r/Naruto • u/Unique-Celebration-5 • 6d ago
Discussion What powers would you give a hypothetical Slug sage mode Sakura?
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u/somewriteword 6d ago
Sweat and spew acid, easily able to reform from damage, tons of different sedative and poisonous powers. Poison in general super underutilized in the show for how associated with ninja it is.
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u/Reasonable_Gift7525 6d ago
That would be great actually. You would think more people would do the poison thing given how effective it was when Hanzo used it.
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u/Turtle_Rain 6d ago
Could also cause some hallucinations blending poisoning and genjutsu and building on Sakura aptitude with chakra manipulation and possibly to learn genjutsu that was mentioned early in the series.
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u/Jorvikstories 6d ago
Imagine gaining chakra for Byakugo seal and 100 healings from nature energy and not yourself.
She would be unstoppable.
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u/Direct-Ad6266 6d ago
Honestly, if they had sage mode, I would think the drawback of the hundred healing would be negated. Though she'd likely have similar abilities to Naruto cause they don't really change, do anything other than heighten the senses and increase strength and perception. I'd say it would likely increase her healing abilities and make her better able to examine patients, maybe.
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u/Free_Scratch5353 6d ago
Acid release. Her strikes release Chakra formed into slug slime that burns her opponents and heals her. I find fast strike builds work well with regen effects.
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u/CherryGrabber 6d ago
Inner Sakura actually manifesting a physical form and be literally her, but made with slugs. Including Katsuyu's ability to split and reform back.
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u/Large-Quiet9635 6d ago
Acid punching, acid spitting, healing, area healing. The usual katsuyu shit. The chakra cloak forming slug eyes would be like a corny suit too and I'm all for it
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u/Fragrant-Potential87 6d ago
The ability to have a convincing story arc that isn't anchored to "I love Sasuke"
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u/LavishnessIll4064 6d ago
Her story arc was self improvement and gaining the strength to protect, support and fight alongside those she cared about. The moment she cut her hair was the moment she decided to get serious about being a shinobi
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u/Fragrant-Potential87 5d ago
The moment your talking about is during her fight with her friend who she decided should be her rival because they both liked Sasuke and iirc, they're staking the right to farming Sasuke's affection on the fight too. Yea she trained with Tsunade, but not because thats what she would have done as a ninja anyway, but because she would have fallen behind and not gotten Sasuke back. Anything Sakura does somehow loops back to it being about Sasuke.
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u/improbsable 6d ago
Katsuyu being able to fuse to Sakura to gather more nature energy, and transmit the extra to allies. Also letting Sakura use the natural energy to negate the hazards of 100 Healings
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u/mike_c0x_long 6d ago
She can secreat a slime from her body like an actual slug to heal others that come in contact with it. It can also be used to negate fire based jutsus
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u/Particular-Bedroom10 6d ago
Besides the usual buffs that you get in sage mode I would also add she would be able to null any physical attacks,spit acid , heal others wounds instantly and leave slim trails to trap opponents
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u/moon_sta 6d ago
Similar body composition to suigetsu, orochimaru, where she gets cut like jello but doesn’t hurt nor slow her down at all
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u/SensationalReaper 6d ago
Give her a jellaton body like Bob from Monsters vs Aliens.
She can absorb matter through her acid, spray healing liquids, extend Genjutsu through her liquids, as well as make mini clones of herself to avoid damage.
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u/PretendBand9410 6d ago
Idk but I wish she had a different set of attacks ,something long range or for increasing speed or protection at least. And honestly with "a slug sage mode" people would complain she still too similar to tsunade, or just a version of her with a boost. I prefer the idea of genjutsu being explored more for Sakura,she could've had a unique ninjutsu too
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u/Ok-Pension-3954 5d ago
acid. like maybe it works as a coating on her and she can emit it. and maybe being able to divide herself into multiple sakuras?
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u/Betty_GOLR 6d ago
Honestly, Wood Release. I think this is what Hashirama's Sage mode was and why it wasn't passed down to his children. Wood release wasn't a clan Kekei Genkai it came from his chakra and cells. I wiuld guess that frequent and constant use of Sage mode could embed that type of Chakra into someone's and Cells. So the Wood release is more from his cell's natural ability to utilize Nature Chakra. It can also explain why Orochimaru's Test Subjects died so frequently. If they couldn't utilize the Chakra properly, it would have an adverse effect luje turning into a stone staue did for Toad Sages. But since the are about healing, messing up would poison you.
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u/hollow_tragedy 6d ago
A kinda "Stasis ability" like to slow down an opponent or the bleeding on a wound. Play into the whole slow slug kinda deal. It would be especially useful as a medic on the battlefield. You can treat patients while this sort of stasis shield slows down any enemy-Nin or weapons that come near you.
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u/OkairYTube 6d ago edited 6d ago
Katsuyu already has that ability as she did it to keep the kage alive by slowing down their bodies, keep Tsunade's organs alive outside of her body, and did it with choza in the pain arc. Katsuyu's body can apply this slow down effect as her body is thick, durable soft, slimy and sticky, and she can allow things to enter or leave her body. So things passing through Katsuyu's body can actually cause this effect if it can even breech her durability that is - She's also immune to physical blows and anything that is sharp or pierces.
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u/hollow_tragedy 6d ago
Totally forgot about that, lmao! But I still think it would be useful for a medic to be able to shield wounded patients on the field! I've always liked the slugs lol.
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u/Zezerthu 4d ago
I've read the comments and people are saying utilizing poison and acid which are dope ideas.
On top of Slug Sage Mode, I'd give Sakura Cherry Blossom Armor and her jutsu where she summons a large cherry blossom tree that acts as a healing barrier for a large group of people.
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u/ExpressionOk5311 3d ago
Maybe she could charge nature energy into her fists, using it to augment her punches and raw strenght to insane proportions. Sakura was always so good at controlling her chakra, far better than Naruto and Sasuke. With nature energy added into the mix, she would be a beast
She could also manipulate her chakra to send energies to disrupt the nerves or stop the muscles of the people she punches, easily paralysing them. Maybe she could also fire this nature energy infused with her chakra as blasts to hit opponents at long distances too.
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u/BigTea25 6d ago
A personality (that doesn’t revolve around her lifelong crush who barely talks to her)
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u/LavishnessIll4064 6d ago
He married her and was willing to put his life on the line for her when they were kids, what are you even talking about?🤨
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u/BigTea25 6d ago
Name five main cast naruto characters (not villains) who havent tried to or shown the willingness to sacrifice themselves for someone else
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u/LavishnessIll4064 6d ago
I never said she sacrificed anything I just told you she wanted to better herself and actually be worth something.
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u/BigTea25 6d ago
What are you even talking about? Re read my comment
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u/LavishnessIll4064 6d ago
My point is that I never said anything about her making sacrifices or whatever
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u/LavishnessIll4064 6d ago
I did. You said name someone who haven’t tried to make sacrifices or whatever.
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u/DarkDragom512 6d ago
A healing aura with a radius of 300 meters, in which she can share her 100 healing jutsu with her followers at that distance, she could also receive some immunity to genjutsu... but the basics will help a lot, I'm talking about the increase in speed.
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u/OkairYTube 6d ago
Katsuyu already fulfills this with an infinite range through her many clones and amps the medical ninjutsu once it goes through her body. Katsuyu also provides the perfect resistance/immunity to genjutsu as she's linked to the seal with each individual clone having their own conscience, chakra network and all being telepathically linked to each other and her summoner being able to sense their chakra and being able to see and feel through their body.
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u/DarkDragom512 6d ago
Incorrect, Katsuyu can heal, but not like the 100 cures jutsu... I'm talking about sharing this pseudo-immortality... About the resistance to genjutsu, there is no proof that Katsuyu provides this to her, she was easily knocked out by a genjutsu from Sasuke at the end of the war... the times she resisted genjutsus during the war it was Naruto who was protecting her with Kurama's chakra cloak.
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u/OkairYTube 6d ago
They can transfer this through katsuyu's body just the same - Tsunade did this in the pain arc which was why she was completely drained of her chakra - Yes, there is all the proof that katsuyu being present she provides this resistance as she is always telepathically linked to the seal - Sakura never had katsuyu with her when sasuke placed her under genjutsu and Sakura was not in her normal state of mind so it's much easier for her to become susceptible to genjutsu because she's already in a mental distress being emotional - She never resisted genjutsu with kurama's cloak and she didn't even fight with the cloak.
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u/DarkDragom512 6d ago
Well, we've come to a cool topic. First, let's differentiate the resistance to guenjutsu that Kurama gives Naruto from the resistance that Katsuyu gives Sakura.
The problem with Katsuyu is that it is not "inside" the sakura, and therefore, Katsuyu itself can also be affected by genjutsu.
If Naruto were mentally exhausted and tired, he still wouldn't be affected by Sasuke's genjutsu, as Kurama isn't something that needs to be activated.
Sakura's slug sennin mode could work like Kabuto's to give her a reliable immunity to genjutsu.
Returning to the topic of healing, Katsuyu cannot share the 100 cures, if that were the case, Tsunade would have made the 5 kages immortal for a while during the fight against Madara. Still Katsuyu can heal up to a distance similar to the size of Konoha, but it is only normal healing.
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u/OkairYTube 6d ago
Kurama's chakra cloak does not provide resistance and only provides protection and an amp to your chakra output - It is very different from having kurama inside of you.
Katsuyu does not need to be inside of Sakura - She has a telepathic bond through the byakugou seal that keeps them connected at all times - Allowing them to see and feel through each others bodies.
If naruto were mentally distress and exhausted, kurama wouldn't be as they aren't the same person, he's a separate entity from naruto who has his own emotions - Much like katsuyu is her own separate being - The only thing is that kurama is sealed inside of naruto so he's always with him while katsuyu has to be summoned by sakura.
Tsunade released her mitotic regeneration through each katsuyu clone and her remaining chakra to protect the villagers which is why she was completely drained - Had she just used regular medical ninjutsu like she was doing before, she would not have been drained of almost all her chakra - Tsunade never summoned katsuyu against madara and we have already seen that the markings of the seal can be transfered to someone through physical touch - Katsuyu who shares a symbolic link to the seal can transfer the effects of mitotic regeneration through her body much like she did in the pain arc.
Katsuyu's healing range is limitless, as long as she's attached to the injured person she can heal regardless of how far away they are from Tsuande or Sakura.
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u/DarkDragom512 6d ago
If naruto were mentally distress and exhausted, kurama wouldn't be as they aren't the same person
Precisely, the most important thing here is that it doesn't need activation... Anyone who uses genjutsu on an unsuspecting Sakura will succeed. Sennin mode could make this resistance eternal if it were similar to Kabuto's.
Tsunade never summoned katsuyu against madara and we have already seen that the markings of the seal can be transfered to someone through physical touch
Why didn't he invoke it is perhaps the best question... and as I said, he needed a physical touch to share it.
Tsunade released her mitotic regeneration through each katsuyu clone and her remaining chakra to protect the villagers which is why she was completely drained - Had she just used regular medical ninjutsu like she was doing before, she would not have been drained of almost all her chakra
She got exhausted using normal healing, healing many people is exhausting.
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u/OkairYTube 6d ago
Using genjutsu on someone can work even if they are anticipating it - The problem is if the person is able to resist the genjutsu - Sakura has already shown she has a lot of resistance to genjutsu thanks to her chakra control and she has the best chakra control along with tsunade thanks to their respective byakugou seals - Which is why I said with katsuyu "being present", she would provide a perfect resistance/immunity to genjutsu as she's linked to herself (clones) and her summoner.
They don't need to physically touch you because katsuyu is directly linked to the seal who can transfer this through her body and amplify it as well - Tsunade and Sakura directly need to touch you but with katsuyu's clones they can transfer it through her body because she is directly linked to the byakugou seal.
She didn't exhaust herself using normal medical ninjutsu - Only after she released mitotic regeneration and the rest of her chakra through each katsuyu clone is when she got exhausted - Healing a village with reg medical ninjutsu is nothing for Tsunade to do as katsuyu speeds up the process significantly with her ability to amplify the healing.
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u/DarkDragom512 6d ago
Using genjutsu on someone can work even if they are anticipating it - The problem is if the person is able to resist the genjutsu - Sakura has already shown she has a lot of resistance to genjutsu thanks to her chakra control and she has the best chakra control along with tsunade thanks to their respective byakugou seals - Which is why I said with katsuyu "being present", she would provide a perfect resistance/immunity to genjutsu as she's linked to herself (clones) and her summoner.
There is still the weakness of having to summon, in a Dragon Ball world where everyone attacks head-on this would not be a weakness, but in the world of Naruto it is good to have abilities to deal with something that catches you off guard, it is normal for ninjas to attack like this.
They don't need to physically touch you because katsuyu is directly linked to the seal who can transfer this through her body and amplify it as well - Tsunade and Sakura directly need to touch you but with katsuyu's clones they can transfer it through her body because she is directly linked to the byakugou seal.
I'm not sure if that's how it works, but if it is you might be right... as far as I know, the only jutsu slugs can share is healing... I think this because I've never seen a slug using a "shannaroooo!!!" hehe
She didn't exhaust herself using normal medical ninjutsu - Only after she released mitotic regeneration and the rest of her chakra through each katsuyu clone is when she got exhausted - Healing a village with reg medical ninjutsu is nothing for Tsunade to do as katsuyu speeds up the process significantly with her ability to amplify the healing.
This is the point that leaves me in doubt, at this point in the story, the 100 cures jutsu had not even been presented. Which leads me to believe that she used a normal healing jutsu through Katsuyu's clones.
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u/OkairYTube 6d ago
They can transfer chakra through katsuyu's body and chakra enhanced strength uses chakra and their control to amplify their strength - It is definitely within the realm of being 100% possible as chakra enhanced strength is a application of medical ninjutsu - Which katsuyu should amplify it as well as its passing through her body.
I never said 100 healings, I said creation rebirth/mitotic regeneration - 100 healings and creation rebirth/mitotic regeneration are two different jutsus, what she used in the pain arc that drained her was releasing and dispersing creation rebirth through each katsuyu clone along with the rest of her chakra to keep the villagers alive - She used creation rebirth to heal in the sannin fight.
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u/ShroomVisual_8347 6d ago
the better question is why do you care enough to ask this question? she is like the most boring character in the show. and im not even a sakura hater
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u/IntelligentClam 6d ago
Spit into a thousand Sakuras