3rd Databook Released in Japan and the word on the streets is...

[amaiko.livejournal.com]

...that Itachi enjoyed going to sweet shops in his free time. :D

NOTE: NONE OF THIS HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED YET. The following information has been posted on 2ch by various people: there aren't any scans or anything from the databook yet. So keep in mind that some of this might not turn out to be true, but until then, it's fun to discuss, yes?

What's been released so far: Hidan and Kakuzu's histories, a bunch of heights, weights and ages, Nidaime and Sarutobi's names.



Nidaime's real name: Tobirama Senju. Before anyone goes nuts over this, let me just point out that "Hashira" of "Hashirama" (Shodaime's real name) means "pillar" and the "Tobira" of "Tobirama" means "door". It's most likely just Kishimoto having fun with his names again.

Sarutobi's full name was Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Tobi's stats are given, but Madara's just say "unknown". Hmmm....

Hidan was apparently from Yuugakure, the Hidden Village of Hot Water. (Uhh...okay.) Yuugakure decided that it didn't feel like staying a hidden village and transitioned out into a peaceful and prosperous village instead. Hidan, growing up, already showed a tendency toward Jashinist violent ways, decided that he didn't like this and slaughtered his neighbors before leaving the village. Supposedly, his immortality is the result of a Jashinist experiment: he's the first successful result and if he stops killing people, his immortality will disappear. Hidan's 22.

Kakuzu was assigned to assassinate Shodaime by the leader of the Hidden Waterfall Village: when he failed, the village severely beat and punished him for losing, and threw his ass in jail. This pissed Kakuzu off so much that he broke out, stole the village's special hidden technique--the heart-stealing jutsu--and killed the Waterfall head with it. He's 91.

Uchiha Itachi (taken verbatim from someone's translation)
Character: Thinking about his little brother (smiling), Self-sacrificing(smiling);
Favourite food: omusubi (rice balls), konbu (seaweed), kyabetsu (cabbage);
Hobby: Going through "sweet places". Like confectioner's shops.


Sai is 17.
Karin is 16.
Juugo is 18 and around 6'5 or so.
Suigetsu is 16.
Deidara is 19. His favorite food is "bakudan" and his birthday is May 5th.
Sasori is 35.

Things that will be answered in the manga: what Karin did to Sasuke, why Naruto's seal is failing, why he can only go four tails, whether Kushina is alive or not.

If Kishimoto was a girl, he would want Shikamaru for a boyfriend. (So many things have suddenly become clear....)



So far that seems to be it. Hopefully we'll get some more information as the Japanese posters get their hands on it.

EDIT: Added Deidara's birthday and who Kishimoto would pick as a boyfriend if he was a girl.

Comments

[vescas.livejournal.com]

Ooooh... so we get all sorts of detail on Itachi now that he's been labeled as a not so bad guy... hmmm...

[illeatchu.livejournal.com]

sweet! yay<3

[illeatchu.livejournal.com]

omg me and dei are the same age :3

[hieronymousb.livejournal.com]

A lot of the characters are younger than I would have expected. I figured Sasori was 30-40-ish, so I wasn't too far off, there, but I imagined Dei to be in his 20s -- perhaps 24 or 25. Karin and Suigetsu are younger than I anticipated, too. Then again, I really should've figured them to be about those ages. People grow up young in Naruto-world.

Rofl @ Kakuzu being 91.

[xinda.livejournal.com]

This is interesting - I do hope there's confirmation and more things shared - I adore such "fun facts".

Especially about characters I adore.

- And though I know about Kakuzu's ability and what he did - it still makes me jaw-drop at the age.

[xinda.livejournal.com]

- and Suigetsu's a few years younger than I thought.

[rejects.livejournal.com]

rofl. "Hot Water". That shouldn't be so funny yet somehow it is.

[gatty.livejournal.com]

Kushina is obvs alive, and gone to Rain to work deeeeep undercover. Thus, she was there when Jiraiya received massive smackdown, and saved him! What comes next I've not yet decided, but thank you possibly dubious data book for potentially rattifying my conspiracy theory.


All devised to stop my breaking down utterly over Jiraiya.

[unmyeong.livejournal.com]

LOL SAI IS OLD :DDD Itachiiii ;_____;

[unmyeong.livejournal.com]

Oh, and Karin totally looks like she's maybe at least 21! And Juugo is like, 23 in my eyes, and so does Deidara. And Suigetsu looks 19-ish? D:

[love-izzi.livejournal.com]

good god. always thinking of his brother and his sacrifice and LOL CANDY SHOPS. and I thought his glorification couldn't get any worse. he sounds like a fuzzy bunny

DO NOT HUG UNLESS YOU ARE SASUKE

[ultrasushi.livejournal.com]

Sai is 17.

I KNEW HE WAS OLDER THAN THE REST, VICTORYYYY.

fap fap fap

[wolfie-thu.livejournal.com]

the village severely beat and punished him for losing

HOT.

[hieronymousb.livejournal.com]

I know, right? I really like Itachi (well, my conception of Itachi, which is removed from a lot of this saintly-saint stuff, though not evil, per se), but this description honestly makes him seem kind of dumb. XD Poor Itachi, man.

Re: fap fap fap

[hieronymousb.livejournal.com]

Wow. Your icon is win.

Re: fap fap fap

[wolfie-thu.livejournal.com]

lololol thank-you.

[illeatchu.livejournal.com]

hell yes!

[anterogradenova.livejournal.com]

Well I'm not surprised that Itachi liked going to sweetshops... after all when he and Kisame first came to Konoha, their first stop was the dango place. :P

And thus it is confirmed...

[tyr.livejournal.com]

Sai tops by age rule.

<3

[illeatchu.livejournal.com]

apparently itachi is a vegetarian <333

uchiha PETA has a nice ring to it

Re: And thus it is confirmed...

[ultrasushi.livejournal.com]

S-SEMPAI. YOU'RE ALIVE. ;_____;

[innerve.livejournal.com]

H-Hidan backstory.

♥ Thank GOD.

[zelha.livejournal.com]

*massive facepalm*

[marriot-chan.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!! Deidara has my age *u*~~

OMG! D= Sasori 35!!! °.°!! wow DX

Well, I know now when is deidara's birthday, I hope this is true! (I'm still waiting for Sasori's birthday date....)

[tyr.livejournal.com]

I rose from the dead when I received a text message at 12 AM telling me that Sai is seventeen. LOL