Mei Terumī

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   A child of the Bloody Mist

   Born in the wrong years

   Mei is born into a Kirigakure that prizes cruelty and fears bloodline power — a village where carrying a Kekkei Genkai, as Mei does twice over, is a danger rather than a gift.

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   Surviving the dark reign

   Living through the worst of it

   Mei lives through the era of manipulation and persecution that nearly destroys the Hidden Mist from the inside — and comes out of it certain the village has to change.

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   The Fifth Mizukage

   She takes the hat

   Mei rises to become the Fifth Mizukage of Kirigakure — a leader who takes the office not to hold the old order, but to end it.

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   The reformer

   Undoing the cruelty

   As Mizukage, Mei dismantles the village's worst traditions — ending the persecution of those born with Kekkei Genkai, and abolishing the brutal academy graduation rite of the Bloody Mist.

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   The Five Kage SummitDebut Arc · Five Kage Summit

   A Kage who fights

   Mei stands with the Five Kage at the Summit and through the Fourth Shinobi World War — and proves no figurehead, pressuring even Sasuke Uchiha in battle despite his Susanoo.

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   Passing the hat

   The Mist in steady hands

   When the war ends, Mei steps down — passing the title of Mizukage to her subordinate and bodyguard, the swordsman Chōjūrō, the village left far better than she found it.

Mei was rare twice over — a shinobi who carried two distinct Kekkei Genkai, and one strong enough to use both at a Kage's level. Lava Release fused fire and earth into molten rock she could shape and throw; Boil Release let her breathe out a corrosive mist that destroyed whatever it touched. Under those bloodline arts sat a solid command of three basic natures, and a combat record that pressured the strongest fighters of her generation.

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• Who is Mei Terumī?+

  Mei Terumī is the Fifth Mizukage of Kirigakure, the Hidden Mist. She is best known for pulling the village out of its cruel "Bloody Mist" era, and for holding two Kekkei Genkai at once — Lava Release and Boil Release.
• What are Mei Terumī's Kekkei Genkai?+

  Mei holds two Kekkei Genkai. Lava Release fuses fire and earth chakra into molten lava she can shape and throw. Boil Release lets her expel a highly corrosive mist from her mouth, able to destroy a human body in seconds.
• Why does Mei have two Kekkei Genkai?+

  It is simply rare. Most shinobi inherit at most one bloodline limit; Mei was born with two. That dual inheritance is part of what made her power exceptional enough to earn the title of Mizukage.
• What did Mei Terumī change in Kirigakure?+

  Mei used her time as Mizukage to undo the village's cruellest traditions. She ended the persecution of citizens born with Kekkei Genkai, and changed the brutal academy graduation rite that had defined the Bloody Mist era.
• Who succeeded Mei Terumī as Mizukage?+

  After the Fourth Shinobi World War, Mei abdicated the office and passed the title of Mizukage to her subordinate and bodyguard, the swordsman Chōjūrō, who became the Sixth Mizukage.
• Has Mei Terumī been a Narutodle answer?+

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

  Mei's Kekkei Genkai column is the giveaway — two bloodline limits at once, Lava Release and Boil Release. Her Kirigakure village is uncommon, her Kage rank narrows further, and her Terumī clan is rare.