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Image:Land ok Sky Flak Jacket.png|'''[[Land of the Sky]]''': In ''[[Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds]]'', the Land of the Sky flak jackets are purple with two basic pockets on both sides of the chest, are fastened by a covered zipper, and have a protective flap beneath to protect the groin. They also bear their village symbol integrated onto both of the shoulders which is reinforced with additional padding.
 
Image:Land ok Sky Flak Jacket.png|'''[[Land of the Sky]]''': In ''[[Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds]]'', the Land of the Sky flak jackets are purple with two basic pockets on both sides of the chest, are fastened by a covered zipper, and have a protective flap beneath to protect the groin. They also bear their village symbol integrated onto both of the shoulders which is reinforced with additional padding.
 
Image:Land of Demons Flak Jacket.png|'''[[Land of Demons]]''': In ''[[Naruto: Shippūden the Movie]]'', the flak jackets worn by Land of Demons's border guards. They are purple or slate grey in colour. They look similar to the Kirigakure's current flak jacket, except they possess thin neck guards. Like Kirigakure's, this flak jacket was fastened from the sides by straps and are pocketless. In addition, they come with black wrist and shin guards.
 
Image:Land of Demons Flak Jacket.png|'''[[Land of Demons]]''': In ''[[Naruto: Shippūden the Movie]]'', the flak jackets worn by Land of Demons's border guards. They are purple or slate grey in colour. They look similar to the Kirigakure's current flak jacket, except they possess thin neck guards. Like Kirigakure's, this flak jacket was fastened from the sides by straps and are pocketless. In addition, they come with black wrist and shin guards.
Image:Korega.png|'''[[Land of the Moon]] (Loyalists)''': In ''[[Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom]]'', the flak jackets worn by Land of the Moon's military forces loyal to the royal family. They are black in colour and bear a vague resemblance of Moyagakure's flak jacket (minus the chest and side pockets). It appears to be fastened by a covered zipper and strap-on padding over the shoulders. They bear a large emblem that resemble bird-like creature (hawk or phoenix) integrated on the left side of the chest (presumed the military insignia). Unlike the vests worn by the Land of the Moon's regular forces, they also bear their coat of arms (in the blue badges) integrated onto both of the shoulders and come with two pockets on right hip while the left hip has a cutlass mounted on it.
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Image:Korega.png|'''[[Land of the Moon]] (Loyalists)''': In ''[[Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom]]'', the flak jackets worn by Land of the Moon's military forces loyal to the royal family after the coup d'etat. They are black in colour and bear a vague resemblance of Moyagakure's flak jacket (minus the chest and side pockets). It appears to be fastened by a covered zipper and strap-on padding over the shoulders which also bear their coat of arms (in the blue badges) integrated onto both of the shoulders. Unlike the vests worn by the Land of the Moon's regular forces, they bear a large emblem that resemble bird-like creature (hawk or phoenix) integrated on the left side of the chest (presumed the military insignia) and come with two pockets on right hip while the left hip has a cutlass mounted on it.
   
 
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Flak jackets are a form of padded protective clothing designed to provide at least partial protection from things such as blunt-force trauma, shrapnel and other projectiles. This can be seen when it protected Iruka Umino from kunai and fūma shuriken while he was searching for Naruto and the Scroll of Seals and was ambushed by Mizuki. They can also prevent lethal injuries from swords and other weapons as seen during Baki's fight with Hayate Gekkō. For the most part, they have superseded the plate armour widely used by shinobi during the Warring States Period and the First Shinobi World War. They are usually worn by chūnin and jōnin over their normal clothing in most villages, although the design varies among the villages and have also changed over time. The jackets are among the most iconic pieces of shinobi equipment. Most of them have pockets or scroll pouches, which can be used to store scrolls, weapons, and supplies. This allows a ninja to access them quickly and/or quietly with only one hand, as seen with Kakashi Hatake's case when he normally does this secretly to extract a kunai.

Trivia

  • In episode 190 of Naruto: Shippūden, multiple genin from Iwagakure are seen wearing flak jackets.
  • Several genin in Sunagakure such as Matsuri and Ittetsu have been seen wearing a variant of their village's standard flak jackets, items which are usually given to shinobi of chūnin rank or higher.
  • Flak jackets seemed to have been invented prior to the First Shinobi World War with the Gold and Silver Brothers, the Second Raikage, and the Second Tsuchikage being the earliest shinobi to be seen wearing them.
    • It may also be possible that flak jackets were invented during the Warring States Period, as a member of the Hagoromo clan was seen wearing armour that closely resembled a flak jacket.[1]
  • In episode 316 of Naruto: Shippūden, many of the reincarnated shinobi are stated to be genin-level. Nevertheless, nearly all of them are seen wearing flak jackets.
  • At least two of the Hokage (possibly three) are seen to be wearing the flak jackets.

Styles

  1. Naruto chapter 622, page 4