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Used by sensor typeshinobi, this technique allows users to detect chakra and track down targets. The range of this technique varies between sensors.
Trivia
Throughout the series, various characters have commented on the feel of chakra and similar comments regarding the ability to sense high or potent levels of chakra a little, leading to the possibility that chakra sensing is merely a more refined version of this by either teaching or being simply born more 'sensitive'.