Lightning Release: Lariat

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Lightning Release: Lariat
Image 1 Image 2 The technique used in version 1 cloak. The technique used in version 2 cloak with addition of bones.
Name
Kanji	雷犂熱刀
Rōmaji	Rariatto
Literal english	Lightning Plough Hot Sword
English anime	Lariat
English games	Lightning Style: Lariat
Alternative names	Eighth (八本目, Happonme)
Debut
Manga	Naruto chapter 413
Anime	Naruto: Shippūden episode 143
Game	Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Game
Data
Classification	Taijutsu
Nature	Lightning Release
Rank	A-rank
Class	Offensive
Range	Short range (0-5m)
Other Jutsu
Derived Jutsu ● Lightning Release: Double Lariat ● Tailed Beast Lariat
Users
Original Universe: ● A (Fourth Raikage) ● Killer B ● Blue B (Anime only) ● A (Third Raikage) (Game only) Fanon Universe: ● Ayame ● Bumble B ● Bumble B (ABN) ● Gawato ● Isagiyo ● Juniku ● Kazuo Uchiha ● Kei Yotsuki ● Ken Miyamoto ● Kenji Miyamoto ● Kiirome Yotsuki ● Kira Suzumebachi ● Kiyasui Iro ● Rakusasu Doreā ● Suno Uchiha ● Tee ● Miki Inazuma ● Nōkon ● Orochi Uchiha ● Yuiitsu ● Kirāwani ● Kōzuki Sarutobi ● Ray Moon ● Kiyoko ● Kaizen Hagane ● Raido Namikaze ● Yumi Senju ● Okuyuki Raika ● Yamamoto ● Nisashi Uzumaki ● Izuru Uchiha ● Kikatake Uzumaki ● Arashi Kyuden ● Raio Uchiha ● Shinsei Hyuga ● Ariake Hayashi ● Wayward A (ABN)

The user charges at his opponent, striking them with a Lariat move, which can be coated in chakra. A successful strike can blow away a target's entire chest with a direct hit. The attack is rather straightforward, but very quick and powerful.

Variants

• Jinchūriki of the Eight-Tails.can the use Lariat with the Eight-Tails' chakra, which coats around their body and gives them chakra horns. They can also transformation into their version 2 form with the addition of an ox-bone structure. These forms are powerful enough to cave in a person's chest.
• The Lariat can be used with the enhanced power gained from the Lightning Release Chakra Mode. When used by the Fourth Raikage, he was able to match the strength of Killer B's Lariat in his version 1 form, and decapitate a target together.
• Shinsei Hyuga performs this technique by hardening a layer of bones under his skin for additional force.