Talk:Dust Release

Trivia point
I don't know if this has been discussed elsewhere, but at least in this talk page's archive I don't see it. The first trivia point mentions the possibility of Dust Release not being genetic based on something Mu told Onoki about teaching him Dust Release. Since all the kekkei whatever jutsu are nominally about being able to do stuff that requires the right genes for it, wouldn't a more logical interpretation of Mu's words be Onoki having the genetic requirements and Mu merely tutoring Onoki in using the abilities he already had? The current trivia point invites speculation in a way that isn't necessary for that exchange. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 21:06, December 23, 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I don't see why it's not the same as with Rasa. • Seelentau 愛 議 21:14, December 23, 2018 (UTC)

Trivia about particle/atom motif in the kanji for dust release jutsu
Okay I was reading thru some wiki talk pages here, and it seems like dust release jutsu names do something like a "pun" or "play on words" with their kanji? From ShounenSuki:

"[...]there are two Japanese words for atom, which is what Dust Release manipulates: mijin (微塵, Literally meaning: minute dust) and genshi (原子, Literally meaning: fundamental child). The former word uses the kanji for dust, the latter uses the first kanji of the name of this technique"

"It might be worth noting that there is a Japanese-Buddhist term referring to the smallest possible unit of matter: 微塵 (mijin, Literally meaning: minute dust). This word is used in terms such as "chopping something into fine pieces" (微塵切り, mijingiri). The kanji for dust itself has an additional meaning of "something extremely small" and is an archaic way of writing 10-9. By the way, 10-9 metre would be a nanometre. That is, molecule-size. In other words, Dust Release is in no way a misnomer. It fits perfectly."

So, should this be mentioned in the trivia? That the names "Jinton" and "Jinton: Genkai Hakuri" are not just because you manipulate "dust". The naming scheme is intentionally related to molecules, atoms, the smallest unit of matter, and whatnot (it would also help readers deduce where Viz gets their "particle style" naming convention from). Or am I just talking out my cornhole here (i know near-zero japanese myself). AlwaysConfused (talk) 02:10, June 28, 2020 (UTC)


 * Okay, is this draft of a possible trivia point okay? The information itself seems relevant and informative enough to add, but I want to check because I don't know Japanese. I couldn't find any source stating that 塵 is specifically an archaic way of referring to one billionth (short-scale system, which British English adopted back in the 70s). 10^-9, is what I mean to say. But from what I understand that shounen suki fellow was quite fastidious, so it's probably right?
 * The kanji for "dust" (塵) is also found in the term for particle, atom, and little piece (微塵, mijin, Literally meaning: minute dust). This kanji is also an archaic way of writing one billionth (10−9), which in metres is about the width of some molecules. AlwaysConfused (talk) 07:33, July 3, 2020 (UTC)