Naruto The Official Third Naruto Databook and First Naruto Fanbook Thread
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A performed the jutsu without using handseals using pure shape manipulation. It's probably a lot harder to copy jutsu like that, which is also my head-canon reason for why Sasuke never copied the Rasengan. Watching a jutsu performed without handseals with a Sharingan would probably give you the gist of how it works, but not enough copy it on the spot. You'd still need to practice and experiment to reverse engineer the rest of the jutsu.
There's also the issue of needing to meet the skill and physical requirements needed to use a jutsu even if you've successfully copied it. Sasuke likely lacks the chakra control and medical knowledge needed to enhance his own nervous system with lightning chakra while also constantly emitting lightning chakra from every tenketsu on his body simultaneously to form the body armor. And even if he had those skills he probably doesn't have enough stamina to keep the armor active for very long or possibly even large enough chakra coils to activate the jutsu in the first place. Karin did say that A had chakra levels comparable to a bijuu once he'd fully powered up.
There's also the issue of needing to meet the skill and physical requirements needed to use a jutsu even if you've successfully copied it. Sasuke likely lacks the chakra control and medical knowledge needed to enhance his own nervous system with lightning chakra while also constantly emitting lightning chakra from every tenketsu on his body simultaneously to form the body armor. And even if he had those skills he probably doesn't have enough stamina to keep the armor active for very long or possibly even large enough chakra coils to activate the jutsu in the first place. Karin did say that A had chakra levels comparable to a bijuu once he'd fully powered up.
I just equated it to Kakuzu's body hardening jutsu which has the user flow chakra through all parts of their body, except this version uses lightning chakra rather than earth chakra. Where earth chakra boosts your defence and offensive through sheer hardness, lightning chakra boosts your nervous system. And the armour-like aspect is a byproduct of the chakra flow like when the Kyuubi's chakra was pouring out of Naruto when he fought Neji. So not quite as complex but difficult to do, I'd imagine.
Reading through the thread - a couple of points I'd like to make.
What is spiritual energy? What does it mean? I've seen people refer to it as wisdom and chakra control, and such, but maybe its more like intelligence.
What were the Uchiha renowned for, apart from the sharingan? They were all considered highly skilled genius ninja.
The Nara's are implied to be yin-types = spiritual energy types, and what are they? They're highly intelligent tacticians.
Someone also mentioned how Sakura was a Spiritual type - she fits the mold too, skilled and smart.
I'm not saying it is always the case, but as a general rule of thumb it fits.
Yin Type = More Intelligence = More Skill = Higher Control.
Not to say a physical type can't have great control, but it comes easier to spiritual types.
This really doesn't matter.
Naruto can naturally make perfectly balanced chakra, but he's still a physical type.
Being able to make balanaced chakra is not the same as being perfectly balanced.
For example, a perfectly balanced person is 50 PE and 50 SE.
But Naruto is 75 PE and 25 SE. To create chakra, he takes 5 PE and 5 SE and mixes it.
He's creating perfectly balanced chakra, but he himself is not perfectly in balance.
What is spiritual energy? What does it mean? I've seen people refer to it as wisdom and chakra control, and such, but maybe its more like intelligence.
What were the Uchiha renowned for, apart from the sharingan? They were all considered highly skilled genius ninja.
The Nara's are implied to be yin-types = spiritual energy types, and what are they? They're highly intelligent tacticians.
Someone also mentioned how Sakura was a Spiritual type - she fits the mold too, skilled and smart.
I'm not saying it is always the case, but as a general rule of thumb it fits.
Yin Type = More Intelligence = More Skill = Higher Control.
Not to say a physical type can't have great control, but it comes easier to spiritual types.
This really doesn't matter.
Naruto can naturally make perfectly balanced chakra, but he's still a physical type.
Being able to make balanaced chakra is not the same as being perfectly balanced.
For example, a perfectly balanced person is 50 PE and 50 SE.
But Naruto is 75 PE and 25 SE. To create chakra, he takes 5 PE and 5 SE and mixes it.
He's creating perfectly balanced chakra, but he himself is not perfectly in balance.
My head-canon has the technique originally being designed to increase offence and defence, with the speed-enhancing part coming later, and basically being the opposite of Tsunade's never-effecting technique from part 1. Wasn't there a question of that technique being a Lightning Release?
And perhaps the lightning armor was a bad example. That said, part 2 of the manga seems to have actually nerfed the Sharingan even as it introduced all the ridiculous techniques.
Is it canonical or fanon that in order to use a high-level elemental jutsu at all, you have to go through the nature transformation training for that element?
If that is true, then it's also possible that in order to use certain jutsu, you need to learn to mould your chakra weighted towards either Yin or Yang, like genjutsu. We know from Fukasaku that ninja's physical and spirtual energies come into balance as they continue as shinobi, so perhaps it's only once that's happened that you can learn to consciously "imbalance" your chakra.
Learning to master one's affinity is supposed to take most people years to master, according to Kakashi. If it takes as long to learn to produce Yin-or-Yang predominant chakra, then this works as an almost perfect explanation for why most genin aren't taught anything useful, even ones with lots of stamina like Naruto. High level elemental ninjutsu, and genjutsu, medical jutsu, and other techniques related to Yin-Yang, are impossible for them to learn until they learn Nature Transformation or "Polarity Transformation," and they can't even begin to learn the latter until their energies come more into balance.
Hell, maybe shape manipulation works on the same principle. Didn't Jiraiya take a year to learn the Rasengan? Perhaps his Shape Transformation wasn't quite up to snuff at first.
The Naruto wiki states that spiritual energy is increased through study, meditation and experience. The only copy of page 155 of the 1st Naruto databook that I can find online is in... Portuguese, I believe.
Well, their speciality is manipulating the form of an intangible thing like a shadow and animating it. I'd say that at least the basic Nara techniques lean more towards Yin. Incidentally, I'd be very surprised if the Yamanaka jutsu weren't predominantly Yin and the Akimichi predominantly Yang.
If this were true, then how can he throw around high level jutsu as much as he does? We've never seen him "spiritually exhausted" but still having stamina. His spiritual energy reserves have to be at least fairly close to his physical.
And perhaps the lightning armor was a bad example. That said, part 2 of the manga seems to have actually nerfed the Sharingan even as it introduced all the ridiculous techniques.
Is it canonical or fanon that in order to use a high-level elemental jutsu at all, you have to go through the nature transformation training for that element?
If that is true, then it's also possible that in order to use certain jutsu, you need to learn to mould your chakra weighted towards either Yin or Yang, like genjutsu. We know from Fukasaku that ninja's physical and spirtual energies come into balance as they continue as shinobi, so perhaps it's only once that's happened that you can learn to consciously "imbalance" your chakra.
Learning to master one's affinity is supposed to take most people years to master, according to Kakashi. If it takes as long to learn to produce Yin-or-Yang predominant chakra, then this works as an almost perfect explanation for why most genin aren't taught anything useful, even ones with lots of stamina like Naruto. High level elemental ninjutsu, and genjutsu, medical jutsu, and other techniques related to Yin-Yang, are impossible for them to learn until they learn Nature Transformation or "Polarity Transformation," and they can't even begin to learn the latter until their energies come more into balance.
Hell, maybe shape manipulation works on the same principle. Didn't Jiraiya take a year to learn the Rasengan? Perhaps his Shape Transformation wasn't quite up to snuff at first.
The Naruto wiki states that spiritual energy is increased through study, meditation and experience. The only copy of page 155 of the 1st Naruto databook that I can find online is in... Portuguese, I believe.
Well, their speciality is manipulating the form of an intangible thing like a shadow and animating it. I'd say that at least the basic Nara techniques lean more towards Yin. Incidentally, I'd be very surprised if the Yamanaka jutsu weren't predominantly Yin and the Akimichi predominantly Yang.
If this were true, then how can he throw around high level jutsu as much as he does? We've never seen him "spiritually exhausted" but still having stamina. His spiritual energy reserves have to be at least fairly close to his physical.
Is it even possible to "run out" of spiritual energy? Physical energy is produced by living cells and stamina is replenished by eating and resting, which seems to imply that physical energy at least is a chemical energy produced as part of the body's normal metabolism. But what produces spiritual energy? How do you replenish spiritual energy? What happens when you do run out? Brain death? Coma?
I suspect that spiritual energy, like psychic energy in many sci-fi settings, may be essentially unlimited, and it's physical energy that is the limiting factor for how much chakra you can produce. That could explain why a heavily yang oriented person like Naruto seems to have nigh-limitless amounts of chakra, while more spiritual shinobi like Sakura, Kakashi and Shikamaru have much smaller reserves.
On the flip side, spiritual energy imparts greater intelligence, skill and creativity, so yin oriented ninja, while lacking in chakra reserves compared to their yang oriented comrades, have much greater natural chakra control and can therefore learn complex, advanced, esoteric jutsu such as genjutsu and medical jutsu with far greater ease. So yin leaning shinobi tend to be ones healing, buffing, supporting and debuffing with low-chakra high-skill jutsu on the battlefield, while the yang leaning shinobi are the tanks who blow shit up with powerful high chakra offensive ninjutsu.
I suspect that spiritual energy, like psychic energy in many sci-fi settings, may be essentially unlimited, and it's physical energy that is the limiting factor for how much chakra you can produce. That could explain why a heavily yang oriented person like Naruto seems to have nigh-limitless amounts of chakra, while more spiritual shinobi like Sakura, Kakashi and Shikamaru have much smaller reserves.
On the flip side, spiritual energy imparts greater intelligence, skill and creativity, so yin oriented ninja, while lacking in chakra reserves compared to their yang oriented comrades, have much greater natural chakra control and can therefore learn complex, advanced, esoteric jutsu such as genjutsu and medical jutsu with far greater ease. So yin leaning shinobi tend to be ones healing, buffing, supporting and debuffing with low-chakra high-skill jutsu on the battlefield, while the yang leaning shinobi are the tanks who blow shit up with powerful high chakra offensive ninjutsu.
Way back in Ebisu's explanation about chakra, there was a "tank" marked Stamina {Spiritual energy/Body energy.}
I think Taijutsu uses up spiritual energy as well as physical. I've long theorised that Ninja's are stronger/faster/more durable than civilians, enough that a 6 year-old Naruto can jump a big-ass fence, because chakra is always flowing through the circulatory system, with the body naturally automatically replacing it if some is depleted, and moulding chakra for a jutsu is just adding more. I've got a post in the Naruversity thread that explains it better.
I think Taijutsu uses up spiritual energy as well as physical. I've long theorised that Ninja's are stronger/faster/more durable than civilians, enough that a 6 year-old Naruto can jump a big-ass fence, because chakra is always flowing through the circulatory system, with the body naturally automatically replacing it if some is depleted, and moulding chakra for a jutsu is just adding more. I've got a post in the Naruversity thread that explains it better.
Stamina, in Naruto, is the combination of physical and spiritual energy before it is internally converted into chakra. So taijutsu would use up physical and spiritual energy but not chakra because there isn't any need to convert those energies into chakra to do it.
Databook 1 p.155
Special addition: Chakra
Intro
Caption: Kneading chakra and performing seals until the jutsu activates!!
Main text
One kneads mental and physical energies from the body's 130 000 000 000 000 cells or so into chakra, and by performing seals, converts it into a jutsu. If the aforementioned sequence goes impeccably, the jutsu will activate.
Dummy's hands: Seal.
Flame: Jutsu
Dummy's chest, upper wedge: Mind
Dummy's chest, lower wedge: Body
Below the flame: An example of Katon jutsu
Fig. 1 Upper part, right to left: Stamina {Mental energy; Physical energy} Taijutsu
Lower part, right to left (tn: partly illegible, but probably means the following): Combining mental and physical energies. In other words, kneading chakra. Chakra. Seal. Ninjutsu, or genjutsu.
Picture comment
To activate techniques besides taijutsu, basic chakra conversion is a necesssity.
Fig. 2 CHAKRA
Caption: The source of energy for a jutsu's activation
Main text
To put it plainly, chakra is what fuels a jutsu. The mental and physical energies of a shinobi's body are joined together into stamina, which is internally converted into chakra, the energy source for a jutsu's activation. In addition, how efficiently the conversion goes is influenced by the caster's skill. Being able to efficiently convert stamina means a possibility to cast an even larger number of jutsu. In addition, chakra can be used to temporarily trigger some physical abilities. Thanks to this, shinobi can perform superhuman physical feats.
Wedge: Upper half: Mental energy. Lower half: Physical energy
Comment: It is necessary to balance out those two elements to knead properly.
Stamina
Having a lot of stamina means an increased number of jutsu available for use. The scope of attack expands proportionately.
Comment: Naruto has a wonderful amount of stamina.
Control
Gathering some kneaded chakra at the sole of one's feet, one can adhere to a tree branch. If one can maintain the chakra and control it, it's also possible to hang down from it.
Comment: Releasing control even for a little bit is enough to fall to the ground.
Release
With training, it's also possible to release chakra from the body. Continuous release from the sole of the feet enables one to walk on water.
Comment: Upper classes are even able to stand still.
Fig. 3 Seals
Caption: Processing chakra into a technique!!
Main text
Seals are a capital step towards the conversion of the kneaded chakra into a jutsu. Each jutsu has determined seals to it, and they have to be performed without a mistake, and matching the moment of the activation. Basically, a low-level jutsu takes simple seals. When it comes to advanced jutsu, more complex seals become necessary.
Horse Seal
Tiger Seal
Comment: Normally, performing a seal requires both hands to be employed.
Special addition: Chakra
Intro
Caption: Kneading chakra and performing seals until the jutsu activates!!
Main text
One kneads mental and physical energies from the body's 130 000 000 000 000 cells or so into chakra, and by performing seals, converts it into a jutsu. If the aforementioned sequence goes impeccably, the jutsu will activate.
Dummy's hands: Seal.
Flame: Jutsu
Dummy's chest, upper wedge: Mind
Dummy's chest, lower wedge: Body
Below the flame: An example of Katon jutsu
Fig. 1 Upper part, right to left: Stamina {Mental energy; Physical energy} Taijutsu
Lower part, right to left (tn: partly illegible, but probably means the following): Combining mental and physical energies. In other words, kneading chakra. Chakra. Seal. Ninjutsu, or genjutsu.
Picture comment
To activate techniques besides taijutsu, basic chakra conversion is a necesssity.
Fig. 2 CHAKRA
Caption: The source of energy for a jutsu's activation
Main text
To put it plainly, chakra is what fuels a jutsu. The mental and physical energies of a shinobi's body are joined together into stamina, which is internally converted into chakra, the energy source for a jutsu's activation. In addition, how efficiently the conversion goes is influenced by the caster's skill. Being able to efficiently convert stamina means a possibility to cast an even larger number of jutsu. In addition, chakra can be used to temporarily trigger some physical abilities. Thanks to this, shinobi can perform superhuman physical feats.
Wedge: Upper half: Mental energy. Lower half: Physical energy
Comment: It is necessary to balance out those two elements to knead properly.
Stamina
Having a lot of stamina means an increased number of jutsu available for use. The scope of attack expands proportionately.
Comment: Naruto has a wonderful amount of stamina.
Control
Gathering some kneaded chakra at the sole of one's feet, one can adhere to a tree branch. If one can maintain the chakra and control it, it's also possible to hang down from it.
Comment: Releasing control even for a little bit is enough to fall to the ground.
Release
With training, it's also possible to release chakra from the body. Continuous release from the sole of the feet enables one to walk on water.
Comment: Upper classes are even able to stand still.
Fig. 3 Seals
Caption: Processing chakra into a technique!!
Main text
Seals are a capital step towards the conversion of the kneaded chakra into a jutsu. Each jutsu has determined seals to it, and they have to be performed without a mistake, and matching the moment of the activation. Basically, a low-level jutsu takes simple seals. When it comes to advanced jutsu, more complex seals become necessary.
Horse Seal
Tiger Seal
Comment: Normally, performing a seal requires both hands to be employed.
Ohhh. Hang on, when they said that the Sot6P's sons inherited his energies, were they referring to quality?
To paraphrase and revise a portion of one of my earlier posts in this thread:
Older son got eyes (sharingan,) "powerful chakra" (Juubi's influence?,) and the highest quality spiritual energy. Hence why Sharingan genjutsu are the best around. Other techniques that require Yin would also be of excellent quality.
Younger son got the body, meaning incredible vitality that lets you live a long time and survive having a tailed beast yanked out of you, and the highest quality physical energy. When Senju/Uzumaki use "Yang Release" techniques, they blow anyone else out of the water.
But that brings up the question of why Naruto has so much stamina? Why does he have so much spiritual energy and high-grade physical energy? Is that purely due to Kurama's presence? The seal was constantly letting Kurama's Yang into Naruto's system, so that might explain part of it, but did his spiritual energy compensate to match it or something?
Come to think of it, nothing was ever said about Kushina having abnormal stamina, was there? Only that Naruto's style is like hers.
Edit: The one problem with that explanation is that the Hyuga can see the Chakra Pathway System, and the 8 Trigrams 64 Palms stops the chakra flow of the opponent to cripple them, not the "stamina flow."
To paraphrase and revise a portion of one of my earlier posts in this thread:
Older son got eyes (sharingan,) "powerful chakra" (Juubi's influence?,) and the highest quality spiritual energy. Hence why Sharingan genjutsu are the best around. Other techniques that require Yin would also be of excellent quality.
Younger son got the body, meaning incredible vitality that lets you live a long time and survive having a tailed beast yanked out of you, and the highest quality physical energy. When Senju/Uzumaki use "Yang Release" techniques, they blow anyone else out of the water.
But that brings up the question of why Naruto has so much stamina? Why does he have so much spiritual energy and high-grade physical energy? Is that purely due to Kurama's presence? The seal was constantly letting Kurama's Yang into Naruto's system, so that might explain part of it, but did his spiritual energy compensate to match it or something?
Come to think of it, nothing was ever said about Kushina having abnormal stamina, was there? Only that Naruto's style is like hers.
Edit: The one problem with that explanation is that the Hyuga can see the Chakra Pathway System, and the 8 Trigrams 64 Palms stops the chakra flow of the opponent to cripple them, not the "stamina flow."
Their bodies are automatically converting the energies into chakra which flow around the chakra pathway system, which would be a fraction of the amount a ninja can consciously produce. Taijutsu doesn't use up chakra in the sense that it doesn't require any of that 'excess' chakra and would instead rely on their stamina. I didn't think it was necessary to clarify.
I concur with this, and mentioned in a post I made in the naruversity thread, but it seems to me that it would make more sense if "Stamina" is a concept that covers both the chakra in the pathway system converted unconsciously, that would never be used in a jutsu (unless a ninja is sacrificing themselves,) and the unconverted physical and spiritual energies. That way we have a defined explanation for why ninja are stronger and faster, instead of the concept of it being solely muscle power. Plus it fits the external/internal duality.
Huh. SO the So6P kinda screwed the ninja in a way. In this sense, if chakra (stamina) were to ever run out to zero, the person would die. Logically that guy...Yoroi and the Aburame are the natural enemy of all ninja. If they ever get a good hook on ya, they can kill ya in seconds. Despite the blood pumping and brain working, if you run out of chakra you're screwed.
Or did chakra add on to the blood circulation system so that the Narutoverse humans can't survive without it?
Or did chakra add on to the blood circulation system so that the Narutoverse humans can't survive without it?
So what I've gathered is that thanks to this chakra circulation system if someone were to be drained of all chakra, its instant death. No questions on blood pumping into your heart or lungs still pumping air in and out. Without their conservative magic energy,the people of the Narutoverse are screwed.
Which means that Yoroi guy and the Aburame are the greatest dangers they could face. Chakra suckers...
Which means that Yoroi guy and the Aburame are the greatest dangers they could face. Chakra suckers...
Well, there are differences.
First, I have often speculated that Naruto may have been altered by Kurama while in the womb. He has those whiskers, that are also possessed by the two Kyuubi!brothers (Kinkaku and Ginkaku I think), who went radical alterations after consuming Kyuubis flesh. No other Kurama jinchuuriki has those whiskers. I tend to suspect that Naruto would have had enhanced stamina and possibly even access to tiny amounts of Kuramas chakra, even if he never became a jinchuuriki.
Once he actually did become a jinchuuriki, he was probably naturally better than anyone else prior, since in a way he was conceived and born to be compatible with Kuramas chakra. I seem to recall compatibility having some relevance in that Gaara is compatible with Shukaku, while Temari and Kankuro are not. Or do I misremember? Regardless, Naruto should be 100% compatible with Kurama then.
There is also the difference in seals. Kushinas seal seems to have been designed to contain and imprison Kurama to the max, while Narutos seal was designed to draw on Kuramas power and eventually merge Naruto and Kurama completely (resulting in BM).
Thats what happened with Kakashi. He knowingly used up the last of his chakra (which was sustaining his life) on that last Kamui to save Chouji, and died as a result.
Not sure that really makes Yoroi or Aburames super-hax though. Sure, they can kill you by absorbing your chakra. But so what? If your chakra has been absorbed to the point where you can no longer fight back, then the absorber does not need to bother killing you via chakra absorbtion at that point, since you would be too weak to stop a kunai to the brain.
The only place where this could have major implications is with absorbers such as Preta, who can absorb literally huge amounts of chakra in an instant. Preta might potentially be able to chakra drain someone to death with just a couple of seconds of contact.
Also, what happens to chakra thats absorbed? And can you overload on chakra? If that chakra absorber Yoroi for example takes the chakra into himself, then what would happen if he tried to say absorb chakra from BM!Naruto continuously for several hours, with Naruto just letting him. Does there exist such a thing as chakra overload, where you overload your body by absorbing too much chakra for your physical body to contain.
First, I have often speculated that Naruto may have been altered by Kurama while in the womb. He has those whiskers, that are also possessed by the two Kyuubi!brothers (Kinkaku and Ginkaku I think), who went radical alterations after consuming Kyuubis flesh. No other Kurama jinchuuriki has those whiskers. I tend to suspect that Naruto would have had enhanced stamina and possibly even access to tiny amounts of Kuramas chakra, even if he never became a jinchuuriki.
Once he actually did become a jinchuuriki, he was probably naturally better than anyone else prior, since in a way he was conceived and born to be compatible with Kuramas chakra. I seem to recall compatibility having some relevance in that Gaara is compatible with Shukaku, while Temari and Kankuro are not. Or do I misremember? Regardless, Naruto should be 100% compatible with Kurama then.
There is also the difference in seals. Kushinas seal seems to have been designed to contain and imprison Kurama to the max, while Narutos seal was designed to draw on Kuramas power and eventually merge Naruto and Kurama completely (resulting in BM).
Thats what happened with Kakashi. He knowingly used up the last of his chakra (which was sustaining his life) on that last Kamui to save Chouji, and died as a result.
Not sure that really makes Yoroi or Aburames super-hax though. Sure, they can kill you by absorbing your chakra. But so what? If your chakra has been absorbed to the point where you can no longer fight back, then the absorber does not need to bother killing you via chakra absorbtion at that point, since you would be too weak to stop a kunai to the brain.
The only place where this could have major implications is with absorbers such as Preta, who can absorb literally huge amounts of chakra in an instant. Preta might potentially be able to chakra drain someone to death with just a couple of seconds of contact.
Also, what happens to chakra thats absorbed? And can you overload on chakra? If that chakra absorber Yoroi for example takes the chakra into himself, then what would happen if he tried to say absorb chakra from BM!Naruto continuously for several hours, with Naruto just letting him. Does there exist such a thing as chakra overload, where you overload your body by absorbing too much chakra for your physical body to contain.
I'd say that once their chakra coils are full any additional chakra that is absorbed is forcefully expelled through the tenketsu. Whether this is harmful depends on how quickly the chakra is being absorbed and how heavy of a chakra flow his tenketsu are capable of handling. If the chakra is being absorbed slow enough that his tenketsu can handle expelling the excess then he can keep absorbing the chakra endlessly. If he's absorbing the chakra faster than his tenketsu can expel it then the pressure in his coils builds up and the chakra backflows out of the tenketsu in his hands, making it impossible to continue absorbing chakra until he's expelled a significant amount. I'd imagine that process would be rather painful.
That of course is assuming that people who absorb chakra can only top off their own chakra coils with it for a temporary boost in fighting power. If they are actually capable of breaking the absorbed chakra back down into physical and spiritual energy and restoring their own stamina with it then it's a different story. Then it would depend on whether their ability to break the chakra down if faster than the chakra absorption rate, if not then the chakra is forcefully expelled and eventually backflows as before. I wonder if there's a limit to how much stamina you can absorb...
That of course is assuming that people who absorb chakra can only top off their own chakra coils with it for a temporary boost in fighting power. If they are actually capable of breaking the absorbed chakra back down into physical and spiritual energy and restoring their own stamina with it then it's a different story. Then it would depend on whether their ability to break the chakra down if faster than the chakra absorption rate, if not then the chakra is forcefully expelled and eventually backflows as before. I wonder if there's a limit to how much stamina you can absorb...
Mangahelpers page that has raw downloads for the first and second databook.
Or two direct download links that I saw: Databook 1 and Databook 2. And someone posted raws for the first databook on facebook for some reason.
Or two direct download links that I saw: Databook 1 and Databook 2. And someone posted raws for the first databook on facebook for some reason.
Translating page 155 which is the one brought up earlier and interested me...
"ACCUMULATING CHAKRA AND FORMING SEALS TO ACTIVATE A JUTSU!!
The physical and mental energies from 130 million body cells, that is, chakra, are accumulated, and by performing seals, this energy is converted into a jutsu. If this sequence is performed impeccably, the jutsu is activated.
(Image: An example of Katon jutsu)
Up/Down: To activate techniques (jutsu), other than taijutsu, basic chakra conversion is needed. ('basic' as in 'basic conversion')
(Table: how to perform a jutsu of the three main types.)
CHAKRA
The energy source for a jutsu's activation
Chakra is a jutsu's fuel. The physical and mental energy from a shinobi's body are joined in resistance*, which is internally converted to chakra, the energy source for a jutsu's activation. The efficiency of this conversion is influenced by the user's skill. Being capable of efficiently converting resistance into chakra means a possibility to execute an even higher number of jutsu. Along with that, chakra may be used to briefly activate some physical activities. Through that, shinobi can perform superhuman physical feats.
Right: Mental energy + physical energy.
Up: It's necessary to balance out these two elements.
[Resistance]
To have lots of resistance means to have a higher amount of jutsu available for use. The attack's reach increases proportionally.
Right: Naruto has an impressive resistance.
[Control]
Building up chakra at the soles of the feet, you can stick to a tree branch. By keeping the chakra and controlling it you can even stand upside-down.
Right: Losing control for even one second is enough to fall to the ground.
[Release]
With training it's also possible to release chakra from the entire body. By releasing it continuously from the soles of the feet it's possible to walk on water.
Right: Superior classes are even capable of standing still on water.
SEALS
Processing chakra for a technique
Seals are a major step for the conversion of built-up chakra for a jutsu. Each jutsu has predetermined seals, which must be executed with no mistake and at the exact moment of the jutsu's activation. Basically, low-level jutsu have simple seals. For more advanced jutsu, more complex seals are required.
Up: Normally, forming seals requires the usage of both hands."
*'Resistance', here, is probably Stamina.
"ACCUMULATING CHAKRA AND FORMING SEALS TO ACTIVATE A JUTSU!!
The physical and mental energies from 130 million body cells, that is, chakra, are accumulated, and by performing seals, this energy is converted into a jutsu. If this sequence is performed impeccably, the jutsu is activated.
(Image: An example of Katon jutsu)
Up/Down: To activate techniques (jutsu), other than taijutsu, basic chakra conversion is needed. ('basic' as in 'basic conversion')
(Table: how to perform a jutsu of the three main types.)
CHAKRA
The energy source for a jutsu's activation
Chakra is a jutsu's fuel. The physical and mental energy from a shinobi's body are joined in resistance*, which is internally converted to chakra, the energy source for a jutsu's activation. The efficiency of this conversion is influenced by the user's skill. Being capable of efficiently converting resistance into chakra means a possibility to execute an even higher number of jutsu. Along with that, chakra may be used to briefly activate some physical activities. Through that, shinobi can perform superhuman physical feats.
Right: Mental energy + physical energy.
Up: It's necessary to balance out these two elements.
[Resistance]
To have lots of resistance means to have a higher amount of jutsu available for use. The attack's reach increases proportionally.
Right: Naruto has an impressive resistance.
[Control]
Building up chakra at the soles of the feet, you can stick to a tree branch. By keeping the chakra and controlling it you can even stand upside-down.
Right: Losing control for even one second is enough to fall to the ground.
[Release]
With training it's also possible to release chakra from the entire body. By releasing it continuously from the soles of the feet it's possible to walk on water.
Right: Superior classes are even capable of standing still on water.
SEALS
Processing chakra for a technique
Seals are a major step for the conversion of built-up chakra for a jutsu. Each jutsu has predetermined seals, which must be executed with no mistake and at the exact moment of the jutsu's activation. Basically, low-level jutsu have simple seals. For more advanced jutsu, more complex seals are required.
Up: Normally, forming seals requires the usage of both hands."
*'Resistance', here, is probably Stamina.
That's cool. There are translations available for the majority of information in the databooks, so the only thing that's lacking is most of character biographies from the first one.
If you don't mind, I'd like to request to have these three parts translated (1, 2 and 3) since I think they're about different jutsu types and kekkei genkai, which seems pretty useful. And I'd personally like to have Haku's bio translated along with just one section of page 14 which I think is for Luck, Latent Potential and Total Stats.
Anywho, for those of you who have no real idea where to find online translations for the databooks, I give you these:
- Databook Collection Thread Part 1 - Containing the character biographies and jutsu from the three databooks.
- Databook Collection Thread Part 2 - Containing miscellaneous information from the three databooks.
Unfortunately, those threads aren't completely comprehensive so if there's something missing that you think shouldn't be, then you could search the threads in Mangahelper's Konoha Prints which is where those translations come from. There are a couple of character bios and jutsu that you can find there but not in the Databook Collection Threads.
And some extra stuff I found:
Stat Key
Personality Chart
Team Analysis
If you don't mind, I'd like to request to have these three parts translated (1, 2 and 3) since I think they're about different jutsu types and kekkei genkai, which seems pretty useful. And I'd personally like to have Haku's bio translated along with just one section of page 14 which I think is for Luck, Latent Potential and Total Stats.
Anywho, for those of you who have no real idea where to find online translations for the databooks, I give you these:
- Databook Collection Thread Part 1 - Containing the character biographies and jutsu from the three databooks.
- Databook Collection Thread Part 2 - Containing miscellaneous information from the three databooks.
Unfortunately, those threads aren't completely comprehensive so if there's something missing that you think shouldn't be, then you could search the threads in Mangahelper's Konoha Prints which is where those translations come from. There are a couple of character bios and jutsu that you can find there but not in the Databook Collection Threads.
And some extra stuff I found:
Stat Key
Personality Chart
Team Analysis
Hah, I love how Gai's literally off the charts on the "passionate" axis. I'm surprised to learn that he's apparently very impatient though.
I like how both Chouji and Sakura have two entries, Sakura and Inner Sakura and "calm Chouji" and "angry Chouji". What, does Chouji also have a split personality?
I like how both Chouji and Sakura have two entries, Sakura and Inner Sakura and "calm Chouji" and "angry Chouji". What, does Chouji also have a split personality?
Well... the first two pages (set 1) are not much you guys don't know yet, since they're describing Ninjutsu, Taijutsu and Genjutsu. Here's the details I find relevant, at least:
-Ninjutsu Advantages: the user can defeat a stronger opponent, and also attack from range. Disadvantages: Depending on the jutsu, it may be hard to generate the exact amount of chakra. The seal order may also be complex and demand time. (So most strong jutsu, in theory, can be disrupted by surprising the user.)
-Taijiutsu doesn't use chakra. No, seriously. You don't need chakra to use taijutsu. Instead of transforming your energy into chakra, you immediately convert it into your attacks, more or less. Advantages: since it doesn't use chakra, you use all your stamina and it's easier to learn. Disadvantages: It's hard to attack from a range and advanced techniques may exhaust greatly the user.
-Genjutsu: it's just hypnosis that you can cast over many people. Disadvantages: Prolonged use will injure the user and it's difficult to damage the target with it.
On the second set, Juinjutsu are described as 'curses that imprison the mind or body of the target': use a seal to control their power or actions. Orochimaru's is described to stimulate Sasuke's evil intentions as he uses it, which, you know, duh. Fuuinjutsu, on the other hand, is described as 'seals out-of-control power to restore order', and it's specific to 'confine, annul, or stop the target from using a specific skill'. Nothing on using seals for storing shit. The book describes a bit what makes a technique be considered 'forbidden': either it'll cause damage to the user (Taiju Kage Bunshin, Souja Sousai, or Urarenge) or it's against the laws of nature (Kuchiyose, Edotensei).
On Kekkei Genkai, on the third set, we have a general description of it and a specific point: there are 'no rules' regarding the awakening of one. Even if both parents have them, their kid might not be born with one, or vice-versa. It's also not possible to control when it'll awaken or not.
Page 14's text is as follows:
1-Village Symbol (duh)
2-Character Name
3-Ninja Rank (if the ninja is a renegade, retired or it's a civilian, there's nothing)
4-Stats
5-Power Summary Data or such, divided in 'Average Stats' - that is, how strong the ninja is taking all stats in account - Latent Potential - presence of a Kekkei Genkai or power that wasn't included on the above - and Luck - relative evaluation of their luck, which may be crucial at some point.
6-Profile 1 (basic character details)
7-Profile 2 (backstory)
You guys owe me for this. Someone should write me something.
-Ninjutsu Advantages: the user can defeat a stronger opponent, and also attack from range. Disadvantages: Depending on the jutsu, it may be hard to generate the exact amount of chakra. The seal order may also be complex and demand time. (So most strong jutsu, in theory, can be disrupted by surprising the user.)
-Taijiutsu doesn't use chakra. No, seriously. You don't need chakra to use taijutsu. Instead of transforming your energy into chakra, you immediately convert it into your attacks, more or less. Advantages: since it doesn't use chakra, you use all your stamina and it's easier to learn. Disadvantages: It's hard to attack from a range and advanced techniques may exhaust greatly the user.
-Genjutsu: it's just hypnosis that you can cast over many people. Disadvantages: Prolonged use will injure the user and it's difficult to damage the target with it.
On the second set, Juinjutsu are described as 'curses that imprison the mind or body of the target': use a seal to control their power or actions. Orochimaru's is described to stimulate Sasuke's evil intentions as he uses it, which, you know, duh. Fuuinjutsu, on the other hand, is described as 'seals out-of-control power to restore order', and it's specific to 'confine, annul, or stop the target from using a specific skill'. Nothing on using seals for storing shit. The book describes a bit what makes a technique be considered 'forbidden': either it'll cause damage to the user (Taiju Kage Bunshin, Souja Sousai, or Urarenge) or it's against the laws of nature (Kuchiyose, Edotensei).
On Kekkei Genkai, on the third set, we have a general description of it and a specific point: there are 'no rules' regarding the awakening of one. Even if both parents have them, their kid might not be born with one, or vice-versa. It's also not possible to control when it'll awaken or not.
Page 14's text is as follows:
1-Village Symbol (duh)
2-Character Name
3-Ninja Rank (if the ninja is a renegade, retired or it's a civilian, there's nothing)
4-Stats
5-Power Summary Data or such, divided in 'Average Stats' - that is, how strong the ninja is taking all stats in account - Latent Potential - presence of a Kekkei Genkai or power that wasn't included on the above - and Luck - relative evaluation of their luck, which may be crucial at some point.
6-Profile 1 (basic character details)
7-Profile 2 (backstory)
You guys owe me for this. Someone should write me something.
You is so cool, H-Man. ^_^
I wonder how that works. Do they pull a mental muscle?
Does it mention anything about where they originate from or it is just saying that they're abilities passed down genetically?
Not quite what was I expecting. I assumed that Latent Potential meant how much the specified characters is able to grow from the current. This sounds like something else.
I wonder how that works. Do they pull a mental muscle?
Does it mention anything about where they originate from or it is just saying that they're abilities passed down genetically?
Not quite what was I expecting. I assumed that Latent Potential meant how much the specified characters is able to grow from the current. This sounds like something else.
That the first time I've heard of anything like this. Is it referring to chakra exhaustion, as ninjutsu tend to be one-shot while genjutsu likely involve a "steady stream of chakra," or some other form of injury? If genjutsu uses Yin release, and advanced genjutsu operate by intentionally unbalancing one's chakra by increasing the portion of spiritual energy in the mix, perhaps doing so for extended periods of time carries some sort of risk. Hmm...
Confining a Kunai to a scroll? And this is fantastic information. I can't tell you how many different theories and ideas I've read about the principles behind Fuinjutsu. Just knowing that it's based around restraining power, confining, annulling or restricting is good to know.
Confining a Kunai to a scroll? And this is fantastic information. I can't tell you how many different theories and ideas I've read about the principles behind Fuinjutsu. Just knowing that it's based around restraining power, confining, annulling or restricting is good to know.