

According to Narutopedia for Shisui's MS ability Kotoamatsukami...

> Itachi noted that the dōjutsu required at least a decade before it could be
> used again.

Does this limitation apply to Shisui, or does it just apply to those that took
his eyes (Danzo and Itachi)? Because if this applied to him, then he's not as
OP as everyone thinks he is. Plus how would he know it has a recharge period
of 10 years?


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Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan Recharge Period


To answer your two questions

  1. It was never mentioned if Shisui had to wait for a decade to use it, so we don't know if this rule applies to him. If he did have to wait for 10 years, he's **very underpowered**. I don't think it applied to him because everyone knew about his ability and if that rule applied to him, he'd have used the ability for a maximum of 2 or 3 times (not possible, 2 is max because 2 eyes), many people wouldn't know about it.
  2. Itachi said that Kotoamatsukami takes 10 years to recharge for those who don't have Hashirama's cells.
  3. There are 2 ways he could know the recharge period. 
    * Shisui told him. That would mean, this drawback would apply to him too. But its very unlikely that he had the Mangekyo for over 10 years. So he himself wouldn't know about the recharge period.
    * He used Kotoamatsukami just after Shisui died and he knew the period was 10 years because it activated after 10 years in the war. This is dumb. I'm dumb. Itachi is smart. He wouldn't gamble.
    * The third way, I know I said two but bear with me. **THIS IS A PLOT HOLE.** Every anime has one. Itachi just couldn't know the recharge time.

**THOUGHTS**

How does Hashirama's cells affect the eyes? If we give the eye which has been
used for Kotoamatsukami to say Danzo/Yamato (someone who has his cells), would
the eyes recharge instantly?


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Yes, it does take Shisui ten years to recharge. It is stated in Episode 201 of
the anime that it would take Shisui ten years to recharge when they were
talking about overthrowing the Leaf Village.

But is he underpowered? No, he is not. His Mangekyo Sharingan could be used to
kill Kaguya if desired. The fact that it's so powerful is why he can only use
it once every ten years. Plus, he's a very strong ninja.


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That shouldn't be the case for Shisui.

  1. It makes no sense why he would be the ONLY person to have a limitation on his ability, especially since he only has one (that we know about) while everyone else has two.

  2. If we use the manga like [BattleofAnime shisue uchiha's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/40509/2516) pointed out, that's an even bigger plot hole since Shisui used it during his fight and that half Hyuga with one Byakugan, which was way shorter than 10 years, plus probably at least one other time prior for him to even know what his ability was. I don't think he personally had a cooldown period, just the normal drawbacks like large Chakra use and going blind. The 10-year cooldown is probably just for other people who take his eyes.


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No way it'll take shisui every 10 yrs to activate it. If you remember he used
it on hidden mist ninjas and still planned on using it on Fugaku. I know it
wasn't the same time but it can't be said the time with the hidden mist ninjas
and Fugaku are 10 yrs apart. I mean how old was Shisui anyway

And you saying he could defeat kaguya with it is a serious cap...... The
otsutsuki clan are immunity to anything genjutsu related....so next make
enough research and be sure to have facts backing up your caps............


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