Later in life, he made and began wielding additional copies of his signature puppets. He could also make his puppets self-destruct in a powerful explosion as a last resort. Once trapped, Karasu separates its limbs to reveal a number of concealed weapons, which enter the slots on Kuroari's body to impale the opponent. It retains the coil in its stomach cavity, flamethrower and the blades on its back, plus he installed the mechanism to use Mechanical Light Shield Block on its right arm and modified its left arm to extend.
He is well versed in terms of nature transformation , as he is able to use Wind , Lightning , Earth , and Water Release. In the anime, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, his taijutsu was at least good enough to keep up with another skilled puppet user. When he walked back to his seat, he passed the answers on to Temari. He was later seen with Gaara who brutally murdered a team of Amegakure genin easily.
Gaara wanted more blood, he noticed Kiba's squad behind the bushes. They tried to stop him but Gaara threatened to kill them if they were in the way. They soon reached the tower being the first ones there surprising Anko because of how quickly they arrived. None of the siblings were hurt or even scratched because of the great strength Gaara possesses. He was standing next to Naruto watching the other battles.
Rock Lee proved them wrong when he used his five of his Eight Gates to damage Gaara greatly. She stated that she did not need to since she was paired with Shikamaru who was viewed weak by her.
Before he could engage their pursuer, Sasuke Uchiha , Shino arrived to fight him instead, wanting to have the battle that was denied in the finals. Shino inhaled some of the poisonous gas, but was able to escape and use his bugs to trap and restrain Karasu. Before he lost complete use of Karasu, he tried to launch a final attack, only to discover that Shino's bugs, guided by the bug placed on him earlier, had found his location and consumed all his chakra.
He was later found by Temari, and together they helped Gaara get back to Sunagakure. Gaara, having been defeated by Naruto , wearily apologised to both of his siblings. Main article: Sasuke Recovery Mission. Ukon absorbs his brother and Sakon goes to sleep. Temari was first separated to fight an opponent. With their victory, they were able to help save Gaara and retrieve Matsuri.
During Gaara's fight he was able to suppress Shukaku and revert to normal. Ultimately, it was agreed to host the first exam in Konoha and the second exam in Suna. He then reports the news to Gaara. Later, a massive sandstorm approached the Demon Desert. Instead, it was decided by Gaara that a report on each participant would be sent to their respective village leader for them to decide if they would be promoted.
Main article: Kazekage Rescue Mission. That statement was proven true when Gaara protected his whole village from Deidara's deadly attack. He faced another of Sasori's trap but was easily able to figure it out using his brothers sand as a track to follow. Sasori agreed to fight, but immediately repelled an attack from Karasu, revealing himself to be the puppets' creator, thus knowing all of their secrets.
He was shown to be very irritated that he could not be the one to rescue Gaara. After a few episodes he was seen attempting to walk, though would have fallen over if Baki had not been passing by his room and caught him.
He then attended the meeting with the council and tried to punch a council member for stating the village would be better off without Gaara, though was stopped by Baki. He was seen again when he was in his bedroom and a photo of him and his siblings fell and cracked, an omen signifying Gaara's death. When Gaara was found and revived, he was the one who explained to Naruto about the puppet core and the technique used by Chiyo to revive Gaara. Main article: Five Kage Summit.
They later came to Gaara's defence during the Fourth Raikage 's outburst and again when White Zetsu appeared. White Zetsu revealed that Sasuke Uchiha was nearby and soon after the Raikage left to fight Sasuke, the siblings left to join him. When they arrived, Gaara interrupted the fight between the Raikage and Sasuke so that he could speak with Sasuke. Sasuke however, survived their assault and fled, so the siblings and the Raikage's group followed him back to the Summit hall.
The Kage agreed to the formation of a Shinobi Alliance in response. After the siblings find Kakashi and tell them what had happened, they returned to Sunagakure to prepare for war. Muta Aburame soon stumbled into their base. He began trading blows with Sasori, who was controlling a reincarnated Shin. Moved by his words, Sasori's soul began to depart.
Soon after, Deidara escaped from Kuroari and fled with Zetsu. Chiyo finally finds good memories of her grandson, and then admits that the puppets are in good hands yet continues investing over him. He later stared in shock as the Impure World Reincarnation is released thinking at first that Deidara was going to explode.
After realising that the Impure World Reincarnation is released, he quickly left to find Chiyo and say his farewells. In the anime, he dreamed of creating the ultimate ninjutsu puppet, which was comprised of three giants puppets that merged together. Main article: The Last: Naruto the Movie.
With this, he creates the identity of "Maizuru", a young and inexperienced member of the team he normally leads. Temari likes sweet chestnuts, and Kenchin soup, which is made with tofu and root vegetables. She doesn't like seafood like squid and octopus. Kankuro enjoys hamburger steak, but isn't into spinach. Hopefully, he likes other vegetables! When they aren't busy with their ninja duties, the oldest and youngest sand siblings have complementary interests.
Gaara enjoys growing and caring for cactuses, while Temari's hobby is 'flora appreciation. The databook lists Kakuro's desired opponent as "anyone but Gaara.
Most likely, it's a combination of the two, but started off with more of the former and ended with more of the latter. Bunraku is a form of traditional Japanese puppetry that was founded in Osaka during the 17th century. It may have been the basis for some of Kankuro's character. Though he isn't known for creating stories about lover's suicides - common to bunraku - many of his techniques center around controlling puppets,. Also, most Bunraku puppeteers wear black robes and black hoods, which Kankuro's outfit seems to be inspired by.
The databooks list most character's favorite words or phrases, and the Sand Siblings are no exception. The second phrase refers to a sweeping view of a vast landscape. All three of the sand siblings have a Wind Release chakra nature. That's because Gaara's signature type is Magnet Release, which combines wind and earth, and Kankuro specializes in puppetry and uses several types of chakra, while Temari is wind-exclusive.
All three siblings have their skill stats listed in the databook. Let's take a look at how they compare to each other. While Gaara is more powerful than his siblings overall, they both beat him out in terms of physical strength. This makes sense, because his makeup and overall appearance is based on kabuki.
Literally translated, his name means intuitive ninth son. The darkened skin and triangular black cheek markings seem to be part of the Juraian battle suits that Ayeka and Tenchi possess.
Marks on the forehead, on the other hand, are indicators of divine power. Both of Emperor Azusa's wives have circular forehead marks one for Funaho, two for Misaki , but theirs are just makeup. Jurai's patron goddess Tsunami has two circular forehead marks that are entirely natural.
Her older sister Washu has three but not in her normal "human" guise. Sasami's two triangular forhead marks are likewise not makeup, and instead signify her connection to Tsunami. Tenchi 's three triangles appear and glow when he's manifesting the Light Hawk Wings, and signify his status as a divine being on a level even higher than Tsunami. The gods and demons of Ah! My Goddess! Her sister Urd is almost the same rank as her, just one higher; so the only difference is that she has no hole in her markings.
All the Goddess' markings are their control programs that help them channel their powers. Belldandy explains this when, due to the crash of Yggdrasil, the Goddess' programs run wild aging Skuld and turning Urd into a little girl. Bell, goddess of the present, is unaffected. Jun in Devilman Lady. Her demon beast form has red markings underneath her eyes, which nicely compliment her Eyes of Gold. Gally in Gunnm has these, and even their origin is shown along the plot: she made them out of sewer tar in her final battle against Makaku—as a matter of fact, her first victory against a major villain, anyway.
Also note that this isn't their origin , per se, but an early example of her original personality, Yohko, seeping through the amnesia. The purpose of the markings beyond cool factor is unclear, but they could possibly act as glare-reduction. She has them permanently added to her face during the Rollerball arc. During their Transformation Sequence and upon using their extra powers, each of the planetary Senshi in Sailor Moon at least momentarily displays the astrological symbol for her planet on her forehead.
In the manga, all of the senshi have their forehead symbols when in princess form. Sailor Moon herself displays a golden crescent moon when she's in her Princess and Neo Queen Serenity forms, as do the two mooncats, Chibiusa in her princess form as well as when she uses her power beam in the anime , and Queen Serenity.
Members of the Black Moon Family, one of the later sets of enemies, bear an inverted black crescent moon on their foreheads. The Amazon Quartet have a dot in the middle of their foreheads. The novels explain that these are called "Wave marks", with the shape displaying the character's magical affinity the different colour varieties are just there for decoration.
On one occasion in. The Ancient Zoidians have dots on their forehead. These markings are absent in the later seasons Several of the Ditto Aliens in Macross 7 have facial markings, like this. Nataku in X has a lotus-shaped design on his forehead. Naruto whisker-like lines on cheeks , Jiraiya vertical lines under the eyes and Tsunade lozenge-shaped mark on forehead , in Naruto , among others, usually to show of one's clan.
It's kind of a theme with him, seeing as he also wears an outfit in the style of of a Japanese bunraku puppeteer. Including the cat ears. Gaara has the kanji for "love" tattooed over his left eye. That's not a tattoo. It's a scar. When he was a young child, the one person he trusted and possibly loved like a father was ordered to kill him, and he did so gleefully, revealing with his dying breath that he has always hated Gaara.
Let's not forget that Tsunade's lozenge is also where she stores an incredible amount of chakra for her Forbidden Jutsu which makes her invincible in battle. When she uses it, her face is covered in more markings , which disappear soon after. The lozenge also disappears after using the jutsu, but reappears when she starts storing chakra behind it again. Naruto possesses three whisker-like markings on each cheek. When drawing on the Kyuubi's chakra, their width increases and their color darkens.
Then, they start to flake off the muscle Naruto's whiskermarks are revealed late in the plot to be birthmarks. His mother was the previous jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi; as such it's likely that these are a side effect of constant exposure to the Kyuubi's chakra.
Whether this would have been temporary without the sealing of the Kyuubi into Naruto is unknown. Considering how Kinkaku and Ginkaku have the exact same facial markings, the theory that the fox's chakra influencing their own chakra systems during their exposure to it in it's stomach for the brothers and proximity in the womb for Naruto is that much stronger.
Naruto also has a secondary facial marking when he utilizes his Sage Mode. In addition to his eyes changing color, the lids and surrounding skin turn red. Most of the youkai in Saiyuki , incl. Kougaiji, Hakkai in demon form , Goyjo scars. Sanzo frequently recognizes demons due to their facial marking or birthmark. Each of the Seishi in Fushigi Yuugi have a character marking their identity somewhere on their body, which shows when they use their powers; significantly, Tamahome's is on his forehead, as is Nakago's.
Also in this series, the character Tomo wears Chinese opera face paint. Ranpha in Galaxy Angel has a triangle on her forehead. The living Emily in Soukou no Strain , as well as her now-extinct kin. Red lines all over her body. Each member of Tokyo Mew Mew has a mark left on their body after their injection.
Bu-ling's is, yup, on her forehead. Shirahime in Angelic Layer had circuit-like marks on her face. It's clearly a design choice, as none of the other Angels look like that, even Blanche and Athena, who are from the same shipment. Allen Walker in D. Gray-man has a red symbol drawn over his left eye. This mark indicates that he's been cursed.
It also allows his left eye to see the souls within Akuma, identifying them when they are in disguise. The Noah family also has this, with seven star-like symbols across their foreheads. Several Shinigami in Bleach have literal facial markings; Hollows, Vizard and Arancar also have variants on their masks And some of the Arrancar paint them on their faces after they lose their masks.
Ulquiorra's markings actually grow bigger and more demonic as he takes more and more levels in badass in his final fight. And let's not forget the stripes on the left side of Ichigo's mask, which seem to increase in width the more he gets "in tune" with his hollow side.
The above picture is from Inuyasha. This character is part of the Band of Seven, whom all have stripes of some sort on their faces. Also, when the title character transforms into a full demon he develops facial markings akin to his brother's who has stripes and a crescent on his forehead , except that demon! Inu Yasha's cheek stripes are more jagged probably symbolizing the uncontrolled nature of the transformation and he has only one on each side instead of two like his brother.
Apparently the markings indicate the social ranking of the demon in question, though as for exactly what means what, no one seems to know for sure. For example, Renkotsu's mean deception, foreshadowing his betrayal of Jakotsu. Jakotsu's pictured above mean death. But then again, this is all IIRC. In Revolutionary Girl Utena , Anthy Himemiya and her brother Akio Ohtori both have bindi; the markings are an early indication that they know more about what's going on in the plot than anyone else.
In Yu Yu Hakusho , when Yuusuke Urameshi transforms into his demon form, he gains markings on his face and shoulders along with spiky hair down to his knees. Also, Sensui has a bindi on his forehead to signal his immense power and supposedly near-godlike status. In Dragonball Z , there are a few notable examples of Facial Markings. Frieza is an obvious one, but it's subverted in that his markings are neither the result of magic, demon heritage though he can act like it , or tattooing.
They're his natural patterning. His unusual appearance is only noted in Bakeneko when the time shifts to the early 20th century, but is Hand Wave -ed by him stating that he dresses like this because people expect someone in his profession to look 'different'.
Luffy's scar in One Piece , even though it is just a scar, he proves to be fairly powerful. A large number of the demons in Chrono Crusade have marks on their face in their true forms, including Chrono and Aion.
Masami Eiri from Serial Experiments Lain has red vertical lines under his eyes when he's an evil-undead-digital-ghost-spirit-god-thing. Members of the Guild in Last Exile develop marks on their foreheads as their 17th birthday which seems to mark adulthood approaches. If they do not swear their loyalty to the Maestro within a week after their birthday, the mark is supposed to fade. Marks are also different colors: Most people have black marks, but Maestro Delphine's is pink, and Dio's is orange.
It also changes shape after he undergoes the Trial of Agoon. With those scar like markings around Evangelion Unit's eyes, it's no coincidence that it's the most prone to going berserk, and has the highest angel body count. Chao Lingshen of Mahou Sensei Negima! Which are actually the only visible part of the extensive Marked Change that cover her body while she's using her Deadly Upgrade.
From the same series is Zazie Rainyday. One can presume that the vertical line through her right eye and tear shaped mark below her left eye are significant, but so little is known about her that it can't be said for certain. Too quiet. Shes also the unfortunate victim of an Aborted Arc which only adds to her mysterious personality, or lack thereof. In Yu-Gi-Oh! The meaning of the various designs, if any, aren't revealed, but the ink itself apparently emits a homing signal if the prisoner escapes.
That's in the English translation. In the Original Japanese, the 'Markers' are etched into the skin with a laser. While it is just a theory, the shape doesn't matter, it's the size of the marker how much of the face it consumes that could mean something. Like for example: Yusei's crime trespassing into Satellite and Kiryu's crime. The graver the crime, apparently, the larger the marker. The Dark Signers possess red marks on their faces as part of their transformation.
Placido has a black mark under his left eye, the meaning is which is as of yet unknown. And from the original , Marik sports a inky line under each eye, starting from the outer corner and angling back towards his nose.
They're matching accessories for the much, much larger tattoo on his back. Aya from Ayashi no Ceres had the symbol of the hagoromo appear on her forehead at least once.
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