Last words in Naruto media

Following is a list of last words from various Naruto manga.

Naruto

• Za...buza...
  • Who: Haku
  • Note: Character is very devoted to Zabuza, and jumps in front of Kakashi to prevent him from attacking Zabuza with Lightning Blade.

• I...if you want to go to the same place as your friend... then go... [Zabuza: Unfortunately... I don't plan on going to the same place as Haku...] Wha...what? You won't survive...
  • Who: Gato
  • Notes: Character planned on having Zabuza, his hired assassin, killed, so that he would not have to give him payment for his services. However, Zabuza, despite being badly wounded, charged him, being mortally wounded in the process. He says this line as Zabuza approaches, but Zabuza tells him that they are going to hell together, and kills him.

• If I could... I'd like to... go to the same place... as you...
  • Who: Zabuza Momochi
  • Note: Spoken to a now-dead Haku as it begins to snow in the middle of summer (Haku was born in a snowy village). Character had been angered at how Haku had been treated by Gato, and killed him, but was mortally wounded in the process.

• [Gaara: "He" gets bloodthirsty during the full moon.] What is this? What are you?
  • Who: Dosu Kinuta
  • Note: Character attacks and attempts to kill Gaara, in order to prevent him from being the one to defeat Sasuke in the Chunin Exams, but Gaara kills him.

• What? I can't pull out the sword!
  • Who: Hayate Gekko
  • Notes: Character attempts to attack Baki with Dance of the Crescent Moon, after hearing his plan to attack the Leaf village, but Baki kills him.

• [Hiashi: Choosing death is freedom?] Brother... I wanted, just once, to disobey the Hyuga destiny. I wanted to choose my own destiny, that's all.
  • Who: Hizashi Hyuga
  • Notes: Character allows himself to be killed so that his body can be delivered in the place of that of his twin brother, Hiashi Hyuga. While his son Neji believes that he was killed to protect Hiashi, Hizashi makes it clear that he chose to die, not for the main house, but for his brother and his village.

• You took away the life of my precious Onee-chan...and since that day I have carried a wound of the heart that has never healed...no, you were never loved!! ...and now, I beg you...please die along with me.
  • Who: Yashamaru
  • Notes: Character attempted to assassinate a six-year-old Gaara and is badly wounded. After Gaara discovers his identity as his attacker, he explains to him that he chose to attack him because has never been able to truly care for him. After telling him this, he ignites a series of explosive tags and dies in an attempt to kill Gaara.

• Where the Konoha(leaves) dance, fire burns. The shadow of the fire will flash over the village... And the leaves will grow once again.
  • Who: The Third Hokage
  • Note: Character sacrifices himself to seal Orochimaru's ability to use techniques. Before saying this he had expressed his love for Konoha, and said this line to show that people have the will to fight for it.

• I can't... die here... [Tsunade: Don't worry! I stopped the blood! There is no danger anymore! You will be saved! Dan] Really... that's great...
  • Who: Dan
  • Note: Character, Tsunade's lover, had been mortally wounded in battle. He dies of his wounds despite Tsunade's attempts to save him.

• This can't be happening!
  • Who: Aoi Rokushō
  • Source: "The Last Leg: A Final Act of Desperation" [Ep. 106]
  • Note: The Team Oboro leader from the Hidden Leaf Village turned missing-nin, he was hired by Kyūroku Wagarashi to stall Idate. As he and Sasuke clashed, Naruto breaks his blast and blasts him with a Rasengan. As he falls to his death into a gorge, he says this in despair.

• Wa...wait! Can we talk?
  • Who: Jirobo
  • Notes: Choji, desperate to defeat him and enraged by his comments about his weight and his best friend Shikamaru, eats a pill to convert all his fat into chakra, then kills him with one punch.

• Bluff all you want. You can't stop the tides anymore. Sasuke became part of the "sound" on his own choice. Right now... Sasuke is engulfed in darkness. [Neji: No. (thinking about Naruto) There is someone who can find Sasuke within the darkness and save him from within. Because you saved me from the darkness] Bluffing until the end... I haven't been this close to death since "Kimimaro". Fuck dammit...
  • Who: Kidomaru
  • Notes: Character is dying from an attack by Neji's Gentle Fist style during his mission to bring Sasuke to Orochimaru. Character refers to a previous attempt by him and the other Sound Four members to force Kimimaro into submission.

• We don't have much chakra remaining. Well... it's not like I'm saying we can't beat the crap out of him right now
• hey! Let me out!
  • Who: Sakon and Ukon
  • Notes: The first quote is Sakon's last thoughts after merging with his brother Ukon once again. The second quote is Ukon's last words after being trapped inside Kankuro's Black Ant puppet before being impaled by his Crow puppet's arms.

• Alright, if they come this way, then with my genjutsu...
  • Who: Tayuya
  • Notes: Character is killed as Temari's summoned weasel levels the forest around her and crushes her under a tree.

• None of you understand! Only Orochimaru understands. What would you guys know!?
  • Who:Kimimaro
  • Note: Gaara had said that his faith in Orochimaru was pathetic or the result of brainwashing, and Kimimaro, who had been lonely before he met Orochimaru, says this line when preparing to attack and kill Gaara and Rock Lee. However, he dies of an unnamed disease before he can finish off the two.

• Lord Orochimaru!
  • Who: Kamakiri
• Forgive our betrayal!
  • Who: Jigumo
  • Source: "Pure Betrayal and a Fleeting Plea" [Ep. 138]
  • Note: Two Fuma ninja who were guarding the base of what appeared to be Orochimaru in the Land of Rice Fields. "Orochimaru", who was actually Arashi refused to heal Kagerō and they tried to assassinate him, only for Arashi to kill them, and use them for casualty puppets.

• You and your cousin, Sasame... You were always so close to one another, weren't you? (goes into shock) It would be better if you didn't see him now...
  • Who: Kagerō
  • Source: "Two Heartbeats: Kabuto's Trap" [Ep. 140]
  • Note: One of the Fūma clan ninja who were deceived by Orochimaru. She attempted to synchronize her own and NAruto's hearts so they would die together, but Sakura stopped it by cutting the thread. Dying from her injuries, she warns Sasame not to see the kind of monster Arashi had become.

• I'm only a puppet like these two. This is where I belong now.
• Goodbye, Sasame... Thank you...
  • Who: Arashi
  • Source: "Sakura's Determination!" [Ep. 141]
  • Note: The Fūma clan shinobi who wanted to restore his clan and Sasame's cousin. He was driven insane by the Casualty Puppet usage, but was freed. He then admits that Sasuke is alive. As Naruto's group leaves the collapsing lair, Arashi knows that being a puppet, he can't leave, then dies in the cave-in as he thinks the latter.

• None of our jutsu's are having any effect!
• Suzumebachi: How is she doing that?!
• That girl is unreal! (sees that Hinata has freed her comrade) What? How did they get out!?
• When?!
  • Who: Jibachi and Kurobachi
  • Source: "Blaze Away, Byakugan! This is My Ninja Way!" [Ep. 151]
  • Note: Suzumebachi's siblings searching for the bikōchū. As Hinata turns the tide with Byakugan, Jibachi is horrified that the insect jutsus are ineffective. Then, he and Kurobachi are shocked to see that Hinata freed Team 7. Hinata deflects Suzumebachi's Queen Bee onto the team and presumably kills Hibachi and Kurobachi.

• I must avenge the people of my clan! I can't let you succeed, even if it kills me, and the bikōchū! (Naruto: "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" then a Shadow Clone comes out shocking Suzumebachi. Naruto: "That beetle is our last chance! It's our only hope of getting our friend back! That's why, YOU CAN'T STOP US!") SHUT UP!
  • Who: Suzumebachi
  • Source: "Blaze Away, Byakugan! This is My Ninja Way!" [Ep. 151]
  • Note: The leader of the Kamizuru clan who wanted the bikōchū to restore her clan's honor. With her brothers presumably killed, Suzumebachi flies into a rage saying this as she attempts to ram a giant bee into Naruto's group. But, Naruto blasts her with a Rasengan, presumably killing her too.

• Come, lightning! Give me a funeral worth remembering!
  • Who: Raiga Kurosuki
  • Source: "Run! The Curry of Life" [Ep. 157]
  • Note: Character was obsesed with funerals, and had a very codependant relationship with Ranmaru.

• This is madness, Akahoshi! You've lost your mind!
  • Who: Third Hoshikage
  • Source: "Hoshikage: The Buried Truth" [Ep. 181]
  • Note: The Third Hoshikage who protested the star training. After being stabbed by his former subordinate Akahoshi and his sidekicks, the Third Hoshikage believes Akahoshi has gone mad before collapsing dead.

• Sumaru...
  • Who: Natsuhi
  • Source: "Reunion: The Remaining Time" [Ep. 182]
  • Note: A jonin who had once been a part of the Hidden Star Village's star training and Sumar's mother. While attempting to steal back the star from Akahoshi's possession, she is mortally wounded by him. After drawing a sign for her son, she says her son's name and dies.

• And now for the final blow; Flower Ninja Art: BLOOM MYRIAD OF FLOWERS!
  • Who: Kikunojō
  • Source: "Open for Business! The Leaf Moving Service" [Ep. 187]
  • Note: Yurinojō's best friend and one of Haruna's guards disguised as a merchant. Whilst fighting Ruiga, he attempts to finish him with his best technique. But he fails and is killed by the Water Style: Liquid Memory technique.

• No! What're you doing?! Jiga!
  • Who: Ruiga
  • Source: "A Limitless Supply of Ninja Tools" [Ep. 189]
  • Note: One of the Janin and Kikunojō's killer. Beaten in battle by Choji, he later attempts to get Jiga's assistance, but Jiga saw he was no longer useful. Ruiga tried to say this, and was crushed to death by magnetic rocks.

• Little fool. You annoy me. I've changed my mind. I'm gonna finish you off now! (prepares to gather iron sand, but it begins to consume him) What? What the devil's goin' on?! (Hinata: Just now... I hit one of your chakra points, disrupting the flow of chakra through your body... And now, your body is a powerful magnet that you can't switch off...) That's why... you led me to this canyon full of iron sand! Argh! Make it stop!
  • Who: Jiga
  • Source: "The Byakugan Sees the Blind Spot!" [Ep. 190]
  • Note: The second oldest member of the Janin. Fighting Hinata, she uses Byakugan and Gentle Fist to disrupt the flow of chakra, turning him into a living magnet. Jiga realizes this too late, and is buried alive.

• Such a shame... I wasn't able to leave my mark on history... But, I did... have fun...
  • Who: Gennō
  • Source: "Multiple Traps! Countdown to Destruction" [Ep. 201]
  • Note: A Kagerō Village shinobi who wanted to bury the Hidden Leaf Village. Dying of his wounds after his giant bird is defeated, he regrets his failure but really enjoyed his fun as the village would not be in real danger.

• What the heck?!
  • Who: Toki
  • Source: "The Bewildering Forest" [Ep. 210]
  • Note: One of the Shinobazu armed with a Mechanical Drilling Arm. He nearly corners Naruto, but Gantetsu pulls him out of the tunnel while Toki says this. He laughs as his opponents shoots a Rasengan, but is then crushed to death by the rockslide as a result.

• Ninja Art: BLOOD RAIN!
  • Who: Shura
  • Source: "To Each His Own Path" [Ep. 212]
  • Note: The Shinobazu leader. While making his getaway on his umbrella from the burning Ninja Dropout hideout, he finds Naruto chasing him. He uses his Blood Rain to rain needles but only hits Shadow Clones. The genuine Naruto then blasts him with a Rasengan, sending Shura falling to his death.

• It just shared a consciousness with me... What is it originally...? It was... a mere small sensation...
  • Who: Gaara
  • Note: Character reflects on his efforts to become accepted by others as Akatsuki is extracting Shukaku from him. He dies after Shukaku is extracted, but Chiyo revives him.

• A subordinate of Orochimaru is a spy of mine... he will meet with them there...
  • Who: Sasori
  • Note: Character was mortally wounded after Chiyo used the puppets that he in his dead parents' image stab his heart. He gives Sakura information that leads her to a spy that he had within Orochimaru's organization.

• Naruto... One request from a old hag... you're the only person who understands Gaara's pain... and Gaara knows your pain too... please help him.
  • Who: Chiyo
  • Note: She is attempting to revive a now dead Gaara at the cost of her own life and told Naruto that she was sorry for Gaara and regrets all the foolish things she had done.

• You gave yourself... an antidote?
  • Who: Fuen
  • Source: "Everyone's Struggle to the Death" [Ep. 287]
  • Note: One of Furido's 4-Man Team, Fuen attempts to entrance Sakura in an illusion of Naruto stabbing her. But Sakura had given herself an antidote for Fuen's poison. She curses this, before Sakura pierces her stomach, killing her instantly.

• What?! What is this?! (Yamato: Now your Earth Style, will become part of the Leaf Village's soil.) NOOO!
  • Who: Fudo
  • Source: "Everyone's Struggle to the Death" [Ep. 287]
  • Note: One of Furido's 4-Man Team, Fudo had earlier summoned zombies. He curses Yamato's jutsu and is crushed to death by Yamato's death.

• Not this time!
  • Who: Fuka
  • Source: "Moment of Awakening" [Ep. 288]
  • Note: One of Furido's 4-Man Team, Fuka attempts to steal Naruto's body. Her actual appearance was revealed to be possessed hair. She attempts to charge at Naruto, but he vaporizes her with a Rasengan.

• Next time... I'll leave it all up to you.
  • Who: Kitane
  • Source: "Moment of Awakening" [Ep. 288]
  • Note: One of the Twelve Guardian Ninja revived to serve Kazuma/Furido, Kitane is stabbed by Asuma. He then leaves everything up to Asuma before dying his second death.

• What... a joke...
  • Who: Kazuma
  • Source: "My Friend" [Ep. 291]
  • Note: He, Asuma's former friend and comrade in the Twelve Ninja Guardians, had attempted to destroy Konoha in order to establish the feudal lord as the "king" of the Fire Country, but Asuma defeated and mortally wounded him. He says this before dying of his injuries.

• RAIGO, THOUSAND HAND STRIKE!
  • Who: Chiriku
  • Source: "Akatsuki's Invasion" [Ep. 293]
  • Note: Making a last stand against the Akatsuki, Chiriku attempts to use the mentioned technique against Hidan, but Hidan finishes the Jashin ritual and kills the monk, along with a number of monks.

• I just want one last smoke...
  • Who: Asuma Sarotobi
  • Note: He used to smoke almost perpetually, but stopped shortly before his death due to being troubled by recent events. He says this after giving advice to Ino, Choji and Shikamaru, his students, after he is mortally wounded in battle.

• Beaten by... a bunch of kids...
  • Who: Kakuzu
  • Note: Character is defeated after Naruto uses an extremely powerful technique that he recently created. After he says this, Kakashi tells him that it is natural for each generation to surpass the one that came before it, then finishes Kakuzu off.

• Well, imagine my luck. I get to bring down the fabled Kakashi of the Hidden Leaf. It'll make surviving all these years worth it. (Kakashi's shadow clone disappears) What?!
  • Who: Kigiri
  • Source: "Memory of Guilt" [Ep. 330]
  • Notes: A member of Team Guren under Orochimaru, Kigiri believes he took out Kakashi, but the Hidden Leaf ninja left a shadow clone, then Kigiri himself is killed by the Lightning Blade.

• What the HELL?!
  • Who: Kihō
  • Source: "Memory of Guilt" [Ep. 330]
  • Notes: A member of Team Guren under Orochimaru, Kihō sees to his horror that Yamato added moisture to render his Smoke Dragon useless, before he is crushed by the Wood Jutsu.

• Your jutsu wouldn't work when I was alive. It certainly won't work on me now! (Guren: You can't summon your bats, can you. Crystal Style.) No! No!
  • Who: Rinji
  • Source: "Memory of Guilt" [Ep. 330]
  • Notes: An underling of Orochimaru, Rinji is resurrected as a revenant by Kabuto. He attempts to use his bats on Guren, but soon, Guren crystallizes both Rinji and herself, and she throws themselves over a cliff into the lake, killing Rinji a second time.

• Happy to see us again?!
  • Who: Nurari
  • Source: "Shattered Promise" [Ep. 331]
  • Notes: A member of Team Guren under Orochimaru, Nurari after his first defeat, becomes the Casualty Puppet and merges with the corpses of Kigiri and Kihō. He gloats this to Kakashi and the others, before beginning his fight with the Leaf Ninjas. As Kakashi is about to give a fatal blow, the Three-Tailed Beast crashes into Nurari and his comrades, dissolving them forever.

• Marvel! Scream! Because my art... IS AN EXPLOSION
  • Who: Deidara
  • Note: Character, an artist who fights with explosive clay sculptures and believes that his creations become true art when they explode, has been defeated by Sasuke. He feeds himself explosive clay, causing a massive explosion that kills him instantly.

• I... you used me... you brat. Those eyes... with those eyes... I was controlled. How dare you... you... how dare you...
  • Who: Manda
  • Notes: Character was summoned by Sasuke to escape Deidara's final explosion, and was manipulated with illusionary techniques from his Sharingan eyes. Character dies of wounds sustained in the explosion.

• I guess it's time to put down my pen... Oops... right... I need a title for the next book... let's see... ah... got it... "The Tale of Naruto Uzumaki". Perfect.
  • Who: Jiraiya
  • Notes: Character is dying after battling against his former student Pain, whom he had believed was the "destined child", and had regarded his life as a failure. However, near death, he realized that Naruto, his godson and student, was indeed the destined child, and that Naruto had inspired him never to give up. He sends his toads back to Konoha with information about Pain, then thinks these thoughts as he sinks to the bottom of a lake, dying from his injuries.

• I'm sorry, Sasuke... there won't be a next time.
• You never have to forgive me... No matter what you become...I will always love you.
  • Who: Itachi Uchiha
  • Notes: The first quote was when Itachi officially died from an unnamed disease while overpowering Sasuke. The second was after he was Reanimated by Kabuto and helped his brother break the jutsu while revealing the full truth of him most of their clan for the sake of peace.

• The Leaf will grow again... it's in your hands now, Naruto
  • Who: Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage
  • Notes: Character had died long ago, but left a chakra imprint of himself within in Naruto's mind that reveals itself when his son nearly broke the seal on Kurama the Nine-Tails.

• The book... and you... it's like someone set this all up. Or maybe... it is the hand of the real god... Naruto... my role is over... you can really...
  • Who: Nagato/Pain
  • Notes: Character had considered himself a god and wanted to change the world by showing it pain, but Naruto defeated him and convinced him that believing that peace could be attained was more important than any plan to do so. He performs one final jutsu to revive the Konoha villagers he killed, which results in his death after he says this.

• You monster!
• If you should ever find yourself thinking about me, can you go place some tulips on our graves for me? They were my wife's favorite. (Naruto: Of course.) Well, Naruto, goodbye. Live a full life for the both of us.
  • Who: Kisuke Maboroshi
  • Source: "The Man Who Died Twice" [Ep. 415]
  • Notes: An ANBU of the Hidden Leaf Village. He found out that Sabiru was a spy and almost defeated him, but when he learned Sabiru killed his wife, the spy rips his soul from his body with Soul Detachment Jutsu. Later, Sabiru then cuts off Kisuke's life support, killing his corporeal body. As a ghost, he aids Naruto in hunting Sabiru down. After Sabiru's defeat, Kisuke passes on to the afterlife, bidding Naruto farewell and asking him to place tulips on Kisuke and his wife's graves.

• Who are you, really? Pretty clever trying to surprise me like that, but still. If you're helping Kisuke, that means you have to die as well? (Naruto: So you actually admit that you killed him and his wife too?) Who are you, brat? (Naruto: ANSWER the question!) And so what if I did? (Naruto: Then you'll pay!) ("Kisuke": "Looks like you were right about everything, Naruto. Release!" "Kisuke" becomes Kakashi) Kakashi?
  • Who: Sabiru
  • Source: "The Man Who Died Twice" [Ep. 415]
  • Notes: A Hidden Leaf Village shinobi who was a spy for the Hidden Sound Village. Having almost taken control of the village's defenses, he is cornered in the forest by Kakashi, Naruto and the spirit of Kisuke. He refuses to be interrogated and is beaten up by Kisuke's shadow clones. Before he can give out information, Kabuto kills him with a blow dart.

• Someone please... Someone please help me.
  • Who: Honoka
  • Source: "The Forgotten Island" [Ep. 447]
  • Note: A kunoichi who was working on the Ultimate Summoning Beast, killed by the monster alongside her fellow researchers while attempting to the Beast Sealing Technique on the berserk monster.

• Itachi.. It seems that in the end, I'm not so terrible after all.
  • Who: Kisame Hoshigaki
  • Notes: Character effectively commits suicide by having himself attacked and eaten by summoned sharks, overthinking what his partner Itachi once said to him; "We don't know what kind of people we truly are, until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realize who you are. That's what death is, don't you think?"

• It doesn't matter if I'm scattered to the wind! I will stop y-
  • Who: Konan
  • Notes: Character is preparing a very powerful attack to use on Obito before he abruptly grabbed her throat and subjects her to a genjutsu. She loses consciousness and the scene fades; her corpse is shown later.

• Just get away! Please listen, don't come any closer!
  • Who: Nigai
  • Source: "Things You Can't Get Back" [Ep. 506]
  • Note: A Hidden Cloud Village shinobi sent to steal a kinjutsu. At night, he and his group are attacked by the Nokizaru Group. He attempts to fight off the Nokizaru, but his body expands. Nigai warns this to Fourth Raikage A before his body explodes and he dies.

• No, Nurui... It's in... your hands... now...
  • Who: Yurui
  • Source: "The Lightning Blade: Ameyuri Ringo!" [Ep. 509]
  • Note: A member of the Third Division for the Hidden Cloud Village. Mortally wounded by Ameyuri's Lightning Release: Thunder Gate, he instrusts everything to Nurui before dying.

• Just a gift to say thank you. See you on the other side.
  • Who: Ameyuri Ringo (Reanimated)
  • Source: "The Lightning Blade: Ameyuri Ringo!" [Ep. 509]
  • Note: One of the reanimated Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. As she sinks into the marsh, she passes her blades to Omoi before sinking into the marsh.

• WAIT! It was him! He attacked your village! He was controlling the shinobi! No! No! Stop! Ah! STOP!
  • Who: Disonasu
  • Source: "Power - Episode Final" [Ep. 515]
  • Note: The Hachō Village behind the massacre of Tonika Village. After the Ama no Hoko is destroyed, he is found by Kabuto who summons a revenant of the Tonika Village leader to execute him. Disonasu tries to reason with him but is cut down by the revenant.

• Kakashi... even though we... finally become friends... I couldn't... finally admit to you Rin... I... to be together with everyone longer.
• You'll probably have to suffer again from now on… but don't change, keep going your way. You told me that you never change your words… that's your Ninja Way. Right? Naruto, become Hokage… at all costs
  • Who: Obito Uchiha
  • Note: The first quote was when young and regretful Obito was assumed to have died due to being crushed by a boulder, the second quote when he is killed for real as an adult by Kaguya Otsutsuki with Naruto is unable to save him.

The Kakashi Gaiden Chapters

• It... can't be... You're the... "Konoha's Yellow flash?" Our Hidden Rock Village... we were taught by the commanders to escape if we saw that person... Now, I know what they meant...
  • Who: Mahiru
  • Notes: Character is talking about Kakashi's sensei Minato, the ninja who eventually becomes the Fourth Hokage, as he suddenly appears behind him. Character is apparently killed after saying this.

• H-how... I shouldn't be seen... Wh-what... those eyes...!?
  • Who: Taiseki
  • Notes: Character makes himself invisible, but Obito activates his Sharingan and kills him.

• Shinobi don't cry... Come on, crybaby! I'll break you apart!
• That brat... he looks a little different from before...
  • Who: Kakkou
  • Notes: Character says the first line in response to Kakashi crying over Obito being mortally wounded. He thinks the second line, presumably in response to seeing Kakashi's Sharingan eye. Kakashi then kills him with Chidori.