Byakugan and Chakra Reserves

This is the first time the Byakugan has appeared in this book, and we've already covered that in the two chapters today. This separate chapter mainly focuses on the issue of chakra levels.

Firstly, there is no quantitative standard for the amount of chakra a Chunin the original work. Dialogues involving chakra only mention whether it's more or less. Kishimoto himself enjoyed drawing it without having to consider so much, but this inevitably brings some inaccuracies to the battle system.

We'll discuss the quantification of chakra levels later. First, let's talk about observing a person's chakra level through the Byakugan, as this is the best method.

The sample selected Neji Hyuga, who observed Kisame Hoshigaki and Naruto Uzumaki. These were the only two people he personally stated had a large amount of chakra after activating his Byakugan in the original work.

First and foremost:

Chakra is not mana! Chakra is not mana! Chakra is not mana!

If we have to be specific, chakra is more like health bars than mana in online games; the most important metric is a person's physical fitness.

I've examined this in detail, and Kishimoto's setting can be applied throughout the entire manga.

The part about the most important chakra setting didn't appear early, but it wasn't late either. I think that at that time, some people had already helped to complete that setting according to the original text: it comes from chapter 90 of volume 10 of the manga: What about training? It's a little over five pages long.

So the question arises: what exactly is a person's chakra level? I believe it is closely related to the meridian system.

First, there's the place in the body where chakra is stored. Combined with the Byakugan's ability to see through meridians and chakra, and the effects of Gentle Fist, all of a person's chakra should be stored in the meridian system.

Therefore, each organ in the human body cannot actually store chakra. Instead, all organs and every part of the body are entangled by complex meridians. What organs and muscles contain is a person's physical energy, that is, Life Energy, which cannot be seen with the Byakugan.

This is also the human chakra diagram seen from the Byakugan perspective in anime. It looks like the whole body is filled with chakra, but what you are actually seeing are all the meridians. It's just that because the meridian system is distributed throughout the body, and it's a two-dimensional perspective, it may have caused some misunderstandings.

According to this theory, even if Hashirama Senju stood in front of Neji Hyuga, as long as he didn't extract any chakra, Neji wouldn't know how much chakra Hashirama possessed.

But in Jonin probably wouldn't do that, because even with the strongest chakra extraction abilities, it still takes time.

Furthermore, once chakra is extracted, it can exist in the body for a very long time. For example, the chakra of Asura and Indra can even last for thousands of years.

Even if an ordinary ninja is far inferior to them, they should still be able to store chakra for a few days without any problem. However, there will inevitably be some losses, as the chakra in their body will gradually decrease if they are not used.

Therefore, any well-trained ninja will always have some chakra stored in their body to prepare for any emergency. Otherwise, if they are ambushed, they could easily be in trouble if they have no chakra stored.

So why did Neji Hyuga say that Kisame Hoshigaki and Naruto Uzumaki of chakra? I think he deduced it by observing how these two used chakra.

The ninja's meridian system can be seen as a mana bar in a game. This mana bar is empty at the beginning, and each person's maximum mana limit is different and hidden. Only they themselves know what the maximum value is.

The Byakugan can only detect the amount that the other party extracts and uses right in front of him, which is exactly what happened between Kisame and Naruto.

From Neji's perspective, when Might Guy's Team was about to encounter Kisame had a large amount of chakra on him because he was preparing to Great Waterfall Technique, so the amount of chakra extracted was astonishing.

The same goes for Naruto's abundant chakra. The Shadow Clone Jutsu consumes a lot of chakra. During the Chunin Ninja Exams, Naruto created four clones the first time and more than a dozen the second time. This was clearly visible from the Byakugan's perspective, and Neji had calculated the amount of chakra Naruto used.

He then saw the Nine-Tails' chakra. At that time Neji didn't know what Jinchuriki was. It's more likely that he thought it was Naruto's own, or even that it was so much that it overflowed and formed Chakra Cloak.

Furthermore, in the Ninja World, no ninja would be foolish enough to use up all their chakra in a short period of time, nor could they do so.

Therefore, it is rare for ninjas like the two of them to use so much chakra at the very beginning. In addition, the physical condition of their opponents can be clearly seen from their appearance, so Neji naturally thought that their chakra reserves were astonishing, since this might only be a small fraction of theirs.

In conclusion, Neji's statement about having a lot of chakra likely refers to two aspects: firstly, the chakra system has a large capacity, and secondly, based on common sense about chakra usage, the total amount is roughly estimated to be large.

Currently, the protagonist Shuichi has a lot of chakra, but the limitation comes from his meridian system. His physical strength is amazing, but he is getting old. Even if he can draw up his full chakra many times, the amount he can use at one time is limited to this limit.

At the same time, his meridian system is not yet fully developed and is relatively fragile, so he cannot be repeatedly drawn upon without restraint. These two aspects will naturally resolve themselves as he gets older, and the protagonist's strength will increase significantly as a result.

That's all for this discussion on chakra levels. I even digitized and organized the chakra data myself, but I realized it's already too long, so I'll stop here for now and continue later.