Can chakra capacity be increased

Atriede · October 7th, 2006, 04:31 PM

I remember Jiraiya once talking to naruto about increasing his chakra capacity, as a passing comment. But, I am not too sure if I heard it correctly, and my memory is not clear on this.
Obviously it would be possibly to increase chakra capacity by improving your stamina, as stamina can be converted into chakra.
It would also be possible to increase chakra capacity through absorbing it from a person.
However are there any other ways of increasing your chakra.

ffl · October 7th, 2006, 05:42 PM

I don't think 'absorbing it' is a normal way of doing that, if at all. If you're referring to Kisame and his Samehadaa, that might be a part of why his chakra is where it's at, but it could just be natural.

The way that most others seem to increase their total chakra capacity though, other than training, is by getting a bijuu.

Cursed Seal doesn't count since it draws out their chakra potential forcefully to gather that potential power as raw power for the present. It doesn't actually change the amount of chakra they have available.

likenewbie · October 7th, 2006, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Atriede

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Obviously it would be possibly to increase chakra capacity by improving your stamina, as stamina can be converted into chakra.

you have to remember, there are 2 kinds of stamina...muscle stamina and chakra stamina. think of it like this, you do pushups, but doing so doesn't make you stronger, it just helps your muscles strain for longer periods of time. the same goes for chakra, you do a certain form of training and your chakra stamina improves so you can do a certain chakra using move more often.

early on when jiraiya and naruto met and jiraiya decided to train naruto, he said that naruto was learning how to improve his chakra stamina by doing the water walking training...he told naruto that he has tons of stamina and should be working on the power of his chakra moves instead. need me to go further?

ffl · October 7th, 2006, 10:02 PM

For Naruto, chakra stamina and regular stamina is pretty much one and the same.

max_powers · October 8th, 2006, 02:28 AM

I'm pretty sure that chakra capacity/stamina can't be increased. In fact, this is one of the main reasons that Akatsuki want the bijuus; it is the only way to have a larger pool of chakra to use. I would say that the bijuu increases it, but take out the bijuu and the person drops back to his own capacity, so it doesn't really "increase" it.

Consider chakra capacity to be a "bottle". The size of the bottle determines how much chakra it can hold, and while the amount of chakra released by a person can be increased, the total amount they can have at any given time has a limit. Now the bijuu are like extra bottles, significantly bigger bottles, that can add more chakra to the original bottle.

Denisa · October 8th, 2006, 02:28 AM

There seems to be a limit on how much you can imporve your chakra capacity. Look at someone like Kakashi. There is really no more he can do to increase his stamina. He is just stuck with a smaller tank than many of the other characters. Of course this balances out his character. Without his stamina problem, he'd be a god capable of unleashing high level jutsu after jutsu.

Nomnomnom · October 8th, 2006, 02:43 AM

Take Ochimaru for example, he is a chakra powerhouse, and I think thats one of the things that help lean towards him being a sanin alongside Tsunade and Jiriyama.

Atriede · October 8th, 2006, 03:35 AM

It is a bit unfair that you are born with a chakra capacity and have to stick with it. Then those who are gifted with a huge amount of chakra as well as being skillfull, have the advantage over those who are very skillfull but born with low chakra.
This seems lame and unfair?

ffl · October 8th, 2006, 09:57 AM

Chakra capacity can be increased. This is obviously seen when comparing the stats of characters in the first databook with their stats in the second databook.

Big Shot · October 8th, 2006, 05:01 PM

Naruto and Hunter x Hunter have each taken many ideas from the other, and this might not be an exception. In HXH, you can increase your "nen" capacity by doing some specific exercises; like Ten (focus to control the "output" of nen) and Ren (increasing the ratio of nen around you). I think the same can be done (as similar concepts have been brought up before in Naruto).

ffl · October 8th, 2006, 07:13 PM

Yeah, but if we take Kakashi as an example, some shinobi just have a limit to their store of chakra, and, of course, stamina.

October 7th, 2006, 04:31 PM	#1
Atriede Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 139	Can chakra capacity be increased I remember Jiraiya once talking to naruto about increasing his chakra capacity, as a passing comment. But, I am not too sure if I heard it correctly, and my memory is not clear on this. Obviously it would be possibly to increase chakra capacity by improving your stamina, as stamina can be converted into chakra. It would also be possible to increase chakra capacity through absorbing it from a person. However are there any other ways of increasing your chakra.

October 8th, 2006, 02:28 AM	#5
max_powers Rubberman! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 161	I'm pretty sure that chakra capacity/stamina can't be increased. In fact, this is one of the main reasons that Akatsuki want the bijuus; it is the only way to have a larger pool of chakra to use. I would say that the bijuu increases it, but take out the bijuu and the person drops back to his own capacity, so it doesn't really "increase" it. Consider chakra capacity to be a "bottle". The size of the bottle determines how much chakra it can hold, and while the amount of chakra released by a person can be increased, the total amount they can have at any given time has a limit. Now the bijuu are like extra bottles, significantly bigger bottles, that can add more chakra to the original bottle. __________________ "You know what's great? Grammar. Try using it sometimes."

October 8th, 2006, 05:01 PM	#10
Big Shot Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Close to the sea... Posts: 304	Naruto and Hunter x Hunter have each taken many ideas from the other, and this might not be an exception. In HXH, you can increase your "nen" capacity by doing some specific exercises; like Ten (focus to control the "output" of nen) and Ren (increasing the ratio of nen around you). I think the same can be done (as similar concepts have been brought up before in Naruto). __________________ No estan todos los que son, ni son todos los que estan.

October 8th, 2006, 02:28 AM	#6
Denisa Shikatard Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 223	There seems to be a limit on how much you can imporve your chakra capacity. Look at someone like Kakashi. There is really no more he can do to increase his stamina. He is just stuck with a smaller tank than many of the other characters. Of course this balances out his character. Without his stamina problem, he'd be a god capable of unleashing high level jutsu after jutsu.

October 8th, 2006, 02:43 AM	#7
Nomnomnom Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,764 Blog Entries: 23	Take Ochimaru for example, he is a chakra powerhouse, and I think thats one of the things that help lean towards him being a sanin alongside Tsunade and Jiriyama.

October 8th, 2006, 03:35 AM	#8
Atriede Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 139	It is a bit unfair that you are born with a chakra capacity and have to stick with it. Then those who are gifted with a huge amount of chakra as well as being skillfull, have the advantage over those who are very skillfull but born with low chakra. This seems lame and unfair?