Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-9782468-20160419062814/@comment-26773508-20160419132107

1) I'd have loved it if the Byakugan had its MS/EMS counterparts. The Hyuugas have lingered in the shadow for too long. So, if I could, I would give the Hyuuga their own fucked up OP eye upgrades; as well as two different styles of Hyuuga-exclusive taijutsu instead of one: The Gentle Fist for close range, small-scale attacks; and the Demon's Fist for large scale destructive moves. The latter would be like the Hyuuga's Vacuum Palm jutsu on super-steroids. Not only that, it would also include the ability for the Hyuugas to expel large amount of chakra of various forms at enormous speeds at the enemy. Using chakra manipulation, the chakra expelled could be shaped as blades, or as dense objects as hammer, or just good old energy blasts. In addition to that, exceptional Hyuugas would be able to use their Elemental Natures in their jutsus to make both the Gentle Fist and the Demon's Fist far more destructive.

I'd also add an additional feature to the Hyuuga's Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven. If I had my way, not only would advanced Hyuugas be able to defend themselves with this jutsu, but they'd be able to use shape manipulation to throw chakra spears out from, theoretically, all points of the charkra sphere. This would make an ideal jutsu for both defence and offense when surrounded on all sides by enemy ninjas.

2) I'd turn my all-time fave Kakashi into a MONSTER....more or less. While I wouldn't rewrite Kakashi to be an unstoppable Juggernaut, I'd definitely rewrite him to be a constantly improving shinobi who eventually catches up to Itachi somewhat in both skills and abilities by Part 2 (except his genjutsu skills; that is almost exclusively Shisui and Itachi's domain). Of course, I'd still put Itachi above Kakashi, but not by such a large margin. I'd have Kakashi surpass Itachi only in his Hokage years. I know that's blasphemy to many of you, but that's what I'd want.

And I would accomplish this by making Kakashi a bit like the spiritual successor to Tobirama. In my personal Narutoverse, this is what would happen to Kakashi:

a) He'd develop new and powerful lightning and other elemental jutsus, just like how Sasuke diversified Chidori in his own creative way.

b) I'd give Kakashi Magnet Release, but not as a kekkei genkai. This would be Magnet Release accomplished through an entirely different route: through manipulation of his Lightning Release. In basic physics, a moving charged particle (i.e. electric current) produces a magnetic field. Now I don't know how ordinary magnets are made, when they apparently don't have a current going through it, but it is true that an electric current also creates a magnetic field. So if we apply that real-world physics in Narutoverse, a really talented shinobi could, theoretically, manipulate his Lightning Nature to create a Magnetic Field. In my personal Narutoverse, Kakashi would be that "really talented shinobi". And I'd make him go ape shit in the battlefield, like Magneto from X-Men.

c) While I do wish Kakashi would have shown more of his copying abilities, I really don't care about it that much. But I certainly would never give Kakashi the DMS. I'd be fine with Kakashi losing his Sharingan. Because I'd make use of that opportunity to make Kakashi research Tobirama's studies into the Sharingan (we know that Tobirama went so far as to study EMS Madara's sharingan for a while after he was "killed" by Hashirama).

Using Tobirama's insights, I'd make Kakashi develop a new synthetic dojutsu, which would be passed down as a Hiden jutsu for the Hatake Clan. Basically, Hokage Kakashi would use his knowledge of the Sharingan and Byakugan to manipulate the chakra in his eyes, which would be used to modify the lens of the eye, as well as the rod and cone cells of the eyes. Manipulation of his eye lens would grant him binocular vision and a limited form of microscopic vision. Manipulation in his rod and cone cells would grant him the ability to see beyond the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum, thus giving him heat vision, night vision and X-ray vision (of course, this is not entirely scientific).

His new dojutsu would also give him greater depth and clarity of visual perception. However, this dojutsu would not grant Kakashi the ability to see chakra, or tenketsu, or give him 360 degree vision or OP genjutsus. The powers of Kakashi's dojutsu would be purely Optical, nothing more.

d) Oh and of course, I'd like to see Kakashi get OP versions of Sith Lightning and Purple Lightning so that he can electrocute enemy ninjas all around himself when he's surrounded.

3) I'd give Guy and Rock Lee more taijutsu abilities, like using the Gates to push air in such a way that it slashes anything that crosses its path. We've seen Guy produce fire through friction, and overwhelm his opponents with hot, pressurized air. Using the air to slash through opponents would be cool imo. And with sufficient mastery, Guy and Lee should be able to use the slashing ability in its limited form even without the gates.

4) I know this isn't an ability rewrite, but I'd love it if Tobi was someone else and not Obito. Obito would have been more relatable had he lost Rin as an adult. A 13 year old Obito going evil looks lame as fuck. Of course, Itachi was also 13 when he slaughtered the Uchiha. But Kishi uses a clever trick by drawing Itachi as more of a 16-17 year old teen during the Massacre. On the other hand, Kakashi, Rin and Obito did really look like actual 13 year old kids when shit got down. That affects a lot on how I perceive 13 year old Itachi and 13 year old Obito.

And Americans and Europeans are free to disagree with me and claim that Itachi looks like a legit 13 year old. That may be true in the West where people are really tall, but here in Asia you don't normally find 13 year old kids who look as matured as Itachi during the Uchiha Massacre.