Jin no Sho

The is the sixth of the supplementary guidebooks on the Naruto series authored by Masashi Kishimoto. It is the last of four databooks and was officially announced in Weekly Shōnen Jump 46/2014, as part of the Naruto Project.

It will be published on 4th November 2014 and covers content from volumes 44 to 72. 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 a 33-page long Road to Naruto the Movie.

The first edition also comes with a special Ninja identification tag that works with a special app.

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.

Jin no Sho