Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-45148970-20200926202723/@comment-45148970-20200928033054

BloodOfTheArchon wrote: Here is the issue with the healing factor. Danzo had an implanted arm with Hashirama cells in it but the arm and his own body didn't have the healing factor. It seems only those who have either large portions of their body, are clones of Hashirama technically, or have a Hashirama face on them actually get the healing factor. Oro after taking the white zetsu's body, Madara 4th War and onwards, Obito, Yamato, and the White Zetsu have it thanks to the mentioned reasons. Sasuke does not have a Hashi face on his chest and has not exhibited the healing factor so it's safe to say that although his heart was likely healed with the Hashi cells he for some reason didn't grow a Hashi face and does not have Wood Release or the healing factor.

The Hashi face had nothing to do with whether or not he had a healing factor. That was never stated, nor even remotely implied. Danzo himself also had a healing factor, albeit a bad one from the way it's implied. (Chapter 480, Page 10) Danzo and Sasuke have their Chakra Weapon Clash, and Danzo is later shown to no longer have the wound from the attack, but is still bleeding heavily from his mouth, implying his healing factor is heavily limited and likely only works on external injuries. We do not ever see the injury again. Of course, you could chalk this up to Kishimoto either forgetting it, or just not having time to draw it, but that'd be ridiculous because Kishi is not known to get rid of life threatening injuries like that.

LegionZero wrote: Sasuke doesnt have a healing factor. Most likely because he doesnt have Hasirama cells

Danzo didnt have a healing factor (or a good one) because he couldnt control the Hashirama cells properly. But even after removing the arm he took a Chidori spear through the heart amd was still kicking for a bit

Naruto Gaiden heavily implies Sasuke does, indeed, have a healing factor. Every injury he sustains during Gaiden up and vanishes without even a hint of Medical Ninjutsu. (Gaiden, Chapter 6, Pages 15 and 16) The anime, despite all its faults, even goes on to have him stabbed through the stomach and instantly heal from it, without Sakura ever being implied to use Medical Ninjutsu on him. This is the only time throughout the series where this happens.

It was directly stated by Kabuto that he was infusing Sasuke with heavily modified Hashirama Cells. (Chapter 667, Page 4, Panel 4) He even directly implies that, because of Tobirama's advice, it would have an even better effect.

As for Danzo, the Arm he had was made from Hashirama Cells. But it was also stated (though, take this with a grain of salt, because this specific part could have very well just been talking about the arm and I feel like I'm misinterpreting it, unlike the others where I 100% believe I am correct) that he also had Hashirama Cells inside of himself. (Chapter 478, Page 11)

Kishimoto is known for his subtlety. Many things are implied through characters' actions, but never outright stated. For instance, Sasuke's feelings toward Team 7 are shown throughout the Kaguya fight where, despite claiming he'd only saved Sakura and Kakashi because they were near Naruto, he clearly tries to save both Sakura and Kakashi on, at least, two other occasions. It is heavily implied that he was holding back during the final battle against Naruto due to his slowly recovering mental health, but people choose not to acknowledge that. (I'm not getting into a debate over these two examples, so please don't bring them up. I was using them to prove a point, which most people are going to ignore due to the fact they don't always notice these things.)

All in all, yes, Sasuke does have a healing factor, and it is shown on at least one occasion in the manga, and two in the anime.

I'm open to admitting I'm wrong if you can provide proper counter points to everything I've laid out, and I will respect your opinions. I just feel that I'm correct on this specific subject as Kishimoto would have shown Sakura healing him during Gaiden, like he always does when she heals someone. I mean, no way Naruto wouldn't have expressed SOME form of concern over Sasuke's injuries if they hadn't healed. That's just not Kishimoto's writing (or drawing) style.