Tsurugi Misumi



Name: Tsurugi Misumi, 剣ミスミ
Age: 23 (Deceased?)
Height: 174,7 cm
Weight: 61,4 kg
Birthday: November 30
Blood Type: A
Registration #: 011981
Affiliation: Otogakure (Hidden Sound)
Signature Ability: Nan no Kaizō (Soft Physique Modification)

Technically a Otogakure ninja, Tsurugi Misumi poses as a Genin level ninja from Konohagakure during the Chūnin exam, along with Yakushi Kabuto and Akadō Yoroi. To be more efficient in the gathering of information, his body has been altered to be able to fit into any space, with contortional abilities similar to Orochimaru's. This ability also has its benefits in battle by allowing Misumi to get impossible to escape holds on his opponent, with the ability to then constrict like a snake. He was defeated by Kankurō in the third battle of the Chūnin preliminary exams. The audible snapping sound by Kankuro's puppet snapping his neck (as Misumi had done on his puppet) leads many to believe that he died in this battle. However, due to the lack of intervention usually seen when a competiter was close to dying, death may be unlikely.

Tsurugi Misumi makes a second appearance with Akadō Yoroi in the anime's Kaima filler arc, where he is depicted as a research assistant and bodyguard to Orochimaru's scientist, Amachi. He, like Yoroi, has taken off the cloth covering his lower face. During the events of this arc, he is restrained in the lab when it caves in. Due to his contortion abilities, the impact of the falling rocks would not likely have killed him, but he is presumed dead due to suffocation.

Misumi is not verified as dead or alive regarding his last appearance in both the manga and anime. In the manga, he may have been crushed to death by Kankuro's puppet, even though Kankuro said he'd go easy on his neck. In the anime, he has somehow survived this, though some fans do not consider this canon. He is again put in the situation of a likely death in a cave-in, though may have possibly survived it as well.

Trivia


-Tsurugi Misumi means ("sword"),
-Together with Akadō Yoroi ("armor") and Yakushi Kabuto ("helmet") form an armor-helmet-sword trio.

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