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What are the similarities and difference between Reiatsu from _Bleach_ and
Chakra from _Naruto_?

I've felt that they both are similar, like it's a part of the individuals'
insides/spirit/soul and also it can be sensed from a distance. Generally, the
higher the person's Reiatsu or Chakra levels, the stronger that person is.
Another similarity is how Chakra and Reiatsu diminishes to zero while dying.
However, there are some significant differences which don't make them the same
thing with different names.

I want to know both the differences and the similarities between them.


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What are the similarities and differences between Reiatsu and Chakra?


Well, one of the main differences is most likely that chakra in _Naruto_ seems
to be a power exclusive to living things (like animals, plants and humans)
while reiatsu in _Bleach_ is more of a general form of energy (as all of
Seireitei is made of reishi). Also, chakra can only be used through a medium
(a body, tool etc.) while reishi can just be collected from outside and then
used (like the way quincies collect reishi to form their arrows)

Also, later in _Naruto_ , Madara explains that

> chakra was not actually a power of humans. They "stole" it from the God Tree
> (神樹, Shinju), which then became the Ten-Tails. And the Sage of the Six Paths
> inherited chakra from his mother, defeated the Ten-Tails and gave chakra to
> living things as a mean to connect each others hearts. Only later they
> started to refuse to connection to each other, and instead train their own
> chakra to use it in battle. So while reiatsu is a ever present form of
> energy, chakra is more of a foreign power to humans

In my personal opinion, I think that reiatsu is a symbol of "the power of
one's Soul" while chakra is "the power of one's body".


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