Home Naruto Jutsus Uchiha Itachi Tsukuyomi (Moon Reader)

Name: Tsukuyomi, 月読, literally "Moon Reader"

Type: Kekkei Genkai, No rank, Supplementary, Short range (0-5m)

Users: Uchiha Itachi

Named after the Shinto god of the moon, this Genjutsu is one of the most powerful Uchiha jutsu enabled by the Mangekyō Sharingan. The Mangekyō user places the victim in an illusory world where all aspects, including the perception of time, are controlled by the user. In this world, the victim's worst torture is created, with all-too-real pain. Each second is more like 10, like Itachi said after explaining Tsukuyomi to Kakashi (who was being painfully stabbed with a katana).

Uchiha Itachi uses this ability to inflict three days' worth of torment on his victims , while in reality only three seconds may have passed, which tends to leave the victim bedridden. However, Tsukuyomi is an enormous chakra drain on the user, which discourages its frequent use. Itachi is seemingly only able to use it for the equivalent of three days maximum. Something commonly overlooked (the victim usually has other things on his mind)) is that during the torture, the victim is going a multiple of 72 hours (depending on how long each second really takes) with no food or water. However; as stated, the imediate torture the victim is enduring usually makes them forget about that.

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