Chakra Threads

This article is about the threads used by puppeteers. For the Fūma clan suicidal technique, see Chakra Threads.

Chakra Threadsedit
チャクラの糸­ (Chakura no Ito)
Debut
Manga	Volume #8, Naruto Chapter #70
Anime	Naruto Episode #41
Movie	Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
Game	Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Game, Movie
Data
Classification	Ninjutsu, Chakra Flow
Class	Supplementary
Range	Short to Mid range (0-10m)
Derived jutsu
Black Secret Technique Machine One Shot Black Secret Technique — Machine Triple Shot Black Secret Technique: Black Iron Black Secret Technique: Salamander Chakra Threads Hundred Puppet Soul Binding Poison Mist Hell: Hundred Continuous Firing Prepared Puppet: Eight Waves of Needles Puppet Imitation Technique Puppet Performance: Skilful Achievement with a Human Body Puppet: Spring Punishing Strike Reverse White Secret Technique: The Uematsu Collection of Ten Puppets White Secret Technique Secret Art: Collection of Illusions Puppet Reincarnation Puppet Technique: Prosthetic Arm Senbon Puppet Water Release: Dance of Mystic Rain Puppet: Father and Mother Red Secret Technique: Machinery Triangles Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets Thousand Hands Manipulation Force White Secret Technique: The Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets Three Jewels Suction Crushing White Secret Technique: The Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets: Heaven Attack Wooden Puppet Manipulation Technique
Users
Chiyo Kankurō Monzaemon Chikamatsu Sasori Shamon Asura Path (Anime only) Kokuyō (Anime only) Komushi (Anime only) Korobi (Anime only) Mizuki (Anime only) Suna Assassin Captain (Anime only) Yaoki (Anime only) Mukade (Movie only) Setsuna (Movie only) Gandō (Game only) Ibushi (Game only) Kagura (Game only) Malice (Game only) Menō (Game only)

Chakra Threads is a technique that is usually used by puppeteers to allow them to control their puppets in battle.

Usage

These strings are constructs made from very concentrated chakra so, they can be seen by people besides the user. A skilled user can suppress the chakra so that the strings become invisible, as Chiyo did with the Manipulating Attack Blades to sneak a string to bind Hiruko's iron tail. These strings essentially act as an extension of the user which allows them to manipulate whatever is attached to their strings such as hidden weaponry in a puppet as they please. Chakra can also be transferred via the strings, such as to activate techniques that the puppets can use. The chakra strings can also be attached to other objects, allowing the user to control, or at the very least disrupt other things.

In one instance, Kankurō uses chakra strings to trip Naruto Uzumaki when they first met. In another, Chiyo uses chakra strings to control a person like a puppet. Kankurō has shown the ability to attach his chakra strings to those of another user's. This technique is limited to one main string per finger for normal humans, but Sasori's modified core was able to emit enough strings to control over one hundred puppets. In Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Lost Tower, Mukade attached his chakra threads to the pipes in Rōran to expand the number of threads to thousands, allowing him to control thousands of puppets.