beasts

[olly4sho]

which beast do you think is the strongest between Gara's and naruto's?

[† Ferocia Coutura]

Well, technically I'd go with Naruto's, because it has more tails, thus more chakra.

[Catwoman]

Probably Naruto's but Gaara's puts up one hellova fight.

[Koby]

Well, technically I'd go with Naruto's, because it has more tails, thus more chakra.

More tails doesn't really mean more chakra.

Anyhow, Killer Bee seems to be the one to have mastered his beast and uses it to it's full potential. Though in the manga it's likely Naruto is capable of that as well now that Bee has trained him. Though the OP simply put this as the One-tailed Beast in Gaara vs. the 9-tailed Beast in Naruto. If their battle was any indication, Naruto won, but that doesn't really mean/show who's the strongest of the Beasts. Got to remember all the Beasts are actually part of a whole. They all are only a part of the original 10-tailed Beast. So in actuality they could have been split with equal power.

[samurai_lord]

If the Bijuu mythology is any indication of which is the strongest tailed beast, then it would be the Kyuubi. In the manga it states it as being one of the strongest.

[shyguysteve]

Well... Naruto is sealed with only half of the Fox's chakra, its good chakra. So I say Gaara's former tailed beast was stronger in comparison.

Though I'm not sure if the difference between good or evil chakras has an effect in general power.

[saminyt]

I would say the Kyuubi hands down. I mean the kyuubi almost destroyed the hidden leaf where both the third and the fourth hokage were. On the other hand, the one tailed Shukaku could be defeated by Naruto and Gamabunta. I think that it is safe to assume that the power of the tailed beasts increases with the number of tails. I mean the one tailed Shukaku, the two tailed moster cat and the three tailed turtle doesnt seem much of a fight against the eight and nine tailed beasts who on their own fields battled Kages fiercely.

[Koby]

I would say the Kyuubi hands down. I mean the kyuubi almost destroyed the hidden leaf where both the third and the fourth hokage were. On the other hand, the one tailed Shukaku could be defeated by Naruto and Gamabunta. I think that it is safe to assume that the power of the tailed beasts increases with the number of tails. I mean the one tailed Shukaku, the two tailed moster cat and the three tailed turtle doesnt seem much of a fight against the eight and nine tailed beasts who on their own fields battled Kages fiercely.

The thing is you're all comparing a loose tailed-beast vs. a sealed tailed-beast wielded by an untrained genin. That's not a fair comparison at all. To truly be able to compare them on equal terms would have had to have seen the one-tailed beast fight the 4th while being loose as well. Otherwise you're simply unfairly comparing or taking wild guesses and speculating.

When Naruto fought Gaara obviously both the nine-tails within Naruto and the one-tail within Gaara wasn't at their full capability.

Also that picture of the manga above doesn't really prove anything. All it says is pretty much the nine-tails chakra is strong because after all it is one of the nine tailed beasts (direct translation of youma is demon). It in no way says he is the strongest of them, simply that he is one of them.

[shyguysteve]

I would say the Kyuubi hands down. I mean the kyuubi almost destroyed the hidden leaf where both the third and the fourth hokage were. On the other hand, the one tailed Shukaku could be defeated by Naruto and Gamabunta. I think that it is safe to assume that the power of the tailed beasts increases with the number of tails. I mean the one tailed Shukaku, the two tailed moster cat and the three tailed turtle doesnt seem much of a fight against the eight and nine tailed beasts who on their own fields battled Kages fiercely.

This would be dependent on the user not the beast itself.

I say the Raccoon because they are just vicious animals, Gaara doesn't use the Shukaku's strength or chakra like Naruto or B. They both go into a cloak state in which they are granted a portion of strength physically and whatever amount of chakra the beast decides to lend them.

Gaara never uses this technique since his beast was (in part 1) always asleep. But the Shukaku's chakra did defend Gaara with sand on its own, to do that while technically 'unconscious' is quite powerful, while Naruto on the other hand always has to appear before the fox in dire situations.

Its not always true that Naruto needs to see the fox for its powers to take effect, it can heal him if he sits still long enough and other smaller type things that Naruto had remained unaware of.

EDIT: I just pick the Raccoon, there is not enough to really compare what beast is stronger unless they are free to fight as themselves.

[m.eshi]

Well, I believe that Shukaku is the most beneficial for the jinchuriki who wields it. I mean just think about it, he could wipe out jounin when he was a little kid. Isn't that just cool?!!!

[saminyt]

Let's think of it another way shall we. Naruto has to go through nine consecutive transformations before he can reach the nine tails and Killer Bi needs to go through eight. From this logic, Gaara can only go through one and that is direct Shukaku. In each transformation, the jinchuriki gets stronger due to the beasts power. So it is obvious that Kyuubi is nine times more powerful than Shukaku.

And if you are talking about free tailed beasts, then remember naruto was able to defeat the three tailed beast and that beast was wild not sealed. Also, the time with the battled between Gaara and Naruto, Gaara released the full power of Shukaku being in slumber himself. So its kind of like he was free. But Naruto and Gamabunta were still able to hold their one against him. I think that Shukaku is about as powerful or a little more than the chief toad and nothing more. I mean, why was it necessary to call them different tails if there was power was the same.

[Koby]

Let's think of it another way shall we. Naruto has to go through nine consecutive transformations before he can reach the nine tails and Killer Bi needs to go through eight. From this logic, Gaara can only go through one and that is direct Shukaku. In each transformation, the jinchuriki gets stronger due to the beasts power. So it is obvious that Kyuubi is nine times more powerful than Shukaku.

And if you are talking about free tailed beasts, then remember naruto was able to defeat the three tailed beast and that beast was wild not sealed. Also, the time with the battled between Gaara and Naruto, Gaara released the full power of Shukaku being in slumber himself. So its kind of like he was free. But Naruto and Gamabunta were still able to hold their one against him. I think that Shukaku is about as powerful or a little more than the chief toad and nothing more. I mean, why was it necessary to call them different tails if there was power was the same.

1. They don't have to go through 9 transformations. That's just the nine-tails slowly trying to take over his body. Naruto could instantly transform all the way if he allowed it. Each tail simply symbolizes that he's using more of the tailed-beast's chakra and such, it doesn't mean anything about how powerful the beast is.

2. The whole three-tailed beast arc was an anime-only filler arc and cannot be brought into the equation. In the canon Naruto never met the 3-tails.

In reality the beasts are likely all about the same strength since the 10-tailed beast was split into 9 different beasts it's very likely they all have an equal share of 1/9th of the 10-tailed-beast.

[NSF1601]

the kyuubi is stronger

[saminyt]

1. They don't have to go through 9 transformations. That's just the nine-tails slowly trying to take over his body. Naruto could instantly transform all the way if he allowed it. Each tail simply symbolizes that he's using more of the tailed-beast's chakra and such, it doesn't mean anything about how powerful the beast is.

2. The whole three-tailed beast arc was an anime-only filler arc and cannot be brought into the equation. In the canon Naruto never met the 3-tails.

In reality the beasts are likely all about the same strength since the 10-tailed beast was split into 9 different beasts it's very likely they all have an equal share of 1/9th of the 10-tailed-beast.

I get what you're saying. Maybe your logic is right. But I just can't seem to believe it. I mean after seeing both of the in action, it doesn't seem like Shukaku is that much powerful.

[Koby]

I mean after seeing both of the in action, it doesn't seem like Shukaku is that much powerful.

Again, you never saw the Shukaku in full power. I don't give a damn if Gaara was unconscious or not and that the Shukaku took over that still wouldn't have been his full power as he was having to harness his power through an inexperienced Genin's body. So it's kind of impossible to really gauge the tailed-beasts abilities as we've never seen most of them running lose. About the only one we know of is the Nine-tails attacking Konoha and fighting the 4th. There is the Three-tails but that was filler so you really can't judge the strength of it there.

[slbcampeao]

the kyuubi is stronger

[darez]

NARUTO is number one but gaara is cool too.

[leezo2k]

narutos of course

[ded64]

I would say that Naruto's beast the Nine Tailed Fox is way stronger!

[maanmedia]

I don't think it's the beast but the bond between beast and Jinchuuriki that makes them even more stronger. Their strengh is masured in tails but I don't think that's the end of the story...