{"id":"katon","name":"Fire Release","japanese":"火遁","category":"techniques","subtitle":"The Uchiha's signature affinity.","summary":"The fire nature transformation, used in several of the clan's characteristic techniques.","facts":[["Naturaleza","Fire"],["Técnica emblemática","Fireball Jutsu"]],"lvl":0,"sections":[{"h":"A nature, not a technique","t":"Katon, “Fire Release”, is one of the five basic chakra natures. It covers many different techniques: fireballs, bursts of flame, burning projectiles or combinations with weapons. That is why it should not be treated as a single attack. In Part I, Sasuke is its most visible user: he unleashes the Great Fireball (Gōkakyū) and the Phoenix Flower Jutsu, which fires several small flames, sometimes with shuriken hidden inside. Fire serves him both to attack and to cover his movements.","lvl":0},{"h":"An Uchiha tradition","t":"Sasuke's memories show that the Great Fireball carries special weight in his clan: mastering it is a kind of rite of passage to be considered an adult Uchiha. His father, Fugaku, teaches it to him, and when Sasuke finally manages it, Fugaku acknowledges him as a son worthy of the clan, though he always compares him to Itachi. It is easy to miss on a first read, but it explains why fire is so tied to Sasuke's identity.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-223","pos":223},{"h":"Other users","t":"Fire Release is not exclusive to the Uchiha. Many ninja from Konoha and other villages use it, combined with weapons, summons or other natures. Jiraiya, for example, combines fire with the oil his toad spits, and other ninja use it in team techniques where wind fans the flames. That ability to combine with other natures or tools is one of the reasons fire shows up so often in the story.","lvl":0},{"h":"Brother against brother","t":"In the final duel between Itachi and Sasuke, their two Great Fireballs collide in midair, and Itachi's ends up winning out. The scene repeats, at an adult scale, the technique they both learned as children, and shows the difference in control between the two brothers. Ordinary Fire Release is still different from Amaterasu: the Mangekyō's black flames do not depend on this nature and do not behave like ordinary fire.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-389","pos":389},{"h":"At the scale of war","t":"In the war, Madara shows what Fire Release can achieve in the hands of an exceptional user: he unleashes a huge wall of fire against the Alliance that forces several ninja to combine their water techniques to stop it. The same nature Sasuke learned as a child becomes a weapon able to cover an entire battlefield. It is the best demonstration that Fire Release scales with the user's chakra and skill.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-563","pos":563}],"characters":["sasuke","fugaku","madara"],"related":["chakra","ninjutsu","amaterasu","naturalezas-de-chakra"],"reference":"Naruto, chapters 7 and 223.","sources":[{"title":"Sasuke: su familia y el camino de la venganza","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1856"},{"title":"Madara: infancia, Izuna y la fundación de Konoha","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1663"}],"figures":["
USERFIRE ELEMENT
Katon · Original diagramAn example of a fire technique: chakra is transformed and takes shape. The real size depends on the technique and the user.
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