{"id":"orochimaru","name":"The Sound and other antagonists","japanese":"忍","category":"history","subtitle":"Family, group and identity are different things.","summary":"Sannin, experiments, the Sound Four and antagonists from other arcs. Sharing an archive does not mean a single affiliation.","facts":[["Tipo","Group / entities"],["Procedencia","Naruto / Shippuden"],["Genealogía","Identified ties only"]],"lvl":1,"sections":[{"h":"Gatō and Zabuza","t":"Naruto's first antagonists arrive in the Land of Waves. Gatō, a tycoon who controls the region's trade, hires Zabuza Momochi, a Kirigakure deserter, to stop the construction of Tazuna's bridge. Zabuza works with Haku, a young man he raised and who protects him to the end. When Gatō tries to betray him, Zabuza kills him before dying. Sharing this page with the Sound does not mean all these characters belong to the same organization.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-33","pos":33},{"h":"Orochimaru in the exams","t":"Orochimaru, one of Konoha's three Sannin, appears undercover in the Forest of Death during the Chūnin Exams. He leaves Sasuke a curse mark on his neck and seals the fox's chakra in Naruto. Anko, his former student, catches up with him, but he neutralizes her and reveals his interest in Sasuke's body. The genin Dosu, Zaku and Kin take part in the exam as Otogakure ninja, and Kabuto, Yoroi and Misumi form another team linked to the Sound.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-50","pos":50},{"h":"The invasion and the Third Hokage","t":"Orochimaru allies Otogakure with Suna and attacks Konoha during the finals. Kabuto reveals his tie to Orochimaru. In the rooftop fight, Orochimaru revives the First and Second Hokage with the Impure World Reincarnation to face Hiruzen, his old teacher, who summons the monkey king Enma. Hiruzen uses a forbidden technique and seals Orochimaru's arms at the cost of his own life. Orochimaru is left unable to use ninjutsu and has to find another way.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-140","pos":140},{"h":"The Sound Four and Kimimaro","t":"To bring Sasuke to him, Orochimaru sends the Sound Four: Jirōbō, Kidōmaru, Tayuya and the twins Sakon and Ukon, who share a single body. With them is Kimimaro, last of the Kaguya clan, ill but loyal to Orochimaru. Shikamaru's team pursues them and each member faces a rival. Kimimaro reveals that Orochimaru wants Sasuke's body. Sasuke reaches the Valley of the End and leaves the village of his own will.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-218","pos":218},{"h":"Apparent death and Taka","t":"In Shippūden, Sasuke defeats Orochimaru and leaves him for dead. Then he forms his own team: he frees Suigetsu, from Kirigakure, who wants to collect the swords of the Seven Swordsmen; recruits Karin, who guarded one of Orochimaru's prisons; and seeks out Jūgo, the source of the curse marks, whom only Kimimaro could calm. The group is first called Hebi and then Taka. Karin, Suigetsu and Jūgo worked for Orochimaru, but that does not make them relatives or each other's disciples.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-352","pos":352},{"h":"Antagonists from the anime and the war","t":"The anime adds enemies of its own. Guren, a Crystal Release user, serves Orochimaru in the anime-only Three-Tails arc. In the manga's war, Kabuto reanimates the brothers Kinkaku and Ginkaku, from Kumogakure, who were once swallowed by the Nine-Tails and keep part of its chakra. Darui seals them with the Sage of Six Paths' treasures and the help of the new Team 10. These figures are gathered here for their role as antagonists, not because they belong to one group.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-529","pos":529},{"h":"Kabuto and Orochimaru's return","t":"Kabuto absorbs the abilities of Karin, Suigetsu and Jūgo, becomes a sage in Ryūchi Cave and proclaims himself superior to Orochimaru. Itachi stops him with Izanami, and Kabuto remembers his childhood at Nonō's orphanage, which gave him his name. Sasuke uses Anko's curse mark to revive Orochimaru, who ends up summoning the four Hokage and helping to heal Tsunade. Orochimaru claims he has changed, but his later role remains ambiguous.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-635","pos":635}],"characters":["orochimaru","kabuto","jugo","guren","jirobo","kidomaru","tayuya","sakon","ukon","zabuza","yoroi","misumi","gato","nono","kinkaku","ginkaku","dosu","zaku","kin","kimimaro","suigetsu","karin"],"related":["chakra","otogakure","bosque-de-la-muerte","taka","sannin","experimentos-de-orochimaru"],"reference":"Official series and chapter guides as reading context. The profiles tell known ties apart from undocumented genealogy.","sources":[{"title":"Guía oficial de anime: Naruto y Shippuden","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/anime"}],"figures":[]}