Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25643824-20170524131236/@comment-734582-20170524204433

BlazeRelease wrote: So the Byakugan is the new Sharingan lol. I mean have we ever heard from the Naruto series of any info about Byakugan needing to be awakened through harsh trainin and that it only awakens in selective number of Hyugas? That really changed alot. And I think they just added another ability to it, like seeing the opponents move before they do it? that seemed a little Sharingan ish to me. As far as i know, how the Byakugan is awakened is never mentioned before the Boruto era. Himawari was the first case.

It's also quite unlike the Sharingan, which requires no training, just feelings. But the Byakugan requires skill (which is probably why they trained their kids so harshly).

Also keep in mind sampling bias here: we've seen that there are at least 100 000 shinobi, but we've only really dealt with maybe 100 important characters. Naruto is and always has been about the 1%. We haven't seen many Hyuga or Uchiha compared to how many there should be (handful of members versus the dozens to hundreds there ought to be).

Lastly, the Byakugan offers superior observation. You can use this to see the opponent's greater strategy and thus predict their moves. But this isn't like the Sharingan which uses details. Rather, judging by how Neji read Hinata like a book, it's rather the understanding of the total picture that grants them this insight.