Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26773508-20150905054531/@comment-26773508-20150905095217

MERCURIOUS wrote: There is no plot hole. After Minato met the Masked Man, he predicted that this guy will be a threat to the whole world. Minato's idea was that in order to stop the Masked Man, the power of the Nine-Tails is necessary.

Kushina's Chakra was a special Chakra that allowed her to supress the Chakra of the Nine-Tails completely, this removed the possibility of her being able to utilize Kurama's Chakra in any possible way.

That's the reason Minato sealed Kurama in Naruto, hoping that one day Naruto will be one able to use the beast's Chakra in order to complete a certain jutsu, which most of us believe that he meant the Chakra Mode, in order to defeat the Masked Man. And the best way to stop the Masked Man was to seal half of Kurama into your vulnerable new-born baby? That doesn't make much sense. Obito was easily able to infiltrate Konoha, and Minato was a witness to that fact. Any sensible person would have realised that sealing half of Kurama into a newly-born child is a dangerous gamble, since there was a strong possibility that the Masked Man would have infiltrated Konoha again after a couple of years and kidnap little Naruto. The only possible answer to Minato's decision is the Toad Sage's prophecy regarding the "Chosen One" nonsense. But Minato could have just as easily concluded that he was the chosen one, due to reasons stated above. Why would you gamble your son's life to some obscure prophecy, hoping that your newly-born son would master some ultra-haxx jutsu some 18+ years later? Any sensible person would have realised that the Masked Man could simply infiltrate Konoha again after a few years and kidnap Naruto before he can fully master Kurama. But I suppose Minato had too much confidence in Naruto AND the Prophecy. It doesn't make much sense if you think about it logically, but for Plot reasons it's a reasonable excuse, and I'm not much bothered about that. The story has to progress some way or the other, and there will always be a few minor problems at least.

So Kushina dying may not be a plot hole, but it is a weak point in the plot nonetheless. Minato has displayed a wide range of sealing jutsus, all of which were taught to him by Kushina. Given the Uzumaki clan's illustrious history as the absolute best in the field of Sealing Jutsus, and the fact that at least some of them had been Jinchurikis throughout history, it seems rather implausible that they didn't know that jinchurikis can be saved if you reseal the beast. Since Kushina knew a lot of the Uzumaki jutsus, it stands to reason that all the relevant info on jinchuriki sealings was transmitted to her by her clan survivors.

So the fact that suddenly out of nowhere Naruto is saved by the resealing of Kurama leaves a rather sour taste on the mouth, given the fact that Minato and Kushina didn't even consider such a solution 16 years ago. It gives the impression that Kishi is just pulling shit out of his ass, which may not be the same as a plot hole, but it still counts as bad storywriting.