⁠♡shikamaru♡

Shikamaru has narrow brown eyes and a typical expression suggesting he is either bored or irritated. He has shoulder length black hair tied in a spiky ponytail. During Part I, he wears a short-sleeved grey jacket with green-edged sleeves and the rudimentary Nara clan symbol on the back, under which is a green-lined mesh armour T-shirt. He also wears brown pants, a pair of his clan's traditional silver hoop earrings, and wears his blue forehead protector around his left arm. When he becomes a chūnin, he adds a flak jacket over this usual clothing. In Part II, he trades most of his personalised wardrobe for the standard Konoha-nin outfit, the only customisations being green-lined mesh armour on his wrists and ankles and the plate of his forehead protector sewn into his left sleeve. He also replaces the hoop earrings for studs, a gift from Asuma Sarutobi.

Shikamaru Nara from Naruto is known for being unenthusiastic and lazy, but also very intelligent: Lazy Shikamaru tries to get through life with as little effort as possible. For example, in class, he'd rather sleep than listen to his teacher's lessons, and he'd often skip answering test questions. Intelligent Shikamaru's teacher, Asuma Sarutobi, estimated that Shikamaru's IQ was over 200.