Omega64

Probably Shino

Well, I'm not exactly an expert of what is considered depression or not. Even you mean just something like clinical depression. Tsunade, when she was introduced, might count, because she was suffering compound PTSD and haemophobia, basically drowning her depression in gambling and drinking.

Otherwise, I feel some characters went through bouts of depression, but none really remained depressed. So I'm not quite sure how to answer that.

Who was deppressed for a short amont of time?

Hmm, I would say Naruto definitely went through a period of depression when Jiraiya died. I feel others, like Shikamaru, also went through something similar. The grief process can be very complicated, it's not odd for depression to develop because of it either.

Where are you in the series right now? Part I stuff is usually very easy to decide based on where you are in the series at the moment. You need to be at least passed the Chunin Exams to watch most of it, both the movies and the OVAs.

I'm pretty sure you can watch the first OVA whenever, provided you've been introduced to Konohamaru at least, since it takes place before the Chunin Exams at no particular time.

As for movies, they can only been done after the Search of Tsunade arc, and the last two of Part I need to be done after the Sasuke Retrival arc.

You can just let me know whenever you get past these points.

I started watching naruto about a month ago. I'm around episode 190 (land of greens, princess Haruna). I dunno much about the series yet and i was told that the actual thrill lies within Shippuden. But since I've been reading blogs and all, i kinda know some extra stuff. 

So maybe rn I'd be able to watch everything related to original naruto series except the last two parts?

I had some more questions.

1) what is the speciality of senju clan? ( Like sealing- uzumaki clan, blocking chakra- hyuga clan, etc)

2) is the soundtrack of original naruto series continued to be used in Shippuden too?

3) is there any difference between the storyline of manga series and the anime series, may it be a minor one?

Thanks a tonne for the efforts.

Last two movies*

I see, so you've already watched the Sasuke Retrieval arc. It sounds like you are in the filler of Part I then. After Sasuke defects, the rest of Part I is pretty much was is considered "filler", it is just extra stuff that doesn't have any affect on the story itself and was originally meant to give some distance between the manga and the anime at the time.

So, you can feel free to skip that stuff if you want to get to the actual story, or watch it if you want. Either way, it won't really affect your understanding of the future story. I guess if you want to watch everything associated with it, you could watch it.

Either way, if you are that far into Part I, feel free to watch all the OVA from Part I, there's like four or five of them if I remember right. You can also watch the first three movies if you want as well.

1. The Senju Clan was multi-specialized. That is actually what their name meant "thousand hands" or "thousand skills". They had no specialty other than Hashirama's Wood Release. In fact, it's a common fan theory that the Senju Clan disbanded after Hashirama and Tobirama's death, and became the smaller clans that make up Konohagakure. In effect turning the clan into Konoha.

2. They bring back some at certain points. But no, the OST changes as the series progresses.

3. The anime has a lot of filler, which is extra story material, that doesn't have any affect on the story itself. As a result, you will sometimes run into counter-plot points that don't make sense time-wise. If you want, you can find lists of episodes online that will tell you want is filler and what is not. If you do this, you can essentially watch the anime as the manga. Otherwise, you'll need to read the manga first to know the difference.

You had a lot of stuff going on in that paragraph. XD

Yes, Naruto's chakra is by itself, very strong. It probably is in no small part because of his Uzumaki bloodline and the fact the Fourth Hokage was his father. There's also the possibilty that his mutation on the part of being a female Jinchuriki's child also affect him biologically.

Understand this, the Eight Sign Seal that Naruto has on him contributed a large portion of his chakra to rejecting the bulk of the Nine-Tails' chakra. In doing so, despite this, Naruto still had far more chakra than his peers and superiors. The only problem was his chakra control was poor as a result.

Also, it was stated that Naruto's own chakra was re-enforced by the Nine-Tails' chakra naturally mixing with it. This caused it to be even larger and more powerful than it would have been without the Nine-Tails' there.

What's more, Yamato encouraged Naruto to focus on his own strength without using the Nine-Tails' power, because he felt Naruto was strong enough that he didn't need Kurama's power to save Sasuke and become Hokage.

Kabuto also noted that despite Naruto becoming tired quickly because of his poor control, he's still able to pull very powerful jutsu off in this state, showing his chakra is strong enough to the point Kabuto worried that Naruto might become invincible should he learn how to completely control it. He even summoned Gamabunta when he was pretty much out of chakra, something Pakkun considered amazing.

He's at least skilled enough to use his key on his Eight Sign Seal and Torii Seal to open and close it. He also can use juinjutsu and fuinjutsu through Shukaku's chakra via the Sage Art: Magnet Release: Rasengan

He was never shown to practice the art by himself though, but he presumably can if he ever attempted to.

The only issue would be fuinjutsu is very complicated, sort of like genjutsu. It's a "smart person's" skill set. True, Naruto's natural compatibility for the art might help, he might still have problems because he isn't the sharpest knife in the crayon box. That is, of course, unless his "ability to understanding the nature of things" can be applied to fuinjutsu as well. In which case, he wouldn't have any problems.

What made him think that Naruto is strong enough?

To be honest, I wonder if he was sincere or he was just trying to remove Naruto's dependency on the Nine-Tails' chakra.

After all, Yamato seems to probably be one who is more conservative about Naruto's abilities and potential. Not to say he doesn't believe in Naruto, he just doesn't believe as much as some others.

Still, there's the real possibility he already knew Naruto was the son of Minato at this time. After all, he was one of Hiruzen's more elite and trusted ANBU. If that was the case, he would obviously know Naruto's potential as being the son of such a famous shinobi.

Either way, he seemed to think Kakashi wasn't serious when he stated that "he believe Naruto was the only shinobi who could surpass the Fourth Hokage", thinking Kakashi was just trying to inspire Naruto. When in reality, Kakashi was being serious.

How durable is Naruto is compared to others?

Extremely durable actually. It partially has to do with his heritage and his Jinchuriki status, but Naruto has some of the most insane and durable chakra of any character shown.

This is most likely due to the physical energy produced by his body.

Like I mentioned before, there's a high likelihood his mutation he got from his mother plays into this.

Basically, I would re-visit this seen to fully comprehend it:

When Naruto was in the Forest of Death during the second exam of the Chunin Exams, he was chosen as "bait" for the Team Oboro to draw them out by using himself and three Shadow Clones to fight the team's illusions. The plan was to then have the rest of Team 7 and Kabuto eliminate them when they came out of hiding.

However, Naruto was annoyed that after dealing with the constant attacks that he wouldn't get the chance to fight them himself, so he ended up just beating them himself.

What's important to recognize in this scene is that Naruto not only had the stamina to endure Team Oboro's exhausting assault, but then defeat all three of them on top of that. This is what made Kabuto so worried, because Naruto clearly was stronger than the whole team on the point of exhaustion, despite them being fresh and ready.

What's more. Naruto had a Five Elements Seal placed on him during this time. Which was drastically reducing his chakra control. On top of that, Naruto's own Eight Sign Seal already does this. So basically Naruto did this with *two* handicaps.

What's even more insane. Naruto then goes on to duel Kiba less than a few hours later. Kiba, unlike Naruto, completed the exams nearly a day ago, and wasn't even remotely tired. He also was superior to Naruto in both terms of hand-to-hand combat and taijutsu.

However, despite this, Naruto lasted so long against Kiba he ended up exhausting Kiba before himself. Which is insane, given what Naruto had just experienced facing Team Oboro and having two seals restricting his chakra. He basically ignored all of these factors and still lasted longer than Kiba and ended up beating him in hand-to-hand combat, which Kiba was better at already.

So, as you can see, Naruto could perform "just as well", if not "better" than his collegues even on the point of exhaustion. Even with two handicaps.

So, it should come as no surprise when these handicaps are removed and Naruto's chakra control reaches near perfection, that you get what Kabuto was talking about, a near "invincible shinobi".

In fact, it wouldn't shock me at all if someone told me Naruto's chakra grows to Hashirama-proportions in the future, which is even in league with Kurama's. Naruto's chakra and stamina were already so insane in adolescence that it would be odd for it not to be even more insane once he reaches his biological prime and peak.

Again, the seal was at least half the reason why he struggled with his wind release training?

Right. Naruto had to train much more than his comrades to overcome the handicap his Double Tetragram Seal places on his chakra control.

The upside is, Naruto had so much chakra, even after the handicap, that it still wasn't too hard.

What's more, once Naruto did undo the seal and regain all his lost chakra control, his overall chakra control was much better than it would have been normally. Because he had to train to effectively use only a portion of his usual chakra, when he got it all back, it was even easier to use it efficiently.

That is why we see such a large spike in Naruto's chakra control after his battle with Kurama. The difference in chakra control is almost like night and day it's so much better. With that, we start seeing what Kabuto was talking about, a near invincible shinobi.

Hello Tintor3, or is it Tintor2? XD

I'm not quite sure what you are asking. Are you asking for the results of the 10th Anniversary Poll for just Naruto or for Shonen at large?

D The shonen at large are easy to get. However, I have no idea which issue from the American shonen jump had the 10th anniversary (the ones where they made the top Konohagakure and top Akatsuki)

If you are just looking for the results we have them on Narutopedia here.

Otherwise, you can ask for the specific issue numbers on the article's talk page. They should have it sourced anyway.

Thanks. Already left the message

Sure. Just FYI, those talk pages are the best places to get additional info on. Nothing on that site should without a source.

Also, let me know if you don't get a response, stuff can slip through the cracks. I can probably reach out to some of the guys over there to speed things along.

Also, sorry to bother but I also wondered if there was creation info about Naruto and the others adult forms from the  Boruto franchise here http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:254719#25 but it appears nobody has Kishimoto or Kodachi's info

Not that I know of. But I'm pretty poor at keeping up with side materials such as character designs and sketches.

I've seen off-handed interview articles referring to how Kishimoto designed the Last and Hokage Naruto's hair to be short because he had wanted to give Naruto a shorter hair style for a while now. He just didn't have a good excuse for the story. Odds are he had the same reasoning to give Sasuke longer hair.

I also know from reading the first few chapters of the Boruto manga that Kodachi favors more of a buzz cut for Naruto's hair and more of a curl for Sasuke's hair. Meanwhile, Kishimoto just favored short spiky hair for Naruto and the traditional Uchiha drapping design for Sasuke's.

You can tell the different looking at the manga designs versus the anime designs. The manga designs are Kodachi's, the anime designs are Kishimoto's.

Are you talking about concept art? Like for the manga? Because I'm pretty sure Kodachi had some up when the manga was announced, but it got such terrible backlash because the art style was so different. Hence why the manga is becoming more like the anime nowadays.

How Kishi came up with the adult designs. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasuke_Uchiha#Design as an example. The section mentions his designs except the adult version

I understand. How exactly he came up with their design I do not know, perhaps you will have better luck on Narutopedia, there's a lot more people you can ask there. So odds of finding such secondary information is quite high.

Otherwise, all I've told you is about all I have. We know for certain the Last and Boruto Movie characters were designed by Kishimoto. The Boruto manga and probably the anime's stand-alone filler characters are all Kodachi's design.

The only real difference is that Studio Perriot is capable of copying Kishimoto's more popular art style to the anime-only characters, meaning Kodachi's designs of them are not fully duplicated. This is why characters like Sumire appear very differently.

Looks like nobody answered my question about the Western Shonen Jump poll

Alright. Why don't you reach out to Seelentau on Narutopedia. He's the official translator for the site, so he may have seen something.

Okay

I meant on Narutopedia. But, oh well, he should still see it.

BTW, I think Denki was based on a fan illustration according to the voice actress

Presumably yes, the only thing that was ever said is that two Mangekyo Sharingan were required for the Susano'o.

Presumably though, had Itachi say implanted Shisui's eye and removed his own, he's have just awakened an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in his left eye. Which is really what Sasuke and Madara have in both of their eyes.

It also was never stated that a person had to awaken a Susano'o with their original eyes.

Based on what we know, you just need two, it doesn't matter whose two it is. Take Kakashi for example, he used Obito's two Mangekyo to use Susano'o, but it wasn't Obito's Susano'o. The Susano'o had traits that corresponded with Kakashi, not Obito. However, because the Mangekyo power was being focused from Obito, the Susano'o didn't last, because Kakashi didn't have the Mangekyo power himself.

So, as you can see, it can get rather convoluted.

What styles are you referring to? Can you give me a bit more context?

For example, Earth Style or Fire Style.

Oh, you mean the nature transformations. There are five central transformations, Wind, Water, Earth, Fire, and Lightning Release.

There also is Yin and Yang Release, which is a part of all mainstream jutsu, but often shinobi will add a nature transformation, such as say; Fire or Wind Release to create more powerful jutsu.

Outside of the five nature transformations, there are numerous "advanced nature transformations" which are usually the result of kekkei genkai. These natures are usually created by merging two of the original five natures. Wood Release would be such an example, as Water and Earth Release.

From the story, there are about 9 or 10 advanced natures shown. 14 to 15 if you count the anime filler.

Ultimately, these advanced natures are just mixing the central five, and there can be as many combinations are there are mixtures of these five.

Outside of the usually two nature mixture, there are also three nature mixtures that require Kekkei Tota, such as Dust Release, or advanced natures based on one nature, such as Blaze Release.

You can find more information on the releases here.

Easy. The jutsu you are looking for is the Weighted Boulder Jutsu, that is literally was it, and its sister technique, the Lightened-Boulder Jutsu do. They manipulate the weight of an object to allow even an island to be carried by a single person.

It's just an Earth Release technique, so someone could know that as well as Ice Release. Which gives the user the ability to control ice.

Though, honestly, why does he need the Ice Release if he has skilled Earth Release? What is your motivation to give him Ice Release? Is it really that important?

oh im sorry this isn't a naruto fan fiction, i should have mentioned that. it's like my own marvel superhero but he has two abilities instead of one.

Oh, I guess I just assumed you were talking about a Naruto fan fiction.

Have you explored Superpowers wikia at all? That might have some good ideas. I can see your character having two abilities, by having one just feed off the other, but density manipulation and ice manipulation seem a little too far about.

Is there any specific reason you are looking into these two types of powers?

I think him doing so would also be driven by wanting to follow in Jiraiya, Minato, and Kakashi's footsteps as well. 

Tobirama was a teacher, he trained Hiruzen, Homura, and Koharu.

I don't really know about that, because unlike Naruto, Naruto's teachers have been very intelligent, patient, and well-versed shinobi. At all points with Naruto, its shown that Naruto is not that gift of a teacher, because he basically tries until he succeeds. In other words, he doesn't really know the mechanics behind jutsu to explain it properly. The anime has even taken this to comedic length with Naruto trying to teach Konohamaru the Rasengan.

Not all Jonin teach Genin squads, if anything, even someone like Kakashi wouldn't have been a Jonin instructor if Hiruzen didn't force him to leave the ANBU, at least according to the anime.

In reality, I could rather see Naruto just being a mentor or a master for someone. In fact, its highly possible he mentored Konohamaru, because in the anime, Konohamaru can use a Wind Release: Rasengan.

So pretty much something along the lines of Jirayia in terms of teaching?

Kind of. Jiraiya still was skilled at teaching people, but he took an indirect approach to train Naruto, since he knew how Naruto learned.

For example, he didn't oversee Naruto's training intently because he knew Naruto was the kind of person that conventional teaching didn't even work for, Naruto needed to find his own tricks to learn. So, he simply got Naruto started and let him loose.

However, other shinobi don't learn like this. Konohamaru, in the anime at least, we gift enough to pick up on the mechanics of Rasengan despite Naruto's poor teaching style.

In which case, Naruto's best teaching tool would be demonstration, learn from watching him, and you might pick something up. That's why it made sense that he taught basic combat training at the Academy, because when learning combat, you watch others and replicate their moves.

I'd imagine this is how Konohamaru learned the Wind Release: Rasengan, because he probably watched Naruto perform it and figured something out as a result.

That is why I said he would probably make a better mentor/master than a teacher/instructor. Mentees/Apprentices will study a mentor/master's style to try and replicate it, while a teacher or instructor is focused on developing the student's abilities specifically. This is why Jiraiya would be considered a master, while Kakashi would be considered a teacher.

Of course, the time for Naruto to be a teacher hasn't passed, even Hiruzen was already Hokage when he started teaching the Sannin. And an apprentice while he is Hokage shouldn't be that much effort, especially if he assigns them different instructors to oversee parts of their training.

If anything, I can see him eventually taking Sarada under his wing like Sasuke had taken Boruto. In which case, she can probably develop her Sharingan from sparring with him, because Naruto's speed is so immense, nothing sort of a full Sharingan is following him. Also, like I said above, he could easily just have other Jonin train her in specific areas to help nuture her talent more, because I'd imagine Sarada would have a very hard time if she tried to spar with Naruto right off the bat.

Is it also mentor's duty to help a mentee develop their own style?

No, not necessarily. When a blacksmith is training an apprentice, is it really his concern whether the apprentice develops his own style? Does a swordmaster care?

No, the master's purpose it to pass on the trade, its the student's job to customize it to suit his own style.

Just look at Sakura, what makes her technique any different from Tsunade's? Not really anything. Her master essentially created another version of herself.

Jiraiya however noted that Naruto's Nine-Tails' chakra, as well as his large chakra in general, is his meal ticket, his trump card. That's why he tried to focus growing Naruto's control over his chakra, but it didn't work.

Instead, he trained with Naruto so that Naruto could adapt his fighting style by studying Jiraiya's. Note that all techniques Naruto isn't shown learning during Part II, we have to assume he learned from Jiraiya, and these techniques he showed, are also the same ones Jiraiya has been shown using.

I guess, what is Jiraiya's style anyway?

We don't really know, since the balloon/ball trick is something probably Minato figured out.

We never really got to see him train people much, but his technique is obviously very effective, because he was able to train three children to be able to defeat one of his Shadow Clones in only 3 years, and act as the master to two Kage-level shinobi, Minato and Naruto.

Was poison something Tsunade taught or something Shizune made up herself?

Probably both, one has to assume Tsunade taught Shizune about poisons in her training, since Sakura's skills include poison extraction and counter-action, which is at a level that Chiyo considers only Tsunade to be capable of.

Poison walks hand-in-hand with medical ninjutsu, but only Shizune seems to really make it a part of her attack arsenal, i.e. Poison Senbon and Poison Fog, probably to make up for the fact she can't use Tsunade's chakra-enhanced strength.

Kakashi suspected Shizune taught Sakura about poisons probably for this reason.

My guess is that Tsunade can be seen as the foremost authority on anti-poisons, and she taught Shizune about them during her training. However, because Tsunade uses her strength and medical ninjutsu in battle instead of poisons, she doesn't breed her own brand of poisons as a result. Shizune on the other hand, knowing this information on poisons, breeds significantly dangerous poisons based on this knowledge that she uses as a part of her attack style.

So, that's probably why Shizune was the one who taught Sakura poisons, because Shizune is more use to crafting them, while Tsunade is still more skilled at counteracting them.

Ultimately though, it doesn't really matter, because Kakashi suspected Orochimaru and Sasuke had already made Sasuke's body immune to most poison antigens so even if Shizune helped Sakura brew the poison, it probably wouldn't have worked anyway. That was Kishimoto's "excuse" for Sakura's inability to not kill Sasuke not really having an effect on the story.

Have you ever heard of Mithridates, or more specifically mithridatism? Its a practice of ingesting elements of poison to make yourself immune in the long run. So, even a fatal dose would not kill you. That is probably what Kabuto did for Sasuke, using knowledge of common poisons antigens, he had Sasuke gradually poison himself over 3 years to make himself immune to most mainstream poisons.

Seen and heard of that, here and there, just not the name.

So your saying Naruto and Sasuke customize what they learn from their Masters?

No, that isn't exactly what I am saying, I'm saying they evolved beyond them.

Understand this, at about halfway through Part II, both Sasuke and Naruto had surpassed their masters in their master's best areas. However, at reach that point, they used them as spring boards to massively increase their own unique powers.

Sasuke reversed Orochimaru's special kinjutsu on him and made use of his powers against Itachi. But he lost these powers after the fight. Instead, awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan to become much stronger than Orochimaru ever was.

Naruto, after Jiraiya's death, went on to master his teacher's trump card, the Sage Mode, even better than Jiraiya had. He then used it and his Jinchuriki purification training to gain control over Kurama's power, far surpassing Jiraiya's abilities.

In fact, if you ever fought Sasuke and Naruto at their strongest, you probably wouldn't even find hints that they were Orochimaru and Jiraiya's students, because they had far grown beyond their masters' abilities.

Sakura on the other hand, is just essentially doing what Tsunade does, and nothing else. In fact, there is literally no difference between their fighting style. Even if she is stronger than Tsunade and a superior medical ninja, it still doesn't change the fact she's just a stronger "Tsunade", not a superior kunoichi in her own right.

Would you call Tsunade a power type?

Definitely, I can't really her being considered anything else. What else would you consider her?

Just wondering cause, healing aside, she and Sakura were all about punching, but with barely anything to compensate for their shortcomings as close ranged fighters.

That's the point, that's why many consider Tsunade to be the weakest Sannin. And Sakura never did anything to push herself beyond that. Of course, its presumed they have other abilities, as they both have skills in various nature transformations. However, I've never seen anything that indicated that either could really deal with Hinata's Gentle Fist.

That being said, they are "very" good close-ranged fighters. Despite all of that, Orochimaru still looked Kabuto seriously when they were facing Tsunade, and said "Do NOT get hit, it will end very painfully otherwise".

In such cases, as shown with Shin, even if she doesn't have a diverse arsenal, it is very devastating. One punch, and you are done. It was to the point in fact that Shin needed surgery just from a single punch, it was so bad. Granted, Hinata's Gentle Fist could kind of do the same thing, if used properly.

But that's just it, I can see people ranking Tsunade and Sakura higher than a Hyuga kunoichi because they are Kage-level. However, in the case of Hinata, who got a big power-up from Hamura, things are left a little more ambigious.

That's why I sometimes after problems with seeing those posts listing Sasuke and Sakura as the "strongest couple", because I'm not quite sure that they are. In fact, Naruto could probably kill both of them even without Hinata's help, completely ignoring whether Hinata is stronger than Sakura or not. I understand Sakura is the only one confirmed Kage-level, but I'm just not quite sure about how she would cope against Hinata.

I think with her versatile chain justu as the compensator, I feel that may be part of what made Kushina famous and what Naruto inherited. Their both close ranged fighters with incredibly versatile and unique ninjustu, does that made since?

What about "verstile chains"? Are you referring to the Adamantine Sealing Chains or the Adamantine Attacking Chains? That doesn't have anything to do with Sakura. Or are you talking about Karin now?

Adamantine Sealing Chains, and i'm talking about how Tsuande and Jirayia compared the fighting styles of Naruto and his mom.

What does that have to do with Tsunade and Sakura, though? Did you accidentally miss a paragraph or something?

Power types like Naruto.

To be fair, the exact nature of Kushina's fighting style is unknown. It's just stated her and Naruto have similar ninjutsu style, in that they use it in a versatile way. Which could mean a lot of things.

To clarify, originally Naruto was just a power type, b4 learning to be a well-balanced power type, right?

Pretty much, because for Naruto, his immense chakra is his greatest advantage. That was why Kakashi commented Wind Release was a good, because its very good for mowing down enemies with powerful jutsu.

I just remembered that Naruto wasn't a regular power type either, right?

Depends. Remember, Naruto was originally is a power type because of his massive chakra and limited chakra control. After the war, Naruto's control drastically increased, so he could use his chakra for a multitude of ways. However, as Hokage, it would seem his fighting style is still just overpowering his opponent with raw force. He's even to the point where he doesn't even need to move to destroy most enemies, his chakra arms alone are sufficient.

You mean like Gaara's catch and crush style?

Yes, but there's more to it than that. Like I said, Naruto has the resources now to develop his skills far beyond just that. For example, as Jiraiya pointed out in the anime; now that Naruto had mastered something as hard as the Rasenshuriken, anything else would be child's play. Mainstream ninjutsu and taijutsu would be pathetically easy to learn, it's part of the reason why Kakashi considered Naruto to have surpassed him at that point. Plus, there's the fact he understands "the nature of chakra and all universal things", so he instinctually learns jutsu just by trying them. The possibilities are endless. That's why I, knowing this, would not be surprised if Naruto used anything in the Boruto series. I remember people making a fuss because he used Earth Release to maed a Mud Wall, like that was some bid deal and wasn't pathetically easy for him.

On the other hand, the catch and crush style is pretty much all Gaara can do, at least to our knowledge, while Naruto on the other hand, could use it or disregard using it depending on the situation. His battle with Momoshiki for example.

Odds are, some time after the war, Naruto just made the connect that his Tailed Beast Chakra Arms with being able to generate multitudes of them at the same time and the speed in which they move, makes it too difficult for more shinobi to evade. Even if you get moderately close to one of the arms, another hand could just sprout out and grabs you. And, as shown with the rock on Genbu, it's easy for him to pulverize anything after that point. It's a ruthlessly efficient battle tactic. The anime even showed that he can beat up a squad of shinobi to exhaustion without even moving using it. Effectively training them without lifting a finger.

Though, some people might find it an efficient, but somewhat unimpressive fighting style. Given what else Naruto is capable of doing.

However, as Sarada pointed out in the Gaiden, it's almost awe-striking that Naruto can control that amount of chakra with such ease. It's why Chocho and Sarada were so impressed. It's, in a way, a far superior method than Gaara's sand, which can be countered in ways Naruto's chakra arms cannot.

1-100 How bad would Naruto would be at shōgi?

Depends on who he's playing. XD

But general?

You do realize how how strategy games like shogi work, right? There is no general, it's purely based on your opponent. I, for instance, could usually beat anyone in my age in chess, but I could struggle against my sisters and father. That doesn't mean I am a great chess player, I'm just better than most I've faced.

So, since Naruto isn't as sharp, he probably would be beat by most he faced, but that doesn't mean he would suck at it.

Take Shikadai for example in the last episode, you'd assume he's a master shogi player because he is so intelligent, but he's still losing to people, because they are better than he is. So he doesn't appear to be as skilled as say Shikamaru, who would always beat Asuma, and only ever lose to his father.

In general is what I meant, but I guess you already answered.

So you don't see it as a sort of brain building exercise?

Mental acuity is biological. Brain building exercises allow it to flex, but it doesn't allow you to grow. For example, no matter how many exercises you do, a person with an IQ of 90 can't become an IQ of 180.

However, maturity and wisdom are born from experience. We learn from experiencing the world around us. That is what Naruto enjoys in his adulthood. It's why we can see him act so mature, but some of the dimness remains.

Chess, and shogi, are extensions of congitive thinkings and reasoning. While Naruto is skilled in reasoning to a degree, because he is able to understand how his opponents thinks and plan around it, the plans are spontaneous.

As a result, spontaneous thinking like that isn't what makes a good shogi or chess player. To be good at chess, you need to not just read what's going on, but read what's been going on, and what is going to be going on. You have to be acutely aware of everything that has happened and could happen.

This is why Shikamaru is so good at chess/shogi. Shikamaru can plan up to 100 moves ahead in his head. He can remember anything possibly relevant to his enemy; words they've said, movements they've made. This is how he broke down and figured out the secret to Hidan's jutsu just by seeing him perform it once.

Naruto, on the other hand, is more about using his reasoning to deceive his enemy, which is not all that uncommon among elite shinobi.

Really, Naruto would probably be very good at poker. Because he is excellent at telling his enemies what they think they want to know, and then disguising his real moves.

That's the difference, and to be honest, this is why someone like Naruto is better suited for front-line battle, and Shikamaru is more suited for advising. Naruto's intelligence is great for dealing with adhoc situations, while Shikamaru would be better suited for developing strategy and tactics.

That's honestly why they make a good team as Hokage and advisor. Shikamaru can plan the village's adminstration and Naruto is able to implement it.

To be honest, if you want to see someone with both qualities, you should look into Overlord.

The main character has both of Naruto and Shikamaru's qualities. He even has a fight near the end of Season 1 that is excellent is displaying that.

He even says "The secret to fighting someone is to constantly feed them false information" and later he reveals he manipulated the whole fight to this end.

Strategy and tactics are only as useful as your abilities to make them happen. Just as this character, Ainz, used his skills to realize his strategy, he saw he had to manipulate his enemy in order to get this result.

Maybe.

I'm afraid to ask, but would you call Naruto a man baby?

That is something a lot of people have issue with in the series actually. Is whether Naruto is purely a development of hard work, or he has a degree of natural talent that puts him above his peers.

It's true to some extent. Naruto was born with a natural affinity for ninjutsu like his father and mother had, and had a strong body and massive chakra reserves. However, his seal and lack of actual intellectual/academic intelligence still gave him a hard time.

Really, most of Naruto's struggles were because of his poor chakra control due to his seal. Had he not had the seal, chances are pretty good his chakra control would be fine. In fact, that's proven when the seal is unleashed, Naruto has above average control over chakra. In fact, there's certain points where his chakra control possibly surpasses Sakura's.

Most of the techniques that are hard for most shinobi, because they don't have the chakra to use them. Naruto however, doesn't have that handicap. His issue is controlling his chakra enough to perform it. But with the vast amount of chakra he has, he can just work around it, i.e. with Shadow Clones.

2. Yes, but Naruto was speaking of general clones. In a sense, Clone Techniques were his greatest weakness, but the Shadow Clone Jutsu essentially became his signature.

3. Yes, it is considered one of his signature jutsu.

An important thing to remember is that the Clone Jutsu and Shadow Clone Jutsu are fundamentally different even though they essentially do the same thing. The Clone Jutsu is about manipulating chakra to create illusions, so its closer Yin Release and genjutsu than anything, meanwhile, the Shadow Clone Jutsu creates living clone out of a fraction of chakra. So it isn't the same level of manipulation. In fact, one could consider it more like Yang Release, because it manipulates pre-existing things, i.e. Naruto's chakra supply.

@Omega64 Where does the Substitution Jutsu fall in line between the two?

Neither, the Substitution Jutsu is a pseudo-transformation jutsu where a person simply swaps out a prepared object with themselves using the Teleportation Technique. Besides, the actual speed to do the swapping, it doesn't even really use chakra.

Honestly, its something even Naruto should be able to do. I'd imagine its just because Naruto doesn't have the "finesse" to do it cleanly. Nonetheless, Naruto said that it was the Clone Technique that failed him, meaning that all the other E-Rank Ninjutsu he is fine with, including the Substitution Jutsu.

Yes, so?

You don't have to shove some many question in one post. You can just ask one at a time, it's fine.

1. A creator for the Summoning Technique has never been stated, but it was more than likely Hagoromo Otsutsuki, since he is the first known user of it, and one of the first users of chakra.

2. The Shadow Clone Jutsu's more powerful version was in the scroll. The Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu. The reason it was in the scroll was because it was a dangerous technique, labeled a kinjutsu because of the threat it could pose to a shinobi if he/she split their chakra up into too many pieces.

3. You misunderstand, Uzumaki was feared when they were large and in control of a village, because they became a threat to other villages with their skills in sealing techniques. It was fine for Naruto to have the name since he was just one shinobi. Besides, the Uzumaki Clan was scattered long before Naruto's birth, most in Naruto's generation didn't even know of their fame.

On the other hand, Minato was still feared and hated as a deadly shinobi during the last war during Naruto's youth. What's more, it was common practice for Kage to seal Tailed Beasts into their close family, so if Naruto was Minato's son, he would have been suspected as the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki automatically.

As to why they didn't give them a completely different name, because there was no need to. Uzumaki was safe enough, and so that's what Hiruzen went with.

@Omega64 Was there a specific reason for sealing tailed beast inside close family members?

Yes. Motoi explained that the idea was that if a Jinchuriki came from a Kage's family, than the likelihood of that Jinchuriki defecting would go down. Since the would have a close family bond with the leader of the village.

However, this idea only would work if the Kage and the Jinchuriki had a good relationship, which wasn't really the case in a lot of examples.

Thank you so much! It helped a lot. Oh and I'll try not to shove a lot of questions next time.

About the Multi Shadow Clone, is it a different technique from the Shadow Clone? I thought you'll just put more chakra and you can use the Multi Shadow Clone.

Actually, yes. Shadow Clone Jutsu by itself only produces one or two clones, which is more than managable for the Jonin-level shinobi that typically uses it. It's not really a health risk to use.

However, the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu is splitting it into dozens if not hundreds or thousands of clones. Splitting your chakra into that many pieces is dangerous because it can cause you to instantly exhaust and kill yourself. Someone like Naruto can handle it because of his inhuman chakra reserves.

That is why the Multi-variant was in the scroll, it was labeled a kinjutsu because of the danger it causes to its user.

Ahh a completely different technique. So the Multi Shadow Clone once used, will produce at least 4 clones (like that) immediately?

It's meant to summon a large number. The minimum is never stated, but its at least more than one or two.

That's the difference factor. The Multi-version goes beyond what is considered "safe" for a normal shinobi. For some shinobi, that's different. Technically, Naruto is "safe" even with 2,000 clones.