Sasori (Naruto)

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==Summary==
Sasori (サソリ, Sasori), renowned as Sasori of the Red Sand (赤砂のサソリ, Akasuna no Sasori), was an S-rank missing-nin from Sunagakure's Puppet Brigade and a member of Akatsuki, where he was partnered with Orochimaru and later, Deidara.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: with his best puppets, higher with Performance of a Hundred Puppets, with Iron Sand
Name: Sasori, Sasori of the Red Sand
Origin: Naruto
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Classification: Ninja, Human Puppet, Member of Akatsuki, S-rank Missing Nin
Powers and Abilities:
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*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
*Acrobatics
*Statistics Amplification (Shinobi are capable of enhancing their physical capabilities with the use of chakra. The Shunshin no Jutsu allows Shinobi to greatly enhance their speed by focusing chakra in their feetRin no Sho, Page 197Naruto Chapter 24Naruto Chapter 71)
*Surface Scaling & Water Walking (By focusing chakra at the soles of their feet, Shinobi can scale and cling to vertical surfaces, and even walk on waterNaruto Chapter 18Naruto Chapter 90)
*Minor Illusion Creation & Duplication (With the Clone TechniqueRin no Sho, Page 220, Shinobi can create illusionary duplicates of themselves that have no physical substance) *Shapeshifting (With the Transformation TechniqueRin no Sho, Page 220, Shinobi can transform themselves into other people, animals, plants, and even inanimate objects, such as weapons)
*Paralysis Inducement (With the Temporary Paralysis TechniqueRin no Sho, Page 176, Shinobi can completely paralyze their targets from close to mid range)
*Immortality (Types 1 and 7; reliant on his core)
*Self-Sustenance (Type 2)
*Regeneration (High-Mid; can reassemble his body as long as his core stays intact)
*Flight 
*Weapon Mastery (His puppets use various poison laced weapons such as blades, spears, and much more)
*Poison Manipulation (His puppets' weaponry are laced in extremely deadly poison. His Iron Sand is also poisonous, and he can release clouds of deadly poison) 
*Magnetism Manipulation via Third Kazekage's Magnet Release (Can use magnetic force to control and disrupt metallic weapons, rendering them useless)
*Iron Sand Manipulation (Can manipulate iron sand through magnetic force and also nullify opposing puppets by clogging their joints with sand)
*Danmaku (Via Needle Sphere)
*Limited Durability Negation with Iron Sand Shower (Can throw microscopic grains of iron sand)
*Fire Manipulation
*Water Manipulation
*Summoning (Able to summon over a hundred puppets, which he can control simultaneously; most notably the 3rd Kazekage and Hiruko puppets)
*Body Puppetry (He is able to control various puppets and other people via chakra threads)
*Mind Manipulation & Memory Manipulation (with Sand Brainwash he can remove memories and control their minds like a sleeper agent indefinitely)
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*Regeneration (Low-Godly - Edo Tensei are capable of regenerating from the complete destructionNaruto Chapter 517 page 8 and 9 of their bodiesNaruto Chapter 561. It's stated that as long as the soul remains, the Edo Tensei will keep coming back to lifeNaruto Chapter 120Naruto Chapter 518) 
*Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 - Edo Tensei are corpses possessed by a soul brought back from the Pure Land. They are incapable of feeling pain along with being able to survive grievous injuries such as bisectionNaruto Chapter 523 and dismemberment.Naruto Chapter 520 page 21 Edo Tensei will keep coming back so long as their soul remains bound to the Edo realmNaruto Chapter 120Naruto Chapter 518) 
*Inorganic Physiology (Type 1 - Edo Tensei bodies are comprised of dust and ash enveloping an already deceased corpse shaping it into the revived person the caster choosesNaruto Chapter 119) 
*Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2 and 3 - The Edo Tensei are the souls of the dead the caster wants to reanimate, the caster uses an already dead body to house the revived soulNaruto Chapter 520) 
*Instinctive Action (Edo Tensei are programed to automatically counter enemy jutsuNaruto Chapter 547 along with their bodies moving of its own accordNaruto Chapter 548)
*Resistance to Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation & Emotion Detection (Even though Edo Tensei are able to retain their consciousness when brought back from the afterlife, the controller can suppress their free willNaruto Chapter 119 Page 16 binding their mind and shutting off all emotionNaruto Chapter 522) 
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Attack Potency: City level+ with his best puppets (Could harm SakuraNaruto Chapter 273 on multiple occasionsNaruto Chapter 271. Deidara stated that Sasori is stronger than himNaruto Chapter 265Scales to approximately 53.15 Megatons), higher with Performance of a Hundred Puppets (It's his most powerful puppet Jutsu, which allows him to simultaneously control 100 of his best puppetsNaruto Chapter 272), Island level with Iron Sand (Sasori's human puppet retained the 3rd Kazekage's Iron Sand JutsuNaruto Chapter 268. The 3rd Kazekage is hailed as an extraordinarily powerful shinobiNaruto Chapter 266, and is widely regarded in Suna as the strongest Kazekage of all timeSha no Sho, Page 64, putting him above Rasa and Gaara. The Iron Sand was stated to be the most feared weapon in Suna, which made the 3rd Kazekage the strongest Kazekage of allNaruto Chapter 268Scales to approximately 4.3 Gigatons)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Reacted to and dodged many attacks from Sakura and Chiyo)
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Striking Strength: City level+ with his best puppets (He can harm Sakura)
Durability: City level+ with his best puppets (Withstood a direct punch from Sakura, though it still dismantled his bodyNaruto Chapter 272. He later took a punch from her in his main body, and it only cracked his cheekNaruto Chapter 275), Island level with Iron Sand
Stamina: Superhuman, Infinite (Edo Tensei have an infinite chakra supplyNaruto Chapter 591, that is to say their chakra reserves will refill indefinitely and continuously, meaning that they can keep fightingNaruto Chapter 662 without fail or succumbing to physical limitations like fatigue, pain, or debilitating injuries)
Range: Several thousand meters, using iron sand or kunai launchers
Standard Equipment: Scrolls, puppets, poison, and his "Core"
Intelligence: Gifted (He is a master of puppetry, capable of flawlessly manipulating puppets with grace and extreme precision at high speeds. He is also an expert in infiltration and managed to hide his true appearance from others except for a select few. A great manipulator, as he managed to turn several loyal Suna shinobi into his spies, and his knowledge of poisons makes him an expert at silent kills)
Weaknesses: If his core of living flesh is destroyed, he dies. When using his main body, the core is exposed. He isn't very skilled in close combat
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Puppet Mastery: Trained by his powerful grandmother, Chiyo, in the art of puppetry, Sasori was an extremely powerful puppeteer and had great skill in creating and controlling his puppets. He created several ingenious ones, including the three main puppets that Kankurō uses, which were made in Sunagakure before he fled. At the time of his final battle with Sakura and Chiyo, having 298 in his collection, Sasori revealed to have devised a means to turn freshly killed victims into human puppets. His status as a puppet master offered him a tremendous advantage against other puppeteer shinobi, especially if the puppets they were using happened to be ones that he created, as seen in his battle against Kankurō. As puppets are usually installed with long-range weapons, Sasori was an expert at fighting at long distances. He had tremendous skill with chakra threads, suppressing them to the point that they became invisible, and could, from his fingertips, control upwards of 100 puppets — a feat thought impossible for ordinary shinobi. Sasori can also control living people as puppets, even against their will, if they are weakened enough. His usage of puppets was at such a high level that he made mere techniques appear as an artistic performance, what he called his "Red Secret Technique".
**Hiruko: A full-body puppet that Sasori wears to conceal his true appearance, upgraded with built-in poison needle launchers and a scorpion tail for offense while the mask-like shell on his back serves as a defense.
**Third Kazekage: Sasori's favorite human puppet was the Third Kazekage, which retained its Magnet Release, which in turn grants Sasori access to the Kazekage's Iron Sand techniques. When mixed with Sasori's poison, the Iron Sand was given a more lethal edge. The Iron Sand could also be used to fill up the joints of other puppets, thus immobilizing them. Due to the Iron Sand being derived from the Third's ability to convert chakra to magnetism, this grants Sasori immunity from metallic weapons. The Third's puppet's right arm held several poisoned blades, while the left arm could open up to reveal several summoning seals that summoned thousands of similar arms to attack the target. These arms were capable of crushing an opponent, emitting poisonous gas clouds, and releasing wires that dragged the opponent into the gas cloud. If these arms were cut off, a small buzz-saw took their place.
**Puppet Body/Scorpion: Although Sasori was thirty-five years old, he maintained the appearance of a teenage boy. His unnaturally young appearance was a product of the immortalization of his design. Aside from his core, Sasori's body was a puppet. In place of his intestines was a thick cable coiled around a pole, allowing him to use it as a stinger and retract it if necessary. Attached to his back was a scroll holder, containing four scrolls that stored extra armament. The first scroll allowed him to expel powerful streams of fire, and the second scroll was used to store numerous puppets for the Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets. The capabilities of the third and fourth scrolls were not revealed in the manga, though in the anime, the fourth scroll was used to fire jets of water with enough force to cut through rock. Sasori also has a pair of poles attached to the back of his hips, each equipped with five large blades that could spin like a propeller, granting him both an equipage for greater speed and a monstrous close combat weapon. Sasori also had pipes on each of his palms that could spew out an intense fire, hot enough to melt rock, or, in the anime, powerful water jets with such pressure that they were capable of cutting through rock. Being a fully armed puppet himself, Sasori did not suffer the weakness of being vulnerable to close-range combat that other puppeteers suffer.
***Despite being loaded with weapons, Sasori kept them (and his true form) hidden within his Akatsuki robes, which were large enough to conceal them without a problem. Curiously, when using "himself", Sasori's eyes were always wide open, giving him a somewhat insane look. In contrast, before revealing his puppet body, Sasori's eyes were always half-closed, making him appear calmer and more aloof. Sasori has claimed that he has not used “himself” since joining Akatsuki, until his last battle with his grandmother and Sakura Haruno.
***Installed in the right part of Sasori's chest was a mechanism that could spin numerous chakra threads, allowing him to exceed his previous capabilities and control well over a hundred puppets. Doing so also allows him to use his Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets. With it, Sasori had a drastic advantage over other puppeteers, having once taken down a small nation using it. The left part of Sasori's chest held the lone human part of him and, thus, the only necessary part of his body capable of controlling chakra: a cylinder-shaped device containing his 'core' (核,kaku).
**Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets: One of Sasori's deadliest attacks, having gloated to have previously used this technique to single-handily wiped out a small country. In the anime, the country is revealed to be the Land of This when the Akatsuki were employed by a neighbouring country to wipe it out.
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
==Notes/Explanations==
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