Hanji

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## Chakra Natures

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## Canon Techniques

Blastsword Technique: Blasting Bridle Repeating Death
Fire Release: Exploding Flame Formation
Dance of the Shikigami
Paper Chakram
Paper Clone
Paper Drizzle
Paper Person of God Technique
Paper Shuriken
Sensing Technique
Cloth Binding Technique
Hiding in Cloth Technique
Protective Cloth Dome

## Background and Personality

Hanji is a missing-nin originally from Kirigakure, the Village Hidden in the Mist, located in the Land of Water - now referred to as simply the Water District. As a child, Hanji displayed signs of antisocial personality disorder - lacking empathy and remorse. He struggled to read social cues or relate to his peers. At age 8, while still in the Academy, these concerning behavioral traits publicly manifested during a sparring exam. Hanji viciously attacked and killed his classmate opponent, revealing his capacity for merciless violence. He was imprisoned shortly thereafter once evaluated by the village's mental health experts.

During his incarceration, Hanji secretly gained the attention of Kirigakure’s former Mizukage, Isamu Chinoike. Recognizing the boy’s potential, Isamu arranged specialized training for Hanji with select hunter-nin. He hoped to eventually recruit Hanji into the elite Anbu trackers/assassins directly under the Kage's command. However, the mysterious Shinomori crossed paths with Hanji while incarcerated. Recognizing the young shinobi's unique abilities, Shinomori was quickly able to manipulate him into becoming a loyal follower. At 15 years old, Hanji escaped imprisonment with Shinomori's assistance and stealing the legendary sentinent sword Shibuki, now intent on pursuing his own ambitions separate from the Hidden Mist.

## Abilities

* **Ninjutsu**

As a child, Hanji had a natural talent for origami. He would go on to develop it into his unique fighting style, leading him to use the Dance of the Shikigami. This technique allows Hanji to transform his entire body and clothing into numerous sheets of paper that he can fully control.

Hanji can change the color, texture, and shape of the paper at will. He often creates swirling flocks of paper cranes to gather information across long distances. The paper can be hardened with chakra to form deadly spears, shurikens, and discs to slice through enemies. By blanketing opponents in thick sheets of paper, Hanji can restrain and asphyxiate them. He is also able craft detailed paper clones that can fight in his place - even hiding explosive tags to catch enemies off guard. Befitting his graceful art, Hanji can form large paper wings on his back, enabling him to fly and hover silently across battlefields. The wings can fire volleys of razor-sharp paper sheets, slicing through opponents in deadly arcs. His origami techniques make Hanji extremely difficult to track, pin down, or injure - allowing him to eliminate targets before they even realize he is there. When confronting threats head-on, Hanji envelops his limbs in dense stacks of paper - augmenting his strength and protecting him from harm. Very few rogue shinobi can match his speed, dexterity and lethal paper arts crafted over years of solitary practice. By weaponizing his childhood love of origami, he has become one of the most dangerous members of Shinomori's syndicate.

* **Kenjutsu**

The unique blastsword Shibuki perfectly complements Hanji's explosive paper arts. The sentient sword's edge is lined with rows of explosive tags that detonate on command - unleashing tremendous explosive power. Hanji wields Shibuki with expert precision honed from years of swordsmanship training. After the initial explosive tags ignite, an integrated scroll seamlessly deposits new tags along the sword's edge - allowing endless consecutive detonations. Because Hanji's body is composed entirely of chakra-infused paper, he can wield Shibuki without harm and strategically detonate the explosives across sprawling battlefields. Much like the infamous rogue ninja Deidara, Hanji can now annihilate entire platoons or villages with massive timed explosions using the legendary sword.

By combining intuitive swordsmanship with Shibuki's raw explosive might, Hanji terrorizes the land - evaporating legions of hunter-nin dispatched to eliminate him. The integrated paper techniques make him untrackable - appearing in flashes to demolish targets before vanishing. With this fearsome and unrivaled combination at his disposal, Hanji has become one of Shinomori’s most lethal enforcers - able to alter the tide of any conflict through overwhelming explosions. Few shinobi dare challenge this volatile swordsman covered in arcs of detonating tags, wielding a weapon of unparalleled destruction as though it is an extension of his own lethal paper arts.