Menma

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Uzumaki Menma (面麻)
Alias(es)	“Young Master Menma”; Child of Prophecy 4 145
Species/Race	Uzumaki clan descendant; later evolves into an Ōtsutsuki after consuming the God Tree Fruit 111 353
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Konohagakure; Root; founder of an unnamed Jinchūriki organization 1 212 225
Occupation/Role	Shinobi; Jinchūriki recruiter and leader 71 212
Status	Alive; returns to Root following the final conflict 357
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Root chakra training	6	Begins formal training under Yamanaka Fu at age three, learning chakra fundamentals and Water Release.
Mind’s Eye of the Kagura awakened	44	Gains long-range chakra sensing, target identification, movement tracking, and chakra concealment.
Three-Tails / Four-Tails partial transformation	90, 138	Uses three tails against Raiha, then manifests a fourth tail while fighting Shukaku.
Ryūchi Cave contractor / Child of Prophecy	145, 150	The White Snake Sage identifies him as Ryūchi Cave’s Child of Prophecy and grants access to Sage Chakra training and a summoning contract.
Flying Thunder God Technique	157, 163	Learns Minato’s signature space-time technique, making him exceptionally difficult to confront directly.
Karma acquired	170	Receives Urashiki Ōtsutsuki’s white Karma mark after defeating him.
Complete Sage Mode	176	Masters Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode after six months; gains the Little/Small Dragon Person form, Sage Chakra, enhanced sensing, and a Sage Dragon.
Adamantine Sealing Chains and Great Spiraling Ring of Emptiness	178	Learns the Uzumaki sealing technique and perfects a Yin–Wind Release Rasengan variant capable of flattening a valley.
Karma State One	260, 264	Activates Karma’s first state, gaining ninjutsu absorption, space-time portals, and further spatial abilities.
Ōtsutsuki evolution / Golden Rinnegan	353, 354	Consumes the God Tree Fruit, evolves into an Ōtsutsuki, awakens a golden Rinnegan, and gains space-time eye techniques.

Background / History

Following the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Uprising, Menma and Naruto were treated as potential calamities despite being Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki’s children. To protect one of the Jinchūriki, Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed Danzō to take Menma under strict surveillance; Danzō became his adoptive grandfather. 1

Menma was raised in Root, where Danzō arranged elite and brutal training from the age of three. His arrival also changed Root’s atmosphere: personnel who had previously lived only for missions gradually became more expressive and hopeful around him. 6 27 120

After graduating from the Academy, Menma was assigned to a Root genin squad led by Yamanaka Fu alongside Sai and Aburame Torune. By the time of the Chūnin Exams, he had already completed nine B-rank and two A-rank missions despite having no D- or C-rank assignments. 71 103

Appearance

At age sixteen, Menma wears his hair to his waist, usually tied in a ponytail, and dresses in a loose, colorful kimono while carrying a long pipe modeled after the White Snake Sage’s. 178

• Complete Sage Mode — Dragon horns, scales, snake-like pupils, and green eye shadow; Sage Chakra manifests as a dragon. 176
• Little/Small Dragon Person form — A scaled defensive form with enhanced resilience and resistance to illusion-based attacks. 186 223
• Ōtsutsuki evolution — Pale skin, white hair, white horns, Byakugan-like veins around the eyes, and golden Rinnegan. 353

Personality

Menma is openly boastful, playful, and prone to treating serious situations as opportunities to show off. He enjoys praise, calls powerful weapons “a man’s romance,” and often taunts opponents before defeating them. 71 156 201

Despite his immaturity and occasional cruelty, Menma is highly perceptive and strategic. He plans around enemy weaknesses, prepares for threats far beyond the current era, and recruits Jinchūriki to prevent the destruction of the Shinobi World. 78 212 237

His Root upbringing gives him a pragmatic view of missions; he is willing to appear cold or ruthless to complete an objective. However, he also protects allies, reassures former enemies such as Ranmaru, and repeatedly acts to prevent others from being harmed by larger conflicts. 182 232 238

Abilities & Skills

Mind’s Eye of the Kagura

Menma possesses the Uzumaki clan’s advanced sensory technique.

• Senses chakra disturbances across a radius of roughly one to two kilometers. 44
• Identifies known chakra signatures, locations, numbers, characteristics, and movement speed. 44 78
• Detects hostile intent, allowing him to identify threats such as Mizuki before they act. 48 51
• Can suppress his own chakra to evade other sensory ninja. 44

Jinchūriki Power

Menma is the host of the complete Nine-Tails, Kurama, with whom he shares an unusually cooperative bond. 134 225 298

• Rapidly regenerates injuries through Kurama’s chakra and his Uzumaki constitution. 48 166 223
• Can enter partial Tailed Beast transformations, reaching at least Four-Tails state. 90 138 144
• Uses Tailed Beast Balls and combines Kurama’s chakra with Rasengan-based techniques. 144 170
• Partial transformation restricts his ability to use ninjutsu; he avoids it against opponents requiring Sage techniques and Flying Thunder God mobility. 237
• Has not fully mastered Kurama Mode, as Kurama’s complete power exceeds his physical capacity at that point. 172 298

Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode

After six months of training under the White Snake Sage, Menma achieves Complete Sage Mode. 175 176

• Vastly strengthens his ninjutsu, taijutsu, durability, healing, and sensory range. 176 223
• Enhances the operational range of his Flying Thunder God Technique. 176
• Produces a Sage Dragon formed from Sage Chakra. 176 199
• Uses Sage Art techniques including Inorganic Reincarnation, White Stimulation Technique, White Rush Technique, and Vacuum Blade. 186 199 223 347
• His scaled form prevents opponents from disrupting his chakra points and can render him effectively immune to illusion techniques by blocking his own vision. 186

Flying Thunder God Technique

Menma learns the Fourth Hokage’s space-time ninjutsu and employs it as his primary mobility technique. 157 163

• Teleports to marked Flying Thunder God Kunai. 178 236
• Uses the technique offensively to evade, reposition, and attack from blind spots. 198 222
• Flying Thunder God Guidance creates a barrier that redirects incoming attacks, including a Tailed Beast Ball and Madara’s falling meteors. 265 337
• Can transport allies out of battlefield-scale threats, including Chibaku Tensei. 238

Karma

Urashiki’s Karma mark gives Menma Ōtsutsuki-derived abilities, but initially threatens to overwrite his body with Urashiki’s data. Orochimaru installs a limiter to restrain the process. 170 175 190

• Ninjutsu Absorption — Absorbs chakra-condensed ninjutsu and converts it into stored chakra. 260 264
• Space-Time Portal — Opens portals to locations Menma has previously visited, without the sensory-range restriction of Flying Thunder God. 264
• Displacement Space — Alters an object’s trajectory through spatial displacement, compensating for the directional limits of thrown Flying Thunder God Kunai. 265
• His limiter interferes with access to Karma’s more advanced abilities. 264

Ōtsutsuki Rinnegan Techniques

After becoming an Ōtsutsuki, Menma awakens a golden Rinnegan with space-time-related abilities. 353 354

• World Severance — Severs the space between a target and its destination, preventing Isshiki from escaping. 354
• Otherworld — Separates Menma and an opponent into distinct spaces, preventing the opponent’s attacks from reaching him. 354
• Can perceive chakra pathways and see through objects immediately after his evolution. 353
• Creates a Kekkei Mōra-class Spiral Wheel Mandala combining fire, wind, earth, water, lightning, yin, and yang transformations. 354

Ninjutsu and Sealing Techniques

Menma is proficient in Water, Wind, and Earth Release, with unusually high chakra reserves and rapid ninjutsu learning ability. 44 78

• Creates large-scale water environments with Water Release: Water Surge / Raging Wave. 113 114
• Counters powerful Water Release with Wind Release techniques such as Great Vacuum Sphere and Vacuum Serial Waves. 90
• Uses Rasengan variants, including the Spiraling Ring of Emptiness and the valley-destroying Great Spiraling Ring of Emptiness. 178 180
• Adamantine Sealing Chains restrain Tailed Beasts, suppress berserk Jinchūriki, and bind otherwise immortal enemies. 223 256 298
• Performs the Soul Detachment Binding Seal to seal Yomi after immobilizing him with the chains. 256

Nine Masked Beasts and Ryūchi Cave Summons

Menma’s unique summoning technique produces nine chakra-based summoned beasts, while his Ryūchi Cave contract grants him the assistance of the snake sisters. 120 150 236

• The Nine Masked Beasts can engage enemy summons and Akatsuki members independently. 198 236
• Documented beasts include Celestial Maiden, Genbu, Azure Dragon, and Sage Dragon. 76 155 178 199
• Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime serve as his summons and companions; their venom can quickly disable enemies. 150 154

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Flying Thunder God Kunai — Marked kunai used for teleportation, battlefield positioning, and Guidance barriers. 178 265
• Pipe — Adopted after observing the White Snake Sage; carried while training at Ryūchi Cave. 178
• Sasori’s mecha — A roughly nineteen-meter puppet mecha acquired from Obito after the Akatsuki confrontation; sealed into a scroll because it lacks a cockpit and relied on Sasori’s regeneration core. 201
• Sealing scrolls — Used to store equipment and perform techniques such as the Soul Detachment Binding Seal. 237 256

Relationships

• Danzō Shimura — Adoptive grandfather and Root guardian. Danzō accepts responsibility for Menma’s safety, oversees his elite upbringing, and welcomes him home after the final conflict. 1 120 357
• Naruto Uzumaki — Brother, fellow Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, friend, and frequent rival. Menma helps Naruto understand Kurama’s power while Naruto repeatedly refuses to abandon him. 1 298 259
• Kurama — Menma’s Nine-Tails partner. Kurama follows Menma’s will rather than the prophecy associated with Naruto. 134 225
• Yamanaka Fu — Menma’s first instructor and later his jōnin squad leader. 6 71
• Sai and Aburame Torune — Root teammates under Fu; both have longstanding connections with Menma. 71 77
• White Snake Sage — Sage Mode teacher and Ryūchi Cave patron who identifies Menma as the cave’s Child of Prophecy. 145 175 176
• Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime — Ryūchi Cave summons assigned to attend to Menma and accompany him on missions. 146 150 154
• Orochimaru — Occasional mentor and researcher of Menma’s Karma; provides him with a limiter and warnings about its risks. 175 190
• Sasuke Uchiha — Friend and competitive rival; later becomes a Ryūchi Cave contractor himself. 176 182
• Karin — Fellow Uzumaki clanswoman whom Menma recognizes during the Chūnin Exams; she later asks to accompany him on future journeys. 111 357
• Fū and Utakata — The first Jinchūriki recruited into Menma’s organization. Menma acts as their leader, mentor, and protector. 225 236
• Hotaru — Menma makes her the Three-Tails Jinchūriki after judging that she has a better chance of surviving the process than he does. 267

Story Role / Major Arcs

Root Heir and Genin

Menma is placed under Danzō’s protection after the Nine-Tails attack and grows up as Root’s “Young Master.” He graduates into a specialized Root team with Sai and Torune, rapidly accumulating high-rank mission experience. 1 71 103

Chūnin Exams and Early Conflicts

During the Chūnin Exams, Menma displays overwhelming Water Release against Hami Ori, identifies Karin as an Uzumaki clanswoman, and confronts threats including Orochimaru. 111 113 114 123

Ryūchi Cave and Karma

After encountering the snake sisters, Menma is named Ryūchi Cave’s Child of Prophecy. He later defeats Urashiki Ōtsutsuki but inherits Karma, prompting him to train in Sage Mode and develop stronger sealing and Rasengan techniques. 145 170 175 178

Jinchūriki Organization

Anticipating an Ōtsutsuki threat, Menma forms an organization to recruit and protect Jinchūriki. He recruits Fū and Utakata, helps establish Hotaru as the Three-Tails Jinchūriki, and seeks cooperation between hosts and their Tailed Beasts. 212 225 236 267

Conflict with Akatsuki

Menma clashes with Akatsuki members, defeats the Six Paths of Pain’s bodies through Sage Mode and Flying Thunder God tactics, and secures Gaara’s return as well as Sasori’s mecha. 198 201 238

Ōtsutsuki War

Jigen activates Menma’s Karma and reveals its connection to the Ōtsutsuki. Menma later appears to defect from Konoha, though Tsunade eventually confirms he had remained a Konoha ninja throughout. After consuming the God Tree Fruit, he evolves into an Ōtsutsuki and fights alongside Naruto, Sasuke, and Obito against Kaguya. 260 304 337 354

Notable Quotes

“I seek great power because I want to have more fun.” 123

“Ninjas prioritize the mission; that’s an iron rule.” 232

“Gundam is a man’s romance!” 201

Trivia

• Menma had completed nine B-rank and two A-rank missions by the Chūnin Exams, without completing any D- or C-rank missions. 103
• He is considered the strongest of Konoha’s new generation by Itachi Uchiha. 134
• Menma has resistance training against illusion arts, but is not known to use genjutsu himself. 163 180
• He initially believed learning Flying Thunder God made him invincible, but later acknowledges the Ōtsutsuki as a far greater threat. 163 176