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Biodata

Abilities & Skills

Physical Prowess

A possesses immense physical strength and durability, allowing him to confront the Nine-Tails directly in close combat. He injures its sensitive toe with Lightning Release, but is ultimately overpowered and repeatedly smashed into the ground. 72

• Leads from the front rather than directing the battle from safety.
• Endures the Nine-Tails’ physical retaliation long enough to order his forces to retreat.
• His attacks cannot seriously injure the Tailed Beast. 72

Lightning Release

A uses Lightning Release in his direct assault on the Nine-Tails.

• Successfully causes pain by striking the Nine-Tails’ toe.
• Fails to inflict decisive damage against the Tailed Beast. 72

Relationships

• Kinkaku and Ginkaku — Elite Kumogakure shinobi serving as A’s guard and advisor during the Leilu Valley operation. 72
• Kumogakure elite force — Commands more than three hundred shinobi dispatched to investigate the disappearances in Leilu Valley. 72
• Nine-Tails — Opponent encountered in Leilu Valley; A engages it directly after his force’s combined ninjutsu proves ineffective. 72

Story Role / Major Arcs

Leilu Valley Incident

A personally leads an elite Kumogakure force to investigate a series of disappearances that escalates into an ultra-S-rank threat. The expedition discovers the Nine-Tails after it awakens while swallowing a Kumogakure shinobi. 72

When the force’s attacks fail, A confronts the Nine-Tails with Lightning Release and close-quarters combat. Though he briefly injures it, the fox overwhelms him. As it begins charging a Tailed Beast Bomb, A orders his surviving forces to scatter. 72