Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3279282-20140413164418/@comment-4912646-20140414005535

Ten Tailed Fox wrote: BeyondRed wrote: Besides Kishimoto just not caring about consistency with natures (remember everyone suddenly using Earth Release?)

How is that not consistent? You assume that just because Naruto, a known idiot, had a difficult time learning to manipulate wind chakra, that all shinobi, or all natures, for that matter, take an entire story arc to learn? Kakashi explicitly said learning chakra natures usually takes years, and only an absolute genius like Sasuke could learn to use one within a month. In that chapter, every ninja suddenly learned to use Earth in a minute without explanation or any training at all. If it were that easy to use a nature, the Rinnegan granting easy use of all five wouldn't be a special trait worth mentioning.