Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31966672-20200409171208/@comment-6769189-20200412224151

CyberianGinseng wrote:

Yeah, but if you paid attention you'd see that Neji doesn't start cold reading until he activates his Byakugan. Before that moment he's simply talking about OVERALL characteristics he's noticed about Hinata's personality and situation prior to this moment, NOT what she's thinking right at that moment: https://i.imgur.com/JNuqeaf.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZXnDtnC.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jRjoM6n.jpg If you missed this, you've missed the second of the two main points of this scene, which is to showcase the Byakugan. Neji himself tells us that he's gathered all this information PREVIOUSLY with the Byakugan: https://i.imgur.com/XKVu8yX.png You are missing the point. The Byakugan isnt necessary to cold read. Its not a Byakugan ability or a Byakugan-derived ability or a Byakugan-dependant ability.

CyberianGinseng wrote:

Kakashi remarks on the Byakugan's similarities to the Sharingan and states that it far surpasses the Sharingan's "penetrating perceptive ability." That is the ability that Neji is using that Kakashi is describing. That is HOW Neji himself states he is cold reading, probably because, you know, they don't teach cold reading in Ninja school, so how else would a child learn it? Cold reading would make all the sense to learn in ninja school, but if it wasnt learned there, there are many ways to learn to do things outside of a classroom. Naruto didnt learn most of his techniques or strategies in the academy.

The Byakugan is an information gathering tool but simply having it doesnt give one cold reading abilities

CyberianGinseng wrote:

Only three tomoe outstrips the Byakugan. Depends

Speed is also the hindering factor in Chidori, not the fact that it is a jab. Minato attributed the speed caused the tunnel vision. Lee was explaining how he would never head full speed in a straight line at the enemy because it was easy to dodge/counter and he cant it coming.