Whirlpool Breathing was a new branch of the Breathing Technique developed by Nagato based on Water Breathing and incorporating certain techniques from Wind Breathing.
Its most important characteristic was that it perfectly suited the constitution of the Uzumaki Clan.
Moreover, only members of the Uzumaki Clan with extraordinary regenerative abilities and Kagura Mind's Eye could unleash its full power.
Even others with similar abilities, such as Life Return, Observation Haki, or the Transparent World, would find that using Whirlpool Breathing was somewhat lacking.
That was because Nagato had linked it to the Uzumaki Clan's Chakra.
As for its specific effects, they were just as Bang had described.
Whirlpool Breathing centered on spiraling force, enhancing water's rotational and shredding properties to create an effect similar to gravity.
However, not much time had passed, and Nagato had only developed five forms so far.
They were First Form: Whirlpool Heart Thrust, Second Form: Whirlpool Flow Formation, Third Form: Whirlpool Binding Wheel, Fourth Form: Whirlpool Sky Ascension, and Fifth Form: Whirlpool Sealing Prison.
Among them, Second Form: Whirlpool Flow Formation was extremely similar to the Hyuga Clan's Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven.
It used rapidly rotating currents and energy around the body to deflect approaching objects.
Now, the small number of Uzumaki clansmen led by Mito Uzumaki and Kushina Uzumaki had all begun learning it.
Naturally, that included Naruto, whose surname was Namikaze.
Newly created Breathing Technique schools like this were actually very common among the shinobi clans.
Rasa, the current "Wind Minister" of Sea Ninja Village,
had long ago developed Sand Breathing, a branch of Stone Breathing, for Temari, Kankuro, and the one-year-old Gaara. It was said to incorporate some techniques from Wind Breathing as well.
There was also Wood Breathing, which Tobirama Senju had developed for the Senju Clan by combining Stone