{"id":"ninjutsu","name":"Ninjutsu","japanese":"忍術","category":"basics","subtitle":"Molding chakra to act on the world.","summary":"A broad category of ninja techniques with offensive, defensive, medical and support uses.","facts":[["Ejemplos","Fire Release · Chidori · Medical ninjutsu"]],"lvl":0,"sections":[{"h":"A broad category","t":"Ninjutsu is the broadest category of ninja techniques: everything that uses chakra to produce effects, from clones and transformations to elemental techniques. Zabuza uses water techniques, Naruto multiplies shadow clones and Kakashi copies his rival's ninjutsu with the Sharingan. Most are performed with hand seals that help mold chakra, though not all need them. No ninja masters all of ninjutsu: each develops a repertoire according to their chakra, affinity and training.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-15","pos":15},{"h":"Summons and forbidden techniques","t":"Within ninjutsu there are very different branches. Summons require a contract with a species, like Jiraiya's and Naruto's toads or Orochimaru's snakes. Medical ninjutsu, which Tsunade masters, heals wounds with chakra. And there are forbidden techniques: Orochimaru brings back the first two Hokage with the Reanimation Jutsu during the invasion of Konoha. The Sharingan can copy many techniques, but it does not grant contracts, affinities or kekkei genkai.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-172","pos":172},{"h":"The five natures","t":"Elemental ninjutsu depends on chakra natures: fire, wind, lightning, earth and water. Each person has an affinity for one of them, though they can learn others. Naruto discovers his is wind and applies it to the Rasengan to create the Rasenshuriken. Some techniques combine natures into a new element, such as ice or wood, and that usually belongs to a kekkei genkai. Copying a technique with the Sharingan does not change the user's affinity.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-333","pos":333},{"h":"Space and time","t":"Space-time techniques are an especially rare branch of ninjutsu. Kakashi uses Kamui to send objects to another dimension, and Minato was famous for the Flying Thunder God, which carried him to marks he left on the field. They are very costly techniques and demand precision: a miscalculation leaves the user exposed or out of chakra in the middle of a fight. Kakashi ends up exhausted after using Kamui against Deidara, to the point that he has to be carried back. That is why these techniques are usually tied to special eyes or to seals prepared in advance, and are not part of the average ninja's repertoire.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-278","pos":278},{"h":"Tools and absorption","t":"In the Boruto era, ninjutsu coexists with scientific tools that store techniques and allow them to be used without seals. Boruto uses one in the Chūnin Exam, which causes controversy. The Ōtsutsuki complicate the picture even further: Momoshiki absorbs ninjutsu with the eyes in his palms and sends it back amplified, forcing ninja to change strategy and fall back on taijutsu or techniques he cannot absorb.","lvl":2,"ch":"boruto-9","pos":709}],"characters":["sasuke","sakura"],"related":["chakra","genjutsu","taijutsu","katon","naturalezas-de-chakra","sellos-de-manos"],"reference":"Naruto, chapters 12–18; Kakashi's teaching and Sakura's training.","sources":[{"title":"Sasuke: su familia y el camino de la venganza","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1856"},{"title":"Sakura: formación médica, fuerza y maternidad","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1743"}],"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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CONCENTRATED LIGHTNING
Chidori · Original diagramLightning chakra concentrated in the hand. The attack's speed makes perceiving counterattacks important.
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