Rasa remains a pragmatist, evaluating everything through the lens of "value," but his return from the dead forces him to reconsider many beliefs. He remains skeptical and does not hastily believe the Third Raikage that the current generation is stronger than the previous one. Yet deep inside him lives a profound guilt over how he treated his son: he considers himself unworthy to be called Gaara's father. Having been resurrected, he strives to verify whether Gaara has truly become stronger and what he has achieved without Shukaku. In battle he is cold and calculating, employing suppression tactics, but gradually his sternness melts when he sees Gaara protecting others and gaining true allies. Rasa admits he was wrong, that the true worth of a father lies not in the child's usefulness but in trust. He sincerely repents, tells Gaara that his mother Karura truly loved him, and that Yashamaru's lie was an order from Rasa himself. In the end, with tears, he acknowledges his son's superiority and peacefully entrusts him with the village's future, thanking fate for the chance to apologize.
