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Recently, I got to see a movie that I’m sure a lot of you have already seen called “Hacksaw Ridge”. It’s an inspiring story about a Christian man named Desmond Doss who, due to his beliefs, and his own personal decisions, decided to join the military during World War II, but also refused to carry a gun at all. He believed that while the world was tearing itself apart, it couldn’t be a bad thing to try to put a little bit of it back together again. It was an amazing story, and as I’m sure you know, I immediately began to wonder what it would be like if Naruto were like that. What if Naruto were more serious about killing, refusing to take a life so long as he had a choice? Would he still fight? Yes. But what if the idea of taking a life were just WAY too much for him? What if he just couldn’t take lives? We know Naruto has killed and/or lead to the death of many people in his time as a Shinobi; in most cases he tries to hit them with the Talk no Jutsu. But what if the only real jutsu he ever allowed himself to use were Talk no Jutsu? What if Naruto decided to try and put the Shinobi World back together again with his words and kindness as opposed to a weapon? That’s what I want to figure out today. What if Naruto refused to kill? I hope you’ll join me as we take all of Naruto’s protag vibes and turn it up to 11. But before we begin… *** FOLLOW ME