Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-5407586-20150624095943/@comment-732150-20150627175958

As much as the argument for Steel Release being to Earth Release what Blaze Release is to Fire Release sort of makes sense, there's a flaw in it. Steel Release isn't a kekkei genkai like Blaze Release is. Blaze Release is a kekkei genkai because it comes from MS, itself a kekkei genkai. It's not a kekkei genkai like Ice Release or Boil Release for being the combination of two chakra natures. Steel Release was called a kekkei genkai, but it doesn't stem from something else is a kekkei genkai, so it has to be a combination of two natures.