Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4698023-20130427201104/@comment-74.240.145.155-20130428210100

My argument is that it should be void. Support for this is the following:

)It stems from the manipulation of sand granted by the one-tails (he once hosted). The sand manipulation is not a KG or element affinity. [I know some Suna Shinobi may use it as such but I don't think to the degree Gaara could. In the manga/anime it is often used as a tool like by them, for example using wind based attacks to carry the sand or such.]

)According to the rules found on the Wiki one is not to tamper with the Biju (Tampering with the bijū, meaning: destroying it, altering "its affinity", dividing its powers into multiple entities, etc. and any action that changes it from its known canon form is strictly prohibited. ~ from the wiki). Sense one is not to change the affinities granted by the Biju then it should not be allowed to form KT from them. KG granted by the Biju by these means should remain strictly canon and not enhanced, sense he seems to claim the sand manipulation as a KG (that's what I got from the wiki page at least "Dry Release (乾遁, Kanton) is an advanced nature kekkei tōta, an advanced version of kekkei genkai..").

)"As opposed to ordinary sand manipulation, this kekkei tōta allows for a greater variety of abilities. It also allows the user to control quicksand, sandstorms and the absorption of liquids. The user can sense anything that is moving through sand. Its power can also be honed to the point where the user could also rapidly dehydrate they grasp, causing the living such as humans and plants to wither away, and also cause all other matter like rocks and land to crumble to dust and sand; only metallic or ferrous substances are spared from this dehydration effect."-- from the wiki page. This shows that it is advancing the sand manipulation of the 1-tail (that is where his power of such spawns from). Once again this is tampering with the Biju as it gives the sand powers that are not canon.