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|romaji=Chōjū Giga
 
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|literal english=Super Beast Imitating Drawing
 
 
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The strongest feature of this ninja art is its ability to create various effects based solely on the user's ingenuity. In addition to the animals it is normally used to create, Sai can produce [[explosive tag]]s.<ref> Chapter 520, page 19</ref>
 
The strongest feature of this ninja art is its ability to create various effects based solely on the user's ingenuity. In addition to the animals it is normally used to create, Sai can produce [[explosive tag]]s.<ref> Chapter 520, page 19</ref>
 
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Super Beast Imitating Drawing Lions.png|[[Super Beast Imitating Drawing: Wild Lion]].
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Super Beast Imitating Drawing Lions.png|Lions - for attacking from a distance. They are usually created in small groups to attack foes directly.
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Ink Eagle.png|Falcon - can be ridden for reconnaissance or high-speed travel. Smaller variants can be used to carry [[explosive tag]]s or be used to deliver messages.
Ink Eagle.png|[[Ink Eagle|Super Beast Imitating Drawing Falcon]].
 
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Ink Mouse.png|Rat - can swarm across an area to search for a target much faster than the user would be able to on their own. Being so small, the rats are inconspicuous, also making them suitable for covert message delivery.
Ink Mouse.png|[[Ink Mouse|Super Beast Imitating Drawing Rat]].
 
Super Beast Imitating Drawing Snakes.png|[[Ink Snake|Super Beast Imitating Drawing Snake]].
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Super Beast Imitating Drawing Snakes.png|Snake - can be used as ropes to restrain someone. With the ability to soundlessly enter through even the smallest crevice, they can also be used for assassination purposes.
Sealing Technique Tiger Vision Staring Bullet.png|[[Sealing Technique: Tiger Vision Staring Bullet]].
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Sealing Technique Tiger Vision Staring Bullet.png|[[Sealing Technique: Tiger Vision Staring Bullet]] - as with lions, this tiger be used to swarm a target and attack. Also used for [[Sealing Technique: Tiger Vision Staring Bullet|sealing]] his enemy.
Super Beast Imitating Drawing - Dragon.png|[[Super Beast Imitating Drawing: Dragon]].
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Super Beast Imitating Drawing - Dragon.png|Dragon, used in the anime's [[Power (Arc)|Power arc]].
Super Beast Imitating Drawing Bat.png|[[Ink Bat]].
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Super Beast Imitating Drawing Bat.png|Bat, seen in the anime - can morph into a makeshift umbrella, or attach themselves to the enemy's face and blind them
Super Beast Imitating Drawing Fish.png|[[Ink Fish]].
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Super Beast Imitating Drawing Fish.png|Fish, seen in the anime - Useful in delivering messages in water.
Super Beast Imitating Drawing Leech.png|[[Ink Leech]].
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Super Beast Imitating Drawing Leech.png|Leech, seen in the anime - used as a low damage projectile-like attack. Larger and heavier leeches can also be drawn.
 
Super Beast Imitating Drawing Crab.png|Crab imitation of the [[Gatekeeper]], in ''[[The Last: Naruto the Movie]]''.
 
Super Beast Imitating Drawing Crab.png|Crab imitation of the [[Gatekeeper]], in ''[[The Last: Naruto the Movie]]''.
 
Super Beast Imitating Drawing Animals.png|Cat, rabbit, and squirrel, used in [[Sai's Day Off|the anime]].
 
Super Beast Imitating Drawing Animals.png|Cat, rabbit, and squirrel, used in [[Sai's Day Off|the anime]].

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The Super Beast Imitating Drawing is a technique that allows the user to bring ink drawings to "life" and act accordingly to the user's will.

Usage

The ninja uses chakra-infused ink to quickly draw objects onto his scroll. The moment the brush is removed, the images leap from the paper, grow to life-size, and act according to the user's will. Because they are made of ink, a single blow is usually enough to dispel them. For discreet communiques while undercover, Sai is able to turn the words he writes into small animals, allowing them to travel unnoticed to the intended target, after which the ink animal requires a scroll to revert back into written information.[2] Few techniques rival it in terms of versatility.

List of Drawings

The strongest feature of this ninja art is its ability to create various effects based solely on the user's ingenuity. In addition to the animals it is normally used to create, Sai can produce explosive tags.[3]

Influences

File:Sai and Inojin training.png

Two different aesthetic designs used for the technique.

This technique is in reference to the Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (lit. Animal-person Charicatures), or Chōjū-giga for short, a set of four picture scrolls belonging to the Kōzan-ji Temple in Kyōto, Japan and sometimes credited as the first manga. The scrolls depict various anthropomorphic animals dancing and playing about in a lively ceremony, which seems to be the basis for Sai being able to animate his own drawings for various purposes.

Inojin Yamanaka's usage of the technique differs from his father's in terms of the aesthetic design. Unlike Sai's round drawings, Inojin's have sharp, straight lines. Inoji remarked that his father's sense of style appears to be "old-fashioned" compared to his own.[4]

Trivia

See Also

References

  1. Third Databook, pages 286-287
  2. Chapter 457, page 4
  3. Chapter 520, page 19
  4. Chapter 700+1, page 10
  5. Chapter 573, page 12
  6. Naruto: Shippūden episode 81