Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28861328-20140421161211/@comment-28861328-20140421221421

Elveonora wrote: Context and logic too are important. Don't take everything at face value, that makes you appear non-intelligent to just accept everything your brain absorbs without giving it a second thought. As an example, there are two kind of students. Those who memorize stuff but couldn't care less about its meaning and workings and those who actually understand what they have memorized. 90% of population if not more fall into the first group. It's called being a sheep.

The problem isn't with context clues and connecting the dots. I do that. I've thought for a good long while now that Shukaku had Magnet Release, based on the chapters that centered around Gaara and his father, and even before then Kishimoto hinted at it when he said previous Kazekage learned to mimic Shukaku with magnetic chakra.

You're not going to hear me use that argument in a talk page, though, unless I have actual proof (which I do now).

The problem is going above and beyond simply connecting the dots and flat out ignoring two direct quotes because you think it should be otherwise. That is the definition of willful ignorance. Other than that, I agree with you.