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Truth-Seeking Balls are spheres of malleable black chakra composed of all five nature transformations and Yin–Yang Release.^[1]^[2] Each is about the size of a fist and hides within the power to completely obliterate a forest.^[1]

Acquisition

There are multiple ways to acquire the Truth-Seeking Balls:

Those who awaken the Six Paths Senjutsu can manifest nine orbs that float in a circular formation behind the user's back.
Those who become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki also gain nine orbs with an additional one that appears to on standby become a shakujō, but can be transformed into an orb when desired. As with the Six Paths Senjutsu, the orbs float behind the user's back in a circular formation. In Hagoromo's case, who was mostly seen levitating, the orbs were floating in a circle below him, while his shakujō hovered behind his back. Obito only had two orbs at first, but got all nine as well as the shakujō when he gained control over the Ten-Tails. The black orbs of the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki are similar to Tailed Beast Balls.^[1]
Those who fully manifest the Tenseigan gained access to nine Truth-Seeking Balls.
Obito Uchiha, after having lost the Ten-Tails, was able to create a makeshift Truth-Seeking Ball out of Black Zetsu's mass and shape it into a shakujō.^[3] Additionally, he absorbed some of Madara's senjutsu chakra and applied it to the staff, making it invulnerable to Madara's own Truth-Seeking Balls.^[4]

Usage

Functioning as a type of technique that is always on standby, rather than activating from nothing,^[5] each of the orbs created by it can be individually manipulated at will.^[1] By utilising the power of all of creation (森羅万象, Shinra Banshō, literally meaning: All Things in Nature), the balls can be shaped into a variety of forms, and the many natures comprising them can be combined to produce various effects.^[1] Obito shaped the balls by having them pierce through holes that temporarily formed in his hands,^[6] whereas other users forego this process.^[7] They are able to serve a variety of functions, such as forming shields,^[8] launching as high-speed projectiles,^[9] and rapidly expanding to produce massive explosions.^[10] As the chakra comprising them is highly durable, the balls can serve as an effective defence, only taking damage from extremely powerful techniques.^[11] The black chakra can also seemingly be converted into chakra receivers to activate other techniques,^[12] as well as used to create the legendary Sword of Nunoboko.^[13]

The Truth-Seeking Balls are capable of using attacks that instantly turn their target to dust, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to compare them to Dust Release, though he noted that their fluid nature allows them to serve both offensive and defensive purposes, and they can be maintained.^[6] The balls can utilise Yin–Yang Release to nullify any ninjutsu they come in contact with; as a result, any damage done to a reincarnated individual — who can usually regenerate infinitely — cannot be repaired, and said individual can die.^[14] However, this nullification effect does not appear to be automatic, as Obito's Truth-Seeking Balls did not display it prior to him gaining control over the Ten-Tails' power.^[6] The balls can also quickly heal the user through contact,^[15] glowing red while doing so in the anime.^[16] Naruto's Truth-Seeking Balls are able to utilise his Six Paths Sage Chakra (六道の仙人チャクラ, Rikudō no Sennin Chakura) to effectively damage shadows in the invisible world of Limbo.^[17] The Truth-Seeking Balls also serve as a catalyst for Naruto, enabling him to use a Tailed Beast Ball and variants without the need to use Tailed Beast Mode.

Shape Variants

Although the Truth-Seeking Balls are usually orbs, their form can be freely changed into what the user desires. They can grab enemies far away in the form of hands, or be thrown in the form of weapons. Because the high-density chakra is in a condensed state, it can be pulled and stretched into a smooth and flat consistency, as well as freely manipulated into any other shape.^[1]

Drawbacks

The user starts with a set amount of balls and can only control them within 70 metres of their location, allowing opponents to separate them from the user by transporting them elsewhere.^[18] If they are somehow destroyed or otherwise not retrieved by the user, they appear to be permanently lost, as no user has demonstrated the ability to replace them. Similarly, any clones produced by the user will not have their own Truth-Seeking Balls,^[19] though it is possible for the user to pass them over to a clone.^[20] Hiruzen suspected that there is a time limit for how long the balls can undergo each shape transformation.^[6] When the Truth-Seeking Balls expand, they are capable of damaging the user's own body provided they are not protected by other balls.^[10] Additionally, the balls are incapable of negating senjutsu, and their form becomes disrupted upon coming into contact with senjutsu chakra.^[14] In the event that the user is killed or their chakra otherwise disappears, the balls will disintegrate in the same manner as the chakra receivers.^[21]

Trivia

The term Truth-Seeker (求道, Kyūdō; Gudō) comes from Mahāyāna Buddhism. The Kanji 求 means to wish for, while the Way (道, Dō) in Mahāyāna doctrine is to find the ultimate truth within one's own mind.
Suspecting this technique to be a combination of at least four nature transformations, Hiruzen concluded that it is beyond both kekkei genkai and kekkei tōta.^[6] This was later confirmed by the fourth databook.^[1]
In Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, the Truth-Seeking Balls give off a purple glow.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 Fourth Databook, page 249
↑ Chapter 689, page 5
↑ Chapter 665
↑ Chapter 666
↑ Chapter 669, page 6
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 Chapter 639, pages 7-8
↑ Chapter 673, page 1
↑ Chapter 643, page 12
↑ Chapter 666, page 5
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Chapter 640, pages 5-8
↑ Chapter 669, pages 15-16
↑ Chapter 643, pages 9-11
↑ Chapter 651, pages 4-5
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Chapter 642
↑ Chapter 643, page 3
↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 380
↑ Chapter 674, pages 9-10
↑ Chapter 669, pages 7, 14-15
↑ Chapter 675, pages 10-11
↑ Chapter 686, pages 10-11
↑ Chapter 680, pages 10-11

[d4-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 Fourth Databook, page 249

[chpt689-2] Chapter 689, page 5

[ch665-3] Chapter 665

[ch666-4] Chapter 666

[5] Chapter 669, page 6

[chpt639-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 Chapter 639, pages 7-8

[7] Chapter 673, page 1

[8] Chapter 643, page 12

[9] Chapter 666, page 5

[ch640-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Chapter 640, pages 5-8

[11] Chapter 669, pages 15-16

[12] Chapter 643, pages 9-11

[13] Chapter 651, pages 4-5

[ch642-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Chapter 642

[15] Chapter 643, page 3

[16] Naruto: Shippūden episode 380

[17] Chapter 674, pages 9-10

[18] Chapter 669, pages 7, 14-15

[19] Chapter 675, pages 10-11

[20] Chapter 686, pages 10-11

[21] Chapter 680, pages 10-11

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-|parent jutsu=Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball
+|related jutsu=Six Paths Senjutsu, Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball
-|related jutsu=Six Paths Senjutsu, Tenseigan Chakra Mode
 |jutsu classification=Ninjutsu
 |jutsu type=Fire Release, Wind Release, Lightning Release, Earth Release, Water Release, Yin–Yang Release
 |jutsu class type=Offensive, Defensive, Supplementary
 |jutsu range=Short, Mid, Long
-|users=Ten-Tails, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki~manga, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki~manga, Hamura Ōtsutsuki, Obito Uchiha, Madara Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki~manga, Toneri Ōtsutsuki~movie
+|users=Asura Ōtsutsuki, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, Hamura Ōtsutsuki, Obito Uchiha, Madara Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Ten-Tails, Toneri Ōtsutsuki~movie canon
 |debut manga=638
 |debut anime=378
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 |jutsu media=Anime, Manga, Game, Movie
 }}
-'''Truth-Seeking Balls''' are spheres of malleable black [[chakra]] composed of all five [[nature transformation]]s and [[Yin–Yang Release]],<ref name="d4"/><ref name="chpt689">Chapter 689, page 5</ref> capable of negating all forms of [[ninjutsu]].<ref name="ch642">Chapter 642</ref> Each is about the size of a fist and hides within the power to completely obliterate a forest.<ref name="d4"/>
+'''Truth-Seeking Balls''' are spheres of malleable black [[chakra]] composed of all five [[nature transformation]]s and [[Yin–Yang Release]].<ref name="d4"/><ref name="chpt689">Chapter 689, page 5</ref> Each is about the size of a fist and hides within the power to completely obliterate a forest.<ref name="d4"/>
+== Acquisition ==
+There are multiple ways to acquire the Truth-Seeking Balls:
+* Those who awaken the [[Six Paths Senjutsu]] can manifest nine orbs that float in a circular formation behind the user's back.
+* Those who [[Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal|become]] the [[Ten-Tails]] [[Jinchūriki]] also gain nine orbs with an additional one that appears to on standby become a shakujō, but can be transformed into an orb when desired. As with the Six Paths Senjutsu, the orbs float behind the user's back in a circular formation. In Hagoromo's case, who was mostly seen levitating, the orbs were floating in a circle below him, while his shakujō hovered behind his back. Obito only had two orbs at first, but got all nine as well as the shakujō when he gained control over the [[Ten-Tails]]. The black orbs of the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki are similar to [[Tailed Beast Ball]]s.<ref name="d4"/>
+* Those who fully manifest the [[Tenseigan]] gained access to nine Truth-Seeking Balls.
+* [[Obito Uchiha]], after having lost the Ten-Tails, was able to create a makeshift Truth-Seeking Ball out of [[Black Zetsu]]'s mass and shape it into a shakujō.<ref name="ch665">Chapter 665</ref> Additionally, he absorbed some of Madara's senjutsu chakra and applied it to the staff, making it invulnerable to Madara's own Truth-Seeking Balls.<ref name="ch666">Chapter 666</ref>
 == Usage ==
-Once formed, these balls generally float in a circular formation behind the user's back. They are a type of technique that is always on standby, rather than activating from nothing.<ref>Chapter 669, page 6</ref> At the user's will, they can be [[shape transformation|shaped]] into a variety of forms, and the many natures comprising them can be combined to produce various effects.<ref name="d4"/> Obito shaped the balls by having them pierce through holes that temporarily formed in his hands,<ref name="chpt639">Chapter 639, pages 7-8</ref> whereas other users forego this process.<ref>Chapter 673, page 1</ref> They are able to serve a variety of functions, such as forming a shield,<ref>Chapter 643, page 12</ref> being launched as high-speed projectiles,<ref>Chapter 666, page 5</ref> and rapidly expanding in size to produce massive explosions.<ref name="ch640">Chapter 640, pages 5-8</ref> As the substance comprising them is highly durable, the balls can serve as an effective defence, only taking damage from extremely powerful techniques.<ref>Chapter 669, pages 15-16</ref> The black chakra can also seemingly be converted into [[chakra receiver]]s to activate [[Six Red Yang Formation|other techniques]],<ref>Chapter 643, pages 9-11</ref> or used to create the legendary [[Sword of Nunoboko]].<ref>Chapter 651, pages 4-5</ref>
+Functioning as a type of technique that is always on standby, rather than activating from nothing,<ref>Chapter 669, page 6</ref> each of the orbs created by it can be individually manipulated at will.<ref name="d4"/> By utilising the power of {{translation|''all of creation''|森羅万象|Shinra Banshō|lit meaning=All Things in Nature}}, the balls can be [[Shape Transformation|shaped]] into a variety of forms, and the many natures comprising them can be combined to produce various effects.<ref name="d4"/> Obito shaped the balls by having them pierce through holes that temporarily formed in his hands,<ref name="chpt639">Chapter 639, pages 7-8</ref> whereas other users forego this process.<ref>Chapter 673, page 1</ref> They are able to serve a variety of functions, such as forming shields,<ref>Chapter 643, page 12</ref> launching as high-speed projectiles,<ref>Chapter 666, page 5</ref> and rapidly expanding to produce massive explosions.<ref name="ch640">Chapter 640, pages 5-8</ref> As the chakra comprising them is highly durable, the balls can serve as an effective defence, only taking damage from extremely powerful techniques.<ref>Chapter 669, pages 15-16</ref> The black chakra can also seemingly be converted into [[chakra receiver]]s to activate [[Six Red Yang Formation|other techniques]],<ref>Chapter 643, pages 9-11</ref> as well as used to create the legendary [[Sword of Nunoboko]].<ref>Chapter 651, pages 4-5</ref>
-The Truth-Seeking Balls are capable of using attacks that instantly turn their target to dust, prompting [[Hiruzen Sarutobi]] to compare them to [[Dust Release]], though he noted that their fluid nature allows them to serve both offensive and defensive purposes, and they can be maintained. Suspecting them to be a combination of at least four chakra natures, Hiruzen concluded this technique is neither a [[kekkei genkai]] nor [[kekkei tōta]], but something greater than both.<ref name="chpt639"/> The balls can utilise [[Yin–Yang Release]] to nullify any ninjutsu they come in contact with; as a result, any damage done to a [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated]] individual — who can usually regenerate infinitely — cannot be repaired, and said individual can die.<ref name="ch642"/> However, this nullification effect does not appear to be automatic, as Obito's Truth-Seeking Balls did not display it prior to him gaining [[Tailed Beast Control|control]] over the Ten-Tails' power.<ref name="chpt639"/> The balls can also quickly heal the user through contact,<ref>Chapter 643, page 3</ref> glowing red while doing so in the anime.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 380</ref> Naruto's Truth-Seeking Balls are able to utilise his {{translation|[[Chakra#Six Paths Chakra|Six Paths Sage Chakra]]|六道の仙人チャクラ|Rikudō no Sennin Chakura}} to effectively damage shadows in the invisible world of [[Limbo: Border Jail|Limbo]].<ref>Chapter 674, pages 9-10</ref>
+The Truth-Seeking Balls are capable of using attacks that instantly turn their target to dust, prompting [[Hiruzen Sarutobi]] to compare them to [[Dust Release]], though he noted that their fluid nature allows them to serve both offensive and defensive purposes, and they can be maintained.<ref name="chpt639"/> The balls can utilise [[Yin–Yang Release]] to nullify any ninjutsu they come in contact with; as a result, any damage done to a [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated]] individual — who can usually regenerate infinitely — cannot be repaired, and said individual can die.<ref name="ch642">Chapter 642</ref> However, this nullification effect does not appear to be automatic, as Obito's Truth-Seeking Balls did not display it prior to him gaining [[Tailed Beast Control|control]] over the Ten-Tails' power.<ref name="chpt639"/> The balls can also quickly heal the user through contact,<ref>Chapter 643, page 3</ref> glowing red while doing so in the anime.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 380</ref> Naruto's Truth-Seeking Balls are able to utilise his {{translation|[[Chakra#Six Paths Chakra|Six Paths Sage Chakra]]|六道の仙人チャクラ|Rikudō no Sennin Chakura}} to effectively damage shadows in the invisible world of [[Limbo: Border Jail|Limbo]].<ref>Chapter 674, pages 9-10</ref> The Truth-Seeking Balls also serve as a catalyst for Naruto, enabling him to use a [[Tailed Beast Ball]] and [[Tailed Beast Ball Rasenshuriken|variants]] without the need to use Tailed Beast Mode.
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 Obito on defensive.png|[[Sword of Nunoboko]] and shield variant.
 Madara Jinchuriki anime.png|[[wikipedia:Khakkhara|Shakujō]] variant.
-Rikudō Sennin Mōdo.png|{{translation|Six Paths Rod|六道の棒|Rikudō no Bō}} variant.
+Six Paths Sage Mode.png|{{translation|Six Paths Rod|六道の棒|Rikudō no Bō}} variant.
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 == Drawbacks ==
-The user starts with a set amount of balls and can only control them within 70 metres of their location, allowing opponents to separate them from the user by [[Space–Time Ninjutsu|transporting]] them elsewhere.<ref>Chapter 669, pages 7, 14-15</ref> If they are somehow destroyed, or otherwise not retrieved by the user, they are permanently lost. Similarly, any [[Clone Techniques|clones]] produced by the user will not have their own Truth-Seeking Balls,<ref>Chapter 675, pages 10-11</ref> though it is possible for the user to pass them over to a clone.<ref>Chapter 686, pages 10-11</ref> Hiruzen suspected that there is a limit to the amount of time that the balls can take on a particular shape.<ref name="chpt639"/> When the Truth-Seeking Balls expand, they are capable of damaging the user's own body provided they are not protected by other balls.<ref name="ch640"/> Additionally, the balls are incapable of negating [[senjutsu]], and their form becomes disrupted upon coming into contact with senjutsu chakra.<ref name="ch642"/> In the event that the user is killed or similarly incapacitated, the balls will disintegrate in the same manner as the chakra receivers.<ref>Chapter 680, pages 10-11</ref>
+The user starts with a set amount of balls and can only control them within 70 metres of their location, allowing opponents to separate them from the user by [[Space–Time Ninjutsu|transporting]] them elsewhere.<ref>Chapter 669, pages 7, 14-15</ref> If they are somehow destroyed or otherwise not retrieved by the user, they appear to be permanently lost, as no user has demonstrated the ability to replace them. Similarly, any [[Clone Techniques|clones]] produced by the user will not have their own Truth-Seeking Balls,<ref>Chapter 675, pages 10-11</ref> though it is possible for the user to pass them over to a clone.<ref>Chapter 686, pages 10-11</ref> Hiruzen suspected that there is a time limit for how long the balls can undergo each shape transformation.<ref name="chpt639"/> When the Truth-Seeking Balls expand, they are capable of damaging the user's own body provided they are not protected by other balls.<ref name="ch640"/> Additionally, the balls are incapable of negating [[senjutsu]], and their form becomes disrupted upon coming into contact with senjutsu chakra.<ref name="ch642"/> In the event that the user is killed or their chakra otherwise disappears, the balls will disintegrate in the same manner as the chakra receivers.<ref>Chapter 680, pages 10-11</ref>
 == Trivia ==
 * The term {{translation|Truth-Seeker|求道|Kyūdō; Gudō}} comes from [[wikipedia:Mahayana|Mahāyāna Buddhism]]. The Kanji 求 means ''to wish for'', while the {{translation|Way|道|Dō}} in Mahāyāna doctrine is to find the ultimate truth within one's own mind.
+* Suspecting this technique to be a combination of at least four nature transformations, Hiruzen concluded that it is beyond both [[kekkei genkai]] and [[kekkei tōta]].<ref name="chpt639"/> This was later confirmed by the [[Jin no Sho|fourth databook]].<ref name="d4"/>
-* When a [[jinchūriki]] of the Ten-Tails gains control over the beast, the shakujō variant seems to instinctively form in their hand. [[Obito]] and [[Madara Uchiha]] each wielded one half of [[Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki]]'s complete shakujō.
-* Despite the [[Jin no Sho|fourth databook]] stating that the Truth-Seeking Balls appear when one awakens the Six Paths Senjutsu, said databook does not categorise this technique as senjutsu. Kaguya, Hamura and Toneri have all made use of this technique without possessing the Six Paths Senjutsu.
-* Obito Uchiha was able to create a makeshift Truth-Seeking Ball out of [[Black Zetsu]]'s black mass and shape it into a shakujō.<ref name="ch665">Chapter 665</ref> Additionally, he absorbed some of Madara's senjutsu chakra and applied it to the staff, making it invulnerable to Madara's own Truth-Seeking Balls.<ref name="ch666">Chapter 666</ref>
 * In ''[[Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4]]'', the Truth-Seeking Balls give off a purple glow.