Human Path

The was the fourth of Nagato's Six Paths of Pain to be shown. It was destroyed during the Invasion of Pain after it was struck by Naruto Uzumaki's Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.

Appearance
When it was alive, the Human path belonged to a tall, slender man from Takigakure. In the anime, he shown to have been a level-headed ninja who believed that all he could do to try and achieve peace was to teach the next generation to survive the battles with other ninja until it came. The Human path, like all of the six paths, possessed Nagato's Rinnegan eyes. It had long, loose orange hair, which was a light gray-blue color while it was alive. It had multiple piercings, including a diagonal bar though its nose, two circular studs in a vertical row on each of its cheeks, two studs placed horizontally on its chin, and a stud on each of its shoulders near its neck. The diagonal nose piercing makes it the only Pain with asymmetrical facial piercings.

Abilities
During Pain's battle with Jiraiya, the Human path's eyes were damaged and it was left unable to see. For this reason, it used only taijutsu during the battle. The Human path was later shown to have the capability of mind reading simply by placing its hand over the target's head, and could extort any information or secret being hidden by the victim against his/her will. The most powerful and lethal ability possessed by the Human path was its power to remove its target's soul by ripping it out of his/her body, thus killing the victim.

Despite its lethal ability, Nagato deemed the Human path less important than Animal path, as he sacrificed it to get the Animal path out of Naruto's Wind Release: Rasenshuriken's radius, having the path ripped to bits.

Influences
In Buddhism, the Human realm (also known as the "Manuṣya realm") is based on passion, desire, doubt, and pride. It is widely believed that the Human realm is the form of rebirth most likely to attain enlightenment, due to both the availability of information and teachers, and the ability to reason without falling victim to the obsessive aggression or carnal delights inherited by the higher planes.