Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-1872728-20160229033316/@comment-5936871-20160321141420

Georgio722 wrote: Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4 wrote: We've never seen what the Uzumaki Clan members wear in their village. That's true. Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4 wrote: 2. It's only manifested in two known Uzumaki Clan members, the other several characters who are Uzumaki do not have them or they're not known to have them. But we can't exclude it as a clan ability either. Plus, Honoka was hinted to be an Uzumaki, and she also has abilities similar to the Adamantine Chains. Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4 wrote: 3. That is 100% true, Madara and Izuna were stated to be the first members of the clan to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan and they were it's only wielders at the time. You're right about them being the first to awaken it in the Warring States Period, but in total there are numerous Sharingan users, Mangekyo Sharingan users, and even Susanoo users. So it's not really that rare if you think about it.

I updated my last post by the way. I was never trying to exclude it, but just because two known members have it doesn't mean that they all have it. The Sharingan itself isn't rare, the Uchiha were known for their Sharingan so most of them obviously had it. It's the Mangekyo Sharingan that is extremely rare, there has only been a handful of Uchiha out of the thousands that have existed to ever awaken it themselves and that was at different points in time. How is that not extremely rare?

As for the "specialty" argument both the Senju and Uzumaki's techniques can be learned by others save for the Uzumaki's Adamantine Sealing Chains. However, that doesn't mean it's easy. How many people have you seen use the Shadow Clone Jutsu? Flying Thunder God? Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation? Only the most prodigious and/or overpowered characters have replicated said Jutsu. So the Jutsu is clearly quite difficult to learn and perform meaning it takes a high level of natural talent and skill. Being prodigious in all forms of Shinobi combat is more "special" imo than being prodigious in only one form.