A tailed beast skill is a unique ability or trait used by tailed beasts. These traits can vary greatly among the beasts, from nature transformations toconcentrating chakra into extra limbs. The tailed beast's abilities can be transferred to its jinchūriki as a means of self-preservation, as if the host dies, the beast dies as well. These abilities can meld with the jinchūriki resulting in the beasts' power becoming their own. The ultimate technique that all tailed beasts share is the Tailed Beast Ball, which allows them to fire a concentrated blast of dense, heavy black and white chakra, causing massive devastation. It has also been shown that the tailed beasts can communicate through telepathy, but only the hosts know they are talking.
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Some shinobi have studied the skills of tailed beasts in an attempt to develop new techniques:
Itachi Uchiha — a shinobi whose shurikenjutsu skills are highly praised.
Shurikenjutsu (手裏剣術; Literally meaning "sword hidden in the hand techniques") pertains to techniques that entail the throwing of shuriken,kunai, senbon or any other of a number of bladed, hand-held weapons. Shurikenjutsu can be used in combination with taijutsu, ninjutsu, and/orchakra flow in order to create more devastating techniques.
As a consequence of the versatility of the weapons involved, it is practised by nearly all shinobi to some extent. However, because of its value as a supplemental art, numerous more innovative techniques have been developed, including ones that can even alter the trajectory of the projectiles once they've be thrown. Expert users like Itachi Uchiha, can use such methods to accurately hit targets that are even located in their blind spots.
Taijutsu (体術; Literally meaning "Body Techniques") is a basic form oftechniques and refers to any techniques involving the martial arts or the optimisation of natural human abilities. Taijutsu is executed by directly accessing the user's physical and mental energies, relying on the stamina and strength gained through training. It typically does not require chakra, though chakra may be used to enhance its techniques. Taijutsu generally requires no hand seals to perform, occasionally making use of certain stances or poses, and are far quicker to use thanninjutsu or genjutsu. Taijutsu is simply put: hand-to-hand combat.
Although it is used by nearly all ninja, some characters use taijutsu almost exclusively like Rock Lee and his teacher Might Guy, are experts of many taijutsu techniques. Example of taijutsu techniques areDynamic Entry and Leaf Whirlwind. The Hyūga clan's Gentle Fist, however, makes extensive use of chakra and demands great skill in its control. The taijutsu techniques are the right choices for those that want to save their time and chakra, or for those who rely on their physical attributes. It can also be used uniquely in collaboration with ninjutsu to create nintaijutsu techniques.
Senjutsu (仙術; English TV "Sage Jutsu"; Literally meaning "Sage Techniques") refers to a specialised field of techniques that allows the user to sense and then gather the natural energy (自然エネルギー, shizen enerugī) around a person.
Overview
Main articles: Sage Mode, Sage Transformation, and Orochimaru's JuinjutsuSenjutsu practitioners learn to draw the energy of nature inside of them, blending it with their ownchakra (created from spiritual and physical energy within the shinobi). This adds a new dimension of power to the practitioner's chakra, resulting in the creation of "senjutsu chakra" (仙術チャクラ, senjutsu chakura). In humans, this new chakra enables the user to enter an empowered state called Sage Mode. Those that can absorb or manipulate senjutsu chakra are known as sages (仙人, sennin). Currently, there are two known ways to learn senjutsu: One being to learn from the toads of Mount Myōboku as Jiraiyaand Naruto have done, and the other from the snakes from the Ryūchi Cave where Orochimaru andKabuto Yakushi learned it.
Generally, senjutsu chakra cannot be used by those untrained in senjutsu, though this is not always the case. Members of Jūgo's clan passively absorb natural energy, mutating their bodies. Because they cannot control the chakra they are creating, they tend to go into berserk rages. Orochimaru would experiment on the enzyme responsible for these rages, and use that as the basis of his cursed seals, which would absorb the wielder's chakra and in return feed them Orochimaru's senjutsu chakra.
In the anime, the sound of natural energy being gathered to form senjutsu chakra is the same as the one used for the healing green chakra of the Mystical Palm Technique.
The word senjutsu (仙術) uses the same hiragana: せんじゅつ, as the Japanese art of scrying (占術), possibly an allusion towards the abilities of Sages to sense persons while in Sage Mode.
Space–Time Ninjutsu (時空間忍術, Jikūkan Ninjutsu; English TV"Teleportation Ninjutsu" or "Transportation Techniques"; Literally meaning "Time–Space Ninja Techniques")[1] are techniques that allow the users to manipulate the space–time continuum. By manipulating a specific point of space, the user can warp anything targeted into a dimensional void and teleport it to another location instantaneously.Minato Namikaze, Obito Uchiha, and Tobirama Senju are all noted as skilled users of space–time ninjutsu.[2]
All summoning-based techniques are space–time manipulation related, as they warp the targets through a dimensional void to the summoner's location.[1] It appears that each specific space-time technique has its own unique dimensional void that no other technique can access.[3]
An example of a Reincarnation Ninjutsu being used.
Reincarnation Ninjutsu (転生忍術, Tensei Ninjutsu; Literally meaning "Life Transfer Ninja Techniques" or "Reincarnation Ninja Techniques") are techniques that usually require or accomplish the transfer of life force between people. These techniques are generally classified as kinjutsubecause the restoration of one life typically requires the sacrifice of the life of another, or that it violates the laws of nature and morality.
Nintaijutsu in action in the form of A's Lightning Release Armour.
Nintaijutsu (忍体術; Literally meaning "Ninja Body Techniques")[1] is a term used to describe the fighting style used by the Third[2] and Fourth Raikage. A combination of ninjutsu and taijutsu, the Raikage uses nintaijutsu by first surrounding himself with his Lightning Release Armour. This augments the strength of his physical attacks, making them even deadlier. His speed and reflexes are also increased. It is unknown if there are other examples of nintaijutsu.
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Kumogakure shinobi have been noted to promote this type of fighting, as well as the use ofkenjutsu.[3]
Ninshū (忍宗; Literally meaning "Shinobi Sect") is the religion and the peaceful precursor of modern ninjutsu created by Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the first one to understand and teach the mystery of chakra. The teachings of ninshū were meant to give people a better understanding of themselves, as well as others, and lead the world into an era of peace. Ninshū would eventually come to be known as ninjutsu, a more weaponized version of the Sage's teachings.
Ninshū converted to ninjutsu.
Hagoromo exemplified his teachings by distributing chakra meant to "connect" people's spiritual energies with one another. It would allow people to understand each other without communication and would allow them pray for each other's safety. However people didn't use the chakra to connect with others, but to instead connect their inner spiritual and physical energies together. They kneaded their inner chakra to amplify it and transform it into modern-day ninjutsu. In the end, they ended up using their chakra in battle, just as Hagoromo's mother Kaguya did.
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Naruto Uzumaki distributing his and Kurama's chakra to connect and protect his fellow shinobi during the Fourth Shinobi World War bears many similarities to Hagoromo's original intent by originally distributing chakra as a whole.
Kekkei genkai (血継限界; Literally meaning "a technique limited to inheritance by blood" or "Bloodline Limit") are abilities passed down genetically within specific clans. It's possible for a shinobi to have more than one of these abilities. Kekkei genkai abilities that work via the user's eye are called dōjutsu. Other kekkei genkai include mixing one type of elemental chakra with another, creating a new one unique to the users, which is usually impossible for normal ninja, or other bodily manipulations that are usually unachievable by normal standards.
Kekkei genkai and their related techniques cannot be taught to or copied by others. However, kekkei genkai can be given to others. Dōjutsu, or other kekkei genkai isolated to a single organ, can be transplanted into the body of another, as was done with transferring Obito'sSharingan to Kakashi. Use of these organs requires much more chakra than someone born with the kekkei genkai. Chakra elements can also be passed down to people outside of the clan, such as Yamatobeing subjected to DNA re-modification by Orochimaru who wanted to acquire the Wood Release kekkei genkai. However, Yamato's skill in using it is not nearly as powerful as the originator: Hashirama Senju, and the risk of such process was that Yamato was the only one of the sixty test subjects to survive.[1][2]Kabuto Yakushi managed to gain access to the Kaguya clan's Shikotsumyaku and Sakon and Ukon's Kekkei Genkai by transplanting their DNA into himself, creating a clone of the original wielders connected to his own body and using the abilities through that clone.[3]
Although kekkei genkai are usually genetically shared within a specific clan, sometimes it is unique to one person alone, and that even family relatives do not share it, such as the Wood Release andShikotsumyaku. Yet other kekkei genkai seem to appear in individuals with no known relation, such as the Lava Release, which has appeared in ninja from Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure, whileMagnet Release, which has appeared in ninja from both Kumogakure and Sunagakure, though these kekkei genkai are subject to variation in each village.
There is an advanced variant of kekkei genkai known as kekkei tōta, which is a combination of three different nature transformations.
List of Kekkei Genkai
Blaze Release
Main article: Blaze ReleaseBlaze Release (炎遁, Enton; Viz "Inferno Style") is an advanced chakra naturekekkei genkai of the Uchiha clan, that allows them manipulate black flames. Sasuke Uchiha uses this technique when manipulating the unquenchable black flames of Amaterasu, fashioning them into various weapons and defences.[4] After entering its final form, Susanoo gained an orb of black flames, which serves as an alternate source of flames to manipulate with this nature.[5][6]
C stated that Sasuke manipulates the flames with his right Mangekyō Sharingan whereas he casts Amaterasu with his left.[7]
Boil Release (沸遁, Futton; Viz "Vapour Style") is one of the two advanced naturekekkei genkaiof Mei Terumī and is made up of techniques that combine fire and water-based chakra to create a powerful corrosive vapour capable of dissolving anything. The user is also able to control the range and level of the vapour's acidity. Not only is it dangerous to be near, but as being gaseous, it can cover a considerable range shortly, and go through small spaces. It also stays in the air, so it can potentially deal continuous damage if the enemy is trapped or knocked back into its range.
Byakugan
Main article: ByakuganThe Byakugan (白眼; Literally meaning "White Eye", Meaning (Viz) "All Seeing White Eye") is the dōjutsukekkei genkai of the Hyūga clan. Its power first appeared, alongside theSharingan, in the oldest known ancestor of the Hyūga: Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.[8] It has become known as one of the Three Great Dōjutsu (三大瞳術, San Daidōjutsu; Literally meaning "Three Great Eye Techniques"), along with the Sharingan, and the Rinnegan.[9] Those who inherit the blood of this clan have almost featureless, white eyes and when the Byakugan is activated, the user's pupils become more distinct, and the veins near their temples bulge. It also appears that unlike the other two great dōjutsu, all members of the clan possess, and can use this kekkei genkai from birth, as opposed to needing to awaken or else, not inheriting it at all.The primary ability of the Byakugan gives the user a near 360º field of vision, except for one blind spot at the back of the neck above the first thoracic vertebra.[10]Upon activation of the dōjutsu, the wielder is granted an automatic 50 metre field of vision around themselves which can then be extended at their discretion.[11][12]
The second ability is being able to see through solid objects, as well as telescopic sight. It can also see through most barriers, and other things such as smokescreens,[13] differentiate between non-corporeal clones and see through techniques that would otherwise hide an opponent from normal sight.[14] The distance and the degree of telescopic sight varies from person to person, and can be improved through training. In Part I, Neji Hyūga was able to see an area of 50 metres,[11][12] but he later increases his visual range to at least 800 metres,[15] while Hinata Hyūga's range in Part II stretches at least as far as 10 km.[16] However, the Byakugan cannot see through certain barriers, such as the Four Black Fogs Formation used by the Sound Four.[17] The dōjutsu also has the ability to follow high-speed movement.[18][19][20]
The Crystal Release (晶遁, Shōton; English TV "Crystal Style") is a rare and specialised field ofelementalninjutsu that can create crystal as well as manipulate already-existing crystals and crystalline structures.
The Dark Release (冥遁, Meiton; Viz "Shade Style") is an advanced naturekekkei genkai that can be used to absorb, manipulate, and release chakra taken from an opponent. Hirukoused techniques of this nature through a mark on his left hand. This mark resembles two diamonds, one overlapping the other. Chakra is absorbed through the upper square, while it is released and manipulated through the lower.
Dust Release (塵遁, Jinton; Viz "Particle Style") is an advanced naturekekkei tōta, an advanced version of kekkei genkai, which is created through simultaneous use of the earth, wind, andfire natures. The techniques of this nature initially form as a small three-dimensional object (e.g. a cube, a cone, etc.) composed of chakra that forms between the user's hands. When the technique is released, the form expands and surrounds the target. This nature allows the user to manipulate molecules, giving them the ability to disintegrate anything on a molecular level within the boundaries of the three-dimensional form.
Explosion Release (爆遁, Bakuton; Viz "Explosive Style") is an advanced chakranaturekekkei genkai. This chakra nature seems to give the wielder the ability to utilise explosive chakra in combat, allowing them to cause explosions in objects they come into contact with.
Ice Release (氷遁, Hyōton; Viz "Ice Style") is the advanced naturekekkei genkai of the Yuki clan, and allows the users to combine wind and water-based chakra to create ice which they can manipulate through willpower alone. The ice Haku created was resistant to fire-based attacks, only melting slightly when coming into contact with Sasuke's flames.
Members of Jūgo's clan have unique bodies, which allows them to passively absorb natural energy. This allows them to transform parts of their bodies for several purposes. However, due to the constant absorption, they sporadically feel sudden, uncontrollable urges to kill, causing them to go on a rage. While varied in purpose and function, the body transformations occasioned by this ability are similar looking in that a pattern covers the affected area as the transformation occurs, the skin on the affected area turns brown, and if the transformation occurs in the eyes, their sclerae turns dark as well.
Every few generations a member of the Kurama clan will be born with an incredible talent for genjutsu. The clan member's talent in that field is such that their genjutsu is overwhelming. Furthermore, the genjutsu is so powerful that it causes the brain to believe anything that happens to the victim within the genjutsu physically harm their body. This fearsome ability allows the clan member to potentially kill their opponents with genjutsu.
Lava Release (熔遁; 溶遁, Yōton; Viz "Corrosion Style" or "Lava Style") is an advanced naturekekkei genkai that combines fire and earth-based chakra to create lava and related substances that can serve multi-faceted purposes.
Magnet Release (磁遁, Jiton; Viz "Magnet Style") is an advanced chakra naturekekkei genkaiwhich allows the user to convert chakra into magnetic forces and magnetise an object. It is unknown where it originates from but both Sunagakure and Kumogakure possessed users of this kekkei genkai in the past.[21]
Mangekyō Sharingan
Main article: Mangekyō SharinganThe Mangekyō Sharingan is awakened through the trauma experienced from the death of a person very close to the Sharingan user. With the user normally having to witness or experience this first hand, Uchiha throughout history have killed those closest to them in order to expedite this process.[22] To obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan, one must feel the emotion of losing a friend or family, as merely killing them or watching them die will not activate it.
It is distinguished from a normal Sharingan by its appearance, which changes the form of the tomoeseal. Unlike the Sharingan, the appearance of the Mangekyō Sharingan differs from user to user with all known wielders of the dōjutsu having eyes that resemble variations of pinwheels; one variation is known as the "Straight Tomoe" (直巴, Choku Tomoe), which seems to grant the user fluidity in their movements when fighting.[23]
Ranmaru's Kekkei Genkai
Main article: Ranmaru's Kekkei GenkaiRanmaru possessed a dōjutsukekkei genkai which, when activated, causes his eyes to glow red in colour. It grants him abilities such as penetrative vision as well as the ability to hinder other dōjutsu such as the Byakugan which his own dōjutsu has been likened to.This dōjutsu grants the wielder many abilities that include penetrating vision, disruption of other dōjutsu, and unique healing through life-force energy manipulation.
With his kekkei genkai, Ranmaru has the ability to see and hear things from long distances. With this ability, Ranmaru was able penetrate the walls of his shack to view the outside world. Although the range of his kekkei genkai is similar to the range of the Byakugan, it actually has the ability to counter and negate that trait. His abilities also allow him to perform irresistible genjutsu, which can fool even the all-seeing Byakugan. Ranmaru's vision also lets him locate and track others by sensing chakra, picking up chakra from long distances, and noticing changes in an individual's chakra. It is also able to sense how many individuals are present.
The Rinnegan (輪廻眼; Literally meaning "Saṃsāra Eye") is reputed as the most exalted eyes amongst the Three Great Dōjutsu (三大瞳術, San Daidōjutsu; Literally meaning "Three Great Eye Techniques").[24] It is characterised by its ripple-like pattern, which spreads over the eyeballs, with light purple sclerae and irides.The Rinnegan was admired as being able to bring forth all ninjutsu.[25] It was said that in the times when the world was in disorder, a person was sent down from the heavens to become either a "God of Creation", who will calm down the world, or a "Destroyer", who will reduce everything to nothingness.[26] The Rinnegan allows the user to perform the Six Paths Technique.[27]
This unnamed kekkei genkai apparently allows the user to perform Reincarnation Ninjutsu as it allowedRyūzetsu to perform the Dragon Life Reincarnation technique. It was seen only in Naruto 5: Blood Prisonand Ryūzetsu was the only known user. Other details, such as whether it was common or rare and whether any other technique could be performed using it, are unknown.
Sakon and Ukon's unnamed kekkei genkai gives them the unique ability to break their bodies down to a molecular level. The two brothers usually use this ability to share the same body but can also use it tomerge with the bodies of others and destroy the host's cells from the inside. When Sakon is in need of assistance, Ukon can bring out some of his body parts to aid Sakon in blocking or attacking. Ukon's armsand legs can emerge from those of Sakon's to increase the force and quantity to his physical attacks.
Scorch Release (灼遁, Shakuton; Viz "Scorch Style") is an advanced chakra naturekekkei genkai. This nature creates chakra that is capable of heating up an enemy to the point where all the liquid inside their body evaporates, killing the victim and leaving them a desiccatedcorpse.
The Sharingan (写輪眼; Literally meaning "Copy Wheel Eye", Meaning (Viz) "Mirror Wheel Eye") is a dōjutsukekkei genkai, which appears in some members of the Uchiha clan.[28] It first manifested, alongside the Byakugan, by the earliest known ancestor of the Uchiha: Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.[29] It later became regarded as one of the Three Great Dōjutsu (三大瞳術, San Daidōjutsu; Literally meaning "Three Great Eye Techniques"), along with the Byakugan and the Rinnegan.[30] The Sharingan is also called "Heaven's Eye" (天眼, Tengan), because of the many abilities it grants the user.[31]The Sharingan's abilities consist of two parts: the "Eye of Insight" (洞察眼, Dōsatsugan) and the "Eye of Hypnotism" (催眠眼, Saimingan).[32] The first of the Sharingan's powers is being able to see chakra flow. The Sharingan itself gives colour to chakra, allowing the wielder to differentiate them.[33] They are also able to tell if a person is under a genjutsu because the person's chakra flow would be irregular. The Sharingan's second-most prominent ability grants the user an incredible clarity of perception, allowing them to easily recognise genjutsu and different forms of chakra, though not to the same extent as the Byakugan.
Shikotsumyaku (屍骨脈; Literally meaning "Dead Bone Pulse", Meaning (Viz) "Macabre Bone Pulse") is the kekkei genkai of the extinct Kaguya clan, which gave them the ability to manipulate their own skeletal structure (their osteoblasts and osteoclasts). By infusing their calcium with chakra, they could manipulate the growth and properties of their bones to their liking.[34] The ability seems to be rare amongst the clan members, as Kimimaro is the only known user even prior to his clan being eradicated.
This unique kekkei genkai is possessed by the members of the Iburi clan, which allows them to turn their bodies, either partially or fully, into smoke to serve various purposes. While in their smoke form the user becomes impervious to damage and can use this trait to gain an opportunity in battle, for example by allowing weapons to slip through them without any effects. However, if needed, they can still interact with physical objects.
The Steel Release (鋼遁, Kōton; Viz "Steel Style") is an advanced naturekekkei genkai that can be used to make one's body virtually indestructible by turning it into black steel.
Storm Release (嵐遁, Ranton; Viz "Gale Style" or "Storm Style") is an advanced naturekekkei genkai that combines lightning and water-based chakra to create energy beams that can be guided towards the enemy.
The Swift Release (迅遁, Jinton; Viz "Quick Style") is an advanced naturekekkei genkai that can be used to move with instantaneous speed, granting the user an advantage over opponents with more strength than speed, such as users of Chakra Enhanced Strength. This nature therefore renders the user invulnerable against most taijutsu.
Wood Release (木遁, Mokuton; Viz "Wood Style") is an advanced naturekekkei genkai formed through simultaneously combining earth-based chakra nature in one hand and water-based in the other.[35] The Wood Release can create trees or various plants from simple seeds or evenflowering plants,[36] and manipulate vegetation, can produce plants from any surface, including the user's body. As the user's chakra is literally converted into a source of life. Wood Release Techniques(木遁の術, Mokuton no Jutsu) are commonly affiliated with the Snake seal.
Inspiration
The concept of special ninja techniques limited by bloodline inheritance may have been inspired in part by the works of Futaro Yamada, which strongly influenced later depictions of ninja in fiction. In particular, The Kōga Ninja Scrolls (甲賀忍法帖, Kōga Ninpōchō), published in 1959, featured a pair of warring ninja clans that, through selective breeding, had produced ninja with a variety of deformities, mutations, and special abilities, even dōjutsu.
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Kekkei genkai can be preserved through the creation of Human Puppets. This allows them to retain the special traits of the users when they were still alive.
When a person is brought back to life via the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation technique, they also retain any kekkei genkai they possessed before their death.
A kekkei genkai should not be confused with hiden techniques. Hiden techniques are exclusive to a certain person or clan, but only because they have kept others from learning how to perform those techniques.
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