Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-25319479-20171101152711/@comment-734582-20171222180215

Gagua2028 wrote: Actually I don't understand why they want to give Moegi wood style out of the blue. Maybe they want her to be on par with konohamaru since now she's also a jonin leader. We don't know, but "Moegi" can be translated as "young tree buds" (萌木), "light yellowish green" (萌葱, 萌黄, 萠黄), or "burning wood" (燃木). So the implication is that this was planned all along, Kishimoto just never could get it worked into the story in a satisfactory way.