Naruto Chapter 438 Spoiler (RAW)

These are collated Predictions, Theories and Spoilers of Naruto Manga Chapter 438. I will release the confirmed scanned pics and Spoilers for Naruto Chapter 438 by Wednesday, March 4 (Japan Time).

Status: CONFIRMED SPOILER

HINATA IS STILL ALIVE!!!!

NARUTO CHAPTER 438 (ENGLISH)
FUUIN HAKAI (Breaking The Seal)


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Naruto Chapter 439 Spoilers and Prediction
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by: zeth3047
NARUTO's 10th Year Commemorative Teaser

Translation:

Hinata says, "Naruto kun...Na..."


I know it's short, but it helps those who cannot sleep since friday last week. This means she's still alive (and about to die by the looks of it).

by: Kaeruu

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Translation:

Text from pictures

First Pic/second pic:
Naruto turns to Kyuubi...
Kishimoto Masashi 438: Fuuin Hakai (Seal Release)!!!
Sakura: This chakra's feeling... from that time!!!
Gamakichi: What's going on?!
Hyuuga: Hinata-sama went out to help Naruto-kun!!!
Sakura: It.... It can't be!!!

Third pic: Uoooooo!!!!

Fourth pic: Hinata: Na... Naruto-kun

Fifth pic:
Sai: (Note: can't read, sorry)
Anko: (Note: same here)
Sign on Yamato's palm: Six (6)
Anko: What's wrong?
Yamato: (Note: can't read first part.)... Six [tails]...Impossible!
Yamato: Emergency situation!

Sixth pic/seventh pic::
Naruto: Uoooooo!!!!
Nagato: Tendou is close to ten minutes.
Tendou: Chibaku Tensei (Surface Burst Heavenly Star)
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Status: CONFIRMED Spoiler

Translation

Pain's jutsu isn't working on Naruto.
Rather damaging Pain himself.
Hinata is barely alive.
Sakura is told to evacuate everyone.
Outside Yamato, Anko and Sai are searching for ?Kabuto?
Yamato becomes aware of Naruto's situation.
Next week: Pain standing against Kyuubi's energy.
"Chibaku Tensei".


Chibaku Tensei (地爆天星) - Surface Burst Heavenly Subjugation.

A "Surface Burst" is a type of explosion where the blast is at surface level or just above surface level, such that the radius of the fireball causes a crater and sends a shockwave through the ground. In contrast with an "Air Burst", the overall destructive radius of a surface burst is smaller but the destruction at ground zero is more concentrated. Usually used to describe nuclear explosions.
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Translation:

サクラ:このチャクラの感じ... あの時の...
Sakura: The feeling of this chakra... Like that time...
サクラ:どうなってるの!?
Sakura: What’s happening!?
日向:ヒナタ様がナルトくんを助けようと出て行かれて
Hyuga: Lady Hinata has gone out in attempt to help Naruto!

サクラ:ま...まさか!!?
Sakura: W…what!? (i.e. impossible, it can't be, etc etc etc.)

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ナ... ナルトくん..
Hinata: Na… naruto..

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アンコ:どうした?
Anko: What’s wrong?
ヤマト:自力で... 六本なんてありえないぞ。
Yamato: T... that's impossible, he achieve 6 tails on his own!
ヤマト:緊急事態だ!すまないが
Yamato: This is a pressing situation! Forgive me but (got cut off here)

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ナガト:天道を十分近づけた。
Nagato: You’ve gotten close enough to the Deva Path. (i.e. That’s as far as you go)
天道:地爆天星
Deva: Chibaku Tensei

by: kokuu
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Translation:

In order to overthrow Pein,
(1)the training in perfecting senjutsu is abandoned!!!!
(2)the senjutsu training is completed!!!!
~The formation of the kanji confuse me; so, I am not entirely certain which of the two is more accurate, unfortunately.~

Naruto VS Pein
Big Special Edition!!

The reason the "Akatsuki" leader aims for Naruto is!?

Pein's birthplace is the village of Amegakure; although, when he was young, it became the battlegrounds between the great nations, and was devistated.
This "pain" experienced by Pain (__) "pain" onto the world, and with that, his personal belief is to bring "peace," but in order to do that, the organization "Akatsuki" had to team up!!
~Some of the kanji, I cannot quite quite make out; so, this part is a little disjointed.~

The direct confrontation between Naruto and Pein is reaching its climax!
This time, the fight happens to reach the point where the whole story is thoroughly explained!!

The companions who become the sacrifices for Pein...

Jiraiya, Kakashi, Fukasaku, and Shizune... the companions who are defeated by Pein, an emotional Naruto is pierced (__)
Naruto, the child of prophesy, who is entrusted with the will of fire, is it possible for him to change the ninja world!?

The conclusion of the fight where hate bears hate is...!!

~Eh, basically stuff we already really know. In any case, I shall do the rest tomorrow (unless someone translates the rest before me). I'm tired, and I am slow at transcribing text.~

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Status: CONFIRMED Spoiler

The bones around kyuubi it's throughout the body; (??)
Naruto talk with kyuubi, the talk isn't seen, only kyuubi answered: "alright";
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Kyuubi with a punch in floor raises everything;
Pain see something stranger;
Hinata it's in one of 6 tails of the kyuubi;
Pain notes that chakra of kyuubi it's healing hinata in her injury on the breast;
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Tsunade and Sakura join with shikamaru and the other;
Tsunade cry to know of the death of shizune;
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Pain doesn't maked follow the speed of kyuubi, he appers tired; (??)
Zetsu appers behind Pain;
Pain: "It'll not be easy, I will use that";
Zetsu: "This will let you immobilized for a long time";
Pain: "Doesn't matter, you take kyuubi for the place intended";
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Chapter ends with Pain making seals.
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Status: UNCONFIRMED Spoiler
Translation:

Black sticks that were holding Naruto from movement - are blood, containing in form with chakra.
Hinata's jutsu slightly touched Pain, and disorder his chakra control.
What we saw in Pain's sleeve, when he atacked Hinata were those sticks melting.
Naruto charges hiz laser, Pain notices that and grasp fainted Hinata:
Pain: *Some usual **** about pain*

But Naruto doesn't seems to recognize Hinata and fire, Pain retreats.
Pain: *Some usual **** about killing him*

Team Neji finds Jiraiya's toad and ?finds Hinata?

Scene changes to Shikamaru standing near to some tower.
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Status:
UNCONFIRMED Spoiler

Translation:

Naruto VS Pain
Ultra-special edition!!

The man-to-man battle between Naruto and Pain is reaching its climax!
A thorough explanation about how that battle came to happen!!

-Under Pain's name: For what reason does Akatsuki's leader target Naruto?
Pain's home, the Hidden Rain was ruined by the wars between the great countries. He endeavored to found the Akatsuki in order to share his pain with the world and impose his idea of peace.

-Under Naruto's name: The comrades who fell victim to Pain
Jiraiya, Kakashi, Shizune, Fukasaku... Remembering all those lost to Pain pushes Naruto into action!! Entrusted with the Will of Fire, Will Naruto, the Child of Prophecy, be able to change the shinobi world?

In the middle: Hatred breeds hatred. The conclusion of the battle...!!

On Naruto's side of the page:

Kakashi: He fights Tendou and Shuradou (Heaven and Demon Path), but gets crushed by Tendou's Shinra Tensei. He depletes his chakra pool to save Chouji.
Jiraiya: Died in battle while investigating Pain in the Hidden Rain. He entrusts the info he's gathered about Pain to Naruto.
Fukasaku: He taught Senjutsu to Naruto so he could fight Pain. Upon trying his genjutsu on Pain a second time, he gets interrupted and killed by him.
Shizune: Upon investigating Pain's identity, she finds out Pain's bodies are corpses. But Ningendou (Human Path) probes her mind and takes her life.

How far will Naruto's Senjutsu prove efficient?
Upon becoming a Sage, Naruto became able to make a projectile rasenshuriken!! (something about how efficient the jutsu is). But Tendou repelled his jutsu. How will Naruto fare against him?

Tendou Pain's Shinra Tensei!!
The power to repel things, Shinra Tensei. The power to attract things, Bansho Ten'in!! Shinra Tensei is used to deflect enemy jutsu. Tendou Pain destroyed the Leaf village with it!!

On Pain's side

THE FIVE PAIN BODIES NARUTO DEFEATED!!

His village, a battle ground for the great countries!
His country ravaged by the wars between the great countries, Pain loses his family and his friends. (The rest is about hatred in the shinobi world, and what Pain plans to do about it.

(A portion of text I didn't translate.)

Bring Pain to the world...
The greatest weapon, out of the bijuu's chakra!

Jigokudou (Hell): The one with the ability to revive the others with the powers of Enma Dai-Ou. Naruto successfully brings him down with a double-rasengan.
Chikushoudou (Animal): The summoner Pain. He can summon animals, and is responsible for summoning the other Pains from outside the village, into its walls.
Shuradou: A massive, robot-lie body. (something kinda hard to read). Destroyed in one blow by Naruto.
Gakidou (Hungry Ghost): He absorbs any attack that isn't taijutsu. He was turned into stone upon absorbing natural energy from Naruto.
Ningendou (Human): Reads and rips out people's souls. The enemy dies instantly. He did this to Shizune, thus finding out Naruto wasn't in the village.
by: saske.77
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Status: UNCONFIRMED Spoiler

The bones around kyuubi it's throughout the body; (??)
Naruto talk with kyuubi, the talk isn't seen, only kyuubi answered: "alright";
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Kyuubi with a punch in floor raises everything;
Pain see something stranger;
Hinata it's in one of 6 tails of the kyuubi;
Pain notes that chakra of kyuubi it's healing hinata in her injury on the breast;
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Tsunade and Sakura join with shikamaru and the other;
Tsunade cry to know of the death of shizune;
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Pain doesn't maked follow the speed of kyuubi, he appers tired; (??)
Zetsu appers behind Pain;
Pain: "It'll not be easy, I will use that";
Zetsu: "This will let you immobilized for a long time";
Pain: "Doesn't matter, you take kyuubi for the place intended";
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Chapter ends with Pain making seals.
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UPDATE ON POLL:

Is this the end of Hinata? Is this the last time we will see her?

Yep! Hinata is dead! There is no way she could have survived!
20(8%)
Hinata is still alive. Medical Ninjas can still revive her.
122(51%)
Im hoping that she will still live.
92(38%)
Who cares, she is a weak ninja afterall!
5(2%)

Vote on this poll


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I don't know about you guys, but for me this is the best chapter ever! My thoughts:

1. Kishi sure knows how to keep readers holding their breath!! A 6-Tail-Kyuubi!!!! Naruto must have been so outraged!! Killing Hinata in front of Naruto is something Naruto never expected thus became uncontrollable.

2. YAMATO - where are you!!! KYUUBI is here!

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3. I dont understand why at the expense of Hinata? Does this mean Hinata is dead, or will she soon be? My guess - Hinata will die soon - she afterall told Naruto how she felt for him. - BUT AGAIN - this isn't the type of ending I would want for Hinata!

Reasons why I think Hinata is dead:
  • * The purpose and intention of Pein is to show Naruto the pain of witnessing the death of someone important, "This is just like how my parents are killed by Konoha ninjas, right before my eyes". Pain wanted Naruto to experience the trauma and the pain.

  • * This is Pein we are talking about, the only character who is a perfect match for him is Sage Mode Naruto. All those who tried to confront Pein ended up dead (ex. Sage Pa Frog and Ma Frog). Hinata, just a mere Shinobi - confronting Pein is suicide. There is no way Hinata can survive Pein's attack.

  • * There is no reason why Pein will not kill Hinata. He is mean, he killed his own master, Jiraiya, why would he not kill someone like Hinata?
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please don't die Hinata....

by: http://naruto-spoilers.blogspot.com
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Status: Theory/Opinion

Naruto is in Greek tragedy mode. Hinata must die to keep to motivation of the story going. Pain said it himself, it was the same when his parents was killed before him, hence Hinata is dead. What's more, Hinata is the weaker successor of the Hyuuga clan. Neeji is the rightful successor of the Hyuuga clan.

There is a lot of different ways this story can develop from now on. I think Pain can run circles around the fox demon because he has this powerful chakra manipulation abilities, so I expect him to reduce the fox's chakra somehow.

The traitor Sasuke is Asutski now. He has Fox demon is afraid of him, and he can neutralize him by squeezing his nose.

Neeji is a powerful chakra manipulating ninja with razor sharp reflexes. His whirlwind deflection style is more impenetrable than Gaara's sand cocoon. If the Shinra Tensei is a pure chakra wave, he can deflect it, then in the next 5 seconds windows he can shutdown all of Pain's chakra points.

Nagato's may be winding down, but he's still powerful. I think once a team find him, they'll be fighting for their lives. That paper girl is Akatsuki too, so even if she may look lame with that paper clone, she didn't show her real powers yet. But paper burns easily.

Somehow I suspect that Kakashi will be resurrected as another pain.

But then again there is the Shikamaru factor who had killed one of the most powerful Asutski member without breaking a sweat and Hinata could very well have one of those Katsusy slugs on here back healing her.

by: http://naruto-spoilers.blogspot.com comment Mar 1, 6:47am
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Status: Theory/Opinion/Analysis

by: LivingHitokiri
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Status: Theory

• Naruto will fight Pain as 6 tails. Even if he does manage to control it, or revert back to Sage Mode somehow, he’s still mighty pissed right now. It’s going to take a few random kamehamehas and explosions to calm him down.

• Hinata doesn’t die... right away. She’s probably still alive. All of the major and pseudo-major characters who’ve died so far have had a little bit of monologue before dying. Hinata hasn’t just yet. Jiraya had some while sinking, and Kakashi had some after using his eye-lazors. Before you say ‘Shizune’, may I remind you – who the hell is Shizune? Is that a character from Bleach? I dunno.

• Because of the above point, there’s a chance that someone will try and get her out of the way of the 6 tails v Pain fight. My first and only guess is Team Gai. They have been shown in the arc several times, so they must have a role to play. Their role being the discoverers of Nagato doesn’t really work in the story so far, since it would make all of the Inochi and Shikamaru brainstorming in the last few chapters pointless. Also, Negi is one of the few ‘main characters’ who can ‘see’ chakra. Negi and co will get close enough to see the ruins of Kohona, and Naruto and Pain’s battle. Then Negi will see Hinata. “Oh noes,” says Negi. Then he’ll see that she’s still alive: “it’s weak, but her chakra is still there,” or some such nonsense. They then jump in and take her out of the firefight, because that’s the nice thing to do. (“RES ME PLZ” she’ll say, and then one of Team Gai will say, “SHE NEEDS HEALZ”)

• This also gives us a good reason to check back in with Tsunade and co. It’s been a while. Someone will try and heal Hinata. Or something. Whatever. Pain seemed pretty confident that he had landed a killing blow when he stabbed her, so let’s say that he punctured some vital organs. They’ll try to heal her, but it will be too hard. They’ll keep her alive until the end of the fight, at least. Poor ol’ Hinata...

• As for Naruto, the last time he was a Mini-Kyuubi, he was pretty screwed after turning back into human mode. Let’s assume that the same thing will happen here. Naruto will kill the last Pain, but someone else will kill Nagato, since Naruto is all unconscious and shiz. It will also preserve Naruto’s image as a ninja who hasn’t killed anyone yet. (Main characters NEVER kill anyone anyways...)(Maybe Gai as revenge for killing Kakashi? I dunno, I’m clutching at straws)

• Anyhoo, while Naruto is all pink and ouchie, he’ll be brought back to where all the healers are at. Preferably via epic crowdsurfing. Whereupon, Hinata will request this(see image: Chapter 33) . More or less. She’ll have one last Super-Creepy-Stalker moment while Naruto is unconscious, and she’ll be able to see that her actions saved him, or some shiz. Queue some face touching and some crying, and then she’ll die. Boo hoo!

by: Angrybuddha
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Status: Theory/Analysis

Ever Since the very first time Naruto achieved Sage mode I have been speculating that we will eventually see some sort of "Sage Demon Cloak Mode...". Here's my theory:

When Naruto went 4 tails against Oro he nearly died due to the damage from the Fox's chakra that was eating and attacking his body as it was trying to come out. We then find out in the chapter where Naruto first achieves Sage Mode and fall off the rock, that his body can sustain a lot more damage and can regenerate at much fater rate and all that with a lot less pain... I belive this is ONE of the key elements in gaining control of the fox and its chakra. Even if the fox obeys Naruto and gives him his chakra, Naruto's body still couldn't sustain it, especially not if the fox gives him all his power.. Sage mode will help Naruto on the physical side that is a given, but how will he control the fox??

Anonymous post of the 27 has an excelent theory (please see comments posted at http://naruto-spoilers.blogspot.com), as a matter of factI really like your entire theory. But I think that Naruto's true blood line alone with Sage mode still won't be enough. Naruto need to give the fox the choice of becoming his pet or dying (meaning Naruto killing himself). I also think that at some point in time he will get some tips and maybe even some training from Killa BEE.

The only thing that I am really worried about now is why Pain seem so relaxed about having pissed off Naruto to the point of making him go 6 TAILS!!! Also, Naruto got stabbed several times by pain who also left all the swords stuck in Naruto, they kinda look like the receptors all the pain bodies have...

by: http://naruto-spoilers.blogspot.com comment Mar 1, 12:05PM
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Ok, how can Naruto take control over Kyuubi. i just dont see why, unless:
1- People are saying the shadow clone would do it (we dont know if it is still there or not).
2- Yamato doing it. (it would be stupid to sudenly show him now after being on vacation for no reson).
3- Sasuke. (if he controls Kyuubi, he loses his eyesight,[itachi said it]).
4- Itachis gift. (people say its for Sasuke, but Itachi wished that he never uses it and the jutsu Itachi gave to Sasuke was activated at the sight of madara[so that Sasuke doesnt know things], so if it is agenst Sasuke it will be actevat at eyesigh, wich means Itachi was gonna use it on Sasuke wither he joined Akatsuki or not, so i think its for Madara, or maybi controling Kyuubi, or somwthing else that nobody knows of yet).
5- Naruto himself.(i dont know why. i cant think of any reson [Im not forgeting the sadow clone but i think its farfitched] unless Hinata is alive and he sees her wich would be odd sence Kyuubi would be in control and naruto would be like sleaping, or something like that).
6- Madara (after Kyuubi kills Pien maybe. Or he apears at the end of the battel before Kyuubi kills Pien and saving him.[I would be pissed sence I want Pien dead]).
7- Pien (he might have had a plan agenst Kyuubi ever sence the bigning, but at the same time Pien is thinking too much of himself [he thinks he is god] and he isnt afraid because of that, plus he isnt infront of Kyuubi).
8- Hinata (just joking LOL).
9- Sakura (still joking LOL).
10- Someone unexpected (8 tails, team cloud[realy farfitsched, but after last chapter anythign could happen]).
11- key frog (could hapen but he isnt there)
Now dont get me wrong i would like too see Naruto take conrol of Kyuubi, and kick Piens a**, but i dont see any reson for him to do that now(unless one of the above comes true).

by: adel123456789
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Status: Theory/Opinion

1. Pain says he is still strong ( in naruto 437) and he goes ahead and surpresses the kyuubi power completly.

2. Naruto is helpless

3. There is no way the writer will leave other characters in the episode without introducing them again. And now sasuke will pop up in front of pain

4. With one blow pain is thrown away.

5. Sasuke will give another blow to pain with his Raiton move

6. Naruto in full sage

7. Naruto emits balls of chakra pumping aout at full force toward pain

8. The 7th tails starts popping out of naruto

9. The seal in naruto completely broken, and awaken the 9th tails. Pain gets slammed by naruto cloak demon form
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Status: Theory/Opinion

I hate to say it but. I think that Hinata doesn't stand a chance. I mean Kakashi, Jiraiya, Shizune, Itachi (Who was revealed as a good guy.),Papa Toad, and Mama Toad all got killed...The chances of her surviving are 0.00000001 out of 100 Million. I think that Naruto will either fight back to take control over his body and then gain control of all the demon forms up to the 6th tail. OR Naruto will suppress the Kyuubi's chakra and use his own strength to fight Pain.

Also I think that Sasuke will arive to attack Kohona and notice the village and then Naruto confrunts him. Then Madara tells Sasuke and Naruto about how he was using the Akatsuki and Sasuke to get to Kohona. Causing Naruto and Sasuke to team up and Defeat him bringing Peace to the Ninja World.

Source: NaruSaku fan
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I will share something, although this may not be related to Chapter 438 - yes this is off-topic, but spare sometime to read this. (from Anonymous, comment posted Feb 27 at 9:14pm - please see comments below). Thank you for sharing it here!

This is a theory i have been thinking about for a long time, but never really got around to posting it because it wasn't top of my list on the theories/threads that i wanted to post. Anyway i think its pretty apparent from the hints in the manga that Tsunade and Dan are Minato's mother/father. The reason i think this is true is because there are just so many hints shown in the manga and Data-book thats its almost undeniable. So i'll try and keep this short and post them in a list
1-Tsunade and Minato have the same exact blood type(B).

2-Dan and Minato graduated the Academy at the Same time(When they were 10) *not literally the SAME year

3-Tsunade and Minato Share the Same Hair Color(Blond)

4-Minato and Dan are around the same height and weight as each other(they are only different by a 3-4 in both categories)

5-Naruto and Nawaki(tsunade's brother) look nearly identical. Shows possibly a family resemblance

6-Its interesting that naruto always calls Tsunade Grandma Tsunade, which would be very ironic on kishi's part if it was true

Now that the basic comparisons are over here's the real big evidance

5-Madara suggest that the Hokage line has been kept in the Senju clan for years. When he talks about this their is a picture of the hokage mountain and it shows the fourth hokage's head on it. This implies that the Hokage position was still held by the Senju even during the fourth Hokage's time, which inturn implies that the fourth hokage is a Senju.

Where else would he get the blood from the Senju clan then Tsunade.

6-Tsunade passes down the hokage necklace to naruto which was set to stay in Tsunade's family and passed down in their family since the first hokage. Since there is a big deal made out of the necklace i think this implies that Naruto might be in Tsunade's family.

7-Yamato remarks about naruto's Chakra being special because he is able to hold off the power of the 4-tails w/o dieing. This might be because naruto is related to the Senju clan and thus his chakra has the same qualities as Shodai which helps to protect him from the kyuubi chakra

8-There is a great amount of symbolism between Shodai-Naruto and Sasuke-Madara. They stood on that statues of each other at the valley of the end(Naruto on Shodai's and Sasuke on Madara's). Many people thought this implied that Shodai is like naruto and sasuke is like Madara. But Sasuke is actually and Uchiha so i don't see why this wouldn't also imply that naruto is a Senju.

9-And i think this is the biggest telling piece of information eventhough some people might read the dialog differently then i did. Now remember the chapter where Jiriaya tells Tsunade that he is going to Ame to look for AL and they have Sake. Well when their discussion turns to minato alot of things bother me about the way Jiriaya talks to Tsunade.

First look at Tsunade's face when she says Minato-Namikaze on page 10 chapter 367 she seems very sad about saying his name. Now this can be explained away by her just having been friends with him or something and being sad thinking about how he died, but it creates a very wierd mood for what happens next. First Jiriaya goes on to brag about Minato and what he was like and his amazing Genius.

Which let me say its weird that Jiriaya even brought up Minato at this point in the conversation because previously they were talking about how Tsunade has lost so many people in the past and about how she rejected Jiriaya's advances. Then Jiriaya seems to imply that he thought of Minato as a son and brags about him to which he says that if Minato had been his son he would have bragged about him constantly.

But what makes this suspect to me is he says i never had any kids of my own while looking at Tsunade and then says if Minato had been my kid...etc.. Doesn't this sound like what some one would say to a mother who lost their child...just replace minato with your son and doesn't the whole dialog seem right.

For example i will redo the dialog this way

"Tsunade you son had talent only seen once in a decade at best. He was a genius...No one like him has been born in awhile." "He was such a nice kid yet his guts and desire to succeed were the fiercest i have ever seen." "and in the blink of an eye he was our fourth hokage." "I never had kids so i don't know what its like, but if he had been my son i would have bragged about him all the time."

Now i want you to think about what kind of character Jiriaya is. He's the guy who failed all his life at love and he failed to Dan. Now think about it if Jiriaya had succeeded with Tsunade he would have been Minato's father instead of Dan. Its basically like Jiriaya is saying he always thought of Minato as his son because he could have very well been his father if it wasn't for a simple twist of fate. Basically that whole converstation made me think that Jiriaya was talking about Minato as if he was Tsunade's son and if you read the flow of that conversation from its start to finish with the idea that Minato is Tsunade's son alot of Jiriaya's jokes and ways that he talks makes alot of sense.

So whats my theory on how Minato is Tsunade's son. I think that Tsunade got pregnant by Dan a little bit before he went off on the mission that killed him. She also was doing missions because she didn't know that she herself was pregnant yet. After Dan Died she found that she was pregnant with his child which caused her to go even more into the depression that led her to leave the village. I think after Dan died she stayed in the village long enough to give birth to Minato and then she put him up for adoption and left the village.

Years later Jiriaya trained Minato because he loved Tsunade so much. Basically Jiriaya felt like Minato could have been his kid and he wanted to be a father to Tsunade's kid becuase of his love for her. So he trained Minato and they did gain a father son bond which later resulted in Jiriaya ironically becoming naruto's God Father. Tsunade probably never told Minato that he was her kid, but all the elders of Konoha knew because they knew she put him up for adoption as a baby, which made Minato a member of the Senju clan which helped increase his chances of becoming hokage.

The genius of kishimoto can truly be seen if this theory is true. For many reasons:

1-It will be important in naruto becoming a full pledge ninja because he might develop some of Shodai's power to allow him to control the demon fox or it might help explain why he is able to finally control the demon fox with his own chakra. It would also build up the tension between Sasuke and Naruto if naruto was a true Senju clan member.
2-It fit perfectly with the irony of Jiriaya's story/character. Jiriaya failed in love eventhough and Dan won out. Jiriaya could have been Minato's father, but he ended up becoming Minato's Sensei and Foster father figure anyway. Eventhough he failed in love with Tsunade he was still able to become part of Minato's family and even became naruto's God father.
3-It would fit perfectly with Tsunade's dynamic with naruto and her troubled past storyline. It would also be amazing if naruto did find out Tsunade was his grandmother right before she died. Also Tsunade would then be in a position to be the one to reveal naruto's entire lineage to him. It would also make sense why she was so willing to bet the necklace with naruto because he is part of the Senju clan as well.

from: someone (anynomous person posting)