{"id":"karma","name":"Kāma","japanese":"忍","category":"techniques","subtitle":"Origin, how it works and limits.","summary":"An Ōtsutsuki information mark, vessel and transformation.","facts":[["Procedencia","Boruto · Manga"],["Alcance","Original summary, not a universal repertoire"]],"lvl":2,"sections":[{"h":"A mark on the palm","t":"The Kāma first appears in the future that opens the series, on adult Boruto's hand, and later shows up on his palm after the fight against Momoshiki. At first he cannot control it: it activates suddenly and painfully. When it does, it covers part of his body in a pattern of lines, boosts his chakra and lets him absorb techniques. Boruto and Kawaki both have a Kāma, but their situations differ from the start: each mark comes from a different Ōtsutsuki.","lvl":2,"ch":"boruto-15","pos":715},{"h":"Absorbing and opening portals","t":"The Kāma absorbs ninjutsu: Boruto swallows a giant Rasengan from Koji with his palm. The marks of two bearers also resonate with each other, as when Garō hunts Kawaki. With practice, Kawaki manages to open portals that transport people to other places. The limit comes against Boro: his mist is chemical, not ninjutsu, and the mark cannot absorb it. Kawaki ends up explaining precisely what it can and cannot absorb.","lvl":2,"ch":"boruto-41","pos":741},{"h":"Vessels and horns","t":"An Ōtsutsuki who leaves their Kāma in someone turns them into a vessel. Jigen, Kara's leader, is really a human used as a vessel by Isshiki, and when Kawaki is about to become the next one, a horn grows on his forehead. Jigen's body cannot hold out: flames consume it and Isshiki appears in his true form, with no time left to sustain himself. Kawaki's Kāma comes from Isshiki and Boruto's from Momoshiki: that difference means their cases are not the same.","lvl":2,"ch":"boruto-47","pos":747},{"h":"Copies of data","t":"Inside, the Kāma is a compressed copy of an Ōtsutsuki's information. Over time it rewrites the vessel until the Ōtsutsuki is reborn in that body: the soul is anchored to the vessel, which is why it can return even if its original body has died. Most humans are not compatible and die. Amado also explains the goal: an Ōtsutsuki must offer another to the Ten-Tails to grow a Divine Tree. With the mark, Boruto even manages to teleport his allies.","lvl":2,"ch":"boruto-53","pos":753},{"h":"Variants of the mark","t":"Not every Kāma works the same way. Code has a white Kāma, a different mark that does not make him Isshiki's vessel and comes with limiters. Amado offers Kawaki a Kāma meant only as a weapon, with no Ōtsutsuki to be reborn in him. Code also reveals that the mark passes on its owner's combat experience, and Boruto begins to draw more power from it. Amado's offer shows that the mark can be separated from rebirth if someone knows how to manipulate it.","lvl":2,"ch":"boruto-63","pos":763},{"h":"Momoshiki and the restored Kāma","t":"The underlying danger comes true when Momoshiki takes control of Boruto's body. Kawaki, with the Kāma Amado restored for him, absorbs an enormous Rasengan from Momoshiki. Then, to keep him from being reborn, Kawaki kills Boruto, who comes back to life thanks to the mark. From then on, Boruto discovers he shares thoughts with Momoshiki: the Kāma no longer just stores data but holds a presence. That shows the difference between the two bearers: Kawaki's Kāma no longer carries Isshiki inside, while Boruto's is still tied to Momoshiki.","lvl":2,"ch":"boruto-75","pos":775},{"h":"In Two Blue Vortex","t":"After the time skip, Boruto still uses the Kāma in combat. Facing a crowd of Mamushi copies, he absorbs their fire with his palm, the same trick he used as a kid, now with much more control. The mark is still a risk, because Momoshiki is still in it, but Boruto learned to live with that danger during his years on the run. The Kāma does not vanish with the time skip: it is part of his arsenal alongside his new techniques.","lvl":3,"ch":"tbv-28","pos":808}],"characters":["boruto","kawaki","jigen","isshiki","code"],"related":["chakra","cuerpos-modificados","kekkei-genkai"],"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":"Boruto: Naruto Next Generations · Índice de capítulos","url":"https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/boruto"}],"figures":["
MARK · DATA · VESSEL
Kāma · Original diagramMark, vessel and entity are different. The pattern is original and does not reproduce an official Kāma design.
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