Suigetsu Hōzuki (鬼灯水月, Hōzuki Suigetsu) is a member of Kirigakure's Hōzuki clan and was the first member to join Sasuke Uchiha's group Taka (formerly Hebi).
Suigetsu was born in Kirigakure and was reputed to be the "Second Coming of the Demon" (鬼人の再来, Kijin no Sairai). Suigetsu, together with his brother, Mangetsu, aspired to inherit the title of Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
This acted as their motivation to finish cruel missions day by day.
While Mangetsu eventually became one of the seven, Suigetsu's motivation
was shattered with the premature death of his brother, and Suigetsu
changed his ambition to "collecting all of the swords", in order to
retrieve all seven original blades that has been passed down by the
swordsmen, so that he could rebuild the group and become its leader.[2] With the humiliation of being captured and experimented on by Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi,
his ambition was put on hold. Through these experiments, Kabuto at
least, was able to replicate Suigetsu's unique hiden ability to liquefy
himself at will.[3] At some point in the past, he had to fight with Jūgo.[4]
Suigetsu appears to be indifferent, caring only for a few things
around him. He spends a considerable amount of time mocking and/or being
beaten up by Karin.
Despite showing initial dislike towards his team-mates, Suigetsu has
grown fond of them, and was willing to risk his own life to protect them
against the Eight-Tails.
Kisame Hoshigaki
claims that Suigetsu is a prodigy at the art of murder, as he has a
habit of chopping off his victim's limbs before beheading them.
Suigetsu, despite addressing him with the honorific term "senpai", wants
to defeat him and take his sword, noting to Sasuke that he will one day
serve him as "shark fin soup" (a reference to Kisame's shark-like
appearance) after Sasuke suggested that he was not yet strong enough to
defeat Kisame, showing it to be a sign of sarcasm rather than respect
for Kisame.
Suigetsu expressing his passion for cutting things.
Befitting his status as a prodigy at the art of murder, it appears
that Suigetsu has a certain love for killing, but he refrains from doing
so at Sasuke's
request. However, there are several occasions where he has killed
people when he believed Sasuke wouldn't notice. Suigetsu has been shown
to have thoughts such as "just this once" and "he'll forgive me".
However, he was noticeably upset that Sasuke killed several samurai during the attack on the Kage Summit, pointing out how many times Sasuke had told him not to kill anyone. He was described to have a belligerent personality.[1]
Suigetsu has a passion for collecting exotic swords: he made it his goal to collect all the swords from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. He took Zabuza Momochi's Kubikiribōchō and joined Hebi only to take Kisame Hoshigaki's Samehada.
He even went into great detail to explain about the seven swords to
Jūgo, with a passionate tone to his storytelling. However, his passion
doesn't seem to be entirely limited to the seven blades, as he also
expressed interest in Darui's sword.
His ultimate goal however, is to collect the seven blades, so he can
reform the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and become their leader.
Along with this passion for collecting swords, Suigetsu takes great joy
in foiling Karin's plans to be alone with Sasuke and has stated that it's his second favourite thing to do.[5]
By his own admission, Suigetsu has an impulse to bisect things, be it a
people or relationships, as he does with Sasuke and Karin.[6]
Suigetsu apparently likes animals somewhat seen from his attempt
to play with the talking ninja cats from the abandoned Uchiha warehouse
at one point. He also lectured Sasuke on treating animals better after
Sasuke used Manda to escape Deidara's ultimate self-explosion technique, which resulted in Manda's death.
Suigetsu is a lean-built young man of average height, straight white
hair with a light-blue tint to it, purple eyes and like all members of
the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist
pointed teeth — one of which sticks out even with his mouth closed. He
wears a purple, sleeveless shirt with grey pants, sandals and a belt
around his waist with water bottles attached to it. He also wears
another belt strapped to his chest which he uses to carry the Kubikiribōchō.
Due to his special body, Suigetsu is able to alter his body size at
will, usually to aid in his techniques and when rendered unconscious, he
is reduced to a jelly-like state. Whenever he is seen recovering from
these unconscious states he is placed in a large tank of water and
resembles a fish-like being.[7]
Suigetsu is arguably quite powerful, or at least very confident in his abilities, since he has threatened Sasuke on more than one occasion and was capable of stopping Jūgo's
rampage with little difficulty. Kisame has noted him to be a child
prodigy in the art of murder, and that he is practically the
reincarnation of Zabuza. Sasuke has noted, however, that he isn't strong
enough to beat Kisame yet.
Hōzuki Clan Techniques and Nature Transformation Edit
Suigetsu united with water.
As a member of the Hōzuki clan, Suigetsu is well versed in the clan's
secret techniques. Suigetsu is able to transform his body into a liquid form,
and to return to his solid bodily form at will. This ability also
allows him to change his body shape, giving him the ability to increase the size of his limbs,
thus proportionally increasing his strength if necessary. It also makes
striking him somewhat difficult; since he is made of liquid, any
regular strike will go right through his watery form. When struck, part
of the water he turns into can also split from his body, and be used to
attack others, for example, making a water blob
around one's head to drown them. As his body is water, he is also
capable of merging with already existing water to increase his attack
range, as seen when he fought against Killer B, and to use Water Release techniques. Also, when he passes out he goes into a jelly-like state, as seen in the battle against Killer B.
Suigetsu is also seen carrying water bottles with him due to his
frequent need to consume water. Also due to his water-like body, he
exhibits weakness against lightning-based techniques, as exhibited in his defence of Sasuke against Killer B's chakra-charged strike against Sasuke.
Suigetsu with Zabuza's Kubikiribōchō.
From his training days with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Suigetsu is quite adept at wielding Zabuza Momochi's Kubikiribōchō.
However, he lacks the high degree of physical strength Zabuza had, as
carrying the sword around for long distances seems to tire him out, and
makes it necessary for him to drink more water. However, he partially
makes up for this with his Hydrification Technique, which allows him to expand the muscles
in his arms to help him wield such a heavy weapon with more ease. In
addition to his own abilities, Suigetsu also has a good perception for
swordsmanship skills, as he saw Killer B was a skilled swordsman almost instantly after the fight began. Suigetsu also seems very fast witnessed when he got away from A's assault against Jūgo and almost got C from behind unexpectedly until Darui
stopped Suigetsu from landing his assault and he was fast enough to
intercept Killer B's attack on Sasuke. He is also skilled as he was able
to clash toe-to-toe with an powerful opponent like Darui even with the
Kubikiribōchō broken in half.
In an anime-only fight, Suigetsu was also shown fighting hundreds
of foes unarmed, showing that he can fight well even without the sword.[8]
Suigetsu threatens Sasuke after being freed.
Immediately after Sasuke
defeated Orochimaru, he went into one of Orochimaru's many
experimentation labs and freed Suigetsu, who was sealed inside a holding
tube. After threatening Sasuke, holding his hand in a style reminiscent
of the one used to perform his clan's Water Gun Technique,
and pointing out that he owed nothing to Sasuke for dealing with
Orochimaru, Suigetsu agreed to join him. Once they left, Suigetsu had
Sasuke take him to the Land of Waves to retrieve Zabuza's Kubikiribōchō from his grave.
In the anime, the story of Suigetsu obtaining Zabuza's sword was
expanded and lengthened out slightly for this episode in order to
facilitate an earlier display of his abilities. The sword in question
was taken from Zabuza's grave by a politician and crime boss named Tenzen Daikoku, who wanted to take the sword as a trophy, and for "revenge" after losing many men during Zabuza's attempted coup years before.
They then went to the base where Karin resided, where Suigetsu
was instructed to free all the prisoners. Before releasing them,
however, Suigetsu told them to spread the word that Sasuke killed
Orochimaru, and would bring peace to the world. As Sasuke hadn't ordered
him to say these things, his motives appear to be unclear.
Suigetsu and Jūgo caught with Sasuke's snakes.
Once Karin was persuaded to join, they headed to meet with Jūgo.
They had to fight their way through an army of people branded with the
Cursed Seals to reach him, and, under Sasuke's orders, were told not to
kill any of them whilst subduing them. When they found Jūgo, who
promptly attacked them, Suigetsu attempted to kill him. However, Sasuke
intervened, and threatened to kill both of them if they didn't stop
fighting. Jūgo eventually calmed down, and, with some persuasion on
Sasuke's part, was recruited. Afterwards, Sasuke told them their mission
and their new team's name; they would be known as "Hebi", and their mission was to find Itachi Uchiha.
Suigetsu interrogating Ginji.
Soon afterwards the team split up, searching for information about Itachi's whereabouts. This led Suigetsu to a bank where Akatsuki member Kakuzu's banker Ginji was. Recognising him as such, Suigetsu threatened him to talk.[9] Seeing Deidara's
large suicide bomb's explosion, Suigetsu was drawn to the site of
Sasuke's battle with Deidara, where he had used a special seal to summon
Manda
and had used the snake to escape the explosion. It had, however, been a
little too late, and Manda died, making Suigetsu tell Sasuke that he
should treat animals a little better.
Suigetsu clashing with Kisame.
After they had rested and continued on their way, Sasuke found Itachi
in an Akatsuki hideout. The clone of Itachi then guided Sasuke to an
Uchiha hideout. On their way there, the group encountered Kisame Hoshigaki,
who told them Sasuke must go alone. Leaving Hebi behind, Suigetsu
challenged Kisame to a battle, who gladly accepted, while Sasuke finally
made Itachi's death a reality. It was later revealed that Zetsu interfered in the fight, leaving both Suigetsu and Kisame alive.
Taka confronts Killer B.
Hebi, now renamed "Taka", began working with Akatsuki. They went to Kumogakure and confronted Killer B, the jinchūriki of the Eight-Tails.
Suigetsu attacked him first, but was quickly disarmed. Both Jūgo and
Sasuke's individual attempts at subduing Killer B failed as well, and
Sasuke would have suffered fatal injuries had Suigetsu not intervened to
spare him a finishing blow from the jinchūriki. However, Killer B's
electric attack overwhelmed Suigetsu, cleaving a substantial tear in his
sword, and it would have severed in half had Sasuke not nullified the
attack in time.
After Karin healed Sasuke, Suigetsu, together with Jūgo and
Sasuke, engaged Killer B once more to no avail. At one point, Suigetsu
succeeded in immobilising Killer B providing an opportunity for Sasuke
to use a lightning attack. Unfortunately, to keep Killer B held,
Suigetsu voluntarily received Sasuke's lightning technique as well,
sustaining considerable damage.
Suigetsu fighting Killer B in his Eight-Tails form.
After severely wounding Sasuke, Killer B invokes his tailed beast form in order to deal with the rest of the group. Suigetsu, thrown into the water earlier, emerged, using the body of water,
to save his team-mates from what would been a devastating blow. Keeping
the Eight-Tails at bay momentarily, Suigetsu valiantly told his
weakened team members to escape, though somewhat amused that he was
risking his life for them. When Killer B tried to use a Tailed Beast Ball on the team, Suigetsu used himself as a shield, keeping his team-mates safe.
Although Suigetsu was left unconscious, he managed to gain the
time Jūgo needed to revive Sasuke. By unleashing Amaterasu on the
Eight-Tails, Sasuke was able to turn the tide, at last successfully
capturing the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki. After the battle was over, Jūgo
carried Suigetsu away.[10]
While Taka recuperated, Suigetsu recovered in a tank of water. He
yelled at Karin for leaving his sword behind, but was later seen to have
recovered it.
Suigetsu clashing with Darui.
Once healed, Taka set out for Konoha.
Along the way they were intercepted by Tobi, who informed them of
Konoha's destruction and their failure to capture the Eight-Tails. He
convinced Sasuke to go to the Kage summit to kill Danzō, so Zetsu led them to the Land of Iron. Upon their arrival Suigetsu scouted the area, in order to find a way to the summit, but he found that there were too many samurai
patrolling the area. Jūgo found them an alternate route, where they
were attacked by the samurai, having been exposed by Zetsu. As Sasuke
killed their attackers, Suigetsu pointed out that he (Sasuke) was doing
the very thing he forbid him to do. The Fourth Raikage
soon arrived to fight Sasuke and Suigetsu tried to help, but the
Raikage breaks his Kubikiribōchō in half. He used what remained of his
blade to fight Darui,
and was able to hold his own, until Darui infused his own blade with
electricity, allowing him to overpower Suigetsu and pin him to a wall.
When Sasuke destroyed the room they were in, Suigetsu was freed. He
retrieved his sword and regrouped with Jūgo.
They contemplated following Sasuke and the Raikage, but decided that it
would be too dangerous. Instead, they dressed up as samurai to gather
information while avoiding drawing attention to themselves, at
Suigetsu's suggestion. They were quickly detected, and Jūgo stated that
it wasn't the best plan.
Suigetsu and Jūgo escape.
As the war was being waged, Suigetsu and Jūgo escape their cell in the Land of Iron, having taken care of the guards, and stating that security had got looser. Suigetsu said he wanted to go looking for his Kubikiribōchō,
to which Jūgo agrees to help. He then states that Jūgo is nicer than
Karin, and then they decide to look for her as well. During their search
for the sword, Jūgo asks why Suigetsu, being a person who gets bored
easily, is so particularly obsessed with those swords. Suigetsu then
reveals his dream of reforming the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and becoming their leader.[11]
Suigetsu and Jūgo escape from the samurai compound. They walk
through a forest and discuss their plans. Suigetsu tells Jūgo that even
if they reunited with Sasuke and Karin, it wouldn't be a grand reunion
of sorts as Karin wanted Sasuke to herself in order to seduce him. As
they continue onwards, Suigetsu tells Jūgo that they'd continue to get
in Karin's way which was his second favourite thing to do after
collecting swords. They proceed to head towards one of Orochimaru's
hideouts. On the way there, they learn about the war. After arriving,
Jūgo and Suigetsu have a brief conversation before Jūgo loses control
and attacks Suigetsu, who is unharmed. Breaking into a wall,
Orochimaru's secret room is discovered and within it, Suigetsu finds a
scroll — the contents of which shock him somewhat. He takes the scroll
stating that it could be beneficial to Sasuke and to possibly gain
control of the war.
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