Tailed beasts
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The tailed beasts (尾獣, bijū) are nine giant demons that serve to drive the plot of the Naruto series. They are differentiated by the number of tails they have, with each possessing an amount from one to nine. The tailed beasts are large, living forms of chakra, sometimes referred to as "Chakra Monsters" (チャクラのバケモノ, Chakura no Bakemono),[1] giving them power that far outmatches most shinobi. However, this immense strength is tempered due to their bestial nature, which restricts them from being intelligent enough to use it effectively. When the tailed beasts are sealed within humans, they are able to benefit from the knowledge of their hosts, giving them the ability to speak and better utilize their powers. Akatsuki has been capturing the tailed beasts and their hosts, and as of the Fourth Great Shinobi World War possess seven of the nine beasts.
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[edit] History
The tailed beasts have been around since long before the founding of the ninja villages. In the beginning of the ninja history, there existed one demon, the Ten-Tailed Beast, that plagued the planet until the Sage of the Six Paths defeated and sealed the beast within himself, making him the first jinchūriki. On his deathbed, he divided the Ten-Tails' chakra into the nine other tailed beasts and sealed its body in the moon.[2]
By the time of the formation of the shinobi villages, Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, managed to capture and control some of them with his Wood Release techniques, and used them as peace treaties to the other great shinobi nations in order to stabilize the balance of power between them.[1] After his death, however, the shinobi nations couldn't control these giant demons themselves and they began to run wild, so the nations instead moved to seal the tailed beasts within humans.
[edit] The Tailed Beasts
[edit] One-Tailed Shukaku
Main article: One-Tailed Shukaku The One-Tailed Shukaku (一尾の守鶴, Ichibi no Shukaku) is a monster tanuki. It was sealed within Gaara of Sunagakure since his birth. It has been captured by Deidara, then extracted and sealed by Akatsuki.
[edit] Two-Tailed Monster Cat
Main article: Two-Tailed Monster Cat The Two-Tailed Monster Cat (ニ尾の化け猫, Nibi no Bakeneko) is a blue-flamed, odd-eyed bakeneko. It was sealed within Yugito Nii of Kumogakure when she was two years old. It has been captured by Hidan and Kakuzu, then extracted and sealed by Akatsuki.
[edit] Three-Tailed Giant Turtle
Main article: Three-Tailed Giant Turtle The Three-Tailed Giant Turtle (三尾の巨大亀, Sanbi no Kyodaigame) is a large, turtle-like tailed beast. It was formerly sealed in Yagura of Kirigakure, but was extracted for unknown reasons. It has been captured by Deidara and Tobi, then sealed by Akatsuki.
[edit] Four-Tailed Monkey
Main article: Four-Tailed Monkey The Four-Tailed Monkey (四尾の猿, Yonbi no Saru) is a tailed beast sealed within Rōshi of Iwagakure. It has been captured by Kisame Hoshigaki, then extracted and sealed by Akatsuki.
[edit] Five-Tailed Dolphin Horse
Main article: Five-Tailed Dolphin Horse The Five-Tailed Dolphin Horse (五尾のイルカ馬, Gobi no Irukauma) is a tailed beast sealed within Han from Iwagakure. It has the body of a horse, but the head is based off of a dolphin. It has since been captured, extracted, and sealed by Akatsuki.
[edit] Six-Tailed Slug
Main article: Six-Tailed Slug The Six-Tailed Slug (六尾の蛞蝓, Rokubi no Namekuji) is a demon slug sealed within Utakata of Kirigakure. It is a giant, bipedal slug with six tails. It has been captured, extracted, and sealed by Akatsuki.
[edit] Seven-Tailed Horned Beetle
Main article: Seven-Tailed Horned Beetle The Seven-Tailed Horned Beetle (七尾のカブトムシ, Nanabi no Kabutomushi) is a demon kabutomushi sealed within Fū from Takigakure. It resembles a gigantic, blue rhinoceros beetle, with six of its seven tails resembling green insect wings, along with the seventh tail, all growing from the end of its abdomen. It has been captured, extracted, and sealed by Akatsuki.
[edit] Eight-Tailed Giant Ox
Main article: Eight-Tailed Giant Ox The Eight-Tailed Giant Ox (八尾の巨牛, Hachibi no Kyogyū) is a demon ushi-oni sealed within Killer Bee of Kumogakure.
[edit] Nine-Tailed Demon Fox
Main article: Nine-Tailed Demon Fox The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox (九尾の妖狐, Kyūbi no Yōko) is the most powerful out of all nine of the tailed beasts; a single swipe from just one of its nine tails can raise tsunamis and flatten mountains. After the Nine-Tails attacked Konohagakure, Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, sacrificed his own life by sealing it within his newborn son, Naruto Uzumaki.
[edit] Ten-Tailed Beast
Main article: Ten-Tailed Beast The Ten-Tailed Beast (十尾, Jūbi) is the original, primordial demon of the Naruto universe. All nine of the tailed beasts are but portions of chakra divided from the Ten-Tails. Madara Uchiha's ultimate goal, the Moon's Eye Plan, is to capture and merge all nine of the tailed beasts back into the Ten-Tails, and become its host to cast the reflection of his Sharingan on the moon, casting a genjutsu known as the Infinite Tsukuyomi which will put the entire world under his control.
[edit] Trivia
- Only four people are said to have full control of the tailed beasts. They are Madara Uchiha (through his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan), Hashirama Senju (through his special Wood Release technique), and the two jinchūriki: Yagura and Killer Bee.[3]
- The Seven-Tails and the Eight-Tails do not actually have tails. The Seven-Tails has six insect wings and one tail connected to the tip of its abdomen, while the Eight-Tails has eight cephalopod arms.
- In the second Shippūden movie, it features a creature called the Zero-Tailed Masked Leech. Despite having a numerical tail name, it is never called a tailed beast and has characteristics that are quite different from the real tailed beasts.
- Several non-jinchūriki shinobi, such as Kisame Hoshigaki and the Current Raikage, have been said to hold power comparable to a tailed beast.
- According to some fans, the Legend of the Tailed Beasts is a story from Japanese folklore which Masashi Kishimoto, the author of Naruto, draws from to create the tailed beasts in his work. However, it is an example of internet-based fakelore which originated from this Japanese site.[4] The veracity of the legend breaks when it was cross-referenced with non-fandom sources on Japanese folklore. For example, the isonade, which was thought to be the Three-Tails, is in fact equipped with only one large, hook-covered tail; and the hōkō, which was thought to be the Five-Tails, actually has no tail at all. Additionally, the author of the story admitted it was not a true legend, unfortunately it has gone largely unnoticed by most fans of the story.[5]
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Naruto chapter 404, page 14
- ↑ Naruto chapter 467, pages 14-16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 458, page 03
- ↑ The Legend of the Tailed Beasts: A Lesson in Why You Cannot Trust the Internet
- ↑ Discussing Bijū and Jinchūriki
