Chakra Required

[KEITH]

Okay, so, to all the years I have been watching Naruto and reading it, I had come to the understanding that almost 100% of EVERYTHING on Naruto is a jutsu, no matter if its a Kekkei Genkai or what have you. So, today, I have come into something that irked me. I asked if the Hozuki clan's Hydration tech comes to an end when they run out of chakra. Meaning, they no longer can substain their liquid bodies. Some had told me that if they did, or was unconscious or whatever, they would just turn into a jelly state. Which, I believe is bs. To have a kg, I believe that if you want to keep it active or whatever, you cant just have the blood. You NEED the CHAKRA to activate the ability that is in your blood. Cause, from my understanding, if you don't have Raiton or Hyouton, you cant do anything to them. So, even if they was in this jelly state, no physical attacks would work. This also would mean that other KG are the same. If you run out of chakra, your KG should still be able to be activated. And, I think that is stupid. You should need blood and chakra to keep a kg active. I know many might not agree with me, though. Like the ones in the cbox.

[Shinryu]

The thing about Hozuki though, is that they aren't just average ninjas with a water body jutsu, their molecular structure is MADE out of water. That's what their bodies are physically composed of. Hydration just allows them to separate the molecules, and allow them to move around physical objects. (At least, that's always been my understanding)

Now, it's been stated in Naruto Canon, that if a character is COMPLETELY depleted of their chakra, then they will die. The body needs some chakra, no matter how infinitely small, to survive. Now, if a Hozuki were to suffer the same fate, they would likely just die as well.

If a Hozuki were to drop to minimal chakra levels (exhausted) and pass out before hydration were to end, I would assume that their body would either separate into a puddle, or the jutsu would end, although I think it much more likely that they'd just disperse into a puddle, as their jutsu seems to be about shifting their physical form between liquid and solid.

I honestly think that should be one of the drawbacks to Hozuki, as well, because id such a thing were to happen, they would most likely die simply from the lack of any solid conscious matter to control or contain itself. The Hozuki's nucleus would be fair game at that point, assuming that's how they work. (honestly can't say I've read their Bloodline over yet)

Either way, the jutsu seems to be allowing them to take the form of both water and man at will. If he were to run out of chakra while still in a water form, I can only conclude that he'd turn into a puddle. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

[Trigga]

There are several references that speak to a Hozuki falling unconscious (though not completely losing all chakra) which end in Suigetsu turning into a water-esque jelly, or puddle. Canonly if one was to completely exhaust themselves of all chakra, they'd die, no if's, and's or but's. So I believe Shin's points stand.