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|english tv=The Eight Inner Gates
 
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The '''Eight Gates''' are eight specific [[tenketsu]] along the [[chakra pathway system]].<ref name="c85">''Naruto'' chapter 85</ref>
The '''Eight Gates''' are eight specific points on a person's [[Chakra Pathway System]]. They limit the overall flow of chakra within a person's body. The basis for the idea of the chakra gates comes from the body's limits on the functions within it. This makes the body much weaker, but it keeps the body from expiring too soon. By undergoing intense training, one can learn how to open these gates allowing the user to surpass their own physical limits at the cost of extreme damage to their own body.
 
   
 
== Overview ==
[[Rock Lee]] has demonstrated the ability to open at least the first five gates. [[Might Guy]], who taught Lee the skill, is able to open all eight. [[Kakashi]] can open at least one gate, as shown during Kakashi's [[Cliff Climbing Practice|one-handed rock climbing]] where a shot of his brain shows the relevant point activating,<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 93, pages 8-9</ref> as well as in his usage of the [[Front Lotus]] in the anime.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 3</ref><ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 85</ref> Opening the gates is a difficult feat even for the most talented ninja, and Kakashi was surprised to find out that at that time, a 13-years old Lee could open as many as five of them.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 85, page 5</ref>
 
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The Eight Gates exist in order to limit the flow of [[chakra]] within an individual's body. Normally, individuals can use no more than 20% of their body's full potential, the brain's way of protecting the individual from harming their body through overexertion. With training, individuals can learn to remove these limiters, referred to as "opening" the gates.<ref name="c52">''Naruto'' chapter 52</ref> With each opened gate, individuals are given access to more and more of their body's chakra, thus increasing their physical strength and speed.<ref name="c85"/> Ninja able to open the Eight Gates have existed since at least the time of [[Madara Uchiha]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 667</ref> Since Madara's era, there have only been a few known users:
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* [[Might Duy]] learned to open all Eight Gates after twenty years of extensive training.<ref name="c668">''Naruto'' chapter 668</ref>
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* [[Might Guy]], Duy's son, was taught how to open all Eight Gates by his father.<ref name="c668"/>
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* [[Rock Lee]], Guy's student, was taught how to open some of the Eight Gates by Guy. During Part I, he's able to open the first five gates.<ref name="c85"/> By Part II, he's able to open the sixth gate.<ref name="c669">''Naruto'' chapter 669</ref> By adulthood, Lee had mastered all eight gates.<ref>''Boruto'' episode 70</ref>
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* In [[The Last: Naruto the Movie]], Rock Lee and the [[Suicide Corps]] could open the Sixth Gate to use a collaboration technique called the [[Crane Wing Formation (Eight Gates)|Crane Wing Formation]].
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* In the anime, [[Metal Lee]], Rock Lee's son, is shown subconsciously opening the first gate.<ref>''Boruto'' episode 70</ref>
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* [[Kakashi Hatake]] is seemingly able to open the first gate, as seen when he activates it during a [[Cliff Climbing Practice]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 93, pages 8-9</ref> The anime later shows him opening it explicitly.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 3</ref>
   
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Learning to open any of the Eight Gates is apparently very difficult, as Kakashi is surprised when he's told that Lee - only thirteen years old at the time - can open five gates; Kakashi notes that such an accomplishment is impossible through hard work alone. Part of Kakashi's surprise is also because he does not believe it was wise for Guy to teach Lee to open the gates in the first place: although opening the gates does briefly give the user power greater than what they're normally capable of, this increased power causes the user serious harm.<ref name="c85"/> At a minimum, the user will be fatigued, which can leave them vulnerable to attack if this occurs during combat.<ref name="c52"/> In more extreme cases, muscles can tear and bones can break from the strain, which can be treated with [[medical ninjutsu]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 87</ref> When opening the eighth and final gate, users will die as a consequence, their bodies being unable to survive the immense amounts of chakra flowing through them.<ref name="c85"/>
The state of having all Eight Gates open is known as {{translation|"Eight Gates Released Formation"|八門遁甲の陣|Hachimon Tonkō no Jin|engtv=Eight Inner Gates Formation}}. Any shinobi who activates this state will temporarily gain powers greater than a [[Kage]], but they will die because of the damage done to their body. Due to the immense amount of chakra flooding the body all at once, drastic changes can occur upon the user's body. The most common of these changes are the darkening of the skin, eruption of veins around the temples, the eyes turning completely white. The green aura surrounding the user could be easily mistaken as chakra as in Kisame's case when fighting Guy. Guy corrected this misconception explaining that the green substance surrounding him is his sweat evaporating at a rapid rate, due to the intense rise in body temperature of the user.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 507, page 7</ref>
 
   
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Using the Eight Gates is described as a double-edged sword,<ref name="c85"/> empowering users by sacrificing their own health and safety; such risks have caused the Eight Gates to be likened to [[kinjutsu]].<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 237</ref> Because of this, Duy developed a self-rule to dictate when it was acceptable to open any of the Eight Gates, a rule he passed to Guy,<ref name="c668" /> and that Guy subsequently passed to Lee: to only open the Eight Gates when protecting something that is precious enough to give one's life.<ref name="c52" /> Often this "precious something" is a family member,<ref name="c668" /> a loved one,<ref name="c52" /> or a teammate.<ref name="c258">''Naruto'' chapter 258</ref> Rock Lee has also been known to use the Eight Gates to defend his [[nindō]], the dream by which he leads his life.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 83</ref>
== Gates ==
 
[[File:Chakra Gates.JPG|thumb|right|The Eight Gates.]]
 
# The {{translation|'''Gate of Opening'''|開門|Kaimon}}, located in the brain. This gate removes the restraints of the brain on the muscles so 100% of their strength can be used whereas normally, a person can only use 20% of their muscles' strength to keep them from disintegrating. Unlocking this gate allows the user to use the [[Front Lotus]].
 
# The {{translation|'''Gate of Healing'''|休門|Kyūmon|engtv=The Gate of Rest}}, located in the brain. Forcibly increases one's physical strength and temporarily re-energises the body.
 
# The {{translation|'''Gate of Life'''|生門|Seimon}}, located on the spinal cord. Allows the user to use the [[Reverse Lotus]]. The increased blood flow turns the skin red.
 
# The {{translation|'''Gate of Pain'''|傷門|Shōmon}}, located on the spinal cord. Increases the user's speed and power. May cause muscle tissue to tear on use.
 
# The {{translation|'''Gate of Limit'''|杜門|Tomon|engtv=The Gate of Closing}}, located in the abdomen. Increases the user's speed and power.
 
# The {{translation|'''Gate of View'''|景門 |Keimon|engtv=The Gate of Joy}}, located in the stomach. Increases the user's speed and power. Allows the user to perform the [[Morning Peacock]]. Opening of this gate releases such enormous amounts of chakra that it can cause nearby water bodies to form a vortex around the user.
 
# The {{translation|'''Gate of Wonder'''|驚門|Kyōmon|engtv=The Gate of Shock}}, located below the stomach. Further increases the user's speed and power. Allows the user to perform the [[Daytime Tiger]]. Those who open this gate will pour glowing green sweat from every inch of their body, blue in the anime, which immediately evaporates from their own heat energy, creating an aura which people would mistake as a chakra coating. Unfortunately, the side effects of opening the gate are that the user's muscle fibres are ripped to shreds, causing intense pain if anything or anyone touches them.
 
# The {{translation|'''Gate of Death'''|死門|Shimon}}, located at the heart. Releasing this gate uses up all of the body's energy. It makes the heart pump at maximum power and exceeds the power of every other gate. Opening this gate gives the user power that is even beyond the five Kage, but comes at the expense of the user's life shortly after.
 
   
== See Also ==
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=== Gates ===
 
{{ImgRight|Chakra Gates.png|The Eight Gates.}}
* [[Pressure Points of Harm and Death]]
 
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When opening one of the Eight Gates, users are typically shown opening all preceding gates as well, though it is not clear if this is actually required. To have all of the Eight Gates open at once is known as [[Eight Gates Released Formation]].<ref name="c668" />
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# The {{translation|'''Gate of Opening'''|開門|Kaimon}}, located in the brain's left hemisphere, removes the user's mental inhibitions. Opening this gate allows the user to perform the [[Front Lotus]], a technique that tires them afterwards.<ref name="c85" />
 
# The {{translation|'''Gate of Healing'''|休門|Kyūmon|engtv=The Gate of Rest}}, located in the brain's right hemisphere, increases the user's physical strength. This has the added effect of re-energising the body, enabling it to rapidly recover from exhaustion.<ref name="c85" />
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# The {{translation|'''Gate of Life'''|生門|Seimon}}, located on the spinal cord, turns the user's skin red when opened. Other effects include the user's pupils disappearing, their hair standing on end, and bulging veins all over their body. Opening this gate allows the user to perform the [[Reverse Lotus]].<ref name="c85" /> In the anime, the chakra released is enough to create a buffer zone to allow safe passage through severe adverse weather.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 411</ref>
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# The {{translation|'''Gate of Pain'''|傷門|Shōmon}} is located on the spinal cord. Rock Lee opens this gate as he's about to use the Reverse Lotus, seemingly to increase his speed; as he performs the Reverse Lotus, his muscles start to tear. Opening the gate on this occasion also causes Lee's nose to start bleeding.<ref name="c85" />
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# The {{translation|'''Gate of Limit'''|杜門|Tomon|engtv=The Gate of Closing}} is located in the abdomen. Rock Lee opens this gate as he's about to deliver the final blow of the Reverse Lotus,<ref name="c85" /> seemingly to increase his strength; after completing the Reverse Lotus, Lee's limbs receive [[wikipedia:compound fracture|compound fracture]]s.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 84</ref>
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# The {{translation|'''Gate of View'''|景門 |Keimon|engtv=The Gate of Joy}}, located in the stomach, increases all the user's abilities.<ref name="d3">''[[Sha no Sho]]'', page 224</ref> The power that emanates from the user is enough to displace surrounding bodies of water.<ref name="c258" /> Opening this gate allows the user to perform the [[Morning Peacock]], wherein the user's punches are so fast that friction with the air produces flames.<ref name="d3" /> Opening this gate has sometimes been shown to create an aura around the user;<ref name="c669" /> in the anime, the aura is green.
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# The {{translation|'''Gate of Wonder'''|驚門|Kyōmon|engtv=The Gate of Shock}}, located below the stomach, causes the user's body to secrete a blue sweat. The sweat immediately evaporates, creating an aura around the user that can be mistaken for chakra. Opening this gate allows the user to perform the [[Daytime Tiger]], a single punch that creates a pocket of compressed air.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 507</ref> After opening this gate, Guy's muscle fibers rupture, causing him intense pain if anyone touches him.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 512</ref>
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# The {{translation|'''Gate of Death'''|死門|Shimon}} is located at the heart. Users open this gate by puncturing their chest with their thumb in order to direct the chakra there.<ref name="c668" /> While open, the user's heart pumps at maximum speed, granting them power a hundred times greater than they are usually capable of, far beyond that of the [[Five Kage]]. A {{translation|"'''Steam of Blood'''"|血の蒸気|Chi no Jōki}} is emitted from the user's pores and hair, resembling a flaming red aura.<ref name="c669" /> Opening this gate allows the user to perform the [[Evening Elephant]] and [[Night Guy]]. The eighth gate causes the body to continually heat up until it's been cooked from the inside-out, reducing the user to ash.<ref name="c672">''Naruto'' chapter 672, pages 15-17</ref>
   
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* In ''[[Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds]]'', [[Shinnō]] managed to use [[Body Revival Technique|a technique]] that allowed him to open all eight gates without any drawbacks.
 
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* The Eight Gates are seemingly based off the real-life display of [[Wikipedia:Hysterical strength|Hysterical Strength]], in which a person pushes well-past their normal physical limits in moments of extreme desperation of life-or-death situations.
* In ''[[Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2]]'' and ''[[Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3]]'', [[Neji Hyūga]] uses a technique called [[Last Resort: Eight Gates Crumbling Attack]] to specifically block access to the Eight Gates.
 
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* After [[Might Guy]] opens all Eight Gates, he is saved from death by [[Naruto Uzumaki]]'s [[Yin–Yang Release]].<ref name="c672" /> However, damage done to his leg from using [[Night Guy]] leaves him wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life. Despite the handicap, ''[[Kakashi Hiden]]'', ''[[Konoha Shinden]]'', and the ''Boruto'' anime all show Guy continuing his life as a ninja as best as he can.
* In ''[[Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2]]'', when Might Guy activates his awakening, he mistakenly says "Eighth Gate of Joy!", instead of "Sixth Gate of Joy!"
 
 
* In ''[[Naruto Shippūden the Movie: Bonds]]'', [[Shinnō]] claims that his [[Body Revival Technique]], combined with [[Dark Chakra]], allows him to open all eight gates without any drawbacks.
* In several video games, Rock Lee can unlock the sixth and seventh gates, despite the fact that in the manga and anime he can only unlock the first five gates.
 
 
* In ''[[Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2]]'' and ''[[Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3]]'', [[Neji Hyūga]] uses [[Last Resort: Eight Gates Crumbling Attack]] to specifically block access to the Eight Gates.
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== See Also ==
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* [[Antlion Ninja Arts: Ephemeral]]
 
* [[Pressure Points of Harm and Death]]
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* [[Seven Heavens Breathing Method]]
   
 
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The Eight Gates are eight specific tenketsu along the chakra pathway system.[1]

Overview

The Eight Gates exist in order to limit the flow of chakra within an individual's body. Normally, individuals can use no more than 20% of their body's full potential, the brain's way of protecting the individual from harming their body through overexertion. With training, individuals can learn to remove these limiters, referred to as "opening" the gates.[2] With each opened gate, individuals are given access to more and more of their body's chakra, thus increasing their physical strength and speed.[1] Ninja able to open the Eight Gates have existed since at least the time of Madara Uchiha.[3] Since Madara's era, there have only been a few known users:

  • Might Duy learned to open all Eight Gates after twenty years of extensive training.[4]
  • Might Guy, Duy's son, was taught how to open all Eight Gates by his father.[4]
  • Rock Lee, Guy's student, was taught how to open some of the Eight Gates by Guy. During Part I, he's able to open the first five gates.[1] By Part II, he's able to open the sixth gate.[5] By adulthood, Lee had mastered all eight gates.[6]
  • In The Last: Naruto the Movie, Rock Lee and the Suicide Corps could open the Sixth Gate to use a collaboration technique called the Crane Wing Formation.
  • In the anime, Metal Lee, Rock Lee's son, is shown subconsciously opening the first gate.[7]
  • Kakashi Hatake is seemingly able to open the first gate, as seen when he activates it during a Cliff Climbing Practice.[8] The anime later shows him opening it explicitly.[9]

Learning to open any of the Eight Gates is apparently very difficult, as Kakashi is surprised when he's told that Lee - only thirteen years old at the time - can open five gates; Kakashi notes that such an accomplishment is impossible through hard work alone. Part of Kakashi's surprise is also because he does not believe it was wise for Guy to teach Lee to open the gates in the first place: although opening the gates does briefly give the user power greater than what they're normally capable of, this increased power causes the user serious harm.[1] At a minimum, the user will be fatigued, which can leave them vulnerable to attack if this occurs during combat.[2] In more extreme cases, muscles can tear and bones can break from the strain, which can be treated with medical ninjutsu.[10] When opening the eighth and final gate, users will die as a consequence, their bodies being unable to survive the immense amounts of chakra flowing through them.[1]

Using the Eight Gates is described as a double-edged sword,[1] empowering users by sacrificing their own health and safety; such risks have caused the Eight Gates to be likened to kinjutsu.[11] Because of this, Duy developed a self-rule to dictate when it was acceptable to open any of the Eight Gates, a rule he passed to Guy,[4] and that Guy subsequently passed to Lee: to only open the Eight Gates when protecting something that is precious enough to give one's life.[2] Often this "precious something" is a family member,[4] a loved one,[2] or a teammate.[12] Rock Lee has also been known to use the Eight Gates to defend his nindō, the dream by which he leads his life.[13]

Gates

Chakra Gates

The Eight Gates.

When opening one of the Eight Gates, users are typically shown opening all preceding gates as well, though it is not clear if this is actually required. To have all of the Eight Gates open at once is known as Eight Gates Released Formation.[4]

  1. The Gate of Opening (開門, Kaimon), located in the brain's left hemisphere, removes the user's mental inhibitions. Opening this gate allows the user to perform the Front Lotus, a technique that tires them afterwards.[1]
  2. The Gate of Healing (休門, Kyūmon, English TV: The Gate of Rest), located in the brain's right hemisphere, increases the user's physical strength. This has the added effect of re-energising the body, enabling it to rapidly recover from exhaustion.[1]
  3. The Gate of Life (生門, Seimon), located on the spinal cord, turns the user's skin red when opened. Other effects include the user's pupils disappearing, their hair standing on end, and bulging veins all over their body. Opening this gate allows the user to perform the Reverse Lotus.[1] In the anime, the chakra released is enough to create a buffer zone to allow safe passage through severe adverse weather.[14]
  4. The Gate of Pain (傷門, Shōmon) is located on the spinal cord. Rock Lee opens this gate as he's about to use the Reverse Lotus, seemingly to increase his speed; as he performs the Reverse Lotus, his muscles start to tear. Opening the gate on this occasion also causes Lee's nose to start bleeding.[1]
  5. The Gate of Limit (杜門, Tomon, English TV: The Gate of Closing) is located in the abdomen. Rock Lee opens this gate as he's about to deliver the final blow of the Reverse Lotus,[1] seemingly to increase his strength; after completing the Reverse Lotus, Lee's limbs receive compound fractures.[15]
  6. The Gate of View (景門 , Keimon, English TV: The Gate of Joy), located in the stomach, increases all the user's abilities.[16] The power that emanates from the user is enough to displace surrounding bodies of water.[12] Opening this gate allows the user to perform the Morning Peacock, wherein the user's punches are so fast that friction with the air produces flames.[16] Opening this gate has sometimes been shown to create an aura around the user;[5] in the anime, the aura is green.
  7. The Gate of Wonder (驚門, Kyōmon, English TV: The Gate of Shock), located below the stomach, causes the user's body to secrete a blue sweat. The sweat immediately evaporates, creating an aura around the user that can be mistaken for chakra. Opening this gate allows the user to perform the Daytime Tiger, a single punch that creates a pocket of compressed air.[17] After opening this gate, Guy's muscle fibers rupture, causing him intense pain if anyone touches him.[18]
  8. The Gate of Death (死門, Shimon) is located at the heart. Users open this gate by puncturing their chest with their thumb in order to direct the chakra there.[4] While open, the user's heart pumps at maximum speed, granting them power a hundred times greater than they are usually capable of, far beyond that of the Five Kage. A "Steam of Blood" (血の蒸気, Chi no Jōki) is emitted from the user's pores and hair, resembling a flaming red aura.[5] Opening this gate allows the user to perform the Evening Elephant and Night Guy. The eighth gate causes the body to continually heat up until it's been cooked from the inside-out, reducing the user to ash.[19]

Trivia

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References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Naruto chapter 85
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Naruto chapter 52
  3. Naruto chapter 667
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Naruto chapter 668
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Naruto chapter 669
  6. Boruto episode 70
  7. Boruto episode 70
  8. Naruto chapter 93, pages 8-9
  9. Naruto: Shippūden episode 3
  10. Naruto chapter 87
  11. Naruto: Shippūden episode 237
  12. 12.0 12.1 Naruto chapter 258
  13. Naruto chapter 83
  14. Naruto: Shippūden episode 411
  15. Naruto chapter 84
  16. 16.0 16.1 Sha no Sho, page 224
  17. Naruto chapter 507
  18. Naruto chapter 512
  19. 19.0 19.1 Naruto chapter 672, pages 15-17