Gua

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Uchiha Gua (卦) 4
Gender	Male
Age	Six during his early Academy training; seven after his birthday celebration 54 167 182.
Birthday	June 4 167
Affiliation	Uchiha clan; Konohagakure. Temporarily flees the village with his family before returning 75 96.
Occupation/Role	Ninja Academy student; battlefield squad captain alongside Itachi and Kabuto 180 197.
Family	Uchiha Oyama, also called Dashan, and Uchiha Nai; their only son 18 30.
Status	Alive; back in Konoha and developing Dust Release in the latest supplied chapter 257.

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Chakra Extraction: first demonstrated chakra	4	Refines chakra after twelve hours of tenfold idle training, surprising his teacher despite his poor aptitude.
Taijutsu: first victory over Itachi	8	Improved movement tracking lets him defeat Itachi in a spar without ninjutsu.
Shuriken: training option unlocked	8	Watching Shisui's instruction and attempting the technique unlocks the skill despite missing every target.
Shuriken: first successful target hit	10	Overnight idle training produces his first accurate throw.
Shuriken: moving-target accuracy	12	After a month of idling, strikes a pheasant with a pebble.
Shuriken: long-distance bull's-eye	16	Hits the target's center from well behind the designated throwing line.
Great Fireball: idle training begins	19	Itachi teaches him the technique. His physical attempts produce no fire, but he equips it for overnight training.
Great Fireball: proficient execution	21	Produces a powerful fireball after three days; Itachi recommends improving chakra-output control.
Transformation Technique: successful execution	38	A day of idle training enables a near-perfect transformation into Ye Chuan Dahei.
Taijutsu: one-kick victory over Itachi	39	His growth over roughly two months makes their previous competitive spar a one-sided encounter.
Impure World Reincarnation: training option unlocked	55	A month of sustained study unlocks the S-rank technique for idling; this does not constitute practical mastery.
Sharingan: awakening confirmed	61	Described as newly awakened following the confrontation involving the Kumogakure group; its tomoe count is not specified here.
Two-tomoe Sharingan: confirmed	101	Reads minute muscular cues to predict Root attacks and direct Kabuto's counters.
Eight Gates Released Formation: training option unlocked	151	Replaces Impure World Reincarnation in his third slot. Small acupoints allow fast progress but limit the resulting power.
First Gate	152	Opens the gate and punches through his tatami, judging the initial strength increase modest.
Second Gate	177	Reports opening it one week after the First Gate; uses it in combat for the first time while rescuing children.
Fourth Gate	180	Reached by late June of Konoha Year 53. No separate Third Gate breakthrough is described.
Fifth Gate	193	Opens it in his sleep during his battlefield deployment.
Three-tomoe Sharingan: confirmed	218	Obito observes three tomoe during Gua's fight with Sasori.
Six Gates	218	Opens six gates after discovering Kabuto is alive and trying to buy him time.
Mangekyo Sharingan: confirmed	225 226	Displays a grid-patterned Mangekyo during Kabuto's rescue; its power allows him to negate Hiruko's Steel Release.
Eight Gates Released Formation: maximum level	246	The Eighth Gate opens and the system marks the technique as maxed. He replaces it with Chakra Extraction.
Chakra reserves: increased	253	Renewed Chakra Extraction enlarges his reserves, but he still cannot activate Susanoo.
Dust Release: training option unlocked	254	Orochimaru's streamlined notes unlock an option labeled Dust Release. Its first output cannot damage paper.
Dust Release: limited destructive output	257	Forms a small transparent sphere capable of destroying extremely fragile material, such as toilet paper.

Background / History

Previous Life and Early Academy Days

Gua is a transmigrator who remembers another world and recognizes the expected course of events involving the Uchiha, Itachi, Naruto, and Sasuke. Although physically a child, he describes himself as having lived two lifetimes 13 21 99.

Before obtaining his training system, he believed he would die young, even before the Uchiha clan's destruction. This expectation contributed to his withdrawn behavior. Automated training replaces that resignation with hope that he can become strong enough to change his fate 9.

His early gains repeatedly contradict his reputation for abysmal aptitude. Teachers and relatives interpret his chakra refinement, throwing accuracy, and taijutsu as evidence of hidden dedication, even when he openly attributes them to cheats 4 13 14.

Training with Shisui and Itachi

Shisui introduces Gua and Itachi to sparring and shuriken practice. Gua initially excels only in close combat, but his system turns his disastrous first throwing attempts into exceptional accuracy 8 12 16.

Fear of the anticipated massacre makes his relationship with Itachi dangerous. He despises the future killing of Izumi and eventually plans to murder Itachi by staging a mountain accident. Itachi's kindness briefly makes him hesitate, but the supplied mountain chapter does not establish the plan's outcome 13 23.

Their friendship later becomes genuine. Gua accepts Itachi's coaching, encourages him after defeating him, and eventually identifies him as his best friend 21 39 257.

Orochimaru's Abduction and Scientific Interest

Orochimaru abducts Gua for experimentation. Knowing he cannot win, Gua cooperates while secretly leaving toilet-paper scraps as a rescue trail. Hana Inuzuka mistakes the markers for litter and removes them 25.

Inside the laboratory, Gua's warning about airborne bacterial contamination impresses Orochimaru. Fugaku subsequently locates the facility and blasts open its entrance while searching for him 25 26.

Orochimaru's interest develops beyond using Gua as a subject. Gua's explanations about electricity, magnetism, and laboratory practice encourage technological research, including an electromagnetic motor and an unconventional refrigerator 54 55 96.

Flight from Konoha and Kabuto's New Home

Gua and his parents flee Konoha during the political crisis involving the Uchiha and Hyuga. Fugaku knows about and approves their departure, regarding an escaped family as protection against the clan's complete destruction 75 80.

In the Land of Earth, they encounter a wounded Kabuto under attack by Root. Gua initially avoids intervening, but his parents confront the operative after mistaking Kabuto for their son. The encounter exposes the family's fugitive status 75.

Gua subsequently shelters and feeds Kabuto through a period of severe withdrawal. Kabuto later gives him a stolen Land of Earth topographic map and Particle Style scroll. Gua reassures him that these are enough to help all of them return, refusing to treat him as something expendable to surrender 81 87.

After returning to Konoha, Gua and his family receive public recognition as a “Glorious Family.” The award reassures Fugaku and helps ease hostility toward the Uchiha 96.

Root Attacks and the Academy Evaluation

When Root attacks Gua and Kabuto, Gua guides Kabuto's defense, defeats additional operatives, and kills a sword-wielding Special Jōnin through a clone feint and a kunai strike to the throat 101 102 103.

During a later staged Academy attack, he recognizes the village shinobi and Ye Chuan Dahei's fake corpse. He deliberately avoids killing his opponent, demonstrating strength without giving the leadership grounds for further trouble 110.

His subsequent encounter with Obito forces him to combine taijutsu, Sharingan perception, delaying conversation, and the First Gate. He protects Neji by sending him for reinforcements rather than allowing him to remain in the fight 154 155.

War and the Akatsuki Rescue

At seven, Gua chooses battlefield service despite the Third Hokage offering him permission to stay home. He asks for Kabuto to join him and Itachi instead of Izumi, whom he considers less suited to combat 182.

His squad's deployment becomes part of a larger strategy: Fugaku explains that Gua was bait intended to draw powerful Iwagakure opponents, while destroying Kannabi Bridge would damage enemy morale. The Third Hokage later credits Gua with the bridge's destruction and drawing out the Four-Tails and Five-Tails 211 242.

After Kabuto's capture, Gua travels with Fugaku to the Land of Rain and enters the Akatsuki stronghold. He opens six gates against Sasori, coordinates with Kakashi to destroy the Third Kazekage puppet, and continues fighting after Kakashi is taken into Kamui 218 220 223 233.

During the rescue, Gua gains the Mangekyo, saves Kabuto from Hiruko, and helps kill Hiruko. Nevertheless, his depleted chakra prevents him from effectively countering Obito's intangibility. Fugaku intervenes as Pain and Obito place him under overwhelming pressure 225 226 227 228.

News of his Mangekyo awakening at seven contributes to Iwagakure's collapsing morale. Back in Konoha, he redirects training toward chakra reserves and Dust Release while remaining troubled by Kakashi's abduction and the Uchiha's political position 236 246 257.

Appearance

Gua has delicate, almost girlish features and attractive eyes, though constant idling gives his gaze a vacant quality 4.

• Expression: Usually detached or blank, with an outward composure that can conceal intense anxiety 47 67.
• Clothing: Wears a gray Uchiha uniform during his encounter with Obito 154.
• Hair: Has tufts that stick up, which Izumi frequently tries to pinch or twist 181 202.
• Mangekyo: A grid-shaped pattern containing three tomoe; the tomoe rotate during a demonstrated use of his property-altering power 226.

Personality

Gua prefers sleep, food, family, and an uneventful routine over praise or prestigious shinobi ambitions. He distrusts the promise of becoming an “outstanding Uchiha,” associating prominent clan figures with tragic outcomes 16 30.

His apparent laziness is partly a practical response to his system: conventional effort often seems unnecessary when skills can improve automatically. However, he studies intensely when unlocking a technique demands it, spending a month working to make Impure World Reincarnation available 38 55.

His deadpan exterior should not be mistaken for fearlessness. Around Orochimaru, silence hides frantic thoughts about escape, exposure, and his inability to resist. He generally favors delaying tactics, retreat, or cooperation when direct resistance would be futile 25 47 197.

Despite his self-preservation, he becomes dependable when people important to him are endangered. Itachi observes that Gua keeps manageable risks for himself rather than exposing his teammates. Kabuto's rescue eventually drives him to accept risks far beyond that usual caution 188 218 233.

He is affectionate but socially awkward, particularly with Izumi. His birthday reflections deepen his understanding that other people have histories, hopes, and relationships independent of their place in his own life 17 167 247.

Abilities & Skills

Idle-Training System

• Provides three simultaneous training slots, each with a tenfold boost, and continues operating while Gua sleeps 9 10.
• Converts exposure, attempts, or sustained study into available training options; advanced techniques may require considerable effort merely to unlock 8 55 87.
• Keeps Taijutsu and Eyesight as long-term priorities, leaving the third slot to rotate among other techniques 193 254.
• Does not eliminate every limitation: progress slows over time, and poor aptitude still restricts chakra growth and Eight Gates output 13 151 253.
• Distinguishes unlocking a training option from mastering a usable technique, as demonstrated by Impure World Reincarnation 84 87.

Taijutsu and Weapon Combat

• His principal combat specialty, capable of overwhelming trained Root and Anbu shinobi through strength and speed 101 110.
• Shatters an opponent's Earth Release rock protection with a kick and evades a dense senbon attack while advancing 102.
• Can alter the direction of a sword attack mid-motion with exceptional physical control 165.
• Treats a sword largely as an extension of his arm; strength does not make him independent of weapon quality or enemy abilities 165 220.
• Admits that his practical ability exceeds his knowledge of systematic taijutsu instruction, prompting him to request Orochimaru's training plan for Neji 163.

Eyesight and Sharingan

• Detects well-hidden Root operatives without activating the Sharingan after more than five months of continuous Eyesight training 98.
• Reads muscular tension and minute movements closely enough to call out attacks and predict an opponent's temporary physical weaknesses 101.
• Breaks Kurenai's Demonic Illusion: Binding Kill almost immediately despite lacking formal genjutsu training; this demonstrates resistance to that technique, not proven immunity to every illusion 112.
• Produces an illusion-like effect that briefly immobilizes an attacker threatening a child. Gua suspects an innate ocular illusion ability but does not fully understand it 177.
• Suspects Eyesight training both strengthens his Sharingan and offsets visual strain; this is his interpretation rather than an established guarantee 193.

Mangekyo Sharingan

• His right eye can forcibly rewrite a single property of reality, according to his own assessment 227.
• Negates Hiruko's Steel Release long enough to sever a protected arm; ordinary consecutive sword strikes do not reproduce the effect without the ocular activation 225 226.
• Briefly delays Obito's entry into Kamui, but cannot sustain the effect until his blade connects. Gua considers inadequate chakra or the relative precedence of their abilities as possible explanations 227.
• Continues to provide extraordinary attack anticipation during his fight with Hiruko; the supplied passages do not clearly identify the separate left-eye technique 225 226.
• Does not yet allow him to use Susanoo in the documented period 227 253.

Eight Gates Released Formation

• Temporarily increases his already formidable taijutsu; he eventually unlocks all eight gates through idle training 155 246.
• Small acupoints and his young body reduce its output compared with the performances he remembers from Might Guy and Rock Lee 151 177.
• Has a short combat window: approximately three minutes during his early Obito fight and three to five minutes against Sasori 155 220.
• Exhaustion can close the gates and leave him unable to continue fighting effectively 223.
• The system's maximum-level notification confirms completion of his training, not a documented full-power Eighth Gate battle 246.

Ninjutsu

Technique / Attribute	Demonstrated Use or Limitation
Great Fireball Technique	Produces a large, proficient fireball; initially needs better control over released chakra 21.
Basic Three Body Technique	Part of his limited early repertoire. Uses Transformation successfully and a clone to create a lethal opening against Root 38 103.
Impure World Reincarnation	Unlocks it for idling, but remains unable to perform it in the later documented checks 55 84 103.
Dust Release / Particle Style	Learns from Orochimaru's streamlined material; current destructive output remains limited to very fragile objects 254 257.
Flying Thunder God	Studies it, but no mastered execution is confirmed in the supplied material 253 257.
Space-time movement	Uses a space-time evasion against Obito; the account does not identify it as Flying Thunder God 155.
Five elemental affinities	Hiruko's jealousy of Gua's five affinities contributes to his unexpected decision to release him 199.

Scientific Knowledge

• Explains bacterial contamination and the need to control experimental variables 25.
• Introduces ideas about electricity and magnetism that guide Orochimaru's motor research 54 55.
• Supplies information about the cell membrane's three-layer structure, later supported by Anko's experiments 135.
• Acknowledges that some apparently scientific advice comes from remembering the expected plot rather than genuine specialist knowledge 183.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Kunai — Borrows one from Kabuto to face Root's swordsman and uses it for the killing blow 102 103.
• Short sword — Uses one in sparring and major battles. Itachi's force-stacking strike breaks his sparring blade; Gua does not obtain Itachi's special sword despite asking for it 165 166.
• Orochimaru's Blue Pills — Rapidly restore chakra for a short time. Fugaku confiscates an earlier supply over suspected harmful effects after Gua collapses; Gua later takes two during the Akatsuki battle 202 225.
• Impure World Reincarnation scroll — The unreadable “Heavenly Book” he studies until the technique becomes available for idling 54 55.
• Particle Style scroll — Receives the stolen technique from Kabuto and copies it before giving the original to his parents 87.
• Land of Earth topographic map — Another of Kabuto's stolen documents, used by the family as leverage for returning to Konoha 87.
• Plush toys — Keeps a teddy bear by his bed and receives a large Three-Color Dango plush from Izumi 54 168 254.
• Fox hood — Keeps it put away during his stay in the Land of Grass 84.

Relationships

• Uchiha Nai — His protective mother. Encourages his friendship with Izumi, fears his battlefield deployment, and delights in his unsuccessful attempt to cook dinner 54 163 182.
• Uchiha Oyama / Dashan — His father, a Military Police shinobi. Reassures him about poor aptitude and supports him without making excellence a condition of parental affection 9 19 169.
• Itachi Uchiha — Best friend, training partner, teammate, and frequent comparison point. Gua moves from plotting against the future clan killer to valuing the actual boy's kindness and companionship 23 39 197 257.
• Izumi Uchiha — Close friend and developing romantic interest. Her food, invitations, and teasing gradually reach him; she protects his privacy by declining to hear his Mangekyo secrets 13 17 247.
• Kabuto Yakushi — Companion whom Gua treats as family. Gua shelters him, refuses to abandon him, and risks his life to rescue him; Kabuto comes to rely on him like an older brother despite being older 81 87 225.
• Shisui Uchiha — Early mentor who teaches sparring and shuriken use and mistakes system-driven improvement for a late-blooming talent 8 10.
• Orochimaru — Begins as his abductor, then becomes a scientific collaborator and fiercely protective ally. Gua grows grateful for his loyalty while remaining uncomfortable with his intense attention 25 96 162.
• Fugaku Uchiha — Clan leader, protector, and battlefield commander. Sees Gua as central to the Uchiha's future, but also uses his reputation strategically as bait 194 211 228.
• Kakashi Hatake — Initially an unwanted, persistent acquaintance and assigned protector. Their disagreements over duty and personal feelings leave Gua with regrets, motivating his attempts to recover Kakashi from Kamui 54 61 105 223.
• Neji Hyuga — Informal taijutsu student. Gua protects him from Obito, arranges more systematic training, and eventually reduces their sessions to weekly visits 154 163 167.
• Naruto Uzumaki — Younger child he visits and watches over. Protects him from bullies and armed attackers, then reassures him after he fears he has killed someone 99 145 175 177.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi — Village leader who monitors Gua's potential, publicly honors his family, and offers him a choice about battlefield service 39 96 182.
• Danzō Shimura — Political antagonist who frames Gua's growth as evidence of an Uchiha threat; Root repeatedly targets Gua and his companions 14 61 75 101.
• Obito Uchiha — Former acquaintance turned enemy. Gua recognizes him behind the mask and appeals to their shared history, but their encounters escalate into repeated lethal clashes 154 155 202 227.

Notable Quotes

“I turned on cheats.” 14

“Never abandon a comrade. Is that reason enough?” 111

“Get some rest.”

“Leave the rest to me.” 225

Trivia

• Gua has memorized the 2,322 steps between school and home and habitually walks them with consistent stride length 17.
• His preferred meal is beef hot pot, though Nai insists he cannot eat it every day 145.
• His attempt to cook for his mother burns the tamagoyaki and rice balls, overcooks the chicken, and produces questionable miso soup 163.
• Itachi jokingly asks whether Gua has a system after seeing his Dust Release—unwittingly approaching the real explanation for his growth 257.