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Shikotsumyaku
Shikotsumyaku
Name
Kanji 屍骨脈
Literal
English
Dead Bone Pulse
Other Corpse Bone Chain
Debut
Appears in Anime, Manga, Game
Data
Classification Kekkei Genkai
Ninjutsu
Clan Kaguya Symbol Kaguya Clan
Known Wielders
Jutsu

All-Killing Ash Bones

All-Killing Dust Bones
Armor of Bone
Arrow of Unholy Exorcism
Ashen Fade
Bamboo Broom
Bamboo Divination Stick
Beast Bone Transformation
Bloody Bone: Degeneration
Bloody Senses
Blooming Clematis
Blooming Corpse Flower
Blossoming Bone Flower
Bone Ash Clone Technique
Bone Claws
Bone Clone Technique
Bone Density Manipulation Technique
Bone Malleability Manipulation Technique
Bone Morph Technique
Bone Morph: Cannon
Bone Morph: Drill
Bone Morph: Harpoon Shot
Bone Morph: Jackhammer
Bone Morph: Jumping Spring
Bone Morph: Porcupine Shot
Bone Morph: Rapid Shot
Bone Morph: Saw
Bone Morph: Scatter Shot
Bone Morph: Sniper Shot
Bone Morph: Wind Turbines
Bone Morph: Wings
Burning Passion of the Crimson Tiger
Calamity of Heaven and Earth
Corpse Bone Destruction
Corpse Bone Doll
Corpse Bone Flower
Corpse Bone Incinerate
Corpse Bone Reanimate
Corpse Bone Shock
Corpse Shell Technique
Corpsebone Density
Dance of La Rosa
Dance of Linnaea
Dance of The Snapdragon
Dance of the Aloe Vera
Dance of the Atomic Lotus
Dance of the Azalea
Dance of the Bamboo
Dance of the Beanstalk
Dance of the Bony Embrace
Dance of the Branching Ginkgo
Dance of the Branching Thorns
Dance of the Camellia
Dance of the Clematis: Flower
Dance of the Clematis: Vine
Dance of the Club Moss
Dance of the Cypress Flower
Dance of the Dandelion
Dance of the Dead Flower
Dance of the Emperor Oak
Dance of the Ethereal Warrior
Dance of the Howling Willow
Dance of the Jōmon Sugi
Dance of the Larch
Dance of the Lupine
Dance of the Marjoram
Dance of the Orchid
Dance of the Rainbow Lotus
Dance of the Red Spider Lily
Dance of the Red Tulip
Dance of the Rosemary
Dance of the Sacred Lotus
Dance of the Sea of Trees
Dance of the Seedling Fern
Dance of the Sleeping Titan
Dance of the Swan
Dance of the Tiger
Dance of the Tiger Lily
Dance of the Valerian
Dance of the Weeping Willow
Dance of the Willow
Danza del Narciso
Danza del Toro Loco
Day of Corpse Bones
Dead Bone Appendage
Dead Bone Assimilation
Dead Bone Clone
Dead Bone Weaving
Density Alteration
Earth Release: Dead Bone Pulse Wall
Five-Tails: Limit-Breaker Body
Four Heavenly Kings of Dreams
Gashadokuro
Grand Bone Forest
Heavenly Defense
Heavenly Drill Arrow
Hollow Hurricane Bone
Imperial Imprisonment Seal
Invisible Flames
Ishikikajō
Jishōkuse
Kaguya Secret Technique: Dust King Transformation
Kotsuhaiku
Lightning Bone Arc
Magnetic Bone Control
Manipulated Bone Shuriken Technique
Manipulating Bone Windmill Triple Blades
Metal Tendon Bone Spears
Neodymium Bone Snake
Pseudo Ash Bones
Purple Secret Technique:Darkness Bone
Quantum Blooming Cataclysmic Rasenshurikunai
Rafflesia
Raikotsutoge
Ruin's Song
Sacred Dance of the Red Spider Lily
Sage Unleashed: Sea Sage Transformation
Sanreiikkai
Saturated Bone Saber
Secret Shikotsumyaku Method: A Dialectic View of the World
Secret Shikotsumyaku Technique: Curse of Onryō
Secret Shikotsumyaku Technique: Demise of a World of Hope
Secret Shikotsumyaku Technique: Forgiveness of an Empty Vessel
Secret Shikotsumyaku Technique: God of Eight Banners
Secret Shikotsumyaku Technique: Grand Arena of Yomo-tsu-kuni
Secret Shikotsumyaku Technique: Habitation of an Empty Shell
Secret Shikotsumyaku Technique: Hunting Horn Arrow
Secret Shikotsumyaku Technique: Labyrinth of Grandeur
Secret Shikotsumyaku Technique: Prison of an Angry Titan
Secret Shikotsumyaku: Dark Demon
Shield of Bones
Shikotsumyaku Seal: Lock
Shikotsumyaku Weaponry
Shikotsumyaku: Death Rose
Shikotsumyaku: Eight Directional Gates
Shikotsumyaku: Sonic Vine
Shikotsumyaku: Turtle Shell Defense
Shikotsumyaku: White Prison
Shikotsumyaku: Wind Cannons
Skeletal Armor: Catacombs
Skeletal Beast
Skeletal Clones
Skeleton Bone Density Technique
Spicule Technique
Spinal Reflex Technique
Strong Claws For Weak Meat
Summoning Technique: Horse Lord Idiana Uma
Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets
Tennoreika
Tenrai Shiro Kujaku
The Exposed Bone: All-Killing Ash Dominion
The Exposed Bone: Authors of the Demon Scriptures
The Exposed Bone: Cataclysmic Bone Ash Prison
The Exposed Bone: Evanescent Oracle Bone
The Exposed Bone: Indomitable Armor of the Skull Valley
The Way of the Hunger Path: Cursed Life Replication
Transcription Seal: Guardian
True Shot: Majestic Peacock Phoenix Fire
White Secret Technique: Dance of the Monkshood
Wind Release: Scattering Bone Bullets
Wind Release: Speeding Ten Finger Drilling Bullets

Shikotsumyaku (屍骨脈, Literally meaning: Dead Bone Pulse, Meaning (Viz): Macabre Bone Pulse) is a kekkei genkai which gives its wielder the ability to manipulate their own bones.

Overview[]

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki possessed the ability to manipulate her own skeletal structure,[1] which she most commonly employed via her All-Killing Ash Bones. The Kaguya clan's Shikotsumyaku is a similar, but less lethal, power.[2] Users of Shikotsumyaku possess three unique skills: the ability to control their osteoblasts (cells responsible for producing bones); the ability to control their osteoclasts (cells responsible for breaking down bones); the ability to regulate their bones' calcium density.[3] So long as their body does not tire out, users can take advantage of these abilities without limit.[4]

With Shikotsumyaku, users can grow new bones anywhere in their body. Typically these bones are functionally and visually identical to other bones in the body, such as the spine or ribs. Other times the bones will be similar to standard bones, but with specific alterations: Dance of the Camellia uses an upper arm bone that has been sharpened for use as a blade. If the user chooses, they can create entirely original bones with no clear parallels: Dance of the Clematis: Flower uses a large, drill-like bone growth. The user's bones can be made denser, increasing their cutting power and rendering them resistant to crushing or cutting.[5][6] If the user chooses, hollow bones can be produced, such as for use as a flute.[7]

Users can manipulate their bones after or even as they're being formed, causing them to break through the skin. Most often these bones only protrude from the body, enough for the user to grab and remove them or, alternatively, remain jutting out for whatever offensive or defensive purpose the user intends. If the user chooses, the bones can be forcefully ejected from the body, as in the case of Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets. After the bones have either left the body or been retracted into it, the broken skin heals rapidly.[8] If, in the case of removed bones, the user does not already have a duplicate prepared, the relevant body part will be misshapen and unusable until a replacement is produced.[9]

Shikotsumyaku gives its users a huge advantage in combat, as they can produce an endless number of bones to suit any conceivable circumstance. Rarely do users encounter real opposition in a fight, for which reason their path through a battlefield is often left littered with dead bodies. On those infrequent occasions when they cannot quickly finish off an opponent, their ability to strengthen their own bones renders them highly resistant to damage, their bodies being likened to a fortress.[4] Due to Shikotsumyaku's unprecedented power and versatility, the Kaguya clan believed themselves to be invincible. This overestimation of themselves led the Kaguya to pick a fight with a superior power, Kirigakure, causing them to be wiped out.[10]

Orochimaru, in his quest for immortality, wanted to acquire Shikotsumyaku for himself by taking over Kimimaro's body, but Kimimaro became ill before Orochimaru had the chance.[11] Kabuto Yakushi attempted to heal Kimimaro, but his kekkei genkai made his body so radically different from an average person's that, without sufficient information about his unique physiology, there was nothing Kabuto could do for him.[10] After Kimimaro's death, Kabuto is able to replicate Kimimaro's Shikotsumyaku within his own body.[12] Orochimaru subsequently gains Shikotsumyaku by absorbing the ability from Kabuto.

Trivia[]

  • Kimimaro refers to many of his Shikotsumyaku-dependent jutsu as "dances". Each dance is named after a different plant.
  • In the manga, when Kimimaro extracts bones from his body, his skin rips wide open. In the anime, to censor the gore, small holes are opened when bones come out, which are big enough to allow the bones to fluidly pass through the skin.

References[]

  1. Jin no Sho, page 25
  2. Jin no Sho, page 275
  3. Naruto chapter 212, page 2
  4. 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named d2
  5. Naruto chapter 215, page 14
  6. Naruto chapter 531, page 10
  7. Naruto chapter 585, page 8
  8. Naruto chapter 206, page 6
  9. Naruto chapter 211, page 15
  10. 10.0 10.1 Naruto chapter 216, pages 14-15
  11. Naruto chapter 201, pages 16-17
  12. Naruto chapter 585, page 6
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