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Tsunade Senju (千住綱手, Senju Tsunade) is the last remaining member of the Senju clan and a descendant of the Uzumaki from Uzushiogakure. She was one of the Sannin, famed as the strongest kunoichi in the world, and the greatest medical-nin. The repeated loss of her loved ones caused Tsunade to later abandon the life of a shinobi for many years. She is eventually persuaded to return to Konoha and take on the mantle of Fifth Hokage (五代目火影, Godaime Hokage, Literally meaning: Fifth Fire Shadow), where her skills prove invaluable to the village.
Background[]
Hiruzen and his students.
Tsunade was the granddaughter of Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki. Because Hashirama was the First Hokage of Konohagakure, Tsunade was called “Princess” (姫, Hime). Hashirama doted on Tsunade when she was very young because she was his first grandchild and found her deviance and her adoption of his gambling habits highly amusing.[4] Tsunade inherited his necklace when he died. After she graduated from Konoha’s Academy , Tsunade was teamed with Orochimaru and Jiraiya under the leadership of Hiruzen Sarutobi. When Jiraiya failed to acquire a bell during the team’s bell test, Tsunade teased him, prompting him to criticize her flat chest.[5] Despite this remark, Jiraiya had a certain interest in Tsunade from their first meeting,[6] which only increased after her breasts developed; when she nearly killed him for spying on her while she bathed, he was forced to be more discrete about both his attraction to her and his interest in peeping.[7]
Tsunade gives Hashirama’s necklace to Dan.
Tsunade’s younger brother, Nawaki, dreamed of someday becoming Hokage so that he could protect Konoha, their grandfather’s legacy. On Nawaki’s twelfth birthday, Tsunade kissed his forehead and gave him Hashirama’s necklace in the hopes that it would help him achieve his dream. He died the next day, a casualty of the ongoing Second Shinobi World War, thus returning the necklace to her. Tsunade began advocating for the inclusion of medical-nin on all four-man squads to avoid future deaths like Nawaki’s. Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, agreed with her arguments, but could not dedicate resources to the necessary implementation due to the ongoing war. Dan Katō, on the other hand, shared her views, and as their relationship developed he confided with her his dreams of becoming Hokage so that he could bring change to Konoha and protect his loved one from death. Tsunade kissed his forehead and gave him Hashirama's necklace in the hopes that it would help him achieve his dream.
Hanzō dubs the Sannin.
Although their team under Hiruzen’s leadership had disbanded, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya continued fighting together during the Second Shinobi World War. During one such fight in Amegakure, they were the only three to survive an encounter with Hanzō, an accomplishment for which Hanzō dubbed them Konoha’s Legendary Sannin. In the aftermath of the battle, Jiraiya opted not to return to Konoha so that he could train the Ame orphans. Tsunade would go on to make her independent contributions to the war, frequently counteracting Chiyo of Sunagakure’s poisons. Although Tsunade’s actions are said to have won the war for Konoha, Tsunade was unable to prevent Dan’s death, and her failure to stop his severe blood loss caused her to develop hemophobia. With Dan’s death, Hashirama’s necklace returned to Tsunade once again, convincing some that the necklace was cursed to kill anyone who wore it other than Tsunade. Tsunade herself became convinced that achieving one’s dreams was impossible and that to be Hokage was a “fool’s job”. She therefore left Konoha during the height of the Third Shinobi World War, taking Dan’s niece, Shizune Katō, with her to train her as an apprentice. Due to her hemophobia, Tsunade retired from any direct involvement in healing or combat, instead relying on Shizune’s skills whenever a need for either came up.
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Abilities[]
Physical and Chakra Prowess[]
Ninjutsu[]
Transformation Technique[]
Medical Ninjutsu[]
Part I[]
Search for Tsunade Senju[]
Main article: Naruto: A Shinobi Story/Search for Tsunade Senju
Sasuke Recovery Mission[]
Main article: Naruto: A Shinobi Story/Sasuke Recovery Mission
Part II[]
Kazekage Rescue Mission[]
Main article: Naruto: A Shinobi Story/Kazekage Rescue Mission
Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission[]
Main article: Naruto: A Shinobi Story/Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission
Akatsuki Suppression Mission[]
Main article: Naruto: A Shinobi Story/Akatsuki Suppression Mission
Land of Whirlpools (Arc)[]
Main articles: Naruto: A Shinobi Story/Land of Whirlpools (Arc) and Land of Whirlpools (RW109)
Itachi Uchiha Pursuit Mission[]
Main article: Naruto: A Shinobi Story/Itachi Uchiha Pursuit Mission
Pain’s Assault[]
Main article: Naruto: A Shinobi Story/Pain’s Assault (Arc)
Five Kage Summit (Arc)[]
Main article: Naruto: A Shinobi Story/Five Kage Summit (Arc)
Fourth Shinobi World War (Arc)[]
Main article: Naruto: A Shinobi Story/Fourth Shinobi World War (Arc)
Birth of the Ten-Tails’ Jinchūriki[]
Main article: Naruto: A Shinobi Story/Birth of the Ten-Tails’ Jinchūriki
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