Five Elements Chakra Armour

A technique created by Itami Sarutobi as an extension of the Magē Arts fighting style. Like its parent technique, this technique uses Senjutsu to surround the user's body in an aura of natural energy, and then combines it with any of the five basic nature transformations. But the difference is, instead of expelling the element with the momentum of their strikes, the user surrounds their body with their chosen nature transformation. The user then appears to be surrounded in the chosen element. This works in a similar way to the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, or any kind of similar technique. When used with Lightning, this technique would give the same boosts to the user's physical prowess that the aforementioned technique would, so you can imagine what the various other elements would do as well.

However, the main purpose of this technique is for defense. Working in a similar way to Itachi Uchiha's Yata Mirror, the user is able to access whichever element they wish, surrounding themselves in it and nullifying other chakra techniques. For example, if a Lightning Release technique were to be performed on the user, the user would be able to surround themselves in Wind natured chakra, nullifying the Lightning Release technique. The drawback to this, is that the user has to be able to expel chakra powerful enough to equal or overpower the attack they are nullifying, making it more difficult to nullify more powerful attacks. If the user comes up short, the opponent's attack will not be nullified, but only weakened. This is not often a problem for Itami, as he has little trouble expelling chakra able to counter such techniques. Additionally, this only works against elemental jutsu, and would be far less effective against non-elemental techniques.