

Is it possible for the Tailed Beasts to produce offspring of their own? Both
'male' and 'female' type Tailed Beasts exist.

The offspring would be hybrid, but still, would it be possible?


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Can the Tailed Beasts produce offsprings?


There is no canon answer to your question. The tailed beasts as they currently
exist in the Narutoverse are chakra creatures, not biological, and came into
existence because one entity (the 10 Tails) had its chakra separated from its
body (which became the Moon), which was then artificially split into a number
of separate beings. There is no indication that any of these creatures (or
chakra based entities in general) can reproduce themselves in any way similar
to organic sexual reproduction.

If you're asking about the _kitsune_ as a concept in actual Japanese folklore
(which is the basis for Kishimoto's tailed beasts), then the answer is: the
_kitsune_ are considered a type of _yokai_ or _kami_ , who can if powerful and
wise enough, take the form of a human being (usually but not limited to a
beautiful woman). There are many stories of foxes in the guise of a beautiful
woman falling in love with and marrying a human and producing offspring.

The real-life Sengoku general Takeda Shingon's wife Suwa Koi was believed to
be a malevolent fox-spirit, and she bore him Takeda Katsuyori. Abe no Seimei
in the Heian period was also considered a child of a fox.

Sources:

  * Ashkenazy, Michael "Handbook of Japanese Mythology." 2003.
  * Hearn, Lafcadio "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan." 2005.
  * Turnbull, Stephen. "Nagashino 1575." 2000.


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