Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26037879-20180329203223/@comment-33286580-20180330004048

the points you have made haave more or less been brought out multiple times...

but let's roll on.

Narutofan92 wrote: I don't know if it's true or not, but I heard/read that Kishimoto wanted a Naruto reboot rather than a sequel starring Boruto. I honestly can say that, so far, the Boruto manga isn't that bad; I have more mixed to positive feelings about it, but the anime is not leaving me as much of an impact as its predecessors. I don't think it's terrible, it's just not as memorable; but I digress. I think a Naruto reboot could be a good idea. In fact I personally have some thoughts about how I would make the manga/show if I were to reboot it. Here's what I'd do:

no clue what Kishimoto wanted.

neither the Boruto manga nor the anime has left much impression on me. they are sort of OK.

i wish instead of going the route of new generation, they could have done the DBZ version and so on. it will continue to be the story of Naruto and Sasuke with time to time shine to new kids on the block. they are already doing what DBZ did and bringinng more and more powerful villains in the new era that apparantely surpass Kaguya in power.

Narutofan92 wrote: 1. I would get rid of the transmigration subplot. The story should be about Naruto’s development in becoming into becoming the greatest ninja of his time into the Hokage.

i liked the transmigrant plot. it helps connect the mythical past with present.

naruto has already worked hard, mastering Sage Mode at that time and becoming a shinobi of Kage Level. you can't accept any hero to be able to fight superpowered villains with hax powers without a little help here and there, or so goes in such kind of stories.

Narutofan92 wrote: 2. Less melodrama and flashbacks in the manga. NO fillers in the anime. All episodes in the anime would all tie-in to the manga. Even if we do have fillers the limit would be 2; no more than. And the fillers would have to be linked to the canon episodes. Plus, I would replace a majority of the *fillers* from the anime, to make way for the hiden/shinden books and make them animes/episodes.

i loved most flashbacks.

yes, it would be better if they connect fillers with the main plot and hopefully had les fillers. but if they remake Naruto now, with the story already complete they won't go the filler route, like the new DBZ Kai did

those Hiden/SHinden books, arent they not filler or not considered cannon... correct me if i am wrong.

Narutofan92 wrote: 3. Change the motivations of many of the villains in the series. It was really amazing when the manga showed how much trauma and loneliness Gaara had gone through, and how that ended up producing a psychopathic killer. Such a nuanced look at a villain was really refreshing, as opposed to the traditional Good vs Evil narrative of most heroic tales. But it ended up getting stale after Kishi used the same trick on Sasori, Nagato, Obito, Kabuto, etc.

every villain with sad past had different circumstances... and for starters no one is born evil, circumstances make them so.

we also had villains who were villains becuase of evil... the immortal duo, diedara, orochimaru...

Narutofan92 wrote: 4. Make Neji and the Hyuuga Great Again. I, and I’m sure like most, wanted to see Neji and Sasuke fight each other somewhere in the story. What I REALLY wanted to see was a battle between a Byakugan-user AND a Sharingan-user. So if I were to reboot Naruto, I would have a match between the two shinobi using their respective eye techniques throughout the battle. Plus, it wouldn’t hurt to see some backstory on any interaction between the Hyuuga and Uchiha clans in general, respectively.

yeah, i too wanted to see more of the Hyuga. maybe a story where the curse mark is finally abolished and such.

Narutofan92 wrote: 5. Change Tobi into Izuna or some other contemporary Uchiha of Madara instead of Obito aka Discount Darth Vader. Make clan politics, personal ambition, betrayal and the quest for power as Tobi's main motivations. And instead, have Obito actually be killed in during the mission.

you are more or less making Tobi as Madara. Madara stood for his clan all the time and it is they who betrayed him siding with Hashirama in the end and making him desert the village. he also felt betrayed by the people seeing that Konohagakure was the idea of his and Hashirama's and he was sidelined by the people and never recognized.

having Tobi be Obito actually gave Kakashi a plot in the whole war arc or he would simply be another commander like Kitsuchi or Darui with not really much to do (or dare i say Sakura). so Obito was a good choice for Tobi at least to me.

Narutofan92 wrote: 6. Get rid of Kaguya, and perhaps the whole transmigrant thing. The original premise of the manga was supposed to be about a relatively untalented dumbass surpassing the usual geniuses with sheer guts and superhuman effort. Naruto being a transmigrant of Ashura negates that premise in some ways.

as i said above, the transmigrant thing connects the mythical past with the present. it brings light on Chakra ahd how it came to be.

and naruto and sasuke already achieved great strengths for their age where they went toe to toe against Kage level being and highet. the transmigrant thing only came when Madara became too overpowered after becoming TTJ and with Kaguya

Narutofan92 wrote: 7. Get rid of DMS Kakashi. Instead, do full justice to the awesomeness of the character by giving him proper power development. In fact, I'd make Kakashi's story a parallel to that of Naruto. While Naruto is a dumbass who overcomes his lack of natural talent through superhuman effort and determination, Kakashi is a natural genius who uses his natural talents to overcome his crippling lack of stamina. By the end of the series, he'd sort of eventually end up becoming the second Tobirama in his quest to overcome his lack of stamina. And oh yes, I'd give him a much wider jutsu variety so that fans wouldn’t have to roll their eyes when they hear the phrase "Copy Ninja Kakashi: The Shinobi Who Copied a Thousand Jutsus".

the story was about Naruto and Sasuke and their generation, so chances of Kakashi being given that much importance is not really to the point... his age has passed.

on that note, you want Tobi to not be Obito, which essentially makes Kakashi just another charachter is the war arc.

OH YEAH!! GET RID OF DMS KAKASHI!!!!

Narutofan92 wrote: 8. Much, much more character development for the Konoha 11.

that is what many fillers were for... though they never connected to the main story.

i will still like more from them.

Narutofan92 wrote: 9. A fight between Naruto and Sasuke; with Sasuke in his curse mark level 2 form vs Naruto in his 4-6 tails form; Sasuke realizing the power of the nine-tails and it’s too immense even for him, which scares him.

and SM Naruto and MS Sasuke...

the possibilities!!!

Narutofan92 wrote: 10. Maybe getting rid of Kaguya was a bit harsh. If we’re going to keep the whole backstory of ninjutsu as well as the whole transmigration, including Kaguya, then DON’T. SHOW. ANY. FILLER. EPISODES. Keep the whole backstory of the ninjutsu the way it was before --- a legend. Remember when Tobi/Obito told Sasuke the story of Indra and Ashura and their feud? And it was presented to us, visually, like it was a painting/drawing…JUST. LIKE. STORIES. OF. LEGENDS. THAT’S how we should keep it. AND the whole story of Kaguya “eating” the fruit that gave her the powers of chakra? THAT should also remain just a legend…and that chakra is pretty much using the naturally physical and spiritual energies of living organisms and as NOT a form of magic.

they messed up with fillers for Kaguya and her children and grandchildren. they really should not have gone that route. if they really wanted to then should have made it more mystical.

Narutofan92 wrote: 11. Indra’s Mangekyou Sharingan. In the anime, when I watched the *filler* episodes about the beginnings of chakra and ninjutsu, when it got to the episode when Indra and Ashura’s feud began, Indra finally activated his Mangekyou Sharingan…I HATED THAT! Not because he had awakened the M.S., but it’s the PATTERN they gave him in the anime. They gave him SASUKE’s M.S. pattern! WTF!?! We saw in the manga AND by extension the anime, that Indra’s pattern was more of a swirl-pattern almost like a Rinnegan. The anime should’ve KEPT that pattern! NOT! CHANGE! IT! The same thing can be said about his Susanoo as well! It’s the same color as Sasuke’s…purple! It needs to be a different color. I think they were “trying” to establish that who transmigration/reincarnation thing about Sasuke. Which to me…MAKES. NO. SENSE. Madara is considered a reincarnation of Indra, yet his M.S. and Susanoo are completely different. His M.S./E.M.S. pattern is different, AND his Susanoo is blue…NOT PURPLE! So for a reboot, I would change Indra’s M.S. pattern to the one from the manga/earlier in the anime, AND the color of his Susanoo.

that was Sasuke love from Kishimoto and anime stafff showing through and through...

Narutofan92 wrote: 12. Kakashi’s Susanoo. Just like Indra, I didn’t like the color of Kakashi’s Susanoo. It was a light blue color. We already got a blue-colored Susanoo --- Madara’s. Yeah I know it technically doesn’t count as it technically a different color, but it’s still just a brighter blue. For Kakashi’s Susanoo, I’d change its color to a silver/grayish color.

dont give Kakashi a Susano

Narutofan92 wrote: 13. Another thing I would do differently in a reboot, CHANGE A MAJORITY OF THE STORY. As for the story, aforementioned earlier, the story should’ve been about a young shinobi named Naruto working hard to exceed himself and everyone’s expectations by becoming a prominent ninja despite having little talent. Instead of a majority of the story being about him and his fellow shinobi going after Sasuke to bring him back to the village, it should’ve focused more on Naruto’s achievements throughout his shinobi career up to him becoming Hokage. Different missions, meeting different people, having an impact on those people, etc. Also, MORE interaction with Hinata. Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE NARUHINA. They’re one of (in my opinion) the best anime/manga couples. But, I still wish there was more interaction between the two. Naruto slowly but surely notices Hinata more --- more than he did in the original story --- and gradually falls in love with her. Hinata in turn while interacting with Naruto gains more and more confidence and ultimately overcomes her shyness around him, and by extension everyone else. She becomes more open, speaks her mind, and even proves to her clan that --- even though she lost her position as the head of the clan --- she proves to be a formidable combatant. Plus, an expansion of the Naruto universe. Let’s not just stick around the Leaf Village throughout the whole story, but also expand a little bit more on the OTHER lands and villages and their people and shinobi.

more NaruHina interactions... hell yes. but around the time of the story, it was about Team 7 and Sakura was considered the heroine, and done really bad, so Hinata never really was there.

yeah. more of the other countries and villages will be appreciated.

Narutofan92 wrote: 14. Naruto’s skills and abilities. If you’ve read some of the new Boruto manga (my opinion of said manga is mixed), you’ve probably noticed that Naruto had gained a new elemental ability: Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall. I, in my opinion, believe that after receiving his new arm, which came from the first Hokage’s DNA, he obtained some of his elemental skills, too. He might even have water-style jutsu up his sleeves. Thus, giving the impression that he could be able to use wood-style jutsus. If practiced right. That’s what I’d do. Give him some new techniques and skills. These include, but are not limited to: the Flying Thunder God Technique; Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique; completing and perfecting his Tailed Beast Rasengan jutsu; gaining complete chakra from ALL nine of the tailed beasts and being able to transform into a physical manifestation of Kurama (fur, eyes, skeleton, etc.) AND a physical rabbit-form manifestation of the Ten-Tails and have his Truth-Seeking Balls grow to a size that either manifestation could hold in their hands; and he learns how to use cosmic energy (energy from outer space), and use that like he would with natural energy; AND maybe…JUST maybe…he gains the Typhoon Release.

Naruto possesses all five chakra natures by the time of Boruto. it so happens when he awakens Six Paths Senjutsu. he even has three Kekkei Genkai thanks to the biju. his earth realease skills have nothing to do with the arm, which so far is only shown to help with his regenerative ability.

it would have been awesome to give Naruto more skills under his belt, like after he returns from his training with Jiraiya or he masters Wind release.

kishimoto just kind of skipped over from giving him cool ninjutsu to letting his fav Sasuke have them all/

Narutofan92 wrote: 15. Finally, last but not least, the ending. At least for the anime though. I liked how the manga ended; I just wish the anime ended with a note as HIGH as the manga did. But, I still kind of liked it. However, what I would change is after the pre-wedding scene in the anime, which is where the show ended, we cut to the future, and the show ends similarly to the manga. Everyone’s grown-up, many of them have kids, Naruto’s Hokage with a family, etc. And the last episode wouldn’t be the typical 25-30 minute run as usual, I would extend it to a 45 minute to 1 hour episode. Also, and by extension the Boruto franchise, Sasuke would later get a new arm just like Naruto did. The one difference though would be: he wouldn’t gain wood-style jutsu like Naruto, because his chakra wouldn’t be compatible enough to do it.

some of those hiden novels were after their marriage, and they were animated beforehand in the anime... i think.

Sasuke never recieved a new arm and it would actually not be cool to have him a new arm. him not getting the arm is his atonement for his crimes.

Naruto doesnt also have the Wood release so far, which is kind of i would have loved him to have.

Narutofan92 wrote: I apologize for the long-ass list, but there's just so much to think about, despite being a Naruto fan. Still, while I do love the original story, it never hurts to see what could be different. What do you think? What would you change in Naruto? Would you want a reboot, or just keep it the way it is? Leave your thoughts.

i love the original too, but there are so many things i want to change too, but if they reboot and do so it wouldnt be the Naruto we love so much