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Throughout the entirety of Naruto‘s run, Kakashi’s face has been hidden by his mask.

Some throw-away episodes and chapters in the anime and manga have even shown Team 7 attempting to find out what their teacher looks like.

It’s only now, after the series has ended, that the truth has been revealed.

The Naruto art exhibition in Tokyo opened to the public on Saturday.

Visitors who received the free Official Guestbook Shinden Fu no Sho book for attending were finally able to uncover one of the best-kept secrets from Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga. 

In the manga included with the guestbook, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke are discussing how to best uncover Kakashi's face. 

The three meet with a photographer named Sukea, who wants to take a picture of Kakashi's face because it would be a scoop.

After a failed attempt, the three ninja go home. However, it turns out that the photographer Sukea is actually Kakashi himself in disguise, and he reveals his face in the manga before taking a shower.

At the end of the short, Kakashi says he plans to play around with Team 7 a few more times about what might be hiding under his mask.

The only unusual aspect of Kakashi’s face is that he has a mole on the left side of his chin. Other than that, well, he doesn’t look too different from any of Kishimoto’s other characters.

So what do you think? Was it worth hiding his face for more than 15 years, or is the reveal a disappointment?

(source:animenewsnetwork.com)