Haku

**Haku** (白, *Haku*) was an orphan from the Land of Water, and a descendant of the Yuki clan.[4] He later became a shinobiunder Zabuza Momochi's tutelage whom he later partnered with, ultimately becoming a Mercenary Ninja.

## Personality

Haku was a good-hearted, compliant, and eager shinobi, believing that a person becomes truly strong when they have someone important to protect. Despite his talent for battle, and incredible abilities, Haku disliked needing to kill others in his role as a tool, and avoided doing so whenever possible. When forced to face an opponent, Haku did all that he could to avoid inflicting great harm, even putting them into a death-like state to prevent them from fighting further, as he did to Sasuke during their battle. Before he met Zabuza, he suffered from a belief that he was unnecessary, and served Zabuza because he wanted to feel useful. His loyalty to Zabuza at times even appeared akin to seeing Zabuza as a father as upon hearing from Kakashi how much Zabuza actually cared for Haku, the boy cried in joy at learning this. Because of Haku's pure, kind-hearted personality, Zabuza believed, despite his deeds as his tool, Haku would be able to thrive in heaven while he was condemned to hell.

## Appearance

Haku was a young man with an androgynous appearance and was even viewed as being beautiful by Naruto, who exclaimed that he was "prettier than Sakura", even after he informed him that he was male.[6] He had long black hair, pale skin and large, dark-brown eyes, and a slender frame.
Haku's normal shinobi outfit consisted of the standard Kirigakure pinstriped outfit which stopped at his knees. Over this he wore a green haori with white trimmings, and around his waist a brown sash with a fringed trail wrapped around his waist twice. He also wore light-brown platoon sandals with straps in the same colour as his kimono and nail polish on his fingernails and toenails in matching blue green colour. When wearing this outfit, Haku's long hair was gathered in a white bun holder, while two locks of his hair fell loose framing his face, bound with metal hair cuffs at the ends. Haku also wore a black forehead protector with the Kirigakure's symbol upon it. When in battle or moving covertly, he wore a hunter-nin mask on top of his forehead protector, which was white with thin, curved eye-holes and a red wavy design in place of the mouth, as well as the Kirigakure symbol etched in the top.
When Haku was not in combat, he wore his long hair loosely, and wore a pink, sleeveless kimono, with pale red edges and decorated with small plum-coloured swirls, that went to his ankles. Around his waist was a simple white obi tied in a bow, and he wore a pair of light brown sandals with dark straps. He also wore a dark-coloured choker around his neck.

When he was a child, Haku wore an overly-large, shredded light-brown shirt which fell off his shoulders, and a pair of shredded knee-length pants, as well as the dark choker. Later when taken in by Zabuza, Haku was spotted wearing a short blue kimono with light blue edges and a dark grey split skirt, similar to those ones he wore as a shinobi, and also similar to those he wore as a younger child when his parents were alive.

When he was reincarnated, his sclera turned black.

## Abilities

A gifted individual, and having been trained by Zabuza himself, Haku was a very dangerous, and powerful ninja for his age. According to Zabuza, Haku possessed such prodigious talent that in many ways, Haku had become more dangerous than him.[7] His skills were great enough for Kabuto Yakushi to reincarnate him with the Impure World Reincarnation technique to fight during the Fourth Shinobi World War.

### Physical Prowess

One of Haku's defining battle-traits was his sheer speed. He was very fast with his attacks, such that Sasuke could not follow his actions until he had reawakened his Sharingan. Upon that moment, Zabuza was shocked that Haku would actually lose to Sasuke in terms of speed. His speed is so tremendous that he was able to quickly close the gap between Zōri and Waraji and take their swords from them before either of them realised what had happened. His speed increased to incredible levels using his Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, making it appear like he was in all the mirrors at once at one point while he was just travelling in between them at extraordinary speeds. It was such that he could launch several senbon from all the mirrors, looking like he was literally in all of them.

Not unlike Zabuza, Haku was highly proficient with the Silent Killing, able to effectively strike down enemies within zero visibility, in some cases in perfect unison with his teacher. As he would fight mainly with senbon from a distance, Haku showed dangerous accuracy, able to effectively hit any key body points of his chosing to instantly kill or sedate a target. As shown in a few circumstances Haku was also quite strong, such as being able to carry Zabuza's body a safe distance without losing speed and breaking Gatō's arm by simply tightening his grip around it.[8] Haku had noticeable taijutsu skill, able to effectively block a kick from Might Guy and Rock Lee in unison.[9] Haku also had the ability to perform hand seals with only one hand, a skill that amazed even Kakashi.

### Ninjutsu

#### Nature Transformation

Haku's most noticeable power was the utilisation of water and wind-natured chakra to create Ice Release.[10] His power over ice granted him special techniques, like the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, which surrounds a target with mirrors that Haku could travel between and attack from, even if his opponent is in the sky. During his flashbacks of his youth in the anime, Haku was shown to release large spikes made of ice when he was about to be killed by his father. Defensively, he could create an ice dome that is capable of blocking multiple explosive tags at once. Furthermore, it has been implied that Haku could affect the weather, causing localised snowfall.[11] He could also use his two elements individually, such as his Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death, which uses his water nature to concentrate the surrounding water into needles to attack enemies from all angles.

### Intelligence

Haku possessed a very detailed knowledge of human physiology, thanks to Zabuza's former Anbu training. His knowledge was great enough that he could disable an opponent with acupuncture by hitting a precise point on the body with a senbon, to cause immediate death or a temporary appearance of such. Haku was also very keen-minded, as he had been shown to have great observational and analytical abilities, capable of quickly determining a way around an opponent's technique or strategy. Haku also appears to have knowledge of some animals as he was able to detect the Allied Shinobi Forces' Surprise Attack Division based on the unusual flight pattern of the birds Sai had made. Haku also knew a lot about herbalism, as he often collected plants to use for medical purposes.

## TMNT X Pokemon

She is an ally to the Turtles and can use the mirrors to confuse the enemies while they are able to sneak in.

## Trivia

* The name "Haku" means "white" (白), while his family name "Yuki" means "snow" (雪).
* Despite his early death, and short appearances in the story, Haku has remained a relatively popular character in the story. He routinely appears in favourite character lists, but has fallen out of the top 10 in more recent polls.
* Haku and his Ice Release ability were made reference to in Part II, when Naruto was learning about different kinds of chakra.
* Haku's mask made a cameo appearance in the ending omake of *Shippūden* episode 129, along with Tobi's mask and Baki's mask. He also appears in person alongside Zabuza, Hayate Gekkō, and several Amegakure ninja in episode 183 of Shippūden.
* In *Naruto: Shippūden* episode 146, a hunter-nin appears with a mask and hair style similar to Haku's.
* In the Ishikawa Prefecture of Japan, there is a snow-covered, potentially active volcano known as Mount Haku.
* In Part I, Haku wasn't depicted wearing lipstick neither in the manga nor anime. In Part II, however, when he is reincarnated, he is seen wearing lipstick (dark shade in the manga and light shade in the anime) in the present and in flashbacks.
* The way Naruto destroys Haku's mask was later mirrored when Naruto destroyed Obito's mask.[12][13]
* Studio Pierrot's Settei sheets of Haku show that his sandals add 5 cm on to his height.
* Haku, Minato Namikaze, Sasuke Uchiha, and Guren are the only known shinobi to be able to perform hand seals with one hand.
* The manner in which Kakashi killed Haku mirrored the way Kakashi killed Rin Nohara, as both times were accidental, due to both Haku and Rin moving in front of Kakashi's attack and being impaled through the chest.

## Quotes

* (To Gatō) *"Don't touch Zabuza with your dirty hands……"* (「汚い手で再不斬さんにさわるな……」, *"Kitanai te de Zabuza-san ni sawaruna……"*)[14]
* (To Naruto) *"When a person… has something important they want to protect… that's when they can become truly*strong*."* (「人は…大切な何かを守りたいと思った時に本当に*強くなれる*ものなんです」, *"Hito wa… taisetsuna nanika o mamoritai to omotta toki ni hontō ni*tsuyoku nareru*mono nan desu."*)[15]
* (To Zabuza) *"Mister… you have the same eyes as me…"* (「お兄ちゃんも…ボクと同じ目してる…」, *"Onii-chan mo… boku to onaji me shiteru…"*)[16]

* (To Naruto) *"If possible, I don't want to have to kill you……… nor do I want you to have to kill me…… However, if you come at me……… I will kill my heart with a blade and become a true shinobi."* (「出来るなら君達を殺したくないし………君達にボクを殺させたくもない……　けれど　君達が向かってくれなら………ボクは　刃で心を殺し忍になりくる」, *"Dekiru nara kimi-tachi o koroshitakunai shi……… Kimi-tachi ni boku o korosasetaku mo nai…… keredo kimi-tachi ga mukatte kure nara……… boku wa yaiba de kokoro o koroshi shinobi ni nari kuru."*)[17]
* (To Naruto) *"This bridge is where our dreams are tied together. The place where we fight. Me, for my dreams. You, for your dreams. Please don't resent me."* (「この橋はそれぞれの夢へとつながる。戦いの場所。ボクは ボクの夢の為に。君達は 君達の夢の為に。恨まないで下さい」, *"Kono hashi wa sorezore no yume e to tsunagaru. Tatakai no basho. Boku wa boku no yume no tame ni. Kimi-tachi wa kimi-tachi no yume no tame ni. Uramanaide kudasai."*)[18]
* (To Naruto) *"I want to protect the person important to me… I want to work for that person. I want to fight for that person. I want to make that person's dream come true… That is my dream."* (「ボクは大切な人を護りたい…その人の為に働き、その人の為に戦い、その人の夢を叶えたい…それがボクの夢」, *"Boku wa taisetsu na hito o mamoritai… Sono hito no tame ni hataraki, sono hito no tame ni tatakai, sono hito no yume o kanaetai… Sore ga boku no yume."*)[19]
* (To Naruto) *"Can you understand? Not having a dream… not being needed by anyone… The pain of*merely being alive*."* (「知っていますか?夢もなく…誰からも必要とされず…*ただ生きること*の苦しみを」, *"Shitte imasu ka? Yume mo naku… dare kara mo hitsuyō to sarezu…*Tada ikiru koto*no kurushimi o."*)[20]
* (To Naruto) *"I realised the most painful thing…… That in this world…*my existence was not needed*."*(「それが一番辛いことだと知った……自分が この世にまるで…*必要とされない存在*だということです」, *"Sore ga ichiban tsurai koto da to shitta…… Jibun ga kono yo ni marude…*hitsuyō to sarenai sonzai*da to iu koto desu."*)[21]