Favorite Attack Someone Used in an Anime (Rasengan)
On the surface, the Rasengan is just a sphere of energy. The technique is more complicated, both in its creation and impact. In Naruto, the Rasengan is a signature move of Naruto Uzumaki. Shonen anime often have signature techniques that the main protagonists consistently use throughout the series. Dragon Ball’s KameHameHa, Yu Yu Hakusho’s Spirit Gun, and Hunter X Hunter’s Jajanken (Rock, Paper, Scissors) are some of the most well-known signature moves in anime. The fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, created the Rasengan. He based it on the Tailed Beast Ball. It took him three years to complete.
I fell in love with the Rasengan after watching Naruto learn the technique. It was the level of difficulty that impressed me. The Rasengan is a high form of shape transformation. It requires no hand seals and once formed doesn’t need additional chakra. The Rasengan can vary in size. When the technique comes in contact with a surface, it “grinds into its target,” then it bursts, resulting in massive damage. To learn the Rasengan, the user needs to refine their chakra. Jiraiya breaks the Rasengan into three steps: 1) Rotation, 2) Power, and 3) Containment. Rasengan has many forms. Big Ball Rasengan. Spiralling Serial Spheres. Wind Release: Rasengan. Wind Release: Rasenshuriken. And Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan. The Rasengan is signature technique in Shonen, but it’s the most complex and difficult to master.
Interesting choice of an attack. Did you know that Masashi Kishimoto got that idea from Fusuke’s Kuatsuken/Air Stinger from Ninku? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FrGBpTcZic
I had no idea. That’s interesting.
Yup. I found out about that about a year ago.
The Rasengan is pretty iconic. I still remember how upset Yuji was when he thought he couldn’t use it in that 1 episode of “Jujutsu Kaisen.” And I like how creative the attack got the more time went on- becoming more and more like the Kamehameha in “Boruto” with all of its variations.
The Rasengan evolved over time which is different from the other iconic techniques that largely remained the same.