What Kind of Creature is Juubi?

[Whiteknight]

All the other bijuu are modeled after other animals either real (or combinations of real animals) or folklore. For instance the "Fox" is really modeled after the Kitsune, which is like a fox with many tails from Japanese lore. Hachibi is like a mix of an Ox and an Octopus. Other Bijuu are based on cats, turtles, apes/monkeys, tanuki (japanese racoon-dog, a real creature), A horse with a dolphin's head, a slug, and a beetle.

Here's the question: What is the Juubi supposed to be? I had assumed, based on the silhouette that we've seen from earlier in the manga and the fact that the Gedo Mazo (supposedly the body of the beast) is human-shaped that the Juubi would also be more or less human-shaped (or "demon-shaped"). However, that's clearly not the case. The Juubi has no apparent human features at all. It looks sort of like a one-eyed toad creature with that weird spire on it's back.

Is the Juubi modeled after some kind of animal that I don't recognize? Is this weird form because the Juubi is incomplete/imperfect, or is that what it's supposed to look like?

[-S-]

A demon...

[Ritsu]

It's No-Face! >:0

[rollin]

a one-eyed giant

[Kirikoe]

the juubi is just a figment of kishi's imagination .... also the hachibi should have been a snake -.- damn kishi lol

[yellowxflash]

Imagination

[Yui Kotegawa]

Most likely a demon.Look it up

[Naruto The Coming Hokage]

All the other bijuu are modeled after other animals either real (or combinations of real animals) or folklore. For instance the "Fox" is really modeled after the Kitsune, which is like a fox with many tails from Japanese lore. Hachibi is like a mix of an Ox and an Octopus. Other Bijuu are based on cats, turtles, apes/monkeys, tanuki (japanese racoon-dog, a real creature), A horse with a dolphin's head, a slug, and a beetle.

Here's the question: What is the Juubi supposed to be? I had assumed, based on the silhouette that we've seen from earlier in the manga and the fact that the Gedo Mazo (supposedly the body of the beast) is human-shaped that the Juubi would also be more or less human-shaped (or "demon-shaped"). However, that's clearly not the case. The Juubi has no apparent human features at all. It looks sort of like a one-eyed toad creature with that weird spire on it's back.

Is the Juubi modeled after some kind of animal that I don't recognize? Is this weird form because the Juubi is incomplete/imperfect, or is that what it's supposed to look like?

Thats because the SO6P made the other bijuus like that. he FOUND the Juubi like that , its a demon evil chakra thing monster,

[bajram]

A demon one eyed monster lol.

[Ritsu]

the juubi is just a figment of kishi's imagination .... also the hachibi should have been a snake -.- damn kishi lol

8 tailed .....snake....?

[Yusuke Urameshi]

Japanese mythology maybe?

[Chatte]

A cyclopic shark with tails?

[Zlad]

God- and monster, from what I can see now it looks like it can be a tool too

[ryan221]

Maybe this.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daidarabotchi

[Download]

i think if it had the kyuubi and hatchibi chakra it would look better

[thgt89]

When its mouth is open with those sharp teeth and the way it appears to be swimming through the land it is almost like a shark to some extent. Kisame would be happy.

[HamzaVeli]

Its the "dajjal" like some guy mentioned in his thread, cant remember - the juubi = illuminate - - infinite tsukiyomi = illuminati vision !

['Nāpalm]

a monster

[Zerofnaruto]

Yes, all the other tailed beasts are inspired by some folklore, but the juubi doesn’t really have a background, considering it doesn’t really show up much until now. I can just say that the juubi is one of the ugliest tailed beasts that I saw, next to the 6 tailed slug. As far as Im concerned it’s not going to show up in any folklore or mythology at the moment. But here, all I found was it might be related to Deidarabotchi in Japanese mythology

[Expulso]

I am..