Flying Thunder God Technique


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 * Type: S-class, Supplementary, Long Range (0-10m)
 * User: Minato Namikaze

The technique of Minato which gave him the nickname, this technique allows the user to move over large distances with ultra-high speed. Although it is often compared with the Body Flicker Technique, the speed of this jutsu is much greater and the principle behind the Flying Thunder God Technique is similar to the Summoning Technique.

To activate this jutsu, the user needs a special seal or to mark the destination. After this is done, the user can almost instantaneously transport himself to that location. Minato applied the formula in advance to weapons such as kunai. One of these kunai was given to Kakashi for his advancement to Jonin by Minato. It is also possible to leave a formula in an area touched by the user.

This is one of the few known non-Kekkei-Genkai techniques created that the Sharingan or the Byakugan cannot follow. It is because of this technique that Konoha came out victorious in the Iwa-Konoha Shinobi War.

Trivia
The name Hiraishin is also the phonic of the Japanese word 避雷針, which means "lightning rod"; this may suggest the reasoning as to why the technique is restricted towards a seal, because lightning is attracted to lightning rods.