Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-1018594-20150204221505

How are you all doing today? I hope I'm not opening up a can of worms here.

As of this post, Kekkei Genkai is defined as "abilities passed down genetically within specific clans...kekkei genkai include mixing one type of elemental chakra with another, creating a new one unique to the users, which is usually impossible for normal ninja, or other bodily manipulations that are usually unachievable by normal standards."

See that first part? Passed down genetically.

As we know, Shukaku, Son Gokū and Kokuō grant their jinchūriki Magnet, Lava and Boil Release respectively. Lava and Boil Release, I can understand being Kekkei Genkai because others have been seen using them.

But if that counts as a Kekkei Genkai if it's granted by a tailed beast, why doesn't Gyūki's ink count as Ink Release(?) and is instead called a Tailed Beast Skill? Naruto is listed as having Kekkei Genkai when his ability to use Magnet, Boil and Lava Release come from the tailed beasts.

Magnet Release granted by Shukaku works mainly on sand, meanwhile the non-jinchūriki users manipulate actual metals (although Gaara was seen manipulating Gold Dust, maybe that stems from Rasa being his father, thus passing the Kekkei Genkai on to him...I hope I'm not re-opening the "Gaara has Magnet Release" debate). Is that enough to draw a distinction?

Also, Obito is listed as a pseudo-jinchūriki of Shukaku, does that qualify him as a user of Magnet Release or Gyūki's ink? Do all jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails gain all the Tailed Beast Kekkei Genkai/Skills as proxy?

Should we distinguish between the two? When someone is born with it, it's clearly a Kekkei Genkai. But if it was attained by being a jinchūriki, do we instead call it a Tailed Beast Skill? 