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The Five Elements Seal is a powerful technique that is used to block or disturb the target's chakra flow.

Usage

Once the seal is completed, the target will become unconscious and unable to fight for a short time. Orochimaru performed this technique to tamper with Naruto Uzumaki's seal. The original seal allowed a small amount of the Nine-Tails' chakra to always mix into Naruto's, but the additional seal disturbs this, preventing Naruto from using the Nine-Tails' chakra or even controlling his own chakra properly. This is because an odd-numbered seal creates an imbalance when placed on top of an even-numbered seal. When Orochimaru later notices that the seal has been removed, he remarks that there are very few ninja capable of doing so, like Jiraiya.

Trivia

  • The "Five Elements" referred to in the name of this technique are the Chinese Five Elements, the Five Movements (五行, Japanese: Gogyō, Chinese: Wǔxíng):
  • Metal (, Chinese: jīn),
  • Wood (, Chinese:),
  • Water (, Chinese: shuǐ),
  • Fire (, Chinese: huǒ),
  • and Earth (, Chinese:),

instead of the five chakra elements used in most other techniques, the Five Greats (五大, Godai):

  • Earth (, tsuchi),
  • Water (, mizu),
  • Fire (, hi),
  • Wind (, kaze),
  • and Lightning (, kaminari).

This suggests the elements are merely symbolic.

References

  1. First Databook, page 183
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