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Originally posted by: onlyelliot
hey Kale Ironfist
a surname is part of your name so asuma does have the same name as the 3rd and having the same surname usually suggests that those two people are related
also we know that sarutobi is their clan name so they are definately related in some way even if not father/son
since when has it been decided that sarutobi is the 4ths family name? in episode 73 at around 6:50 they have a flashback of when th3 3rd was a kid talking with the 1st and 2nd hokages and they call him "saru." this leads me to think that sarutobi is his given name and not his family name. i mean when they have a nickname they aren't going to shorten his family name it just doesnt make sense...