#hoshikage

*(continues from part 1)

Remember the order is more or less chronologic. The canon is mostly respected unless stated otherwise.

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26. Getsugakure (manga) and Tsukigakure (game) are the same place, a hidden ninja village in the Land of the Moon (movie).

27. Takigakure and Hoshigakure had a similar origin, both were built around a fallen meteor when the age of hidden ninja villages started. In the Land of Bears, most of the star fragments fell into a ravine that became toxic, but in the Land of Waterfalls they fell into a lagoon, energizing the water and the great tree that fed from it (thus Hero's Water).

28. Because of this, originally both villages used to help each other in the past. Their ninja used to do missions collaboratively, and even their (unofficial) kages diplomatically trained together from time to time (fanart).

29. Mizura is second hoshikage lady Kirinza's great-grandson.

30. Kakuzu actually betrayed Takigakure by attempting to kill Hashirama. There was never such a mission (=nonsense), Kakuzu decided it on his own. Taki was in good terms with Konoha and they greatly respected each other, that's how they were given a bijuu too despite being a minor ninja village.

31. Ningendō's identity was Hisei's right-hand man, Senji (because I fanonize that certain resurrection stuff happened after canon, and…).

32. Danzou somehow killed Kagami for his eyes, I have no proof but neither doubts since the elders' conversation during ep.Sh.358.

33. Jiraiya had half a dozen of bastards or so, of which he was probably unaware.

34. Hiruko had a crush on Orochimaru from a young age, that's why he imitated his jutsus and science as much as he could while researching how to improve his weak body.

35. Dan Katou was the sensei of the previous InoShikaCho generation (Shikaku, Inoichi and Chouza).

36. The one and only reason Tsunade left the village with Shizune when Dan died was so Danzou couldn't snatch her away to Root after being orphaned.

37. Sakumo's sleeve is a homage to his wife's clan of origin (fanart).

*(Original artist link seems not to be working lately... In case it happens, you can still see the art here).

38. Hatakes have white chakra by default, it's not something solely from Kakashi's inherited tantō.

39. Sasori was the third kazekage's student at some point. I don't see how else could he have gained either the knowledge or the opportunity on how to defeat him otherwise.

40. Nagato's father was a Senju, since Zetsu itself canonically stated that he was of Senju descent and the mother was likely the Uzumaki.

41. Aburame clan has an "ant colony" structure, that's why no woman has appeared. There's the queen ant and the rest are male drones. Meaning, female births are extremely rare because they will become the next "queen".

42. Muta Aburame was female (because we deserved one, geez!)

43. Gaku Inuzuka was Kiba's father, just because there's no other shown options to choose from. That means he was 9 years older than Tsume (which is quite a big age gap I'm not comfortable with).

44. Kakashi is not an Inuzuka. He was supposed to learn how to summon Hatake wolves, but Sakumo died too soon to teach him that. So Kakashi took the most similar thing he found on his own, the ninken.

45. As a child, Kakashi started to wear a mask in order to stop people comparing him to Sakumo and stand out for himself. After his shame happened, he kept wearing it to detach himself from his father's shadow.

46. Kakashi was the one who found Anko in that hut in the Land of Waves, after she decided to abandon Orochimaru.

47. Honoka is an Uzumaki. She's indeed alive, now freed from guarding the bakemono's seal, and in a relationship with Aoba Yamashiro.

48. Raidou Namiashi's scar was caused accidentally by Genma Shiranui during their childhood, when Minato Namikaze was trying to teach them and Iwashi Tatami the hiraishin. Genma still feels bad for it even nowadays.

49. Mawashi Dokuraku and Mozuku were originally the same manga character, period. Someone just messed up big in the databooks -_-!

50. IzuKote is totally a thing XD. They live together as a couple.

Kage and other village leaders Part 1/4

hoshiumi x kageyama rare pair been on the brain lately i won’t lie to you besties 😔😔

Hoshikage aaaaaAaaaaaAAA

So it's the first time that I do a digital drawing so it's the best I could do, the lack of material from this couple is killing me. But as you know, I like to write about Tobio x everyone so this drawing is about a scene about the fanfic that I wrote, there is still another drawing corresponding to this story!Anyway, I'll take more time to learn how to do it better and come with the second part ~ I hope you like it

*(continues from part 1)

More unnamed characters that I've rescued from the depths of nothingness XDDD. Please remember that the linked fanarts are NOT mine.

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21. Otsutsuki moon patriarch: Moumoku 盲目

The kanji means "blind", for obvious reasons. Both physical and metaphorical.

22. Kaguya clan leader: Yaban 野蛮

Meaning "savage" or "barbarian", again for evident reasons.

23. Neji's mother: Nozomi 望

Even if we never see much of her, barely a frame or two (here), she was devastated at Hizashi's death. I named her "hope".

24. Tenten's parents: Bao Hong and Shui Feng

If you're somehow knowledgeable about Chinese culture, these two terms probably ring a bell for you XDDD. The hong bao are traditional red envelopes used for gifts (money), and the widely famous feng shui is the concept of energy harmony in places.

So far I've never found a fanart that satisfied me, but this is a close one.

25. Rock Lee's parents: Hoi Chuen and Shan Dong

Every Naruto fan should know that Kishimoto based Rock Lee's design in two actual martial fighters, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. Hoi Chuen was the name of Bruce Lee's father, and Shandong was the province in China where Jackie Chan was born.

So far no good fanart found, please let me know if you see any.

26. Shino Aburame's mother: Kaho

Taken from a very good fanart that I liked lots! :-)

27. Hinata's mother: Hikari 光

The kanji directly means "light" or "brightness".

28. Karin's mother: Shimazu 島津

Since this poor woman had to escape her birthplace, I used the kanji for "island" and "ferry/port", reflecting her sad journey.

29. Kakuzu's previous partner: Kuchihige 口ひげ

I didn't go the extra mile for this one, it simply means "moustache" because the guy had one. What more do you need?

30. Iwagakure's sadist kunoichi: Shukketsu 出血

For a long time I used to call her simply Iwakuno, and that was it. Only recently I actually put in the effort to give her an actual name, which means "bleeding". Quite fitting, don't you think?

31. First hoshikage: Rashinban 羅針盤

Two minor unofficial kages, but since I've named the second hoshikage in Part 1, I wanted to name them as well. Rashinban is the name of constellation Pyxis (the Compass).

32. Third hoshikage: Subaru 昴

Subaru is the star cluster of Pleiades.

33. Inuzuka clan member: Fukubu 腹部

I already used this random Inuzuka boy for my fanon team :-). Following the clan's tradition, his name means "abdomen".

34. Chouji's tsukuyomi wife: Saibou 妻夢

No offense to Karui, I actually like her but I don't support the ship at all. Saibou's name literally means "dream wife", with alternative readings of the kanji. She was totally into Chouji and I found that heartwarming.

35. Kabuto's sensei: Giman Utaga 欺瞞 疑

Many fans have questioned this character, and yet we were never given a single clue about him O_O? Giman means deceit and utagau is the verb for being suspicious or being under doubt, so the whole name literally translates as "being suspicious of deception".

36. Iwagakure chuunin: Niniwa

Ok, so sometimes I get tired of thinking up too much and just roll with the simplest thing that comes to my mind. This is Niniwa's case. She is the war crush of previously mentioned Fukubu Inuzuka. No particular meaning to her name, just an inversion of Iwa-nin that sounded nice enough to become an actual name.

37. Haku's parents: Kyokuten 極点 and Koori 氷

Cold-related names, both of them. Father's means "pole" and mother's means "ice". Yes, in this case the double o is necessary because it's not a diphthong ou. If you wrongly write it as kori that is "stiffness", not "ice" (though sometimes an H is also used to mark a long vowel, so Kohri would also be correct).

38. Kirigakure female ANBU: Yuusetsu 融雪

Because even dumb Naruto realized how much this kunoichi resembled Haku, so I think she might be a survivor of Yuki clan from the purging era. Now that fifth mizukage Mei Terumii is promoting peace and inclusion and learning from your mistakes, I wanted to reflect this on her name, which translates as "melting snow".

39. Tenten's brother: Wu Xing

Ok, so if you ever bothered watching Rock Lee's spin-off series, you'll know it's pure comedy! XDDD In one of my fave episodes, Tenten more or less cross-dresses as a boy, which brought me the idea of her having a brother. Finding this great fanart only added fuel to it.

The name wasn't easy this time. Since Tenten's name is pretty much calling her "sky-sky", I tried to call the brother "land-land/ground-ground", but the kanji readings for that gave a rather stupid-sounding name (it was either Tsuchitsuchi or Toto/Dodo). So I settled with Wu Xing, which refers to the five elements in Chinese philosophy.

40. Three Takigakure kunoichi: Ryūri, Rainen and Konen

Because I like to rescue names from Naruto novels that I don't even read XDDD.

In the Takigakure novel that was adapted into an ova, a few summons appeared, but sadly they were cut off in the anime version. Ryūrimaru was Hisen's koi summon (given to the middle one), while Rainenmaru and Konenmaru were catfish summons belonging to Suien (given to the two on the sides).

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*Bonus: seiyuu's names adopted for the characters this time:

- Chouza's wife/Chouji's mother: Chiharu

- Inoichi's wife/Ino's mother: Noriko