Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Kakuzu is a greedy bounty hunter. He does not like
having a partner because he is prone to violent outbursts in battle that have
claimed the lives of his partners, however his new partner is special.
Hidden
Village: Waterfall
Differences
Within Grasp
Not Done Yet
Can't Run
Naruto used his Shadow Clones to swarm Kakuzu, but
Kakuzu destroyed them but was almost struck from behind by Naruto's new
technique, the Rasenshuriken, during the confusion. Kakuzu leaped away and
Naruto failed to connect. Kakuzu went in for the kill, but Naruto was saved by
the combined efforts of Kakashi and Yamato, forcing Kakuzu to evade Yamato's
attack while Kakashi cut Naruto free from Kakuzu's tendrils.
King of Hearts
Stealing Life
Kakuzu (Former
Member - Deceased)
First
Manga Appearance: Ch. 312
First
Anime Teaser Appearance: Ep. 135
Hidden
Village: Waterfall
Ring:
Hoku (North)
Finger
Position: Left Middle
Info:
Kakuzu is a missing-nin from Hidden Waterfall. He and his partner Hidan were
responsible for acquiring the Two-Tailed Jinchuuriki. He was a bounty hunter
who often got sidetracked on bounty hunts. His body was stitched together by
strange tendrils which he used to rip out the hearts of his opponents and then
insert into his own body. This granted him their elemental affinities in the
form of masked tendril entities. Along with his own Water affinity, he had
access to Wind, Fire, Earth and Lightning attacks. Kakashi destroyed the Earth
Heart, Hidan accidentally destroyed Water and Naruto destroyed Wind and Fire.
Kakuzu was then finished off by Kakashi. He was later resurrected using
Kabuto's Edo Tensei jutsu and neturalized, eventually losing his soul when the
jutsu was ended.
Kakuzu is 91 years old and a former Waterfall ninja.
His village sent him on a mission to kill the Leaf village'sfirst Hokage, Hashirama.
Kakuzu failed and returned to his village gravely injured, but instead of
honoring him they cruelly punished him for his failure and imprisoned him.
Filled with rage, he escaped once he recovered and stole the scroll containing
his village's forbidden jutsu where he learned Earth Grudge Fear, which he used
to take the hearts of the village leaders before leaving the village.
Differences
Kakuzu aided Hidan in capturing
Yugito Nii, the young woman who contained the two-tailed cat
demon. Hidan then accompanied Kakuzu to the Fire Temple that housed warrior
monks. Kakuzu told Hidan that he suspected that a Jinchuuriki was there. After
Kakuzu busted down the gates, they were stopped by the head monk, Chiriku, and
the others. It turns out there was a very large bounty on Chiriku and that's
why Kakuzu was there. After defeating all of the monks, they left with Chiriku
to collect his bounty.
The Zombie Combo
The two would later encountered four Leaf ninjas:Asuma,Shikamaru, Kotetsu,
and Izumo who were trying to capture the pair. Hidan wanted to fight them alone
and insisted that Kakuzu didn't interfere. Hidan caught Asuma in his curse
technique and slowly inflicted injuries to Asuma, but was stopped by Shikamaru
before he could deal the final blow. Shikamaru forced Hidan out of the
technique and Asuma cut off Hidan's head, which Kakuzu re-attached. Kotetsu and
Izumo attacked Kakuzu, Izumo using "Starch Syrup Capture Field" to
keep Kakuzu in one place while Kotetsu summoned a giant conch-looking mace, but
both were caught in Kakuzu's grip thanks to his extending limbs.
Within Grasp
Suddenly Aoba came to help and used "Murder of
Crows Confusion" to blind Kakuzu while his partner Raido tried to cut off
his head hiding in the flock using a black cloak and black sword, however
Kakuzu used his "Earth Spear" to protect himself and fought them.
During this, Hidan once again used his curse technique to fatally wound Asuma,
Aoba's and Raido's teammates Ino and Chouji were there to mourn Asuma with
Shikamaru. Although Hidan wanted to finish the fight and Kakuzu wanted Asuma's
bounty, the duo left when Pein ordered them to
come seal the Sanbi.
Iron Skin
Kakuzu and Hidan would later be caught in a trap
orchestrated by Shikamaru and the team ofKakashi, Choji, and Ino. Shikamaru had Asuma's
property absorbing trench knives which Shikamaru used to absorb his shadow
abilities. He threw various kunais at the duo but Kakuzu used his Earth Spear
to defend against them, however he and Hidan were frozen in place when
Shikamaru stabbed their shadows with the trench knives. Although unable to
move, Kakuzu was able to remove the knife from his shadow with his tendrils,
just in time to avoid Hidan's attack who was being manipulated by Shikamaru's
technique. Shikamaru had Hidan continue to attack Kakuzu while Chouji attacked
them both, prompting Kakuzu to once again use his Earth Spear technique.
Kakashi attacked Kakuzu with his Raikiri, piercing his hand through Kakuzu's
hardened chest, at the same time he collected some blood from Kakuzu in a vile.
Not Done Yet
After Kakuzu went down, Kakashi aimed for Hidan but
Kakuzu quickly kicked Kakashi aside, revealing that what Kakashi hit was a
spare heart on his back, Kakuzu then released his hearts with black tendrils
for bodies. Shikamaru's technique then wore off and Hidan attempted to hold
Kakashi down while Kakuzu's wind heart used Pressure Damage on them, with
Hidan's immortality preventing him from death. However, Kakashi would escape the
blast and would continue to battle the combination of Hidan and Kakuzu's Wind
and Fire hearts.
Masked Ghosts
Meanwhile Kakuzu attacked Ino and Chouji while
Shikamaru ran from Kakuzu's lightning heart, Kakuzu stopped Chouji's punch and
slammed him into a tree, then proceeded to grab him and Ino and try to choke
them; Shikamaru however saved them by unsealing a scroll full of water that
caused Kakuzu to be electrocuted by his own lightning heart, Shikamaru then
threw kunais with exploding seals but Kakuzu blocked them with Water Encampment
Wall. Kakuzu was about to hit them with False Darkness, but Kakashi used a
Shadow Clone to trick Hidan and arrived to save the team from the electrical
heart's attack by deflecting it with his Raikiri, then secretly gave the vile
of Kakuzu's blood to Shikamaru who used his Shadow Imitation technique to take
Hidan deep into the woods.
Can't Run
Kakuzu and Kakashi engaged in close combat, Kakashi
managed to get Kakuzu with a pile driver, but it turned out to be a Water Clone
of Kakuzu and he came out of hiding and attacked. Kakuzu quickly gained the
upperhand over Kakashi, meanwhile Hidan got out of Shikamaru's Shadow Imitation
and regained control of his body, allowing him to draw some of Shikamaru's
blood and activate his curse technique and impaled himself in the chest... at
the same time, Kakuzu's heart was destroyed just as he was about to take
Kakashi's heart to replace the one he destroyed earlier. Shikamaru revealed
that Hidan didn't draw blood from him, but rather he doused Hidan's weapon with
Kakuzu's blood instead. The masked hearts rushed to aid Kakuzu and, despite
Chouji's attempt to stop them, the three re-integrated into Kakuzu, replacing
the destroyed heart with the Lightning one and attacked with a combination of his
Intense Pain and Pressure Damage jutsus, but Kakashi, Ino, and Chouji were
saved by the arrival of Yamato, Naruto, Sai, and Sakura. Naruto and
Yamato used a combination of wind and water to block Kakuzu's attack. Sai and
Sakura were sent to aid Shikamaru while Yamato and Naruto remained to aid
Kakashi and the others.
Elemental Cannons
Naruto used his Shadow Clones to swarm Kakuzu, but
Kakuzu destroyed them but was almost struck from behind by Naruto's new
technique, the Rasenshuriken, during the confusion. Kakuzu leaped away and
Naruto failed to connect. Kakuzu went in for the kill, but Naruto was saved by
the combined efforts of Kakashi and Yamato, forcing Kakuzu to evade Yamato's
attack while Kakashi cut Naruto free from Kakuzu's tendrils.
King of Hearts
Naruto used the same trick again of swarming Kakuzu
with Shadow Clones to distract him so that he could try the Rasenshuriken
again. Kakuzu realized that Naruto is a close range brawler and that the
Rasenshurken was a dangerous technique, choosing to ignore the Shadow Clones,
going straight for the kill before the Rasenshuriken could hit him... but he
didn't anticipate the one with the Rasenshuriken that he just
"killed" was actually a Shadow Clone and the real Naruto struck him
from behind with the Rasenshuriken, destroying the two spare hearts on his back.
Kakuzu wasn't dead though, just paralyzed. After
expressing his shock that he was defeated by kids, Kakashi replied that the
young surpass the old and then dealt the final blow while Kakuzu laid
immobilized, his body was then brought back to Konoha where Tsunade conducted
an autopsy to discern the Rasenshuriken's affects.
A True Zombie
Kakuzu's eternal slumber would be interrupted though,
asKabuto after
absorbing Orochimaru's
powers was able to bring him and others back using Resurrection to the Impure
World in a bid to win Madara's
favor. Upon succeeding, from orders by Madara, Kabuto sent Kakuzu and the other
resurrected to war with the ninja alliance. On the battlefield, he killed many
and took their hearts and housing them in his masks. He then briefly
encountered Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji after they aided Daruiand others in
capturing Kinkaku
and Ginkaku. Kakuzu mentioned how the alliance had captured some of their
warriors, but made them aware that Asuma is on his side, whom they engaged in
battle. Kakuzu sent his masks off to fight on the battlefield while he engaged
Darui, Kotetsu, Izumo, and others in battle. He was ultimately pinned down by a
giant Chouji.
Abilities/Techniques
Stealing Life
Kakuzu is made up of the younger body parts of others
that he has defeated and is held together by the seemingly endless black
tendrils within his body, created from the "Earth Grudge Fear" jutsu.
These tendrils are able to pierce flesh and are strong enough to break bone. He
is able to extend parts of his body by using these tendrils and can also extend
the tendrils by themselves to snare his enemies, he has even used these
tendrils to re-attach the severed body parts of Akatsuki members.
In the Narutoverse people's chakra possess a single
elemental affinity which allows the individual to learn that specific element
easier than any other. Using different elemental jutsus is done by recomposing
their chakra into the element they want, which is not easy to learn and not as
powerful as their affinity. Attached to Kakuzu's back by his tendrils are four
masks, each shielding one of four spare hearts that he has taken from enemy
ninjas. He is not only able to use these spare hearts' elemental affinities,
but he is able to use them to replace his heart if anything happens to it. They
can also act independently of Kakuzu and he can give these masks pseudo-bodies
made out of his tendrils.
In Stock
He has displayed a few elemental Jutsus. "False
Darkness" takes the form of piercing lightning javelins that can range in
numbers; "Searing Migraine" carpet bombs the terrain in fire;
"Pressure Damage" a wind vortex of highly condensed air; "Earth
Spear" where his body is transformed into nearly indestructible adamant.
He could also combine his wind and fire elements to create a powerful inferno.
He also used two water jutsus; "Water Encampment Wall" to create a
shield made out of water, and "Water Clone" where he created a
duplicate of himself out of water.
