Body Flicker Technique

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Body Flicker Technique
Image 1 Image 2 Smoke being used... ...to mask the user's movements.
Name
Kanji	瞬身の術
Rōmaji	Shunshin no Jutsu
Viz print manga	Art of Teleportation
English anime	Teleportation Jutsu
Debut
Manga	Naruto chapter 1
Anime	Naruto episode 1
Novel	Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood
Movie	Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison
Game	Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Novel, Game, Movie
Data
Classification	Ninjutsu, General Skill
Rank	D-rank
Class	Supplementary
Hand seals	Tiger
Other Jutsu
Derived Jutsu ● Afterimage Clone ● Body Replacement Technique → Orochimaru-Style Body Replacement Technique
Users
Original Universe: ● A (Third Raikage) ● A (Fourth Raikage) ● Shisui Uchiha Fanon Universe: ● Shinuchi ● Shisui Uchiha (NejiHyuga2) ● Shisui Uchiha (RW109)

This is a high-speed movement technique, allowing a ninja to move short to long distances at an almost untraceable speed. To an observer, it appears as if the user has teleported. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by using chakra to temporarily vitalize the body and move at extreme speeds. The amount of chakra required depends on the overall distance and elevation between the user and the intended destination.

Other versions of this technique are used to disguise one's movements other than smoke: Sand can be used for the Sand Body Flicker (砂瞬身, Suna-Shunshin); Ink can be used for the Ink Mist Body Flicker (墨霞瞬身, Sumigasumi-Shunshin); Mist can be used for the Mist Body Flicker (霧瞬身, Kiri-Shunshin); Water can be used for the Water Body Flicker (水瞬身, Mizu-Shunshin); Leaves can be used for the Leaf Body Flicker (木ノ葉瞬身, Konoha-Shunshin, Literally meaning: Tree Leaf Body Flicker).

Shisui Uchiha was feared as "Shisui of the Body Flicker" (瞬身のシスイ, Shunshin no Shisui), due to his skill with this technique. The Fourth Raikage combined the Body Flicker Technique with the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, which allowed him to dodge even Amaterasu in a split second.