Warning! Spoilers ahead for Dragon Ball Super chapter 79!

A new villain in Dragon Ball Super named Gas possesses the uncanny capability of conjuring weapons out of thin air, and he recently used his power against Granolah the Cerealian in a way that's reminiscent of Naruto's shurikenjutsu, except it isn't very effective.

In chapter 79, Gas first materializes a long spear and forearm-equipped dual shields like DC's Green Lantern would when battling Granolah, but he later relies heavily on kunai as a favored tactic. He throws some kunai he originally held in between his fingers similar to how a typical shinobi would in Naruto before unleashing a steady stream of shinobi blades like ki blasts. When the Cerealian successfully deflects them all, Gas momentarily switches to a massive wrecking ball that he thrusts from above in a downward motion to preoccupy Granolah's hands as the Cerealian is forced to catch it above his head. The diversion works because the ball suddenly explodes, which Gas immediately takes advantage of by sending 46 additional kunai in a "50-chiaseed radius" spiraling downwards into the debris. But Granolah catches them all.

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It appears that having an infinite supply of kunai at his disposal has led to the villain Gas mistakenly relying on quantity rather than quality. In comparison, Naruto's Uchiha clan, most especially Itachi and Sasuke, have mastered the art of shurikenjutsu - throwing kunai along with other hand-held weapons. Probably the most awe-inspiring employment of shurikenjutsu is performed by Itachi Uchiha whose most basic technique vastly overshadows Gas whereby the Naruto shinobi hits targets at impossible angles by throwing two waves of kunai, the second batch hitting the first to change the latter blades' trajectories.

Even though Gas' strength lies in the number of kunai he conjures, his technique pales in comparison to Sasuke who devised an equivalent skill to the Dragon Ball Super villain's tactic with Lightning Flash Blade Creation, which allows him to pull a large supply of shuriken and kunai from his clothes or overly long scroll. Sasuke further augments this ability by guiding his barrage of blades like Itachi by utilizing similar methods or resorting to wire strings. This isn't even mentioning the nature-infused attacks that make the blades more lethal like Uchiha Style Shurikenjutsu: "Lightning": Triple.

While unprecedented in the Dragon Ball universe, warriors who both favor weapons over energy-based attacks and summon them out of thin air aren't that innovative in Naruto. As such, shinobi prepare adequate countermeasures that are equally as impressive. Because the majority of fighters in Dragon Ball Super are overpowered, they don't need complex tactics because anything other than massive ki waves, beams, and blasts are inconsequential. Moro was a brief exception to the rule early on during the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga before the dragon balls restored Moro's magic and especially before Moro absorbed Seven-Three.

Brute strength is the name of the game in Dragon Ball Super and the way to win usually involves summoning an absurd amount of power. Even though Gas has introduced an unexpected form of combat through conjuring various weapons, he still employs them as a typical hero or villain from that universe. There's no technique. He throws them in a steady stream like ki blasts, the most complicated utilization of his kunai being when he tossed them in a "50-chiaseed radius." Although they originated from different locations, they all converged at the same angle. There was no use of physics, like how Itachi is able to calculate the trajectory of his kunai based on how certain blades in motion will ricochet off of each other. Granolah might throw his enemies for a loop, but he would have to vastly improve upon his technique if he were to survive as a shinobi in Naruto.

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