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Soseigan | 組成目 | Composition Eye The Sharingan, the Byakugan, and the Rinnegan. Believed to be three parts of the same coin, all descended from one another in various mutations, all stemming back to the Sage of Six Paths. But, as many have discovered, they were not the only mutations. Named 'The Composition Eye', the Soseigan shares its connection with the Rinnegan in the unmistakable presentation. It shares many similarities with the Sharingan and Byakugan of legend, and seems to be far less famous for its many deeds. The Soseigan present wildly, with little thought or creed connecting the people who inherit it. Many who unlock a Soseigan find themselves in the midst of legendary or heroic deeds, or at the sight of great slaughter. No Soseigan has ever awakened in the comfort of someone's daily life. The price to find it is steep, and has led many to believe the eye itself is cursed. Many of its wielders were actively hunted in the early days of ninja life, thought to be omens of death or misfortune. This bloody history stunted the spread of the Soseigan, leaving it to trail behind its more famous brothers, despite their tendency to invite no less misery, if truth be told. The Soseigan, when manifested, is a vibrant, shining blue. The eye itself emits light, thought to be the overflow of chakra into the organ. When fully manifested, the eye "projects" a series of dials and gears in front of the wielder's face, each pattern specific to the Soseigan wielder. These dials help to angle and direct the Soseigan's power so it may be used more efficiently. Its initial manifestation simply appears as if the iris and cornea have been drawn on in glowing blue ink. A complex, interlocking gear-like pattern turns in the eyes themselves, creating a hypnotic effect thought to be remnants of its genetic link to the Sharingan. Geneaologists suspect that since its powers lie in a similar vein, and that the Copy Wheel Eye also has a near luminescent form, that the Composition Eye must have mutated from directly from the Sharingan. Although there is some debate whether or not the evolution might have occurred the other way around. The Composition Eye, a relatively fresh doujutsu in a land dominated by those left since antiquity, is a strange and fickle creature. Sure, like many doujutsu, it provides the ability to see chakra as it is molded, to distinguish clone from creator, and to, by and large, increase the ability of the body to track high speed movements. The Soseigan differs from it counterparts in two key ways. The Soseigan cannot see chakra inside of a body. It cannot target chakra pathways like the Byakugan, instead only seeing the chakra after it has left the body. Physical objects seem to pose no issue to its detection, but living matter, like humans, animals, and to a degree plant life, blocks its sight. The second major difference is the fact that the eye analyzes but does not copy the chakra it sees. Instead, it destroys or breaks apart that chakra. Only it does so incredibly selectively. It gained the moniker 'The Composition Eye' because it can see, to a near infinitesimal degree, the composition of chakra, and all other substances, really. The Soseigan can determine within a near .0002% degree of error the exact degree and mixtures of different elemental and shape manipulations of a piece of chakra, and then strip those pieces apart. Fireballs suddenly become empty balls of force. Punches lose their power. The tiniest crack on a wall is exploited to create an opening. The Soseigan sees vulnerabilities in the composition of different attacks and exploits them to the highest possible degree. Soseigan Activation: Soseigan is an Advanced System. It costs 5% Total Chakra to Activate, and 5% Total Chakra to Upkeep. Restrictions: Ranks in these skills may only be taken every 20 Levels. Advanced Regeneration is suspended while this Advanced System is active. Soseigan Sight; Rank [-] Effect: While the Soseigan is active, increase the user's Evasion and Concentration by 1.2x per rank in this skill, where x is equal to the user's level. Description: The Soseigan's main method of visual acuity is to find weaknesses. That may mean a fireball whose trajectory was off, or that was improperly made and sealed in the haste of battle. A Genjutsu whose construct has a visible edge or a triggering sensational component, may be detected using the analysis of the chakra that makes up any attack. Even Taijutsu relies upon composition to a certain degree, and the angle of a punch may be detected and interfered with before it is even thrown. As such, Soseigan wielders will often find themselves knocking aside or shrugging off attacks that ought to have killed them. Max Ranks: 5 Cost: -1 per Rank Soseigan Detection; Rank [-] Effect: While Soseigan is active, increase the user's Block Range by 4x, where x is their rank in this skill. This is an Activated Effect. Description: Some attacks have glaring, gaping flaws. Others have minute flaws, often detected by the Soseigan that are invisible to anyone else. These flaws can be exploited. Unraveling a jutsu before it ever strikes the wielder because it was sloppily made, or knocking a martial artist out of their stance because their balance was minutely incorrect. The Soseigan can see it all. Max Ranks: 5 Cost: -1 per Rank Soseigan Disassembly Effect: If the Soseigan is Active and there are unresolved techniques targeting anyone in the battle, this character may pay 5% of their Total Chakra as a free action in the Response Phase to activate this ability. Choose one [Tag] on one of the unresolved techniques. That technique is no longer considered to have that [Tag], no longer benefits from that tag, and no longer benefits from any abilities that are related to that [Tag]. For the purposes of this ability [AoE] and [Multi-Strike] are not considered tags and may not be removed. The turn this ability is used, the user can only choose to 'roll to dodge' during the Response Phase. This ability can only be used once per turn, and can only target jutsu of equal or lower rank than this ninja. Description: Upon seeing the composition of a technique, the Soseigan can go one step further. Instead of copying or reflecting that composition, the Soseigan can rip its composition apart, weakening the attack before it can get close enough to strike. Ninjutsu may suddenly lose their elemental manipulation. Traps will suddenly appear like regular jutsu. Even Taijutsu users will find their pressure points attacked in just the right way to render their style of martial arts incoherent. Cost: -5 Soseigan Masteries Stored Patterns Effect: When the user blocks an attack while the Soseigan is active, the user may designate one [Tag] on that attack. They can add that [Tag] to an attack made during their Main Phase of the same turn. If that [Tag] requires a skill to use (such as Subtle Elements, Genjutsu Archetypes, or a Taijutsu Style) the user may use the effect of that skill as if they possess it. This skill can allow the user to generate Charges from Taijutsu Styles and access Subtle Elements they know as part of a Combinatorial Elements skill, but this skill cannot add an element, archetype, or style to an attack that already possesses one. Description: Splintered from their branching history with the Sharingan, the Soseigan's ability to disrupt chakra flows can be harnessed for a new purpose. By studying the shape of something they make contact with, a skilled user of the Soseigan can alter the normal flow of their own Chakra, repeating these patterns and styles in a rudimentary style of 'copying' the parts of the techniques that they are intimately familiar with: its shape and nature manipulations. Requirements: Soseigan Sight; Rank 2, Soseigan Disassembly Cost: -1 Improved Detection Effect: When activating 'Soseigan Dissasembly' increase the user's Block Range by a further 1x for 1 turn, where x is the number of Ranks in 'Soseigan Detection' Description: With time and fine tuning, a master of the Soseigan will see even more minute errors and exploit them to avoid harm. Requirements: Soseigan Sight; Rank 3, Soseigan Disassembly Cost: -1 Improved Disassembly Effect: When activating 'Soseigan Disassembly' this character can select two Tags on the unresolved attack(s) to remove instead of one. Description: The more one practices pulling techniques apart, the faster they can do it, often rendering techniques completely devoid of shape or substance. Requirements: Soseigan Sight; Rank 4, Soseigan Disassembly Cost: -1