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General
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Kumo has a rather strained relationship with many other villages, and also cases of It's Personal with the Hyūga and the Uzumaki-clans.
- Great Escape: The first chunin-exam in Kumo consists the Genin having to break out of individual prison cells.
- Solid Clouds: The Raiun Fields, where the second Chunin-exams take place.
- Teethclenched Teamwork: A lot of Konoha-nin (including Masakado and the entire Hyūga-clan) hate the fact that they have to ally themselves with Kumo.
Leadership
Ē
Ē
The Yondaime Raikage and current leader of Kumo. He first appears during the Shimo-Arc, where two ROOT-Agents make and attempt on his life. It leads, however, to him agreeing to an alliance with Konoha.- Achilles in His Tent: After the attempt on his life, he outright breaks off negotiations, and then renegs on his agreement to let the Jinjūriki train under Killer Bee on Shimagame-island, until the latter talks some sense into him.
- Assassin Outclassin': He holds of Fū and Torune long enogh for the Konoha-delegation to intervene. Danzō actually planned for him to survive, planning it as a False Flag Operation.
- Hit Me, Dammit!: To Hinata, after he gets hit with her That Little Girl Was Me.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Due to the author using the romanji spelling rather than the fully romanized spelling, his name is written as "Ē" instead of "A".
- I Did What I Had to Do: When confronted with his action in the Hyūga-affair, he remains in his position that it was right for Kumo, although he acknowledges how morally wrong it was.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: While he does believe Jiraya's word that ROOT is a Renegade Splinter Faction on its own, he still is doubtful Konoha, not due to hidden intentions, but due to perceived incompetence.
Higher-ranking Shinobi
Killer Bee
Killer Bee
The jinchūriki of the Hachibi and Ē's adoptive brother. While outwardly a goofy rapper, he is initially the strongest jinchūriki due to having full-control over his bijū.- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: He teaches the other jinchūriki like he did with Naruto in canon.
- Badass Teacher: He and Yugito sometimes teach at Shimogakure's academy.
- Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: He calms down his brother after the failed attempt on his life.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: In terms of the influence he has on his brother.
- Secret-Keeper: "Kamui" confides in him that he is actually Yagura.
- Spell My Name With An S: Similarly to his brother, he is "Killer Bee" instead of "Killer B".
Yugito Nii
Yugito Nii
The jinchūriki of the Nibi. She accompanies the Kumo-delegation to Shimo.- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul:
- While their relationship in-canon is unknown, here she trained under Killer Bee in order to master her Bijū.
- She has some Ship Tease with Han.
- Badass Teacher: Alongside Killer Bee, she sometimes teaches at the Shimo Academy.
- Berserk Button: Being reminded of her role as Team Mom. Also Bee's rapping.
- Pungeon Master: While not as bad as Kanji, she does enjoy some cat-related-wordplay during battle.
Yugito: Cat got your tongue?
Naruto: Really?
- Ship Tease: With Han during the Shimagame-Arc.
- Spared By Adaptation: Like her fellow jinchūriki.
- Supreme Chef: What seems to be somewhat common among the jinchūriki note , albeit she has a focus on seafood.
- Team Mom: Towards other jinchūriki, so much that Fū outright takes to calling her "mom".
- Wreathed in Flames: Her chakra-cloak consists of the Nibi's blue flames.
Darui
Darui
A bearer of the Storm-release and a subordinate of the Raikage, unlike his brother, Nasumareta.- Dark and Troubled Past: His mothers suicide stemming form her treatment as a mere brooding-mare for Storm-Release users turned his brother away from Kumo, whereas he remained loyal, having recognized a change in the Raikage's ways. Nasumareta also states that Darui was simply too young to remember his mother's suicide.
- A Shared Suffering: He comforts Sasuke after Itachi's death, remarking that they have both "lost a brother to Akatsuki", albeit in different ways.
- Threatening Mediator: He is assigned to mediate the meeting between the Hyūga and the Yotsuki, which he mostly does by showing off his BFS.
Cee
Cee
The Raikage's third in command. He is killed by Fū and Torune in order to circumvent his sensor-abilites.- A Death in the Limelight: The story is briefly told from his perspective right before he is killed.
- Death by Adaptation: He is lured into a trap outside of Shimo by Fū and Torune using the Ice-Daimyo as a puppet.
- Spell My Name With An S: Like his boss's brother, he is "Cee" instead of "C" by adaptation.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Compared to the other members of the Kumo-delegation his isn't much developed before his death.
Other Kumo-Nin
Karui
Karui
A kunoichi from Kumo who Chōji develops a chrush on. She and her team fight Hidan during Kumo's invasion, losing Atsui in the process, before being saved first by Team 10 and later Shikaku.- Adaptational Job Change: She appears as a proctor during Team 9's chunin-exam in Part II.
- A Shared Suffering: They bond over their grief for their losses during the invasion, with Chōji having lost both his father and a Honorary Uncle and Karui having lost a close friend.
- Big Eater: She invites Chōji for a binge-eating after the invasion, and actually keeps up with him.
The Yotsuki-clan
A clan located in Kumogakure, who have a troubled relationship with the Hyūga due to their part in the Hyūga-affair.
Kashikoi Yotsuki
Kumo's former "head-ninja", who tried to kidnap Hinata under the veneer of a diplomatic mission.- Back from the Dead: He is resurrected by Kabuto for the Kumo-invasion, leading to a rematch with Hiashi.
- Light 'em Up: He uses light-based techniques, who give Hiashi with his Byagukan a hard time.
- Named by the Adaptation: His canon-counterpart remained unnamed.
- Posthumous Character: He is Killed Offscreen by Hiashi even before the story starts.
Hosshin Yotsuki
Kashikoi's son, who requests to meet the Hyūga for statisfaction during the lead-up to the Kumo-invasion.- Berserk Button: All matters concerning his father's death. According to Darui, he is normally calmer.
- Foil: The Neji, who also lost his father in the Hyūga-affair and thus grew up orphaned. Neji actually uses this case of A Shared Suffering to diffuse their tensions.
- Missing Mom: He lost his mother early on, leading to Kashikoi's death leaving him fully orphaned.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: He appears as a irrational and Hotblooded compared to his clan-head Kiyoi. Although normally he seems to be "pretty chill", according to Darui.
- You Killed My Father: To Hiashi.
Kiyoi Yotsuki
The current head of the Yotsuki-clan, who accompaines Hosshin to his meeting with the Hyūga.- Reasonable Authority Figure: He tries to keep his discussion with the Hyūga civilized, albeit he agrees with Hosshin's demand for satisfaction.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The calm, rational blue oni to his Clansmen's red.
