

There are several instances where injured Naruto used shadow clones:

  1. While fighting with Kabuto, Kabuto severed the muscle and tendon of Naruto. Later, when Naruto used a shadow clone to make Rasengan, did the shadow clone have the same injury as Naruto?

  2. After the final fight with Sasuke (i.e. after defeating Kaguya), were the shadow clones of Naruto missing their right arms [before being treated by First Hokage, Hashirama's cells]?

Apart from these two, even thoroughly exhausted Kakashi used shadow clones
after defeating Zabuza. **Were these shadow clones injured?**


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Do shadow clones copy user's injury?


It depends on what you mean by _injury_. Typically when a clone receives an
injury - as in being struck with an attack - they will dissipate (there are a
few cases where this is not true) and will put a lot of stress on the user.
You read more information on [Does the original jutsu user feel anything when
a shadow clone is dispersed
forcefully?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2193/does-the-original-
jutsu-user-feel-anything-when-a-shadow-clone-is-dispersed-forc)

Now this is what happens in reverse. According to this [Shadow Clone
Technique](http://narutofanon.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Clone_Technique) wiki
page, Shadow Clones will replicate the user at the time the jutsu is cast.

> The clones will be created in roughly the same condition as the original,
> meaning that previous injuries, such as cuts and scrapes, will appear on the
> clones.

The clones themselves are not actually injured, but have the _appearance_ of
being injured if the user is injured when the jutsu is cast.

As you stated, Kakashi used the jutsu after his battle with Zabuza. You can
see this in [this YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnZi-KM14Gs),
where the clones were summoned with torn and bloody vests.

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


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What I believe is that if a clone didn't look like the one whom summoned it,
it can't be called a clone, right? Say if you were Naruto and you recieved a
huge gash on your stomach, if you did the shadow clone jutsu and they didn't
have the wound, then the enemy would easily be able to tell which one is real
and which is fake. At least that's what I believe.


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I believe that shadow clones or just clones in general just look like the
original castor at the time of casting. Like if naruto got a knife to the hand
the clone would have the wound but be able to use the hand. What would be the
point of naruto summoning clones that were just as injured as he is.


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From what I have seen in the anime, the shadow clones reflect the mental image
that the user has in mind. I'm inferring this from the fact that Naruto has
sometimes transformed the clones into other things that suit his fight
situation. For example, against Pain, Naruto changed all the clones into
stones.

I believe if and only if the Jutsu caster creates an almost perfect copy of
the original user, he can use the clones to confuse the enemy. I mean what's
the point of creating a shadow clone if the original can be distinguished
based on the injuries that he has sustained in the battle ?

Also, I think the injuries of the user appear on the clones but not
necessarily weaken the clone. The clones are weakened only based on the amount
chakra the user has at that time. Since shadow cloning is merely the dividing
of chakra into clones.


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Since shadow clones are a remote mass of chakra essentially and their form is
dependent on the ninjutsu user's ability to manipulate it, I suspect that any
injury a clone may have would be due to their own injuries accrued during
battler or the ninjutsu caster's inability to create a perfect form.


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