Naruto The Official Fourth Naruto Databook Thread

[Altered Nova]

"Sharks were the only thing he... trusted."

"Kisame had defined himself as a 'worthless' person."

Yikes. So Kisame was lonely, had severe trust issues, and had very low self-esteem. No wonder the promise of 'Madara's' perfect dream word appealed to him so much. Poor dude.

Also, "The mission he was specialized in were 'assassinations of comrades' to prevent information from leaking." What the actual fuck. I thought that was something he only did twice, not something he "specialized" in. What kind of fucked up place was Hidden Mist, that missions to kill their own ninja were so common that someone could specialize in them? No fucking wonder they had so many missing-nin.

Danzou's profile mentions multiple times that he was going to lead a "revolution in the shinobi world." What the hell did he think that would entail, exactly? His whole life was nothing but perpetuating the worst aspects of shinobi world; lying, betrayal, using others, murder, taking power for himself, war after war after war... the same old shit ninja have been doing to each other for as long as there have been ninja. What part of anything he's ever done could even remotely be considered "revolutionary"?

Also, what does that profile mean by "he [Danzou] will make the thoroughness of the law complete."? Since when does Danzou care about the law? He breaks all the rules to get what he wants. He defies the Hokage's laws constantly. He's not some Judge Dredd type.

 

[ankokudaishogun]

He was probably aiming to unite the ninja world in a single village.

Likewise, he was sticking to the "no alcohol, no women, no gambling, no feelings and mission before everything" rules

 

[Knyght]

Updated jutsu files with Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation by FF-Suzaku.

Which was actually translated over a year ago but was hidden away in the wiki talk page. :rip1:

 

[Altered Nova]

Amongst the various Sage Modes, only those who have mastered the Sage Art of Ryuchi Cave are allowed to wield it.

Animating inorganic materials with nature energy is something unique to snake sages? Well then, I think that there just might be the snake clan's equivalent to Frog Kata. The Toad Sages learned how to manipulate an aura of nature energy around their body as extensions to their own limbs, and the Snake Sages, lacking in limbs, instead learned how to use nature energy to weaponize the very ground beneath their bodies.

By filling the atmosphere with Natural Energy

Just nature energy, or is there some chakra in there too? Can Sages manipulate and weaponize pure nature energy? I thought they had to balance it with their own chakra before it became usable.

 

[Knyght]

Amongst the various Sage Modes, only those who have mastered the Sage Art of Ryuchi Cave are allowed to wield it.

Animating inorganic materials with nature energy is something unique to snake sages? Well then, I think that there just might be the snake clan's equivalent to Frog Kata. The Toad Sages learned how to manipulate an aura of nature energy around their body as extensions to their own limbs, and the Snake Sages, lacking in limbs, instead learned how to use nature energy to weaponize the very ground beneath their bodies.

Lucky I found this then. I may have to think of something more original for slugs but hell I know what.

By filling the atmosphere with Natural Energy

Just nature energy, or is there some chakra in there too? Can Sages manipulate and weaponize pure nature energy? I thought they had to balance it with their own chakra before it became usable.

Isn't that how Frog Katas work? After entering Sage Mode, they manipulate the natural energy around their body to bitchslap people. And the Ten-Tails uses Tenpenchii by messing with world's natural energy so I guess sages can mess around the environment through natural energy on a much smaller scale.

 

[Altered Nova]

Lucky I found this then. I may have to think of something more original for slugs but hell I know what.

If the snakes can manipulate inorganic material with nature energy... maybe the slugs can manipulate organic material? With the complete mastery of their own cells granted by this unique control of nature energy, they can deconstruct their own bodies into smaller versions of themselves which are still linked together by one consciousness, essentially turning themselves into a hive mind controlling multiple smaller bodies. With mastery, this ability also renders the user virtually immune to physical damage, as their body will reflexively divide to avoid being harmed by attacks.

In other words, Great Slug Division is Slug Kata.

Not sure how well that power would translate to a human sage though, what with their skeletons and limbs. It would definitely be pretty weird, even by Naruto standards.

 

[da_fox2279]

Lucky I found this then. I may have to think of something more original for slugs but hell I know what.

If the snakes can manipulate inorganic material with nature energy... maybe the slugs can manipulate organic material? With the complete mastery of their own cells granted by this unique control of nature energy, they can deconstruct their own bodies into smaller versions of themselves which are still linked together by one consciousness, essentially turning themselves into a hive mind controlling multiple smaller bodies. With mastery, this ability also renders the user virtually immune to physical damage, as their body will reflexively divide to avoid being harmed by attacks.

In other words, Great Slug Division is Slug Kata.

Not sure how well that power would translate to a human sage though, what with their skeletons and limbs. It would definitely be pretty weird, even by Naruto standards.

Makes me wonder... if someone (say, Tsunade or Naruto) were to learn Slug Kata... could they create a version of clone that they were mentally linked to, like the slugs are all mentally linked?

I'm not talking KB, just a version of clone that ... peels (for lack of a better term) off the creator's body (a la Tenzo and his Mokuton clones, or maybe Sakon/Ukon would be a better example), and doesn't need to be re-asorbed to pass along info? Like a cross between your standard KB and the Yamanaka's Shintenshin?

 

[ankokudaishogun]

1. rip limb
2. throw limb at enemy
3. ???????
4. PROFIT!

 

[nixofcyzerra]

Or it basically gives them the power of the Bara Bara no Mi.

 

[Knyght]

A part of Uchiha Shisui's profile from the German version of the databook:

"His skill/ability was almost unbelievable – and the turmoil of his time therefore made a mockery of him. He, who was actually destined to become the cornerstone of his village, separated from the world (read: died) and became a tragic hero with that. His powerful Mangekyo-Sharingan awakened not only the greed of hostile ninja, but also that of the village superiors/leaders."

To compare:

"He’s an excellent and outstanding (nin) in the era of turmoil in Kirigakure, the cornerstone of the village and left the world the hero of the tragedy. The mighty ability of his ‘Mangekyou Sharingan’ has attracted attention of not only the enemy nations, but the higher ups of the village as well."

 

[Knyght]

Updated character files with Sakumo, Hanzo, Third and Fourth Raikage.

Updated jutsu files with Super God Imitation Drawing and Ninja Art: Creation Rebirth - Strength of a Hundred Jutsu.

All translated from the german edition by Platypus in the same post.

 

[Altered Nova]

So far as I can see, the only new facts are:

The Third Raikage liked to collect rare and valuable objects.

The Treasured Tools of the Sage of Six Paths had been kept by the Third Raikage's clan for generations. (At least until most of them were stolen by the Gold and Silver Brothers, presumably.)

'Super God Imitation Drawing' could also be called "Hulk Imitation Drawing", because the created gods apparently become more powerful the angrier the artist is.

The First Hokage also knew Creation Rebirth... what? But didn't the second databook state that Tsunade invented that jutsu?

 

[ankokudaishogun]

I'm going to guess Tsunade invented the NINPOU version, while Hashirama had his own Mokuton-based technique\ability(we've seen Yamato using Mokuton to expel Sasuke's Kusanagi leaving no wound: Hashi's was probably able to do that amped to 11111)

also:
"The seal was able to regenerate the body, despite Tsunade's Chakra quantity being less, than the enormous Chakra quantity of the First Hokage. "
(source: http://narutobase.net/forums/showthread.php?t=689012 )
From my limited understanding of Japanese, it's a better translation than the German databook.

It doesn't says Hashirama did know it, only he could regenerate seal-less because his giant-ass chakra. Which is coherent with Jinchuriki regeneration.

*By the way, Genesis Regeneration is probably a better translation given context.

 

[Knyght]

Updating jutsu files with Strange Transmission Distant Shadow and Sage Art: Gate of the Great God by kiyoitsukikage.

 

[Altered Nova]

Is the Torii Seal that Naruto acquired from that scroll toad somehow related to Hashirama's 'Sage Art: Gate of the Great God'? Does the Torii Seal also use nature energy? Also interesting, the 'Gate of the Great God' doesn't just seal the target's movement, but also their 'will to oppose'. It affects their minds.

Kabuto's 'Strange Transmission Distant Shadow' is such a bizarre technique.

It requires the user to first acquire and then use the 'Attack of the Twin Demons' Kekkai Genkai to assimilate the cells of other ninja, and then they can use 'Strange Transmission Distant Shadow' to create partial clones of those ninja from his own body which can then use all of their techniques.

That sounds absurdly powerful and convenient. And also very vaguely described. What are the limitations and requirements? Exactly how many cells does he need to assimilate to use someone else's jutsu?

Did Kabuto assimilate the entire corpses of the Sound Five and Orochimaru and reverse-engineer their jutsu by studying and utilizing their entire physiology, residual chakra and their chakra pathway networks? In other words, are those bodies appearing out of Kabuto the original corpses of the ninja he assimilated, and he's basically just reanimating them similar to his old 'Dead Soul Technique'?

Or does Kabuto just have to assimilate a few cells and he can then clones their bodies from those cells and somehow magically recreates all their jutsu? Even including Tayuya's genjutsu! What, is her musical knowledge encoded in her freakin' DNA? And if this is the case, could he use this jutsu with cells from a still-living person?

Can Kabuto use the jutsu of the ninja he's assimilated himself, with his own hands and chakra? That is, does he actually personally learn their jutsu? Or is is necessary to summon the partial clones and channel his chakra through their bodies?

 

[Knyght]

Is the Torii Seal that Naruto acquired from that scroll toad somehow related to Hashirama's 'Sage Art: Gate of the Great God'? Does the Torii Seal also use nature energy? Also interesting, the 'Gate of the Great God' doesn't just seal the target's movement, but also their 'will to oppose'. It affects their minds.

I'm guessing that Naruto had another variation on top of the "Seal Ten" and "Seal Head" which is for things that are sealed inside you. Maybe Hagoromo once used it with the Ten-Tails' chakra sealed inside him once upon a time. Not sure if this one would be using natural energy since having natural energy constantly drawing into Naruto's seal sounds like something worth mentioning. It's possible that you can have the Gate of the Great God without using senjutsu, it's just makes it a lot better.

Kabuto's 'Strange Transmission Distant Shadow' is such a bizarre technique.

Going by one of the captions, Kabuto first learned a technique which allows him to assimilate cells from Orochimaru. It may have been how Orochimaru created people like Yamato and Shin in preparation for giving him a horde of unique jutsu once he attained the ideal body. Kabuto could have been taught it by Orochimaru or just studied it afterwards.

I assume that Kabuto used this technique after injecting himself with Orochimaru's 'essence' which is why that transfusion actually starting changing his body into something more like Orochimaru himself.

Once he fully assimilated the cells without losing himself then he did the same with the Sound Five. I do think that Kabuto is actually cloning the jutsu user rather than using their corpses. Even if Orochimaru wasn't able to retrieve the corpses, he probably had samples of their blood/tissue/cells etc in storage anyway.

The human body seems to 'record' the jutsu that a person has used, so by creating a clone made from their cells he or it can recreate those jutsu. The fille emphasises Kabuto's medical knowledge and skill so that may have been a big factor in making this work so well. He probably could use the cells and jutsu of a living person though that may carry unknown dangers and Orochimaru at least could reabsorb his own chakra from Kabuto. Not sure if he needs to create the copy first because technically he needed to be able to use it himself for him to create the copy of Sakon in the first place, but that may have been the only one he can do as a necessary first step to use the others.

 

[Altered Nova]

The human body 'recording' the jutsu that a person has used I can accept, but I would think they would be 'recorded' across multiple organs and body systems (such as the chakra pathway system), and reverse-engineering those jutsu would require studying the entire body. Being able to recreate all of a person's jutsu from a blood/tissue/cell sample is a bit ridiculous. That implies that a complete record of all of the user's jutsu is stored in every individual cell. Hence by comment about Tayuya's music knowledge apparently being written in her DNA. That kind of magic genetics pushes my suspension of disbelief to the breaking point. The only way I can personally accept Kabuto's jutsu as plausible is if he assimilated the complete corpses of the ninja whose jutsu he is using (Orochimaru therefore being the only one still alive due to having had multiple corpses thanks to his body swapping shenanigans.)

 

[Knyght]

Actually, yeah, I was just thinking of how he only created copies of the dead Sound Five and Orochimaru but only redeveloped the abilities belonging to the still-living Karin, Suigetsu and Juugo. At the very least, Juugo would have been an excellent body and even Suigetsu has that nifty Water Gun. It's no guarantee but it's a notable difference. So Kabuto probably chowed down on some corpse purée to clone the Sound Five.

 

[ankokudaishogun]

or, you know, Orochimaru wanted to learn all Jutsu. He had likely recordings of the Sound 4 and their jutsu, as well extensive research on them.

 

[Knyght]

Updated character files with Sakura by kiyoitsukikage.

Updated jutsu files with Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, Cutting Jutsu and Wood Dragon Jutsu by kiyoitsukikage.

Also Platypus' German translations included one of the leaf collections: Having Long Time Traditions - The Ninja Clans From All Over the Ninja World.

 

[Altered Nova]

I wonder if the plants created by Mokuton jutsu are unique to the bloodline, created purely from chakra, or whether the user is actually stimulating the growth of real plant species.

Like, are there natural trees with flowers that put people to sleep with pollen in the Narutoverse and Hashirama found some and incorporated them into his jutsu? Or did he essentially invent those trees himself?

 

[ankokudaishogun]

probably he based the technique on ral plants, but enhanced the effects

 

[Knyght]

Updated jutsu files with Rasengan, Wind Release: Rasen Shuriken and Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands by kiyoitsukikage.

 

[Altered Nova]

Do people actually practice the religion of Buddhism in the Narutoverse? Is Hashirama a Buddhist? Or is the Buddha form his ultimate ninjutsu takes just symbolic?

 

[Knyght]

Updated character files with another translation of Uchiha Shisui by kiyoitsukikage.

Updated jutsu files wtih Amenotejikara and Earth Release: Sandwich Technique by kiyoitsukikage and Water Gun Technique by Platypus.

Updated jutsu mini files with Water Release: Tate Eboshi and Water Gun: Two Guns by Platypus.