[Suiton] My new and improved Suiton training with moofy.
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Mangetsu arrives at the designated training area, slowly making his way closer towards his student. Upon reaching a short range distance, Mangetsu comes to a halt as he reaches behind his back and grabs his flounder fish sword, resting the blade's bandaged up tip directly on the ground in front of him, as he placed both palms on the top of the guard. While doing so he looked on towards his student with a positive expression on his face.
Hi there, my name is Mangetsu Hozuki and I will be your teacher for this lesson! As we begin, I would like you to tell me a little-bit about yourself. What is your preferred type of fighting style, close range, mid range, long range? Aggressive, Defensive? A mix of both perhaps? What are your goals, and we are some of the reasons you'd like to learn this particular elemental release. Lastly, please tell me a little bit about Water release in general, anything that you may know. For example, do you know it's weaknesses and strengths? Include anything that you know of.
Hi there, my name is Mangetsu Hozuki and I will be your teacher for this lesson! As we begin, I would like you to tell me a little-bit about yourself. What is your preferred type of fighting style, close range, mid range, long range? Aggressive, Defensive? A mix of both perhaps? What are your goals, and we are some of the reasons you'd like to learn this particular elemental release. Lastly, please tell me a little bit about Water release in general, anything that you may know. For example, do you know it's weaknesses and strengths? Include anything that you know of.
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Well, when it comes to fighting I fight deceptively, at mid to close range, and I tend to love Freeform. Occasionally though, I do weave Jutsu from long range. Konan is a new char for me, so I'm still learning her paper techs. I also like to trap my opponents. As for the water element......
The water element:
-Strong to fire, and weak to earth. Also lightning can be channeled through it, but is simply neutral to it in a direct clash.
-Good for defensive purposes, and blunt force trauma based damage.
-Takes less fine tuned chakra control, as it is a widespread and unfocused element.
-Can be used for deception purposes, such as with Kirigakure no Jutsu, as well as restrictive purposes, such as with Water Prison.
-Usually requires a water source.
The water element:
-Strong to fire, and weak to earth. Also lightning can be channeled through it, but is simply neutral to it in a direct clash.
-Good for defensive purposes, and blunt force trauma based damage.
-Takes less fine tuned chakra control, as it is a widespread and unfocused element.
-Can be used for deception purposes, such as with Kirigakure no Jutsu, as well as restrictive purposes, such as with Water Prison.
-Usually requires a water source.
Deception and close range? Interesting, it looks like we have similar preferences in battle. So you like to stay up close, and fight with your body, and when the time doesn't call for it, you go into mid range. That's a smart strategy. Your paper ninjutsu seems very useful for those times that you want to increase the distance between your target even more and go into long range, specially if you incorporate explosive tags in the papers. Speaking of paper ninjutsu, it's quite unfortunate that they can't mix well with water, as the water or oil-based techniques would soak up the paper and cause it to damp, either falling apart or be too heavy to manipulate. Before I begin describing a little bit about water and it's properties I want to expand more on the rest of the strengths and weaknesses of it. By default, most earth-based elements or special elements are strong against water because while both being solid, the earth or variants will out-do it in terms of concentration, splattering the technique in question. As for the rest;
Water is strong to Raw Chakra, as are all other elemental affinities. The only exception is when advanced shape manipulation is used on the raw chakra, to create something like the rasengan, which is a compressed and fast rotating sphere of chakra. Techniques similar to that would be equal when combatting against water.
The next best thing to raw chakra would be, Bijuu Chakra. This is a special type of chakra that is granted by the Bijuu scattered throughout the world. It is known as one of, if not the strongest type of chakra there is. That being said, it is still not stronger than water, it is actually equal to it, as are the rest of the elemental affinities that face off against it.
Lastly in the 'regular' chakra spectrum is Sage Chakra. This is a more acquirable source of chakra, as opposed to the Bijuu chakra. The Sage chakra is gathered through meditation by taking in the force of nature. This type of chakra plays on equal terms with elemental affinities, which includes water release.
Now we move onto the hidden clan or clan specific abilities in relation to water. First up would be the Nara Clan; Their shadows aren't strong nor weak to water, so in essence they would be equal to water if they were to clash. However, taking into account the intangibility of shadows, that is something hard to imagine. One thing to keep in mind is that if a large enough water technique is used, like a wave, that will cast a huge shadow and that is something the user can take advantage of, thus manipulating the shadow to his will. So, if you ever come face to face with a Nara, that's something you'll want to think about before carelessly releasing wide-scale water techniques. This would also apply to small scale ones, so long as they produce a shadow, which most do. Next up is the Aburame; The clan specializes in manipulating bugs, so by default, anything that can kill them is strong against them. This means that water, having the ability to drown the bugs can kill them, this gives the element a superiority over the hidden clan's ability. Though cautious must be kept as some custom abilities for the bugs have been seen to overcome such weakness. Dead Bone Pulse is the next clan ability we will be talking about. This ability is the manipulation of the user's skeleton, allowing him to manipulate his own bones, and using them as a weapon as well as increasing the density of it. This brings us back to something similar to the earth relationship against water. Because the density of the bones are greater than water, they are by default, stronger than it. Next would be the Paper Ninjutsu, which I have already mentioned would be weak to water along with the reasons why. And lastly, Rain; this hidden ability is an extension of water release in combination of wind release to manipulate and create rain. Although it contains a mix of wind, it does not make it stronger than water, they are still by default, equal to each other. The good thing about this though is that, rain techniques are usually small in scale, like manipulated rain drops, so if a large volume of water is used against them, they still have a possibility to continue towards the target. Usually logic has to be applied in this case and it will be something you will learn with experience on the field.
Now I will move onto more kekkei genkai oriented techniques, which are mostly blood bound, though not all are. Although Lava is created partially by using the earth element, it is still not as dense as it, and thus, weak to it because the heat aspect of it would be cooled down to the point of solidifying and no longer being controllable.
Wood is strong against water, as you can imagine, it is denser than it, and also it's unique properties of containing moister by absorbing it. Though the main reason why its stronger is due to it's resistance against water.Crystal is another dense element that is strong against water, mainly due to it's crystallized form, allowing it to scatter or disperse water when clashing. Not only that, but the Kekkei Genkai has the ability to crystalize the water particles in techniques, causing them to turn into crystal as well. Steel needless to say is another solid element that would be strong against water. Although fire release is used to create and/or manipulate the special element, it still presents itself as a solid, unlike lava which is a more guey substance.
You'd think that Sand in most cases would be strong against water because of it's infamous reputation about being the ultimate defense due to how strong it can be compressed. However, unlike other 'solids' the water particles would be able to soak the minerals in the sand and causing them get heavier similar to what would happen with paper ninjutsu. If enough water is applied the sand will turn almost into a mud-like substance that will no longer be manipulated through the sand-ability. Magnetism is something special, that splits into three specific usages. Either the manipulate of Iron Sand or Gold Dust. These two usages are similar to sand, although they wouldn't soak in the moister, but wouldn't be strong against it either. The third usage is the actual usage of magnetism to manipulate metallic objects. In most cases, a water defense can be used to stop the attack and thus, protect one's self.
Storm in some cases is weak to water because it is partially created through it. What I mean is, storm is the combination of water and lightning. So if a large enough source of water is used against a specific storm technique, the lightning will be defused/negated, leaving only the water to either continue, or cancel out with your own water.
These two next abilities I will mention have a double strength against water, which means, your water technique would have to be two ranks higher than the technique in question in order to cancel it out, which makes things quite unfortunate. This is specially true when facing off against S ranked techniques or even Forbidden ones, as the ability to up the strength of your water is pretty much out of your hands in most cases, unless they are weakened before hand. The first one is Ice which not only is stronger due to it's density but also it's cold properties. Not only can ice scatter water in some cases, but it can also bring it to a freezing point upon contact, making it very weak against it. You have to be very careful when using water against this element as you could potentially be increasing the arsenal of your opponent by giving him more solid ice to manipulate. The other ability that has a double strength to water would be Scorch which is very very hot. The heat is so powerful that it would completely evaporate the water with ease.
Steam is what it sounds, hot water vapor. Naturally, you'd think water is strong against it, because the vapor is hot, but in this case, they are neutral as its almost like a hot mist, to put it simply. Boil is another neutral element to water that can't be melted by it, however it can be turned into a very acidic substance when facing off against it, causing it to potentially injure the user if they come in contact with it. Blast is an ability that allows the user to blow things up, or create blasts, which are mostly hot. In this case, water is strong against it, allowing it to either contain the blasts through it, or countering them after they detonate, washing out the explosion.
Sound is neither strong or weak to water. Water can be used to create barricades of sorts between yourself and the target so that the traveling soundwaves, bounce elsewhere and don't reach you, or potentially delay the effects. However you have to keep in mind that in some cases, water can aid sound release, if used directly on it, as the pulses could travel through it, and increase in power.
Water is strong against the absorption powers of Dark Release. The KG has the ability to absorb chakra, but because the water is still tangible and being manipulated, the target would have a hard time sucking it up, leaving the water without chakra, but still potentially harmful. Elemental interaction wise, water is stronger by one rank to the absorption ability while still allowing the chakraless source of water to continue or fall, depending on the situation and technique at hand. Water would also be strong against the release version of Dark as the raw energy would play in similar terms to the raw chakra I described at the beginning.
Swift is something that can't really be explained as weak or strong against water as its an ability that increases the user's own speed. So in most cases, water can be used similar to how it can be used against sound release. By creating defenses or barricades, the user can prevent or slow down his target, however this does not make it stronger or weaker to the release.
Lastly there is the Kekkei Tota, Dust Release which is an advanced version of a Kekkei genkai, utilizing more than two elements, three to be precise. This release has the ability to disintegrate water, and thus makes it stronger against it. A heavy downside to this is that there won't be an available source of water to re-manipulate after the clash of said elements.
And now that the elemental/special interactions with water are over with, I can move onto explaining to you the actual element. What I like about water is that it can be manipulated in different states; Solid, Liquid & Gas. The solid state, isn't exactly solid, but a simply a poor imitation of solid, by highly compressing the water, into an almost crystalline state. The liquid one is the most common one, as you can already imagine. Not only can the user release it, but he can also manipulate existing sources of water. Lastly its the gaseous state which would be the mist. By expanding the water molecules in the liquid the user creates mist that can then be manipulated. Personally, this is my favorite version of water, though I still like almost all states equally. As time passed we've seen some users have the ability to change the compounds of water into something more special for example, turning the water into flammable oil. Though, this ability is very rare, and mostly restricted to the toad summons, or users. A more common usage/conversion of water would by the adhesive syrup that can be used to bind or slow down the targets. In some cases we've also seen users with the ability to drain or absorb chakra through their water as a medium, most of those techniques are under the arsenal of shinobi from the hidden mist like myself.
Now with the basics out of the way, I want you to ask me any questions you may have about everything I've said. The rest of the things I will point out as the training progresses. While asking your questions, I want you to sit on the floor and meditate, as you think of the water, how it flows and feels. I want you to try and adjust your chakra flow to mimic that of water. While doing so, I want you to tell me a bit about water, and your potential plans with it's usage after hearing my explanations. I've asked you something similar before but I'm hoping that this discussion brought up some more ideas out you.
Water is strong to Raw Chakra, as are all other elemental affinities. The only exception is when advanced shape manipulation is used on the raw chakra, to create something like the rasengan, which is a compressed and fast rotating sphere of chakra. Techniques similar to that would be equal when combatting against water.
The next best thing to raw chakra would be, Bijuu Chakra. This is a special type of chakra that is granted by the Bijuu scattered throughout the world. It is known as one of, if not the strongest type of chakra there is. That being said, it is still not stronger than water, it is actually equal to it, as are the rest of the elemental affinities that face off against it.
Lastly in the 'regular' chakra spectrum is Sage Chakra. This is a more acquirable source of chakra, as opposed to the Bijuu chakra. The Sage chakra is gathered through meditation by taking in the force of nature. This type of chakra plays on equal terms with elemental affinities, which includes water release.
Now we move onto the hidden clan or clan specific abilities in relation to water. First up would be the Nara Clan; Their shadows aren't strong nor weak to water, so in essence they would be equal to water if they were to clash. However, taking into account the intangibility of shadows, that is something hard to imagine. One thing to keep in mind is that if a large enough water technique is used, like a wave, that will cast a huge shadow and that is something the user can take advantage of, thus manipulating the shadow to his will. So, if you ever come face to face with a Nara, that's something you'll want to think about before carelessly releasing wide-scale water techniques. This would also apply to small scale ones, so long as they produce a shadow, which most do. Next up is the Aburame; The clan specializes in manipulating bugs, so by default, anything that can kill them is strong against them. This means that water, having the ability to drown the bugs can kill them, this gives the element a superiority over the hidden clan's ability. Though cautious must be kept as some custom abilities for the bugs have been seen to overcome such weakness. Dead Bone Pulse is the next clan ability we will be talking about. This ability is the manipulation of the user's skeleton, allowing him to manipulate his own bones, and using them as a weapon as well as increasing the density of it. This brings us back to something similar to the earth relationship against water. Because the density of the bones are greater than water, they are by default, stronger than it. Next would be the Paper Ninjutsu, which I have already mentioned would be weak to water along with the reasons why. And lastly, Rain; this hidden ability is an extension of water release in combination of wind release to manipulate and create rain. Although it contains a mix of wind, it does not make it stronger than water, they are still by default, equal to each other. The good thing about this though is that, rain techniques are usually small in scale, like manipulated rain drops, so if a large volume of water is used against them, they still have a possibility to continue towards the target. Usually logic has to be applied in this case and it will be something you will learn with experience on the field.
Now I will move onto more kekkei genkai oriented techniques, which are mostly blood bound, though not all are. Although Lava is created partially by using the earth element, it is still not as dense as it, and thus, weak to it because the heat aspect of it would be cooled down to the point of solidifying and no longer being controllable.
Wood is strong against water, as you can imagine, it is denser than it, and also it's unique properties of containing moister by absorbing it. Though the main reason why its stronger is due to it's resistance against water.Crystal is another dense element that is strong against water, mainly due to it's crystallized form, allowing it to scatter or disperse water when clashing. Not only that, but the Kekkei Genkai has the ability to crystalize the water particles in techniques, causing them to turn into crystal as well. Steel needless to say is another solid element that would be strong against water. Although fire release is used to create and/or manipulate the special element, it still presents itself as a solid, unlike lava which is a more guey substance.
You'd think that Sand in most cases would be strong against water because of it's infamous reputation about being the ultimate defense due to how strong it can be compressed. However, unlike other 'solids' the water particles would be able to soak the minerals in the sand and causing them get heavier similar to what would happen with paper ninjutsu. If enough water is applied the sand will turn almost into a mud-like substance that will no longer be manipulated through the sand-ability. Magnetism is something special, that splits into three specific usages. Either the manipulate of Iron Sand or Gold Dust. These two usages are similar to sand, although they wouldn't soak in the moister, but wouldn't be strong against it either. The third usage is the actual usage of magnetism to manipulate metallic objects. In most cases, a water defense can be used to stop the attack and thus, protect one's self.
Storm in some cases is weak to water because it is partially created through it. What I mean is, storm is the combination of water and lightning. So if a large enough source of water is used against a specific storm technique, the lightning will be defused/negated, leaving only the water to either continue, or cancel out with your own water.
These two next abilities I will mention have a double strength against water, which means, your water technique would have to be two ranks higher than the technique in question in order to cancel it out, which makes things quite unfortunate. This is specially true when facing off against S ranked techniques or even Forbidden ones, as the ability to up the strength of your water is pretty much out of your hands in most cases, unless they are weakened before hand. The first one is Ice which not only is stronger due to it's density but also it's cold properties. Not only can ice scatter water in some cases, but it can also bring it to a freezing point upon contact, making it very weak against it. You have to be very careful when using water against this element as you could potentially be increasing the arsenal of your opponent by giving him more solid ice to manipulate. The other ability that has a double strength to water would be Scorch which is very very hot. The heat is so powerful that it would completely evaporate the water with ease.
Steam is what it sounds, hot water vapor. Naturally, you'd think water is strong against it, because the vapor is hot, but in this case, they are neutral as its almost like a hot mist, to put it simply. Boil is another neutral element to water that can't be melted by it, however it can be turned into a very acidic substance when facing off against it, causing it to potentially injure the user if they come in contact with it. Blast is an ability that allows the user to blow things up, or create blasts, which are mostly hot. In this case, water is strong against it, allowing it to either contain the blasts through it, or countering them after they detonate, washing out the explosion.
Sound is neither strong or weak to water. Water can be used to create barricades of sorts between yourself and the target so that the traveling soundwaves, bounce elsewhere and don't reach you, or potentially delay the effects. However you have to keep in mind that in some cases, water can aid sound release, if used directly on it, as the pulses could travel through it, and increase in power.
Water is strong against the absorption powers of Dark Release. The KG has the ability to absorb chakra, but because the water is still tangible and being manipulated, the target would have a hard time sucking it up, leaving the water without chakra, but still potentially harmful. Elemental interaction wise, water is stronger by one rank to the absorption ability while still allowing the chakraless source of water to continue or fall, depending on the situation and technique at hand. Water would also be strong against the release version of Dark as the raw energy would play in similar terms to the raw chakra I described at the beginning.
Swift is something that can't really be explained as weak or strong against water as its an ability that increases the user's own speed. So in most cases, water can be used similar to how it can be used against sound release. By creating defenses or barricades, the user can prevent or slow down his target, however this does not make it stronger or weaker to the release.
Lastly there is the Kekkei Tota, Dust Release which is an advanced version of a Kekkei genkai, utilizing more than two elements, three to be precise. This release has the ability to disintegrate water, and thus makes it stronger against it. A heavy downside to this is that there won't be an available source of water to re-manipulate after the clash of said elements.
And now that the elemental/special interactions with water are over with, I can move onto explaining to you the actual element. What I like about water is that it can be manipulated in different states; Solid, Liquid & Gas. The solid state, isn't exactly solid, but a simply a poor imitation of solid, by highly compressing the water, into an almost crystalline state. The liquid one is the most common one, as you can already imagine. Not only can the user release it, but he can also manipulate existing sources of water. Lastly its the gaseous state which would be the mist. By expanding the water molecules in the liquid the user creates mist that can then be manipulated. Personally, this is my favorite version of water, though I still like almost all states equally. As time passed we've seen some users have the ability to change the compounds of water into something more special for example, turning the water into flammable oil. Though, this ability is very rare, and mostly restricted to the toad summons, or users. A more common usage/conversion of water would by the adhesive syrup that can be used to bind or slow down the targets. In some cases we've also seen users with the ability to drain or absorb chakra through their water as a medium, most of those techniques are under the arsenal of shinobi from the hidden mist like myself.
Now with the basics out of the way, I want you to ask me any questions you may have about everything I've said. The rest of the things I will point out as the training progresses. While asking your questions, I want you to sit on the floor and meditate, as you think of the water, how it flows and feels. I want you to try and adjust your chakra flow to mimic that of water. While doing so, I want you to tell me a bit about water, and your potential plans with it's usage after hearing my explanations. I've asked you something similar before but I'm hoping that this discussion brought up some more ideas out you.
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I quite understand it all. So shall we begin learning? I have seen trainings in which the d ranks are all strung into one post, as they tend to be able to be grouped together. In the later ranks, as jutsu get more and more individualistic, this becomes harder. If we could group similar techs, that would be great.
OOC: I find this a bit disrespectful. Your reply implies that you didn't read the post that I put a lot of effort into. Excluding all the explanations I gave you, at the end I asked you a few questions that you ignored. Could you please be kind enough to go back and read the post entirely, and answer the questions? I would really appreciate it. As for the suggestions as to go about your training, they are highly appreciated it, but please let me handle that.
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I'm sorry I didn't mean to come across as rude. I actually forgot to add the fact that it was the most detailed and long training post I've ever seen. I also missed the bottom bit. As for questions, I do understand its elemental interactions, as well as its chakra interactions, except for how bijuu chakra is equal to elemental chakra. Wouldn't bijuu chakra devour the elemental chakra as it does most else? As for its usage, I intend to use it for further diversion purposes, and as a bit of a further defense of mine. Also I might use it for restrictive purposes such as with water prison. As always, I will also use it for further damage output.
Konan sits in meditation. As she does this, she tries to change her chakra's consistency into that of water by visualizing it flowing through her veins.
Konan sits in meditation. As she does this, she tries to change her chakra's consistency into that of water by visualizing it flowing through her veins.
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OOC: It's okay! Just remember, I want the best for you and your future as a roleplayer.^ As for the Bijuu chakra; In order to make it balanced in the RP, it was decided that it would be equal to all elements, which is nice, for the Bijuu chakra anyways. I will leave you a link to a useful thread you can study if you'd like. It basically shows a list of all Hidden/Special/KG abilities, their weaknesses and strengths.
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So, diversion, defense and restraint? Interesting. We will be sure to review those three aspects of it at the end of our training to see if you opinion is still the same for the element, and if so, which techniques you might've liked the most to achieve those things. Now it's time to actually move into the manipulation of water. As I mentioned before, water release is not only limited to being released from the user's body, but can also give the user the ability to manipulate natural sources of water around him. This makes the element versatile depending on the terrain. And if the terrain doesn't contain water, than you simply make it by performing your own techniques and using the remains as a future source. So long as your water isn't completely taken out of play, like complete evaporated and such.
As his student meditates, Mangetsu fuels chakra through his Hiramekarei blade, using it as a medium to release chakra from the tip, creating a giant hammer. In a fluid motion, Mangetsu would grip his sword's handle whilst backflipping and taking the hammer along with him. As he is about to land, he slams the face of the hammer onto the ground, shattering into pieces and leaving a crater in it's wake. The sudden disturbance would surely disrupt his student's concentration as the ground slightly shook and earthen debris flew everywhere. Mangetsu replies by scratching the back of his head as sweat runs down the side of his face.
Hehe, sorry about that. Okay, so now it's time to move onto the manipulation of water release. We will start by manipulating an external source, as it may be easier that way.
Mangetsu deactivates the chakra enhancement on his blade and attaches back behind him. He then claps his hands together whilst focusing on the moister in the air. Within moments, a source of water is materialized inside the crater that he had originally created. This would create a make-shift pool.
I now want you to focus on your chakra and release it outwards into the source of water. Once that's done, I want you to try and blend the chakra with the water particles themselves, trying to take control of the water itself. You will then imagine yourself rising a portion of the water into a small wave. If you're capable of going that far, I want you to finish off by manipulating the wave of water to be sent forwards towards your desired location, where you will then describe how you felt, and what you experienced after doing so, and the outcome that happened with the wave traveling forward.
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Konan, aloof with caution as her teacher disturbed her meditation, begins to follow his instruction. Focusing the same chakra she had been manipulating into her palm, she releases it in a stream, into the nearby water source. Konan then visualizes the chakra spreading through the water, fusing with it, seeing both substances become one. Konan then invisions the water forming into a small wave, directing it towards a nearby wall, causing it to crash against it, leaving a wet stain behind which quickly dried.
It felt like how you'd imagine a third arm, except imagine it a little ways away from your body.
It felt like how you'd imagine a third arm, except imagine it a little ways away from your body.
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Mangetsu smiles as he notices Konan successfully manipulate the wave of water that was then sent towards a nearby wall from the abandoned shacks of the training grounds. Mangetsu looked at the lingering source of water that had slashed on it and focused his chakra whilst walking towards it. Entering a close range distance from the source, Mangetsu kneeled down and extended his right hand towards the source. As he did so, he shape manipulated the water to hover above the surface of his forearm in the shape of an oval of water, creating a make-shift shield. Mangetsu stood back up and faced the same direction as his student as he raised his arm and showed him the shield.
That was good, you were able to manipulate the external source of water. As you can see with this small demonstration, water is till useful after it has served it's purpose. Although it crashed against the shack's wall, the scattered particles can be used for yet another technique. One thing to keep in mind when manipulating water is that in most cases, the focus on it's manipulation needs to be maintained. This means that you would be left unable to mold chakra to perform other techniques. Take this shield for example; I wouldn't be able to perform other techniques while maintaining it on my arm to shield me. The same could be said about the wave of water you manipulate. The second you lose focus, or deactivate your concentration, it will turn into a formless source of water once again, scattering about. Though that brings me to my next point; which is tactical usage of such situations. If you were to manipulate a big enough source of water, and suddenly lost control over it. The mere volume of it, would continue forward, although not in the same force or shape, but still the fact remains that the water just doesn't vanish. This basic water technique not only allows you to manipulate external sources, up to a mid range distance (up to 10 meters) but it also allows you to release blasts of water from your mouth. Please try to release a blast of water and tell me about it's nature.
Would the blast of water follow the same rules of manipulation as the shield and wave I previously described?
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Konan, hearing this, begins to focus on the air around her, and the area around where her wave crashed. She then focuses on the remaining water particles floating around. She then inhales, visualizing the water particles filling her mouth. She then infuses chakra into the water, and exhales, shooting a jet of water towards the same wall, cracking the stone.
I think that the water jet would follow the same rules, but because it isn't something you maintain, only something you form, it might be different.
I think that the water jet would follow the same rules, but because it isn't something you maintain, only something you form, it might be different.
When releasing a blast of water from your mouth, you aren't required to manipulate pre-existing water around you. In fact, that would make for some weird situation. External manipulation of water mainly revolves around the manipulation of the water in the form of waves or possibly a blast that shoots out from it. You are partially correct in the jet description. A jet of water can be seen as a stream, so it needs to be maintained. As its a constant release from your mouth that travels forward. However a "blast" would be something that doesn't need constant manipulation or hold of it. As it is a source of water, generally shaped into a blob/formless that is sent as a projectile. We will get deeper into the relation between maintainable projectiles, and others that don't need to be.
Now its time to work on the third usage of the basic application of the water technique. This one can be used with both methods, either released from the body or by shape manipulating an external source near your short range. You will manipulate your water chakra as well as the moister in the air to materialize a small source of water that can be manipulated in the form of a shield to aid you. The shield can be attached to your body, or simply hover in front of it, through manipulation of course. Either option would still require you to maintain the manipulation. The maximum size of the shield would roughly be enough to cover the entire frontal part of your body. This application should not be used to create a dome-like defense or anything of the sort. It is best described as a single directional defense that is as big as your body, but can also be smaller if required. If it is not materialized, it can be manipulated through water around your, up to short range or even released from your mouth, expelling a small source that is manipulated into it.
Please give me some potential examples as to how you would use the basic applications of this technique in a battle. Perhaps to start off a fight.
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Konan, once again hearing her masters directions, focuses. She visualizes the chakra in her body as water, moving towards her arm. She also begins to draw moisture from the air around her arm to form an outer layer of an oval. She then expels the chakra from her arm into a small circular form, about the size of a buckler. Konan then has the water form a sort of strap around her wrist. She then releases the water, and it falls to the ground.
You could use this tech as a defense against the classic three shuriken opener, as well as use it to create a mud source for an earth technique. You could also use it to remove a line if sight.
You could use this tech as a defense against the classic three shuriken opener, as well as use it to create a mud source for an earth technique. You could also use it to remove a line if sight.
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How would you go about creating the mud source? Would you deactivate the shield on top of an earth technique? The shield of water doesn't have enough volume to create a source of mud, unless it was released on the ground, and some time was waited. In the long run, it is possible and I liked your imagination. As far as the line of sight goes; the technique is not condensed or large enough to completely block the line of sight. You'd create a translucent 'barrier' of water but contact could still be met just like you would look through a glass of water or the water on the shore. Also, I noticed that you created a strap around the shield to keep it on your forearm. Although neat, I wouldn't advice it as it would leave you prone to electrical attacks. Instead you can manipulate the water and allow it to 'hover' above the surface of your arm since you have to maintain focus on it, either way.
Congratulations, you've earned your very first technique, and the fundamental stepping stone for a great variety of techniques you'll be learning!
Now we are going to quickly move onto a very similar technique, it revolves around the shield manipulation that you just learned. The big difference is that it's more restricted and less versatile. Unlike the previous method, this one cant be manipulated from existing sources. You will extend one of your desired arms, most preferably your dominant one for better control. As you do so, you'll focus on your water chakra and the moister around the air of that arm. You'll use shape manipulation to materialize a small source of water that is then shape manipulated though your arm and in front of your arm's palm, creating a circular shield-defense. The big difference between this technique is that its purely defensive, and supplementary. This means that it will not cause damage when you hit the enemy. However, if you were to use the previous method you learned, you'd be able to produce some degree of damage from it.
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Ahh I though you meant the entire tech ^_^
Konan focuses on the moisture around her arm to create a small water source by infusing her chakra with it. She then forms that water into a layer of a shield on her arm. She then creates more and more layers using the same method, creating a layered shield if water in her arm, obviously more effective at its job than the last one.
Ps Im gonna be on a plane so I'll reply either soon, or in an hour.
Konan focuses on the moisture around her arm to create a small water source by infusing her chakra with it. She then forms that water into a layer of a shield on her arm. She then creates more and more layers using the same method, creating a layered shield if water in her arm, obviously more effective at its job than the last one.
Ps Im gonna be on a plane so I'll reply either soon, or in an hour.
Wrong, that was the application of the technique you first learned. With this one, you have to thrust your arm forward and open your palm, creating the shield of water in front of the palm. Just as if you were 'holding' the shield, while in reality its hovering in front of it. Please try it again and defend from my regular attack
Mangetsu crouches down slightly and reaches inside of his pouch with both hands. He grabs a hold of a single kunai and shuriken combination with either hand. As his hands exit his pouch, he swipes them horizontally out in front of him, releasing all projectiles towards his student. One of the shuriken would circle around from the left in a wide arc, aiming to strike the student behind his right rib-cage (On his back area) while the other shuriken traveled from the opposite side to strike the right rib-cage area from behind. The shuriken's wide spread would allow them to simply pass by any water shield created as they circle and flank the target. Meanwhile, the kunais travelled directly towards the target, one aiming to strike dead-center in the target's head as the other one had an explosive tag already burning, set to explode in close range of the target. Unlike the first kunai, the tagged kunai was aimed to pass 1m above the target's head.
Show me what you've got!
OOC: Okay I will see you soon, have a safe trip!
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Konan, quickly extending her Palm and absorbing water from the air towards one spot, forms a shield around her palm. Seeing the first two shuriken, she draws a Kunai with her free hand and deflects them. She then raises her shield slightly higher, so it comes into contact with both kunai. She throws the Kunai she is holding to intercept the standard Kunai, and then by blocking the tagged one, it extinguishes the explosive tag and blocks the Kunai.
OOC: Keep in mind that all projectiles were thrown at the same time and from your description you make it seem like you grabbed a single kunai to deflect two projectiles that were completely away from each other. How would you go about that? As for the highest kunai, it was one meter above you. I purposely did that so you wouldn't reach it with the shield. Like I mentioned before in our training, the shield is large enough to protect your body and not extend further from that. Unless you made it from the top half of your body and extend upwards. Although, you didn't specify exactly how big the shield was, you only mentioned you created it. You have to make sure you describe those key details in battle or else people will take advantage of that and put you in a tough situation. And now for the second kunai, what are you doing that allows you to freely throw another kunai to intercept the other one. You'd have the shield of water in front of, it would block your own kunai. You stated that you raised the shield so it comes into contact with both kunais. But then you mentioned you threw a kunai for your to intercept it. Could you please elaborate on which method you used? If you raised the shield high enough to intercept, there is no opening for you to release your own kunai. Not only that, but I am uncertain of how large your shield is, which makes things more difficult to decipher. Also another key factor is that all my projectiles were released at the same exact time, so another thing that you have to be cautious of.
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Yeah sorry I sorta rushed cuz I was about to be airborne.
Konan, quickly extending her Palm and absorbing water from the air towards one spot, forms a shield,which reaches from about a meter above her head, to her breast area, around her palm. Seeing the first two shuriken, she draws a Kunai with her free hand and deflects the first and hops over the second. Then she throws the Kunai towards the non tagged one to deflect it.. She then raises her shield slightly higher, so it comes into contact with the tagged kunai. Then, by blocking the tagged one, it extinguishes the explosive tag and blocks the Kunai.
Konan, quickly extending her Palm and absorbing water from the air towards one spot, forms a shield,which reaches from about a meter above her head, to her breast area, around her palm. Seeing the first two shuriken, she draws a Kunai with her free hand and deflects the first and hops over the second. Then she throws the Kunai towards the non tagged one to deflect it.. She then raises her shield slightly higher, so it comes into contact with the tagged kunai. Then, by blocking the tagged one, it extinguishes the explosive tag and blocks the Kunai.
OOC: That was better, but your description needs to be worked out a bit more. When you sit down and write your move, you want to specify as much detail as possible, and be very careful of the time-frame of your moves. You did well in describing the size of your water shield this time, and exactly how it was formed. Now we need to work on the time-frame a bit. As I mentioned before, all my projectiles were thrown at the same time. Naturally, the ones that are circling from the side (Shuriken) would take a bit longer to reach you, so you've got to take advantage of that. I also noticed you described your character grabbing a single kunai to deflect one of the incoming shuriken. And then you wasted more time to reach for another kunai in order to reflect the one projectile that was heading straight towards you. Now if we break it down, you used your first chance to deflect the shuriken which would have taken more time to reach you while then using more of your time to then deflect the straight forward kunai. A more advisable move would have been to grab two kunais when you reached into your pouch. This would allow you to swipe your hand to release one in order to deflect the shuriken (but its wiser to deflect the straight forward kunai first) and then swipe your hand again to deflect the other projectile. By changing the wording a bit, you are able to save precious time in your moves. I particularly liked your defense to one of the shuriken, jumping over them. In this case, it was a safe thing to do, but depending on the opponent, they could have multiplied them and caused you to be pierced by multiple projectiles.
Please let me know if you understood what I've said or if you have any specific questions. Whatever you ask will help me more in order to deduce what areas need more attending while you train under me.