The Earth Grudge Fear is a forbidden technique capable of defying mortal limitations. Here’s a look at what this bizarre power is capable of.
Highlights
- The Earth Grudge Fear Technique is a forbidden jutsu that can transform the user into an immortal being by extracting and integrating vital organs.
- Kakuzu, from the Hidden Waterfall Village, is the only known user of the Earth Grudge Fear Technique, which he used to prolong his life and become pseudo-immortal.
- The true offensive power of the Earth Grudge Fear Technique lies in the ability to transform stolen hearts into separate constructs that can utilize elemental powers, making it a difficult technique to counter.
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The Naruto universe is laden with bizarre techniques that push the boundaries of mortal limitations, yet only a few are as powerful as the Earth Grudge Fear Technique. Originating from the treasure troves of the Village Hidden in the Waterfalls, the Earth Grudge Fear Technique is a forbidden jutsu capable of transforming the wielder into an otherworldly being, akin to an immortal.
Since the Earth Grudge Fear only has one user in the entirety of Naruto, details on this jutsu are rather limited compared to other techniques. However, Shippuden explores its contents well enough for fans to become thoroughly acquainted with this baffling jutsu. Earth Grudge Fear pushes the boundaries of life and death to its limits, making its classification as a Kinjutsu more than plausible.
How Does the Earth Grudge Fear Technique Work?
The Earth Grudge Fear Technique is a novel technique that results in physical changes in the wielder’s body, with the most obvious being the thread-like appendages emanating from the user’s entire body. This gives the wielder a rag-doll like appearance, with joints and limbs sewn together with black threads. Since the user’s physical body is no longer whole, the user is granted a number of abilities and attributes that tremendously increase their overall prowess.
Apart from turning the body into a literal rag-doll, the Earth Grudge Fear is also capable of extracting organs of other humans and integrating them within the user’s own body. The needle-like appendages penetrate the target’s body and extract vital organs, with the very same threads merging the newfound organs back to the caster’s body. The entire process is quite macabre and petrifying, since the victims are either left crippled or dead.
Due to the Earth Grudge Fear Technique’s organ extraction capabilities, the jutsu offers the wielder another side-benefit – immortality. The user can simply extract the vitals needed to survive from other people and replace their own expired organs. Since the heart is the main source of life, extracting this specific organ can indefinitely prolong the user’s life, as long as a continued supply of new hearts is available.
Who Was the Wielder of the Earth Grudge Fear?
Being a secret Kinjutsu from a lesser-known village, the Earth Grudge Fear Technique only had one user – Kakuzu. Belonging to the Hidden Waterfall Village, Kakuzu has existed since the time of the Warring States Period, prolonging his life since then through the Earth Grudge Fear’s organ extraction power.
After his unsuccessful assassination of First Hokage Hashirama Senju, Kakuzu was ostracized by his own village. The hate turned the once-loyal shinobi into a rogue ninja with no compassion left for his own people, resulting in Kakuzu stealing the secret jutsu and slaughtering every single village elder. Since then, Kakuzu has been extracting the hearts of his victims, and attaching them to his back to prolong his own life. This process turned him into a pseudo-immortal, since he can live forever as long as the requirements for his survival are met.
Powers of the Earth Grudge Fear
The Earth Grudge Fear Technique has several obvious powers, such as the ability to extract vital organs and turn the user into an immortal being. However, the jutsu’s true offensive power lies in its ability to transform stolen hearts into individual puppets that are capable of utilizing elemental release. Since Kakuzu himself had mastery over Earth Style, his four hearts boasted control over the other four elemental styles.
The four extra hearts had been attached to his back through the use of animal masks, with each one capable of detaching from Kakuzu’s body to form a separate construct. Each animal mask was dedicated to a separate element, and once the masks turned into separate constructs, they could utilize these elemental powers. The Fire Mask had fire-affinity, and could use techniques such as Fire Style: Searing Migraine.
Similarly, the Lightning Mask was capable of using Lightning Style, with its primary technique being Lightning Release: False Darkness. Kakuzu’s Wind Mask was arguably the strongest, as it was capable of intermixing its wind-affinity with the Fire Mask to create a dual strike. Lastly, the Water Mask granted Kakuzu Water Release abilities, though none were witnessed during his fight with Team 10 since the mask was destroyed early on.
Counters to the Earth Grudge Fear Technique
Since the Earth Grudge Fear Technique grants the user immortality of sorts, defeating the wielder of the jutsu can be rather cumbersome. For the user to die, all hearts attached to their body must be destroyed, since any remaining heart will allow them to linger on. This is evident from Kakuzu’s demise, as he was defeated only after his final heart was squashed by Team 10, ending his pseudo-immortality once and for all.
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