The Gate of Life ( 生門, Seimon), located on the spinal cord, turns the user's skin red when opened.This has the added effect of re-energising the body, enabling it to rapidly recover from exhaustion. The Gate of Healing ( 休門, Kyūmon, English TV: The Gate of Rest), located in the brain's right hemisphere, increases the user's physical strength.Opening this gate allows the user to perform the Front Lotus, a technique that tires them afterwards. The Gate of Opening ( 開門, Kaimon), located in the brain's left hemisphere, removes the user's mental inhibitions.To have all of the Eight Gates open at once is known as Eight Gates Released Formation. When opening one of the Eight Gates, users are typically shown opening all preceding gates as well, though it is not clear if this is actually required. Rock Lee has also been known to use the Eight Gates to defend his nindō, the dream by which he leads his life. Often this "precious something" is a family member, a loved one, or a teammate. 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, 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. Using the Eight Gates is described as a double-edged sword, empowering users by sacrificing their own health and safety such risks have caused the Eight Gates to be likened to kinjutsu. 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. In more extreme cases, muscles can tear and bones can break from the strain, which can be treated with medical ninjutsu. At a minimum, the user will be fatigued, which can leave them vulnerable to attack if this occurs during combat. Part of Kakashi's surprise is also because he does not believe it was wise for Guy to teach Lee to open the gates in the first place: although opening the gates does briefly give the user power greater than what they're normally capable of, this increased power causes the user serious harm. Learning to open any of the Eight Gates is apparently very difficult, as Kakashi is surprised when he's told that Lee - only thirteen years old at the time - can open five gates Kakashi notes that such an accomplishment is impossible through hard work alone. The anime later shows him opening it explicitly.
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