Konohamaru is a noisy, stubborn, and incredibly cheerful boy who most keenly suffers from the fact that those around him see in him only the "grandson of the Hokage" rather than a self-sufficient individual. He desperately wants to be recognized by his name and by his deeds, so since childhood he has dreamed of defeating his grandfather and taking the village leader's chair himself. After meeting Naruto Uzumaki and seeing that he makes no allowances for him and even hits back at his antics, Konohamaru develops the deepest respect for him, declares him his older brother and main rival. From Naruto he adopts the manner of loudly proclaiming himself and even inventing indecent techniques, but the main thing is that he learns an ironclad rule: there are no shortcuts to the title of Hokage. Konohamaru possesses astonishing emotional resilience: the loss of his grandfather Hiruzen and his uncle Asuma did not break him, he quickly returns to training, following the Will of Fire and Naruto's example. He categorically refuses to flee from a fight, even if the opponent is far stronger, because cowardice is unworthy of a future Hokage. At the same time, the boy remains trusting to the point of naivety — for instance, having stumbled on flat ground, he may think that it was Naruto who used a jutsu against him. Konohamaru greatly values friendship, easily gets along with his peers, but never seeks allowances because of his origins. He wants to become Hokage not instead of Naruto, but after him, considering his senpai the most worthy of the worthy.
