{"id":"receptores-chakra","name":"Chakra receivers","japanese":"黒い棒","category":"tools","subtitle":"Black rods that carry someone else's will.","summary":"Black rods that receive chakra at a distance. Nagato uses them to control the Six Paths of Pain and as a weapon that disrupts an opponent's chakra.","facts":[["Tipo","Personal tool"],["Portadores destacados","2 in the archive"],["Límite","The weapon does not define the user"]],"lvl":0,"sections":[{"h":"Black rods","t":"Chakra receivers are black metal rods that receive chakra at a distance. The Paths of Pain wear them driven into their bodies, in the ears, nose or back, and also use them as weapons: a rod stuck into an opponent disrupts their chakra and, if it comes from the right user, transmits that user's will. In the fight in Amegakure, Jiraiya ends up pierced by several of these rods. They require a user with the Rinnegan and a chakra connection; their range is limited, and if they are severed the control fails. They are not a power of the controlled bodies themselves.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-382","pos":382},{"h":"Studying the rods","t":"After Jiraiya's death, Konoha starts investigating Pain with the little it has: the body of one of the Paths, a coded message and the rods. Shizune and the analysis team study the receivers to understand how they work. The lead matters because it confirms that the Paths do not act on their own: someone is sending them chakra from elsewhere. In the invasion of Konoha, Pain drives rods into his enemies to immobilize them, as he does with Naruto when he pins him to the ground, using them as stakes to keep him from moving or molding chakra.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-438","pos":438},{"h":"Following the signal","t":"After beating the Paths, Naruto pulls out one of the rods stuck in him and, in Sage Mode, follows the trail of the chakra feeding it until he finds its source. There sits the real culprit, Nagato, connected to a structure full of receivers driven into his back, which let him move the six bodies from afar. The scene suddenly explains the rods' rule: their range is limited, so the user has to be nearby, hidden and weakened. It is the point where the invasion stops being a fight and becomes a conversation.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-444","pos":444},{"h":"In the Fourth War","t":"Tobi uses similar rods to control the revived jinchūriki, with receivers driven into their bodies and the Rinnegan in their eyes. Naruto, who already knows the system, explains to his allies that the receivers have to be pulled out to free the tailed beasts. He puts it into practice when he goes inside Son Gokū, the Four-Tails, and pulls out the receiver that held him: the beast recovers its will and tells him its name. The lesson repeats with each beast: as long as the receiver stays in, the jinchūriki fights by someone else's will.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-570","pos":570},{"h":"Trivia","t":"The rods are one of Pain's strongest visual signatures: the six bodies' piercings are really receivers, a detail visible from his first appearance that only makes sense much later. They also explain why the Paths move in perfect coordination, sharing what each one sees. In the original Japanese they are simply called “black rods” or “receivers”, with no special technical name. The series always uses them under the same rule: whoever controls the connection is in command; whoever cuts it sets the controlled free.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-570","pos":570}],"characters":["nagato","obito"],"related":["rinnegan","pain","akatsuki"],"reference":"Naruto, chapters 422–450 (Pain's invasion) and 562–570 (Obito and the revived jinchūriki).","sources":[{"title":"Naruto y Pain: contexto para la historia de Nagato","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1611"}],"figures":[]}