Background
As a Genin, Shikamaru Nara was the sort of unenthusiastic kid who likes watching clouds. He prefers not to get involved in types of "troublesome" situations as during the attack on Konoha by the Sand and Sound villages where he pretends to be unconscious. He is fully aware of this side of his personality and even named himself "The number one at running away" or "The number one coward". In fact, his most-used phrase is "How troublesome" in the Japanese version and "What a drag" in the English version. However, when duty calls, Shikamaru has a strong moral compass and sense of commitment to his comrades. Even though by his own testimony he lacks of bravery, he will sacrifice himself and face almost certain death for the sake of his friends or villagers without a second thought, such as when he stayed behind to confront a team of Sound ninjas, giving Naruto enough time to catch up with Sasuke. In short, he is the very definition of how a leader should be like and is it for his raw leadership skill why he was the first genin from the rookie 9 to become a chunin.
Shikamaru has a longstanding friendship with Choji Akimichi, in whom he has complete trust with. Before they were promoted to Chunin rank, Shikamaru, Choji and Ino Yamanaka were on the same Genin team under Asuma. Their fathers were on the same team as well. Their teamwork is unparalleled.Shikamaru loves to play thinking games that older men are usually into, such as Shogi and Go. He is a brilliant strategist, and though his sensei, Asuma Sarutobi,often plays against Shikamaru, Asuma has never actually managed to beat him.Asuma administered an IQ test disguised as a game to Shikamaru, which revealed that Shikamaru was a genius with an IQ of over 200. Shikamaru had felt that even moving his pencil in class was a bother and always slept through tests, resulting in his low grades.
Personality
Shikamaru's most distinctive character trait is that he finds all women bossy and "troublesome." Particularly Temari and his teammate Ino. Given his mother's tyrannical personality, this isn't too surprising; however, his father shares the exact same attitude despite marrying her in the first place. Despite this attitude he has expressed a notably mature interest in marriage and raising a family: "Marry someone who is not too ugly and not too pretty. Have two children, first a girl, then a boy. Retire after my daughter is married and my son becomes a successful ninja, and spend the rest of my life playing Shogi or Go. Then die before my wife.". Shikamaru dislikes fighting women, but ironically most of his opponents have been female.
His favorite dish is mackerel and kelp; his least is boiled eggs. His favorite phrase is "Live each day quietly." His most desired opponent is no one since fighting is too troublesome.
Shikamaru is a very skilled ninja with an intellect in IQ of over 200 and, even back in his days as a Genin, is seen as one of the more perceptive characters in the series. In fact, he is so skilled, that even he fails to realize how he stands above most shinobi in the Hidden Leaf. Asuma noted that this is beyond genius and probably the smartest ninja in the Konohagure; Shikamaru also has a knack for being able to remember everything he witnesses in astonishing detail, which promptly suggests that he's got eidetic memory which enebles him to better formulate plans and tactics. It can also be said that Shikamaru is very skillful at dodging attacks
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