Name:Crow
Rank:Genin
Cost (300)
Element:None
Description:
Crow (烏, Karasu) resembles a three-eyed, four-armed humanoid with jagged teeth and spiky black hairstyle protruding from the top of its head and framing the sides. In Part I, Kankurō typically keeps Crow wrapped in bandages on his back, and he is able to switch places with it at will using the Body Replacement Technique. Because of Kankurō's enjoyment in installing mechanisms into his puppets, Crow is very offensive, having numerous concealed weapons, including poison-tipped darts and smokescreens in order to blind its opponents. The smokescreens can be made up of poisonous gas to serve a secondary purpose. Crow is also able to detach any of its body parts for separate attacks. In the video games, Crow is shown to be armed with a special flight mechanism that enables it to maneuver high into the air where it could bomb targets from above. This puppet was originally created by Sasori.
Name:Black Ant
Rank:Chunin
Cost (500)
Element:None
Description:
Black Ant (黒蟻, Kuroari) has a much longer head than Crow with a bucket-shaped face sporting two red horns and six arms; its facial features include three eyes similar to Crow, a dark disheveled hairstyle. Its overall body-frame somewhat resembles a large barrel. While Black Ant does not contain as many hidden weapons as Crow, each of its arm segments contain a hidden saw-blade which can be used to inflict large slicing wounds to opponents. Black Ant's primary function is to trap opponents within itself while weapons enter the slots along its body to puncture the opponent. Like Crow, Black Ant is able to detach any of its body parts for separate attacks. This puppet was originally created by Sasori.
Name:Salamander
Rank:Chunin
Cost (550)
Element:None
Description:
Salamander (山椒魚, Sanshōuo), unlike Kankurō's other puppets, stays true to its name and resembles a salamander. Its abilities are unseen in the manga, but in the anime, Salamander is shown to have incredible defensive power. It has a frill that swings up to defend against attacks from the front as well as the tail being able to tuck up to reach the frill and guard the rear followed by an iron cloak immediately covering all sides, and a hollow body Kankurō and up to two other people can take cover in to defend against attacks coming from other directions. Unfortunately, its weak point is the side joint of the frill, which when struck will knock the shield off, rendering it defenseless. It can also spit fire in video games. This puppet was originally created by Sasori.
Name:Hiruko
Rank:Jonin
Cost (750)
Element:None
Description:
Hiruko was one of Sasori's favorite Human Puppets, which he adorned with the regular Akatsuki outfit and wore so often that others came to recognize him only while he was wearing it; In addition, he has a deeper and more gruff voice while wearing it. The reason for using this puppet so much was not just for its powerful offensive abilities, but also for its high defensive properties. Hiruko has a mechanical tail extending from the mouth of what appears to be a mask on his back, a recent addition to add extra defense to a weak point. The left arm is rigged with a projectile launcher capable of firing shrapnel, and the mouth serves as a similar projectile-firing device. In the manga, it was not mentioned that Hiruko is a human puppet, and is instead just a normal puppet.
Name:Mother and Father
Rank:Anbu
Cost (800)
Element:None
Description:
The first puppets Sasori created were in the likeness of his parents, in the hopes of finding parental love. As the puppets were not real living lifeforms, this effort failed, and Sasori abandoned them. Chiyo kept them and modified them for combat purposes, and used them against their creator. In battle, both puppets are armed with a Mechanic Light Shield Seal and cutting steel wires that link the two puppets together. Mother also carried a katana, while Father carried a kunai chain whip.
Name:Sasori
Rank:Anbu
Cost (800)
Element:None
Description:
Sasori, although thirty-five years old, maintains the appearance of a teenage boy. Sasori's unnaturally young appearance is a product of his design: most of his body is actually a puppet. In place of his stomach is a thick cable coiled around a pole, allowing Sasori to use it as a stinger and retract it as necessary. Attached to his back is a scroll holder, which Sasori uses to store his human puppets. Sasori also added a pair of arms to his back, each equipped with five large claws, as well as flamethrowers to each of his hands. Installed in his right chest is a mechanism that can spin numerous chakra strings, allowing Sasori to control hundreds of puppets at once and giving him a drastic advantage over all other puppeteers. Sasori's left chest holds the only part of him still human and thus capable of controlling chakra, a cylinder-shaped device containing his heart. Written on the cylinder is the kanji for "scorpion". Upon being retrieved by Kankurō, Sasori's body was modified to apparently lose the cable wound in his stomach, the blades on his back, and the container of his heart. Kankurō has also seemingly added a blade launching system for use in his Red Secret Technique: Machinery Triangles.
Name:Ten Puppet Collection of Chikamatsu
Rank:Anbu
Cost (800)
Element:None
Jutsu:
White Secret Technique: Ten Puppet Collection of Chikamatsu
- Spoiler:
These ten puppets were created by the inventor of the Puppet Technique, Monzaemon Chikamatsu. They later came into Chiyo's possession. To use the puppets, Chiyo first released them from their carrying scroll and then controlled each with a chakra string connected to one of her ten fingers. This ability to control ten puppets at once earned Chiyo great fame.
Description:
The Ten Puppet Collection were created by the first puppet master, Monzaemon Chikamatsu. They later came into Chiyo's possession. They were designed to work together for devastating capabilities, and were designed to be much stronger than normal puppets. They are capable of taking down an entire castle when used by the right puppeteer.
Name:Sasori's Hundred Puppet Army
Rank:Sanin
Cost (950)
Element:None
Jutsu:Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets
- Spoiler:
To begin this jutsu, Sasori removes one summoning scroll from his back. He then opens his right chest compartment to emit one hundred chakra strings, which reach into the scroll. From the scroll, one hundred puppets emerge.
As even the most elite of puppeteers cannot control more than ten puppets a time (one per finger), this technique is proof of Sasori's superiority with regard to the Puppet Technique. Also, normally a puppet's movement is dependent on the will of the user, and as such there will be a time lag between the user's commands and the puppet's response. However, since these hundred puppets are directly connected to Sasori's core, there is no time lag between Sasori's will and the puppets' movements.
Sasori claimed that he had brought down an entire country with this jutsu. Many of the puppets, however, were destroyed during Sasori's battle with Chiyo and Sakura Haruno, although they did manage to destroy some of Chiyo's puppets. While these one hundred puppets lacked teamwork, they apparently used sheer attrition to wear down their opponents. As with all of Sasori's puppets, all the weapons wielded are coated in his special poison, which would kill the victims after three days of painful paralysis.
Description:
The One Hundred Puppets used by Sasori are said to be able to take down an entire country. Each one is an opponent defeated and converted into a human puppet, specifically chosen from his collection of 298 of such puppets, being adorned with special red clothing. Due to Sasori converting himself into a puppet, he has a special mechanism that allows him to control one hundred puppets. Though they lack teamwork, they use sheer attrition to wear down the opposition.
Subject: The Master Puppet Shop 
Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:39 am
