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In Naruto, Kurama (the Nine-tailed bijuu) appears as chakra, as does Killer
B's bijuu, Gyuki.

![Initial form](https://i.stack.imgur.com/F7Q0Q.jpg)

![Killer B](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YRky7.png)

Other bijuu, however, don't appear that way. What is different between them?

![Gaara](https://i.stack.imgur.com/j3buy.png)

![Isobu](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BrobX.png)


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Why do Kurama and Gyuki appear as chakra while other bijuu don't?


The difference is that those are different stages of transformation, or
different Jinchuuriki forms.  
As you probably have seen, Killer B can also do a partial transformation,
similar to the one shown on your image of Gaara:

[![Killer Bee uses
Tails](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Um6xDm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Um6xD.jpg)

Naruto, however, has not been able to do a partial or full transformation yet.
He has been able to do a Tailed Beast Transformation, but in that one Kurama
still appears as chakra:

[![Naruto transforms into
Kurama](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KNeQjm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KNeQj.jpg)

As for the case of Isobu, he generally appears in that form because he was not
sealed (at that moment) inside anyone. Thus, he appears in his full
transformation form.

* * *

So basically, from what I've been able to gather, the different levels of
transformation are as follows (I will use Naruto as my example):  
\- **Initial form** : in which the Jinchuuriki is simply enveloped in Bijuu
chakra. Naruto's transformations shown in the first anime series generally fit
into this stage.  
\- **Version 1 of transformation** : in which (in Naruto's case) up to three
tails are are shown, in addition to the initial form's chakra cloak.  
\- **Version 2 of transformation** : the one shown in Naruto's fight against
Pain, in which the Kyuubi's skeleton and up to (I think) 8 tails were shown.  
\- **Partial Transformation** : Naruto's partial transformation happened when
Pain tried to seal him with Chibaku Tensei. However, in Naruto's case, he had
no control whatsoever over the Bijuu. Different examples of this stage are
Killer B's case (the image above) and Gaara's (the image on your question).  
\- **Full Bijuu Form** : Which Naruto has not been able to perform yet. Killer
B however, has been seen to do this frequently and without much effort.

There are also the two most powerful transformations that Naruto was able to
do ( **Kyuubi Chakra Mode** and **Bijuu Mode** ), but I do not know where
those fit in the above 'scale' of transformations.  
Plus, Version 1 and 2 are (as explained above) specific to Naruto's case.
However, there is an intermediate stage between the initial form and the
partial transformation stages for any Jinchuuriki, in which, proportionally to
how powerful the form is, a certain (growing) number of tails appears.

When in initial form, the Jinchuuriki only accesses some of the Bijuu's
chakra, but still needs little control over it. In Versions 1, 2 and in the
Partial Transformation, if the Jinchuuriki does not have a good control over
the Bijuu, he will lose control and consciousness, giving in to the Bijuu's
will (which is precisely what happened with Naruto when fighting Pain).  
To be able to do Partial or Full Transformations, the Jinchuuriki needs to
have 'tamed the beast', and also to have very good control of chakra, in order
to balance his (Jinchuuriki's) and the Bijuu's chakra.

* * *

On a side note, Naruto Wiki puts Killer B's [Full Transformation
Mode](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Killer_B%27s_Jinch%C5%ABriki_Forms#Tailed_Beast_Mode)
alongside Naruto's [Bijuu
Mode](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki%27s_Jinch%C5%ABriki_Forms#Tailed_Beast_Mode),
giving them both the same name (Bijuu Mode). However, I am unsure as to why
this is, because it seems weird that Naruto's Full Mode would look so
different from all the other Jinchuuriki's.  
Plus, his page there is the only one where both terms (Full [Bijuu number]
Mode and Bijuu Form) appear. In Jinchuuriki 1 through 7, only the term Full
[Bijuu number] Mode appears, in Killer B's case only Bijuu Mode (Tailed Beast
Mode) appears, and in Naruto's case both terms appear.


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Not sure how to do this but to add on to the previous answer, I suspect
naruto's bijuu form is so different due to his uzumaki chakra which manifests
in this form. An alternate possibility is kurama's chakra has a unique nature
to it.


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You guys come up with so many theories but forgetting that each Jinchuriki's
transformation corresponds to their own tailed beast.

However, for Kurama's case, it is mentioned before that its form is unique
only to its current host.

For all, I believe that it's already in a complete form. If not why would
Ashura want to fight a perfect Susanoo against Indra with the same tail beast
transformation as what Naruto is doing in manga chapter 670.


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I think Kurama appears in this form, because of the form of sealing and the
amount of chakra that is sealed inside Naruto. Like we know from the manga
(chapter 643), Minato just sealed the half of Kurama inside of Naruto and the
other half inside of himself. Because of this, Kurama probably just appears in
Chakra-mode.

Gyuki probably appears in Chakra-mode because he is linked to Killer Bee (they
are friends), so Bee only activates Chakra-mode, because in this mode his
strengh is equal with the Raikage's (perfect precondition for their lariat).
And if Bee is fighting alone it's enough to deal with his opponent.

(Please forgive me if I wrote this a little twisted and with spelling
mistakes, but I'm a German and I'm not the best English-writer.)


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The form could be incomplete due to Kurama not having been fully sealed inside
of Naruto unlike the other Jinchuuriki, since the other half was sealed inside
of the Shinigami.

However, in episode 365 we see that everything within the Shinigami is
unsealed, thus having the remainder of Kurama's chakra unsealed and possibly
on its way back to Naruto and Kurama. If this happens, they may be able to do
a complete transformation.

Even still, this may not be possible since a portion of Kurama's chakra is
also inside of the Gold and Silver twins (Kinkaku and Ginkaku), which were
both sealed away during the Allied Shinobi War at the ocean/beach front.

However, honestly, I think Naruto's incomplete transformation is far cooler
than the other Jinchuuriki's complete transformations. It's bright and glowy
too.


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The reason behind Naruto's transformations is not that he only has half, but
because Naruto and Kurama are not used to being completely linked. Kurama
states that he can only use a percentage of the full transformation. Due to
the war, they haven't had enough time to train to completely link the
transformation. As for the other half, Minato has it inside of him, and Naruto
reconnects the yin and yang chakras when he meets Minato.


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Wrong. Remember guys when Naruto fought Kurama in a tag of war of chakra? When
Naruto got Kurama's chakra, he just transform into bijuu mode.


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