Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20180517110054/@comment-33286580-20180518073102

BlazeRelease wrote:

Yes, you are right on all points. The new generation isn't pushed over for an intense battle, like even in the second round, they change the forest of the death to a deserted town or something, while looking over them with hidden camaras and all. Like they take care of the genins safety as much as they can. That was the actual point of the hidden leaf village by Madara and Hashirama. This is how they wanted it to be, living in peace and joy, also without shinobis losing their clan traditions. Hey, that was the point of even The Sage.

Good points.

but i choose to disagree in a way.

Hashirama and Madara did envision a village as a place where shinobi children didnt have to die young and for most part they achieved their goals after they formed Konoha and other villages sprung forth. the only known place where children, around 10-12, fought in war was during the 3rd shinobi war and even then it was only shown to be team Minato. if you take the Kyubi attack on Konoha chapter than you will see that most of young shinobi were kept out and were safeguarded, even Kakashi. the 4th shinobi war didnt have any young shinobi participate in it. most were 15 or older.

Besides, these are shinobi, which in the world are essentially military power. you cant have a military untrained. even if there is peace between the five major villages and no war brewing on the horizon there are many conflicts going around the world which has been highlighted time and agains so it is not all peaceful.

Also, the part where you speak of how Hashirama and Madara's dreams are achieved by having the younger generation being safeguarded, which has been going for quite a while as i said above, the Naruto Hokage era has made greater progress. Remember Hinata pointed out that at their time it wasnt a choice if a child had to be a shinobi or not if one attends the academy, the Boruto generation has choices. many of Boruto's classmated didnt go to become shinobi even though they studied alongside the new generation.

the point is, no one forced the new generation to be shinobi, but they chose themselves, which is essentially them joining the military. by making their exams so easy the new generation are actually being held back.