The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
Directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi
No — The Last: Naruto the Movie is not woke, scoring 8 out of 100 on our wokeness meter.
Ten films into a franchise, the apparatus is well settled and no one involved seems inclined to disturb it.
Consciousness Markers
The film revisits and challenges the interpretation of an ancient decree from the Sage of Six Paths, which constitutes a revision of the established fictional lore.
Hinata is a strong character who drives much of the emotional conflict, but her arc is primarily focused on her romantic devotion and duty rather than a feminist agenda.
The film utilizes the established, traditional cast of the franchise without introducing any significant new representation or challenging existing character archetypes.
The plot involves a moon threatening to destroy the world, which is a large-scale environmental threat, but it is framed as a supernatural event rather than a human-caused climate crisis.
The central romantic relationship between Naruto and Hinata is strictly heterosexual, and there is no evidence of LGBTQ+ themes or representation.
The setting is a fictional ninja world and does not engage with modern concepts of race or ethnicity.
The narrative focuses on ninja politics and cosmic threats, showing no critique of modern economic or capitalist structures.
Character designs adhere to standard anime aesthetics and do not promote body positivity or challenge conventional beauty standards.
There is no mention or depiction of neurodivergent characters or themes within the film's narrative.
The film prioritizes action, romance, and character development over didactic social commentary or ideological lectures.
Why it received this score
Ten films into a franchise, the apparatus is well settled and no one involved seems inclined to disturb it. The moon is falling. A descendant of the Sage of Six Paths has decided that humanity deserves judgment for turning chakra into weaponry, and a rescue mission becomes a courtship. The Last: Naruto the Movie arrives in 2014 with the series' established roster intact, its voice cast familiar, its character designs matured by two in-universe years. Nobody new is invited to the table, and nobody already seated is asked to reconsider their archetype. This is a reunion, not a renovation.
The emotional engine is Hinata Hyuga, who knits a scarf, accepts a villain's proposal to save her sister, and submits to brainwashing before the third act resolves. Her determination is genuine and she drives the film's central conflict, though her arc is built entirely around romantic devotion and duty. The film is interested in whether she and Naruto will finally speak plainly to each other. It is not interested in much else about her. The scarf, to be fair, does a great deal of narrative labor for a piece of knitwear.
Toneri's grievance rests on an ancient decree he has misread, and the film's resolution turns on correcting that misreading, a modest revision of the series' own mythology. The threat he poses is celestial, a moon nudged from orbit, and it carries no argument about how people treat their planet. There is no critique of commerce, no examination of the body, no attention to how minds differ. The film would like to be a love story with punching, and it succeeds at being exactly that. The classification is straightforward. Ninjas, a moon, a scarf, a kiss. The credits roll on a wedding.
Analysis generated by our Consciousness Algorithm
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Synopsis
Two years after the events of the Fourth Great Ninja War, the moon that Hagoromo Otsutsuki created long ago to seal away the Gedo Statue begins to descend towards the world, threatening to become a meteor that would destroy everything on impact. Amidst this crisis, a direct descendant of Kaguya Otsutsuki named Toneri Otsutsuki attempts to kidnap Hinata Hyuga but ends up abducting her younger sister Hanabi. Naruto and his allies now mount a rescue mission before finding themselves embroiled in a final battle to decide the fate of everything.
Questions about The Last: Naruto the Movie
Is The Last: Naruto the Movie woke?
No — The Last: Naruto the Movie is not woke, scoring 8 out of 100 on our wokeness meter. That earns it a verdict of Ultra Based.
Does The Last: Naruto the Movie have any woke elements?
Very few. None of the 10 markers reaches 30, the level where a marker counts as present; the highest is Revisionist History at 20.
How does The Last: Naruto the Movie compare to other 2014 movies?
It ranks #155 of the 303 films from 2014 we've scored; their average is 13. The wokest is Selma (68).
Is The Last: Naruto the Movie the most woke Naruto movie?
Yes. It scores highest of the 7 Naruto films we've scored.