Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20160409062530/@comment-4974066-20160814081822

Greetings! Long time lurker here, posting in a forum for the first time ^_^. Anywho, Just wanted to give an epiphany I had.

Obito's primary mokuton jutsu is the Cutting Jutsu. The Databook says his body turns into a seedbed and springs forth sharp roots that he can use as makeshift swords to pierce and kill. But I think it's also sort of a double entandre. "Cutting" refers to the practice of taking a piece of a plant (stem or root) and placing it in a 'suitable medium' so that a new plant can emerge. I think the jutsu is also a metaphor for how Obito needed the hashi cells/zetsu material to be integrated into himself to make new parts for his damaged body. Basically, taking a plant (mokuton) and putting it into his body to grow something new (lost organs/limbs).