In an interview, Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of the notorious manga "Naruto", said that his favorite female character in history is Ten-Ten. Her biography is not widely known to anyone, in addition, she is a secondary heroine. I wonder what this character liked his creator so much. Maybe the matter is in character? Guessing is pointless, you need to explore.
Who is Ten-Ten?
Ten-Ten Takahashi is a minor character in the anime “Naruto”. This is a shinobi girl (kunoichi) from Konoha, who is on the team of Might Guy. She has excellent command of military weapons, invoking them with scrolls. In a literal translation, her name means "heaven-heaven", although you can interpret it as "ten out of ten", which speaks of the girl's ability to throw shurikens.
Since childhood, kunoichi dreams of becoming an outstanding shinobi. She is confident that a woman can be as strong as a man. Her idol Tsunade is the Fifth Hokage of the village and an outstanding sannin. She wants to be like her, but this desire disappears when the girl realizes her abilities and finds her own fighting style, although the desire to become an outstanding ninja does not go anywhere.
Fragments from life
And now we learn more about Ten-Ten. The kunoichi biography has many gaps. For example, nothing is known about her childhood: no one knows which clan she is from, whether she has a family, brothers or sisters. There is information only about the girl’s childhood dream - to be like Tsunade.
After graduating from the Shinobi Academy, the kunoichi were assigned to the team along with Hyuuga Neji and Rock Lee. In everyday training, the girl learned many unsuccessful attempts, trying to imitate Tsunade. She looks at her teammates and mentally compares her skills with those of her comrades.
Teng-Teng often catches herself at the mere thought that this team does not belong to her, but at the same time she begins to train with redoubled stubbornness so that this place is not given to anyone. Kunoichi discovers the talent of Fujitsu (sealing techniques) and begins to actively develop it.
Character
Ten-Ten, a biography that is closely intertwined with the events of history, is inquisitive and attentive to little things. Despite her addiction to weapons, she is not indifferent to various kinds of fortunetelling. Because of the desire to resemble an idol in everything, a pronounced self-confidence can be seen in the character of the girl.
For the heroine of the series, disgust is weakness and dependence on someone. At times, she is quite tough with teammates, and all because of their excessive enthusiasm (in particular, this applies to Gai-Sensei and Lee). But when difficult times come, the kunoichi always encourages and helps her friends, at such moments her kindness and caring is manifested.
On the one hand, this is Konoha’s fighting girl herself, and on the other, she’s an ordinary girl, for whom worrying about loved ones is not alien. Perhaps that’s why she likes Masashi Kishimoto so much?
Appearance
Ten-Ten, a biography that was briefly described earlier, is the personification of Chinese culture. She is slender, of short stature, brown hair and hazel eyes. Her hairstyle is two odangos (Japanese bunches), with her kunoichi can be seen throughout the series. In the first season, the heroine wears a pink Chinese-style vest, dark green wide pants and Konoha tread. Her ammunition also includes a kunai case and a bag for shurikens, with which the girl does not part.
A little later Ten-Ten (“Naruto” Season 2) can be found in a white jacket (also in the Chinese style), black gloves with “cut fingers” and burgundy hokama pants. The girl replaced the usual shinobi sandals with low-heeled shoes. When he goes on a mission, he carries a large green scroll behind his back.
Capabilities
The main specialization of Ten-Ten is long-range combat, where it hits the enemy with the help of scroll weapons. Those who watched the anime know that the girl has a rich arsenal of combat equipment (this is not so often shown in the manga). The Ten-Ten weapon ("Naruto" Season 1) consists of kunai, shuriken, and steel shells that she calls with scrolls. Kunoichi throws the enemy at these items. It can also use threads to control and direct weapons. Her skills in combat equipment are perfect. It can cause non-standard types of weapons and fully control them immediately after receipt.
In the second season, the number and types of weapons of the heroine are amazing. Together with piercing and cutting equipment, the kunoichi uses explosive seals. One of its most powerful techniques is rain from hundreds of varieties of weapons. In addition, she knows how to call and seal the elements, can also store items of incredible volume in scrolls.
Ten-Ten is the fastest kunoichi among her peers, she gets along well with Lee and Neji and perfectly synchronizes with their attacks in a combat environment. This girl is only a minor character in the story. Her biography is covered with white spots of obscurity, she does not appear on the screen (or pages) so often, but this does not detract from her significance. If there weren’t this kunoichi, then the story would have been completely different.