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Five Elements Seal[1] | |
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Name(s) | |
Rōmaji |
Gogyō Fūin |
Literal English |
Five Elements Seal |
English TV |
Five Pronged Seal |
Viz Manga |
Five Pronged Spell |
Jutsu Statistics | |
Classification |
Fūinjutsu |
Rank |
A-rank |
Class |
Supplementary |
Range |
Short-range |
Hand Seal(s) |
Technique specific seal |
Related Jutsu | |
User(s) | |
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Debut(s) | |
Manga |
Naruto Chapter #49 |
Anime | |
Game |
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 |
Five Element Seal (五行封印, Gogyō Fūin) is a technique which produces a powerful seal that is used to block or disturb the flow of chakra in a target.
Usage[]
Once the seal is completed, the target will become unconscious and unable to fight for a short time. Orochimaru performed this technique to tamper with Naruto Uzumaki's seal. The original seal allowed a small amount of the Nine-Tails' chakra to always mix into Naruto's, but the additional seal disturbs this, preventing Naruto from using the Nine-Tails' chakra or even controlling his own chakra properly. This is because an odd-numbered seal creates an imbalance when placed on top of an even-numbered seal. When Orochimaru later notices that the seal has been removed, he remarks that there are very few ninja capable of doing so, like Jiraiya.
Trivia[]
- The "Five Elements" referred to in the name of this technique are the Chinese Five Elements, the Five Movements (五行, Japanese: Gogyō, Chinese: Wǔxíng):
- Metal (金, Chinese: jīn),
- Wood (木, Chinese: mù),
- Water (水, Chinese: shuǐ),
- Fire (火, Chinese: huǒ),
- and Earth (土, Chinese: tǔ),
instead of the five chakra elements used in most other techniques, the Five Greats" (五大, Godai):
- Earth (土, tsuchi),
- Water (水, mizu),
- Fire (火, hi),
- Wind (風, kaze),
- and Lightning (雷, kaminari).
This suggests the elements are merely symbolic.
References[]
- ↑ Naruto First Databook, page 183