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In chapter 420, Kakashi summoned the wall of dogs (Doton: Doryūheki).

> ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xw0kV.jpg)

It looks just like an ordinary earth element wall, except that it has bulldog
sculptures on it.  
It's already known that Kakashi was familiar with the earth element very well.

So why did he summon this wall?


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What is the difference between a regular wall and the wall Kakashi summoned?


Let's see what was Kakashi trying to do. First of all, he summoned the wall
_behind_ Pain. So his intention was not to make a barrier to protect himself,
but rather to limit Pain's movement, probably to make it harder for him to
evade Kakashi's attacks. Right after that he tries to hit Pain with Raikiri,
but because of Rinnegan he misses and hits the wall instead. Note that Pain is
already pushed to the wall, so he can not evade backwards.

So basically he has just two ways to move to left: forward, from where Kakashi
is attacking, or upward, trying to jump over the wall. Considering this, I
would assume that the dog heads are there to prevent the enemy from doing so,
and possible catch and hold him at the wall if he is reckless enough.

Note that it is not the only technique which combines Earth element and
Kakashi's dogs. He also uses Kuchiyose: Doton: Tsuiga no Jutsu (literally
"Summoning: Earth Release: Tracking Fang") in his battle against Zabuza. In
this technique, tha dogs travel underground, track their target and then
assault it with their fangs _to hold it still and let Kakashi hit it with
Raikiri_.

So yes, I think the wall had roughly the same purpose.


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