[HA] Being Zetsu...

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so.. lets get the boring stuff out the way...

tell me all you know of zetsu, his abilities and his strengths and weaknesses as a fighter
 

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The Background (as taken from the bio rules):

Zetsu (ゼツ, Zetsu) is a member of Akatsuki and one of Obito Uchiha's most loyal subordinates. The black half is known as Black Zetsu (黒ゼツ, Kuro-Zetsu), while the white half was known as White Zetsu (白ゼツ, Shiro-Zetsu). White Zetsu, along with his many clone siblings, was created by Madara Uchiha using a living clone of Hashirama Senju and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Madara implied that Yin–Yang Release was also involved in the creation of White Zetsu and his clone siblings. When Madara was on the verge of death, he infused a part of his will into White Zetsu, which created the second personality, Black Zetsu. This in turn made the complete Zetsu partially a clone of Madara, albeit weaker and partially a clone of Hashirama. With the creation of Black Zetsu from White Zetsu, Zetsu as he was afterwards known was created. Originally nothing but an imperfect clone of Hashirama’s cells, with the creation of his black half, Zetsu became a fully fledged ninja and served as Obito’s right hand inside Akatsuki up to the great war. Tasked with inteligence gathering and scouting, Zetsu became a crucial part of Obito’s strategy.

Abilities (from Bio Rules):

Zetsu, as a clone made from Hashirama cells, possesses abilities linked to the laters DNA. He can merge with the ground and organic vegetal life and move within it at great speeds virtually undetected. Black Zetsu is also skilled chakra sensor. He can split himself in his two independent personalities, forming each a fully functional ninja. Both halfs also displayed the ability to use a rudimentary form of low rank Wood Release (up to A-Rank). In his case, this rudimentary form manifests itself through roots that he can create from the ground to attack his enemies. He lacks however, the ability to use normal wood techniques and can only use the root variation known to him. Two important abilities Zetsu uses are his cloning abilities and his spore abilities. He can create spores of himself who can lay dormant, leeched onto a ninja. These can be used to leech chakra from the ninja and create Zetsu clones who can be used to attack but also to give said chakra to the user/allies. The cloning abilities allows him to, through his spore abilities or direct contact, copy the chakra of an enemy and create a virtually identical copy of them.


Appearance (from Wiki):

When together, the two Zetsus were easily distinguished by the two venus flytrap-like extensions that emerged from his sides, enveloping his head and upper body as a shell, which he was able to open and close. Beneath these extensions, Zetsu had short green hair and yellow eyes.


Abilities (more info through wiki):

Zetsu's signature technique was Mayfly, which allowed him to merge with the ground to quickly travel to a new location, though not as quickly as Obito's space–time travelling. This technique was ideal for Zetsu's function as a spy, as it erased his presence as well, and was an ability that both halves as well as other artificial humans could perform. In addition to functioning as a single entity by communicating through their thoughts, Zetsu's two halves were able to split apart, allowing them to act independently. While separated, the two halves could extend roots underground to communicate with each other over long distances. He was able to create and remotely communicate with near-identical clones of himself, which could absorb a person's chakra and subsequently replicate their form and unique chakra, serving as a special substitute. As the clones were normally weaker than the originals, they mainly served as decoys. With his Spore Technique, White Zetsu was able to plant these clones on the bodies of others in the form of spores, which were undetectable even to sensor type and Kage-level shinobi. Once activated, these spores would grow into a white mass which surrounded the individuals they formed on and absorb their chakra, as well as restricting their movements. The clones could also use this stolen chakra to replenish an ally's chakra supply by attaching themselves to him or her.
 
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try again.. without being a lazy git and copy/pasting.. just for that i want 1500 words on zetsu and his abilities, weaknesses and strengths. without a damned shred of copy/paste
 

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I hate you >_>

Well, Zetsu is that black and white guy in my avatar (not being racist :p). He was created from the cells of Hashirama and hence can use the rudimentary form of wood jutsu. Black Zetsu was created from the will of Madara himself.

Abilities:

  • Mayfly: He can merge with the ground and organic vegetal life and move within it at great speeds virtually undetected.
  • Sensing: Black Zetsu is a skilled chakra sensor.
  • Splitting: Zetsu can split himself in his two independent personalities, forming each a fully functional ninja.
  • Wood Jutsu: Both can use Wood Jutsus (rudimentary form manifests itself through roots)
  • Spore abilities: He can create spores of himself who can lay dormant, leeched onto a ninja. These can be used to leech chakra from the ninja and create Zetsu clones who can be used to attack but also to give said chakra to the user/allies.
  • Cloning ability: The cloning abilities allows him to, through his spore abilities or direct contact, copy the chakra of an enemy and create a virtually identical copy of them.
  • Strength: Though there are no techniques for it, Zetsu has a very strong body.

    Soon to come...
  • Merging: The ability to merge with the opponent's body when it is weak

Weakness/Strengths:


  • Cloning: The clones can only use upto A rank of the Basic 5
  • Splitting: When they split, they are left with only 1 hand each
  • Mayfly: He is undetected underground. Also, he travels at very high speeds underground.
 

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Zetsu (White) is an artificially created human that was culled from the DNA of Hashirama Senju and and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

When Madara was on the verge of death, he manifested his will and imbued half of White Zetsu with it, thus creating Black Zetsu. This in turn made the complete Zetsu also partially a clone of Madara, albeit weaker.

When they were together, they were easily distinguished by the two venus flytrap-like extensions that emerged from the sides, enveloping their head and upper body as a shell, which they were able to open and close.

They have the ability to split, which divides them into two independent personalities, forming each a fully functional ninja. That is, the Black and White Zetsu. They split from the centre, and each of them, have two legs, but only one arm and half upper body. White Zetsu takes the left side, while the Black Zetsu takes right.

It is also shown that when apart, they can communicate with each other or his clones telepathically. This feature can better be utilized in the ninja world, to relay information to different places.

Zetsu's signature technique was Mayfly, which allowed him to merge with the ground and organic vegetal life and move within it at great speeds virtually undetected so as to travel to a new location. Basically, when he merges, he does it with the same speed as when you're using HLAM. But travelling underground, he is second only to space time techniques.

Being an artificial human, White
Zetsu is able to survive without food or water and did not need to carry out normal human bodily functions. Actions like breathing in water, is also not a necessity, as shown with his fight against Killer Bee.

His two main abilities are cloning and spore technique. Zetsu is able to create spores of himself who can lay dormant, leeched onto a ninja. These can be used to leech chakra from the ninja and create Zetsu clones who can be used to attack but also to give said chakra to the user/allies. He can also leech chakra with direct contact with the opponent. The cloning abilities allows him to, through his spore abilities or direct contact, copy the chakra of an enemy and create a virtually identical copy of them. Only emotional sensing abilities can detect the difference. How exactly the spores are planted on the opponent is not known.
"You can plan them without the person noticing it. Its unknown how this happens, but we assume its some sort of miniscule, unnoticeable particle spread on the air which he can then activate at will."-Scorps
As shown, White Zetsu was able to plant these clones on the bodies of others in the form of spores, which were undetectable even to sensor type and Kage-level shinobi. Once activated, these spores would grow into a white mass which surrounded the
individuals they formed on and absorb their chakra, as well as restricting their movements.

As shown, Black Zetsu is a skilled chakra sensor. He can sense chakra over a wide distance and his sensing is of one of the highest levels.

Both halfs also displayed the ability to use a rudimentary form of low rank Wood Release (up to A-Rank). In his case, this rudimentary form manifests itself through roots that he can create from the ground
to attack his enemies. He lacks however, the ability to use normal wood techniques and can only use the root variation known to him.

Black Zetsu can merge with the opponent and take over his body as long as he is weak. He can make the opponent forcibly use the techniques to him advantage. This variation is still to be added into the RP.

White Zetsu on the other hand can merge with an ally, to provide him with an armour of sort. His body is very strong, and can even take on considerable damage, as shown when Tobi defended Kisame against Suigetsu's swing of sword. Again, this version is yet to be added into this RP.
 

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Zetsu is a member of Akatuski who's been shown to be a subordinate to - Nagato, Obito, Madara and finally Princess Kaguya. Divided into two, the black half is known as Black Zetsu, while the white half was known as White Zetsu. White Zetsu, along with his many clone siblings, was believed to be created by Madara Uchiha using a living clone of Hashirama Senju and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. However in the recent chapters, it was shown that White Zetsus were actually cultivated from the bodies trapped by the holy tree. According to the earlier chapters, it was shown that when Madara was on the verge of death, he infused a part of his will into White Zetsu, which created the second personality, Black Zetsu. But recently it was revealed that Black Zetsu was actually created by Princess Kaguya and that his purpose was to bring her back to power.

The two Zetsus were most of the time seen together, fighting as one body, but having different personalities even when merged. When they were together, they were easily distinguished by the two venus flytrap-like extensions that emerged from the sides, enveloping their head and upper body as a shell, which they were able to open and close. Beneath these extensions, Zetsu had short green hair and yellow eyes which helped him camouflage among the plants to an extent.

Splitting: Initially, they always appear as one entity, one body. But, they do have the ability to split, which divides them into two independent personalities, forming each a fully functional ninja. That is, the Black and White Zetsu. This helps not only to overcome the opponent in numbers, but brings more versatility to the fight, as they can now act independently. They split from the centre, and each of them, have two legs, but only one arm and half upper body. White Zetsu takes the left side, while the Black Zetsu takes right. In later chapters, Black Zetsu was shown to have a full body with the ability to transform his body to various shapes, more like water.

Communication: It is also shown that when apart, they can communicate with each other or his clones. This feature can better be utilized in the ninja world, to relay information to different places. Now how exactly did they do it? While separated, the two halves could extend roots underground to communicate with each other over long distances. He was able to create and remotely communicate with near-identical clones of himself.

Mayfly: Zetsu's signature technique was Mayfly , which allowed him to merge with the ground and organic vegetal life and move within it at great speeds through the
networks of roots and water veins virtually undetected so as to travel to a new location. Basically, when he merges, he does it with the same speed as when you're using HLAM. But travelling underground, he is second only to space time techniques. This technique was ideal for Zetsu's function as a spy, as it erased his presence as well, and was an ability that both halves as well as other artificial humans could perform. Although it was noted that Byakugan users can still spot the user. If an underground technique of higher rank is used, its possible to stop the user or force him to surface.

Basic Necessity: Being an artificial human, Zetsu is able to survive without food or water and did not need to carry out normal human bodily functions. Actions like breathing in water, is also not a necessity, as shown with his fight against Killer Bee.

Spore technique: One of the main abilities of Zetsu is the spore ability. Zetsu is able
to create spores of himself who can lay dormant, leeched onto a ninja. These can be used to leech chakra from the ninja and create Zetsu clones who can be used to attack but also to give said chakra to the user/allies. He can also leech chakra with direct contact with the opponent. How exactly the spores are planted on the opponent is not known.
"You can plan them without the person noticing it. Its unknown how this happens, but we assume its some sort of miniscule, unnoticeable particle spread on the air which he can then activate at will." -Scorps
As shown, White Zetsu was able to plant these clones on the bodies of others in the form of spores, which were undetectable even to sensor type, doujutsu users and Kage-level shinobi, etc. These spores are triggered upon the users will or after a set amount of time and grow into a white mass of a variable number of clones of White Zetsu, that engulf the target,
restricting their movement and absorbing their chakra as they grow. Through this technique, the user is able to create up to 4 clones. The clones can then be used for the clone body substitution technique or for simply combat.

Parasitic Cloning/Substitute technique: This ability goes hand in hand with the Spore ability. The cloning abilities allows Zetsu to, through his spore abilities or direct contact, copy the chakra of an enemy and create a virtually identical copy of them. Zetsu basically uses this technique to assume the form of any individual that he has touched, right down to their unique chakra. The clones can be produced from earth or organic vegetal matter as well as through Zetsu's spore technique. Only emotional sensing abilities can detect the difference. These clones will not be strong enough to fight an extended battle, so its primary purpose is for the function of a diversion. When the clone dies the appearance retains that of the person created until Zetsu releases it. These clones can use any technique the user knows up to A-Rank or, when they are used for the substitute technique, up to A-Rank of the basic 5 the copied ninja can use.

Sensing: As shown, Black Zetsu is a skilled chakra sensor. He can sense chakra over a wide distance and his sensing is of one of the highest levels.

Wood Release: Both the Zetsu halfs displayed the ability to use a rudimentary form of low rank Wood Release (up to A-Rank). In his case, this rudimentary form manifests itself through roots that he can create from the ground to attack his enemies. He lacks however, the ability to use normal wood techniques and can only use the root variation known to him.

Flytrap Absorption Technique: White Zetsu turns his body into a giant Venus Flytrap shape that wraps around the target, and then by opening his mouth he then begins the chakra absorption to drain the targets chakra.

White Zetsu Merging Technique: This technique allows several White Zetsus to
merge into a single large being with their venus flytrap-like middles opened up. The merged white zetsu have a resiliance to Naruto's Nine Tailed Chakra modes Yang chakra influence preventing them from becoming Trees.

Merging: Black Zetsu can merge with the opponent and take over his body as long as he is weak. He can make the opponent forcibly use the techniques to him advantage. This variation is still to be added into the RP.
White Zetsu on the other hand can merge with an ally, to provide him with an armour of sort. His body is very strong, and can even take on considerable damage, as shown when Tobi defended Kisame against Suigetsu's swing of sword. Again, this version is yet to be added into this RP.


Honestly, this is the max that I can get.
 

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So, let's forget all your other training, and let's get to the important part. Why do you think Zetsu is strong? What makes him so unique, that you thought it was worth the bio slot?
 

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The primary reason why I liked Zetsu is because of his
Cloning + Parasite Spore + Wood ability. Zetsu can act both as a decoy as well as a proper ninja. Basically, this is a bio that you can wield which does not have power like Raikage/Minato/Jinchuriki, but still have fun and fight on equal terms with the said opponents.
 

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The primary reason why I liked Zetsu is because of his
Cloning + Parasite Spore + Wood ability. Zetsu can act both as a decoy as well as a proper ninja. Basically, this is a bio that you can wield which does not have power like Raikage/Minato/Jinchuriki, but still have fun and fight on equal terms with the said opponents.
His wood ability is subpar to a real Mokuton user, such as Hashirama and Yamato. Keep that in mind, as your techniques won't really be Mokuton techniques but rather some variation of Roots control.

You completely missed a huge aspect of this biography, though - Mayfly. That is your bread and butter. You have left out some other aspects of the biography, but we will go through them with this training.

Now, here's how my training goes - We will go through 1 technique at a time, and we will dwell on each of them at least a couple of posts. I will try to expand on every jutsu as much as possible, and then we will go through different activities to make sure you grasped the concept of each technique. I will, at random, present you with different battle scenarios, where you will need to show me how you would respond. I really encourage you to actively make questions on each jutsu, as they will help you out figure out answers of your own in the future when you look back into this thread. If all of that is alright by you, let's begin!
 

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(Shigai Katsu no Jutsu) - Body-Splitting Technique
Rank: D-Rank
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 10
Damage points: N/A
Description: This technique enables Zetsu to split his body into two: the white half and the black half. While separated, the two can act on their own and perform techniques. Each half when split grows a missing leg and body mass but do not grow a missing eye, ear or arm. The two halves can also use this technique to merge back into one entity.
Note: Can only be used by Zetsu.

This technique defines Zetsu. As you know, Zetsu is composed of a White half, and a Black half. This technique allows them to split, and act independently of one another. This technique is quite fast, too, so take that into consideration when planning out a move.

Fun facts about the technique;
  • You will grow the missing leg in both halves, but nothing else. You will be able to use jutsus with each half, but say, Taijutsu, won't be your best suit considering you are missing an entire arm, your ear and eye in the same side. This is quite a drawback when defending against stealth attacks, as your hearing is quite impaired and so is your eyesight.
  • An interesting escape route would be to split yourself into two using this technique to avoid a taijutsu technique/thrown kunai/very focused techniques, that don't have a wide range ( Take for example Chidori Spear, you will be able to avoid the first strike of it by splitting. However, take into account your opponent could react to your technique, such as swinging the Chidori Spear around, and cutting you anyway)
  • You NEED to use this technique, and it will count as a move to your 3 move count, to reunite both halves.
  • If one of your Halves dies, the other one can keep on fighting, but you won't grow back the missing body parts for the rest of the fight, which is a great disadvantage.
  • White Zetsu is kind of an idiot, Black Zetsu is the smarty pants of the duo.
I think I covered everything there, but if you think I missed anything, or you have any questions of your own, shoot away!

So, let's discuss the technique - Do you have any particular ideas on how you could implement this in battle? Do you think you will be using this jutsu a lot? Why?
 

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Very well explained Sir U_U

The question I had is what you explained right now. The fact that Zetsu can split to avoid certain techniques. Wonderful!

If you look at the 4th fact, you said Zetsu can't grow back a body part. Black Zetsu was shown to grow back half of his body after being cut. Wiki states it as well. But I think Scorps hasn't updated Zetsu yet.

This jutsu can be used to gain advantage over the opponent in a sense that after performing this jutsu, the opponent has to fight against 2 people. However it restricts us to use techniques with one or no handseals, which is a big disadvantage. So basically I can't see myself using this technique more in battles unless its for RP purposes, unless I find an alternative to use handseals ;)
 

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Very well explained Sir U_U

The question I had is what you explained right now. The fact that Zetsu can split to avoid certain techniques. Wonderful!

If you look at the 4th fact, you said Zetsu can't grow back a body part. Black Zetsu was shown to grow back half of his body after being cut. Wiki states it as well. But I think Scorps hasn't updated Zetsu yet.

This jutsu can be used to gain advantage over the opponent in a sense that after performing this jutsu, the opponent has to fight against 2 people. However it restricts us to use techniques with one or no handseals, which is a big disadvantage. So basically I can't see myself using this technique more in battles unless its for RP purposes, unless I find an alternative to use handseals ;)
I was uncertain about mentioning Black Zetsu's regeneration, as NB rules currently compromise the old Zetsu, not the current "Black Zetsu mastermind of the whole Naruto Series" one. I'd suggest you act as if you don't have the regenerative power until the rules get updated, or the character is treated as the current version. ^_^

Is that so? You can find absolutely no other use to this technique? I mean, for instance, you could split and make one of the halves throw the other one out of harm's way, if you can't find a better solution to a jutsu. :p
C'mon, try and give me something useful! :D
 

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Yeah, I'll have to wait till the next update is out :p

Well, that's too old school xD
Those types of attacks will work if you're up against canon techniques. Honestly, techniques these days are so creative and powerful, you won't find time to do all that. Besides, like I said, once you're separated, you are left with one hand each, which is a disadvantage. And you'll need another usage of ths technique to merge back, by which time, the opponent will gain an upper hand over me. If I were to use it, I'd use it in close quarters, even though its not advisable. Using it in close range means I can use two hands, two bodies, 4 legs against one opponent. Also, if I stop him from performing any handseals, I'll be at an advantage. So there's that.
 
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