Akihiko trains inchato in Genjutsu
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I would like to learn genjutsu due to it's overall lethality. Using genjutsu will often allow a shinobi to control his opponent's senses, and by extension, the way he percieves things. If a shinobi can control his opponent's ability to percieve things he can make him do almost anything he wants him to.
For example, in a situation in which you are working with team mates, a genjutsu user can manipulate the target's senses of sight and hearing to think that his allies are actually the enemy, which can lead to all sorts of messy situations.
As for the real reason I want to learn Genjutsu, I'd say it's because it seems to be an extremely tactical type of ninja technique. Being able to create illusions that are not so obvious and wild that the enemy is able to easily see through would require a very analytical thinking style, which I feel I have.
For example, in a situation in which you are working with team mates, a genjutsu user can manipulate the target's senses of sight and hearing to think that his allies are actually the enemy, which can lead to all sorts of messy situations.
As for the real reason I want to learn Genjutsu, I'd say it's because it seems to be an extremely tactical type of ninja technique. Being able to create illusions that are not so obvious and wild that the enemy is able to easily see through would require a very analytical thinking style, which I feel I have.
Excellent point with the first paragraph already. Indeed, to be able to control the five senses is horribly devastating in any situation. Manipulation does go hand in hand with Genjutsu and being able to do this cleverly would almost guarantee a win.
Tactical indeed. Well, I hope I'll be able to go through several tactics and such while teaching you Genjutsu, but I think the major factor in this art is creativity. You can do a lot with this since a lot of jutsus are free-form, so I'll leave it to you.
Now that you know the basics of Genjutsu, do you know some ways on how to dispel one from yourself?
Tactical indeed. Well, I hope I'll be able to go through several tactics and such while teaching you Genjutsu, but I think the major factor in this art is creativity. You can do a lot with this since a lot of jutsus are free-form, so I'll leave it to you.
Now that you know the basics of Genjutsu, do you know some ways on how to dispel one from yourself?
One of the simplest ways to dispel a genjutsu from yourself is pain. Pain will often allow one to see past the illusions and get back with reality. The pain can be inflicted by doing such as stabbing yourself.
Another way requires either a team mate or a clone to be present. Once the genjutsu is cast upon you, often times a team mate or clone will notice. Once they notice they can get to you and funnel their chakra into you, restoring your disrupted chakra stream, thus breaking the genjutsu.
The third way that I know of is using the technique Kai - Release. The user simply surges their chakra outwards and stops the enemy's flow of chakra into them. Although, you must be aware that a genjutsu has been cast on you for it to work and it won't work if it a powerful enough type of genjutsu.
Another way requires either a team mate or a clone to be present. Once the genjutsu is cast upon you, often times a team mate or clone will notice. Once they notice they can get to you and funnel their chakra into you, restoring your disrupted chakra stream, thus breaking the genjutsu.
The third way that I know of is using the technique Kai - Release. The user simply surges their chakra outwards and stops the enemy's flow of chakra into them. Although, you must be aware that a genjutsu has been cast on you for it to work and it won't work if it a powerful enough type of genjutsu.
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My deepest apologies. Thanks for your patience.
Ah, you seemed to have a great amount of knowledge of Genjutsu already. I do hope you remember these solutions if you ever find yourself stuck in a Genjutsu. I particularly find biting your tongue useful in many.
Anyhow, let us begin.
By releasing your chakra upon our surroundings (as you can currently see that we are in somewhat of a small forest), I want you to change at least a single aspect of this environment into something else. Remember to be creative and simulate this as if we were in an actual battle.
My deepest apologies. Thanks for your patience.
Ah, you seemed to have a great amount of knowledge of Genjutsu already. I do hope you remember these solutions if you ever find yourself stuck in a Genjutsu. I particularly find biting your tongue useful in many.
Anyhow, let us begin.
By releasing your chakra upon our surroundings (as you can currently see that we are in somewhat of a small forest), I want you to change at least a single aspect of this environment into something else. Remember to be creative and simulate this as if we were in an actual battle.
Oh, it's no problem.
As for the jutsu,
*I glance around the forest and see a semi-large tree. I jump up to the tree and close my eyes, imagining that the tree is blazing with the flames of an inferno in my mind's eye. To create this illusion I will have to influence the following senses: sight, smell, sound, and depending on the situation, touch (pain).
To manipulate the sense of vision, I vividly imagine the flames of the burning tree and manipulate your chakra stream so that your retina sees the tree set ablaze the way I am picturing it in my head.
To manipulate the sense of smell, I recall the smell of burning wood from many a campfire. I then disrupt your chakra stream so that your olfactory neurons also begin to signal to your brain the smell of burning wood.
To manipulate the sense of sound, I imagine the crackling sound that flames often make. I manipulate your chakra flow in a way that makes your tympanic membrane (eardrum) send the crackling noise the flames would make to your brain.
And the final sense to manipulate would be touch, however, this would only be nessecary if you approached the fire close enough to feel it's heat. I manipulate your chakra stream so that if it reaches an appropriate range from the fire, the neurons in your spinal chord begin to project the sensation of heat to your brain, reinforcing the idea that the fire is for real.
As for when I would use this particular illusion in combat, I would do this in a situation in which I was running away from an enemy. If this even caused them the briefest of hesitations, it could allow me to turn and attempt to punish them for their moment of indecision.
As for the jutsu,
*I glance around the forest and see a semi-large tree. I jump up to the tree and close my eyes, imagining that the tree is blazing with the flames of an inferno in my mind's eye. To create this illusion I will have to influence the following senses: sight, smell, sound, and depending on the situation, touch (pain).
To manipulate the sense of vision, I vividly imagine the flames of the burning tree and manipulate your chakra stream so that your retina sees the tree set ablaze the way I am picturing it in my head.
To manipulate the sense of smell, I recall the smell of burning wood from many a campfire. I then disrupt your chakra stream so that your olfactory neurons also begin to signal to your brain the smell of burning wood.
To manipulate the sense of sound, I imagine the crackling sound that flames often make. I manipulate your chakra flow in a way that makes your tympanic membrane (eardrum) send the crackling noise the flames would make to your brain.
And the final sense to manipulate would be touch, however, this would only be nessecary if you approached the fire close enough to feel it's heat. I manipulate your chakra stream so that if it reaches an appropriate range from the fire, the neurons in your spinal chord begin to project the sensation of heat to your brain, reinforcing the idea that the fire is for real.
As for when I would use this particular illusion in combat, I would do this in a situation in which I was running away from an enemy. If this even caused them the briefest of hesitations, it could allow me to turn and attempt to punish them for their moment of indecision.
Very specific - you touched on all aspects of the five senses. This indeed should be enough to distract nearly any enemy. Nice job with starting with the mind. Like creating a Shadow Clone, one needs to always be focused on a clear image to create it.
For your technique, you based it off distraction in general.
I realize that anyone would indeed be distracted by this, however, more trained enemies would not be, since they could expect such a happening with Genjutsu.
This doesn't pose a threat or a direct affect on them, unless they are too near the tree itself...such as you remember when Sasuke started growing out of Naruto when Itachi placed that Genjutsu on him? That had a direct emotional affect on Naruto, causing him to be momentarily disabled.
Often times, mental or emotional pain is much worse than physical, though this Art is all about that. Great job.
Anyhow, let us move on.
You will now be immobilized by a simple Lightning jutsu, effectively rendering your arms and legs useless.
To escape, I want you to focus your chakra over your body and then manipulate it to become imaginary petals. While distracting me with that, attempt to escape the jutsu I have placed upon you.
For your technique, you based it off distraction in general.
I realize that anyone would indeed be distracted by this, however, more trained enemies would not be, since they could expect such a happening with Genjutsu.
This doesn't pose a threat or a direct affect on them, unless they are too near the tree itself...such as you remember when Sasuke started growing out of Naruto when Itachi placed that Genjutsu on him? That had a direct emotional affect on Naruto, causing him to be momentarily disabled.
Often times, mental or emotional pain is much worse than physical, though this Art is all about that. Great job.
Genjutsu: Kokohin (Illusion Technique: False surrounding)
Rank: D
Type:Supplementary
Range:Short
Chakra Cost:10(+5 if you use it double)
Damage Points:N/A
Description: The user controls creates a false surrounding which can change the way an object or small area looks(if used double then its a layer of false surroundings not easy noticed by the enemy).
Rank: D
Type:Supplementary
Range:Short
Chakra Cost:10(+5 if you use it double)
Damage Points:N/A
Description: The user controls creates a false surrounding which can change the way an object or small area looks(if used double then its a layer of false surroundings not easy noticed by the enemy).
You will now be immobilized by a simple Lightning jutsu, effectively rendering your arms and legs useless.
To escape, I want you to focus your chakra over your body and then manipulate it to become imaginary petals. While distracting me with that, attempt to escape the jutsu I have placed upon you.
Alright. ^^
*I lock I contact with you as my arms and legs are immobilized. Once they are fully immobilized I fixate a mental image of my body dissolving into flower petals. I then imagine the flower petals that my body blowing around you, in a whirlwind type fashion.
This would prove unsettling to you, since they came from my body, most opponents would assume that the petals are part of me and by extension, that I would be able to reform anywhere that I wanted.
I project the mental image I mentioned into your retina, which transmits the image into your brain. I also manipulate the chakra flow located in your eardrum and transmit the sound of a gust of wind (the whirlwind).
To further overwhelm your senses, I change the odor your olfactory neurons are currently sending to your brain to the odor of an overwhelmingly strong scent of flowers.
As all of this distracts you and you begin looking for me, I am able to slip through the immobility cast upon me from your lightning technique.
I think this jutsu s particuraly useful because your opponent would be very unlikely to know that you hadn't actually moved. It seems like he'd be more inclined to think that it was a technique more similar to the substitution technique, in which you change locations, rather than a technique used for a distraction, while you are actually restricted to normal movement.
*I lock I contact with you as my arms and legs are immobilized. Once they are fully immobilized I fixate a mental image of my body dissolving into flower petals. I then imagine the flower petals that my body blowing around you, in a whirlwind type fashion.
This would prove unsettling to you, since they came from my body, most opponents would assume that the petals are part of me and by extension, that I would be able to reform anywhere that I wanted.
I project the mental image I mentioned into your retina, which transmits the image into your brain. I also manipulate the chakra flow located in your eardrum and transmit the sound of a gust of wind (the whirlwind).
To further overwhelm your senses, I change the odor your olfactory neurons are currently sending to your brain to the odor of an overwhelmingly strong scent of flowers.
As all of this distracts you and you begin looking for me, I am able to slip through the immobility cast upon me from your lightning technique.
I think this jutsu s particuraly useful because your opponent would be very unlikely to know that you hadn't actually moved. It seems like he'd be more inclined to think that it was a technique more similar to the substitution technique, in which you change locations, rather than a technique used for a distraction, while you are actually restricted to normal movement.
Ah, excellent detail again, with each sense being overtaken. Frankly, you know your stuff well, and possess a very nice POV.
This definitely would be enough to disturb anyone - if I was standing in front of person and talking with them, and they started to dissolve, I would be rather frightened.
Perhaps in a "WTF" state for a few moments.
And indeed, I actually never really thought about that second effect. If your opponent goes off searching for you, you would then have more than enough time to escape.
Well done.
This next one is a bit interesting.
Take this paper bomb.
Like what you did with your chakra earlier, directly affect my mind to "cover" the paper bomb with an illusion of yourself. It would then seem that the paper bomb is an actual clone, but the enemy would not know this until they are in range or contact with the bomb, which then would explode, harming him.
Be creative and clever as always. This tends to be a surprising/trap jutsu in one.
This definitely would be enough to disturb anyone - if I was standing in front of person and talking with them, and they started to dissolve, I would be rather frightened.
Perhaps in a "WTF" state for a few moments.
And indeed, I actually never really thought about that second effect. If your opponent goes off searching for you, you would then have more than enough time to escape.
Well done.
Genjutsu: Kahen Tonsou (Illusion Technique: Flower Petal Escape)
Rank: D
Type:Supplementary
Range:Short
Chakra Cost:10
Damage Points:N/A
Description: The user vanishes in a whirlwind of sakura petals
Rank: D
Type:Supplementary
Range:Short
Chakra Cost:10
Damage Points:N/A
Description: The user vanishes in a whirlwind of sakura petals
Take this paper bomb.
Like what you did with your chakra earlier, directly affect my mind to "cover" the paper bomb with an illusion of yourself. It would then seem that the paper bomb is an actual clone, but the enemy would not know this until they are in range or contact with the bomb, which then would explode, harming him.
Be creative and clever as always. This tends to be a surprising/trap jutsu in one.
Thanks. 
I try to put a bit of thought into my training threads. I find the more thought you put into a jutsu while training for it, the easiar it is to fit into a move during an actual battle.
*I take the paperbomb and consider it. The clone would have to move at a rather consistant pace, but not to fast or slow. If I put to much speed into it, the enemy may think something is up if they see "me" recklessly charing towards them, or taking a casual stroll at them.
With this in mind, I picture myself running at a fair pace, but slow enough to where it's clear I would have enough control over myself to avoid simple attacks. I then do the routine method of disrupting your chakra stream so that the image I pictured is projected into your retina, which inturn transmits the image to your brain.
After deciding on the pace at which the clone will be running, I consider the noises it should make as it approaches my enemy. Mainly focusing on the slight noises it may make as it run towards you, I transmit the noises that it's footsteps should make into your eardrum.
After doing this, the clone is summoned up. Rather then sending the explosive tagged at you, I send the clone to a nearby tree. He runs over to the tree at a fair pace, and upon reaching it, promptly blows up.*
I can see this jutsu being handy in a scenario in which you and your opponent are in a standoff situation. If one of us is hiding behind a tree or some other obstruction, this could be used to force your opponent out into the open more, or could distract them long enough to give you an oppurtunity strike at them.
By the way, I have a question about a possible tactic with this technique. Could you make the clone rise out of the ground as if it's using a technique like hiding like a mole?
I can see this furthering the element of suprise that comes with this technique.
I try to put a bit of thought into my training threads. I find the more thought you put into a jutsu while training for it, the easiar it is to fit into a move during an actual battle.*I take the paperbomb and consider it. The clone would have to move at a rather consistant pace, but not to fast or slow. If I put to much speed into it, the enemy may think something is up if they see "me" recklessly charing towards them, or taking a casual stroll at them.
With this in mind, I picture myself running at a fair pace, but slow enough to where it's clear I would have enough control over myself to avoid simple attacks. I then do the routine method of disrupting your chakra stream so that the image I pictured is projected into your retina, which inturn transmits the image to your brain.
After deciding on the pace at which the clone will be running, I consider the noises it should make as it approaches my enemy. Mainly focusing on the slight noises it may make as it run towards you, I transmit the noises that it's footsteps should make into your eardrum.
After doing this, the clone is summoned up. Rather then sending the explosive tagged at you, I send the clone to a nearby tree. He runs over to the tree at a fair pace, and upon reaching it, promptly blows up.*
I can see this jutsu being handy in a scenario in which you and your opponent are in a standoff situation. If one of us is hiding behind a tree or some other obstruction, this could be used to force your opponent out into the open more, or could distract them long enough to give you an oppurtunity strike at them.
By the way, I have a question about a possible tactic with this technique. Could you make the clone rise out of the ground as if it's using a technique like hiding like a mole?
I can see this furthering the element of suprise that comes with this technique.