Uchiha Shisui

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Uchiha Shisui (宇智波止水)
Alias(es)	Body Flicker Shisui 35; Karasu, his Anbu codename 110
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Uchiha Clan; Konoha; Anbu directly under the Third Hokage 37
Occupation/Role	Anbu ninja; the Third Hokage’s informant within the Uchiha Clan 37 135
Status	Deceased; killed by Uchiha Fugaku 194. His corpse is subsequently consumed through Corpse Melting 198.
First Appearance	Chapter 13, “Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi”

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Mangekyō Sharingan — already awakened	13 35	Fugaku believes Shisui already possesses it when he returns to the clan compound. Shisui subsequently demonstrates Kotoamatsukami against Obito; the circumstances of his awakening are not provided.
Expanded Sharingan technique knowledge	53	Secretly studies the clan’s Sharingan scroll and records techniques including Izanagi and the Transcription Seal with his Sharingan.
Kage-level — publicly confirmed	110	The Third Hokage announces his Mangekyō Sharingan and Kage-level strength, naming him to a proposed squad alongside Jiraiya and Tsunade. This confirms existing strength rather than depicting a new awakening.
Right-eye vision restored	169 186	Akame Haru successfully transplants a replacement Sharingan after his original right eye is blinded by Izanagi. The replacement is later shown as a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, while his left eye retains its Mangekyō form.
Third-form Susanoo	193	Supplies additional ocular power and chakra to armor his Susanoo while attempting to break the Uchiha Flame Formation. Its spiral sword cannot breach the reinforced barrier quickly enough.

Appearance

• Features: A youthful face, short black hair, and a noticeable button nose; he is slightly older and taller than Itachi when they return together 13 182.
• Clothing: Wears a forehead protector and green jōnin flak jacket during his introduction 13.
• Anbu attire: Uses an animal mask and carries a tachi on his back 52.
• Eyes: His Mangekyō Sharingan has a black four-bladed pinwheel pattern. After transplantation, his right eye displays three tomoe and his left retains the Mangekyō pattern 182 186.
• Injury: Wears an eyepatch over his blinded right eye before receiving the transplant 133 182.

Personality

Shisui places Konoha’s peace above clan allegiance. He refuses Obito’s recruitment offer even when promised a way to prevent Mangekyō-induced blindness, and accepts that protecting the village may earn him his clansmen’s hatred. He regards clan-first thinking as shortsighted and believes only Itachi understands his resolve 13 46 133.

His reverence for the Third Hokage is sincere and nearly fanatical. The narrative and Zetsu characterize this loyalty as the result of Hiruzen’s manipulation, while Shisui himself sees the Hokage as someone worthy of devotion for pursuing peace 37 110 247.

Shisui feels guilt over deceiving Hiroshi and over proposing to alter Fugaku’s will, but suppresses those reservations in the name of the greater good. When Kotoamatsukami fails against Fugaku, he decides that killing his clan head is necessary to preserve peace 133 182 189.

Abilities & Skills

Body Flicker Technique

• Moves dozens of meters in an instant and combines rapid repositioning with close-range blade attacks 188 189.
• His speed is among the best even for Kage-level ninja. Obito compares it with the Fourth Raikage’s, while Fugaku places him below Konoha’s Second and Fourth Hokages, who use Flying Thunder God 35 188.
• Escapes Fugaku’s Frozen Prison before it can confine his real body 190.
• Fugaku’s Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals surpass his movement speed within the mirror formation 190 194.

Shisui Flow Body Flicker Technique

• A personal technique combining the Clone Technique with exceptionally fast movement between clones 46.
• Allows any apparent clone to become the real attacking body, making visual identification insufficient even for a Mangekyō Sharingan wielder 46 189.
• Enables coordinated-looking attacks from several directions while avoiding blows aimed at his previous position 189.
• Area attacks can destroy the clones; Fugaku’s Larch Dance prevents Shisui from closing into blade range 193.

Mangekyō Sharingan and Genjutsu

• Uses ocular hypnosis to overcome Hiroshi’s resistance and question him about Danzō’s disappearance 133.
• Breaks Fugaku’s True Illusion with his Mangekyō Sharingan after recognizing the illusion’s nature 188 189.
• Detects Fugaku’s real body among ice-mirror reflections by observing his chakra 190.
• Repeated Mangekyō use deteriorates his eyesight. Exhausted ocular power eventually leaves him unable to maintain Susanoo 46 194.

Kotoamatsukami

• Fundamentally alters a target’s will and way of thinking, with permanent effects; direct eye contact is unnecessary 13 182.
• Shisui intends to use it on Fugaku first, treating the clan head’s changed outlook as the most effective route to changing the clan 182.
• Obito’s Kamui phasing nullifies its effect by shifting his body into another dimension 35 46.
• Fugaku’s strengthened Mangekyō Sharingan repels it during their confrontation 187.
• Even when Fugaku resists it, another activation interrupts his Bracken Dance and briefly gives Shisui breathing room 193.

Susanoo

• Provides defense against Fugaku’s attacks within True Illusion 188.
• Wields a spiral sword that spins violently, producing a tornado around the blade 192.
• Its third form gains hard armor through increased chakra and ocular-power expenditure 193.
• Cannot overcome Fugaku’s layered Bone Fences or quickly break the Uchiha Flame Formation maintained by more than fifty elite clansmen 192 193.

Izanagi

• Learns the technique from the clan’s secret Sharingan scroll and uses it to survive defeat by Obito 53 63.
• Permanently blinds the eye used to activate it; his first documented use costs his original right Mangekyō Sharingan 64.
• During his final battle, the replacement right Sharingan supplies a five-minute duration 194.
• His final activation sacrifices the left Mangekyō Sharingan and lasts ten minutes. He uses it partly to ensure that Fugaku cannot seize the remaining eye 194.
• Survival is temporary: Fugaku continues attacking until the technique expires 194.

Other Combat and Covert Skills

• Swordsmanship and taijutsu: Combines tachi strikes with Body Flicker to pressure Fugaku, who acknowledges being inferior to him in taijutsu alone 189.
• Fire Release: Attempts to destroy Fugaku’s ice mirrors with a powerful fire technique, but their heat resistance prevents complete melting 190.
• Infiltration: Enters Fugaku’s study, finds a concealed room, removes a scroll’s protective seal, and records its contents 53.
• Counter-surveillance: Recognizes suspicious timing and covert glances as possible signs of monitoring, then conceals his alarm using his Anbu training 134.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Tachi: Carried on his back and used for close-range attacks 13 35 189.
• Anbu mask: Conceals his identity during operations and reports to the Hokage 52 186.
• Eyepatch: Covers his blinded right eye until its replacement 133 182.

Relationships

• Uchiha Itachi — Close friend and fellow Anbu informant. Itachi facilitates his access to Fugaku’s secret scroll and supports his plan to alter Fugaku’s will. Learning of Shisui’s death triggers Itachi’s Mangekyō awakening 53 182 216.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi / Third Hokage — Superior and ideological mentor. Protects Shisui from Danzō’s proposed assassination, assigns sensitive investigations, and arranges his hidden residence and eye replacement 53 132 136 169.
• Uchiha Fugaku — Clan head, political opponent, and eventual killer. Initially conceals his hostility while fearing Kotoamatsukami, then organizes Shisui’s elimination 13 168 194.
• Uchiha Obito — Enemy operating under Madara’s identity. Attempts to recruit Shisui, counters Kotoamatsukami with Kamui, and later tries to take his eyes 35 46 63.
• Shimura Danzō — Distrusts Shisui and proposes having him killed to obtain his Mangekyō Sharingan. Shisui dislikes Danzō but still considers his disappearance a serious threat to village stability 53 132.
• Uchiha Hiroshi — Fellow clansman whom Shisui covertly hypnotizes for information; later confronts Shisui over his allegiance to the Hokage 133 186.
• Uchiha Kyosuke — Clan-appointed watcher who interrupts Shisui’s interrogation of Hiroshi 134.
• Akame Haru — Medical ninja who performs his successful eye transplant 169.
• Uchiha Sasuke — Misses Shisui’s visits after tensions with Fugaku keep him away 53.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Anbu Service and Divided Loyalty

Shisui and Itachi return to the Uchiha compound to warm greetings from clansmen proud of their talent. They conceal that the Third Hokage recalled them before their mission ended, then leave to report to him. Fugaku privately considers both threats to the clan and begins seeking a defense against Kotoamatsukami 13.

The Hokage assigns Shisui to investigate the Shimura family deaths while Itachi monitors the Uchiha. Both oppose the clan’s coup movement because they fear it could trigger another shinobi war. Their entry into Anbu had originally been permitted as a way to break restrictions on the Uchiha, but instead separates their allegiance from the clan’s leadership 16 37.

Encounters with the “Wood Style Ninja”

Responding to a distress signal, Shisui encounters Obito after the destruction of a Konoha investigation squad. His blade passes through Obito, and Kotoamatsukami loses its effect when Obito phases with Kamui. Akatsuki subsequently suspects Shisui of killing Kakuzu, although Fugaku was responsible 22 35 36 37.

Obito later infiltrates Shisui’s residence and offers protection from blindness in exchange for joining his organization. Shisui refuses. Seeking stronger techniques afterward, he secretly reads the clan’s Sharingan scroll with Itachi’s assistance 46 52 53.

During the twelve-man elite team’s attack on Obito, Shisui saves a teammate from Cutting Sprig but cannot prevent the squad’s defeat. He survives through Izanagi, severely wounds Obito, and returns with his right eye blinded 61 63 64.

Investigation, Exposure, and Recovery

The Third Hokage publicly confirms Shisui’s Kage-level strength and proposes pairing him with Jiraiya and Tsunade against the Wood Style threat. The squad remains provisional because the two Sannin’s whereabouts and willingness to participate are uncertain 110.

Following Danzō’s disappearance, Shisui accepts an investigation into possible Uchiha involvement. His attempt to hypnotize Hiroshi is interrupted by Kyosuke, prompting him to realize that the clan may know he is an informant. The Hokage advises him to disappear temporarily and arranges an eye transplant in a secret residence 132 133 134 136 169.

Final Confrontation with Fugaku

Shisui tells Itachi he will change the clan’s will through Kotoamatsukami, beginning with Fugaku. Meanwhile, Fugaku prepares an ambush and deliberately escalates political tensions to draw him out 168 175 182.

Leading six other Anbu, Shisui intercepts Fugaku’s party on its journey to the Feudal Lord’s Mansion. He believes Fugaku intends to control the Daimyo and launch a coup. Kotoamatsukami fails, Fugaku kills his six companions, and Shisui breaks free of True Illusion before deciding to kill the clan head 186 187 188 189.

Fugaku counters his speed with ice mirrors and his Susanoo with Shikotsumyaku. Waiting clansmen seal the battlefield with the Uchiha Flame Formation, preventing escape. After his replacement right eye’s Izanagi expires, Shisui sacrifices his remaining Mangekyō eye and makes one final attack. Fugaku repeatedly wounds him until that second activation ends, then kills him 190 192 193 194.

Posthumous Influence and Impersonation

Fugaku consumes Shisui’s corpse through Corpse Melting, triggering his evolution into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. He does not acquire Kotoamatsukami itself, but gains an activation characteristic that transforms True Illusion, along with Shisui’s exceptional Body Flicker talent 198 199 206.

Shisui’s death also drives Itachi’s grief, Mangekyō awakening, and confrontation with his father. Fugaku openly admits killing Shisui for betraying the clan and attempting to control him 216 217.

Later appearances of “Shisui” belong to Number One Spore Clone, not the deceased original. The clone deceives the Third Hokage into believing Shisui survived, later fights Obito alongside Kakashi, and is dispatched against Sasori and Kisame. Its Amaterasu and Yata Mirror are not demonstrated abilities of the real Shisui 247 271 272 284.

Notable Quotes

“Hokage, before I am an Uchiha clansman, I am a Konoha ninja. I am willing to accept this investigative mission!” 132

“Every one of me here is real, and every one is also a clone!” 46

“I can't leave the Mangekyō Sharingan behind!” 194