Why Orochimaru Wears the Wrong Clothes the Entire Naruto Series

Orochimaru is wearing the wrong clothes during the entire Naruto series all the way to Naruto Shippuden. During the Naruto Chunin Exams Orochimaru steals Shiore's look, a ninja from the grass village, to infiltrate the Forest of Death. However, he keeps wearing her clothes from then on.
Orochimaru's character design doesn't change even though he no longer needs to pretend to be Shiore. Also, the ninjas in his hideout all seem to wear an outfit inspired by Shiore's outfit that Orochimaru begins to wear, indicating Orochimaru liked that type of clothes before he met Shiore. Let's find out what is going on in this video.
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[@DygoKnight]

What's the best Orochimaru outfit?

[@TheSacredCowtipper88]

A child's body, and that's not creepy at all.

[@azureascendant994]

His war outfit.

[@kennethkay7226]

Classic or casual t shirt.

[@CandyChaos7]

War outfit.

[@dom8429]

just him fully nude. don't ask where I saw that

[@Rahhelthethird]

The idea that Orochimaru liked Shiori's outfit so much, that he made his entire village wear it and made sure in the month before the invasion that the entire army was outfitted accordingly, is just hilarious.

[@VTWS]

“So I gotta kill one student to impersonate… who’s got the best drip?”

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

haha, that would be quite a fashion statement for Orochimaru and his village.

[@justinarzola4584]

I assumed the village took on the outfit in that month waiting for the chunin exams.

[@RMH2075]

Imagine being killed and now your Assassin stole your drip and make all his followers have the same drip, i would be honored tbh

[@Gsmooth84]

He was posessing a girl at the time. So there's that

[@yujiakweh]

This is definitely an example of Kishimoto forgetting the reason Orochimaru wore the outfit.

[@littenfire3563]

Lol whatever works I guess. He just likes those clothes I guess

[@jbo4547]

No its not

[@hellaspoicey2280]

@@jbo4547Great commentary. I love the part where you explained yourself so eloquently that it brought a tear to my eye. You should start your own channel.

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

lol, seems like Kishimoto might have slipped up on that one.

[@Ozgarthefighter]

​@SOLDAT_MENDES not the first time, wasn't the last.

[@antoineguerrier2965]

"She stole my drip, I stole her life." -Orochimaru

[@sammys362]

W

[@Gsmooth84]

W

[@chriswallbrah]

W

[@conradlorgar5508]

M DAMN IT

[@vlbxrto_187]

W

[@CuteAssTiger]

I don't see how this is a plothole at all. Obviously it's just very awkward when two people wear the same outfit at a party. So he killed her to avoid that. He liked that outfit long before shiori did

[@kasumintailmon]

lmao

[@Mr.Erikstad]

nice mental gymnastics there

[@dbearded130]

Nope sometimes creators make mistakes. No need to make excuses or do mental gymnastics just accept it.

[@OnAChairSitting]

@@Mr.Erikstad How do you fail to realize that this is a joke?

[@Mr.Erikstad]

@OnAChairSitting cuz there are a lot of people here that would not mean this as a joke.

[@solidskullz5736]

It would be pretty funny if the outfit just grew on orochimaru and he liked it so much that he used it for some of his underlings

[@Oblivion___]

He liked it so much that in Boruto he even decided to go more androgynous to look like her. But seriously, Orochimaru in Part 1 only lives in a woman's body, there's Shiore, there's the unknown ninja he was using as a body and that we saw in the fight against Hiruzen, and in Boruto he got more androgynous. I personally always found Orochimaru as a female to be the most terrifying version of the character, I don't know why. Him as Shiore in the Forest of Death is the most terrifying version of the character for me, the version of him with the original body just doesn't have the same impact, secondly there's the female version of him fighting Hiruzen, which is the body of some Kunoichi he used as a vessel for his soul. The voice of the female versions are creepy. And every time I see him swallowing and spitting things out of his mouth I laugh because I think it's funny, but the female versions for some reason make everything seem more terrifying, him swallowing that scroll in the Forest of Death terrified me as a child, and for for some reason I tried to imitate later I don't know why. The laugh of the female version of him in the fight against Hiruzen for me is one of my favorite moments in the series. Maybe it's not just me, I mean, every time Kishimoto wants to turn Orochimaru into something out of a horror movie he turns him into a woman: First there's the Forest of Death, and in the fight against Hiruzen he uses Orochimaru turning into a woman to show how sick/evil/scary he is. And there's Boruto where he became a single mother. But I don't want to talk about Boruto.

[@JonDoe-uq1mk]

6:58

[@Red-jt6uu]

Kishimoto probably does that to emphasize that Orochimaru is so inhuman at that point that simple biological classifications cannot even be applied to him anymore. Not to mention, the fact that he seems to only steal the bodies of women and teenage boys reminds us of predators of another sort and makes him look even more evil.

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

haha, that would be a quirky twist.

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

@@Oblivion___ Yeah, Orochimaru's female versions definitely bring a different kind of terror and impact to the character. It's interesting how Kishimoto uses these transformations to create a sense of horror. And yeah, Boruto has its own unique twists and turns.

[@Psil33t]

I love the idea that Orochimaru killed Shiore because of her choice in fashion. Orochimaru walking up to Shiore wearing her exact same outfit: "Well... one of us is going to have to change."

[@kuroketsu5908]

Change states of being.

[@unsightedjorge458]

I thought the same thing lmao

[@wakkaseta8351]

*Shiore:* "Over my dead b-" *Oorochimaru:* "Fine by me!"

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

omg that scene, with that exact line delivery, SHOULD have been in the show, it is a crime this was never made canon

[@OctogonOxygen024816]

​@@kuroketsu5908like, as in, matter?

[@Heavenly9999]

The rope around Orochimaru's waist is a shimenawa which is a rope used in Shintoism to mark the borders of sacred ground. Which is him being an insane narcissist.

[@orianefaton1885]

And, well, Shiori too, we can guess ? (for the rest of the henchmen, it is likely more the "guarding the sacred" approach or something) Also, thank for the lesson.

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

lol, that's an interesting observation, The use of the shimenawa rope around Orochimaru's waist could definitely symbolize his narcissistic nature.

[@MrDj232]

Could also be a nod to his design being inspired by a ghost. The pale skin, long hair, and extendo neck are all part of a classic Japanese ghost story.

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

@@MrDj232 true, it's possible that Gojo's design was inspired by Japanese ghost stories. The pale skin, long hair, and elongated neck do resemble the characteristics of a ghost in Japanese folklore. It's a cool nod if that's the case.

[@crustykeycap5670]

Maybe that's the reason Akuma wears that big rope.

[@alkazarblack7266]

*"he stole my flow! Word for word, bar for bar!"* Shiori form grass village

[@jjsalas]

Shiori Shiori Shori Shory Shorty

[@ricoambro]

Form

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

haha, sounds like Orochimaru was really inspired by Shiori's style.

[@truffle6082]

😂😂😂😂 drake

[@akunbora]

It simply gives him: Max Chakra +200 +5 Armor +20% Elemental Resistance +8% Chance to apply Curse Mark Status Effect -10% Jutsu Cooldown Additional +3 Inteligence for Complete Set

[@IN-tm8mw]

HAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAA, i'm dead.

[@chadzaru]

Danm thats some nice stats for a starter armor

[@ivanbluecool]

Orochimaru:to honor this random ninja that let me neck Sasuke. I'll wear this clothing forever

[@antoj.5119]

Lmaoooo

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

lmao, that's dedication to fashion.

[@mdrstudios7067]

Orochimaru: I'll just have to change the leg parts and get myself ankle wraps.

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

sounds like Orochimaru has a fashion upgrade in mind.@@mdrstudios7067

[@shizukagozen777]

💀💀💀

[@ledgermartenaz157]

That purple belt is the real naruto antagonist pulling all the strings since the beginning

[@Zaheer_Zafar_Zawhereeveryouare]

Y'know with how Naruto kept dripping "masterminds" I can believe it Pain: "I am the mastermind behind the Akatsuki" Obito: "I am the mastermind behind pain and the Akatsuki" Madara"I am the mastermind behind Obito, pain, and the Akatsuki" B. Zetsu: "I am the mastermind behind Madara, Obito, pain, and the Akatsuki" Kaguya: "I am the mastermind behind B. Zetsu, Madara, Obito, pain, and the Akatsuki" Purple Belt: *"AAHAA IT WAS I ALL ALONG!!"*

[@nicholashayes5773]

Maybe Shiori was already associated with Orochimaru in some way before the exams. Orochi has a LOT of pawns and lackeys, doesn't he? It's not too much of a stretch that she could have been one of them.

[@TheSodaShop]

That was my thought too. Also, maybe in the grass village that's the normal fashion and Orochimaru just liked the style. I'm assuming he's been in the area or been in that village before, so it's not a stretch to think that he knows about that grass village drip

[@Chronal-Rend]

I think it makes the most amount of sense that orochimaru the snake man would have been hiding in the GRASS village for a while, So it's not far-fetched that he made his sound village out of people he took from the grass village and that's why they all share fashion.

[@xxXDrManhattanXxx]

look at this youtube channel and what vids and takes he makes. hes clearly just trying to find any reason to talk shit about naruto or tries to make plotholes up when he can because thats what works best for his viewers. it isnt too far fetched too just assume that orochimaru keeps his outfits even if he changes bodies and even if its a plothole, who cares?😭does not affect the story in any way

[@Chronal-Rend]

@@xxXDrManhattanXxx I don't know if you watch the video to the end but he literally said that it's a very minor plot hole that doesn't actually affect the story He just noticed they wanted to make a video lol

[@xxXDrManhattanXxx]

@@Chronal-Rend and still he made a whole ass video about it and treated it like a important point until he said that? just saying that this guy tries to nitpick anything in the franchise for clout and sometimes even makes things up

[@danielmartinontiverosvizca7325]

shiori had swag orochimaru knew that

[@dom8429]

even before meeting her

[@azureascendant994]

Orochimaru: Since I'm such a fashion icon you all will wear my fashion. Sasuke: Fine, whatever, I don't care. Minions: What if we don't? Orochimaru: I'll make your skin into a coat. Minions grab the clothes: Yes, Lord Orochimaru.

[@orianefaton1885]

And this. Is why Sasuke is one of his fav, along with Kimimaro who likely just took it and already went to change without question.

[@azureascendant994]

@@orianefaton1885 Yup.

[@user-cg1qy3gc5j]

When I first saw Sasuke in the same cloth, especially when we were anticipating the body transfer time coming close, I thought that the robes are for the new vessels, or at least for the candidates. So I assumed that the dead girl was a candidate for a vessel. He discarded her. This does not explain why nobody questioned why she had the robe, but I can assume nobody really knew what it meant and symbolized at the time

[@justinarzola4584]

I guess the sound four were potential candidates but I always thought they wore the outfits out of respect for Orochimaru.

[@BigblackDavis]

I think it’s the grass village attire

[@outrightfoot3]

Am I tripping or is there a simple explanation. The girl was a former prisoner of orochimaru , who’s job was to infiltrate the chuunin exams . There orochimaru killed her once she got to the point he wanted and assumed her identity. That’s such an orochimaru thing to do

[@hellaspoicey2280]

All that just so he can wear his favorite outfit? Sounds like Orochimaru

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

nah, you're not tripping. That theory actually makes a lot of sense considering Orochimaru's sneaky and manipulative nature.

[@justinarzola4584]

I personally never thought this was a plot hole,I assumed she was a sound ninja pretending to be from another village and orochimaru killed her once her role was finished,another thought I had was that the sound adopted the outfit to honor orochimaru during the month wait for the chunin exams finals.

[@komlat253]

Omg thank God. Haha this guy. .. obviously it worked the other way around. It's weird cuz he even said that the hideout had everyone wearing so u would think it would be obvious

[@StallionFernando]

Well we know Orochimaru has spies in other villages, for example Kabuto pretending to be a leaf ninja for most of his life so this makes alot of sense. Once people serve their purpose he tosses them aside like trash.

[@fatbrownbuffalo6194]

Honestly, I much preferred Orochimaru's appearance when he was wearing the black Sound Village vest. When he faced Kakashi, and afterward when he spoke to Kabuto right after preliminary, I think he looked best with the Sound Village headband and black vest.

[@IIIISai]

ye

[@rigelc.hoffman2496]

Same. That outfit was badass and practical. What's funny is that having a vest with pockets and all, the Sound Village sent their ninja in purple clothes and more Pretzels

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

I am also a bit of a fan of the kimono-style robes he was seen wearing once or twice, fits his airy, sophisticated, arrogant personality

[@GreatGreenLeo]

I'm so glad that I'm not only one who bothered by that! He not only take her look he made similar clothes for Sasuke! Such a shameful snake!

[@cryingtomatohead8626]

Not just sasuke, the whole sound village

[@JoeDirtisawsome]

why are you assuming that he took her look? the pants and shoes that he wears are different to the ones that she wore. It makes more sense that they had the same shirt because she was one of his underlings.

[@youzettasonsofdigits1639]

I think Shioris outfit was actually originally Orochimarus. Shiori and her team were not real grass ninjas. They were more of Orochimarus henchmen that just killed 3 grass ninja for their headbands and Orochimaru needed them to get past Konohas security barrier. He can travel through curse marks so once in Orochimaru portaled out of Shioris curse mark and killed her along with the other two members and took over from there with two of the sound four disguised as her team members.

[@november1141]

What if Orochimaru never stole from Shiore? He just saw her, saw they were matching and got jealous cause she wore it better and killed her? Also she is from the hidden grass village which is one of the location where his hidden village is, so maybe he wears their standard attire to blend in?

[@sonicboy451]

The Sound Four also wear the purple belt, implying it is standard attire in the Sound.

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

Orochimaru being jealous and killing Shiore because she wore the outfit better would definitely be an interesting twist. And the idea of him wearing the standard attire of the Hidden Grass Village to blend in is a clever observation too.

[@kirilhristov9024]

I remember as a kid watching Anko and the Anbu's discovering this squad's bodies. It was bone chilling. Orochimaru was a terrifying dude when he was first introduced.

[@obsideonyx7604]

Now he's concerned feminine dad.

[@xxmonkey911]

@@obsideonyx7604 looooooooool!!!!!!

[@tatsuyas.drakensang4826]

The anime turned into a horror movie every single time my man appeared. All characters shat themselves and got paralyzed and shir and he was all creepy and legit fucking insanely evil.

[@user-xc1rk4iz8e]

You forgot his outfit from Anko's flashback. There was 1 frame where he was wearing white kimono with red snakes and 2 swords

[@A-Ls1]

He liked her style and made it his indefinitely. I would too tbh. But I forgot I learned about Orochimaru’s association with the hidden grass village while associating the hidden sound village and by that time he had already left the leaf.

[@MP-vc4nu]

Let’s not forget he was also trying to get the most “perfect” body Man concluded perfect body is female 😂

[@owenblount7334]

Honestly I think it’s even more hilarious if Orochimaru already liked that style saw her ripping off his brand and said alright that’s the bitch I’m going to kill

[@kylebeckman4945]

What if Shione and her team used to be allifiated with Orochimaru, but eventually left for whatever reason, and then when Orochimaru showed up at the chunnin exams and saw her, he killed her to either exact revenge or to keep any secrets she may have known

[@Brutalyte616]

But does that explain the outfit?

[@kylebeckman4945]

@@Brutalyte616 it would mean the outfit was originally Orochimaru’s, like in the Kabuto flashback. She just mirrored him, instead of the other way around

[@hellaspoicey2280]

Convoluted but plausible

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

oof, that would definitely be a dark twist in their relationship.

[@BelieveIt1051]

If they left Orochimaru then they would also ditch the clothing for something else. Most likely they were still part of Orochimaru's group and he merely killed them as he did with several of his own followers.

[@dandeleon2764]

Orochimaru: damn I could KILL for that outfit...

[@NuruChanVT]

Whole video goes out the window when you see Orochimaru wears the same outfit when he met Kabuto in A flashback in chapter 583.

[@grayackerman2119]

Honestly it's probably just an oversight and Kishimoto forgetting why Orochimaru was wearing the outfit in the first place

[@NuruChanVT]

@@grayackerman2119 Out of universe, definitely. In universe it's a weird situation. Shiore's corpse is wearing the same outfit as Orochimaru in the Forest of Death. Why do they both have the same clothes?

[@victore8342]

Orochimaru is a Sannin, a well known ninja throughout the land. Its quite possible that his drip is also well known and adopted by cringy edgelords in universe, much like cringy edgelords in our universe like wearing n@z1 alluding paraphernalia, or wannabe thugs rockin the pooh shiesty ski cap. The chick from Grass probably wore it to shock, showing up to konoha in the drip made famous by one of its biggest defectors. Orochimaru sees this and takes it as a bit of serendipity, and that swayed his decision to target her team for elimination to be used as a means of infiltration. In short, orochimaru is an in universe fashion icon, and o girl just got caught up in some shit by wearing the wrong colors in the wrong hood

[@Isavedlives]

True that’s what I was thinking

[@oBirino]

Actually, they don't wear the exact same clothes. If you take very attention to the detals through the series, you will see that the pants and shoes Orochimaru wears are different to the ones Shiore does. Orochimaru wears some kind of jeans and brown sandails while Shiore wears pants on the same color of the area around the neck, making it look like a jumpsuit, that connects with the shoes.

[@mdrstudios7067]

And Orochimaru also has ankle wraps.

[@OctogonOxygen024816]

So different bottoms and covered ankles, got it

[@mdrstudios7067]

@@OctogonOxygen024816 Yup, excellent.

[@oBirino]

My favourite Orochimaru's costume was his Hidden Sound shinobi outfit. I wished he'd wear it on his fight with Hiruzen.

[@kleatise52]

Considering the sound 5 and sasuke after the time skip have similar clothing, it should be implied this clothing style was already his. This is why this is the funniest plot hole in the series.

[@Seloliva1015]

He wasn't even planning to kill Shiori, he just came in in his favorite outfit and saw a girl dressed exatlu the same and told her "na-ah somebody is gonna have to change". Then he kills her

[@otsuru_style]

And he kept him wearing the same fit as him (canon in manga) and his team lay lifeless in the opening outside the forest of death

[@Psiros]

Shimenawa is the name of the style of that purple "belt". It's supposed to separate the space between the normal space for us mortals and the space that belongs to the gods. If I had to guess the symbolism, it's a reflection of Orochimaru's attempt to reach a god-like status by mastering all of the jutsu in the ninja world (why he was obsessed over the Sharingan). He being wrapped by the belt means he is in space meant for the gods while those outside it are just mere mortals. Again, just taking a stab in the dark with this one.

[@nathanielreichert4638]

Yes, and Danzo never bothered to realize that the ninja he was trying to kill, Kabuto, despite having the Anbu, failed to realize he was taking the Chuniin exam numerous times

[@blackmailed1072]

To explain away the inconsistencies, you could just say she was an undercover Sound Ninja that was sent as reconnaissance for Orochimaru in the Hidden Grass, but she outlived her usefulness. The similarity in why Orochimaru would allow a henchman the same clothing as him could just be that she was very close to Orochimaru's body type. Obviously, none of this is accurate, and it's just that his design became iconic, but I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned once as a fan theory. Haha.

[@sor3999]

His outfit wasn't iconic by the time he fights Hiruzen. You can excuse it away that he only had the disguise and the jonin outfit for the infiltration, but after that there isn't a reason. It could've been an editor decision to leave his outfit the way it is for character recognizability.

[@JoeDirtisawsome]

@@sor3999 her and Orochimaru are wearing different shoes and pants. They're not wearing the exact same clothes. And there is a reason as to why he has the outfit throughout the series. It's because it's his outfit, the fact that the sound ninja 5 have similar outfits confirms this.

[@PlayboiMaui]

I’m so happy you made this because shiori is one of my fav characters!

[@se9ua104]

Maybe the belt and the rest of the seemingly light outfit serves a practical purpose as a ninja. But the belt... i still remember when i was a teen watching the fight between sasuke and de 4 of the sound when sasuke grabs a couple of them by the purple belt to toss them away to supposedly defeating them. At that point i was always concerned about the real function of that big clumsy stiff belt (which is stylish and iconic though) and that scene un-confirmed my point: its useless haha. Gr8 vid ❤

[@onajgod]

Bruh I thought I was the only one who noticed this

[@lucabaldazzi7289]

I wonder if Orochi had a whole bunch of people from grass land that he took and adopted a dress code of cultural significance to them for a while, before moving to rice fields land

[@coreyadams8630]

I like your Orichimaru voice. Honestly all of your voices and storytelling is so good. Thanks for all the great content.

[@masonbohall]

finally!!!!! i have always wondered this and no has ever mentioned it. Thank you SIR

[@juswavvy9634]

My fav orochimaru outfit is when hes dressed in the sound village ninja uniform he wore during the preliminary rounds of the chunin exam

[@JohnyJJUrb]

I think Kishimoto forget it was someone else outfit xD

[@KaoruMzk]

Oh yeah, I forgot they found the body of the grass ninja girl... I legitimately thought that there was no grass ninja team at all and it was just Orochimaru disguided from the start. Yeah, that kinda gives me the impression he just liked the outfit and kept it lul. Also, yes, the flashback is probably just a mistake that wasn't noticed by the editors.

[@RudolphMcNeil]

It was Kabuto's flashback, so chances still stands that we could argue thats just how Kabuto remembered Orochimaru in that moment.

[@sterlingmuse5808]

I actually think it's VERY in character for Orochimaru to just take things from other people and incoprorate them into himself. That IS what he wants to do to Sasuke, after all. Having said that. I also like to imagine this as another instance of what Ban does a few times in Seven Deadly Sins. His trademark leather jacket and pants get all cut up and he's walking around shirtless, and then he randomly finds someone wearing the same drip and just mugs them then and there to replace it. It's a great running gag there, and I think it would be hilarious if Orochimaru did the same thing.

[@jojomachado9428]

I like to think Orochimaru sold that outfit to shiori, disguised as a merchant, just to take it from her later.

[@alex_zetsu]

5:45 Darn! I really liked the idea he just was like "huh... this girl's outfit is actually pretty comfortable. Let me steal it.

[@Kurayamiblack]

Orochimaru: "I'll be disguised" Kabuto: "As who?" Orochimaru: "As me!"

[@alanvincent3434]

What if the girl was already one of Orochimaru´s followers and he just killed one of his followers who was wearing the same clothes as him out of admiration for him?

[@Ryoich1.]

i think it's coz Kishimoto didn't want to draw 50 different outfits for him

[@Commonsense715]

He probably just forgot

[@dom8429]

he just needed one more outfit though that is not shioris. and he got multiple outfits anyways. so the reason is probably NOT that he didn't want to draw lots of outfits, but rather that this specific outfit just worked the best and that's why he kept it (like explained in the video)

[@kennethkay7226]

Shiore and Orochimaru just shop at the same store I guess. Ninja Wal mart or something.

[@apocolipsthegeekguru2980]

I have been wondering this while rewatching Naruto. Thank you.

[@StormySensei]

You can explain away Kabuto's memory having Orochimaru in the Forest of Death attire by saying Kabuto spent so long seeing Orochimaru in his iconic outfit that he no longer remembers what he used to wear from before.

[@darken2417]

Would be an easy fix if Shiori was of the same clan as Orochimaru and those are their clan's clothing. Kinda like how the Uzumaki clan was scattered around and not in one location.

[@fred6494]

I like that explaination. It would also explain why no one was wondering why Shiori had the inhuman long tongue and was eating the paper roll

[@ellie_vargr]

He just really respected the drip.

[@chipesque]

Very good video

[@TheZackofSpades]

This always bothered me so much when I was watching the anime. Orochimaru just…kept her look. And no one remarks on it ever.

[@crowicon4683]

He got his sword from the grass village he must have gotten the outfit when he got the sword

[@LingYao9001]

I really enjoyed your comical analysis of when and why he chose it. It really is a funny situation that I hadn't considered. All in all I agree with you, I like him best in the cloak. More sinister and all that. Though I think it would look best with something red underneath.

[@myheadhurtbro6692]

I love videos like this😂 when it makes you really think and question a characters motives especially over something as simple as their outfit. Because why did he keep wearing her outfit😂😂 for years on years!!

[@Garvant_]

Man all that drip and we never see a ninja from the grass village again, i really wish kishimoto showed more villages off

[@ZacharyOsterman]

The sensei outfit was cooler than the grass outfit.

[@orianefaton1885]

I am glad to see I am not the only one who prefer this outfit over his usual one. Like, sure, it kinda fit him, I guess... but the other clothes we saw him wears were cool.

[@ZacharyOsterman]

@orianefaton1885 I also wish The sound 4 also kept the chunin exams Camo ascetic. Im just not a fan. Part 1 sound village is one of my favorite things in Naruto. When it was actual military and not 3 people at the most.

[@odiotedium]

i always just figured it was regional fashion since the hidden grass and sound were in the same country so all the tailors in the area were probably trained by the same teacher who liked that aesthetic

[@Kiidomaru]

He said Actually this purple looks good on me imma keep it 😂

[@ResilientFighter]

great video essay.

[@Reclusive247]

The truth is, he wasn't planning on infiltrating the chunin exams until he saw Shiore wearing his outfit. She made him feel like a basic bitch, so he killed her and was then like, well I may as well destroy the leaf while I'm here.

[@natsukashii_ne]

I always assumed Orochimaru kinda clothed Shiore into his own outfit after killing her, because he knew Anko wound found her body just to absolutely frick her out? I mean I believe we don't see Shiore before assassination in this outfit (or do we, actually we could have?). And it just makes absolutely perfect sense for someone as maniacal and sadistic to do such a thing, Anko would immediately know the clothes and the body as she sees the corpse, remembering how close she was to Orochimaru when he returned her kunai; the corpse being in the same clothes just would make the scene so much frightening and absurd. seems like very orochimaru thing to do idk

[@DM-Oz]

But by that logic she would have recognized the clothes when Orochimaru was wearing them, still disguised

[@JoeDirtisawsome]

@@DM-Oz maybe he started wearing those clothes after Anko lost contact with him.

[@saraofy3511]

Your Orochimaru voice acting is amazing bro wtf HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA But that belt is pettry cool tho 😭😭

[@Fx280_]

I like how this pops up in my recommended after this question came across my mind while watching the chunin exams arc.

[@PaddysPiano]

brother just liked the clothes man, i´ts not that deep. yep even back in the day

[@bradleychan5684]

I think it was simply a comfort choice. Remember, Orochimaru was body swapped into a female body at that point. He may have had a female anatomy at that time, realized that the girl's outfit felt better for his female form at that time, and decided to just keep the outfit for a while. As for the other times after switching to a male body, your guess is as good as mine. Maybe he simply liked the drip?

[@LillianMelody]

Accept Shiore was a guy and the author of the video didn’t know that

[@austinbevis4266]

That’s such a funny oversight on their part having him wear that outfit in the flashback

[@TheGroselha]

I wonder how many people notice the ragnarok online soundtrack you use in your videos haha

[@Cosplaythief]

I'm pretty sure Orochimaru came dressed as the same outfit of that girl and he was like "Well *someone* is going to have to change" and since Shiori didn't want to change, what else was he supposed to do but kill her and assume her identity. SHE was the one who copied his drip, not the other way around. Just because she showed up first doesn't mean she wore it first!

[@heavenlyarianator6335]

This makes the most sense

[@enrique8292]

Orochimaru's old outfit from the flashback ended up in a thrift store and that girl bought it And orochimaru saw her years later in the chunin exams and thought "how dare you wear my outfit now imma have to kill you" and steals her identity

[@orianefaton1885]

Like, it was stole from him or something and he was pissed and decided to be petty about it ? XD

[@enrique8292]

@@orianefaton1885 maybe it was an old outfit and he had one of his servants throw it away but ended up in a thrift store in the grass village lol and orochimaru is a weird mf i dont think its far fetched he acted petty about someone having the same outfit as he did lol

[@TheSacredCowtipper88]

"I just really think they're neat!" *Points to ropes*

[@rajivsporkslede7860]

3:30 lmfao hahaha the way he acted like Orochimaru was on point 🤣🤣

[@ashtonharris5332]

She was probably just another ninja he had planted in the village hidden in the grass. Her purpose, get into the exams so he could take her place. She took his style, not the other way around.

[@otsuru_style]

The talismans hanging from their strawhats says they’re evil so they could’ve associated with Orochimaru or the grass village have ninja just as evil as they do in the sound village

[@CursedSwede]

Considering how many spies and sleeper agents Orochimaru has all over the place, it wouldn't be a surprise if Shiore was one of them, thus explaining why her outfit resembled Orochimaru's. There is no canon or non-canon info to confirm this though.

[@juanlastra3502]

I remember having the biggest mandela effect when I rewatched Naruto for the first time because when I saw it on cable as a kid I recalled Orochimaru wearing a black armor resembeling the one Hashirama and Tobirama were using during the invasion, it was really weird seeing him with his forest outfit

[@cassjr17]

Fan: what is orochimaru’s ethnic background? Me: reptile

[@HectorCotto97]

Idk maybe he just really liked the outfit and decided to stick with it? Out of universal I assume that the creator either liked the design or found it so recognisable with Orochinaru that he decided not to change it unless it made sense in the story. In universe though maybe he just really liked those clothes and decided to make it his main look, he may be an evil sociopath but even he has standards when it comes to his fashion.

[@Devil-David]

Orochimaru, probably decided to impersonate those ninja way before the chunnin exams even began, so he put her in a genjutsu so she would get "new clothes", and that's how orochimaru made the person he intended to replace wear his comfy outfit.

[@DeadshotTheYoutuber]

They got Orochimaru out here acting like terminator

[@mcgeedarion]

Orochimaru is the Roger from American Dad of the Naruto universe.

[@anirbanchakraborty8943]

Clothes are one thing that I have an issue with in Naruto unlike One Piece or bleach where characters change outfit every arc Kishimoto never does that which is ok but also makes his characters seem either hobos who only wear one dress or wierdos who have 12 sets of the same dress. Sasuke is like the one exception to this and changes fits frequently.

[@MasonPayneJericho]

I wonder who were those two other ninjas, who infiltrated the forest with Orochimaru? I don't remember that they appeared ever again after they went into the forest.

[@fhlo2000]

One of them was probably Kimimaro disguised, while the other could be one of the Sound 4 members.

[@orianefaton1885]

In which case, if @@fhlo2000 is right, Kimimaro likely got sick at this moment and had to be taken out... as to who is the second most likely candidate... maybe either Kidomaro (I don't know if I spelled spider guy right) or one of the twins... Sakon or Ukon. (since they were the leader after Kimi got sick so he could make sense, you know)

[@MasonPayneJericho]

@@orianefaton1885 Kimimaro got sick when Orochimaru murdered the 4th Kazekage, more than a month after the Forest of Death incident. Still, one of them could be him. On the other hand, I just remembered now that two similar looking "grass ninja" got killed by Gaara in the forest. If they were the same two, who infiltrated the forest with Orochimaru, I wonder why Orochimaru ordered them to attack Gaara. He should've known better that a jinchuriki is more than a match for two (maybe around chunin level) sound nin.

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

they probably got lost in the forest and never found their way out.

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

@@fhlo2000 could be, it's possible that Orochimaru had some of his trusted followers infiltrate the forest with him. However, their identities and whereabouts after that encounter are not explicitly shown in the series.

[@ericfierro1693]

I feel it’s similar to Edward Kenway taking Duncan Wolphols outfit after he killed him. And he loved the outfit

[@Cyoulater7]

Or she was a henchmen of Orochimaru that he took out, that's why she wore his style

[@cowdlynumero201]

Who will win if Orochimaru and kisame fight each other?

[@onajgod]

Kisame

[@ayham418]

​@@onajgodorochimaru will destroy him with edo so kisame can't win

[@Jc_lightningmaster]

It depends on which era are we talking about if we’re talking both of them at their peak that means orochimaru boruto era which solos

[@ayham418]

@@Jc_lightningmaster orochimaru has edo so he can bring people to fight for him and he can summon many of them even before boruto and boruto is not cannon

[@arclight7892]

Only 3 people in the akatsuki can beat orochimaru. Obito, pain and itachi. Kisame and kakuzu would give him a high diff fight but would still lose to him. Sasori, deidara and konan would give him mid diff. Hidan and zetsu get rekt.

[@Friendly_G]

When orochimaru fights Hiruzen, the outfit actually makes sense. He changes his face into a women to creep out Hiruzen was probably Shiori's face. We know that the soul is still intact in the body so canocically it would make sense as it puts her soul slightly at ease. After he loses the body however.... he just wearing that for purely for drip atp.

[@zonnodon163]

It wasn't

[@Flexgang_g_rail]

lol this is amazing attention to detail😂

[@kingkomg7318]

damn is that payon dungeon theme in the background?

[@Red-jt6uu]

Considering ninjas from different villages tend to dress similarly, Orochimaru probably came across grass ninja in past and liked their aesthetic enough to adopt it for himself and his henchmen.

[@Phoenixwizard77]

Hehe. I like your impression of Fasionista Orochi. Lol

[@nolinordwora5574]

He must've kept shiori pentie as well since he really liked her clothes 😂😂😂

[@user-by4er4fg1m]

Orochimaru: Well one of us have to change Shiorei: No Orochimaru: :)

[@erikdybwad]

ragnarok online’s bgm playing softly in the background ❤

[@HeroLionHeart68]

Well he liked it,He realized it came with the mega DRIP.

[@ShinFahima]

The man pulled a Sam Brinton. "I think these clothes look nice..." XD

[@RenzZlax]

“Damn this fit fire, lemme take this shit”