Jin no Sho

The Naruto [Secret: Scroll of Formation] Character Official Databook (NARUTO-ナルト-[秘伝・陣の書]キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, NARUTO [Hiden: Jin no Sho] Kyarakutā Ofisharu DētaBOOK) is the sixth of the supplementary guidebooks on the Naruto series authored by Masashi Kishimoto. It is the fourth of four databooks and was officially announced in Weekly Shōnen Jump 46/2014, as part of the Naruto Project.

It will first be published on 4th November 2014 and is supposed to cover the manga from Pain's attack on Konohagakure up to the end of the Fourth Great Shinobi World War. Its ISBN is 4-08-880263-2 and it has 392 pages, more than any other guidebook. This is partly because of the 270 characters and 232 techniques that are covered in this databook. It also contains an interview with Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto, talking about the creation of characters and techniques, as well as the 33 pages long Road to Naruto the Movie.

Trivia

 * The names of the guidebooks come a from a kuji-in: a collection of nine hand postures used in meditation. These kuji-in have found their way into ninja folklore as a kind of magic spells. The kuji-in the guidebooks were named after is, with the Jin no Sho being named after the sixth.