Can you forget jutsu?

slayerdanger

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I was thinking about this, and I found it odd that we haven't seen someone forget how to do a jutsu they learned. Do Naruto characters all have good memory or what?
 
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When it's a matter of life or death to use techniques as quickly and efficiently as possible, this doesn't happen often, and when it does, that ninja doesn't survive long enough for anyone to see it.
 

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Haha! That's funny, I would probably forget them all the time. But it does seem like most shinobi only have a few main techniques that they use often so it shouldn't be too hard to remember 3 or 4. :p
 

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I imagine Minato forgot half his Jutsu, considering the hilarious names he gives them=D
 

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I imagine its like riding a bike.
 

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Sasuke forgot 45% of the jutsus he learned.
 

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Yes. Ninjas are pokemon. 4 move maximum with a held item.
 

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Logically, yes. But this story is fiction and what not.
 

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I can imagine a shinobi going water dra- ... wait gimme a sec I know I wrote this down somewhere lol
 

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its hasn't shown a retired ninja, so as long as every one is still training then I don't think we ever will.
 

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I can imagine a shinobi going water dra- ... wait gimme a sec I know I wrote this down somewhere lol

Lol :) I'd love to see a spin off Naruto series just showing Academy students so we could see them forgetting jutsu.
 

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I was thinking about this, and I found it odd that we haven't seen someone forget how to do a jutsu they learned. Do Naruto characters all have good memory or what?

Unless they suffer from memory lost, then maybe so, but that is why they practice newbie
 

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back in the days of hand seals i could see that being plausible
 

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I've often wondered about that too.

People forget things all the time, singers forget the lyrics to the songs they wrote, if you know too many jutsus you may start to forget some.
 
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