KISAME HOSHIGAKI - Tailed beast without a tail🐬

 "I knew that from the first time I had to kill my comrades... Kill a Kiri ninja as a Kiri ninja. What does that make me? Am I a friend or foe? What is my purpose and my position? Where do I go? Where can I go? I'm well aware that my entire life has been a one giant lie.

Kisame turned into a very powerful shinobi who earned admittance into the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and later Akatsuki. He effortlessly killed his former master, a member of the Seven Swordsmen's strongest era at the same time as the person wielded Samehada towards Kisame.

Kisame Hoshigaki turned into an S-rank Missing-nin from Kirigakure and one in all Akatsuki's most effective individuals. Prior to defecting from his village, he changed into one of the most powerful technology of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist's members. His accomplice became none apart from Itachi Uchiha.

Background 🐬

Kisame become born into the village of Kirigakure, in which he became an elite and, in the beginning, loyal shinobi. His mentor became a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and on one project, as Kisame's crew discovered themselves pursued via a squad of Konohagakure shinobi led by way of Ibiki Morino, Kisame killed all of his teammates to maintain them from being captured and tortured into revealing facts. Managing to stay away from capture himself, Kisame mentioned back to his master who Kisame, knowing he had betrayed the village through selling records to different shinobi villages, killed and took ownership of his sword, Samehada, taking his place as a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Though praised via the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, Kisame saw those moves of his as him turning into a "residing lie". He later came to find out that the Mizukage turned into being managed via a peculiar shinobi who called himself Madara Uchiha(truely Obito Uchiha, Madara's apprentice), who informed Kisame of his Eye of the Moon Plan. Though Kisame to begin with concept him insane, the concept of the plan to reveal a "global of fact" appealed to Kisame, and he defected from Kirigakure and have become one of the first and maximum dependable members of Akatsuki, a criminal enterprise Obito ran(from the shadows, as Pain was public leader of the organization), afterwards turning into an S-rank Missing-nin. Kisame changed into partnered with Itachi Uchiha due to understanding about him, and at the same time as they first of all had been opposed to every different, they later have become exceptional pals and companions. At a few point, Kisame additionally became affiliated with Suigetsu and Mangeksu Hozuki, of Kirigakure's Hozuki extended family.

Personality 🐬

Kisame loves to combat. He is pretty sadistic and demonstrates no hesitation in mutilating his warring parties, as visible whilst he advised slicing off Naruto Uzumaki's legs to make him simpler to hold and to prevent the latter from escaping on foot. Despite his aggressive nature, Kisame may be very perceptive and keen-minded in struggle, capable to deduce the basics at the back of an opponent's method and react to any capability risk he's aware of. Also, because of being paired with Itachi, Kisame is usually not able to complete or maybe begin his battles with Itachi round due to the fact the latter doesn't revel in combating as an awful lot as Kisame does. He could regularly tell his opponents that they "do not know how lucky they're". Kisame additionally has a deep loathing for Might Guy given that their first come upon, with Guy's inability to remember Kisame prior to his dying agitating him.

Originally whilst first partnered, Kisame warned an similarly opposed Itachi to be careful of him. Over time, but, Kisame have become one of the few members of Akatsuki that were given along well together with his companion no matter the reality they'd opposite personalities. The simplest not unusual floor among each ninja being that they betrayed the ones close to them. Kisame became flawlessly aware of his weaknesses and shortcomings and is conscious Itachi is perfectly capable of compensating for him. As such, he changed into perfectly dependable to Itachi as he might most effective take motion after being ordered to or after being given permission by him. While he became excited about fighting Kakashi, he had no lawsuits about letting Itachi take care of him whilst Itachi pointed out his capabilities and personality had been not the first-rate manner to address the situation. He at once obeyed Itachi's order to seize Kakashi and kill Asuma and Kurenai with none thinking and despite his love for conflict, retreated while Itachi ordered him to accomplish that. Despite his pleasure, Kisame mentioned Itachi because the stronger and extra wise of the duo, as changed into obvious through Kisame saying to Itachi that he himself become no match for Jiraiya, but stated that perhaps Itachi could move one-on-one with the Sannin.

In the anime, Kisame seemed saddened upon listening to of Itachi's dying. Kisame in the long run considered Itachi as an excellent buddy, even thinking of him in his final moments. Kisame's loyalty to Itachi is so great even Zetsu thought he handiest stayed in Akatsuki due to Itachi and couldn't help however marvel if Kisame would live with the enterprise with Itachi useless. During his remaining moments and recalling what Itachi said approximately no one ever without a doubt is aware of who they're till just earlier than they died, Kisame hoped Itachi also realised who he virtually turned into earlier than he died as properly.

Kisame become inspired to help in finishing the Eye of the Moon plan because of his personal disillusionment with the world he lived in. He by no means felt as though he had a place or knew who he definitely turned into as he became often ordered to adopt gruesome missions together with killing his very own comrades because Fuguki ordered him to shield statistics above even the lives of his comrades. This experience brought about him to broaden a guilt that lasted until just earlier than his dying, causing him to believe he was a worthless and horrible individual. This could purpose him to warn anyone he works with to be wary of him as he may be compelled to kill them someday. Later on, he located Fuguki, a person who he respected and relied on, turned into sincerely promoting intel to their village's enemies. As such, he came to the belief that his complete existence has been a lie. His companion Itachi has referred to that he turned into a rogue that became not able to locate a place for himself, something he himself may also have understood due to his own treacherous past. Because of this, he turned into truly nihilistic, believing himself and Itachi to be destined to die meaninglessly due to their crime of comrade-killing. It changed into handiest with Itachi's advice to the in any other case that Kisame saw, at the quit of his existence, that he did not die as meaningless as he firstly notion he might because he did now not waiver from his ideology of shielding statistics in any respect fees, even at the value of his very own lifestyles.

Kisame had a playful and morbid experience of humour and would frequently make light of significant situations while sporting a sadistic grin. This trait might even display during his fights as he would regularly mock his warring parties as seen within the cases of Killer B and Guy. Upon hearing of the demise of Hidan and Kakuzu, he referred to them as the "Zombie Brothers" in connection with their durability.

Kisame was additionally proven to be sincere and humble to his comrades, in particular Itachi, as proven whilst Itachi reprimanded him for taking so long to capture Rōshi. Although protecting himself through saying Itachi had no idea how powerful Rōshi was, Kisame speedy admitted he requested to seize Rōshi by myself. He was also a very appreciative person. When Obito had disguised himself as a vain, incompetent, and clumsy character and having no concept of who he simply become at the time, he nonetheless enjoyed his upbeat nature as he thought he livened up the mood of Akatsuki's conferences. He additionally reprimanded Tobi for taking goodbye to come back clean that he turned into in fact alive after most of the contributors believed he died from Deidara's C0 suicide assault.

Other than believing the whole lot he knew was a lie and desiring to peer Tobi's "international of fact", Kisame lived strictly to protect precious facts as contemplated in killing the Cypher Division to preserve their intel from Konoha and executing Fuguki for selling their village's secrets and techniques; on a related observe, he refused to bond along with his team-pals once they had been on a undertaking together. This best have become his philosophy, ultimately motivating his assisted suicide when left and not using a other desire. His moves made Yamato have difficulty believing he died so nobly, in spite of having witnessed his death with his very own eyes.

Appearance🐬

Kisame become a very tall, muscular shinobi, and turned into the tallest member in Akatsuki. He had a distinct shark-like look, entire with faded, inexperienced pores and skin within the manga, (depicted as blue-grey inside the anime). He has small, round, white eyes, 3 units of curved facial markings under his eyes, gills on his shoulders, and sharp triangular tooth, the latter of that's a shared trait among most of the opposite contributors of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. He also styled his blue hair in the shape of a shark fin. As a member of Akatsuki, he additionally wore darkish-red nail polish. During his time as a Kirigakure shinobi, he sported the usual outfit of the village, whole with a flak jacket and a brow protector. Later, he donned what seems to be the standard apparel of the Seven Swordsmen which consists of: a dark sleeveless shirt paired with matching pants, furnished with a waist guard, and striped arm and leg-warmers traditional of his village. He also switched to a modified model of Kirigakure's forehead protector, which included his ears as well. After defecting from the village, he donned the standard cloak participants of Akatsuki wore, and under it he turned into bare-chested. He additionally wore a brown sash throughout the front and back of his cloak to preserve Samehada in vicinity. He wore his Akatsuki ring on his left ring finger, bearing the kanji for "south" which changed into yellow in color.

Abilities🐬

Kisame changed into an exceptionally powerful shinobi who earned admittance into the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and later Akatsuki. He without problems killed his former master, a member of the Seven Swordsmen's strongest generation at the same time as the man wielded Samehada against Kisame. He claimed to be the best Akatsuki member at capturing goals alive, demonstrated whilst he successfully captured the Four-Tails' jinchūriki Rōshi with little effort. He also overwhelmed Killer B, nearly capturing him even as at complete electricity and will war an entire elite team with diminished energy unmarried-handedly. On separate occasions, Kisame proved to be greater than a healthy for Guy (considered one of Konoha's pinnacle shinobi), forcing the latter to open six of the Eight Gates in opposition to handiest a 30% energy clone, and seven gates towards the real Kisame without his sword.

Chakra and Physical Prowess🐬

Kisame possessed huge chakra reserves, nicely-above every member of Akatsuki. 30% of which became in comparison to that of Naruto. His superhuman chakra stage and mixture with Samehada has earned him the moniker "Tailed Beast with out a Tail", O o Motanai Bijū, English TV: Tailless Tailed Beast). Kisame can also take in chakra, as visible when grabbing Samehada or even reversing the effect of Aoba Yamashiro's paralysing approach.

Kisame had similarly sizeable physical strength and speed, combining strong taijutsu moves with effective slashes from Samehada. He could overpower Asuma Sarutobi in melee weapon combat or even Guy, an splendid taijutsu master, of their 2nd war. Kisame was additionally durable sufficient to live to tell the tale Killer B's "Version 2" Lightning Release: Lariat (albeit with his ribcage absolutely destroyed), in addition to Guy's one-hit kill Daytime Tiger. After the latter, he retained enough strength to interrupt free of Yamato's chakra-suppressing wooden restraints, in addition showing his uncooked energy and persistence.