am i wrong or the 7 gates is a weakness in the long run. as in it makes you faster and stronger, but it kls you in 4 minutes? or is that something else?
When opening the eighth and final gate, users will die as a consequence, their bodies being unable to survive the immense amounts of chakra flowing through them.
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Using the Eight Gates is described as a double-edged sword,
[1] empowering users by sacrificing their own health and safety; such risks have caused the Eight Gates to be likened to
kinjutsu. Because of this, Duy developed a self-rule to dictate when it was acceptable to open any of the Eight Gates, a rule he passed to Guy,
[4] and that Guy subsequently passed to Lee: to only open the Eight Gates when protecting something that is precious enough to give one's life.
[2] Often this "precious something" is a family member,
[4] a loved one,
[2] or a teammate.
[11] Rock Lee has also been known to use the Eight Gates to defend his
nindō, the dream by which he leads his life.
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