Deidara
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Deidara Fan Club !! Ring: ("blue", "green") :: Ring position: Right index finger :: Partner: Formerly Tobi, Sasori before that Seiyu: Katsuhiko Kawamoto :: Deidara is a missing-nin from Iwagakure. Before joining Akatsuki, Deidara acted as a terrorist bomber for hire, where his work attracted the attention of Pein. Pein sent other Akatsuki members to recruit Deidara, though he refused. After being defeated by Itachi Uchiha, however, Deidara was forced to join the organization. Deidara maintains a deep loathing for Itachi from that point further and becomes determined to defeat him, even training one of his eyes to overcome Itachi's signature ability: genjutsu. Deidara was partnered with Sasori upon joining the organization, whose artistic ability and insight Deidara admired. After Sasori's death Deidara is paired with Tobi whom he treats as a disciple. Despite Tobi's habit of accidentally angering Deidara, Deidara takes great care to keep Tobi out of harm's way and even dedicates his final moments to apologizing to him. In battle, Deidara uses special mouths in the palm of each hand to create Exploding Clay, Kibaku Nendo?). As the name suggests he can make the clay explode by first infusing it with his chakra and then using the command "detonate"; the blast strength of his creations is determined by how much chakra he adds to them. His clay can take on any size or form, ranging from microscopic in size to birds big enough for him to fly upon to copies of himself the size of buildings. Deidara refers to his creations as art, believing the most beautiful thing about them to be their detonation. His admiration for his art is such that he believes it can't be defeated, leading to overconfidence in battle. Depending on the complexity or potency of one of his works, Deidara applies it a designation from anywhere between "C1" to "C4", the former being the most basic and the latter being his strongest attack. For his final act, Deidara also has a mouth on his chest that, once unsealed and provided with clay, turns him into a living bomb that destroys everything in a 10 kilometer radius. Deidara uses this as a last resort during his battle with Sasuke Uchiha, Itachi's younger brother, in an effort to prove his art is supreme, though Sasuke is able to survive. Deidara's character is modeled after famous Japanese abstract artist Tarô Okamoto. Deidara's catchphrase, "art is a bang," (and variations therein) was first popularized by Okamoto in 1981. Some of Deidara's larger explosions, such as the one he creates during his death, are also similar in appearance to some of Okamoto's works.[citation needed] Deidara's art style is referred to as superflat, a reference to types of manga that focus on critiquing modern Japan.
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