{"id":"susanoo","name":"Susanoo","japanese":"須佐能乎","category":"techniques","subtitle":"Chakra turned into a guardian.","summary":"A humanoid chakra manifestation that protects the user and fights alongside them, tied to the Mangekyō Sharingan.","facts":[["Tipo","Chakra manifestation"],["Uso","Defense and attack"]],"lvl":1,"sections":[{"h":"A chakra giant","t":"Susanoo is a chakra figure that surrounds the user and protects them while they attack. Itachi shows it at the end of his duel with Sasuke: first ribs and an arm appear, then a complete warrior holding the Sword of Totsuka and the Yata Mirror. The sword seals whoever it pierces, which is how it traps Orochimaru; the mirror returns or reflects attacks. It manifests when the user has the Mangekyō awakened in both eyes, and it grows in stages: partial, skeletal, armored and, in the most extreme cases, gigantic. Each user gives it their own shape and weapons.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-393","pos":393},{"h":"A physical price","t":"Susanoo holds a great deal of power, but it charges dearly for it. In the middle of his fight with Sasuke, Itachi coughs up blood and can barely stay on his feet while the figure remains active. The body suffers from the chakra it demands, and the eyes pay for the sustained use of the Mangekyō. Nor is it invulnerable: a solid defense can give way to strong or coordinated enough attacks, and whoever holds it up is left exhausted when they let it go. It is best seen as a Mangekyō user's last card, not as a state they can maintain all the time.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-393","pos":393},{"h":"Sasuke awakens it","t":"Sasuke manifests his own Susanoo at the Kage Summit, when he is cornered by the Raikage, Gaara and the Kumo escort. First it is a skeleton covering him (ch. 463), then it grows and wrecks the hall (chs. 464–465), and against Danzō it reaches a more complete form. Its signature weapon is a bow that fires chakra arrows. An easily missed detail: each time he uses it at that stage, Sasuke's sight gets worse, which later forces him to find a solution for his eyes.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-478","pos":478},{"h":"Legendary scale","t":"In the war, Madara's Susanoo surpasses everything seen before: it stops entire divisions of the Alliance, withstands the combined attack of the five Kage and, at full power, ends up defeating them. Memories of his fight with Hashirama show him wrapping the Nine-Tails in its armor. Later, though left without eyes after being reanimated, he keeps summoning it and uses it to break free of the sand pinning him down; the story does not explain in detail how he manages it in that state. His giant version is the benchmark for what using the technique at full scale means.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-658","pos":658},{"h":"Fusions and new users","t":"In the final stage of the manga, Susanoo combines with other forces. Sasuke uses it to wrap the Kurama cloak Naruto commands, and later to cover his team when the light of the Infinite Tsukuyomi falls over the world. With the Rinnegan he reaches a complete Susanoo of his own, and Kakashi, thanks to the eyes Obito lends him for a moment, summons one shaped like his friend. In the last fight between Naruto and Sasuke, Susanoo's arrows clash with Naruto's attacks until both are out of chakra.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-696","pos":696},{"h":"No longer enough","t":"In Boruto, Sasuke still uses Susanoo, but the manga puts it in perspective: together with Naruto and Kurama they cannot overcome Jigen, who ends up sealing Naruto away. The technique that had defined the war no longer guarantees victory against the Ōtsutsuki and their vessels. This section does not treat Susanoo as inherited by the new generation: the story does not show it in the hands of Sarada or other young Uchiha.","lvl":2,"ch":"boruto-38","pos":738}],"characters":["itachi","sasuke","madara"],"related":["mangekyo","eterno","chakra"],"reference":"Naruto, chapters 391–393, 464, 588–589 and 658 (Madara reanimated).","sources":[{"title":"Madara: infancia, Izuna y la fundación de Konoha","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1663"},{"title":"Sasuke: la verdad sobre Itachi y un nuevo camino","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1858"}],"figures":["
\n \n USER INSIDE THE AVATAR
Susanoo · Original diagramA chakra avatar envelops the user. This armour is an original take, not any bearer's exact form; forms and weapons vary.
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