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This article is about the summon. For the tool, see Karasu.

Crows (烏, Karasu) are the characteristic summon of Itachi Uchiha. At some point in time, Itachi made a contract with crows which allows him to summon them as he wishes. He mainly used them combined with his genjutsu as well as ninjutsu while fighting — often de-materialising into a flock of crows or summoning them from underneath his cloak to blind his target. He also used a variation of the Clone Technique called the Crow Clone Technique where he used his crows as a medium to create a copy of himself which, when hit, dispersed back into crows.

Known Crows

Sharingan crow — Itachi's crow with Shisui's Sharingan.

The only distinguished crow Itachi has ever summoned possessed his best friend Shisui Uchiha's Sharingan in its left eye socket. Itachi stored this crow within Naruto Uzumaki right before going off to fight his brother Sasuke and hoped that for Naruto's sake, he would never have to use it. Some time later, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, when Itachi was reincarnated, he was forced to summon the crow and have it use Shisui's ultimate Mangekyō Sharingan technique on him: Kotoamatsukami — in order to free himself from Kabuto Yakushi's control. Seemingly not wanting the eye to fall into the wrong hands, Itachi later incinerated the crow with the flames of Amaterasu, stating that Shisui's eye would be of no use to them for at least another decade.

An anime-original crow usually appears in the background as a comic relief, making the crow that sounds like "ahō" (阿呆, literally meaning: idiot) whenever Team Kakashi makes a blunder, adding insult to injury.

Other Uses

Aoba Yamashiro's Scattering Thousand Crows Technique makes use of this animal as well. Whether or not these are summoned creatures is unknown.

Trivia

There is at least one crow mentioned in Shintō. Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun, had a three-legged crow named Yatagarasu. Interestingly enough, in addition to using crows in his techniques, Itachi has a technique named Amaterasu. He used this attack against Nagato's Giant Drill-Beaked Bird, which also had three legs.

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 [[File:Crow Clone.PNG|thumb|Itachi's usage of crows.]]
+{{translation|'''[[Wikipedia:Crows|Crows]]'''|烏|Karasu}} are the characteristic summon of [[Itachi Uchiha]]. At some point in time, Itachi made a contract with crows which allows him to summon them as he wishes. He mainly used them combined with his [[genjutsu]] as well as [[ninjutsu]] while fighting — often de-materialising into a flock of crows or summoning them from underneath his cloak to blind his target. He also used a variation of the [[Clone Technique]] called the [[Crow Clone Technique]] where he used his crows as a medium to create a copy of himself which, when hit, dispersed back into crows.
-{{translation|'''[[Wikipedia:Tortoise|Tortoises]]'''|烏|Karasu}} are the trademark summon of [[Itachi Uchiha]].
-At some point in time, Itachi made a contract with crows which allows him to summon them as he wishes. He mainly used them in corporation with his [[genjutsu]] as well as [[ninjutsu]] while fighting — often time de-materialising into a flock of crows or else summoning them from underneath his cloak to blind his target.
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 == Known Crows ==
-[[File:Itachi's crow.png|thumb|left|Itachi's crow with Shisui's Sharingan.]]
+[[File:Sharingan crow.png|thumb|left|Itachi's crow with Shisui's Sharingan.]]
-The most [[Itachi's Crow|notable crow]] Itachi has ever summoned, possessed his best friend [[Shisui Uchiha]]'s [[Sharingan]] in its left eye socket. Itachi stored this clone within [[Naruto Uzumaki]] right before going off to fight his brother [[Sasuke]] and hoped that for Naruto's sake, he would never have to use it. Some time later, during the [[Fourth Shinobi World War]], when Itachi was [[Summoning: Impure World Resurrection|resurrected]], he was forced to summon the crow and have it use Shsui's ultimate [[Mangekyō Sharingan]] technique on him: [[Kotoamatsukami]] in order to free himself from [[Kabuto Yakushi]]'s control. Itachi seemingly not wanting the eye to fall into the wrong hands, later incinerated the crow with the flames of [[Amaterasu]], stating that Shisui's eye would be of no use to them for at least another decade.
+The only [[Itachi's Crow|distinguished crow]] Itachi has ever summoned possessed his best friend [[Shisui Uchiha]]'s [[Sharingan]] in its left eye socket. Itachi stored this crow within [[Naruto Uzumaki]] right before going off to fight his brother [[Sasuke]] and hoped that for Naruto's sake, he would never have to use it. Some time later, during the [[Fourth Shinobi World War]], when Itachi was [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated]], he was forced to summon the crow and have it use Shisui's ultimate [[Mangekyō Sharingan]] technique on him: [[Kotoamatsukami]] — in order to free himself from [[Kabuto Yakushi]]'s control. Seemingly not wanting the eye to fall into the wrong hands, Itachi later incinerated the crow with the flames of [[Amaterasu]], stating that Shisui's eye would be of no use to them for at least another decade.
+An anime-original [[Ahō Bird|crow]] usually appears in the background as a comic relief, making the crow that sounds like {{translation|"''ahō''"|阿呆||lit meaning=idiot}} whenever [[Team Kakashi]] makes a blunder, adding insult to injury.
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+== Other Uses ==
+* [[Aoba Yamashiro]]'s [[Scattering Thousand Crows Technique]] makes use of this animal as well. Whether or not these are summoned creatures is unknown.
+== Trivia ==
+* There is at least one crow mentioned in Shintō. Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun, had a three-legged crow named Yatagarasu. Interestingly enough, in addition to using crows in his techniques, Itachi has a technique named Amaterasu. He used this attack against Nagato's [[Giant Drill-Beaked Bird]], which also had three legs.
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