Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-34661853-20181111160651/@comment-734582-20181117194811

I missed a lot, apparently. *skims through posts* looks like i didn't miss THAT much. LoneNinja wrote: Funny thing is, I used a search by image engine and every English translation read either... "With My Medical Ninjutsu And Much-Tinkered Hashirama Cells... Plus A Certain Someone's Suggestion..." or "YES... WITH MY MEDICAL NINJUTSU, THE CELLS OF HASHIRAMA I'VE STUDIED SO FAR... AND SOMEONE'S ADVICE.." The "cells i've studied" refers to the fight against Itachi, where he frequently uses similar terminology (e.g. "with study of Karin's cells, i can heal myself") even though he blatantly uses their DNA.

LoneNinja wrote: What does it matter that Obito could or couldn't? Naruto didn't and had an arm made of Hashirama's DNA. The DNA granted him Regeneration. It didn't grant him wood release as far as we can tell. My theory is that both Sasuke's infusion of cells and Naruto's prosthetic are modeled after Zetsu. Zetsu have some form of wood release but it's so weak it's useless, yet still have quite strong healing. Kabuto got access to Zetsu when he offered to "upgrade" them to Obito. Would also make sense why he'd have access to those cells without being able to use it himself (only recently acquired), or without using Wood Release through his DNA technique.

Zetsu themselves are an interesting case since though they're mostly Hashirama DNA, they're still nowhere near his power.