Kuēkā Tebukuro

=Design=

The white gauntlets he often times wears over his normal gloves or replaces his normal gloves with. At it’s base is it as a black breathable glove made of synthetic metals and cloth to give Taiho comfort and flexibility while providing strength so that the gloves won’t tear. Over that the glove is seemingly fixed into four parts: The fingers which are slid on first, are segmented giving it the feel of having joints and made of sharp steel plating with the top side extending slightly over the bottom half when it was welded, giving his grip a sort of clawed feel. Next goes the palm which is made of black steel reinforced leather which also seems to have metallic ‘pores’ dotted throughout the palm of the leather. This is attached to the bottom of the fingers through a strap and small golden button on the inside of the finger. Next goes the top of the hand which is white plated steel with a large glowing crystal embedded in it which glows when the gloves are charged with chakra. The top part is the only part that is not attached but welded to the base gloves and is simply strapped to when the palm and fingers are attached.

=Function=

They are rather complex gloves that allow the user utmost comfort while delivering heavy damage to the opponent. They are segmented with each section of the ‘finger’ attachment extending up and away from the rest when clenched. This gives the glove the ability to ‘catch’ weapons with the back of the hand essentially as long as they’re caught in the grooves. The gloves are chakra reactive, and while they are on his body (even when it is just the base glove) they are constantly flowing his chakra acting like a second skin. This allows Taiho to supplement his taijutsu using the gloves by storing and chakra with hand strikes. The chakra that flows through the weapon is not lost however charging and releasing chakra in attacks will cause the user to lose chakra. The crystal on the back of the hand glows brighter based on the amount of chakra flowing within the weapon and the chakra charged in the weapon. Unless the user consciously withdraws the chakra from the glove the crystal will always maintain a dim glow.