Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27075290-20151102051236/@comment-1872728-20151110134544

SJ 88 wrote: What would you guys say the requirements for wood release are I would say you need to be somehow connected to the Shinju. Wood created from Wood Release can absorb chakra, like the Shinju and the Ten-Tails. These wood can also bind Tailed Beasts and deflect their attacks (Tailed Beast Bomb), similar to how the Shinju and the Ten-Tails survived his own Tailed Beast Bomb, plus this is something normal wood couldn't do. (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:188078)