Lashing out at Hiruzen for volunteering before he could, the Second Hokage decided to be the decoy instead, while appointing Hiruzen as his successor to Danzō's shock. As Hiruzen proclaimed to take the role, Danzō called himself weak while a part of him was relieved. Having concluded that a member of their team had to sacrifice themselves as a decoy in order for the rest of them to escape, Danzō struggled to bring himself to volunteer. ĭanzō during the First Shinobi World War.ĭuring the First Shinobi World War, Danzō, as part of the Escort Unit alongside Kagami Uchiha, Torifu Akimichi and Team Tobirama, became surrounded by Kumogakure's Kinkaku Squad. Danzō once saw the First Hokage in battle, where he witnessed Hashirama's formidable Wood Release ninjutsu. From his genin days, he was acquainted with Hiruzen Sarutobi, whom he became rivals with in everything.

5.1 Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Missionīorn into the Shimura Clan to his shinobi father, Danzō went onto joining the Academy, where he was amongst the first few hundred of students to graduate.Prior to being inaugurated officially into this post, Danzō would flee the Five Kage Summit and died in battle against Sasuke Uchiha at the Samurai Bridge. He was appointed the Sixth Hokage Candidate ( 六代目火影候補, Rokudaime Hokage Kōho, literally meaning: Sixth Fire Shadow Candidate) after Pain's assault on the village. Despite his decades of suspicious deeds, Danzō only ever acted in what he believed were the village's best interests. As the founder and leader of Root, Danzō gained notoriety as The Darkness of the Shinobi ( 忍の闇, Shinobi no Yami, English TV: The Shinobi of Darkness) because of his frequent unsanctioned actions and his often-suspected (but rarely proven) undermining of specific Konoha personnel. Hiding in Surface Technique (Anime only)ĭanzō Shimura ( 志村ダンゾウ, Shimura Danzō) was an elder of Konohagakure.Troy Baker ( Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive).Sixth Hokage Candidate ( 六代目火影候補, Rokudaime Hokage Kōho).The Darkness of the Shinobi ( 忍の闇, Shinobi no Yami, English TV: The Shinobi of Darkness).For episode 211 of Naruto: Shippūden, see Danzō Shimura.

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