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"I will pick up the ashes of Earth and create a new world."
TONERI ŌTSUTSUKI
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If you know me, you know that Toneri Ōtsutsuki is one of my favorite Naruto characters. I've been keeping an eye on his character since before the movie even came out, interested in seeing where the next in the Ōtsutsuki line was coming from. Unfortunately, because at the moment he's solely in a movie, most people have the habit of disregarding him as either weak or non-canon, both of which simply aren't true. Kishimoto both designed the characters and helped make the story, confirmed both those two facts and that the events are what happened between chapters 699 and 700 [
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], making it a sort of chapter 699.5. Now all that's left is for me to prove that Toneri isn't weak.All gifs are mine, save for the one at the top.
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Portrayal
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There isn't much that's said about Toneri by other characters. In fact, he's a very mysterious figure, with nobody knowing a thing about him before he first appears. However, there are a few hints at his power just from how he's portrayed in a fight. He dismisses Hiashi Hyuuga, calling him a fool and leaving him to fight his puppets - something that probably isn't just showboating, since it actually works perfectly, he easily bests Naruto in their first encounter, he effortlessly deals with Hinata... he's clearly supposed to be powerful. Furthermore, he's a member of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, which has produced a number of extremely powerful people. Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the most powerful individual in the Naruto universe, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the Sage of the Six Paths who created the Tailed Beasts and was the very first man to be called 'Saviour of the World', and Hamura Ōtsutsuki, who aided in the sealing of Kaguya. As a member of this clan, Toneri is undoubtedly someone to be feared.
Chakra
As a member of the Ōtsutsuki, the clan from which chakra originated, Toneri's chakra is naturally strong and immense. Furthermore, he's seen wielding his chakra in ways few others, if anyone at all, have been seen using. Toneri's primary weapon, when not using the Tenseigan, is a green orb of chakra made entirely from his chakra. On the wiki, this is called the 'Puppet-Cursing Sphere', and it's likely how he brings his puppets to life. Using this orb of chakra, Toneri has been seen overpowering and absorbing Naruto's Kurama-enhanced Rasengan and, from there, blasting his chakra right out of his body. Basically, Toneri used the orb to no-diff base Naruto, which is itself telling of his incredible power.
Remember, Naruto's chakra is ridiculously enormous, especially after being enhanced by Hagoromo's chakra. Some people claim that Toneri only removed Naruto's Sage chakra, but this is never said in the movie, and thus has no basis in fact. In fact, Sakura said in the very next scene, while she was healing Naruto, that most of Naruto's chakra was gone, not just the Sage chakra. Most of Naruto's enormous chakra supplies were blasted out of him without any difficulty on Toneri's part - meaning if he manages to hit anyone with that orb of his, which, again, can overpower Naruto's Kurama-enhanced Rasengan, said person would have most of their chakra torn from their body, leaving them completely comatose.
Outside of offense, Toneri has used the Puppet-Cursing Sphere to turn other people into his puppets. For instance, Hinata was forced to fight Naruto, with Toneri taking complete control of her chakra after shoving the sphere into her. This is not a genjutsu. Because Hinata has the Byakugan, and is considered highly skilled with it, she would be able to see through and dismiss any genjutsu cast on her. This is not the case with Toneri's 'Puppet Curse', which was only broken by the removal of the sphere. The sphere also allows Toneri to thoroughly examine the chakra of another person, having used it to detect dormant Otsutsuki chakra within Hinata and read her thoughts while she slept.
Toneri has been shown controlling and manifesting his chakra in other ways, too, such as
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Remember, Naruto's chakra is ridiculously enormous, especially after being enhanced by Hagoromo's chakra. Some people claim that Toneri only removed Naruto's Sage chakra, but this is never said in the movie, and thus has no basis in fact. In fact, Sakura said in the very next scene, while she was healing Naruto, that most of Naruto's chakra was gone, not just the Sage chakra. Most of Naruto's enormous chakra supplies were blasted out of him without any difficulty on Toneri's part - meaning if he manages to hit anyone with that orb of his, which, again, can overpower Naruto's Kurama-enhanced Rasengan, said person would have most of their chakra torn from their body, leaving them completely comatose.
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Outside of offense, Toneri has used the Puppet-Cursing Sphere to turn other people into his puppets. For instance, Hinata was forced to fight Naruto, with Toneri taking complete control of her chakra after shoving the sphere into her. This is not a genjutsu. Because Hinata has the Byakugan, and is considered highly skilled with it, she would be able to see through and dismiss any genjutsu cast on her. This is not the case with Toneri's 'Puppet Curse', which was only broken by the removal of the sphere. The sphere also allows Toneri to thoroughly examine the chakra of another person, having used it to detect dormant Otsutsuki chakra within Hinata and read her thoughts while she slept.
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Toneri has been shown controlling and manifesting his chakra in other ways, too, such as
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. The orb can also, as seen when it absorbed Naruto's Rasengan, absorb chakra.Puppet Master
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Toneri is a master puppeteer. The Ōtsutsuki clan was revealed to be the inventors of the puppet technique, although they performed it in a completely different way. Toneri controls his puppets via Energy Vessel, or by inserting his own chakra into them. From there, the puppets become completely autonomous, capable of acting completely independent to Toneri. Furthermore, the presence of the puppets was able to surprise Hiashi, despite having his Byakugan active and being a master of using the dojutsu. The puppets have skill in taijutsu, able to match and eventually defeat Hiashi Hyuuga and two nameless Hyuuga bodyguards, both of which had their Byakugan activated.
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The puppets are fast and agile, capable of running at about the same speed as Naruto in base. The best base Naruto speed feat I have immediate access to and memory of is either
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Thus, the puppets can be assumed to have speed roughly on-par with that, or faster given Naruto has definitely developed since then.
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For the most part, the puppets use their advantage in numbers to overpower their enemies. It was clear, of course, that Hiashi's bodyguards would have been capable of outmatching the puppets in taijutsu... were it not for both the sheer amount of puppets, and the puppets' ability to manipulate energy. As Hiashi was the only one seen after the encounter, it can be assumed that the puppets overpowered his bodyguards... and it can be easily presumed that at least one of the bodyguards was destroyed in one blast, considering he was never seen after being on the receiving end of one of the puppets' blasts. [
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] The puppets are capable of controlling the size of their blasts to be bigger or smaller, with one of the biggest seen resulting in a cave-in upon impact.
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Not all of Toneri's puppets are generic humanoids. For instance, he has puppets that replicate his own appearance, which were durable enough to take several hits from Naruto before he finally got a full punch in, which only created
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, not doing any other serious damage. However, Toneri did stop manipulating the puppet afterwards. From how he communicated with Naruto and Hinata through his puppet, it's obvious that Toneri can act directly through his puppets. However, he doesn't always directly influence his puppets' actions - they have obvious autonomy and even consciousness, as they are capable of performing reconnaissance for Toneri, at one point telling him of Naruto and Hinata's status.
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Toneri has an entire army of bird puppets, and although they were mostly destroyed by Naruto's Rasenshuriken, they're typically used as mounts for the usual puppets, from which they can fire their destructive beams. The birds were seen matching Sai's ink birds in terms of speed, but they're largely featless besides that.
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Although Toneri can strike at one person with hundreds of puppets, the puppets he controls are... pretty much cannon fodder. However, they shouldn't be easily waved away. After all, they were capable of taking out Hiashi Hyuuga, alongside two bodyguards, without any intervention on Toneri's part - and it shouldn't be discounted how they evaded both the vision of Hiashi's Byakugan and Naruto's sensing, considering both of them were surprised to see his puppets despite their large numbers. Toneri and his puppets are a deadly combination no matter how you look at it.
Ninjutsu and Taijutsu
Toneri rarely uses ninjutsu. As his main weapon outside of the Tenseigan is his Puppet-Cursing Sphere, he has no real need for it. However, he does have some tricks up his sleeve. For instance, he's capable of instantaneous teleportation, fading out of sight quick enough to evade attacks from both Hiashi Hyuuga and Naruto Uzumaki... while blind. Some would speculate that the Toneri seen during his confrontation with Hinata and Naruto is a puppet, but there's no evidence to suggest as such - and even if there were, that would only mean he's capable of teleporting things far away from him. He can teleport as far as the moon from the Earth, implying there's no real limit to how far he can teleport. Toneri was also capable of making himself intangible, at least when inserting his Puppet-Cursing Sphere into others. As a side-note, Toneri was capable of flight before he even gained the Byakugan.
As far as taijutsu goes, Toneri was capable of keeping up with Naruto during their final battle, and once while acting through a puppet. Ultimately, though, he is a long ranged fighter, and he ended up being bested in both of these fights. Thus, Toneri's skill in taijutsu is ultimately only moderate-level, which is still pretty good for someone who usually fights at long-range.
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As far as taijutsu goes, Toneri was capable of keeping up with Naruto during their final battle, and once while acting through a puppet. Ultimately, though, he is a long ranged fighter, and he ended up being bested in both of these fights. Thus, Toneri's skill in taijutsu is ultimately only moderate-level, which is still pretty good for someone who usually fights at long-range.
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Byakugan
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Toneri is never actually seen using the Byakugan, but he undoubtedly has it, having taken Hanabi's eyes. Thus, he has access to all of the natural abilities the dojutsu offers. It grants him great clarity of vision, the ability to see the chakra system of others, nearly 360 vision, the ability to see through any genjutsu, and predict attacks. The extent of Toneri's talent with the Byakugan is unknown, as it's really only a stepping stone to the Tenseigan.
Tenseigan
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The Tenseigan is an ancient, powerful dojutsu, first unlocked by Hamura Ōtsutsuki himself. Much like how the Rinnegan is the combination of Uchiha and Uzumaki chakra, the Tenseigan is unlocked when the Byakugan is combined with the chakra of an Ōtsutsuki. Toneri unlocked the Tenseigan by stealing the Byakugan eyes of Hanabi Hyuga... and with it, he fought on-par with RSM Naruto. Though there is disagreement as to form in which Naruto fought Toneri, that disagreement can be easily put to rest. During the fight, both combatants were seen flying, something Naruto can only do when using RSM. However, that doesn't put Toneri on-par with RSM Naruto, as he was eventually bested. Still, the Tenseigan gives Toneri access to great power. To begin with, he can use telekinesis even when not in Tenseigan chakra mode, as seen when he pulled Hinata towards him with only a gesture.
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Outside of Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Toneri was able to bring to life an enormous golem resembling Hamura Ōtsutsuki. It's probable he did this using an enhanced version of his Puppet-Cursing Sphere. Said golem was strong enough to fight on-par with Kurama, tanking numerous attacks and dealing damage to the Tailed Beast. However, it was eventually defeated. Said golem is nevertheless enormous, undoubtedly useful in battle against other enormous monsters and... anyone prone to become squashed by an enormous golem.
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Toneri also gains access to Tenseigan Chakra Mode, an ability quite like Naruto's Kurama Chakra Mode wherein he's surrounded by a cloak of flaming blue Tenseigan chakra. The cloak is highly durable, capable of tanking several punches from Naruto, whose greatest strength feat while in RSM is
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. It can be assumed, then, that Tenseigan Chakra Mode is extremely durable, as even when one of Naruto's punches was powerful enough to force Toneri out of it, he wasn't visibly wounded. Furthermore, his strength and speed in Tenseigan Chakra Mode were enough to match Naruto's - by scaling them with Naruto's RSM feats, that would make him fast enough to
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and
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, just as Naruto did.
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In Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Toneri can freely manipulate his chakra, creating enormous swirling tornadoes of chakra, massive beams powerful and large enough to slice the moon in half, and create physical constructs. For instance, he was capable of creating something from basically nothing - a golden cage, in which he promptly imprisoned Hinata. Finally, he can make use of Truth-Seeking Balls, orbs of malleable chakra made up of every Nature Release, including Yin and Yang Release. He was shown manipulating these freely and easily, using them to block numerous attacks thrown at him by Naruto. However, ultimately, Naruto was able to force him out of Tenseigan Chakra Mode. While most say it was with a simple punch, this is not the case. Naruto focused the entirety of his chakra onto his fist, with the resulting impact being enough to leave a massive crater on the area around them. It wasn't an average punch.
So, those are my thoughts on Toneri's powers. Did I present them correctly? Did I miss anything, or overexaggerate anything? Tell me your thoughts.
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