Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26940724-20160318215832/@comment-26773508-20160330033517

You know, Kishi had so much to offer with the Ino-Shika-Chou trio individually. Shadow manipulation is quite a unique and awesome hiden jutsu. It would have been neat if Kishi gave Shikamaru a chakra boost in Part 2. Also, the concept of Shadow Manipulation seems to be the perfect place to develop assassination and sneak attack techniques, had Kishi developed the Nara clan's abilities a bit further (such as the ability to hide behind other people's shadows temporarily).

Imagine enemy ninjas standing guard at some enemy castle. Then all of a sudden, a bunch of ANBU ninjas from the Nara clan appear right out of the enemy's shadow and assassinate them in a split second. That would have been badass.