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Darui (ダルイ, Darui), famed as the Guardian of the Treasured Tools (後見人の宝具, Kōken'nin no Hōgu), is a former jōnin-level ninja of Kumogakure, who formerly functioned as a bodyguard and escort to the Fourth Raikage at the Kage summit, along with his fellow jōnin C. He currently serves as an interim-shinobi for both Kirigakure and Kumogakure, clearing missions for both along with protecting the Treasured Tools of the Sage of the Six Paths within a hidden shrine.
It is known that, in his past, In his past, Darui was known as an illustrious wanderer, travelling between the Five Great Shinobi Countries and studying under various powerful masters, including the Third Raikage and the Fourth Mizukage. This era of his life is still shrouded in mystery, however.
Appearance[]
Darui has a dark skin tone, a slightly bulbous nose, a lazy look in his eyes and white hair in a shaggy hair style. He also appears to be quite tall in stature. Darui has so far only been seen in a high collared sleeveless uniform and one-strap-over-one-shoulder Flak Jacket of a Kumogakure Jōnin. Darui also has the characters for Water (水) and Lightning (雷) tattooed on his right and left shoulders respectively, denoting his chakra's elemental nature affinities; Water Release and Lightning Release. The tattoo on his left arm also signifies that he has inherited the Third Raikage's technique, and it has been confirmed the tattoo on his right means the same thing, but as an inheritance from the Fourth Mizukage. The lightning tattoo also allows him to cancel any Black Lightning that touches his skin, as a safe measure should his technique ever be turned against him.[1]
As a sword-user, Darui wields a large, cleaver-like blade, which is seen carried on his back during the Kage summit, although he doesn't seem to carry it around at his home village. During his staying in Kirigakure, however, he's again seen carrying it around almost constantly.
Personality[]
Darui's demeanor is very similar to that of Kakashi Hatake's: He is portrayed as being easy-going and mellow; when compared to the Fourth Raikage's over-the-top exit through a window, (destroying the surrounding wall along with it), he tells C that he'll just use the door. Whilst having a more laid-back demeanor compared to his leader, Darui isn't lazy, leaping to the Raikage's defense when the bodyguards of the other Kage overreact to the Raikage's reactions. He also has a habit of referring to things or events as being "dull" (だるい, darui) a play on his name.
In battle, Darui can maintain his cool even in the face of overwhelming power, shown by his calmness during the Fourth Great Shinobi War, even when pitted against a force of thousands of Zetsu clones and lots of infamously strong shinobi resurrected by the Summoning: Impure World Resurrection technique, among them famous Konoha ninja, Akatsuki and the illustrious Gold and Silver Brothers. Darui is also very apologetic, even apologizing for other people's actions, a trait he'd never noticed himself; this attribute led him to say "sorry" (すみません, sumimasen) just as much as "dull". He is also very loyal to the Raikage who considers Darui his 'second right hand'.[2] He adresses the Raikage with "boss" rather than "Raikage-sama", further implying a close bond between the two.
History[]
Five Kage Summit Arc
He and C were chosen to escort the Fourth Raikage to the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron. When the Raikage jumped through a window, he tells C that he'd rather use the door. During the Kage meeting, he quickly jumped to protect the Raikage after he smashed the table, because the bodyguards of the other Kage entered into defensive position. After the other bodyguards returned to their respective place, Darui and C did the same.
When White Zetsu appears during the Five Kage Summit, Darui, along with C, guards the Raikage and follow him to the meeting with Sasuke Uchiha. Suigetsu charged at C only to be stopped by Darui and they started battling. Darui and Suigetsu continue their sword fight while the Raikage deals with Jūgo and Sasuke. Darui then incapacitates Suigetsu by stabbing a blade into his chest and instilling it with Lighting Release. He then goes to assist C who had been knocked unconscious by Sasuke's genjutsu. He watched as the Raikage seemingly sacrificed his arm and prepares to deal a final blow to Sasuke.
Sasuke counters, and both are saved from further injury by the Fifth Kazekage. As the Raikage is being healed by C, Darui decides to help Gaara, Temari and Kankurō in defeating Sasuke. As they all attack together, Sasuke once again counters with a new form of Susanoo. After Sasuke uses Susanoo to collapse the ceiling onto his enemies, Darui is protected by a sand shield conjured by Gaara. Afterward, he follows the Raikage to chase down Sasuke.
Upon returning to the meeting hall, Darui finds that Madara Uchiha has rescued Sasuke and Karin and teleported them out of danger. Madara then proceeds to tell them about his Eye of the Moon Plan to rule the world by unlocking the Ten-Tailed Beast and casting an Infinite Tsukuyomi. When Madara asks them to hand over the Eight-Tailed Giant Ox and Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, and notes that Killer Bee has escaped, Darui notes that it was something that Killer Bee would do.
Darui, along with C and the Fourth Raikage are on route back to the Land of Lightning to make arrangements to the Shinobi Alliance. Later, a timely-thrown lightning-empowered Shuriken from Darui saves a weakened Killer Bee from Kisame Hoshigaki's attempt to slice off Killer Bee's legs. The Raikage's entourage were drawn to the area by the sight of Kisame's massive deluge from a mile away, as well as C sensing all of the heightened activity from the Eight-Tailed Giant Ox's chakra. Darui comments upon how foolish and careless it was of Kisame to have absorbed the chakra of both Killer Bee and the Eight-Tail's and then use it all so recklessly out in the open.
After Killer Bee and the Raikage decapitate "Kisame" with their collaborative Double Lariat technique, Darui, along with C, watch from the sidelines as the newly-reunited brothers start to bicker over Killer Bee's running away from Kumogakure.
When they returned to Kumogakure, Darui wanted to take a breather despite the Fourth Raikage's Assistant asking for a quick briefing of the situation. C contrasted Darui's desire to rest by indicating that things are getting more important than when Bee went missing. Darui was later present at the war meeting in Kumogakure.
Shinobi World War Arc
After the shinobi army is split up into several divisions, Darui was made the commander of the First Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces. After Gaara's speech, the entire Shinobi army was deployed. Darui and his division eventually split up from the main force on the Kazekage's orders. They head to the west coast of the Land of Lightning, to defend against an assault from the sea.
His division then came in contact with a sea invasion of the White Zetsu Army, which had Kakuzu, Hizashi Hyūga, Dan, and Asuma Sarutobi in its ranks. He lead the opening attack while the Zetsu were still in the water, launching his Lightning Release: Black Panther into their ranks, immobilizing and killing several. While the battle raged, Kinkaku and Ginkaku confront him. They recognize him as the one who inherited the Third Raikage's lightning techniques. Darui apologizes to them as they had been shamed by being revived but tells them that he will have to shame them more, boasting that their gold and silver plating might start to flake off when they are hit by Darui's Storm Release, even though the whole situation is tiresome.[3]
Darui is joined in battle by Samui, and her brother Atsui. After Atsui takes out several white Zetsu, they attack the Gold and Silver Brothers. During the battle, Samui and Atsui have their souls cursed and taken hostage. Kinkaku tricks Atsui into saying the word uses most, and is sealed away by Ginkaku. Ginkaku then takes Samui hostage, in order to force Darui to surrender. As Kinkaku attacks, Darui severs his left arm and uses his Storm Release: Laser Circus technique to attack Kinkaku and Ginkaku and free Samui simultaneously. Kinkaku kicks his arm with the Kōkinjō wrapped around it into Darui side, drawing out his soul while Ginkaku absorbs Samui into the gourd which shocked Darui, as she hadn't even uttered a word. After regenerating his arm, Kinkaku curses Darui's soul with Shichiseiken. Darui then thinks about the word that would cause him to be sealed away if said. Darui then is tricked into saying the word dull, but while he is getting sucked into the gourd he says sorry three times, and therefore changing his most used word from dull to sorry and escapes. Then he forced Ginkaku to touch the Kōkinjō. While doing this he stole the Shichiseiken and the Benihisago. As a distraction he throws his sword at Kinkaku who block the attack, Darui then uses his Storm Release: Laser Circus once again to attack Kinkaku. He then uses the opportunity to curse Ginkaku's soul with the Shichiseiken and then record it with the Benihisago. Ginkaku then says his most used word which is "Kinkaku" and gets sealed inside the gourd. Darui then promises to find a way to free Samui and Atsui. After taking care of Ginkaku, he feels the massive chakra drain from the Treasured Tools, however, he quickly recovers. Darui is then shocked when Kinkaku turns in his six-tailed form.
After seeing this transformation Darui apologizes for sealing Ginkaku to which Kinkaku retorts that it's too late for that. Darui then wonders how to seal Kinkaku as he had the Kōkinjō around his arm which he couldn't get to because of the chakra shroud. Darui is then informed that headquarters would be sending the Kohaku no Jōhei via Mabui's Heavenly Transfer Technique. After receiving the jar backup arrives. Shikaku then contacts Darui through Inoichi's telepathy about the plan to use Formation Ino-Shika-Chō to seal Kinkaku into the Kohaku no Johei. Darui then instructs the other shinobi to back them up and shower the enemy with kunai, During the onslaight Chōji uses his Human Bullet Tank to hit Kinkaku, but Kinkaku is able to withstand the technique and throw Chōji into the air, Shikamaru then uses his Shadow Imitation Technique to bind Kinkaku which doesn't last for long Kinkaku then attacks Shikamaru with his over-long tail but Ino uses her Mind Body Switch Technique to take possession of Kinkakus body. Darui then calls out to Kinkaku to which Ino forces Kinkaku to respond effectively activating the Kohaku no Jōhei, Ino then leaves Kinkaku's body before he is sealed into the jar. As Kinkaku is being sealed he laments how 'copper' people could defeat 'gold' and 'silver', Darui retorts that even though silver and gold may shine more than a mass of copper coins can be worth that one gold coin.
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Synopsis[]
Abilities[]
Darui has shown to be an exceptionally skilled fighter and, despite his personality, has demonstrated excellent reflexes and overall battle proficiency during his fights. The fact that he was chosen as the First Division General of the Allied Shinobi Forces further evidences how great his abilities are. Darui learned how to create Black Lightning under the tutelage of the Third Raikage, making his lightning techniques even more powerful. His abilities have earned him the praise and recognition of the Fourth Raikage himself, who appointed Darui as his personal bodyguard and considered him his right-hand man.[2]
It has been shown that, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, his chakra reserves are great enough to not die of chakra exhaustion after using three of the Treasured Tools of the Sage of the Six Paths and still have enough chakra left to continue fighting.[4] After the war, he has shown repeated use of the tools without sustaining prolonged damage, although he has expressed dissatisfaction regarding their usage in battle.
Darui is in top condition, being able to hold back the hot-headed A during one of his senseless rampages (albeit with effort). Darui is also very fast; even without the use of the Body Flicker Technique he can appear behind an opponent's back unnoticeable and dodge continuous close-range assaults.
Nijūmon[]
Despite the Nijūmon technique being a common one throughout the ninja world, Darui has shown a mastery of the particular skill like no-other. Portrayed during his fight with Bakuto was capable of firing a water jet and a Storm Release technique at the same time from different hands, whilst at the same time combining the two with his already-put-up Water Release: Water Encampment Wall, which had been charged with another Storm Release technique that had been turned against him. This thoughtful combination was capable of driving a warrior as powerful as the Land of Sound's new leader into a vulnerable position.[1]
Kenjutsu[]
When the Fourth Raikage smashed the table and the bodyguards moved to protect their respective Kage, Darui showed a long and fairly broad sword that is peculiar from others swords as it folds in two to be sheathed and unfolds when in use. He has shown exceptional skills in kenjutsu, as he was able to clash with Suigetsu Hōzuki's Kubikiribōchō and easily overwhelm and pin him in conjunction with his chakra flow. He was also skilled enough to literally disarm Kinkaku during their brief clash,[5] and knock Ginkaku into Kinkaku's Kōkinjō while quickly seizing the Shichiseiken and Benihisago.[6]
Darui has shown high adept use of Kumogakure's Cloud-Style kenjutsu[1]. even when faced with a more adept and experienced swordsman, like Bakuto Harī, Darui cleverly uses his opponent's own battle styles against them, such as when he exploited the limited range of his own cleaver against the combined hindrance of Bakuto's twin swords at close range, during their respective battle.[1]
Nature Transformation[]
Darui has also shown to be proficient with Water Release and Lightning Release techniques, being able to use them both simultaneously. His proficiency is seen in the fact that he can overpower A-ranked jutsu of other shinobi with a mere C-rank of his own. Darui is shown using a kekkei genkai known as Storm Release, which combines both lightning and water chakra to create beams of light that can be guided like missiles and cause powerful explosions, along with many other variations centering around beams and blasts of light.
Like Killer Bee, Darui is also proficient with the use of "Chakra Flow" with ballistic weapons; he has been seen using a lightning-empowered shuriken to slice through a metal blade in-order to save Killer Bee from Kisame Hoshigaki's attempt to cut off Killer Bee's legs.
The two tattoos Darui bears on both of his shoulders stand for the two extraordinary applications he can use for his basic nature types. In the case of his Lightning Release, this is called "Black Lightning", a special form of lightning passed down to him by the Third Raikage, which he even improved during and after the Fourth Shinobi World War. With the power of the "Black Lightning", he could use the Lightning Release: Black Panther to immobilize and/or kill several enemies. According to one of his comrades, he is the only person to have inherited the Third Raikage's Black Lightning.
It is said Darui holds another special elemental form, most likely related to water due his tattoo, although this statement hadn't been elaborated upon. This special form of water is probably inherited from the Fourth Mizukage.
Treasured Tools[]
Although commonly not guarding them at the shrine and not utilizing them in battle, Darui is famed nowadays as "the only person capable of wielding the treasured tools", and has used them to great avail on some noteworthy occasions. Although he expressed difficulty wielding only two of them during his original fight with the Gold and Silver Brothers, he can currently use all five tools for prolonged durations. The Raikage has commented that Darui has conquered the "soul" of the tools, meaning only he can currently wield them.
It's not known how Darui can achieve wielding the tools without dying due chakra depletion, nor how he recovered all five tools after the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Quotes[]
- (To Kinkaku and Ginkaku) "It kills me to do this to such a great men. Some of that Silver and Gold plating may start to flake off a little when my Storm Release hits you! Even it's a little slow!"
- (To Ginkaku) "I'm the Boss's right arm, and I'll never be just a tool!"
- "It's true that words can be used to lie and deceive. But when it really counts, they're also the only way to tell the truth about how you feel right here."
- (To Kinkaku, upon defeating him.) "Silver and gold may shine more brightly than copper, and are more valuable because of it. But if you gather enough copper together, it's worth just as much as that one gold coin. You acted like you were solid gold, but I guess it was all a front... that's why we won! Sorry we had to strip off that gold plating."
Trivia[]
- Darui is Japanese for "sluggish," "dull," referring to his lazy, languid way of speaking.
- A running gag with Darui is that every time A destroys a wall when leaving a room, Darui apologizes for A and tries to use the door while C thinks they should just use the hole in the wall too.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sounds within the Blackness
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Naruto chapter 528, page 03-04 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Naruto chapter 527, page 15
- ↑ Naruto chapter 528, page 10-13