| Nine-Tails Chakra Mode | |
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| Kanji | 九尾チャクラモード |
| Rōmaji | Kyūbi Chakura Mōdo |
| Other | Kurama Chakra Mode (九喇嘛チャクラモード, Kurama Chakura Mōdo),[1] Tailed Beast Chakra Mode (尾獣チャクラモード, Bijū Chakura Mōdo)[2] |
| Debut | |
| Novel | Naruto: A Shinobi Story |
| Appears in | Novel |
| Data | |
| Classification | Ninjutsu, Chakra Flow, Tailed Beast Skill |
| Class | Supplementary |
| Derived Jutsu | |
| Hurricane Thunderclap — Majestic Attire Sword Stroke, Kurama Arm Attack, Naruto Region Combo, Six Paths: Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken, Spiralling Absorption Sphere, Super Mini-Tailed Beast Ball, Tailed Beast Ball Rasenshuriken, Six Paths: Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken, Tailed Beast Full Charge, Wind Release: Repeated Rasenshuriken | |
| User(s) | |
| Kurama Naruto Uzumaki | |
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A unique form of transformation that is granted to Naruto Uzumaki, the jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails.[3] This transformation bears similarities in physical appearance to the Ten-Tails’ jinchūriki, such as having six magatama-like markings around the neck and possessing small horns above the head.
Attributes[]
The Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and its related forms coat Naruto’s body in yellow chakra, which emanates from them reminiscent of flickering flames.[4][5] The form’s design differs between users and can even change over time,[6] but certain features are consistent across all forms: two horns on their head, six magatama markings around their neck, some sort of prominent circular/swirl design over their stomach, and various other lines extending along their body.
Like all jinchūriki transformations, Naruto’s physical abilities are enhanced while the mode is active, with greater enhancements coming from using more of the Nine-Tails’ chakra. While using just the basic Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Naruto Uzumaki is strong enough to defeat members of the White Zetsu Army with a single kick[7] and fast enough to dodge the Fourth Raikage using his Lightning Release: Body Flicker Technique.[8] The chakra that surrounds the user also helps in protecting them from damage, allowing them to take lava and boil-based attacks and suffer only minor injuries.[9] Naruto is even able to survive Tenpenchii because of his protective cloak, though the cloak itself is lost in the process.[10] Naruto’s scent and chakra signature also change.[11]
From the chakra that surrounds him, Naruto can produce chakra arms as a way to interact with their surroundings or improve their maneuverability. Naruto primarily uses the arms to help him form the Rasengan and its variants, having the arms assist with the shape or nature transformation that he usually relies on shadow clones for.[12]
Forms[]
Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
While using Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Naruto’s eyes become orange, but their pupils remain the same. Like previous jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails, Naruto is able to sense negative emotions while he is in this form,[13] seemingly regardless of distance[14] or obstructions.[15] He also releases a powerful life force while the mode is active, causing wood constructs to quickly mature into full-grown trees when he is nearby[16] and any White Zetsu will become a tree when he comes in contact with them.[17]
The initial risk of Naruto using Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
Despite the passive abilities and enhancements he gains, Naruto’s use of the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode is initially marked by limitations due to the Nine-Tails refusing to cooperate with him. This prevents him from using Tailed Beast Balls while in this form,[18] Because Naruto “shelves” his own chakra in this form and instead draws on the Nine-Tails’, his early uses of it come with a risk that the Nine-Tails will take that shelved chakra, resulting in Naruto’s death. Naruto must, therefore, be careful of how long he uses the form for and how many shadow clones he creates, as doing too many only increases the risk.[19] The Nine-Tails eventually stops trying to take Naruto’s chakra,[20] and soon after that, starts cooperating, removing these limitations.[21]
Kurama Mode[]
Naruto’s Kurama Mode.
Once Naruto learned the Nine-Tails’ name ― Kurama ― their hearts synchronize and Naruto became Kurama Mode (九喇嘛モード, Kurama Mōdo).[22] His pupils becomes slitted, the whisker-like markings on his face become thicker to resemble the ☰ trigram, and the chakra shroud’s shape alters to resemble a full-length haori, similar to the one Minato usually wears.[23] For all intents and purposes, Kurama Mode is a completed version of Nine-Tails Chakra Mode: Tailed Beast Mode without the full transformation, meaning that Naruto is able to use Tailed Beast Balls.[24] He can partially manifest parts of Kurama’s body if needed, such as its head[25] and tails.[26]
Naruto is able to transfer his and Kurama’s chakra to others, granting them tailless version 1-like chakra shrouds that greatly enhance their techniques: Hinata Hyūga, for example, is able to deflect one of the Ten-Tails’ tails with a single Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.[27] Kakashi Hatake states that the power and volume of the transferred chakra is even greater than when Kurama earlier directly handed chakra to him, which had improved his Kamui at least threefold.[28] Despite Kurama’s contribution, C claims the transferred chakra more closely resembles Naruto’s own.[29]
Tailed Beast Mode[]
Main article: Jinchūriki Forms (RW109)#Tailed Beast ModeNaruto can create full-size replica of Kurama. Whereas other jinchūriki’s Tailed Beast Modes cause them to fully transform into their respective tailed beast, Naruto’s is instead an alteration of their earlier chakra cloaks changed to resemble Kurama: Naruto’s is the same translucent golden color as his earlier cloak with black lines all across its body[30]Naruto is initially limited to only using this form for five minutes because he has not perfected his bond with Kurama,[31] but with practice they extend this to eight minutes,[32] and then again to some unspecified limit.
While Tailed Beast Mode is active, Naruto hover within the construct’s head. He can in fact allow others to enter the construct as well, extending its protection to them and allowing Kurama to heal their wounds and replenish their chakra.[33] Because it is not a proper transformation, Naruto and Minato can still use their other jutsu from within this form, such as the Rasengan and Shadow Clone Technique,[34] and can use the construct’s tails as chakra arms.[35] Kurama is able to speak through this replica and can be granted control of it.[36]
Senjutsu Influence[]
Naruto’s combination of Kurama Mode and Sage Mode.
Naruto can combine his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and its various forms with Sage Mode to further enhance his abilities with the power of senjutsu.[37] His pupils become a combination of the two forms: the vertical fox-slits with the horizontal toad-slits. Naruto notes he can absorb natural energy more quickly than usual while in Kurama Mode.[38] After meeting Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki during the Fourth Shinobi World War, these abilities are further augmented by the powers of the Six Paths Sage Mode and the Six Paths Senjutsu.
Combined with Six Paths Senjutsu[]
Main article: Six Paths Sage Mode
Naruto’s initial mode after receiving Hagoromo’S power.
After receiving Hagoromo’s power, Naruto gains the ability to use the Six Paths Sage Mode, and the initial appearance of his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode while simultaneously using it changes: his body is coated in yellow chakra; a sort of circular design is featured prominently over his stomach; the whisker-like markings on his face become thicker to resemble the ☰ trigram; six magatama markings are present on or around his collar; various other dark designs appear along his body, sometimes densely enough to give the appearance that was wearing a body suit beneath the yellow coat. A pattern consisting of a Rinnegan-like marking above nine magatama also appears on his back.[39] His eyes become yellow and his skin does not glow along with the rest of his outfit when activated.[40] When Naruto uses the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode in conjunction with Six Paths Sage Mode, his abilities are pushed even further, demonstrated by him becoming fast enough to catch[41] and durable enough to take a Chidori unharmed.[42]
Tailed Beast Mode[]
Main article: Jinchūriki Forms (RW109)#Tailed Beast ModeAfter obtaining the Six Paths Senjutsu, Naruto retains the ability to enter Tailed Beast Mode,[43] which, in terms of size and strength, is comparable to Sasuke Uchiha’s Complete Body — Susanoo.[44] Through the use of shadow clones, Naruto has shown the ability to combine three Kurama avatars into a single construct with three faces and six arms.[45] This form is known as “Asura Kurama Mode” (アシュラクラマモード, Ashura Kurama Mōdo)[46] and allows Naruto to use the Six Paths: Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken, which was able to match Sasuke’s strongest attack and cause the Valley of the End and the surrounding area to be devastated.[47]
Trivia[]
- Prior to Naruto entering Kurama Mode for the first time, the markings on Naruto’s chakra shroud would extend further along his arms and legs whenever he attempted to form the Tailed Beast Rasengan, causing his cloak to briefly progress toward its complete form.[48][49][50]
- Kurama’s golden chakra and approximate age of a millennia evoke the “Sky Fox” (天狐, tenko), kitsune who gain golden fur upon growing their ninth tail and reaching 1,000 years of age. They become equivalent to kami and ascend to the heavens.
- In the anime’s Power arc, Naruto temporarily assumes an incomplete version of the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode after breaking free from Kurama’s influence. During his brief time in the form, Naruto is able to form an incomplete Tailed Beast Rasengan, use chakra arms, and enter an imperfect version of the Tailed Beast Mode, although it lacked legs and possessed only six tails.
- When Minato first entered this mode, his bangs spiked upward and his chakra cloak gained horns similar to those of his son. His hairstyle, however, reverted to its original state in the latter part of 639.
- }} In the colorized versions of chapters 676 and 678 included in digital editions of Weekly Shōnen Jump, Naruto’s skin in this mode was depicted as yellow and his eyes had orange irides, much like his previous transformations. Later illustrations colored, by Masashi Kishimoto instead depict Naruto with his original skin color and yellow irises. The coloration was corrected in subsequent chapters and the Naruto: Color Edition release of volume 71.
- Hagoromo attributes the presence of Kurama’s chakra alongside Indra’s and Asura’s to his emergence from Madara’s lower body as the Ten-Tails’ jinchūriki.[51]
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ Retsu no Sho, page 11
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- ↑ Naruto chapter 538, page 1
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- ↑ Naruto chapter 505, page 8
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- ↑ Naruto chapter 565, pages 11-13
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- ↑ Fourth Databook, page 250
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- ↑ Volume 70 cover
- ↑ Naruto chapter 650
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- ↑ The name comes from the Studio Pierrot blog.
- ↑ Naruto chapter 697, pages 1-3
- ↑ Naruto chapter 519, page 14
- ↑ Naruto chapter 520, page 1
- ↑ Volume 55 cover
- ↑ Naruto chapter 686, page 1