Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26822192-20200512085001/@comment-24824859-20200531185226

Halcyonite wrote: It's not about me growing a thicker skin, it's about you learning how to participate in an argument properly lol. I'm not hurt at all, I just thought it was unnecessary, especially since I made a standalone post in a thread, and you replied passive-aggressively.

You said "You implied that simply being a reincarnate means that said individual is a chakra-monster" in an earlier post, and now you're saying that "I never accused you of saying that all reincarnates are chakra-monsters". I exclusively meant that Indra and Ashura were the chakra-monsters, because that was a point by itself.

I honestly don't see how I'm grasping at straws here. The information (albeit limited) that we've been given by the manga states that there have been numerous reincarnates that have feuded against each other their entire lives. My OP was that I hated that Naruto was suddenly destined for greatness and strength, when the entire narrative was originally him being the underdog. I still don't think I'm grasping at straws for saying that all reincarnates have some type of destiny of potential power and greatness; they have the facilities to do so by possessing Indra and Asura's chakra.

Let's not lie to ourselves here, being a reincarnate of the Sage of Six Paths' son is pretty significant in foreshadowing your future and your potential power. It is about growing a thicker-skin, since no where in my post have I insulted you. There's only one part in my reply that can be interpreted as passive-aggressive. It's not my problem if you feel my entire post is passive-aggressive. Drop this nonsense and move on.

Those two statements are not mutually exclusive.

Simply being a reincarnate had nothing to do with Naruto's potential power (gaining power from Hagoromo does not count) and destiny (aside from fighting Sasuke). Naruto's potential was 100% dependent on Kurama and his destiny was foretold by Gamamaru. You would have a point if we had seen all reincarnates having a legendary status. But, out of the many generations of reincarnates, only two had reincarnates achieved legendary status. The very fact that Hagoromo, who had the foresight to see that a bad apple would arise from Indra's descendants (Madara), didn't have a clue of who Gamamaru was referring to should let you know that Naruto being Asura's reincarnate had little to do with his destiny.

No, it's not. As I've said before, out of the four reincarnates shown, Hashirama was the only one whose power stemmed from himself and himself alone. Naruto's power stemmed from Kurama, while Madara and Sasuke used their own brother's power to strengthen their own. Hashirama is the outlier who uses his own power while the other reincarnates use other people's powers. So, this debunks the notion of being a reincarnate indicates great potential power.