Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26773508-20150905054531/@comment-26773508-20150906140524

Chaosattractor wrote: Why does Minato need to inform him? Hiruzen isn't brain dead, of course he knew Naruto would be a target. No Hiruzen isn't brain dead. It's common sense in Narutoverse that the jinchuriki will be targeted, either out of hatred by their own villagers, or to acquire the Bijuu of a rival village (as happened to Kushina as a child, when the Hidden Mist abducted her and kid Minato had to go rescue her). But the enemy this time around was a truly exceptional opponent, unlike rival villages. Minato suspected that the Masked Man was MADARA. You know, the shinobi legend whose mere name caused so much fear among the Five Shinobi Nations that they actually went to War against an imposter who was using Madara's name. Why on Earth would you not inform the village of Madara's possible existence, especially when the future survival of your own child and your own village was concerned? Minato's decision to not share such intel makes no sense whatsoever. Like I said, the plot could have progressed more or less the same way had Hiruzen known about Madara but kept it a secret, either for further investigation, or to prevent Konoha from fearing and hating the Uchiha, or to prevent the spread of panic in the village.

Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4 wrote: You're forgetting that Jinchuriki are a recent thing that has only been done for the past few decades. Mito was the first Kurama jinchuriki, then Kushina, and then Naruto. We don't know that. Mito is the first known Kyuubi Jinchuriki. There may have been others before her. Sealing bijuus into jinchurikis may not have been a common practice before the establishment of the villages, but it's entirely possible that the Bijuu sealing jutsus are as ancient as Hagoromo. And there's good reason to believe that. Obito himself stated that the jutsus used to seal Bijuus had been passed down since the time of Hagoromo. That was during the end of the Five Kage Summit, where he declared war on all the shinobi nations.

Also, all the Five Shinobi villages were readily able to seal the bijuus into jinchurikis after Hashirama (actually Tobirama) sold them off to the other nations. Only the Hidden Sand didn't buy any bijuu from Konoha, as they already had Shukaku. The fact that they were immediately able to seal the bijuus inside the jinchuriki after procuring them from Konoha suggests that Bijuu sealing jutsus predate the establishment of villages and are thus very old.

Now you may ask on what basis do I claim that the villages were immediately able to seal off the bijuu after they were bought. The simple answer is that had they not sealed the bijuu immediately, their whole villages would have been destroyed by rampaging tailed beasts. Either way, the practice of sealing bijuu seems to be very old. But perhaps it was not very common before the villages were established.

Ravenlot 27 wrote: Was it really nessesary for Minato to use RDS and not to try to seal the entire Nine-Tails into himself with Eight Trigramms Seal and become his Jinch himself? It would be a perfect way: the TB balance is keeped in order, Fourth Hokage stays alive and can face Tobi's treat again, as well as there stays a father for Naruto A sensible person in Minato's situation would most likely conclude that he is the Child of Prophecy and that it was he who needed Kurama's power to fight the Masked Man. Why would Minato gamble with his son's life when he knew that Madara (or someone close to his power) was running around freely? If the Masked Man could infiltrate Konoha once, he could infiltrate it again. Also, Minato witnessed first hand how the Masked Man was able to teleport to desired locations at will. He was also witness to the fact that the Masked Man could easily escape from Konoha in a matter of seconds. Worse, this Masked Man was very likely MADARA, or someone close to him in terms of power, given how easily he controlled the Kyuubi. After knowing all this, why would any sensible person conclude that a newly-born infant was the Child of Prophecy? It would have taken 16-18 years at the very least for Naruto to completely control Kurama. Who knows what "Madara" might do in those 16 years, especially since he managed to totally screw Minato, Kushina, and the entire Leaf Village in a matter of minutes. Minato's gamble doesn't make much sense. His refusal to share information about Tobi is even worse.

Ravenlot 27 wrote: (although it's unclear if Kushina survived Kurama's extraction for sure or just temporarily and if it was possible for her to stay alive completely). Her survival was only temporary. Although had Minato resealed Kurama into, she probably could have survived. However, as Thekillman pointed out, the lack of medical ninjas at Kushina's location would have complicated the situation and drastically reduced her chances of survival. But an objection could be raised against this thesis, and it could be claimed that medical ninjas are only required for other Bijuus, not Kurama. The reason is that one of Kurama's powers is his healing abilities. He accelerates the healing capacity of his jinchurikis to prevent their deaths, thus preventing his own death. So there's a chance that a resealed Kurama would grudgingly heal Kushina just so that he himself wouldn't have to go through the unpleasant experience of dying and being born again.

Ravenlot 27 wrote: I don't even know why Kushina stated she would die for sure if Kurama is sealed back into her. Perhaps she was ignorant of the fact that resealing the bijuu into a still-living-but-about-to-die Jinchuriki can save the Jin's life. Or maybe she was aware of the fact, but realised her chances were very very very slim because of the lack of medical ninjas to heal her exhausted body. But I've already raised an objection to that line of reasoning above.

LegionZero wrote: Where was it ever said only Uzumaki are "compatible"? As far as I know, nowhere is such a thing stated. It has, however, been stated that the Uzumaki have especially powerful chakra and life force, which makes them much more suitable as jinchurikis than other clan members. To be honest, none of the jinchurikis or potential jinchurikis are inherently "compatible". All jinchurikis end up suffering from the hatred of the bijuu. The only way to overcome that handicap is to overcome your own hatred, as Naruto, Bee and possibly Yagura did. So no clan is "compatible" in the strict sense of the word. The main prerequisite for being a jinchuriki is that the potential Jin needs to possess a large pool of chakra.