A
Naruto: Ascending to Divinity through the Demonic Pot
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | A (艾) 125 |
| Alias(es) | Fourth Raikage 212 |
| Gender | Male 125 |
| Affiliation | Hidden Cloud Village; later the Great Unity Society Military Committee 212 262 |
| Occupation/Role | Raikage; military commander 212 261 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 125 125 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hidden Cloud vanguard commander | 125 | His father, the Third Raikage, assigns him five hundred elite troops to scout ahead of a raid and break through coastal defenses. |
| Fourth Raikage | 212 | Leads Hidden Cloud by this point; no combat-level advancement is documented between these appearances. |
History
A is the son of the Third Raikage, who entrusts him with command of a raiding vanguard while the elder Raikage leads the larger force 125. As Fourth Raikage, A resists ending a two-year war without gains, but Dodai warns him that Hidden Cloud has only three months of food reserves and cannot sustain its military spending 212.
Hara later brings A into an alliance with the Land of Fields. A joins televised discussions with Rasa and Ōnoki and, after the ninja villages’ reorganization, sits on the Great Unity Society Military Committee 240 262. Daoyuan assigns him the Cloud-Thunder Army’s assault on the Land of Lightning’s capital to capture its Daimyo and leading nobles—a mission A welcomes 261. He is later sent with Minato to assist Nagato at a stronghold near the former Konoha 287.
Appearance
A has an exceptionally muscular build; while seated as Raikage, his muscles nearly strain through his shirt 212.
- As a younger ninja, his brows are described as carrying the same unyielding resolve as his father’s 125.
- At a Hidden Cloud frontline camp, he sits shirtless while wiping down a ninja blade 247.
Personality
A speaks bluntly and shows little patience for an outcome he considers unrewarding: he angrily questions why Hidden Cloud should end a costly war with nothing to show for it 212. He also questions Daoyuan directly about what will happen if the villages refuse to join the new order 254. When offered a raid against the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo, he laughs and accepts, citing his dislike of the Daimyo’s interference during wartime 261.
Relationships
- Third Raikage A — His father and predecessor, who assigns him command of the raiding vanguard 125.
- Dodai — Hidden Cloud adviser who challenges A’s desire to continue fighting by laying out the village’s food and financial shortages 212.
- Killer B — Fellow Hidden Cloud ninja named alongside A in his father’s raiding force and later present among Hidden Cloud’s leadership 125 227.
- Uchiha Hara / Daoyuan — Urges A into the alliance against Konoha and later directs him within the reorganized military 240 261.
- Rasa and Ōnoki — Fellow Kage with whom A takes part in televised alliance discussions and subsequent military planning 240 260.
- Nagato and Minato — A is sent with Minato to assist Nagato on an operation near the former Konoha 287.
Notable Quotes
“Are we really just going to let it go? We fought for two years, and in the end we get nothing?!” 212
“What if we refuse?” 254