Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-5407586-20150624095943/@comment-2140588-20150626191710

You think about this too hard. Steel Release isn't canon, as far as we're aware. Also, there's Crystal Release, which was also revealed to contain Earth Release, which doesn't match up too.

Omnibender wrote: I think the novel called Steel Release a kekkei genkai, not a kekkei tota. Yup.