NarutoKage2
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This thread is primarily a theory as to the nature and power of the mokuton, and its secondary purpose is to show that Hashirama managed to stop Madara's perfect susanoo sword
1. Mokuton seems to be a unique technique capable of life giving energy. Normal chakra wielded by the user transforms into a form of life, i.e trees
2. Certain aspects of this technique seem capable of draining chakra somehow.
3. Due to the 2nd point, it might be possible that since the mokuton has the ability to absorb massive amounts of chakra, that it may be able to provide natural resistance or act as a buffer against chakra heavy forms, including chakra based attacks.
The first point requires little explanation, so i'll skip ahead to the final two.
Mokuton's Possible Chakra Drainage.
This point can be further sub divided into two points, namely:
- Hashirama's tailed beast control
- Zetsu's abilities
Hashirama's tailed beast control:
About Bijjus:
How did Hashirama control the tailed beasts?
What mokuton has shown:
More Evidence for Chakra Absorption:
But Wait..
Zetsu's Abilities:
Zetsu and Mokuton
What We Know:
Carrying On
Mokuton's Natural Chakra Resistance:
The Final Point:
Evidence For Skeptics And Fools:
Analysis:
Conclusion, and Some Speculation:
Thoughts?
3 Points
1. Mokuton seems to be a unique technique capable of life giving energy. Normal chakra wielded by the user transforms into a form of life, i.e trees
2. Certain aspects of this technique seem capable of draining chakra somehow.
3. Due to the 2nd point, it might be possible that since the mokuton has the ability to absorb massive amounts of chakra, that it may be able to provide natural resistance or act as a buffer against chakra heavy forms, including chakra based attacks.
The first point requires little explanation, so i'll skip ahead to the final two.
Mokuton's Possible Chakra Drainage.
This point can be further sub divided into two points, namely:
- Hashirama's tailed beast control
- Zetsu's abilities
Hashirama's tailed beast control:
The first hokage was said to be the man who invented wood release and it came to be known as his signature move. Among the many things that he accomplished, one of them would be to gain control over several tailed beasts:
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About Bijjus:
The bijju are feared across the shinobi world as monsters of chakra, to be able to have a number of them under his control seems impossible due to the instability it would cause. Note: Obito did NOT say that those beasts were under a jinchuriki, they were simply stated to be under Hashirama's personal control. While its true that Mito was the 9 tails jinchuriki, what about the other bijuu? How exactly were their unstable natures restrained w/o causing havoc, before Hashirama distributed them to the other nations?
How did Hashirama control the tailed beasts?
We can surmise that either they were sealed, or that some technique capable of holding their massive chakras kept them restrained. The sealing option seems impossible, because:
Its physically and conceptually impossible to completely seal a bijuu, this statement was made with respect to the 9 tails, but it can be logically extended to include the other beasts, since they all come from the same source, i.e the juubi.
The only option then is that Hashirama somehow used a mokutn technique to keep a hold on the chakra of several tailed beasts.
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The only option then is that Hashirama somehow used a mokutn technique to keep a hold on the chakra of several tailed beasts.
What mokuton has shown:
Later on in the manga, we are shown glimpses of Hashirama's techniques including the wooden dragon and how it was used to bind the kyuubi. When we see the tech in action, take a look at how the kyuubi goes from this state:
To this:
As guy says, that tree was absorbing the kyuubi's chakra. And at quite a rapid rate at that. As the kyuubi's chakra shroud around naruto diminished, the tree grew in size, almost as if the energy was being transferred to the technique, somewhat like how kisame's samehada works. It seems that mokuton can feed off itself in this regard.
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As guy says, that tree was absorbing the kyuubi's chakra. And at quite a rapid rate at that. As the kyuubi's chakra shroud around naruto diminished, the tree grew in size, almost as if the energy was being transferred to the technique, somewhat like how kisame's samehada works. It seems that mokuton can feed off itself in this regard.
More Evidence for Chakra Absorption:
Yamato, another wood user also showed us something remarkable when naruto first went into kyuubi mode:
The wooden statue grew in size when exposed to the chakra rich life force of the kyuubi. Once again proving how mokuton seems to be able to absorb chakra, or at least certain techniques of it can feed off of it.
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But Wait..
But where am i going with all this? The only times mokuton absorbed chakra was when it was related to the tailed beasts, so if the argument becomes about, say a high chakra attack from a non bijuu source, could it still be used to hold at bay the chakra of said attack...?
Zetsu's Abilities:
Zetsu and Mokuton
As explained by Madara, Zetsu was an artificial clone created using Senju hashirama's DNA. Up until now, everyone that has acquired Hahirama's dna, even if just a piece, has been able to use the mokuuton. Examples include Danzo, Madara, Obito, Yamato etc. So for a being made entirely of said DNA, it goes without saying that this being's abilities would be mokuton's and vice versa.
What We Know:
Some Zetsu feats thus far:
Zetsu can absorb chakra, and we all know that they are cells of the 1st hokage, but there's more than that, basically zetsu is itself a form of mokuton:
Zetsus turn into mokuton trees after being destroyed.
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Zetsu can absorb chakra, and we all know that they are cells of the 1st hokage, but there's more than that, basically zetsu is itself a form of mokuton:
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Carrying On
So using this analysis we can conclude that mokuton, based on the evidence gathered from zetsu, is capable of absorbing chakra besides tailed beasts. In fact, if we were to extrapolate, we could say that the stronger the mokuton technique is, the greater its ability to absorb chakra would be, e.g the wood dragon could absorb even the kyuubi's chakra, while zetsu(a far weaker offshoot of mokuuton) can only absorb limited chakra amounts from any given shinobi.
What's more, zetsu can give out absorbed chakra, as was done to Sasuke during his fight with the kages.
What's more, zetsu can give out absorbed chakra, as was done to Sasuke during his fight with the kages.
Mokuton's Natural Chakra Resistance:
The Final Point:
And now, finally to get to the last point of this thread. During this scan:
The mokuton hands in the image at the top right capture Madara's perfect susanoo sword. With the other free hand, the fused PS/kyuubi combination goes onto wreak havoc with the terrain.
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The mokuton hands in the image at the top right capture Madara's perfect susanoo sword. With the other free hand, the fused PS/kyuubi combination goes onto wreak havoc with the terrain.
Evidence For Skeptics And Fools:
First up, there's no doubt that was Perfect susanoo's sword slash, because:
There are only 2 swords shown in that image, and they just tanked a bijuu dama from kurama. No other sword could do that.
So the question is: how did Hashi pull off a tech that appear to be nothing more than a pair of hands, and block a slash that can cut through mountains?
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There are only 2 swords shown in that image, and they just tanked a bijuu dama from kurama. No other sword could do that.
So the question is: how did Hashi pull off a tech that appear to be nothing more than a pair of hands, and block a slash that can cut through mountains?
Analysis:
As we've learned thus far, mokuton has the ability to absorb chakra and transfer it from one source to another, e.g from the kages to Sasuke. It can also absorb massive amounts of chakra, be it from the Kyuubi or other tailed beasts, but mostly this depends on the type of mokuton technique used. Using all of the evidence i have presented thus far in the thread, my theory is as follows:
Conclusion, and Some Speculation:
'Both during the instance where the mokuton hands were used to stop the sword slash mid swing, and when the Kyuubi's bijuu dama was caught, Hashirama mixed up the properties of his mokuton to maximize his result. First, he used the chakra absorbing properties of mokuton to temporarily make the outer layer of the hands absorb the chakra from the sword so the wood would'nt break. Then, he went on to transfer this new chakra and use it in his next attack. Take a look at the image above again. Using the chakra from the PS's sword slash, he channeled it into his next attack: mokuton hotei no jutsu where SEVERAL different hands appeared.
Madara knew that that wood hand was capable of doing this, so he immediatley used his other free hand to destroy this technique by attacking at its base, lest it absorb his susanoo/kyuubi combo's chakra and leave him depleted. '
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Madara knew that that wood hand was capable of doing this, so he immediatley used his other free hand to destroy this technique by attacking at its base, lest it absorb his susanoo/kyuubi combo's chakra and leave him depleted. '
Thoughts?
