Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-39491274-20190604201820/@comment-9782468-20190605140419

Point by Point:

Why didn't Kakashi help Naruto with chakra control?

He did. The whole tree climbing exercise improved him very much. Keep in mind that a Jonin Sensei doesn't usually teach their team the basics or techniques. They're only their field commander. They teach the Genine how to act and react in the field They only teach the Genin either basics or techniques as absolutely necessary; usually, the Genin themselves undertakes training themselves to get better on their own, or find a mentor specific for them.

Example; Guy was the leader of his team, but really only specifically taught techniques to Lee. Guy was Lee's mentor. Guy can't teach Neji Gentle Fist, but as his field commander he can teach Neji how to act and react in the field. That's his job.

In regards to sending Naruto to Ebisu, keep this in mind.

Sasuke was on dark path of revenge. Kakashi and Team 7 were starting to do a good job getting him out of it, but then Orochimaru comes and reinforces that he's weak and should seek him for power. Add to this fact that Sasuke is insanely jealous of Naruto's growth. Does Kakashi train them both at the same time, increasing Sasuke's jealousy and decreasing the time he can focus on Sasuke? Or does he focus on Sasuke to try his hardest to keep him off his path of vengeance by showing him the strength he can gain by staying in Konoha?

Kakashi needed to focus on Sasuke. Sasuke needed to feel his own growth under his own power so he wouldn't end up relying on Orochimaru. Besides, Kakashi isn't a good match as a teacher for Naruto. Kakashi can train Sasuke using experience he has training himself, since they're both prodigies and they both have the Sharingan, and they have similar fight styles. Naruto is just a stamina monster who can really only benefit from Kakashi's knowledge of basic Shinobi combat tactics.

So, since Kakashi isn't a good match for Naruto, who does he give Naruto to? Ebisu, the guy who's literal job is to groom the next Hokage. It was probably the absolute best choice considering they didn't know Jiraiya was back.

Kakashi cares about Naruto's development a lot. But Naruto was already on the right path, and Sasuke wasn't. So Kakashi had to try to save Sasuke. And if you recall, he almost did after tying him to the tree with his lecture. The only reason Sasuke went dark again is because the Sound Four went after him right after.

Also, why did Kakashi need to teach Naruto Taijutsu? Naruto's methods were his own; he had average Taijutsu skills and overwhelmed with numbers and stamina. He won a lot of his fights that way, to the point where Shadow Clones are his signature.

Jonin Sensei are not there to teach them techniques or Taijutsu. They're there to provide a supervisory role with Genin starting out and going on their first missions. How to react in the field. Their own techniques and their own basics are things that every Shinobi does on their own time. You see it all the time, the Genin of Konoha generally train on their own. If they're not on their own, they have a specific mentor or parent teaching them.

Shikamaru had little staimna and hardly any real Taijutsu ability in the Chunin exams. Why didn't Asuma have him train his stamina and Taijutsu?

Genin are not in school anymore. They should know what to train and train themselves. It's like me asking my engineering supervisor to teach me how to more efficiently use Excel. No lol, my supervisor would tell me what he needs done, the guidelines, and send me on my way. It'd be up to me to learn how to use it if I didn't already.

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