Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26636534-20150927142502/@comment-26518343-20151003135620

Ninja Of War wrote: Initially Kabuto's goal was the same as Orochimaru's, to learn all the jutsu's in the world. With his Strange Transmission Distant Shadow technique he could use the jutsu of the shinobi that he assimilated, thus having a superior method than the living corpse reincarnation technique since Kabuto uses his actual(mutated) body. So:

1. Why didn't Kabuto assimilate the DNA of all the re-incarnated shinobi and thereby, gaining access to all of their abilities?

2. How powerful do you think Kabuto would have become if he did? (and didn't have a change of heart)

1. There has to be a cap on the amount of DNA you can absorb isn't there?

2. On paper, very strong. But in the manga or on television, you'd never know it. Orochimaru, Kakashi and Hiruzen all were purported to be masters of so many techniques (compared to the run-of-the-mill ninja) that it'd make your head spin. Yet you barely saw anything from those guys other than the usual go-to jutsu's they used in every battle. Why bother learning all those jutsus and techniques if you never use them, right?

What was stopping Orochimaru from using Kidomaru's spider webs in battle? What was stopping Kakashi from using some of Asuma's jutsus during battle since I am sure he copied those after knowing him so long? The writers, that's who.