

Is it wood style? If yes, then how come only Hashirama can use it?

There has to be some special power that all the members of the Senju clan
possessed, or else how could they be the greatest rivals to the Uchiha (who
had Sharingan) who defeated every other clan other than the Senju?


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What is the Senju clan's speciality?


The only Senju to showcase the Wood Release was Hashirama Senju. You could say
that the Wood Release was Hashirama's speciality. Even his brother Tobirama
did not use Wood Release all that much, but instead had a variety of
speciality techniques including Space-time jutsu, Edo Tensei, Kage Bunshin,
etc.

The Uchiha are adept at using fire techniques, because of their natural
affinity towards it. The Senju are commonly called as **"Senju clan of the
forest"**. So we could only assume from the name that they are adept at using
forest related skills; Wood Release.

But from the Senju we have seen in battle, namely Tobirama, Hashirama and
Tsunade, the common feature about them is their unique fighting style and
skills. This would lead into a more agreeable assumption. The clan's name,
"Senju", literally means **"a thousand skills"**. So this would mean, rather
than the whole clan specializing in one type of jutsu/technique/nature
release/skill, the clan members would be specialized in different types of
jutsu. This actually fits the meaning of their name. Which means, there isn't
a trademark clan ability. This assumption is supported by the Senju we've seen
in battle multiple times.

The Uchiha hadn't defeated all the other clans. It was just said that they
were among the top powerful clans, only challenged by the Senju. The Uchiha
and Senju had been fighting against each other over centuries, even before
Hashirama and Madara's times. This was because of the Indra and Asura feud. So
while the Uchiha were powerful, the only clan able to go against them were the
descendants of Asura. That's the main reason as to why they could go toe to
toe.

**TL;DR** : The Senju clan doesn't have a trademark ability. But all its
members have proficiency in different types of jutsu. Because of being the
descendants of the Sage of Six Paths' sons, the Senju and Uchiha were able to
go toe to toe against each other.


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The Senju are the descendants of the younger son of the **Sage of Six Paths**.

The Sage of six paths had two sons, the elder son inherited the sage's eyes
and his descendants, the _Uchiha_ , inherit the dōjutsu kekei-genkai
_Sharingan_.

And the younger son inherited his "body", granting him a powerful life force
and chakra. His descendants are the Senju clan who possess more chakra
compared to other shinobi clans.

So, the Senju clan doesn't possess any trademark ability other than having
greater chakra.


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The descendants of the senju clan only inherit the Yang element innately and
their physical abilities, restiveness, physical strength, etc ...

The other abilities have to do with the handling of each person, in the
special case of Hashirama, him doesn't inherit the element wood, but it is the
creator of this technique, is the first to obtain this element.

The wood element is a Kekkei Genkai, but there are three forms of Kekkei
Genkai. In the case of Hashirama he is the only user because he is the creator
and the only one who manages to dominate it, in the manga is not explained,
but is given to understand that no one inherits his skills or does not develop
them. ( nothing is known about his son)

But it is known that these skills can be taught if genes are inherited as is
the case of the Onoki dust element.


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