Nagato

* Nagato
* Pain

Hidden Rain Village

### Powers/Skills

Rinnegan (aura vision, control of every elemental nature, every technique and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path)
Six special powers (Gravity Manipulation, Body Part Weaponry Transformation, Soul Removal, Summoning, Energy Absorption, and control over life and death)
Many high-level spells, seals and techniques
Immense supplies of chakra and energy
Combat prowess
Martial arts
Strategy and tactics
High intelligence

### Goals

Kill Hanzo (succeeded).
Gather the nine Tailed Beasts and use their power to scare the world away from war (failed).

### Crimes

Mass murder
Terrorism
War crimes
Tyrannicide
Mass destruction
Torture
Crimes against humanity
Conspiracy
Identity theft
Manslaughter
Larceny
Stalking
Vandalism
Abduction
Abuse of power
Using corpses as weapons

### Type of MB

Tyrannical Anti-Villain

**Nagato**, also known as **Pain**, is a major antagonist in the *Naruto* franchise. He is an orphan that grew up in the war-torn environment of the Rain Environment. He was the pupil to Jiraiya. He helped with founding the Akatsuki with his friend, Yahiko. After Yahiko's death, Nagato turned to villainy and became the figurehead Akatsuki leader of the organization while working under Tobi. He aspired to create world peace in his own vision.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

* He is immensely tragic.
	+ As a child, he watched as his parents were murdered by a duo of Renegade Leaf Shinobis. From then on, he became an orphan wandering the lands by himself until he met Yahiko and Konan, two more orphans. They had to steal in order to survive and would nearly die in a battlefield that didn't involve them one day.
	+ Just when he was beginning to form a peace group known as the Akatsuki, he ended up being betrayed by Rain Village Leader named Hanzo the Salamander who forced Nagato to kill his best friends, as well as Obito killing some of his other members.
* He cared for his irreplaceable best friends, Yahiko and Konan. After Yahiko's death, he did everything in his power to avenge him. In the present, he allows Konan to be his right-hand despite being much less powerful than himself.
* Finding an orphaned dog, he did everything he could to protect it and was his best friend even before Yahiko and Konan. The dog would help them steal food from vendors and various other things. Nagato was deeply sad when his dog died.
* He respected his sensei Jiraiya, who he viewed as a father figure when he raised him and his friends for several years. Much of his philosophy of creating a world free of hatred his inspired by Jiraiya, although he takes it too an extreme. Despite killing him, he honors his death after defeating him.
* He also treated Naruto well after being defeated. He begins to respect Naruto and views him as the hero he could've been, giving a speech about how he will save the world. By the time they meet again when he is revived, they have a friendly chat and he tells Naruto how to defeat him.
* He's a godlike shinobi, given he was able to take out Hanzo of the Salamander (leader of Rain Village who scales to Three Legendary Sannin), Utakata (Six-Tails host) and the entire Leaf Village including Kakashi and Hokage Tsunade.
* After he kills Jiraiya he takes a moment to smile and honor the times they have together. Another time this is shown is in a flashback where him and Sasori are facing against Orochimaru and he respects Sasori's wish of fighting alone. After Naruto defeats him and willfully spares him, he honors Naruto’s wish to explain why he did what sent him down his path of villainy. He easily could’ve let Konan kill Naruto but told her not to do so.
* He can control up to 6 bodies with different abilities at once without any problem, strategically using them to help him in battle. One of these bodies is able to resurrect the others so he keeps that one in reserves so he can. He also takes advantage of the fact that he use all of their lines of vision at once. That way he doesn't need to look back to avoid a hit since he can see through his other bodies.
* He managed to take over the Hidden Rain Village and rule over it as a shadow god after killing it's former leader. Nobody knows who he is or anything about and are only familiar with his Right-Hand, Konan, who they only know as Lady Angel.
* He is built up as a mysterious antagonist throughout the entirety of the first half of Shippuden.
* While technically not the real leader, he is still the figurehead leader of the Akatsuki and leads them for a large chunk of the story. He is a brilliant leader who sends his minions to take care of missions that are suitable for them. He is also well-respected by his group, with the exception of Hidan.
* As leader of the Akatsuki, he developed a Three-Step plan to take over the world. First, his group would take on various missions from different nations for cheap price to earn money while also taking away work from their nations shinobi as a means to topple their economy. Second, he would steal all nine tailed beasts and finally he would take over the world.
* His cruel actions are motivated by his desire to teach others the value of pain so they can accept it and create a peaceful world. Due to his previous experiences, he genuinely believes that this is the only way to enact his goal.
* He redeems himself after Naruto defeats him and gives his speech about how he will save the world, then revives all of the villagers he killed at the expense of his own life as a way to redeem himself. After being revived by Kabuto's Edo Tensei, he is not hostile towards Naruto until Kabuto fully controls him.
* After Naruto, Itachi and Killer B defeat him, Nagato acknowledges his defeat with grace and expressed fondness for Jiraiya and his friends, encouraging Naruto to bring peace to the Ninja world.

## What Makes Him a Baddie?

* Nagato killed Hanzo the Salamander and all of his remaining family as revenge for killing his friend.
* He led the Akatsuki terrorist organization as it's figurehead, committing various crimes such as capturing Jinchuriki vessels in hopes to take over the world.
* He murdered his former teacher, Jiraiya, after an intense battle. Before killing him, he impaled him and crushed his throat.
* Destroyed and killed nearly the entire Hidden Leaf Village, although he does undo it after his redemption.
	+ He sent his Six Paths of Pain to attack villagers indiscriminately killing many of them in large numbers and destroying a lot of property.
	+ He did this to try to prove a point to Tsunade about showing her and the village pain.
	+ He was responsible for the deaths of Kakashi Hatake, Shizune, and Fukasaku.
	+ He almost killed Tsunade. He nearly killed Hinata and Shima after destroying the village.
	+ He destroyed the village leaving a giant crater in the wake of his Shinra Tensei technique. After his redemption, most of the villagers were left without a home until the ninjas helped reconstruct the village.
* He specifically attacked Hinata, a person Naruto cared about, in front of her, which led to Naruto despairing and turning into the six-tailed version of Kurama and later transforming further into an eight-tailed version of Kurama out of sheer rage.

## External Links

* Nagato at the Villains wiki
* Nagato at the Inconsistently Heinous wiki
* Nagato at the *Naruto* wiki

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