Posted by MrMetroid 10 months ago Report

Here's something I was kinda curious about; I remember somewhere in your stories that Marunomi got her elastic stomach, tough skin and long tongue by absorbing properties from eating some sort of sage toad - and I remember from the Naruto series that some of the toads Jaraya used had either hammerspace or compression properties since he could hide inside one despite it being small enough to fit in somneone's hand.

Basically, I'm wondering if Marunomi's "technique/jutsu" to absorb chakra from her meals/turn her victims into batteries also lets her keep her belly a certain size unless her chakra gets disrupted, since that gut admittedly looks a bit small for Tenten and Ino to otherwise be in there (though that's all assuming they aren't actively digested already XD).

Posted by Nobodyman 10 months ago Report

Did I mention the sage toad in the story? I don't remember. But between the original stories and the interactive maybe my brain's gotten a bit mixed up.

Anyway, in the story, I believe her elasticity is just a jutsu she developed to devour her prey and make herself near invulnerable. As for her belly size here, that's mainly artistic license on ecchi's part. I didn't really go into specifics about how big her belly should be.

But sure, I'll say that Marunomi can reduce the size of her belly to a certain extent. She has to be able to move around after all. And Tenten and Ino are still alive at this point in the comic if that's what you're wondering.

Posted by MrMetroid 10 months ago Report

It could have been the interactive, admittedly - been a while since I read the full original story to be sure ^_^;

But yeah, the main reason I was asking was to double-check if Tenten and Ino were still alive at this point - getting for a reference for how Marunomi's techniques work in the process is a bonus though. ^_^