Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20151016181609/@comment-11444045-20151023082530

Naruto by himself doesn't have a ton of chakra, the only reason naruto has chakra reserves is because of Kurama. If he didn't have the 9 tails i don't see him ever making the Shadowclone Jutsu in the ways he does. He'd just be like other shinobi's seeing how naruto never had good chakra control. The rasengan is supposed to be a one handed weapon yet he needs 2 clones to even perform the technique much like Rasenshuriken. So it actually more of a detriment due to time needing for it to create as opposed to someone who's great at maintaining chakra control like Jiraiya, Minato, Kakashi who doesn't need shadowclones to create the rasengan.