Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20170913103410/@comment-734582-20170913162131

Vladosaurus wrote: Because for me it was bad enough when a 6 years old Boruto and a (apparently) 6 years old Itachi could use it. The shadow clone technique started with this idea of it being a banned jutsu, and was pretty much only ever used by OG characters like Naruto, Hiruzen, Minato, Tobirama. It's banned because of the risks it poses on the user, not because it's difficult in itself. Naruto, a notoriously bad learner and horrible at the basic clone jutsu, learned Shadowclone in an afternoon. It's not in ANY way a difficult jutsu. it never was. Plus, Naruto spams it all the time, so it's not exactly hard for any serious Ninja to copy it.

Plus, by now Sarada should've been able to see Boruto use it several times, and the Sharingan is known for it's ability to decipher ninjutsu. Most ninja chose not to use it because it's generally better to spend your chakra otherwise. If Boruto inherited even a fragment of his father's or grandfather's or grandmother's chakra, he would already be a beast.