Root (Naruto)

Root is an organization that features in Naruto.

History

Root (根, Ne, English TV: Foundation) was an organization of ninja spies who were a part of Konohagakure's Anbu training subdivision.

In the aftermath, the organization was disbanded though Tanuki Shigaraki intended to avenge his master Danzo and decided to implant the Gozu Tenno into his daughter. He then gave her a mission to use it against the Hidden Leaf village in the future as a final act of revenge. His daughter Sumire Shigaraki existence was then hidden as was her parentage in order to allow her to hide amongst the Leaf villagers. After the Fourth Ninja War, the identities of Root members was kept a secret on the orders of the Hokage in order to allow them to better integrate into society without facing suspicion or distrust from their comrades.

Overview

They were said to carry out missions that their leader felt would benefit Konoha as their prime view was to be unseen so that they could support the village from the shadows,

It was known that Danzō recruited Root members himself, without the Hokage's interference and tended to favour individuals from clans with special talents and abilities.

Members had a cursed seal imprinted on the back of their tongues as a failsafe in case they were captured. When activated, it would paralyse the Root member if they ever tried to speak about Danzo or the organisation thus leaving them unable to speak or move as a result. It was said that this measure was to prevent any information from being leaked to an enemy if a Root operative was captured or interrogated. These seals were noted to had vanished upon the death of Danzo Shimura.

The organization was known to cultivate Hashirama Cells that were artificial cells from the First Hokage's DNA that granted the receiver some of the traits and even abilities of Hashirama Senju.

A secret project of the Root was the Gozu Tennō that was the development of a powerful technique involving the Nue. This was a summoning jutsu that called forth a creature not of the Earth that was able to absorb chakra. The intention was the beast to absorb a great deal of chakra until the caster detonated it with the explosion killing anyone around the beast.

Members

• Danzō Shimura : male founder and leader of the Root.
• Sai :
• Yamato :
• Tanuki Shigaraki : a male scientist within Root who was a fanatical follower of Danzo Shimura. After his leaders death, he placed the Gozu Tennō within his daughter Sumire and intended for her to carry out his revenge against the Hidden Leaf village for the death of his master.

Notes

• Root was created by Masashi Kishimoto where it featured in the setting of Naruto.

Appearances

• Naruto:
• Boruto:

External Links

• Naruto Wiki Entry

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