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Black Zetsu VS White Zetsu in Naruto (Compared)

Black Zetsu VS White Zetsu in Naruto (Compared)

Who doesn’t love a good story? Mangas are popularly known for having great stories. One of the most famous Manga is known as Naruto, it’s a renowned Japanese manga series written as well as illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It narrates the storyline of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja seeking recognition from his peers and dreams of being the Hokage (A Hokage is the leader of his village).

The story has been narrated in two parts; the first contains Naruto’s pre-teen years, and the second contains his teen years. Naruto was broadcast in Shueisha’s magazine, Weekly Shōnen Jump, from 1999 to 2014. Later, it was released in tankōbon in book form in 72 volumes.

The Naruto manga was converted into an anime television series produced by Pierrot and Aniplex. The series contains 220 episodes and was broadcast in Japan from 2002 to 2007. Naruto was broadcast on Disney from 2009 to 2011 with only 98 episodes, and it’s still airing on several renowned channels.

Learn more about Naruto through this video.

Naruto Facts

Now that we know what Naruto is, let’s talk about some of the best and most talked about characters in Naruto.

Black Zetsu is a secondary antagonist of the Naruto franchise. Initially, he was a right-hand of Madara and a servant of Obito. He served as an agent of Akatsuki, where he was the main spy of the organization, and also worked alongside White Zetsu.

In reality, Black Zetsu was a spawn of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the overarching antagonist of the Naruto franchise. He served her before her own two sons sealed her away. After this, Black Zetsu has been on a mission to bring back his mater Kaguya by unleashing the infinite Tsukuyomi, this mission includes a great degree of manipulation.

He did achieve his ultimate goal. However, it didn’t last for long. Team 7 crushed that goal by defeating and sealing them both permanently.

Contrasting Antagonists in Naruto

White Zetsu is an antagonist in the Naruto franchise, serving as a member of Akatsuki and working alongside Black Zetsu. He helps Black Zetsu to gather information about the leaders of Akatsuki, suck as Obito Uchiha. Madara Uchiha thought he created White Zetsu and its clones using Hashirama Senju’s DNA.

However, Black Zetsu released that the creation of White Zetsu and its clones resulted from Kaguya Ōtsutsuki using the Infinite Tsukuyomi methods on the people before she transformed them into White Zetsu.

Although Black Zetsu and White Zetsu are both antagonists, they have differences that portray what kind of antagonists they are. Let’s look at those differences.

Black Zetsu is known as Wicked Tongue and Zetsu, while White Zetsu is known as Zetsu as well, by the clones “the Original”, and by Obito “White One”. Black Zetsu is the spy and manifests Kaguya’s Will, White Zetsu on the other hand is a member of the Akatsuki. The crimes of Black Zetsu are more compared to White Zetsu.

Here is a table for the differences between Black and White Zetsu that one should know.

AspectsBlack ZetsuWhite Zetsu
Type of VillainMutated NinjaMutated Terrorist
CreationHe was created by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki before she was sealed away by her sonsHe was created after Kaguya used the Infinite Tsukuyomi technique
GoalsBring back his “mother” Kaguya ŌtsutsukiHelp the Akatsuki to carry out its goals.
Powers or SkillsWood Release
Rinnegan
Sharingan
Mangekyō Sharingan
Immortality
Possession
Incredible intelligence
Manipulation master
Wood-style Jutsu
The ability to clone himself
The ability to take and replicate other people’s chakra in order to impersonate them
CrimesMass enslavement
Terrorism
Mass murder
Possession
Incitement
Murder and Terrorism
The Difference Between Black Zetsu and White Zetsu

Keep reading to know more.

What is White Zetsu?

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White Zetsu possesses great abilities.

White Zetsu is an antagonist in a franchise called Naruto, and a member of the Akatsuki. He was created because of the ramifications of Kaguya using the Infinite Tsukuyomi methods on people before them those people into White Zetsu’s.

White Zetsu is considered a calm and sympathetic individual, he helps in getting information for his leaders of Akatsuki. Despite the fact that White Zetsu is an antagonist, he would help others, such as helping Sasuke to heal, as he had Itachi’s eye, which was implanted into his body.

White Zetsu possesses great abilities, such as wood-style jutsu, that help him manipulate the vegetation and plants around him. He can travel from the ground to the earth, which saves him a lot of time, and he can also create spores and clones of himself to attach to people.

There is an army called White Zetsu, they never used any strategy while confronting their enemies. They all have the skill of wood-style jutsu and can easily become a replica of people. This ability helps them convert attacks against their enemies.

What is Black Zetsu made of?

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Black Zetsu’s considered intelligent as well as manipulative.

Black Zetsu’s true form is absolutely black, a humanoid build that lacks any hair or any visible orifices. He’s created of a black mass and can shape and resize himself. Furthermore, he has two yellow eyes that don’t have any visible sclerae or even pupils, his eyes can often shape themselves as a mouth that contains jagged teeth.

His real appearance is complicated to describe. He has a plant-like appearance, given by two huge Venus flytrap-like extensions that wrap around his head and upper body.

He has short green hair and yellow eyes without his extensions. Both the left and right sides are different. The left side is white, while the right is black.

The hands and feet are complicated to put in words as he has no facial features or bodily protrusions, but they are of white color like his left side.

When we talk about the personality of Black Zetsu, he’s considered intelligent and manipulative.

Is Black Zetsu evil?

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Black Zetsu might be evil, but he isn’t as evil as most antagonists are.

Black Zetsu was manipulative rather than evil. He manipulated many people in order to unleash his mother, however, he has committed several crimes which include murder and enslavement. Black Zetsu was quite conniving as he persuaded Indra to start a war against his brother Ashura, this war lasted for thousands of years.

Black Zetsu took every step for one sole reason: to revive his mother Kaguya. Even persuading Indra to fight his brother, as Indra fought, Black Zetsu watched over his descendants and hoped that one of them might awaken the Rinnegan, which would help him revive his mother.

Other than reviving his mother, Black Zetsu served Akatsuki. His abilities are quite interesting, he can split into two, and his white side can also create multiple copies of himself, which increases his chances of winning.

Black Zetsu might be evil, but he isn’t as evil as most antagonists are. He merely uses his abilities and manipulation as one of his great abilities. Call it evil or just manipulative. That’s up to the viewer’s perspective.

Who created White Zetsu?

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The creation of White Zetsu was a consequence of Kaguya’s actions.

White Zetsu was created by Kaguya when she consumed the chakra fruit that grew from the god tree, she became such a powerful goddess that she used the Infinite Tsukuyomi technique to turn the Human race into white Zetsu.

The creation of White Zetsu was a consequence of Kaguya’s actions. Kaguya Ōtsutsuki is an overarching antagonist, the source of all the conflict, and the biggest threat the protagonists of the Naruto franchise would ever face. However, she isn’t the only antagonist.

Kaguya was driven by a desire: power or fear of death. Nonetheless, it drove her to the planet Earth where she served as a sacrifice to cultivate a God tree. She betrayed everyone, even her partner, to come to Earth. Furthermore, she was the first being to wield the chakra, becoming a divine and unfathomable powerful goddess.

As the people she once betrayed were coming to Earth to punish her, she attempted to turn the Human race into the White Zetsu army. Eventually, she ended up turning herself into a demonic ten-tailed Beast. However, it didn’t do her much good as her own sons sealed her, but not before she created the one and only Black Zetsu.

How can Naruto sense White Zetsu?

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White Zetsu can be sensed when Naruto is in his Chakra mode.

Naruto is the protagonist, he uses his Nine-tails Chakra Mode to sense the White Zetsu, specifically, it’s his anger and hatred that Naruto could sense.

It’s observed that in Sage Mode, the sensing power of Naruto is quite strong. Using Kumara’s chakra, he can easily sense all the negative emotions that Zetsu mostly emits.

To Conclude

  • Black Zetsu and White Zetsu are big bad guys in Naruto.
  • Black Zetsu, made by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, wanted to bring back his mom, Kaguya, by tricking and spying on others.
  • White Zetsu, also made by Kaguya, worked for the Akatsuki to gather secrets.
  • Black Zetsu was sneaky and tricky, while White Zetsu helped the Akatsuki.
  • Black Zetsu had powers like Wood Release, Rinnegan, Sharingan, and super smarts.
  • White Zetsu could control plants, make copies of himself, and was pretty chill despite being bad.
  • Both Zetsu came from Kaguya’s Infinite Tsukuyomi trick.
  • Naruto could feel White Zetsu’s bad vibes in his Chakra mode.

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