Overlooked | Heat Resistance; Suigetsu Hōzuki

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Suigetsu's (and possibly other Hōzuki clan members) resistance to heat is severely overlooked/underrated, being the target of fallacious statements such as: "Katon jutsu would evaporate Suigetsu." This is in fact false; Suigetsu has been shown to be highly resistant to thermal energy (i.e. heat).

Resistance​
Suigetsu while utilizing the technique: Tate Eboshi, against Kirābī displayed a unique feat that physically shouldn't have been possible. Whilst in his aquatic avatar state battling Kirābī, Suigetsu adamantly went toe, to toe with one of the strongest attacks we've seen yet; the Bijūdama.

It's been shown multiple times, that the Bijūdama is the byproduct of releasing highly compressed energy. The actively compressed energy is transitioned into thermal energy due to the atoms being in constant motion; the manga has portrayed this consistently.​

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It's common knowledge that compressed energy is more lethal on the pretense of being focused in a secluded area/range, while energy that simply explodes expansively is less potent in regards to its formerly compressed properties (i.e. heat); as the energy spreads out over wider ranges, the thermal energy is carried further, producing less focused heat, than its counterpart. Example:​

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To further backup this fact, Gyūki's Bijūdama was explicitly shown to have rose the heat temperature of the surrounding water, causing the liquid to evaporate into steam (gas). This shouldn't be argued/disagreed with seeing as how the Bijūdama's energy was shown to rupture solid constructs.​

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With that being brought to the surface, Suigetsu was shown to have been completely in tact, even when Gyūki's Bijūdama severely dwarfed his water construct, and was shown to evaporate the surrounding water. You can clearly see Jūgo carrying Suigetsu after the initial confrontation between Tate Eboshi x Bijūdama.​

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We've canonically not seen any katon jutsu rival the power/thermal energy a Bijūdama possesses, thereby fortifying the fact, that Suigetsu is innately heat resistant to any, and all present fire-based techniques portrayed in the manga. Along with suiton being the superior element between the two on the element weakness chart.​

Potency
A Bijūdama from the lesser-tailed Bijū were capable of destroying mountains as Kakashi himself stated; Kurama himself in previous chapters had stated the more tails one had, the stronger/more chakra one would possess, which by manga portrayal has been precisely true.​

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Bijūdama from the lesser-tailed Bijū were mountain busters; Gyūki, along with Kurama are undoubtedly stronger than all of the other Bijū by manga portrayal. Which can lead us to the inference that both of their respective Bijūdama are more potent than that of the others.​

TL;DR

Suigetsu's resistance to heat-based techniques shouldn't be overlooked any further; capable of withstanding, and not evaporating from the sheer thermal energy radiated from Gyūki's Bijūdama which was explicitly shown to evaporate water several pages later.

As well, the lesser-tailed Bijū were shown to be mountain busters with their own Bijūdama, while both Kurama's statement, and manga portrayal highlight the 8th, and 9th tailed-beast are superior to their lesser-tailed kin. In short, Suigetsu cannot be evaporated by anything on, or below the level of Gyūki's Bijūdama.
 
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Do we know if bijuudama is thermal energy? or just a chakra blast
 

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Do we know if bijuudama is thermal energy? or just a chakra blast
Chakra can possess thermal energy (i.e. fire jutsu). Thermal Energy is simply heat, which all energy-based constructs possess: fire, lightning, pure energy etc.
 

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Again, good informational thread, but is this leading to something?

Like some Sui vs an actual strong opponent or what?

Because Sauske is a genius...that being said he didn't pick Sui for no reason.
 

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Again, good informational thread, but is this leading to something?

Like some Sui vs an actual strong opponent or what?

Because Sauske is a genius...that being said he didn't pick Sui for no reason.

Not in particular. Though, yes I've got an upcoming analysis/vs thread in the works. These threads are mainly just to explain overlooked feats; more are to come.

Agreed that Sasuke is a genius, just like his older brother, Itachi. Yet people seem to still doubt Suigetsu's strength even after being recruited by a demi-god tier ninja.
 

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Suigetsu is a cool character and after tanking a bijuu bomb he's earned his stripes. Now if only he gathered all the swords or at least aqcuired Samehada. It belongs with him.
 

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Suigetsu is a cool character and after tanking a bijuu bomb he's earned his stripes. Now if only he gathered all the swords or at least aqcuired Samehada. It belongs with him.

Agreed. If only Kishimoto would've expanded on his character more. Hell, all minor characters within the series hailing from a unique clan should've been provided further insight on.
 
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