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* [[In Spite of a Nail]]: While several of the Chuunin Exam matches are different, some match-ups are the same as in [[Canon]]. {{spoiler|Tenten vs. Temari}}, {{spoiler|Hinata vs. Neji}}, {{spoiler|Sakura vs. Ino}}, {{spoiler|Lee vs. Gaara}}, {{spoiler|Naruto vs. Neji}} and {{spoiler|Temari vs. Shikamaru}}. The ''actions'' in many of this match-ups change due to the altered circumstances, however...

* [[Iron Lady]]: As a jounin and team leader, Kurenai carries herself as one. She ''has'' to, given the chauvinistic mentality of some of the people around her (like a weapon shopkeeper in one of the first chapters).

* [[It Never Gets Any Easier]]: On the eve of {{spoiler|Kurenai's funeral}}, Naruto asks Jiraiya if losing people close to you eventually becomes easier. His response: ''"No, and if it ever does, I don’t want to know you"''. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] as he states that, while some people propose that the perfect ninja is the one that kills his emotions, doing so in the long term becomes detrimental and the ones that subscribe to that philosophy end [[Empty Shell|with no personality of their own]], or worse, [[Ax Crazy|eventually snap]] {{spoiler|like Itachi did}}.

* [[Jerkass]]: As mentioned before, most members of the Hyuuga clan fall into this, including Neji, Hanabi and ''especially'' Hiashi. The members of Team 7 are initially portrayed as this as well. {{spoiler|Turns out Kiba is more of a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]], who genuinely cares for his teammates but is too brash, while Sakura [[Character Development|eventually realizes the bad elements of her personality]] [[Took a Level In Kindness|and vows to change]]. Recently, like in canon, Neji seems to start changing his ways after Naruto defeated him. It's still in the air whether Sasuke will turn like his canon counterpart or not, but so far his rather [[Curb Stomp Battle|humiliating defeat]] at Naruto's hands seems to be pointing him into a more positive direction.}}

** Also a significant one to [[The Terminator]] during Naruto's fight with Neji:

{{quote|"There is no fate but what we make."}}

{{quote|"Your choice of pronoun speaks volumes, esteemed elder."}}

* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Hinata has [[Shrinking Violet|too many self-esteem issues]] to truly qualify, but she is slowly getting there. Besides her many moments of combat prowess, the best example might be when she is interrogated by Hiashi {{spoiler|about Naruto using the Kyuubi’s chakra during the border patrol mission}}. Despite being utterly terrified of her father, Hinata deduces he wants that information for nefarious purposes, so she decides (much to her own surprise) to not reveal anything, claiming she didn’t saw or knows what happened. The deception works and a frustrated Hiashi [[Go to Your Room|dismisses her]].