Konan (小南, Konan) was a kunoichi from Amegakure and was the only female in Akatsuki. She was the partner of Nagato, being the only member to call him by his name. She later became the leader of Amegakure after defecting from Akatsuki.
When she was young, Konan's family was killed during the Second Shinobi World War, and she was left to fend for herself.[2] Some time later, Yahiko found her, and the two worked together to survive. Not long after that, Konan went for a walk and found a young, dying Nagato and his dog, Chibi.
She rescued him and brought him back to their hideout. Gradually the
three became best friends. They eventually encountered the Sannin,
who gave them some food. Konan impressed them by making an elaborate
flower out of the paper wrappers left behind as a sign of gratitude.
When Orochimaru suggested to kill them so they would not have to suffer
the horrors of war, Jiraiya instead opted to stay and teach the three how to look after themselves.
The Ame Orphans.
After Jiraiya taught them ninjutsu
and was confident they could take care of themselves, he left them on
their own. Before leaving Jiraiya tells Konan that she will be very
beautiful when she grows up and to come and see him when she turns
eighteen.[3] During their time with Jiraiya, he made a defence system
(seeing as that the hideout they all shared at the time was vulnerable
to being targeted for enemy attacks) composed of four planks, each with
one red side and one white (the white side also had a frog picture on
it), attached to a part of a wall of the hideout they shared at the time
with a string and a nail, each one above one of their names, which he
called "Hop-In" planks. Nagato's, Yahiko's and Konan's were one wall and
Jiraiya's was on a wall opposite. The purpose of the planks were that
when they were in the hideout, they turn their planks to the red side
and they leave, they flip their plank to the white side, so when a
plank's on the red side and the person's not in the hideout, it means
they could have been captured by the enemy and when a plank's on the
white side and it appears that the person's in the hideout, it could
mean that an enemy has transformed into said person and has infiltrated
the hideout, along with a trapdoor hidden among the floorboards leading
to an hidden room and emergency escape route he left just in case.[4]
Konan as part of the original Akatsuki.
Over time, the three formed the Akatsuki and became renowned for
their strength and effectiveness, with news of their actions even
reaching Jiraiya. When their group became too big, they were forced to
find another hideout, and leave their current one where they once lived
with Jiraiya. When they were about to leave and flip over their "Hop-In"
planks, a ninja squad attacked the hideout creating an explosion which
resulted in a hole in the roof which they used to infiltrate the
hideout. Yahiko (after Konan flipped her plank and just before he was
about to flip his), noticed the attack in time and used the escape route
just before ninja entered the hideout. It is also implied that over
time Konan began to develop romantic feelings for Yahiko.[5] Hanzō, the then leader of Ame, feared that Akatsuki would overthrow him. As such, he and Konohagakure's Danzō Shimura
deceived the group into meeting with them about an allegiance for
peace. When Nagato and Yahiko went to meet with them, they kidnapped
Konan and ordered Nagato to kill Yahiko in exchange for her life. Konan
cried out for them to flee without her, but they refused to leave her
behind. Although Nagato was paralysed in shock by the order, Yahiko
stabbed himself with the kunai in Nagato's hand. Nagato saved Konan
afterwards, who would thereafter accompany him wherever he went.
Konan's first shown origami piece.
Konan was stoic, calm, and level-headed (much like her partner,
Nagato, was). As a child, she was bright, compassionate, and relatively
cheerful, in comparison to Yahiko's tough attitude and Nagato's
sensitivity. However, the traumatic events since then have led her to
become a very serious person, and she never spoke during Akatsuki
meetings. Nevertheless, she has always placed the safety of her
team-mates above her own. Konan also showed romantic feelings towards
Yahiko, caring for him and wanting to be as close to him as possible.[6]
She did seem to be more empathic than most other Akatsuki
members, as she appeared sad whenever she was reminded of her past. She
also expressed a great deal of loyalty and courtesy to Pain, doing his
bidding without question, looking out for his well-being and always
having complete faith in his abilities. She seemed to act as an
intermediary between Pain and Ame, the villagers having given her the
title "God's Angel", because with her paper wings activated, she
resembles one.
She had the ability to read Pain's emotions without him facially
expressing them, presumably as a result of having known him for so long.
As soon as Tobi ordered Pain to capture the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, she could tell right away that there was something about the order that very much upset her emotionally deadened partner.
After Nagato's sacrifice, Konan becomes fiercely adamant to protect Naruto Uzumaki,
the person Nagato entrusted his mission of world peace to, even going
as far as to proclaim all of Ame's loyalty to him. She was equally
fierce in defending Nagato's remains from Tobi going as far as to
prepare herself for suicidal attacks against him if it meant protecting
Nagato and Naruto from him.
The Ame Orphans as young adults.
Konan had blue hair, grey eyes (amber in the anime), ultramarine eye shadow, and a labret piercing.
Konan's eyelashes are shown to be a diagonal line at the bottom corner
of her eyes, but in the anime, they are shown to be distinctive lines.
She has worn a large light blue paper flower in her hair since she was a
child. Her facial expression was usually neutral, though usually
protested or looked worried when Nagato performed a technique that would
debilitate him. She wore the Akatsuki cloak and her Akatsuki ring on
her right middle finger, the kanji on it meaning White (白, haku).
She also wore orange nail polish. Under her Akatsuki cloak, she donned a
scanty robe, with a large hemline on the front, which exposed her arms,
her back, the lateral part of her breast and her belly, with her navel
being surrounded by four more piercings; instead of the standard sandals
and leg-warmers, she wore a pair of tight blue pants that also
functioned as her shoes, with white high heels, inverting the
organisation's standard colour scheme.
As a child, Konan was seen wearing an array of simple clothing.
When living with Jiraiya, she was seen wearing a karate top and skirt
bottom, with a pouch she wore at the front of her outfit to carry her
paper. When Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato began to make Akatsuki, Konan wore
a black cloak with purple stockings and high heels, as well as a mid
section guard similar to that of Samui and an Ame headband, that being the only time period Konan's been seen wearing one.
Konan using her Paper Shuriken technique.
Konan was an S-rank kunoichi and her skills were held in high regard by her partner, Pain.
She also had an amazing natural talent for origami and after training
with Jiraiya, was able to form paper weapons infused with her chakra.
Tobi highly underestimated her during their battle, leading him to lose
his right arm and half of his mask in the process.[7] She also had a very keen intellect as she was able to quickly understand the process and reason behind the hop in, hop out system Jiraiya had created for them and years later would study Tobi's techniques,
accurately decipher how they worked and then did countless simulations
in order to find the perfect way to kill him. Even Tobi expressed
surprise that he was forced to rely on the forbidden Izanagi to survive her final assault at the cost of his left eye.[8]
Konan using her paper as wings.
Even as a child, Konan has shown a natural talent for origami and had
even developed it into her main ninjutsu. She has created a unique
transformation technique called Dance of the Shikigami,
which can turn her entire body and clothing into thousands of sheets of
paper, which she can control at will and form into any shape or colour.[9]
To travel long distances, she can fold them into butterflies or planes
for powered flight, and to attack, she hardens the sheets to the point
when it is as hard as steel and folds them into arrows, spears, and
shuriken. She can also restrain opponents by blanketing them in sheets,
thus restricting their movement and asphyxiating them. Befitting (and
likely inspiring) her title as Angel (天使, Tenshi), the
papers can also form large wings for further weaponry, though she is
capable of hovering without them. She could also make chakram-like weapons
to attack foes and in the anime is skilled enough to make two and
control them with great ease using them to corner her targets from
opposing ends.
Despite being made of paper, Jiraiya's Fire Release: Flame Bullet, which was empowered by oil, didn't even damage her. The power of the paper attacks could even overpower a fire
attack. Konan is susceptible to oil-based attacks that prevent her
paper from unfolding. Although she is not hampered to the same extent by
water, as shown when Pain had his summon use Water Release: Wild Bubble Wave on her to wash the oil off, as well as her use of it in her home village where it always rains. Konan can make Paper Clones that she could use to fight in her place. She could hide explosive tags in them so that they would explode, and catch an enemy off guard. Konan's ultimate technique is the Paper Person of God Technique, which can split a large lake.[10] The technique contained six hundred billion explosive tags that would explode for a full ten minutes, which forced Tobi to use Izanagi to survive since his intangibility only lasts for five minutes.[11] A tree made from Konan's paper.
Konan has been shown to be able to produce and fold enough paper to
mimic environmental surroundings, allowing her and those of her choosing
to hide in places one normally wouldn't be able to.[12]
Konan's favoured origami form are flowers; she wears one in her hair,
gives a bouquet to Naruto as a sign of peace, and covers the bodies of
Yahiko and Nagato in them.
She was present alongside the other Akatsuki members during most of
their meetings. She is a quiet and taciturn person by nature, and didn't
say a word during the meetings and sealing rituals. However, her
silhouette was shown when Pain mentioned the reason for her affiliation with Akatsuki.
Konan fighting Jiraiya.
Konan appeared when she told her partner, Nagato, that Tobi had arrived. After Tobi left, she knew that something that the latter said had upset Nagato. When Jiraiya infiltrated Amegakure,
Pain stopped the rain and had Konan scour the village in search of him
by splitting into numerous paper butterflies. After locating the
intruder, she informed Pain and then engaged him in battle until Pain
could arrive. She attacked Jiraiya with a swarm of paper and created a
paper spear, but the Sannin noticed the attack and deflected it using
his Toad Fire Technique, driving her back. Jiraiya recognised her and
complimented her on her power and beauty, commenting that she had become
"one hell of a woman".
As they fought, Jiraiya countered her paper techniques with an
oil-based attack and immobilised her with his elongated hair, but she
was saved when Pain appeared to wash the oil away. She regrouped with
him after he had killed Jiraiya.
Konan interrogating a shinobi during the invasion.
Konan later accompanied Pain during his attack on Konoha. When they
arrived, they swiftly eliminated a patrol of Konoha-nin, with Pain
giving Konan orders to spare no-one. She was shown asking the Konoha
shinobi if they knew the whereabouts of Naruto Uzumaki as they were trapped in her paper. The shinobi were saved by the Aburame clan's kikaichū.
Konan attacks the Aburame with an exploding paper clone.
In the anime, she then engaged in a short battle against Shino, his
father, and few other Aburame clan members. After Shino stated he would
not go easy on her, he sent his swarm of bugs to surround her. Konan
blew the bugs away with ease with a paper explosion, disappearing in the
process. The Aburame members looked up to find that Konan had created
dozens of Paper Clones, which then jumped down for their assault. The
kikaichū were then sent to attack the paper clones, but Konan had hidden
explosive tags within them and they exploded on contact. Through the
fire caused by the explosions, the real Konan was seen walking towards
Shino and his clan members, doused in water. Shino's father commented on
her power and quick thinking, using "her natural weakness as an
advantage" and warned Shino to be careful.
Konan was called back shortly after she started to battle them, only to discover Pain had decided to use one of his most dangerous techniques.
Concerned for his health, she begged him to stop using the technique,
to no avail. Pain clearly had his mind made up, and continued to use the
technique on a massive scale.
Konan and Nagato meet Naruto.
After consulting with Pain about the use of his technique, she was
shown departing, stating she would look after him from now on. She then
dispersed her Paper Clone and remained with Nagato for the rest of the
invasion, constantly asking that he not overexert himself. When Naruto
later found their location, she attempted to keep him from Nagato, but
Nagato told her to step aside. She did as he asked, and listened to
their conversation, but remained concerned about Nagato's condition.
When Naruto led Nagato to having a change of heart and he decided to
revive the people of Konoha, Konan realised that doing so would cost him
his life. Knowing she couldn't stop him, however, she only marvelled at
Naruto's ability to change others.
Konan presenting Naruto with paper flowers.
When all of the Konoha ninja were revived, Konan, like Nagato,
entrusted the task of finding peace to Naruto. She wrapped Nagato and
the Deva Path (Yahiko's)
dead bodies in her paper to take them with her to Amegakure. When asked
by Naruto if she would return to Akatsuki, she said that she was
through with the organisation, as Nagato and Yahiko had meant everything
to her, and now she and her village would help Naruto accomplish their
dream of bringing peace to the world. She gave him a bouquet of paper
flowers to symbolise a truce and wished that they would become "flowers
of hope that never die" for him.
Konan confronts Tobi.
Tobi infiltrates Amegakure and is immediately confronted by Konan. He
asks her where to find Nagato's corpse so that he can take his Rinnegan.
She refuses to tell him, instead informing him that she has been
waiting for him and intends to personally stop him. Before they begin
fighting, Tobi asks why she and Nagato would betray Akatsuki. Konan
replied that Naruto was the embodiment of light that gave everyone the
flower of hope.
The results of Konan and Tobi's ensuing battle.
She attacked Tobi with Paper Shuriken
but they passed right through his intangible body. She then enveloped
him in her dissipated paper form mixed with explosive tags, planning to
kill them both. Tobi saves them by warping
most of the explosion away, at the cost of his right arm and having a
part of his mask broken. Tobi applauds her determination, to which Konan
responds by vowing to destroy him, the "darkness" where flowers can do
nothing but wilt and die. Konan then divides the lake, revealing an
abyss of paper and as Tobi helplessly falls into it, she detonates the
six hundred billion explosive tags that she had placed there that would
last over a period of ten minutes, longer than the five-minute period
that Tobi can remain intangible for.
Konan professes her resolve.
When the explosions cease, Konan collapses, exhausted but believing
the battle won. At the same time, some of the paper flowers at Nagato and Yahiko's shrine fall apart. Tobi however, quickly appears behind her and stabs her with a pipe, revealing that he survived her assault with Izanagi
at the cost of his left eye. Konan frees herself and prepares to attack
again. Before she does so, the endless rain over Ame stops, surprising
Konan and Tobi. Konan proclaims that Naruto is "a support holding the
bridge that leads them to peace". Taking up the mantle of "darkness"
that crushes the light, Tobi grabs her by the throat and places her
under a genjutsu to force her to reveal Nagato's location. He adds that she will die when the illusion ends.[13] In the anime, Konan is able to attack Tobi just before he grabs her by the throat. Her attack, however, was unable to stop him.
Konan's body is left floating in the water.[14] One of her blood-soaked sheets of paper is blown to the Ame Orphans' old hideout and came to rest on her "Hop-In" card, signifying a promise that the three had made to return there one day before leaving.
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