Crystal Release

Crystal Release (晶遁, Shōton, English TV: Crystal Style) is a rare nature. The actual natures that comprise the elements Water and Earth Release, belonging to the Shoton Clan.

Users of Crystal Release can convert any matter into a crystal, from physical material to moisture in the air, allowing them to turn anything into a weapon. This extends to other physical natures, rendering earth, water, and wood useless against it. When used on living creatures, targets can be crystallized down to the cellular level, imprisoning them so long as the crystals are in place and shattering them if the crystals are struck, killing them. Crystal Release users can also manipulate pre-existing crystals and crystalline structures.

Crystal Release cannot crystallize raw energy or chakra, as they have no physical mass to crystallize, allowing those with good chakra control or the lightning or fire natures to counter it. Crystal Release is also susceptible to a specific sound wave frequency: because crystal requires a very precise build-up of molecules, the proper sound waves can break down the build-up before the crystal can properly form; people have been known to take advantage of this weakness using bats and other things of the sort.