


I just looked at a picture of the one tail to look at his eyes. It's something like a scar of being exposed and I can't help but note Naruto has whiskers close resemblance to the fox.īy the way, fox and dogs do have whiskers as being the shape of an animal, but Gaara has trouble with sleep. Since he always had it, it's probably a part of his being, like a trait that was passed down or it could be like a birthmark or scar-like Naruto's whiskers. I was constantly looking at his face to learn about this, but in the translated anime, he had lines under the dark circle just a little poke of a line beside his nose where bags pop out the most.Īlso, in the anime, Naruto said what's up with him wearing eyeliner. Those dark circle around Gaara's eyes are not from sleep deprivation.

This could mean that the dark circles are a character trait (conceived upon character design) that were a result of the Ichibi being sealed in Gaara even before his birth, thus being present even after the Bijuu's extraction. He had these whiskers even prior to being the Kyuubi's host: So this trait could be somewhat similar to the whiskers Naruto has from the Kyuubi. On a side note, I think it can also be the influence of the tanuki ( the 'inspiration' for the Shukaku) in the character conception, since the tanuki too has dark rings around his eyes. Plus, the translation I read of chapter 135 does not refer to the dark rings, but rather to the 'bags under his eyes' (although this could be a problem with the translation.):įurthermore, as SingerOfTheFall said, there are several other Suna shinobi that have dark rings around their eyes, including Gaara's father when he uses his Gold Dust: I know he already had the Shukaku sealed inside him, but I find it a bit odd that he was born suffering from insomnia. Upon Gaara's birth ( Shipuuden episode 297 and Naruto chapter 547, page 4), he already had his dark rings around the eyes. I'm more inclined to agree with SingerOfTheFall's answer.
