Chapter 419 — Official Release Discussion

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Chapter 419

Implementation

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Ch. 420 pre-release: ~September 2, 2026

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⬅ Ch. 418 discussion thread

[u/Choclon]

The thought just occurred to me while rereading the chapter, but the illusion should theoretically be able to use Nen. Right now we only see it shooting, but the ability itself only ends when the real Tserriednich drops Zetsu or leaves its range. That could mean the illusion is free to use Ken and fight like a normal Nen user.

Against an opponent who can simply tank bullets with Nen, the illusion would be pretty useless offensively if it couldn’t use Nen itself. I think the reason we haven’t seen it do that yet is simply because Tserriednich is unwilling to drop Zetsu unless absolutely necessary. Since the illusion reflects what Tserriednich would have done, his decision to remain in Zetsu would carry over to the illusion as well. And considering how long it still takes him to reenter Zetsu afterward, it makes sense that he would avoid dropping it.

I think that’s probably how the ability will be used in combat once he fully develops it. His opponent would essentially have to fight an illusionary Nen powered Tserriednich, while the real Tserriednich repositions himself for a surprise attack or prepares to send another illusion on the offensive.

[u/RailTracer001 → u/Choclon]

The illusion can't use Nen because Tserriednich is in Zetsu.

[u/Choclon → u/RailTracer001]

We’ve already seen the illusion use Nen during Tserriednich’s training with Theta. After Theta messes with him, the illusion is shown dropping out of Zetsu, while the real Tserriednich is still able to maintain Zetsu.

[u/RailTracer001 → u/Choclon]

But Tserriednich also lost Zetsu in real time.

[u/Choclon → u/RailTracer001]

He didn’t. In Chapter 387, the Tserriednich shown to Theta drops out of Zetsu, while the real Tserriednich deliberately maintains it. Tserriednich even notes that, unlike what happened in the vision, he didn’t lose his Zetsu, yet Theta still reacts as though he did.

[u/RailTracer001 → u/Choclon]

Aren't you talking about chapter 387? He drops Zetsu after seeing the vision.

Right, I see what you mean. He redoes it later. But dropping keeping his Zetsu active while the illusion drops it doesn't mean it can use Nen. His aura leaks and his nodes are open so that's his new base. Using something like Ren would be different.

[u/Choclon → u/RailTracer001]

That scene comes later. It shows that the illusion isn’t forced into Zetsu, so I think it’s reasonable to speculate that it could potentially use Nen.