Akatsuki’s special pose

Since Naruto manga chapter 414 isn’t out yet, now we’re going to have a look at the mysterious organization filled with kawaii dudes, Akatsuki .

Akatsuki was founded by Uchiha Madara, that’s for sure. Let’s see what’s the meaning of "Akatsuki" in Japanese. The word "Akatsuki" means "Dawn", "Red Cloud" or "Red Moon". If separated, "aka" would mean red and "tsuki" means moon.

So who is the strongest member of Akatsuki, and who’s the weakest of all the members of Akatsuki? Currently as we can see in the manga, Tobi, alias Uchiha Madara would be the strongest one in Akatsuki, and I think the second strongest would be Pein, the second leader. Probably how strong Pein is shows why he is being trusted so much by Uchiha Madara. We don’t know Konan’s true strength yet, since her ability shown so far isn’t elaborated.

Itachi probably also one of the strongest, since Zetsu also praising Itachi when he witnessed the battles between Itachi and Sasuke.

So that makes Tobi/Uchiha Madara, Pein, and Itachi the strongest three in Akatsuki.

And how about the weakest? My vote would go for.. as much as I hate to say it, I think it’s Deidara. I’m one of Deidara’s biggest fans, I adore him, but since Kisame is a "master" of swords, Kakuzu had 100 years experience of battle and had more than one lives, Hidan couldn’t be killed easily because he used to be a living cursed, Sasori had a high skills in using puppets in combats, that all makes Deidara left far behind.

That said, every single member of Akatsuki is very strong and no ordinary ninja’s. But you still see Deidara running away from Kakashi, even lost his arm, and sacrificed himself (actually that’s suicide!) in the battle with Sasuke.