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リンRin
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| Debut (Manga) |
Chapter 239 (Kakashi Gaiden) | ||
| Debut (Anime) |
Episode 72 (Flashback) | ||
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Anime and Manga
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| Classification |
Medical-nin
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| Birthdate |
November 15 (deceased) | ||
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Female | ||
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A
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Rin (リン) was a medical-nin and the teammate of Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha under the Fourth Hokage in the Kakashi Gaiden exclusive.
Etymology
One possible meaning of her name means "cold". More likely, however, Rin is one of the readings of the kanji hayashi, Rin (林, literally meaning: forest/woods). Usually when used for a woman's name it's written with the kanji for suzu, Rin (鈴, literally meaning: a small bell). Which meaning her name has is unknown, other characters from Konoha have names related to trees or leaves, but bells does have a relation, the bells used in the training by both Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi in the series.
Part I
Kakashi Gaiden
Rin with Obito Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and Minato Namikaze
She was a sweet and friendly woman who cared for her teammates and leaders. She had a deep and intimate crush on Kakashi Hatake, but he ignored her. In turn, Obito Uchiha had a crush on her which she ignored mirroring the relationship between Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura.
When Rin was captured by enemy shinobi from Iwagakure, Obito and Kakashi went to go save her though it takes some prodding to get Kakashi to help.
Later, half of Obito's body is crushed by a rockslide in an attempt to save Kakashi. At Obito's request, Rin implanted Obito's remaining Sharingan eye into Kakashi's damaged left eye socket. After the cave collapsed on Obito, killing him, Kakashi told her that Obito had feelings for her, but she insisted that he should know about her feelings for him. Kakashi told her that because he had deserted her, he was "nothing but scum" and then vows to protect her with his life, at Obito's request.
She is currently dead, as Kakashi mentioned he failed to protect her during his final thought before he seemingly died.
Abilities
As a medical ninja, Rin's primary duty in missions was to give support to her teammates. Despite her age, she was shown skilled enough to aid a team on a high-ranked mission. She also demonstrated high skill by quickly and successfully implanting Obito's remaining Sharingan eye into Kakashi with only basic medical tools.
Speculation
Some believe Rin might be a member of the Inuzuka clan because of the marks on her face resemble that which all of the Inuzuka members have. However, Rin's markings are a different color and shape to those of the Inuzuka Clan and she does not have any dog with her. Also some have stated that if she is indeed a member of the Inuzuka clan this could explain Kakashi's use of ninja hounds, as it could be a trait "garnered from friends" of sort. Also some think she is part of an unknown clan because in a flashback of Choji Akimichi one of the kids he was playing with had the same markings. Some also believe Rin may be related to either Naruto Uzumaki or Sakura Haruno. Another speculation is that Pain's new Animal realm is Rin, although this is highly unlikely.