New Shadow Style (LD)

## New Shadow Style

The **New Shadow Style** (新陰流 *Shinkage-ryū*) is a fighting style present in the Jujutsu Kaisen: Resurrection series, it is an expanded version of the original version used in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. It is a fighting style that combines the use of different fighting styles (swordsmanship in particular) and the use of anti-domain techniques (Simple Domain in particular) to create a way for the "weak" sorcerers to fight back against the strong, particularly devised as a method to counter their Domain Expansions.

## History

The New Shadow Style was created by Sadatsuna Ashiya during the height of jujutsu sorcery in the Heian Era (794-1185) to complement the creation of his Simple Domain barrier technique. Sadatsuna created this fighting style in order to protect his followers from curses, cursed spirits and curse users, as well as to devise a method that could take advantage and complement the creation of his anti-domain technique besides the act of simply casting it

Sadatsuna originally developed this fighting style as a swordsmanship style, as the use of swords and katanas was the most common practice at the time, which would allow most of his followers to be able to use these techniques, he also developed it this way to complement his own skills using the sword. Similarly to the Simple Domain, binding vows were established that forbade teaching any of these swordsmanship techniques to outsiders and non followers. Though skilled users of the sword would be able to replicate these techniques after seeing them performed, leading them to become more widespread due to the reputation of Sadatsuna's techniques, something that the binding vows did not account for.

Though, as swordsmanship was still developing during this time, and no formal swordsmanship schools existed yet, these techniques were considered to be revolutionary for swordsmanship, but not that strong on their own when it came to jujutsu sorcery, as they needed the additional use of Simple Domain in order to be considered well rounded techniques. Copying these techniques would not suffice, one would also have to figure out the way to perform the Simple Domain technique to be effective in a context of jujutsu sorcery, especially during the high powered context of the Heian era.

Most of the information regarding the New Shadow Style was lost to history, as it was not documented in order to prevent outsiders and non followers from learning those techniques, instead preferring to pass it down from person to person, leading to some techniques being lost and techniques created by other users to blend alongside those created by Sadatsuna.

The New Shadow Style is a predecessor to the New Shadow School (新陰流 Shinkage-ryū, though for simplicity's sake it will be referred to by it's Japanese name for the remainder of this article) founded by Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna in the 1560s. It is unknown how much of the New Shadow Style influenced the Skinkage-ryu, nor how many techniques were derived or inspired from it, but in the modern era, it is a viable strategy to use the techniques of the Shinkage-ryu and treat them as if they were from the New Shadow Style and incorporate the use of domains into the swordsmanship techniques.

## Description

Despite originally being created as a swordsmanship style, as a fighting style created to accompany the domain for the weak, it is an inherently flexible fighting style, being able to be used in hand-to-hand combat and with other weapons apart from the sword or katana, such as spears, battle-axes and maces, though the range of the useable weapons also depends on the radius of the Simple Domain of the user.

The New Shadow Style incorporates the use of Simple Domain into its techniques, allowing a variety of effects and strategies to be possible with using it. Kasumi Miwa's allows her to automatically attack any opponents that enter her domain, Atsuya Kusakabe is able to cancel out the effects of cursed techniques, allowing him to create opportunities in combat against any opponent and slice them down. Agoku Ketsuki and Megumi Fushiguro have been seen using it to cancel out cursed techniques and then gain the upper hand against opponents by using hand to hand combat.

## Trivia

* This article was created to make a distinct separation between the Simple Domain technique and the New Shadow Style.