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Lyoko Freak wrote:
* Name: Rasengan, 螺旋丸,
* Type: A-rank, Offensive, Short range (0-5m) (with Aelita it's kind of medium range)
* Users: Fourth Hokage, Jiraiya, Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake
The Spiraling Sphere is an A-ranked technique invented by the Fourth Hokage after three years of training. It requires a very high level of chakra control. For training purposes, teaching the technique is broken into three steps. First, the user has to learn to pop a water balloon with their chakra. Second, they must do the same with a solid rubber ball. Finally, the user has to form a complete Spiraling Sphere by combining what they learned in the previous two steps. A regular balloon is often used to act as the shell. In Part II, Naruto develops an improved version known as the Great Ball Spiraling Sphere.
The Spiraling Sphere incorporates the chakra control learned from the tree-climbing and water-walking exercises to create a ball of concentrated, spinning chakra in the user's hand that is slightly larger than a baseball. The Spiraling Sphere is somewhat akin to the One Thousand Birds, but arguably stronger and less dangerous to use. Additionally, the Spiraling Sphere isn't always fatal, though the target of it could certainly be killed by whatever they crash into after they are propelled by the Spiraling Sphere. Also, unlike the One Thousand Birds, it alters the shape of the user's chakra, not its nature. According to Kakashi, it represents the highest level of such an alteration.
The Spiraling Sphere requires no hand seals to perform, instead relying entirely on the chakra control of the user. Once the user creates a stable Spiraling Sphere, however, it becomes self-sustaining, so the user does not need to provide any more chakra after forming it. The force of the spinning chakra grinds into whatever it touches, causing major damage. The user can also release the spinning chakra, creating a violent explosive force at the point of contact. The one drawback of the Spiraling Sphere, if it can be considered as such, is that it requires great chakra control. Of course, this will not be a drawback if the user has learned the technique, because they already possess the necessary chakra control. It can be a problem if some force is disrupting the user's ability to mold chakra. Unlike the One Thousand Birds, there is no definite limit to the amount of times this technique can be used in a day. Because it uses far less chakra in comparison, it doesn't carry the same over-use risk as the One Thousand Birds, either.
Despite the Spiraling Sphere being a one-handed technique, Naruto actually uses three or more hands to form it (his one hand holds and spins the chakra while any number of clones create a shell with their hands). When Naruto accesses his tailed transformation states, he can form the Spiraling Sphere with one hand by using demon fox chakra to form the shell, which likely provides better control and power. It also forms irregularly and grows as it mixes with the demon fox's chakra, giving it a purple color.
The anime makes light of the Spiraling Sphere by making it an "all-purpose jutsu". During episode 168, Naruto uses it to mix the ingredients for noodles quickly and evenly. In episode 177, Jiraiya uses it to create a path through a maze of houses, in order to see through everything behind the walls (inadvertently blasting through a woman's bathroom). While outrunning some ninja, Jiraiya uses it to as a propeller for a boat; in this episode, Naruto even commented that it had become a "cheap trick", even though he himself uses it at Jiraiya's insistence. In episode 194 of the anime, Naruto actually throws a Rasengan to free himself and his friends from a mansion. The last event is a significant deviation on the standard Spiraling Sphere, since it is normally hand-held, and may not be canon since these are filler episodes. He does, however, do something similar when first using the technique against Kabuto.
Though Kakashi doesn't use the technique regularly, he has demonstrated that he can do so. He also explains that the Spiraling Sphere is an incomplete technique, since the Fourth Hokage originally planned on combining his own nature manipulation with it. Such a feat, however, proved too difficult for both him and Kakashi. Naruto, however, might be capable of doing so.
Lyoko Freak wrote:Im getting sick of seing spoilers like aelita using a pink rasengan and odd's hair in people's signatures. I think it should be a forum rule that you're not allowed to put those in :/
(dot) (dot) (dot) wrote:Lyoko Freak wrote:Im getting sick of seing spoilers like aelita using a pink rasengan and odd's hair in people's signatures. I think it should be a forum rule that you're not allowed to put those in :/
If the episodes have already aired in the US, then it's the person's fault for not seeing the episode and feeling spoiled.
Dairall wrote:(dot) (dot) (dot) wrote:Lyoko Freak wrote:Im getting sick of seing spoilers like aelita using a pink rasengan and odd's hair in people's signatures. I think it should be a forum rule that you're not allowed to put those in :/
If the episodes have already aired in the US, then it's the person's fault for not seeing the episode and feeling spoiled.
Disagreed! I live in the UK, I watch French eps.
(dot) (dot) (dot) wrote:Dairall wrote:(dot) (dot) (dot) wrote:Lyoko Freak wrote:Im getting sick of seing spoilers like aelita using a pink rasengan and odd's hair in people's signatures. I think it should be a forum rule that you're not allowed to put those in :/
If the episodes have already aired in the US, then it's the person's fault for not seeing the episode and feeling spoiled.
Disagreed! I live in the UK, I watch French eps.
And yet you have spoilers in your signature...
(dot) (dot) (dot) wrote:Lyoko Freak wrote:Im getting sick of seing spoilers like aelita using a pink rasengan and odd's hair in people's signatures. I think it should be a forum rule that you're not allowed to put those in :/
If the episodes have already aired in the US, then it's the person's fault for not seeing the episode and feeling spoiled.
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