The user kneads chakra in their body and turns it into fire, which they then expel from their mouth; the more chakra they use, the more flames that are produced. Sometimes the flames lack a distinct shape, being only a stream, but more often than not they take the form of a giant orb that maintains its shape until hitting a target. Upon impact, the fireball is powerful enough to crater the ground and vaporise the surroundings.[1] Against living targets, the fireball can cause extensive burns.
The Great Fireball Technique was created by the Uchiha clan, and over time became one of their signature abilities.[2] The Uchiha in fact used the Great Fireball Technique as a coming of age rite, with members not being considered true adults until they learned to perform it.[3] In keeping with this, the manga has only ever shown Uchiha using this technique; the anime at times depicts non-Uchiha performing it.
Trivia[]
- The characters for "Fireball" (火球) also mean "bolide", "comet", and "shooting star".
- Several different hand seals have been given for this technique during the course of the series:
- Rin no Sho lists the hand seals as Horse and Tiger.[1]
- Hyō no Sho lists the hand seal as just Tiger.[4]
- In Naruto: Shippūden episode 4, Kakashi uses an unknown amount of hand seals in quick succession, using many more than the usual six.
- In Naruto: Shippūden episode 15, Itachi uses Boar, Horse, and Tiger.
See Also[]
- Blaze Release: Great Fireball Technique
- Cat Flame Roaring Fire
- Fire Release: Soaring Flame Bullet Technique
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rin no Sho, page 174
- ↑ Naruto chapter 260, page 15
- ↑ Naruto chapter 223, page 9
- ↑ Hyō no Sho, page 162
