Thread:Sainami/@comment-6003865-20140304184434

What is the name of the character you’re applying for? Hana Matsuoka (page not made yet)

Is the character related to Hashirama Senju? no

'''How do you plan to acquire the Wood Release without the DNA of Hashirama Senju? Please detail the theory for your character below.'''

Well, considering that the shinju is the god tree, and trees are made of wood, it would make sense that wood release is related to the shinju. This is reinforced by the fact that wood release is capable of suppressing the powers of a tailed beast, which were created from the shinju. It would likely be able to suppress its own powers.

All that being said, the shinju itself is an extremely powerful being, with virtually limitless reservoirs of chakra. A theory I had on how all these different chakra natures came about by all these people seemingly unrelated to the sage is from the fact the shinju went on a rampage prior to being sealed by the sage, allowing its chakra to soak into the survivors of its assaults. This would lead to the more widespread use of chakra around the world, as it throwing it everywhere would cause people to start developing it on their own.

In particular there would be 2 locations on the planet where its power was the strongest while the world was still mostly chakra-less, where it stood as a tree, and where it fought the sage. Both of these places would have significant permeation of the shinju's chakra, unaltered from its original state. My plan was to have a small clan living in the hole left by the shinju when it discarded its tree form. They would have moved in maybe a decade or two after this sage sealed the shinju, and lived there ever since. They would have been exposed to the shinju's original chakra for centuries, which would have infused into their body, much as other forms of chakra infused other areas of the planet. Which lead to them naturally having a natural affinity for both water and earth release natures, which is the prerequisite for wood release. This would likely allow the descendants of the clan to use wood release, with it getting stronger as you go down the line. That being said, even centuries later it is likely that most of the wood release users in the clan would be yamoto at best, with only the absolutely exceptional being able to use anything close to spiral zetsu or hashirama level wood release.

'''Can you write down the background for your character in detail to back up the acquirement? How does it connect with the Wood and the character? This is very important for the decision!'''

Hana is the second eldest child of a family with five children in the Matsuoka Clan, a small clan that took up residence in the area where the shinju took root from its creation up until modern times. They mostly stayed out of the wars in the warring states period, except for a few members here and there who left or came back. Being a small clan, they were forced to look outside the village to maintain genetic diversity, so ninja and civilians from outside the clan were brought in from time to time, leading to a small village being formed, and various basic ninja arts being taught. This would not really be a hidden village, but more like an out of the way town. Most of the people in the town who could use wood release weren't taught much more than extremely basic level self defence, and only those who showed aptitude were given any real ninja training, forming a self defense force in the village.

Hana, like all the other children in the clan, was taught how to use wood release at a young age, however unlike most she showed an extreme aptitude for the release, as she was a member of a branch family that had only split off the main family two generations back, and as such her bloodline was stronger than most. She was enrolled in the local ninja academy, where she was taught basic ninjutsu and refined her wood release skills. Over the course of the next ten years she increased her skills with the techniques until she graduated and became a member of the Self-Defense force of the village. She oversaw a section the forest that became the village's guardian, as other than the designated routes in and out, it was too thick to easily get through without wood release. This task continued for another five years until one day, chakra that was all too familiar swept over the forest, increasing it to a gargantuan size. The chakra of the shinju from the 4th war had finally made its way to the other side of the continent, nearly 28 years later. The trees had grown together into one giant tree, essentially closing up the hole the village was in, albeit due to the abilities of the self defense force, it was not destroyed. Given time, they managed to shape the tree to allow them access to the outside again.

However, they did not know what had caused this sudden outgrowth to occur. As such a member had to be sent to investigate the occurrence that had caused the growth. Hana was selected to do this due to her unnaturally strong affinity for the wood release and her relative closeness to the head family. She is currently out in the world, determined to figure out what had caused the changes in the forest, and if it will happen again.

'''Important: Are you planning to create original wood release techniques that are unique to your character? (Hint: You can write them down like the content a the technique. It will save you work for later!)''' I am planning on dealing more with various kinds of trees and manipulating their characteristics more than i make tree, i smash you with tree. Because that mentality has been done way too many times. for example, use a poisonous tree to block fire release so the smoke will poison the enemy and things like that. combine that with extremely hard and sharp wooden weapons, made from fictional trees such as ironbark. will be expanded on, but i have to get going atm.

'''Which Canon Wood techniques are you planning to give to your character? How is it relevant to him/her? And how will he/she utilize these techniques in their own fashion?''' Honestly, I was going to use most of the base wood release techniques. Not even as standalone techniques, more because they seem like the simplest and most basic wood release techs available, and basically a primitive stage of some of the more advanced techs i plan on making.

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