Darui

**Darui** (ダルイ) is a shinobi of Kumogakure and the right-hand-man of the Fourth Raikage, whom he later succeeds as the **Fifth Raikage** (五代目雷影, *Godaime Raikage*, *literally meaning:* Fifth Lightning Shadow).

## Darui

* Human
* Young
* Avatar

### Aliases

ダルイ DaruiFifth Raikage (五代目雷影, Godaime Raikage)[3]

## Background

Darui was once a student of the Third Raikage. During his training, Darui learned, among other things, the Raikage's unique black lightning technique. Along with C, he also served as the Third Raikage's support.

In the anime, when Konohagakure and Sunagakure invited other villages to an unscheduled joint Chūnin Exams, the Fourth Raikage was furious at this, taking it as an underhanded scheme to attack Kumogakure. While A flatly told his men to reject Tsunade's offer, Darui informed A that he already informed Killer B of this. A quickly instructed Darui and C to prevent B, who was already on his way to leave for the exams, from attending.

## Personality

Darui is an easy-going and mellow individual as seen when the Fourth Raikage's over-the-top exit through a window, he tells C that he will simply use the door like normal people do. His personality is also evident through his lazy and languid way of speaking, often times referring to things or events as being "dull" (だるい, *darui*) — a pun on his name. While having a laid-back demeanour however, Darui isn't lazy, leaping to the Raikage's defence when the bodyguards of the other Kage reacted to the Raikage destroying the desk he was sitting at. Darui is a very apologetic individual, and will even apologise for other people's actions — a trait he stated that he hadn't noticed himself; this attribute leads him to saying "sorry" (すみません, *sumimasen*) just as much as the word "dull". He also possesses a strong loyalty to the Fourth Raikage whom he often addresses as "boss" (ボス, *bosu*), rather than adding the suffix "sama" to his title as others do. The Fourth in turn, considers Darui his "second right hand", and because of this, Darui will just as quickly verbally defend the Fourth as he would physically. Because of this trust, Darui was put in charge of the First Division as well. Darui is also quite understanding. When Naruto was late to the five Kage meeting, he quickly defended Naruto by saying that the life of a Kage as well as a father and husband is a busy one. Despite this, Darui still seems to retain his laid back attitude as he sat in a casual and laid back manner during the Kage meeting.

## Abilities

Darui is a highly skilled and capable shinobi: being chosen as one of the Fourth Raikage's bodyguards and his right-hand man, as well as be placed as leader of the First Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Fourth Shinobi World War. His prowess ultimately allowed him to defeat the Gold and Silver Brothers, who wielded the Treasured Tools of the Sage of Six Paths, nearly single-handedly. Years later, Darui gained a great increase in skill, which enabled him to become the Fifth Raikage.

### Physical and Chakra Prowess

Darui has shown impressive speed, being able to coordinate a combined assault on Taka alongside the lightning-enhanced Fourth Raikage, as well as protect C from a sneak attack by Suigetsu. By the time he had became Raikage, his taijutsu skills were compared to those of Naruto and Sasuke by Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki. Darui also possesses considerable chakra reserves and stamina, as he did not die of exhaustion after using three of the Treasured Tools of the Sage of Six Paths and still had enough chakra to continue fighting effectively.

### Ninjutsu

#### Nature Transformation

Darui is proficient in wind, water and lightning nature transformations. He is able to effectively catch an enemy in a water wall and channel lightning through it to electrocute them. Darui can also use Lightning Release to enhance his weapons, giving it enough power to cut through a metal blade. By combining his water and lightning-natures, he can utilise Storm Release, allowing him to fire beams of light that he can freely guide like missiles.

Darui can use black lightning — a special form of lightning passed down solely to him by his teacher, the Third Raikage, making his lightning techniques even more powerful. With the black lightning, he can use techniques such as the Lightning Release: Black Panther to immobilise or kill several enemies. In the anime, he can even increase the power and effectiveness of the technique by using a shadow clone.

#### Kenjutsu

Usually, Darui wields a broad and fairly long sword that is peculiar in comparison to others swords in that it folds in two to be sheathed and unfolds when in use. He has exceptional skills in kenjutsu, able to clash with Suigetsu's Kubikiribōchō and defeat him by pinning him to a wall with his lightning-imbued sword. He could also literally disarm Ginkaku and Kinkaku during their battle, and knock Ginkaku into Kinkaku's Kōkinjō while quickly seizing the Shichiseiken and Benihisago.