[Gen] Crutch teaches me how to confuse my enemies

[Drackos]

So once again, like all illusionary techniques, you use your chakra to disrupt the victim's. In this case it will affect their vision causing them to see a massive ball of fire falling from the sky suddenly. So this genjutsu is fairly obvious and as such it will only open up a seconds window with your opponent, if even that. Since it is so massive in some situations an opponent will barely have to move their eyes to see it. The genjutsu itself only affects vision so they don't feel the burning, as you said.

The analysis to escape the genjutsu, as you said, is very easy. There is no burning sensation so logically it means they are only seeing it. That leads the victim to believe they are under a genjutsu which affects their vision. Additionally the ball of fire appears suddenly. No hand seals required for it. No release of fire from the user. It just appears out of no where.

So to use this to your advantage you have to use a very fast attack afterwards in that window that you create that causes the opponent to look up. A raiton would be best for this as they are incredibly fast and dangerous.

Overall it is a pretty meh technqiue. I won't be using this one too often.

 

[Crutch Kaguya]

( Genjutsu: Kasumi no Jutsu ) - Illusion Technique: Mist Technique
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra cost: 15
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user creates an illusionary clone that charges towards the enemy, jumps, then explodes in a cloud of cherry blossom petals which results in confusing the opponent and obscuring their vision, leaving them open for attack.


Another genjutsu that manipulates the opponent's vision. This genjutsu's basic action is to cause the opponent to believe that you have made a clone. The clone is obviously a figment of their imagination that you make them see.The clone then begins to run toward the opponent and jumps up into the air. Up until this point, the clone has done no strange actions. A such, the illusion should not be able to be easily discerned unless you physically test the clone by throwing a kunai at it and seeing if it passes through, or if you have a visual technique you can see the difference or you can sense the difference with sensing abilities. This is a great technique to use to trick your opponent into believing that you made a shadow clone or a great technique to combine with shadow clone jutsu to blend the illusion in with the real clones. But obviously you have to make sure that you know the opponent doesn't have a way to easily just break out of it. Once the clone gets close to the opponent you manipulate their vision further to cause the clone to explode and blind and confuse them with cherry blossoms. You can use this as a moment to attack. Because of the tricky nature of the technique since shadow clones are so common, you can analyze this technique by just exploiting the fact that the clone is an illusion and will just pass through physical objects. The once you determine that, you can break out.

 

[Drackos]

Okay so, like all genjutsu, this technique is activated by disrupting the victim's chakra by using your own to affect their sense of vision. So as I said it is a vision only genjutsu so dojutsu users will be able to escape it with proper usage of their escape mechanisms. However for non dojutsu users it is a great technique. Since you appear to be creating the clone as you normally would the victim can't reason their way out of it saying you made no hand seals or that the clone just appeared without cause. You are actually manipulating their sight so they see you creating the clone. Most people won't be able to escape that. Then the clone just charges toward the target as per usual. Now it is at this point that the victim will throw a kunai or use a jutsu to attack the clone to try to disperse it. However they will find that the clone is merely an illusion as all attacks will just pass through him. Now if the clone is able to jump before the victim releases themselves it will burst into a shroud of cherry blossoms and cloud their vision (in the genjutsu) further. This leaves them open to a number of attacks that the user can perform to finish them off.

So the great thing about this technique is that most people will attack the clone to discover they are in a genjutsu. This would be considered their first offensive action in the move which allows you to act off of their attack. So even if they do release themselves this makes it so you gain an offensive edge on them and prevent them from really creating a lot of combinations down the road.

Overall it is a nice technique and has a bit of versatility to it in terms of how you can take advantage of how the victim needs to reason that they are in the genjutsu.

 

[Crutch Kaguya]

(Magen: Nijū Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu) Demonic Illusion: Double False Surroundings Technique
Type: Supplmentary
Rank: B-Rank
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra: 20
Damage: N/A
Description:
The user will do a sequence of 3 handseals, putting his opponents under a double layered Genjutsu. The user is able to create false surroundings to fool his targets, much like the simpler version of the technique. However, the illusion is in fact layered. If the opponent manages to release the first one, he will then feel the effects of the second illusion. If, for example, the first illusion is that of a desert and the second that of a forest, upon releasing the first one, the opponent will see the desert fade away while the forest appears around him, making him think he dispelled the illusion while in essence he is still caught in one. Each illusion is equivalent to C-Rank and both are casted at the same time. While normal releases will release only one illusion at a time, a strong enough pain or an external source of chakra can dispel both at the same time.


This a more advanced version one of the techniques that you have learned so far.

"This is a basic illusion that affects the way the opponent's sees the terrain. The main sense affected by this technique is sight. You cannot make the opponent feel certain aspects of the terrain such as making the ground rise up around them as that would exceed the capabilities of the technique. Each illusion has a limit to how much it can affect the opponent which is how it creates a certain opening. This technique use is used to manipulate the opponents sight of their surroundings to make it seem like everything around them had changed. Because this is a purely visual technique, an opponent with an eye technique able to see through it or a sensor, can brush it off like its nothing. When this technique is used, because the opponent sees the terrain differently, use it to your advantage to combine it with another attack or move. You can make an earth wall rise up skillfully to hide yourself from your opponents vision. If this is used against you, analyze the changes in terrain to detect whether they are possible or not."


Read this again for the principles then I will explain it further. Now, the important thing to remember about this genjutsu is to keep in mind what the first terrain was. For example, if the first terrain was a grassy field, then the illusion puts you in a desert, afterward once you break out of the first illusion you are in a forest, then you obviously know that something is up. Because logically you should be back in the grassy field, so this is one way that you can realize that the terrain has changed. Now there is one way you can ignore the layering completely, and that's by breaking out of both the same time. This is done by a strong enough pain or chakra surge to just break you out completely. You can use the genjutsu breaking guidelines to view ways to break out of it but the most simple way I would say is a stab to a minor muscle after determining the change in terrain. It is not a very useful technique to use personally, but I find it a fun and interesting technique just because you can change the surroundings to make it look like there is no water source, etc, but not much active use.

 

[Drackos]

(Magen: Nijū Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu) Demonic Illusion: Double False Surroundings Technique
Type: Supplmentary
Rank: B-Rank
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra: 20
Damage: N/A
Description:
The user will do a sequence of 3 handseals, putting his opponents under a double layered Genjutsu. The user is able to create false surroundings to fool his targets, much like the simpler version of the technique. However, the illusion is in fact layered. If the opponent manages to release the first one, he will then feel the effects of the second illusion. If, for example, the first illusion is that of a desert and the second that of a forest, upon releasing the first one, the opponent will see the desert fade away while the forest appears around him, making him think he dispelled the illusion while in essence he is still caught in one. Each illusion is equivalent to C-Rank and both are casted at the same time. While normal releases will release only one illusion at a time, a strong enough pain or an external source of chakra can dispel both at the same time.


This a more advanced version one of the techniques that you have learned so far.

"This is a basic illusion that affects the way the opponent's sees the terrain. The main sense affected by this technique is sight. You cannot make the opponent feel certain aspects of the terrain such as making the ground rise up around them as that would exceed the capabilities of the technique. Each illusion has a limit to how much it can affect the opponent which is how it creates a certain opening. This technique use is used to manipulate the opponents sight of their surroundings to make it seem like everything around them had changed. Because this is a purely visual technique, an opponent with an eye technique able to see through it or a sensor, can brush it off like its nothing. When this technique is used, because the opponent sees the terrain differently, use it to your advantage to combine it with another attack or move. You can make an earth wall rise up skillfully to hide yourself from your opponents vision. If this is used against you, analyze the changes in terrain to detect whether they are possible or not."


Read this again for the principles then I will explain it further. Now, the important thing to remember about this genjutsu is to keep in mind what the first terrain was. For example, if the first terrain was a grassy field, then the illusion puts you in a desert, afterward once you break out of the first illusion you are in a forest, then you obviously know that something is up. Because logically you should be back in the grassy field, so this is one way that you can realize that the terrain has changed. Now there is one way you can ignore the layering completely, and that's by breaking out of both the same time. This is done by a strong enough pain or chakra surge to just break you out completely. You can use the genjutsu breaking guidelines to view ways to break out of it but the most simple way I would say is a stab to a minor muscle after determining the change in terrain. It is not a very useful technique to use personally, but I find it a fun and interesting technique just because you can change the surroundings to make it look like there is no water source, etc, but not much active use.

So its cool for the first double layered genjutsu I've seen so far. First off you start by just weaving 3 hand seals and casting your opponent in this double genjutsu by simply having your chakra disrupt theirs. So like the simpler original version this genjutsu simply just affects the target's sight. Once that is done they are trapped in this double genjutsu. So like the previous technique this is limited by the fact that you can't do complicated things with it, such as having the earth below them move up as part of the illusion. It is simply a visual genjutsu. However it is double layered.

Kai will break one of the layers from this technique can fool their eyes into the seeing the second layer. Be it a desert, oasis, rain forest, grassy plain, etc. What I like about this technique is that the user has to know that they are in a double genjutsu to justify using a full body surge or a pain method that is strong enough to escape from both layers. They cannot know that this is a double layered genjutsu without the Sharingan. Even a Byakugan, Rinnegan, or sensory ninja will only know that they are in a genjutsu and that upon escaping the first layer they will know that they are in fact in a second genjutsu. If they make a poor justification for the double layered genjutsu then they are probably just going to metagame out of it >_>.

So as you said this technique is pretty fun and interesting. It isn't crazy good or anything but it will have its time and place as a temporary way to manipulate and predict your opponent's next move depending on how you use the illusion. What is unfortunate about it is that it requires 3 hand seals.

Two questions:

1) So a strong chakra surge. Now since this is a layered genjutsu I assume that chakra surge needs to be strong enough to escape the two of them combined? In this case since each one is C-Ranked they combine to be B-Ranked which means you need an A-Rank surge (Nagashi for example) to escape from it?

2) What if you use a stronger version of Kai? Say you use Kai as if you were going to escape a B-Rank illusion. Could that break you out of both? I realize we haven't learned Kai yet but still just curious.

 

[Crutch Kaguya]

1)Yes, this would work.
2) Technically, it would work but would also be god-modding since you don't know it's layered so you can't just say I use this higher level Kai just because I can and oh it breaks me out of both layers.


( Konoha-Ryū: Yanagi ) - Leaf Ninja Art: Willow
Rank: B
Type: Offensive
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage points: 35
Description: The user waves their sword back and forth, which when seen by the target locks them in a genjutsu which causes them to hallucinate multiple waving arms. The movement resembles that of a willow tree blowing in the wind. With the enemy off guard, the user is free to cut them down.


A technique that takes advantage of the opponent's vision to distort how they perceive the natural world around them. The technique takes advantage of a simple waving motion to resemble a willow tree in the wind. The illusion basically works without hand seals but you do need to do the waving motion with your sword. When you wave the sword back and froth, alter the opponent's vision to make it seem as though there are multiple arms waving around in front of them. They will lose track of where you really are, which will give you the space to attack them with the opening that is creating. You can use this jutsu with a wind technique that enhances you blade so can increase the potency of your attacks. One thing to keep in mind is that this jutsu only goes up to short range so you must get close to your target. You can realize this a genjutsu either by figuring out why the multiple arms are appearing through reasoning or by chakra sensing which is the obvious one. Then just stab yourself to break out of it.

 

[Drackos]

1)Yes, this would work.
2) Technically, it would work but would also be god-modding since you don't know it's layered so you can't just say I use this higher level Kai just because I can and oh it breaks me out of both layers.


( Konoha-Ryū: Yanagi ) - Leaf Ninja Art: Willow
Rank: B
Type: Offensive
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage points: 35
Description: The user waves their sword back and forth, which when seen by the target locks them in a genjutsu which causes them to hallucinate multiple waving arms. The movement resembles that of a willow tree blowing in the wind. With the enemy off guard, the user is free to cut them down.


A technique that takes advantage of the opponent's vision to distort how they perceive the natural world around them. The technique takes advantage of a simple waving motion to resemble a willow tree in the wind. The illusion basically works without hand seals but you do need to do the waving motion with your sword. When you wave the sword back and froth, alter the opponent's vision to make it seem as though there are multiple arms waving around in front of them. They will lose track of where you really are, which will give you the space to attack them with the opening that is creating. You can use this jutsu with a wind technique that enhances you blade so can increase the potency of your attacks. One thing to keep in mind is that this jutsu only goes up to short range so you must get close to your target. You can realize this a genjutsu either by figuring out why the multiple arms are appearing through reasoning or by chakra sensing which is the obvious one. Then just stab yourself to break out of it.

Okay and good point^^.

So for the next technique you once again use your chakra to disrupt the opponent's chakra network. So like many of the other techniques I've learned so far this one affects the vision of the victim by making them see multiple waving arms. Now the cool thing about this technique is that you use it by waving your sword back and forth in short range. This means you can slip the genjutsu in pretty subtly allowing you to continue on with your assault while you distract your opponent. As you said this will cause them to lose track of your movements and leave an opening for a slash with a sword. So the most important thing about this technique is that it doesn't require hand seals as you mentioned. It does it by just slashing your sword back and forth which will ease into the genjutsu and cause the multiple hands to wave. This leaves your opponent open for a few seconds in their confusion. If you use this genjutsu close enough (you can only use it in close range) it will really leave the opponent with no time to form the hand seal for Kai. So they can only release it through a chakra surge or pain. It is careful to note that Nagashi can break the target out of this so if they do reason that they are in a genjutsu and use nagashi in an instant you can find yourself paralyzed. So while it is potentially strong it may be smart to soak the opponent first so they can't use Nagashi or anything along those lines. Earth Hardening can also pull it off to free them but it is a bit overkill and they have to reason it so they aren't metagaming. And as you said you can just stab yourself but most do so quickly as the user will be in short range of the target anyway.

 

[Crutch Kaguya]

( Genjutsu: Ingemame Ketsugō Sakkaku ) - Illusion Technique String Bean Binding Illusion
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage points: N/A
Description: Similar to Illusion Technique: Tree Binding Death, where the user first disappears, while the target sees several bean vines growing from the ground. These vines bind the target body, lifting them into the air. Then a bean pod rises from the ground to reveal the user, ready to strike. In reality, the opponent is immobilized by the illusion, allowing the user to strike.

A illusion that affects the opponents vision but this one also affects the opponent's sense of touch. The latter is the most important for this illusion to work. The illusion causes the opponent to believe that there are vines that rise out of the ground and ensnare the opponent. This illusion actually manipulates the opponent's sense of touch and cause them to believe that they are trapped in the vines. This is a great illusion to use in order to stop your opponent from attack. It is a solid genjutsu if used carefully and strategically, but not a great genjutsu if it is just spammed. The illusion will essentially allow you to stop the opponent and create a opening for an attack. Break out if it quickly because after it wraps around you, it'll be hard to break out. So stab yourself as soon as you see it come up. But you have state the reason for which you believe it is a genjutsu and that completely depends on the opponent's usage.

 

[Drackos]

( Genjutsu: Ingemame Ketsugō Sakkaku ) - Illusion Technique String Bean Binding Illusion
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage points: N/A
Description: Similar to Illusion Technique: Tree Binding Death, where the user first disappears, while the target sees several bean vines growing from the ground. These vines bind the target body, lifting them into the air. Then a bean pod rises from the ground to reveal the user, ready to strike. In reality, the opponent is immobilized by the illusion, allowing the user to strike.

A illusion that affects the opponents vision but this one also affects the opponent's sense of touch. The latter is the most important for this illusion to work. The illusion causes the opponent to believe that there are vines that rise out of the ground and ensnare the opponent. This illusion actually manipulates the opponent's sense of touch and cause them to believe that they are trapped in the vines. This is a great illusion to use in order to stop your opponent from attack. It is a solid genjutsu if used carefully and strategically, but not a great genjutsu if it is just spammed. The illusion will essentially allow you to stop the opponent and create a opening for an attack. Break out if it quickly because after it wraps around you, it'll be hard to break out. So stab yourself as soon as you see it come up. But you have state the reason for which you believe it is a genjutsu and that completely depends on the opponent's usage.

Wooo first binding genjutsu ;P.

So this is a cool first binding genjutsu. First off it requires no hand seals and operates on the same basis of all other genjutsu. It simply uses the user's chakra to disrupt the balance of the target's spiritual and physical energy. In the case of this genjutsu it affects not only sight but touch as well.

So fantastic genjutsu for stopping an attack or leaving someone open to an incoming attack. The binding effect, if the opponent lets it happen, will stop them from performing hand seals which means they cannot use Kai to escape. Additionally the binding effect makes it so they can't even move their body so stabbing themselves is very difficult. The only way they could pull it off would be to bite the inside of their mouth. And at B-Rank a bite that deep would cause some bleeding which eventually would lead to complications in the fight (to escape a B-rank genjutsu you have to inflict low-ranked taijutsu/freeform pain).

However, there aren't many abilities outside Wood Release that manipulate plants. So the fact that this is a bean stalk makes it fairly obvious. So the binding can only work for a short amount of time. Further more the binding doesn't even work right away. It has to burst from the ground first.

 

[Crutch Kaguya]

There are quite a few binding genjutsu in the upper ranks.

( Magen: Hanarasui ) - Demonic Illusion: Flower Head Death
Rank: B
Type: Offensive/Supplementary
Range: Short- Mid
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage points: 40 due to stress on the mind
Description: The user will trap the target within an illusion where the opponent appears to be trapped in a large flower bud which then explodes. The opponent is made to believe that an explosion actually occurred and collapses, believing himself to be injured. The resulting stress on his mind causes damage.


This one is similar to the previous one in that it affects vision and touch, but this also causes some pure mental damage if its succeed based on what you make the opponent believe happens. The user inserts their chakra into the opponent's brain and first manipulate the sense of sight, this causes the opponent to believe that a large flower encloses them and traps them on the inside. You affect their sense of touch by causing the flower bud to somewhat bind the opponent inside, then you make the opponent believe that it explodes. This causes enough mental damage to make them collapse, but only if they don't break out by this point. The same as the previous, use this to bind your opponent or trap them to prevent them from continuing their move. And you can use this opening to attack. Not necessarily a easy genjutsu to realize you are in because it just looks like a flower, but you can depending on the manner in which your opponent uses it. These "realistic" genjutsu more or less depend on how they are used, there is no one way to just figure out all the time.

 

[Drackos]

There are quite a few binding genjutsu in the upper ranks.

( Magen: Hanarasui ) - Demonic Illusion: Flower Head Death
Rank: B
Type: Offensive/Supplementary
Range: Short- Mid
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage points: 40 due to stress on the mind
Description: The user will trap the target within an illusion where the opponent appears to be trapped in a large flower bud which then explodes. The opponent is made to believe that an explosion actually occurred and collapses, believing himself to be injured. The resulting stress on his mind causes damage.


This one is similar to the previous one in that it affects vision and touch, but this also causes some pure mental damage if its succeed based on what you make the opponent believe happens. The user inserts their chakra into the opponent's brain and first manipulate the sense of sight, this causes the opponent to believe that a large flower encloses them and traps them on the inside. You affect their sense of touch by causing the flower bud to somewhat bind the opponent inside, then you make the opponent believe that it explodes. This causes enough mental damage to make them collapse, but only if they don't break out by this point. The same as the previous, use this to bind your opponent or trap them to prevent them from continuing their move. And you can use this opening to attack. Not necessarily a easy genjutsu to realize you are in because it just looks like a flower, but you can depending on the manner in which your opponent uses it. These "realistic" genjutsu more or less depend on how they are used, there is no one way to just figure out all the time.

I'm definitely loving these binding genjutsu.

So once again another genjutsu that requires no hand seals but simply operates on the same level where it disrupts the balance of spiritual and physical energies in the target's body. The genjutsu affects vision and touch like the last but as you said it comes with a new effect - mental damage/strain. Because the flower bud traps them and then explodes the victim sees themselves as injured and experience the explosion. They feel the pain. And it stresses the mind. So if the genjutsu reaches that point it makes it a potent offensive move.

So as you said the sight aspect of the genjutsu makes them believe a large flower has trapped them inside of it. Now this is perhaps the genjutsu's biggest weakness. The genjutsu doesn't specify that the flower bud bursts from the ground or anything it just appears around them. So it does make it a bit obvious without giving it some context. And then even with context the simple appearance of the flower seems a bit obvious. However, because it traps them very quickly, the victim has to release through other means other than kai. This is done with pain or a full body surge like Nagashi.

This is potent as it can stop an attack very quickly because this genjutsu doesn't require hand seals. And of course if the opponent can't escape it fast enough then they simply will take the mental damage from the genjutsu AND whatever attack you follow up with when they are trapped in it potentially making it fatal.

If someone were to trap me in it I'd analyze that I'm in the genjutsu by deducing that the flower just simply appeared out of thin air. Of course, with dojutsu the victim can see their chakra flow is disrupted or with the Sharingan (at the three tomoe stage) they can just see through the visual aspect of it. All victims will have to handle the binding feel of the genjutsu though.

 

[Crutch Kaguya]

( Magen: Jubaku Satsu ) - Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user makes five handseals, and appears to dissolve into a mist. Once they stealthily approach the target and get within short-range, the opponent feels completely immobilized, and believes they have been bound by a fast-growing tree and are unable to move. The user then appears as if they emerge from the tree to attack the target. In reality, the target is immobilized, allowing the user to strike or interrogate them.


This technique is almost exactly the same as the previous except that it is short range, and also completely immobilizes the target so they cannot move when the previous tech can only trap you within a confined area. It also does not explode.

Replace the concept of a flower with a tree that immobilizes and it should be the same. Except you have to try to break out of this faster cause if you get immobilized then it gets harder to break out since you can't move, though Nagashi would still work in that case.

"This one is similar to the previous one in that it affects vision and touch, but this also causes some pure mental damage if its succeed based on what you make the opponent believe happens. The user inserts their chakra into the opponent's brain and first manipulate the sense of sight, this causes the opponent to believe that a large flower encloses them and traps them on the inside. You affect their sense of touch by causing the flower bud to somewhat bind the opponent inside, then you make the opponent believe that it explodes. This causes enough mental damage to make them collapse, but only if they don't break out by this point. The same as the previous, use this to bind your opponent or trap them to prevent them from continuing their move. And you can use this opening to attack. Not necessarily a easy genjutsu to realize you are in because it just looks like a flower, but you can depending on the manner in which your opponent uses it. These "realistic" genjutsu more or less depend on how they are used, there is no one way to just figure out all the time."

 

[Drackos]

( Magen: Jubaku Satsu ) - Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user makes five handseals, and appears to dissolve into a mist. Once they stealthily approach the target and get within short-range, the opponent feels completely immobilized, and believes they have been bound by a fast-growing tree and are unable to move. The user then appears as if they emerge from the tree to attack the target. In reality, the target is immobilized, allowing the user to strike or interrogate them.


This technique is almost exactly the same as the previous except that it is short range, and also completely immobilizes the target so they cannot move when the previous tech can only trap you within a confined area. It also does not explode.

Replace the concept of a flower with a tree that immobilizes and it should be the same. Except you have to try to break out of this faster cause if you get immobilized then it gets harder to break out since you can't move, though Nagashi would still work in that case.

"This one is similar to the previous one in that it affects vision and touch, but this also causes some pure mental damage if its succeed based on what you make the opponent believe happens. The user inserts their chakra into the opponent's brain and first manipulate the sense of sight, this causes the opponent to believe that a large flower encloses them and traps them on the inside. You affect their sense of touch by causing the flower bud to somewhat bind the opponent inside, then you make the opponent believe that it explodes. This causes enough mental damage to make them collapse, but only if they don't break out by this point. The same as the previous, use this to bind your opponent or trap them to prevent them from continuing their move. And you can use this opening to attack. Not necessarily a easy genjutsu to realize you are in because it just looks like a flower, but you can depending on the manner in which your opponent uses it. These "realistic" genjutsu more or less depend on how they are used, there is no one way to just figure out all the time."

So if I recall correctly this is the technique Kurenai used against Itachi when Itachi was first introduced. So basically the user weaves five hand seals to begin the genjutsu. Now from my understanding is that the five hand seals can be done outside of short range. Meaning I can do this standing at mid range and then enter short range. So that is the first interesting thing about this technique. Basically you do that and you disappear as swirling mist or something like that.

So once you do enter short range of the target a fast growing tree appears and binds them. So this completely restricts movement. Once they are trapped you are free to attack them however you please assuming they don't break out. Now the quick growing is a bit of an interesting situation. It is actually kinda hard to break out of it if you are a Mokuton user. So you can easily show this before to make it harder to analyze as a genjutsu. If the opponent knows you aren't a mokuton user they can easily analyze the fast growing tree as an illusion and simply use Nagashi to break free from it.

So a few questions about the technique. I assume the mist is a visual aspect of the genjutsu. So I assume that means a Sharingan user with the proper level (3T) can see through it and just hit you with a technique as you stealthily move to the correct position? Since the genjutsu doesn't actually bind you until the user is in short range of the target. Not that I'd use this on a Sharingan 3T user but yeah. Just curious.

 

[Crutch Kaguya]

Nope, the technique can only activate in short range. It's not like it start happening then completes when you approach short range. But yes Sharingan can both see through and break the illusion and reverse the illusion.


( Genjutsu: Oshitsubusu Hebi Kubire ) - Illusion Technique: Crushing Snake Constriction
Rank: B
Type: Offensive, Supplementary
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage points: 40
Description: The user puts the opponent into a genjutsu which has snakes appear beneath the opponent to constrict them and with the users command, they crush the opponent. In reality, the opponent is immobilized and takes damage due to the stress on his mind.


This is an illusion that involves both vision and sense of touch. The visual aspect of this illusion is that the user sees snakes that come up from below them and wrap around the user. The touch part of the illusion is that the snakes wrap around you and prevent you from moving because they make you believe that you have been constricted and immobilized. This is a pretty good jutsu to use because it does not require any hand seals. That way it can be used in a pinch in order to stop your opponent from attacking you. It'll prevent them from using hand seals and from moving in general which will definitely force your opponent to respond. Now deciphering this is a genjutsu is quite hard because it can be confused with a summon, you have to use your knowledge of general summonings to hypothesize why it might be a genjutsu, then break out of it. If you think quick enough, you can use pain with a kunai before you are bound, if you don,t then Nagashi works.

 

[Drackos]

Nope, the technique can only activate in short range. It's not like it start happening then completes when you approach short range. But yes Sharingan can both see through and break the illusion and reverse the illusion.


( Genjutsu: Oshitsubusu Hebi Kubire ) - Illusion Technique: Crushing Snake Constriction
Rank: B
Type: Offensive, Supplementary
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage points: 40
Description: The user puts the opponent into a genjutsu which has snakes appear beneath the opponent to constrict them and with the users command, they crush the opponent. In reality, the opponent is immobilized and takes damage due to the stress on his mind.


This is an illusion that involves both vision and sense of touch. The visual aspect of this illusion is that the user sees snakes that come up from below them and wrap around the user. The touch part of the illusion is that the snakes wrap around you and prevent you from moving because they make you believe that you have been constricted and immobilized. This is a pretty good jutsu to use because it does not require any hand seals. That way it can be used in a pinch in order to stop your opponent from attacking you. It'll prevent them from using hand seals and from moving in general which will definitely force your opponent to respond. Now deciphering this is a genjutsu is quite hard because it can be confused with a summon, you have to use your knowledge of general summonings to hypothesize why it might be a genjutsu, then break out of it. If you think quick enough, you can use pain with a kunai before you are bound, if you don,t then Nagashi works.

So this is a great illusion. Mid range and no hand seals. And on top of that the victim takes damage to their mind from the stress of being bound by the snakes. So first off as per usual the illusion begins by having you disrupt their balance and affect the vision and touch senses. The illusion causes snakes to come up from below (whether they burst from the ground or just appear at the victim's feet is unclear to me) and then bind the opponent and prevent movement and use of hand seals. So first off the restriction from hand seals means they can't use kai. And using a kunai would be impossible if they take too long to discover that it is indeed a genjutsu.

So one way that I dealt with this genjutsu recently was that my opponent used it against me and I analyzed that the snakes just appeared out of thin air since he didn't specify that the snakes burst from the ground. I simply used Doton no Jutsu to silently create a sharpened rod of earth to inflict damage to my leg. The damage wouldn't be enough to kill or hinder my movements significantly but it definitely did hurt (low ranked taijutsu/freeform). In hindsight I probably would have bled out after a few turns. But the advantage to that was that I silently escaped and my opponent would have no idea and would allow me to retain my advantage in combat. Of course Nagashi would have also worked but at the time I didn't have that jutsu xD.

So as you said you can easily confuse this with a summon. In which case you could kind of meta game Nagashi as the snakes come up to paralyze them if you believe they aren't an illusion. But that is kind of sketchy, in my opinion at least.

 

[Crutch Kaguya]

( Magen: Chō Shinka ) - Demonic Illusion: Butterfly Evolution
Rank: A
Type: Supplementary/Offensive
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra Cost: 30
Damage Points: 60
Description: The user makes one handseal, placing the opponent in a genjutsu. The user then tosses a large number of explosive tags at the opponent. To the opponent, it looks as if they are countless butterflies. The opponent then believes they are sinking into the ground, in reality making them immobilized; this allows the user to place one final exploding tag on their forehead before detonating all the tags simultaneously.


This genjutsu requires one hand seal because it is a little more advanced then the ones that you have learned so far and because it is obviously the strongest one that you learn so far (I am just stating this as number of hand seals does not necessarily relate to the strength of a genjutsu). Now the first thing you want to do is throw several explosive tags at the opponent, this part is technically options. This is why this illusion is a bit more advanced, instead of creating objects in the opponent's vision, you manipulate their vision so the tags become butterflies. This is somewhat more advanced because you are not adding, but directly manipulating. Then you make the opponent believe they are sinking into the ground and immobilize then due to sense of touch. Most people use the tech for the latter half. And then you can place the tag on their head, but most people don't do that. Illusion does extend up to mid-range so it is pretty good. The thing with this genjutsu is that it makes you sink into the ground, you can confuse it with earth jutsu, so figuring it out isn't so easy. Instead of a generic counter, analyze the actual surrounding. It'll most likely be a situation by situation thing.

 

[Drackos]

( Magen: Chō Shinka ) - Demonic Illusion: Butterfly Evolution
Rank: A
Type: Supplementary/Offensive
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra Cost: 30
Damage Points: 60
Description: The user makes one handseal, placing the opponent in a genjutsu. The user then tosses a large number of explosive tags at the opponent. To the opponent, it looks as if they are countless butterflies. The opponent then believes they are sinking into the ground, in reality making them immobilized; this allows the user to place one final exploding tag on their forehead before detonating all the tags simultaneously.


This genjutsu requires one hand seal because it is a little more advanced then the ones that you have learned so far and because it is obviously the strongest one that you learn so far (I am just stating this as number of hand seals does not necessarily relate to the strength of a genjutsu). Now the first thing you want to do is throw several explosive tags at the opponent, this part is technically options. This is why this illusion is a bit more advanced, instead of creating objects in the opponent's vision, you manipulate their vision so the tags become butterflies. This is somewhat more advanced because you are not adding, but directly manipulating. Then you make the opponent believe they are sinking into the ground and immobilize then due to sense of touch. Most people use the tech for the latter half. And then you can place the tag on their head, but most people don't do that. Illusion does extend up to mid-range so it is pretty good. The thing with this genjutsu is that it makes you sink into the ground, you can confuse it with earth jutsu, so figuring it out isn't so easy. Instead of a generic counter, analyze the actual surrounding. It'll most likely be a situation by situation thing.

So cool genjutsu. Certainly the strongest one as you've said so far. It is a visual and tact illusion that deals mental stress damage with it. So you begin by forming a single hand seal and disrupting their chakra balance. The genjutsu targets sight and feel. However it does not do so simultaneously. The genjutsu reaches up to mid range of course and directly manipulates what the target sees by turning countless explosive tags into butterflies.

So the coolest thing about this genjutsu is a certain degree of freeform you get with it. You don't have to throw the tags or the tag on their head as you said. You can simply use it to immobilize them in the earth. So the immobilization is key to this. A doton can easily do that by turning the earth below them to mud (such as swamp). So this makes it difficult to break out of. They won't be able to use Kai because they can't form hand seals and they can't use Nagashi because it isn't a strong enough full body surge. So that leaves them very few canon techniques to actually use to escape it - such as Earth Hardening.

As you said this is a great technique and has many applications in a situation by situation basis. Depending on the use it can end up as a generic genjutsu or one that can really turn the tides in a fight. Pain is a rather bad choice to use as well to break out of this genjutsu because the level of pain that A-Rank genjutsu require you to use on yourself can be fatal from blood loss and other complications.

So very powerful genjutsu with high potential to really change the tide in a fight.

 

[Crutch Kaguya]

Forgot this one.


( Genjutsu: Hanaoka ) - Illusion Technique: Flower Hill
Rank: B
Type: Offensive, Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user summons up illusionary purple flowers from the ground in front of them, damaging enemies with a chance to paralyze them.
Note: Paralysis lasts one turn.

Somewhat of a simple illusion, so I'll explain it only briefly. The basis of the technique is visual manipulation that causes flowers that are illusions to grow in front of the user. The flowers then make contact with the opponent and make the opponent react to the sense of touch and paralyze them. If the flowers paralyze the opponent, then they are paralyzed for only one turn. The illusion is not very hard to understand, and easy to depict that it is an illusion because there are not many abilities that make flowers grow out of the ground. So depending on how your opponent uses it, a simple counter such as a pain would work as long as you explain how you found out properly in context to the situation.

 

[Drackos]

Forgot this one.


( Genjutsu: Hanaoka ) - Illusion Technique: Flower Hill
Rank: B
Type: Offensive, Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user summons up illusionary purple flowers from the ground in front of them, damaging enemies with a chance to paralyze them.
Note: Paralysis lasts one turn.

Somewhat of a simple illusion, so I'll explain it only briefly. The basis of the technique is visual manipulation that causes flowers that are illusions to grow in front of the user. The flowers then make contact with the opponent and make the opponent react to the sense of touch and paralyze them. If the flowers paralyze the opponent, then they are paralyzed for only one turn. The illusion is not very hard to understand, and easy to depict that it is an illusion because there are not many abilities that make flowers grow out of the ground. So depending on how your opponent uses it, a simple counter such as a pain would work as long as you explain how you found out properly in context to the situation.

So simple illusion as you said. It requires no hand seals but operates the same way every genjutsu that we've talked about does. Basically this one affects sight and touch. When the flowers burst out and touch the opponent it paralyzes them. Now this genjutsu is pretty meh in my opinion. Not only can you break out of it from pain but something as simple as Nagashi can be used to break out of it. Now the real problem here is that Nagashi can be used in short range and can paralyze pretty fast without a lightning affinity (I believe Nagashi can't paralyze those with a lightning affinity). So since this illusion can only be used in short range the user is very vulnerable to that, even if the flowers paralyze. Paralysis doesn't prevent the molding of chakra. So nagashi is very viable when the target is paralyzed. Nagashi requires no hand seals and happens in an instant so it makes using this genjutsu very dangerous given how easy it is to discover it.

Overall its a pretty meh genjutsu in my opinion.

 

[Crutch Kaguya]

( Nehan Shōja no Jutsu ) - Temple of Nirvana Technique
Rank: A
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 30
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user makes one handseal, placing all the targets in the area under an illusion where feathers appear to fall from the sky. This slowly puts the opponents to sleep after one turn.


There is truly not much to say about this illusion. The user performs only one hand seals and causes feathers to call from the sky and the feathers will have a soothing effect on the opponent slowly forcing them to sleep. The thing with this technique is that though it'll eventually force them to sleep, it works very slowly. So you need to wait one turn after it is used before the opponent falls asleep, and the same if used against you. So during that one turn you can easily establish that a genjutsu is being used and break out. Not a very useful technique because of this turn limit.