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| Kanji | 加流羅 |
| Debut | |
| Novel | Naruto: A Shinobi Story |
| Appears in | Novel |
| Character Status | |
| Status | Deceased |
| Birthdate |  November 11
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| Gender |  Female
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| Height | Part II: 1.71 m |
| Weight | Part II: 50.7 kg. |
| Blood Type | B |
| Home Country |  Land of Wind
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| Family | Gaara (Son) Kankurō (Son) Temari (Daughter) Rasa (Husband) Yashamaru (Brother) Shikadai Nara (Grandson) |
| Affiliation(s) |  Sunagakure
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| Classification | Jinchūriki (Forms) |
| Weaponry | |
| Sand | |
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| This is the article on the mother of the Sand Siblings. If you are looking for the article on the anime only technique then you should head to Fire Release Cooperation Technique: Garuda. For other uses, see Garuda |
Karura (加流羅) was a kunoichi of Sunagakure, the jinchūriki of the One-Tail Shukaku, and the wife of Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage.
Background[]
Karura and a premature Gaara.
Personality[]
Karura was a kind and gentle woman who cared deeply for her family.
Appearance[]
Karura had shoulder-length, sandy-brown hair which framed her kind-looking face, and indigo-colored eyes. She wore a simple outfit along with a long, light yellow scarf draped loosely around her neck.
Abilities[]
Gaara’s shield of sand in Karura’s image.
Through her strong will to protect her premature son, Karura was able to imbue her chakra into Gaara’s sand. This causes it to automatically move to protect him whenever he is in danger; even from himself.[4] When the shield is in full effect, Gaara’s sand takes on Karura’s appearance.
Legacy[]
Originally, due to his maternal uncle Yashamaru reluctantly lying to his nephew on his brother in law’s behalf to test him, Gaara was under the impression that Karura was sacrificed to ensure he became a jinchūriki and that her final words were of him to become the tool of her revenge on Sunagakure. She supposedly named him after the phrase “a self-loving carnage” (我を愛する修羅, Ware wo ai suru shura). This caused Gaara to develop a warped ideology of love. But during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Gaara learned the truth of his father's deception and how Karura truly died.[5] Because of her dying wish to protect her son, both the Fourth Kazekage and Yashamaru believe that her will now lives on in the sand that protects Gaara rather than being a manifestation of Shukaku’s chakra.[6][7]
Trivia[]
- Karura’s name is written with three kanji: the kanji “for to add,” “to increase” (加), the kanji for “flow,” “stream” (流), and the kanji for “gauze” (羅). The last kanji is the same as the final kanji in Gaara’s name and can be taken as an abbreviation of the word “carnage” (修羅, shura) or the word “Mara” (魔羅, a Buddhist demon that personifies the “death” of spiritual life). Together, the name can be interpreted as "the demon who adds to the flow [of sand or hatred]”.
- When written as 迦楼羅, “karura” is the Japanese name for Garuda.
- In chapters 547 and 548, Karura’s name is written as 加瑠羅 instead of 加流羅. Both 瑠 and 流 can be used to write the Japanese word for lapis lazuli (瑠璃, 琉璃, ruri), a semi-precious stone with strong symbolic value in Buddhism. It is thought to have healing and strengthening properties and represents Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Buddha of Medicine, known as Yakushi-nyōrai (薬師如来) in Japan.
Quotes[]
- (To Gaara) ”What a small, feeble child… No matter what happens, I’ll always protect you! Gaara…!”[8]
References[]