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In the anime Tobirama Senju tells Naruto he invented the Kage Bushin no Jutsu.
However, in episode 465 we see Indra performing a cloning technique which
looks exactly like it. And Indra was born before Tobirama. Also Asura tries it
and fails to do it right. And they have an instructor who is next to Hagomoro.
So it looks like either Hagomoro or the instructor invented that technique.

Is this technique supposed to have something different to Tobirama's, or did
actually someone else invent the Kage Bushin no Jutsu ?


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Did Tobirama Senju actually invent the Kage Bushin no Jutsu?


Canonically, Tobirama is the creator of the Shadow Clone Jutsu. This is
confirmed in _Naruto Chapter 644_

[![Tobirama saying it's his
jutsu](https://i.stack.imgur.com/a6jjtl.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/a6jjtl.png)

According to the [wiki](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Indra_%C5%8Ctsutsuki)
(non-canon), Indra created the standard cloning jutsu; the one that Konoha
academy students needed to perform in order to graduate:

> Creating various techniques like the first Clone Technique and Body
> Replacement Technique, even Hagoromo was amazed at his eldest son's
> accomplishments, noting how revolutionary it was. Indra was a skilled
> crafter, having fashioned primitive kunai for battle and from which develop
> a basic form of shurikenjutsu
>
> _Naruto: Shippūden episode 465_


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