Hyuga Main Family's Juinjutsu

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Hyuga Main Family's Juinjutsu[1]
Name
Kanji	日向宗家の呪印術
Rōmaji	Hyūga Sōke no Juinjutsu
Literal English	Hyuga Main Family's Cursed Seal Technique
Debut
Manga	Chapter #102
Anime	Naruto Episode #61
Data
Classification	Juinjutsu
Rank	A-rank
Class	Supplementary
Range	Short-range

This seal is given to all branch house members in the Hyuga clan by members of the main house. Its main purpose is to seal their Byakugan ability when they die, preventing an enemy from learning its secrets. Its secondary purpose is to control the branch house, since it can be activated at will by a main house member with a hand seal that only they know about, to destroy the wearer's brain cells.

The seal is placed on the wearer's forehead when the next member of the main house turns three years old, (Neji Hyuga received his at the age of four on Hinata's third birthday), and is only removed upon their death. Branch house members keep their foreheads covered because of the seal.

Because of the seal's resemblance to a swastika (it is actually a Buddhist symbol), it is replaced with an X in the anime version of the series. It receives the same treatment in Viz's monthly distribution of the English manga, but the original design is retained in Viz's volume compilations.

[edit] References

1. ↑ First Databook, page 194