{"id":"kage-kubishibari","name":"Shadow Neck Bind","japanese":"影首縛り","category":"techniques","subtitle":"The shadow takes on a physical use.","summary":"A Nara technique in which a shadow climbs up and takes a shape that puts pressure on the target.","facts":[["Tipo","Nara hiden"],["No es","Mind control"]],"lvl":1,"sections":[{"h":"How it works","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-137","t":"Shadow Neck Bind starts from an established shadow link. From it, the user forms a shadow hand that climbs the rival's body to the neck and squeezes to choke them. It is distinct from Shadow Possession, which only forces the target to imitate movements, and from Shadow Sewing, which forms needles to pierce. The technique appears during the invasion of Konoha, used by veteran ninja of the Nara clan. Its strength depends on how much chakra the user can pour into the shadow hand.","pos":137},{"h":"Shikamaru against Tayuya","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-209","t":"On the Sasuke retrieval mission, Shikamaru faces Tayuya, of the Sound Four, and, already exhausted, decides to try the neck bind. She resists the pressure with the strength of her curse mark, and the attempt shows the technique's limit: if the rival is stronger or the user is low on chakra, the shadow is not enough to subdue them. Distance matters too, because the link must be held while the hand advances. Shikamaru ends up in danger and is only saved by Temari's arrival.","pos":209},{"h":"Within the Nara repertoire","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-339","t":"In the second part, the neck bind is part of a broader repertoire. Shikamaru chains shadows, blades and prepared traps together in his fight against Hidan, choosing each technique for what he needs: to pin down, to squeeze or to wound. The neck bind is useful for subduing, but it requires the shadow link to be established already and the rival to lack the strength to resist. That is why it appears as one step within a plan and not as the decisive blow.","pos":339},{"h":"In the new generation","lvl":2,"t":"In the Boruto era, the technique is still associated with the Nara clan. The anime shows Shikadai using variants of the clan's shadows, but this entry does not assume he automatically has his father's entire repertoire because of his surname: each technique is learned and trained. The usual conditions still hold, since the shadow hand's strength depends on chakra, and a rival with more resistance or out of range can break the attempt."}],"characters":["shikamaru"],"related":["kagemane","kage-nui","nara"],"reference":"Naruto, chapters 208–209: Shikamaru's fight and the use of shadows.","sources":[{"title":"Shikamaru: sombras, Shikaku e Ino–Shika–Chō","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1910"}],"figures":["
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Kage Kubishibari · Original diagramThe shadow takes on a physical application. The diagram shows no harm and implies no inevitable outcome against any opponent.
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