Due to this chase, Kubo must gather his father's magical set of armor and defeat his malevolent family, along the way being accompanied by movie's two secondary heroes, the sarcastic Monkey, and amnesiac, but comical, Beetle. She then established a cave on the large rock near the beach as her new home where she would raise her son for 12 years. Kubo was born from newly married coupled named Hanzo the legendary samurai from Beetle Clan and Sariatu the Moon Princess. With the fight over, Beetle returns with an unconscious Kubo, now clad in the Breastplate Impenetrable. She did, however, tell Kubo that her husband sacrificed himself to protect both of them from Raiden and her aunts.

SwordsmanshipMartial artsAssassination methodologiesInstrumental magicHeightened sense of smell (as Monkey)Simian agility (as Monkey)Essence transference However, another tidal wave comes for them and sent them ashore.

Sadly, this love angered the Moon King and Satiaru's sisters, who saw this as both an act of betrayal on Satiaru's part, as well as theft on Hanzo's. Kubo To help Kubo find his father's armor (succeeded), Journey through the snow and meeting Beetle, Battle in Long Lake and True Identity Revealed. While falling Beetle sprouts his wings, grabs Monkey and Kubo and flies outside the chamber, escaping through another skull-faced entrance and crashing on a sandy beach of the Long Lake. Monkey is grabbed by the Ganshadokuro, which prompts Beetle and Kubo to fire at him with arrows and origami projectiles. With the Moon King vanquished, Kubo remains in the village in order to lay his parents to rest during the local Bon Festival. She had also enchanted her son's robe with the power of flight, with wings growing out off the robe's back should he need to make a quick escape or just fly off into the distance. With both his parents dead, Kubo is forced to undergo the quest all on his own. To that end Beetle demonstrates his remarkable archery skills by shooting four consecutive arrows into a wall, Robin Hood style. Discovering a small cave on the huge rock on the beach, she established the cave as her new home. Kubo's protectorAdventurer With his father gone and mother fell into a comatose state for prolonged periods of time during the day, Kubo was forced into taking on the responsibility of providing food for the both of them. While raising Kubo for eleven years with care, Satiaru is mostly in catatonic state most of the time, both due to coping with Hanzo's presumed death and concern with Kubo's safety. An argument breaks out, wherein Monkey claims to know what's best, both for the mission and Kubo's well-being. Kubo is best defined by his mixture of childish innocence and melancholic habits that had forced him to grow up in a troubled environment. The son of the former goddess Satiaru and of the samurai Hanzo of the Beetle Clan, Kubo is persistently hunted down by his grandfather, And as she stood listening to his tales of the mundane Satiaru's true, nurturing personality would resurface, something Kubo took notice of. Her change as mother and more humane person made her realized how monstrous her father Moon King and her sisters can be, and knows that one day, they must be dealed with one way or another. Little boy (by The Sisters) Kubo stated that this usually happened while his mother slept, but those papers would eventually returned to their place. Confident with her abilities, Satiaru arrives before her sister does and challenged Hanzo to a fight all by herself. Moneky takes the sword away from Beetle and lashes at the skeleton, only to have the sword break on impact with its foot.

Do-Gooder Aside from these, Satiaru could transfer her soul inside the monkey charm she had given to Kubo, in the process becoming an anthropomorphic Japanese macaque. On the morning of the following day, Monkey noticed that Kubo had a dream which resulted in one of his papers morphed into an origami samurai named little Hanzo. As Monkey, Satiaru is enigmatic, no-nonsense, and tough person whom not easily trust other people whom she just met while retaining her courageous and fierce persona. She also proved to be fiercely protective regarding her son's safety, and even resorted to fight for death if deemed necessary. In spite of her skills which exceeding that of mortals, Hanzo is surprisingly able to hold his own that neither of them can kill the other. So Kubo uses the strand he kept of his mother's hair, along with the bow string of his father's, and a strand of his own hair as strings for his shamisen.

Satiaru/Monkey is the first Laika character to be an ape, the second being the titular. Friends/Allies As such, aside from his mother, Kubo developed bonds with the villages, notably the elderly woman Kameyo, who would save him a spot during festivals and even encouraged Kubo to add comedic elements to his stories.

But before they can react the little origami Hanzo points towards the location of the Breastplate Impenetrable, directly under the lake. Sariatu (AKA Monkey) is one of the main character in Kubo and the Two Strings. Martial artsAssassination methodologiesInstrumental magicHeightened sense of smell (as Monkey)Simian agility (as Monkey)Essence transference, Washi and KarasuGashadokuroGarden of Eyes.

Now, hot in pursuit of the Moon King, Satiaru rides a boat across the ocean, the point where the film began. He then rushes after his wife to tend to her.

Beetle rescues the boy by pinning him with an arrow shot in his robe. As they rest in the shelter, Monkey cooked whale soup inside a seashell for diner, with Kubo wondering who and why Monkey was with him. Raiden the Moon KingWashi and KarasuGashadokuroGarden of Eyes They attacked Hanzo's fortress, killed every guardsman and samurai that stood in their path for Kubo and Satiaru. While in this form she was far stronger then her younger sisters. She gets angry with him and snaps, reminding him that his aunts and grandfather were so powerful that they do to rest nor eat and would stop at nothing to remove his last remaining eye. Monkey warns the two not to touch anything, but Beetle accidentally activates a mechanism after removing one of the entrance's "teeth". Monkey displayed a sardonic wit while Kubo complained about her attitude, which he found mean. But she actually capable to be a loving mother as well as fun-loving who more active at night, perhaps due to her origin as nocturnal deity just like Moon King and her sisters. Kubo and the Two Strings In the last ditch to either killed or captured them, Raiden summons a huge tidal wave to drown Kubo and Sariatu, only for the former princess uses her magic to split the wave into two so she can safely pass through it. Despite the usually clumsy hands presented in apes, Monkey's dexterity and hand-eye coordination were not hindered as she could grab and use any object just as well as when she was a god, be it a ladle for cooking or a katana. Kubo and the Two Strings: Kubo | Monkey | Beetle She begrudgingly agrees to have Beetle tag along, but none the less reminds him that she distrusts him in a snide manner. But because of her injuries and sadness over her husband's supposed demise, she only occasionally active during the night that developed Kubo to be more mature than children around her age. Monkey stated that Satiaru brought her to life in form of a nihonzaru with the last of her magic before asking him to drink the soup which Kubo reluctantly drink due to smell which actually, least bad compared with in their shelter. Kubo of course, was afraid and confused, but is convinced to go find shelter with her inside the carcass of a blue whale. They attacked Hanzo's fortress, killed every guardsman and samurai that stood in their path for Kubo and Satiaru. The trio then notice several swords embedded in the monster's skull and a fight ensues. The Moon King summoned a tidal wave in order to kill them, but Satiaru uses her magic to cleave the wave into two, giving them a safe path to move forward. Origin

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The battle is cut short as Beetle impales Washi with a katana. Parent, Mentor, Protector The stranger, known simply as Beetle, identifies himself as an amnesiac, but is sure that he must have been a samurai of the Beetle Clan, working directly under Hanzo himself. ParaNorman: Norman Babcock | Courtney Babcock | Neil Downe | Alvin Just then, Monkey climbs the ship's mast and notices that a storm cloud approaches and that the sun is about to set, to which she tells them to sail back to shore. Monkey continues her fight, during which she is critically injured on the left side of her waist by Karasu's chain claw. The newly formed trio travel through a series of underground tunnels, with Kubo reciting his and Monkey's story up to that point, until the group comes across a cave entrance shaped like a human skull. Minstrel / Bard Beetle asks her why she didn't inform Kubo sooner of her identity, to which Monkey says that the magics keeping her on earth were fading and she only intended to live long enough so that Kubo could remaind safe. On an interesting fact, she was more active as Monkey due to her consciousness moved onto a better body.

On the next day, Satiaru realized Kubo didn’t go home in time due to him attempting to speak to his supposed deceased father’s spirit.

Just as the the monster is about to stomp on them, Beetle saves Kubo after realizing that he can fly. But Monkey further doubts the amnesiac and asks in what manner could he be useful. By possessing the charm, she reincarnated herself into white-furred ape and taking a new identity named Monkey. Find his father's armor and defeat the Moon King (succeeded) Monkey tells him to go back down after Kubo, to which the amnesiac does. Since she knew of the possibility of them eventually being discovered by the Moon King’s forces, Satiaru enchanted the Beetle Clan crest on Kubo’s kimono to send Kubo away to far off lands in order to retake the Sword of Unbreakable, the Breatplate of Impenetrable, and the Helmet Invulnerable, armors and a weapon that allowed the user to harm and kill a deity. It's worth mentioned that her earlier newfound emotions were absent from Heaven during Moon King's reign. Contrary to the movie's claims, Japanese macaques have no qualms with getting wet or being partially submerged in water. A spirit from the past turns Kubo's life upside down by re-igniting an age-old vendetta.

This only proves to be a trap as the hand, along with several other bones levitate and fuse to the body of a Gashadokuro, a giant skeleton. One day, she and her siblings were sent by the Moon King to assassinate Hanzo for his questioning over the way the Moon King handled his authority over Heaven and Earth. Monkey only allowed him to asked 3 question. Kubo asks why does his grandfather hate him so much, to which Monkey replies that the Moon King doesn't want to harm him out of malice, but rather so that Kubo may transcend to god-hood, an action that would strip the boy of his humanity. Telling stories to people In one instance Kubo used his powers to conjure up origami flies, which he used to pull a prank on Monkey by pinching her rear.

Type of Hero You always have been! She reveals to them the story of how she met Hanzo, how they fell in love and their eventual tragedy at the hands of her father. Hanzo (father, deceased)Satiaru (mother, deceased)Karasu and Washi (maternal aunts, deceased)Raiden the Moon King (maternal grandfather) Monkey helps with the fishing by tying a rope to an arrow so that Kubo can pull fish out using archery taught to him by Beetle. Monkey proposed that they must find the armor, sword, and helmet, just before noticing the strand of hair from Satiaru that Kubo kept around his hand. But deep down Kubo was much an ordinary child, having something of a mischievous side to his life views.

Unfortunately their reunion is cut short as Washi stabs Hanzo in the back.