Puppet Technique

From Narutopedia

Puppet Technique[1]
Name
Kanji	傀儡の術
Rōmaji	Kugutsu no Jutsu
Viz manga	Art of the Puppet Master
English TV	Puppet Master Jutsu
Debut
Manga	Chapter #70
Anime	Naruto Episode #41
Data
Classification	Ninjutsu, Fighting Style
Rank	C-rank
Class	Offensive, Defensive, Supplementary
Range	Short to Mid range
Derived jutsu Air Raid Shot Manipulating Attack Blades Puppet Performance: Skillful Achievement with a Human Body Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets Wild Dance Wooden Puppet Manipulation Technique
Users Kankuro Sasori Chiyo Monzaemon Chikamatsu Mizuki (Anime only) Asura path (Anime only) Setsuna (Movie only)

The Puppet Technique is a unique ninjutsu fighting style; this jutsu uses strings of chakra to control puppets like marionettes. Any number of chakra strings can be used to control a puppet, but users with more skill can use fewer strings per puppet. Both Chiyo and Sasori demonstrated the ability to control entire puppets perfectly using just one string. While most puppeteers would normally be able to control ten puppets at most (one per finger), Sasori's self-modification allowed him to control up to one hundred puppets at a time.

Apart from being used to control marionettes, the chakra strings can be attached to other objects, allowing the user to control, or at the very least disrupt, other things. In one instance, Kankuro uses chakra strings to trip Naruto Uzumaki when they first meet. In another, Chiyo uses chakra strings to control a person like a puppet.

This technique has few weaknesses: according to Shino Aburame's observations during his fight against Kankuro, the Puppet technique is a long range style, meaning that the puppeteers are weak against close range fighters. Since the puppeteer uses his or her hands to manipulate the puppets, if the hands are disabled, then the technique could be neutralized. Also, while controlling the doll, the user is wide open if the opponent bypasses the puppet. For this reason, puppeteers avoid battle, relying almost exclusively on their puppets instead.

[edit] See also

• Puppets

[edit] References

1. ↑ First Databook, page 180