{"id":"transferencia-mental","name":"Yamanaka mind techniques","japanese":"忍","category":"techniques","subtitle":"Origin, how it works and limits.","summary":"Transferring consciousness and communicating are different applications of one secret tradition.","facts":[["Procedencia","The profile tells anime and manga apart"],["Alcance","Original summary, not a universal repertoire"]],"lvl":1,"sections":[{"h":"How it works","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-55","t":"Mind Transfer is a secret technique of the Yamanaka clan. The user projects their consciousness at a target and, if it hits, takes over their body and controls it as their own. The projection travels in a straight line and is easy to dodge, and while it lasts the user's body is left motionless and exposed. Ino uses it in the written test of the Chūnin Exams to copy answers, and in the Forest of Death she takes over the body of Kin, of the Sound, after Shikamaru pins her with his shadow. It is not a dōjutsu or unlimited mind reading.","pos":55},{"h":"Will, resistance and variants","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-137","t":"In the exam match against Sakura, Ino uses her own hair as a trap to pin her down and manages to enter her body, but Sakura's will throws her out: a strong mind can resist the technique. The match ends in a draw. During the invasion of Konoha, Inoichi, Ino's father, shows a variant that hijacks the enemy's body so it attacks its own allies. The technique depends on landing the hit, on the time available and on the user having someone to protect their body.","pos":137},{"h":"Reading and communicating","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-436","t":"In Part II, the technique is also used to gather information. Inoichi enters the mind of an Amegakure prisoner and, despite the defenses guarding his memories, manages to extract useful data for Konoha. During the invasion, he communicates at a distance with other ninja to coordinate and analyzes how the chakra sustaining the enemies is transmitted, until he can estimate where it is coming from. This side shows that the Yamanaka do not just take over bodies: they also link minds to coordinate teams.","pos":436},{"h":"Fū and the war headquarters","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-614","t":"Fū Yamanaka, of Root, uses the technique against Ao, the Mist ninja, and takes over his body to claim his Byakugan, until the Mizukage forces him out. In the Fourth Great Ninja War, Inoichi links the minds of the entire Alliance from headquarters so Shikaku can relay orders instantly. When headquarters is attacked, Inoichi and Shikaku die after passing on their last instructions. The technique is an enormous coordination tool, but whoever sustains it is left vulnerable and absorbed.","pos":614},{"h":"Inojin and the new generation","lvl":3,"ch":"tbv-31","t":"In the Boruto era, Ino still uses mind communication for the village, and her son Inojin carries on the tradition. In Two Blue Vortex he completes a new technique with Koji's help and later takes over Kobu's body; when the enemies threaten to kill him, he refuses to leave it, and Koji has to break the technique by force. Sai, Inojin's father, does not get this repertoire by marrying Ino: he keeps using his ink. The technique is passed on in the family through training, with the same old risks.","pos":811}],"characters":["ino","inoichi","fu-yamanaka","inojin"],"related":["chakra"],"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":"Guía oficial de anime: Naruto y Shippuden","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/anime"}],"figures":["
TRANSFER ≠ COMMUNICATION
Mind techniques · Original diagramCommunication and transfer are different applications. The diagram does not promise unlimited reading of any mind.
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