{"id":"invocaciones","name":"Summoning","japanese":"忍","category":"techniques","subtitle":"Origin, how it works and limits.","summary":"Working with beings called through contracts or other particular mechanisms.","facts":[["Procedencia","The profile tells anime and manga apart"],["Alcance","Original summary, not a universal repertoire"]],"lvl":1,"sections":[{"h":"The contract","t":"Summoning brings an animal or an object from elsewhere through a contract signed in blood, hand signs and chakra. The more chakra, the bigger or stronger what appears. Jiraiya, who has a contract with the toads, teaches it to Naruto: at first he only produces tadpoles, and only when he uses the Nine-Tails' chakra does the boss Gamabunta appear. The contract is not hereditary: it has to be signed and mastered.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-95","pos":95},{"h":"Snakes, dogs and slugs","t":"Each contract gives a different style. Orochimaru summons snakes, Kakashi his ninja hounds, with Pakkun as tracker, and Hiruzen the monkey king Enma, who turns into a staff. Temari summons Kamatari, a weasel with a sickle. In the fight at Tanzaku, Gamabunta, the snake Manda and Tsunade's slug Katsuyu clash. The animals have wills of their own: Manda demands sacrifices to obey. Kakashi also uses his dogs for the Tracking Fang, which sends them bursting up from under the ground to hold Zabuza.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-214","pos":214},{"h":"Mount Myōboku and Pain","t":"Jiraiya's toads come from Mount Myōboku. Against Pain, Jiraiya calls the sages Fukasaku and Shima, and a reverse summoning can also bring someone to the mountain. Pain uses an Animal Path that summons beasts and other bodies. During the invasion of Konoha, Katsuyu splits up to protect and heal the residents. The limit is still chakra: every large summoning costs a lot. On that mountain, Naruto trains in Sage Mode with Fukasaku.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-432","pos":432},{"h":"Summoning is not reanimating","t":"Several things need telling apart. The Rashōmon gates Orochimaru summons and the beasts of Pain's Animal Path are summonings. Sasuke uses Manda as a shield against Deidara. Orochimaru and Kabuto's reanimation of the dead is also called a summoning, but it brings souls into sacrificial bodies, not contracted animals. Orochimaru uses it to bring back the Hokage during the war. The reanimated return with their techniques and memories, but they are not contracted allies: whoever brought them controls them.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-618","pos":618},{"h":"A new generation of Sannin","t":"In the war, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura summon Gamakichi, the snake Aoda and Katsuyu together, as a new generation of the three Sannin. Later, Sasuke summons the hawk Garuda. Contracts are not automatically passed from teacher to student: each signs their own, even if the Sannin echo through their disciples. Gamakichi, the little toad Naruto summoned as a kid, is now huge, and Aoda is the snake Sasuke has summoned since his days with Taka.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-680","pos":680},{"h":"In the Boruto era","t":"In the Boruto anime, Sumire carries Nue, a creature bound to her by one of Danzō's plans, and Boruto even summons the snake Garaga. A teacher having a contract does not mean the student has it: each summoner has their own. Nue can fight at Sumire's side, but at times it goes out of control and stops responding to her. Both cases show that summoning is still alive in the new generation.","lvl":2,"ep":"boruto-77","pos":711},{"h":"Koji's toads","t":"In Two Blue Vortex, Koji Kashin uses his toads for intelligence work: one follows Code's trail to where he is keeping the Ten-Tails. Later, Ryū and Matsuri find a dead toad. Koji was created from Jiraiya and, like him, uses toads. He relies on them mostly as spies: they follow trails and report what they find without him having to expose himself. If one falls, Koji loses eyes on the ground.","lvl":3,"ch":"tbv-16","pos":796}],"characters":["jiraiya","orochimaru","sumire","kakashi"],"related":["chakra","sannin"],"reference":"Reading guide for the series indicated. The linked source offers editorial context and does not by itself verify every detail of the technique.","sources":[{"title":"Guía oficial de anime: Naruto y Shippuden","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/anime"}],"figures":["
CONTRACT AND COOPERATION
Summoning · Original diagramA particular contract and conditions. The figure does not reproduce official ritual seals or imply that every animal is summoned.
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