Butterfly Mode

Butterfly Mode is an enhanced transformation of the Akimichi clan. To enter it, the user converts their own calories into chakra. The released chakra takes the form of two large butterfly wings colored by the chakra, which can be compressed to a smaller size if desired. The technique burns a huge amount of chakra, but in return sharply enhances combat abilities: it grants access to the clan's higher techniques, including the Butterfly Bullet Bomb, and allows the wings to create powerful streams of chakra.

There are two ways to activate it. The first is the Three Colored Pills, which roughly convert all the body's calories into chakra. If the process is not controlled, the rapid loss of calories can kill. Experienced Akimichi do without the pills and use Calorie Control, deciding for themselves how much body mass to convert into chakra. This path is safer.