Kishimoto explains in this interview that Gaara had several earrings during his initial design and was even presented that way in the early manga. He also explained that the initial design was difficult to draw on a regular basis. With the character arc of Gaara becoming one that Kishimoto wanted to expand upon, he adapted his style and removed the earrings to make it easier for him to draw.
Later adaptations would include Gaara having an outfit with a high collar which Kishimoto explains was an influence from one of his favorite movies, The Matrix. There is no other way around it that has ever been presented in Naruto. Gaara is still alive today because he was resurrected by Chiyo, who happens to be the one who placed Shukaku in him originally under orders from Rasa.
This has led to a bunch of confusion amongst Naruto fans because Gaara still has the powers he did when Shukaku was one with him. While never explained in the timeline, one can assume that Gaara still has his sand powers because he learned how to control and own them during the extended time Shukaku was merged with him. Ironically, Gaara becomes more powerful over time after Shukaku was extracted which is shown when he defeats and seals the Second Mizukage in the World War arc.
Because of this he never had a normal childhood and was forced to become stronger than other children his age. Having assassins trying to kill him at six only strengthened him, which allowed him to later take on B-rank missions with ease. His stats in the data book show him with a total of 29 points out of a possible This was also proven to be incorrect. Following the Fourth Great Shinobi War, Gaara learns how to incorporate other abilities into his absolute defense including Wind Release and his kekkei genkai into his shields.
Gaara mixes metal particles into his Shield of Sand which allowed him to guard against jutsu used to exploit his sand's weaknesses. Gaara was extremely powerful at a young age, but that is only a part of the reason of why he became Kazekage. After losing to Naruto, Gaara realized that his way of thinking and living was flawed.
Naruto inspired Gaara towards wanting to become Kazekage. Shortly after their battle, Rasa would die after being betrayed by Orochimaru. After the defeat of Orochimaru, Konoha and Suna would become allies.
The Suna council also wanted to keep the Kazekage bloodline as the seat of power, choosing Gaara over his siblings because of the control he had now over Shukaku. Masashi Kishimoto revealed in an interview found in the Jin no Sho that Gaara had originally been a much different character than the one we know today. Because of his sand powers, which he became adapt at during his youth, Gaara learned to battle without getting close to his opponents.
Not getting close to his opponents during battle was also a survival technique he learned at a young age. Even after becoming the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara would continue to avoid close contact when possible. Who did Gaara marry? Who are the 3 students of Jiraiya? Who was strongest Hokage? Is Minato stronger than Naruto? Does Naruto ever meet his sister? With neither youth having any more chakra left, Gaara and Naruto's fight ends with them punch each other with Gaara knocked unconscious.
When he regained consciousness, Gaara learns that Naruto is a Jinchuriki like him and suffered the same ostracizing yet resolved to protect others. This in turn causes Gaara to change his ways, surprising his siblings when he apologized for the trouble he caused them, and take the path as Naruto to be accepted by his people. Gaara later aids the Sasuke Retrieval team by helping Rock Lee battle Kimimaro , one of Orochimaru's followers, fighting evenly with him until Kimimaro's disease claimed his life.
After the battle, Gaara realized even those who are evil have someone precious to them. In turn, taking a Hidden Sand kunoichi named Matsuri as his student, Gaara gains the Konoha 11's help in dealing with an organization called the Four Celestial Symbols who needed his power to revive the Seimei. After three years of hard work during which he forms a deep bond with his siblings and gains the trust of the villagers, Gaara is appointed as the Fifth Kazekage.
However, Gaara's position as a Jinchuriki marked him to be captured by the Akatsuki 's Deidara. Luckily, he was brought back to life by Chiyo, one of the elders of his village, as an apology for her role in sealing the Tailed Beast inside him.
Eventually, due to the Akatsuki's increasing activity, Gaara was summoned to attend the Five Kage Summit to discuss how to deal with the organization. Having experienced the Akatsuki's deed and lived to tell about it, with the notion brought up, Gaara voiced he suggested a coalition of the villages n the past that only the Hidden Leaf accepted. When Sasuke was revealed to have infiltrated the meeting and the Fourth Raikage A went to fight him, Gaara voiced his concern with the other Kages' lack of ethics before he and his siblings leave to see Sasuke.
Using his sand to stop the fight between him and A, both on different spectra from the last time they met, Gaara attempted to talk Sasuke out of the path of darkness he is taking before forced to protect himself and his siblings from Sasuke's power.
Gaara accepted it while voicing to keep Naruto and Killer B out of the war for their sake. Gaara later tells Naruto of Sasuke's actions in the Summit and tells him that his friend is now beyond saving. During the war, Gaara is appointed as Commander of the Fourth Division as he talks his men into embracing each other as brothers.
On the second day of the war, Gaara encounters the Fourth Kazekage and battles him while now knowing his father's reasons to make him strong with attempts on his life. Eventually, Gaara learns the truth of his uncle's lie and Karura's final words: a promise to protect her son which came true in the form of the sand was the originally thought to be Shukaku's power.
After his father apologized for ruining his early childhood as he was sealed, Gaara faced the battlefield with new determination. Eventually, joining the other Kage, Gaara faces the reanimated Madara Uchiha and is mortally wounded by the time their battle ended. Gaara along with the kage made it to the other battlefield in time to confront the Ten-Tails jinchuuriki Obito Uchiha. When Naruto, Sasuke, and the Konoha 11 manage to land a critical blow on Obito, Gaara along with the other kage and ninjas were able to help pull out the tailed beasts chakra from Obito defeating him.
After Obito's loss, Madara took advantage of it to use rinne tensei and revive himself. Madara immediately went after the Tailed Beast. Gaara tried to help the Shukaku , his former tailed beast, from Madara but the latter overwhelmed them and managed to seal the Shukaku along with the other Tailed Beasts inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and transform it back into the Ten-Tails.
As Madara became the new Ten-Tails jinchuuriki, Gaara tried to help Naruto recover after losing the Nine-Tails and provided transportation to his undead father, the Fourth Hokage, so that he can give Naruto the second half of the Nine-Tails chakra.
After confronting Madara to steal a portion of Shukaku's and Gyuki's chakra, Obito managed to teleport himself, Naruto, and Sakura to safety. After the battle, Gaara and Lee stood back when Naruto emerged from the other dimension to fight Madara. After some time passed, Madara managed to successfully activate the Infinite Tsukyomi jutsu and trap all living beings within their own dream world with the exception of Obito and the members of Team 7.
In the dream world, Gaara was a child who dreamed about living peacefully with his family and was about to meet with a young Naruto.
Afterwards, he takes part in giving a gift for Naruto for his and Hinata's wedding not as Kazekage but as a friend of his and agrees to help Kakashi who know has become the sixth Hokage with preparations for Naruto and Hinata's wedding and sends a congratulatory message to Naruto and Hinata for their wedding day.
Since the series is set in Naruto Shippuden , Gaara has no villainous roles throughout the series and appears as a supporting character. Gaara has immense powers of control over sand, able to use his chakra and control it any way he likes with his mind. He is often shown to carry around a gourd made of sand on his back that contains a set amount of sand infused with a huge amount of his chakra.
This sand is easier for Gaara to control than normal sand, and he is able to perform faster and more powerful attacks with it. It is this sand that comprises Gaara's Ultimate Defense; his automatic Sand Shield which, bound by his mother's will to protect him, moves to shield him from harm whether he wants it to or not, and his Sand Armor, a shell of sand that Gaara can mold over his body to protect him should the Sand Shield be broken through. These defenses have always been very powerful, but have massively improved throughout the series; in part 1, Sasuke's Chidori could penetrate both, whereas in part 2, nothing and no one besides Madara Uchiha has been able to do the same, with many things, such as the supposedly unblockable Amaterasu, failing to even begin to penetrate the Sand Shield or outrun it.
If he feels the need, Gaara can completely enclose himself in his Ultimate Defense, which hasn't been known to be broken in part 2 from the outside. He can increase the defensive ability of the sand at will by fusing it, or normal sand with the hardest minerals present in the soil, with his strongest defense being a shield in the shape of Shukaku, his tailed beast.
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