Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20150512133037/@comment-26541067-20150807174011

i agree.. the databooks are way off on lots of stuff.also i just saw some earlier messages about hiruzen knowing ftg.this should a new discussion on its own. i agree that hiruzens mastery of jutsu may also have been slightly exaggerated.i agree he probably knows lots of jutsu,hundreds maybe.but from what we've seen of leaf village jutsu,especially nature releases,theres a lot of monotony among certain jutsu.eg most katons are essentially the same jutsu on different scales and slightly different in shape.considering sasuke was taught gokakyo by his father just before the massacre and from it he easily figured out about a dozen other jutsu.thats probably how hiruzen racked up most of his inventory over the years .the statement that hiruzen mastered every jutsu in the leaf village is in itself flawed since he definitely cannot learn kekkei genkai and if it meant hiden jutsu theres plenty of jutsu he likely cannot use.eg yamanaka techniques that require sensory abilities ,i dont recall hiruzen being a sensory type and i dont think you can "learn" to be one,or any of the aburame clans jutsu which requires having an insect nest in your body which i doubt he has.and so on. therefore i believe hiruzens knowledge of jutsu may have been stretched a bit .also i just realise the only two ninja to use ftg were sensor types and sensory abilities likely play a big role in ftg (locating your formula).as i mentioned above,i dont think hiruzen is a sensor type so even if he had the scroll detailing the jutsu i dont think he would be able to use it.personally i think maybe kakashi might know more jutsu than hiruzen