Susanoo

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Susanoo
Original Name	须佐能乎
Type	Neutral Character (AI); Mangekyo Sharingan chakra construct
Occupation/Role	Large-scale offensive and defensive manifestation
Status	Active 269
First Appearance	Chapter 8

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First Stage — Skeletal Form	8	A crimson, half-body skeletal giant. It shields Naruto, produces giant chakra hands, and overwhelms Root ninja who cannot penetrate its defense. 8
Second Stage — Armored Form	13	Chakra muscles and armor cover the skeleton. It gains a massive scepter and medicinal gourd; both its offense and defense increase, along with its chakra consumption. 13
Forced Complete Manifestation	26	An briefly forces out a complete Susanoo before attaining the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, at an enormous chakra cost. 26
Full-Body Susanoo	52	An's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan allows stable full manifestation, giving the construct legs and more than doubling its height. 52
Blood Susanoo	71	An's full-body Blood Susanoo crushes Fugaku's partial Black Susanoo in size, chakra refinement, and direct combat power. 71
Perfect Form Blood Susanoo	256	Nourishment from the Tenseigan's Yin-Yang Release chakra raises An's reserves enough to manifest a mountain-sized Perfect Form protected by layered armor. 256

Appearance

Susanoo's appearance changes with its user and stage of manifestation. An's version progresses from a crimson skeletal torso to a blood-red armored samurai, while other users manifest distinct color schemes and weapons. 8 13 52 257

• First Stage: A red, half-body skeleton with colossal chakra hands. 8
• Second Stage: Living-looking chakra musculature and armor; armed with a scepter and a gourd. 13
• Full Body: A colossal blood-red energy samurai with legs, capable of tearing through the roof of Root's underground base. 52
• Perfect Form: Towering into the clouds, covered head to toe in layered armor and wielding a long spear; An's version also carries a gourd at its waist. 256 257
• Known color variants: Fugaku manifests a Black Susanoo, Itachi a Brown Susanoo, and Madara a Blue Susanoo. 71 72 257

Abilities & Limitations

Chakra Armor and Defense

Susanoo forms a powerful chakra barrier around its user, able to withstand most conventional ninjutsu and physical attacks.

• Root ninja attacks only create ripples on its surface and fail to breach it. 8
• A sword striking its armor cannot leave even a scratch. 20
• It can withstand a Nine-Tails Chakra-enhanced Rasengan, though the collision blasts both combatants apart. 29
• Its armor, muscles, and skeleton can regenerate after damage once the effect suppressing that regeneration is removed. 129
• Sealing techniques can restrict its movement, including Adamantine Sealing Chains and Four Symbols Seal. 53
• Intangible attacks can bypass its defense entirely; sound-based techniques directly injure the protected user. 132 237
• Jiraiya's Sage Art: Super Giant Rasengan eventually strips away an armored Susanoo's armor, flesh, and bones. 238

Offensive Manifestation

Susanoo turns its user's chakra into overwhelming physical force, using giant limbs and formed weapons to attack on a massive scale.

• Its chakra hands can seize, crush, and throw opponents, while palm strikes shake and crack the ground. 8
• The second-stage scepter can launch giant opponents away with a single swing. 13
• Full-body forms can wield giant scepters, swords, or spears in direct clashes against other Susanoo. 66 71 257
• The Perfect Form's spear casually cuts through Itachi's Brown Susanoo, splitting it at the waist. 269
• An can channel Fugaku's Lightning Dragon around his Susanoo, electrocuting puppets clinging to its exterior. 132

Ninjutsu Amplification

Susanoo can mirror its user's hand seals and cast enlarged versions of ninjutsu.

• Its giant hands can perform hand seals alongside the user. 13
• Ninjutsu released through Susanoo is described as having power comparable to a Tailed Beast attack. 13
• An uses Susanoo to release a Tailed Beast Bomb-sized Great Fireball Technique, dispersing shadow techniques and vaporizing rainwater. 13
• It can also project the Great Dragon Fire Technique from its mouth. 21

Selective Deployment

A user does not always need to manifest the full construct.

• Early half-body forms have no legs, making them vulnerable to terrain traps, chasms, and Earth Style techniques targeting their lower half. 21
• The abdomen of a half-body Susanoo is treated as a potential weak point by opponents seeking to bypass its defenses. 45
• An can manifest only two Susanoo arms to protect Shukaku and clear attacking puppets. 149
• An uses Susanoo's intangibility to escape an attempted forbidden sealing technique. 149

Chakra Consumption

Susanoo is exceptionally demanding on both chakra reserves and Mangekyo pupil power.

• The armored second stage greatly increases chakra consumption. 13
• An's Inaba's White Rabbit accelerates his chakra recovery, allowing him to sustain the second-stage form for an entire battle. 13
• Before obtaining the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, forcing out a complete Susanoo places an enormous burden on An's chakra. 26
• Fugaku's non-Eternal Mangekyo suffers severe pupil-power depletion during prolonged Susanoo combat, causing blood tears and eventual blindness. 71
• The Tenseigan's Yin-Yang Release chakra substantially improves An's chakra reserves, enabling his Perfect Form. 256

Notable Users

• Uchiha An — Primary user of the Blood Susanoo. His manifestation advances from a skeletal form to a full-bodied Perfect Form and is central to his campaigns against Root, Konoha, Sunagakure, and Madara. 8 52 256
• Uchiha Itachi — Uses a Brown Susanoo to protect Konoha forces and confront An; its armor is later cut apart by An's Perfect Form. 101 269
• Uchiha Fugaku — Uses a partial Black Susanoo against An alongside Itachi, but it is outmatched by An's full-body Blood Susanoo. 71
• Uchiha Madara — Manifests multiple Susanoo clones, then a Blue Perfect Form with four arms and twin blades to battle An. 256 257

Story Role / Major Arcs

Root Pursuit and Konoha Battles

An first manifests Susanoo to protect Naruto from Root, using its skeletal hands and overwhelming chakra pressure to kill and repel the pursuing ninja. 8 He subsequently unveils the armored second stage against Ino-Shika-Cho, using its scepter and amplified Fire Style to overpower their battlefield control. 13

During later Root operations, opponents develop specialized responses: Earth Style traps exploit the partial form's lack of legs, while sealing squads use chained fuinjutsu against the full-body form. 21 53

Destruction of Konoha

After An's eyes evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, his full-body Susanoo tears open Root's underground headquarters during his assault on Danzo. 52 During Konoha's later conflict, the Blood Susanoo fights Fugaku's Black Susanoo, attacks the village's sealing forces, and clashes against Itachi's Brown Susanoo. 66 71 101

Sunagakure Campaign

Sunagakure develops numerous anti-Susanoo measures, including lightning-charged puppets, chakra-draining machinery, drills, giant cages, and sonic attacks. 129 147 These methods damage the construct and reveal that sound can bypass its armor, but An adapts by regenerating damaged areas, using Lightning Dragon reinforcement, or selectively manifesting only its arms. 129 132 149

Battle with Madara

Madara and An test their strength through Susanoo combat, with Madara initially deploying numerous Susanoo clones. 255 256 An answers with the Perfect Form Blood Susanoo; its clash with Madara's Blue Perfect Form devastates everything across dozens of kilometers. 257 259 An further strengthens the Blood Susanoo with Sage Mode to counter Madara's Majestic Attire Susanoo. 259