15 Powerful 'Naruto' Jutsu With Major Drawbacks

The Jutsu: Night GuyNight Guy requires opening all eight Gates. This removes body limiters, letting the user access 100% of latent power. Night Guy turns this huge strength into taijutsu, capable of harming even Madara with godlike powers.

Drawback:Opening the eighth gate alone usually kills the user. Might Guy survived this move because Naruto later got Yang Release Healing. Still, permanent damage remained. Decades later, Guy's leg is damaged; he uses a wheelchair.

Dead Demon Consuming SealThis jutsu lets the user summon a Shinigami. The user then uses the Shinigami's arm to pull out a target's soul and swallows it. The Uzumaki clan invented it. Hiruzen Sarutobi famously used it on Orochimaru, which sealed his arms.

Drawback: The Shinigami takes the target's soul, but it also takes the user's. Both souls in the Shinigami's belly mean they fight forever, never resting in the Pure Land.

Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life TechniqueThe user summons the King of Hell. This releases the souls of the dead back into their bodies; substitutes fill in if bodies are missing. Nagato used this to undo losses from his attack on Konoha after Naruto convinced him he chose the wrong path.

Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life TechniqueThe user must pay with their life. Konan stopped Nagato because she knew he would die from chakra depletion once he finished.

One's Own Life ReincarnationThis healing technique moves the user's life force to someone else using chakra. It works on people about to die or those who already died.

Drawback: If the target lives, the user gets exhausted but likely survives. But reviving the dead costs the user their life soon after. This technique was banned after Chiyo invented it because it was too costly. She used it to save Gaara, believing she had a full life ahead and he had a long future.

Izanami & IzanagiIzanagi and Izanami are two of the most powerful techniques the Sharingan Eye can achieve.the Sharingan EyeIzanagi is a genjutsu. It does more than trick people into seeing a new reality; it rewrites that reality to the user's exact specifications. Izanami counters it by trapping a target in an illusion cycle. This cycle breaks only when the target accepts reality and admits their mistakes.

Drawback: The first drawback is mental. Izanagi lets the user choose reality. Users can get drunk on power and destroy meaningful parts of their lives. Uchiha history repeated this, which is why Izanami was used first. Another drawback: the eye using Izanami or Izanagi goes blind. The eye loses all Sharingan abilities.

The Jutsu:The Mangekyo Sharingan evolves from the Sharingan. A user activates it after suffering severe loss or trauma. Abilities change based on the user. Obito Uchiha uses Kamui to cross dimensions. Shisui has Kotoamatsukami, a mind control jutsu. Users with two active Mangekyo can use Susano-o, a warrior that fights for them and offers near-impenetrable defense.

The Drawback: Overusing the Mangekyo causes intense physical pain. It can lead to blindness and death. The only fix is an Eternal Mangekyo. This requires implanting another Mangekyo user's eyes into one's head. Only Sasuke and Madara have done this.

The Jutsu:Tsunade invented Creation Rebirth and passed it to Sakura. It is one of history's strongest healing jutsu. While active, the user continuously heals injuries, making them temporarily immortal.

The Drawback:Because the technique speeds up cell division, each use shortens the user's lifespan. This might be worth it if you would otherwise die in a fight, but it is a last resort.

The Jutsu: Orochimaru invented the Cursed Seal of Heaven. It greatly increases users' chakra, physical strength, and other powers. At the second level, it grants changes and regeneration. Sasuke can replace lost body parts with snakes.

The Drawback:Survival rates are very low. When Orochimaru gave the seal to ten children, including Anko Mitarashi, Anko was the only survivor. This means there is a 1 in 10 chance you will live past implantation.

The Jutsu: This is the Yamanaka clan's signature move. It projects the user's consciousness into another person's mind. This lets them control behavior, read minds, and gather information.

The Drawback: When A user puts their mind into someone else's body; that body has no defense. Allies can protect the user, but if the user is alone, it becomes fatal fast. Damage to the possessed body also harms the user's original body; thus, the user cannot use the move to make the target stab themselves. This is why the Yamanaka clan teams up with the Naras and Akimichis; they rarely use their signature move without backup.

The Jutsu:We do not yet know what this technique does, as Anko never finished it. It involves grabbing your target's hand and forcing them to finish a jutsu with you. Both people die from this jutsu.NarutoIn video games, which are not canon, the move shows snakes wrapping around the two people doing the jutsu, biting each other, and then exploding.

The Drawback: Like many other jutsu on this list, this move kills the user. If Anko could pull this off, it would have been her last act.

The Jutsu: Orochimaru invented this move to keep him immortal. It lets him move his soul into another person's body and reshape that body to look like his own. This gives him access to any jutsu they have, which is why he wants Sasuke as his next host and considered Kimimaro before Kimimaro got sick.

The Drawback: Each body lasts only three years before it rejects Orochimaru's soul. When rejection starts, his health drops fast, and he dies unless he finds a new host. He might live forever this way, but he could also shorten his life greatly. He likes the thrill of finding new bodies, but this becomes tiring. Even if he does not care, the cost to his targets is high.

The Jutsu:Rasenshuriken is a shuriken-shaped version of the Wind Release: Rasengan. This seems simple, but it needs multiple clones to make it work. Targets hit by it might permanently lose jutsu ability because it cuts their chakra networks.

The Drawback:Before Naruto mastered Rasenshuriken, it was very risky. Using it risked destroying his hand and arm at a cell level. The damage to Naruto is not as bad as the damage to targets, but it was bad enough that Tsunade told him never to use the move again.

The Jutsu: Summoning: Impure World ReincarnationThis lets the user bring back any dead person, provided they have two things: a DNA sample and a body for them to live in.

The Drawback: A vessel must be a living human. Using this technique demands you become a murderer. Canon users are already villains, so this is not an issue for them. Heroes never use this move, even if they miss loved ones.

The Jutsu:Orochimaru developed this grotesque technique. It lets the user absorb a recently dead corpse into their body. This grants access to any jutsu or technique the user previously employed.

The Drawback:Having another person in your body causes mental instability and emotional distress. This makes achieving the jutsu's goal hard. It might destroy your sanity permanently.

Shadow Clone Jutsu: The Shadow Clone jutsuThis lets the user make a perfect copy of themselves. The replica aids techniques needing multiple hands or gathering info. Tobirama created it; Naruto Uzumaki uses it most often.

The Drawback: Each clone gets an equal share of the user's chakra. This easily drains your reserves. Naruto creates hundreds of clones because he has massive chakra. Most people can only make two or three before risking their lives.