Type: Weapon
Rank: N/A
Range: N/A
Chakra Cost: N/A (+5 chakra every 2 turns)
Damage Points: N/A
Description: Strange Eclosion is an elegantly woven body-length black and white scythe with an intricate curved shaft and two sets of blades, the first with a long bent edge, nearly half the size of the staff, with beautiful carvings in it's flat sides, the second being a dagger-like protrusion at the other end, like a sturdy and piercing nail. The scythe is entirely made of queratinized and sharpened insect mandibles, which appear like tiny blade shards on their own, but look and have the texture like a flat and sharp blade when they're in scythe form, with the exception of the double tonality of white and black shards of mandibles, which give the weapon the appearance of multiple spirals of insect eggs and pupas all across the scythe.
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Charging chakra through the scythe allows the user to activate the shards, separating them and creating a sort of swarm of shards, white or black, which appear to eclode from the drawn eggs and leave the scythe in a swarm made of their own color. When they leave, the scythe itself will retain only the color of the remaining shards. These swarms will be manipulated through chakra to levitate around the user, and can be used as a medium for Aburame techniques, similar to actual insects, in terms of what type of structures and motions the swarm of sharpened mandibles is able to do, or by actual kenjutsu techniques, in which the swarm aggregates as the typical flying slashes, and gives a more tangibility. Being leaner and sharper than actual insects, and more tangible than chakra slashes, they can move faster and pierce further than the original techniques, so much so that, while they share the same elemental S&W, techniques used through the sharpened mandibles are one rank stronger than the technique used. For the White Swarm, similar to Aburame Insects, the user is capable of absorbing chakra from an opponent or technique, which the user can then be transferred back to the user. The default being 10 chakra per turn of contact, or whatever the technique used describes.
In pure scythe form, the user is able to utilize Kenjutsu, actual techniques or free-form, at will. When manipulated in swarm form, the Black shards will be associated with Kenjutsu, aggregating to make the structures that the technique entails, be it simply a flying slash or actually producing an aggregated blade to remotely slash someone, while the White shards will be associated with Aburame, and manipulated through Aburame techniques. This restriction allows for an observing opponent to understand how each type of swarm works, despite the user being able to activate both swarms at the same time.
Recently, and through constant usage, Panthalassa has noted the scythe to have acquired a aquatic tinge, due to the infusion of Pantha's main affinity, Water Chakra. Experimenting with it, and due to the shard's own swarm and liquid-like flexibility, Panthalassa discovered he is capable of manipulating either swarm with Water Chakra, in addition to Aburame or Kenjutsu, and acquire the same boon, due to the greater sharpness and tangibility of the shards, thus Water techniques used through the shards have a +1 Rank increase.
Note: The user is able to freely move and hide the scythe swarms in a container, similar to actual Aburame Insects, up to 2 meters around the user, with the exception of pulling them back within range after manipulation through a technique, following a linear path.
Note: Otherwise, Black swarm can only be manipulated by Kenjutsu, White swarm can only be manipulated by Aburame techniques, both can be manipulated by Water techniques.
Note: Each swarm can only be manipulated with one technique at the same time.
Note: Activating a Swarm counts as a jutsu, activating both counts as two. Deactivating a swarm, reverting it back to scythe form does not count as a jutsu.
Note: Each turn a swarm is active the user must spend 5 chakra per 2 turns, and per swarm.
Note: The blades themselves are indestructible, but they can be overpowered by other techniques, becoming unusable for 3 turns.
Note: In scythe form, the weapon is considered S rank, and can be neutralized as such.
Note: The user can't perform Forbidden ranked Water, Kenjutsu or Aburame Jutsu with the swarms.
