User:GoDai/Ideas and Theories

Note: I definitely place manga ahead of anime/movies in my assumptions and theories.

=Godai Seishitsu Henka, Combinations, and theories=

Basic Elements

 * Fire Release: Superheated chakra which ignites on contact with external atmosphere, usually only breathed out, not controlled or manipulated. Usually hand seal sequence begins with Snake (sometimes Ram, Kakuzu's Fire Release: Intelligent Hard Work began with Rat) and ends with Tiger.


 * Wind Release: Sharpened chakra which cuts through the air with ease, no hand seals required in manga (besides Danzō Shimura's Vacuum jutsu and Kakuzu's Wind Release: Pressure Damage).


 * Lightning Release: High-frequency vibrations of chakra converted into electricity, generates lightning, and causes paralysis on living targets. Chidori and Lightning Cutter series usually goes with Ox, Rabbit, then Monkey, but many other jutsu do not.


 * Earth Release: Mud or moist soil, and the manipulation of its density (or in the case of Earth Release: Earth Spear the density of the skin). Snake, Boar, and Tiger usually involved.


 * Water Release: "Dense/Heavy" Water, water-based substances (such as mist/fog, "syrup"). Wide ranges of hand seals required, usually involving Tiger, Ram, or Bird.


 * Yin and Yang: Physical and mental energy (which are the "Yin" and "Yang" of chakra)being manipulated almost separately, but yet together to be manipulated as chakra, sice chakra is a mix of the two. Assumed to be related to the Nara clan's Shadow Imitation Technique, the Akimichi clans's Multi-Size Technique, Medical ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and possibly Tayuya's spirit worms and the Yamanaka clan's mind-related jutsu, such as the Mind Body Switch Technique.

Notes:
 * Earth and Water, unlike the other natures, cannot be used without the actual element. A skilled chakra-user could generate the element out of pure chakra, spitting it from thier mouth, and therefore convert energy into matter. It has been stated that through the use of chakra, chemistry, and medical knowledge, one can produce certain wanted substances from their body(see Poison Mist and Iwagakure Kinjutsu), possibly related to element generation. (Same for Yuki-nin's snow/ice, see below)

Anime/Movie-only

 * Yukigakure's Ice Release - (The Yuki-nin had no kekkei genkai, which makes this a possible basic element, maybe something like a village hiden jutsu?) Cold, seemingly the opposite of Fire Release. Theory: Supercooled chakra flowed into snow or ice in order to shape and manipulate it, using the cold to expand ice crystals. It seems that if this chakra is cold and concentrated enough, it seems black, as shown in Ice Release: Black Dragon Blizzard and Ice Release: Twin Dragon Blizzard (although this phenomenon would be better explained by the black chakra armor). All hand seal sequences finish with Dog. Doto Kazahana could apparently generate snow.
 * As Kakashi could copy one of these techniques, it is not a k.g., unlike Haku's Ice Release.

Advantages/Disadvantages
Each of the five basic elements have an advantage over another, and therefore each also has a disadvantage.


 * Fire consumes Wind
 * Wind absorbs and/or redirects Lightning
 * Lightning dries Earth(mud) and causes it to weaken, then possibly crumble
 * Earth absorbs or blocks Water
 * Water quenches Fire

Notes:
 * Unlike the common belief, Lightning is not necessarily powerful against Water, as one could use a Water jutsu to absorb and redirect a Lightning jutsu. Only in the case of Suigetsu's Hydration Technique this is true, as Suigetsu himself becomes the water he can use in his jutsu. Other than that, the two elements do make a good combination.
 * Lightning Release can be controlled, so grounding the electricity will not defeat it. Rather the electric current being channeled through will destroy the earth.

However, one element can resist its weakness if the technique itself is of higher rank than the opposing jutsu with the elemental advantage. For example, an A-rank Fire jutsu can evaporate a C-rank Water jutsu with little difficulty.

Afinities and their History
Every person is born with an elemental affinity, which is a genetic characteristic that decides which type of Nature Transformtion they will find the easiest to learn, due to their chakra finding it easy to change its own nature (properties) into that affinity.

Each type of Nature Transformation deals with the transformation of chakra in at least one property:
 * Fire: Raising temperature of chakra (Heat and combustion)


 * Wind: Sharpening and thinning each particle of chakra (Pressure)


 * Lightning: Increasing vibration frequencies of chakra (Electricity)


 * Earth: Flowing chakra into mud to manipulate its density (Density)


 * Water: Flowing chakra into water to make it "heavy (as Kakashi noticed the water of the pond he fell into was heavy in his battle with Zabuza, as it had been infused with Suiton chakra for Zabuza to use his Water Prison Technique)" and manipulate its form (Form: Therefore, Shape Transformation is important, and this describes the need for the large number of hand seals required to mold chakra into such forms)

There is a special type of paper made from a special tree that is grown by feeding it chakra (so the plant recognizes different types of chakra). This paper will react differently according to the person's affinity (even if the person is not using a jutsu of that affinity, the body is always producing and transforming chakra to its own likeliness).
 * If the paper:
 * catches fire and turns into ash (Combustion),
 * the person has a fire affinity.
 * splits in half (Razor-sharp chakra),
 * the person has a wind affintiy.
 * crumples up (Vibrations),
 * the person has a lightning affinity.
 * breaks apart into dirt (Earth generation),
 * the person has a earth affinity.
 * gets wet and damp (Water generation),
 * the person has a water affinity.

I think there were 5 great groups of people in the past when ninjutsu was just beginning to be introduced by the Sage of the Six Paths. These groups each posessed an affinity, one of the five basic elements. As time passed, these groups met, fought, made deals/peace with, and "mixed-and-mingled" with each other, bringing us to the current time of world of Naruto. Now people have wide ranges of possible affinities they may be born with, due to their ancestry.
 * The Sage himself had two sons, who, younger and older, were ancestors of the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan.

The Sage possessed the Rinnegan, and possessed all 5 affinities, which meant his sons could be born with any affinity.
 * The Senju clan had wide ranges of abilities among its members, possibly due to the Senju clan ancestor having been born with the Sage's "body," which may be directing to affinities. This may be the explanation to Hashirama possessing the Wood Release while no one else in his clan are observed to possess it.


 * Seeing the common Fire affintiy among the Uchiha clan, the other 4 affinities must have stayed recessive in most members. The Uchiha clan ancestor was not born with the Sage's "body," but his "eyes." His spiral dōjutsu is a proof of the developing of the Sharingan from the Rinnegan. The Sharingan developed abilities such as copying jutsu, seeing chakra, recognizing genjutsu, etc, but did not retain the ability of possessing all 5 affinities at once.
 * Sasuke had difficulty learning Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique because he was a rare case in which, unlike the rest of his clan, he had a Lightning affinity. He must have had an ancestor with the Lightning affinity (possibly the Sage himself), which remained recessive in most descendants before Sasuke.

Advanced Elements
This is the fun part.

Some people are born with two affinties at once, which means their chakra has a tendency to change their properties to the properties of both of these elements. This is usually done through k.g., unique abilities, or a Tailed Beast Skill, but there may be other methods.

Note: it is interesting how the effects of the advanced natures can seem quite different from their names.


 * Ice Release = Water + Wind.
 * Thin, but dense chakra, generating water and condensing(?) it into ice "mirrors." Used by Haku and his clan. Done through the use of unknown hand seals. Haku "enters" these mirrors, and can appear out of any mirror, much like a space-time jutsu. Ice was resistant against Fire. Did not actually freeze enemies, only created ice structures.


 * Wood Release = Earth + Water.
 * Earth and Water generated to combine chakra(life source) with the two elements(nourishment, providence) to rapidly grow trees/wood, as well as manipulate existing trees/wood. Used by Hashirama Senju, and transplanted into Yamato and Danzō Shimura by Orochimaru. Tiger and Snake very common in hand seal sequences, as well as Dog and Ram. Different from other advanced natures, as this element manipulates living plant cells. The DNA pattern for this k.g. apparently also includes the ability to control Tailed beasts through the Hokage-style Sixty-year-old Technique - Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-bringing Hands.


 * Hashirama had full control over it, generating actual trees and manipulating them.
 * Yamato generated living wood and manipulated it.
 * Danzō generated trees from his right arm, but did not manipulate them.


 * Lava Release = Earth + Fire.
 * Earth is produced while at the same time being melted by Fire, producing Lava. A k.g. of Mei Terumī, and a Tailed Beast skill of the Four-Tailed Monkey and his Jinchūriki, Rōshi. Unknown how both subjects have the same nature through differing means. Also, it is interesting how Wood Release, an advanced nature, allowed the control over Tailed beasts, while a Tailed beast itself possessed this advanced nature. Strangely, the Four-Tails' nature is written with a 熔(molten;lava), while Mei's nature is written with 溶(melt;corrode;dissolve;solvent), although 熔岩 and 溶岩 both mean "lava" ("molten rock" and "corroded/dissolved rock" respectively)


 * Storm Release = Lightning + Water. (?)Unconfirmed, but most likely(?)
 * Electricity in a fluid form is produced, exploding on contact with a target. Darui's k.g. Probably named after storm clouds (water + lightning), but effect is completely different, as with Ice Release. Possibly light-based, hence the name of the technique Storm Release: Laser Circus and its effect.


 * Blaze Release = Fire + Lightning OR Fire + Fire (Might be an introduction to "stronger versions")
 * Believed to be a stronger Fire Release, this nature, instead of allowing one to breathe fire, allows one to mnaipulate an already existing flame, preferably one created by a Fire Release. Sasuke Uchiha's advanced nature, this is a proof of his level of skill. Sasuke prefers to manipulate the extremely powerful flames of Amaterasu (unless this nature only controls Amaterasu exclusively.). Sasuke maipulates flames thrugh his right Mangekyō, suppressing and forcing the flames into shapes, while he casts Amaterasu itself with his left.


 * It is assumed, with this being an "upgraded" Fire Release, it is a combination of "Fire + Fire" OR "Fire + Yin/Yang(which is the mysterious sixth element believed to make other techniques stronger in a recomposition by fans)."


 * Some instead believe it is a combination of Fire and Lightning, Sasuke's two available natures. It has been long assumed "Fire + Lightning = Light, Sun, Heat, Radiation, Plasma, or Flares/Fireworks, etc." Amaterasu covers all of these assumptions, as it represents the "Material world and Light" and the sun, which also includes Light, Heat, Radiation, Plasma, and (Solar)Flares itself. The high temperatures of both fire and lightning may be the source of the extreme temperatures of Amaterasu.
 * However, it has been stated the Sharingan itself is not an element-combining k.g., and the former opinion is supported more strongly. The latter opinion would only be true if Sasuke had this element through other means, such as a mutation, some kind of clan secret, or possibly Orochimaru's experiments.


 * Boil Release = Water + Fire
 * Water's solvent nature is amplified through rapid evaporation, producing a powerful corosive, acidic vapour. The user can manipulate the water molecules inside the vapour as with any other water technique, allowing them to control the acidity of the flesh-burning mist. This is Mei Terumī's second k.g.


 * Dust Release = Earth + Wind (Unconfirmed, but makes more sense than Earth + Lightning, and levitation may be wind-based)
 * Earth mineral crystals are broken up further into tinier molecules by pressure. A cube of Jinton chakra can pulverize targets into molecule-sized dust, crushing them with extreme pressure and weight. This is Ōnoki's k.g. This nature may have some connection to gravity also (besides the weight).

Therefore, there are three remaining combinations:


 * Fire + Wind = ?


 * Wind + Lightning = ?


 * Earth + Lightning = ?

Names vs. Effects
The names of advanced natures use one single character representing the element with the suffix -ton(~遁), and is made as simple and traditional as possible. The basis seems to be "what ninjas in the real world knew of" for naming advanced natures, and therefore the names of natures do not have anything that is too hi-tech or sci-fi.

However, because the natures themselves are very sci-fi, specific, and different from expectation, their effects implied by their names are usually not their actual effects.


 * Ice Release has no relation to cold or freezing, but rather creates mirrors of condensed moisture that allow the user to "enter" one of them and emerge from another.
 * Wood Release has varying effects depending on the user, probably due to differences between natural-born users and transplanted users. Some produce wood, while others have produced actual trees. See above.
 * Storm Release was probably named after storm clouds, but its effect is completely different. Instead of adding the properties of lighning into water, it rather adds the properties of water to lightning. This is why Storm Release produced something like laser beams instead.
 * Boil Release was not just boiling water and/or hot steam, but also had a considerable amount of acidity, which could also be manipulated.
 * Dust Release was not just dust, it was tiny, molecule-sized dust.

So therefore,

Speculation
1. There are 4 not-quite-confirmed spots on the 10-combinations system:


 * Fire + Lightning = ?
 * Assumed by some to be Blaze, but assumed to be more based on light, heat, sun, radiation, plasma, or flare.


 * Fire + Wind = ?
 * Probably some kind of gas or other by-product of fire, such as ash. There is no Poison Release, maybe Smoke would be poisonous, similar to how Boil was corrosive and acidic.


 * Wind + Lightning = ?
 * Again, not considering movie natures, something related to sound, but yet different from Oto genin's jutsu, more thunder-based, maybe sonic shockwaves.


 * Earth + Lightning = ?
 * Something to do with metal, but yet not the same as Iron Sand and/or Steel Release. Possibly related to conduction of electricity.

Under construction--GoDai (talk) 09:24, March 6, 2010 (UTC)

Put your theories here. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:21, March 6, 2010 (UTC)