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    Legendary Tailed Beasts are powerful demons that were created from the Ten-Tailed Beast by the Sage of Six Paths, but have been sealed within humans to be used as weapons.

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    Naruto Vol. 1 JPN (Mar 2000)
    Naruto Vol. 1 JPN (Mar 2000)

    The Legendary Tailed Beasts (尾獣, Bijū) are a group from the Naruto series created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series first began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in November 1999. It first appeared in NarutoVolume 1, CH. 1 "Uzumaki Naruto".

    The Tailed-Beasts are demonic monsters that possess vast chakra, immense physical might, and unbelievable destructive power. They were all derived from the Ten-Tailed Beast. Thousands of years ago, the Ten-Tails tormented the world with its vast power. The world was saved from the Ten-Tails' wrath by the Sage of Six Paths; who sealed the Ten-Tails within his own body to contain it. However, this was only a temporary solution. Upon his death, the Ten-Tails would be released. The Sage of Sixth Paths used the Creation of All Things (万物創造, Banbutsu Sōzō) ninjutsu to separate the Ten-Tails' power into nine separate beasts then sealed the body using Catastrophic Planetary Construction (地爆天星, Chibaku Tensei). Though separated, he named all the Tailed-Beasts, and promised them that though they may be separated that they would always be a part of each other.

    History

    In times past, ninja throughout the world continued to wage war against each other and were always looking for new methods of gathering military power and strength. Once such ninja, Hashirama Senju, gained the ability to control these Bijū with his powers and jutsu, even having more than one under his control at a time. He eventually sectioned off and distributed Bijū to each of the powerful nations in an attempt to stabilize the balance of power. This method proved to be ineffectual, because humans began to see these Bijū as nothing more than destructive monsters and demons and eventually sought them out and used them primarily in war time. Because of this treatment, the Bijū began to harbor feelings of hate towards humans and wanted nothing to do with them, distancing themselves as much as they could. In order to better control the Bijū, ninja started sealing them inside hosts and creating jinchuuriki.

    Naruto meeting some of the Tailed-Beasts.
    Naruto meeting some of the Tailed-Beasts.

    Years later, these Bijū were used by Madara Uchiha on two separate occasions against the village of Konoha. The first was when he placed the Three Tails, Isobu, inside the kunoichi Rin Nohara under the guise that once she returned to the village, the beast would be released and wreck havoc on the villagers. The second time was when he gained control of the Kurama with his Sharingan and used the Bijū to aid him in battle as he sought revenge against Konoha and did battle with its leader, Hashirama Senju.

    Sixteen years later, a criminal organization called the Akatsuki set out to capture and seal all nine Bijū in an attempt to bring world peace. Their plan was to use the chakra from the Bijū and create an all powerful chakra cannon, one that could destroy villages and countries. Whenever the great nations would go to war against each other, this cannon would be used against them to show them the meaning of pain and intimidate them into living together in peace. This goal was changed, however, when the Akatsuki came under new leadership in the form of Tobi as he used the gathered Bijū to resurrect the Jūbi in order to grant him the Rinne Sharingan, a combination of the Sharingan and the Rinnegan. With his new dōjutsu, Tobi would be able to able to reflect his eye off the surface of the moon and place everyone on the planet in an infinite genjutsu, bringing about world peace and making sure everyone lived the life they wanted to, and to secretly be reunited with the deceased love of his life.

    This plan was stopped, however, and the Bijū are now free to live their life however they want. The only ones who stayed in contact with humans are Gyūki and Kurama.

    Members

    Long after the death of the Sage of Six Paths, the Tailed-Beasts were looked upon as destructive monsters, and the various ninja clans sought to capture them to use them as weapons. They would be sealed into the bodies of humans that were called the Jinchūriki. The number of tails is directly related to the amount of power that each of the beasts hold.

    The Sage of Six Paths with the young Bijuu.
    The Sage of Six Paths with the young Bijuu.

    Powers & Abilities

    Physical Abilities

    The Bijū each possess immense physical strength and endurance because of their giant proportions. They also possess accelerated healing and vast chakra supplies. They have shown the ability to release shockwaves from their roars as well and devastate the landscape with casual physical strikes.

    Immortality

    The Bijū are essentially just masses of Deidarabotchi's chakra given shape and sentience. Even if killed or destroyed, they will just eventually reform.

    Bijuu Bomb

    The Bijū preparing to face off against Madara.
    The Bijū preparing to face off against Madara.

    The Bijū Bomb (尾獣玉, Bijūdama) is the ultimate offensive technique that is used among all the various Tailed-Beasts, a chakra blast projected from their mouths which can destroy mountains. This is created by molding positive black chakra (+の黒チャクラ, purasu no kuro chakura), and negative white chakra (−の白チャクラ, mainasu no shiro chakura) together. The power is then compressed. The opposing chakra must be balanced at an 8:2 ratio respectively or it will backfire.

    Individual Power

    Each Bijū seems to have a unique power from the others, such as Shukaku whom is able to control sand whereas Son Gokū is able to create lava, Saiken can produce a powerful corrosive agent, Matatabi can manipulate and produce blue flames, and so on.

    Jinchuuriki-Specific Power

    A Bijū's human host is capable of channeling the Bijū's chakra which not only grants the individual increased strength and chakra, but also forms a protective solidified chakra shroud around the individual in the shape of their Bijū. This chakra shroud can be shaped and manipulated to a small degree, capable of doing things such as extending additional arms or even creating a doppelganger of the individual. Each individual Bijū grants it's jinchūriki specific powers, such as:

    Examples of chakra cloaks.
    Examples of chakra cloaks.
    • Shukaku grants the manipulation of sand and some magnetic forces.
    • Matatabi grants the ability to produce blue flames.
    • Isobu grants the ability to materialize coral.
    • Son Gokū grants the ability to manipulate lava.
    • Kokuō grants the ability to create and use steam.
    • Saiken grants the ability to produce a powerful corrosive substance.
    • Chōmei grants the ability to fly and produce scale power.
    • Gyūki grants the ability to produce and use ink.
    • Kurama grants the ability to heal rapidly and sense negative emotions.
    • Jūbi grants the ability to fly and to create Truth Seeking Balls.

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