Naruto/Characters/Tailed Beasts: Difference between revisions

 

All the Tailed Beasts show examples of...

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Despite looking like gigantic versions of various animals, they are masses of chakra that drive unexperienced hosts into a mad frenzy.

** {{spoiler|The Ten Tails, from which they originate from is closer to this trope in description}}.

Real Name: {{spoiler|Shukaku. Yeah, really.}}

 

 

Apparently the only Tailed Beast with an actual name instead of just referred to by what animal he looks like {{spoiler|- at least, up until chapter 568}}. A gleefully malevolent sand spirit. According to the legends of the Hidden Sand Village, Shukaku was once a man, a corrupted monk who was sealed into a tea kettle. It was sealed into Gaara upon his birth by Chiyo on orders from the Fourth Kazekage, using Gaara's mother as a sacrifice.

Real Name: {{spoiler|Matatabi}}

 

 

This Tailed Beast was sealed into Yugito Nii, a kunoichi of the Hidden Cloud Village. It is said to be a spirit of vengeance- the living ghost of a twisted human being. It can breathe fire. The spirit manifests itself on Yugito's eyes, which are shaped like a cat's. Yugito can transform into the Cat, but {{spoiler|this didn't help her against Hidan and Kakuzu, who defeated her in a battle with massive collateral damage. (It's unknown which one, specifically, was assigned to capture her.) The spirit was later extracted, and Yugito died from the procedure}}.

* [[Mega Neko]]

* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: A trait of odd-eyed cats.

* [[Technicolor Fire]]

* [[Wreathed in Flames]]

Real Name: {{spoiler|Isobu}}

 

 

This giant turtle-like monster is the only Tailed Beast seen so far who was not sealed into a host when Akatsuki captured it. (Chapter 420, however, reveals that the Beast did have a host at one point, a young man from the Hidden Mist Village named Yagura who was apparently at some point {{spoiler|the Fourth Mizukage}}. However, {{spoiler|Yagura was apparently mind controlled by Tobi and killed afterward, so}} the Beast was free by the time it was encountered in the main story.) A [[Filler]] arc was centered around this creature, with the Leaf Ninja trying to seal it, only to be stopped by Guren and her henchmen repeatedly, eventually foiling the mission altogether. As such, the Akatsuki tracked it down, where it was easily defeated by Deidara and Tobi, who were assigned to capture it. Tobi claimed to have knocked it out in one punch, although Deidara contests this assertion.

Real Name: {{spoiler|Son Goku}}

 

 

This Beast, referred as the Four-Tails, was sealed into the body of Rōshi, an elderly man from Iwagakure, the Hidden Rock Village. His host was able to manipulate lava, likely a power gained from this beast. Rather than letting its presence cause him scorn and hate, Rōshi left his village to try and better understand the beast. However, Rōshi would eventually run into Kisame Hoshigaki of the Akatsuki, and engaged in a lengthy battle with the shark ninja. Unfortunately, although he was a very tough opponent, Rōshi was defeated, and later died when the Yonbi was forcibly extracted from his body. Kisame, who was assigned to capture it, complained of having a difficult time with it, but ultimately succeeded. The most [[All There in the Manual|recent art book]] revealed the Yonbi to be a large, red, four-tailed gorilla. The beast manifests itself in Roshi's hair.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Absolutely HATES being called the Four-Tails.

* [[Cool Crown]]: The horns on his head are shaped like a crown, a trait of nobility amongst Japanese demon folklore.

* [[Eyes of Gold]]

* [[Four Is Death]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]. {{spoiler|Appears to be the beast that kills Naruto by eating him, but Naruto ends up going inside his mental prison instead.}}

* [[Large Ham]]: Brags about himself and his "nobility" if given the opportunity, with a HUMONGOUS BELLOWING voice.

* [[I Just Want to Be Free]]: Has a powerful desire to run free and get as far away as possible from human affairs.

* [[Magma Man]]: Bestows the use of Lava Release on his host and is himself capable of lava attacks.

** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Other half of Lava Release

* [[Pride]]: The Yonbi has a very, very deep-seated sense of pride about himself, and will immediately lash out at anyone who disrespects him, even if it's an honest mistake. However, he's more polite and slightly more forgiving than the Nine-Tails.

 

 

Real Name: {{spoiler|Kokuou}}

 

 

One of the lesser-mentioned beasts and hosts, being one of the first jinchuriki to fall to Akatsuki. They were hardly mentioned until their official debut in the manga's Chapter 420 and Episode 205 of ''Shippuden''. The most [[All There in the Manual|recent art book]] provided the fandom with a glimpse into their lives and the nature of their tailed beasts. The Gobi is a five-tailed, horse-dolphin hybrid that belonged to a very tall, grey-eyed man from the Hidden Rock Village covered in a a strange set of blood-red armor named Han, who used the power of his tailed beast to fight using steam. Some combination of Pain, Konan, Hidan, Kakuzu, and Zetsu were assigned to capture him. After a challenging battle, Han was subdued, and Akatsuki extracted the Gobi, resulting in his death.

Real Name: {{spoiler|Saiken}}

 

 

A recent [[Filler]] arc focused on Utakata. Utakata's former master, Harusame, once tried unsuccessfully to extract the beast from his body, killing Harusame in the process. Utakata had sworn not to use the beast's powers ever again, but is forced to do so to in the process of rescuing his student, Hotaru, from a man named Shiranami who had activated the destructive jutsu fused with her body. {{spoiler|Soon after resolving this conflict, he is found by all six paths of Pain, which quickly overwhelm and incapacitate him. Though it isn't shown, presumably he is then taken away to have the tailed beast extracted from his body, dying in the process. Kabuto later resurrects him with Edo Tensei. Madara then use his body along with the rest of the revived jinchuuriki as the new Six paths}}.

Real Name: {{spoiler|Choumei}}

 

 

The Shichibi was a rhino beetle with six wings and a tail, whose host was a teal-haired, red-eyed girl (Kishimoto decided her gender at the last minute) from the Hidden Waterfall Village.

Tropes associated to the Seven-Tails:

 

* [[Giant Flyer]]

* [[Flight]]: The sole Tailed-beast with wings. As a consequence, its host can fly.

* [[Lucky Seven]]: It calls itself this.

 

 

Real Name: {{spoiler|Gyuuki}}

 

 

This Tailed Beast, one of the final two still uncaptured by Akatsuki, is sealed into a ninja from the Hidden Cloud Village. [[Talking to Themself|The host appears to be on good terms with the spirit]], as they can work together to break genjutsu, and even converse casually outside of battle. Its seal manifests itself in the tattoo of a ''Tetsu'' (Iron) kanji. Killer Bee and the Eight-Tailed Ox refer to each other as "Jinchuriki-sama" and "Hachibi-sama". One of its horns was lost in battle when it attacked the Hidden Cloud Village and gored Motoi's father in the process, causing his death. A retaliated by slicing the horn clean off, which has yet to grow back- and may never do so.

* [[A Load of Bull]]

* [[Combat Tentacles]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: {{spoiler|His name Gyuuki (Meaning Ghost Cattle) is another word for the Ushi-Oni, the kind of youkai he is based on .}}

* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: an ox with octopus tentacles

Real Name: {{spoiler|Kurama}}

 

 

As a consequence of being sealed into the main character, this is the Tailed Beast with the most screen time so far. It is reputedly the strongest of the nine, able to flatten mountains and raise tsunamis with a sweep of its tails. Prior to the series, it attacked the Hidden Leaf Village {{spoiler|after Tobi extracted it from its then-host, Naruto's mother Kushina, who had just given birth to the kid}}. To stop it, the Fourth Hokage sealed it into the newborn Naruto {{spoiler|(his son, as he was Kushina's husband)}}, sacrificing his own life to do so {{spoiler|while his [[Action Mom]] wife did the same}}. Tobi claims that it is a natural disaster, able to appear out of nowhere.

The Sharingan seems to have the ability to control the Fox. In ''Shippuden'', {{spoiler|Sasuke prevented Naruto from drawing on its power, and it was later revealed that Madara Uchiha had "tamed" it and used it in his battle against the First Hokage}}. Itachi Uchiha was originally assigned to capture it, but {{spoiler|with his death, Tobi has sent Pain to do it instead. After that didn't work, it appears that Tobi is handling it himself}}.

 

 

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** Also his long rabbit-like ears (though they're likely based on the [[wikipedia:Fennec fox|fennec fox]]).

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]

* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: Not very fond of Naruto, but nevertheless aware that if he wants to live, then he just has to help him during battles. As a bonus, this regularly gives him occasions to go on wild rampage.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]

* {{spoiler|[[Tsundere]]: In the most recent chapters, especially when it always asserts its reluctance to help Naruto despite how it's already obvious that he is being taken in by Naruto's sincerity.}}

** {{spoiler|[http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/570/10 Observe.] Naruto even lampshades it.}}

** {{spoiler|To elaborate, in the flashback showing all the Tailed Beasts as children, not only was Kurama the only one shown crying, but he was also the one standing closest to the Sage of Six Paths, implying that the two were quite close before the Sage's death}}

 

 

 

== {{spoiler|The Ten-Tails}} ==

 

* [[Bigger Bad]]: The primordial evil of the world, said to have chakra foul enough that all living things on the planet are menaced by its wrath.

** [[Humanoid Abomination]]: In the sense that its (albeit silhouetted) torso, up to its head, has this eerily humanoid outline.

* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Inside a Person Shaped Can]]: The Sage of the Six Paths sealed it into himself, making him the first chronological Jinchuriki, on top of turning him into a [[Physical God]] in all but name.}}

 

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