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No in-between generations are invented.","eras":{"mayores":"Previous generation","konoha":"Naruto / Shippuden","nueva":"Boruto and sequels","fundadores":"Ancient history"},"eraNotes":["Earlier families and figures.","Training, choices and conflicts in Naruto.","Anime and manga are told apart in each profile.","Documented historical characters."],"sourceIds":["naruto-archive"],"medium":"Shippuden · Anime","contextLvl":1},"nodes":[{"id":"hotaru","x":470,"y":490,"era":"konoha"},{"id":"tonbee","x":850,"y":285,"era":"mayores"},{"id":"en-no-gyoja","x":470,"y":90,"era":"mayores"}],"size":{"width":1060,"height":650},"details":{"hotaru":{"intro":"Hotaru is En no Gyōja's granddaughter and the bearer of her clan's forbidden technique.","history":"Hotaru is En no Gyōja's granddaughter and the bearer of her clan's forbidden technique. She seeks Utakata's teaching and becomes caught up in a conflict over that power. Teacher and student are not represented as father and daughter.","personality":"Hotaru is a tenacious and somewhat headlong girl, raised in the Tsuchigumo clan with the burden of a technique she did not entirely choose. She insists, asks and asks again: she sticks to Utakata so he will accept her as a student even though he turns her down again and again. That insistence comes from wanting to be useful and not be reduced to an object others want to use. She trusts easily, which makes her vulnerable to deception, but also lets her build sincere bonds. She is an anime-exclusive character.","abilities":[{"name":"Sealing jutsu","text":"She uses sealing with its own conditions; not all seals share costs or functions.","figures":["
CONTAINMENT · DECORATIVE FORMULA
Fūinjutsu · Original diagramContaining chakra with a seal. The formula is decorative: it does not reproduce the Eight Trigrams Seal or any canonical seal.
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PHYSICALSPIRITUALMOULDED CHAKRA
Chakra control · Original diagramChakra combines physical and spiritual components. The amount available and the precision to use it are different qualities.
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DISTANCE · MOVEMENT · RESPONSE
Shinobi combat · Original diagramA general example of distance and response in combat. It is not presented as a secret technique or an official scene.
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PHYSICALSPIRITUALMOULDED CHAKRA
Chakra control · Original diagramChakra combines physical and spiritual components. The amount available and the precision to use it are different qualities.
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CONTAINMENT · DECORATIVE FORMULA
Fūinjutsu · Original diagramContaining chakra with a seal. The formula is decorative: it does not reproduce the Eight Trigrams Seal or any canonical seal.
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PHYSICALSPIRITUALMOULDED CHAKRA
Chakra control · Original diagramChakra combines physical and spiritual components. The amount available and the precision to use it are different qualities.
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