Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25192437-20150307225810/@comment-1458758-20150310002225

Seelentau wrote:
 * The fact that only Magnet Release users copied Shukaku's sand control doesn't make Gaara a Magnet Release user.
 * The eye markings are still not proven to be related to Magnet Release.
 * He also has the necessary nature for Explosion Release.
 * Sand is made up of minerals, but isn't magnetic.
 * We don't know what trait that was.
 * How would a possible relation of blood and Magnet Release make the sand stronger?
 * From what I always understood, he carried it with his own sand.

Counter arguments:
 * Nothing ever stated that he used Magnet Release. Not even when other Magnet Release users - including his own father - were shown.
 * If he can use Magnet Release, then why did he need to use his sand against his father, when he could've simply controlled the gold dust?
 * Naruto - who is another user of the Magnet Release - didn't gain the eye markings that you attribute to Magnet Release and he used Magnet Release twice. Also, one time, there wasn't even sand involved, apparently.
 * Toroi didn't gain the markings, as well.
 * But having lost Shukaku, he should no longer possess any of his abilities, so the only reason Gaara should be controlling sand any more is if he has an ability that would allow him to do that naturally, the only ability that does that, is Magnet Release


 * They haven't been stated to, but the fact that they only appeared on Rasa while he was using Magnet release provides a strong correlation between the two, unless you can provide an argument for him just suddenly developing rings around his eyes just as he happened to use this ability.
 * But he hasn't displayed any ability like Explosion Release, his entire fighting style however, closely resembles two of the major users of Magnet Release.


 * Depends on the make up of the sand, now doesn't it?
 * No, but we can infer, which is why it's not in my direct evidence list.


 * I have no idea, Manga physics I guess, but that doesn't negate the fact that introduction of a magnetic substance enhances the abilities of Gaara's sand, pointing towards possible magnet release.
 * How you understood it is not an argument, I put that point in with the exact purpose of pointing out that that scene can be interpreted in multiple ways.

Counter arguments:
 * And yet the same book skipped Naruto as a Yang Release user and Sasuke as a Yin release user, two things that strongly define their capabilities.


 * Itachi could use fire style, why didn't he redirect Sasuke's dragon fire balls? Just because two people have the same ability does not automatically give one control over the other's jutsu, that sort of thing has only been shown to happen when the second individual uses a technique of their own to overlap, in this case, Gaara didn't have Gold dust to throw at his father, he had sand, and when his dad wasn't around, he had gold dust to fight the Second Mizukage.
 * Neither of these people used sand, Naruto's Rasenshurikens took advantage of Shukaku's cursed seal and Toroi used shuriken, the very page on Magnet Release has two pieces of trivia which read thusly -

"The magnetisation of Gold Dust and manifestation of rings around the eyes by the Fourth Kazekage may indicate a diamagnetic strain of Magnet Release that magnetises inherently non-magnetic materials like gold and sand."

So apparently the wiki as a whole acknowledges the idea that there could be two different 'schools' within Magnet release, the diamagnetic variant providing rings where the other doesn't. I personally don't subscribe to the idea, but that's one argument.

"Though originally attributed to his insomnia, Gaara's ringed eyes are possibly the result of his "Absolute Defence" (絶対防御, Zettai Bōgyo) being in constant effect."

And here we have the idea that Gaara's defence is a result of magnet release, again stated right here on the wiki. So clearly, others are willing to accept not only the correlation between the rings and magnet release, but the possibility that Gaara's automatic defence, which he has always had, is magnet release, but you're still telling me that even with these concessions already having been made, we're not willing to say Gaara has Magnet release and be done with it?