Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20151016181609/@comment-1872728-20151023151437

Thekillman wrote: A technique is signature because it's used often. Techniques are used often because they're a reliable technique. Therefore, a signature technique is often a reliable technique. It's not necessarily a raw power technique. As i mentioned, Rasengan and Rasenshuriken are fairly safe technique. Rasengan doesn't need speed (like Chidori), has no elemental weakness and Naruto can spam it with shadowclones (so it leaves no opening against the original). Rasenshuriken doesn't even need point blank contact. Bijudama is way too destructive to spam (versus the fairly target-able, limited-area effect Rasenshuriken). Shadowclone is signature because it enhances naruto's strengths (a lot of chakra to use/loads of raw power attacks) while it mitigates his weaknesses (no reliable gapcloser).

Chidori is a reliable tool for assassination (the only time it kind-of failed was versus Kakuzu, but even then technically it didn't fail). Rasengan is a reliable finisher. Dust Release has no counter whatsoever. Susanoo is both an absolute defense as offense. '''You can pick any ninja and their "signature" technique and you'll see that above all, it's reliable in it's main purpose. And reliability is always powerful. ''' Curse of Hatred wrote: No, but for me personally a signature technique is based upon the frequency of its usage rather than its power. So while the TTB may be stronger than the Rasenshuriken, I don't class it as a signature because he doesn't use it particularly often. On the other hand, I would classify shadow clone jutsu as a signature because there are very few battles he doesn't use it in.

I think that the Rasenshuriken is different though. While the initial technique was created by Minato, Naruto made the Rasenshuriken so it's his jutsu. So regardless of its power or often it's used, I would consider the Rasenshuriken a signature technique because Naruto is the creator. Have you guys ever thought why Naruto's Rasenshuriken is one of the most powerful, and one of the most reliable jutsu? Have you guys thought why didn't Naruto use TBB even though it's more powerful and he can even shrink it to minimise the shockwaves and destruction? It's because the TBB is not a derivative of Rasengan, it might be related, but it's not a derivative.

Rasenshuriken is the upgraded form of Rasengan, why? Because you can't just make a completely new signature for Naruto, the audience wouldn't get used to it at the start. So he had to upgrade his old signature. This "old-signature-upgraded-in-every-way" cliches are found in almost every character in Naruto.

Also, why didn't other techniques like the TBB become Naruto's new signature? It's not because it's more chakra taxing, or that the destruction is too much. If you think about it, the way Naruto uses the Rasenshuriken, it's almost as chakra taxing and destructive as TBB. It's because it's not a derivative of the Rasengan. So how can they make excuses for not using strong techniques like this? They give powerups to the Rasenshuriken so that it maintains as Naruto's signature technique, like combining the techniques with Rasenshuriken. That happened with TBB, Tailed Beast KKG, and even TSB right?

Therefore, Naruto doesn't spam his most powerful techniques, he spams his signature techniques, and his signature techniques are made to be the most powerful for obvious reasons.