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Karenbana

Character

Hired by Shabadaba to murder the Land of the Moon's rightful king, Karenbana works alongside fellow assassins Ishidate and Kongo. Vain and childlike in looks despite her age, this Moon-born kunoichi ultimately falls to Sakura Haruno at the climax of the film.

English Voice: Cindy Robinson
Japanese Voice: Haruhi Terada
Age: 22
Height: Part I: 135 cm
Status: Deceased
Village & Affiliations: Land of the Moon
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Appearance

Grown but small, Karenbana passes for a child and is genuinely twenty-two, so she bristles when Sakura Haruno needles her about looking so young. A long, shaggy white wig conceals the cropped, boyish brown hair she shares with her teammates, and a grey band sits across her brow. Her eyes are a pale pink, her lips wear pink colour, and she flushes easily. Draped over her frame is an open white vest falling past the knees; beneath it a pink long-sleeved top tapers into a skirt, paired with brief black shorts and black gloves.

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Personality

An adult who looks like a girl, she flares up at anyone who mistakes her for a child. Total faith in her own skill and her teammates marks her, along with a streak of daring: she is bold enough to hurl herself at Naruto to wound him just after he has crushed Kongo in his Nine-Tails state. Arrogant and dismissive toward others, she is vain to a genuine flaw, dousing herself in enough perfume that it undoes her own camouflage.

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Abilities

Karenbana leans on a rare poison that dulls a foe's reflexes, buying her time to slip past their strikes while she cuts at them with a kunai. She folds this toxin into a genjutsu of phantom petals that swirl around a target as she melts into the blooms to attack unseen. A camouflage technique lets her vanish too, yet the perfume she loves keeps betraying her position. In close combat she is fast and unexpectedly powerful, splitting a floor open when she drops toward Sakura. Her downfall comes when Sakura smashes a chandelier and follows the crunch of glass beneath her feet, landing a chakra-loaded blow that hurls her into a wall.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Karenbana in Naruto?

Karenbana is a kunoichi from the Land of the Moon hired by Shabadaba to assassinate the country's rightful king, working alongside fellow killers Ishidate and Kongo.

What does Karenbana look like?

Karenbana is twenty-two years old but has a small, childlike build, and she wears a long shaggy white wig over her cropped brown hair along with an open white vest, a pink long-sleeved top, black shorts, and black gloves.

What abilities does Karenbana use in battle?

Karenbana wields a rare poison that dulls an opponent's reflexes, folds it into a genjutsu of swirling phantom petals to attack unseen, and can use a camouflage technique, though her love of perfume often gives away her position.

How does Karenbana die?

Karenbana is killed by Sakura Haruno, who tracks her by the crunch of glass after smashing a chandelier and lands a chakra-loaded blow that hurls her into a wall.

What is Karenbana's personality like?

Karenbana is arrogant, vain, and dismissive toward others, quick to anger when mistaken for a child despite genuinely looking that young, and bold enough to attack Naruto right after he had just defeated her teammate Kongo.

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