Multiple Shadow Clone Technique


 * Name: Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, 多重影分身の術, literally "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique" or "Technique of Multiplex Shadow Clones", English TV "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu", Viz "Multiple Shadow Dopplegangers Technique"
 * Type: A-rank, Supplementary, Kinjutsu
 * Users: Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Shizune
 * Hand Seals: Crossed Fingers Seal

This jutsu is basically a massive version of the Shadow Clone Technique. Instead of a few clones, it creates a few hundred clones (or a number of equal grandeur). This is considered a forbidden technique, because it can potentially be dangerous to the person performing it, seeing as how all of the clones are given an equal amount of chakra directly from the user. Naruto learned the technique from the scroll of forbidden seals written by the First Hokage and used it to save Iruka from Mizuki. Few people are able to use this technique effectively, due to the large amount of chakra it consumes. This weakness does not apply to Naruto due to the demon fox's chakra, which allows him to create upwards of 2,000 clones while maintaining a decent supply of chakra in each one. This technique is also used by Naruto to train quickly, since all the clones share their experiences with Naruto, but it causes extreme fatigue with repeated use. Naruto doesn't appear to be fully aware of the differences between the Multiple and regular variations of the technique; when he uses it, he sometimes invariably shouts "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" or the English variants regardless of how many clones he uses.