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| − | <section begin=summary/>The {{translation|'''Shinju'''|神樹|engtv=Divine Tree}} was a tree revered as a deity in ancient times. It was said to bear a fruit of great power once in a millennium, although it was forbidden to consume the fruit. The circumstances under which this prohibition came to be are unknown. Consumption of the Shinju's fruit bestows an ability upon its consumer's body to produce [[chakra]].<section end=summary/><ref name="ch646">''Naruto'' chapter 646</ref> |
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| + | A {{translation|'''God Tree'''|神樹|Shinju|engtv=Divine Tree}} is a type of gigantic tree which grows by absorbing blood soaked into the ground from countless battles over a millennia.<ref name="d4">Fourth Databook, pages 216-217</ref> God Trees are born from [[Ten-Tails]] itself which acts as the Tree's [[Ten-Tails (Seeds)|seedling]].<ref>''Boruto'' chapter 45</ref> In order for it to blossom from its seedling state into the tree, it must be fed the life of an [[Ōtsutsuki]].<ref>''Boruto'' chapter 51, page 2-3</ref> The healthier and stronger the sacrifice is, the more powerful the Chakra Fruit it produces.<ref>''Boruto'' chapter 51, page 23</ref> A vessel of the Ōtsutsuki is also viable for sacrifice, though the biological data within the [[Kāma]] must have extracted to at least a majority percentage for it to work, and if not complete, the tree's size would be affected negatively.<ref>''Boruto'' chapter 54, pages 12-13</ref> Due to its massive size and the conditions under which it is grown, the God Tree is revered by some cultures; humans used to worship its God Tree as a "sacred pillar" that extended into the heavens and remained ambivalent to all conflict.<ref name="ch646">''Naruto'' chapter 646</ref> |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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| + | [[File:Earth's God Tree.png|thumb|left|Earth's God Tree.]] |
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| − | During an era of endless wars between mankind, before humans had even learned of the concept of chakra, they already worshiped the Shinju as the host of god. Every millennium the tree would grow a mysterious fruit, which humans were specifically instructed to never lay so much as a single finger on.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 646, page 6</ref> |
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| + | In the anime, a God Tree seed landed on [[Geography|Earth]] from a meteorite several millennia ago. It was believed that the God Tree nourished the land and helped it thrive, while in truth, the God Tree was slowly killing the land and its people, by draining [[natural energy]] from them. It was believed that anyone who approached the tree was consumed by a demon spirit and died like a withered branch.<ref name="NS460">''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 460</ref> |
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+ | [[File:Shinju Fruit.png|thumb|right|A chakra fruit.]] |
| + | Every thousand years, a God Tree produces a {{Translation|"'''Chakra Fruit'''"|チャクラの実|Chakura no Mi}}, which human legend holds are never to be touched.<ref name="ch646"/> Members of the Ōtsutsuki clan travel through dimensions in search of God Trees so that they can harvest these fruits and gain their powerful [[chakra]] for themselves, producing medicine that grants them their godlike power along with extended youth and longevity.<ref name="d4"/> Some Ōtsutsuki, such as [[Momoshiki]] and [[Kinshiki]], harvest the God Tree's fruit until it and its respective planet die, at which point they go looking for a new one.<ref>''Boruto: Naruto the Movie''</ref> [[Kaguya]], after consuming the fruit of Earth's God Tree, chose to settle on the planet and use the power she gained in order to single-handedly rule over the human populations.<ref name="ch646"/> |
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| − | Long before the founding of the hidden villages, [[Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]], a princess from a faraway land, came to the place of the conflict to end it. Having decided to bring peace, Kaguya breached the prohibition and ate the forbidden fruit of the Shinju, attaining god-like powers. Using her new-found power, Kaguya brought forth peace by [[Infinite Tsukuyomi|force]], causing her to be revered as the Rabbit Goddess and later as the Demon.<ref name="ch670">''Naruto'' chapter 670, pages 10-11</ref><ref name="ch671">''Naruto'' chapter 671, pages 8-9</ref> Some time later, by means unknown, the Shinju incarnated together with Kaguya and took on a form which would come to be known as the [[Ten-Tails]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 681, page 9</ref> |
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| + | [[File:Kaguya Eats Fruit.png|thumb|left|Kaguya eats the Earth's chakra fruit.]] |
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| + | As a measure to keep the peace, Kaguya enslaved parts of the human population with the [[Infinite Tsukuyomi]] and [[God: Nativity of a World of Trees|bound]] those affected to the God Tree, assimilating them with its life force and gradually turning them into [[White Zetsu Army|White Zetsu]] by draining them of everything that gave them their individuality, even their physical appearance.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 679, pages 8-9</ref> When Kaguya's sons, [[Hagoromo]] and [[Hamura]], were born with chakra of their own, she merged with the Earth's God Tree in order to take the chakra back, thus becoming a monster called the Ten-Tails.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 681, page 9</ref> If all of the chakra in the world is united with the God Tree once more, it would be able to bear a new chakra fruit.<ref name="ch671">''Naruto'' chapter 671, pages 8-9</ref> |
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| − | The Shinju was an impartial entity, completely devoid of feelings and ideals as it stayed neutral and almost ambivalent to the constant wars that were waged around it by mankind.<ref name="ch646"/> |
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| + | According to Amado, the Ōtsutsuki are the actual sources of the trees, seeding planets with juvenile Ten-Tails, which grow into the trees, sucking up the life of the planets. The resulting chakra fruit contains the energy and biological information of the planet, which the Ōtsutsuki use to update and evolve their species.<ref>''Boruto'' chapter 45</ref> |
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| − | The Shinju's roots are capable of extending and capturing enemies as large as tailed beasts, allowing it to absorb their chakra to the point of decimating them almost instantly. |
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| + | [[File:Artificial God Tree.png|thumb|Victor's replica tree.]] |
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| − | Once the [[Infinite Tsukuyomi]] is cast, the user can assimilate victims of the [[genjutsu]] into the Shinju by [[God: Nativity of a World of Trees|binding them with its roots]].<ref name="ch671"/> Upon doing so, the Shinju's life force will sustain the victims' lives indefinitely, while also gradually transforming them into [[White Zetsu Army|White Zetsu]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 679, pages 8-9</ref> |
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| + | In the anime, [[Victor]] was able to create an artificial tree using a sample of the remnants of Fourth Shinobi World War's God Tree, a cell of [[Hashirama Senju]], and those who were implanted with the cell.<ref>''Boruto'' episode 173</ref> Because it was not the original tree, Victor’s God Tree was unable to bear a chakra fruit and would only keep consuming nearby chakra.<ref>''Boruto'' episode 175</ref> The artificial tree was [[Four Black Snakes Formation|destroyed]] by [[Orochimaru]]. |
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| + | When [[Code]] was entrusted a [[Ten-Tails (Kara)|Ten-Tails seedling]] upon [[Isshiki Ōtsutsuki]]'s death, he used his [[Claw Marks]] to create fission beings he called [[Claw Grime]]. Three years later, what remained of the Ten-Tails had splintered into four beings, each taking the appearance of those that were absorbed by their lesser counterparts. Unlike the Claw Grime, they referred to themselves as God Trees, who had gained self-awareness. |
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| − | Once in a millenium, the Shinju bore a single fruit, consumption of which was deemed forbidden. Upon breaking the taboo and consuming the {{Translation|'''Chakra Fruit'''|チャクラの実|Chakura no Mi}}, [[Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]] gained an enormous amount of exceptionally powerful chakra, with which she was able to single-handedly stop all the wars that plagued the lands. Kaguya was noted to be more powerful than the [[Sage of the Six Paths]] himself,<ref name="ch670"/> with chakra that [[Naruto Uzumaki]] and [[Sasuke Uchiha]] described as being on an entirely different level than that of the [[Ten-Tails]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 679, page 5</ref> By utilising the [[Infinite Tsukuyomi]] and [[God: Nativity of a World of Trees]], it is possible to regather the chakra of all living beings throughout the entire world, assimilating them into a single being once again, thus allowing the Shinju to grow a new Chakra Fruit in place of the one Kaguya once consumed.<ref name="ch671"/> |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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| ⚫ | ** Its size is akin to the [[Wikipedia:World tree|world tree]] [[Wikipedia:Yggdrasil|Yggdrasil]] in Norse mythology. In addition, the [[Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique|wooden dragon-like entities]] at the base of the God Tree may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Níðhöggr|Nidhogg]], a dragon or serpent who eternally chews the roots of the world tree; It is said that should Nidhogg finally be free of its entrapment underneath Yggdrasil, its appearance into the world beyond its roots are said to herald the coming of [[Wikipedia:Ragnarök|Ragnarök]], the end of the world and ultimate battle of the gods. |
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| + | ** Its appearance on former battlefields and how it grows by feeding on the blood of humans is akin to [[Wikipedia:Jubokko|Jubokko]], a [[Wikipedia:Yōkai|yōkai]] tree in Japanese mythology. |
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| ⚫ | ** Its bearing of the fruit that was deemed forbidden to consume is akin to the story of the [[Wikipedia:Tree of the knowledge of good and evil|Tree of the knowledge of good and evil]] in [[Wikipedia:Abrahamic religions|Abrahamic religions]], in which [[Wikipedia:Adam and Eve|Adam and Eve]], the first humans, ate the forbidden fruit despite being told otherwise. Ultimately, while becoming wiser, it lead to their downfall by incurring the wrath of God. For disobeying Him, He forever cursed the two and their descendants. Adam's eldest son, [[Wikipedia:Cain and Abel|Cain]], would later murder his younger brother, Abel, in anger and jealousy following God's rejection of his offering while accepting Abel's, similar to the struggle between the [[Indra Ōtsutsuki|two]] [[Asura Ōtsutsuki|sons]] of the [[Sage of Six Paths]]. |
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| − | * When the Ten-Tails was recreated into a tree by [[Obito Uchiha]] in the [[Fourth Shinobi World War]], it was initially referred to as the Shinju by [[Gyūki]],<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 646, page 5</ref> but it was later confirmed to be a form of the Ten-Tails.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 673, page 6</ref> |
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| + | ** A similar motif appears in ''[[Wikipedia:Journey to the West|Journey to the West]]'' (one of the inspirations for the ''Naruto'' franchise), when the pilgrims cross paths with the [[Wikipedia:List of Journey to the West characters#Immortal Zhenyuan|Immortal Zhenyuan]] and his special tree, the Ginsengfruit tree, which produces only 30 pieces of fruit every 9,000 years; the fruit is shaped like an infant less than three days old. A person who smells the fruit can extend his lifespan by 360 years, while a person who eats the fruit can live for another 47,000 years. This served as one of the 81 (9x9) trials that the pilgrims had to endure in their quest to fetch Buddha's Great Vehicle Scriptures ([[Wikipedia:Mahayana|Mahayana]]/[[Wikipedia:Mahayana sutras|Mahayana sutras]]). |
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| − | * When Kaguya was defeated by Naruto and Sasuke, the Shinju, being one with her, was sealed by the [[Six Paths Chibaku Tensei]] in Kaguya's [[Kaguya's Dimensions|core dimension]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 690, page 12</ref> |
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| + | * During the [[Fourth Shinobi World War]], [[Obito Uchiha]] transforms the Ten-Tails into a giant tree as part of his [[Eye of the Moon Plan]]. The [[Jin no Sho|fourth databook]] and the [[Eight-Tails]] call this both the Ten-Tails' final form and the God Tree itself.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 646, page 5</ref><ref>Fourth Databook, page 107</ref> |
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| + | * Just before [[Madara Uchiha]] absorbed the Ten-Tails into himself, a voice spoke to him, willing him to {{translation|"''Absorb me. The God Tree… the Ten-Tails. Absorb everything.''"|「ワレヲトリコメ シンジュヲ… ジュウビヲ スベテヲトリコメ」|"Ware o torikome. Shinju o… Jūbi o. Subete o torikome."}}.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 673, page 6</ref> Interestingly, the voice uses [[wikipedia:Katakana|katakana]], a unique style of speaking only used by [[Black Zetsu]], while referring to itself using {{translation|我|''Ware''|}}, an archaic personal pronoun. In ''[[Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4]]'', the voice is Kaguya's. |
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| + | * In the anime, the God Tree is shown to have a will of its own and became the Ten-Tails to fight alongside Kaguya, foreshadowing the fact that the Ten-Tails and God Tree's are one in the same with the former being the God Tree's 'seed'.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 462</ref> |
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| + | * The kanji 神樹 coincidentally denotes the tree genus ''[[wikipedia:Ailanthus|Ailanthus]]'', the name of which comes from the Ambonese word ''ailanto'', which likely means "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven". |
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| This article is about the tree. For other uses, see God Tree (disambiguation). |
A God Tree.
A God Tree (神樹, Shinju, English TV: Divine Tree) is a type of gigantic tree which grows by absorbing blood soaked into the ground from countless battles over a millennia.[1] God Trees are born from Ten-Tails itself which acts as the Tree's seedling.[2] In order for it to blossom from its seedling state into the tree, it must be fed the life of an Ōtsutsuki.[3] The healthier and stronger the sacrifice is, the more powerful the Chakra Fruit it produces.[4] A vessel of the Ōtsutsuki is also viable for sacrifice, though the biological data within the Kāma must have extracted to at least a majority percentage for it to work, and if not complete, the tree's size would be affected negatively.[5] Due to its massive size and the conditions under which it is grown, the God Tree is revered by some cultures; humans used to worship its God Tree as a "sacred pillar" that extended into the heavens and remained ambivalent to all conflict.[6]
Background
Earth's God Tree.
In the anime, a God Tree seed landed on Earth from a meteorite several millennia ago. It was believed that the God Tree nourished the land and helped it thrive, while in truth, the God Tree was slowly killing the land and its people, by draining natural energy from them. It was believed that anyone who approached the tree was consumed by a demon spirit and died like a withered branch.[7]
A chakra fruit.
Every thousand years, a God Tree produces a "Chakra Fruit" (チャクラの実, Chakura no Mi), which human legend holds are never to be touched.[6] Members of the Ōtsutsuki clan travel through dimensions in search of God Trees so that they can harvest these fruits and gain their powerful chakra for themselves, producing medicine that grants them their godlike power along with extended youth and longevity.[1] Some Ōtsutsuki, such as Momoshiki and Kinshiki, harvest the God Tree's fruit until it and its respective planet die, at which point they go looking for a new one.[8] Kaguya, after consuming the fruit of Earth's God Tree, chose to settle on the planet and use the power she gained in order to single-handedly rule over the human populations.[6]
Kaguya eats the Earth's chakra fruit.
As a measure to keep the peace, Kaguya enslaved parts of the human population with the Infinite Tsukuyomi and bound those affected to the God Tree, assimilating them with its life force and gradually turning them into White Zetsu by draining them of everything that gave them their individuality, even their physical appearance.[9] When Kaguya's sons, Hagoromo and Hamura, were born with chakra of their own, she merged with the Earth's God Tree in order to take the chakra back, thus becoming a monster called the Ten-Tails.[10] If all of the chakra in the world is united with the God Tree once more, it would be able to bear a new chakra fruit.[11]
According to Amado, the Ōtsutsuki are the actual sources of the trees, seeding planets with juvenile Ten-Tails, which grow into the trees, sucking up the life of the planets. The resulting chakra fruit contains the energy and biological information of the planet, which the Ōtsutsuki use to update and evolve their species.[12]
Victor's replica tree.
In the anime, Victor was able to create an artificial tree using a sample of the remnants of Fourth Shinobi World War's God Tree, a cell of Hashirama Senju, and those who were implanted with the cell.[13] Because it was not the original tree, Victor’s God Tree was unable to bear a chakra fruit and would only keep consuming nearby chakra.[14] The artificial tree was destroyed by Orochimaru.
Sapient Beings
Self-aware God Trees.
When Code was entrusted a Ten-Tails seedling upon Isshiki Ōtsutsuki's death, he used his Claw Marks to create fission beings he called Claw Grime. Three years later, what remained of the Ten-Tails had splintered into four beings, each taking the appearance of those that were absorbed by their lesser counterparts. Unlike the Claw Grime, they referred to themselves as God Trees, who had gained self-awareness.
Trivia
- The God Tree bears similarities to certain motifs that are present in different religions and mythologies throughout the world:
- Its size is akin to the world tree Yggdrasil in Norse mythology. In addition, the wooden dragon-like entities at the base of the God Tree may be a reference to Nidhogg, a dragon or serpent who eternally chews the roots of the world tree; It is said that should Nidhogg finally be free of its entrapment underneath Yggdrasil, its appearance into the world beyond its roots are said to herald the coming of Ragnarök, the end of the world and ultimate battle of the gods.
- Its appearance on former battlefields and how it grows by feeding on the blood of humans is akin to Jubokko, a yōkai tree in Japanese mythology.
- Its bearing of the fruit that was deemed forbidden to consume is akin to the story of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Abrahamic religions, in which Adam and Eve, the first humans, ate the forbidden fruit despite being told otherwise. Ultimately, while becoming wiser, it lead to their downfall by incurring the wrath of God. For disobeying Him, He forever cursed the two and their descendants. Adam's eldest son, Cain, would later murder his younger brother, Abel, in anger and jealousy following God's rejection of his offering while accepting Abel's, similar to the struggle between the two sons of the Sage of Six Paths.
- A similar motif appears in Journey to the West (one of the inspirations for the Naruto franchise), when the pilgrims cross paths with the Immortal Zhenyuan and his special tree, the Ginsengfruit tree, which produces only 30 pieces of fruit every 9,000 years; the fruit is shaped like an infant less than three days old. A person who smells the fruit can extend his lifespan by 360 years, while a person who eats the fruit can live for another 47,000 years. This served as one of the 81 (9x9) trials that the pilgrims had to endure in their quest to fetch Buddha's Great Vehicle Scriptures (Mahayana/Mahayana sutras).
- During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Obito Uchiha transforms the Ten-Tails into a giant tree as part of his Eye of the Moon Plan. The fourth databook and the Eight-Tails call this both the Ten-Tails' final form and the God Tree itself.[15][16]
- Just before Madara Uchiha absorbed the Ten-Tails into himself, a voice spoke to him, willing him to "Absorb me. The God Tree… the Ten-Tails. Absorb everything." (「ワレヲトリコメ シンジュヲ… ジュウビヲ スベテヲトリコメ」, "Ware o torikome. Shinju o… Jūbi o. Subete o torikome.").[17] Interestingly, the voice uses katakana, a unique style of speaking only used by Black Zetsu, while referring to itself using 我 (Ware), an archaic personal pronoun. In Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, the voice is Kaguya's.
- In the anime, the God Tree is shown to have a will of its own and became the Ten-Tails to fight alongside Kaguya, foreshadowing the fact that the Ten-Tails and God Tree's are one in the same with the former being the God Tree's 'seed'.[18]
- The kanji 神樹 coincidentally denotes the tree genus Ailanthus, the name of which comes from the Ambonese word ailanto, which likely means "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fourth Databook, pages 216-217
- ↑ Boruto chapter 45
- ↑ Boruto chapter 51, page 2-3
- ↑ Boruto chapter 51, page 23
- ↑ Boruto chapter 54, pages 12-13
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Naruto chapter 646
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 460
- ↑ Boruto: Naruto the Movie
- ↑ Naruto chapter 679, pages 8-9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 681, page 9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 671, pages 8-9
- ↑ Boruto chapter 45
- ↑ Boruto episode 173
- ↑ Boruto episode 175
- ↑ Naruto chapter 646, page 5
- ↑ Fourth Databook, page 107
- ↑ Naruto chapter 673, page 6
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 462