A

Biodata

Abilities & Skills

Lightning Release Armor

• Surrounds himself with lightning that protects him from most attacks, though Tsunade’s punches damage his ribs and internal organs through it 72.
• Remains active after their most destructive clash, but does not prevent him from being badly injured 73.

Hell Stab

• Uses the Four-Fingered and then the faster, deadlier Three-Fingered Hell Stab as his duel with Tsunade escalates 72.
• His strongest thrust, the Two-Fingered Hell Stab, pierces Tsunade’s shoulder; her counterpunch breaks through his armor 72.

Personality

A is proud of his strength and initially confident that his armor can withstand Tsunade’s attacks. Her ability to injure him through it turns that confidence to alarm. After she defeats the Eight-Tails, he is humiliated by her command of the battlefield and reluctantly chooses retreat over another immediate fight 72 75 76.

Relationships

• Tsunade — His opponent on Konoha’s northern front. She wounds him through his lightning armor, defeats Blue B’s fully manifested Eight-Tails, and forces Cloud to withdraw 72 75 76.
• Blue B — The Eight-Tails’ jinchūriki rushes to protect A after his duel with Tsunade. A later carries the critically injured Blue B away during Cloud’s retreat 73 76.

Story Role

• Northern-front duel: A fights Tsunade with Lightning Release armor and successive forms of Hell Stab. Both are wounded, but her final punch leaves him with broken ribs and damaged organs 72 73.
• Eight-Tails battle: Blue B intervenes and eventually releases the Eight-Tails in full. Tsunade defeats it, leaving A and the Cloud army shaken 73 74 75.
• Retreat: A withdraws with Blue B and Cloud’s forces, intending to recover and fight Tsunade again 76.