Flying Thunder God Technique


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

The technique of Minato which gave him the nickname "The Yellow Flash of Konoha" (木ノ葉の黄色い閃光, "Konoha no Kiiroi Senkō"), 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 is similar to the Summoning Technique.

To activate this jutsu, the user needs a special seal or "Jutsu formula" (術式, "Jutsu-shiki") to mark the destination. After this is done, the user can almost instantaneously transport himself to that location. The Fourth applied the formula in advance to weapons such as kunai. 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/Byakugan cannot follow. It is because of this technique that Konoha came out victorious in the Iwa-Konoha Ninja War.

Trivia
The name Hiraishin is also the phonic of the Japanese word 避雷針, which means lightning rod; this may explain why the Fourth needed a seal or formula for this to work.