Sunagakure: Shukaku
Continuing with the theme of Sunagakure, let's discuss Gaara's bijuu!
Canon gives us some contradictory information about Shukaku. Gaara tells Naruto and Shikamaru that the demon inside him is the evil spirit of a priest of the sand, which was imprisoned in a tea pot before it was put into him. However, we also know that Shukaku is the one-tailed bijuu, a tanuki which seems to exercise power over wind and sand, and that it was put in several unlucky Sand shinobi before the technique was finally "perfected" with Gaara. Gaara's birth required his mother's death. Was the death of his mother a required element in the binding technique, or simply an unhappy byproduct of having a demon spirit inserted in her unborn child? Which version of Shukaku's origin is true? Or was the evil priest perhaps the first demon-vessel, meaning that Gaara simply didn't know the story well enough to explain it?
What are your theories for what the Akatsuki will do with the bijuu, and how Gaara will cope with the loss of his most formidable source of power? We see that he still maintains some control over sand; to what degree, and how?
Let's hear what you think!
Canon gives us some contradictory information about Shukaku. Gaara tells Naruto and Shikamaru that the demon inside him is the evil spirit of a priest of the sand, which was imprisoned in a tea pot before it was put into him. However, we also know that Shukaku is the one-tailed bijuu, a tanuki which seems to exercise power over wind and sand, and that it was put in several unlucky Sand shinobi before the technique was finally "perfected" with Gaara. Gaara's birth required his mother's death. Was the death of his mother a required element in the binding technique, or simply an unhappy byproduct of having a demon spirit inserted in her unborn child? Which version of Shukaku's origin is true? Or was the evil priest perhaps the first demon-vessel, meaning that Gaara simply didn't know the story well enough to explain it?
What are your theories for what the Akatsuki will do with the bijuu, and how Gaara will cope with the loss of his most formidable source of power? We see that he still maintains some control over sand; to what degree, and how?
Let's hear what you think!