girl Konan. Literally 2 of her best friends died that u already met: Nagato and Yahiko

KimKaiRen

Haku. oh wait...

IKIGAI

You might have met her already, but you haven’t seen the backstory

Karin; what they did to her mother and what they did to her was monstrous, and like you said the whole felt like symbolism for rape.

Gezno

Tenten clearly

Jordan Swan

That Red Hot Habanero chick

Drake

delete this, why do people like spoiling things so much...smdh

AyPeeElTee .

please delete this. why are you like this, jeez.....

AyPeeElTee .

The woman/girl you will meet and get to know better has in my opinion the saddest story. I always cried (still do..) because of her. Im not kidding... The color "red" is really a warning sign.

Lara Staehli

Ok sorry I mean tomato hair lady has the saddest back story but it’s barely a spoiler because well… anyways

Man, it literally says try being spoiler free in the comments

Pepperoni Pony .

I really loved that filler arc because of her. Shame most people hate it and skip it. I thought the combination jutsu stuff with Gamakichi was also really cool. Too bad it's not canon and therefore never gets used in the series again after that filler arc. Also that filler really amps up Kabuto's presence as a villain for me. He was fucking ominous in that filler arc with the curse marks.

SmilePlease

konan

k

Guren, from the filler arc, was/is the best and most well written female character in the show.

Golekane (Dark Ocean)

Lady Tsunade’s tragedy happened when she was in her 20s and 30s, and now when she’s like 60. I wouldn’t count that as “backstory” lol

Ghost_Troupe

Konan by far

jmv213

Are you hinting at Kushina lol? They know who Kushina is...they showed her and Minato at the same time lol

Ghost_Troupe

But sasuke....and sasuke....and...SASUKE....sas...uke... How can you not be moved by this?

FryLord

Tomato Head is the only real answer

Felix Jimenez

Lady Tsunade is only answer

Well, yep, Konan and Karin (even though her story is partly canon) have to claim 1st place

RhaenysR

K.O.N.A.N. !!! (Tsunade close second)

my new name

Only the females? So all the males not named Naruto or Sasuke don’t need development? As for Konan’s backstory. Karin is a war orphan too. Forced to immigrate to a nation that does nothing but guilt and use her, and to make things worse she has no family to go to. Konan at least had 2 people she could be with, Karin was alone after her mom died, and spent her entire life getting used until Orochimaru died.

Ghost_Troupe

They haven't really met kushina yet....

SarahchaSauce

hmmm I wonder who is that female character that we haven't met yet... has a REALLY sad backstory but I don't think people are thinking about "that" one who everybody hate because he ruined a lot of thing in the end of Shippuden...XDD

Kevin Kovacs

How is Sakura even on this list? She had the most normal and happy life and upbringing with loving parents and everything. Edit: Now that I think about it, I would even put Hinata on the list before Sakura. Her childhood fucking sucked as well, with her being outshined by Neji and her younger sister and being disregarded as a failure as well.

SmilePlease

Red heads in this show is synonymous with traumatic backstorys

Jamilaaaa

its not canon thats the only reason

logan

That list has to be bigger, but considering what they saw up to this moment, I'd say Karin Although, they have seen some female characters with a f-d up childhood already

RhaenysR

Karin definitely the saddest but the best female characters are Tsunade, Chiyo, and Ku......

Kingjasco

karin backstory is filler so i dont count her and choose Konan

logan

That Karin episode is to hard to watch for me it personally makes me sick how they treated her...and also how is Sakura an option out of So Far everybody she has the best non tragic backstory...she does not know pain

Watchdog

Konan

Ivan Gamez

Konan definitely deserves a spot on the list

Mike Samlall

Id argue it would be Konan? Even if it wasnt explored much she was a war orphan. If they ever do a Naruto-Kai, I really hope they do every female character JUSTICE and put extra effort on writing them

Fred Carmichael

Whos the someone i havent met yet what arc

Guillermo Oliva

I believe it’s canon that Kishimoto didn’t put in the manga just like “her” backstory that we’ll see later.

Ghost_Troupe

Not claiming anything, just asking. Does anyone know if the Karin backstory they watched is canon or filler just added to the episode?