Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-5407586-20150624095943/@comment-734582-20150627170239

Seelentau wrote: Black Zetsu didn't say that. I'm pretty sure he did. or did i read a bad translation? or am i imagining things? *ponders sanity*

Elveonora wrote: I meant to say Kekkei Tota, my bad. ah np. Well considering the power of steel, and wood, with hindsight i'd say they would fit better as Kekkei Tota than Genkai. Wood's ridiculously overpowered chakra drain and golems is more in like with a Tota (e.g. unstoppable disintegration) than it is with a genkai (serious, but not overpowered, improvement)

1) Earth Release usually is used to either soften rock or harder things harder than diamond, thus "Steel" appears to be an enhanced form of Earth used in it's "Harden" form akin to what "Blaze" (Black Fire) is to "Fire" and "Black Lightning" is to "Lightning" I would expect crystal release to be the Enhanced form, actually. Earth is typically the "unmoving" element. The ability to crystallize anything seems to me like the natural extreme of earth's static nature. Steel has many useful properties, including it's elastic-plastic nature, conductive (electric and thermal) nature and it's hard or softness (depending on treatment). I would expect steel to be a release on it's own, and Crystal to be a Yin + Earth style.

Though i guess that delves into Yin=Extreme Yang=cladding theory which is more offtopic than the at least tangential Explosion release discussion.