Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20170830100203/@comment-734582-20170902165801

Mr. Grave wrote: I hate how people use the "Naruto has an unfair advantage because Nine Tails" (...) At least jinchuuriki had to work hard to establish a good relation with their Tailed Beasts where as Sasuke could use his newfound abilities almost immediately. I disagree. Versus Haku, Naruto only needed to feel rage. Against Orochimaru, rage was enough (both times). Sasuke gained his Sharingan but was basically itachi's pawnn, then gained Curse Mark and became orochimaru's pawn, then got MS and was Obito's pawn. It wasn't until he got itachi's eyes and EMS that he truly started to think for himself, and was truly able to make his own decisions.

Mind you, i don't think the Kyubi is an unfair advantage. Having a demon in your body, and potentially trading your autonomy for safety, is a big enough trade-off. The same for Sasuke: The sharingan opens you up to mental diseases while the MS only gives you the power to enact a revenge. By the time you have an EMS, the amount of pain and loss in your life is IMHO a drop compared to the power you obtain. After all, once you've lost so much, what use is such power? Mr. Grave wrote: That's why I think the usual Sharingan fairly balances that. Yea but the basic sharingan isn't that difficult to obtain. Plus, i think that the MS has become too much of an expected power, which only devalues a very cool power.