Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31201212-20170202030254/@comment-734582-20170204121644

It seems to me that fans have simply misunderstood what it meant. Just look at how Toroi uses magnet release, or how the various Lava Release users have fought, or how the Wood Release users use it differently.

Compared to that, the similarity in techniques between Rasa and Gaara (and similarly, between Muu and Onoki) suggests to me that what they learned from each other were the techniques themselves, not the release.

Secondly, keep in mind that Naruto possessed Wind Release, but Kakashi taught him. Rasa's magnet release is genetic, but he learned by studying Shukaku how to use it. Similarly, Ohnoki learned his Dust Release techniques from Muu but he was already genetically capable of doing so.