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Iruka Umino is the Academy instructor who was the first person to truly acknowledge Naruto as a person worthy of love after years of ostracism, stepping between Naruto and a lethal kunai from Mizuki at the cost of a serious wound. His role as Naruto's first father figure—a connection formed from shared loss, both having lost parents to the Nine-Tails—gave Naruto the emotional foundation to pursue his dream. Though he never reached the combat heights of Naruto's other mentors, his consistent warm presence represents the crucial importance of someone simply believing in a child.
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