Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25369463-20140908104317/@comment-25349026-20140908155212

The thing with crystal is the its a process of aligning particles to create a specific shape formation in inorganic matter while coral is a living organism. They have similar properties, but I don't think I could call coral crystal.

As for blaze release, I think the plasma idea is right on, except that Kishi linked it with Amaterasu which is a bit odd to me. The flames of amaterasu are not terrestrial in nature and said to be the black flames of hell. Also, its translated as "Enton" with 'En' usually translating as flame, which is not very different than fire. Plasma, as a state of matter has no Japanese word and is only written in katakana.

I also agree with the Kurama bit about him being seperated into 2 halves for pretty much the entire story. Its probable that if he had an elemental kekkei genkai he would not be able to manifest it as he was.

Also, hyoton gets no love, and it makes for more sense as an elemental force than things like scorch or storm.