- Joined
- Nov 21, 2012
- Messages
- 1,077
- Reaction score
- 117
Ok here is a small rant on something that's been bothering me for a while.
It seems Kishi has a super love affair with inherited powers and, Old = Powerful. To a certain extent this is true. However innovation and "new" powers are something protagonists feature to a certain extent.
Naruto and Sasuke however have been completely taken over by OTHER PEOPLE'S powers. By that I mean there is nothing left in their arsenal that isn't some how originally someone else's power.
For example we originally considered Naruto's Sage mode to be a great achievement for him, something that made him more unique rather than just traveling down familiar paths. Now we know dear old daddy got there first. The only thing that Naruto can say is his own is the Rasenshuriken....something I find to be incredibly wasteful for chakra for such a low damage threshold.
Sasuke is in a similar position though he has sightly more to his own name. He created his own jutsu expanding on Kakshi's own Chidori type jutsu. And he achieved true elemental manipulation with the Kirin, something we haven't seen any other character do (not that they couldn't its just we haven't seen it from any other character).
Now both characters have their "ultimate" power ups, powers that come from the past not from their own capabilities. Hagaromo and his family are what make Naruto and Sasuke powerful, not Naruto or Sasuke themselves.
They haven't gained unique powers that they themselves have discovered on their own that is linked to their own power its always linked to this ancestry now or some past dudes power. This makes it very hard for me to like these power ups.
They can't be Naruto or Sasuke, its the elder son and younger son now. Even Naruto having Kurama now isn't all that impressive now that we find out that Ashura likely had all the Biju anyway. Nothing about Naruto is unique anymore. Sasuke is slightly better off than Naruto, he gained the Rinnegan from Hagaromo, or at least a version of the Rinnesharingan. This sets him apart from Indra in my mind, makes him an equal of Indra (as Indra never gained that eye). Naruto....sorry he isn't anything more or different from Ashura in the powers department it seems.
I hope people understand where I am coming from I wonder if anyone else feels the same.
It seems Kishi has a super love affair with inherited powers and, Old = Powerful. To a certain extent this is true. However innovation and "new" powers are something protagonists feature to a certain extent.
Naruto and Sasuke however have been completely taken over by OTHER PEOPLE'S powers. By that I mean there is nothing left in their arsenal that isn't some how originally someone else's power.
For example we originally considered Naruto's Sage mode to be a great achievement for him, something that made him more unique rather than just traveling down familiar paths. Now we know dear old daddy got there first. The only thing that Naruto can say is his own is the Rasenshuriken....something I find to be incredibly wasteful for chakra for such a low damage threshold.
Sasuke is in a similar position though he has sightly more to his own name. He created his own jutsu expanding on Kakshi's own Chidori type jutsu. And he achieved true elemental manipulation with the Kirin, something we haven't seen any other character do (not that they couldn't its just we haven't seen it from any other character).
Now both characters have their "ultimate" power ups, powers that come from the past not from their own capabilities. Hagaromo and his family are what make Naruto and Sasuke powerful, not Naruto or Sasuke themselves.
They haven't gained unique powers that they themselves have discovered on their own that is linked to their own power its always linked to this ancestry now or some past dudes power. This makes it very hard for me to like these power ups.
They can't be Naruto or Sasuke, its the elder son and younger son now. Even Naruto having Kurama now isn't all that impressive now that we find out that Ashura likely had all the Biju anyway. Nothing about Naruto is unique anymore. Sasuke is slightly better off than Naruto, he gained the Rinnegan from Hagaromo, or at least a version of the Rinnesharingan. This sets him apart from Indra in my mind, makes him an equal of Indra (as Indra never gained that eye). Naruto....sorry he isn't anything more or different from Ashura in the powers department it seems.
I hope people understand where I am coming from I wonder if anyone else feels the same.
Last edited: