Mizuki Character Guide
Who Is Mizuki?
Mizuki is a chūnin of Konohagakure and a former instructor at the Academy. As revealed in the anime, Mizuki was originally a childhood friend to Iruka Umino and stood up for him until he was overwhelmed by sheer jealous rage when Iruka was getting better treatment by everyone else. Despite his new-found hatred towards Iruka, Mizuki pretended to be his friend in order to be noticed and to discreetly keep Iruka miserable. In the anime, sometime after Mizuki became a chūnin, he was assigned, alongside two other men, on the Secret Document Recovery Mission.
Mizuki’s Role in Naruto
During their retreat, one of the comrades suffered a leg injury, and Mizuki suffocated the man to death, believing that the injury would cause him to be a hindrance to the mission's success, and then falsely reported that the comrade had died from the injury, which Mizuki exaggerated in severity. Orochimaru witnessed this transgression, and after praising Mizuki for being able to take such bold actions, gave him a prototype cursed seal. It was because of the controversy of Mizuki's actions and report during the mission that he was denied the position as an Academy instructor despite his performance in the test.
Personality, Abilities, and Story Impact
Despite the lack of evidence leading to the investigation being dropped and eventually granting Mizuki the position, he nevertheless was infuriated when he overheard the committee's reason for initially not promoting him, leaving him to despise Konohagakure, especially when Iruka, who only performed well with Mizuki's assistance, made the cut. This feeling of being unappreciated for what he believes to be justifiable actions, along with meeting Orochimaru, made Mizuki decide that he would do whatever it took to rise to power and glory, even becoming a secret follower of Orochimaru. In the anime, Mizuki was the fiancée of Tsubaki, who saw him as a sweet man.
For PopRot readers, the useful way to look at Mizuki is through three angles: what they want, who they are connected to, and how their choices affect the larger Naruto story. This page is built as a character profile first, with related links added so visitors can keep moving through the Naruto section instead of landing on an isolated article.
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