Tuesday, August 29, 2006

   Narutos fighting style
Naruto
Uzumaki Naruto is a name all fans of the anime series recognize. Besides his publicity, this young rookie Genin of the Hidden leaf village also has many ways of fighting. He is basically an overall good shinobi, but he mostly uses ninJutsu and taiJutsu. Many people mock him because he looks weak, but Naruto's true power is his potential and willpower. He is so dedicated to becoming a Hokage; he will overcome anything on his way in any possible manner. He never gives up, and although he cannot yet surface his true powers, he trains hard. Now, one reason that Naruto cannot fight as well as other ninja is because he doesn't know himself. His biggest problem is controlling his chakra, which is what we explain in the following lines.

Naruto's Chakra
Naruto has one of the most complicated Keirakukei seen in the whole series. That is, because he has two Chakras. As Jiraiya explains one is his normal chakra, which is because of his life stream. The other one is the Demon Fox's Chakra, which is hidden deep inside him. The seal the 4th gave him controls that chakra from taking over. However, Orochimaru's Guguou fuuin (five part seal) overcame that seal that the 4th Hokage had given him, and completely messed up Naruto's chakra control, which is the cause of the instability he was experiencing for some time. Fortunately, Jiraiya was able to overcome this seal with his Guguou Kaiin, giving Naruto complete control over his own and Nine tails' chakra. Thus, he can now utilize his full potential, if he learns how to.

Now that we know how Naruto controls his Chakra, we can take a look at his basic skills. Basically, Naruto was an "unskilled ninja" who didn't know how to even create Bunshins, a very basic skill. However, after practicing Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, cloning becomes second nature to him. Kage Bunshin is the most widely used skill by Naruto, and throughout time, he has been able to create a whole lot of replicas and keep them up for a long time, or even have them use other Jutsu's such as Henge no Jutsu.

As told earlier, Naruto uses almost no GenJutsu, and his taiJutsu is pretty simple; however, when Kyubi takes over, he becomes a taiJutsu expert, moving at extremely fast speeds and hitting so hard that a boulder can be smashed into pieces. The only real TaiJutsu technique he has is the Uzumaki Naruto Rendan, which is pretty much like Sasuke's Lion Rendan. As for his NinJutsus, Naruto knows Bunshin, Henge, and Kage Bunshin no Jutsu at first. Later in the series he learns some other ninJutsus from his new Sensei, Jiraiya, which include Summoning no Jutsu and Rasegan.

Naruto’s most exciting characteristic is the fact that in every fight he does something new. Every time he has a different trump card under his sleeve, such as Uzumaki Naruto rendan and summoning no Jutsu. In the following lines we discuss what is probably his most powerful attack, which is used only under "special" circumstances.

Ninpou Kuchiyosek (summoning):
Naruto learns this skill from his new Sensei, Jiraiya. It is his trump card, and he only uses it while in a great need in a battle. This technique needs a lot of Chakra, and Naruto mostly uses his Kyubi Chakra to summon, which means that he mostly summons while in danger. By signing a contract with the toads and using his blood with a scroll, Naruto's hand seals summon the giant toad Gama Bunta as well as his son. Only Naruto and Jiraiya can summon this fire-spirited toad, because he is the toughest toad to summon and control. There is not much that can be told on Gama Bunta, because it really depends on the situation. However, let's just say that he fights as hard as any other shinobi, which proves to be a great aid when at a disadvantage.

Another trait of Naruto is his bluffing ability. He is the only person in the series who talks more than fights during a battle. However, this is good, because only his courage scares enemies, even if they know that Naruto is in disadvantage. This also gives him chances to reveal his trump card.

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