Rookie Four
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Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto.
Manga Publishers: Shueisha Inc. & Viz Media, LLC . Anime Producers: Studio Pierrot & TV Tokyo.
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No part of this theory may be posted elsewhere without permission. The author reserves the right to modify accordingly, depending on recent events of the manga and/or for purely theoretical development. Please be guided that this is only a theory that aims to explore possibilities and do not seek to prove/disprove anything.
Status: 12 November 2014.
Important Notes:
Naruto x Sasuke: Bonds.
Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto.
Manga Publishers: Shueisha Inc. & Viz Media, LLC . Anime Producers: Studio Pierrot & TV Tokyo.
All images are properties of their respective owners and are used herein strictly for illustration purposes only.
No part of this theory may be posted elsewhere without permission. The author reserves the right to modify accordingly, depending on recent events of the manga and/or for purely theoretical development. Please be guided that this is only a theory that aims to explore possibilities and do not seek to prove/disprove anything.
Status: 12 November 2014.
Important Notes:
- This theory is based on the Guardians of the Four Directions from Japanese and Chinese philosophies. Each special creature represents a compass direction, color, season and an element among others.
Naruto x Sasuke: Bonds.
- In theory, Rookie Four includes Naruto Uzumaki, Hinata Hyūga, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha.
Using their respective birth months, the characters are placed on a diagram based on the Guardians of the Four Directions (with the season and element associated to each emblem) .
White Tiger of the West
(Young Yin) Season: Autumn
Element: Metal / Wind |
Black Tortoise of the North
(Full Yin) Season: Winter
Element: Water |
Blue Dragon of the East
(Young Yang) Season: Spring
Element: Wood / Lightning |
Vermilion Bird of the South
(Full Yang) Season: Summer
Element: Fire |
Naruto
Birth Month: October
Element: Wind *Since the 4th Character Official Databook (2014), Naruto now has all five chakra nature types. |
Hinata
Birth Month: December
Elements: Fire, Lightning Based on the 4th Character Official Databook (2014), Hinata has Fire and Lightning chakra nature types. Regardless, Hinata may still be associated to the Black Tortoise of the North through the Hyūga Gentle Fist (baguazhang) and the divination field, both based on the bagua. In ancient China, the first bagua inscriptions were said to have been found on the back of a Tortoise, whose shells are used in foretelling the future.
From a distance, the bagua resembles the carapace of the Tortoise. Theoretically, the bagua may also indirectly associate Hinata to Wind and Water albeit, not by chakra, but by taijutsu. The bagua is one of the most important tools of Feng Shui. Feng Shui (風水) literally means Wind-Water. |
Sakura
Birth Month: March
Elements: Water, Earth Based on the 4th Character Official Databook (2014), Sakura has Water and Earth chakra nature types. Sakura may still be indirectly associated to the Blue Dragon of the East using the given elements. The Blue Dragon of the East is associated to Wood (Chinese element replaced by Lightning in Naruto). In the series, it is best known as Hashirama Senju's kekkei genkai. Wood Style is a combination of Water and Earth elements - a direct parallelism to Sakura's chakra nature types. |
Sasuke
Birth Month: July
Elements: Fire, Lightning *Since the 4th Character Official Databook (2014), Sasuke now has all five chakra nature types. |
The Similarities
Assumption: Perception Type Nin are those who are able to distinguish individuals through their chakra.
The Byakugan does not fall under this definition but because of similarity, it will be considered herein as an "equivalent".
Perception Type or its Equivalent
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Non-Perception Type
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Complementary Opposites
Team-ups, even if only momentary, may not always be defined by similarities, but by the complementary aspects of Yin-and-Yang.
In a later circumstance,
Complementary Hypothetical Shuffle
In a hypothetical sense, if the characters are shuffled based solely on the same complementary aspect, it may also appear that:
Naruto may be complementary with Sakura as Sasuke may be complementary with Hinata.
Naruto may be complementary with Sakura as Sasuke may be complementary with Hinata.
What could have been the Yin and Yang of Naruto / Sakura may briefly be seen after Team 7 passed the second stage of the Chūnin Exams:
天 (heaven, Yang) scroll with Sakura, 地 (earth, Yin) scroll with Naruto.
Consistently, Iruka mentioned that Sakura's strength is her mind (referred to as 天)
while Naruto's strength is his body (referred to as 地).
What could have been the Yin and Yang of Sasuke / Hinata may be read in detail in Sasuke x Hinata: Yin and Yang.