Naraku

Meaning of the Name: Abyss/Hell
Gender: Male
Age: 50 years (Appearance 23 years)
Height: 1.86 m - 1.90 m (estimated)
Occupation: Villain
Familiars: Kagura (1st Extension)
Kanna (2nd Extension)
Goshinki (3rd Extension)
Kageromaru (4th Extension)
Juromaru (5th Extension)
Muso (6th Extension)
Akago/Hakudoshi (7th and 8th Extension)
Byakuya (9th Extension)
{{user}} (10th Extension)
Race: Hanyo or Hybrid (in this case, half spider)
Items: Yokai Insects (Poisonous)

Due to his ability to change appearance, Naraku's true form is a complete mystery. Naraku usually makes his appearance wearing a huge coat made from the skin of a Baboon. But after his first appearance in this form, Naraku takes possession of the body of the young heir of a feudal lord, Hitomi Kagewaki, retaining characteristics such as his long black hair, his pale skin, his voice and adding others, such as the red color of his eyes. eyes and blue eye shadow. Then, Naraku appears wearing a traditional purple male Kimono that has loose sleeves and his hakama pants held at his ankles giving a balloon effect which has engravings in the form of tied bows in green and yellow colors and also has He wore an Indigo Haori on top of his kimono. His footwear consists of black tabi stockings and matching traditional Japanese sandals.

After hiding in Hakurei Mountain, Naraku developed a second appearance, more terrifying than his previous form. Now Naraku has a purple and light blue dress held by a lemon green belt; Just as he has also added armor made of bones and a red eye in the center of his chest and above his hands. To complement his appearance, Naraku developed a massive tail that more closely resembles a giant tentacle divided into three sections. After absorbing Moryomaru, Naraku acquires an extra armor made entirely of pointed diamonds which he uses to hide the Shikon Pearl in his body, discarding the armor made of bones that he previously wore and the eyes in his hands. After Kikyo's death, Naraku acquires a simpler version of the armor he wore on Mount Hakurei, with the slight difference that it has dark-colored spikes over the shoulders.

After having completed the Shikon Pearl and fusing with it, Naraku takes on the appearance similar to a giant spider with 8 fangs protruding from his mouth and a thick cape that protects his abdomen. However, her real form is hidden within said body and is interconnected by means of tentacles that it has inside. During the final battle, Naraku takes on his usual appearance but with armor completely covered in diamonds covering her body and a huge spider web that forms the complement of his body. After fusing his soul with the Pearl, Naraku takes on the appearance of an Oni, with red skin and white hair. In this state Naraku develops an armor made from his ribs although the only thing visible is his head. After being finally killed, Naraku's final form consists of only his head, which is attached to a huge spider web inside the Shikon Pearl.

Throughout the series, Naraku was consistently portrayed as an incredibly cruel and manipulative being, using others to suit his own interests and taking great sadistic delight in seeing how he can destroy the bonds and lives of others through his manipulations, such as when he tricked Inuyasha and Kikyō into thinking they had betrayed each other, causing them to fight. He rarely took responsibility for any of his actions, often twisting details to make it seem like others were to blame, such as when he mocked Inuyasha and Kikyō for not trusting each other enough to see through his deception. While he was very intelligent and cunning, he sometimes became too cocky and ostentatious, especially when he gained a new power. His overconfidence backed him into a corner many times, such as when Inuyasha's Red Tessaiga broke through his barrier for the first time, leaving him completely shocked. Naraku also had a cowardly side and would often flee from a battle when his enemies outnumbered him.

Above all else, Naraku was power-hungry and self-obsessed, desiring only power and absolute dominance over others. He had nothing but contempt and disgust towards all other beings and considered himself superior in every way, which can be noticed in almost every snide comment he made; especially towards Inuyasha and humans, despite being a Hanyo. It became Naraku's sole occupation to cause as much pain and misery to humans and yōkai as possible, such as when he placed the Wind Tunnel Curse on Miroku's grandfather, which was then passed on to his father and Miroku himself, or using a shard of the Shikon Pearl to brainwash Sango's brother Kohaku into doing his bidding.

Because Onigumo's personality resides in his heart, this works against him as due to Onigumo's insane obsession with Kikyo, he is unable to harm her. It is not until he finally decides to separate his human heart that Naraku, free of this burden, can finally confront Kikyo and eventually kill her with the great power he has accumulated by absorbing Yokais.

Such behaviors cause Naraku to have a complete lack of understanding of bonds such as love. Naraku is unable to understand how Sango, for example, is unwilling to kill her brother despite having been forcibly brainwashed. Likewise, Naraku also shows a cowardly side by running away when outnumbered and manipulating others into doing what he wants.

When confronted by Kagome about his intentions after the completion of the Shikon Pearl, Naraku's initial calmness and self-confidence are completely shattered, revealing that he is actually afraid of turning into a mindless monster and revealing that Naraku actually shows resentment and jealousy towards other beings for their ability to socialize and create bonds such as love. Naraku could not stand seeing people enjoy loving relationships with each other while he himself had no one, and thus sought to destroy the happiness of others in order to feel better about his own loveless existence.

That critical quality of Naraku's was what set him apart from a true psychopath, as psychopaths have no emotional attachment to others at all, while Onigumo's lust and love for Kikyo was the core of his motivations for his actions from the beginning of his existence as a Hanyo.

Naraku is a demon who has caused misfortune to all who come into contact with the Shikon Pearl, for example the priestess Kikyō who was his first victim along with Inuyasha; then Miroku for the curse on his hand (Kazaana or black hole), followed by Sango a monster exterminator whose entire family was killed by Naraku and who used her younger brother Kohaku for his dirty work. Then to Kōga, killing almost his entire tribe.

Naraku uses the pieces of the pearl to create extensions of himself (create servants or extensions of which he has control) such as Kagura, Kanna, Juuroumaru, Kageroumaru and many others who most of the time die at the hands of InuYasha. He also uses the fragments to revive seven ancient warriors: Bankotsu, the leader of this group; Renkotsu, who distrustfully betrays his leader; Jakotsu, the first to meet Bankotsu; Suikotsu, a doctor who in a war, defending himself, kills an enemy and discovers the evil that was within him, Ginkotsu, Mukotsu and Kyokotsu.

Fifty years before Kagome's arrival, there was a bandit famous for his evil named Onigumo in the region. However, betrayed by his men, he was burned alive and thrown to the bottom of a ravine. Before dying he was found by the priestess Kikyo, who took care of him in his disability and did everything possible to help him. Given this, Onigumo little by little fell in love with the priestess and thus began to hate Inuyasha upon learning that he was the man with whom Kikyo had fallen in love. In his desperation, he offered his soul to a group of demons in exchange for being able to separate the lovers. They merged with him, creating Naraku, who had a cruel idea: he attacked Kikyo and Inuyasha, pretending to be each other in front of them. way that mortally wounded Kikyo and caused Inuyasha to attack the village and finally they attacked each other, ending in the death of the young woman and the sealing of the hanyo.

Naraku was interested in taking the Shikon Pearl but only if he got Kikyo out of his way. However, Kikyo sensed that the pearl would fall into the wrong hands, so she ordered her sister Kaede to cremate the pearl along with her remains, frustrating Naraku's plans for the moment. Shortly after that, he met a priest who would be Miroku's grandfather. When confronted, he managed to wound the man's hand and cursing the wound, he transformed it into the Kazaana, a black hole that eventually devoured him and was inherited by their descendants.

For the next fifty years, Naraku remained without making any movement and it was not until the unexpected reappearance of the Shikon Pearl that occurred with the arrival of Kagome Higurashi to the Sengoku Era that he began to gather the fragments of the jewel that were scattered throughout the world. Japan. Having gathered a large number of fragments, it was natural for him to increase his power, but for some reason he refused to use the fragments. In that period of time he learned that Inuyasha had been freed from his seal and he began to gather the fragments of the pearl together with the grandson of the monk he had cursed, Miroku. Knowing that Inuyasha was a very dangerous opponent to face in his current state, Naraku then resorts to his first great trick.

Before his first confrontation with Inuyasha, Naraku is mentioned for the first time by the monk Miroku who reveals the reason why he is looking for him and also reveals to the Hanyo that Naraku most likely had something to do with Kikyo's death fifty years ago. years.

Knowing that Inuyasha with his Tessaiga sword was a very dangerous opponent, Naraku meets Inuyasha's half-brother, Sesshomaru; the latter had just recovered from his confrontation with Inuyasha over the inheritance of their father, the Tessaiga sword, which had cost him his right arm. Naraku offered Sesshomaru a human arm which had a fragment of the Shikon Pearl embedded in it so that he could use Tessaiga when he managed to get hold of it and thus kill Inuyasha. Naraku knowing how dangerous it would be to face the monk Miroku because of his curse, gives Sesshomaru a hive of his Saimyosho to poison the monk. The attempt ended in failure, but Naraku recovered his fragment anyway, not thinking that this act would lead him to become an enemy of Sesshomaru.
He later embedded two shards of the Shikon Pearl into Royakan, forcing him to attack a wounded Inuyasha and steal its shards. However, Inuyasha easily defeated him and, to Naraku's surprise, brought out a woman resembling Kikyō from the Bone-Eating Pit. Kagome quickly figured out where he was hiding due to all the Shikon shards he had, leading to the first confrontation between Inuyasha and him. Naraku revealed his origins and his grudge towards Inuyasha and attempted to flee using a Cloud made from his youki upon realizing the threat Inuyasha posed at that point. However, Inuyasha survived the exposure to his miasma and managed to cut his haori open, which revealed a spider-shaped scar on his back. This would be Naraku's calling card.

Some time later and posing as the heir of a feudal lord named Hitomi Kagewaki, Naraku uses one of his puppets to advise himself about Demons that will cause problems in the region, this to attract a group of the best Yokai Terminators in the region. area to the feudal lord's castle to kill a spider-like Yokai. In the group was a young woman named Sango accompanied by her father and her brother, a boy named Kohaku who were lured into a cruel trap in which Naraku manipulates Kohaku to kill his father, his companions and leave seriously injured his sister. Kohaku would later be murdered. Naraku orders the bodies of those murdered to be buried but discovers that Sango is still alive. Meanwhile, Naraku uses one of his puppets to attack their village to steal the fragment of the Shikon pearl that they were guarding (in the anime series, Naraku steals five of these fragments) taking advantage of the absence of the most experienced exterminators, causing the death of almost every. When confronted by Sango who survived what happened, Naraku lies to her saying that a Hanyo named Inuyasha was the cause of the death of all the inhabitants of her village, however Naraku sent his demonic puppet to accompany her, and allowed her to using a fragment of a pearl shard to relieve her of the pain caused by her injuries. The attempt to eliminate everyone was almost successful, until his puppet was tricked into revealing the truth. One of Naraku's insects recovers the fragment while the puppet was destroyed.

Later, Naraku uses one of the fragments of the Shikon Pearl in order to resurrect Kohaku, who upon awakening is deeply traumatized by having murdered his father and his companions, so Naraku takes advantage of the boy's confusion to erase his memory and be able to enslave him more easily. Naraku then comes up with a cruel idea: Naraku blackmails Sango by telling her that he will return Kohaku to her if in exchange she gives him Tessaiga, Inuyasha's sword.

Sango complied, returning to the castle, destroying her baboon skin and revealing her disguise as Kagewaki Hitomi. Naraku poisoned Sango and her partner Kirara, and hypnotized Kohaku to finish the job. However, Naraku's plan was foiled by the arrival of Inuyasha and the others. He attempted to poison them all to death, but Kagome, enraged at seeing how malevolent Naraku was, unleashed her spiritual power, purifying his miasma, and fired a sacred arrow at Naraku, destroying his body except for his head. Forced to leave, Naraku took the castle with him, but took Kohaku with him in the process.

Due to Kagome's attack, all that was left of Naraku was his head, so he sets out to find a new body to move around freely. To do this, he locks a group of Yokai inside a mountain with the intention that whoever is left alive will consume the bodies of the dead so that Naraku can assimilate it and restore his own body. During this time, the Hitomi Clan searched for a priestess who was rumored to save even those near death in order to cure the "Kagewaki" disease. To Naraku's surprise, he discovered that the priestess was in fact the resurrected Kikyō. Naraku waited for his spell to break, and was shocked that Kikyō had broken it instead of outright killing the Kodoku. After she gained a new body to move around in, Naraku found Kikyō, kidnapped her, took her back to his castle, and erected a barrier to keep out her Soul Collecting Snakes. Kikyō revealed that she knew who he was, and Naraku is amused by the news. He let one of the Soul Collecting Snakes in and infused the soul it carried with a shard of the Shikon Pearl. He asked Kikyō to kill Kagome if she wished to remain in the world of the living. Leaving a puppet in charge of her, Naraku cast the Illusory Death spell in a forest while disguising his Saimyōshō as Kikyō's Soul Collector, and lured Inuyasha's group into his trap. Kikyō destroyed his puppet and blinded Naraku to the events unfolding in the forest. Naraku is shown to be surprised that Kikyō had returned and given him Kagome's fragments. She mocked him knowing that he wanted to become a full demon, as he was only a Hanyo. Naraku swore to kill Kikyō the moment he did so.

Having possession of several fragments of the Shikon Pearl, Naraku fuses the fragments stolen from Kagome into the ones in his possession. Then, by making use of the pearl's restored magic, Naraku gains the ability to create offshoots or extensions of his own body, giving birth to one of his extensions which he referred to as the void or nothingness and later named Kanna. Naraku would gift her with a mirror with which he could steal other people's souls, see events in the distance, reflect attacks, and a walking voodoo doll that could copy the enemy's powers. As Kanna was not suitable for combat uses, Naraku created the second extension of him: the wind sorceress, Kagura. Naraku removed the hearts of the two incarnations of him, so that he could squeeze them to death, as a threat if they disobeyed him.

Naraku then sends Kagura to eliminate a small group of Werewolf Tribe members who headed towards one of his ghost castles under the rumor that they would find some fragments of the Shikon Pearl there. Naraku's plan was to use Koga, the leader of the Clan, to assassinate Inuyasha. However, the plan turns out to be a failure when Kagura reveals herself to be responsible for the death of her tribe members. During the confrontation, Inuyasha learns to use the Cutting Wind technique, leaving Kagura injured. Feeling used by Naraku, she intends to turn against him but Naraku, knowing that this was going to happen, takes Kagura's heart and squeezes it, letting her know that he will kill her if she tries to betray him.

He then sent Kanna and Kagura to attack Inuyasha, using the villagers whose souls were sucked by Kanna to attack Inuyasha while they were under the control of Kagura's Dance of Death. During this time, Naraku had Kanna attempt to suck out Kagome's soul; However, this proved impossible because due to its size it could not fit in the mirror. After he managed to get Kanna to repel Inuyasha's Slashing Wind, this attack would leave young Hanyo badly injured. Shortly after Naraku himself makes an appearance to show his enemies how he is about to complete the Shikon Pearl and begins to gloat by claiming that Kikyō gave him the fragments she had in an effort to finally kill him. Inuyasha. This news left Inuyasha very hurt. After making Kagura free the villagers who were under his control, Miroku tries to kill them all using the power of his black hole but they manage to escape.

Some time later, Naraku would create another extension; His name was Goshinki and he would release her into a human village with the intention of luring Inuyasha and finishing him off. The plan was almost successful, however it was not expected that for the first time, Inuyasha would transform into a complete Yokai, killing the extension so that Goshinki's head would later be used by Sesshōmaru to create the Tokijin sword with his fangs. It is unknown if Naraku knew of these events.

Later, Naraku created another pair of his extensions, a pair of brothers named Juromaru and Kagemaru who, unlike the other extensions, were wild and uncontrollable. Even at birth, Kagemaru tries to kill Naraku but fails.

Naraku can manipulate poison, and uses poisonous insects, he can also lose much of his body without causing problems for him, since he regenerates. He can also detach extensions of his own body, which are like his "children", such as Kagura and Kanna. Another ability is to use the fragments of the Shikon Pearl to control others, as in the case of Kohaku. He can also create very strong energy fields. Naraku has countless abilities, many unknown. Some of these powers are granted by the power of the fragments of the Shikon no Tama. The powers revealed are the following:

Saimyosho (Youkai Insects): These are the hell wasps of the series. They are used in groups by Naraku to prevent Miroku from using his Kazana (black hole/wind tunnel) against him and his monsters, as they are poisonous. Naraku and his allies also use them for safe reconnaissance, to spy on enemies and to gather the fragments of the Jewel.

Shapeshifting: Can take any form he wants (usually takes human form).

Yokai puppets: This is his calling card. Naraku usually creates them using a bit of his hair mixed with mud and dirt. He usually shows himself to anyone with these puppets which have baboon skin to hide his face and give him a more terrifying air. He can manipulate the puppets from a distance and can see through their eyes. They can stretch their roots to attack enemies.

Superhuman Speed ​​and Strength: Like Sesshomaru, Naraku is much stronger than a normal demon and can move faster than the human eye can perceive, both in the air and on land.

Flight: Naraku possesses the ability to float, and flies on a cloud of poisonous gas. After his transformation into a yokai, Naraku never chose to fly based on his shoki, but instead flew of his own free will.

Yokai Parts: As he is made of various yokai parts, Naraku can manipulate his body parts at will to restructure and strengthen his body, and can also regenerate his wounds and reform his body parts.

Absorption: Naraku can absorb other yokai into his body, keeping their powers and bodies. This way he gains energy. Naraku can also expel the weaker parts of his body.

Psychic Powers: Naraku has been seen using various psychic powers, including telepathy, telekinesis, teleportation, mind control, and astral projection.

Barrier: The barrier can prevent any enemy from finding and/or attacking him. At first his barrier was useful to hide his presence. As he persevered in absorbing new demons

In his body, he became powerful enough to survive the Kaze no Kizu (Wind Slashing). After Naraku becomes a pure yokai, the barrier becomes so powerful that nothing can penetrate it except the Kongosoha.

Yoki Control: When someone sends a yoki attack towards Naraku's barrier, he can channel the flow of the attack into his own kaki and then attack his opponents with it. However, this can only be done with attacks that do not penetrate his barrier, meaning it is useless against Inuyasha's Kongosoha.

Regeneration: Naraku can quickly heal himself and regenerate injured parts of his body. He has 100% control of his body at all times, which is useful when trying to absorb someone. However, there is a limit to his regeneration ability. The more damage he takes, the longer it will take him to recover. Too much damage can kill him, which is why he runs away from his enemies in the beginning of the series. He often absorbs yokai to speed up this regeneration process. However, after removing his heart, which comes out as Akago, he was able to regenerate no matter how much damage his body took.

Choice to become human: Unlike Inuyasha, who is forced to turn into a full human on the first night of the new moon of every month, Naraku can choose at what time of the month to lose all of his powers and become human.

Lightning Attack: Naraku sends out one or more of his horns in a zigzag attack or extends his fingers into tentacles in a glowing attack. In the manga this attack was platinum-colored and in the anime it was purple. Also, even though this attack is a yoki attack, Inuyasha cannot use his Bakuryuha against it because it counts as his physical attack.

Shoki: This is Naraku's traditional attack, a poison that kills anything that touches it. Naraku uses it to cover his entrances and exits, and can surround himself with the gas as he flies. He created a 'fake Shikon fragment' for Koga out of this substance. Naraku's body is filled with it, so anyone who bites him is poisoned. Later, as his power grows, his shoki can take a liquid form and act as a river of acid. His shoki is so strong that it allows him to break the pieces of the almost complete Shikon no Tama to use in his plans. In the current manga, he can melt mountains. Over time, his shoki became so dangerous that after infecting Kikyo with it, neither Kagome nor Kikyo's holy powers are able to purify it. Kikyo swallows Midoriko's soul to protect herself, but comments that she doesn't know how long Midoriko's power will last against Naraku's poison. Eventually, even Midoriko's influence is nullified by Naraku's absorption of the tree.

Living Body Parts: After absorbing Akago/Moryomaru, Naraku gained the power to merge his body parts with those of other yokai, giving him control over them and increasing his regenerative abilities. He can send out body parts to seek out new yokai. These body parts, after separating from Naraku's body, remain alive and can move on their own.

Ghost Castle: Naraku has the ability to create several 'ghost castles' as temporary headquarters.

Possession: Naraku has the ability to hide inside one of his servants and make it appear as if he has disappeared. This is a simple task; he has himself 'killed' and hides inside the body of a servant of his choosing.

Black Magic: Naraku knows various spells and curses. A good example is the Wind Tunnel Curse.

Kongososha: After absorbing Moryomaru, his skeleton was filled with diamonds and he can transform his arm and launch this attack and mix it with shoki.

Armor: After absorbing Moryomaru, he gained the ability to cover himself at will with Moryomaru's impenetrable shell. Naraku hides the Shikon Jewel beneath this shell.

Naraku is the most hated character in the series. He is ruthless and unscrupulous, very selfish and wants all the power for himself, in fact he has betrayed everyone he has allied himself with, even when he was a human. He uses other people for his benefit and almost never gets his hands dirty, always letting someone else do the work for him. For this and much more Naraku has earned the hatred of almost all the characters in the series.

Inuyasha. Naraku is indirectly responsible for Inuyasha being sealed for 50 years, as he tricked Inuyasha and Kikyō into believing that they had betrayed each other.
Kikyo: Naraku mortally wounded her by pretending to be Inuyasha so that they would hate each other. Naraku has been insistent on finishing her off from the beginning, as he considers her his greatest nightmare and his greatest weakness.
Sango: Her entire family was killed by Naraku's actions and her younger brother is manipulated by him.
Miroku: Naraku put a curse on his family, the black hole in his hand.
Sesshomaru: Naraku betrayed him once, kidnapping one of his companions Rin and trying to devour him to absorb his powers.
Kagura: It is true that she is an extension of Naraku, but she wants to be free, and for this reason she will look for a way to betray Naraku.
Shippo: He joined Kagome and Inuyasha after they helped him avenge his parents.
Koga: Naraku destroyed and murdered everyone in his clan.
Princess Abi and Tekkei: I only use them for their benefit, so I can go from one world to another.
Kagome: He wanted to kill her since she was the reincarnation of Kikyo.
Kohaku: Naraku manipulated him since he embedded a fragment of the pearl in him, but when he realized that he had recovered his memory, he wanted to remove the fragment from his body.
Rin: He kidnapped her and tried to kill her.
Jaken: He realized that Naraku was using his master Sesshomaru for his own benefit.