Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-30168130-20170319171713/@comment-734582-20170319204908

Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: true. what about the sound four? the edo kage, swordsman of the mist, or paku and gari. maybe asuma? Sound four: I think their usefulness was spent. I really like Kidomaru, so maybe i would like to see more of him. But i think the series and it's themes would need a very different direction to really pay it off. Go down the whole paid-for-murder route, the whole "a ninja's body is a great treaure" thing up to eleven. I've talked about Kidomaru's abilities plus stuff like Shikotsumyaku and byakugan and stuff. Well, i think to really pay off his character you'd need to make him a warrior with more physical powers.

Edo Kage were fine. I think the whole Edo thing was a bit over the top. I mean, we had the whole "ninja body = treasure" thing, but apparently those treasures are poorly guarded.

Swordsmen: I don't know. The Naruto series doesn't really do the whole Special Swordsmen thing (Unlike, say, One Piece where a swordsman can cut a boat in half despite the physical impossibility, and cut things with sheer will).

Paku/Gari: Interesting abilities, uninteresting characters. To me it felt they were introduced as some "and this ability also exists" character.

Asuma: Not without a change in themes. Him being the son of the Hokage is an interesting thing and his wind release was rare. He was also part of this strange order of Guardians (or whatever it was called). Definitely seems like a lot was going on there. Considering the rest of the series though, i struggle to come up with ideas to make it fit. So yea, not without a change in end-game themes.