Saiken

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   Born of the Ten-TailsDebut Arc · Kazekage Rescue

   Named by the Sage

   Saiken comes into being when Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki splits the Ten-Tails into nine beasts. Like its siblings, it is given a name and a self of its own.

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   The gentle slug

   Kind among the fierce

   Saiken takes the shape of a vast slime-covered slug — and, rarer than its form, it is gentle. It carries none of the malice or self-interest that drives several of the nine beasts.

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   Sealed into Utakata

   A willing bond

   Saiken is sealed within Utakata of Kirigakure. The two keep a decent, willing bond — Saiken giving Utakata access to its power, and never once fighting him for control.

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   Utakata's exile

   A wanderer's road

   Utakata leaves Kirigakure a missing-nin during the Bloody Mist era. Saiken shares the long, drifting, homeless years of a host with no village left to return to.

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   Captured by the Akatsuki

   Taken with its host

   Utakata is caught by the Akatsuki. Saiken is extracted from him and sealed into the Demonic Statue — and, with the extraction, Utakata's life is lost.

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   Freed at last

   Out of the cycle of capture

   At the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Saiken is freed — released, at last, from the long cycle of being sealed, used, and taken.

Saiken fights with what its slug body produces — corrosion. It can emit acidic substances, as liquid or as gas, that disintegrate whatever they touch, and it has an affinity for Water Release. It is also the source of the Soap Bubble Ninjutsu its jinchūriki Utakata built his whole style on. Beneath it sits a tailed beast's vast reserve of chakra.

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• Who is Saiken?+

  Saiken is the Six-Tails, one of the nine tailed beasts. A vast, slime-covered slug, it is kinder than most of the nine, and was last sealed within Utakata of Kirigakure.
• What does Saiken look like?+

  Saiken is an enormous bipedal slug, white with a faint blue tint, covered in a thick slimy substance. It has stubby limbs, six long tails, and two optical tentacles for eyes.
• Who was Saiken's jinchūriki?+

  Saiken's jinchūriki was Utakata, a missing-nin of Kirigakure who left the village during its "Bloody Mist" era. Saiken and Utakata kept a decent, willing bond.
• Is Saiken a kind tailed beast?+

  Yes. Saiken is notably kinder than many of its siblings — less malicious and self-serving. It gave Utakata access to its full power willingly, and never fought him for control of his body.
• What can Saiken do?+

  Saiken can emit corrosive substances, in liquid or gas form, that disintegrate what they touch. It has an affinity for Water Release, and is the source of the Soap Bubble Ninjutsu its jinchūriki used.
• Has Saiken been a Narutodle answer?+

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

  Saiken's Tailed Beast attribute is the giveaway — a column hit only the nine beasts share. Its Village and Ninja Rank both read None, and its Nature column pairs Water with Yin.