Naruto: How is Hidan Immortal?
Hidan was a former member of Akatsuki, paired alongside Kakuzu. He had an immortal body due to which physical attacks didn’t affect him and he stayed alive even after his own head got decapacitated. There isn’t a whole lot of information about Hidan’s immortality and is never explained in the canon story. But there are sources such as fanbook and Boruto Anime which give us insights about Jashin and immortality.
How is Hidan immortal?
Hidan is immortal due to a secret Ninjutsu that involves sacrifices of people and is acquired due to successful experiments done in the name of Jashinism. Though Hidan specifies his immortality as a power due to his way of Jashin, it is actually just one of forbidden Jutsu requiring several sacrifices.
Way of Jashin
Hidan comes from the village of Hot water, Yukagakure. The village at one point went from the Shinobi system and tried to use its village as a tourist location to thrive economically. Hidan didn’t like this and decided to murder several people and joined a cult that synced with his ideals.
The cult he joined was called Jashin, who worshipped a deity with the same name. Their primary teaching is outright murder, and anything less than utter destruction is considered a sin. This is where he achieved the secret Ninjutsu to achieve immortality.
Immortality Jutsu Explained
It is stated that Hidan is the first successful case to acquire so we can assume that nobody else has an immortal body due to Jashin. His complete belief in The Way of Jashin is due to him acquiring immortality.
In a way, it is similar to the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation technique that summons dead people back to the real world by using a living body.
Info In Boruto
In Boruto – Next Generations, Kakashi, Guy, and Mira (daughter of Asuma) go to the Land of Hot water for a mission. Ryuki, a member of Land of Hot Water and also a follower of Jashin and Hidan tries to attain immortality by sacrificing several young girls. From this, it is pretty clear that several living people have to be sacrificed for attaining immortality.
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