Gitai is a shinobi out of the Land of Demons and a member of the Gang of Four in Naruto Shippuden the Movie. Serving as the group's muscle, he was a swaggering brute who grew hooked on the borrowed dark chakra that fueled his monstrous transformations.
Gitai has chalk-pale skin, red eyes, and white hair falling to his shoulders, with a blue cloth covering his mouth. His outfit is a white robe carrying the same hexagram emblem the Gang of Four share, worn over a blue sleeveless shirt and finished with martial-arts shoes. Once he transforms, he swells to a far larger size, his skin turning a tannish shade, green marks spreading over his arms and faces, while gaining two extra sets of arms, more faces, and a tail.
Gitai is his team's powerhouse, leaning on brute strength and earth chakra. Empowered by Yomi's dark chakra, his enormous fists strike roughly ten times as hard as a normal man's, and his earth techniques reach their peak. He can wall opponents in with rock, sheathe himself in stone for armor that serves on offense or defense, upgrade that shell when pressed, launch homing earthen projectiles, and set off blasts by stamping the ground. On the night of freeing Moryo's soul he is handed Fire Release chakra instead, ringing the earth in flame and merging it with Setsuna's wind to spin a blazing tornado he can detonate at will. His trump card is to force out the chakra snake and drink the dark chakra directly, twisting himself into an Asura-like giant that rains bombs down with every punch to the ground, though the strain leaves his body liable to burst apart. He also possesses a keen sense of smell akin to the Inuzuka clan.

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Gitai served on Yomi's team in their bid to unleash the demon Moryo. Early in the film he pairs with Setsuna to cut down the guards at Moryo's prison. When the group later attacks the temple sheltering Shion, they collide with Naruto's team, and Gitai reshapes the terrain to his side's advantage before Sakura and Lee drive them off; Setsuna then sends him to sniff out Kusuna. In their second clash he squares off against Lee, forcing him back and hardening into a rock statue. As Gitai mocks his taijutsu, Lee opens the Eight Gates, climbing from the third to the fifth to shatter the armor, yet it is not enough. Gitai then swallows the chakra snakes in his arm and becomes a six-armed, three-headed demon that pelts Lee with bombs wherever he lands. Only by resorting to the Drunken Fist, brought on by a whiskey-laced chocolate from Might Guy, does Lee break through. The transformation leaves Gitai unstable, and he explodes and dies in a purple haze, to Kusuna's disappointment.
Gitai is a shinobi from the Land of Demons and a member of the Gang of Four in Naruto Shippuden the Movie. He serves as the group's muscle, a swaggering brute empowered by borrowed dark chakra.
Gitai leans on brute strength and Earth Release, striking roughly ten times harder than a normal man when empowered by Yomi's dark chakra. He can wall in opponents with rock, sheathe himself in stone armor, and launch homing earthen projectiles.
Gitai's trump card is forcing out a chakra snake to drink dark chakra directly, twisting himself into an Asura-like giant with six arms and three heads that rains bombs with every punch to the ground. The strain of this transformation leaves his body liable to burst apart.
Gitai died after pushing his demonic transformation too far while fighting Rock Lee, who broke through his defenses using the Drunken Fist. The strain of the transformation made his body unstable, and he exploded in a purple haze.
Gitai fought Rock Lee twice near the temple sheltering Shion. In their second clash he transformed into a six-armed, three-headed demon, but Lee finally overcame him after taking whiskey-laced chocolate from Might Guy and unleashing the Drunken Fist.
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