Thursday, May 2, 2013
Wardrobe
Akatsuki members have a very distinctive wardrobe,
which could give them away if a village is alerted of their presence. Members
wear long, dark cloaks with red clouds, a red interior, and a chin-high collar.
Tobi and the members of Taka wear a similarly marked hooded mantle.
The red clouds represent the rain of blood that fell in Amegakure during
its wars, and were seen as a symbol of justice by its original members.[15] All
members wear black nail polish on their fingers and toenails, although the
colours vary in the anime, and may wear a conical straw hat with small
ornamental torques and tassels hanging down over their faces. The hats may be
used to move around in the general population unnoticed, or for when the
weather requires one.[16] Some members cross out the symbol on their forehead
protectors to symbolise the broken ties with their former villages, a
practice originating with Nagato and his rival faction in Amegakure's civil
war. Others members simply cease wearing them altogether, for several reasons.
Everyone also wears a ring with a kanji on different fingers depending on who
the member is.
Now that the original members of Akatsuki (Konan and Nagato)
are dead, Tobi seems to have changed the garb to his own preference after
revealing his new mask and outfit-which are robes without the red clouds.
