Darui

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   Trained by the Third RaikageDebut Arc · Five Kage Summit

   A legend's only student of it

   Darui trains under the Third Raikage — the strongest leader the Hidden Cloud ever had — and is the one shinobi the Third passes his unique Black Lightning down to.

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   The Raikage's right hand

   At A's side

   Darui rises to become the trusted right hand of the Fourth Raikage, A — the calm, capable aide the hot-tempered Raikage relies on through every crisis.

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   Storm Release and Black Lightning

   Two rare gifts

   Darui carries two uncommon powers — the Storm Release Kekkei Genkai, which fires steerable beams of light, and the Black Lightning none but he inherited.

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   War division commander

   Leading a front

   In the Fourth Shinobi World War, Darui is trusted with command — leading a division of the Allied Shinobi Forces through the war's hardest fighting.

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   The last bearer of Black Lightning

   A legend's technique, kept alive

   Darui carries the Third Raikage's signature Black Lightning alone — its sole inheritor, and so the only living keeper of a legendary leader's technique.

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   Toward the Raikage's hat

   The Cloud's next leader

   By the close of the story, Darui stands on the path A walked before him — the right hand set to one day take up the hat as the next Raikage of Kumogakure.

Darui fights calm, and fights with lightning in two forms. His Storm Release fuses lightning and water into beams of light he can steer in flight, pursuing a target until they connect. His Black Lightning — the Third Raikage's own technique, inherited by Darui alone — charges his blade and shapes itself into a striking black panther. Behind both sits the polished lightning ninjutsu of a Kumo elite.

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• Who is Darui?+

  Darui is a shinobi of Kumogakure and the right-hand man of the Fourth Raikage. A student of the Third Raikage and the sole inheritor of Black Lightning, he is also the heir to the Raikage's hat.
• What is Darui's Storm Release?+

  Storm Release is Darui's Kekkei Genkai, fusing Lightning and Water chakra. It lets him release numerous beams of light that he can steer in flight, pursuing a target and striking it with precision.
• Did Darui inherit Black Lightning?+

  Yes. Darui trained under the Third Raikage, the creator of Black Lightning — a unique black form of Lightning Release. Darui is the only shinobi the Third Raikage passed it to, making him its sole inheritor.
• How does Darui fight?+

  Darui pairs his Storm Release and Black Lightning with lightning-enhanced kenjutsu — charging his blade, or shaping his lightning into a black panther to strike a group of enemies at once.
• Did Darui become the Raikage?+

  At the close of Naruto: Shippūden, Darui is a jōnin and the Fourth Raikage's trusted right hand. In time, he would succeed A as the Fifth Raikage of Kumogakure.
• Has Darui been a Narutodle answer?+

  Darui is in the daily answer pool of 210 characters. The Previous Narutodle Appearances list on this page shows every date he was the Classic answer, each linking to a replayable archive puzzle.
• How do you guess Darui in Narutodle?+

  Darui's Storm Release is the giveaway — a Kekkei Genkai almost unique to him. His Kumogakure village is uncommon, and his Nature column pairs Lightning with Water.