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From the start of the series, we saw the Tailed Beasts as large, vicious, and
angry entities bound inside the bodies of their _jinchuriki_. They were shown
to despise the humans who bound them and used their power for personal gain.
But they weren't always like this.

Initially, they were shown as small and emotionally open towards the Sage of
Six Paths. While I understand why they hate humans _now_ , I don't understand
why and how they grew larger from their small size to something equivalent to
an 'adult size'?

They are now shown as a large mass of chakra. When they die, they reform.
Also, as we have seen, when the _Kyuubi_ was divided into two separate parts,
his size was reduced. But that reduction in chakra didn't make him small
again.

So can anyone explain:

  1. How did the Tailed Beasts grow from chibi to adult size? (Do they grow up like normal animals?)
  2. Also, do chibi Tailed Beasts have less power and chakra than their adult forms?


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How and why did the Tailed Beasts grow up?


This would just be my best guess from reading the series thus far and also
outside influences, but I think that the chakra which form the tailed beasts
also have a psychic impression with which humans communicate and interact.
This psychic impression, through experience, grows what we perceive as a
personality and has its re/actions based on this.

The physical form (and perceived growth) they take on may also be due to human
influence. As they have interacted with the species over time they have noted
that these creatures grow old and die. Not only this, but they start from an
infant form and, over time, change in height, temperament, and language
ability.

Since the entire lives of the tailed beasts since the death of the Sage of the
Six Paths is not detailed it is impossible to know when the tailed beasts saw
different levels of maturity. I would also guess that this would have a human
influence as well, but mostly from the jinchuuriki (human hosts) that the
beasts dwelled within. As the hosts grew older and died this possibly
reflected within how the beasts manifested themselves as they moved from host
to host over the generations. It is also through seeing the lives of these
human hosts and what their role in society was that contributed to their sour
feelings towards the human species.

As for the chibi tailed beast having less power? If we consider all beings
within this universe start out with no manual to their powers and not a lot of
instruction we can also infer that the tailed beasts came into existence not
knowing the extent of their power. I say "extent of their power" only because
after the corruption of ninshu into ninjutsu that the techniques we think of
as powers came about as a concept. The tailed beasts most likely have had the
same chakra reserves as before but started life without the desire to use them
as humans would.


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