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Eight Trigrams Sealing Style

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Eight Trigrams Sealing Style[1]

Name

Kanji 八卦の封印式
Rōmaji Hakke no Fūin Shiki
Literal English Eight Trigrams Sealing Style
English TV Eight Sign Seal

Debut

Manga Chapter #1
Anime Naruto Episode #1

Data

Classification Fūinjutsu
Class Supplementary
Range Short-range

Other jutsu

Parent jutsu Four Symbols Seal
Users

The Eight Trigrams Sealing Style, consisting of two Four Symbols Seals, was used by Minato to help Naruto Uzumaki access the chakra of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox sealed within him. This seal weakens over time. To strengthen the seal again when it gets too weak, Minato drew a key on the abdomen of the scroll toad Gerotora.

When Orochimaru used the Five Elements Seal on Naruto, this create an unbalance due to an odd-numbered seal being placed over an even-numbered one. As a result, Naruto not only lost access to the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra, but also had difficulty controlling his own, until Jiraiya removed it.

[edit] References

  1. First Databook, page 216
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Anime debutNaruto Episode #1  +
Jutsu class typeSupplementary  +
Jutsu classificationFūinjutsu  +
Jutsu mediaAnime  +, and Manga  +
Jutsu rangeShort  +
Manga debutChapter #1  +
NameEight Trigrams Sealing Style  +
Parent jutsuFour Symbols Seal  +
User techMinato Namikaze (*)  +