Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170331010234/@comment-734582-20170427153637

Dimension Creator wrote: @Thekillman How would Sakura gain wood release in the first place though? It is a kekkai genkai after all not something you can simply train to get. We've seen that Wood Release can be gained from transplanted cells. I'd simply have Sakura inject herself with those cells and using her Medical Ninjutsu, including the Strength of a Hundred seal, to control them and safely enhance herself. Unlike people like Danzo or Obito who more or less attached some sells and prayed it would work. Of all the people that used those cells, Sakura and Tsunade are the most believable when it comes to properly integrating and controlling them. Dimension Creator wrote: Yeah I know he did perform the Rasengan single-handedly eventually but that was after the Hagoromo power up I meant performing the Rasengan single-handedly with his own hard work. Nope, he singlehandedly makes a rasengan before Hagoromo. I think it's around when Minato arrives on the scene. Dimension Creator wrote: Maybe thematic confusion was the reason but I personally don't think it would have been that big of a deal if one person uses a variant to another person's signature technique. Thematic confusion is a bigger problem that i think Kakashi suffered from. Sasuke made Kakashi's signature technique his own, Naruto had the Rasengan as his own. I think it left kakashi with few options, thematically cornered him so to speak. Combine that with the Sharingan, Obito's survival and his lack of Chakra and kakashi was pretty much left with no options to develop into.

This could've been fixed (and i can understand how he came to suffer, since the alternative in the existing manga would've been to thematically weaken 10 other characterrs) but it would require grander changes that themselves require grand changes and so in the end, it was better to make one character suffer rather than the grand whole.

Dimension Creator wrote: I think it would have been better if Kakashi knew the Flying Thunder God as well. I think it would have been better if the other characters used the techniques of their senseis I don't think the techniques themselves are necessarily required. However Naruto has a strong "i learned this from my sensei" thematic and it creates a contrast with the rest of the K12, and not a good contrast. The worst offender is (a trend here:) Kakashi, who seems to have learned absolutely nothing from Minato. The connection to Obito is there and it's strong, and that's a good thing. It hit like a brick hearing the origin of kakashi's teachings, it was powerful. But it also made a clear contrast with Minato, since there's no clear connection, technique or teaching that says "Kakashi got this from Minato".

Asuma was handcuffed because of InaShikaCho. I honestly feel like the formation is a nice idea but even advanced formations feel extremely basic to the point that it's comical. I mean, the Yoyo formation is fun but is that really the pinnacle of what they can do? I liked how Shikamaru used Asuma's chakra blades but i thought it was strange it was never used again. Still, the whole strategy/chess theme is there and that's a connection to Asuma so it's not THAT bad.

Genjutsu is something that would be difficult to have in a primarily tracking-based ninja squad. So Kurenai was also hand-cuffed. We also know almost nothing about her so any teachings or whatever don't really shine through.

Kakashi taught teamwork mostly. But Team 7 was held back by Sakura. Not even due to perceived uselessness or whatever, but because she wasn't included in it's themes. No theme (or contrast) of darkness, no elemental theme, no sensei theme (other than being an almost comical copy of Tsunade). Sasuke had a Snake/Hawk animal theme. Naruto has a Toad/Fox animal theme. Sakura is just a slug. Sasuke has Fire (Hot-headed, temper, willful) and Lighting (Powerful, Cold). Naruto has wind (fast, unpredictable). Kakashi has all five elements but mostly Lighting (cold, powerful) and Earth (steady, reliable, robust).

Gai taught hard work and taijutsu, which can be seen in Lee but also ultimately in Neji (who was a genius but also worked hard and uses the hyuga style of taijutsu) and in TenTen (weapons focus/taijutsu focus).