Akatsuki

Akatsuki (暁; Literally meaning "Dawn" or "Daybreak") is a criminal organisation of S-Class missing-nin and is the most wanted group in all of the shinobi world. Their main goal is to collect all of the tailed beasts for their plan of world domination.

Akatsuki (暁; Literally meaning "Dawn" or "Daybreak") is a criminal organisation of S-Class missing-nin and is the most wanted group in all of the shinobi world. Their main goal is to collect all of the tailed beasts for their plan of world domination. As such, Akatsuki, despite initially having a minor role during Part I, has become the primary antagonist in Part II