There are some ground rules for this list to make it fair and fun to read: We’re only talking about the period of Akatsuki proper: in other words, prior to the Fourth Great Ninja War. If we count the ...

The Naruto franchise is well known for its diverse cast of villainous threats, including Pain and Madara. In the first series, Naruto Uzumaki faces a long and difficult journey to become the Hokage, a ...

To be clear, nobody expects Naruto‘s world to be perfect. Part of the reason Akatsuki is so compelling is exactly because Kishimoto is so graceful in his depiction of the realities of real-world ...

The Akatsuki was a thorn in the Ninja World's side for nearly the entire run of Naruto's anime, yet which Akatsuki members were strongest? On paper, that may seem like a silly question. After all, we ...

Black Zetsu is a manipulative tool lacking depth in Naruto Shippūden's Akatsuki. Kakuzo is an unstable antagonist who fails to stand out among the Akatsuki. Mizuki is memorable as Naruto's first ...

One of the major appeals of the Naruto series has always been its wide variety of villains, each of which had enough depth to their characters to justify their existence in the show. From rogue ninjas ...

The Naruto series is quite effective because of its great drama, which holds its characters responsible for their actions. Every character has an ideology backing them that justifies their emotions.