Haku

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   The Yuki childDebut Arc · Land of Waves

   A gift in the wrong village

   Haku is born of the Yuki clan, carrying Ice Release, in a Kirigakure that fears and hunts bloodline power. The gift that should have been his is, in that era, a death sentence.

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   His father's betrayal

   The family turns on itself

   When Haku's father learns what the boy and his mother carry, he turns on them. Haku loses both his parents — and learns, far too young, that even a family can come to fear you.

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   Alone and unwanted

   A child with nothing

   Haku is left a small child on the streets, with no one and nothing. What stays with him is not anger but a quiet, settled belief: that he is worthless, because no one wants him.

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   Found by Zabuza

   Given a purpose

   Zabuza Momochi finds Haku and takes him in. He does not give the boy warmth, exactly — he gives him something Haku wants more, and has no other source for: a reason to exist, a use.

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   Zabuza's tool

   A weapon who stayed kind

   Haku devotes himself wholly to Zabuza, training into a deadly shinobi and calling himself a tool. Yet through all of it he keeps his gentleness — he disarms where he can, and kills only when he must.

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   A death with a smile

   Between Zabuza and the blade

   On the Great Naruto Bridge, Kakashi's Lightning Blade is about to strike Zabuza. Haku steps into its path and takes the blow — and dies content, believing he served the one person who wanted him to the very end.

Haku fought the way he lived — gently, if the fight allowed it. He was extraordinarily fast, could weave jutsu with a single hand, and threw senbon needles precise enough to drop an opponent without killing them, which he often chose to do. His Ice Release, the first Kekkei Genkai the series introduced, turned that speed into a trap no ordinary shinobi could escape.

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• Who is Haku?+

  Haku is a shinobi of the Yuki clan and a wielder of Ice Release. Orphaned young and taken in by Zabuza Momochi, he served Zabuza as a devoted partner, and faced Team 7 in the Land of Waves arc.
• What is Haku's Ice Release?+

  Ice Release is Haku's Kekkei Genkai — the first bloodline limit the series ever introduced. It fuses water and wind chakra into ice, which Haku could shape into weapons, projectiles, and even reshape the terrain of a battlefield.
• What are the Crystal Ice Mirrors?+

  The Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals are Haku's ultimate technique. They form a dome of ice mirrors around an opponent; Haku can move between the mirrors almost instantly, striking from every direction at once and leaving an enemy unable to track him.
• What was Haku's relationship with Zabuza?+

  Haku was an orphan with nothing until Zabuza Momochi took him in. Zabuza trained him as a tool, but Haku came to see Zabuza as a father figure, and devoted himself entirely to helping and protecting him.
• How did Haku die?+

  Haku died on the Great Naruto Bridge. When Kakashi's Lightning Blade was about to strike Zabuza, Haku threw himself in its path, taking the blow meant for the man he served. He died believing he had served Zabuza to the best of his ability.
• Has Haku been a Narutodle answer?+

  Haku is in the daily answer pool of 210 characters. The Previous Narutodle Appearances list on this page shows every date he was the Classic answer, each linking to a replayable archive puzzle.
• How do you guess Haku in Narutodle?+

  Haku's Ice Release is the giveaway — a Kekkei Genkai almost unique to him on the board. His Kirigakure village is uncommon, his Yuki clan is rare, and his Nature column pairs Water with Wind.