Hands down, Pain is one of the most brutal members of the Akatsuki to be revealed in Naruto Shippuden. Broken and embittered, ...

With one of the biggest battles in Shippuden’s history being Pain’s arrival at the Hidden Leaf Village and his subsequent confrontation with Naruto, one of the other Konoha ninjas took the ...

Most ardent Naruto fans forget how much mythology and folklore influences the series. It is almost impossible to go into an in-depth analysis of every mythological element that went into Kishimoto ...

As Naruto was able to defeat Pain physically, his compassionate demeanor was able to sway him from his original path of destroying the village and instead, sought redemption following his own demise.

Masashi Kishimoto, the driving force behind Naruto, blessed anime fans with one of the most consequential arcs in anime history with the Pain arc. As he would find out — just as sustaining the ...

A detailed analysis explores the hypothetical battle between Itachi and Pain, two powerhouses from Naruto. Pain's overwhelming power and versatile abilities, like Shinra Tensei and the Six Paths ...