Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3279282-20140413164418

Has anyone in the manga ever made a statement along the lines of "If you can use an advanced nature, you can automatically use the needed basic natures."? I guess you all know where I'm aiming at and yes, normally I'd say that everyone who can use an advanced nature can also use the basic natures.

But seeing so many examples where only the advanced nature was used and not the basic natures (Orochimaru, Zetsu, Obito, Naruto), I think we should discuss if it would be better not to say that the statement above is true.

If it was made, this whole discussion is moot, of course. 