His father killed his mother when it was discovered that she possessed a genetic ability, and his father would have done the same to Haku if Haku had not met his father first. Thanks, 21:27, 28 November 2006 UTC When I first deleted it a couple days ago, I tried to think of somewhere any of it can go, but I'm having trouble figuring out just where it would be included. I would like to agree with the end of the north above; after much thought I believe Haku to be a she pretending to be a he. I am familiar with the OP's history of anti-gay trolling, however, and that's what I was reacting zabuza haku gay. Haku's genetic inheritance, HyÅton, allows him to mix wind and water elements to con ice. But before he could, Haku used his Ice Release to create several large to kill his father and the rest of the mob. Commenting takes just as much time as reverting, yet you do the latter far more. I rest my case. His glad is so tremendous that he was able to quickly close the gap between and and take their swords from them before either of them realised what had happened. If it were all in the first paragraph, I wouldn't have as much of a problem with it.
No mention of his very brief appearence later in the series, as a child? It was in the Sasuke retrieval arc, I was expecting to find information like that and any other appearences I might have missed or have coming up on this page! While to the uninitiated, boys in manga and anime, the , are seen as girly, but in most cases, within the context of the story, they are meant to appear as males. Haku, however, is intended to have the appearance of a girl, as even Naruto mistook him for one when they first met. Based on that criteria, in he goes! While he might look like a girl, it's not quite the same as tossing on pumps and highheels... I think the defining point is that he does outright state he's a boy. Once again, I stress that it is within the context of the story that he is dressed as a girl—i. And as for your other concern, most cross-dressers do not deny their biological gender. I'm putting Haku back in. I mean, he is rather gender confused. Haku is NOT a cross-dresser, nor is he a dude acting like a chick. The only thing that makes anyone mistake him for a girl is his facial expression and possibly his voice though I doubt this, since Kakashi seemed to recognize that he was a boy when he was wearing an Oinin Mask. I've noticed nowhere in any fassion where he acts like a girl. And I dunno if you know, but I think dudes can dress in kimonos. Plus, would you blame him for dressing in one? I think it would look pretty conspicuous if he wore a Kirigakure Headband and a holster packed full of Senbon just to go pick some medicinal herbs. The only time he was a girl was in the... I think it was the Malaysian Dub they even changed his name to Shiro which caused some useless confusion on his clan name, which he either has none, or just doesn't know what it is. And to all those who think so: He's not gay. Zabuza's not gay either, 'cause he only realized how precious Haku was to him minutes before he died. Get it straight, people! And he is a cross-dresser. It's really quite obvious. You can't possibly say that get-up he wore when collecting flowers wasn't women's clothing, and even Naruto notes the gender confusion. He may or may not be gay it's ambiguous and we'll leave it at that , but he's certainly a cross-dresser. If he was, don't you think he would have played along when Naruto assumed he was a girl? USE YOUR BRAIN PEOPLE!!! I would submit that rather than questioning his sexuality, the question should still be about his sex, in general. After all, just because Haku says he is doesn't mean that he's not trying to hide something. I think there's enough unsurity and lack of clarity that it's still a possibility. Much, if not most, of traditional Japanese clothing and textiles are unisex and, besides all of that, many male characters in anime are faily effeminate without much question to their gender or sexuality. Which is why the idea that characters confuse Haku's gender--and since so much attention is given to it--that it makes me suspicious. He has decidedly effeminate gestures and expressions, which seems to be purposefully done. I think it's also important to note that Kakashi declares Haku's gender when he is masked and in heavy cloak--which is an assumed identity--and assumes, as most people would especially in feudal and most of modern Japan, that Haku is defaultedly male: let's not confuse Japan with America. So, either way, I'm not sure you can say for sure that Haku is obviously a transvestite since we're still not sure of Haku's gender in the first place. And, although this idea seems to require more subtlety than Naruto seems to allow for, I think the possibility remains a beautiful question within the series. Yet it's still quite true that Naruto isn't the sharpest tool in the shed... Additionally, even if Haku is a guy, hero worship is a prevalent theme in most anime without requiring the characters involved to be a homosexual. Hero worship and hero-devotion in Japanese culture seems to be void of most sexuality at least in its portrayal. The time Naruto met Haku again after they met in the forest, Haku was wearing a mask, that's why he didn't know it was Haku, or if the masked Haku was a guy or a girl. When the mask is off, Haku presents himself as a girl. Regardless, Naruto's perception is only part of the equation, it's how Haku is drawn. Because the mask acts as a blinding agent, we cannot assume that anything said about masked-Haku can actually be applied to the unmasked-Haku so then Kakashi's and Naruto's assumption about Haku's gender is more generalization than fact --maybe I wasn't clear about that point; in that case, I appologize. I agree that Naruto's perception is only part of the equation, though. And yet, it still seems a largtely significant part since a number of characters in Naruto and all of anime, in general are drawn effeminately but remain uncriticized. I'm just saying that if you're going to critically read the text, you have to look at all of the suspicious details. Nor does my questi
