There's Something About Kakashi

The Naruto website has been updated recently and I found a very interesting post straight from the official website of naruto and as you might notice It's about the preimere of Kakashi Chronicles featuring him! This is what they official said:



"As part of our countdown to the Kakashi Chronicles special, we're featuring a few articles about the master ninja. Today our writer David F. Smith weighs in about what makes the character special.]

What is it that makes Kakashi Hatake such a hit? It might be the fact that there isn’t just one Kakashi. He has some layers to his personality. Every time we think we know him, he turns around and shows us a different face.

Early in the series, we meet Kakashi the teacher, the stern ninja master who rides herd on Naruto’s squad. This Kakashi’s fun because he’s a foil for the heroes. In the middle of a series full of inexperienced apprentice ninja running amuck, he’s the one who really knows what he’s doing. (Not to mention the one who’s strong enough to pull off the coolest hidden jutsu.)

Soon enough, though, the cracks in the stoic masked-hero facade start to show. That’s when we get to meet his softer side – Kakashi the jokester, the lackadaisical goof-off who drops everything to read the latest Make-Out Paradise. As the main characters grow up (a little bit), they move a touch towards equal terms with their teacher -- and he's pretty proud of their progress, even if he doesn't always say it.

He never quite loses that aura of mystery, though. That’s what works so well about Kakashi’s origin story, the short flashback tale in the Naruto manga that bridged the gap to the events we see in Shippuden. We learn a lot more about him in the Kakashi Chronicles, in terms of simple facts – about his life as a rank-and-file Konoha ninja, about the friends he fought alongside in his younger days, about where that mysterious left eye came from. At the same time, though, he becomes a more distant character in the process.

The truth about his past adds a new intriguing layer between Kakashi and us, the audience. He’s still very funny when he dishes out the comic relief, but we may find ourselves bemused as we laugh, now that we know what that part of his personality is covering up.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing, though. Kakashi may have a persona for every occasion, but the one-eyed man of mystery remains a fan favorite. If he ever lost every last bit of that mystique…well, now that would be a real tragedy."