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Naruto Character: Shikamaru |
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Age: 15
Status: Living
Ninja Rank: Chuunin
Birth Date: September 22
Height: 152.1 kg
Weight: 42.9 kg
Blood Type: AB
Affiliation: Village Hidden in the Leaf
Student Of: Asuma Sarutobi
Shikamaru is a lazy, easygoing genius that was the only one promoted to Chunin after the Chunin Exam Arc. He is from a family of shadow manipulators and deer herders. His main technique is Shadow Imitation Technique. Shikamaru is on the Asuma Sarutobi-led Team 10, along with his best friend Chouji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka. Their fathers were on the same team as well, and the teammwork of both generations of Ino-Shika-Cho are unparallel.
Shikamaru is the sort of unenthusiastic person who would rather take a nap than get excited over something and likes the thinking games that older men are usually into, such as Shogi and Go (Japanese games similar to chess). A testament to that is the fact that Shikamaru even decided to sleep during the attack on the Hidden Leaf Villages by the Sand and Sound Villages, as he thought it would be too troublesome to get up and fight, and end up getting attacked, after he had dispelled a sleeping genjutsu cast by the enemies. This was found out after Sakura was about to knock out genjutsu and found out he was in fact aware of his surroundings, much to her annoyance. Another example is before he was supposed to fight Temari. Shikamaru contemplates forfeiting, but is pushed into the arena by Naruto. When thrust into action-laden situations, uncomfortable situations, or, any other situation at all that would require him to exert himself, he tends to remark "what a drag". He is fully aware of this side of his personality and even dubs himself "the number one at running away" or "the number one coward".
However, when duty calls, Shikamaru has a strong moral compass and sense of commitment to his comrades. Even though by his own testimony he lacks bravery, he will sacrifice himself and face almost certain death for the sake of his friends without a second thought, such as when he stayed in back to confront the Sound Ninja, giving Naruto enough time to catch up with Sasuke. Since he has been promoted to Chunin, his responsibility for the lives of his friends has weighed very heavily on him on occasion.
Shikamaru is a brilliant strategist, and though his sensei, Asuma Sarutobi, often plays Go and Shogi against Shikamaru, Asuma has never actually managed to beat him. Asuma became suspicious upon realizing that Shikamaru was so good at board games despite his abysmal grades, which were almost as low as Naruto's. As a result, Asuma administered an IQ test disguised as a game to Shikamaru, which revealed that Shikamaru was a genius with an IQ of over 200. Shikamaru had felt that even moving his pencil in class was a bother and always slept through tests, resulting in his low grades. Shikamaru has a habit of putting his fingers together to create a square and closing his eyes so he can concentrate and come up with a strategy. Once he does, which often takes only a few minutes; he is often already thinking ten moves ahead of his opponent with over a hundred strategies already planned out.
Shikamaru's most distinctive character trait is that he finds 'all' women bossy and "troublesome". Given his mother's tyrannical personality, this isn't too surprising; however, his father shares the exact same attitude despite marrying her in the first place. He considers the Sand ninja Temari to be the most troublesome woman he knows, followed closely by his mother. However, despite his near sexist attitude he has expressed a notably mature interest in marriage and raising a family. Just before he is about to be killed during the Destruction of the Hidden Leaf Village arc, he thinks about how he wanted his life to go: "Marry someone who is not ugly or beautiful. Have two children, first a girl, then a boy. Retire after his daughter is married, and his son has a job and spend the rest of his life playing Shogi and Go. Then die before his wife."
His favorite dish is mackerel and kelp; his least is boiled eggs. His hobbies are napping, Shogi and cloud watching. His favorite phrase is "Live each day quietly".
 -Wings of a Ninja- · Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 08:21am · 0 Comments |
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