Yin–Yang Release

Yin–Yang Release ( 陰陽遁 , Onmyōton, In'yōton , English TV: Shadow and Light Style) is a nature transformation that combines Yin Release and Yang Release , two natures that exist outside the five basic elemental natures. Yin Release uses spiritual energy and Yang Release uses physical energy , which are the two components of chakra . This in turn means that all jutsu that utilise chakra are at least distantly rooted in Yin–Yang Release.

Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki , famed as the "Sage of Six Paths", utilised Yin–Yang Release with the Creation of All Things Technique : by creating form out of nothingness (Yin Release) and then giving the form life (Yang Release), he was able to create the nine tailed beasts from the Ten-Tails ' chakra. Over a millennia later, Hagoromo's spirit gives some of his power to Naruto Uzumaki , allowing Naruto to use Yin–Yang Release as well: he stabilises Might Guy 's life force, whose body nearly expired due to using Eight Gates Released Formation ; he restores Kakashi Hatake 's left eye, which Kakashi lost over a decade earlier; he resuscitates Obito Uchiha , whose body was badly fatigued from having the Ten-Tails removed from his body. But Yin–Yang Release's healing ability remains limited, as Naruto cannot save Obito from the effects of the All-Killing Ash Bones .

Yin–Yang Release can be used to nullify the effects of all ninjutsu . Jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails take advantage of this by adding Yin–Yang Release to their Truth-Seeking Balls : when the balls are made into weapons, the weapons can break through any ninjutsu, even nullifying the regenerative bodies of those revived with the Impure World Reincarnation , which also makes conventional ninjutsu have no effect on hosts as well, though both remain vulnerable to attacks infused with natural energy , such as senjutsu . According to Sasuke Uchiha , only through combination of his Yin Power with Naruto's Yang Power could they seal Kaguya Ōtsutsuki , the progenitor of chakra itself on Earth .

## Trivia [ ]

- The section about Yin–Yang Release in Jin no Sho has the subheading of " Six Paths ", suggesting the two terms are connected.
- In the manga, the kanji for "Yin–Yang" (陰陽) are usually read as onmyō but occasionally read as in'yō . In the real world, in'yō is the common reading of the kanji. Historically, the onmyō reading appeared in Japan earlier and was used in reference to "the way of yin-yang" ( 陰陽道 , onmyōdō ). Onmyō conceptually evolved to refer to divination and various esoteric practices, an association not applied to the in'yō reading. Accordingly, some scholars translate onmyō as "divination" or "yin-yang", rather than "yin and yang".
- In chapter 606 , Madara tells Obito he will teach him to use Yin–Yang Release techniques and subsequently implies he used Yin–Yang Release to create the White Zetsu . In these instances, the kanji for Yin–Yang are read as in'yō .
- In the anime, Obito uses the in'yō reading when explaining Izanagi to Konan , despite using the onmyō reading in the manga.
- In chapter 684 , Black Zetsu uses the in'yō reading to refer to Naruto's and Sasuke's "Yin–Yang Powers" ( 陰陽の力 , In'yō no Chikara ).

## See Also [ ]

- List of Yin–Yang Release techniques
- List of Yin–Yang Release users

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