Human Puppet

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Human Puppets are created by modifying human corpses. The Human Puppet Secret Technique is described as the pinnacle of Sunagakure puppetry, but its use of the dead makes it a forbidden art even in the Land of Wind 3 95.

Hane obtains Sunagakure’s puppetry texts and spends two months mastering the technique before creating his first pair of Human Puppets. Rather than building a large collection, he favors individual puppets powerful enough to overwhelm armies; he calls his enhanced creations God Puppets 74 168 281.

Abilities & Skills

Preserved abilities

• A Human Puppet retains its subject’s chakra and can use the ninjutsu they possessed in life, including Kekkei Genkai 3 95.
• Hane’s first puppets demonstrate Scorch Release and Magnet Release. He modifies the latter to manipulate poisonous Iron Sand 74.
• His later creations preserve powers from subjects including Gari, the Third Raikage, an Ōtsutsuki descendant, and Kinshiki 103 135 434 501.

Devil Laws

• Hane’s inner devil can imbue a Human Puppet with a Devil Law; modified human bodies are better suited to unleashing its full power than weapons or other objects 3.
• These additions give his puppets abilities beyond those preserved from their original bodies, such as Tyrant’s repulsion, Michael’s barriers, and General Winter’s ice 75 103.
• The Devil Laws on Hane’s puppets develop alongside his own String-String Fruit power. The devil also says a law can be transferred to a new puppet if its current vessel is destroyed 75 135.
• Child of Chaos is Hane’s first Human Puppet with two Devil Fruit abilities 627.

Control and deployment

• Hane controls Human Puppets with chakra threads or remotely through Parasitic Thread 75 86.
• Chakra threads can forcibly move a puppet into position in ways it could not accomplish on its own 86.
• He summons puppets using formulas inscribed on the bandages around his wrist guards, avoiding the need to carry storage scrolls 75.

Notable Human Puppets

Story Role

• Early battles: Tyrant and Michael give Hane the confidence to face Kage-level opponents. He deploys them against Root ninja and later uses them to guard himself against Orochimaru 75 77 86.
• Puppeteer showdown: Against Sasori’s hundreds of puppets, Hane summons only Tyrant, Michael, and General Winter. General Winter freezes and destroys Sasori’s puppet army with Ice Age 280 281.
• Later conflicts: Hane’s puppets provide barriers, elemental attacks, and overwhelming force against opponents including Orochimaru, Akatsuki, Momoshiki, and Madara 434 445 582 619.