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-Overview
-Villages
-Characters
-Weapons
-Chakra

Naruto is about a series of villages in feudal Japanese setting. What makes it unique is that all of the villagers are ninja ninja . Further diversifying them, they all have their own "powers," or jutsu, that give them an edge over the other ninja clans. These skills can be anything: examples ranging from breathing fire burning_eyes to making copies of one's self xd xd xd xd xd or even just enhanced martial arts mad . For more info on the skills, see the Weapons and Chakra posts.

Villages are numerous, and to support themselves, they assign each ninja to a three-man team. They then assign each team missions: the missions are ranked S, A, B, C, and D, with S being the toughest. The Hokage is the one who assigns the missions to the teams, who gain payment on completion. For more info on this, see the villages post.

Teams are made up of characters of the same rank. Rankings are decided by rigorous tests and determine one's ablilty and social standing. For more info on this, see the Character post.

-Overview
-Villages
-Characters
-Weapons
-Chakra

Rankings: The Ninja are split into different rankings based on their mastery of techniques and ability to complete missions.

Academy Student: These are the newbies of the ninja world! All RPers will start out like this until they find a Jonin, consisting now of Kakashi and Myself. These shinobi are stuck with D-rank missions, consisting or menial tasks like finding lost pets or going off to get groceries. It's the trivial tasks considered too lowly for the otehr ranks, but after a small graduation ceremony and being matched up with a Jonin teacher, they become-

Genin: Genin begin to get slightly more advanced in missions, but they mainly train in three-man teams led by a jonin who instructs them so that they can pass the test to become-

Chunin: Chunnin begin to get the good missions. After taking a written, survival, and battle test, they are selected from the Genin who live through to pass the exam. Here, they begin to get tougher missions, such as bodyguards and reconnaissance. They can also accept teaching jobs and are often used asLater, they can become-

Jonin: Jonin have proven adeptness at many jutsu and are asked to perform A rank missions like assassinations and retreiving artifacts. Each Jonin is eventually teamed up with three genin, who they are told to watch over and train.

ANBU: The elite of the elite ninja join ANBU, which is a special forces team in the village. These travel in groups of four, three fighters and a medic. They protect the village's borders and act as bodyguards for important shinobi.

Hokage: Hokage is basically the President of the Village. It is rumored that one has to memorize 1,000 jutsu to attain this rank. They are the ones who assign the actual missions and act as a parent figure to the people under their rule.

-Overview
-Villages
-Characters
-Weapons
-Chakra

Chakra is virtually unique to this anime based on its form and function. Every person has a "stamina" pool. This varies by the person, but it's use is the same all around. Stamina in the pool can then be converted to either Taijutsu or Chakra:

-Taijutsu is basic punch/kick kung-fu. This doesn't use a lot of stamina, because it's simply moving around. Using taijutsu is basically free, unless you choose to do a "supercharged" attack. This is done by focusing chakra into whatever part of the body is used to attack and releasing the chakra on impact for a stronger hit. This can also be utilized to increase speed and jumping ability.

-Chakra has two phases- creation and control. Creation is when one converts stamina to chakra, which is able to be transformed into an attack. Control is when the chakra is made into a 'jutsu.' Jutsu consist of two separate versions of attack: ninjutsu and genjutsu,both of which require hand signs to initiate.

Ninjutsu is any 'elemental' attack. This can be anything from summoning animals to shooting shards of ice out one's nose. The basic definition is anything mean by the user to cause physical harm to an opponent.

Genjutsu is any 'mental' attack. The user of the genjutsu takes over the opponent's mind and causes them to believe whatever is being presented. This can cause opponents to feel intense pain and rob them of their fighting spirit, making them easy targets with kunai knives.