Introduction Into Jutsu

Subject: Introduction Into Jutsu Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:22 am

The Introduction

Jutsu, or skills/techniques, are the mystical arts a ninja will utilize in battle. To use a jutsu, the ninja will need to use his/her chakra.

Chakra comes from two places.

To perform a jutsu, the ninja will bring out and release these two energies. By forming handseals, the ninja is able manifest the desired jutsu. Because of the extensive number of hand seals and different combinations, there are thousands of potential jutsu to be discovered.

Based on which jutsu the ninja uses, the type and amount of chakra will be different as would the elements you would be to employ. The five main elemental styles are also the five names for the Five Great Shinobi Countries: Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth and Water. Each ninja has the potential to better utilize one of these styles and potentially more. A special elemental detecting paper is used to determine ones type. The paper comes from trees which are specially grown with chakra. When the ninja imbues the paper with a portion of their chakra, the paper will alter to reveal one's type. The paper will rip in two for Wind, burn for Fire, become wet for Water, fall apart for Earth and crumple for Lightning. For example Kakashi is a predisposed Lightning type, while Sasuke is both Lightning and Fire for the Uchiha clan specialty.

The five elements themselves form a cyclical strong and weak relationship against each other. The element of Fire is stronger than Wind, as the usage of Wind merely increases the strength of Fire. So if a Fire jutsu came up against an equal strength Wind jutsu, the Fire jutsu is more likely to win out. Wind in turn is stronger than Lightning. Lightning is stronger than Earth and Earth in stronger than Water. Water finishes the cycle by naturally winning out over Fire.

Combining elements to form new ones requires a bloodline ability or the usage of Bijuu granted powers. These new elements do not have corresponding strong/weak relationships.

The Ranking List
Now, here is the ranking list for each group that we have from genin to that of a Kage. You can only use up to the letter that is stated by your group. Don't worry. In time, you all will be able to use S-rank jutsu soon but you will have to earn and prove your worth.

Genin - E D
Chunin - E D C
Special Jounin - E D C B
Jounin - E D C B A
ANBU/Kage - E D C B A S