Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26119997-20150222145952/@comment-5004454-20150228084533

GreatestSin wrote: Earth 2 Superman wrote: Wouldn't Naruto fit in the same class with Rock Lee? He's pretty much right behind him in the hard work category. Only difference is he knows ninjutsu. Just curious. I'm not disputing your list because it's all opinions. not really since Rock Lee wasnt destined to become OP or anything like that...

naruto had super-genes from hsi parents, impossible fast mastery of high-class jutsus, he had the strongest of 9 beasts in his body etc etc

i can hardly recognize someone like that as "became awesome through his own abilitys" or "hard-working", yeah, he worked for his jutsus but he did for how much time again?

one week and than he mastered the rasengan and in 2 days the fuuton:rasengan and sage mode in a few days and KM in half a day and all the other stuff was mastered instantly ^_^

on the other hand Lee trained every day and only became better with a HUGH amount of time, even in the war arc he only mastered to open the 6th gate, it actually motivates to work and get your results after years instead of a few days/weeks ^_^ all in all, Rock Lee is (for me) the real Main Character of this story XD ^_^

Are you serious? Super genes? You've no idea what you're talking about. Watch the series from the start again, 'cuz clearly you weren't playing attention the first time.

Naruto did not master the those techniques through "super genes", but through innovative thinking and the enourmous chakra that resides within him, not just from Kurama.

Because of his large reserves, he easily learned the Kage Bunshin, which helped him with the Rasengan and Fuuton chakra manipulation, all three of which when combined, formed the Fuuton:Rasenshuriken series of ninjutsu.

The sage mode was learned basically through brute force and constant supervision by Fukasaku, later practiced through sparring and KM wouldn't do jack without the help of his mother, he would've died. Later, it only evolved thanks to Kurama agreeing to help him.

At the end of the day, Naruto is no genius and possesses no... lol, "super genes". The fact is, all of the techniques he has learned are, by themselves, extremely versatile and easy to modify and tinker with, that's why it seems like he's so awesome. At the core of it, he has at most 5 techniques, eash branching out to dozens of different variations. He was pathetically weak at the beginning of Shippuuden, I don't care what Kakashi and everyone else say.

Naruto and Rock Lee are quite close when it comes to hard work, and while I believe Rock Lee is superior, Naruto was never meant to learn things by himself. He's almost always had some help when doing things.