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Snapper2 wrote: Reliops wrote: Black Zetsu's statement regarding the nature of TSB suggests it is its own root ability.

which at some point have been suggested to contain a new dimension Which translation are you reading that suggests this, moreso the second bit?

Reliops wrote: What evidence is there to suggest it is not is own root ability. What evidence is there to suggest it is? Honest question: is "Truth-Seeking Ball" ever used in reference to something that isn't a ball? Or at least vaguely round? Because I don't pay much attention to Kishimoto's hand waving anymore and would like to know. The article currently lists eight non-ball variants, which seems sort of nonsensical. Like having a cat named Dog.

Reliops wrote: And if we were to give it a placeholder name, what would call it? I dunno. Something clever. Like Truth Release (道遁, Dōton).

Black Weapons (黒い武器, Kuroi Buki) also seems fitting and semi-official.

A number of translations, including Viz.

The evidence that TSB is its own root ability lies in the fact that we have not seen anything else other than the balls. We've been told they are the amalgamation of all Kekkei Genkai in existence and we've been shown how versatile and malleable they are. Assuming it is part of a greater ability makes sense, but only to an extent as treating it as a KKG or KKT is not fruitful.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence, however I believe simply filling in TSB is a much better alternative than literally making things up for a placeholder as that is entering fanon territory.