Jutsu
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Jutsu, or skills/techniques, are the mystical arts a ninja will utilize in battle. To use a jutsu, the ninja will need to use his chakra. To perform a jutsu, the ninja will bring out and release the two energies of chakra. By forming handseals, the ninja is able manifest the desired jutsu. Because of the extensive number of hand seals and different combinations, there are thousands of potential jutsu to be discovered.
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[edit] The Basics
There are three types of jutsu: Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Taijutsu. There are also Kekkei Genkai abilities which aren't jutsu, but inherited abilities passed down through certain clans. Their is also a fourth type of jutsu called senjutsu. Jutsu can also be attributed to certain parts of the body. (eg. Dojutsu is Jutsu of the eye.)
[edit] Ranks
Depeneding on the difficulty or skill necessary to perform a jutsu, they are ranked differently. There are six different ranks in jutsu:
- E-rank - Academy student level: E Rank Jutsu are learned by Academy Students which are the basic and most fundamental Jutsu for all graduating ninja. (e.g. Clone Technique & Transformation Technique)
- D-rank - Genin level: D Rank Jutsu are Genin level technique and can be achieved by all Genin, though many ninja only learn their "type" of technique. (e.g. Earth Release: Inner Decapitation Technique)
- C-rank - Chunin level: C Rank Jutsu are based on Chunin level technique though some Genin, like Sasuke Uchiha, can perform this and some Chunin cannot. (e.g. Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu)
- B-rank - Jonin level: B Rank: B Rank Jutsu are Jonin level technique but Naruto can also perform this technique, emphasizing his determination and high chakra levels. (e.g. Shadow Clone Technique)
- A-rank - Kage level or Jonin level: A Rank Jutsu are Elite Jonin level and up, even including some Forbidden Technique. The Chidori and the Rasengan, mastered respectively by Sasuke and Naruto, are A Ranked Jutsu.
- S-rank - Secret, extreme level: S Rank are Secret, high class level technique. Tecniques of this rank are mostly known to only 1 or 2 ninja and are often forbidden.
Kekkei Genkai and other unique abilities of users do not have a rank.
[edit] Types of Jutsu
[edit] Ninjutsu
Main articles: Ninjutsu and List of Ninjutsu Ninjutsu (忍術, Ninjutsu; Literally meaning "Ninja Techniques") vaguely refers to pretty much any technique that uses chakra and allows the user to do something that they otherwise would be incapable of doing. Unlike genjutsu, which makes the opponent see illusions, the effects of ninjutsu are quite real. Ninjutsu relies on chakra and, most of the time, hand seals (each hand seal showing a different animal in the chinese zodiac) to be effective. The hands are put in sequential positions that mold chakra in the necessary manner to perform a jutsu. This is not always consistent, however, and some of the simpler jutsu seem to become second nature to experienced ninja, after which they can perform them at will. Additionally, some ninjutsu can be classified as an elemental jutsu, in those cases where a specific element (wind, water, fire, earth, lightning) is used.
[edit] Genjutsu
Main articles: Genjutsu and List of Genjutsu Genjutsu are techniques that are employed in the same fashion as ninjutsu, requiring chakra and hand seals. However, the primary difference between the two is that the effect of genjutsu is illusory, creating chakra imbalances in the victim's brain, causing a disruption in their senses. This is often used to create false images or cause pain from trauma (because the body is led to believe it is in pain), however there are plenty of other uses depending on the situation. They are not used as often as ninjutsu because they don't physically harm the opponent, but several crafty characters have made themselves well known for their great execution of genjutsu. Genjutsu is created when a ninja extends their chakra flow through the cerebral nervous system of their opponent to control their mind's chakra, thereby affecting their five senses. Genjutsu is translated as "Illusionary Techniques"
[edit] Taijutsu
Main articles: Taijutsu and List of Taijutsu Taijutsu is a basic form of jutsu that generally speaking requires no chakra, but chakra may be used to enhance techniques. Taijutsu generally require no hand seals to perform and are much quicker to use than ninjutsu or genjutsu. Taijutsu is simply put, hand-to-hand combat.
[edit] Senjutsu
Main article: Senjutsu Senjutsu (仙術, Hermit Technique) is the union of physical and spiritual energy, as well as natural energy from all the surronding nature. This allows a large increase in physical and jutsu strengths.
[edit] Jujutsu
Jujutsu (呪術, Curse Technique or Sorcery) is a form of jutsu that allows the user to envoke religious powers of Jashin to curse the opponent into torturous pain and death. It may also relate to a certain experiment that grants immortality. The only known practitioner is Hidan, and his only known technique is Sorcery: Death Controller Possessing Blood.
[edit] Kinjutsu
Main article: Kinjutsu Kinjutsu (禁術, Forbidden Technique) are techniques that are forbidden to be used due to their lethal side effects or violation of the laws of nature (for example, ressurection of the dead). Orochimaru primarily used these in his quest to achieve immortality, but other jutsu in the series have been legally forbidden to use, such as Naruto's Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, effectively making then kinjutsu.
[edit] Kekkei Genkai
Main articles: Kekkei Genkai, List of Kekkei Genkai, and Dojutsu Kekkei Genkai (血継限界; Literally meaning "[a technique] limited to inheritance by blood, or Bloodline Limit") are abilities passed down genetically in specific clans. Kekkei genkai and their related jutsu can't be taught or copied by others, but it is possible to confer the ability to another person if it's localized in a particular organ like the eyes via organ transplant, like Obito passing his Sharingan eye to Kakashi. Kekkei genkai abilities that work via the user's eye are called dojutsu. Kekkei Genkai is usually translated into Bloodline limit or Bloodlimit techniques.
