Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170331010234/@comment-734582-20170427074439

Dimension Creator wrote: I even think the Chunin Exams is too far in the series to bring it up, it should have been introduced when they introduced the whole Kage thing. Mmmm. The entire explanation may have been too much there (early parts were already fairly exposition-heavy like the Treeclimbing, waterwalking, we get summoning etc). But yea, that the five nations are named after the five primary elemental releases is a connection that should've been shown earlier, i agree.

IMHO the three phases of the nature transform at the least should've been: >>Naruto learns of the Nature Release's existence and the Kekkei Genkai around chunin-exam- times >>Wind Release training should've been Time Skip at the latest >>Wind Rasengan/Rasenshuriken was timing-wise fine, but it should've been followed-up with a proper transition to Wind Style Rasengan as a primary weapon

Dimension Creator wrote: Yep, earth would have definitely suited Sakura. Personally i'd have followed it up with Water Release and eventually Wood Release, which she masters via her knowledge of Medical Ninjutsu. This would make her complete Tsunade's failure of not inheriting Hashirama's power. Naruto fixed Jiraiya's Sage Mode and hatred problem, Sasuke's Rinnegan grants him insight and mastery of all ninjutsu (at least theoretically) and brought change ("wind") to the world, Dimension Creator wrote: I was just about to talk about how Naruto should have learned to use the Rasengan with one hand, it would have been a perfect way to show Naruto's growth. He eventually did this in the 4th war. But i think it was too late. Sage Mode already required Naruto to balance chakra and nature energy and yet he didn't need an extra clone for any jutsu or ability. It allowed him to throw the Rasenshuriken properly. I don't see why, after his Nagato fight, he couldn't have switched to a two-handed base rasengan plus a clone for a Wind Style Rasengan. (keeping the three for the Rasenshuriken until KCM) Dimension Creator wrote: Yep, I agree Naruto should have used a Wind Release Rasengan against Sasuke especially since in their last clash Sasuke combined Chidori with his Blaze Release. I honestly thought it was super-weird that Yamato brought it up specifically and yet it was never used. I get that Naruto doesn't spam Wind style rasengan due to needing an extra clone for little extra power, but that's why i'd reduce his clone requirements over time. Time Skip, Rasenshuriken training, Sage mode and KCM seem natural progression moments to me where improvements should've been across the board. Dimension Creator wrote: To be honest I would have liked to see Kakashi use a Lightning Release Rasengan I've thought about this a lot too, and i think it wasn't done because of thematic confusion. Rasengan has become Naruto's signature jutsu, and it would probably feel too cheap if Kakashi copied that. You can already see that the copy aspect of kakashi significantly reduced and even disappeared over the series. It's because many characters are in part defined by their style, and if too many use that style it feels cheapened. I Think this is why only Nagato used the rinnegan so extensively (it became his thing, and others copying it would cheapen his character), but also why e.g. Minato didn't use Naruto's technique to complete the rasengan as an Edo Tensei or why Kakashi didn't update his Chidori like Sasuke.

I personally think it would've been better if Kakashi possessed Flying Thundergod (which probably didn't happen because there already were two users).