Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170331010234/@comment-734582-20170427175019

Dimension Creator wrote: @Thekillman Nah, Sakura getting wood release seems a bit lame to me I also don't see how getting something like that through those means can be considered a "success". Sakura should 'overcome' something else in my opinion. I personally think it would fit nicely. Then again, i'd probably make the Zetsu simply artificial humans and not hashirama clones. IE Cultivated from the statue itself. I liked Obito's artificial half and all, but it seems to me that the "hashirama cell" part of it felt pointless (since he never uses wood release outside of the Zetsu shell). With Madara and Yamato already having it, i would simply trade Obito's use of hashi cells for Sakura. Dimension Creator wrote: Really? Must have missed that part. It's a blink-or-you-miss-it moment. it's not even brought up as a particularly big moment, even though it kinda should. I've said this before, it's not that the 4th war is that bad, it's mostly too rushed. Hence why i've proposed a second timeskip before. Dimension Creator wrote: I don't really see why Kakashi, or other people, can't have themes similar to the ones other people possess since themes have never really been that big a deal me. The Naruto series uses themes and symbolism a lot though. Ranging from ironic/symbolic Mangekyou powers to ironic defeats. It's also generally better from a writing/art point of view to keep the themes and symbolism clean. For example, the Boruto movie has some clear examples with Momoshiki and Kinshiki, keeping their abilities relatively simple to keep with the whole "power throughout effort" theme. It would've weakened the symbolism if Momoshiki used his own jutsu for instance, since he's an obvious connection to the Kote device. Dimension Creator wrote: My desire to see those techniques used by them is partially because I want to see them with a more varied skill set and partially because I see it as a... symbol of their affiliation with their senseis and the instruction they received from them. Like how most of the characters who come from clans use the techniques of their clans or how ninja from the Leaf are known for fire release, or how those from the Mist are known for their water release. I understand, and i'm not necessarily saying you can't change anything. But it's also clear that in the Narutoverse many ninja chose clear and well-defined styles over what makes sense. IE Konan uses nothing but paper, Deidara nothing but bombs, Shikamaru nothing but shadows. It's their thing, their style and theme/symbol. This can do wonders (I could dedicate a thread to all the symbolisms and themes going on with Sasuke and Naruto alone, IE their dual summons, Sasuke's dual elements showing his split allegiance to the Clan and Team, his Mangekyou reflecting his focused hatred, etc).

For Kakashi, it's possible that we simply see more symbolism and themes than were intended. After all themes work both ways: it's weird when you expect something to fulfill a theme and it's not there. In Kakashi's case, it's strange that Obito had such an influence on him despite being a no-good nobody, yet the legendary 4th Hokage renowned throughout the lands apparently only taught him Rasengan which he then never ever used, yet FTG was taught to the Hokage's personal guard. It seems to me that if we go by the whole "sensei influence" theme, Kakashi similarly should've been influenced, yet that theme isn't there suggesting it wasn't intended.