Talk:Gaara/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Archive 3

Weaknesses

I noticed that, on the front page, it states that Gaara can use any sand, assuming it wasn't wet. Is this weakness also present in the manga, or is this anime-specific? If so, how do we differentiate between the canon Gaara (ie, from the manga), and the Gaara that is presented during the anime? 207.157.74.111 19:12, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the anime (tv show, not movies) considered canon as well? ApokalypseCow 15:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Well it seems that there is some argument whether the filler episodes are considered canon. If i recall correctly, it is also in the filler episodes where gaara's weakness is the water, this should be taken into consideration.Eru illuv 09:47, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Sand Halberd

In the article it states that when he is in shukaku form he can use Sand Halberd (砂戈, Suna Hōkō?). Are you sure you are not confusing this with Halberd of Shukaku? If you are not confusing them, could you tell me where you heard this from? 69.151.56.157 20:22, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

He is right, sand halberd is not used at least in manga. Tintor2 14:37, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Another Defense

I'm pretty sure Sand Cocoon is its own technique, and it should be listed as such. Gaara, master of sand 23:42, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

The databooks don't give any indication that it's a separate jutsu. The variant-like qualities mentioned with Shield of Sand should suffice. ~SnapperTo 23:59, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey dude what happened to the main image of Gaara, maybe I can give you a good one of a 13 years old Gaara. What do you think? Tintor 21:42, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Thunder God of Sand

If I recall correctly, this technique (used in the second movie) grounded out all her electrical powers rather than absorbing other electricity from the area and redirecting it to her. At the very least, if there is no consensus on the issue, we should probably say that it was simply used to nullify her electical abilities without going into a more detailed discussion as to how. Thoughts? ApokalypseCow 15:47, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, In that fight scene she is surrounded by the sand needle, then shot with lightning coming out of the needles. It seems like her electricity was absorbed and redirected at her, though you may be right. Gaara, master of sand 16:46, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I'll take a look at the movie tonight again and see. From my perspective, it would seem that any lightning directed at Ranke would simply be absorbed and used against Gaara, and that the way to get around her electric defenses would be to ground out all her electricity - but that's just supposition on my part (not that I advocate applying real-world physics to a cartoon). If anything though, the description as it is right now feels a little clumsy. I'll see if I can come up with a more concise one later. If nothing else, we can just say that the attack was used to neutralize her electrical powers, allowing Gaara to hit with his other attack. ApokalypseCow 17:00, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good. Gaara, master of sand 02:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Sand Armor

Does Gaara keep his sand armor on all the time? Because whenever anyone hits him it shows up, but they say it needs lots of chakra. Gaara, master of sand 01:22, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Please, just read the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yxgtree (talk • contribs) 00:04, August 22, 2007 (UTC).

Insomnia

I don't suppose we have any idea if Gaara still suffers from insomnia once his Biju has been extracted? ApokalypseCow 13:30, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

No —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yxgtree (talk • contribs) 00:06, August 22, 2007 (UTC).

clash of the ninja?

those two (ougi's/specials) are from the ultimate ninja/narutimate hero game series... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.203.96.197 (talk) 09:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

hey um guys, dus any1 noe wat episode number was the one where gaara and sasuke fight in the chunin exams? —Preceding unsigned comment added by TranscendantX (talk • contribs) 04:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Drilling air bullets

Should the drilling air bullets ability that shukaku uses be counted under the abilities section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.248.201.11 (talk) 01:26, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Since that's Shukaku's ability and this is Gaara's article, no. ~SnapperTo 02:26, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

We don't have an article for Shukaku, and Gaara is about as close as is gets. 69.150.233.94 22:26, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Look again. You Can't Review Me!!! 22:36, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Birthday

Gaara and Edgar Allan Poe have the same birthday- January 19th. We should put that in somehow.

• No, we definitely shouldn't. JuJube (talk) 02:42, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

What relevance would that have to the article anyway? I'm not trying to sound rude or anything, but I don't really think that has anything to do with Gaara's character. Ichliebezuko (talk) 16:50, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Isn't Poe a horrory kinda guy? Seeing how in Part I Gaara is pure evil, there might be some connection!? Ingo yeah is really Hades, God Of The Underclass 20:41, 20 December 2007 (UTC) (my page)

Blood Type

I noticed that Gaara's blood type has been removed from his profile. Why is this? The blood type theory of personality is very popular in Japan. Addie777 03:01, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

i don't know why, either. i think we should put it back in. i would, but i'm not exactly sure what gaara's bloodtype is. i think it was b positive.Ichliebezuko 14:25, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually it's AB. I remember looking at it before. Type AB Best Traits: Cool, controlled, rational, logical, sense of equity. Worst Traits: Critical, indecisive, double character, cavalier.

That's from the Wikipedia article on it. Addie777 04:48, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

I found his bloodtype on www.leafninja.com/biographies. They said it was AB. Ichliebezuko (talk) 17:01, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

arent they the same thing? ugh, you guys are confusing me! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.130.46 (talk) 11:02, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Registration ID

Do you guys think Gaara's registration ID # would be important to the article at all? I saw on another site that it was 56-001, but I didn't want to add it to the article without asking you guys about it first. Ichliebezuko (talk) 17:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I think it would be nice to have it on the page, but you should probably get someone else's opinion. I think you should find the ID#s of the other characters before you consider putting it on, though. That way, all the Naruto characters' pages would be more uniform. A pyrate's life for me... (talk) 16:47, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Registration numbers have no significance whatsoever. The article does not suffer through its absence. ~SnapperTo 17:04, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Okay, just curious. Thank you. Ichliebezuko (talk) 16:33, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Circles Around Eyes

The English version and various forums all say the dark circles around the eyes are due to insomnia, not acquiring traits of the tailed beasts. I don't know what the Japanese version says, but considering that the vast majority of sources do not agree with the statement, I think it should be removed... or at least explained that the statement only applies to the Manga, to the Japanese video, it is an opinion (not a statement from the show), or whatever the case may be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.158.3.3 (talk) 01:17, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

We're speaking from an out-of-universe perspective, I believe. Stylistically. –Gunslinger47 01:21, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're talking about. I've seen the Japanese version and it clearly states that it's because of insomnia (Gamabunta observes this and says that if the host of the Shukaku falls asleep, Shukaku eats away at their personality). JuJube (talk) 06:11, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

But he's saying that in the out-of-universe perspective (which the Article NEEDS), the circles resemble that of the tanuki, similar to in an out-of-universe perspective Naruto's whiskers resemble the whiskers of a fox.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 12:17, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I see... I guess. But the statement that the Japanese version doesn't say that it's insomnia is patently false. JuJube (talk) 12:31, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Does Shukaku (1-tailed sand demon) even have dark circles around the eyes? It looks more like the pupils are black instead of white, rather than circles around eyes. I think it is ridiculous to keep the statement in, as both the US and Japanese show contradict the statement in the article, by saying the circles are caused by insomnia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.158.3.3 (talk) 01:36, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

In-universe, the rings are explained by insomnia. Out-of-universe, the character design is meant to reflect the inner tanuki demon. –Gunslinger47 03:40, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Shukaku does have large black rings surrounding it's eyes- Sharingan1679 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.145.124 (talk) 21:25, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

If you guys read fanfiction, you'll see some people actually interpret those circles as eyeliner. It's usually for AU though, especially if they don't want to explain all about the Shukaku. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.232.50.246 (talk) 08:22, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

But if Gaara's circles are from insomnia, then can someone please tell me what Gaara's demon mark is? Naruto has his whiskers and that cat-woman had the slitted eyes, which makes me think that all of the demon hosts have to have some sort of mark on them. It would make just as much sense if the rings around Garra's eyes are from insomnia, then what is his mark that he go from the Shukaku(sp?) and where is it?

GA run

I've rewritten several sections of the article (I'll get to the lead later). The character outline section needs to be heavily condensed and sourced, and the plot overview section could use some touching up too. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 04:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Finished the lead. The character outline and plot overview sections are all that's left. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 04:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

GA Review

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   The prose style here is too often clumsy. There's too much passive voice: the third paragraph in the lead, for example, is almost entirely in the passive. Or take this sentence, which is both awkward and difficult to understand: "Wishing for Gaara to be able to singlehandedly fill this gap, Gaara's father, the leader of Sunagakure at the time, had the One-Tailed Shukaku sealed within Gaara during his birth." The article could do with a thorough copy-edit. But the biggest problem for me here is that the article remains too "in-universe." I think that there should be less "character outline" and more along the lines of what's detailed under "creation and conception." A comparison with similar figures in other series, for instance, might be in order. More generally, and more seriously, the article is hard to comprehend for someone who is not already familiar with the topic.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   The references seem reasonable, though I should admit that this is not a topic with which I'm very familiar. I could therefore be wrong on this point.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   As above, I'd like a broader point of view, that would place this character more in context.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   I'm putting this on hold, mainly so that the writing can be improved. Above all, the article needs to be comprehensible to someone who is not already familiar with its topic.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbmurray (talk • contribs) 19:07, 31 March 2008

Although I don't have a problem working on the prose or making it less in-universe (different editors took different parts of the article, which would explain a lack of consistency in tone), I disagree with the notion that less of the "character outline" is necessary or that more of the out-of-universe material is needed. The character outline section compresses practically eight years of material released on a weekly basis, and after the last rewrite of the material (in which this article when from completely in-universe with extremely detailed in-universe details to the present state), I fear any further reduction will verge on making the article not comprehensive. As for the conception section, it represents as much as is available (in other words, as much as the author has revealed about the conception), and a section detailing comparisons to other characters appears to hinge on being WP:OR. Despite this, I am open to discussion about the previous points. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 00:28, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, again for the sake of comprehensibility... If I were to want to know when and how the character was introduced, the closest I'd get to an answer to that question would be the following: "He debuts when he is entered in the Chunin Exams taking place in Konohagakure, meant to play a key role in Sunagakure's planned invasion of the village." This, frankly, hardly helps me at all. Following the footnote, I deduce that he's introduced in volume eleven of what is (perhaps? to date?) at least a 32-volume serial. But the article is so invested in the character's own narrative logic that such basic facts are obscured. Presumably, then, everything that is described under "Background" is in fact better named "Backstory." Are these episodes provided in something like flashback? What devices are used to explain the appearance of this character a third of the way in to the overall narrative? An awareness that this is indeed a narrative could greatly improve the article. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 00:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

I've done what I can to try and address the issues brought up here. Since I have a tendency to needlessly complicate things, I recommend someone (Sephiroth?) take a crack at simplificating my verbosifidness. ~SnapperTo 04:47, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm still finding this rather difficult to understand. Some further examples:

• Gaara is a fictional character from the Naruto universe created by Masashi Kishimoto and developed into a media franchise, which consists of a series of manga, anime, soundtracks, OVAs, movies, video games, and other collectibles.

Presumably the point here is that the "universe" (rather than Gaara) was developed into a media franchise etc.? The grammar does not make it clear. It might be better in any case to say "anime and manga series."

I think I'd already fixed this, in fact. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 13:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

• What's in the lead should ideally be dispensible. Yet the moniker "Gaara of the Sand Waterfall" is never mentioned in the article body.

This has not been fixed. Meanwhile, overall the lead has become more "in-universe," not less. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 13:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

• He and Naruto have a similar background: he was rejected by his peers and fellow villagers for being the host of a tailed beast, a situation that Kishimoto describes as "very much like Naruto's. He was universally rejected and ignored, living a superfluous existence."

I'm not sure of the similarity here. As I was trying to edit, at first I thought the point was that both Gaara and Naruto were "rejected by his peers and fellow villagers for being the host of a tailed beast" (whatever indeed that means; could do with clarification). On second reading, however, I don't think that's what's meant, in which case the connection between the two seems rather more tenuous, and should be clarified.

This has become more opaque (as well as more in-universe) with the change to "the two were born through similar circumstances"... --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 13:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

• This backstory, told via flashbacks at the start of Gaara's fight with Naruto Uzumaki, serves as a way to contrast the two character's diverse upbringings. While both characters face similar hardships of hate and neglect in their youth, they each develop radically different personalities.

This seems to offer a rather different take: that the two characters' upbringings were in fact diverse (rather than similar). Again, it's rather unclear.

...and yet, to add to the confusion, later on we learn about "differences in the circumstances of their births." Again, this is if anything muddier rather than clearer. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 13:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

And the "fight with Naruto" is never introduced and explained, despite the fact that (judging from the reviews below) it is apparently key to Gaara's role in the series.

Still not explained. Why do the two fight?

• To keep the village's military forces from becoming too weak, his father had the One-Tailed Shukaku sealed within Gaara during his birth.

I know there's a link to "One-Tailed Shukaku" here, but a) I think the articles should be coherent and intelligible on their own account and in any case b) the linked page hardly helps much, let alone to explain what it means for a One-Tailed Shukaku to be sealed within a character "during [their] birth."

And so I guess that the One-Tailed Shukaku is the "tailed beast" referred to earlier? There seems to be some repetition here, all the more confusing as it's not exact repetition so at first sight it's not obvious that the same incident or characteristics are being discussed in two different places.

Still unclear. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 13:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

• Gaara's most fundamental characteristic at the start of the series is a direct result of his background; as he is the only person he can count on, he comes to believe that the only way he can feel alive is by killing others. The second part of this sentence doesn't obviously follow on from the first.

The non sequitur is not fixed. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 13:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

• Gaara has ranked highly in the Shonen Jump popularity polls for the series, continuously placing in the top ten and reaching seventh place once.[8]

This citation is confusing, as it is not to Shonen Jump; it seems misplaced.

Still confusing. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 13:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Overall, though with careful and patient re-reading I can indeed piece together what's meant in this article, it's pretty tough going for someone who's not already familiar with the topic. And surely an encyclopedia should be directed precisely at such people?

I'm going to do a little more editing myself to try to help matters out. But I fear that my edits will reveal only how unclear the prose is at present. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 00:04, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I took a little while to rewrite some of the stuff based on your concerns. I hope that it will now be more linear and hopefully more understandable on first read. I also added a couple more important plot points, and clarified his parallels with Naruto somewhat. WtW-Suzaku (talk) 17:04, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I deleted that part of Yashamaru. As pointed before, the in-universe info is very big compared to the out-of. Increasing the in-universe will make it worse. That part of Yashamaru is not really necessary.Tintor2 (talk) 18:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm afraid that, while there has been movement on this article, it hasn't really addressed the issues I raised in the review, and in some ways it has been a case of two steps forward but another one back again. I feel I have to fail the review for now at least. Good luck as the article continues to develop and improve! --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 13:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Suicide

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=b49450J6MhY Kid becomes sand hero imitating Gaara. Worthy of inclusion? Kakama (talk) 22:05, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Editors on the main article think not. --Farix (Talk) 00:42, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

You all might want to participate in this discussion if haven't already done so. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 20:07, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, it's kind of appropriate. I actually came to this article hoping to find the story in like a "Gaara in Popular Culture" section. Totally worthy. There's no reason NOT to include it.(Myscrnnm (talk) 20:14, 16 March 2008 (UTC))

Actually, popular culture sections tend to be discouraged. If they're relevant or significant, they'll go into the "other media" section. As for this incident, it's not notable. Per the linked discussion, unless this results in a lawsuit, mass media attention, or similar, then it shouldn't be included. Refer to WP:NOT#NEWS. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 02:26, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd put this under reception. Sand hero obviously thought Gaara was cool enough to warrant burying himself in sand in Gaara's likeness. StardustDragon 05:06, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Part I, Part II ???

I noticed that the article says that Gaara's age is 12-13 in Part 1, but it doesn't have his age in Part II. Also, it says that his ninja rank is the 5th Kazekage, but he doesn't become that until Part 2. What's up with that? I'm kinda confused. A pyrate's life for me... (talk) 17:56, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

We dont have a source for his age in Part II. That's why it isnt there. --GhostStalker(Got a present for ya! | Mission Log) 05:32, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes we do. The Hiden: Shō no Sho Official Character Databook Mini that was part of the Weekly Shōnen Jump Hero Book. It gives us the ages of Naruto, Gaara, Kankurō, Shikamaru, Kakashi, and Sakura. --JadziaLover (talk) 07:54, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Huh, I wasnt aware that a new databook came out already... Maybe you could bring that to the attention of people on Naruto's talk page, and provide a link or something, so that we can finally put Part II ages up... --GhostStalker(Got a present for ya! | Mission Log) 21:21, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

It isn't an actual databook. It came as an extra with chapter 254 (I think it was 254... at any rate, it was more then 3 years ago). It has information about a handful of characters and jutsu, some information about Akatsuki and the history of Konoha, but nothing much. You could see it as a teaser for the next databook. However, as I said, it does have the part 2 ages of a couple of characters --JadziaLover (talk) 11:51, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Does it have an ISBN or something of the like that could be put into a {{cite book}} or {{cite journal}} template? That would allow us to add it to the article. ~SnapperTo 19:03, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, it came as an extra with chapter 254, so I guess it would be considered part of that week's Weekly Shounen Jump issue. --JadziaLover (talk) 00:09, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Here I found some news about that book, maybe it helps to know the date of that shonen jump.Tintor2 (talk) 01:39, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

So I guess the ref would be {{cite journal|title=Hiden: Shō no Sho Official Character Databook Mini|journal=Weekly Shōnen Jump|issue=18|page=?|year=2004|publisher=Shueisha}}. Since that seems to be in order, what are the ages that are given? ~SnapperTo 03:45, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

The year should be 2005, I believe.

The ages given are: Naruto, Gaara, Shikamaru, Sakura 15; Kankurou 17; and Kakashi 29. --JadziaLover (talk) 12:14, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Added.--Tintor2 (talk) 14:28, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

In the cover of chapter 411 there is a date about a new book that will be released on September 4th. Is that a new databook?--Tintor2 (talk) 20:12, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

It is. 『NARUTO-ナルト-キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK〔秘伝・者の書〕』, or more understandably, The "Naruto Character Official Databook [Hiden: Sha no Sho] ". --JadziaLover (talk) 10:38, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Sounds cool. Also, I added the page number to the references of the herobook but they do not appear in the ref.Tintor2 (talk) 15:04, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

I think there should be some mention of gaaras eyes rings/weariness in part II. originally gaara didnt sleep much because the shukaku would take control of him when he slept, hence his noticeable black rings around his eyes. now that he is no longer host, youd figure that his rings would dissappate but they are firmly in place. i think its atleast worth a mentioning.Diablo11d (talk) 20:52, 29 August 2009 (UTC)