About Gaara

Gaara Kazekage

Gaara (known as Sabaku no Gaara or Gaara of the Sand/Desert) is a fiction character from anime and manga Naruto.

Gaara’s life according to him, is summarized in killing all who stands in his way, without worrying or caring about his actions. He feels pleasure in the death and suffering he brings to other peoples lives - “I love only myself and fight only for myself” is a quote often used by Gaara. However later after a battle with Naruto, Gaara has a sudden change of heart and appears to help and care for people, being able to understand love and risking his life for others if necessary.

Gaara is the youngest brother of Temari and Kankurou, and former-integrant of the Baki team, trained by ninja Baki. Born in Sunagakure, Gaara lost his mother in the childbirth after he was implanted with Shukaku (a one tailed Jinchuuriki), creating a symbiotic relation with Shukaku. Gaara’s father was the Kazekage and Gaara was raised by his uncle, Yashamaru. However when the Kazekage decided to assassinate Gaara since he was scared by the amount of power that Gaara had possessed. Gaara received that his father only created him to obtain the high present level of chakra within his body. The Kazekage ordered Yashamaru, to kill Gaara.

His uncle attacked him, but without knowing who the assassin was, Gaara killed him. When he liberated all the hatred accumulated in its mind, Gaara establishes its chakra with Shukaku, allowing to control it and the sand, becoming very powerful. From this point on, Gaara came to the conclusion that he could preserve and confirm his own existence by killing anyone and all who challenged him, securing an extreme form of existentialism as his key personality trait.

Gaara helped in the attacking of Konoha. His main mission was to awake the bijuu inside of him during the third phase of the chuunin exam. His mission almost failed while trying to fight Rock Lee in the preliminary rounds. The fight was mostly all Gaara until Lee gained the advantage. The use of two taijutsu, Renge and Omote Renge severely damaged Rock Lee and in the end Gaara managed to break his arm and leg. Passing his way into the next phase of the exam. His next match was against Uchiha Sasuke which he had waited for.

Gaara tried to understand his feelings but wanted to finish Rock Lee off but was hindered bu Nara Shikamaru and Uzumaki Naruto. Gaaras’ next match was against Sasuke but the match was delayed since Sasuke had a late return but eventually he arrived and they both fought. Using Chidori, Sasuke broke Gaaras’ ultimate defence system which started to awake the Shukaku. During the match the konoha attack started but Gaara had to retreat because of his state. Sasuke followed him however Gaara had now finally transformed into the beast and knocked Sasuke out. Naruto and Sakura arrived on the scene. Gaara had trapped Sakura and Naruto promised to save them both so he summoned a giant frog and defeated Gaara.

Gaara with the motivation from Naruto decided to change. He understood what true love really is and will help the next time around. He decides to help Naruto and the team in a konoha rescue mission. Gaara finds that Rock Lee is fighting Kaguya Kimimaro, almost dying but Gaara comes as protection and battles Kimimaro.

In the manga, Gaara has become the Kazekage and becomes a lot stronger. He is later attacked by one of the Akatsuki members, Deidera. Gaara saves his village from being destroyed in return he sacrifices himself. Gaara is captured by the Akatsuki and have removed the Shukaku inside of him. After this process Gaara is dead but Chiyo uses a reincarnation technique to bring Gaara back to life in exchange for her life. Gaara wakes up and sees all his team mates, Naruto and his family around, they all return back to the village after some strong words from both Naruto and Gaara