The Sharingan abilities granted sight beyond what normal eyes could see, but how did this feared dōjutsu first manifest within the Uchiha clan?
Highlights
- The Sharingan grants powerful abilities like enhanced perception, mimicking movements, and predicting opponents’ next moves in combat.
- The Sharingan possesses two main abilities: Eye of Insight, seeing chakra and mimicking movements, and Eye of Hypnotism, controlling targets and suggesting movements.
- The Sharingan can evolve into advanced forms like Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan, granting unique abilities and restoring eyesight.
The Sharingan is a kekkei genkai possessed by members of the Uchiha clan in the Naruto story. As a dōjutsu, the Sharingan manifests in the user’s eyes and imbues them with formidable ocular powers. During intense emotional experiences, often involving those close to the user, the Sharingan is awakened. Once activated, it allows the user to gain insight into an opponent’s techniques and movements through enhanced perception.
The Sharingan grants its wielder two broad categories of abilities. Through its Eye of Insight, the user can see chakra and utilize advanced clarity of perception to react to fast attacks or mimic others’ movements. With its Eye of Hypnotism, various genjutsu or illusory techniques can be performed through eye contact alone. Overall, the Sharingan is among the most potent doujutsu in the series due to its copy abilities and enhanced vision, making it a feared power possessed only by members of the Uchiha clan. Further development of the Sharingan unlocks additional advanced ocular techniques for its users in battle.
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Origins and Awakening of the Sharingan
The Sharingan is one of the most powerful dōjutsu kekkei genkai that belongs to the Uchiha clan. It is hailed as one of the Three Great Dōjutsu, along with the Byakugan and Rinnegan. Its origins can be traced back to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s Rinne Sharingan, but its independent form was first developed by Indra Ōtsutsuki.
The Sharingan awakens as a wielder during times of powerful emotional distress related to someone precious to them. This causes their brain to release a special chakra that affects the optic nerves and transforms their eyes. Commonly, the negative emotions of stress or loss from the Uchiha’s Curse of Hatred trigger the awakening. However, positive emotions like a desire to protect or reunite with a loved one can also trigger it. When first awakened, the Sharingan typically shows one tomoe, but extreme emotional experiences cause it to develop up to three tomoes, signifying full maturation.
In the beginning, the enhanced perception granted by the Sharingan can throw off a user’s timing. This forces them to adjust their body movements to properly sync with their increased reaction speed. Maintaining the Sharingan’s power for prolonged periods also requires high chakra control. During the awakening process, the user may experience temporary blurriness in their vision until the Sharingan fully manifests.
While the Sharingan is typically unique to the Uchiha, it can be transplanted to non-Uchiha. However, implanted Sharingan cannot be deactivated, drains more chakra to use, and tends to be covered to conserve energy. Sharingan from the same donor may also stay somewhat connected between different users.
Abilities of the Sharingan
The Sharingan is known for its diverse abilities, which make it one of the most powerful dōjutsu in the Naruto universe. There are two main categories of abilities: the “Eye of Insight” and the “Eye of Hypnotism.”.
The Eye of Insight
The Eye of Insight allows the user to see chakra and its composition, giving it color. While not as powerful as the Byakugan, it can see through some obstructions and detect chakra irregularities. It provides incredible clarity of perception, letting the user read lips or mimic movements precisely. Sasuke Uchiha’s Sharingan could even see on a cellular level. This enhanced perception grants predictive abilities in combat, allowing the user to anticipate opponents’ moves and dodge or intercept accordingly based on subtle muscle tensing. Users can also read hand seals regardless of speed, as long as their hands aren’t hidden. With advanced skill, eye contact can enter targets’ minds to view memories or erase them at range.
The Eye of Insight also allows the user to copy almost any jutsu seen with near-perfect accuracy. They can then perform or modify copied jutsu, like Sasuke basing his Lion Combo on Rock Lee’s Front Lotus. However, users need prerequisite abilities to replicate techniques and can’t copy kekkei genkai or nature transformations unfamiliar to them.
The Eye of Hypnotism
The Eye of Hypnotism enables the generic jutsu. Genjutsu: Sharingan. Through eye contact, it can suggest thoughts and coerce targets into actions or divulge information, possibly without awareness. In extreme cases, the user gains complete control over the body. This control is shown through the Sharingan appearing in the target’s eye. The Uchiha notably use this on tailed beasts and can even access their subconscious to control their chakra. Multiple targets can be controlled simultaneously, but divided attention makes escape easier. The user can also appear to “see the future” by perfectly mimicking opponents and possibly confusing them with genjutsu after suggesting their next move.
There are also the Izanagi and Izanami jutsu. Izanagi can warp reality briefly while Izanami traps in infinite senses, disregarding loops as retribution for abusing Izanagi’s power. But both jutsu permanently blind the eye used. In summary, the Sharingan’s abilities collectively make it a formidable dōjutsu through superior insight and hypnotic prowess.
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The Evolution of the Sharingan
The basic Sharingan can evolve into more advanced forms through significant life experiences. This allows the user to access enhanced abilities.
The Mangekyō Sharingan
The Sharingan has the potential to evolve into the Mangekyō Sharingan by experiencing the trauma of loss. This grants unique supplementary jutsu to the standard Sharingan capabilities. Awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan also fully matures the undeveloped Sharingan.
Prolonged use of the Mangekyō Sharingan results in the user going blind over time. However, this deficiency can be overcome by transplanting another pair of Mangekyō Sharingan from a close relative, such as a sibling. This procedure provides “eternal” Mangekyō Sharingan that does not deteriorate eyesight.
The Rinnegan
A Sharingan can become a Rinnegan by mixing both Asura and Indra’s chakras, drawing out Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki’s chakra. Madara Uchiha’s Sharingan became Rinnegan decades after integrating Hashirama’s DNA. Sasuke Uchiha’s left Sharingan became a Rinnegan upon acquiring half of Hagoromo’s chakra. Awakening the Rinnegan restores eyesight eliminated by Izanagi’s usage.
In the anime, Hagoromo awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan simultaneously, skipping the progression to the Mangekyō entirely. This awakening method allowed others to evolve their Sharingan further.
Iconic Users of the Uchiha Kekkei Genkai
While almost every Uchiha clan member possessed a Sharingan, some stood above the rest as the most powerful users of the legendary dojutsu:
- Madara Uchiha is considered the strongest Uchiha of all time. His Rinnegan granted him unrivaled powers.
- Itachi Uchiha: A genius with Mangekyo’s hiden tsukuyomi technique. Nearly defeated Sasuke.
- Obito Uchiha: Acquired both Sharingan and Rinnegan, using Kamui to warp space-time.
- Sasuke Uchiha: Wielder of Eternal Mangekyo and Rinnegan. Helped defeat Kaguya.
- Shisui Uchiha: Renowned for his unmatched genjutsu skills with Kotoamatsukami.
- Kakashi Hatake: Renowned Copy Ninja gained Sharingan through Obito’s transplanted eye, widening his ninjutsu arsenal.
- Izuna Uchiha: Madara’s brother, who provided his eyes for an eternal Mangekyo.
Even among the elite Uchiha bloodline, these Shinobi stood as the most gifted and formidable users of the almighty Sharingan, cementing its place as the most iconic and powerful kekkei genkai in the entire Naruto series. Their deeds and battles will remain legendary for all time.
Naruto is available to stream on Crunchyroll.
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Naruto
AnimationActionAdventure
A popular shonen anime based on Masashi Kishimoto’s manga, Naruto follows its eponymous shinobi’s journey as he goes from his town’s outsider to its hero.
Release Date
October 2, 2002
Seasons
5
Creator
Masashi Kishimoto
Streaming Service(s)
Crunchyroll
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