
If the individual wearing the mask slices open their own stomach, the Shinigami will do the same, and any souls inside it will be freed. To use, an individual wears the Shinigami Mask, causing them to become possessed by the Shinigami. Souls can only be freed from the Shinigami's stomach by using Dead Demon Consuming Seal: Release ( 屍鬼封尽・解, Shiki Fūjin: Kai, English TV: Reaper Death Seal: Release). Souls being released from the Shinigami's stomach. He is able to make better use of the new body's arms, but the jutsu he can use remain limited so long as his soul's arms are sealed within the Shinigami. Ultimately, after his arms begin to rot, Orochimaru is forced to switch bodies or risk death. Orochimaru believes that Tsunade could heal his arms - something Tsunade does not deny - but she refuses to help him. With time, he's able to regain limited use of the arms, but he's still left with a constant and extreme pain. This prevents him from performing hand seals and by extension most ninjutsu. Īlthough Orochimaru survives the sealing of his arms, his arms are paralysed, causing them to hang uselessly at his sides. The souls of the summoner and their victim do not pass on to the Pure Land, instead being trapped within the Shinigami's stomach, destined to fight each other for all eternity.

The summoner can, with difficulty, continue moving and speaking, allowing them to finish any lingering business they may have, but they will die as soon as their soul has been fully consumed. With the sealing completed, the Shinigami gradually starts consuming the summoner's soul. In Minato's case, this sealing of the Nine-Tails' yin chakra into himself makes him its jinchūriki. The target's soul is sealed within the body of the summoner, represented by a swirl pattern on their torso that is similar in appearance to the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style. Because he lacked the strength to fully remove it, he opted instead to only seal Orochimaru's arms, accomplished by having the Shinigami cut off the arms of Orochimaru's soul. When Hiruzen used it on Orochimaru, he had to rely on his own physical strength to extract Orochimaru's soul.When Minato uses it, he seals only the Nine-Tails' yin chakra, leaving its yang chakra alone.The sealing, however, is not necessarily complete nor automatic: Hiruzen was able to seal multiple souls by using this technique in conjunction with the Shadow Clone Technique. With targets unable to escape or fight back, the summoner can remove and seal their soul. While the Shinigami grabs their soul, the target is immobilised, any jutsu they may be using are dispelled, and they are prevented from performing additional jutsu. Targets are able to see the Shinigami so long as it's in contact with their soul. When Minato Namikaze performs it, he is able to remain at a distance. When Hiruzen Sarutobi performs it, he is required to get close to his target in order to initiate the seal. It then drives its arm into the summoner's soul, thus allowing the summoner to call upon the Shinigami to seal a target: the Shinigami's arm emerges from the summoner's body and grasps the target's soul. After a few moments, the Shinigami wraps its left arm with prayer beads and chants unintelligibly until a cursed seal appears on its arm.

Only the summoner is able to see the Shinigami at this point. Behind their soul appears the Shinigami, which restrains their soul with its hair. Overview Īfter the hand seals are performed, the user's soul is partly separated from their body and suspended behind them. Its very existence is so secret that even Orochimaru knew nothing about it. The Dead Demon Consuming Seal is a sealing technique developed by the Uzumaki clan to call upon the power of the Shinigami.
