Konnichiwa, just as the Japanese say. We’re here with the question: is Naruto demonic? I’m sure many anime fans started with Naruto as one of their first anime series, while some went for the manga first. So I know viewers tend to question a lot about the show’s main objectives.

This Japanese classic series, Naruto, portrays more about the sacrifices and to what extent we can go for our family and friends to overcome all the challenges that are thrown at us by life. And who better to lead the show than our favorite character, Naruto Uzumaki? However, the show may contain supernatural and summoning of beasts, but it still ends up as a good old-fashioned ninja show.

So my answer to your question will be, no, Naruto is not demonic and I will take you through why.

Understanding Naruto: A Brief Overview

Naruto begins as a young boy who grew up without both his parents. The fact that he was an orphan didn’t bring him down. Rather, it gave him the strength to believe he would become the Hokage one day. However, being an orphan and taken care of by the people of his village, he wasn’t all goody two shoes.

He was always mischievous, causing trouble for the current Hokage of the village and always bullying other kids. He normally loves eating at a local restaurant, and his favourite dish is ramen. So, in his journey to become Hokage, he faces a lot of criticism and fights many battles with different enemies, not just from his village but also from other villages.

Addressing Demonic Themes in Naruto

The reason why people may start questioning the show to be demonic is because Naruto has had the nine-tailed beast known as Kurama sealed deep inside of him. Kurama is a powerful nine-tailed fox with dark energy within Naruto’s chakra, which always affects him during his journey, making him demon-possessed.

Exploring the Nine-Tailed Fox (Kurama)

Although Kurama always finds ways to weaken Naruto, hoping that one day the seal will break him free, they eventually start learning more about each other along the series with many encounters. However, the encounters between the fox and Naruto were not always pleasing because, at times, Kurama would try to manipulate Naruto into undoing the seal or doing other bad deeds.

But with time, the fox eventually began to understand Naruto, as Naruto also started to understand the fox. Eventually, the fox lent some of his powers to fight the bad guys and win the day. That connection started building from then, and they eventually became best buddies as time went by.

Themes of Good vs. Evil

Like any other show, we’re able to see the good and bad guys, which normally puts our protagonist to the challenge of knowing what is good and what is evil. This helps viewers to understand the ways of understanding righteousness from how the protagonist tends to make decisions.

However, his judgment may be clouded by the enemy’s manipulation or sometimes by the enemy’s background. Due to this, he tends to make decisions according to how he feels despite the enemy being one of the worst.

Cultural Context and Symbolism

With the Japanese history of folklore and mythical beasts, foxes (kitsune) normally are supernatural beings with magical abilities, and these mythical creatures each have meanings throughout the history of that culture.

So the nine-tailed fox not only proves to be one of Japan’s mythical creatures, but also tries to teach us about cultural diversity and helps us to understand the entities in the narration of the show.

Naruto’s Positive Influence

Naruto always finds a way to save the day. He always finds ways to change the enemy’s mindsets from bad to good. Despite having fought a strong battle, they eventually reconcile and look at the better picture of the battle. Henceforth making his positivity spread throughout the anime.

The best part when you see Naruto’s positivity is when he needs to fight against his best friend, who decides to destroy Naruto’s village to avenge his elder brother’s murder. However, his elder brother was not killed by Naruto. So Naruto had to go on a very long journey to find a way to convince his best friend to change his ways from following the dark path to a good path.

So as they grow within the show, it shows just how Naruto can influence people, not just the people around him, but also the enemies.

Conclusion

I suppose we have to say that Naruto depicts much cultural diversity. It contributes to a lot of our viewers’ growth and gives out powerful and strong messages down the line.

So, I believe that in this case, we are not certain that Naruto can be put under a demonic-themed anime, and I hope this information helps you.