Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32864768-20180916164445/@comment-734582-20180917172743

Liam Lane wrote: But what kind of Naruto would he be? Would he be a kindhearted Naruto who defeated his enemies with talk-no-jutsu The only one who comes close to being TNJ'd is Obito. Nagato didn't care for Naruto's words, and was only convinced by himself (or rather, his younger self, whose words were transmitted by Jiraiya's first book). Zabuza was already beaten when Naruto broke his spirit, Neji wasn't TNJ'd but rather his ideals were proven wrong by Naruto's actions. Gaara only warmed to Naruto because he proved that you can be strong because of others (again, actions). He couldn't convince sasuke with words, he couldn't convince Obito with words (the man was plainly denying everything Naruto said to him, and in the end it was Madara who caused him to turn back). Kakuzu was plainly defeated, Deidara was trolling Naruto hard, Kimimaro was utterly unfazed, Orochimaru didn't care, Kabuto didn't care... am i forgetting anyone? Black Zetsu and Kaguya were brute forced. Toneri was brute forced.

In fact, i think TnJ is much more infamous due to filler arcs where it was much more prevalent, rather than the actual manga where it was rare. In the end, even Sasuke was only convinced when Naruto proved he was the Hokage that Sasuke envisioned (since Naruto was able to endure Sasuke's hatred, which was what Sasuke envisioned a Hokage would do. In addition, Naruto envisioned a Hokage as the one who walks in front, and Madara acknowledges this to Obito, though unknowingly, thereby inadvertently proving that Obito was the "hokage" he wanted to be.)