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Interesting Fact

Japanese ninja traditions and religious practices included various hand gestures and seals, often connected with esoteric Buddhism and related traditions. This idea became famous worldwide through Naruto, where characters rapidly form hand signs before performing jutsu. Naruto's system is fictional and uses its own twelve animal-based signs, but the basic idea of using specific hand gestures has real cultural roots. The NARUTO official site has even discussed this connection with a historical ninja practitioner, who demonstrated that hand signs themselves really exist.