Zetsu

Zetsu (ゼツ, Zetsu ^?) is a character from the manga and anime Naruto. He is a member of the Akatsuki Organization, serving as a tracking ninja of the organization, devouring the bodies that Akatsuki wants to make disappear and spying on the battles of enemies and other members of the organization. In manga 487 he is named as "The Wizard's Assistant" But it is later revealed that he is the mastermind of the Akatsuki Organization.

Creation

Kishimoto revealed that he had originally planned for Akatsuki to be a group of monsters, 'almost devoid of human characteristics', and that Zetsu's design was inspired by an insectivorous plant. He also stated that he decided to make Zetsu black and white to "better show his dual personality."

Personality

Zetsu is a character who seems bipolar because he talks to himself, easily distinguishable by two enormous vegetation extensions similar in appearance to a Venus Flytrap covering his head and shoulders. These extensions can cover the rest of his body, which he does whenever he hides. When his extensions are open and his head is visible, it is revealed that Zetsu has two different colored halves of his body: the right side is completely black and the left side is white, he also has two eyes like circles and yellows. To go with it, Zetsu appears to have a split personality, as in the Japanese version of the manga the black half of his face only speaks in Katakana while the white side uses Kanji and Kana, and in the English dubs the black side has a voice. different from the white side. The two halves also converse with each other, and occasionally argue with each other, although they also seem to communicate mentally. Continuing with his carnivorous plant theme, Zetsu practices cannibalism by one of his halves, possibly the black one, to make corpses disappear. His split personality, in addition to the black and white colors, seems to symbolize the yin-yang, although the two personalities have the same objective. He could be seen in a chapter of the manga and anime of Naruto as the Akatsuki member Zetsu if they made him angry or as a way for greater speed and evasion, the white and the black could be divided into two parts. Later it is seen that Madara offers Kabuto in exchange for help, which is why it is thought to be the most common or weakest part since It only has zetsus with white parts, it is also thought that zetsu could have two brains or two identical bodies that when split, those organs and that brain would be duplicated and when those organs and the brain were put back together, they would fuse.

Zetsu's main role in Akatsuki is to function as a spy, commonly acting as a tracking ninja for Akatsuki. He has demonstrated the ability to take part in the Tailed Beasts' sealing ritual and guard simultaneously: as Zetsu acts as two separate people, one side can focus on the sealing jutsu while the other can patrol the area surrounding the lair. in which the ritual is performed. When an Akatsuki agent, or possibly a member, dies, Zetsu is sent to devour those bodies so that the organization's secrets are not revealed, and to recover the organization's rings. Due to his vitality in the organization, Zetsu is the only member of Akatsuki who normally acts without a partner.

Zetsu has been presented as giving his complete loyalty to Akatsuki, so that Pain, one of the organization's leaders, trusts Zetsu with the knowledge of his identity. As a reward for his loyalty, Zetsu was given a subordinate, Tobi, who would later become a member of Akatsuki. Zetsu is also shown knowing that Tobi is the founder of Akatsuki.

Skills

Initially very little was known about Zetsu's true powers and capabilities, as he had not yet been seen fighting. However, he is clearly highly qualified for his role as a spy and tracker within Akatsuki. Although he has progressively shown new abilities, they have mostly all been performed by the White Zetsu, so not much is known about the Black Zetsu's abilities.

The technique that has been seen most often used is the one known as Kagero (Ephemeral), which allows it to merge with plants to be able to move at a very high altitude. speed through their roots and thus move through the earth. While assimilated with the earth he is harmonized with the environment, so that his presence cannot be detected even by ninjas with sensory capabilities. Another of his abilities seems to be (although it is not confirmed) an ocular technique that gives him superior vision and, according to a brief conversation of his with Tobi, it seems that he also has the ability to & # 34; record & # 34; events and then show them to another person, although this has not been seen.

A notable feature of Zetsu's abilities is his ability to separate the two halves of his body, the white and the black. Each split half maintains the part of the body it possesses, but that belonging to the other half is not formed, leaving a more or less shapeless mass to replace it. Thanks to this technique, both halves can operate independently regardless of distance or time. Likewise, the two halves seem to be able to communicate with each other regardless of distance, sending information from the roots of the plants, in a similar way to their Kagero technique.

During the meeting of the Kages, Zetsu showed a technique called Houshi no Jutsu (Spore Technique), with which he infiltrates spores into the enemy's body. These spores develop into amorphous clones of Zetsu that imprison the subject and drain their chakra, transferring it to Zetsu. This technique has a large radius of action, since it was able to affect a large number of ninjas with it. After using this technique, Zetsu can transfer the Chakra he has stolen to another person. but it was already shown that he was dead in the last chapters of the manga.

History

Past

Black

Black Zetsu was created by the will of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who was born as her third child shortly before Kaguya was sealed by her other two sons Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and Hamura Ōtsutsuki. After his birth, he manipulated Hagoromo's eldest son, Indra Ōtsutsuki, when he lost the war for leadership of the Ninshū, and for centuries he manipulated his descendants, the Uchiha Clan, and the descendants of Asura Ōtsutsuki, the Senju Clan. with the intention that one of them would awaken the Rinnegan. For this reason, he modified the Tablet left by Hagoromo at the Nakano Shrine writing that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would be the salvation of the Uchiha Clan, also changing other things, some that had to do with Shinju.

During the Clan War Era, when the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan began to fight each other, and Hashirama Senju along with Madara Uchiha became the transmigrants of Asura and Indra respectively, Black Zetsu knew that Madara could awaken the Rinnegan. When Madara was defeated by Hashirama in the Valley of the End, Black Zetsu witnessed the entire fight, and even when Tobirama Senju buried the Uchiha's body deep in a Konoha forest, managing to come into contact with him since he was not had died, but had used a Transcription Seal: Izanagi to be able to stay alive by rewriting his reality and exchanging with a Shadow Clone and subsequently implanted himself with Hashirama's cells that he stole in his fight against him, waking up almost at the end of his life. He brought the Rinnegan to life, managing to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which he used as a catalyst to cultivate Hashirama's cells. Some time later, when Madara believed he had created the White Zetsus using Hashirama's Living Clone, Black Zetsu had actually freed them from Gedo Mazo, who had been sealed within her. These were originally humans turned into Zetsus by the Infinite Tsukuyomi cast by Kaguya.

Later, during the Third Shinobi World War when Madara found a successor, Obito Uchiha, Madara "created" to Black Zetsu pouring his will into White Zetsu so that he will help the young Uchiha in his mission. It was Madara who connected to the statue to stay alive. He became disconnected from her and eventually died. Zetsu later accompanied Obito to Amegakure to locate Nagato, confirming to the Uchiha that the Rinnegan he possessed were actually Madara's eyes that he unknowingly implanted in him when he was just a child. He also watched as Obito introduced himself to them as Madara Uchiha. The years passed and both continued with their plans by entering Akatsuki and capturing the Tailed Beasts.

White

White Zetsu was originally one of the many humans who were trapped in Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Infinite Tsukuyomi and bonded to the God Tree for long enough to turn them into a Zetsu, an ideal soldier for her. As time passed, Kaguya was defeated and sealed by her sons Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and Hamura Ōtsutsuki on the Moon as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which was the empty shell of the Ten-Tails, the White Zetsus that had been created were sealed within the statue. Centuries later, when Madara Uchiha awakened the Rinnegan, managed to break the seal and summon Gedo Mazo of the Moon and began to cultivate with it the DNA of Hashirama Senju using a tree with a Living Clone of it, Black Zetsu freed the White Zetsu and another large number of Gedo Mazo's Zetsus also being influenced by Hashirama's Living Clone which gave them the ability to use the Wood Release but on a smaller scale, leading Madara to believe that they were created by his experiments with the Prime's DNA. Hokage.

Later, Madara gave them the task of gathering information. During the Third Shinobi World War, White Zetsu along with a spiral-wielding Zetsu were left to care for Obito Uchiha and help rehabilitate him when he was mortally wounded on one of his missions and taken to the hideout on Graveyard Mountain. by the White Zetsus. Over time, the duo became friends with the young Uchiha by joking, annoying him with the things he said when he was sleeping during his stay with them, apart from the fact that during the Uchiha's rehabilitation they were happy for his great progress, also telling him the plan of Madara to plunge the world into a Genjutsu.

One day when Obito's rehabilitation was about to be completed, White Zetsu, who had gone out to gather information, returned to the base alerting Obito that Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara were being attacked by a group of ANBU from Kirigakure. Determined to save his friends, Obito tried to break the wall blocking the entrance to his hideout to come to his aid, but destroyed his artificial arm in the process. Seeing how desperate Obito was, Tobi offered to help him and offered his body to the young Uchiha to use as armor to smash the rock and get out of Obito's hiding place. While they were on their way to help him, White Zetsu guided Obito towards the battlefield where his companions were communicating telepathically with Tobi and answering some of the questions that the Uchiha asked him. Later, after Obito massacred all of Kirigakure's ANBU he returned to the hideout in Graveyard Mountain with Madara, White Zetsu claimed that no one had seen them and communicated subsequent information about the arrival of Konoha reinforcements and that Obito did not kill Kakashi.

Later, when Obito decided to continue with Madara's plan, the latter poured what he believed to be his will into White Zetsu, creating Black Zetsu to help Obito in his plans. Following this, Madara, who was connected to Gedo Mazo disconnects and finally dies to await his resurrection many years later. Zetsu later accompanied Obito to Amegakure to locate Nagato, confirming to the Uchiha that the Rinnegan he possessed were indeed Madara's eyes, which he unknowingly implanted in him when he was just a child. Furthermore, he saw how Obito introduced himself to them as Madara Uchiha. The years passed and both continued with their plans by entering Akatsuki and capturing the Tailed Beasts.

Naruto: Shippūden

Zetsu's first appearance in the series was just after the Kakashi team's fight (Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi and Grandma Chiyo) against Itachi Uchiha in the Kazekage's rescue mission. His second appearance was after the fight between Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha in the Valley of the End. At the moment they made their last attacks, Zetsu appeared in the distance, as if he was measuring his power. When he finished the battle it is believed that he went towards the village hidden in the waterfall where he captured the Jinchūriki of the seven-tailed rhinoceros. He then appeared with the other Akatsuki members in a meeting about his plans and the situation of the world around them.

Already in the second part, he was responsible for warning Akatsuki of the positions of Kakashi's team and Might Guy's team, while Gaara's Shukaku was extracted. He was then sent to eliminate the corpses of those the Leader used his shapeshifting technique to hold both teams back. Additionally, he had to recover Sasori and Deidara's rings if they were defeated. This suggests that they are more than just jewelry. Deidara however did not die, and Sasori's ring passed to Tobi, who thus joined Akatsuki.

Later, he was in charge of taking the Jinchūriki of the Two-Tailed Bijū to the extraction site, after Hidan and Kakuzu defeated her, having no subsequent appearances until Deidara's fight with Sasuke, which he observes, reporting later to Akatsuki of the former's death and the apparent deaths of Tobi and Sasuke. He reappears at the end of the fight between Pain and Jiraiya, having a conversation with the first in which he reveals that he also knows Tobi's true identity, although he leaves again to, apparently, observe the fight between Sasuke and Itachi, combat who observes and comments with himself.

After observing how Sasuke manages to stop the Tsukuyomi and evade the Amaterasu, he was surprised by the great power of Sasuke and his Kirin, which apparently ends Itachi, however he emerges and manages to put his brother in check with the Susanō, the The latest technique of the Mangekyō Sharingan, which seals an emerging Orochimaru with the Sword of Totsuka and repels all the attacks of the young Uchiha with the Mirror of Yata, finally confirms that health Itachi's condition has deteriorated greatly with the Susanō and finally collapses when he was about to achieve his victory. Zetsu notes Itachi's death while wondering about the development of the fight, in which Itachi was seriously impaired. After determining that the winner is Sasuke, he disappears from the scene before the youngest of the Uchiha faints next to his brother's corpse. and Amaterasu sets fire to the nearby forest. Then he arrives where Tobi is fighting against team 7, there he informs him that Itachi has died and that Sasuke has fainted, to which Tobi is surprised and they decide to withdraw from the battlefield, along with him. Before retiring he is called & # 34; Aloe Vera & # 34; for Naruto and demands that he tell him where Sasuke is, to which his alter-ego told the other part of him to ignore him, out of disgust at the new nickname. Then Tobi and Zetsu took the two Uchiha brothers before the Konoha team.

After Taka's battle against the Hachibi, and the subsequent delivery of the Jinchuriki, Zetsu, Tobi and Kisame absorb the biju into the statue. But to their surprise they saw that it was all Killer Bee's strategy, offending the black part of Zetsu.

After Nagato's defeat, Zetsu manages to see the celebration of the Konoha villagers and is surprised that Naruto has defeated all the Pain; He subsequently informs Tobi what has happened. Upon meeting Team Taka, he makes a comment in which he claims that Naruto Uzumaki has surpassed Sasuke Uchiha, causing the latter's misgivings. Then, by order of Tobi, one of his halves directs Sasuke to the Kage meeting. Zetsu then shows Sasuke his target, which is Danzou. However, the white half abruptly appears in the middle of the meeting of the five kages, informing them that Sasuke is nearby, with an ironic tone that angers the Raikage. Raikage grabs him by the neck and threatens to kill him if he doesn't tell them where Sasuke is, however he only "gives a clue." Apparently Zetsu dies, but it was only a trap, since in later episodes he was resurrected, setting a trap for the 5 Kages, absorbing their chakras, and giving them to Sasuke, who due to the harsh confrontation against the Raikage and the Mizukage falls without strength. In these chapters he shows us that he can turn into many clones with incredible ease. In the last manga the two parts of Zetsu appear, rebuilding themselves and asking Tobi if he will fight Naruto. Madara denies him the fight, claiming that he could not fight Naruto since he would easily defeat him.

He has a new appearance together with Tobi and Kabuto Yakushi in which they reveal to the latter all their plans for the fourth ninja war and that Zetsu himself was going to be the backbone of the attack of the 4th Ninja War, due to the 100,000 copies that Madara has made of his white part. The leader forces the white part of Zetsu to stay with Sasuke until he finishes adapting to his new eyes, while the black part searches for and captures the Feudal Lords of the Nations to use them as a decoy to attract Kurama and Gyuki, although To do this, he must fight against the Fifth Mizukage and his troops.