A Question about Gaara

[The Necromancer]

Here's a question that's been rattling around in my head for quite some time now.

As we all know, in part 1 it was believed that Gaara's mother died cursing the village and gaara for killing her.

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However, in part 2 when Gaara is facing his father in combat, we learn from him that this was in fact a lie, and that gaara's mother died happily and loved gaara very much.

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But as sweet of a moment as this is, it doesn't explain the reasoning behind gaara's name.
The name "Gaara" is made up of three Kanji, "Ga" (meaning I or me), "A" (more commonly "Ai" meaning love), and "Ra" (used here to mean a demon). Added together, they can mean "I only love myself. I'm a demon." This is also confirmed in the manga here,

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and here again (showing that it was not retconned somehow.

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So my question is, why did gaara's mother name him as such? Was gaara's later redemption and promotion to kazekage a later choice by kishi? Was it because gaara was more popular than previously anticipated, and kishi was torn between keeping his story dark and giving him some closure? What do you think?

 

[The Big Boss]

gaara's life was a lie and a experiment

his mom's soul sand = plot shield

 

[Ōkami]

It was to go with the vibe of his character.

 

[Arcaneos510X]

Maybe his mother died before she could name him and it was left to his father, is the best i can come up with -X

 

[Vandenre1ch]

Probably because she knew he would go threw hard times or the 4th gave him that name to further stimulate Gaara.

 

[The Necromancer]

Maybe his mother died before she could name him and it was left to his father, is the best i can come up with -X

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[Yonkou Pandaman]

Love is a mysterius thing.
Cum'ere, bloodydrops. <3

 

[Fair Warning]

too long didnt read

 

[Inichi Matsuka]

I'm quite confused about that too, actually.
Maybe she knew what he was going to go through as a Jinchuuriki and knew he had to love himself?
I dunno.

 

[DylanSwerve]

Yashamaru lied about EVERYTHING that he said to Gaara before he died. So if he said, "Your mother gave you that name..." I'm pretty sure that was a lie.

 

[The Necromancer]

Yashamaru lied about EVERYTHING that he said to Gaara before he died. So if he said, "Your mother gave you that name..." I'm pretty sure that was a lie.

I posted a picture of Gaara's father's memory of when she gave him his name.

 

[Bogard]

Maybe Kishi came up with it only lately exactly like the Minato = Naruto's father thing

 

[ProjectOuterspace]

[video=youtube;mVTW_-C014o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVTW_-C014o[/video]


Listen to this song and it will explain everything.

 

[Udon Of Akatsuki]

Yes Gaara is a fodder I fail to see how that needs any further clarification.

 

[The Necromancer]

Maybe Kishi came up with it only lately exactly like the Minato = Naruto's father thing

That's what i was thinking too.

 

[cata124]

Maybe Kishi came up with it only lately exactly like the Minato = Naruto's father thing

Everybody knew from the start that minato is naruto's dad