Water Release: Piercing Water Slash

Fighting Tongue Slash[1]
Name
Kanji	舌戦斬
Rōmaji	Zessenzan
Literal English	Water Release:Piercing Water Slash
Games	Water Tongue Battle Slash
Other	War of Words Slash
Debut
Manga	Chapter #376
Anime	Naruto Episode #71
Game	Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3
Appears in	Anime, Manga and Game
Data
Classification	Senjutsu, Ninjutsu
Type	Water Release
Rank	A-rank
Class	Offensive
Range	All ranges
Other jutsu
Parent jutsu	Sage Mode
Related jutsu Fighting Tongue Bind
Users Fukasaku Tobirama Senju

By kneading senjutsu chakra, Fukasaku's Water Release chakra gains utmost solidity and sharpness. It then comes out from his mouth with tremendous speed and force, even tearing a hole in the bedrock and through metal pipes. With that ground-splitting power, the enemy is cut in half. The way that both the enemy and the ground itself are cut apart is reminiscent of the strike of a great sword.This jutsu is similar to the Water Stream Shooter used by Sasori. Tobirama Senju also uses the same jutsu when he was reincarnated by Orochimaru during the invasion of Konoha.He uses this only in Anime.

Trivia

• "Zessen" is written with the kanji for "tongue" and "battle". It can be translated as to "battle with tongues". In normal use, however, it means "war of words", or "verbal dispute", in reference to Fukasaku and Shima arguing all the time. The full kanji can be translated as "War of Words Slash".
• In the anime, in Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 and in Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, Fukasaku actually fires a highly pressurised stream of water from his mouth, similar to the Water Stream Shooters in Sasori's hands.

References

1. ↑ Third Databook, page 277